Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 48, 6 January 1915 — Page 2

AGE TWO

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6, 1915.

BUILDERS MAKE

PROTEST ABOUT CONTRACTS LET

Association Alleges Firms

Erecting Buildings Ignore Local Architects in Getting Plans Prepared. Paul A. Bendfeldt, secretary of the

Master Builders Association has sub

mitted the. following:

"Public spirited men! "Some time ago the general publlo

was pleatted to learn through these columns that a local bank contemplat

ed erecting a new building. Archi

tects, material men and general con

tractors were delighted because they saw an opportunity for business advancement. They expected a splendid

umortunlty because It was stated that

(.his speclflo Institution desired that i he work on their building remain In the city. Architects and contractors have pride enough about them to be desirous of erecting such a building as they had reasons to believe would be built, and here Is where our fellow citizens, men who from the very na

ture of their business draw upon our general publlo for their support, fell

down.

"Architects that -were able to draw

to a successful completion such bund

ling as the Joseph Moore school, the

Bt. John church, the Richmond high

school, the Garfield Bchool, business

institutions along both sides of our main street, the most beautiful and

expensive homes and apartment houses of our city, were utterly ignor

ed in the considerations for plana.

Not one of the architects of our city would have been the least offended

had their plans been rejected in fair

competition with any architests that

our public spirited mends may nave cared to invite into the competition,

but they were entirely Ignored.

"One member of the banking Insti

tution Informed one of our contractors that they were very desirous of leaving the work to local men, but that it would be Impossible to do so. owing to the ignorance of these local con-

ttractors. Contractors who have been

Invited by the city to figure the local

high school, an institution that cost about five times what the new institution will cost. Contractors who were invited to figure the Second National bank building, a building that for

style and dignity, in the opinion of the writer will make the new institu

tion look like a soap box. Contract ors who have built Institutions such

as the St. Mary's church. St. John's church, Joseph Moore school and have

to their credit some of the finest

churches and schools built in our sur

rounding cities. Other Projects. "Contractors that have been invited

by architects all over our great

country to submit competitive bids

on 6ome of the greatest building enterprises in this and other states and yet these same contractors are not able to erect a building to cover a epace about 18x130 feet. A building absolutely plain in every detail, reaching its high cost not through workmanship particularly but through the expensive nature of the materials required. "But this Is the joke of tho whole proceeding. After having selected their architects and after having awarded their contract to an elaborate concern that makes, as our friends inform us, a speciality of banking institutions, this same elaborate concern comes to our city and after inviting all the competition that they could summon, good, bad, and indifferent they award this work to men that our banking friends did not think were capable of handling tho proposition, and for their pleasure our public spirited friends glvo to our imported association of architects and contract

ors a nico llttlo sum of money of

which should there be any profit, and

from personal observation there will be, this profit will find its way back to New York. "Local workmen can congratulate themselves on getting a living wage. These same business men we are told ere our public spirited men. "MASTER BUILDERS ASS'N, "Paul A. Bendfeldt, Sec."

Commercial and Financial News Leased Wire Report Edited by A. D. Cobb, Agricultural Expert

WHEAT MARKET WILD

AS PRICES CHANGE

Fluctuation Sharp and Prices Change Forcibly and Often. BY LEASED WIRE. CHICAGO, Jan. 6. There was no big surprises among the conservatiwe men In grain, because of the sharp price changes as well as the decline for the entire grain list, which amounted to liyc tor wheat, c for corn and c for oats. The wheat market was a live affair, with the fluctuations at times quite sharp, and these price changes were continuous from the opening to the closing of the day. Cash wheat transactions were much larger than generally reported; not only here, but at other points. Two round lots were sold at Buffalo to go abroad. A round lot was also sold to go out via the gulf, and New York reported big transactions. It would be difficult to Bay as to the exact amount of wheat sold. Corn was moderately active, with sales of 310,000 bushels cash, and 225,000 bushels oats. Provisions were lower all around.

CHICAGO PROVISIONS

AND GRAIN PRICES WHEAT May 13r,i 136 July 123 122 Open. Close CORN May 75 76 July 76 76 OAT8 May 55 54 July 52 52 MESS PORK. January $19.02 119.00 May $19.57 $19.42

RICHMOND MARKETS

GLEN MILLER PRICES HOGS. Heavies $6.75 Heavy yorkers $6.75 Light yorkers. $6.50 Pigs $5.75 and $6.25 Good cows $5.00 and $6.00 Bulls $4.50 and $5.00 Canners $2.50 and $3.50 Calves .... $8.50 for Saturday delivery.

GRAIN MARKET (Corrected dally by Richmond Roller Mills. Phone 2019.) Bran per ton $28, wheat paying $1.25, oats paying 50c, corn paying 70c, rye paying 80c, middlings per ton $30.

