Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 November 1895 — Page 3

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, -MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1595.

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All-Wool Serges 19c a Yd. A big garment maker imported 40 pieces of. alMvool Serge. They weru delayed in transit and he couldn't use them. Asked us to - make an otter for the lot We did. A ridiculous one, but. he accepted it, and they go on sale to- . morrow. 3Mnche3 wide, all wool and ... Dver offered for less than h:. These go at 19c a Yd. Pettis Dry Goods Co. Txry tlio Celebrated LEW WALLACE CIGAR ' The most exquisite 10c Cigar ever offered to the trade. S. D. PIERSON, General Agent AMUSEMENTS. How .Crane Got "IIU AVIfe's Father. The story of how Crane, the comedian, 'came, to accept "His Wife's Father," in which he ,will be seen here for the first time to-night at- the Grand, is not at all uninteresting. The actor had concluded his ten weeks stay In New York and had gone to Philadelphia to present there "The Merry "Wives of Windsor" and a new play by Paul M. Potter. During the second week of his engagement Miss Martha Morton, who had furnished Mr. Crane with "Brother John" one of his most successful piece, ran over from. New York to' see him. -. . -I have got a new play that I think will Just suit you," said she. "I couldn't do a thin? with it this season." answered the actor. "I have six plays in my repertoire now and most of them are new tothe cities I am about to visit. No; it would be a waste of your time as well as my own (to bother with H now." "I know all about that," replied Miss Morton, "but alt the same I want you to read my playiright away, if .it is only to get your opinion of it." Mr. Crane; did .not seem to be' in any hurry to read the work,' asked if the next day would not do as well and he would write her his opinion, to all of which the young woman shook her head. "Now, Mr. Crane," she went on, becoming animated, "I have written this play for you..wlth you In my mind to play its principal character, and you are going to produce it right away. Don't smile. You have got nothing to do Just now and I am not going to start for home until you have at least begun the first act. Ught a cigar, 1 don't mind, and start In." Crane picked up the manuscript and began to read It, and as he read his interest increased. Long before he concluded! there was a glow of satisfaction on the young woman's face, and before she left for home the play waa Mr.' Crane's property. The next day It was read to the members of the company and the day following it was placed in rehearsal.. In three weeks it was .given a production in Washington, and its reception was such that the company immediately returned to New York, -where it remained from February until June. Literary ability and sharp business tact do not. a a rule, go together, but Mr. Crane nay that Miss Morton possesses both to a very large extent. The Grand will be packed to-night to welcome the popular comedian; He will play "The Senator" Wednesday night. . Paderewikl and III Hiilr. A reporter with plenty of time on his hands has got down the encyclopoedia and written the following entertaining article on Paderewskl and his wonderful hair: "Again has Paderewskl. the great pianist, come to enthral us with his wonderful playing and hia no less wonderful hair. Mr. paderewskl. will, no doubt, pardon this attention to a personal detail. To begin with, his hair is unique in color. Nothing at all like It was ever seen. The prelllnf. tint la tM llvht nron wo s r Hi i there are many shades gently passing Into one another. You catch glimpses of ' old gold and a shade like the- color of a tremendous hot fire. The greater part of it appears to grow to a length of bight inches, and it reaches down the back ot hls neck, to his collar, where It is as long as anywhere else As a considerable portion of th hair Is always in a state of growth, a reasonable calculation of its average length would be five inches. "Paderewskl has a very large square head. The average human head has a halr-beartng surface of 13) square inches, ills scalp has an area of ltf) inches. There are 6U0 hair follicle in a. square inchof a dark person's scalp. The blonde, of course, has finer hair than the other. This wquld give a total of o,O0O follicle;) to a blonde with 120 incheB - of scalp: but as many follicles emit two or three hairs, the total must be greatly increased, and 120,0u0 is a conservative estimate. "Accepting these calculations, Faderewskl. who Is a blonde with very line hair and an unusually large head, would have about I'no.CftJ hairs. That M at the rate of 1.2S0 to the square inch. The average length ot I hem is five Inohes. and their total length. If placed end to end, would be 100.000.OW) inches, or, approximately, fifteen and three- ' quarter miles. The streniilj of the hair Is a most astonishing fact.