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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-22
VIEWERS REPORT

On the grading. paving and curblng of Mahon
street, from kirkpatrick street to Chauncey
street.
To the Select and Common Councils of the c,ty
of PittSburg:
The undersigned, Viewers of Street Improye.
ments in the city of Pittsburg appointed by
the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny
county. and authorized by an ordinance passed
on the 9th day of February. A. D. 1883 COPY
of which is hereto attached, to make an assess
ment of the cost and expense OF grading,
paving and eurbing Of Mahon street, from
city. upon the property benefited thereby,
urder the provisions of, and in accordance
with an act of Assembly of the Common
authorizing and directing Councils Of cities of
the second class to provide for the improve
ment OF streets. lanes. alleys and public high
ways, sewers and sidewalks, requiring plans of
streets, providing for the appointment of a
Board of Viewers of Street Improvements, pre-
scrlbing their duties, granting appeals to Coun-
cils and Court. providing for the assessment
and collection of damages and benefits, author
izing the use of private property and providing
for filing liens and regulating proceedings
thereon, and prohibiting the use of public
proved the 18th day of June, A. D. 1887, respect
fully report:
That, having been first duly sworn and quail
flied according to law, they proceeded in the
manner and according to the directions of said
act, to discharge the duties of their appoint
ments: that, having viewed the premises, they
made an assessment OF said cost and expense
upon the property benefited, and caused plot
and statement to be made, as required by said
act and having given to the owner of each 10
ten days notice of the time and place of meet
ing. they met on the 25th day of January A. d.
1890, at the office of the Board OF Viewers, in
the city of PittsDurg, heard all complaints and
evidence offered, and having made all modif1ca-
tions and corrections which they deem proper,
assessed the cost and expense of said grading
paving and curbEg upon the following prop
erty upon each for the amount set opposite the
name of the owner thereof, viz:
Chief Department Public Works, statement
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-22
AN oRDINANCE-AUTHORIZING THE
f

UPtII1IIg
avenue to Heleda alley
Section BE it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg. IN Select and Common COun-
ellis assembled and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same, That
the Chief of the Department of Public Works
be and is hereby authorized and directed to
cause to be surveyed and opened within go
days from the date of the passage of this Ordi-
nance Ceres alley from Beltzhoover avenue to
Heleda alley at width of 20 feet, in accord
ance with plan on file in the Department Of
Public Works known as McLain and Naples
subdivision of BoydStOwn, recorded in plan
book vol 5, page 205 The damages caused
thereby and the benefits to pay the same to be
assessed and collected in accordance with the
provisions of an act of Assembly of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania entitled, IAN act
relating to streets and sewers in cities of the
second class" approved the 10th day of May,
A. d. 1859. mh22-20
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-22
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

On the construction of public sewer on Cen
ter avenue. from Summit west and near the in
tersection of Allequippa street to Reed street
To the Select and Common Councils of the
City of Pittsburg:
The Undersigned Viewers of Street Improve
ments in the city of Pittsburg, appointed by
the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny
county and authorized by an ordinance passed
on the 9th day of February, A. D: 1889, copy
of which is hereto attached, to make an assess
ment of the cost and expense of constructing a
public sewer on Center avenue, from ALE
Qulppa street to Reed street. in said city. upon
the property benefited thereby, under the
provisions of and in accordance with
an act of Assembly of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, entitled IAN
act authorizing and directing Councils of cities
of the second class to provide for the improve
ment of streets, lanes. alleys and public high
ways, sewers and sidewalks, requiring plans of
streets, providing for the appointment of a
Board of Viewers of Street improvements, pre-
scribing their duties, granting appeals to Coun-
ellis and court, providing for the assessment and
collection of damages and benefits. authorizing
the use of private property, and providing for
filing liens and regulating proceedings thereon.
ana prohibiting the use of public streets with
out authority of Councils" approved the 18th
day of June, A. D. 1887. respectfully report:
That, having been first duly sworn and quail
fled according to law, they proceeded in the
manner and according to the directions of said
act. to discharge theidutles Of their appoint
ments; that having viewed the premises, they
made an assessment of said cost and expense
upon the property benefited and caused a plot
and statement to be made, as required by said
act. and having given to the owner of each lot
ten days notice of the time and place of meet
ing, they met on the Goth day of February. A.
d. 1890, at the office of the Board of Viewers,
in the city of Pittsburg. heard all complaints
and evidence offered, and having made all
notifications and corrections which they deem
proper, assessed the cost and expense OF con-
structing said sewer upon the following prop
erty, upon each for the amount set opposite the
name of the owner thereof viz
Chief Department Public Works.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-22
DEpARrMENr oF PuBLIc SAFETY. !

