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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-05-06
The Production of Mercury.

The production vi mercury reaches
about $4,000 t0 Ga 600 iraseos per an
man, The fmseoi are enormous bottles
90 et ifon, which contain four arebe'
of about tweufy Csc pounds eaoh. kart
bottle which measures twenty two teail
meters lea height hY sis in width eelehs
shDn hllel about 100 pounds ~
aorkmaa &c puaeat ruplHfed anlalt
lhUai 1H,N theN zoe sIta lWn safA
maH aha Ae emp.aseln4t ~ lhf miuf.
H.tH Ha. H.HuF HH.fH iNHfpHftt AHH
HNu Hast Dhafa iiwlE
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-05-06

JG President JUDGE p. ALTGELD I'd v. y.
YES Vice President w. s LOOMS. Asst Cashier
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1893-05-06
Running to AL the
Principal Ports
and
Summer Y escorts
or
Lake Michigan 4
Green Day.

Dating will do well 10
desirable
beautiful
m Included -.
Delightful uips 20 Springs at Spring Lake
the Included steamers
srouge she now
Chicago
The steamship or~0 ne
Aasrte anvaaIsre
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04

In all the scientific Advancement which
has been made there is nothing which
has attracted more attention and GER
tainly nothing which is OF more vital
consequences TO all than that which has
bean made in the treatment OF disease.
There are thousands OF sick persons and
inyalids all over the country who have
until recently been unable 10 avail them
selves Of the most scientific medical aid.
Through the thoughtfulnsss and kind
ness OF that great benefactor Of mankind.
DIR. Greene. o, % West 18th street, New
York. all those who are suffering from
any form Of disease may avail them
selves Of his great system Of treating
and curing disease al over the land
through letter correspondence. People
Can consult him by letter absolutely
free a charge. DIR. Greene is the most
successful specialist in curing all ner-
yous and chronic diseases; he - the dis
coyerer OF DIR. Greene's Ncryura blood
and nerve remedy. lie gives most care
ful and explicit attention 10 all letters
received by him and writes the patient
full description " the case. The doc
toe uses nothing but harmless vege-
table remedies and has had wonder
ful success IN curing disease through
letter correspondence. Send for one OF
his symptom blanks and he will write
you a full description OF your disease
and give you advice IN regard 70 its cure
free OK charge.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04
GRAND RAPIDS HERALD SATURDAY MoRNINGNOvEMRER4 isas

had ~srksd Cor Radcliffe A Holt tao
years
Tas ofhsE fsilo. said 10 sss - years
old. When ASKED hos cid bis mother
xas he replied - he sss
albo asksd his partners name
xas and he replied that 10 vas Cooper,
II az ssidsnt than they we're lying and
they EeFs sboat - De ordered oat shee
Mss fieh szw one Of them spit IN an
unbrslls ar staEd.1g In the ball she
ssid net a sofd bat proesed-d to the
basement Eof pail q aater and setting
it before them SAID: The man thzr used
that Jar for . spitfoon NAY take that
water and wash il out Neither one
started and PONTIAC 70 the guilty one
she said: -fou are the man. Take that
waser and de - say" The fello~ saw
Il vas no Use % refuse 30 be reluctantly
di,i a. ne was ordered Both men vsre
told 10 leave the place and not 10 coms
back again o. they would dad trouble.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04
PIG LYNCH ON TOP
he Hood1nks the Council and
the Mayor
TO GET A SALOON LICENSE
Ne WIN open = Place Adiacsnt ~
the Ctr Wall sa ott4~.
street.

