Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 135, 17 April 1913 — Page 6

THE : RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1913

PAGE SIX

PROPOSES STREET SPRINKLING SYSTEM

Genn Says Residents Should Pay For Allaying of Dust.

HE IS OPPOSED TO OIL

Head of Street Department Is Unable to Secure Laborers.

With the coming of summer, the question of keepinfc the streets free from dust as far as possible during the next five or six months is again confronting street commissioner Genn who has several plans in mind for treatment of the surface of the streets. General dissatisfaction has been expressed against the oiling of the streets, the street commissioner claimng that the oil ruins the surfaces of the streets, the automobile owners saying it eats the automobile tires and housewives complaining that the oil is tracked into the house. It is believed that another means for allaying the dust will be employed this year. According to city officials, there is a demand for a street sprinkling department in the city as in other cities. At present, the city owns no street sprinklers, the sprinkling of the few streets which are sprinkled during the summer being done under private contract. At present there is not enough money available by the city with which to purchase street sprinklers although the purchase of a combination sprinkler and cleaner for brick streets only has been taken under conr sideration by the board of works. Oil Wears Surface. "Oil wears off the surface of the utreet," said Street Commissioner Genn today, "but it allays the dust. The oil is unsatisfactory for many reasons, though, and other means will probably be employed this year for keeping the dust off the streets. I have not decided on any course to pursue as yet but the question has given me much trouble. "The chief trouble is that the people of Richmond will not pay enough to a contractor to insure good oiling. With the prices the contractors must charge in this city, they do not make enough money to properly clean the streets before oiling them. An excellent example of good street oiling is

North Tenth street between Main and A streets and South Fourteenth street between Main, and South B streets. These streets were brushed off and cleared from dust and dirt by the street department at the expense of the city but the oil in this case has been a protection to the surface of the street and has been satisfactory." "The contractors do not see that the surface of the street is free from dust when the oil is applied and the result is a 'mud hole which is a constant source of annoyance and complaint. "Let Residents Pay." "An excellent plan for allaying the dust would be to have the streets kept damp by proper street sprinkling and charge the cost to the property owners or the residents of the streets. Whether this would be legal or not is the question which I am unable to answer. I do not believe that there is any law which allows us to force the people to pay this cost, although the plan ia reasonable and would be inexpensive. "The streets during the past years have never been properly sprinkled and this plan would require more careful work by the men on the sprinkling wagons. The trouble with the street sprinklers is that they pour a large amount of water on the street until it becomes muddy a,nd slippery. The street commissioner stated that he ha3 been having very much difficulty In securing men and that he is making every effort to add 25 men as street cleaners to the department. The loss incurred during the floods and the heavy expense of the street department in bringing the streets to normal condition amounted to more than-57,000 which was not allowed in the appropriation for the department. The work at Happy Hollow was completed yesterday and the brick streets will be cleaned as soon as men can be secured.

Three Favorites in the American League Race

ATTORNEY INDICTED (National News Association) NEW YORK, April 17. Attorney John Anhut was indicted today bv the grand jury on the charge of offering $20,000 bribe to a physician at Matteawan asylum upon the condition that the doctor would declare that Harry Thaw, slayer of Stanford White, was sane.

I TEACHERS FAILED

Pass Examination State Licenses.

For

A report of the examinations taken At the office of the county superintendent, which were graded by the state school authorities show that seven of the seventeen applicants for state teachers licenses failed. Ten successfully passed the examination. Of the ten who passed the examination eight are teachers in the county at this time. Three teachers who took the examination failed to pass. Students' Examination. The examinations for the students of the seventh grades of the township schools will be held in the office of County Supt. Williams Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The eighth grade examinations will be conducted ut the

same place Saturday morning i at 8

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LATE MARKET HEWS

Furnished by Correll and T&ompson. I. O. O. F. Bldg. Fbnn-i 1446.

NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS

Open Am. Can. 34 4 Ami. Copper 77 i Am. Smelt 69 U. S. Steel Atchison 102B St. Paul 1'9 Gt. No. Pfd 127 2 Lehigh Valley 159,

Cen 103

No. Pac 11 Fenn 114 Reading 165 1 So. Pac 101 H I'nion Pac laSU M. Rumely 322

59.15, bulk of sales $9.05 to 19.10. Cat-! tie. receipts 350. choice streers $S.0J

to $8.15. ether grades $.15 to J7.S0. Sheep and lambs, receipts 100. market steady, prime sheep $6.25, lambs $S.50.

