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MEETINGS AND NOTICES.


Meetings.
NoTICE-THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
IN stockholders of the Pittsburg Forge and Iron
Go will be held at the ofice Of the company, Tenth
St., near Penn av., on UESDAY, August 16> 1892,
at ii O'Clock A. NJ for the election Of directors for
the ensuing year and for such other business as
may be brought before them.
F. Z. RICHARDSON, Secretary.
PTTTsBURG, August Z 1892
Notices.
NToTICE-DR. JNo. COOPER. JR,, HAS RE
IN MOVED his Offices from No. a N. Dismond st
Allegheny, to rooms 42and 4s Westinghouse build
ing, Pittsburg. Ear, nose, throat and chest dis
eases, Hours to 4 p. NJ.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT STOCK
IN certificate number two hundred and ffty-
seven esd calling for one hundred and twenty
(2) shares of the capital stock of the Steubenvte
and Indiana Railroad Company issued by said
company to and the property Of Salem township,
county Of Tuscarawas and State of Ohio was on or
about the aoth day of April A. D., 1875 lost or
destroyed, and that the owner thereof is about to
apply for q reissue of said stock.
ADAM G. STOCKER.
Clerk of salem township,
Port Washington Tuscarawas county, o.
JULY. 1892
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8 ENGINEER OFFICE, CHARLES

III s. ENGINEER OFFICE, CHARLES
u, TON-Kana wha, w. Va, July q, 1872
Sealed proposals for the iron valves, jour
nails, fastenings, rods, racks, &C., for lock
ing about o. 900 pounds of wrought iron,
81 COO pounds of cast iron and 900 pounds of
steel and bronze. will be received at this
Office until AUGUST "a, 1892, at 8 P. NJ, stand
ard Eastern time. and then publicly opened.
Specifications, blank forms and all available
information will be furnished on application
10 this office. WILLIAM p. CRA1GH1LL,
Colonel Corps of Engineers. u. s. A.
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Business Chaurea-

Business Changes.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
N partnership subsisting between II. II. Bergman
and J. +. Bergman under the firm name of H. 4
j. +. Bergman, was by mutual consent dissolved
the 1st day of July, 1892; all debts previous to
this date will be paid by The old firm. H H. Berg
man will continue business at the same place, No.
&C Federal ST., room 2, I'd floor. Allegheny. Pa.
H HI. BERGMAN,
j. F. BERGMAN.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION = NOTICE IS
N hereby given that the partnership heretofore
existing between Thomas f. Hodges and Charles
F. Warde, doing business at No. 6S9 Smithfeld
street. city of Pittsburg, under the firm name Of
mutually dissolved the third (3d) day of August
A. ID. 1892 All debts due to the said partnership
are to be paid and those due by the same dis
charged, at 6S9 Smithfeld street. where Thomas F.
Hodges Co. will continue publishers of The
Builders Gazette. and Charles f. Warde will con.
tinue in the job printing business.
CHAS. F. WARDE.
THOS. +. HODGES.
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NOTICE TO SEWER CONTRACTORS
~ Sealed proposals will be received
1T the office of the engineer I'm charge
of street improvements at the Council
Chamber, I'm the Borough OF Sewickley,
until 8 o'clock p. NJ. on TUESDAY,
the 9th day of August, 1892, for construct
ing "Vitrified Pipe Sewer" in Beaver
street, from Perry street to point near
boundary street, in said Borough of Sewick-
lev The length of said sewer will be about
q do feet Plans can be examined, and spec
ifications obtained at the Office OF T. A. Dun
ham, engineer in charge:
GEO. Ii. ANDERSON,
FA. DUNHAM, Burgess.
Engineer
sEwIcKLEY, July rs, 1892.
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FORSALE-LOTS.

