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CITY NOTICES


NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT ROLL OF
~ local Improvements Astric. No. 49, for the
improvement of Lincoln avenue under ordinance
Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll
OF local Improvement district No. g. for the i'm
provement OF Lincoln avenue, from Johnson
avenue to the north line of Rosedale addition
under ordinance No AHA has been reported by
the board Of public works to the city council Of the
city Of Seattle and is file in the Office Of the
city clerk and the same is now open for public in
x 81
hereby required to appear before the city council
Tuesday. the asd day Of August 1891. At
said lime so fixed the council will consider any
and all objections made. and will make such cor
deduct the amount of such cost assessed against
street crossings (Which shall be paid from the
,oad fund a Of the city, and WIN then BY
amounts thereof against each parcel and lot shown
In said roll, and declare the same q lien thereon
said matter may be adjourned to later date If 90
GEORGE J. SLOVENIAN.
City Clerk Of the City Of Seattle
BY +. D. OGDEN, Deputy.
Date Of first publication, August 8. 1892
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT ROLL OF LOCAL
IN Improvement district No 81 for the improve
ment OF Aidine avenue under ordinance No. 2. 1873
Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll
oflocal improvement district No. 81 for the I'M
provement of Aidine avenue from johnson ave-
nue. to the north line OF Rosedale addition, under
ordinance No. 2,1SS, has been reported by the
board of public works to the city council of the city
ofSeattle and is now on file in the Office Of the city
clerk. and the same is now open for public inspec-
ton at said ONCE and viii remain open for inspec-
ton until Tuesday, August Is, 1892, at S O'Clock
p m. and all persons Interested are hereby re-
quired to appear before the city council In joint
session to be held In the council chamber OF the
house OF delegates in the city hail Tuesday the
23d day of ugust, 1892. At 8o'clock D. and make
objection thereto At said time SO fixed the c0un-
Gil will consider any and all objections made and
VIII make such corrections in said roll 1t deems
JUST and will then deduct the amount of such cost
assessed against street crossings (which shall be
paid from the general road fund OF said city, and
will then by ordinance approve such roll and levy
and assess the amounts thereof against each parcel
and lot shown in said roll and declare the same q
lien thereon. Said matter may be adjourned 70 .
later date 30 ordered by the city council.
GEORGE J. STONEMAN,
City Clerk OF the City Of Seattle
BY r. d. OGDEN.
Date Of first publication August 5, 1892.
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Sent to steilscoom.

Andrew Edvardsen was committed 20 the In
sane asylum at steilacoom yesterday BY Judge
Iichtenbsrg. Edvardsen is not Q dangerous
lunatic, but has strange hallucinations coucsrn.
ing religion and disappointed love
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l and Corpor.tion Notee,

Railroad and Corporation Notes.
NJ. b. Mcdonald has been appointed agent OF
the Great Northern road at south Westminster.
NJ. McFce, superintendent for Henry d Balch
on the Everett & Monte Crisso railroad, II in the
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Admitted to Citixenshiv,

Hans n. Lspso, native of Norway. and eol
g. Simpson, . native of Canada, took the oath
OF allegiance yesterday before Judge Liohtsn.
berg, and were admitted to citizsnship
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pauy Va The Blaine Electric Light and Power
Co mpany-Order Of default: signed.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILS ARRIVE,

First Train Load Goes through on0
Traeklaying Now to Begin.
The rails for the Great Northern main line b.
gan to arrive here yesterday over the Northern
Pacific road, and were shipped on to Lowell
where they were stored in the material yard.
This 10 the hrst train load Of 50 miles which are
on the road between hero and St Paul, and -
miles more are TO come. six locomotives are
also on the way. Tracklaying from Lowell east
ward will begin this week
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LEGAL NOTICES.