INDIANAPOLIS GRAIN

RICHMOND MARKET

PRODUCE. (Corrected dally by Ed. Cooper. phone 2577.)

INDIANAPOLIS, April 17. Wheat, j ld ns. per lb. Sc cash No. 2 red $1.02; Corn, cash No. 3 ,d Roors. per lb. ........Sc ...us. v I Younu Chicken, per lb. ...ISc to -0c

S6,c.

TOLEDO GRAIN

Tnt.F1r Anrit 17 Tash crain-

v, tiftfijL.- ,r. Mills, phone 2019.)

Cloverseed. cash $13.20. j

Close 34 774 63 v4 62S 102i 12S 160 103 4 116's 1148

1658 j 101 s I 153 j Call Made Todav Bv W. H. 3 I O'Brien.

Eggs, per dozen 140 j Country Butter, per lb. 2Sc

GRAIN MARKET. (Corrected daily by Richmond Roller

STATE ASKS

MONEY

Wheat, per bu $1.05

' Oats, per bu 2fc ! Corn, per bu SSc ! live, per bu 50c

Itran. per ton $24.0 Middlings, per ton 126 00

Hogs Receipts lS,0t0; light $S.70 J

tto $y.l0; mixed $S.70 to $y.05; heavy $8.i0 to $3.95; rough $8.50 to $8.65. Cattle Receipts 3.500. steady. Sheep Receipts 12.000, weak.

CHICAGO GRAIN

WHEAT. Open May t08 July 89V. Sept 884 CORN.

55 55 56 OATS. 34 34 U 33 ;8

W. H. O Brien. secretary of the state board of finance, notified the

country treasurer that at a meeting ; Clover hav

found necessary to order that all money in different treasuries of the various counties, belonging to the tate, being state revenue and benevolent institution funds, must be turned

Close' jjito the state treasurey. County

WAGON MARKET. (Corrected daily by Omer Whelaa. phone 1679.) Corn, per bu 65c Oat?, per bu 30c

; Timothy bay, per ton $14.00

$10.00

Rye straw $600 Oats or wheat straw- $5.00

"1 (Treasurer Chamness was ordered to S974lpay 25 per cent of the total tax due 88Tithe state at tlie June settlement on

or before April 26.

DIVORCE IS ASKED

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A divorce suit was filed today by "atherine Carr againrt Preston Carr. The plaintiff also asks that the court lestore her maiden name.

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OFFICIALS TO TAKE UP WATER PRESSURE Assertion Made That a 70Pound Pressure Is Not Maintained.

The small pump which has been maintained at the pumping station of the water works, east of the city, is temporarily out of commission and

will not be in condition for use for i several weeks. The pump is a four J million gallon capacity pump and was installed in the pumping station when j

the company started business here in 1885. The six-million gallon pump is th only pump in use. The smaller pump was only to be used in case of an emergency. The matte.- of increasing the pressure to 70 pounds as required by a city ordinance will be taken up again by the city officials. The ordinance specifies that this pressure shall be maintained at the corner of Eighth

and Main streets. The water guage

at the engine house on Norm Fifth street indicates that the pressure is not what is required as it is now little more than 55 pounds it is said. The guage should register 65 pounds at the fire house to make a pressure of 70 at Eighth and Main. The water works company intended to have an expert inspect the guages last fall. Supt. Dill at that time said he believed the guage at the fire house was incorrect. The guage at the office of the company was transferred to the fire house where it made the same records as the city guage. In accounting for the lessening of the pressure. Chief Miller of the fire department said it was because of the extension of water mains. The more lines extended the less the pressure will be, he said. According to the fire chief, the new water main will not increase the fire pressure as expected by some of the city officials, although the main will tend to improve the fire conditions in the southern part of the city. The mains will be extended to so many parts of the city, which is growing rapidly, that the pressure will be inadequate and fire engines will be necessary, he said. The condition of the water lines leading to Happy Hollow and tbe Starr Piano company will necessarily have to be changed to alleviate the danger of the mains leading to these points, bursting. Whenever an alarm is sent

(Left to right, Clarke Griffith and Jake Stahl. Below Connie Mack.) Baseball dopsters the country over predict that the fight for the 1913 pennant in the American League will be one of the most closely contested affairs in the history of that organization. Althougn Jake Stahl maintains that his world's champion Boston Red Sox are twenty-five per cent stronger than last season, experts declare that his team will be no stronger than those of Connie Mack at Philadelphia and Clarke Griffith at Washington.