FEED QUOTATIONS Timothy hay, paying $19. Rye straw, paying $7. Wheat straw, paying $7. Oata straw, paying $7. Oats, paying 60c. New corn, paying 68c. Red clover seed, paying $7.50 to $8. Timothy seed, paying $3.25 bushel. Bran selling $23 ton. Middlings, selling $30 ton. Salt. $1.40 barrel. Clover hay, $14.

PRODUCE (Corrected daily by Eu Cooper. Old chickens dressed, paying 18c; selling, 25c. Young chicl- is dressed, paying 18i scllinr 23c. Country butter, paying 25 to 30c j selling 30c to 35c. Eggs, paying 35c: selling 40c. Country lard paying 11c: selling 15a Creamery butter, selling 40c.

CHICAGO CASH CHICAGO, Jan. 6. Wheat, No. 2 red $1.331.35, No. 3 red $1.32 1.34, No. 2 hard winter $1.331.35, No. 3 hard winter $1.321.34, No. 4 northern spring $1.221.30. Corn: No. 2 white 70, No. 2 yellow 7070.. No. 3 white 69, No. 3 yellow 6869. No. 4 white 69 69, No. 4 yellow 6867. Oats: No. 2 white 52, No. 4 51 52, No. 4 white 5052, standard 52 52.

CHICAGO PRODUCE CHICAGO, Jan. 6. Butter: Receipts 6.694 tubs; creamery extras 33, extra firsts 3132, first 2729, packing stock 2121. Eggs: Receipts, 63,54 cases; current receipts 2534, ordinary firsts 3133 firsts 3435, extras 4041, dirties 1415. Live Poultry: Turkeys 1314, chickens 1112, springers 13, roosters 10. potatoes: Wiscc ,ins, Michlgans, and Ohio whites 4248.

TOLEDO GRAIN TOLEDO, Jan. 6. Wheat: Cash $1.34, aMy $1.38. Corn: Cash 72, May 77, July 78. Oats: Cash 53, May 57. Rye: No. 2, $1.12. C'loverscod: Prime cash $9.52, February $9.57. March $9.65. Alsike: Prime cash $'J.40, March $9.50. Timothy: Prime cash $3 45, March $3.52.

COAL PRICES (Quotations corrected dally by Hackman, Klefoth & Co.

Anthracite nut. $8.60; Anthracite

No. 4 and egg, $8.35; Pocahontas lump

or egg, $5.75; Pocahontas mine run $4.50; Pocahontas slack, $4.00; Jackeon lump or egg, $5.75; Winifred, $4.75; Jewel, $5.25; Tennessee, $5.50; Hocking Valley. $4.50; Indiana. $3.75; coke, $7; Winifred Washed pea, $4.00; nut and slack, $3.00.

HIGHWAY REPORT

(Continued from Pae On.)

NEW YORK EXCHANGE STOCK QUOTATIONS

Furnished by Carrell I. O. O. P. Building-

& Thompson, -Phone 1446.

American can 26 Amalgamated Copper 52 Beet Sugar 38 American Smelter 58 Central Leather 37 U. S. Steel 50 Utah Copper 49 B. R. T 84 Atchison 94 St. Paul 87 Great Northern pfd 114 Erie 22 Lehigh Valley 132 N. Y. Central 86 Northern Pacific 101 Pennsylvania 105 Reading 145 So. Pacific 83 Union Pacific 117

27 53 33 58 83 60 49 85 94 86 114 22 132 86 100 106 145 83 117

The $27,750 for road maintenance

includes the coat of new machinery, an item of $2,857.48. The oounty now has on hands machinery and tools In good condition valued at $6,683.

When the present road law waa passed the farmers of Wayne county

were up in arms because It waa under

stood they would not get employment during Idle times aa formerly. This report, however, ahowa that a road

making army of 1,323 farmers waa employed. There are no publications

in the list, but this many different names have appeared on the pay roll. This is fully double the number of farmers ever hired for road work in

one year before.

To Maintain System. The organization of assistant superintendents is so satisfactory that the residents of different road districts have asked that the same men be reappointed. Superintendent Jones, whose term of office does not expire for another year, said be would make no changes in the organization. The assistant superintendents and the districts which were reflxed last summer, follow: No. 1 Franklin and New Garden townships, J. M. Burt, Whitewater. N. 2 Perry and Green townships, Lincoln Watkins, Williamsburg. No. 3 Dalton and Jefferson townships, Edgar Pollard, Hagerstown. Noc. 4 Clay and Harrison townships, Albert Cranor, Greensfork. No. 5 Webster and north half of Center townships, Walter King, Centerville. No. 6 North half of Wayne township, Edgar Norris, Richmond.

