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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
NATIONAL LEAGUE NEE TING.

some Important Changes Made in the
Playing Rules-Other Business Trans
acted.
New YORK, February 27-The an
Dual meeting of the various base ball
clubs making up the National League
went into session at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel to-day. There were present
Messrs. Soden aud Conant, of Boston;
Chris Won Der Abe, of St. Louis; DR..
STICKY, OF Louisville; John 7, Brush,
of Cincinnati; Andrew Freedman, OF
New York; Charles Byrne, OF BROOKLYN;
James A. Hart, OF Chicago; w. a. Kerr,
OF Pittsburg; Ii. A. Won Der Horst, Of
Baltimore; John l., Rogers, OF Phila-
delphia, and the Wagners, OF Washing
ton.
The League meeting adjourned at
2:20 D. m. TO reassemble at o'clock.
At 6:3O this evening, after the dele
gates had been 10 session over six hours,
a second adjournment was taken and
Secretary Nick Young met the report
ers and gave out the following account
of the meeting:
At a meeting of the National Board,
composed of Messrs. Young, Soden and
Byrne, held this morning, the treasur-
er'S report was read and adopted, and
n Z. Young was reelected secretary
and treasurer. The following claims
were acted upon:
John Walters was assigned to Indian
apolis, and the Board directed the $50
due the Rochester Club to be paid in ten
days, uuder penalty Of FORGETTING ali
rights TO play,
At meeting OF the Board of Direct
ors, held to-day, the appeal Of John T.
Brush, of Cincinnati, ia reference 10
Pitcher Gumbert, for whom he had
made a deal with Connie Mack for an
exchange was heard. The Board dis
allowed the claim on the grounds that
Mr. Mack had not the authority 10 make
the exchange for Catcher Kinslow.
The meeting of the League was called
to order at 11:2O a N, aud President
A. H. Soden, OF Boston, presided. The
changes suggested by the Rules Com
Committee were first taken up.
Rule has been changed so that the
pitchers plate will be "a by 6 inches,
instead OF y by inches.
Rule IA, section ., has been changed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28

ments FOR 1866. 20 say nothing OF the
deficiency Of $4,000 for 1894 to meet
which the Legislature did not appro-
pirate one cent
There was a deficiency in the mileage
of Circuit Judges Of $1,000, for which
no approximation was made, and the
Judges win have to wait two years
more for their money.
The reports Of the State Bank Exam
ers were published in the county
press. according TO law, but the Legis-
Iature refused TO make appropriation to
nav rthework. Whether this was pure
fdiocv or an actual effort to cheat the
county press Of it's pay, there is no
means of knowing; the result is the
same-he state newspapers have been
bHked of their money for two years, at
least and. as a rule, they can i'll afford
TO- carry such q burden.
These are a few instances that have
already come to light Of the Legisla-
lures gross neglect TO provide sudi-
cient funds for the current expenses Of
The state which must be paid.
It was a fitting wind-up to a scandal
oas record of wretched imbecility.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
BOWLING AVERAGES.
STANDING OF INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS IN THE
SOUTH SIDB LEAGUE.
The COlumbia-La Bell. Cams Last Night-Mest-
ing of Base Ball Magnaies in New
York-0iher Sport.