NOTICE-IN THE MATTER OF THE
~ estate OF w. w. Buchanan, deceased notice IL
hereby given. to all whom IL may concern that on
the 9th day Of August, 1891, j. w. Buchanan, Is
administrator Of tile estate Of w. w. Buchanan,
deceased filed In the supe Tor of King county,
washington, his petition for order Of said court
sitting in probate. authorizing and empowering
said administrator to sell all the personal property
OF said estate at private SALE and that said court
has fixed Friday. the 10Th day of August 1892 It
$3.50 O'Clock In the forenoon, at the courtroom Of
Hon J. Lichtenberg. judge, for the hearing of
estate are. therefore, required 80 appear In said
court at the said time and place. then and there to
show cause, il any they have, why the said order
should not be granted.
Witness my hand and the seal Of said court, this
oth day OF August 1892 W. B. SPENCER
TSeal1 Clerk OF Said Conf
BY r. I. DAVIS. Deputy Clerk.
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IndisessiOnl Miserablsl Take BrEc zAxs
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John I. WITTWER, HAIRDRESsER AND
wlgmaker 6lS Front, next to Lowman z
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AND DaAUsHrsmry.

{ GEORGE DORFFEL, REAL ESTATE BRO.
- ~ ker: buys and sells all kinds Of real estate
Room 35 Halter bloc<
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partment to concentrate soon large
force of war vessels Ia the South Pa
ellie. Not less than ten OF the new
ships-,hc san Francisco, Chicago.
Baltimore, Charleston, Yorktown,
boston, Concord. bennington, Atlanta
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. with
several Of the older wooden vessels,
will shortly be grouped in or near
Chilean waters
Nothing could h. better calculated
than this To open the eyes OF
the Chilean, to the risk they would
run In fighting us, and to bring
them to their senses in negotiations
with US.
The regular army of the United
States now numbers about 10000
drilled men aud officers These men
could not leave the United States Ia In
wade foreign country. The militia
of the various State. however, mum
b-rs about i:.0Oo men. These could h,
placed In service Ia less than u week.
The available army Of the United
States NUMBER $1,000, GOO men, t.'cHty'
ilv, per cent Of whom could bc pressed
into service In nn emergency.
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III. o.... >. ,...x., r,..,....

", speak OF Tho ocran ~ 'ra-'s-
i-,," !, 10 30 no longer II ,vo
vessel. .aii from Nor York for Call
ou,ia they Will II lH'aiilcuh'iy Havi.
gated iolins 40 nearly tho ssmn
cour.- tina, ihoir paths II plotted on
a char, slii hardly divcTsr b. atty
mile, n, any pplni Tho same Is irg,
% every other route, H.; va con-
.!aur tho case Of vessel bound 10
Nos YORK from Liverpool. Her cap.
tain misst " prepared for . constant
battle asalns; aiyrrs- winds hni cur
rents and winter gale, s1lrc, a routa
no, very dircrrn, from that followed
by ocean steamers boiugrn those ports.
Otherwise no would iU..pu tho south.
era rouia laid DOM BY tho sailing
dir-c,nry. and a',rr beating TO tho
westward n 'uW hundred miles 10
mako suru 81 clearing the coast
81 Spain would shape course TO
the southwest. passing ~ FAR west Of
Madeira as tho westerly vinds ~ thcsu
latitude, will permit Between Ma
,.oira aud tho tanarlus bot a icu hun.
Lr-i miles to the westward u both.
h, would Ian his uay across tho
barilng 'valms 81 Cancer and pick
up the Sor;holst trades Win ih"sa
As,rrn and ircshcu.ng uyory mile ho
you'd scoop down to the south and
uutt aud when Wcll over ioWarI tho
We, inil.s haul up TO tho nor,huari
toward Hrrmuia. Hero hg would have
to work again across the calfns Of
Cancer. and then. with tho uncertain
hu, probably westerly winds Of Our
Atlantic coas, and with tho Gulf
stream in his favor. ho would stand
on and make his port having sailed
$500 miles between two ports To-,
than 4 900 miles apart but with winds
aud current almDs; uniformly favor
abic and with hnu and brariue
weather. -Goij,hwnitr's Geographic
cal Magazine.
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Oatmeal for Poultry,

