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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16

CAPTAIN BLAKE, editor of the Bar
ton Monitor, was caller recently at
the WATCHMAN office. Of his i'm
pressions, in the last issue of his paper,
he says "The WATCHMAN is prosper
ing finely and feels the effects of the
recent improvements made in size and
tirst.class mechanical work. The new
press on which it is printed is among
the best in the world and the paper
shows it. The WATCHMAN is always
found on the right side of questions,
with courage to express and ability to
defend its opinions. Long may it
wave"
THE condition of President Cleve-
lands health compels him to resume
the rest and recreation he was enjoying
at Gray Gables. The president is not
we'll His ailment is said to be rheu-
matism, but his immense and increas-
ing avoirdupois is the cause of grave
anxiety. The country will regret the
necessity for the executives absence
from the seat of government at this
critical time. His "wild team" will
need his restraining hand, and, further
more, men of all parties will have a
feeling of deep and genuine sympathy
for the official head of the nation in the
physical ills that beset him. They wish
him a speedy recovery.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16
HE COULDN'T BURY THE PARsoN.

While waiting for the palatable supper
one is sure to find at the Winooski House,
the reporter strolled across the bridge ON
the road leading to the little white Method
list parsonage, occupied by Rev. j. .. Sher-
burne, a former we'll. liked pastor of Trinity
church, Montpelier, now in his fifth year as
pastor of the tlourishing society in Cabot
Here practical and unexpected example
of muscular Christianity was Witnessed
just as the newspaper man arrived at the
house, large load of hay was driven into
the yard, to be unloaded in Mr.. Sherburne's
barn. The elder dotted his coat and went
into the barn TO take it away. The after
noon was sultry, and sly wink was de-
tected on the countenance of the cordy
farmer on the load which said, Just watch
me bury the parson up" The scribe may
misjudge him. but If that was his purpose
he was barking up the wrong tree, for the
muscular minister easily kept his pitching
hole clear, and showed that he could handle
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-08-16

CdDOt.
The sick people in town are convalescent.
The milk of Lafayette Myers COW tested
900
Mr., McQuade, a local horse jockey of this
place. has skipped, with Sheriff Collins
after him.
A company of colored people from the
South gave concert in the village hall last
Thursday evening to large audience.
Lawrence harrington has returned from
Florida. He reports that he likes the coun-
try very much and expects to return this
fall.
Frank Laird and Eastman Hopkins had
lawsuit last Tuesday night Kimbali APP
peared for Laird and Lamson for Hopkins.
Laird was fined $1,000.
The creamery paid its customers twenty
one cents for their butter last week and re-
ceved twenty-five in market. The sepa-
rator broke again and a new one is expected
this week. Nineteen and one-third pounds
of milk make a pound of butter at this
creamery.
Mrs. j. A. Harrington and daughter went
to Massachusetts last Saturday to visit
friends. - Henry Lance aud wife of
Boston are visiting at b. j. Lance's. -
Luke c. Fisher is shingling his large barn.
- Rebecca Billiard of ST, Johnsbury,
daughter of DR.. G. I. Billiard, visited Lii
liam Wells last week. - Mrs. l.. f.
IltdlH Va w dpOANONhi ~ Nlslbch Ailohhs
in town last week, - Lena George of
Bradford visited relatives in town last
week. - Inez Pierce of Calais visited
in town last week. 60 Mrs. S. l.. Wis
well is at Old Orchard Beach. 60 Flora
Ransom is sick. 60 Myrtle Myers worked
in the winooski House last week. -
George Boyles, Carl Fisher and Dean
Fisher returned from the Worlds Fair last
Friday, and report very pleasant trip.
- H. T. Stevens and wife of Spring
field, Mass, were in town last week. Mr..
Stevens tuned and repaired the pipe organ
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1893-11-01
w. f. Severa BaIsam