There i great deal q sqaiEmiag
among thoss sidsrmen Nho voted %
erans Ton Lyaeh saloon herass TO
opsrats ia justice Brosns cid o1'es ca
tke e.posl.s slds e the alley iroa the
cit haL Tas licenzs slipped through
Gee ssek AGO lzst Aonnay. and there
xsrs not hail d0zea aldermen Who
knss HAsrs Va 100 OtEasa street -
located Mayor stuart had a Iot of
tiank hesa.s- signed aud left word
Nith his clerk a ia eur one for any
liesnss p4ssed by tSs council. Alder
ulan Campbell. whose ofice " directly
opposite tns proposed saloon. Is tearing
his szis lie sass he did not recogni<s
The numbsr shea Il uls rssd. snd would
net haze sotsd fOs a saloon there Ter
snFf1in.. lie says ne was greatly
ako>ked Ia learn that he had voted To
place = saiD0n directly scross the street
fG8m as otcc.
Itsxsa kuoNn that the men on the
coua.al xho arc inclined toward temper
sucs Eess rot let into she secret until ~
vas too l4tA stm Iahorey. q the Efth
uarl. a. Chairman q the license ecm-
mites. wo-kcd tie scheme 40 that Al
aermaa Oil.iea did not kHox where the
plaes 49, TO 10 locsfed Besides. Al
ossnaa Duntoa told aim tnat he had
known Pig Lynch a great many ysars
aad ~ vas az right lt e claimed that
The llesase VS. raiirosdsd through IL
Eas not referred % the committee IN the
regular Nay. Tbs license came IN Mon
day and N4s a. once reported upon BY
The cofa nittee. go that thsrs vas no
ehanco Tor full Investigation. Mayor
Stuart vas a. mueh surprised 40 the 10
eaton q tbs saloon ss any body.
A GROUP % msn we're discussing the
matter ia trent Of the builders aud
traders exchange when Tom Lynch
came along. he Was eonpliment-d on
his astaieners IN working the scheme.
"Wsl.- be replied. some OF my friends
waited the government building. and
My saouldnt have the city hall when
1 could have u for the ssking. The
property 10 bsing improved. the lot
grz1ed aud the little Old building wall
De Improved in appearance.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04

Council Committee Investigating
Charges Made by AID schmidt

Council Committees Investigating
Charges Made BY AID schmidt
The committee appointed by the
mayer 10 Investigate the charges OF en-
bsEzlsmsat made BY Alderman Schmidt
against NJ kennon. superintendent OF
pasks. net in Mayor Stuarts once last
ght aud ssoro oas witnessl Mr..
schmidt claims IN his charge. that Mr..
k@cnon drew ST. from the city treasury
Ia Juae. 1901. and appropriated 70 to his
csn u.s.. or az least never accounted for
H. In evidence OK this he submits two
balls. one from Lamp~rt & Rowland. paint
contractors. and one from VI. ksnnon,
both r. which contain the name Of Ed
Fest. ard 10 which Best Is credited with
a CERTAIN number % days work. amount
trs 10 g.. xhich. 80 Far az the bills
shoN. 0as paid. Mr. Best was the wit
hess sworn last night tie said he was
enp.oy 81 10 paint IA the parks by Lam
pert 4 Rowland. in the SIMMER OF 1891.
bat could not tel how Elany days he
acl ked for them ia the park. lie re-
ceIved G.dO per day from the men for
bon he worked He never received
any noney from Mr. Kcnnon and
SAID he cid not remember having
slgeI any orders from Mr. kennon
about where he should work in the
parks lie haG heard that I.ampert 4
ErN snd had charged the city s2O0 per
day Ter MS work. but all be got was
sIt0
NJ krnnon vas represented by l. VI.
Tuner and a. Mr.. Turner was chair
r.an 81 the committee on parks At the
tine 81 the alleged crooked transaction.
b. promises to surprise Alderman
schmidt lt IL understood that as soon
a. Hr kern6u learned that Best had
racritei 3 pay from the contractors
30 returned 3D. Nr. Tu'aer and turned
80 rsusy over 90 him snd that IL vas
exrsoae.i 'or woodrnucgs or badgers or
sonetn az ~ fhst kind 90 placs IN the
ra@xs ~ Nr Turner The irquisition
was s,scnrued until next Thursday
evening. when Mr isampert wiil give his
teslmauy. n matters turn ogt accord
iag - Mr Turner'S stp'sustion tho az.
tempt - gef ria of NJ kernon win fall
o. Hat az NJ schmtdf's previous at.
t-as pa n the ssn- direction.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04

