The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1858-12-16

be printed in the Daily Gate City and Even
Ing Journal. Adjourned
E. KILBOURNE, Prss'..
+. W. SwIrr, Sec'y.
For the Gate City.
The Wood Market.
Does it not need the attention Of the Coun-
Gil 7 Now while public attention 10 called to
relieving tho necessities Of the poor, may not
the Council render valuable aid to the suffer-
ing Glasses by instituting some more definite
regulations concerning the sale Of wood2-
The greater part of our population are CON-
PEELED, either from lack Of means or lack of
room to storeit to purchase their wood in
small quantities. There is q great loss in so
doing even with the best measurement. For
eight parcels OF wood, each measuring one
eighth Of cord, will not, when piled togeth-
er, measure . full cord. From this fact will
be seen the necessity Of having small loads
accurately measured. How is this to be
donef The loads of wood brought into this
market are offered in all sorts OF vehicles,
various lengths, and piled in oil sorts of
ways. Very few loads are in any such con-
diton that accurate measurement can be
made. When brought in tight box neither
wood inspector nor purchaser can see wha
the quality Of the wood is, nor how itisload-
ed. The worse conditioned loads, and the
most deceptive, are the loads Of stove wood
split and unsplit. This ia favorite mode of
marketing wood here. A number of facts
which have been elected will show that every
man who buys the small loads Of stove wood
offered in this market at the Inspectors NEE g.
urement, pays at the rate Of from six to eight
dollars per cord OF l26 feet OF stove length.
| 1t il perfectly silly for wood Inspector to
assume, or the Council to assume for him,
that with the help Of bis measuring stick he
can guess at the amount OF wood thrown pell.
NELL into box without regard to orderly ar
rangement.
few facts will show how nearly il is ar.
rived at. load OF stove wood, thrown into
the bed Of wagon in the usual way, was
bought by the Inspectors measurement for
A feet at Sl.a5. That wood was carried in
to an Office and not laid stick by stick, but by
the armfuil, in pile, and there it measured
81 feet. This measurement was made oat
allowing IL inches for the length Of each
stick this was the length only OF the longest
sticks-many measuring not more than l2
inches--hfteen inches would be a large aver
age. The box in which il was drawn meas
ured 10 feet in length, 3 feet inch in width
and foot in height. Loads drawn in this
wagon are uniformly measured ut from "A to
AZ feet, solid contents. Whoever ia curious
can make out the problem from the dimsn-
sions given above.
half cord Of wood was bargained for to
be cut into three lengths and delivered. un.
split, Tor 81. This wood was cut from a
large pile, thrown into box or bad OF wao-
on without order or arrangement, and in this
manner measured as in the market, for the
quantity agreed upon. When corded the
wool measured just sc feet, and that, ma
KING allowance Tor the closer piling of short
wood, than long.
The question is, il that legal measure. TO
throw wood helter- SHELTER into pile and
'ncn attnmpt 70 aITivo ~ Lne solid contents
The Wood Inspector ought, a. he by virtue
I OF his appointment has right to do, to re-
CURE every mnn, who of1crs wood in this mar
ket which is piled loosely, carelessly or GROSS.
wise, 10 throw out every stick and arrange
the same in some order suitable for measure.
ment
More than this, We need an ordinance re-
curing that wood shall be offered oniu l.,
an open rack with perpendicular sides. then
We may be sure OF receiving Just and eoui-
table measurement, and the purchaser will
know whether he 10 buying wood OF good or
bad quality. C,rlzrs.
hlLLEp.-The Clayton County Journal
says that German named John Jacobs wa.
instantly killed on the 10Th ult., about four
mnss from Garnavillo, in the woods on Co.
Oar creek. He was cutting timber, and !
tree, M ita fall, struck him On thn head se.,