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THE BICIBIOM) PALLADIUM AND S UX-T ELEGRA3I, MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1911.

E SAYS ITS GOVERNMENT BEST Practical Plan of Commission Government Now in Operation There. (Palladium Special) Spokane, Wash., March 20. What Is declared by experts to be iho most advanced practical plan of inunclpal government by commission In America is now iu operation In Sokane. Five commissioners, lumen from among 92 candidates at a special declion on March 7, "when women exercised the rlgbt of ballot for the first time In the history of the city, were formally inducted Into office on March 14, retiring Mayor Nelson S. Pratt and ten councilmen. The commission has been organised as follows: Mayor and commissioner of public affairs, William J. llindley, formerly pastor of Pilgrim Congregational church. Vice chairman and commissioner of finance, Robert Fairlcy, formerly city comptroller. Commissioner of public utilities, Charles M. Fassett, formerly president of the Spokane chamber of commerce. Commissioner of public works, David C. Contes, printer, former lieutenant governor of Colorado. Commissioner of public safoty, .ora K. Ifayden, retired lumber mill operator and capitalist. The first thrco were elected for terms of five years, the last named for threo years. The salary is $5,000 a year, the bond of each being fixed at $25,000. Has Appointive Power. Tho commissioner of public affairs appoints and supervises the city engineer, corporation counsel and inspector of weights and measures; tho commissioner of finance controls the books and offices of the city treasurer and auditor; tho commissioner of public utilities has charge of the city water works and power plant, street railway, telephone and allied affairs; the commissioner of public works has supervision of streets, pavements and sewers, and the commissioner of public safety controls the police and firemen. The commissioners also look after all the ramifications of their various duties and may change and alter these by agreement. Three civil service commissioners, to be appointed to serve without pay, demand the merit system, examinations, probations, investigations and removals on charges. The purpose is to make permanent all municipal appointments, calling for special fitness, so that a faithful public official may plan a career and fit himself accordingly, without fear of displacement by disfavor. Another feature of tho charter Is the provision for publicity. All the meetings are open to the public, and all ordinances and other notices must be published in the Official Gazette, which is distributed free of charge. The mayor has no veto power. The charter provides for. the initiative and the referendum and the recall. Fifteen per cent of the vote is required to recall any commissioner who has been remiss or unsatisfactory In his dutV. Tho system of voting 'or the commissioners is Ingenious. Twenty-flvo electors may nominate a candidate by taking an oath that he Is qualified and a desirable man, and that they deslro to vote for him. Ballot Arrangement. The ballot contains the names of all the candidates In alphabetic order, followed by spaces marked for first second and third choice. The voters mark 15 crosses on th ballot, voting for live men as first choice, live others as second choice. However, they may vote for third choice the entire list after eliminating first and second choice. The majority of all votes cast elects on the first choice. Then the votes for the candidate, who are unsuccessful In the first choice column and are In the second choice column, are counted to select the rest. . If five candidates having a majority of first and second choice votes are not elected, the votes of the third choice are counted with the stragglers of the other two and the third choice selections 111 out the five. Tho third choice men are elected by a simple majority. The Spokane plan varies from all others by making the contest a free-for-all and not designating tho office sought. There were 97 candidates at the beginning et the recent campaign. Three declined to make the race and two withdrew Just before the election. It provides that candidates must not spend more than $250 during the campaign, also making it compulsory to submit an Itemized statement of exItendlturcs, and no paid workers, carriages or other conveyances are permitted on election day. Tarty lines are absolutely obliterated and personalities are eliminated. The candidate must take an oath that he represents no political party in the election nor any special Interests. Had Fieree Battles. Spokane did not win Its new government without a series of stubbornly fought battles. Late last fall Mayor Pratt, Democrat, working with a Republican counctl, comosed of legislative and ndminlstratlnon branches Informally appointed a committee of business men to prepare a churter under the commission form. The draft was presented to the city council three months afterward, but the 10 representatives paid little or no attention to It. . A petition signed by more than 30 per cent of the voters, was then submitted to the council This urged tho appointment of 15 freeholders to formulate a charter. The council granted the request after some delay and eight business men. five representatives of milffi labor and two lawyers were selected. This committee embodied in lta charter some of the best feature f 100 plana In operation In the United