City Lots.
CENTER Av. lots, 4sx175. only g. 900 each; street
" Improvements and sewers pail for; choice To-
oughfare: limited number only offered at this
price; terms to suit See M. P. Howley Son, u
Diamond st.
L,OR EXCHANGE-11-room brick house in Law
Il rencevile; having bathroom, hall, vestibue,
both gases and all improvements: nice lot; will
take vacant lots in good location or small houses.
Allies Bros. Co., 164 Fourth av.
UO7 -S5Oo-Herron Hill Park plan:
SDAlC choice lots near Wylie av. cable cars at
balance IS month; sure to enhance quickly. Black
& Baird, 95 Fourth av,
East End Lots For saie.
EAST END-street paved and severed: fagstone
T. sidewalks; asx95 feet, at $65 per foot: must be
sold at once, NJ. F. Nipple & Co.. s6 Fourth ave.
last END-s65 per foot; close to electric and
II cable lines: 50x150: a No. residence neighbor-
hood. NJ. F. Nipple s Co.. Ss Fourth ave.
EUREKA PLACE. Oakiand; nice level lots $50
T. to 5000 each; small cash payment; balance
monthly. For plans and prices see George
T OTs-For an undoubted investment and quick
~ profits. buy one or more of the lots we offer
ton and Negley avs. that highly progressive por-
ton of the East sFrd; an observer will recognize
this property as A riding elegant home locations;
an investor will at glance onr price is away
below current val es. e. 327). Charles Somers
& Co., 13l Fourth
T oTs-I.evel lots to 30 feet front and 90 to ITO
~ feet deep: prlss from $500 TO 900 each,
monthly payments Soverooking schenley Park;
Peter M stieHH sSleds sss rsS st. cars 10 enne' ''
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JAMES F. RoBB. Attorney at Law.

JAMES F. RoBB, Attorney at Law.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT LETTERS
~ testamentary on the estate of Leonard Walter,
Sr.. deceased. late of Allegheny, Pa, have
been granted to the undersigned. to whom all per-
sons indebted to said estate requested 10 make
immediate payment and those having claims
or demands against the same will make known
without delay. JOSEPH STRATMAN,
JAMES F. ROBB,
Executors.
FIDELITY TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY,
12I and 123 Fourth av.
ESTATE OF DANIEL c. HAMILTON, DE-
IT. CEASED-Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration on the estate of Daniel c. Ham
ilton have been granted to the undersigned TO
whom all persons indebted to said estate
quested to make immediate payment and those
having claims against the same should make them
known without delay.
FIDELITY TITLE AND TRUST CO..
1N and 12S Fourth ay.
J. A. EMERY. Attorney.
ESTATE HUGH MoCUTCHEoN, DECEASED.
t. Executors notice-Notice is hereby given
that letters testamentary on the estate of Hugh
McCutcheon, late Of Indiana township, In the
county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania
deceased have been granted to the undersigned
to whom all persons indebted to said estate are
quested 10 make immediate payment, and those
having claims demands against the same will
make Them known without delay.
Bennett P. o., Pa.
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Legal NotlceS.

Legal Notices.
FIDELITY TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY,
III and 13 Fourth avenue.
ESTATE OF GEORGEvAN EYNDHOVEN, DE-
u CEASED-Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration the estate of George Van Eynd-
hoven have been granted to the undersigned. to
whom all persons indebted 10 said estate
quested 10 make immediate payment and those
having claims against the same should make them
FIDELITY TITLE AND TRUST CO..
Administrator.
nAUIn EwINl Arfarnev
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CAMS shoes. Gains shoes.
5o3 MARKET STREET. sos MARKET STREET.
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TO LET,

City Residences.
ITO LET-Elm ST., 2-story brick dwelling. 10
L rooms: rent t37 So per month. J. C. Reilly 80
Diamond st,
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EDUCATIONAL.

