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The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21
The Pivotal Poin. of q Fire.

Fire experts establish by statistics
hat the pivotal point of a fire is the
$50, 900 mark; that is to say, while
Iince 1856 there have been about 4O,-
700 fires, doing $97, 900, 900 damage,
i27 of them did more than $50, 000,-
300 damage. There were 'speciar
Tres of more than $50, 900 each, which
iwarfed the average Of the 80, $40
)ther fires to about 81, 100 per fire.
When the fire has passed the $50, 900
/ much heavier loss may be looked
|'or.
Oddly enough, the fires that have
n thirty-ive years done the most
damage have started In buildings
that cost the least to erect. The
greatest average loss has been from
stables, where the fire has got beyond
J control, so as to involve other build
ings. The average loss of special
stable fires is nearly $3.50, 600, but
this average vas raised by the Fourth
Avenue stable fire, which licked up
the Thirty-third Street Storage Ware
house. Candle factories and oil mills
come next, because, perhaps, Of the
fire which swept away the Wander.
bi,t elevators; and next come mercan.
bill concerns, through the vast sums
lost by large 'dry-goods district" fires.
There is a wide difference between
The average Of Specials" $210, 900,
and the next important class, sugal
refneries and steam confectioneries
whose average Is about $3.50, 900
Next in importance are markets
average 1886, 900; metal workers
Sl26, 900; churches, $1l7, 900; distiller
les and brewerles, Sill, 900; steam
boats and sail craft, $10S, 900; the
alters, ETC., the same; wood-workers
slO7, 900; printers, ETC., the same
and so on down to lumber yards, who's
average is 500, 900. The average los
on ali specials" is less than $l64, OOC
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

Persons in public office sometimes
become very skillful in making them
selves generally agreeable; but the
best OF them may err in thinking that
practice has made them perfect In
this respect This story ia told Of a
famous French minister Of finance
who, with gooo intentions, once anus
ingly failed to say the right thing:
The Government was needing
money and a would-be wit suggested
to the Minister that a tax might be
put upon wit. "Eyery one would
ray it voluntarily. because no one
would wish to confess to being STUPID"
he said.
MANY thanks, sir" replied the
Minister, afiahly. "If I adopt your
plan, / shall certainly exempt you
from the tax, as q token Of ap-
probation" +.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

Here's good news for any one Of our readers
who are ydnched BY. the, hard umesl Inc
swsy many 6ne pictures 10 drinkers Of Lion
CoYss m xcnapge for large Lion Heads cut
from lion Coffee wrappers. Besides pictures
efs'' ~its surely PAYS 10 drink Lion Coffee,
which IL by far ne tiuest sold for the price,
aad has a beautiful plctare-card In every / 10.
imam list a.f YOUR grocer for = copy, or send
your name q address 10 b efirm ABOVE named'
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

II got the champion pusilist to %
out with me and see a football esms
the other day." "Did he like itsS
"Like it? Why, he was In -ecstas;o.
over It, He wants no such tama ~,
fairs as ~prize-ring encounters after
York PreaA NEW
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1--WE xIsssfs

Here Is bit Of dialogue from The
New York Press The moral Of II Ia
not expressed, but perhaps the readO
will be able 10 End IL:
What 10 Mamie dolngs'
"Shc Is a sAlezlady."
"Does she earn muchp"
Hardly enough TO keep soul ana
body together, but her sister helDs
her q little" e..
what does her sster do7"
''sh0'S a servant ~
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fof
+. j. CHENEY q Co., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known FL. INC
fecti, honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any ooiiga-
WEST & Tau1Ax, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo,
wALpnN KrNsAs 8 MARVIN, Wholesale
Halls Csfarrh Cure Is taken internally, act
Inv directly upon the blood. and mucous sur,
faees Of the system. Price, 75c. Per bottle, Sold
BY ali Druggists, Testimonials Tree.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

SIT must be dreadful when a pro-
fessional singer knows that she has
lost her voice" 'But 1t is still more
dreadful when she is not aware Of the
act."-Humoristische Batter.
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Their Vegetables:

Gazzam-I suppose that the favor
tie vegetable of a duck is o mandrake.
Maddox-And that of the hen is
chickenweed, Of course.
Gazzam-It might be eggplant
Detroit Free Press.
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Georgia Gazzam (agcd 5)-Let me
tell you the latest smart thing my
father said.
Benny Bloombumper (aged 4a-
Thanks, no; I'm tired. I have a
smart father myself. Jury.
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Mime. Newlyrich Ito the waiter
In the cafe)-Garsong. parlaiz VOC
Franncay? Walter-No, madame, l
snike French.-Exchange.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

The tongue receivers from an injury
more quickly than any other part OF
the human system.
No II can breathe at a greater
height than seven miles from the snr
face of the earth.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21
A Sensible Mothcr.

