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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21
The Way He Liked 1t.

A gentleman was visiting Scotch lunatic
asylum, where new premises were being
added. The inmates were assisting. On see
ing one of the latter wheeling barrow
upside down from the building to the stones
the visitor asked him why he wheeled it
IN tnat manner. "Oh," said the lunatic,
that's the best way The visitor took the
barrow, and turning it upside down, said:
This is the proper way That's a. you
Ken, said the inmate; II tried it that way
but they filled 1t fu' o. bricks" So saying, he
trotted on his usual way
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21
UNCLE SANS BIG CREDIT.
secret of the Heavy Flow of Gold
Westward.

LONDON. Sept. 2e.-America's foreign
trade credit balance is nearly five times as
great as it was last year. Therefore a con-
tinued outflow of gold and a consequent-Fise
in the bank rate is inevitable. For the pres
emit. however. demand is transferred to the
Bank OF England, which Il is understood. is
willing to meet demands and Is selling
American eagles at a shade under the Lon
don quotation. The dislocation of the money
market has had bad effect on the new
Chinese loan. which is a little more than
half covered and which has been quoted
at small discount. The feature OF the
stock exchange has bee the continued heavy
decline of all gilt-edge stocks. including
home railway securities, gas. water and brew
cry stock. Mines have been dull and inact-
I've. Foreign securities have been fairly
steady considering the menacing aspect of
the Eastern question. The American market
has been the frIneSt of any People who are
rushing to realize on high priced investment
stock are buying the best class of American
bonds, while shares are supported by the
view of the political prospects. Changes of
the week were not important. but the gen
eral tone was healthy and promises a fur
Their Improvement
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21
BIG FosR has A BALANCE.
Good Showing of the c., c., G. &
st. l.. Annual Report.

CINCINNATI, o., Sept. 20.-The annual 10
port of President Melville Z. ingalls,, of the
Cleveland. Cincinnati. Chicago & st. Louis
railway shows gross earnings of 49, 704, 535;
operating expenses, including taxes, So 293-
s703; net earnings. $S,41o, $50; interest ari
rentals. 81, S44 SOC: leaving balance 1865 32S Of
which $500, zoe -was paid in dividends on pre-
ferred stock. Tie mileage Is l 1888, with an
increase OF fifteen miles in sidings on the
main line. The total mileage of the Big
Four system is 3.13S. on which the gross
earnings were SIC, 69S SOL an increase of. STA
1862; net earnings. So SIS, 1853, an increase Of
SIS, goa over the previous year. During the
year the roadway was improved and large
additions were made to- the rolling stock.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21
A Floral Advertisement.

New York Tribune.
Near Ardenlee Scotland there IS unique
advertisement, made of fowerbeds. The beds
are each gigantic letter. forty feet in length,
the, whole forming the words Glasgow
News The total length of the line is 123
by the letters. Il, S45 feet.
The advertisement is on the side OF hill,
and, being OF bright-colored howejX can be
read from distance of four and Elf miles
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21
. ADVERTISED LETTERS.

List of Unclaimed Letters Remain
ing In the PostoAice, st. Paul,
Sept. Fl, 1896.
Free delivery of letters by carriers at the
residence OF owners may be secured by OBJ
serving the following Bu1es:
First-Direct plainly to the street and num-
Der of the house.
Second-Head letters with the writer's full
address including street and number and
request answers TOT be directed accordingly
Third-Letters to strangers or transient
visitors in the city whose special address
may be unknown should be marked In the
left-hand corner Transient" This will pre-
vent their being delivered to persons of the
same or similar names
Fourth-Place the Bpostage stamp on the
upper right-hand corner. and leave space be-
tween the stamp and directions for post
marking without defacing the writing.
Persons calling for letters In this list will
will not receive them.
II. A. CASTLE. Postmaster.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21