"Bolzy's" famous report TO DIR.
Johnson's sneer at Scotchmen for
eating the grain fed to horses in Eng.
lnnd-"thnt il the reason there are
such fine horses in England and such
fine men in Scotland '-wasa deserved
tribute to one OF the most wholesome
and nourishing OF grain foods. II il
good not only for horses and men, but
for poultry also. In reply to AN in
quiry rs to whether it pays to buy
oatmeal AT 1 !. cents n pound to feed
TO chicks. an exchange says |, does
pay. and pay we'll. to buy the meal
n, sT.25 to sJ.To per barrel. Of tna
same quality as is used for the table.
Chicks fed with ration composed In
part of oatmeal will lay on flesh more
rnpidly, and when mature will weigh
one or two pounds more than iiraiscd
on corn meal or other food less nutri'
tious than oatmeal.
The special value OF oatmeal is that
il builds up the chick from the very
beginning, and every experienced
poultry raiser knows tho Importance
OF steady growth from III. word go. y
Mr.. Wright, in his practical Poultry
Keeper" remark, that the best food
for chicks II, decidedly oatmeal. but
thinks II too hish.pric.d for general
use. cSc-p, for valuable broodS, lilo
still advise, II. however. Tor the hrSi
week. in order To lay n good fonndn..
ton. Hut tho writer abov. referred
to says that the total COS, OF the on'
meal used las, year. IN connection with
other food. was only hvo cent, per
chick-ccriAinly not an -s'ravn:nns
addition to the cost, especially II on"
to two pounds per chick aud earlier
maturity were accomplished By its
u@R
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HAUNTED BY A JAW.IONE.
An O,ssou. sP"ok That Msds - House
hold uneomfortsbir.


About three miles north OF Amity.
In Ynmhill couniy. stands long. low
dwelling house which some thirty
years ago was reported to DO tho
scene OF some very supernatural dis
turbanccs. says the Oregon Statesman.
Tho house was occupied by family
consisting OF n man. his wife and
daughter. u young lady Is years OF
aga
This young lady was the victim o!
tho ghostly visitation referred 10.
Tho frs, thing the family knew a pair
OF old slippers was noticed sliding
about the floor DIGGING tho girls
footsteps But these soon disappeared.
and In their place came the lower Jaw
bone OF n hog which persls,ontly fol-
lowed her. She undertook no worl;
tina, was not NIL undone by unseen
| forces rs soon rs completed. For In
| stance. sho would ret tho table and
tho very instant sho had finished and
before she could turn around dishes
,ablo-clo,h aud all would SLIDE of on
| to the floor.
Following tho fashion OF those Gays
tho lady wore hoopstlris These
would jump on her bed and dance
around during the night
Just across tho rond from the dwell
Ing was spring where tho family
procured their water. Often when
the giri would ~ .f'"s e'.s'."s 81
water every stitch OF clothing would
drop from her rlglh In tho center OF
the road. From IA well-built aud pre-
possessing young lady she began rapid
~ wasting away. Various rspcdl-
eats were rosor,od To to sc, rid OF tho
iaw-h bone. bat NIL To no purpose. Tho
father n, ono ,imo nailed II 10 soap
box. carried 1, OF quite u distance from
tho house and buried IT, Tho first
thing 10 NEE, his eyes when he re-
turned home IVES tho bone which was
ms ilrclc,, ne ever following hIs
| daughters footsteps Burning and
other ways OF getting rid OF IL tor
mcn,lng pr-scnea were tried. but Ike
Eanquo's ghos, 1T wouldn't down
A. n las, r.,or, tho family removed 10
California In tho hope Of Kidding
themselves Of til. ghO,tly visitor. but
III. las, that was heard from ihum tho
bone still pursued them.
| III. scene was visited by number
of Marion eounty's ~oll.knoWn ciu-
.anS among ,hum two or three Ok
m.mbcrs Of tho legislature bu, II,
only report with amy degree of anthem
,Icliy 1, tina, OF Mira sur,ingor sho
1, to day living near AmI'y. sho says
that on one occasion. she was sitting
by tho tru la til, haunted house con
.arslng With tho family. whcn n lli,io
girl ,uddonly appeared and rvs,ol hor
.lbo- on tho nAnial piece, hor body
being suspended In midhlr Whom
asked what ,ho wanted tho girl rr-
pl,.i thu, sho had como for --. CIV.
log tho young lady's name.
III. dwelling abou, two years a''nr
III. family left became tho rcsldrnc,
OF present Salem physician bat 10
further disturbance, wore noticed
I, has bcyn suggested that the youug
lady sAs tho author "' spmo a~iul
crime. and thu, this wa, hrr punish
mont bu, she donloI aHY EHor.od.o
o! crime
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CHAMPIONS AT SEA.
AMERICAN AND CHILEAN ADJ
MiRALS CRITICISED.
Ghrrardi and Walker aud their Long
Year. Of Service In r~ace-.Admirnis
Nontt and Wei OF Chile Distinguished
In War-Othcr Offieers.