IIe-I love you, Miss Fanny. DO
you return my love? She-No, in
deed. Mamma told me never to love
q young man until after I was mar.
ried to him.-Texas Siftings.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

Dumsquizzle--Y Young Timblerwhee
mas a suit OF clothes for every day in
the week. Skimquellet-I never sec
him wear but one. Dumsquizzle-
Yes; that's the suit. -Brooklyn Life.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

Tom-What would you do If, while
calling on a girl, she should exclaim:
Light out!'
Jack-Putit out, of course.-Smith,
Gray & Co.'s Monthly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

He-The Van Buskirk girl mar
ried for money, did she notp She
Yes; but she had to divorce to gatit
Truth.
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minded.

Ethel Knox-Do you know you re-
mind me of that piano lamp, MI.
Stalate?
Stalate-Because / shine in the
drawing-room?
Ethel Knox-No. No matter how
you are turned down you don't go
|out.-New York Herald.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

The Desperate Tramp Ito the drug
clerk)-Hev yer any strychnlne or ar
senic? Timid Clerk-No. The Dcs-
perate Tramp-Well, then, gimme a
bar o. soap.-Exchange.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21
Did She Find It?

An elderly oina stopped a gentle
man in the city hall corridor ycstcr-
day and asked the way to the district
eternIty's Office. -Bufalo Courier.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

The application of electricity to the
smelling of iron is being experimental
with in Sweden.
Absinthe is the national drink of
France.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

Teacher-What is meant by do
nestle animal? Little Girl dcss
it's a boy VIII a real strict papa
Good News.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

During the fourteenth century III
Italy a tax was levied on everyone
who wore shoes.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

The note OF the bell bird sounds like
the tolling of a bell, and can be heard
a distance of three miles.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

DR.. Kilmer's SwAMr-R oor cures
all kidney and Bladder ro1bls6
Pamphlet and Consultation neAb
Laboratory BinrhRmtoA. y. i.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

A Gently old tortoire Is exhibited
in the apseum at upland'' in Colo
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

The first person to be hanged in
England was a pirate In the reign Vi
Henry Ill, 1241.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

Karl's Clover Root, tho great blood purlne..
gives freshness and ciearneas TO the compisAion
and cures constipation rs cts. 90 cts, u,
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

A sufferer from asthma at Glendale,
Penn, has not slept in a bed for TWEEN
ty years.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

.s g,:aIss:.; ;.| sa'a B sss::Ss: : s;s 81 s:as "a. .a:' Hsss'ss:
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
ton, allRys pain, cures wind ecrcs feo.A posu'
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

In England free di%spenseries dis
tribute 81, 200, 600 worth Of medicines
a year.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

Don't you know 70 have perfect health
you musrS age pure blood. and the best way 70
have purS Nod Is to take Hoods sarsApsrilla'
the best 4 punner and strength BUILDER.
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Very Suspicious.

Very Suspicious.
Mistress-I should like to know
what business that policeman has IN
my kitchen every night In the week?
Pretty Servant-Please, mum, l think
he suspicious me Of neglectin' me
work or somethin'. - New York
Weekly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

Tn the fourteenth century 60, ZOO, 900
people died Of the black plague in
Europe and Asia.
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

Mr.. X. O. McLrS. tbe same man I was one
wear ago, People are astonished, and say,
fweI, last year this time l would not have
thought that you would be living now. can
thankfully say I i'm entirely cured Of q dis
ense which, but for your wonderful Discov-
cry would nave resulted in my DEATH
The Penn's Grove record., 1894-09-21

BAD couaH. SPIT UP Broop.-coSsunrrros.

Anne Co., Va, wrftsts
hen /
taking YOU Discovery
i WINS very low with .
cough, ana at times spit
up much blood. l was
not able to do the least
work, but most Of the
time was in bed. I WIS.,
all run down., very
weak, my head was diz-
~, and I was extremely
dependent. Tho first
bottle I took did NOT
seem to do me much
o but I bad faith in
It and continued using II
until l had taken fifteen
bottles, and now / do
not look nor feel Ike
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17
THE PRICES OF MEAT.
What Butchers huvo to Say About
thor Limo of business.
NOT MUCH PROFIT INIT JUST NOW.
a Comparison OF Prices In this aud
othor Marisots--To buy Dressed
Meat Moro Profitable than to XIII II
1lcrc-Tho Present Season u Hard
ono OIL tho Local Butchers and the
Commission Men.