Description. Lot Block Benefits
Charles Paul, westerly
Al 6-100 feet of......... 20 1899 81
Fred: Theobald, sOutherly
Adam Fink, n .rti,iI AH q - 00so
feet Of southerly so feet
Amalia H. Dunbar, north
erly so feet Of southerly
same. l' nor ii 50 feet Of 20
southerly 100 feet Of 1873 ga
westerly 50 feet of 6 20
s. 3. Willonghby, north
efly 1-S OF .............T Isl
same. nOrtheriy is Of 1850
westerly 80 feet Of rs 20
Il. w. Gilbert ct al, south
eriy 100 feet of .........1 Is PSI
same ct al, easterly 10
feet Of southerly 100 feet 2555s
S. j. Brown nortneriy is 70 %
same M soatneri i;.'l ! a foot Is aS 1880
John Il E. Hagen ins . as
northerly "a feet Of
southeriy 20 feet Of ].
J. K Humphrey, no liir-' ~
ly "A of southeriy Ia Of
Alex. Ramsey. southerly
u of northerly 20 Of
chas. F. Clark. northsriy : r'''''
10 OF ............1 and q IS 1880
National German-Ameri-
Of ........... IA. 15 and 16 IS 262 az
John Rogers, northerly 1-3
OF =. a. Is and 16 Is 1880
John Kerwin. southerly
Jennie S. Abbott, norther '-'
ly 20 feet of southe:iy 70
feet Of ..........1, and IS 65.61
rs feet Of southerly 100
A. Wharton. southerly IS
feet of northerly 50 feet
A. R. Mintze:rr,. northerly 1 g - 'e''
Pioneer aSss % Press ,a;''' Building Hnn y 'S.s'
Co. Except northeriy 80
w ies' Endi.ott j.. nsrt anS u 1888
erly 80 feet Of. g. and 10 IL 1914
same Except northerly
Manhattan Co.. northerIy
c. y + Miller EsfI o. so ,;iis snG 2A'o
| Of .,.;..:.;......,; 8 and II o1.s5
VIM. Dawson Jr.. souther-
iy Is OF Except alley ss
5, and IL 1914
northerIy 20 feet Of
southerly IS feet of
EIrazar D. chamber lin ANN. AA
northerly II of .......... -
same, northerly " of west pol So
william Dawson, souther-
Boston m N. W. Real Estate stat = 'Sifs
Co., northerly 4 of
southerly 2-3 Of. .15 and Is ii 1S4A
Peter Stems, northerIy Ia
of ....14, 10 and IS IL 1c444
VIM. Lndeke Land Co..
southerly 1-3 Of. II, and IL ia "A
Rosa p. Vincent, norther- ~
ly "a of southeriy 2-3 of
!, and IL 1884,
Chamber Of Commerce
Bldg Co., northerly 1-3
Of ................1, and IL 134.A
Boston N. w. Real Estate
q - is and 10 2ss.7s
Robert Mannheimer south
erly u OF ncrsheriy 1-3 s7it sf>ss@
OF ....l0 and 10 60.S3
A. Wharton, northc-ly 1-6
Of Except alley Is and is 65.sS
d. j. Hennessey, soutker- ,
ly 1-6 of Except alley)
l. 2 and g. 4ssgs4 s,ts IS .SS
The Pioneer Press Co.,
north srly u of souther-
ly 1-3 Of ....... Il, and 65.S3
VIM F and G. Nc - ~ =
kowen, norths-ly 2-3 of
/, and .f.si4 2is.-s
Dennis Ryan, ....s, and 10 395. "a
same ........ -. s., and 1896 81
All objections to said assessment. must IL
mace IN writing and filed With the. Clerk Of
said Commissioner at least one day priu-
Is said meeting. JOHN COPELAND,
Commissioner.
@onc..i:
AxaN c. MUELLER,
Clerk Commissioner OF Public Norks.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21
Office Of the Commissioner Of Public Works.

Omce or the commissioner of Public Works,
City of St. Paul, Mimi. Sept. Is, 1885,
The assessment Of benefits costs and ex-
penses arising from paving with asphalt Rob-
ert street, from Third street to Seventh street.
In the City of st. Paul. Mimi. having been COM
pleted by the Commissioner OF Public Works,
In and for said city, said Commissioner will
2Sth day of September, A. D. 1896, hear OBJ
5ections Qf any to said assessment, at which
time and place, unless sufficient cause la
shown to the contrary, said assessment will
be confirmed by said Commissioner
The following is list of the supposed own
ers', names, a description of the property
benefited and the amounts assessed against
the same, to wit:
st. Paul Proper
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21
ANNoUNCEMENTs.