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Lady Constance Richardson, in her latest role. that f i-iana. The illustrious lady who i?lvs !.ondon a nw shock daily, created a sensation at the great Chelsea Arts Club fancy dress bull by appearing as Diana. She wore a short, whito tunic. She relifd on her own athletic and undraped legs to make the goddess real. The display caused an interested throng to follow her. She was clad further in a quiver filled with urrows and a silver fillet in her hair. people who adopted it by an overwhelming vote at an election on December 27, 1910. Proceedings for injunction Were instituted in the Siokane superior court afterward. The people were sustained, but that did not clear the field. An appeal was taken to the supreme court of Washington, the six judges of which danded down a joint opinion, upholding the legality of the charter election. SOUUDEDJTS DOOM "Sane Fourth" Movement Drives Pain Out. New York, March 20. The movement for a "sano Fourth," generally understood to be a systematic attempt to separate small boys from big fire crackers, has put the largest manufacturer of fireworks out of business. The Pain Manufacturing company, a $50,000 corporation, applied to supreme court justice Guy for leave to dissolve, and assigned this reason as cause for the proposal. An order calling upon all persons interested to show cause on May 10 why the company should not be dissolve was signed by the court. "The season for the business for the corporation does not commence until June and runs for several months," the directors state In the application. "The most business is done around and immediately prior to July 4. But for the past few years and since the movement for what is. commonly tern ed a 'sane Foutrh' has spread over the country the volume of business done has been reduced so that at present the amount of business the company Is able to do is not sufficient to warrant the continuance of business." The liabilities of the company are said to be $160,000 and the real assets about $30,000. City Statistics Deaths and Funerals. SUDHOFF The funeral of Caroline Sudhoff will be held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at the home, 131 South Seventh street. At two o'clock services will be held in St. Paul's Lutheran church. The Rev. A. J. Feeger will officiate. Friends may call Mon day nfternooa and evening. The fam ily requests that flowers be omitted. Marriage Licenses. Howard Gcphart, Richmond. 28, carpenter and Lavina Miller, Richmond. 31, housework. REPAIRS ORDERED BY COLLEGE BOARD At a meeting of the local board of trustees of Earlham college the authorities were authorized to make improvements in the day dodger rooms of LJndley hall. Special reference was given to the repairing of the girls' "den." but all necessary repairs will bo made in the boys' quarters. The work will consist in the tinting of the wul'.s. relaying the floor, and repairing the lockers. The rooms will be made as attractive as possible and will be greatly appreciated by the day student body. SPRING CLEANING WILL START SOON Street Commissioner D. C. Genn will begin operations iu the spring street cleaning as toon as ho can secure teams and men. As .many men will be used as can be found, provided teams can be hired. The "house cleaning 'vill probably require, a month,

EXPERTS APPROVE . TUBERCULIN TEST Agricultural Dept. Reports on Disease that Milk and Meat Transmit.

"(American Xews Service) Washington, D. C, March 20. The use of the tuberculin test to prevent the transmission of tuberculosis through meat and milU is upheld in a report on conditions and their amelioration made public, by the department of agriculture. Drastic national and Ktato measures for the protection ot tiiR public from diseased food supplies are recommended. The report urges the adoption of the tuberculin test for these purposes: To i,M;ti:i healthy animals for export. To iii.i!;: Mire that animals imported are true from tuberculosis. To make sure that animals intended for inlet Biate movement are free from tuberculosis. To obtain tnilk from animals shown In the most conclusive manner to be free from tuberculosis, irrespective of weather the milk Is intended for special purification or for more general or regular c ity use. To satisfy an owner of cultle that his herd is free from tuberculosis, or to give him the information he nw&s to clean his herd from disease. The report is the result of' an extended investigation undertaken by the international commission on the control of bovino tuberculosis which was appointed by the American Veterinary Medical association at its Chicago convention. The members included a number of high Canadian officials. The recommendations constitute a complete Indorsement of the measures adopted by Health Commissioner William A. Evans, to protect the milk supply of Chicago from disease. The commission suggests that state legislatures enact laws providing for compulsory testing of herds and the elimination of animals found to bo tuberculous. The findings are diametrically opposed to those of the Shurtleff "cow commission" of the Illinois legislature which has been fighting Dr. Evans's reforms. The report recommends the creation of a state commission to enforce the eradication of tuberculosis from herds and carry out a system of compensation to the owners of confiscated animals.