Rear Admiral Ghernrdi, who Is
spoken ofas the probable commander OF
the naval operations in theeyent of war.
Is the second ranking officer of the
navy, Admiral Kimberly being the first.
Both are of that famous class, Mid
shipmcn of isiG," and are the only two
remaining ON the active list The class
oil 1910 was the biggest squad Of young
s,crs ever put int, the navy in any
one year. II was the time the naval
academy was established, and ircsi-
dent Polk and George bancroft.
the historian, who was then
Secretary Of the Navy, wanted
the new Institution to 20 OF with n
good start, The President, who then
made all appointments lat large APP
pointed siNty.iive youngsters In one
batch. This was the famous class OF
40. Among the youngsters was Han
erof, Gheraidi, nephew Of the grca,
historian aud cousin Of J. &. bancroft
Davis, formerly Of TIA. State Depart
mcnt and now Justice Of III. United
States Court Of Claims Another WA,
Lewis 4. Kimberly, ron OF old DR. Kim
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dashed. drunkenness prevalent anil the
population Il $4,000 % thoroughly
mixed and as EASILY excited inin inpro.
pri-,y a. tina, If any ether tess wealthy
sraluaul town dependent altogether
ON cummcn'- fer it, ,i,asily.
The s,r-rt ears arr dpuhl-d.dcrlgrrs
and the conductors arr women. In
most Latin countries women arr not
permitted to engage In profitable 80
equations. In Mexico and mo~i ~ tho
South American countries men pr
form the duties II chanicrmnitls. Hut
the war with i'-ru called on the men
from ,hu>" ''rci,i-r uut If The cradle
To- ,h"sc falling into the grave. and ~
strive, ears had to h. run u was ncccs.
sary To- It.; the women run them. The
experiment is said To bc entirely sue.
ccsstul.
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wil,zc, of the nkston Captain Jne',
Philip, of the A ants and Captain
Rcmcy, Of the harlr,ton-nll good
oi'ic.rs-complc,ethe list OF captains
ready for war ~
The commanders Nthc smaller yes
sells are Commander Kyau, 81 the York
town. an officer aheahy we'll known
from his spirited co % IA Chile; Com
mnndcr ila,chclici, of The Concord;
Commander l.radfoh. Of 'hc Bcnning.
ton. With the exc p,ion u iiatchcllcr
all ,hcs. officer entered the her.
vic, since the war md have yet their
spurs Ia win.
OF the chilean officer, President
Montt IL the mot conspicuous ~.
won his spur nj admiral 81 the
victorious fleet In the war with Peru
and afterwards In D. recent war. ~
complete was hi. .,tcccss that lac wa,
rewarded with thu presidency. lie II
u cool. calculatlv, anicrr aud II u not
improbable that hiiwuuld like 10 con'
mnnd the Chilean if,' again, especially
In ease Of war wiih the United
States
Admiral Wei "a, tc,rnt Ia command
81 the Chilean nnvyI J. a graduate of the
Sasni academy II lie sud man Of
Wild. experience IL naval affair lie
was the iir,t lieiteHant II Admiral
MONT la the rcch, unpl"asantncs,,
aud distinguished himsnii la yHrious
ways
Chile has atty additional naval OIL,
ccrs la active ncry,s together with nj
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II i poor policy 20 keep pigs OF all
avs and SIZES together.
The Lc1; butter in all tho world
naturally can be sadly injured by the
u,c ~ very poor salt.
During the siV month. ended DO
ccmhcr ~. $3.50. ,lis country ship
paI abroad .u5. ib3 cattle. valued a;
SiG.isL Obs. \ gain Of nearly two
million over the came period in
1850.
he careful not to feed TO many
roots to the breeding eve. Roots arc
lnr.rly composed OF water and too
much cold water all understand is IN.
furious to the eve.
II is of tho utmos, Importance tina.
the breed Of sheep selected shall be
fitted to the conditions under which
they are TO be kept. else the
wool will necessarily he affected.
