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New-York tribune., 1885-03-31
STATE Of TRADE
noME4TIO MARKErl.

BALTIMORE March .t.on dun Middlias ill.e; Flour
ieys % sGEArs s5s' Ss d. rs ssis'1 q Ss c Mis-
super 81 75asJ OJ q IS %. 40 btauds
t.ea = aG's - B a s " %e.,.P
Gsns5G sS 5 ISL 70 aS sS' Winter ac 80 SPOT
s March s2s Ap .srs As5 sSasss
SGe idf 5sS5is. aS yellow SOssiS, Western Mixed
sisaSsI sa o.. s@ % sHS 9sls Is soaIa
Sa Ss., S. a. y sSsS;nlSa, S 5s.,
SasS SSGG Oeai Corn 100 % bush SoSooo
qqs WsssSa sss5a SS:s e a ss
P9S1t Winter %ns1; - 10 cGTs Ta. rSss S
% Hc oats gulei; No %h'e ~ ssi No Whit sSc
Western Creamery Is slGcI Feaald Eastern. lec.
ee. 600 sack Sorn or oaS bush
BuFFlLo NY M1s1 SO1sSgr @ quiet sas, .ta iGOe pei
s. ss; as 'P5GSs VIVA. 'SfE SS sale. " SoSS bush
Corn quiet and b ssss as car o' cy S9 and
Gys neglected. RAILROAD froigs steady whea B4c; Corn
& 9a oo fa bS 2SS %e ssr 5Soo RG CaS cora
os 1000 S%' ds y9 500 Ibsa Sq h.Is s
basS, zD Corn Corn 7s5co bush, Oats io 800
OSi Sisclss.r arm and UNCHANGED Family
~ SoTsS No. sansy o. zoo Sash nH Corn
NO Mixed, l4ail &c steady No. Mixed Sts54 p
aSc yYME nominal n @ is S'S 90 d steady At
sSeSa da ana aneaarsd ss75 snorr
Short c9i 81 no SS wGse ss gSe' 3 ssd & ;,s - pas
Ing and butchers 25 ss4 sO 2too head aaip
dull and SSs, sPcsspss g % ssGs, g
5nesors Whsas ases 81 5 Bs3 7 Pssnts - 50 s IS
Low Grsaes 90 Flour 8 50 2Sin barrels
eosns aI 75c April 7Sas7e se closing e 7g,.c! Nay
sSSSsl spSSs SsSa 40 '2S Red S
cqI3 ,ans :aS' Ss c1 ~ 1890 eons msF' s
81 Sc Nay a@tiss closing at &C sales
gs1ss@ %S sass Nay li:as 4
s y'5 5dSsia SS 90 Maren s so.ns s
u s9a March S sasi so'ns
H% sesss snort Es SSs
wns ' 50 Su. .Sss GSin Or sSs
100000 gash aye 5000 oash Barley 1000 shiPnea,, &
bush. oats $4,000 ous Rye. 5000 busn Barley 1900
DsiaoT; March so-%heat an No ! White cash SOLE. .
3 tse s ost.9Ls6t S.ed ss 10 White siiao' No.
s.S s@d Sss.s w1ssi HS
a s os ssy dull asi %s sss s'fR
Fse1ss s%ISs o =
ssEss sss mes. 8 20 hssslps.-fisai loo Ss
WSss sSi 5oSS SsSsv asSS
pmApgLrHn March so.Flonr-Ihe market to-day vas "a,
islIy a sf!ss s9a
s ai S:: rsss:
10 Delaware Red p export ssS MaIes
a92isci No PeTnsylyania Red. 95c Corn-The market
easier under light offerings but there was very be
demand from any sogrce eIPo!ers were s holding % on
No. Mixed In grain depo., 471c No. Mixed In grain
depot s9o; steamer No High Mixed and Yellow In 2ot-
.ec Me- Mixed gram dego. ~ IN export elevator ~ T
glove, June 49S9i9'so. oats-Car lots hrmi Rejected
White $780, No. White r 20th-st elevator 5!'tci NO
White y7ci No White March. 31i2d33c.j APRIL 81 p
dSse May, ysS3sisc; June 3sas3oc eecspts-Foar Zee e1
1000 bush. shpments-wheaI 1000 basn' Corn o'ooo
lIal.
ST LOUIS March soFlour unchanged whea lower No
Red s6zc. cash; s6sc. March; sol tcseisc April ss
April s9o, May ssc oats Arm; casa s2te Sla MAY. NAY
Ter nnchsnged Eggs lower ct Flax soed steady
at 81 So Hay qulst and a9chAngsa Bran arn e. %
Pork s2 25 Balrneas-Lon5 @ea 90 10 b sness TYR w
Escsipts-fiour 5000 bblai Wheat 5000 bushJ ~
sx9og M, snss Sss" shcs.n~Fisnr 1000 Dbis WasA 1000
Sushs Oorn. 5l,0Qo basai oAss s.oos sasa' Is AoVV
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31
THE TRADE IN CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, March 80 (SpeciaA.-The crowd
awaited cables with ill-cOnoeaed anxiety, and
when consols showed marked advance over
SATURDAYS close the effect was at once
onn,rept The opening bid OF Iac advance on May
wheat was feeble and In less than ten minutes the
cereal had declined aud the pit was hled with
sellers Everybody wanted to sell and tho buyers were
few ana fainthearted At 10 o'clock the
1guro was slA cents. There was "a far
bnyIng of corn, and IL remained unaffected Pork
was reasonably active thoroughly speculative
margin but ruled weak at fluctuations OF 10 10 cents
Al O'Clock the close was follows; May wheat,
SOFA cents; May corn, Al cents; May pork ST. %
lard so s7ia - q,
gree OF hrnness to what otherwise would have been
weak day. though everything continued weak. Corn
was parficnary auiet and tho W eat pit remained
almost entirely In possession o. 'he "scalpers'
The close for the day at $50 m. was a. follows
AprI wheat 75A cents; May wheaf, sOasdsO& cents
Aprii corn, 37ss cents; May coru. 42Sa427s cent.
April pork S1l s2l9 May pork, Sll 30 April lard
al ri MAY lard S6 S5.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31
CLOSING PRICES OF CALIFORNIA STOCKS
SAY FRANcIsCo. March 80. 1855.
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
FEATURES OF NETWORK DEALINGS.