- An eminent doctor informs us that a single hair will bear a strain equivalent to four ounces. Paderewskl's 200,000 hair should, therefore, be able to withstand a strain of OO.OOO pounds. ' "The quotable market value is not so great. Eight-inch hair only sells for 2T cents an ounce, while thirty-six inch hair sells, for IT or more. The market" value of raderewski s cair is prooaoiy increased by Us rars color, but apart from that it would undoubtedly be of inestimable value as a sou? venir. If the pianist should, ever be hard up, of which, fortunately, there is no present prospect, he has only to offer his hair for sale. .Many an American woman would give a fortune for it." Aole of the Stage Fields & Hanson's "Drawing Cards" ope" at the Empire this afternoon , for a week s engagement. 4 . Mr. H. Plunkett Greene will revisit this country in January to fulfill a large number of engagements, lie has added a collection of new songs to his programme. Miss Lilian Sanderson, who has gained renown in Europe as a lleder singer, and .Mr. Robert .Fn-und. the famous pianist from Zurich,, will come to America in the gprlng. "Two Vagabonds' will open the Wilbur company's week of comic opera at the Park this afternoon and will bo rpeited tonight. "Martha" 1.4 to-morrow's bill. All the old favorites are in he cast. The twenty-five living pictures after each performance wiU be as big & feature as laft season, when they drew great crowds. They deserve to do o, for they are vt-ry beautiful and attractive. ;. Mme. Helen Hastrclter, who became popular through her appearance, with the American - Opera : Company and aftertTcrda in her concert tours with

Theodore Thomas and the Boston .Symphony Orchestra, has recently returned to America and will be heard In a number of concerts during the present season. While abroad she sang In opera in Ixmdon and more recently achieved success in opera and concerts in the principal Italian cities. MI- Marie Brema will sing "Brunhllda" on Nov. 12 at one of the Mottl concerts in Ixjnduti. on the 1.1th she tails for America. The rist. 22d and 23d of November she is engaged to sing with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, In Boston and Cambridge. A few days later she will make her first appearance with the Abbey & Grau Opera Company in New York. HARD TO GET WHEAT

INDIANAPOLIS MILLERS HAVE I1EEX AT A DISAD VA XTA G E. Some Improvement Expected After . This Month Statistics or the v : - Summer Packing Season. In the month of October Indianapolis mills turned out but 34,866 barrels of flour, against 62,41 in September this year and against 68,047 barrels in October of 1891. In commenting on the Ught business Arthur Gillette, of the Acme Milling Company, said: "The American millers of winter wheat have been at a disadvantage this season. The crop is a short one, and this is especially true of Indiana and States West and South. Indianapolis, although, generally well situated, has been but little better off than other winter wheat milling centers. The millers here get their supplies from central and southern Indiana and Illinois, and market their product largely abroad and In the States east. This year the mills South have, owing to their short crop, come into this territory and bought wheat, making the available wheat for Indiana mills still moro of a rare article. To the North the wheat is Bold on bases of lake freights, so during the season of navigation it ls impossible for millers of central Indiana to profitably handle that. These conditions have resulted in millers here, as well as those over the St,at generally, curtailing their output. To the adverse conditions above mentioned these can be added: A large spring wheat qrop, enabling millers in the Northwest to undersell us in New England and abroad: liberal offerings of French-made flours, helped by a bounty, and English, mills' products, made from wheats grown In India, Russia and Argentine, countries which this year have been favored with good crops. It is hoped by many that as far as local supplies of wheat are concerned we mav see some improvement after this month. This is based on the experience of the past, viz.: with a short crop? farmers hold back a larger proportion that usual, and in the spring there will be deliveries of considerable wheat where It was thought there was none whatever." - - Will Employ BOO People. The Indianapolis Bicycle Chain and Stamping Machine Company will this week begin moving into its new building, corner of Mississippi and Georgia streets, and will then become the largest plant of this character in the country. It was the first company to manufacture bicycle chains. ' Fqr, some months the company has been working three hundred people, by working a night as well as a day force. When in the new buildings five hundred people can be employed by day,-and 'in case of being pushed can, by running nights, more than double the present capacity. The new buildings are. among the most substantial built in this city,-are, light and cheerful and finely ventilated, a matter which is receiving more attention In the erection of buildings of late. The main building, is 130 feet in length by 00 in width, with two wlns each 70 feet long by 50 wide, and an enameling room 45 feet long by' 2. wide. Electricity will be the power used, each group of machines having ia motor. The building will be warmed by steam and lighted with four hundred Incandescent lights. The company . hopes to be settled in its new quarters by Dec. 1. Results of Summer Packing- Season. xWhat Is known as the summer packing season, whiclv begins with, March. 