Decatur Democrat, Volume 37, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 16 March 1894 — Page 4

1 ©he democrat Jf. BLjlOltBVR*. Prnt>ri-—r. r HID AY. MARCH IC>. IfHiA. Rat*. of Hutbcription. One Veer, in advance ’■ Six Months . ,!i Four Montna..„ ......... ™' All aubacriptlons not pmd durlnir the Vein will be chanrod at the rate of 18.00. Office in Democrat Building, east aldeof S'ond Street— ground floor Let the work of improving Seo ond street with Vitrified brink Icommenced as early as possible. The Democratic Distrio’ Convention will convene here on the 28th. of June and by that time we should have this thoroughfare completed If the majority of the I nited States Senators were placed in the folds of a Kansas cyclone and toss ed up until their deliberations on the Wilson Bill became a unit, the country could then bank on one or two happy results, —a straight Wil son Bill or a lot of purified United States Senators. In either ease the people would be satisfied. Talk Fair Grounds! The resignation of Mr. Gladstone is a hint to the numerous Republicans who are still in office 'in this country. But then there has always been a marked degree of difference between Mr. G. and the Republican politicians in this country. I here are many things entirely easy to Mr. Gladstone which the hold-overs are entirely incapable of. g? -J — On several occasions has the Democrat suggested the idea of using the material which now adorns Second street, as a road, for the alleys just East and West of Second street. We don’t just know who is entitled to this material, —the city or the property owners, —but in case the city lays claim thereto, it would not be an improper undertaking to use this material for the improvement of Court street. Talk Brick Streets! We have an ordinance 0 requiring the triming of shade trees so that their branches will be at least ten feet from the side-walk. But the majority of our citizens do not- regard the law. The Street Commissioner says that he will trim all that are not trimmed in a few days at the expense of the property holders. E. T. Runion, the newspaper man of Wilshire, Ohio, has re-christ-ened his paper. The doublet, TimeEcho, being dropped, and the cog nomen Record substituted therefor Hereafter it will be all home print. We howe to see the Record prosper witbXne new condition as it surely deserves to. The village should be ready to give all the assistance ask ed for in the enterprise. Talk Gravel Roads! A popular bill is that introduced in the House by Representative Bryan, of Nebraska, providing anamendment to present law, making the vote of three-fourths of a jury constitute a verdict in all civil cases. With that amendment in force hung juries would be almost unheard of in civil cases and the cost of litiga tion would be largely reduced. The lawyers are about the only peo pie who ape likely to oppose the change; it would cut into their fees quite heavily.- Goshen Democrat, While a great improvement was made by the township trustee, Mr. Vogelwede, in hauling gravel, elevating and widening the road just East of the St. Mary’s river bridge, there is still room for improvement on that thoroughfare. The width of this road is insufficient to admit ■> of two teams passing eai,di other without one or the other having to get off of the main or substantial roadbed. By widening this thprougb fare eight or ten feet more, it would give ample space tor teams to pass each other. Let this be looked alter by our trustee. A number of mechanics of all branches in our city wTrnke occupations cease during the winter and earlv spring months, have found, many days employment this year by cleaning our streets of the great ac ” cumulation of mud Tliatin wheeled into and on our streets from the country. Money thus expended is worth 300 cents on the dollar to those who received it; and the city has done a very commendable act in having work done when all other avenues of labor in pur city were at a stand-still-

REI*E.<L THE FISH LAW! The Fish Law of Indiana should bo repealed by otw L' gislaturo at the next session. N'emlv all li-h ihat come up into the small str am(and the St Mary's is <»«<• ot them) from the lakes during the first high water in the Spring, remain here only during that time, and reiuru io the lakes as the water recedes, h aviug their spawn to batch and <ls<> return to the lakes at the next nigh water, thus making the small streams a place for fish-raising for ■>t )u-r people. Let our next Reprentative use all honorable means in his power to have this law repealed in justice to Indiana fishermen. BRICK STREETS, vs HALLWOOD BLOCK. •Inasmuch as the City of Decatur will “dabble” in brick-street building in the near future, we herewith give a small account of the costs of building them in two cities in our state, Huntington and Marion. “The average cost by square feet of all the Marion pavements, including street and alley crossings, sewers, intersections ami curbing, was 2(1 cents. The Huntington Democrat gives the average at a fraction below 30 cents. Os course the Marion Leader reprints this without correction. Washington street in Huntington, as given by the Huntington Democrat, was 19 cents a square loot, quite a reduction from the price paid here. But the comparison cannot be made unless we knew the full details of the work incident to a brick street. How many feet of sewer were laid on each street, what proportion of the work was done by die city outside of the contract and the kind of intersections must lie known to afford a comparison. If the Huntington Democrat will Aindly tell us we will publish it with pleasure. Marion is the pioneer city in Indiana in building brick streets, and will keep on building them as extensively as possible. It is of general interest to know all about this matter." Washington street, Huntington, is 42 feet wide in some parts and in others is but 30 feet wide. The cost of the 42 foot street, built of Hallwood Block laid on crushed stone foundations and cemented with melted pitch, including curbing catch basins, sewers, street and alley crossings and intersections was just 17 7-10 cents per square foot. This was actual cost of the entire street —the cost to the property owner was about scents per square toot less. The total cost of William street, with 30 foot roadway, including all curbing, sewers, street and alley crossings and intersections, built of Hallwood Block with crushed stone foundation laid in melted pitch, was just 14 9-10 cents per square foot—the cost to the property owners is 25 to 30 per cent less. Another thing: the Marion Chronicle in making these comparisons should remember that the Hallwood Block is as superior to the paving brick with which the street in Marion are laid as is pressed brick to the common brick and cost about 30 per cent more. The contracts here were let to the lowest bidder and no opportunity for combines or robbery given. No work outside the contract . was done by the city. Why should there be when the contractor agrees to build the street complete for a specified sum? GOOD ROADS FOR ALL. J. S. Coxie, of Massillon, Ohio, a- - Roads Advocate, will start for Washington, D. C. on Easter Sunday with 500 men from his neighbordood, and expects to have 100.000 followers before’ reaching he Capital, May 1.- His idea of road building is a new' one and if Congress will recognize the same it will be one of tbe very best and most simple way of reaching a great necessity. We herewith give ’he Democrat readers what Congress is asked to do in the matter. “Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives, in congress assembled, that whenever any state, territory,- county, township, municipality or incorporated town orvii age deems it necessary to make any public improvements they shall de posit with ihe secretary of the treas-., urv of the United States a non-in terest bearing twenty five year bond, not to exceed one half tbe assessed valuation of the property in said state, territory, county, township. municipality or incorporated/: town or village, and said bond to be retired at a rate of 4->-per cent per annum. Whenever the forgoing section of this act has been complied with it shall be mandatory Upon the secretary of the treasury of the United States to ba/e engraved and printed treasury notes in the denominations off -S’!, *J, £5, I 1 <>. and *2O each, which shall be a full legal tender for all debts, public and private,, the face value of said bond, and deliver to said state, territory, county, etc., 99 per cent, of said notes and retain 1 per cent for tb<expense of engraving and piiniing the same.” Rei'resentative <!urtis of Kan sas, without -opposition, bad ja-*ed through the I louse a bill, in favor of a very remarkable pensioner. He is Mr. Andrew Franklin of Burlington, Kansas. Franklrq claim* . to be, 103 years of age. The C»in mittee on I’ewiow, on investigating his ca«e, found absolute proof that his aire is at. lea*’. JOL He served throughout the war of I'l2, He also served throughout the Mexican war and drove team for three months in the war of tbe Rebellion. He has a large family, most of whom are dependent upon firm for support. He has heretofore been drawing a pension of t-30, but the bill passed by the House to day increases it to >SO. -- A .