PITrSBURG, March ~, 1871
CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE-
- CEIVED at the office of the City Con-
lrUller until March q, 1890, at o'clock p. NJ.
for repairing and remodeling Engine House
No. 2
Plans and specifications can be seen on
application to Samuel N. Evans, Superin-
tendent of the Bureau of Fire.
Bonds in double the amount of each bid will
be required; said bond to be probated before
the Mayor or City Clerk.
The Department of Awards reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
JO. BROWN,
mh2O-g7 Chief Department. of Public Safety.
O,1TY TAXES NOTICE is HEREBY
" given that the duplicates for March and
September instalments of city, special. and
sub-distriCt school taxes for the year 1890 have
been placed in my hand for collection by the
Board of Assessors authorized to assess the
same.
First installment of city taxes payable in
March or April second installment payable in
April or September. Five per cent discount
allowed on second installment only If paid with
first installment in month OF March, but no
discount is allowed on first installment.
Business tax and water rents payable in
month of June.
Five per cent added on all delinquent taxes
on May ], on July for business tax and water
rents and on october l for second installment
of city taxes.
No statement furnished unless you intend
paving your taxes by check.
of ce will be open on last Saturday in March
and April until o'clock P. NJ.
mhlI56-D j. F. DENNISTON, City Treasurer
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-22

Lord. speak to me, that may speak
In living echoes of Thy tone;
As Thou hast sought SO let me SEX
Thy erring children, lost and lone.
o lead me, Lord, that may lead
The wandering and the wavering feet;
y feed me, Lord, that may feed
Thy hungering ones with mamma sweet,
. teach me, Lord, that may teach
The precious things Thou doSt 1mpart:
And wing my words, that they may reach
The hidden depths Of many heart.
y give Thine own sweet rest to me
That may speak with soothing power
A word in season, as from Thee
To weary ones in needful hour,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-22
No. BOIL
A N ORDINANCE-AUTHORI2


A N ORD1NANCE-AUTH THE
N vacation of Columbia street, from Pike
street TO the Allegheny river
Section 1-Be it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg. in Select and Common Coun-
ellis assembled, and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same, That
that portion of Columbia street from Pike
street to the Allegheny river shall be, and the
same is hereby vacated. Said street. is located
in Magaw's plan, recorded in original Plan
Book. vol 4, page 81, Department of Public
Works,
Section 2-That any ordinance or part of
ordinance conflicting with the provisions Of
this ordinance be- and the same is hereby
repealed, SO far as the same affects this ordi-
nance.
Ordained and enacted into a law in Councils
this 24th day of February. A. d. 1890.
III. P. FORD, President of Select Council.
Attest: GEO. SHEPPARD. Clerk of Select
Council. G. L. HOLIDAY, President Of
Common Council. Attest: GEO. BOOTH,
Clerk of Common Council.
Mayors Office. February q, 1890. Approved:
VIM. MCCALLIN. Mayor. Attest: W. H.
MCCLEARY, Mayors Clerk.
Recorded in Ordinance Book, vol. Z, page 323,
18th day OF March. A. d. 1890 mh2G24
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EI6,36O IL
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD JAY ALLEN,
DANIEL WENKE. Viewers
TIMOTHY OLEARY, JR,
PITTSBURG March 49, 1890. mh2266
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-22
VIEWERS REPORT

