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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-27
LEGAL NOTICES.
NJ AUGUSTA SHOWS ESTATE.

W. STATE OF VERMONT Washington District. IS.
In Probate Court, held at Montpelier in and ion
said District on the 18th day OF September, AID 1895
testament OF NJ. Augusta Snow, late OF Plainiield,
IN said District being presented to theCour
persons concerned therein be notified to appear at
session OF said Court, to be held at the Probate Of
nee In said Montpelier. on the 18th day OF October,
A. D. lsgl and show cause, II any they may have,
against tho Probate of said Instrument for which
purpose 1t is further ordered that notice of thip
order be published three weeks successfully In the
Vermont Wqtchmdn a. State Journal, a newspaper
printed at Montpelier In this state previous to said
time appointed for hearing.
62Gi HIRAM CARItToN. Juage
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-09-27

CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
CHILDREN Cry for Pitchers Castoria.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-12-20

holders in 1876, and since 1880 these
dividends have been from 8 to ii per
cent. II these things are possible what
must be the profits of street railway cor
porations with no such payments to be
made on leases and with fares such as
prevail in American oitiesP
Besides the ownership and manage
ment of these public utilities, the city
has begun a vast system OF public inn
provemsnts in other lines. It has pur-
chased large tracts Of city property, torn
down the old buildings and begun the
erection, at public expense, of new tene-
ment houses after the latest and most
approved models aud supplied with all
modern improvements and convenienCss.
These are rented by the city to the la
boring people at very low rates.
1t has established public baths and 10
making every modern improvement and
even luxury available to the poor ss fast
as the work can be carried forward. One
other feature Of this municipal object
lesson should not be omitted, and it may
best be stated in the language Of Mr..
Shaw, as follows:
Hardly less useful in the cause Of public
cleanliness and decenoy are the wash
houses. For the triAing sum Of 2 pence an
hour woman is allowed the use Of stall
containing an improved steam boiling az
rangement and fixed tubs with hot and cold
water faucets. The washing being quickly
done, the clothes are deposited for two or
three minutes in one Of q row Of centri-
fugal machine dryers, after which they are
hung on one Of O series Of aiding frames
which retreat into hot air apartment. II
she wishes, the housewife may then use
large roller msngle, operated, like all the
rest Of the machinery, by steam power; and
she may, at the end of the hour, 60 home
with her basket Of clothes washed, dried
and ironed.
This is done by the city, and the cost
to the individual is not ons-fourth Of
that which would be required for fuel
alone to do the same work at home, say
ing nothing Of the use Of the latest i'm
proved machinery to perform the work.
The question for our American cities
to consider is, il the adoption Of munich
pal ownership and control Of public
utilities is not of sufficient Importance
to the people that they should begin TO
think Of taking steps to avail themselves
of it's benefits and advantages. II it 10,
every moment Of delay is an unnecessary
postponsment Of those advantages The
people should begin now and vote for
fCONstuusd On paOs7J
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-12-20