1 and closes5 Oct! i, for ,lS03, does not make as favorable an exhibit as did the corresponding eight, months of 1891. The Indianapolis packing houses killed 333.000 hogs, against S73.C00 for the corresponding1 period of ISM. ', At the twenty-two packing points' which report their business there were killed 8,12.000 hogs, against 8.812.000 for the corresponding eight months of 1S94. Coffin, Fletcher & Co. will pAn their winter packing house about Nov. 15. and if hogs remain at about present prices they will slaughter a larger number that for the last three seasons. They have a capacity for slaughtering two thousand hogs a day. This is the oldest pork-packing firm In the fttate. Mr. L. W. Fletcher, the senior member of the firm, made his first venture in pork packing in 1849, forty-six years ago, and is without a peer in the trade. ' 3Ianufactnrlag on South Side. The ' Lilly Varnish Company has completed its new plant and is in a position to largely increase its output. Meuser & Co., pork packers... are doing a good business and increasing their trade. Martin Keiffel Is doing a good business in the manufacturing, of all kinds of spiced meats. The American starch works, one of the largest concerns in the country, will break ground for their mammoth factory to-daj The citizens of this manufacturing district and West Indianapolis are demanding the erection of. the ltay-street bridge across the river. This bridge. It is claimed, has become a public necessity. It. Is the only safe highway, no railroads to interfere, and the County" : Commissioners .will -be asked in a short time to. take up the matter and appropriate the money to build this bridge. ' The Xen- Cold Stornge House. - Everything .is now in order to push work oh the new plant of the Holt Ice and Cold Storage Company. The contracts already awarded call-for 9125,000 and the machinery alreadjr purchased for the plant has cost (15.000. The main building will be 270 feet long by 80 feet In width. It is expected to have everything in good running order In the early spring. In the plant all modern Improvements for the manufacture of ice and in regulating the temperature of the cold storage house will be adopted. The main building will be three stories high, constructed of brick, resting on a heavystone foundation. Lean Dust and CleanerStreets. To-day the ' Kurnaa Pneumatic .Streetsweeping Company will begin on Its new contract. It now has four machines to begin operations. with, and at the works of Wright, &, Wright four more of the streetsweeping machines are in process of construction. Until these are completed the new contractor may bo obliged to use the old method of rleanlng the streets, but when the eight machines are In operation air paved streets will be kept clean and without the dust and noise, which has been so annoying "in the use of the old street sweepers. Will io Traveling. Philadelphia Times. When Charles C. Harrison purchased Thomas Hovendcn's. painting of ,-nreaklng Horn Ties," he had no ilea that it would strike such a popular chord as to make it on of the greatest American pictures; intenslrtcit bv the tragic and self-sacrliklng death of tha artist. In Toronto, where it was fhown at the exhibition of Canadian artists before It went South It made a sensation even greater than In the Fnited States. In Atlanta people from the Interior towns of the Southern States, as well as the visitors from a distance, ask to see this picture as soon as they arrive at the exhibition, and It is hard to ct a sight of it. A ladv now vlsdtlng in Philadelphia from a small Virginia town, says that at the ehurch there last Sunday the clersymau made the picture the topic of his sermon. The wonderful popularity of the painting and the requests from Chicago. Laltlmore and other cities for its loan, has suggested to Mr. Harrison that by exhibiting it a fund might be created for the I'nlverslty of Pennsylvania to be used for deserving studeots anxious to enter that institution, but deficient in means. Harvard 1ms uch a fund amounting now to over a million of dollars! Accordingly, upon its return from Atlanta th painting win be exhibited here for this Important object, and later in other cities. For Indigestion lae Ilorsford Arid Phosphate. nr.- G. H. Leach, Cairo, III., says: Of great power In dyspepsia and nervous pios-tratlon."