A BUSINESS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK BY HENRY CLEWS

A much better undertone has developed on the stock exchange. Nothing contributed more to this Improvement than the worldwide ease of money. Loanable funds are abundant everywhere, especially at this center, and at exceptionally low rates. Some slight hardening may be anticipated previous to the April settlements, but this will be purely temporary and low rates are to be expected until the approach of our next harvest. Along with this plethora of money goes a material easing of the credit situation. Good borrowers have no difficulty in finding all necessary accommodation. Under existing conditions it pays better to put money into good investment paying 42 to 6 per cent than seeking employment for money at one half of those rates. Many financial institutions recognize this situation and have been enlarging their holdings of good stocks and bonds. While these conditions last it will be difficult to keep stocks at their present level, provided misfortunes do not Intervene. A feavorable feature is the steady improvement of the bank situation as shown by the last bank call from the comptroller at Washington. In New York deposits have gained over $200,000,000 since the call two months ago, while the Chicago banks reported a gain of over $70,000,000 during the same period. The loans at New York increased during this period $124,000,000 and. at Chicago $30,000,000. Another important feature of slow, but far reaching effect is the improved situation of our foreign trade. Our exports are rapidly returning to normal and healthy conditions. In February our shipments abroad of merchandise aggregated $176,000,000, pr $51,000,000 more than a year ago. Importations during the same period amounted to $121,700,00. a decrease of $8,400,000 compared with last year. This meant an excess of $34,000,000 in exports as against an excess of $5,500.000 in imports in 1910 and an excess of $7,400,00 in exports in 1909. This is certainly a most encouraging exhibit and has immensely strengthened our credit abroad. Of the total exports in February $88,000,000 or one half of the whole consisted of food products, mineral oils and cotton. A year ago these articles amounted only to $50,000,000 in value. The bulk of this increase however occurred in cotton, which was valued at $58,000,000 in February, 1911, compared with $24,000,000 in "1910. Our dependence on a single article, such as- cotton, as an export is perhaps the least desirable feature In the foreign trade situation, because cotton shipments must soon decline until the next crop begins to move. Yet the increase in breadstuffs from $7,000,000 in February, 1910, to $11,000,000 in February, 1911, must be accepted as a satisfactory sequence of declining prices; and it is also to be remembered that our exports of manufactures, especially iron and steel are Still further evidence that the needed economic readjustment is progressing will be found in observation of the tendency in commodity prices. The latter show a persistent drooping tendency. Bradstreet'a index number has declined over 12 per cent during the last fifteen, months, while index fig-

SHERIFF MAKING A WAR OH TRAMPS Notifies Railroad to Prevent Hoboes from Occupying Box Cars.