Edward Everett Hale, In the Cosmo-
politan, says the city Of Boston makes
it's own brooms. Why cannot this mu
nicipal control be extended to electric
lights, water works, car lines and other
public utilities?
"a
The public ownership sentiment in
Spencer, Mass, is naturally very strong.
When the town bought out the local
water company, the rate per faucet was
So. Under public ownership the rate
went down to IS, and enough money is
being placed to the credit OF the sinking
fund to retire the water bounds at ma.
turity.
#*#
Wheeling, West Virginia, citizens pay
only rs cents per 1000 for gas. Green's
burg citizens pay $3.50. The citizens of
Wheeling own the gas plant, while the
citizens of Grsensburg don't. 1t takes
wealth to pay it, and ss workers only
produce wealth, the whole cost finally
falls on the workers. Elect city coun-
Gil that understands these problems and
gas will be within the reach OF all.
~
Most of the little towns in France,
which are not handicapped by Conces-
sions granted in former years to gas
companies, are taking kindly to the cleo
trio light. Saint Geovle, town Of 1000
inhabitants in the department OF Isere,
has recently decided to establish q water
power driven central eleetric lighting
station. At Thores, too, in the upper
Savoy, another village, q similar station,
having capacity of $50 horse power,
has recently been completed.
~
The advantages Of direct municipal Ia
Dor over private contract labor is being
abundRntly shown in London, where the
county council recently invited tenders
for reconstructing main in Lam
beth. The lowest tender was Ell $685.
16s. Cd. The council decided 10 perform
the work itself, and has just finished the
job at q cost of "a, ,957 4s. lid. John
Burns, who was member of the sub
committee having charge OF the work,
says in general Of direct labor: "In
every instance where we have done our
own work without the intervention of a
contractor success has been achieved
and thst, too, remember, under Difficult
ties which always arise when a public
body takes a new departure"
~.
Toledo is looking toward d municipal
electric light plant At meeting Of the
municipal committee of that city, Frank
B. Rea. engineer in charge Of the city of
Detroit electrical plant, made q state
ment OF the plant in that city. He said
municipal lighting could be done at $65
per lamp per year; that the difference
under the moonlight and Rll-night
schedule was the difference between $55
and S63. Municipal lighting had saved
from 80 to 40 per cent. over the contracts
before held. Companies figured to pay
for their plant in three to five years The
Western Electric company had agreed to
furnish Kansas City, Kss., 72O lights at
sl4O per year for three years, then give
the city the plant The plant in Detroit
was of the cheapest arrangement. That
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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-12-20

supplied, and the rates were excessively
high. In an article in tho Century Of
March, 1890, where the municipal gov
ernment Of Glasgow is fully treated by
Mr.. Albert Shaw, he ssys:
More than thirty years sg1 the suthori-
ties bought out these companies, obtained
exclusive control Of Loeb Katrine in the
Highlands, and brought TO the city through
great sQueduOt a magnificent and mex
haustible supply Of pure mountain water.
The expense was great. No private oOm-
panY could have been induced TO under
take such an enterprise. Yet the city has
been able easily to make the wsterwork
pay for their own maintenance aud en-
lSrgement, and to accumulate largely sink
ing funds for the liquidation CT the original
cost, while reducing the water charges
rapidly from year TO year and providing the
most bountiful quantities for everybody
that any British city grants. Glasgow
illustrates the indirect advantages that a
sity derives from a good municipal water
supply. The pure and soft water,
ohesply furnished, has made it possible to
develop in Glasgow various important
lines of manufacture that otherwise would
have been driven to the rural districts.
This development OF manufactures
gives employment to labor and the la
boring classes Of the city, In addition to
the enjoyment OF cheap water rates, are
also benefited by constantly increasing
facilities for labor.
The city owns it's own gas works. The
plant was originally transferred from
private hands at q cost Of $260O,O0O.
Under the municipal management, the
quantity Of gas solo has increased l4O
per cent. while the population was in
crsssing 20 per cent; and the cost has
been reduced from $l.l4 per 1000 feet,
as it was under private management, to
66 cents. Would q private corporation,
operated for profit, have made this re-
duotionP Still, with all this reduction,
the city has been able to pay all operat-
ing expenses, keep up repairs, provide
for all depreciation Of works, pipes and
meters from use, and accumulate sink
ing fund towards the payment Of
original cost Of more than $l,0OO,OO0.
In addition to this not only the streets
but all alleys, parks, squares and courts,
and even the private stairwsys leading
to the flats on second floors where most
Of the lsboring people live, are lighted
at public expense. 1t has been found by
experience that, aside from the added
convenience Of such extensive lighting,
it has resulted in q great reduction Of
crime.
The city also owns It's city railways,
but it leases the right to operate them
to company. The lease required the
company to pay to the city "Q) the an
nusl interest Of the full amount OF the
city's investment; ~ yearly sum for
sinking fund large enough to clear the
entire cost OF the lines at the expiration
of the lease; (3) a renewal fund Of per
cent. per snnum on the cost Of the lines,
out of which they were to be kept in
condition and restored to the city, in
perfect order and as good as new, in
1894; and (4) q mileage rental OF $3.50 per
street mile. At the same time
it was provided that in no case the
charges should exceed penny per mile, ,
l.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-12-20