THE TilUST DEFENDED

V. P. FISIIHACK'S ADDRESS OV TI1K COXSLMEns GAS COMPANY. Only One Director, He Suys, Ever NInde Any Money Ont of the -Institution. Before the Progress Club yesterday afternoon William P. Fishback told the story of thj Consumers' Gas Trust. Having been long associated with the corporation as its attorney, he was, he said, familiar with its history and every act of its directors. Mr. Fishback defended the trust from tbo start. He defined any man to show. where there had been an irregular; transaction on the part of the officials or the misapplication of one dollar of the people's money. Ho began by recounting an Incident In October, 1&S5, when he sat at dinner in a Cincinnati hotel. A message was handed to ono of the guests announcing that a flow of gas had been located in Indiana. The well referred to was the first of the great number that have eince made the State famous. The speaker then recited the history of natural gas in Indiana from the date of its discovery to the present time. He told of tho difficulties experienced by the men who tried to organize the Consumers' Trust, the pledges exacted by the City Council, and the great difficulty in securing a right ot way to the gas field. He spoke of the visit of Maj. Doxey to Indianapolis while tho trust was trying to get on its feet. The Anderson capitalist, he said, came with a glowing offer to the people and left with a cool 'ten thousand dollars In his pocket. "But one of the directors has ever made any money out of this trust," he said, "and he made it honestly. He is no friend of mine and I am not a friend of his." Then the speaker referred to John P. Frenzel, who took the stock certificates of the trust, advanced the money to build the plant, and made his bank the depository of tho funds of the trust. Continuing! he said: The natural gas field in Indiana covers an area of over three thousand square miles. The city of Indianapolis is about seven miles south of the southwest corner or edge of the field. Gas Is found at a depth varying from 8."i0 to l.OOv feet, and the cost of sinking wells is so uniform that contractors will put down any number of them for say $1,000 each exclusive of the cost o casing, which averages $300 per well. The rock pressure fan at first from 00 to 340 pounds to the square inch, as shown by an indicator put upon, a finished well. , The first producing well was sunk in October, 1886, near the village of Eaton, on the Big Four railway, fifty-two miles northeast of Indianapolis. Some steps were taken to pipe the gas to Indianapolis, . but subsequent borings In 1887 showed wells of strong pressure near Noblesvllle, on the L E. & W. railway, and 'twenty miles north of Indianapolis. The Standard Oil Company was soon In the field leasing territory and putting down wells with a view to piping gas to Indianapolis. Two or three other corporations were organized f,or the same purpose. The City Council, in May, 1887, appointed a committee to visit Pittsburg and other cities to get information a a basis for an ordinance fixing rates to consumers and . regulating the use of the streets and alleys by natural gas companies. It was supposed at first that the Standard Oil Company, having, as was reported, monopolized the field by leases, having unlimited capital, and having on hand sufficient line pipe to bring the gas to the .city speedily, would have no competitor. So suro were the Standard people of their ability to hold the territory ana secure a monopoly that their attorney, Mr. Calkins, framed most of the provisions of the ordinance as it ultimately, passed the Council and Board of Aldermen. Negotiations were broken off, however, when the Council fixed the rates to be charged to consumers for the use of gas. These rates were as follows: Cooking stoves or ranges, residence, Pi to $15 per annum. . ' ' Cooking stoves or ranges, hotel, $50 per annum. Heating stoves, $5 to $13 per annum. Open grates, $10, without furnace register, per annum. ; " v Open grates, $5, with furnace register, per annum. Furnaces for residences, $20 to $55 per annum. Furnaces for business houses, $30 to. $65 per annum. These rates were less than one-third the cost of wood or coal. For steam boilers in factories the rate was to be one-half the cost of coal. When the ordinance was passed with this schedrle of rates xe Standard - Oil Company declared that it would bring a twelveinch pipe line to the city limits, but would not lay any pipe in the city unless and until the" ordinance rates were increased SO per cent. Public meetings were held, at which addresses were made by Colonel Payne, representing the Standard Oil Company, and others representing the citizens. Such was the anxiety to get gas to the city and to get It speedily that a great many influential citizens urged the Council to make the concession and increase the rate, and at one public meeting it waa resolved that it was the duty of the city to yield. leanwhile two or three local corporations which had a strong influence over members of the Council resisted the effort to have the rates increased. The Standard company then gave up the fight, not, however, until It had sold all Its territory, leases, wells and right or way to one of the local companies and made a contract to lay a twelve-Inch pipe from the field to the city for that company. TRUST ORGANIZES. As soon as the Standard company was out of the field the local company, which had become the purchaser, and which until that time was insisting that the ordinance rates were high enough, appeared -before the Council clamoring for the' 50 per cent; increase and making the same threat' that they would bring gas to the city limits and stop there until the city yielded to its demands. The further statement was. made that the line pipe they were to use was the only pipe that ould be obtained in the market within a year or two, and that the option for the purchase of the pipe would expire In a few days. This story was believed by many, and at the urgent request of citizens a special meeting of the Council was called for the purpose of changing the ordinance to meet the demands- of the gas company. At this Juncture it occurred to two citizens, Mr. A. A. McKaln and Mr. A. F. Potts, and