Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1887 — Page 7

THE mDIANAPQLIS JODRNAIi, -THURSDAY, DEOEHBES 1, 18S7.

S1TI0NAL POSTAL SERVICE

A Synopsis of the Annual Report Sub mitted by Tost master-General Vilas. Steady Growth of the Seryice, Which IsXow Almost Self-Sustaining Suggestion In tended to Lead to Further Improvement. "Washington, Not. 30. Many of the subjects reatrd in the annual report of Postmaster gen ral Vilas bare already been presented to news paper readers through the reports of subordinates n bis department, and in the subjoined synopsis those topics are omitted. The Postmaster-gen-wal says: "The expectation of growth and improvement ,n the affairs of the postal service, indnleed in . previous reports, has been realized during the past year. In part arisin? from an extension of the limits of mailable matter of the fourth-class ordered to meet the requirements of trade ana from the receipts of the special-delivery serv Ice, but chiefly from the greater employment of all postal facilities consequent opod the rising business prosperity of the country, faithfully reflected in the postal service, tbe revenues nave trained upon the preceding year by nearly $4,840,000. attainine a height never reached be fore, deonite the restrictive operations of vari dus reductions in tbe rates of postage. Upon the other hand, tbe study of economy fcas not been without effect in restraining the necessari ly rising scale of expenditure, so that the increase of cash disbursements has but little over stepped f2,000,000. Thus the deficiency charged upon tbe general treasury, which two years since was a round seven millions and a year .Ago but about seventy thousand less, has been redueed almost three-sevenths, while the fair angary from our present circumstances gives hope that during the current year it will nearly If not entirely disappear. If there shall remain at the year's end any excess of cash expenditure above the receipts, it can not be but less than the postage upon the mail matter of the govern ment itself, estimated to beatleast two millions annuallv, and reasonably its debt to the postal service. It may, therefore, be fairly affirmed that from the beginning of the current fiscal year the postal service has again become substantially elf-sustaining; and the prediction be ventured that if the revenues be not further crippled. and only a similar ratio of increasing expendi ture be held, tbe next fiscal year will yield surplus, which should, under tbe same condi Hons, annually increase, "The paramount doty of the government, so far as concerns this department, is to furnish the most perfect and useful postal facilities to be peonle, within the authority of the C'ousti tution, which tbe skill of msn can provide. It is due to the character of the citizens of this country, to their freedom and enlightenment, to their enterprise and activitv, to their wealth md power, and especially to the intimacy of their personal relations maintained over so reat an expanse of territory to an extent never aualed, hardly aimed at. elsewhere on the obe, from which arise the fraternity of feeling and community of interest tbat furnish the safest guarantees for the future stability and value of our federal institutions. It is. indeed, their due as a personal, individual right, because the government monopolizes the postal business, and forbids them all other attempts at elf-service. Upon every ground the postal service rightfully nrpes a constant and exacting demand npon legislative and executive wisdom and labor for its enlargement and improvement to the utmost of perfectibility. Tbe prosperity of the service is the prosperity of the -postomces, and tbe gains of the year are marked in their advancement. Tbe number of salaried offices at its beginning was, of the first class, 75; of the second, 4C0; and of the third, 1,769; a total of 2,244 of tbe presidential classes. By - the annual review and readjustment, based upon the returns of their business for the four quarters ended with March 31, 1887, it was dis closed tbat on tbe 1st day of July tbe net gains of the several classes were 7 in the first. 