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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-08
Great Good Fortune.


Good luck is of all kinds, some of il
queer The San Francisco Post. for in.
stance, tells how laboring man il
that city found himself fortunate in
way most unexpected.
When the noon whistles blew the 9th
er day he sat down on a box in the
shade. thrust his hand into his overcoa,
pocket. looked surprised, and then re-
marked:
I've lost my lunch
He pondered over his predicament 8
moment, and then adGec:
We'll, I've got something to drink
anyway" And he pulled a bottle Of
coffee out of his other pocket.
He slowly drained the bottle. threw it
aside, and sat lost in thought for a mo
ment. Suddenly he sprang up. Slapped
his thigh, and exclaimed:
It's a good job l lost my lunehr'
why so?" inquired another work,
man.
why. left my teeth at home.'
No man wants to be woman longer
that it would take 70 show his wife
that he can improve on her methods.
1T is hard 10 do business said o
business man. and compete with meg
who do not pay THEN bis
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-08
Marriage and Murder

A rather curious happening develon-
ed in Justice Court at Brunswick. Ca
a few days ago. The court was an
gagged in taking evidence of a most
bloody and revolving type in a murder
case, when the proceedings were in-
terrupted by two negro lovers. who
asked to be married. The murder case
investigation was suspended and the
knot was tied. 1t was a strange mir.
king Of sadness and joy.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-08

Ihe average woman viii forgive her
pand any crime on earth so long as
has every assurance that he will
Er commit ii.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-08

No man wants to be q woman longer
that it would take 70 show his wife
that he can improve on her methods.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-04-08

1T is hard TO do business said q
business man. and compete with met
who do not pay THEN bis"
The herald., 1897-07-27
Reasonable profit ..................... sl51. oc
THE COUNCILS ACTION
The Water Supply COMMITTEES to Make
the Offer

Immediately following the reading al
the resolution, Councilman Silver Of
fered the following preamble and reso-
luton and moved its adoption:
"Whereas. Negotia lions are now pend
ing between the city of Los Angeles
and the Los Angeles City Water COM
pany for the purchase of it's water
plant ETC.; and
Whereas The city engineer, who was
directed, by the city council to examine
said plant with view of ascertaining
it's value, has reported to the council
in relation thereto, placing the present
value of all properties listed by the Los
Angeles City Water company, including
service connections. at 81, 203,250; and
Whereas, 1t is deemed expedient that
said negotiations should be closed a.
speedily as possible; therefore,
"Be it resolved, That the water supply
committee of the council be authorized
and is hereby directed to submit to the
water company the following PROPOSE
ton, viz:
THAT the water company give the
city an option for the purchase of said
plant, conditioned that the city pay for
its plant, etc. on or before July l, 1888,
the sum of 81 100, 655, and the committee
report to this council in the matter at its
earliest opportunity
Councilman Baker seconded the res
olution, and Mr.. Silver put the matter
to a vote.
Before the vote was taken, however,
Councilman Hutchinson moved an
amendment to include the figures made
by the city engineer, exclusive of the
real estate and water rights which, in
Mr. Dockweiler's report were not need
ed, the cost of which would lessen the
estimate by $12 595.
Councilman Order seconded the mo-
tion to amend, and Mr.. Silver accepted
the amendment. When the vote was
taken Mr. Order voted no. Council
thereupon adjourned until p. m.
The herald., 1897-07-27
A NEW PLANT
What It Would Cost, in the Engineers
Opinion