NEw-YoRK, March 30.
The average trader in grain was astonished
this morning by opening to wheat over cont under
the last prices OF Saturday The accepted explanation
of the decline was tho higher price for British consos
and the character of the European advices, which
pointed more the direction of peaceable settlement
of the dispute between Russia and Great britain tnan
they have done for days. But the sharp drop SUM
Mated specuatiye purchases for reaction and whlle
Irregular the market kept fairly steady by this in
fue1ce The close weak The export business stin
laurushes for wheat but moderate demand was male
for Nevertheless this cereal sympahzed with the
lower prices for wheat and ended with losses OF %6ss
cent from Saturdays final figures. The declines IN wheat
ranged from s TO y cents at 30 for March ana april
Ol "a for May 90 for June, and 94l5 cents Tor July OPP
tions ended at 49a for March aud April 5o4 Tor
Nav 50as for June and 81 cents for July Oats were
off 4 cent at 36t for March, and 81 cents Tor the
rext three months Provisions were weaker and lara
dropped 4d6 cents. A.,
All New York. Baltimore. Philadelphia and Boston the
receipts OF grain to-day Wheat. 1868 bushels
corn, 39l 1897 bdshels; oats. 952l6 bushels totai
grain GOO 252 bushels -four 3s.Sl7 barrels Tho re-
ceipts at Chicago Milwaukee and st. Louis were wheat
g2 300 bushels corn, 5l2.39S bushels oats, l53aao
bushels; total grain, 74s,l6i bushels; Hour Sllo1
barrels.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31
SHIPPING NEWS.
SHIfIINb NEVS
PORT OF NEw.YoRK. MONDAY. MARCH 80, 1885