ST. GEORGES HALL-For boys and young m
f.. Georgcs. Md. Prof J. c. Kinenr, 4:
Prfn.; unsurpassed. thorough. safe; $40 and $50
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xes fS"as !Ss ras s5IiEs s sssSYs
food e a and Tss bill fare served at u
desert freight ramp includes bacon. bread.
for the upper strata. They carry Dutch ovens
Gr I SHknE pSns S for 5y uF HnS in
do not eat much fancy canned stui!, and q
cohhler made OF canned peaches serves for
I'VE don't care much for Rimoraoss. but
do sfs stay y By " yeh 's one said Tkay arey
that empty bottles on soms trails, were, IS thick
rs good resolutions on the, road to sheol, but
the sy had f served f s road f
1nsiTht lead and Peg leg %i !, discovered
e! e PSx Or IT,
trains We're run regularly between Doat Val.
Icy and Mniave the CHIEF care OF supcrimt,en-
Gn' 4os sdfe 20 s G aa s
turned turned to Moays o. ne twentieth Day q; 3
!disssI n ISTss Il ssi?
starting caIne next day no rolled. ins:ead Of
sS1arsd up to his Perch th and then as be- onked
Git spp-th-th .th-th y9ugitepp!"
1t IL u matter Of record that the mules I'M
derstnnd him. yertheless-that. In fact, those
h.vr a , as. tugs u d ss Yi 81
driver. no matter whit his condition. On that
occasion the driver. instead Of, getting drunk.
sd t. as in Nsxs s
on. tho mules With one ono accord turned tnor
their ears. and stared Ct him. Hs had omitted
hs sars. ast h hs
bred Kansas boomer will scarcely be!iev" in
mining camp Invariably decreases the lie and
activity seen on the streets and among ~"
min" owners. hut INJURIES every one else. Tho
explanation is simple. howcver ~, ire IN,
railroad reaches the active camn ali tho SUI
mails and tRh1e the Hassenrers When tho ai5Hi
comes all tho Transfers and swappc Strive
bnxs to rst"E r. t. thr ma ns
plsss oi depaf!ed teanstsr IN any ey mt: Wv
time at MoIaSe. il WASH cool hing for u.s. us.
for the teanisters could 90 broke In ono night
ard be r"ady e 60 mgf ny"r ne road in the
It seems to he Mt first blush. FOR n tho team
ster did not gamble away II, m"n"y ne was
sure to get drunk and spend 1t IN WIS mur,
harmful; while II ~ any, cnnnce .hn GO t."
wage: q two wenths K hs pocket at On s
wSSd OF "sS. t Sr ore spree at
from. The teamsters are. with ra.o exren-
lions. unmarried men.
dangerous. scnti"n has been N ,h,. "r tn"
grades NJ VIII - the. rs n,n.i ~ d'"r-:"'i.
s i s M toward MSaye o w sS"r 'f ths
%1ass Is Rat 9 STEEP sp saa
throw; lis weight % the blake Of the front front
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GUS taste in the selection OF a home. Bennett
thrived on his ranch AMI accumulated plenty
of horses. mules. and cattle. with money in the
bank at Los Angeles. through furnishing sup
plies to prospectors and trading with the In
dians. He learned about tho doines in Death
Valley and before tho fire was built under the
mans had made contract to haul tho product
over the desert to Mojave station on the
Southern Pacific road. az we'll as to freight the
supplies from the railroad to the workmen In
Death Valley.
Before the end OF the year, when his contract
expired. the company making tho borax con-
cluded they could do the freighting more sat
isfsctOrily with their own teams than by con-
tract. and accordingly ]. W. s. Perry. now
superintendent OF the Pacific Coast Borax
companys borate mines In the Calico Noun
tains Of San Bcrnardino county. was put at
work organizing q system OF Transportation
over the desert which should BIO adequate tor
The safe handling Of all the product Of the
Dsath Valley region.
some OF tho difficulties In the way OF carry
In. out tho company's plans may be mentioned.
Lut scarce described SO as to be fully compre-
bonded by ono who has not seen the desert to
DO crossed Between Mojaye and the valley
proper there were but three springs OF water
The road from the railway station at Mojave
led away over the sandy plain in an easterly
direction toward peak locally known rs
Granite Mountain. but called Pilot Butte in
tho reports Of the CALIFORNIA state Min,
this desert. q desert whore the sand-laden
with intolerabls nerceness in GUNNER. to the
fret sGsing: This was called Blleckwater. Be.
was Grsnite. spring at the foot 81 Pilot Butte
ard The next sprtpg was Lone WilioW twenty.
81 the panamint range. The last. two spaces
sotvsen springs were ;ompsratiyely short
three miles from Lone Willow to Mesquite
well, pear tho lower end Of Death Valley.
Aud yet experience had shown that loaded
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Eastern farm wagon with its load would cut
In ak inches dcer.
or course no ono pair OF horses nor any
combination OF horses known to Eastern