Your second instruction calls for the
cost of a new plart Identical in all re-
spects with the present plant, and your
third instruction for
third instruction for the present real
worth of the old plant.
In order to arrive at an accurate esti-
mate in. regard to the values as called
for, this office, realizing the Importance
of the information desired, made as
minute an inspection of every item as
was possible, and noted the condition
and efficiency of the same.
Special surveys were made and care
full rating as regards its efficiency was
placed upon, every feature and, deeming
it best to err on the right side, the pres
ent values set opposite each item are
more than liberal, and the prices sub
mitted for duplicating the old plant are
in all cases more than sufficient to ac-
complish this fact by means of the best
material and workman ship at high con-
tract prices, ard insurng thereby the
best construction.
This Office does not hesitate to state
emphatically that the prices as sub
mitted below are in every case correct
and liberal ard just and is prepared to
verify such statements by furnishing
any needed and detailed accounts OF.
every one of the numerous items which
collectively make up the present water
works plant.
Every feature which forms an. indi-
vidual item in any part of the construc-
ton of this plant was carefully segre-
gated, individually and collectively sur
veyed, rated and estimated, and in no
instance was any piece of work which
is composed of different kinds of con-
struction. valued by giving average
prices to the same.
With the exception of the pipe distr:-
button system within the city limits, this
policy was pursued. While in this par
ticular instance. on account of the i'm
possibility of uncoyering the entire pipe
system, the general impre ssion gained
in partially uncovering the same was
made the basis for rating and yaluing
the different classes of pipes, their value
as a system ard the availability of in
dividual pipe lines.
No difficulty was experienced in ar
irving at fair and just valuation of the
improvements, it being merely matter
of cumulative and qualitative enumer-
alton and valuation of the different fea-
lures of the plant.
REAL ESTATE VALUATION
The valuation of the real estate was
ba sed to great extent on the asses
sors' and real estate agents ratings.
The values of rights of way were
treated on the basis of real estate trans
actions however, deducting therefrom
whatever was considered fair value for
temporary and permanent water privil-
eyes granted by the Los Angeles City
Water Company in exchange for the
rights of way obtained.
The value of the so-called rights to
develop water on land which is not
owned by the water company. but con-
tanning improvements on such LANDS,
were arrived at by placing liberal fig
The herald., 1897-07-27
THE WATER coMPANY's OFFER
Willing to Part With Everything for
Three Millions

The first matter to come before the
session was communication from the
City Water company in which $4,000 600
was asked for it's water plant and APP
purtenances. The communication is as
follows:
ION the 25th day of February, 1897, We
were informed by you that the City Coun-
ell had authorized and instructed you
to consult with the companies which we
represent with a view to the purchase
of the property of said companies
"Since the date mentioned We have
furnished you with schedules of the
property owned by the Los Angeles City
Water Company and the Crystal Springs
Land and Water Company and at your
request have permitted an examination
of the properties by your agents.
1--WE are now prepared to sell to the
city of Los Angeles all of the property
of the Los Angeles City Water Company
and the Crystal Springs Land and Water
Company as per schedules, including all
water and water rights, free of incum-
brance Except pending litigation with
the city,, for the sum of $3,000,000.
LAS the companies have under consid-
Grafton the expenditure of large sums for
extension of pipe, it is presumed that ac-
ton will be taken in this matter without
delay"
1t was signed by Messrs. M. J. Brod-
erick. S. M. Mott and Randolph H.
Miner.
Upon motion of Councilman Nickel
the report was ordered received and
filed.
The herald., 1897-07-27

sRequired.
OR SUMMARIZED.
Cost Of duplicating plant, includ-
ing all real estate and needed
rights of way, etc. 81 ,4Se, PAP
Total present value of all proper
ties listed by the Los Angeles
City Water Co., including SER
vice connections. which are adj
ded by this office. .................. 1,2O3, $50
Value of real estate, rights, ETC.,
listed by the Los Angeles City
Water Co. which are not required
by the City Water Works pur-
poses 1885
Total present value of the plant of
the Los Angeles City Water Co.,
excluding real estate, etc, as noted
above ($12, $3.50 and not including
value Of unexpired term of fran
chise, and making no allowance
for claims for water rights on
lands adjacent to the Los Angeles
River where dependent upon the
same for their source of supply. l. 1870, G55
A comparison of these figures with the
figures presented to your honorable body
by this office in March, 1897, in connection
with the proposed new water supply and
on the basis of an independent new water
works system, built according to the
best approved form Of water works en-
cheering, proves, as pointed out below,
that eliminating all features of known
and doubtful construction from the pres
ent plant and substituting therefor fea-
lures well and aptly constructed, that
the sum of money credited in the above
to all the desirable items and added to
the cost of the needed betterment plan
almost exactly comedies with the cost
of a new plant which will commend itself
alike by efficiency, ample dimensions,
good workmanship and the best of ma
terial.
The herald., 1897-07-27

