San Saba County news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1874-19??, 1893-05-12
a COSTLY BUILDING.
Arrangements for Completing and Fur
nishIng the st. Louis City Hall.
StOraPe Ratferfo.
Storage Batteries.

Storage Batteries.
ST. LOUIS, April Getty officials
have been in conference this week
over the final details for completing
the erection OF the new oitv hall.
The only question involved is one of
expense. 1t has been about decided
that 81, 800, 900 will be sufficient to
complete the remaining stories of the
hall and have it ready for occupation.
The furnishings will cost a consider
able sum in addition, but the result
win be eminently satisfactory. It is
probable that some of the Offices on
the ground floor will be occupied al
most Immediately. One Of these will
be used by the Recorder of Deeds,
whose office is now in the court house,
and by the time the building is com
pleted and occupied throughout there
viii be a great deal OF change in the
arrangement of municipal apartments.
There is a good deal Of rejoicing in
the city over the early prospect Of
getting rid of the trolley wires used
by the electric roads. Electric cars
are very popular and provide an ex-
cellent service. but it has always been
regarded as temporary expedient to
use the trolley wire. Experiments
made this week seem to demonstrate
the possibility of using a storage bat
terry under conditions which will
prove even more profitable to the
railroads than the trolley wire, be-
sides doing away with the inconven-
fence and danger, Slight as the latter
has proved to be.
There has been very efficient sys-
tenn OF milk inspections N operation in
St. Louis for long time, but the city
is now going into the business of pro-
tecting its people from all kinds OF
food authorizations. Two city chem
lists have Just been appointed, and
their duty is to inspect any sort
OF food that is brought to
them by suspicious purchasers.
II they find that the food is
adulterated, they must prosecute the
seller, and the law puts il 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 ago.
when complaint OF the quality OF
the milk sold in the city was general
Every large city in the country has
trouble with its street signs. New
York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Bos-
ton have signs that do very well in
the day time. but are of no use what
ever at night. St. Louis is now spend
ing thousands Of dollars in putting
most excellent system into operation
The city used to have the names o.
the streets painted on the glass of the
gas-lamps at the corners. but when
electric lights were substituted for the
gas, the lamps were removed. Then
black tin signs, painted with white
letters were put on the houses at the
corners. They were as good as those
of other big cities. but they couldn't
be read at night Illuminated signs
are being put up now, and the crowds
who come here next fail for the sea-
son OF the festivities will be able to
find their way about the streets on
the darkest night. Each sign has the
name of the street painted in white
letters on a dark background, the
whole enclosed with glass. The let
ters shine brightly in the dark, and
the blacker the night is, the brighter
they are.