Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-22
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Menagsris-A Double Water
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ST. Louis, Aug !. aostInaster uar-
lOws's scheme for railway postal service
in the city, by means OF the street car
lines, has been abandoned for tile pres
cut, because satisfactory financial mr..
rangements cannot be made with the
roads which would have 10 carry the
mail line pneumatic tube postal her-
vice will be put into operation In the
fall, and il Is likely that visitors 10 the
city will then DO able 10 see a rcmaria-
bic postal convenience between the
central aud southern part Of the city
ia fall swing. The postal demands IL
ST. Louis are not content with this.
however, and the department has Or
dered ten new sub stations 10 be estab-
liShed in this outlying districts,
Tie Geological garden Ia Forest
park, which was established few
years ago BY the gift OF few buffalo
y the city, has been added 10 10 Goa.
SANITY, from year 10 year. that. Il Is
now considered by collectors 70 be
worth nearly atty thousand dollars.
The city Legislators have just dis.
covered that there are a lot OF aulnals
worth looking after out there. and
have appropriated a large sum %
money 70 build comfortable quarters
for them aud TO buy others The
Park commissioners. aa they succeeded
one another, have carried ont general
plan ot buying only tame animals, and
there IA not one fsE0ci8us gone Ia the,
whole enclosure now devoted 10 them
81 Louis VIII soon be the only city
Ia the United stascs with two syatens
~ water works ia constant operation.
la these days, whea the mos. Ordinary
water works plant coats between one
and two million dollars. most cities are,
glad 20 have one system ia good cOnd-
tioa. rs peculiarly ~ this city's
laws, the revenue from the sale ~ che
water eau be used only for the exten-
sion 81 the water works, aud eUnse.
lueutly there Is always plenty 81 money
- carrt urt the plans ~ the engineers
The Water commissioner " now max
ing arrangements % build one water
works station 10 supply the suburbs
exclusively. aud he will have u finished
short time after the new -ity water
works are completed Tue minor sta.
ton will pump water 70 places within
'iN miles Of the city. some Of these
suburban towns arc go high that they
can't be reached by the ordinary city
pressure, and without the proposed
system they would haze 20 build works
ot thrir own or dcuend on cisterns and
wells
This summer in 81 Louls Is FoIng 70.
show many fewer suustrokes than there
were last summer Sunstrolea are
things that cant be helped Ia largo
city, whore people will work hard DIR.
ing the hot months aud eat aud drink
c1relcasly, A. n matter Of course, there
arc more sunstrOlges Ia tenement
houses, where psoplc are huddled to-
Rether. than there arc whore there IA
more room Since last year tho tcne.
msnt house district OF the city has lost
fully onc.third Of itp population, partly
because OF ihe railroads cntaslng the
town, which tore down numbers Of the
rickety dwellings, ana partly because
great efforts have been made by teal
estate men to hll up the suburbs
through the sale OF houses and lots on
cheap plans The fast roads. which
were extended into every part Of the
town, made IL possible for the me
chanics and even the industrious la
.oorcrs 10 live ON the edge OF tho city,
n pure air and near the parks. aud at
tue same time 10 get - their work III
season lust year many people died
~ ~ their BIDS NJ home. ovcrheated.
ms year there has not been one case
OF the kind reported. and the sum
stro'so physicians have Ind little to do.
Designs for the statue Of Gen Shcr-
man which IL 10 be put in front OF the
city hail NJ ST. Louis are being made
not only hy the artists hero. but by
several sculptors Ia Paris, who want 10.
get fo3thuld in America A. soon as
the hall Is ready for the statue a prize
y 70 be offered for the best design,
the only condition being that the figure
must b equestrian, II l. believed by
the artists that there will he at least
ten designs in the competition.