ures upon such land merely as compen-
sation for a right of way for such loca-
ton of improvements upon the devel-
oped tracts.
The recognition of the right to de-
velop water would carry with it the ac-
acknowledgement of ownership of such
water. In view of the fact that at the
main water developing head works at
Crystal Springs the water company de-
rives its water by means of two lines of
percolation pipes, one line of which runs
partly parallel to the Los Angeles river
ard from 400 to 600 feet distant there
from, and partly below the bed of the
river for distance Of 800 feet, which
line of pipe delivers percolated river
water to the gathering chamber, and
which water is drained from the satu-
rated substrata OF land adjacent to the
river, while a second branch line of pipes
placed within a distance of from 1900 to
22OO feet from the river is absolutely de-
pending upon the inflow of river surface
water Con the days of investigation be-
tween 200 ard 300 miners inches),
brought thereto by means of an open
ditch, and taken into the outer open eBsi
Of the so-called percolation pipe, this
office deems it incumbent upon itself to
recognize the right of ownership of the
water in the Los Angeles river to be
vested in the city of Los Angeles, and
has for this reason valued the so-called
rights to develop water here as right
of way for the improvements, which lat
ter, If bought by the city, would be To-
Gated or lands for which the water COM
pany cannot produce deeds of owner
ship, and therefore cannot sell.
The second water development tract
is the so called head works at Garvanza.
The present amount of water available
here is less than fifteen miners inches,
nor has this amount for years been ex-
ceeded during the heated season. The
water company does not rely upon this
source of water supply, but fills the
mains laid from the Garvanza head
works by pumping water therein from
the Buena Vista plant. From an en-
cheering point of view the quantity OF
this flow, small as it is, will constantly
tend to diminish, so that in the very
near future there will be no water at this
point at all. ..-..
This is bound to occur as soon as the
water in the Arroyo Seco above Gar
vanza is diverted by those who have
prior right thereto. For these reasons
the improvements orIy on this place
have been valued, instead of the So
called, water rights.
In the subjoined list of property
there is column added which is ln-
tended to point out to your honorable
body such tracts of land, ETC.. which, in
the opinion of this office, are not re-
ouired for water works purposes. THESE
items form no part Of the present plaza
nor can they be used in any shape what
ever in the proposed new plant.
The summary of values attached 10
these undesira BILE features has been
subtracted from the sum total OF the
list.
A COMPARISON
The following is summary OF the I'M
proyemer,ts,, real estate and rights, Win
values attached to the same, showing IN
parallel columns the prices for which Ii
rev plant. identical in all respects with
| the present plant, can be obtained, ana
the present real worth of the old plant:
Value Present
when new. value
! tt,n1
The herald., 1897-07-27

Which sum is practically the same
amount as reported by this office March,
1897 for a complete new water works
system.
AS referred to above. in my estimate
of March, 1897, present figures for the
The herald., 1897-07-27

ering the present REQUIREMENTS, vis-:
339 miles of pipes. MY estimated sum
was $3,5S5, 900 for the complete constTuc-
ton. without real estate. rights. etc, but
embodying number of features such -
electric plant. emergency valves. etc.
not included in the above estimate. Ny
present estimate for water service Of 80
miles. including real estate. etc., In 81
400, 900, which, considering the fact Of It
being the result of second widely diff
ferent computation, no doubt establishes
the correctness of, either Of these esti-
mates.
A short revenue and expense account
is submitted in connection with this
plan as follows:
So 800, 600 bonded with ~ per cent
interest and 1-40 sinking fund
added, gives yearly average Of. .$16S 200
Yearly running expenses ............. 102 100
Add lao for replacement of system
on basis of 81, 100000 .................. $3.50
Total ........................... .;a27, 800
Or, in round figures, a yearly max
lmum expense or -..... ............. .$5z3 700
Income by water rates, etc. based on
last years revenue, less reduction
oil present rates Observation-Disclosures. $40 900
PLAN NO. 2
The reconstruction of the old plant
under plan No. 2, as suggested before,
would involve the retention of the pres
ent pipe system, reservoir and pump sta
ton, the building, of new headworks, con-
duit reservoir and new trunk mains.
and an expenditure of approximately
SIPS, 900 per year for yearly betterment
by replacement of old pipes, gradually
abandoning the old reservoir and all i'm
perfect features Of the old plant.
The probable expense connected with
the plan would itemize as follows:
Purchase sum of the present plant
complete in round figures ........H, 190, 800
Cost of new headworks ... 1000
1-3 miles of new conduit ........... 20O 0OQ
New high level reservoir ............ $1,000
New pump reservoir ,..... 10000
Reservoir covering ............ $500
Reservoir pipe, connections, etc.. 25,OO0
Power house machinery .....-...... $1,000
1000 tons of trunk main, including
laying OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Ac1'VVV
Ens;,,aer;nc. !ncidentals. etc .... $4,000
Total for present requirements. 81. 81, zoo
A revenue and expense account In
connection with this plan itemizes itself
g follows:
81, 800, 900 bonded, with AZ per cent
interest and lao sinking fund
added, making a yearly average
of ......................... sco'ooO
YEARLY running expenses ........ 1927 200
Total s1ss, 100
Or in round figures ................ $780, 900
Reasonable yearly income .......... $4,000
Reasonable profit .......,...$ 1851. 900
Of this sum $125,000 yearly could be
added for betterment purposes, or I'M
twelve and half years, with these
yearly expenditures, the old plant -
practically reconstructed on the basis or
the water supply plan of March, 1871.
In conclusion, wish to express my ap-
probation of the services rendered. mo
by E. Abs Hagen, c. E., for the able,
painstakipg and conscientious manner
-;1,+oI ~, biO rxy
The herald., 1897-07-27