PORT OF NKw.YoRK. MONDAY MARCH 80. 1885
Steamer Erin Brl Robinson London March H. with mdse
ana Nnrana tr Hans Liverpool March 2i queens
~ with mdse and passengers to Vernon Brown Co.
steamer Arizona Br GrloEs Liverpool March 81 Queens
town o. with mdse and PASSENGERS 70 Geion = Co -.
&C. 81 Marc Y ~ PORT an MaTcE doays
Steamer Lone Eeworleans March 81 the Bar
Steamer city Of savannah, Dagrett Savannah days
"s %se cy enS z days with
~sss Steamer co%@eaweaith Van XIX Philadelphia with
spSss 1S,wfsS SaE VIII
with ndse 70 oraer vessel % VIM z Barnes 20
smpg 9a5f oarts Srder
kirk 81 days with empty order 70 scammo
Bsrk Alice clardee (of windsor Ns Lockhart London
days with chalk and empty barrels to ORDER vessel 10
fezeT NGr oaDseel, s. JagO 81 days. with sugar
parS n }ean Ta.ier Poriisnd with heading To III @
DarEss @dts CO. owes Vessel g Miller 4 Moagston.
City Island. light swi cloudy.
steamsr Chicago tBr, Jones' Jones Hull March H. via
Boston % with mdse sanderson Son. Arrived Ut the
Steamer wyoming r,, RsbY. Liverpool via Queenstown
steamer Heyeta Br) Williams. Liverpool via Queenstown
steamer Jersey City obj. Horror, Bristol ArEeI Doug.
Steamer Critic CBr). Lord Leith scOt-sapson Spence
Advance Beers R.o Jansiro Para &C. via Newport
Steamer Thornbnl (Br) Weteri Progreso-Belloni Co
Caribsl Br). Mcknight Kingston PIN. Fsrwood
a Co.
Steamer Saxon (Br. Wyman Baracoa-Gomez& Pearsan.
Steamer CIV OF Savannah, Dsggett savsnnah-Henry
steamer Manhattan Stevens West Point Va. Newport
NeSs-Old Dominion Sc Co. -
Steamer WyanoKe, Hulphers. Norfolk City Point and
Richmond-Oid Dominion Ss Go.
steamer Ootorara Reynolds Baitimors-y Krems.
steamer Breakwatsr. Jenaey, LeTsA De-od DOMINION
ship carbel (r). Davis. Bombaysmpson. Spence
SHIP i. scbepp Gates San Francisco-sutton Co
BARK Ariisan tBr1 Dwyer yokohama II Winchestcr
a Co. -. r ,r
psrh Ieouka (ar) Hsrris London-snow Burgess
Rart Taiismau ,isrl. BAKER Dunkirk-Boyd Hincken-
steamers Heyoa for Liverpool: Dorset Bristc Romeo,
Baltimore; Manhattan. Newport Newa
Bsrzs Anal for stockholm O Williams AarhuuE Rasnar.
Amsterdam.
TIE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
FOREIGN PORTS.
LIVERPOOL Mar s0-Arrfvsd British King tBr
Kelly, frop Philadelphia March l9 s, =, a.or~,. fRY,
GLASGOW, Mar Arrived steamer st&te ot oeoiks s&
Needle, xon HsW-fork March lbs
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31
CLOSING PRICES or PHTLA DELPHiA STOCKS
Reporteib by JouS II. DAVIS Co.. IL Waiksa
MONDAY. March 30-P. NJ.

