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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-27
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Residents of East Haven Before the Com
mittee on Railroads.

fnittee on Railroads.
The residents Of East Haven were
heard yesterday in support of the petit
tion now before the Legislature relating
to the fare between East Haven Center
and New Haven. The only street rail-
way by which the petitioners may be
conveyed between the points named is
the New Haven Street Railway, which
owns the Morris Cove road.
Attorney S. w. Morehouse counsel
for the road, appeared in opposition to
the proposition to compel the reduction
of fares.
Senator Tuttle represented the petit
tioners. The senator urged the COM
mittee to look upon the matter as one
of public necessity and report favora-
bly, on the bill It's passage, he said,
would launch building boom in the
town of East Haven that would not be
easily overcome. 1t would increase
business. The New Haven Street Rail
way company, he said carried passen-
gers eight and one-half miles for five
cents, while it also charged five cents
from East Haven to Grannis' Corner, a
distance of one and one-half miles.
There was some sharp repartee be-
tween the senator and Attorney More
house, and then the hearing proceeded.
Senator Tuttle offered a map in evil
dence but it was objected to by Attor-
ney Morehouse.
f. B. Street, who is partner of Lieu
tenant Governor Dewell was the first
witness called by Senator TuttIe. Mr..
Street said that when the road was
first built it was understood that the
fare would be five cents later. He
thought that the company would be
benefited by the reduction of fare.
Among the witnesses were l.. F.
Richmond, Alfred Forbes, w. Fl. Rob
inson, G. A. Tuttle, f. NJ. Andrews and
C. Buell..
The examination of witnesses was not
concluded yesterday afternoon, and an
other day will be given to the consider
alton of the bill
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AocAL LABOR US. CAsu.
City Fathers Must Solve the Problem
Mill River Bridge Ordered.

Mill River Bridge Ordered.
The committee on railroads and
bridges, to which the court Of common
council submitted the bids of the sew
eral contractors for the building of the
new Chapel street bridge over the Con-
solidated tracks, voted last evening to
recommend that the contract for the
sub-structure be awarded to C. W.
Blakeslee & Sons of this city. The
Blakeslees' bid was $50, ,SSS.29. There
was no recommendation for the super
structure of the bridge.
The lowest bid for this work was
submitted by the Wrought Iron Bridge
company Of Canton, o. The next low
est estimate for the work was made by
John E. Buddington of this city The
difference between the bids amounts in
round numbers to $12S, and what puz-
zled the committee was how to get over
the difficulty arising from the fact that
the foreign company had underbid the
local company, which would employ
to this arrangement Mr.. Danforth, who
has charge of the Wrought Iron Bridge
company's interests, said that his firm
would employ all local men except a
few skilled men who would be in charge
of the work, The matter was tabled.
The resolution providing that the
board of public works order at once
the construction of new di>awbridge
over Mill river at Chapel street will be
recommended. This is in the interest
Of business and was not opposed. j..
K. Punderford of the Fair Haven and
Westville railroad favored the resolu-
ton, as it will, if passed, do away with
the necessity of tearing up the street
twice.
The resolution recommending that the
board of public works prepare speciti-
cations and do all preliminary work in
connection with the extension of Will
low street bridge and its approaches,
A delegation of property holders on
State street, between James street and
Bishops Gate. was before the commit
tee in support of the petition of A. Nc
Ginty ct al, for the removal of the
tracks of the New Haven Street Rail
way COMPANY " tlle ceitel VI t4lG
street between the points named in the
petition.
The petitioners hold that they are
placed at a disadvantage by the. proX-
unity of the tracks to the curb on the
east side of the street 1t is only about
twelve feet space between them, the
petitioners say, and it works much in
convenience.
President Corey's reply was that
these tracks must be taken up in the
course of a few years and new ties put
in. Then, he said. his company would
place the tracks where the city ordered
them. The petitioners were given leave
to withdraw.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-27
GREECE FILES 4 PROTEST.
The Blockade of Crete characterized as an
IIihumanity.