perhaps others, that a corporation could be formed, based upon a popular subscription to the capital stock, which would enable the citizens to get a supply of gas at rates not exceeding the price of the schedule contained in the existing ordinance. Capitalists, business men and solid citizens generally pooh-poohed the scheme as a piece of sentimental moonshine. Nevertheless an appeal was made to the Council to suspend further action until a test could be made. Mr. Claypool, one of our shrewdest business men, made a public, statement that If a committee of lawyers appointed by the Board of Trade would prepare a plan of incorporation which would "hold water" and accomplish the purpose he would subscribe $5.rK. A committee of lawyers consisting of W. H. H. Miller. William Wallace. John M. Butler, Ferdinand Winter and W. P. Fishback was appointed to frame and report artlclfs of association under the corporation and mining laws of tho State. Special legislation not being allowed in Indiana, it was necessary to organize under the existing general . laws which were enacted before natural gas was discovered In the State. It was desirable to so frame the articles as to Imlte public confidence, to keep the management of the company's affairs out of politlt-s and to hedge It about with provisions which would prevent a majority of the stockholders getting control of it for private gain. , FEATURES OF INCORPORATION. The following are the important and peculiar features of the articles of Incorporation: Tha cailtal stock was placed at 1500,000. and ojeratlons could not begin until the entire amount was subscribed. The shares were fixed at $25. Nine directors ' were to be- elected annually. This, however, is tho cornerstone of the enterprise, the trustee clause, which is as fojlows: ' " ' "The entire capital stock of the corporation shall be placed under the control of a toard of five trustees and their sucwssors, who shall be -stockholders In said rompany; which said board of trustees shall have full, complete, exclusive and irrevocable power during the continuance of this corporation, to hold said stock and vote the snrneas fully and completely as'if they, were the owners of said capital stock: to tlett directors, as above provided, and to fill any vacancy that may cccur in said board of directors. Said entire capital stoek shall bo voted as a unit; and In case said trustee shall not agree as to how said atock shall le voted, the majority of tbem shall cast the vote of. the board. If a vacancy shall

occur in said board of trustees by death, resignation, removal from tho, city of Indianapolis or otherwise, such vacancy shall be fllled by the remaining members of the board, and in the event of the failure of said board to fill such' vacancy, the Marlon Circuit Court shall, upon application of any stockholder, after said trustees have had ten (10) days' notice In writing of said application, and shall have Iri-the meantime failed to fill such vacancy, appoint some competent person to fill the same." The articles of association were published In full in the eity papers, and .scores of citizens came forwardand agreed to circulate stock books and secure subscriptions. Within fifteen days the entire capital stock was subscribed by five thousand subscribers. There were four large subscriptions of $10,0u0 each by Klngan & Co., the Atlas engine works, P. Leibcr & Co. and J. F. Schmidt, a half dozen five-th6usand-dollar subscriptions, and the balance was made up of small amounts, from one To forty shares each- questions were asked about the solvency of the subscribers. The movement was a popular one in every1 sense, and on t the night when the public announcement1, was made that the stock had -been subscribed five thousand people assembled In the'Clty Hall to exchange greetings. The croakers said. "How touch will you collect on your stock subscriptions?" Not 50 per cent. . Additional stock was afterward issued, and the total subscriptions were $tS9,400, of which $611,000 have been paid, or 92 per cent. THE TRUSTEES. Would the campaign -come up to the sounding phrase of this manifesto? Wa3 the theme workable- as a business enterprise? Would enough, gpod business men take hold of it to make It a success? Here is the story of - the successful career. On the board of trustees' were Governor Porter, General Morris, John ;I. Butler, of the law firm of" McDonald & But.ler, and Mr; - ' August chnull, and Mr. John W .. jMurphy, the . last' two being prosperous wholele merchants. The directory was made tip of bankers, merchants, manufacturers and lawyers. By the terms of the article -of Incorporation the trustees serve without pay and the directors were to receive no pay, unless it is allowed to them by the board; Qf trustees. The directors have served : eight years without one cent of pay. Durihs the first six months they met nearly every day, and since the plant has been in. operation they have met regularly twice a month. The directors found their hands full; of work from the start. Colonel Lilly went into- the gas field to secure leases and rights of way, and Mr. Hanna, a chairman. of the committee on construction, began negotiations for pipe. Iron pipe, such as is used for piping gas, water and oil, is a cash article. How would our popular enterprise get funds or obtain credit enough to sink wells, .bring a slx-teen-inch main from the field and gridiron the city with service pipes so as to supply our citizens with gas? A. conservative estimate placed the necessary outlay for construction of the plant " at $1.200,u00. How could that be met with a popular stock subscription then in progress of collection of only $500,000? '' - By the articles of association the directors were authorized to issue and sell certificates of indebtedness to raise money to provide a supply of gas and Construct pipe lines. There was no market for such certificates. The National Tube and Iron Company. . of Pittsburg, and the American Tube and Iron Company, of, Younstowiv O., and Middletown, Pa., were lnAIndianapolis, . by their representatives trying to sell pipe, but they wantt-d cash or short-time paper. Mr. Oeorge Matheson, of Youngitown, manager of the American Tube" and Iron