Thoro h,s Loor ,o,,,o Jis,,,sio, Il,
,,,,-1,,.., "' TO''' eV'''' o'''a''O" ."
"noeI'nS lately oil tho prices oil meas'
In TACT, this Ia always Il fruitful theme
Of talk, and tho improssion ia general
TINT TIM brtchor. ,,Lo ,r,,, L,,I ~
'N'' '''"N0 e''"' N'", VI
money ~ VIII DO rcnemoercu thnt
within tho past year or so, when live
stock was very high tho butchers' asso.
oi,.;o, f,S,,.. .-,I A. =
~ '"''' '"','u '.i' p'''o "a
meh'' Inc pcSt cuts oil DeA 10 oightcen
cents and mixed steak aud roast to lit-
toen cenls. Slncc that time no reduc.
lion of rr;co han hoor oEc;,nv or-
Wv" " ".'' nus o'eN 0'U''S 81"
houhcGu' An 4NrELLidEScER reporter
iearheu' however, that the ASSOCIATION
llau SONG uMo ago reuuGeu tho price
again to fifteen cents Tor tho best steak
ana Twelve and half cents Tor roast.
bollnS meat can DC bought rs low Us
i've or Six cents. FORK Is twclVe ana !"
nan conts lor tho pcst cuts, sausage
tweiVo ana hai cents anu INFERIOR
PORK zen cents. :,
hulhpor OIL DutcIicrs Wero asHcu
what proportion OF n Dect %GS lost IN
the EllIlhS ana dressing All agreed
'hat u was ABOUT eU per ccnt. ooiho
putlt Us low as 10 per cont, ana ono man
sai1 MS experience was ihat the meat
soia was not over 10 per cont oil me i've
weight OF an animal III tila Hgut'nS
nc couhteu inc 'aiioW anu pohes cut OIL
AFTER inc meat was on the oench as loss'
I4lloW, lie says, docs not quite Drlng
~nGt II costs.
Inc 3utehors aeen all agreed that u
was Ilttle cheaper 10 guy the dressed
peer from inc west than 10 XII thelr
own meat INC large packers XII on
such a scale ms to greatly reduce the
COST Neveftheless iully thlrd oil the
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17

C. c. Showalter. superintendent OF
the state reform school at Pruntytown,
Taylor county, is Mt the S,amm. 10 re-
ports about one hundred boys under
his care at this time and satisfactory
condition Of things ut the school in all
respects. The discipline OF the institu-
ton is entirely roiormatory and not
punitive in ita character. The boys are
dealt with as they would DO at any in
dustrial school and 1t is seldom that
harsh measures have to be resorted 10.
One-half OF tho day is spent in school
and the other half at work on the farm
or in the shops. The farm raises the
larger part Of the supplies needed and
all the clothes aud footwear OF the boys
is made in tho shops. Capt. Showaltcr
estimates that 30 per cent OF the boys
leave the school reliably reformed. lie
keeps q record OF them after leaving,
and this is his estimate, based upon re.
ports received. In this respect the in
stitution will compare well with the
average scholastic institutions OF the
country.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17

Tho new goods made by the Wes.
Virginia glass works, OF Martins Ferry,
are attracting much attention through
out the United States. They arc made
in variety oil pleasing colors and
shapes, and are not excelled anywhere.
Lot No. 203 is mado in crystal, ruby
edged and gold edged. No. 204 in crys-
tai opalescent, in ruby, blue, crystal
and optic, the Hero" in plain ruby
and ruby engraved, the "Gem" in crys-
tai, etched, engraved and cut. Besides
these they havo fine line OF BARRIERS
supplies, bottles, finger bowls, water
and lemonade sets, etc, etc. In the POI
blown line the cream jugs have q
strainer lip, which is sensible and prac-
teal, and is different from anything on
the market. Other new goods are on
the Wav.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17

Last evening at the Simpson NJ. L.
church the Glover Leaf Mandolin and
Guitar club gave Il musical and dramatic
entertainment Tor tho benefit OF the
church, which was an unqualified sue.
cess. The attendance was beyond
anticipation andincluded besides all the
prominent colored people, q number OF
white ladies and gentlemen. The pro-
grammc was 4 fine one, vol rendered
by the club, notwithstanding this was
their first appearance. Following was
tho programme:
!. Introductory Rcmarks.... Prof. J. Nell. Jones
=. Grand Narch-rautomimc by Prof. Meyers.
......"..- Mandolin Club
e. tI1tic kOsS
:. In Bhilcrlnn NalSc...."...".. Glover Leaf Club
7. select lteadlug.., OrlSka llenSly
=. GnitRr Trio. AlnsOn and Yates
I, lie Premier Galopadc, b. Prof. Meyers ......
5. Defamation .........."..Mlss Otta V. GHrtlnc.
=! TrlO-little ChlOc's Dance, for Mandolin
uuu lIuIlu
Miss AddC Y. Lewis. Mr. Verse and Jones
10. SOlO-Tlou ArtRn AnsCl.MrS. Houston Davis
II. Fashion Dance, by Prof. Mcyess..".........
a, .';.;;;:................... ....; Mandolin club
l.. GralI Leaf Club
Mas Aida '. Lewis, AccompnnlsL
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17

