The Bessemer indicator., 1893-05-06
A COSTLY BUILDING,

Arrangements for Completing and Fur
nishlnS ti.o st. Louis city Hall
Storage Eat:srica.
ST. LOUIS, April City officials have
been in conference this week over the
fnul details for completing the erec-
tiou OF the new city hall. The only
question involved is one OF expense. 1t
has been about decided that 1900, 900
will be sufficient to complete tho re-
naming stories of the hail and have 1t
ready for occupation Tne furnishings
Will cost considerable sum In nddi-
tion but the result will be eminently
satisfactory. 1t is probable thut
some of the Offices on tue ground floor
will be occupied almost Immediately.
One of these will Le used by the Re-
ccrdcr of Deeds, whose Office is now
in the court house, and by The time the
building is completed and occupied
throughout there will he great deal
of change in the arrangement of mum
icipal apartments.
There is u good deal of rejoicing In
the city over the carly prospect of get
ting rid of the trolley wires used by the
electric roads. Electric cars are very
popular and provide an excellent serv-
Ice, but 1t has always been regarded
as temporary cxpcdient to use the
trolley wire. Experiments made this
week seem to demonstrate the possibil-
ity of using n storage battery under
conditions which will prove even more
profitable to the ra lrouds than the
trolley wire. besides doing away with
the Inconvenience and danger, slight
as the latter has proved to be.
There has been IL very efficient sys-
tenn of milk inspection In operation in
st. Louis for a long time, but the city
is now going into the business of pro-
tecting its people from nll kinds OF
food adulterat,ons. Two city chemists
have just been appointed, pud their
duty is to inspect any sort of food that
is brought 10 them be suspicious pur-
chaser,. III they find that ,lie food is
adulteratcd. they must prosecute the
seller, aud the law puts it into their
power to punish him severely II they
VIII accomplish what the milk bureau
has FOR st. Louis, the people ought to
be satisfied. This bureau began active
work five years ngo. when complaint
OF the quality of the milk sold in the
CRY WAS general.
Every large city In the country has
trouble with its street signs. New
York. Philadelphia, Chicago aud Bos-
ton have signs that do ve.y we'll in the
day ytiIne, but are Of no use whatever
Mt night. St. Lonis Is now spending
thousands of dollars in putting nost
excellent system into operation. The
city used to haze the names OF the
strceta painted on the glass OF the gas
lamps at the corners. but when electric
lights wero substituted for the gas, the
lamps were removed. Then black tin
signs, painted with white letters
were put on the houses nj
the corners. They We're as good
as those of other big cities, but they
couldn't be read Mt night. Iilum.
mated signs are being rut up now,
and the crowds who come here nrxi
fall for the season of tha festivities
will tie able to find their way about
the streets on the darkest night.
Each sign has the maine OF the stise,
painted In whito letters on dark
background, the whole enclosed with
glass. The letters shine brightly in
the dark, and the blaeker The night is,
the brighter they are.