InIiumanity.
Athens, March 26.-The government
has handed to the several representa-
tives here of the several powers a note
Crete. The note declares that in view
of the bonds uniting the Greeks and the
Christians of Crete the blockade, which
is depriving the island of the means of
provisioning itself is contrary to the
sentiments of humanity inspiring the
powers.
The president Of the boule, in behalf
of that body, has sent to Mr.. Gladstone
a message of gratitude for the stand
he has taken in behalf of Greece and
the Cretan Christians. The message
says in part:
"All your glorious life has been full Of
combats for justice and liberty. Now
that the Hellenic nation has risen to
fight in favor of Crete which is bedewed
with blood you come to uphold anew
the rights Of an oppressed race"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-27
S0L0NS ON CAPITOL HILL
BUT Il SLIGHTTOLUME OF BUSINESS
DISPOSED or YESTERDAY.

Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stoves Portrait May
be Placed in the CapitoI-Fraternal So
ciety Bill Reported Favorably-Clash Be-
tween Amendment to Charter of Town
Trustees and the Consolidation Act.
Senator Plimpton of the insurance
committee reported favorably the fol-
lowing substitute gill concerning fra
ternal society. Section IL of chapter
CCLV Of the public acts of 1895 is here
by amended by inserting after the
words members" in the third line the
words nor to fraternal societies whose
subordinate bodies pay death benefit
of not more than $100 and a weekly
benefit of not more than IS per week
The bill is In the interest of fraternal
benefit societies and places them in
the same class as the societies of Odd
Fellows and Free 'Masons. which were
in 1896.
The insurance commissioner office
and the representatives of these socie-
ties have had considerable correspon-
dence on the subject. The societies
claimed that there should be no dis
tinction made.
The committee on furniture of the
capitol reported to the senate yesterday
", 81 olI tla innpr
of sculpture to grant the privilege OF
placing in the capitol a portrait of Har-
riet Beecher Stowe, or to erect a statue
to her memory on the grounds of the
capitol. The report was accepted
The amendment to the charter of the
trustees of the old almshouse farm of
New Haven, allowing them to transfer
the funds when so directed by the cleo
tors of the town to the fund for taking
care of the city and town parks was
passed.
1t is possible that an amendment to
the first section of the bill may be
necessary to make 1t operative because
of the consolidated act which is now
pending In the general assembly. Ac-
cording to this act no meeting of the
town may be called except for the cleo
ton Of town officers, whereas the bill
passed yesterday specifically states
that the vote to transfer the old town
farm funds shall be taken a a meeting
called for that purpose. There is an
evident conflict between the two bills.
The substitute bill for the act con-
cerning tender In claims for damages
was passed 1t provides that in all
claims for unliquidated damages, the
party upon whom claim Is made may
make a tender to the claimant of sum
of money in payment of the claim,
which tender shall in all respects be as
effectual as a tender in case Of claim
for debt. and such tender may be
pleaded in any action in the same man
ner and to the same effect as in all
other actions.
The pool bill, which was rejected by
the house on Thursday was tabled on
motion of Senator Plimpton.
The senate concurred in the action of
the house in recommitting to the bank
committee the bill appointing an addi-
tiCnal bank commissioner to examine
building and loan association also con-
CURED in the rejection of the bill add
ing cavalry troop to the Connecticut
National Guard.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-27
GREEK PATRIOTS SAIL.
One Hundred and Fifty Leave for Their
Native Land.

New York, March 26.-One hundred
and fifty young Greeks after bidding
an effectionate farewell to friends at IL
O'Clock tonight marched aboard the
French line steamer La Champagne and
tomorrow morning will start for
Greece, where they will offer their SER
vices to King George as soldiers. With
perhaps a dozen exceptions all have
served in the Greek army, a score or
more having been officers. Nearly all
are naturalized American citizens. The
major portion of them are paying their
own way back to their country.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-27
F0R MINISTER no SPAIN.
Herbert j. Bowen Strongly Endorsed for
the Position.

Washington, March 26-Rear Admir-
al Erben, U. S. N, called on President
Mckinley to-day in the interest Of Her
Barcelona, whose friends want him ap-
pointed minister to Spain. Admiral
Erben presented letters of commenda-
tion from Senator Platt Of Connecticut.
General Horace Porter, Colonel John
Hay, ex-Secretary Tracy, DR.. G. M. De
pew, Lispenard Stewart, Senator Pet
tigrew of South Dakota and others.
Mr.. Bowen is a republican, who was
continued in office by President Cleve-
land.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-27
BURONfC PLAGUE SERUM.
An Important Discovery Credited to New
York,s Health Officer.