On the grading of Park Way avenue, from
Penn avenue to city line.
10 tne select and Common Councils of the city
of Pittsburg:
The undersigned, Viewers of Street I'M
proyements in the city of Pittsburg, appointed
by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny
county and authorized by an ordinance passed
on the 10Th day of March, A. d. 1888, a copy of
which is hereto attached. to make an assess
ment Of the cost and expense of grading of
Park Way avenue, from Penn avenue to city
line IN said city upon the property benefited
thereby under the provisions of and in ac-
cordance with an act of Assembly of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania en-
titled, IAN act authorizing and direct
ing Councils of cities of the seeond-class
TO provide for the Improvement of streets.
lanes. alleys and public highways, sewers and
sidewalks, requiring plans of streets. providing
Tor the appointment of a board of viewers of
street improvements, prescribing their duties,
granting appeals to Councils and Court, pro-
Ylding for the assessment and collection of
damages and benefits, authorizing the use of
private property and providing for filing liens
and regulating proceedings thereon, and pro-
hiDitlng the use of public streets, without au-
thority of Councils" approved the 18th day of
June. A; D. 1887: respectfully report:
That, having been first duly sworn and Quali-
fled according to law, they proceeded in the
manner and according to the directions of said
act TO discharge the duties of their appoint
ments; that having viewed the premises they
made an assessment of said cost and expense
upon the property benefited, and caused plot
and statement to he made, as required by said
act, and having given to the owner of each lot
ten days notice of the time and place of meet
ing, they met on the 24th day of January, A. d.
1890, at the Office of the Board of Viewers, in
the city OF Pittsburg, heard all complaints
and evidence offered, and having made all
notifications and corrections which they deem
proper assessed the cost and expense of said
grading upon the following property, upon each
for the amount set opposite the name of the
owner thereof, viz:
Chief of Department of Public Works state
ment of cost:
l6 765 cubic yards grading at so 49, 58s s5
Engineering, advertising. g............ 325 90
Printing ordinance and notices. ....S 40 90
Printing viewers eport.. % 25
Making plan and serving notices. Is 90
Viewers time. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 42 90
an
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-22
SUPERFLUOUS HAIR
On the Female Face.

Hair on the upper lip, chin, cheeks forehead,
nose, ears, between the eyebrows on the hands,
arms and breast. OF moles and birthmarks, and
on mems cheeks above the beard line, destroyed
forever, without pain, scar, shock, trace or in
jury, by the
ELECTRIC NEEDLE OPERATION,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-22

"a, bB6 "a
Respectfully submitted.
EDWARD JAY ALLEN,
DANIEL WENKE, }Viewers.
TIMOTHY O'LEARY, JR,
PITTsBURG, February 20, 1890 mh22.6S
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-22

One good effect may be expected to
come from the third party movement
this campaign, and that is, the old
parties will be mere careful how they
manipulate conventions. The rule of
cliques will no longer be popular, and
politicians will not carry the votes of
either organization in their pockets
The third party will be constant
menace to questionable practices, and
if conventions desire to hold the rank
and file in line, they mnst make nomi-
nations suitable to the people, and not
according to the dictation of leaders.
We have always advocated the great
est freedom in the exercise of the cleo
tive franchise, and have never been
backward in writing against the caucus
and other corrupt methods of control
ing and debating the result of the bal.
lot. Perhaps it is necessary in poll
tics, as well as in business, to have a
perfect system Of operations; but this
should not be of such an infexible
nature that the minority would have
no rights to which the majority should
pay attention. The despotism of ma
jorities is as cruel and despiciable as
any other despotism, and is greatly to
be feared in free governments. The
bills of rights are the protection guar
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-22
A united effort among our business