3a in the second, and 50 in the third; making respect ive totals of 82 in the first, i3o in tbe second, nd 1,819 in the third; in all. 2.336, a net in crease of 92. This showing indicates less than the real facts, because there were other offices entitled to advancement from the fourth to the third class, whieb, by delays in the necessary reports, were postponed until the next quarter. And on the 1st of October there were added to the third class 45 offices by assignment pursuant to law. thus making tbe total number of tbe third class, at tbe time of this report, 1.S64, and of all presidential offices, 2.331, the highest yet reached in tbe history of tbe department. ' 'The appointments of postmasters numbered altogetberduring the fiscal year 13.079. of which 6.863 were to fill vacancies happening upon the expiration of commissions or by resignations; -B.584 upon removals or suspensions: 589 bv deatb. and 3.043 to newlv-establisbed offices Among these appointments. 893 were upon your commission to vacancies which happened from tbe causes and in the respective numbers fol lowing: By expiration of commission, 350; by resignation, 122; by removal or suspension, 237: by death, 39: and upon the assignment of fourth, class offices to a presidential class, 145. On the 7th of March, 1885, the entire number of ibe fourth-class offices was 49,017. Tbe new establishments since have been 6,599, of wbicn 74 (n the fiscal year 1885, 3.482 in 1886. and 3,043 m 1887; ana tbe discontinuances in the corresponding periods were 72, 1,120, and 1,500, respectively, a total of 2,692. besides a net addition to the presidential classes of 103, leaving the number in the fourth-class on the 1st day of Jnly last, s stated, 52,821. In all these office the total sumberof appointments have been 36.252. "Tbe division of postoffices into two general classes bv distinguishing those the importance and magnitude of whose business is such as to require independent and separate maintenance from those which can properly be carried on in connection with a private business implies that the former be regarded and trea'ed entirelv as government offices in every particular of their affairs. This consequence is demanded by the soundest principles of public business, and its recognition appears to promise far more satisfactory and efficient service. The office should ihen become the care of the department, be proTided and equipped, supplied and maintained at tts cost, and the postmaster paid by a salary measured by the nature of the responsibilities and duties imposed upon bira. His time and labor, reasonably exacted, belong then to the government, to be applied not only to proper supervision but to such other duties of his office as their use mar enable the proper discharge of by him personally; and for the excess of necessary service required the proper provision of clerks devolves upon the department. "The consideration of the principles and the arrangement of a system adapted to the suitable provision of quarters, equipment, and clerical force, and to govern the organization and administration of such offices, become then an independent subject of departmental care, not in volved with the adjustment of the postmaster's compensation, nor snbject to the detriment almost inevitably resulting from making them a charge upon him. Somewhat farther on I shall venture to propose some suggestions on these points. It js obvious at once that the correct settlement of a scheme for salaries, while perhaps necessarily to be graduated with some reference to tbe volume of business, depends upon a correct measurement of tbe character of tbe responsibilities imposed on, and personal duties to be exacted of, postmasters in the arious offices. The lowest salary ought not, as now, to be fixed at the maximum allowed the highest grade of the commission-paid postmasters, but at a sufficiently lesser figure to recognize adequately tbat commissions are designed to cover the expenses of the office as well as the postmaster's compensation. Thus, in such a division, the largest commissions might yield a jearly aggregate of nearly $1,400 on & business approximating $3,000. But after his office enters ie salaried class, and the expense of it becomes a departmental charge, the postmaster who collects gross receipts from $3,000 to $4,000 will perhaps be sufficiently remunerated by a clear salary of $1,000. and the graduation rise thenceforward in proper proportions. "The value of a subdivision of the salaried class dan not be great, nor are speciallv useful results promised to it. There is, however, a line which naturally separates these into two classes. In the large offices of the service, perhaps such as receive (30,000 or more, the duties of