Company, said he would listen : to a proposition for pipe, part cash and part. eertUlcates, and be satisfied that the certificates would bo paid. Ho Is a shrewd Scotchman." Ho remained in. the city long enough to ascertain the character and buslfiess capacity of each member of the boards of trustees and directors. . The company had secured written pledges from several thousand consumers that they would take no gas from any other company. The director gave their personal bond in a large sum that they would create no other indebtedness until the certificates Issued to buy pipe were paid, and as the consent of the trustees -was necessary to enable the directors to Incur any debt the trustees gave a written personal pledge that they would not glvV-such amount for the contracting of any other ttebt until the pipe line certificates were paid. The high character of the directors; and trustees was a sure guaranty that 'they would carry out the arrangement in good faith. : But suppose the supply of gas should fail or that' the oneratimr expenses and cost of exten-'

slons should consume the Income;' how was the Feller tot get pay for his pipe? Matheson. proposed a mortgage on the plant. He was assured that the nvaklng and recording of a mortgage wola stampede ; the stockholders and put an'eAa to payment of assessments, which were payable monthly, and besides there were grave doubts whether such' a corporation could make a valid mortgage. PIPE-LINE CERTIFICATES. Finally it was agreed that the company might Issue one thousand pipe-line certificates of the: denomibaUoil of. $1,000 each, payable in five years .from March 3, 1E83, at the office of 'the Metropolitan Trust Company, of New York cltj with Interest at 7 per, cent, per annum, payable semiannually,' the company to have the right, on -the 1st day of September and March of any year, to pay off and retire any number of certificates within the twenty. The certificates were divided into twenty classes, from A to T. there being fifty in each class, and they were to be paid in A, B, C order. The sellers of pipe were to take an equal number from each class. It was further stipulated that the entire net earnings above operating- expenses should be paid into the hands of the trustees of the Metropolitan Trust Company until the certificates, interest and principal should be L paid. The certificate holders and the trus tees were to have access to the books and accounts of the company at all times, and once a month the treasurer of the company was to forward to the trustees a sworn statement of receipts and disbursements. Mr. Matheson was shown that by this trust agreement certificate holders had a better security thao a mortgage. They had what was In effect a mortgage in process of foreclosure, with a receiver in posFcsion, who'.- was to pay off the mortgage debt out of the earnings. Of course, any viola tion of the agreement on the part of the rnmnanv n-nnlT hav-pnahlpil thA triistppq f to seize the . property ' for the certificate holders. Accordingly, - on the 1st of February, 18S3, the company rpurchased from the American tube and iron works $365,000 worth of pipe, paying- $150,000 In cash anj $iM".0'tO in certificates ; secured-as above. This was enough to lay a main line of slxteen-lnch and twelve-Inch plpo from the gas field to theicity, .a distance of twentytwo miles. .and to gridiron the most popu lous part of the city with high pressure. mains, ranging in canoer from sixteen to six inches. , The purchase of this pipe gave ereat encouragement to the subscribers of the stock.' and the assessments were paid so promptly mat ine--company nai ready money at command to pay for the labor of putting the pipe into the ground, By the city ordinance the pressure pt tfie high pressure lines was limited to twenty nounJs to the square Inch in the city, and In the pipes which wen to be connected with domestic service the pressure, was. to be limited to eight ounces to the square Inch. When the high pressure lines were finished the money in hand was about gone. At this Juncture. twenty-seven icltlzens. tncludinsr the nine di rectors, came forward , and took $105,000 of the ceitlncates at par, though the holders of thoe which ihad been issued were offer ing them at ninety cents on the dollar. More pipe was purchased with money and certificates, an J by November, 1S.5S. contracts were made' with many consumers. The city ordinance required any company coming in under its terms to lav at least twenty-five miles of. ripe within the cltv limits during the 'first yar. This company put down within one year more than onehunjrod mil? ot pipe, not counting the ser vice connections. THE PltOXr CLAUSE. The by-laws provide that In November of each year the trustees shall appoint . a committee of the stockholders, other than dlrectcrs, who are to make a thorough ex amlnatlon of the accounts ami verify the fame. The. .first, report., covering four months, was filed with the trusteestMarch 25, JSS0. The trustees published the report with an address to the stockholders, which snowed the perrect success of the enter prise. ' - Some attorneys had expressed doubt as to the validity of - the ""irrevocable proxy" clause in the articles of incorporation, dy ing absolute and Irrevocable power to the trustees to vote all tne stock as a unit. A till was drafted which was unanimously passed by both Dranc-js or tne legislature deckirir.g that such prgxles should be lawful and binding. ' and validating all con tracts of the .sort which , had been made beforo the passage ; of the law. Another law was enacted declaring 'that a natural gas company, duly organized, was a cor iteration with the powers of the inanti facturing and mining - laws. , Another law gave natural gas companies th power to enter upon lands and appropriate them for right of way for pip lines under process sunuar to inose auowing rauroau companies to do so. There wis some difficulty at first In securing rights- of way, and in one or two cases rival companies induced land-owners to apply for ' Injunctions but the comjhany succeeded in; pushing its work without serious delay. The sales of gas from the time the com

pany began to supply itr customers until now amounts to $2.9,JD,400.i2.