GET YOUR ROOFING AND CoRNIcF
york done By. the Minnesota RooanE and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21
British wheat Goes Up. asq'so

LONDON. Sept. 20.--In North Rrts D. some
crops are still expose. to the weather which
Il unfavorabie. Otherwise the raip and the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21
AUCTION SALES.
/. johnson, AuctIoneer.
HORSES AND CARRIAGES.

BARRETT C ZIMMERMAN'S horse auction
and commission stables, at the Midway,
Minnesota Transfer, st. Paul, Mimi. the
largest horse dealers In the Northwest
Dealers in all classes OF horses; have 800
to 500 head of horses constantly on hand
Auction every Wednesday and Saturday at
1:30 D. m. Private sales daily. Consign-
ments solicited. References: The First
National and the Columbia National banks
Of Minneapolis, and the Farm. Stock ana
Home.
MIDWAY HORSE MARKET-The Arms of
William Cunningham & Co. and FL A.
Winslow will sell jointly Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday, at auction; ali elias SEES
always on hand; strictly commission COLI
signments solicited.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21

III
All objections to eaid assessment must be
made in writing and filed with the Clerk of
said Commissioner at least one day prior to
said meeting.
JOHN COPELAND, Commissioner.
Official:
JOHN C. MUELLER,
Clerk Commissioner of Public Works.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21

CONFIRMATION OF ASSESSMENT FOR
PAVING WITH ASPHALT, ETC, ROBERT
STREET. FROM THIRD STREET TO Sew
ENTH STREET, IN THE CITY OF ST,
PAUL. MINNESOTA.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21

CONFIRMATION OF ASSESSMENT FOR
IMPROVING, RESETTING CURLING
AND BOULEVARDING SUMMIT AVE
NUE., FROM SIXTH STREET TO RICE
STREET
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21

REGULAR FALL TERM OF THE ]. D.
Hess Shorthand School, S02 P. P. building,
now open; evening session opens Sept. 80.
REOPENING-Prof. J. Remer's Dancing Acad-
envy reopens Sept. q. Westmoreland hall
Tenth and st. Peter sts Ladies half-price
ONCE hours. to .. m.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21

II. A. CASTLE. Postmaster.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21
WANTS MAY BE LEFT

At she following locations for inser-
ton In the Daily and Sunday Globe,
mt the same rates ns are charged by
the main Office.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-21

Anderson Louis
Anderson Edwin
The advocate., 1896-06-17

SS@4sc; No A. nomlnally S49S6c, rejected, NOM
inally SOC. Soft, No. 2 red 2 cars fancy, 81 lh
old, 54c, new, 5lC bid; No. red, / car fancy,
old, sec, car new, 4SO; No. red, nominally
40G46c rejected, nominally 3j040c. Spring, No.
2, car 50kC No. 8, nominally 466D i8c; rejected,
nOmlnally 4004lc; white, nominally 85dD4Sc,
Corn met with fair demand. White corn was
little higher, mixed steady. Future sales
were: September, $1,000 bushels, 23hc; July
white, 5000 bushels, 2SHo, June, white 5000
bushels 23&c
Receipts Of corn to-day, sS cars year ago,
80 cars.
Sales by sample on track No. mixed, cars
22MC, cars 221Gc No. mixed, 3 cars 2l4c,
2 cars 2lkc; No mixed, nOminally 20Mc no
grade, nominally 1870; white No. 2, cars
22hc, car 23Ac; No. 3, car 222Gc, car 23c;
No. 4, nominally ZINC.
There was no change in the oats market
Receipts were rather large,
Receipts Of oats to-day, 16 cars; year ago,
IL cars
Sales by sample on track No. mixed,
car l6c, car 10y, car l5c; No g. nOminally
14o; No 4, nominally l3c; no grade, nominally
l0Dllc; No. 2 white, 2 cars ls1Gc, 2 cars l8c, No
3 white, 2 cars l71Gc.
Hay - Receipts, 80 cars; all but good hay
sells very slowly. Timothy, choice, $1,000
l2OO No. /, &9.5OOlO5O; No. g $4,000 90; No
8, tS.SODzOO; choice prairie, S65O07.oO; No. /,
85.OO06OO; No 2, S4.OO045O; No. B. $500 4g4OO;
No. 4, e2. 60025O; straw, SS.50O450
The advocate., 1896-06-17

Chicago Grain and Provision.
The advocate., 1896-06-17

d0rSeS-RecelptS since Saturday, 3D. shipped
Saturday, /. The market was quiet and there
Is little prospect for an Improvement before
the middle of August The receipts are the
lightest OF the year
The advocate., 1896-06-17
Kansas CITY Produce.