Secretary VIII Handlan, of the South
Side Bowling League, has completed
the computation of averages in the
league. The table is given below. II
shows that Wright and Speidel, of the
South Side team, Rumbach Of the
Buckeyes, KnOke, of the Knokes, an6
Handlan, of the South Side, are the five
leaders, in the order mentioned. The
South Side team captured about all the
team and individual hOnors in sight
and also the high score and high
average. Following are the scores:
South Side-Speidel (2S 1902
Wright 0S) 1907, Handlan (26) 1401
Dudley az 1872. Travis ga 1889
Marchner (26) 1888, Horstman Q4 1872
Team work-High score $50, low score
TAP, average SIS, average per man 40
Hustlers-Kemple (24 1859, Shafe1
(26) 1924. Ebeling (24 1911, Walthers
(24) 1855, Weisgerber (22) 1866, Bar
tolas Q2) 1922. Team wOrk-High
score 81, low score 6G4, average III
average per man 129.
Knokes-Knoke (2S) 1883 Frohme
(2D 1925, Schmulbach (26) 1928, Kunz
(20) 1855, Kohm 1S) 1918, Scarborough
QD 1855, Finck 1912. Team work
High score SS1, low score 6S7, average
7SS, average per player 131.
Buckeye-Rumbach (2D 1893, KlOtZ
(2S) 1882, Matter QD 1881, Dour (2D
1903, Satterfeld (2D 1918, Smith (2S)
1902. Team work-High score SCI,
low score 655, average us, average per
player 129.
Observation-Disclosures (26) 1876, G. Bets
winger cd 191, Dannenberg (22) 151, c.
Beiswinger Q3) 131, Martin 0O) 1919,
Fritz (2W 126. Team work-High score
$40, low score 695, team average 7G5,
player average 1877.
Haryest-Stripple (20 1903, Yenke
(26) 1898, Fette (2S) 1893, Sheele -
1875, France C26) 122.S.Team work &
High score $50, low score674, average
779, ayeage per player 125.
PhoeniX-Worls-(29 1928, Stanley
(2@ 1898, Null (29 122, Bonnenberger
90 121, Neuman Q0 11S, Stab (22)
III, Funds 40 1853. Team work
High score S22, low score COZ, average
731, average per player 122.
Mozart -Schraebe (2S) 1895, Nolte
(2O) 1911, Thebe Co 1915, Roth (20
1922, Hoffreuter (20 1918, Vessel (2D
119, ZulaW (S) 1211. Team work
High score S31 low score Ga, average
1872, players average 122.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
THEY BROKE EVEN.
9II9d BT-B!QWnIoO eQl 10 slnsoH eQL
Cannes Last Ninhf

The Columbus and La Bellies met
last night at Seiberts, the home alleys
of the former team. 1t was a contest
for blood" and honors were evenly di-
vided. The games were among the
best of the championship season. While
no remarkable scores were made, the
team work was excellent. The first
game was won by the COlumbias by a
narrow margin. The score:
Columbia-Seibert 100, Boadwing
1853. Amick ia, J. Weisgerber 131,
Bishop 1913, Blind 159; total $40.
La Belles-Stevenson al, Wells 167
w. Day 143, Rhees 142, J. Day 105,
Blind 157; total 500.
sport
In the second game the Columbias
neatly turned the tables, making one OF
the best scores of the season. !. Day
led with 1S1. The score:
Columbia-Seibert 1914 Baodwing
III, Amick 13S, J. .Weisgerber 151,
Bishop 122, Blind 157. Total S49
La Belles-Stevenson 1874. Wells 1871
w. Day 1863, Rhees 159, J. Day Isl,
Blind 157. Total GAG.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
BOWLING NOTES.

An admission fee Of ten cents will be-
charaed spectators at all championship
games in the new Musee League
Capt. Hervey, Of Che Brownies. viii
probably be a member OF the same
team in the new League
Several members Of the Nameless
team object to playing off with the
Brownies at Myers Lake.
A comparison of individual work in
the first and second series in the
Wheeling League, shows that most
players have improved in the second
series.
A communication has been received
at the Register Office, signed by a prom
inent bowler, who protests against
Statler playing with the Bowlers i'm the
new league.
Henry Schmulbach treated the Hus-
tiers TO an oyster supper at Fette's
Harvest Home. for defeating the South
Side team two games.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28