Thoagh ne wss stone Blind Two
Weeks Ago

Ihou<h Tie a. stone bftnu Two
Weeks Ago
That's a very good train shed" re-
marked J. q. Brewster 10 II. A. Lamos
AZ the union depot yesterday. Its bet
ter than I supposed IL vas" Mr.. Brew
stsr sss . civil enginser on the q. X 4
l. and West Michigan roads for score
Of years. but had been totally blind for
some time and had never seen the shed
until yesterday. Two weeks ago he was
ia the city sn his way 20 Ann Arbor IN
the hope that something could be done
for him lie returned yesterday With a
clear vision. enc OF the happiest men In
the state. -Dr Carrow assured me that
l would be able 10 use my surveying IN
struments before long" said he. Il bad
abandoned al hope Of ever looking
through a transit again The last work
dad Was three years ago. when L sur
veyed the line u the electric street rail
way in Muskegon. A cataract grew
over my eyes and l became blind A
man has TO be deprived OF his eyesight
once before he ever fully appreciates II
Modern surgery 10 agrsat thing. isn't IL!
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04
KNOWLEDGE

Binxs comfort and improvement and
tends 20 personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
Ter than others and enjoy life more, with
les expenditure. By moro promptly
adapting the worlds bess products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value % health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced IN the
remedy. Syrup Of Fisx
It's excellence IL due 10 it, presenting
IN the form most acceptable and pleas
ant 70 the taste. the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
alive: efectuslly cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and levers
and permanently curing constipation.
IL has given Satisfaction 20 millions and
net With the approval OF the medical
profession. because II acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and IL y perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup Of Figs ia for sde oy all drug
gists In SOC and 81 bottles, but i Is man
nfactured by the California Fig SYRUP
Co. only, whose name Is printed on every
package, also the name, syrup OF flgs
and being well informed, you will mol
accept any substitute If offered.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04
Burial Permits

Adriana Den Wollander. No go
Wealthy avenue. Fulton Street. John
Roster, No 81 Roster alley. Fulton
street John DeHamer. Grand Rapids
township. Valley City. Fred Parker.
Grand Rapids township. Valley City.
Thomas Farrell. No.llJ PlainfieId ave
nue., ut. Calvary.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04
a New pile Remedy

Has created sensation among physicians
by It's wonderful effects in speedily curing
every form of Piles. II Il called the
Pyramid Pile Cure. II is cheap and SIM
pie to use. but nothing removes tie
disease so quickly. safely and surely.
Any druggist viii get II for you.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04

The best salve in the world for cuts
bruises. sores. ulcers. salt rheum. fsyer
sores tetter. chapped hands. chilblains
corns. and all skin eruptions and posi-
lively cures piles. or no pay required. IL
is guaranteed to give perfect saiissac.
ton or money refunded. Price % cents
per box For sal, by Peck Bros. drug.
gists. corner Monroe and Division
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04
Stomach Troubles Cured

fsirs n r.s1asck. k~icAlne stnA
Beisans wEtsr feee - ga
f'sirs k<tsrs s.s 49, eetina
Ccnsssai Sains IN ssossseA
1ie - TcsEns rsope csrs&
E<sr<Fss rarre4
nerves. eFsp.p<sx rz-eA
Al essrnseh trpsbies cgrr8 - D.. = Cay
Tnsi4. orlce - Noyfe Itlvtsos sfrs~4 ID
sa.ss, Eosnas !. eaat Grass kzps4s. Nloll
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04
Cnntnrlnn. Dr..