KANSAS CITY, June 5-Butter-C Creamery,
extra fancy separator, l3c; frsts, 12c; dairy,
fancy, l2c fair, l0c; store packed, fresh, Z So;
packing stock, 7c.
Eggs-Strictly csndled stock, INC per doz ;
southern, DC.
Poultry-Hens, SO; roosters, 15c each: springs,
1Oc per h.; turkeys, hens, &c: gobblers, 30;
old, 4hc; ducks, 70; spring ducks, l2c spring
geese, IL; geese, not wanted, pigeons, COCO
0l.00 per doz.
Berries-Home grown, 8l.6O in round lots,
Bl.T5 in @ small way. Shipped stock, also; red
stock scarce, 6S0OG225 Dewberries, Sl.250l.5O.
Blackberries- Of sales at S1.250l5O and o
few fancy crates at Sl.65; soft stock,sl14 per
crate Huckleberries, 500 per crate. Goose
berries, domestic, fancy, Sl7ol2OO wild,
Al.0O per crate. Currants, &300d325.
Potatoes-Home grown, 3O640c; Oklahoma,
$50, in round lots; old home grown, 2ic Colorado
fancy, SOC in q small lots, 400 in car lots; Min
nesota burbanks, old, ESQ Sweet potatoes,
50GD75c per bushel in small way.
TOmatoes-Florida, plentiful; fancy $500
per 6-basket crate; seconds, so; culls, 300:
Texas, inferior stock selling at sl.OO per 6-bas-
ket crate; trays, choice sL25 peck has kets, BIC;
Mississippi, supply abundant 81 OO6l.2j per
4-basket crate; culls, 7.c.
NhEomWo Cpnan ard kpouNalon
The advocate., 1896-06-17
Chicago Live Stock.

CHICAGO, June l5.-Cattle-Recelpts, 10000;
market steady, to strong; fair to best
beeves, &3 4O01245; stockers and feeders,
S24OO380; mixed cows and bulls, 81. S5G2 IS;
Texas, &2.50a375.
Hogs-Receipts, $1,000; market generally
So lower; light, SaON0S42h rough pack
ing, &2SO029O; heavy packing and shipping,
S2.95682O pigs, 81 tOG3.IO.
Sheep-Receipts, $1,000; market steady; ma
tive, e2O004.OO; Texas, g. 25002 Is; lambs, 5000
500; spring lambs, e2.500600.
The advocate., 1896-06-17
Business Established Since 1874.
MARKET REPORTS.
Kansas city Live stock.

KANSAS CITY June l5.-Csttle-R Receipts
since Saturday, 497O; calves, 54j shipped
Saturday, 74O cattle, 6 calves, The market was
steady to q shade higher on the light fancy cat"
tie and extremely slow on heavy cattle. The
following are representative sales
The advocate., 1896-06-17
Rt. LnnIR LIVa Rtnnlr.


ST. LOUIS, June 15-Cattle-Receipts 1000;
market slow; native beef steers, eS.4OGA2S;
stockefs and feeders, 0226G26O; Texas steers,
s2GOG300; Texas COWS, 500.
Hogs-Receipts 1000; market 30 lower; light,
e2eO02s6; mixed, o. sOO31O; heavy. S2.SOG3.e0
Sheep Receipts, 1900; market slow.
Kansas City Grain.
KANSAS CITY, June 1S-Soft wheat was
firmly held to-day, but hard wheat was some-
what lower. Prices were affected largely by
billing. Some new wheat both soft and hard.
was on sale. There were bids Of Sc for new
No hard to arrive, and 1900 bushels sold for
export. delivered at New Orleans, at lower
price than that
Receipts Of wheat to-day, 10 cars; year ago,
90 ears.
Sales were ss follows on track: Hard, No 2,
! oar poor billing, 40; No Q. nomlnally
The advocate., 1896-06-17
az. Innla Grain.