supervision and general management may be properly regarded luffieient to require tbe postmaster's attention io such an extent as to leave little or no opportunity to share in its detailed work; while in those which rise from the lowest salaried limit to this point he ought to participate in the labors of tne office, more or less, accordingly as its requirements of a supervisory nature vary from ,he least to tbe most ab&orbinc degree. "The adoption of these lines of demarkation anpe all tbe offices into three natural classes. To draw them is in some degree an arbitrary irork, and their location as above suggested may tot be the must correct application of the naturtl principles for the division whieh have been mlicated. It mav be eeteemed desirable to require offices to be independently maintained at which less business is transacted than will yield frross receipts of $3,000 per year. But as that ine can be subsequently lowered, and every such change is experiment! and requires exterienee to correctly adjust the true boundaries, t would appear proper at this time to carry the salaried class to no lower limits. Upon tbe plan above proposed, the offices of the first or tipper class will number 118, of the second or mi. 'die class, 1,471. and of the third or commission-paid class. 53,845, according to the returns unozt which the latest annual review proceeded

and the entire number on the 1st of October. Assumine this arrangement, some f urthar sug

gestions io regard to the provisions of offices and clerical assistance mav be properly added. "Should the Plan discussed for the reclassifi cation of the oostoffices meet approval (or should third-class offices of the grade of $1,400 salary and upwards be included in tbe list tor renting), it would add 1,072 offices to the charge of the department, making altogether 1,5S9 as they are at present graded; a number to increase gradually from year to year, if peace and pros perity continue with us. There are now 104 government buildings containing postoffices. and tbe Supervising Architect of the Treasury advises me tbat 44 government omidings, which will furnish postoffice quarters, are in process of erection, and that special appropriations have been made for 32 more whose construction is not yet begun. Of tbe 104 in present use. 3. all in the State of Maine, are fourth-class, offices; 2, 1 in Maine and 1 in Massachusetts, are of the lowest of the tbird-elass, and 1 holds the George town office, now a station of the Washington postoffice. '1 his leaves 93. of which 86 are in the first and second classes, and 12 in the, third, out of the number of 1,589 proposed for renting, already so provided for; besides 76 which soon will be also in buildings owned bv the govern ment. Tbe number remaining for further pro vision, on tbe plan suggested, will therefore be 1,41a. "i ne average rental of tbe 303 offices now leased is $943 GO; and of the remainder provided by allowances. $60441; and of the total of both sorts, as now provided for, is $857.74; and doubtless suitable premises can be secured for the additional ones proposed, because of their small requirements and location in small places. at an average annual rental not exceeding $400 eacb. or a total additional cost of $435,800 per year for rent. Add for heating and lighting tbe estimated sum of $50,000 and the annual charge for quarters for postoffiees will become approxi mately $1,000,000. and increase from year to year at the rate of 3 to 5 per centum. "The conviction has become strong in my mind, from the observation and experience en joyed in this place, that tbe government should build its postoffices separately and solely for postal uses; that they should be constructed wholly by this Department, and with requisite precautions of law to secure economy, suitabil ity and harmony of design; that they should be built in every city or town where the magnitude of tbe service warrants an independent office, although from time to time only, perhaps, as the surplus revenues of the service will warrant. "The department should be provided with an architect and practical builder, to be chief of the division of construction, some of whose clerks should be skilled draughtsmen, and two or three competent inspectors be assigned to his aid. A moderate addition to the roster of the department will be amply sufficient if uniformity of design be required and followed. With the aid of the Supervising Architect