The winter season Is the time for the
accumulation of knowledge on bee
culture. "a well as on other topics.
The winter Is also the proper time TO
prepare hiyc-. maxim. aud painting
them for summer use.
The ambition needed among farmers
il not to he lawyers. doctors nor poll.
;icians. but to be better farmers.
When this ambition is general. aeri.
culture will look up and taxation be
,unr.s pt4rftt, ftt-t rIbu.gl
Keep a cheerful spirit. stop NIL
wastes, study the possibilities of your
family and the demand of your mar.
kct, and take courage. for We mus,
mike tho best OF the times tina, mr..
here Il We are to succeed.
The use OF tho horse "a motive
power throughout the country is rap.
idly diminishing. During the past
year more than 25.ooO horses have
been taken from the numerous street
car lines in the country.
Better farming is to be secured by
more intelligent effor. on the part of
the Individual. Better laws can be
had only through the organized efforts
oi the producers Mt the caucuses, con
yeniions and polls.
The descendants OF n single wasp
number as much ms 10000 in one
season. November Ia the fatal month
which kills them OF. except t~o or
three females, on whom depends the
perpctuation OF the race.
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Many dnirymcn in this section
Learned. for the first time. during last
falls drouth tho value of pumpkins in
milk production. ono raised moro
than forty top.bov loads of cNr"p-
,ionnlly nice quality in a i2.ncrccorn-
field aud got n good crop Of corn be-
sides. His pastures were all dried up
when the corn was fl TO cut and he
began feeding pumpkins TO ten cows
mud followed it up three months. The
pumpkins were stored in feel pas
snrc in n basement stable out Of the
way OF frost. and mostly fed in the
bnrnynrd. The seeds fell out when
the pumpkins were crushed aud were
.nten by swine. which also consumed
any pumpkin the cattle left. He "-tI-
mates that these pumpkins were the
equivalent of 200 bushels OF corn. aud
found Il capable of demonstration,
~ lie feeds : qts pcrccw daily otcub-
meni since the pumpkins were gone.
While this man and many others
found il paid TO feed pumpkins. Others
let many go TO waste and eau zee ON
many fields the remains of them. in
some cases an acre ormor,'. II might
reasonably be asked Why raise n
crop to waste, when it is so easily har-
vested aud with little care kept un.
til consumed. | have now in cellar sew
.tal sound pumpkins that have been
there over three months. and I have
known pumpkins to be thus kept until
March. do not know what effect
growing pumpkins has on succeeding
crops. but | have never been able
to see that it diminished the corn
grown with them.
Pumpkins are net only relished by
cattle but greatly lessen their desire
for water; a COW fed two or three good
pumpk ms n day will require two or
three gallons less water. Perhaps this
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All na;iunaliiics arc welcome in San
,iafp except the North American.
rambling. drinking. prnfigacy peculiar
to all large aud wealthy cities, halls,
dinners. constitute regular incidents in
the leisure Of the aristucracy, while the
common people arr content with cock.
ing mains. racing. running matches,
prize fights. public and promiscuous
dancing like tina, in Paris ON national
fca., nights in the streets and ia Mexico
every nigh, in the week. where saw.
dus, and music. with plenty Of wine or
stronger drink. may H. had. North
Americans are. and have. been excluded
since i-S5
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OURNAVAL STRENGTH
OUR GREAT SHIPS OF WAR
QUITE INviNCIBLE.
rho Miantonomah can Justly he Dis
rrib~d tn. Terror Of the s-a.-rhs
white Squadron aud Their Powerful
Guns-some Vital Statistics.