Meanwhile, the certificates of lnlebted ness have been paid in full, which, wtlh Interest amounts to $75:.0CO. The company was organized November, 1&87, and commenced selling gas July, 1SS-S. Capital paid up..... Oa.C9.0 Capital is now 5sl.fliio.tK Receipt for gas amount to.......$2,IO,.li Number of consumers , 12.000 Number of fires ....35.000 Number of lights 12.000 Original gas pressure..... 325 lbs. Present gas pressure ' 230 lbs. "X - V .mm m. u uraoer wens unneu. -m Number now In use..... ...152 Cost of wells and pipe lines auueu to tne plant to maintain the supply of gas since ' business "was started.. $570,000.00 Construction over $2,000,000. . . Then we have had a clean, smokeless cltv. and the gain In cleanliness, health and comfort cannot be estimated in money. These beneficent results can all be traced to the invention of the "irrevocable proxy." ,And the question arises. why cannot cities repeat this experiment supply their- cities with water, light and street railway transporta tion, juuen depends upon the character of the men composing the board of trustees. Everything Is iivthelr hands, and they must be men of high character and public spirit. The quality of the members will be pre served by the power of self-perpetuation wnicn tney possess. v hen vacancies occur the remaining members will not be apt to invite unwortty citizens to take places upon ine noara. The company will now proceed to refund to the stockholders the amount of their stock with interest at the rate of 8 per cent, from the date of payment of each Install ment. What will be the status and rights of the stockholder when he gets his money return with interest at 8 per cent., ac cording to the terms of his contract? It Is clear that he will have no power to vote nis stocK, out when the corporation is wound up or ceases to do business its property would be sold for the benefit of the stock holders, as there is really an intrinsic value to the stock after the amount subscribed and paid has been refunded with Interest. The result of the enterprise may be summed up as follows: The formation of the company prevented an increase in the rates to consumers. Two companies have during the past live years furnished gas to moro than 20,000 consumers at an aggregate-cost of about $0,000,000. By preventing the 50 per cent, advance In rates the company, has saved to the people $3,000,000. . THE PAPERJ DISCUSSED. After M!r. Fishback had concluded his talk his remarks were taken up for discussion by the members of the club and others. F. J. Van Vorhls said that he thought the Trust did the greatest wrong in neglecting to keep .the public familiar with its affairs. He had been enlightened, he said, on a great many questions by Mr. Fishback's talk. D. F. Kennedy-thought there" was a lesson in the thoughts brought out by tho speaker. He said that the scheme of creating a gas trust had its inception In. the Central Labor Union, but the union was not able to carry it through. It required men of money and men of business to take up such prolects and make them successful. The laboring classes can plan tout they cannot carry great plans to perfection. Hence the responsibil ity or solving these neavy problems rests witn tne business men and the men who have capital. Several questions were asked Mr. Fish back, all of which he answered to the ap parent satisfaction of-the inquisitors. One man asked why Mr. Frenzel had for so long a time been reticent when the public was clamoring for information concerning the Trust. "Mr. Frenzel's reticence, was not my doing,", said Mr. Fishback. "He has put the company under suspicion, I'll admit, by refusing to tell these things, but any man who knows Mr. Frenzel knows that he is not in the habit of . asking the advice -of other people." ... TIIK MORMON CHUIICII. It Has lleen Scheming for Power nnd In Likely to Astonish the Country. New York Mall and Exprers. "The people iii the "East do not realize the strlles that the Mormon Church, is making in i;tan. said Caleb Felton. of Sa t Iike City. "It is something like to-night's rain storm. fceated here in the hotel we know nothing about It, but we realize its force the moment we step outdoors. So It Is with Utah. You cannot know what is going, on there unless you are on the spot. Then you are amazed at the situation. "The Mormons have been working quietly for the future for the last six years, and as soon as Utah Is admitted, as a State you will see their power, displayed, and its extent will astonish, the people of the United States. ' "As soon as federal authority is removed and Utah, as a State, administers all her own affairs without federal aid or. Interfer ence, the carefully laid plans will be displayed. We vote on our , new constitution next Tuesday and for and against polygamous marraes. The polj-gamlsts will not try to win. That provision will be over-' whelmingly defeated by them simply for the purposes of leading Congress to believe that polygamy Is no longer wanted. That will placate the antl-polygamist in our National Legislature, who would probably oppose the Statehood of Utah If the people Inssted upon continual plural marriages. . "Let Utah once enter the sisterhood of States, and what 13 to prevent her from convening another constitutional convention