ma ohorobe Psuc jest nsjlepszsm, mai.
Pewniejszem | Observation-Disclosures Ie.
karstwem ma wszystkie cboroby gardls
Pfuo, na kAszel roznego rodzaj1, dy-
ohswice, zspalsnie gkrdla, fsbre p4uo,
modry ksszel, krup, plucie krwis, Wv.
Silajace q krotkie oddychanie, ma su.
ohoty | dokuozIiwy kaszel. Cena 80 q.
i 20 o, Przyrzsdzil ". r. Seoera v
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. lego DaIsamu
dcsta6 mozns we wSzystkich polskich /
czeskioh sPtekach. Skutki tego bal.
samu:
Oh. W. T. Ssysrs, Cedar RAplds.
lows, Pshski Balssm okazal sic praw.
dziwym srodkiem do uratowanis avois
moich pieciorga dzieci. Dwoje umarlo
nam, chocist mialy nsjlepszych lekarzy.
zaniechalam rAdy tych lekarzy a Sewers
Balsamem uratowalam bmoje piecioro
dzieci przy tyciu.
Helena RonIczkoaoo,
Vining, Iowa.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1893-11-01
~ MINK ungrU

czytania. Powstaia wrzawa, ME
do opisania. Me sfuchano an;
krola. ami marszaika, Przez die.
siec godzin panowsio stesszne "a.
mieszanie W sail, j dopiero ko3o
godziny trzeciej po pofnocy ma.
Wpoi 3 bieda odbyio sic gfoso.
wanie. Sami zelanci gfosowaI
'przeciw. Siewers. wysytsjac spra.
wozdanie D ntym niezwykiym
dniu", dodai: psiuiy on "a do.
w6d, lie to trudnosci potrzebs
-bedzie prsebye PREY zawarciu
traktatu z Prusami".
[Dalszy ci4g nastapi].i
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1893-11-01
q pod Prusaka.

r. CsRielski urzSdziF we frontowym
gmachu Teatru Polskiego skIad msobin
l nsr1edzi ~rolniczyOb, sby " ten spOs6b
odbiorOom swoim ulstwic nsbywsnis
tych PrzedmiOtow. ssdEimy, ae tax
dOgodnoSc miejsOs, jsk / wyrobione
imis fabryki p, CegieIskiego sCisgs6
oedS 90 nowego skladu HcznS kupujscs
Ks. Telesfor Lcseres, lie. sw. teo-
logii b. kanonik metrop. p~ozna6ski,
sEiadaa dnia 5 BIN. jake o. Jozsfst "
kls'atOr1e benedykty6skim " Beurou
Wieczyste sluby. Watod ~uroozyStosCi
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1893-11-01
q ziemi o~jczystej
z pod 1Mt1oskaIa.

= Czytamy ", KuryerIe Warsaw
skim": w 6n'u 20 wrzsGnia. " koscie.
lie Narcdzenia Najswietszej Maryi Pan
ny (Pc-karmelickip) ma Leszuie, odbyf
sic obrned zaslubin pomiedzy panis
Joanna Andrychewiozow 1go slubu
SwiatiowskR drugiego slubu Grossero.
We, trzeciego slubu Szulcows czwarte-
go slubu s'iborowska piatego slubu
Juzyhsks, z p. Szczepsfskim.
Czytamy W Kur. Warszawskim":
w nocy 3go M 4ty Z. m. ksiate Autoni
Radziwi8, ordynat n~ieswieski, powracai
re Swierzna do Nieswie4a czw6rka W
|lejc. Konie rozbiegaly sic, s~trzelsc i
wczuica spsdli Z kozis, a rozhukans
czworka rumak6w Z siedaacYm wpowozie
ksieciem, poniosia ku urwistemu brze-
govt odnogi Niemna. o kilkadziesist
krok6w cd przepasci, ken dyszlowy
padi pod kola. Wehikul staua,, konie
zas lejcore oderwaiy sc i 1gins}y. Ma
wiesd o >~ocaleniu ksiecia, miesEkahcy
N~ieswieaa, o6cyslisci 1 dzisrzawcy wiO-
SEX rsdziwiAowskich, zgromsdzili sic W
nieswieskim kosciele fArnym. gdzie 3D.
Prawiono dziekczynne nabo4ehstwo.
= q WafsEawy donosza, .e wladze
rosyiskie jua sic ME zadawalrisjs vizo-
wanym pre- konsula poszporteu, ktory
must posladae katdY wjsadaajscy W
grantee c~aratu, lscz aadajs j~eszcze me-
tsyki, rowniez poswiadozonej przez ro-
syjskiego konsula, q dowodzaoej, Re ds-
IA osobA ME nalsty do mojteszowego
wyznania. Gudzoziemcy ju4 sic znaj.
dujacy W Krolestwie Polskiem, o.rzy.
mali nakaz uzupelnic W pewnym termi-
ME swe legit5mscye takiemi metrykami.
Jesh ich ma czas ME przedstawiS, to
beds niezwioczn:e wydaleni I grauic
pahstws. To MOVIE rozporzadzenie,
~skierowane przeciwko aydom, da sic we
znaki wszystkim innym cudzoziemcom,
"a jakich uohodza " Kongrssowce tax.
te Polscy z Wielkopolski i Galicyi.
Me tudr o zaopstrze6 sic wizowan&
metryke, jsdac do Rosyi, choc to kosz-
tow Przyczyni; trudniej zdobyc jS jut
bedac " Rosy ii oto tn bedzie MOVIE
Aniwo ola czynownictws, bedzie wiec
to, czem sic tlomaozy viele wymyslow
rosyiskiej biurokrscyi.
Inne doniesienie z Rosyi m6wi o CO.
raz wiekszem przesladowaniu tax Eva
nej npartyi ukraihskieJ'. Znane sresz-
towsnis " Charkowie daily asudarmeryi
obhty msteryal, slbowiem znalsziono
nietylko tax niebezpieczne Ola caratu
ksiatki jak naukowe wydawnictws
lwowskiego Towarzystwa imienis Sew.
czenki, ale i~eszCze prywAtns k~orespon-
dencyS miedzy ukrsino6lami, kt6rzy
w~prswdzie ME marzR o oderwaniu dnie-
Prowskiej Rust cd c~sratU, ale msjS
zbrodnicza odwsge uwaAac sic "a ludzi
innego szczepu, nit Wielkorosyanie.
Takich drobnostek carat ME lekoevs ATTY,
DO vie, 70 z niCh, mote Z cxasem urosc
Prawdziwy klopot dla niego. Owot
znaleziona korespondencya p~oslutyla do
noWych aresztowsh " roznych miejsco.
wosciach Ukrainy i do politycznego
sIedztWa, ktore fandsrmi prowadzs "
Oa.A
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1893-11-01
Rok17o3.
(Ciag dalszy).