No. 7 South half of Wayne town

ship and Boston township, Ed Doran,

Richmond. No. 8 Abington and south half of Center townships, Frank Clark, Centerville. No. 9 Jackson and Washington townships, Albert Wilson, Milton. Roads Near Perfection. Mr. Jones and a number of his assistants will attend the road-making short course at Purdue university, starting January 11. This probably will be of special interest to Wayne county residents, because representatives of the university engineering department who investigated all roaas of the state, declared the Wayne coun

ty roads the nearest to perfection. The report of the road expenditures which can be placed against last year's road account, follow:

Single labor, $3,395; team labor $7,619.89; salaries of superintendent and assistants $7,788.66; amount spent for lumber $1,063.77; amount for gravel $2,243.08; amount for sewers and bridges $1,515.73; amount for cement

work, $598.22; miscellaneous supplies, $844.68; for machinery and repairs $2,357.48; for crushed stone $323.88. Items paid from the road fund, but not properly charged against the regular account are: Old claims for 1913, $358.58; snow cleaning, February, 1914, $800; repair of Liberty pike for Contractor Hipskind, 600; fill on Straight Line pike. $300 Details From Report. Other items in the report follow: Invoice of tools and machinery $6,683; number of yards of gravel hauled, 13,622; number of miles of road maintained, 240; average spent in each road district, $2,303; average spent per mile $114; number of different men

employed, 1.323; number of days worked, 3,452; average days to each district, 883. The prison labor report follows: Salary for - guard, $380 ; prisoners' supplies $142.22; livery hire, $239.25; total expense for working prisoners.

$761.47. Number of days worked. 152; aver

age number of prisoners worked per day, 1; total number of daya worked by prisoners (ten hours to a day), 1.-

064; total value of prisoners' work, $2,128; net profit to the county, with expense deducted, $1,366.53.

SPEAKERS POINT

(Continued from Page One.)

to remark on the events that have occurred there in past meetings. The officers for 1914 were installed by Perry J. Freeman. One of these, Adolph Blickwedel, has served as president for eleven consecutive years. Anton Stolle has been treasurer thirteen consecutive years and Han Koll secretary for two years. The three vice presidents installed were Conrad Zwissler, John Bayer and Will Bartel.

President Blickwedel appointed the

following chairmen of standing com' mittees: Hans Koll, executive com'

mittee; John Habing, building and fac

tory committee; Anton Stolle, lmprovement committee, and B. A. Kennepohl, railroad committee. Speakers Predict Good Times. Following the reading of his annual report. President Blickwedel called on a number of members for short addresses. William F. Bockhoff, president of the National Automatic Tool company; Perry J. Freeman, John Bartel and B. A. Kennepohl all spoke of business conditions that existed during the last year, and pointed to the fact that prospects were much

better for 1915. "The talk of quiet business in this town has been exaggerated," said Mr. Bartel. "Men in the retail lines will tell you that business has been good, and I want to say that a great deal

K. OF P. LODGE ELECTS Cambridge Chapter Gives R. R. Watkins Honor. CAMBRIDGE CITY, Ind., Jan. 6. The K. of P. lodge haa elected the following officers for the ensuing six months: Chancellor commander, R. R. Watkins; vice chancellor, A. E. Dalley; prelate, Charles Boyer; master of work, O. A. Cooley; master of arms, Verne Chapman; inner guard. Charles W. Davis; outer guard, Albert Newman; keeper of records and seals, R. H. Resslar; master of finance, R. L. Scott; master of exchequer, W. E. Anstlll; trustee, F. C. Mosbaugh.

of that has been due to our farmer neighbors who have had a good year and have been liberal spenders. All of the speakers took occasion

OR. GEISEL TALKS.

Wayne county women who expect to attend the Farmer's Short Course at Lafayette next week, will be Interested to know that a course of lectures will be given by Dr. Carolyn Gerisel who appeared on the Chautauqua program here last summer.

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CONSTIPATION

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Representative Sales At Indianapolis

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Av. 940 872 1210 1073 1006 1218 13G0 458 604 SS0 660 005 75S 1030

CHICAGO LIVE STOCK UNION STOCK YARDS, 111., Jan. 6. Hogs: Receipts 45,000, market strong to 5o lower, mixed and butchers $6.80 7.35, good heavies $7.10 7.35, rough heavies $6.80 7.00, light $6.807.30, pigs $5.256.50. bulk of sales $7.10(g7.30. Cattle: Receipts 16,000, market steady, beeves $6.009.75, cows and heifers $3.508.25, stockers and feeders $4.506.40, Texans $6,.007.35, calves $7.0010.25. Sheep: Receipts 25,000, market steady, natives and westerns $3.50 6.80, lambs $5.758.65.