of the Treasury, or otherwise, and subject to proper approval, a design for a postoffice should be so devised that, with modification in size only, similiar buildings mav be built in different cities without limit of number,' and all so designed and built that. white in its nrst construction the fairly prospec tive 83 well as immediate needs of each office shall be entirely met. great if not indefinite enlargement will be possible without impairment of the general plan or tbe utility of the portion first constructed, when further development or growth shall necessitate such action. To this end, as well as for proper security against fire. an ample space of ground the relative dimensions of which might be prescribed by lawshould be secured in the beginning, and luriS' diction as well as title properly ceded to the United States. - "The Free-delivery Service was, during the last fiscal year, extended to eight additional cities which bad reached the limits then required by law of $20,009 gross receipts or 20,000 popu lation, and were thus within tbe discretionary consideration of the department. These were Birmingham in Alabama, Wichita in Kansas, Battle Creekin Michigan. Winona in Minnesota, Joliet and Rock island in .Illinois. Bradford in Pennsylvania, and Rutland in Vermont. Their addition left the total number of places within the privileges of this system to be 189 at the end of the year. "Tbe increase in the performances and requirements of this service was in greater propor tion than of added towns. The report of the First Assistant Postmaster-general presents in foresting statistics of the growth of tbe year, of which the following are specially noteworthy. There was increase in the whole number of pieces of mail matter handled by carriers of 14.16 per cent., or 28a, 044 0j pieces, the aggre gate reaching 2.234.564.656, the gain being in every class of mail matter, and in tbe following percentages, respectively i in deliveries of mail letters. 13.13; of mail postal cards, 11.43; of reg istered letter?. 8.78; of newspapers, 14.06; of local letters, 20.19; and local postal cards, la. 11; in collection of letters, 16.15: of postal cards. 13 32, and of newspapers, lLIa. Tbe enhanced local use of carriers will be observed with interest, and its effect noted in the increase of postage receipts on local matter by $ao2.0l0. 2, or 14 59 per cent., bringing the gross to $6,691,253 69. "Necessarily, such rising demands caused the addition of many new carriers, 469: by which the total number at tbe year s end became 5.310. This was but economical provision, 9.66 percent. of increase for the added worn, shown io tbe fact tbat tbe average number of pieces handled per carrier rose, notwithstanding tbe increase of carriers, from 402.710 to 420.822, or 18.112, a per centage of 4.31; more than for years previously; and in tbe large increase in the excess of post ages on local matter over tbe total cost of this service, amounting to o4o.o'o. do, or da. iS per cent., never before equaled since toe system was on foot. The number of cities in which the postages on local matter exceeded the cost of the free-delivery service therein increased from nineteen to thirty. I find significance in these figures corroboratory of the opinion already expressed in another connection, tbat all reason able improvements in the local affairs and facili ties of postoffices will produce more gam of reve nue than their cost. Tbe average cost per carrier fell still below that of last year, from $889.15 to $367.67, or $21.43 to each, 2 41 per cent. This was due to the larger proportion of offices in towns which have 'but two grades of carriers, and to the considerable number of carriers in the lowest grade by new appointments. In all particulars of cost there has been continuing improvement. There should be no hesitation in providing every city and town in the United States with this service, whose business interests and local conditions are such as to make it of an advantage compensatory to its cost. There can justly be no shorter limitation. Une such community of our people is equally entitled with another; and all sucb are entitled by the best claim, American citizenship upon American enterprise, to the highest conveniences of the best postal system. No limitation is to be justly found iu tbe rela tion of local postage to the cost of this service. The aggregate of such postage exceeded the entire cost of carrier-delivery