onASeuo cecto 1tRO
liPca rozpocze9a sic o godz. czwar.
tel pc Poiudniu. Nadaremnie
|kr6l. Przedstawiajac gWaity pc,
peinione mad sejmem. radziI u
ledz przemocy. - Mech raczei
nam rece obetna = zawoial Mi.
korski aiebySmy mieli pod
pisac hahbe ojczyzn,l- A kiedy
ktos wspomnit o Syberyi, Kim.
bar rzekf: Mel mestwo ME
|lska sie cierpief. Groaa nam Sy
berya i coz? Pustyaie jej beda
nam przypominaiy Aesmy sic
stab Glare naszego przywiazania
do ojczyzny. Krolu! wiedz mas
ma Syberyel Tam twoje
nasze mestwo zmusi pobladnac
Srog6W naszych7. Ma Syberye,
ma Syberyel - wolali zelshci,
Powskakiwawszy zmiejsc swoich.
- Dopiero o poinocy 20 pre-.
mowsch krola i Kcssakowskiego,
fe ME mogac wszystkiego, trzsba
chociaa czssc ratowac, zdoiano
PREY pomocy rozmaltych wykre.
tow ogfosic, ae wiekszos6 upo-
waania deputacy a do podpisania
traktatu. Zelahci do kchca wy.
trwali iednak W opozycyi. ,,Nie
moaemy odmowic : powiada
Howajski, bistoryk rosyjski seJmu
grodziehskiego = tel garstce sci
NOVEL opozycyi W pewnym w7gle.
die prawdziwego patryotycznego
popedu, aczkolwiek ter popped
dalekim byf jeszcze cd heroizmu.
Czfonkowie opozycyi, kt6r1y do.
stall sic do sejmu pomimo "a.
biegow diplomacy, ~pochodzili pc
wiekszej czesci Z rewolucyjnego
stronnictws, kt6re dokonaio pre-
wrotu W kraju 3.go msja. Przy.
'kiad dawany przez mich. czesto
pociagaf j wiekszosc". f.
Traktat zostai podpisany 22go
|lipca. nUwaiaja tn pisai
Szczurowski do Koifataja = be
laden narod tax wesofo ME cd.
dawaf drugiemu aiemi swojej i
ludzi jak Polacy, DO taicujscy".
Ma czwarty BOWEN dzieh po
Podpisaniu traktatu przypadiy i.
mieniny Siewersa, kt6re przez
caiy tydzieh hucznie obchodzono.
Me wszyscy iednak bslowali.
|Uboga szlachta radziia pomiedzy
soba, mowiia o Francuzach i 9.
migrantach j jedyny ratunek wi.
dziafa W przyszfei rewolucyi. !.
Rosya odrywala ogromny ka.
wal Rzeczypospolitej. Kordon gra.
niczny wyciagnieto cd Drni mad
.Dzwina ma j%ezioro Narocz, dalej
ma Stcfbce, Plisk do Zbrucza.
.Byiy to: czeSc dzisiejszej wileh.
skiej gubernii, prawie Gaia mih
ska. wisksza czesc wolyhskiej,
'kiiowska i podolska. Przestrze6
ta wynosiia przeszio 1000 mil
kwadratowych, czyli okolo zoe. 900
.kilom. kvadr. Liczono ma mel
$50 Mast, S.7s3 wsi j przeszfo
try miliony ludnoSci.
Jakkolwiek cieaka i bolesna &c
-byia strata, to jednak ME bu.
dlila ona takiej nier awiSci jak
pretensye pruskie. Moskwa wzieEa
byia udzial W woinie domowej i
"a okazaOa pomoc targowiczanom
hadafa nagrody. pChocia2 prawo
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1893-11-01