Harry Curry. No. ~ Grandvills ave.
uue. typhoid fever Bessie McLedlen.
No. lf9 Spring street. measles Fannie
Weekiey. No l3I Spring street. measles.
Hida Hammorschlag. No 1916 Fifth
avenue. typhoid fever.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04

day night boats. e. Is; round trip. 800,
including bertha Take 5:;2l5 p. IN. train.
Gro. DEHAvFS. G. Il. A
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04

~. Bcssinzhou-e says the Damage
- ~ f,~ast e.H

tfr. Betting house ~sy@ the Damage
- ~ least e@A
Superintendent Befsiug hduss % the
Ere department reported % TIE board u
eosin i-s.o1ers yesterday that some
fislioSssr practical Ioksrs hal De
tnoi ishsd pstroi tor on Busferwor;h
sqeaee and bad done 40 damage. he
had stisHrfei - discover the guilty
rsrf.es. hst Nas unahi- 70 - 50.
~urrrin.rn. Carr snd Marsha al
1lemoin bad n9thiug SPECIAL 10 report.
rErsrt nat Nsrshsi fsemoin said ne
new rh~raicsi ssEiac punch ss-d ia Nus
krErn AS rsssy to - tested The
committee ou b party 80 authorized
te uakr the fest sad scr-p: tie rzins
n s. vas satisfactory
Williau Rsis appi~.i fsr porition a.
sigiai op@gator az gaiire headquarters
Referred 81 The cennslttee Ga nen add
dieiriira
fks fai'evioV seccunts rere allowed
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04

Nicholas Van Dire ssk-u Tor short
isave - ah-e-rs Referred - the eoui-
Hittrr 81 sen and discipline.
~ ~it hsrf r th- Ere department.
10 tasiili'sc. rrot. lcfsrninr the board
tat iafgs nHnsi-r Il .hsir sre depart
nrnf ar eeTefai si3arrer frcm Cadillac
vfu.d rst trsad pisia trslay and
asssi 20 e'issian ~ lncs ever TIE enoine
house. ara aFrsfatas The request vss
gfaased
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04

fwo sanFies - the gnu ne Tad hest
se.s y>sterssy nesn.rx eu. eVt-s - IA
cerefsi srrsfesriaz - re perx.n -
chaegc. they Eere n-ativ trapped They
man Sad bis sane vss Rohioscn ard he
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04

Wa Holland and Stssmsr. Berth In
cluded.
Eound trip tickets viii be sold every
Monday night during October via Hot.
land aud n. A &. L. Cos steamer. City
q Holland. at 1885,. good returning for
ten days
Regular fare on Wednesday and Fri
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04
St Cecilia Program.

At the meeting OF the ST. Cecilia so
ciety yesterday afternoon the following
musical program was rendered:
FiAno-(al Valse Caprice. Op. 8 L. Neyin
Co Country Dance.......
tel h4kufka. ..............
Miss Goodrich. Miss Mccoy.
vocal-Sightfall .............J. III. Rogers
Miss LOOMS.
Piano-NarcissyIs. Nevin
Miss Mccoy.
vocal-Silent Night ..........G. b. Segin
Mrs. Mills, Miss Chamberlain.
Piano-Slumbcr Song. Op. Z. No. ?. .Nevin
Miss Gertrude Baars.
YOcal--A Violet in Her Lovely Hair.
.s....-.............d. b. Campbell
Mrs. John Bonnel.
Violin and Piano-(s) Morgengcsang.
Op. .. Arthur Foote
(bl Minuetto Serioso.
Wilbur Force, Mrs. Fred Clark.
vocal-I.ullaby, In F..... q. W. Chadwick
Mrs Nichols. Miss ChambeFlin, Mrs.
Kirkland. Mrs. Patten-
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04
Bucklen's Arulca SaIv..

Families who have as yet not used
Lilly White -four should give il trial
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04

Board $3.50 per week. Livingston's
No. IS Canal street.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04
SIS CHICAGO AND BACK 81.