103, Ed. Brown 104, Lay On 1914, Miss
Knott 105 Tenny, Jr., 1O6, Diamond
Dick 106. Royal Flush 1O6, Lank 107
Jim T. 1917, Jim Brown 10S. Third
three-Quarters OF a mile, selling
Manoa SO, Satellite 1O2, Danube 104
Springtime 104. Yellow Rose l05, Pan
way 105, Guard 1917, Herman 1O7, Char
ter los, Sylvan los, Merritt los, Zaldi-
var 10. Fourth, mile, selling, Philippe
ma 107, MezZotint 104, Jim Henry 104
Wolsey 105. Lester 100, Excelsior 105
TeIrapin ITO, Nero 116. Fifth, seven
eighths Of mile, selling, Mote l02
Bess McDun 1903. Folly 104, Miss Clark
104, FooTunner 105, Primerio 105, Kid
Willowbrook 1O5 Francis Pope no.
Dave Pulsifer 10, IXiOn 1913.
St Louis, February Regarding
the racing situation in the East, Phil
j. Dwyer, who is in this city, enroute TO
Hot Springs, says: The Percy bin Will
become q law after much dalliance
and a few minor amendments. II is
a good law, and will place racing on a
higher plane than it has existed since
the sport was introduced into this
NOuuLl uNAN N III NN AAy bV'thAA+''i. 81
and, though the absence of these
worthless will decrease the revenue of
the tracks to a considerable extent, it
viii help strengthen the character Of
the sport We will be perfectly able
now to keep oUr racing clean and free
from scandal, and that alone will tend
to keep up the attendance.
without the bookmakers there will
he a certain amount of sentiment in
the racing. a thing, ! regret to state
that has been almost eliminated dur
ing the last few years. The members
of the Jockey Club vii probably have a
clearing house, patterned more or less
after Tattersalls, in England, through
which medium members and their
friends and, in fact, any reputable fell
low. may speculate on the races Rep
resentatives, or rather, commissioners,
will work the thing on the nod at the
track. and the settlements viii be made
at the clearing house in the city during
the evening"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
RESULTS AT NEW ORLEANS.

New Orleans. February 27-SiXty-
ninth day Of Crescent City Jockey
Clubs winter meeting. Weather fine.
Track heavy. First, five and a half
furlongs, Bird Catcher. 1929 second,
three furlongs, Uncle Lew, :l0ia: third,
six fulongs. Jim T.. 1909; fourth, six
fWiongs, Fidget, 1918 fifth, five and
a half furlOngs, Moloch, 1881.
Following are the entries at New
Orleans for February 2S: First five
eighths mile. selling, Black Beauty SO,
Fabia SO. Breyity 90. Walter o. 9S. j..
N. b. 81. James McNairy &c. Black
Jack 101. Paddy Quinn 104. ChenOa 104.
la Gnappe 104, Luke Short 104, lndif-
ferent 104 Flush 100, Black Ball l07.
Sir John 10 Second three-Quarters
of a mile. selling, Bob Wilson 100 Wild
Hunuess 101, Topic 102, Loch Leyen
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
.HE PITTSBURG


Business property 1851 Market street -'i
location M the city for feed store Silo' PEI
month.
Store room and dwelling, 1907 Main ''il
new front, with front entrance TO dwel. DIS '
desired Sil per month.
Store room aud dwelling. 26l5 ChapliHe stree
81 20 per month.
S rooned dwelling. 1904 Chapliue street o.
Modern 10 roomed dwelling ~ liitouY e
property OF the late W. h. Robinson, H .ta ?
acres Of land Gne orchard. etc 90 per uo p.
5 roomed Yelling on motor line and Ne
tion2l gosd. only few minutes from th 1875
60 per month.
Groomed dwelling, 81 South Front A.. %
per month.
roomed dwelling, l2j Fourteenth .-s. il
per month.
roomed dwelling, modern, 81 South Hlr1
street: S32 per month.
rooms second iloor. SO Virginia street .1
gases and water, Al, 81.
5roomeG dwelling, 3l20 Eof street tj
roomcd dwelling, 3ll9 Jacob street 81.
-0omed dwelling, 300 Woods street. IS
JrOomed dwelling, I6 South Wauasu a- ih
roomsd dwelling, y. Wab4sh fJ.
5roJms. - Thirteenth street; ..'
4roomed dwelling, $3.50 MARX .H
4roomed dwelling, 1854 Hi-A 81
roomed dwelling, Z45 hcHo 'n stree o.
3Tooms, 966 Market, g. ,r'1r. '.1r
3rooms. 274j Chapline second IJct IS
3 rooms, los Virginia street, o..
rooms, "a Zane street 20
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
DIED