Yorl1's Health Officer.
Doty, health officer of this port, has
discovered an anti toxine for the bubo-
mic plague 1t is produced by innocu-
lating a horse with plague bacilli and
drawing blood from it afterwards. This
reduced to one-half forms the anti-tox-
inc serum. Experiments were made on
a number of white mice. The plague
bacilli failed to kill where the serum
had been previously injected. The ba-
I'LL always killed where no serum had
been used. Experiments also showed
that the serum had curative qualities
after the mice had been innoculated
with baci1li.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-27

Topeka, Kan, March 26.-Labor lead
ers in Kansas are greatly excited over
a ruling by Attorney General Boyle
that the antitrust law just passed by
the legislature is applicable to labor or
ganizations. An effort will be made to
test the law at once.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-27
STRICKEN wlrA APPoPAEyY.
Boston Drummer Stricken While Attend
ing to Business in This CITY.

''' N'0N'
Frank w. Spaulding, a commercial
traveller in the employ of Macullar, Far
ker & Co., wholesale cloth merchants
of Boston, was stricken with apoplexy
in the tailoring establishment of the
Gruener Brothers at the corner of
Crown and Temple streets yesterday af-
ternoon about $50 o'clock. He was
taken to the hospital,
Mr.. Spaulding has had an attack of
this kind once before, and there is much
doubt as to his recovery from the sec
ond shock. He was in precarious
condition late last evening.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-27
Another Eartbuuake in Montreal

Montreal, March 27.-Another shock
of earthquake was felt here at 1904
this morning, shaking up many big
buildings and being distinctly felt in
all quarters of the city, but no serious
damage was done.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1897-03-27
co1ruoN PLEAS AIporsrMENrs
Prosecuting Attorney Gunn and Clerk
AYerfll Kennunintnh

Judges Studley and Hubbard of the
common pleas court yesterday after
noon announced the reappointment of
George NJ. Gum of Milford prosecuting
attorney. and Frederick L, Averin clerk
OF the common pleas court
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The herald., 1897-02-17
WATER STORAGE AND DEVEL
OPMENT

Water development in Southern Cali
fornia in the past half dozen years has
been more in the line of conserving the
water already available than in boring
or tunneling for new supplies. In line
with this saving of water has been the
development of the duty of water. The
old open bitches, carrying a stream
single mile and losing fifty per cent of it
by evaporation and seepage, have been
suppanted by canals with cemented
floors, from which there is a loss of only
ten to twenty per cent by evaporation,
and even this plan Of water carriage is
rapidly being superseded by its
transmission in cement and steel
pipes. Where this last named
plan is possible the entire amount
of water turned into the pipes at the
source is delivered to the land which 1t
is intended to serve.
The old-tme theory that land needed
to be continually soaked from the ditch
in order to secure a crop of fruit has
long been supplanted by the more en-
lightened plan of an occasional irriga-
ton and frequent cultivation. The law
of capillary attraction shows that or
chard soil, kept in good tilth by frequent
stirring needs only one-half the surface
irrigation required by the same class of
soil which Is urcultiVated. Heavy win
ter irrigation of orchards, when the
canals are running full of waste water,
has also been found to materially aid
in tding over summer shortage.
The rainfall on the mountain tops
does not furnish water for the irrigation
bitches in as large measure as does the
snowfall The feeding springs for
mountain reservoirs and canyon streams
are located far back in the Sierras, and
only a small part of the melted snow
water finds its way to the surface rivu-
let's. The moist lands stretching away
from the edge of the mesas to the sea are
but sponges holding this waste water
from the mountains and our future wa
ter development must come largely from
boring into subterranean ckADnels
The herald., 1897-02-17
A Wonderful Dredger