in the past year by $2,072,561 62, and each year the excess will be more But JO cities out of the 329 now in pos session realized this result independently, so tbat the claim of such as do not enjoy it is equal to that of the other 299 which are assisted to maintain it. The liberal p licy approved by Congress is fully warranted by tbe finances of the postal service, and will doubtless be gener ously pursued hereafter. "Tbe special-delivery service does not appear to have commanded much increase of patronage during tbe year. Exact reports have not been received from other than free-delivery offices; but by the auditor s allowances of compensa tion for deliveries and the sales of stamps, the ndication is afforded of about a million and a quarter of special-delivery articles. The total number at the carrier-delivery offices was 1,024,o67. of which nearlv il per cent., arrived in the mails, and 29 per cent, were of local origin. This certainly shows that this service is desir able to some, and not unlikely may increase considerably, as its uses become better known. Meantime it imposes no cost, but yields a small return, about $29,000 for the past year. Mes sengers earned an average of $10 28 monthly at the" free delivery offices, which only employ them ucder the act; a sum whieh will command tbe services of competent youths. And the service was well performed, tbe average time between the arrival of tbe matter at the postoffice and its delivery being but twenty-one minutes. I concur with the third assistant in the opinion that the system is beneficial, and will probably gain patronage in the future. It is employed bv a considerable number, at all events, and is so simple and free from risK or burdens, tbat it should be afforded to those who desire its continuance. Unquestionably, however, this ought in no manner to qualify purpose and zeal to bring the delivery by carriers of all mail to the highest attainable perfection. There will then remain an abundant field for special delivery, especially at the vast number of offices where no carrier-service is maintained. "The qualifications of postal clerks, their selection for appointment and tenure of office are subjects of too great importance to be passed without some expression of tbe opinions which anxious care and stuoy of tbe railway mailservice during two years and a half have begot ten. The public interests involved in this serv ice is tremendous, and their security is now based on a too uncertain foundation. Viewed entirely from the stand point of the common interest of all our people, requiring the instant. unflagging, accurate, and faithfully honest handling of many thousand million pieces of mail annually, which are not onlv tbe missives of friendship, but the messengers of finance . trade and profitable intercourse of unspeakable alne, it seems impossible to question tbe enor mous rain in efficiency of performance, and in security for tbe unfailing continuance of efficient performance, which will result from pre vious education and a rigorous examination of the men to be charged with these duties, their

judicious selection, and assurance of a tenure during good behavior. This statement is made notwithstanding the fact that the railway mail

service is to-dav in aunerior condition, l am thorougblv assured, to that of any previous period. No immediate 'exigency presses. The present is easy and safe, nor is there cause for serious apprehension in anything within near view. But, though all this be, the perils of the future are too obvious and too immense to be disregarded, and they may be tbe better avoided by calm prevision, than .risked to sudden en counter in realization. "It may some time be required of this depart ment to undertake control of the most advanced and rapid modes of correspondence of modern device. I purpose no discussion of tbe subject which has already attracted and must continue to enlist the general attention of the congress to such an extent that discussion here could be of. little additional value. It involves protracted argument upon, not only the question of general expediency, but of tbe proper means of dealing justly with present conditions. Yet, if it shall happen that the difficulties yield to patient consideration and the demands of the country for the best auxiliaries to its business facilities, it will be 'of supreme importance to the end to make wise provisions for a safe and satisfactory