front and $4,000 was thus added, and
100000 of bonds were issued. He
thought Toledo should calculate on 1000
lights, and contract with the idea Of fu-
ture extension.
~
Cleveland has municipal wRterworks
and the benefits accruing to the people
from public ownership is shown by the
fact that there bsve been two reductions
in eighteen months OF 10 per cent. each,
to prevent "a excess Of revenue over ex-
penditures. The former rate was 1914,
and it is now $6.75. The street railways
are owned by private companies and
when this service was divided between
several companies, the fare was three
cents. Consultations have been effected
until there are now but two companies
with an aggregate capital Of $40, 600, 600,
and the fare has been raised to five cents.
The Cleveland Citizen, in commenting
upon this, asks: "Would it not be q
great blessing to the people if the street
railways were operated at cost by the
municipality, and fare reduced from
time to time, as the water rates are?"
#*#
The joint committee Of the Cambridge
city government on municipal lighting,
has reported in favor Of establishing
municipal plant under the act Of 1891,
authorizing cities and towns to manu-
fscture and distribute gas and cleo
tricity. We quote from the report Of the
committee the following: mo data has
been obtained from any source that does
not show large percentage Of saving IN
favor of the municipal ownership plan.
Your committee felt, however, that their
conclusions should be based on informs-
tion and experience obtained Rs near
home and under circumstances as nearly
like Cambridge as possible, and Conse-
quently examined the municipal plants
recently established in Braintree and
Peabody in this state, especially the lat
ter, it being the larger plant Of the two
and running about $50 arc lights Of 1900
candle power, the same az used in this
city; it was run as a municipal street
lighting plant, pure and simple, for lit
tie over year up to October l, 1893,
and the result as given in a recent COM
municstion from the general manager Of
the plant, shows that the cost per lamp
for the year has been $7042 1t should
be borne in mind however, that the
lights were not turned on clear moon
light nights, but il they had been
burned all night and every night in the
year (thRt is from half an hour after sun
set to hall an hour before sunrise, 3775
hours), the cost would have been SOout
$75 per lamp. This price includes all
operating expenses. So successful has
been the operating expenses. So sue
cessful has been the operation of the
plant that within q month incsndescent
lighting has been added and is now fur
nished at very moderate cost, and the
same has been done during the past
summer in the Braintree plant; the OnIy
other addition that might be added to
the above cost to place it OF a perfectly
fair basis with Cambridge, would be in
terest on the greater value of land for a
plant in Cambridge and the larger cost
of poles and wires, both Of which, how
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-12-20
POINTERS.

Municipal Government Should Be By the
People For the People - Is It So Now,
Edward Everett Hale, in the Cosmo-
politan, says the city Of Boston makes
it's own brooms. Why cannot this mu-
nicipal control be extended to electric
lights, water works, Car lines and other
public utilities?
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-12-20

front and $4,000 was thus added, and
100000 Of bonds were issued. He
thought Toledo should calculate on 1000
lights, and contract with the idea Of fu-
tuFe extension.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-12-20
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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-12-20

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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-12-20

Glasgow, Scotland, has probably
carried the scheme Of public ownership
Of public utilities as far as any other
city in the world. Its former water
supply was procured from the Clyde,
being pumped out by private companies.
The water was unWhOlesoms, WrstChsdly
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-12-20

Bow on the Jas. Boss Filled
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-12-20

Keystone Watch Case Conn
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01
Eggs In the Nest of the Pelican.