A united effort among our business
men could open the river to this point
by placing line of opposition boats
between this city and the Cascades,
and using the portage at the Locks.
After passing the obstruction, any
number of river boats would willingly
enter the trade. This is practicable,
as it has been partially tested on sew
eral occasions, and proved successful
as long as the steamers made regular
trips. As people interested IN the
growth of our city we can afford to
bury all differences on other subjects
and unite on this scheme of making
the Columbia river our channel of
commerce to seaboard. The cost of
craft might be $4,000 or less, and
the portage at the Locks could Le
utilized either as tramway or for
drays. In conversation with a busi-
ness man some time since he stated that
if the river were opened freights of all
kinds comld be lessened one half a
cent pound from what they are now.
Any one can realize what an advantage
this would be to The Dalles, and what
factor of growth and development
it would eventually become. This
spring should witness movement in
this direction, and united effort on
the part of our citizens would un-
doubtedly be successful.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-22

The people cast OF the Cascades are
in favor of a boat railway to over
come the Instructions in the Colum bia
above this city; but if an appropria-
tion cannot be had this congress
would accept a portage railroad as a
temporary expedient. 1t could not be
expected that Eastern Oregon would
receiye more than the crumbs from
the government table when Portland
and the lower Columbia have been
the recipients of such princely dishes,
in the shape of appropriations for
public buildings, light houses and
jetty work. Oregon has been
libefally dealt with in the River
and Harbor bill; but aside FROM
the sums which have been wasted by
changing engineers and other mismah-
agements on the Improvement at the
Cascades, Eastern Oregon has only re-
celved paltry few thousand. We do
not know how long our people will
have 20 wait for their necessities to re.
ceive more than passing attention at
Washington; but we do not expect to
derive much benefit from government
appropriations until the great Inland
Empire has representative in the
higher branch of congress who is in
harmony with her views, and who is
perfectly free from corporate control.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-22

The bill of Senator Stanford to in
crease the circulating medium of the
country By the government taking the
land as security and issuing currency
in half the actual value, is a new kind
of iLhation which we believe would
result in time in financial panic.
The wealth of the country cannot be
expanded without a reaction taking
place some time in the future, which
is usually very disastrous to all kinds
of business. The value of land canno.
be governed by any definite standard.
1t varies according to surroundings.
A lot in Portland, Seattle or any
growing city may be worth as much as
a thousand acres in the interior, and
as soon as law of congress pledges
the government to issue legal tenders
equal to half the value of the land,
that value would be immeasurably en-
hanced. This would result in the
worst kind of initiation, and the
amount Of the circulating medium
might be ten or twenty times the act
ual wealth of the nation. The coun-
try has had practical experience of the
result of imitation, and a Republican
con gress has sufficient wisdom not to
ieopardize tine best interests of the
public by any new experiment.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-22

The advertising committee of the
board of trade last night reported that
it had closed contract with the Ore
CONAN for one insertion a week of a
boom advertisement at the price of
$l70 month. That paper is great in
everything which constitutes journal,
but duringits long career has rarely said
favorable word for this city, and has
decried the construction of the locks
at Cascades and the forfeiture of the
Wallula grant. Now we must pay it
for an advertisement, to be placed by
the side of a patent medicine notice or
the extravagant galamatia of an para
patetic doctor, and this, too, while
not one cent is paid the local papers
for the arduous efforts they are al
ways making to build up the country
and attract population. The best.
advertisement of any city, and the
only one to which home seeker or
capitalist will pay but little attention,
is the local psper, representing the
business and social interests of the
place. On Jan. l, 1889, this Office
printed 5000 copies of New Years
edition, which contained the only
statistical information eyer published
of this county, and we sold $50 to
Burns in Harvey county, l50 to Gold
endale, Wash, and less numbers to
other towns in Eastern Oregon; but
not one copy was ever purchased by
the board of trade or city council,
and the thousand or more copies we
have now on hand will be used for
wrappers. We are not complaining;
but simply stating facts.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-22
The Rhyming Mama.