establishment of the requisite force of employes without dangerous increase of federal power, and steps for improvement in tbe establishment of the postal service m est be a beneficial beginning. "Ownership by the government of its postal ears cannot but much relieve tbe difficulties of the compensation problem. So far as tbey are concerned, their transportation may be compensated, doubtless, by the payment of a just price per mile for the distance eacb ear is run, upon a scale not difficult to arrive at fairlr; to be accompanied with simpl provisions for tbe protection of tbe mntual rights of the government and the transporting companies. The advantages and convenience of such a system will find many strenztbening arguments which are not now enlarged upon. Provisionally, the continuance of the present rate of payment would be more than just, as has been demonstrated The elimination of the lines on which postoffice cars are run will much simplify the compensation problem. Payment for transportation in cars, of which bnt a portion is used for mailservice, ean probably be adjusted more easily upon the basis of space employed, the favorite remedy of those who have examined this subject. Such cars will necessarily be drawn in tbe usual passenger trains, and the vexatious complications touchine speed and frequency slip nut to a rreat degree. "The revenue of the past year enjoyed its chief increase from the sale of stamps and stamped paper, in which tbe gain was $4,223,887.96, more than 10 per cent The item had the advantage of the estimated amount of $122,000 aris.r from the sales of special-delivery stamps, of which one-fifth only is the share remaining after the, allowance for delivery is made; and it was doubtless augmented by the operation of the order made in 1886 admitting to the mails fluids, pastes and powders formerly excluded, but which, by reason of improved modes of packing of recent invention, may now be safely carried. 1 here was also a gain of nearlv 15 per cent, in the sale of newspaper and periodical stamps, over 4 per cent, better than the general rate of increase. Tbe main cause, however, was the activity of business; and tbe large gain is a pleasing testimony both to its flourishing condition and to the usefulness of the service as its auxiliary. "The revenue from the money-order business is nominally more than doubled; but this is only an apparent, not a real, gain, and is due wholly to tbe fact that clerical service in postoffices on money-order account was, under the act of 1886, charged last year to the appropriation for clerk hire io postoffices, instead of deducted from the money-order proceeds. There was in fact a diminished money-order revenue, the consequence of the reduction in the rates charged for international orders and for domestic orders of $5 or less. The item of box-rents shows the substantial ' increase of $140,451.94, and the re ceipts for mails carried for foreign countries rose about 56 per cent. Every avenue of revenue gain was manifestly quickened, the miscellaneous receipts being more than trebled. "A Fourth Assistant Postmaster-general be comes with every year a more desirable addition to the official force of the department. The care of postoffices requires the assistance of such an officer. This must be conceded by any one who will inquire into the subjects of which some dis cussion has already been presented. I respect fully invite a fresh consideration of what has been submitted in former reports in support of the recommendation. Should the suggestions hereinbefore made in favor of postoffice buildings lead to their construction by the government, the duties of sucb an officer would naturally comprehend that subject, as well as the cov plies and allowances of postoffices. Tbe appointments, the correspondence for instruction of postmasters and others, and tbe free-delivery service will demand all the labor, exhaustively, of any First Assistant." Novel Use for Election "Pasters." Albany Journal. . Candidates for office will be interested in a little experience that an Albany gentleman had during the last campaign. A friend in the country sent an urgent request for a large num ber of pasters, which were promptly and gladly furnished. After election, the candidate, who, by the way, was not elected, happened to drive by the larni ot the gentleman who wanted the pasters and was surprised to notice a peculiar decoration of the barn door. It