Let there be a general Improvement Epidemic strike . Decatur this year of our Lord 1894. Tbe idea of putting oft’ street improving until div <dd fogies of the neighborhood ire Had and I oig.o t,.,, ■ i- all mins'-iiHe. Do it now and educate them to prv-e't wny* of doing f lungs. How l<> Ik in a Scholarship in Purdue liiiversllj. Any young man or woman residing in this state, who will produce the yield or secure the financial returns in any of the first four classes named below, will be awarded a scholarship in the Short Agricultural Course, which will begin early in January, 1895, and continue eight or ten weeks, with lectures on live stock husbandry, agriculture, horticulture, veterinary and dairy topics, denwinstrations in the veterinary hospital and laboratory exercises in farm dairy, etc. Class 1 A yield of 70 bushels of corn, 50 bushels of oats or 35 bushels of wheat on one acre in one piece of ground, or of 70 bushels of potatoes on one-fourth acre. Class 2.—A yield of 30 bushels of strawberries on one-tenth of an acre or sales therefrom amounting to S6O. Class 3.—A net profit of 25 per cent, on any sum not less than sls invested in sheep, calves, swine, poultry or eggs. Class 4.—-Sales from butter amounting to sl6, the product of one cow for eight consecutive weeks. Any one winning a Short Course Scholarship in any of the classes named above may, at his option, taae instead a Scholarship in the Regular Agricultural Course, for one year, beginning in September, 1894. Class s.—Any one obtaining corresponding yields or financial returns on two, three or four times the area, in one piece of ground, named for corn, oats, wheat, potatoes or strwberries under classes 1 and 2, will be correspondingly awarded a scholarship for two, three or four years in the Regular Agricultural Course, beginning in September, 1894. Class 6.—Any one securing corresponding returns to those named in Classes 3 and 4, with two, three or four times the minimum investment named, or with two, three or four cows, will be correspondingly awarded a scholarship in the Regular Agricultural Course of two, thre\or four years, beginning in September, 1894. > Class 7.— Any one product ng in 1895, 35 bushels of wheat on one acre, or the same yield per acre on two, three or four acres in one piece of ground, will -be correspondingly awarded a scholarship for one, two, three or four years in the Regular Agricultural Course, beginning in September, 189.5, Any person desiring to compete for a scholarship in any one or two of the above named classes should report at oneg to Prof. W. C. Latta, LaFayette, Indiana, who will forward instructions for performing the work. J. H. Smart, . President. TH E best investment in real estate is to keep buildings well painted. Paint protects the house and saves repairs. You sometimes want to * sell —many a good house has remained unsold fur want of paint. The rule should be, though, “the best paint or none.” That means Strictly Pure* n White’Dead You cannot afford to use cheap paints. To lx.- sure of getting StrictI ly Pure White Lead, look at the brand ; any of these axe safe: “Anchor,” ' Southern,” “Eckstein,” “Red Seal,” ‘ ‘ Kentucky,-’ ’ ‘ ‘ Collier. ’ Fop Colors.—National Lead Co.’s I Pure While J>rad Tinting Colors. 'lV** t/.kj in erp -pound < ntw, each r firn Muz Id tint <4 Strictly k I'nr*- VZhttc tb< : tb«rv arc in i.'t r> '■.A .'MiitfA bet a c/xnbination /Xfeerfc't’v jz .;c »DUD-h in huhdieU lorrn to V‘» hiU 1 A dollar*. ♦ yc/J I ■ r ''*' • nz ;i pr/UaJ card uti Ix/th - j rAiJO'-•■*.!, rr ah < hiJ arlg I

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