'garnietym cd zwycieaonego" Ina
czei sic rzecz przedstawiaia z
|kr6lem pruskim. Ten sachecal
ma poczstku sejmu czteroletniegoI
do wystapienis nieprsyjaznegoI
wzgledem Moskwy. ma wypadek
2 mia wojny przyrzeki bYi pomoc
aawarf W lynn oelu przymierse
: Rseczpospolita 3 kiedy istotnie
przyssio do wojny, ME tylko Wy,
|m6Wif sic cd DANA pomocy. ale
jake iupiezca wprowad1if wojska
do jej granic i domsgai sic, ate.
by ons oddsia mu roslegleS i
|ludne p~rowincye. 1 jakiei to byiy
ziem lei Byfs to kolebka pahstwa
polskiego z Kruszwics, Gnieznem
i Poznaniem; byfy to szczeropol-
skie prowincye; byla to Czestc-
chows, msjaca TAXI olbrzymi ola
katolikow polskich urokl Me
tylko oburzano sic ma nikczemna
zdrade, ale i dotkiwiej odczuwa-
no okaleczenie ciaia narodowego.
Me dziwic sic przeto, be kie
dy Buchholtz podai sejmowi note
% wysnaczenie d~elegacyi ola u
kiadow z Prusami, napotkai po.
~szechny pomiedzy posfami cpor,
z wyjatkiem maiej garstki "a
pIzedahcow. Targowiczanie nawet,
ktorzy p~rzywofali Moskwe do
Polski i ulegali jej pokornie. sta
will sic teras hardo W nadziei,
tie Moskws nssycona iupem, "a.
chowa sic. dalej obojetnie a mo.
ze nawet prEyjaznie.
Kiedy nadszedf ostatni ola sci
mu naznaczony dzieh. logo lipca,
posfowie zaczeli wofaG o Unite,
to jest zsWieszenie obrad seimo-
wych, ale Siewers oparf sic temu
aadaf prorogacyi, ktors, aczkol.
wick epornie, zostaia uchwalona.
l znowu nadszedf ostatpi dzieh
lprorogacyi, 30go lipca, a W spra
vie pruskiej mic ME zrobiono j
znowu musiano przediu3yc sejm
ma diva tygoduie.
Siewers, nsglony przez Buch.
holtza. coraz gro4niej nalegaf ma
posiow, by wyznaczyli delegscye
W sprawie pruskiei. Ma sesyi
vice 30go lipca ~wiekszoScia 65
giosow przeciwko 80, przyczem
niektotzy re strachu wstrzymali
sic cd glosowania, pozwolono pc.
przednio wyznaczonej deputacyi
roEpcczac umowe z r1adem pru
skim, ale tylko W sprawie trak.
tatu handloyego.
l znowu do logo sierpnia cia.
guela sic sprawl bez aadnego
skutku. W tym dniu przedsta-
wione sejmowi dwie noty:3 cd
ISlewersa i Buchholtza, ktorzy SIC
poSpiesznego zalatwie.
nia sprawy u fadowej. Lscz Kra.
snodebski i Ciemniewski ostro
wystapili ~przeciwko uroszczeniom
~pruskiu. Krasnodebski nazwai
postepowsnie Prusak6w rozbojem
ma publicznej drodze i zakohczyi
piskna swoia move profession
przeciwko raty6kacyom jakich-
kolwiekbadz zabor6w. Andrzei
Ciemniewski, roztoczy wszy ponu-
Try obraz panowania Stanisiawa
Augusta, rzeki: nwszystkie czyny
krola z~apisane So W czarnych kar
lfaoh d,;ask- I
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1893-11-01
OgIOszemie.