MONDAY. March 3O-P. NJ
The new week opens at the Stock Exchange with dull
markets and weak tone Tho transactions In stocks
amounted only to shares and of that Lake shore
furnished a. 900, Delaware Lackawanna aud Western,
IS 800; Pacific Mail 80 900; Northwestern, l3Sooi st
Paul I45cO; and Central and Hudson, 14,soO shares
total for the six stocks, l4z'ooo shaoS.
what there OF the days war news was Oh
favorable to peaceful solution o. the Angiohussiah
disputes; and there was no evidence or rumors oven
OF q discontnuance OF the railway wars lao
status OF the New-York. Chicago and st. Louis
and the probabe reorganization Of the West
Shore Railway under the plan proposed were specsy
hurtfu influences on the values OF Lake Shore ana Ce
trail and Hudson stocks which was aggravated Dy the re
aization OF the approach OF the opening Oh inu
navigation. when the water route VIII hx the ra'es ior
freight between Chicago and despite oi any r
way agreement that possibly mot prooaby) may DC aoo
Hence In to-days market was the stocks OF CehIra
and Hudson and Lake shore that specially weak
and they record anal declines OF liz and lie per BENT re
spectiyely The granger stocks resisted furtner
decline but st. Paul was of q. Northwestern Os' BUT
lington and Quincy ia and Rock Island per CENT On
sales OF only $50 shares Delaware, Lackawanha anu
Western, after sales between 106% and looe was az
IO6 only ie per lower than NJ SATURDAY cio'ns
but Delaware and Hudson at 7s%, was %, ana Cen.rai
Of NewJersey at 81 To- was ~ lower. The Northern Pa
clhcs we're dull and weak the common, ~ ifs' wa'
down d. and the preferred at 397 was oil g per cent
IJnion Pacific with small amount OF trading yeiaeo
from ala to 43s Central Pacific declined rom oi
10 3O% Pacific Mail was active In nuotuauons
1t sold ss high 52s, but ~ she cioso "
81 liaa5Is-a Hnal decline OF q per cent "oS.o,
Union was duh within fluctuations OF = per oen put
co..d a. tho lovest eure b7, which decline Of
DER cent Tho stock loan market was easy nothns
maority Of shares loaned nat Tho market ended weak
Sonds vSre dull and eay steady with Ne
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31

No 1891. The United states appellant ast Francis
Swan ~
No 1892. The United states, appellant ast samuei
No 1893 The United states appellant, ast John Null
doom, administrator
No 1884 The United States appellant ast airy HAM
ilttn. administrative etc. x,v,,,,. n
No 1875. The United states. appellant agt William
Williamson. administrator etc. u,r
ley. . ,.,., n
No 1897. The United States, appellant. ast Daniel
George, ETC. r-,....
NO. 1888. The United States. appellant agt Henrietta
Buckbee. - -. rronrr
No 1889 The United states, appellant, sst Henry
Wilkes. ,,... N
No 1900. The United States appellant, ast' julius
No sE NeWIOreSns Gaslight Company, appellant sgt'
the Louisiana Light aud Heat Producing Company Arsu'
ment concluded. .r.-.on q Nor.
No TO- Original ex parte in the matter OF Dayton aoi
gan and others, petitioners Argument begun.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31
rAIENnARS THIS DAY.

SUPREME COURT. CHANBRRs-Before Van Brunt J.-Eos.
20 23 e6 lOa 2l3 26i 1885, pa 8l5 3l0 329 S3i 345
sUPEEyR CoURT-ciRcUTr -PAKr I-Betore Donohuc. j.
No d3y calendar
sURRoGAIEs CoURr-ROiliDs SWIM OF Thomas Crawley
and Lewis G. Hanerscy at ii NJ and Frederick
sUPEnIoR coURT-sPEcAL TRRM-Beforc sedgwek. G. j.
1877.
ConBox PLEA-srKcIAL TERH-Before Allen. J.-No day
calendar.
COURT SEssIoSs-PAHT IBefore Gioersleeye.
Dist Attorney Bef0FdNOA /. = s. u b. D. 4 s. -
10. H. II. IS. II. IS. is. II. 1S. 10. 20.
COURT GENERAL SRssiOSs-PAhr lI--Betorc Recorder
Smytn Dist Attorney Parris-NOs l. 2 = T. D.
z 10 IL u, ~ IL. rs. 49, ~, lS lO, 20 2 ~ 23
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31
LIE PETRoLEUM MARKET