| have been informed that the brown
pelicans steal eggs from one another's
nests in order to fill their compliments,
or at least take possession of those they
find lying on the ground and roll them
into their nests. Although this does not
seem at all likely for various reasons |
cannot dispute it authoritatively and,
moreover, there were strong proofs that
such was the case in many nests that |
examined in Florida. These nests.
which were near together, often com
tanned four eggs. never more, one to
three of which We're ready to hatch, the
others being fresh or nearly so.
And, again, there would be eggs in the
same nest with young over a week old
or young of ages quite 10 days varia-
ton. But one point was ever obserya-
BILE. the young or eggs or both. never
exceeded four in number, showing, even
if the charge of abduction IS proven
that the old birds know their limit. Dir
Marion Gibbs in Science.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

Whereas |, Charles Givings of Bingham. in
the county OF Somerset and State of Maine,
am the owner of a certain Mortgage deed given
by Manley e. Atw God of Concord in said SOM
crsUt county, to Eveline l.. Parlin of said
Bingham dated the fifteenth day OF February
A. y. 1888 and recorded in Somerset Registry
of Deeds, Book Ia Page 1885, conveying to said
Eveline L. Parlin certain lot or parcel OF
land situated in said Concord and bounded as
follows; East by the kennebec River, North
by lots mum bered twenty two and twenty-four,
West by lot numbered twenty one, and South
by the farm known as the Lowell farm, con-
tanning one hundred acres more or less. Also
one other piece of land i'll said Concord,
bounded East by the Kennebec River, North
by land formerly owned by John Lowell, West
by land owned by Southerd Walker, and South
by the above described premises, containing
thirty-fve acres more or less; which mortgage
deed was afterwards on the seventh day of
April 1893. conveyed and assigned to me by
Belle Williams of said Bingham, administra-
trix of the estate of Eveline l.. Parlin late of
said Bingham, deceased, which assignment is
recorded in said Somerset Registry of Deeds
Book 2l9 Page 273: And whereas the conditions
of said Mortgage have been broken, now there
fore /, the said Charles Givings. claim fore
closure and hereby give notice of my intention
to forecose sid mortgage for the breach of
the conditions thereof.
Dated at Bingham this tenth day of April
a. ID 1893.
3wl9 CHARLES GIVINGS.
BY his attorney W. r. Jordan.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
SeneraIly Light Receipts at the Watertown
and BRIGHTON Yards.

Il =
Prices for western beef cattle-Choice, Si.5l
I5S1I5; second quality, Si@4.25; third quality,
S325H4; poorest grades of coarse oxen, COWS,
bulls, stays, Colorados, Texans, etc, llelg3c
pr Id.
Prices for mort hern and eastern beef cattle,
pr Id, dressed weight-Choice, 5l211sc pr Id;
first quality, 5iljIec pr lib; second quality, IA
n4a3c pr Id; poorest grades of coarse oxen,
cows, bulls. stays etc 2l460}c pr lb.
Northern and eastern beef cattle-The sup
ply was light with the demand active. Good
cattle were in heavy demand and were quoted
at 1sc per pound higher than last week, while
common ana ordinary grades brought llc
more pound than they did one week
ago. Exporters bought most of the stock Of
fered to be shipped across the water to be Of
fered on foreign markets.
Mich cows and springers-There was light
supply, with II slow demand, and most of the
stock was tied up in the barns to be condi-
toned for todays COW market. Drovers an
ticipate good trade, with good prices, as the
demand for milch COWS and sprngers for
country and seashore use is strong.
Sheep and lambs-There was a light supply.
The receipts of spring lambs were light, and
those offered sold at from 81 to 81 per head.
Most of the arrivals of spring lambs We're
taken by home slaughterers on commission
Veal calves-The supply was tritle heavier
than one week ago. Good calves were in de-
mand. Home slaughtcrers bought the stock
offered quickli at prices showing no change
from those quoted one week ago.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01
Messengers Notice.
STATE OF MAINE,