Officials of the C. and O. Railway of Indiana have been notified by Sheriff Albert Steen that if hoboes persist iu occupying empty box cars on the company's sidings south of the city, not only with the authorities take some action but that the residents who these hoboes are disturbing will take matters into their own hands. On two or three occasion the cars inhabited by the hoboes have been raided by the police and sheriff Steen and as quickly as tho tramps were sent to jail or fired out of the city, depending on the course taken by th judge of the police court, other hoboes have taken the places made vacant by those arrested. Richmond has been the mecca of tramps, it would seem from the number of complaints which have been made. If these unwelcome visitors would not confine their activities to pilfering hen roosts, corn cribs, frightening women and children, the complainants would not object to the vagrants occupying the box cars. Sheriff Steen lias told several residents of South Richmond that if they catc'.i.the hoboes looting hen roosts or cribs or otherwise trespassing, that they can take the matter in their own hands, giving them a dose of buck shot in the legs. The last notice sent to the company was on Monday morning, immediately after Robert Miller, living south of the city had called up Sheriff Steen and telling him Mrs. Miller wa3 afraid for him to go to his work. Two tramps had called at their house early and were inclined to be impudent, until Mr. Miller stepped to the door. Their manner quickly changed, they asking him in what direction Richmond was, although the city is plainly visible from the Miller residence. The Millers have lost several chickens and many bushels of corn. The company undoubtedly will either lock up or remove the objectionable "hotels" of the vagrants. Fitting Sequel. "Flattery is dangerous to sensitive ladies," said Chauncey Depew. "I am always very careful in the matter, because one evening I told a lady that she was as sweet as honey, and the next day she bacf hives." New York Tribune. ures abroad are rising, showing that the foreign markets and our own are approaching a more" common level, j For months prices in this country j were much above the foreign level, hence our heavy imports and light exports. This readjustment is coming about naturally through liquidation and lower prices here, accompanied J by some advances in Europe. The ; heaviest declines in the United States have been in breadstuffs and provisions, thus affording some relief in the i high cost of living. There has been also considerable decline in the prices of iron and steel. Some commodities however, are still held at the higher level by artificial influences, copper being a notable example. ' Suffice it to say the commercial situation will not be satisfactory until liquidation has done Its work as thoroughly in comodities as it has in securities. Technically the stock market is in strong position. Weak spots have been eliminated, and all unfavorable contingencies appear to have been thoroughly discounted. Tariff agita tion will be reopened with the beginning of the extra session in April, but no serious changes need be expected, if for no other reason than that the government cannot afford any curtail ment of income from customs. Barringtemporary unccitainty, no serious dis turbance need be anticinated from actual tariff legislation. The Supreme Court oil and tobacco decisions, about which there has been so much resitancy, now seem likely to be deferred until a late date. The court includes two new members, not as familiar with the arguments of both sides as the older members of the court. It is to be supposed that the new judges will require ample time to read and mony in these cases before reaching a decision. This means the consumption of much more time, than at first anticipated. Less anxiety is now felt over the Mexican situation; the vigorous display of force by the United states and the stimulus it afforded to the Mexican government having the result of effectually discouraging the insurrectionist movement. A good many prominent operators are now returning from their winter vacations, invigorated and more disposed to take sanguine views of the future. The approach of spring, rightly or wrongly, is also usually considered a stimulating factor, mainly for the reason that j it permits the resumption of activi ties prevented oy winter. General business is quiet and still presents unsatisfactory features. Liquidation and rest, however, are producing beneficient results; and later on we ought to see a fair resumption cf activity, at least where declines to the lower level have made new enterprise safer and more profitable. The railroad situation has its perplexities, retrenchment and efficiency being the watchwords among managers. In all probability the railroads have experienced the worst effects of recent adversities. In brief, the outlook is favorable to the purchase of good securities, which in spite of occasional reactions, are likely to establish, themselves upon -a higher level.

BLOUSE NEWNESS.

A Stunning Evening Model In Velvet and Silver Lace. VELVET AID SILVER LACK BLOUSE. A lovely combination of velvet and silver lace is to be found in the evening waist pictured. The foundation is of coarse silver net and the fichu draped bodice of heavy silver lace. The short kimono sleeves are edged with silver ball fringe. A heavy silver cord ornament studded with rhinestones through which is drawn the cyclamen colored velvet relieves the one tone effect and adds chic to the blouse. A new French feature is the side sash of silver net edged with ball fringe. Eliot For Sex Frankness. Dr. Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard university, Is one f those who believe that sex hygiene should be taught in the public schools. "The only alternative for education in sex hygiene," he declared In a paper read recently by Dr. Luther H. Gulick to the American School Hygiene association, "is the prolongation of the present awful wrongs and woes in the very vitals of civilization." Dr. Eliot believes that to prevent the disasters to the young that arise from ignorance systematic instruction 6hould be given in the processes of reproduction and the consequences that follow violations of the laws of nature. "The policy of science has failed everywhere," he urged. "If any one protests that this educational process will abolish innocence and make matter of common talk the tenderest and most intimate concerns in human life let him consider that virtue and not innocence is manifestly God's object and end for humanity." For the Summer Girl. The lingerie gown for the summer will not be of handkerchief or any of the fine linens if It is strictly up to date. Cotton voile in different degrees of fineness has taken the place of linOF ENGLISH EYELET E1IBHOIDEBY. en in the dressmaking world this seasou. Embroideries that play so conspicuous a part on these costumes is of a mingled heavy and light weave. But as there must be an exception to every rule the lingerie gown sketched is composed almost entirely of heavy but very handsome English eyelet embroidery. .Fountain Designed by a Woman. Miss Blanche Xevin, the sculptor who made the statue of General Muhlenberg in the Revolutionary hero group in the capitol at Washington, has a fountain in her back yard in Lancaster county. Pa., that has attracted much attention. It Is support- ; ed by the statues of four women, each prominent Iu the history or the country, one of them being Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy. A Gift With a Sting. What do you think of the man who presented his wife with a set of diamonds when married, each diamond representing a year of her life, and who' has since given her one on each birthday, exacting that she wear them all at once? The worst of It is that he explains to every one of their friends and acquaintances just how he has managed the brilliant gift giving. THE NEXT STEP. Do not be too anxious to see &fl , the way ahead cf you. It may not be best for you. The man who carries a lantern on a dark night can see perfectly to take the next step. He does not need to see all the steps for he can take only one at a time, and when hi takes that step the light moves forward for die next one.