INDIANAPOLIS LIVE STOCK INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 6. Hogs: Receipts 11,000, market steady, best hogs $7.157.20, heavies $7.157.20, pigs $7.007.40, bulk of sales "$7.15 7.30. Cattle: Receipts 750, market steady, choice heavy steers $8.50 9.00, light steers $8.258.75, heifers $6.507.75, cows $6.007.00, bulls $6.507.25, calves $5.0010.25. Sheep and lambs: Receipts 200, market strong, prime sheep $4.50 5.25, lambs $7.508.00.

CINCINNATI LIVE STOCK CINCINNATI, O., Jan. 6. Hogs: Receipts 5,000, market steady. Cattle: Receipts 600, market steady, calves Blow, $5.00 10.00. Sheep: Receipts 700, market steady, lambs lower, $6.00 8.75.

-Cows.-

-Bulls.-

Calves.

985 752 850 1026 965 1305 1207 1180 13X0 1210 1440 1720 176 182 140 123 1 5 120 178 175

Tr. $7.20 7.20 7.20 7.20 7.20 7.20 7.20 7.20 7.25 7.25

Pr. $7.00 7.25 7.50 7.75 7.85 8.25 8.65 4.50 5.10

6.50 7.00 7.25 7.50 4.40 4.50 5.25 5.65 6.00 6.35 6.85 7.00 5.00 6.00 6.25 7.00 7.00 7.50 8.25 9.00 9.50

NEW YORK PRODUCE NEW YORK, Jan. 6. Dressed Poultry: Quiet; chickens 12!25, fowls

12!17, turkeys 1224. Live Poultry, weaker; chickens 1314, fowls 1315, turkeys 18, roosters 18. Butter, quiet; creamery specials 334(837, creamery extras 2236, creamery firsts 3035, state dairy, tubs 2535, process extras 2627. Eggs, firm; nearby fancy whites 47 49, nearby fancy brown 4445, extras 4344, firsts 4041. PITTSBURG LIVE STOCK PITTSBURG, Pa.. Jan. 6. Cattle: Supply light, market steady, choice steers $9.159.25, prime steers $8.75 9.10, good steers $8.108.65, tidy butchers $8.008.60, fair $7.007.75,

common $6.006.75, common to fat bulls $5.507.50, common to fat cows $4.007.00, heifers $7.007.75, veal calves $11.00 11.50, heavy and thin calves $7.00 8.00. Sheep and lambs: Supply light, market strong, prime wethers $6.00 6.25, good mixed $5.50 5.85, fair mixed $4.50 5.25, culls and common $2.50 3.50, lambs $6. 00 9. 00. Hogs: Receipts 20, market active, prime heavy $7.25, mediums $7.45 7.50, heavy yorkers $7.557.60, light yorkers $7.557.60, pigs $7.457.55, roughs $6.60, stags $6.25, heavy mixed $7.307.35.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS. Proposals for supplies for the use of the Eastern Indiana Hospital for the Insane for the month of February, will be received by the Board of Trustees at the hospital before 3 p. m. Monday, January 11, 1915. Specifications may be seen at the Second National Bank, or at the hospital. By order of the Board, S. E. Smith, Med. Supt 5-2t

SPINAL ADJUSTMENTS J. C. Bockman

CHIROPRACTOR

Knollenberg Annex 8outh 8th Street. Second Floor

NUSBAUM'S

Great Clearance of High-Grade Wearables Now in progress. The greatest economy throughout our Second Floor. Enthusiastic throngs came surging in with the opening of the doors, and still continue to come. There's a reason. People want reliable Merchandise. They want merchandise backed by a reliable firm. Besides values are really extraordinary, and the most wonderful we have ever given. This alone will make this our greatest Ready-to-Wear Clearance Sale.

Furs in the January Sale That Are Remarkable

Wonderful values that any women with any notion of buying Furs should not miss. Come early tomorrow. All Fur Muffs, $2.50 to $50.00 go at one-half price. All Fur Collar Pieces, $5.00 to $50.00 go at one-half price. All Fur Sets, $10.00 to $75.00 go at one-third off. Everybody who needs Furs and who knows about our clearance sales (and nearly everybody does) , turns out when we make an announcement like this.

Rainy Weather Makes a Good Rain Coat Indispensable All Children's Rain Coats and Capes, $1.98 to $4.50 values; priced at . .$1.32 and $2.98

Women's Rain Coats all at Jan. Clearance sale prices. All reduced.

Be On Hand Early for These:

Striped Flannel 25c

$1.00 Middy Blouses, 8 to 16 years, beautifully trimmed linen finished 2lC materials; while they last toOy

$1.00 Grey and Grey Waists, most all sizes; while they last

Selling Suits, Coats and Dresses by the hundreds. While the greatest activity prevailed among these the range of sizes is still complete. Come! Expect the greatest savings and biggest bargains ever ! You'll not be disappointed. Lee B. Nusbaum Go.

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