teansters conll move. let alone haul.
such load. Tho swell young gentlemen
who handle tho ribbons over two
pairs OF horses in front OF Newport
coach. and tho dignined driver guiding four
,airs OF heavy grays before a New York city
safe truck think themselves drivers of rnro
skill. and so they are. But tho fuel hauer Of
the desert commonly drives twelve horses
with the aid Of single rope in place OF rens.
and never has less than ten before him.
And yet he is but a raw hide driver when
compared with those who had charge OF the
Death Valley bOrax teams.
When In 1883 the manufacture OF boraN was
first undertaken ut the marsh in Death Valley
one OF the best-known men in the desert
regions was Charles Bennett. He had taken
upn claim on an oasis in tho Pahrump Valley
III southern Nevada. and had made ranch Of
1t that he afterward sold for $4,000 Here he
lived. hundreds Of miles from tho nenr-
est town. with tho Piutes only for neigh
bors. unless. indeed. the scattered white
Arabs Of the desert-the renegade whites
with squaw wives-and one or two white
families who lived at springs from twen-
~ to one hundred miles away could
be called neighbors. But in spite Of his curl
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70 hc Introduced and shake hands. as. with
ing seen. And when one sees the NUNS
settle forward IN their collars feeling Esn.iy
9nd until at last hG snah ts
start, tho train Of we'll nigh 10000 ronn IS
weight almost as though it were nauSht. ~
the mules. too-that is, ilgurnfively speaking.
Their intelligence is such thut hc woul.! hc
Il Hnsw hs Sss In MSa uo %
shy about getting, within hnndshakins range.
\, It is wonderfully interestinG too. to watch
turn on the mountain side. Team after, learl..
word from the driver. will jump over Tho long
chain and pull away on tangent tia, the
then the novice wonders how they succeed. Tor
ers pull in one direction while the wagons are
thsr short Alter AT fSs the drivers
of the ten-horse teams often manage their
SHtss aonf tbs Is put aay trip oR t fe
freightng over the desert with n twsnty-ani,
NAL team every driver has nm assistant called
furious On a down grade lie climbs to 4 reich
on the rear wagon and puts on tho brakes: on
at att the IL" INDECENT and oIstreperoas muos. As
meal time approaches he X lexis dead bra nches
from the grease brushes along the route and
feeds the animals. and when tho mea. is over
washes the dishes which. with the food. are
carried in u convenient box In the wagon.
The mules get their grain from boN"4. which
are arranged to be secured to the wnGpn
tongue and between the wheels whom feeding.
They Eat their hny from the ground. Beyond
the feeding and Watering the annals set no
care: they curry themselves by rolling Oh tho
sand. and rolling with cyclonic vigor n that:
The cloud of dust raised when an outht OF
Death Valley sand storm put there Is no. hing
to compare with their cries of Cec after tho
rolling is done. The work is not wearing on
the ANIMALS. 1t is common and polite to say
to driver when thin or scrawny mule is
hey y which. being interpreted. means: All.
| observe YOU have recently purchased IN
animal unaccustomed to the work"
Qute w. interesting as the teams aud tho
freight trains OF the desert are the men
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hitched! M the team and started to drive
in. But u" was no tenmster. and soon had
tho mules in u tanCle and the wagons. big as
swamper's leg. In this condition he crawlcd
about among the animals and turned them all
loose save one. horse. which he somehow
mounted and rode away. over the long not ID.
vide. with the broken limb switching about
and tho broken bones grinding together. till
he reached the works once more.
His terrible condition and an untrue story
Of the trouble with the team st"r awakened the
deepest sympathy-u feeling which lasted
until he lnd been sent in on a bucktoard.
journey Of 1OJ miles over tho desert, to q sur
Geon. But when the workmen came to dig up
the body Of the teamster. that 1t might be. re-
moved to u beautiful distance from the spring.
they found that he had been fsulIy struck
from behind. and they wanted to lynch tho
murderer But they did not DO it. and because
o. tho dlscomiorts and dangers o. TIP over
the desert neither the Coroner nor the District
mattcr.
Daggett's only lynchlnG was due to the muir
dor OF teamster His swhmper for some fan
cied wrong. was noplna about the village
drowning his care In iIunor. another team
next morning some one passing tho black
was found tho offending tchmster alive. but
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GRAVE OF ". NJ. sHApLEy."