Mack's lineup is practically the same

PONTIFF WAS ABLE TO SET-UP TODAY Makes a Wonderful Rally and Much Improved, But Condition Critical.

(National News Association) ROME. Italy, April 17. The pope was able to sit up in an arm chair for a short period this afternoon. In spite of his wonderful rally it was reported that a mild case of

CHICAGO LIVESTOCK

CHICAGO, April 17. Hogs, receipts 18,000, market strong, top price $9.10, bulk of sales $8.90 to $9.05. Cattle, receipts 3,000, market steady, beeves $7.60 to $9.25, calves $7.00 to $8.50. Sheep, receipts 10,000, natives and westerns $5.75 to $7.30, lambs $6.85 to $9.25.

PITTSBURG LIVESTOCK

PITTSBURG. April 17. Cattle, supply light, market steady, choice beeves $8.60 to $8.80, tidy butchers $7.75 to $8.10, veal calves $8.50 to $9.00. Sheep and lambs, supply 10 cars, market dull, 25c lower, prime sheep $6.15

1 to $6.25, lambs $7.75. Hogs, receipts

dysentery had further complicated his 13 aouuie-aecKS, marnet lower, prime

illness and incipient symptoms of i neavies pigs ?y.40 to ?.4a

uraemia are visible.

CLINGING TO THREAD. ROME, April 17 Clinging to the slender thread of life with a tenacity which has attracted the amazement and admiration of his physicians Pope Pius X lies today in the Vatican close to the shadow of death but still fighting valiantly.

At 10 o'clock after a consultation

CINCINNATI LIVESTOCK

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SPECIAL ON SWINGS

CINCINNATI, April 17. Cattle, receipts 500, market quiet, choice steers

1 $8.25, calves $8!50. Hogs, receipts 900, j

market steady, top prices $9.05. Sheep receipts 300, prime $6.75, lambs $8.75.

ias that which won the world's cham-! between Prof. Marchiafava and Dr.

pionship series from the Giants m 1911. The elongated manager attributes the failure of his team to land first place in 1912 to the fact that his players' thirst for victory had been too thoroughly quenched by the successes of 1910 and 1911. He declares that last year's setback will make his team come back stronger than ever this season. The miracle performed by Clark Griffith in 1911 in driving the

INDIANAPOLIS LIVE STOCK

Amici, the following signed bulletin was issued from the sick chamber:

"His Holiness Pope Pius X passed 1 the night calmly. He was disturbed !

occasionally by fits of coughing but his bronchical symptoms are better. His temperature was 97.8." It was observed that this bulletin, unlike most of the others which have preceded it, did not say that the

Pope's general condition is good. The

INDIANAPOLIS, April 17.T-Hogs,

receipts 6,500, market 5c higher, tops I

Washington Senators rrom seventn pontiff was very restless during the tto second place in one season, finish-1 night and between fits of coughing, ing at the heels of the Red Sox, has 1 tossed in his bed. The heart action

caused many to believe that the feat was sustained by injections.

of jumping his team from second place into the championship could not possibly be a harder task.

REPUBLICANS' WILL HOT BE CONSULTED President Wilson Discontinues Consulting Them As As to Appointments.

(National News Association) WASHINGTON, April 17 As a result of an occurrence at the white house today President Wilson probably will discontinue his custom of in-

in from South L and J street the pres-;viting Republican senators as well as sure is raised 65 pounds. The pres-1 Democratic senators to distuss preslsure at the Starr Piano company is . dential appointments. Senators James 110 and when the pressure is raised I and Bradley of Kentucky were called

SUFFRAGE STRIKE STATIONARY TODAY

the 175 pound mark is recorded. Sim- j ilar conditions exist at Happy Hoi- j low though the pressure is not as J high. It is feared that unless an au- j tcmatic valve is placed on the lines ! a main will burst.

in today to discuss the appointment of H. C. Breckinridge of Lexington, Ky., to be assistant secretary of war. Senator James. Democrat, said he had

(National News Association) BRUSSELS, April 17. The National Manhood suffrage strike became stationary today for while workmen joined the movement in some quarters others resumed work at other poins. Emile Van der Valde, the socialist leader, claims that 375.000 men are now idle, although this is a reduction of 25.000 from the estimate made by socialist leaders yesterday. The most remarkable demonstration of the movement occurred today at Ghent when 8,000 women paraded the streets. They carried banners and sang revolutionary songs but made no

i disorder. Some of the women were l toilers and others were wives and j daughters of strikers, j At Antwerp the situation has be- ; come very bad and the burgomaster i notified Premier Brouqeville that, un- ' less strike breakers were employed binder military protection, work there