Eli cnoesz po1ao jake oglossenie v r.
kiembadz miejscu I ~cEssie, piss do Geo.
Z: Rowen q Co, No. 10 Spruce St, New
KAfDI, kto p~otrsebuje informaoyi " dEie-
dsinie ogioszeh, najlepiej sobfe postspL,
gdy. kuPi egxemplarz Book for Advertisers"
EaWieralaca 1858 ~stronnIc. Cena jednego do.
lara Wysyfa sic pocxtA n odebraniem MALE
fytotci. Zawiera spls Iebrany akuratnis =
American Newspaper Din ectory Hszystkich
najlepsEych pism, podsje licz0e ich ebOnen-
TOW Wsselkie dane tycEace sic ceny r6znych
ogioszen bixnesowych. Address RowelPs Al
verifying Bureau, 10 Spruce 81, New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-03
Proposals.

IT s. CUSTOM HOUSE, Ncw-York City, Col.
" electors once, May 81, lS!3.-Scal,d proposals
ior furnishing such quantities may irsi sup.
plies this pr: during the fiscal year ending
June 80 1894. purc!as ,bo frm the Appropriation "Ex.
pcnses Collecting the Revenue frDm Customs 1894. in
Guiding gas water, lee. fuel aud electric for
Illuminating purposes IN rentd premises. will BE-
this Office until IL O'Clock noon. Wcdnc day,
June II, 1893 Sealed proposals win also be receives
until the day and hour named for the peri rance Of the
following services during the fiscal year aforesaid HAM
Ing aud rubbish from, and laundering towel. for
rented premises sprlnking strects,-I the L. s.
Public Stores and the Office OF the L. 5, General Ap.
praisers repairing and maintaining special fire alarm
box at the U. 5. Public Stores maintaining
wire and batteries for special fire alarm hex
Fifth PRECINCT station and for p,syIdns coupe service
Appraisers ONCE. ios Orec Building and Custom
House Euldng. The power to reject or all bids
parts Of bids and 70 waive defects II rcscr> cd 4
schedule OF the articles sad services required aud Other
Information concerning the same he had upon aps
plicalon the Collector Of Customs at this port.
FRANCIS HENDKtIhS, Collector.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-03
NEW GRAND HOTEL,

WESTERN CATSkILL MOUNTAINS.
OPENS JINE os RATES REDUCED FOR JULY.
Only mountain top with direct railroad aecess
through par cars 70 hotel grounds elevation ZOO feet
AZ hours from Now.York For rates. etc. address 8 j.
CORNELL, Hotel Marlborough, broadway and ooth
ST.. New-York City.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-03

STANFORD, Ny.
NOW OPEN. Parlor during season from Phila-
delphia and New-York West shore Il. IL. without
change TO hotel grounds. - - 49,, ,
commencing June lot with diagEom Of rooms. May ne
seen froms3 to y, m: or Will can AZ ShH aoues' ~ ~
CHURCHILL. NJ. D.. Stamford. n. Y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-03
ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS.
MANSION HOUSE,

Now open for season o 1873 Newly furnished and
yefcd throughout. Location unsurpassed. fIst-class
family hotel in respect For descriptive circular
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-03
GRAND ROCKLAND HOTEL

This nucy constructed ho>l no" open an hocern i,
movements, electric ghts bells b0atng, bathlg anu
nshng lawn tennis croquet grounds bill1rd ana poor
rooms orchestra III aLcndance AZ minutes from
41dst minutes franklinst. 30 trains daily Ap-
ply toDgcrs Kockand Lake. . .o.. r,..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-03
"RALPWS" IN THE ADIRONDACKS.