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NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS Furnished by A. WT. Thomson Co., Ilittle Block. Phone -2709. Correspondents, Logan and Bryan.

New York, March 29. Open High Low Close Copper 64 G44 63 64 Am Smelting 76 76 75 76 U S Steel ... 7S4 79U 77T 794 U S Steel pfd 119 119 11S llS?s Pennsylvania 126-14 127 12 1274 St. Paul ... 1213 122 121 122 Mo Pae 52 52 5li 52 Vs N Y Central. 107?i 108 & 1074 10$ s Reading 157 158 156U 157"s Canadian JPac 2174 21S 217i 21SV Gt Northern. 126 127 126 127 Union Pacific 175 177 173 173 Northern Pae 124 125 12 i 123 Atchison ... 10S 109 107 109 B R T 77 7S 77 77 Southern Pac 116 117 116 117 Can Pac SI 81 81 SI

CHICAGO GRAIN. Furnished by A. W. Thomson Co.,

Hittle Block. Phone 2709. Correspondents, Logan and Bryan. Chicago, March 20. High Low Close May 91 91 90 91 July 89 90 S9 89 Sept S9 89 S9 S9 Corn Open High Low Close May 49 49 49 49 July 50 50 50 50 Sept 51 51 51 51 Oats Open High Low Close May 31 31 31 31 July 31 ' 31 31 31 Sept 31 31 31 31

Liverpool Cables Close, Wheat Higher; Corn Higher. INDIANAPOLIS LIVE STOCK Indianapolis, March 20. Hogs Receipts 2,000; lower; tops $6.507.05. Cattle Receipts 350; $5.256.35. Sheep Receipts 50; prime $3.50. Lambs $6.25. CHICAGO LIVESTOCK Chicago, March 20. Hogs Receipts 60,000; bulk $6.70 6.85. Cattle Receipts 25,000; beeves $6.25 7.60. Sheep Receipts 21,000; prime $5.50. Lambs $6.60. PITTSBURG LIVESTOCK Pittsburg, March 20. Cattle Receipts 10 cars; 15c higher; choice $6.50(a6.75; butchers $5.75 6.10. Sheep Receipts 24 double decks; prime wethers $5.005.25. Hogs Receipts 30 double decks; prime heavies $7.407.50; yorkers prime heavies $7.00; yorkers $7.40 7.50; pigs $7.458.50. Lambs $5.507.00. Calves $8.008.50. E. BUFFALO LIVESTOCK East Buffalo, March 20. Cattle Receipts 3,800; lower; prime steers $6.50; butchers $5.256.30. Hogs Receipts 12,000; heavies $7.05 7.10; yorkers $7.307.40; pigs $7 50. Calves Receipts 1,900; lower; prime $5.509.00. Sheep Receipts 17,000; prime $3.00 565. Lambs $7.007.25. CINCINNATI LIVESTOCK Cincinnati. March 20. Cattle Receipts 1,800; shippers $5.25 & 6.25. ' Hogs Receipts 3,100; top $7.10. Sheep Receipts 150; extras $4.25. Calves $8.25. Lambs $6.60. 1 INDIANAPOLIS GRAIN Indianapolis, March 20. Wheat 89c Corn ...45c Oats 31c Clover seed .fS.uu TOLEDO GRAIN x Toledo. March 20. Wheat .91c Corn 48c Oats ...... 33c Clover seed $9.40 CHICAGO GRAIN Chicago, March 20. Wheat ............91c Corn 47c Oats 30c The aviator who bad ueen circling tbove the city reported on his descent that no one could have an idea of bow the cars on the surface lines appeared to creep about. "I do," protested a man la the group cf listeners. "I ride on em."-Buffalo Express. " .The early bird we've often heard Is the te of which we boast, Sometimes he gt the worm, and then Sometimes he sets on toast. . Chicago Kewi "Why do the magiTfeines print so much poetry? -I think it's a scheme to get people to read the advertisements. Those publishers are a foxy lot." Washington Herald. 6he promised him that she'd obey He paid the, parson's fees But all that she obeys today -Are fssalnw's stem dscrwa, . . jjetrolt '