Oliver Wendell Holmes in March Atlantic
Poetry is commonly thought to be tn,
language of emotion. On the contrary
most of what is so-called proves the alb
scnce of all passionate excitement. 1t i.
a cold blooded. haggard, anxious, worry
ing hunting after rhymes which can be
made servlceable, after images which will
be effective, after pharses which are sou-
orous; all this under limitations which
restrict the natural movements of fancy
and Imagination. There is secondary
excitement in overcoming the difficulties
of rhythm and rhyme, no doubt, but this
Is not the emotional heat excited by the
subject of the "poet's" treatment. True
poetry, the best of it, is but the ashes of
a burnt-out passion. The flame was in
the eye and In the cheek, the Goals may
be still burning in the heart, but when
we come to the words it leaves behind il,
little warmth, cinder or two just
glimmering under the dead gray ashes
that is all we can look for. When it
comes 10 the manufactured article one is
surprised to find how well the metrical
artisans have learned to initiate the real
thing. They catch all the phrases of the
true poet. They initiate his metrical
forms as mimic copies the gait of the
person he is representing.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-03-22
Strange Usessof Papers.
st. Louis Stationer.

Paper is now made to serve for steel
and iron. When strong fiber is used 1t
can be made into substance SO hard that
it can scarcely be scratched. Ral'road
car wheels are made of it more durable
than iron. A store in Atlanta, Ga, has
been built entirely ofpaper. The rafters,
weather boards, roof and flooring are all
mace of thick compressed paper boards,
impervious TO water. On account of the
paper being smooth and hard 1t cannot
catch on fire as easily as a wooden build
ding. 1t is found warm in cold and cool
in hot weather. The Breslau fire proof
chimney has demonstrated that cooking
and heating stoves, batb-tubs and pots,
when anneried by process that renders
i lire. proof, become more lasting than
iron and will not burn out. Cracks in
floors around the skirtlng board, or other
parts OF room, hiay be neatly filed by
thoroughly soaking newspaper in paste
made as thick as pu:ty aud forced into the
cracks with paste knife. 1t will soon
harden and can be painted. Black wal =.
nut picture frames are made of paper and
81 colored that NO one can tell them from
the original wood. A papr piano has
been lately exhibited In Paris. The entire
case is made of compressed paper, to
which is given hard surface. cream
white brilliant polish. The legs and sides
are ornamented with arabesques and flor i
designs. The exterior, and as much OF
the interior as can be seen when the in
strument is open, are covered with wreaths
and medallions painted In miniature. An
Italian monk has succeeded in construct
ing an organ where the pipes are made OF
paper pulp. 1t has 1400 Lipes of various
sizes. The American Cottonseed Trust
are now running mill for making paper
from the bulls remaining after all the oil
has been squeezed out of the cottonsced.
They are contemplating the erection of a
100 ton mill for the same purpose. These
hulls have heretofore been considered
worthless. 1t has so far proved so success
full that the trust propose erecting mills at
| different points IN the cotton-raising coun-
try. Of course, this will somewhat revo-
lutionize the paper trade. a new mill for
the manufacture of paper from moss has
been recently established in Sweden.
Paper of different thickness and paste
board made of it have already been shown,
the latter even in sheets three quarters of
an inch thick. 1t is as hard as wood and
can be easily painted and polished. 1t
has all the good qualities, but none of the
defects of wood. The pasteboard can he
used for door and window frames, archi.
tectural ornaments and all kinds of furnl.
ture. The ceiling of the assembly cham
Der at Albany, N. Y, Is made OF papier
mache. 1t is model of its kind, and ap.
pears so like marble as to deceive the
mos: expert eye. The latest idea IS to
use paper instead of wood for lead pencils
by using patent preparation by which
it can be cat as easily as the softest wood