seemed to be streaked with white paint. As he stopped to water his horse he walked up to the door and discovered that some one had used his pasters to paste a border of white completely about the barn door and had also made panels of the pasters in a similar manner. Noticing a lad the son of his friend standing near, the gentleman inquired: "Who did the fancy work?' The boy responded: "Me and my sister, and we had the hardest work to get father to send for some asters that you ever saw." The politician as e drove away was in a reflective frame of mind. The Pruyer Test. Greenville fTetm.1 Messenger. A Tennessee farmer, whose land was under mortgage and about to be taken away from him, fell on his knees in prayer. 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Electrotypers and Stereotype Ri 192 S. Meridian Street. UDELL WORKS. Blacking Cases, COMMODES, Etc, Kitchen WDoisnvvara and Laddars. North Indianapolis, Ind. PARSOTT Ss TAGGART . Wholesale BAKERS. Crackers. Bread and Cakes. MANUFACTURERS' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, "Vane TJloolc, The only company organized under the State laiv which oarries large lines of insurance on first-olas manufacturing and business property. A. H. NORDYKE, Pres'U CHAS. B FUNSTON, Sec Solicit correspondence. j."herman kirkhoff, SANITARY PLUMBER. Removed to 91 Jf. Illinois st., Stewart Place, opp. old location. Special facilities for Natural Gas Plumbing. Telephone 1)10. Natural Gas Supplies OF ALL KINDS. CHANDELIERS AND BURNERS FOR NATURAL GAS. "Wholesale and retaiL See ua before buying. ARESHAENSEL & STRONG, The Leading Plumbers, 81 & 83 N. Pennsylvania St. B. D. WALCOTT & CO. INSURANCE, Real Estate and Loans. 46fl East Washington street. Bronsoa& Springer, Manufacturer of HlAD Likinos, Boxes of all . kinds and Venebb Ltjmbek. Cor. St. Clair and Canal. Hadley Shoe Factory, MANUFACTURER Or LADIES', MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S FINE SHOES Shoes made according to standard measurements adopted by Chicago convention. Honest work and the best of material nsed in making Shoes. Orders from the trade solicited. 79 and 83 S. 37enLn.sylva.nia St. WM. C. WHITEHEAD, MONUMENTS No. 75 East Market Street. USToT-a vlco Sc Marmon Co. Estab. 1851. FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS MILL AND ELEVATOR BUILDERS, Indianapolis. Iud. Roller Mills, Mill Gearing, Belting, Bolting Cloth, Grain, cleauing Machinery, Middlings-purifiers. Portable Mills, etc, etc Take street-ears for stockyards Harvesting? Mains Co. Nos. 165 and 167 East Washington Street. J. B. HEYWOOD, Manager. INDIANAPOLIS STOVE CO. INDIANAPOLIS WIRE WORKS COMFY Wire Goods Bank and Manufacturers of Stoves and Hollow Ware, Nos. Desk Railings, Florists' De bit and 87 South Meridian signs. Vases. Arches. Grays street. Uuards, etc 2U Circle st. WRITING MACHINE The Latest Improved and Best. Second-hand Type-writers bought, sold and exchanged. Full stock Caligrapb. and Type-writer Supplies, Papers, etc H. T. CONDE, Gen'l Ag'l, 76 and 78 West Washington street. Branch. Office 72 East Market struet, Indianapolis. R. W. FURNAS Ice Cream. 54 Mass. avenue. R. W. FURNAS Ice Cream. 54 Mass. avenue WILLIAM WIEGEL Manufacturer of K1MBERL1NJ1TG CO., Show Casesibn finto, Harrows. 6 W. Louisiana tit., INDIANAPOLIS. - IND Cultivators and Cultivator Attachments, Etc. CAPITAL RUBBER STAMP WORKS Stamps, Seals. Checks an.J Stencils. 11 South Meridian Street. 3Agents wanted. Chandler & Taylor's Self-contained Steam EISTGKElsrES Are strong, well built and serviceable, and cost no more than ordinary engines. COMSTOCK & COOXSE, 197&199S. Mrid. St. 1 WOOD. CHAIN A WOODEN FORCE PUMPS; dealers in Iron Pipe, Drivenwell Points and allDrivenweli Supplies. SOLOMON'S LOAN OFFICE (Est&bi;ahvl lKl.O. 25 SOUTUILLINOISST. corner of Pearl. Money advanced on all articles of value. C0BURN & JONES, DEALERS IN LUMBER. Manufacturers of Frames. Doors, Sash and Blinds. We do not sell our stock at association lists, but are free to make our own terms and price. See us for low prices. YARD and PLANING-MILL, GEORGIA ST... BET. TENN. & MISSISSIPPI. $250 Single. S350 Double. With Saws and. Tools, c Top Patr Frame can be added to Sitigle Mill when desired. Capta. itj, 3.000 to 5.000 per dar witb S men. 10 to IS bona portable enrirj. will SrfpfSdriTe it. pend lor dcacxipboq ' tod terms. KOCKWOOD. NEWCOMB Sc CO. 180 to ISO S. PeAaaylvania avInrtianaptili Jnrti C. J. GARDNER'S BEEF REFRIGERATOR Kentucky Avenue, near Vandaiia Round honse. Only refrigerators of any capacity in citv. Fresh meats preserved for weeks. Choicest Quality of stock. and very lowect prices. J. rx TRUETT, Gereral Agent for the Celebrated DEERING HARVESTER 192 and 200 West Market Street. SINKER, DAVIS & CO., Roller Flour Mills, 23a.ixl, L05 ZNIill's, I0nsr.ine and Boilers. South. Pennsylvania Street. .m. R. R. ROUSE Manufacturer of Tools for Driven Wells. Dealer in Steam Pumps, Zricc8on's ' and Rider's Hot Air Pumping Engrines, Iron Pipe and Supplies, Fittings and Driven AVells. 31 W. Maryland Street