NIWF uV
A listless and unimportant market was the
feature the opening Of the business the Pc
troleum Exchanges. Trading was almost at asiandsu
and the extreme variation Of prices was from sl7saS2
TO Al Il cens The production OF tho Thorn Creek eld
has been swollen by the newly opened wells 10 6l23
barrels neither this other Item from tho OIL
fields caused a ripple In tho speculation The market
ended too dull merit ans description as to It's toe' Dui
2 cent below the nnal quotation Of saturday.
The range OF prices and tie total dealings Tor the
wer a. lullOW6:
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31
Totals 500, 100000 sss.i55,lOo Inc. si,754.2Oo

The Clearing House statement to-day was as follows:
Exchanges. $S1 $50 79S balances. S3,921,771.
The United states Treasury at Washington to-day re-
ceived $43000 in National bank notes for redemption
The customs receipts $522356 and the internal
revenue receipts we're S653,4S2.
The foreign exchanges we're strong and rates were ad
vanced despite the talk the balance OF trades The
fact is that the balance OF trade is not made by the
movements OF merchandise during two months or even
In a year large amount OF foreign capital has been
accunulatng In this for OF years, but
except the basis of silver there seems to be
for the present strength OF the exchanges In the
face Of the balances of the last few months. We re-
wise qdOtatOnss for business follows: Bankers
bills $f s4 and 81 87 for long aud short sterling re-
spectvely 52O2 and for francs "a q aud 80 for
reichmarks 40 and 40l4 for guideTs.
In London a better feeling prevailed in political
circles which reflected by advance in the price Of
consols from 90 1916 Saturday afternoon
to 97is for money and 81 5-l6 for account
at the close evening. United States 4i2s
were ls higher at lis. American railways We're
lower and dull Bar silver advanced ls to 49led.
per ounce. At Paris the markets unsettled on
the China complications and the resignation Of the Minis
ersnd French per cents sold at 1910 against 7972H
Saturday.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31

The eearances elscwh 70 for Saturday wero OIL City,
200i OOO Bradford p, 1000 aud Pittsburg. oAs,OoO
barrels.
There Is no change to tote IN reaned oil.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31
NEwYoRK DAILY TRIBUNE TUESDAY MARCH 81, 1885

LzARp Mar 49-Passed, steamer Afrlcsn tBrh DoWhhs'
from NewYork March 10 on her way 70 London -.
from Bamore March 10 on hor way Liverpool under
81
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31

Pale 60 0lls Proy1sions-IArd. l4a OIL per cvt fol
Americans sugar. l3s 3D. per cwt fgr o11A contnfagss
poIazIng 9e and l2s0I2a Sd Tor CUBA huscovado fA1
BIIMEs March 3o.--Pstroeum. marks. 10 pfenniga
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31
MARINE INTELLIGENOR.

MINIATURE ALNANAC
Sun rise 542 Gl9 Moon ses 1854 Moons ara a. l6
HIGH WATER TO-DAY.
<H-sandy Hook. 9;l2 Gov. Island. 829 Tell Gats 1918
PM.-sandy Hook. 81 GOV. Island SOL Hell Gate l040
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31

to Prime steers sold one year ago at lItcl2c ana
the average estimated at IL ac.
BEEV yesterday and to-day l33 at
Jersey City aud 90 60thst making 1898 head.
aQane head last Monday The arrivals the past week
were 2,237 head than last week, and $50 head
more than the orresDonding week last year.
Foilown the dull hnish feeling OF last Monday
Wednesday under the Influence OF 10 rzl
supply Cattle and slack demand, showed decliae OF
strong c and IS carloads carried over. Jho
comparatively light Friday aud there wasa
feeling bnt ad selling rates The yards
were ed ut comparatively cary hour Inc
home Beef dull prices
and British markets showed no material Improvement
AT 6Othst to-day MT Eastman received 40 carloads OF
t5 carloads consigned To Stern hezger.
there IA CARLOADS ef
and Jersey City and wers
Hevetia Although there were
15 carOis sale there scarcy OF Cattle,
while sellers obtained small advance over Fridays
trade slow throughout the morning closing dn
and little weak. For Lgbt steers of 10000
l,I5O ID average the Improvement today today was vas
other grades about per head sales q Common .
Fair Steers at 94Qllc to dress 55156 Good 70
Choice at IL a12c and few tops reached IL &c, tQ
r carload OF little Lancaster Sesra about
$50 average sold down &C. TO dress 55 and angle
car OF Texans at 91c Old and Oxen ranged from
"a 62l2 to S6 81, and a few Bulls sold at 4ie9&s4c.
include 100 Live Cattle the Dorset ~
Nelson Morris 255 Live Cattle on the ielyes BY M Gold old
and the steamer by Joseph Eastman 1850
quarters OF Beef and 500 csrcasses OF Mutton.
shipments OF Catto and sheep ana Dessod
Beef and Mutton as follows
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31
bids OF per cent for the IS and tho coupon 4ss An
nexed are the closing quotations:

State bonds were neglected Quebec 5s sold at lo32
OF city bank stocks only Merchants t22 sold at ISL
The bulk of the business that was done in railway
bonds confined to few Of the speculative issues
that sold at lower dgures Erie second consos declined
from 561s to b4 and sold low 52% seller 60days
West shore and buffalo first 5s yielded from s2's satar
Chicago andst Louis first 6s of from IS TO 76%S
77la Chesapeake and Ohio frsts, series A. were on
per at 105 Canada Southern first os were steady
at 9s and the seconds up per cent at n OHIO
and Mississippi sinking funds were q lower at ilSS
Missouri Kansas and Texas general 6s were on y at o92
the 5s up u at 55i2 aud the first consols were =
lower at lols Mobile and Ohio frsts sold at 1o7 Ho9s.
ton and Texas Central issues were in betep demand tne
frsts sold at s54 and were 81 bid and the seconds
were up q at So Indianapolis Bloomington and Western
western e easier at 95 and Northwestern deben
ture 5s were OF q 977s Kansas Pacific consos were
Il higher at 93i4 Oregon Short Line 6s declined a
to So Atlantic and Pacific incomes were of 50 at l44
and Northern Pacific preferred were steady as looi2
The b. to-day lost & en- 3 sSD se
of S61 ,s64 The days operations covered: Receipts
$asss $tssise 49, Pss%SSas sSn Sasaes $iG5 sa
The money market ruled steady and easy at per cent
from the opening to theelose. ,,o s,,.o ,,r,.
Comparative quarterly statements OF the state banks
of the City of New-York:
liabilities.
Dec 13, 1894 March 81. 1885. Comparissns
ssgissl sgs s4a. 1855 sS S Dec Bss 1896
Rs: $$ss$S f.
Totals . s92.4OO9OO s94,l65.iOO Inc. sl.75i.2oo
Resources.
Dec 49, 1884, March 81. 1885. Comparisons.
COUNTS anu ssl, 200 se2ssi 600 Inc. sl.4iO6Oo
Other stocks and
bonds and mort ... a., ,oo
Due IRON banks. 6,SJ770O o,9iO,0OO Inc oS'oOo
Real estate. ...l 80 ooo
Furniture andf 2,123400 2l94,2OO Inc. 1UoVV
hrtures.......
Cash Items and o...
Specie . l24OiSOO 1A1l53D0 Inc. 1,7l0500
Iegaitenders. 7S52, 800 6,477.l00 Dec. 1,375,400
Oyerdrafts. 10000 ll,oOO Dec l2f,IoO
Totals 500 100000 s9sl55,lO0 Inc sl,754. 200
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31
MINES AND MINING,
ACTUAL SAILS.

s4LssAr THE YEMYoRK MyIya srCHAyoa
NEw-YoRK. March 30 1884
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

BURLINGTON. CEDAR RAPIDS AND NORTHERN.
New-York tribune., 1885-03-31

.36 seller co days. Ssh seller W days'
t78a seller 30 days
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-07-30
The Council Deserves Credit.

