The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-11-30

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franchise and operate next season and
thereafter With electric power ,instead Of
mule. The people of Sioux City demand
the hest and the most satisfactory rapid
transit says J. F. Peavey, the general
manager. "and they will receive il. Tho
y will carry q passenger from Douglas
street to the stock yards in about fifteen
minutes. while by the system Of electricity
We think Of introducing We will be able to.
get over the same distance in Just half the
time. The age in which we live moves
faster than it did in the days of our fore
fathers, and rapid transit is one of the I'M
provements demanded in all centers of
commercial activity. sTime is money!
aud it is GU that theory TINT invention is
turning from steam to electric power to
gain time for the demands of the age"
The system to which the ompanv gives
preference is the Sprague electric, which
IL IN successful use in many cities with
streets of decidedly heavier grade than
Sioux City. 1t will take STA, 900 to make
tue change. but it will include five minute
cars and the hest equipment that can be
put together on a street railway track.
a D%etsultinE Treasurer Sentenced.
Judge Lewis has sentenced I. p. Hill the
d~efaulting treasurer of Harrison county to
two and one-half years in the penitentiary
ut Anamosa. When Hill went out of Of
flee last December he was found to he
short in his accounts over $40, OON. The
community was shocked at this revelation.
snd 1t WAS long before the people could
believe that Ike" us he is familiarly
known, could be guilty of dishonesty in
n way. He had been faithful i'll Office.
as they supposed. and has been success
lively reelected by both political parties
for twelve years. But on his retirement
from Office. the light was thrown upon his
record. aud Harrison county was 500. 900
the loser. Although Hill finally plead
guilty. he has protested his Innocence and
repeatedly declared that he did not know
where the money was. and this. with the
fact as shown by the books, that he has
been gradually running behind for the last
ten years, coupled also with the sympathy
of the community, led to his light sem
The civil suit brought by the
county against his bondsmen was settled
by the amount of his defalcation being
paid over to the county.
sioux City improvements.
Sioux City has made a great record dur
ing the season just closed in the way OF
permanent improvements. While the esti.
mates fall below those of last year for !
curbing and paving. there has been a
greater mount of grading and misceliane-
improvements that ure not mentioned
in the following summary.
The number of blocks improved are as
follows: Curling, A blocks; grading. 1872
blocks; paving. 4s blocks: sewering. 7i
blocks. The number of miles Of improve
lnents made are AS follows: Curling, 81
miles; grading. 10 miles; paving. 81 miles:
sewering. 5 miles. The total cost of the
improvements for 1883 up to the LIST of
November were as follows:
Bridges God. a.
2j,O72. 81
/. . s2.6le. %
lSv, III. wv
fh,SUU. M
Sewerage pumping station. ........... 1908. ~
Total u. Ss..!, l74.lG
From the figures given on grading and
sewers there will he SLIGHT yariationx IN