with his skull crushed. Beside him lay one OF
me hugs spokes used In building wheeis Ipr
DESERT wagons. One end was covcrou win Inc
blood ami the hair OF the dying teainster.
, two nights later. when il hpnahreu that no
Jus'lc' q the Peace WAS al.o.t ID urn VI.
swAmper loose for want Of direct eyidSnce o.
ms guilt, masked mob took 6oth me
sWamr"r and the teamst"r who had ADVISED
tue crime from the lookup. The telegraph
Poles ut DnEgett havsaslngle cross arm. Two
ropes were thrown over one ~ these aTns, ana
2ttho two prisoners. Both men had until this
them into u confession. Now they would have
begged for mercy but before the trembling
lips could gasp half sentence the tightening
ropr. lifted them from tn" ground.
huwrvtr, IT was really eur hipn on the
t"amsirr. He was soon lowered and advised
y leave town. He left. rho swdmper now
holds down q aiX-foot claim on the mesa Just
beyond the village limits,
=, Ao.t pititul OF all was the death OF poor Eil!
bhndiey OF Mojlve. Shadley was married
man. and. although n hard drnker. WAS KIND
I" ms wife and children. When circumstances
c"mp"l'~d tho closing down OF tho b0rax
wnrSs IN Death Valley. tho works and thirty,
a,rr ranch that had been created With TIE ala
charge OF one Tom Drain; WI" had been a
Drain was morose by nature, while shadiey
wns sort 81 u hnnpy- lucky fellow pes""t
ne had Intensified the instincts Of Drain. ut
had not crushed the good nplrits OF shadley.
IL wa. impossible for the two men 81 live
cnmfortahly together for even, = day. Within
brtof Interval life there had become wholly
iptole.able for the unfortunate teamster from
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team could only travel from fifteen to seven en-;
teen miles in daE There Vas; 81 course; 6n.
could Tf Se III SG'i hsSns
wnter for men and animals for the three days
the sssr Sss n se nrSuc NO,
had to be- 6auied. as we'll as water. '' ''N '''''
II is so m oante inoas country. The road leaves
| Death Valley by what is known rs Windy Gap.
hs gap T wss hn Il f b.S IN ns
on tho s' MOUNTAIN n tor. Volumes a o. water IN
common enough. and others. much, higher arc
told about by tn, white hrabs When, When wave I'VE
WHEELS G so oy ys#s ssn vet e s Fed
Ss ms on forty at s Wills sEade
short distances is four times az much.
SsatS ys snsh and aovs IS s
There was. Of course. IL all that distance no
sn Of LIZ sr 20 o. tss
selves or the teams. the men could not hopo
for help until some other team came along
The FIRST thing done by Mr. Perry was to OBJ
tain. by inspection or correspondence. the
asea BY Pac coast xaFg peshsrs VIII these
out before him he proceeded to design his
The task. he had set for himself was the
building 81 ten wagons SO largo that any OF
reader W who amiiar with H'; rai ire fasf
any reader who has travelled ut oil BY rail.
%ss nqys passa on
N6 ths n nd f" eehysdsr sast
wagons for hauling boraT out Of Death Valley
We're to haul ten tons. or half u car load each
that train OF two wagons was to carry
for @ one Of the modern. well.built freight cars.
and carry the load. too. not oyer smooth iron
tranway. but up ana down the rocky defiles
and cailonS OF one OF tho most precipitous
monntain ranges in the world tn. Panamint
wag, ms ever used and because they were and
still are completely successful, space may well
be given to- their dimensions in detail. They
were as follows:
The hind wheel was seven feet In diameter.
an,l its tire was eight inches wide and an inch
thick. The forward wheel was five feet In
Win tire HI tha. on the
by ~ .nrhes long. The ,spokes were made, Of
silt oa... ., inches wido at the butt and 1
inches wide at the point. The feloes were
made double. each nee", bel, nsing Ry4 inches
,oltcd together. The forward axle trees were |
made of solid steel bars "a inches square in |
ross section. while the rear axles were 81 |
!ng. feet wide and !; ieet deep, The tren,i
If the wagon the width across tho wheels
vas six feet: Each wagon weighed 1900
and the cost OF tho lot was about
$1,000 or $500 each.
hese wagons with the best modern freight
ar. The lest freight car for use on u steel
rack Weighs 7;OGu pounds and carries load
more than half the load Two Of these Death
ALLEY wagons very often carried $4,000
sounds. and sometimes 10000 pounds of
argo exclusive ofwater and feed for men and
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team. while. their combined weight was but
15iDo pounds. or about ona-third Of their load.
Moreover all Of the ten were in constant use
for five years without II single break down.
The works in Death Valley were then closed
down. but two OF the wagons have been In
constant use since. and are at this date run
ming from the borate mine In the Calico
and Pacific Railroad where they bid fair to
lave an experience equal to that OF the Won
derfui one-horsc shay.
However, the building Of the wagons was
but tho lightning OF tho work OF desert
freightng. though It should be said hero that
the building was all done in Mojnye village by
men w2r,k;inG by tho day. 1t waspot contract
road had to be divided w into what might be
to he brought in from Death Valley. and since
only supplies for the workmen were to be
carried the wagons would have but light
loads going out or course the teams
would not. trnvel so far In a dav
with full load MS with a light one.
long IN, grades like that in Windy Gap as they
could down the long grade from Granite
Spring toward Moiave. So the matter was
figured over and ten stations were established
at intervals along tho whole route. where the
teams could stop for the, night when coming
in loaded to Mojave. while certain other sta
tons were established for resting places on
the way out to Death Valley. these last being
located with q view OF making team travel
So far as possible these stations wero estab-
liAhed at the, few springs found along tho
route. Elsewhere dry camps had to be made.
Here the natural lack OF water was overcome
by ~ system Of wheeled water tanks very
much like the tanks OF street sprinklers. These