The hearing Of lIaybun, SweeneNand
Goodwin, the three boy thieves whose
arrest was chronicled yesterday. was
set for . p. m. yesterday in Squire Gill
lespy's court, but was postponed until
the same hour to-day. 1t has been de-
cided that the best disposition OF the
cases will DO for tho justice TO commit
them 10 the reform school alter the
first hearing, as they are too young 10
send to tho penitentiary.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17

When you want to buy anything in
tho Jewelry, Watch or Spectacle line,
20 TO o. q. Genther, the Wholesale
Jewelor. 1869 Main street, Wheeling,
W. Va. You will find here first-class
Optician, who will test your eyes free OF
charge, the largest limo OF Watches and
Jewelry in the state, and no one in
Wheeling can sell you at such low
price MS Gcnther. Everything is guar
anteeGto be just rs represented.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17

The lady managers OF the Home for
Aged and Friendless Women desire to
express publicly their grateful thanks
TO the Young Ladies' Circle Of the
English Lutheran church, Of Wheeling,
for the sum OF SlS4 o. the proceeds OF
the recent supper and entertainment
given by them at EGertcr hall, for the
benefit OF the home.
They wish also to thank Mrs. Adalino
Egerter for the gratuitous use OF her
beautiful new building for this purpose.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17

Has tastes incidentally, in keeping with
other Injuries. 4 remedy must be
pleasantly acceptable in form. purely
wholesome in composition, truly bene-
fetal in effect and entirely free from
every Objectionable quality. II really
i'll he congults physician; ii consti.
patcd he uses the gentle family laxative
Syrup OF Figs.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17
EOlInnce Lodge Entertainment,

Reserved seats for the Reliance Lodge
anniversary entertainment are meeting
n ready sale. All OF the seats down
stairs have beer taken and the gallery
will BIO placed on sale this morning at
G. a. Houses music etore. Tho enter.
Imminent takes place Monday evening
at the 0pera House.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17

Do YOU like good bread and beautiful
pictures? You may just as we'll have
both. Buy Tin Seal" Bread from your
grocer, and when you have saved 100 OF
the little seals bring them to the Wheel
ing Bakery and you may make your
own selection from their Fine Art De.
partment
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17
COnl Contract Awarded.

The city gas board lot the contract for
furnishing coal for tho electric light
plant to Jochum 4 Co., OF East Wheel
ing. There wero ten bidders, but as
this firm was the lowest local bidder the
contract was awarded to them. This
will give five or six extra miners work
and save tho city about twenty five
cents n ton,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17

Frank Marcus and Fred Nyman have
returned from Muscatinc, Iowa, where
they worked for short time in tho
merchant mill recently built by Samuel
Williams. formerly manager OF tho
Standard. In it there are three mills,
"A, 10 and 8 inch, and Mr.. Williams got
$50, 900 for locating there.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17

lyon cannot 500 nnd nord spSctncIcI
you should call on Us nnd hnvn yOnr cycs
tested without charge. We hnvo tho fInp.t
instruments mud moro experience than any
other ortioinn In tho State. md guarantee
satisfaction or money refunded.
JACOB W. GlIUDD,
JOwoior and OptlCi1n,
Corner Twelfth md Market.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17
FUNERAL DIRECTORS.
Ghe 0tfdliQetrer.


More Business DuIIde3-dco. NJ. Shook 4 Co.
Eighth Page,
When Nuns scE-D. Guudlinv 4 Co.-FlIth
PAGE.
Scientific optlclan-prof sher-Flith POGc
Fourth Street II. L. Church.
81 Matthew's Church.
Ilri Presbyterian Church.
Wan'ed-GOOd Girl.
Agents for tho PrlIo History.
Hest GOOls-EwIug bros.
LIM Of Letter. Remaining In the PosioNltc,
phyClanS, TGko Notice.
Wanted. -UncG Work.
For Rent-JAmGS A, Henry.
Linen SalC-J, 8. Rhodes ( Co,
DaircS-StanIon'S Old City Hook Store.
TO the Wholesale Dealers
o. w.
Fine ChInl-L G. Dillon 4 Co.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17