MORAN-On Wednesday. February o. 1888.
st 2.4ja m, ELLEN, wife OF Edward Moran 10
the I'D year OF her age
Funeral from her late residence No. l02 Main
street, Friday afternoon at O'Clock Friends
Of the family respectfully invited to attend.
Intermeut go Mt. Calvary cemetery.
FISCHER-On Monday, February D. 1898,
at n 10 .. no, JOHANNA FISCHER. reiict or the
late August Fischer, aged y years. 10 months
and 8 days
Funeral from her late residence, No. 1913
jacob street, Thursday afternoon at two
o'clock lnterment at Mt. Zion cemetery.
Friends OF the family respectfully invited to
attend leEler
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28

OF FURNITURE est It's s'' the he log
that supplies the Imeans Of making home
pleasant. The best lumber obtaiuable on
the western hemisphere is used in manu-
featuring our furniture. What it's made
of and the way it's made up are the two
great points in our magnificent furniture
exhibit. Our parlor and bedroom suites
are arr studies in wood. Every piece is
a creation, an example Of novelty, a monu-
meut Of cheapness. Not the price, but the
value makes our goods cheap It's as
plain as the multiplication table that moth
ing can be made better nor prices lower
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
WANTED.

VHTANTED-YOUNG MAN, SEVENTEEN
w OF eighteen years OF age, full Of push and
energy, TO learn theiwholesale grocery business.
Address in own handwriting BOX o, city. fe2sQ
WANTED FURNISHED ROOM. BY SIN
w gle gentleman. state terms and location.
j. S. F.. 1880 Market street. it2.-eq
NATANTED-2 LADIES AND 2YOUNG GEN
W rtneu for canysesers: no books. Call
Tuesday from 90 - o. N. Grant House, 1910
Main ST. HARRY WOODMANSlE. f27er
Observation-Disclosures FOR BLANK
w House Leases oil Leases, For Rent
Cards For sale Cards, ana Rooms FOR Kent
Cards Call an Register Office. laOedh
D-FIRST-CLASs Statesmen. Side
w line. Write quick. $500 per day. Enclose
stamp. Manufacturer, Box i3i, Winston, n. O..
ie22ey
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
THE NEW MUsEE LEAGUE.

Entries are still coming for the Mu-
see bowling league, and it now looks
like there will be twelve clubs to COM
pete for the handsome cash prizes Of
fered by the Wheeling Bowling Asso-
citation. No attache of the Musee viii
be permitted to contest for the high
score or high average prizes. The
schedule Will provide for games during
the months of March, April, May and
June.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
AND STILL THEY COME.


From the Martinsburg World
The result is, as we feared it would
be. that the Legislature has adjourned
leaving as remarkable a record for
doing nothing as its worst enemies
could have hoped, or its best friends
could have feared. We have no feel
ing i'm the mater except one of pro-
found regret that the State has been
put to the expense of a forty-iiye days
session and gets no corresponding good
i'm return for its outlay. To be sure
a large number of chosen spirits. from
an parts of the State. have had an en-
iOy2ble outing, and have succeeded in
passing an appropriation bill, as the
result of compromise. These two
facts. however, do not excuse the fail
ure of so much hopeful. non-partisan
legislation as was before this Legis-
lature. They had harmonious work
ing maiorities and sympathetic oppo-
nents. they had armies OF advisers and
among them some wise and inhuen-
tial men of their own persuasion. they
had an abundance Of excellent legisla-
tiOn presented to them for cOnSidera-
ton, and they have adjourned with
this result. namely that they hid their
talent i'm a napkin and buried it. in
stead of putting it out to the advantage
of the people. We sincerely hope
that no sham apologies will attempt to
remove the stigma which justly at
taches to them for their misuse. or
rather non-use, of their opportunities.
cpr7rU, ATNrOc,-r. 1-Op COTT1,>-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28

TIC seems to be the general opinion
that if the Delaware Senatorial dead
lock must result i'm Addicks or nobody
IL would better De nobody.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
A CRIME ALMOST FORGOTTEN
BY All But the Detectives Who Were
Working Upon 1t.