ST. LOUIS, June -Wheat-Cash, zoe;
July, SIC; August, $40; September, 54%c.
Corn-Cash, 25&c; July, 25Tc; August 2ic.
oats-Cash, HAc; July, lTA0l7%c, Septen-
Der, l7c.
The advocate., 1896-06-17

Look Through South Missouri for Cents,
The Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis
Railroad Company has just issued mag
nificent book Of sixty or more photo
engraved views of varied scenery In south
Missouri. From these views an accurate
knowledge can be obtained as to the pro-
ductions and general topography Of that
highly-favOred section that is now attract
ing the attention Of home-seekers and In
vestors the country over.
The title Of the book is ''Snap Shots In
South Missouri" It will be mailed upon
receipt Of postage, 4 cents. Address
J. f. LOCKWOOD, Kansas City, Mo.
Think of It'll Only Is cents for the
ADVOCATE until after the election.
The advocate., 1896-06-17

Hogs - Receipts since Saturday, 5,88U
shipped Saturday, 794 The market was gem
orally SC lower. Following are representative
Evening star., 1896-10-01
OFFICIAL BICYCLES.
Major Moore Thinks They Should BE
Provided for Detecttycn

Major Moore Thinks They Should BE
Provided for Detectivcn.
During the past few weeks number OF
bicycles have been reported stolen, and
Detective Boardman, who has charge OF
this branch OF the work, has been kept
busy. This week four wheels have been
recovered and one arrest made. In two
instances the wheels had been hired and
abandoned. Dealers are experiencing q
great amount Of trouble with customers in
this way just now. but it is a risk they
take in dealing with strangers, and they
put stop to the practice. At police head
quarters the detective office looks more
like q bicycle establishment than 1t does
like place for the transaction of public
business, and Maj. Moore will soon have
to ask for more room on this account His
quarters are terribly overcrowded with
other current business, and in order to ac-
commodate stolen bicycles they have to be
piled in every available place.
Most of Inspector Hollinberger's men are
now riding wheels and they find that they
are able to accomplish much more work
cars as means of getting over the city.
The detectives have to buy their own
wheels now, but Maj. Moore and Inspector
Hollinberger think that Congress should
provide them. In the majors estimates he
asks for appropriation of $500 for
wheels. Should Congress make the appro-
priation the detectives will probably be
provided with wheels at government eX-
pense, and the bicycle squad will also be
equipped and increased. The officials are
very much pleased with the work tina,
has been done by the bicycle squad and
say that since the squad has been on street
duty thesnumber of painful accidents has
decreased, and there is less reckless riding
Evening star., 1896-10-01

the United States when quite young, and
at the age Of twenty entered the railway
service, In which he has remained ever
man and transit man on the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad. He was extremely faithful
and painstaking. and in consequence ad-
vanced rapidly through the various subor-
ina ainate grades in the engineering depart
ment, being appointed. in the fall Of 1852.
TO the position Of resident engineer in
cnarge OF construction of the Northwestern
virginia road. now known as the Parkers-
burg branch Of the Baltimore and Ohio.
subsequently he left the Baltimore and
ONO TO become resident engineer of con-
struclon Of the Norfolk and Petersburg,
the predecessor of the road of which he
mas now become president.
From November, 1853, he was for nine
years master Of road and master of trans
portation of the Norfolk and Petersburg.
trom ta ls7l to June, 1876. he was superin-
Mississippi and Ohio and for five wears
Hereafter he was the receiver and general
manager OF that road. He became second
vlee president and general manager of the
Norfolk and Western May 4, ISsl. and he
held the position for a little more than two
years. '-"iA wv
"A Httie later he also became vice presi-
ueht and general manager of the East Ten
~ nessee, virginia and Georgia, also general
manager OF the Virginia, Tennessee and
georgia Air Line. In April, 1887. he was
called to the vice presidency of the old
richmond and Danville. and about the
same sa time ne was elected vice president of
the Memphis and Charleston From No
Vember. 1880. to March, 1888, he was vice
president of the Cincinnati. New Orleans
ara iexas Pacific. and also vice presi-
cent OF the Alabama Great Southern road.
from 1882 to November, 1895, he was re-
ceiver of the East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia, and from 1892 to the present he
mas served as receiver Of the Memphis and
Charleston. He was appointed one Of the
receivers Of the Norfolk and Western on
fepruary q. 1895, serving as such until he
became, at II o'clock last night, president
OF the reorganized Norfolk and Western
company MS co-recefver, Mr.. F. ]. KIM
ball, being made chairman of the board of
directors"
Mr. Fink Is well known throughout the
country among railroad and financial men,
py Whom ne Is regarded as possessing great
administrative abilities
Evening star., 1896-10-01
Tree Trimming.