1 would be at day.

standstill before

IS TO STOP

Drastic Order Issued By the Secretary of Navy.

no objection to the appointment, but

Senator Bradley, Republican, declined ' to discuss the appointee. Senators , Penrose and Oliver, Republicans, who ! were called to discuss Pennsylvania i

appointments indicated the same disinclination to approve the selection of the other party and in the future, it is understood. President Wilson wilt rely solely on the opinions of Democratic members of the upper house to avert possible unpleasantness.

A LAW PERPLEXES

(National News Association) WASHINGTON. April 17. Hazing at the naval academy, Annapolis, must stop, and in the future those who per

sist In brutally treating newcomers Local assessors are perplexed over the

COUNTY ASSESSORS IT' ,four rotf,!rLad JT istertThe funeral will be held Sunday at

10:40 in the Friends church at Chester. Burial will be in New Garden cemetery. Friends may call at any

recent law concerning the payment ot ' Barret law assessments. The last leg- j islature abrogated the law that gave j a property owner the right to pay as-i

time.

will be imprisoned for one year if Secretary of Navy Daniels has his way. Daniels today approved the dis-

u""'" --"" 1 - j . w ya, " cT'rrrE,.n?'vrT,c chaw Arkansas for hazing Newbold Law- I sessments by paying six month s ia-! !!Llli. 1 0 SnUtT

rencs of Michigan and in doing so he i terest in advance after he had once stated that in his judgment the evi- taken the advantage of the ten year j dence warranted a more severe pun-1 plan. This gets back to the old law

isnment man a dismissal rrom tne where In order to pay off an assess- Wayne township is $18,318,166 accord-j ctnl from rornpK academy. Jment 14 ,13. necessary to pay the prin-jing to the statistics compiled by the I StaillS 110111 CarpdS

"nl- ,uli lor ien years, or rcr i countv auditor who is sendine state-!

Fels-Naptha does my washing, And I have time to spare; For while the clothes are soaking1 I'm free from work and care. For scrubbing, housecieaning and dish washing FelsNaptha Soap is just as superior as it is for washing clothes. It whitens floors, takes dirt off varnished surfaces of hard wood without dulling the varnish; brightens dingy paint and brings out the colors in oilcloth and linoleum; and in doing this cleaning you use a cloth instead of a scrub-

COUNTY VALUATION I Ding brush. It Will

remove grease and

PORCH SWING Early English finish, 49 inches long, height of back 18 inches, depth of seat 18 inches, with roll seat apron; has extra heavy reinforced seat supports, non-tilting chairs. This is a wonderful spring bargain and you should see this one before buying elsewhere; complete with hooks and chains x 1.85 SEE WINDOW DISPLAY Weiss Antique Furniture Go. 50S-507 Main St.

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Sun- j I

! I City Statistics

Births.

Mr. and Mrs. James Tartaglia, 712 j

North Fifteenth street, girl, sixth child. Deaths and Funerals. KELLY Anna M. Kelly, 39, living four miles northwest of the city, died yesterday. She is survived by one

The total assessed valuation of ;

of congress passed to prevent hazing! as mnch of that pericd as remains, j menu to the variou8 banking institu-

called for a sentence of not more than

one year imprisonment. He wrote a letter to the commandant of the academy saying that in the future no mercy will be shown to hazers and that they should be given the full penalty imposed by the law.

and rugs as thor-

PaJiadinm Want Ads Pav.

There is no emergency clause in the tions of this section relative to the! r110-fllv MT1 RP lawandif it is to apply to assessments Isale of the road bonds for the National ""fc111 " VflU

already made, a number of persons 1 road east. will give the notice before the law j Tb four per cent limitation on this goes into effect, which will be within a sum is $722,726.64. The bonded infew days. debtedness of the county is J181.5S0 ' ! exclusive of the issue of the bonds of

Arizona in 1912 produced 350,000.000 j the National road east improvement! rafptr.

iHJunas ot copper. j which will amount to 1,000.

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NOTICE

Owing to the recent advance on Cement and Sewer Pipe, we withdraw all previous quotations on Cement, Sewer Pipe, Flue Liners and Wall Coping. All orders which have been enterd and acknowledged, will be filled at the contract price. MATHER BROS. CO. April 12th, 1913.

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