Latest style OF wall paper at A. A Eek
stroms, 324 South Spring street.
The herald., 1897-07-27
A COMPARISON

The following is a summary of the i'm
provemerts, real estate ana rights, Win
values attached to the same, showing III
parallel columns the prices for when Il
rev plant, identical in all respects Win
the present plant, can be obtained ana
the present real worth of the old plant:
Value Present
when new. value
The herald., 1897-07-27

Total for present requirements. 81 81, zoo
A revenue and expense account IN
connection with this plan itemizes itself
a g follows:
81, 800, 900 bonded, with AZ per cent
interest and lao sinking fund
added, making a yearly average
The herald., 1897-07-27

On 2250 feet old development
ditch at Crystal Springs. $685.. ......
Right of way No. power
Right of way No. 2, Buena
Vista main conduit. ........ 100 .....
Right of way No. to Darby
reservoir Sue ................ .s.... ......
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-12

Governors, a satire on gold mine spec
ulation and woman suffrage, by Fred
S. Gibbs, was performed at Port HUI
ron, Michigan, on September 1, by the
Ward and Vokes company, an organi-
zation that numbers thirty-two people
this season.
Maggie Holloway Fisher sailed on
the Lucanid Saturday to join the
Never Again company in London.
Osborne Searle has been engaged to
play the parts originated by Oliver
Doud Byron in Inside Track, The
Plunger, and Across the Continent.
He opens at Lawrence, Mass, Sept
ember 20. te,as
Beatrice Moreland returned from
Europe last week. She made a tour
of the continent while abroad.
Octave Lozon goes with Lost
Strayed or Stolen company.
Manager Mortimer NJ. THESE, of the
Metropolis Theatre, n. Y, gave a col
lation to the representatives of the
press, at his handsome playhouse, af-
ter the performance last Friday eve
ming.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-12
FIsh story from Florida.

A wonderful fish story comes from
Port Tampa, Fla. 1t is about 12-foot
shark which was caught in the Shall.
low water near the beach, a short dis
lance from Port Tampa. His shark
ship appeared to be sick and was an
easy victim. The parties who captured
the prize noticed that his stomach was
considerably distended, while the low
err portion of his body and tail were
quite thin. These facts excited the
curiosity of the fishermen, and they
decided to dissect it. Upon opening his
stomach small pork barrel with one
head knocked out was found. The
mouth of the barrel was pointing up.
ward toward the fish's throat, and was
literally filed with dead fish, but they
could not be digested, hence the shark
was literally starving to death, yet he
had barrel of fish in his stomach.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-12
STAGE NOTES.