Special 10 the Register.
Charleston. W. Va, February o.
Henry and Joe Thompson We're arrest
ed and arraigned before Justice Payne
to-day on the charge OF shooting with
intent TO kill John Foster during the
riot at the Acme mines February ..
1894 Detectives have been quietly
working up the case for more than a
year and claim to have obtained suffi-
cient evidence tojustify the arrest of
the ThompsOnS.
SCBOFULA, salt rheum, and all dis.
eases OF the blood, dys pepsia, headache
kidney aud liver complaints, and
catarrh. are cured by Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla, the great blood purifier.
HOOD'S Pills cure jaundice, bilious
ness, sick headache, constipation and
all liver ills.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28

Aprince and count are to be ushers
m the Gould wedding. Their titles
are 20 be doated as it were, upon the
very crest Of the market
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28

We couldn't ask the ice to make it's
exit more gently.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
&beelin9 8e9iSter

ne 'ESis zR. embracing lts several sdi-
i'cnf, Is entered az the PsstoTcs in Wheel
9, NJ. Va, as second-ciasa matter.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
OF THE LOAN OF 1877,

The holders OF the above nam
hereby notified that bonds of tho
numbers, name ly: ri. IL, 80. '''. I'D
o., 81, 1913. ., 10, 81, 1913. 100. Dig. 800
81. 20, 10, have been drawa by .".a
ance with the provision Of The
inorizing the same and are maya
change Bank, March lst, 1926, a..
they will cease 70 bear interest
fel5ma1 COMMISSIONERS LOAN
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28

Postmaster General Bissell has re-
signed. His administration of the
Postomce Department has been clean
and strictly business one and he has
made am enyiable record The only
fault col his administration was its ten
dency To- mugwumpiness. The Presi-
dent should select as his successor a
more agile man-one who knows how
TO- handle an AK. and who can tell an
offensive partisan Republican at six
PAGES.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
AGENTS WANTED.

A CENTS rs EVERY STATE ON SALARY
a and commission. Agents making 50 70
$50 weekly. EUREKA CHEMICAL a MFG
CO.. Ia Crosse. WIS IaElc&dsb
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28

MUD cheapest aud most complete
1Fi line OF Skirts and Waists can
4 "a - be seen at EMsHEIMER's,
Eleventh Street.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28

The first number Of The American
Shepherds Year Book, an annual pub
location by Frank p Bennett
publisher OF the American Wool and
Cotton Reporter, has just been issued.
It s\a handy volume. worldwide IN
scope. containing statistics of great
value To every one i'm any way inter
ested in sheep husbandry, and inior-
nation and suggestions that no slep-
herd can AFFORD to be without
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
4 CARD.

10 IS our policy 10 give the consumer .ht .-.
eft of bis purchase 10y giving AM t.s 30
quality o goods az the most reasou4t. --....
We give no prices iu orGer 10 sell o.- 30
b. Del ony o. matter of time when Che ...
must pay dearly ,os both
ALBERT STOLE & CO..
lll7 MgIAe- r.f...
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
1IrNGO COUNTY.

7-.,.-, Alto w Va Feb 10 1879.
~. .... l.'..-or ~ rre REGISTER.
section eighth. of article ninth, OF
The CONSERVATION of West Virginia,
roads ~ follows. NO new county
Snail hereafter ne formed i'm this State
lei, .e-, .,.,. of loss tban four hundred
-, ..,;l,. non. with q noDuIation of
l.s. tT1. si, +6ousend. nor shall any
eorpf, nom which new county. or
Darf thereof shan be taken. Doe re-
duca3 I'M area below four hundred
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
Very raspecJinIIy