The present city council has worked
long and faithfully to get a good
waterworks proposition to submit to
the people. They have met nearly
every night for weeks and paid nearly
all their attention, even in their bust
ness hours, to this matter. At last
their efforts have been crowned with
success. They have proposition
which, Judging from other cities con-
tracts, is hard to beat. They have
studied this matter closely and we
think know what they are doing. To
the casual observer who knows notn-
ing of what they have to contend
with it may look as though some
points might be improved. There is
no use to try to get perfect ordi-
nance that would please all. In fact
a perfect ordinance would not please
all. They have done the best they
could. They have done well and we
are sure the verdict of the people
will be, "Wel done, thou good and
faithful servants; you shall have
water''
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-07-30
Unanimous for Water.

Tuesday We received letter from
R. B. Speed, editor of the Nevada
Mail. Speed is practical gentle
man known to many of our people
and his paper has a reputation out
side of the state even, for being emf
nently practical in its work for Ne
vada. Mr.. Speed congratulated us
on our prospect for waterworks and
expatiated on the many advantages
which would result, and wound up
by a sentence which we will quote
"Bob, of course there is no doubt of
the proposition carrying. 1t appears
to be a good one and / think l know
your people well enough to say that
they know the value Of waterworks.
Here in Nevada there was no oppo-
sition at .all-the vote, you might say,
acds unanimous.
We trust our friend is as usual
correct and the vote in Mexico may
be unanimous.
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-07-30
FIGURES DON'T LIE.
The Mexico System Of Water
works Cheap.
COMPARE THE FIGURES AND SEE
FOR YOURSELF.
No Cause to Cry tsHigh Rates. Never
Win Get Better Figures.
To the Editor of the Ledger.

To the Editor OF the Ledger.
Mexico, Mo-, July 22.-DEAR SIR
In view of the fact that our citizens
are about to vote upon the PROPOSE
ton granting Messrs. Pond & Masten
a water franchise and paying an an
nual rental of $4,000 for city or pub
lie purposes, would it not be well to
compare our schedule with other
schedule rates SO as to enable those
who will probably patronize the
water company Gin case the franchise
is granted) to determine whether or
not the schedule offered by Messrs.
Pond & Masten is reasonable or not?
After comparing the Marshall and
st. Louis schedules With several 9TH
ers l find them very reasonable In
deed, so will take them in compari-
son with our present proposition:
Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1885-07-30
Water I! Water Hot Water |!
From the Daily Intelligencer,

rHoiH tAc Datf lntetlgencef.
To the Editor Of the Intetigeneer.
Some taxpayers are objecting to the
proposed system of water supply for
the alleged reason that the city should
issue bonds and build the works itself.
Who wonld superintend construction?
Who are qualified for commissioners?
Who is qualified for superintendent?
Where would these come from? What
would they cost the city and who
would they serve most the city or their
own purposes? Would these officials
be changed as often as the admins
tratien? Could the bonds be issued
and provision made to retire them
without an extra constitutional tax?
Does the present or proposed system
involve any taxation beyond this
present rate? Would taxpayers vote
the bonds? The proposed system does
not require any additional taxation. 1t
does not put upon the city the hazard
of wastefuI, speculative or dishonest
employees. 1t does not propose to in
yolve the present population for the
benefit and to the relief of the popu-
lation that will be attracted by and re-
ceiye the benefit of the Improvements
proposed. 1t does not put the credit of
the city at the mercy of many sharks,
nor does it put the success of this i'm
portant enterprise at the mercy of men
of means. Some of whom land who
will and do zealously sustain the
schemei will oppose stubbornly the
bonding of the city for water supply.
! know no way to meet the bonded
debt SO sought by some city officials and
others, except by an extraordinary
levy of taxes for the purpose, and
think its advocates offer no other reas-
enable method, and as an observant
man who has known something of
water systems (but does not know the
present contractors and has no possible
interest in them], I do not eandidly
believe the city in control of the sys-
tenn for five years would net the cost
ofwater for the city hall alone, beside,
she must meet her interest account,
and other proposed responsible duties
such as $500 per year for repair of ma
chinery and say 81 900 per year laid in
pipes and services. In this connection
as we are to have an election of city
officers we would like to inquire how
our city officers stand, especially our
Recorder and City Attorney.
PRIVATE Plug.
Mexico, July "a. 1885.