To the Editor of The Evening Star:
l notice in The Star of last evening that
Superintendent Smith of the Botanical
Gardens bewails the destruction wrought
by the storm among the trees of Washing
ton. His idea is, as expressed by the re-
porter, that ''the trees have not been trim
med properly. Now, 1 don't say that all of
| the damage could have been averted by the
| most careful pruning, but 1 do maintain
that many of those grand old landmarks
that are lying prone today could have been
saved. The trees should never have been
allowed to reach such heights. They
should have been pruned from the top
Now. wish to say that the trees of Wash
Egton would have been handsomer, larger,
taller ana healthier, and therefore strong
er, II they had never been trimmed at ALL
To one who loves trees there can be
than the rude. barbaric tree mur-
derer at work with his merciless
shears and saws dsfigurng mutilat-
ing anG destroying the trees of the CITY,
Unhindered, / have seen him go on for six
teen years. and ever have 1 seen or heard
a word of criticism of his unhallowed work.
The pruning necessary for trees is simply
that which should be attended to when
| they are young. and should consist only Of
cutting off any crooked, irregular shoots
that start too low upon the trunk and bid
falr to be In the way of the passer-by.
Otherwise the tee should be left to it's
destiny as far its branches are con-
cerned. Nowhere in the cultivated part of
| the country, and it is Of cultivated trees
that speak. can such old, large and beau
tiful trees 20 be found in the New England
towns and cites. They grow from youth to
maturity und.stigured by the weapon of the
vicious official pruner. / ask any New
England man to say if he ever saw the
ends of branches regularly cut from young
growing trees every year. 1 ask any Wash
lrgtonian to tell me where, on what streets
OF this city, there are any handsome.
healthy trees. 1t is impossible to destroy
absolutely all the beauty of tree. Nature
puts foftn new shoots, and the spring
clothes it with concealing verdure, but
when the frosts and the sharp days of
autumn come the leaves fall. and the hid
eous deforHlity Of the chopped branches
stands forth, silent witness to the wander
ing pedestrian, brooding over the ills of
life. of the destructive forces that work
wantonly even upon innocent nature. Six
teen years have l walked about these
streets and seen this wretched tree cul-
ture 81 go on. Look at the trees when the
leaves are gone, SO you can see how they
have been abused, and tell me. some one,
| why the intelligent people of Washington
allow this to continue. o. w. w.
Evening star., 1896-10-01
New Postal Wagon n Success,

The new collection and delivery wagon,
the use of which it Is expected by Second
Assistant Postmaster General Nelson will
greatly improve those branches of the
postal service and which If successful here
will be introduced into all the larger cities
of the country. was given a test yesterday
afternoon. The result was all that the
postal authorities expected to be perform
ed The wagon, which in general appear
ance resembles a very large nerdic and
whose Interior arrangements have already
been fully described in The Star, was oc-
cupied by Mr.. Nelson. Mr.. Masrin Of the
free delivery division and the two clerks
detailed from the city post Office to sort
the mail after its collection. The test
route followed was from tith ard = streets.
out F to 18th, down the latter TO PennsyI-
vania avenue, thence to 9th and down the
latter to the Baltimore and Potomac depot.
thence back to the corner of F, which was
the same as that to he observed after the
wagon Is placed in service. from and after
tomorrow morning at I o'clock
No effort was made to do speedy work
the main objects of yesterdays test being
to enable General Nelson to form an opin-
Ion as to the probable results of the ex-
pertinent and to familiarize the clerks
with the location of the boxes on the route.