Mental exhaustion and brain fatigue
promptly cured by Bromo- Settler.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-11-04
CATARRHi CURED.
HAVE YOU cnTxRphf

Fave Fon Fnins e~sr 80 sFssf
ftgo,V sye< wst~rff
hsss pea drF egFk s-erf nixhg
Aft Fou rct a &c ssorneehY
40 tsssrs . eestinns,s drsgpias q srs.s
b - teck ~ Fosu tErostf
lou ga - c1ree Quhrs q srt r'~-rsss~ntF
~ Dk q CI.AI 11DD. le ko~sh Dirisie1
Esr~st ~ ea4a rposns 1. ant Z. tffEet
ksFsaa 4ach. Cal 90 writs fs-e. ~ oi11<
- ~ 49, Me4llznos seat srels wls1r2
The morning call., 1893-06-07

122 Fulton street, made an assignment on
the 31st ult. to the Eisen Vineyard Com
pany of II Stevenson street for the benefit
of his creditors. Roberts liabilities
amount to about $780, and his creditors
will console themselves with 80 cents on
the dollar.
How He Cor HIS INJURIEs-The po-
lice have aseertained that G. L. Nage.
who was found in an uncon scious condi-
ton on Montgomery street. near Pine.
about O'Clock Monday morning, received
his Injuries in fight with butcher named
Jacob Schultz, which took place on Bush
street The trouble arose over negotia-
tons as to a partne ership between them in
a restaurant on Bush street. Schultz has
not yet been arrested.
ATTACHMENTS LEVIED-Joseph Music
had an attachment for Sf737 60 levied yes
terday upon the property of John Dan
iels Sr. and John Daniels Jr., marble men,
a Central avenue and Bush street. The
attachment was issued to secure debt for
the amount stated. The Atlas Iron Works
yesterday levied an attachment for $50
on the property Of Calvin Cutting
A GENTLE QUAKE-A slight shock of
earthquake was eXperien ced yesterday
morning, the time being 9 hours "a min
utes and 56 seconds. The shock was from
recording instrument at the office of the
Geodetic Survey is out of order, and no
outline of the shock was obtained.
ANOTHER MINING COMPANY. - The
Union Gold Mining and Development
Company has incorporated. Directors:
j. A. Thorn pson, Jasper Robinson, c. II.
Morrell, 3. NJ. Berry, Mllard Johnson, l..
Gustaf Seroeder, j. Howard Barnard.
Capital $1.000.000, of which $50, 600 has
been subscribed.
CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING.-T. Su-
gishita arrived on the Gaelic from Japan
Yesterday and is now in the custody of the
United States Marshal charged with
smuggling. Inspector Davis found false
bottom in his trunk beneath which were
concealed eighteen dozen silk handker-
chiefs.
STILL Org RGANIzING.-1he Thirty-first
Assembly District Anti-Chinese Law and
Order League was organized last night at
Eighth and Howard streets. William Hol-
land was elected president and j. +. Shee-
han secretary. Several hundred signed
the roll. The meeting was addressed by
Denis Kearney, 6. w. Fox and others.
The morning call., 1893-06-07

would become a delight to every ey.
"The influence of the Improvement would
go further. Not only would the residents
along the avenue vie with each other in
making their homes places of beauty, but
it would quicken the artistic feeling of the
people in other streets. Gardens all over
the city should and would receive better
only pretensions to gardening are satisfied
with little green grass, piece of rubber
hose and half yellow fan palm with per-
haps a rosebush or two by the front steps,
A little pride and little appreciation of
the beautiful, combined with q small
outlay and just a little more
time would keep these gardens aglow with
fuchslas, hydrangeas. roses, chrysanthe-
NUNS, pansies, or any Of the other flower
ing plants that luxuriate so readily here.
The glorious climate of California goes a
good way, but little attention and intel
ligence are needed to help it out in sur
rounding our homes with beauty that
makes home more appreciated and that
gaddens every eye that sees it.
"If the Supervisors would not make the
improvement there should be enterprise
enough among the residents in the
avenue to lead them to do il themselves.
Some time ago they combined to prevent
street railroad being built there. and they
might as easily combine on this proposi-
ton. For one thing it would forever
guard the avenue from future railroad
schemes. Another thing that should lead
the people along the avenue to take an in
terest in the scheme is the fact that it
would very greatly increase the prestige
and fame of the avenue, and hence make it
more fashionable and the property more
valuable"
The morning call., 1893-06-07