SOMERSET ss;- Court OF INSOLVENCY.
In the case of Napoleon b. Gould Insol-
vent Debtor.
This is to give notice that on the 26th
day of May, A. D. 1893, warrant in
Insolvency was issued out of the Court Of In
solyency for said County of Somerset against
the estate of said Napoleon b. Gould of New
Portland adjudged tobe an insolvent debtor,
on petition of said debtor, which petition was
fled on the 26th day of May A. ID. 1893,
to which date interest on claims is to be COM
puted. That the payment of any debts to or
by said debtor, and The transfer and delivery
OF any property by him are forbidden by law
That meeting Of the creditors of said debt
or, to prove their debts and choose one or
more assignees of his estate, will be held at
bate Court Room in Skowhegan, in said County
on the 18th day of June A. D. 1888 at one o'clock
in the afternoon
Given under my hand the date first above
written. 2w2
SCOTT KNOWLES, Deputy Sheriff,
as Messenger of said Court Of Insolvency.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01
FOUL PLAY SUSPECT ED.



AUGUSTA, Me. May cat Bakers
mill, in Chelsea, which is in the vicinity
of the National Soldiers home at Togus
and about five miles from this city, is IA
little white house where Charles Bradley
aud Mrs Elizabeth Farren have been liv
ing together for year, the latter owning
the house.
Ten days ago Mrs Farren drew $40 on a
1862 pension check. Then she and Brad
ley went To Gardiner aud bought supply
of liquors. Since the couple have been on
one Of their quiet DRINKS within doors
Bradley said Mrs Farren drank nearly a
quart of whisky before he went upstairs.
He heard her eNclaim: "Oh. Charley! m
diving; give me some water.' He was
called down several times to give her water
before she died.
After she was dead he made up his mind
to commit suicide. lie took "A spoonful of
paris green at three different times, but
each time it made him SO sick that he
vomited it up.
Coroner Libby caused Bradley to be
placed under arrest, pending post mortem
examination of Mrs Farrens body.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-01
ARlIAMENTAkY HUMORS.


Historical Incidents That Relieved the To
dunn of Political Debate.
The house of commons now scruples to
adjourn ON account Of Derby day, but in
early times it INDUCED i'll holiday upon
occasions which modern readers must
consider still more strangely inadequate.
Horace Walpole mentions in his mem.
oirs that in March, l1jl, the house
adjourned ~ attend at Drury Lane
theater. where Othello was to be acted
by Mr.. Delaval and his family.
Again in February, isl, a bill intro
duced by Mr. Burke with reference
to the civil list was read for the fist
time, but the second reading was de.
ferred to that day fortnight, because
the 2lst was to be feast day and the 22d
was the benefit of Mime. Eestris, the IA
vorite French dancer at the opera.
Even when in session the house was
much given to amuse itself with petty or
frivolous Incidents, as is shown by some
singular entries preserved in the official
records. Under date May, 1904, it is
noted that jackdaw flew i'll at the win
dow. This was considered ominous, and
apparently it proved a bad omen for the
bill III debate, as the measure was soon
afterward rejected. Again we are told
by the vcracious tate chronicler that
in May, 1914, IA dog came into the
house strange spaniel, mouse colored. y
About 10 years later it is recorded
that another canine intruder entered the
house, taking his seat before the speaker
and all the government. Not content to
remain a silent spectator, the dog joined
in the proceedings by barking loudly.
Lord North, then prime minister, was
speakirg and jocularly appealed TO the
speaker. saying sir, am interrupted
by new member
The dog unabashed did not take the
hint, but resumed his barking where
upon the good hulnored premier kept up
the joke, protesting that 1.-THE new mem
Der had 10 right to speak twice in the
same debate In much more recent
times almost equally trifling episodes
have been known to relieve nightly the
tedium of political COMMUNICATIONS
bers' Journal.