Three and one-haN miles from Lyon Mountain station,
On Chaeaugay Railroad; delightfully."- located on PIPER
Chaaugay Lake boats. careful oarsmen good Trout
nshing; billiards, bowling alleys. lawn tennis bath
herses accommodates 100 rooms all pleasant ana beds
frrjclass table has reputation unsurpassed by any,
send for circular -.
j. w. HUTTON Proprietor. LYON Mountain. n. Y.
The Portland daily press., 1893-04-12

To the Editor of the Press:
Permit me to call the attention of your
readers to an unnecessary annoyance we
are obliged to suffer one day each week
during the summer. I refer to the nom
sprinkling of our streets on Sundays.
The wind is quite as likely to blow upon
Sunday as upon any other day in the
week, and this is the day of all others
when everybody is out of doors for
church going, walking or riding. I am
asked to subscribe $500 for sprinkling in
front of my house, and would do SO will
ingly (although the amount appears
somewhat exorbitant) if I was not to be
subjected every seventh day to VACATION
OF feeling as well as risk to my eyes and
health from being obliged to walk or
drive or sit in q swirl of dust.
The sprinkling company will not I'M
dertake this extra expense until it ap-
pears to be public demand, and l think
if people will but look back in expert
ence to last summer and forward in i'm
agination to the coming one they will in
sist that the streets be sprinkled on Sun
days.
RESIDENT OF CONGRESS STREET.
Portland, April 8, 1893.
The Portland daily press., 1893-04-12

During the time that Mr.. Ingraham has
been acting as hold-over Mayor he has
availed himself and his party of every
advantage which the situation gave him.
He has made up the committees of the
aldermen and he has filled offices whose
incumbents might have been allowed to
hold over until Mayor was elected,
and under the circumstances ought to
have been, with Democrats. A glazing
case of this kind was his appointment of
Mr.. William McAleney to succeed Rev.
DR.. Burrage as water commissioner, thus
making the entire board Democratic.
His action in this case was especially
indefensible because from its creation
the Board of Water Commissioners had
contained at least one member from each
party. Mayor Melcher originally APP
pointed one Democrat and two Republi-
cans. Last year Mr.. Ingraham changed
the political complexion to two Demo-
Gratis and one Republican, and now he
has taken advantage of the miscount in
Ward 1 to make it entirely Democratic.
A scrupulous official holding Office
under the circumstances that Mayor In
graham does would have used his power
as sparingly as possible and would have
never exercised it to gain partisan adj
vantage.
The Portland daily press., 1893-04-12

down from Rochester 13.H to Los An
geles, 2.S5. To compare their economic
cost of lighting with Portland, the ratio
of density of population should be ap-
piled to actual cost; thus, il Rochesters
~. culation was as dense as Portlands
its cost would be 81 cents per capita
Boston and San Francisco made some
unfortunate contracts: the cost per arc
light was S2.37 in the former and S4W
in the latter.
The use of electricity for street light
ing spread rapidly over the country.
Mr.. Wright says electric lighting is
most favored in those cities that have
less than 100000 inhabitants, for in 2TS
such cities out of total of 81 ,667 lamps.
IS, 127 are gas, So, 191 are electric, and
Il, lao are lamps burning oil, &C." The
fact that Portland discarded everything
except electricity doubtless had much to
do with it's extremely high average cost.
In the the tabulation those cities with
less than 100000 inhabitants had an
average cost per capita of 50 cents IA
Bringing the comparison down'to cities
still nearer in size to Portland we find Ia
cities given with between 80, 700 and co.
900 Inhabitants the average cost in which
is GA cents per capita. The per capita
cost in the various cities has a wide range
as shown in the said IA cities first given
in table below, the average of the whole
however, is quite close to the last four
given in same table which are larger
cities selected as nearest to Portland in
density of population. AS this last fac
tor shonld be considered in all compare
tive exhibits column is added showing
cost per capita by correcting the ac-
tual cost to basis of the average popu-
lation per acre in the 18' cities. Prodi-
gality or frugality is thus made manifest.
The various statistics cited are convinc-
ing that Portland should be lighted more
cheaply unless it aspires to stand at the
head of the list for extravaganza or for
unwise municipal management. 1t is of
course well known that the present cost
of public lighting in Portland is very
nearly $1.00 per capita per annum.'