Tom Karl and Lucille Saunders
gave a song recital at Nantucket on
August 26.
Charles Kent arrived from Chicago
on September 2, and was engaged on
September 3, for the season.
David valencourt will go with the
Sporting Duchess.
Roland G. Prany has been engaged
as business manager of the larry
town Widow company by D. w. Truss
& Co.
Augustus Brooke has been especially
engaged for De Mauprat and other op-
pOsite rolls in support of Edwin Ros-
tell.
The Twin Saints, by Frank ]. Halo,
and Marie Madison, was produced for
the first time at Wilkes-Barre, Pa, on
September 2, and scored. a success. 1t
is an amusing comedy, ably interpret
ed by company including Theodore
Babcock, Sol. Aiken, Julie Kingsley,
Jennie Weatherby and Thomas Ross.
Robert Mantelps season, under the
management of NJ. w. Hanley, opened
at Waterbury, Conn, September 1,
when his new play, A Secret Warrant,
by w. A. Tremayne, had its first pres
entation, 1t was a strong drama and
was enthusiastically received. The
supporting company, headed by Char
lotte Behrens, is an excellent one, and
the scenery and costumes are all that
could be desired.
The first public matinee of the Stan
hope Wheatcroft Dramatic school will
occur at Hoyt's Theatre early in De-
cember.
Dainty little books containing half
tone portraits of Maude Adams in var
ious characters were distributed at the
Empire last Wednesday evening by
way of announcing her coming stellar
debut in the Little Minister.
George Bachus is writing on account
of his summer cycling tour through
England, Scotland and France.
Vernona Jarbeau is starring in A
Paris Doll.
Ralph Edmunds has resumed publ
cation of his brightest press-sheet,
theatrical Tidings, for the Season.
Blanche Seymour was painfully in
jured recently in a cycling accident
at Buffalo.
Ida Smith Joined the Betts-Losee
company in Alexandria, Mimi, to play
juvenile leads.
s. Goodfriend will act this season as
business manager for Henry Millers
tour in Heartease. Mr.. Goodfriend
meanwhile,is heralding Maude Adams
stellar debut.
Plans have been completed for a
new, handsome theatre at Yarmouth
n. S. 1t will have a seating capaci
ty of one thousand, stage suitable
for large productions, and all modern
| Improvements.
For the tirst time on any stage, The
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-12
View plea for Divorce,

A Kansas City woman will seek q
divorce from her husband on the
ground that his propensity for snoring
is slowly killing her. A night or two
ago she rushed into a drug store and
asked the clerk for something to pre-
vent snoring. The man said he had
nothing in stock, but kindly gave her a
tip on well-known methods of proven
tion. "They are of no USE" she re
piled. "Pve tried everything. Pye
turned him over on his side, tied his
jaws together and pushed him out Of
bed, but he still continues to snore.'
Now she will try the divorce cure. II
may have no effect on the man, but il
will relieve her, provided she gets hel
divorce
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-12

time of his death, in 1889, the chief JUS
tice of the supreme court of that state.
E. A. Hitchcock was born in Mobile,
Ala, September, 1885, where he re-
manned until 1870, after the death of his
father, when the family moved to Ten
nessee. He continued resident of that
state until after taking an academic
course in New Haven, Conn.
He moved to St. Louis in 1851. Here.
be was engaged in business up to 1860,
when, at the urgent request of rela-
tives in China, he left for the country
to accept employment in the old estab-
Eshed firm of Oliphant & Co., of which
Robert N. Oliphant, now president of
the Delaware & Hudson Canal COM
pany, was senior partner. Mr.. Hitch
cock remained in China for IL years,
making two visits home during that
period, the first in 1866, when he was
made a member of the firm, and the
second in 1869, ON which occasion he
married Miss Margaret d. Collier, sec
ond daughter of the late George Col
lier, of st. Louis, who returned with
him to China. They remained there
until 1872, when Mr.. Hitchcock retired
from the firm of 0liphant & Co., and
they returned through India and Eu-
rope. They spent nearly two years
in Europe, visiting all the notable
places, including st. Petersburg and
Moscow.
;, Returning to St. Louis in 1874, Mr..
Hitchcock has since been actively en-
gagged in business as president of sew
eral large manufacturing and railway
corporations, which POSITIONS he has re,
signed in order to accept this appoint.
ment, at the personal request of Presi'
dent Mckinley.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-09-12

sound money came forward that he be-
came prominent in state politics. Last
fall Mr.. Shaw made more than GO
speeches in the western and central
parts of the state, and he proved to be
one of the most effective republican
orators. He is republican of the old
school, safe and conservative, and, de-
void of crankisms of any kind. Mr.,
Shaw is especially well known among
the friends of the Methodist churchin
Iowa. He is at present member OF
the board of directors of Cornell col
lege, and for three consecutive years
he has represented the Methodist
church of Iowa in the general con
ference. This is an honor rarely be
slowed upon q layman.