Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-05-06
a COSTLY BUILDING.

Arrangements for Completing and Fur.
nishing the St Louis City Hall
Storage Batteries
ST. LOUIS, April 29.-City officials have
been in conference this week over the
final details for completing the erec-
ton of the new city hall. The only
question involved is one of expense. 1t
has been about decided that 81, 500, coo
will be sufficient to complete the re-
naming stories of the hall and have 1t
ready for occupation. The furnishings
will cost q considerable sum In addi-
ton but the result will be eminently
satisfactory. 1t is probable that
some of the Offices on the ground moor
will be occupied almost Immediately.
One of these will be used by the Re
ccrder of Deeds, whose Office Is now
in the court house, and by the time the
building is completed and occupied
throughout there will be great deal
of change in the arrangement OF mum
icipal apartments.
There is good deal of rejoicing In
the city over the early 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 it has always been regarded
as q temporary expedient to use the
trolley wire. Experiments made this
week seem to demonstrate the POSSIBLE
ity of using storage battery under
conditions which will prove even more
profitable to the railroads than the
trolley wire, besides doing away with
the inconvenience and danger, slight
as the latter has proved to be.
There has been a very efficient sys-
tenn of milk inspection in 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 chemists
have just been appointed, and their
duty is to inspect any sort Of food that
is brought to them by suspicious pur-
chasers. If they find that the food is
adulterated, they must prosecute the
seller, and the law puts it into their
power to punish him severely. IT they
will 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
daytime, but are of no use whatever
at night. st. Lonis is now spending
thousands of dollars in putting most
excellent system into operation. The
city used to have the names OF 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. Hum
mated signs are being put up now,
and the crowds who come here next
fall for the season of tho 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 dark
background, the whole enclosed with
glass. The letters shine brightly in
the dark, and the blacker the night is,
the brighter they are.