The mos, effective available vessels
81 the United States Government in.
,lude the MiantonoInnh, coast defense
monitor having two compound armor
turrcts, and carrying four tcn-inch
lreech-loadlng riiics, two six-poundcrs
and three FOUNDER rapid-iirc guns, two
thirty-scv.n mllimetrc Iio,chlsiss re-
r"lving cannon, and two Gntling guns.
The Mlantonomah has n speed of 10 l..
lSno'n an hour. II, length IL $50 feet
inches, beam 81 feet 10 inches, mean
iriught II feet d inches, and IA dis
placement of $500 tons The Mon.
ier-y, building in san Francisco, low
frecboard coast defense steel vessel
with two steel barbcttc turrets, will
be- ready for action within the
next few months. 1t has two L.
inch and two tci-inch breach
loading rifles, ak G-poundcr
and four i-ponndce rapid.lrc guns, and
Tour Gatlings- There ARE ten vessels OF
this class under way. ofwhlch the rurI-
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r~ Meaning Of valparaiso.

Valparaiso means ''valc of rara.
disc" II is supposed to- have been
given by ;cmpcsi-tnsscd voyaRcrS. who,
escaping from the Pacific. which is tho
lcas, peaceful of oceans, suddenly
found Themselves In beautiful
natural scmicirclc of water washing
the bronze toes Of group Of gold and
violet hills. All artists who have been
in Chile find words inadequate to de-
scribe the lovclincss Of its aerial color
ing. violet. the note uf the impression.
let, dominating mountains. plains and
s,acoast
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and Th-,i,. The wooden sailing r-.-
.-i. include the Constellation. Monnns
s'ah-is. Portsmouth. Jamestown. Sara
,of'a anil ~, MayN Ia steel. irru and
wooden s,-ams,uss 'hc navy has the
Ca,sira. Cohassc,. Fortune. L~ydam
Nayiiow-r. Ivy. Nelly. Nina. Rocket
Sianiish. Tgin,on and Others.
The unarmorrd cruisers have main
batteries ranging trun ..iuch guns
dow. The Chicago has four Of these.
with eight s.inch and two '.siuch rifles
II the hr-cch.luadin- pattern. hcsiic.
a secondary battery Of np.d.arc and
iio,chkiss revolving cannons and Cat.
ling guns
\ consideration tina, has NO, sc, ~.
rcisri i,s due sharc at attention IL the
fac, tina, while all these wariikc pr-p.
aEa,ions have coat considerable money
the amour; Is NO, much grca;cF than
tina, which would have itCcn expended
anyway Ia buil,linR up the new navy.
The main rcsui, In this CONNIE ,'iun has
t-r-n. ne, an Increase 81 expenditure.
but au acc-icra,inn Of construction. I,
is estimated tina, hy the rcc-n; activity
In the department the work on the new
navy has been put forward just about
one year. OF course there arc
somc expense. which would
no, have been incurred under
the usual peaceful conditions. but they
have No, been heavy in comparison
with the total. For example there arr
the expenses inciicn, to the extra hours
pf work In getting the Monterey ready
for service quickly and in hurryinT
along the manufacture Of armor by
Carnegie. rbipps & Co. anil by the
bethlehem works
The cost Of rchabilitntinr the Cd
monitors should ais, be mentioned. 1t
l. doubtful n Congress IN ordinary cir
rums,ancvs would have authorized
work on the latter: on the contrary.
they would probably have been suf-
fcrci Ia lie idle and 70 10 decay. The
total obligations incurred ON accoun, of
these war Preparations may L. roughly