RAILROAD NOTES

The number of accidents on the Pennsylvania was reduced 50 per cent, in 1910. Much dissatisfaction is expressed by travelers all over the country, especially members of the theatrical profession, over the rules to be put into effect by the western roads, limiting the size of trunks to 70 Inches in length, and adding an extra tax for trunks over 40 Inches long. The Santa Fe has provided its 73,000 employes with buttons on which appears the legend: "Get the Safety Habit." When a man goes on duty he puts his button on his coat. It is a constant reminder to himself and his fellow workers to exercise utmost care. It is claimed that a trial of 60 days has shown a reduction of over 10 per cent, in accidents. Railroad men say that two bills re cently passed by the legislature of Indiana and made laws by the signature of the Governor will cost the railroads operating in that State not less than $1,000,000 during the next two years. One requires that every train carry a caboose 24 feet long and the other that inspection of locomotive boilers be done at the expense of the roads. A piece of property in the heart of the terminal district has been purchased by the St. Louis Southwestern railway at a cost of about $1,250,000. Upon this tract will be erected freight yards and a freight station. The property acquired covers three blocks and measures about 900 feet by 273 feet. The price paid averaged $363 per i square foot and a number of men now out of employment in St. Louis will be given work as a result of the new improvements. Within a short time representatives of transcontinental railroads will hold a meeting in Chicago for the purpose of checking over the freight tariffs applying to both California and North Pacific coast points and to discuss recommendations and plans that have been under consideration for a long time relative to changes in west bound rates. Two west bound tariffs, each to con tain a different scale of , rates, have been suggested for the coast traffic. One will to considered a strictly water competition tariff, naming rates to Pacific coast terminals only on shipments which are subject to water competition and the other will pertain to commodities which are not materially affected by water competition. It is said to be probable that shippers will be given a hearing by water competition. It is said to be probable that shippers will be given a hearing on tho subject after the roads are prepared to submit definite propositions. The directors of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie have voted an increase in capital stock of $4,200,000, giving the privilege to stockholders to subscribe in ratio of 20 per cent, of holdings at par. , -V CITY ADVERTISEMENT. Department of Public Works. Office of the Board. Richmond, Ind., March 20th, 1911. Notice to Contractors: Notice is hereby given by the Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that sealed proposals will be received by it, at its office, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M., on Thurs day, March 30th, 1911, for the follow, ing described public improvements in the City of Richmond, as authorized by the Improvement Resolutions named: Improvement Resolution No. 248-1911, Providing for the improvement of South 15th Street, from Main Street to South 'E" Street, by constructing cement sidewalk 6 feet in width on both sides thereof, except that portion already laid with cement: between the points named: Also cement curb & gutter on the west side of said loth Street from Main Street to South "E" Street and on the east side thereof, from South "A" Street .to South "E" Street. Improvement Resolution No. 251-1911, Providing for the improvement of Southwest 3rd Street, by constructing cement sidewalk 5 feet in width on tho cast side thereof, from National Road to 8outhwest "E" Street, and on the west side of said 3rd Street, from Southwest "D" Street to Southwest E" Street. AH work done in the making of said described public improvements, shall be in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Improvement Resolutions, as numbered, and the detail plans, profiles, drawings and specifications which are on file and may be seen in the office of said Board of Public Works of the City of Richmond. Tho bidders, in submitting proposals to make said described public '-.j improvements, must accompany bid under Improvement Resolution No. 2481911, with certified check in the sum of $200.00, and bid under Improvement Resolution No. 251-1911 with certified check in the sura of $100.00. as evidence of good faith that the successful bidders will execute, within ten days from the acceptance of proposals, contracts and bonds satisfactory to the said Board to do the work of making said improvements. A failure of the successful bidders to enter Into such contracts and bonds upon the acceptance of such proposals will forfeit the checks and the sums of money payable thereon to the city as agreed and liquidated damages for such failure. The City of Richmond will pay within thirty days after the approval of the final assessment roll by the Board of Public Works, the cost of the Street & Alley intersections under said improvements, and ten per ; cent of the cost of the curb & gutter under Improvement Resolution No. 248-1911. The Board of Public Works reserves the right to reject any or all bids. H. M. Hammond, Fred R. Charles, W. W. Zimmerman, ibard of Public Works, mar 20-21