The Meeker herald., 1893-07-15
MOI WORRIED ABJUT FINANCE.
It. Louis Reports Business Very Good
Incrchsn EnIIrnnd EncIlItic.

ST.. l. us Mo, July I, lsg3.-The
iuan, ial p oh EN- is exciting SO much
interest Throughout the country that
LIN 1T The urst question askel of any
" is, as to how IL withstood the
oubles OF the spring and early sum
a err. st Louis has every r,ason u
congratulate itsclt on the Icsu OF the
st six moaths business OF the wear
Inc cal estate transfers represc d
a larger total than ior any nall year
with tie exception of thIt ,nu NJ
uue laa2, when was by far the best
ON record. 4 he 1898 total is far in eN
e>s of that total of 1855. which was rc.
ard d us u iema kably good year.
Inc bank clcarIngs for he six months
a st ended We c me II gest o. re Odd
nd WI h the exc ption of the June
ot..i each month showed u vcry large
crease uv.r the or, e>ponding mon lh
act year, when money WAS compare
v,ly easy. Confidence i, quite gen
nal in commereial CIR, les and the
rvdit of rs aoii-hments generally ha,
at been mater impaired.
Tie arri,nL emvnt between the rival
bridge c m ,anics, whereby IL may be
-. d.. poss. ole 10 use tac Merchants
hriupe and lis elevated route for all
,ass,uper trains ent ring the city
ON Inc East, re>crviI e the tnnnei
o4le Tor re ght business. appears 10
ave been nearly ,onsumm tel. and
Though the "DETAILS have not yet been
made public the presidents of toth
ystems II mt thtt arrangements have
u,cn maGc. IAis will lead to he
IA iiic beng expedited very mIteiiil y,
.ud Will crtn,niy he II Tea, mt both 10
ne ira, cling ana The frei- lat d.str.D-
,ting pubic. ! he itc eu e of tr..n.c
a , year, largely in c,nse uence OF
az la al ilo.n tie asst aud South TO
Z word = ruir has been M ttcr
eHeral comment, ANA Ly na"lnS
al use of Loth ri" g"s ii Il terminal
81. IN, 1T wili tie possible % handle
truitIc NOR eAt, dtt.uusly aid at
50 cape re. 1hc U,iisc aero . the
ner ~ Alton Le.nS pushed forward
np.d unu this VIII ii another al
abe lie nil nj system and entrance
~ IN lie o In.
! he success of the fast mail train
.ui,ning forth las Le,n marked, ana
has op,nc up, ute II la, ge ter itory
la h. altl ouL Ii wIlh.n two or Ihrc
.o..rs distance by i firm st Louis
2, uld not be C. nv,nI.ptn rsi, h Il
III H. EXCEPT by tie nofniny an !
"a pht TIA NJ. The travel On tie roa.s
man. die t lctwecn St LOUIS anu
Ia cugo is also rem rliab 9 and ~ is
s,triue quite usual to run these tfains
q. 'ouuIr srcLI MS
he quest GA .. extending the city
units has again been rails d 1t Is
Z Ily eng .,,cn years inc the city
limits w,r. IN. trri ly iu r.ased an
,.ncc I'll, IL there las own up a large
a NIB .r of SUBURBAN Towns ana ses-
o W Iii an aggregate population
considerably in exc. ss of lOO,Olu. SEW
raj o the e districts AT supplied with
!. cctrie lights rom pow,r piants with
II The city and in oti er ways The sec
tons are Lccum,ng more and mo
urban every day, res u.tng in quite "A
len and Tor anne alton. Almost the
OILY ara wbacik to St. Louis county AS
IL re ident section i. the Difficult y in
obtaining co supply of water, re-
ance hav ng to lie placed in l rye
mcasur' on cisterns Tor supply. The
d ogrcss on TIE new city wat works
nus be, n so rapid that they W II soon
b in pos on TO supply water TO over
, million lco lie and already applica-
tons are c, ming from ,ect.ons OF the
county for supply. There are obvi-
o objections to SUPP lying generally
ii tricts vi ose resi- eLts do not coDtri-
ute to the municipal revenue and TIL S
IL sire for water supply is in 'onsc-
uence increasing the prosi ects of an