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ELLIOTT 6c BUTLER, NO. 3 ETNA BUILDING. ABSTRACTS OP TITLES. DYER & RASSMANN, Fire Insurance, Real Estate an-i loan Agent 27 Circle Street Telephone, 523. Solicitor of americas PATENTS m 1 . . f Jn.ra.l RBildiviflr 1HfrXOTOT SPECTACLES ARE NEVER MUbbb osj The7 H. E. MOSES, Optician, No. -4 North Pennsylvania Street. INDIANAPOLIS. established 1S7S. 74 North Pnn. St w HUU X Old Fram Etf Uded EQUAL TO NEW, NEW YORK STEAM DENTAL CO. From $4. $5. $6. $3. $10 to $50 per set. All kinds of fine dental work at reduced prices. Fine gold filling at. $1 and upward. Silver and amalgam, 50e and . 75a. Teeth extracted for 25c Teeta extracted . without vain. All work warrantee as represented. Fifteen year's experience. A. P. HERRON. M'c. Rooms 3 and 4 Grand Opera-house. MICHIGAN LUMBER ASD COAL cojfPA-BYRKIT-S COMBINED SHEATHING A'D LATH Makes solid walL and saves 30 per cent Plaster won t crack. All architects and builders who) nave nsed it commend it. Manufactured at our planing milL Large stock of Dry Lumber 04 Vantl, il C. FOSTER LUMBER CO., 181 West First Street. I 3 EtVaJngtetlNDIANAPOI PENSIONS JOSEPH MOORE, CHAS. E. THORNTON Lata Lt. CoL 58th Regt. Ind. VoL Every soldier woo believes that ha has a claim for pension, increase oC pension, back pay or bounty, should write, inclosing stamp, giving state ment of ease to MOORE A THORN TON, U. S. Claim Attornevs for West'rn Soldiers, 77 East Market St, Iadlananolt; Xm"11 1" nrge for information. . BROOM BROOM MATERIALS MATERIALS No. 38 No. 38 East South St. South St. ' Attorney at Law. Office: 33 Portia Delaware St. Probate matters and collections a specialty. Will act as Trustee, Receiver or Assignee when desired. frw Tet" INDIiNA BICKLE COMPT, 114 N. Pennsylvania St. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. State Agentsf or the Columbia, New M ail and American cycles. We make a specialty of repair ing and exchanging new wheels for old. Send for catalogua and second-hand list. J. W. GILBERT MaJCAOXS. CITIZENS' ODORLESS CO. Vaults, Sinks and Cisterns Cleaned or built new on short notice. Room No. 7 Baldwin's Block, DIAMONDS A large stock which will be SLAUGHTERED between now and Christmas. Less than importers cost. S. D. CRANE, 98 East Washington St., near Delaware. HOLLIDAY & WYON, Dealers In LEATHER, Boot and Shoe Uppei Wholesale Manufacturers of HARNESS. No. 77 South Meridian St. Indianapolis, Ind, -V,fOTt2 . v-o ox ly Firry cts. Pe COXE D'OE foc PER QT. BOTTLE. it. J. PL RYIST & CO., Commission Merchants and Dealers in FLOUR. GRAIN, HAY AND FEED, 62 and 64 Rait Marvland Street By Ti R, Bell, Patent Solicitor and Mechanic! Draughtsman, 69 Ingallj Block, Indlanapot.s.lnd. Zlv LJrm r . . inoia na noLs- ind WATER! Water! WATER Is the cry of every one just now. We ars prepared to help all to an abundance of this much needed element. We have thoroughly competent workmen who are prepared to drive wells or to deepen old ones at very reasonable rates. We are manufacturers of a large line of anti-freezing fore pumps, which are far more durable than- a wooden pump at a trifle greater cost. We also manufacture the celebrated Steel Rim Iron Tower Wind-mil HOWE PUMP AND ENGINE CO. 82 South Pennsylvania Street Established 22 Years. By their works ys shall know them." SH0VER & CHRISTIAN, Contractors and Builders, 115 to 125 North Alabama Street Numerous public and private buildings stand as samples of the quality of our work. Hammered and ribbed glass for skylights, French louse. Sign and Ornamental painting a specialty. .Estimates furnished. POULTRY SUPPLIES. Granulated bone, bone meal, crushed oyster shells, important articles of food for tbe poultry yard. Write for prices. Goods delivered at depot here. NOEL. BROS.. 69 S?3Zl Illinois street, Indianapolis,

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