Horticulture aud combines artistic percep-
tions and originality with his business.
Mr.. Sproule is enthusiastic when talking
about the project. He sees in Van Ness
avenue one of the grandest possibilities
for adornment which the city affords.
Van Ness avenue" he said yesterday,
could be made one OF the famous thor
onghfares of the world. 1t could be done
cheaply. too All that is needed is a little
spirit of enterprise and little money.
Take the Alameda between San Jose
ana Santa Clara. That was one of the
famous things of California until an cleo
trio road came along and the magnificent
trees that stretched so far along its center
went down that little money might be
made little more conveniently. The Ala
media was simply wide avenue with long
row of old trees along it. 1t had nothing
but its width and those trees, it was gen.
orally dusty and it had no flowers or pave
ments or anything else 20 suggest some of
the grand boulevards of the world, yet the
Alameda was one of the things that vs-
lorS 10 lue oanIa Gldrd alley were SeIuOm
allowed to miss and it was known to
thousands of people who never saw Cali
fornia.
ivan Ness avenue could easily be made
to 0utshine the Alameda in Its time of
greatest glory. 1t could be made equal as
far as length permitted, to any of the boul-
evards of Paris. Let a good landscape
gardener plan the scheme and in few
years it would be known as far and wide as
Golden Gate Park. The added beauty of
the avenue would not come wholly from
the strip of park in lis middle. Every res
ident along it with any pride, artistic in
stinct and ambition would beautify his
grounds and the avenue from end to end
The morning call., 1893-06-07

to Go it properly, but the money will be
forthcoming; there is no fear of that.
''Of course, we desire and expect some
aid from the Supervisors. 1t is hardly
right that we should be expected to under
take an improvement that will add to the
beauty aud attractiveness of the whole
city without some financial aid from the
public funds"
Louis Sloss Jr. spoke enthusiastically
of the plan. and said such boulevard had
come to be crying demand for San Fran
cisco. He is resident of Van Ness
avenue. as are all the members of that
family, and will gladly pay his pro rata of
the expenses.
The plan to be followed in converting
Van Ness avenue into a boulevard is a
very close copy after the famous Drexel
boulevard of Chicago. There the grass is
under ice and snow nearly half of the year,
yet early in the spring Drexel boulevard is
one of the attractions of the city in spite
of the fact that there are many miles of
similar thoroughfares in that city.
In San Francisco the conventional lines
OF the Eastern boulevard need no. be fol-
lowed too closely. Flowers, in bloom the
year around, beautiful palms and shrub
berry of all kinds should line such thor
oughfare-and doubtless soon will line
Van Ness avenue, or, as it will then be
called, Van Ness boulevard.
The nIan that will nrohahIv he folIowe6
in besutifying Van Ness avenue will be
that suggested in James Sproule's article
on Horticulture published few days ago
in The CALL. Mr.. Sproule is an epthusi-
asst on the subject of floral and landscape
result of great deal of observation and
study. He is a wrll-known authority or
The morning call., 1893-06-07
Berkeley.

The ELECTRIC LIGHT lMBRoGLIo.-
The Board of Trustees sat until Tuesday
morning dawned before the business be-
fore them at their last session was fin
ished. The electric light plant was the
question that would not down. Several
years ago $4,000 plant was purchased
by the town. a year ago the plant was
leased for three years to a COMPANY in
which a. A. Osborne owned controlling
interest. MIR. Osborne has never given a
satisfactory service. During all the win
ter months scarcely any light was given at
all. The Trustees got mad and talked of
taking possession of the plant. Osborne
gave better lights, supplying them even on
moonlight nights. The Trustees, still un-
yielding, ordered the Town Marshal to
take possession of he plant. Osborne
sold out his interest and the succeeding
company put in a bid for the lighting at
S12 per light, whereas the old contract
was 81. No other bids we're put in. they
not having been called for, but citizens
present and communications from others
advised the board that others would like
to compete for the contract.
The coup d'etat planned by the electric
light company, which finally agreed to
contract for one month at the old prices
per lamp, was spoiled. The Marshal