The Lamar register., 1893-05-06
A COSTLY BUILDING

ARRANGEMENTS for Competing anu ksr
nl..,,nr the st. Louts CITY Hall
storage Batteries
Sr.LovIs. April -. - City officials have
beeu in conference this week over the
! final details for completing the cree
ton of the new city ball inc on.y
question involved Is one OF expense. IL
has been aboat decided that $i,5oo,VoV
will be sufficient To complete the re-
naming stories of III. hail and have II
ready for occupation the fnrniAhings
will cost n considerable sum In addi-
ton but the result will be eminenuy
satisfactory. 10 IS probable that
some of the oricc~ on tue gron,d noor
will be occupied almost Immediately.
one of these will he used by the Re-
oarder of Deeds, whose Office is now
i, the court house, an-i by The time the
bnildipy is eomplctes and oeeupssd
throughout there viii be greaf asai
of change in the arrangement OF E1uo-
icipai apartments
There is u good deal OF rejoicing IN
the city over the early prospect OF fc'-
ting rid of the trolley wires used py tae
electric roads Electric sars arc very
popular and provide an excellent scFVs
ice, brt Il hiss always been regards ~
as a temporary cxpcdieut to usA' Tic
troiIe;- wire. Experiments made this'
week sr.fn 70 demonstrate fhe PosSl bil-
ity of usinc a storage bJstery un'icF
conditions which will prove even more
profitable to tisr railroads than The
trolley wire. be~sd@s doing sway with
the inconvenienee and danger. slight
as the lats-r has proved to hs,-
There has been !. very efficient sys-
tenn of milk inspection in operation IN
st. Louis for o iosz tirar. but she eiiy
is now goi-g into tne sasiuees OF pre-
trcting its people t1nzu all sibd. OF
food sdEltcraauB-- Ivsoeiiy eaemist@
have Just b-cn appointed, s7d their
duty u To inspect any scrt OF fopa mat
is brought to them bY casplciona PGr-
chaser~ II they fsd IA. the bod u
they must prosecute The
seller, aud tke law putz- ~ into their
power 10 runish-hir sev~7s-ly. " they
will accomplish gshas The milk sSrrau
has Tor 1T. Louis. tia Pecpie ouEst 10
b- "a tisfcd T'hts luIEcan Dcgsn active I
work I've years ego. Hhea complaint
Of the quality q the taEik sold - ihe I
-iyy was ccnesai-
Erc-y large city ia the =s9atry ms 4
trouble with il street. >-Sus Aew I
York. PhnaIclphia. yhirS<D aad E1s- I
ton have signs that SO uc-s 7aetl In he .
daytime. bat arr OF DO uss whatever .
Al nigaL ST Lonis i nov sPrnS'sg I
thousands OF iolia-s-in uniting n F.nsi /
cHccllcnt system intsa upe-zttou- ne 7
city used to have ttse names % tar 4
streets PAINTED on The Eizzz q tho gas. 1
laalrs At the corn~rN boa " hcn esertrfe I
iirhts we're sabst8tu,ed farsGc Eas. the I
lArapS were removed. Thsu hsArk tin 4
signs, painted with rnhits lettsTs I
were put on rer houses ~
the corner Thry vcrc- - 5, cd /
~ those 81 other big ritir.. tsut fssy 4
cnuldn't be rad "a niglst. nlu1r-
mated signs ore beiu= pat up now
and the crar4s who ccune- tcFr n n
fan for the season q ths FESTIVITIES
will to able % hud their way Aerzi 4
he streets sn tho darkest nfE =
Each sign has the name % tho H1rs-l
painted in whit, letter. on a dark I
haeis ground. the WHSLE ,-zls os-sd usiih
z as The ieiters Sh ~ brightly -
The dark, and the taasLs stssc ssishl n, Z
The brighter they arr.