HooD's Saraaparilla is absolutely I'm.
equalled as blood purifier and strength
ening medicine. Ii is the ideal spring
Try it. s
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17
FEBRUARY sARealMs-sroNE 8 THOMAS.
FEBRUARY BARGAINS CONTINUED.

growing active trade Is what we are after and that is
the kind this store is getting The people these times es-
pecay are after the best of the lowest prices Hundreds
of new customers are being made here by doing business
in that way.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17

But they are the natural consequences in great,
busy store like ours The bigger the season. the
heavier the crop of Remnants. We've done such
arushing hustling business that we have passed a
the high water mark in our history. 1t finds US .
oVerrun with the lingering fragments of our last
and choicest lines
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-02-17

Lee tINi t lover Iseai lIu
Miss AIDA Y. Lewis. Accomplish
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-12-11
IcE-cREAN SODA IN ENGLAND.
The Facinating Drink Getting a
Grip on London Women.

Grip on London Women.
From the New York Sun.
"The ice-cream soda craze, which
American women have had so
badly for the past few years, has
broken out in London" said a
traveller recently returned from
abroad. at hasn't got a firm
clutch on the English women yet,
but it is growing rapidly, and l
expect that in the course OF few
years 1t will materially aid In the
disappearance Of the beautiful Eng
lish complexion for which women
of the old country are famous. An
American confectioner is respon-
sible for the production OF ice.cream
soda in London. Before he settled
in a place in upper Regent street
the deadly mixture was practical
ly unknown in that great city.
The few English women who had
been to this country and tasted #
here, of course, knew what it was,
and they lost no time in patrOniz-
Ing the COnIectlOner.
"The great mass of women, how
ever, looked aghast at the com BIZ
nation of strawberry syrup, live
soda water, and ice-"ream. Those
who got up enough courage to
tackle it were not sorry that they
had done so, and the result was
that it soon became necessary for
other confectioners in the neigh
borhood to get soda fountains and
learn how to mix the drink, in or
der to hold their trade. There are
now half a dozen or more places
in London where ice-cream soda Is
sold, and all day the fountains are
surrounded by women. The scene
reminds one very much OF any one
of our own uptown confectionery
shops on a hot afternoon. l expect
it will not be very long before the
English women will become as de-
vout worshippers at the ice-cream
soda shrine as are our American
women at the present day. Here
tofore the chief diversion OF the
English woman outshopping has
been to eat ices and cake or drink
chocolate, but predict the entire
disappearance Of this fashion in
very short time. Ice.scream soda
has never failed to get deadly
clutch on the women Of any coun-
try where it has settled, and 1t
will be funny il it does not make
complete conquest OF the Lon
doners."
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-12-11
ADVERTISEMENT.
Notice to Sewer Contractors.

Sealed proposals for furnishing
all materials, and performing all
the work required for the construc-
ton Of about seventy-four Go
miles Of sewers, six (6) miles OF
which are to be Of brick, varying
in size from twenty-six cog to fifty
two (52) inches in diameter, and
sixty-eight (6S) miles of pipe sew
ers, varying in size from eight 80
to twenty-four (24) inches in dia-
meter; also eight hundred and
forty-three (S43 manholes, two
hundred and ten (2lO flush tanks,
together with syphons for five %
river crossings, will be received by
the Mayor OF the City OF San An
tonic, Texas, until twelve QA
o'clock noon, December 20, 1894.
Plans and specifications can be
seen on and after November oath,
1894, at the office of A. G. Pancoast,
City Engineer Of San Antonio, or
at the office of Samuel M. Gray,
consulting engineer, Providence,
r. /.
The work is divided into ten dis
tricts. Bids will be received for
each, or any district, or for the en-
tire system.
Bids will also be received for do
ing the work only; the City OF San
Antonio furnishing the materials,
excepting sand.
Each proposal must be accom-
panied by cash deposit or certi-
fed check as liquidated damages
conditioned that the party making
the bid will execute the contract.
The amount Of the deposit or
check required, will be five hundred
dollars ($5OO.OO) for each and every
district bid upon, or, five Thousand
dollars ($5,OOO.OO) for the entire sys-
tenn.
1t is to be understood that the
party to whom the contract Is
awarded, will, so far as it Is pos
sible, employ laborers who reside
in San Antonio.
1t Is also understood that the
contractors will give preference to
products Of home manufacture
when quality and price are equal.
The right to reject any and all
bids is hereby reserved.
HENRY ELMENDORF,
Mayor Of San Antonio.
Attest:
E. r NORTON,
City Clerk. IL 13tDN