To the Editor of the Los Angeles Her
aid: Can 1t possibly be true? 1 give
below a part of what is said by the
Times Herald of Chicago about a won
derful hydraulic dredge invented by
l.. w. aBtes of that city, and your read
ers can judge for themselves whether
to believe or not:
This machine will go through a sand
bar at a speed of from five to ten feet
minute, cutting its way through solid
bank and leaving behind 1t a channel
forty feet wide and twenty feet deep
OF course 1t could not do it's work at such
an amazing rate as this if it were not
for the water which 1t has to work with.
That is the secret of the whole perform
ance. Thus the problem of
maintaining channel in the Mississippi
river at low water is solved. Where there
is now but four and one-half feet of
water in the autumn there will be, after
a few of these dredges have been put
to work. fourteen feet In two years
it is possible to have fourteen feet of
water from st. Louis to the sea every
day of the year. Five hydraulic dredges
will do the work, if employed four or
five months year at a cost of $4,000 a
month each. This is almost ma agic-
modern magic.
The significance of this achievement
is that the problem of maintaining low
water Navigation IN all aliuVlal streams
is solved. 1t is applicable to the Mis-
souri,, to the Illinois, to the Sacramento,
to the Volga, to the Danube, to the
Dnieper, to the Hoogly in India, to the
La Plata-to rivers in all parts of the
world. 1t is fair to predict that no inven-
ton or achievement since the develop
ment of steam navigation, has done as
much for water transportation upon riv-
ers as this successful application of hy-
drauics to river-bed dredging will do in
the near future"
Were the bed of the river in front of
this city and thence to the sea, one of
sand only, it would take a single Bates
machine but six months to make Los
Angeles as fine port for sea- going
vessels as is Glasgow, in Scotland.
NJ. DEGRAM.
(But where should we get the water
to fill it?-Editor Herald.)
The herald., 1897-02-17
OUR FIGHTING STRENGTH

The military spirit of the people Of
| strative when other nations attend to
their own business. but II is always vigi
| liant and ready for any kind of an
emergency Twice during 1896 the in
dications were for the moment that we
should be obliged to engage in an armed
conflict. Spain became almost insult
ingly aggressive over the Cuban ques-
ton, and England had to have the Mon
roe doctrine recited to her in a way that
meant the arbtra ton of the Venezuelan
boundary dispute or war. The country
was quick to realize the gravity of the
situation, and the military spirit of the
people everywhere blazed almost with
fury Some of the European newspa-
pers called it "bluster' and "jingoism,"
but if it was, it was the bluster and
jingoism of more than 10000, 900 fighting
men.
When the rulers of other nations read
the report of the adjutant general of
the United States, which has just been
made public, they will readily under
stand that American "bluster' and
''jingoism" rest upon very strong foun-
datlon. The report referred to places
the fighting material of the country, ex-
elusive of the territories at 1O,024, ,5S4
men, leaving an equal number of males
at home to produce supplies and conduct
the commercial interests of the country.
The increase in the military strength of
| the nation since the close of the civil
Texas and Virginia could furnish more
soldiers to-day than all the southern
states furnished to the confederacy dur
ing the entire war, and New York, Illi-
nois and Pennsylvania have as many
men available for military service as
the entire north furnished to the Union
armies.
Curously enough, the adjutant gen.
erals report shows that, although New
York stands a. the head of the states in
point Of population, Pennsylvania could
send $4,000 more troops to the field. That
is to say, Pennsylvania has S39, 900 men
subject to military duty against 800, 900
in New York. The fighting strength in
round numbers of Illinois is 100000, Ohio
$4,000, Indiana $4,000, Massachusetts,
$4,000, Missouri 400, 900, New Jersey $685.
600, Wisconsin $4,000, Virginia 364, 900,
Texas 1000 Kentucky 361 900, Iowa 2S1,-
900, Georgia 100000, Michigan 260 900 and
Minnesota 10000 In the department of
organized militia. the report shows the
present force Of the several states to be
as follows
The herald., 1897-02-17
HUMOR OF THE HOUR

"Are you my own sweet potato?" he
asked, tenderly.
Il YAM" she replied, with heartfelt
fredericksburg Commercial Tri-
bune.
where's the janitor of this CLIFF"
thundered the new dweller, with every
appearance of being sincerely ferocious
For those prehistoric people were moth
ing if not intrepid Detroit Journal.
Thankful Tatters-Dey say dem dere
Eskimos is awful peaceable fellers.
Leigh n. Rest-I should t'ink de would
be- Jes' fancy gittin' tirty days where
de days was tree months long!-New
York Truth.
Grand Vizier-The British ambassa
dor called to-day
Sultan (anXiously)-Whatd did he hold?
Detroit Journal.
The man looked at the woman closely.
She returned his glance with baleful
stare.
Excuse me, madam" he said, but
1 would advise you to rub your ears
with snow"
"And I would advise you to fill your
mouth with it," she haughtily observed,
and passed on.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The herald., 1897-02-17