The county of Logan was surveyed
last year by order Of the County Court
after the boundry line between Logan
and Lincoln had been re-estabished
bv which Logan gained q large strip
of territory. about $50 square miles
and was found TO contain an area Of $50
square miles. The official report Of the
Surveyorshows Prerequisite 400 square
miles and over. each i'm the new and old
counties.
There is no official census showing
that each county has the required pop
ulation. A sufficient increase over the
census of 1880 was estimated to cover
the constitutional requirement. and the
LEGISLATURE assumed that the estimate
was correct
The people of Logan county voted
upon the proposed division at the cleo
ton last November and were practi-
cauy unanimous i'm favor of it, the vote
being 500 TO 5.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-02-28
SMITH & DICKINSON
., a., . ,,,,,..r ...tI....r

DEDEMPTION OF BONDS
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-07-29

The last band concert OF the
Hawaiian band previous to its
vacation takes place at Emma
Square tonight with the following
program:
PART /.
!. March-"The Tudor Knight" Brock
2. OyertuIe-"Silvana" ............ Weber
3. Waltz-"From the Town of Song
:......... ......... Fahrbach
4. Medley-"o, How Delightful" .Catlin
PART II.
5. Observation-Disclosures Air" .Schumann
9. Waltz-"A Summer Night in Mu-
men .................... .Cellier
7. Polka-"Florella" ......,,,.L eyey
s. Galop-"The Poachers" ........ Faust
Hawaii Ponoi."
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-07-29
OBSERVATIONS.

1t must greatly improve Mr..
W. r.. Castles chances of being
accepted as Hawaiian Minister at
Washington, to have his own news
paper, the peculiar organ of this
Government, copy under a scare
head a blackguardly attack made
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-07-29
sNUB UNREsENTED

Nothing moro has been heard
in The Legislature about the ir-
regular method pursued by the
Minister of the Interior in erect
ing the building over the pump
ing plant without having invited
tenders for the work. 1t looks rs
if the Legislature was going to
meekly accept the snub conveyed
in the answer of the Minister of
the interior to a respectful ques-
ton propounded by one of the
Representatives. 1t is seldom
that such cavalier treatment has
ever been given to an interpel!a-
ton from a Legislature to a Min
istry, here or anywhere else that
the forms of representative gov
eminent are maintained. The
Minister did not deign to
return more than curt answer to
the literal tenor of the question.
While he had to confess that the
law Cf tender and contract for
Government work above q certain
amount had been set aside, he
disdained to follow up that piper's
news with any reason, state or
financial, for having departed
from the practice established in
the statutes of several preceding
Legislatures. There would have
been snme degree of courtesy
shown in the Minister'S reply if
he bad represented that it was
calculated something would be
saved, when money was low in
the treasury, by having the
work done with days labor.
The public will, in default of such
information, be justified in suspect
ing that money has on the contrary
been lost on the job. But even il
a saving of few hundred dollars
could be demonstrated, the fact
would be no excuse for abandoning
the safeguard of free competition
for such public works. There was
at least the possibility that the
Superintendent of Public Works
might make a serious blunder in
his calculations, which would
be nothing to create surprise, but
apart from this there is a princi-
pie "a stake. If the Government
gee. u.l scope for having all it's
p,b works done by private
doa u door will be opened to
IA jobbery and favoritism
in finishing of both material
ana .tDOr. The unduly long time
it a. l,king to finish the job in
qr,5Won ought to bring out an
othcrtaterrogation from the Legis-
latulo to the Minister of the In
terri. tie should he asked to
subm,, Il complete bill OF the ex-
pendilnres ON the work to the date
of + coiving the question. Then
it may be seen whether the private
jobbrrs, whoever they are, may
not have delayed the work pur-
posely to increase the number Of
days for which they draw wages,
1t would also be interesting, no
doubt, to know how the prices of
material compare with openly
competitive prices. BY all means,
let the whole matter be sifted to
the bottom. Such an evasive and
empty answer as that given by
the Minister of the Interior in
this case ought not to be tolerated
by the peoples representatives.
OBSERVATIONS.