and incorporating polygamy or any other of the tenets of Brigham Young into her Constitution? As a State she can do this. As a Territory she cannot. "Joseph F. Smith, of the Mormon presidency, has carefully concealed his hands in Kolltlcs. He has frequently asserted that e took no part or Interest In territorial affairs outside of his ecclesiastical office, but we know for a fact that he has taken a most active, even if hidden, interest in the election of a delegate. He did it very cleverly, too. A letter was written to BLshop Stevens, of Ogden, Inquiring into the standing of 'Brother Frank J. Cannon,' and tile answer gave Brother Cannon a first-class character, and this indorsement was sent out by Joseph F. Smith to all the bishops In Utah. He made no recommendations himself, tout-K was plain how he felt and what his Intention . was. There are more ways of killing a cat than feeding it on hay. - . " It Is possible that the genuine antlpolygamlsts, who understand thoroughly the deep game of politic being played by the'r opponents will be obliged to fight fire with fire and strive to have the polygamlst frovlslon inserted, and thus injure a delay n gaining statehood. - That is the only way we can hope to keep polygamy in check. Let the Mormons gain control of all State affairs, which they will, and you will s?e an army of missionaries sent out to proselyte all over the world, as they were some vears ago, and Incidental to the proselyting "to secure brides to' be 'sealed to the church.' " .' - THB DtTY OS M1SATS. Cleveland "Wants It Removed for the Benefit of Foreigners. Washington Special In Chicago Post. The information received by the Bureau of American republics that the cattle raisers of the Argentine Republic arc making arrangements to Import largo numbers of high grade cattle for the purpose of improving tho herds in order to compete in the European markets with the live stock shippers from the United States and Australia is of lively personal concern to our own cattle growers. It Is not the European markets tho Argentine stock raisers have designs upon so much as the. markets of the United States. They are already, hot competitors of the beef and provision exporters of this country in the principal markets of the old world, and they figure that they can cut under the prices asked and obtained for meats In the Atlantic States. If the tariff barriers can only be broken down. This they have hopes of seeing done In the near future. Tho cattle -men of th big South American country are not new or green in the business. They have been on earth a good while. They have advanced almost as far In the economies of Killing stock and shipping meats as the North Americans. They have the latest appliances In their great packing houses and transport their products to Europe In refrigerator ships. They are underselling onr people wherever they compete.- They have been kept out of our Atlantic port markets 'only by reason of the 20 per cent, duty imposed on imported cattle and meats. WUh that taken off they say they will be able to cut down the cost of meat for 20,00,000 consumers In the Jii-t, Millie and Southern States from 20 to 5 ner cerft.. or from four to seven cents a pound. They contend that they can land freh meat In New York an 1 a hundred miles inland from any and all important seaports cheaper than it can lo freighted or expressed from the Western packing centers, and they offer to prove It. . It may be stated with perfect confidence that President Cleveland is ImpreypHd with the desirability of removing, the duty on cattle and meats, and It in altogether prolabln that he will make a recommendation to that effect to Congress. The President, and Secretary Morton have alreaJy been discussing at length a proposition to admit Canadian cattle, and from that It is only another step in tb same direction to Include the products, o! Argentine. The Secretary of Agriculture would have a double motive in urging the opening up of American markets to foreign cattle and meats. He Is des peratelj- down on the allege! "moat combine," and he is honestly in favor of lending government aid to the cheapening of this great food product. There Is danjrer to the .Western cattle and meat Interests in this suggestion. v

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In 1S6! was published the lirst edition of "Webster's Dictionary Unabridged," In which the scientific principles of 'modern lexicography were applied and a large amount of new matter was added. This dictionary met every want of that day, and at once became a standard authority. It was followed by new and enlarged editions in 1879, 1884 and 1890. These successive editions represented a vast amount of learning and research, ad were the result of the Joint labors of a u-.rge number of persons who were recognized authorities in their respective fields. Each one was a decided advance and Improvement on its predecessor, and all had an immense sale. The late Mr. 11. O. Houghton, of the publishing ttrm of Houghton, Mlfiiln & Co., told the wrUcr of this notice, a few years ago, that there had been no time since 1S64 when some of their presses were not running day and night, printing the sheets for this great work. 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