"Belleview Avenue" The proper name
of that delightfully."- winding roadway
toward the Elysian hills is Bellevue, and
the name is graceful and ortnographical-
ly correct, while Belleview is an abomi-
nation for which there is neither rhyme
nor reason. Possibly General Manager
Clark will kindly engage a sign painter
to correct the bad spell which the car
now carries.
The herald., 1897-02-17
THE WRONG, THE Unjust ICE
OF 1T

1t Is not only the privilege put tHe
duty of all right-minded men to protect
the weak from the blows of the strong;
the poor from the oppression of the rich.
An investigation of the situation in the
local oil fields shows that the roots of
the trouble, for there is trouble, are
grounded in selfishness. 1t is a pathetic
picture of the inhumanity of man to
| man. Remove the cause and the evil
will disappear. The Herald has al
ready presented some of the phases of
the coil question" to the public, and
the light of truth thus thrown into some
of the dark corners of the city has been
hailed by the public, and especially by
the suffering part of the community,
with rejoicing.
1t seems that heretofore there has
been an indisposition to say or do any
thing which might embarrass the in
fant oil industry, from a false idea of
patriotism or loyalty to the city. For
this reason many people have suffered
in silence, If not in patience. But the
constant repetition of acts of injustice,
the fragrant invasion of territorial rights,
has so exasperated the community that
patience has ceased to be virtue. 1,
is now realized that protection must be
sought and obtained. The majesty OF
the law will be asserted, and courts of
equity will be addressed in no uncer-
tain terms.
Justice is proverbially blind, but there
seems to see clairvoyantly, and with
the raising of her sword the right is
vindicated.
The present is one of those times. 1t
should be understood that the people in
the oil district are not opposed to the
pumping of wells already bored, if the
work can be done in proper way, sub
ject to limits set by law. But they do
cry aloud against the abuses which are
of daily and hourly occurrence in the
land of derricks. They protest against
a further extension of the outrage, fur
ther destruction of valuable property.
The city officials now have an oppor-
tunity to display their courage in the
performance of duty. Whether they
know how to improve the opportunity
remains to be seen.
Not few of the people who have been
victims to the heartless contractor in
search of the almighty barrel of grease
are poor and therefore have been una
BILE to take care of their rights in a
proper way. Others have been handi-
capped through ignorance of the methods
means have preferred to remain mac
tive rather than incur the expense and
inconvenience of law suit, especially
when the aggressor has been an irrespon-
sible man. Still others, finding their
own properties ruined by the incursion
of the we'll boring vandals. have resorted
to wells themselves in order to recoup
themselves. Most of these people have
only made bad matter worse. The hair
of the dog has not proved good for the
bite.
1t is now time for Los Angeles to open
her eyes to the true state of the case
to put away these illusions that have led
to her own undoing, and before it is
eVerlastingly too late, retrieve her repu-
tation as beautiful and healthful place
of residence.
The herald., 1897-02-17

which now carry off the precious waters
into the ocean. A stream flowing one
thousand inches in midsummer will irri-
gate ten thousand acres OF land If prop
erly handled, and during recent storm
the San Gabriel river was carrying more
than three hundred thousand inches for
a short period. OF course this enormous
body of water flowing swiftly from a
steep watershed was practically all lost,
but a record of it may encourage some
future attempts at waste water con-
servation. We may at least estimate in
telligently the possibilities of this re-
gion in water production.
Water development in the future in
Southern California is more likely to be
along commercial lines-the production
of water as an article for sale, inde
pendent of land ownership. 1t is better
for the land owner that he should also
be the water owner but the experiment
of Bear Valley and its duplication at
Sweetwater and Mt. Tecarte show that
storage dams in the mountains are now
the only source of future water supply
for citrus lands along the lower foot
hills and the law of supply and demand
must be depended upon to regulate the
price which future savers shall charge
for the water so necessary here to plant
life. AT the present accepted valua-
tions-s1, 900 per inch of constant flow
there ought to be as good profit in
mining water as in mining gold.