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The courier., 1898-10-29
PAID ONE HUNDRED MILES.

council is full Of practicable sugges-
tions as to how the city expenses may
be reduced so that they do not exceed
by one hundred dollars per day. as
they do now, the income 1t is un-
fortune that some members of the
council pay so small a proportion OF
taxes. Their constant endeavOr is to
spend money rather than to save it.
The trouble is that the street COM
missioner and his aids, firemen, Do
licement, water department. employees
and the city treasurer and his ex-
employees stand at the ear of the
cOuncilmen ever ready to raise hub
bub Of remonstralce when a salary
reduction is urged upon the council.
While the fifty thousand people who
pour an unjust and oppressive tax
into the city treasury to be expended
for foolish and NECESSARY purposes are
silent. No paper except the COURIER
dares to urge that the city's income
and outlay shall lie made to balance.
Why? Because the men who absorb
the one hundred dollars a day excess
expenditure are political workers who
control certain number Of voters.
But the people pay for this patronage
that the council distributes so gener-
Ously and when election day comes,
their bankruptcy be upon their own
heads If the. voters do not remember
to rebuke the party which has refused
to save the city from ruin which is as
inevitable as though it were private
citizen who was spending hundred
dollars a day more than he earned.
The street commissioner is paid to see
that the condition of the streets con-
forms with the city ordinances. Does
he do it? Those who are familiar with
Mr.. Lindsay's habits report that he
spends an undue proportion of his
time lOunging about saloons and no.
tells and leaving to two other employees
the duties Of his position. The health
The courier., 1898-10-29

the real and pOetical sense OF the
word but only in the political and
commercial, who expresses contempt
for the ballot and the staple votes that
are put into it, who boasts that he
never voted himself, who announces
that it is all one to him whether pop.
ulists or republicans are elected, and
that the formers price is little
lower. then by these signs, that man
is not a good American, he is an
enemy to American institutions and
a traitor to the high ideals Of the
founders of this government. In the
stimulated patriotism caused by our
recent victories and the progress Of
the president, such man is seen in
his true light.
Until Quay got into Office it was not
supposed that he had any such am
bitiOn for himself, but when he got
control of the men that could swing
fifty or a hundred or two hundred
votes, he announced his designs upon
the United States senate and his
creatures i'm the legislature sent him
there.
The community's verdict Of any
man can be trusted. If in a whisper
the timid elements say to each other
that such and such a citizen is en-
tirely lacking in honor and morality,
such and such a citizen has received a
juster estimate than will be writ upon
his tombstone.
The editorial alluded to, which
amounts to a memorial Of Quay, con-
cludes with these words Of striking
verisimilitude: 'His silence under
the charges is significant. He enter
tains cynical contempt for the people
Of the state. He believes that they
have not virtue enough to punish
him. He feels safely intrenched in
his castle Of vice."
The courier., 1898-10-29

mense expense has been incurred In
the unnecessary grading ofs:reets. As
IN example of the expenditure OF
money which cannot be justified or
defended, may be cited the grading
of Nineteenth street from A street
to ID street, directly west Of and ada
cent to the Fitzgerald property. There
are but three houses along the street
where the grading was done and the
condition of the street was not such
as to require the expenditure Of a sin.
gle dollar in grading. vet money was
there expended which ought to be re-
covered from the members OF the coun
Gil who voted for the expenditure.
This is but one example Of hundreds
that might be cited Of reckless ex-
travagance In the expenditure Of pub
lie money by the council. The de-
linQuent tax list ought 70 admonish
the council to curtail expenses but it
has 10 such effect. Men charged with
the duty OF administering municipal
affairs continue to expend money and
contract debts which must be paid by
taxation in manner that is inexcus-
able IL not criminal. Recently con-
tract was let to pave Eleventh street
from the north line of o street to the
south line Of NJ street, excluding the
n street intersection and so much Of
the o street intersection as is required
to be paved by the street railway COM
pany. The contract calls for the paw
ing Of approximately 2,4OO yards Of
street and alley intersections at cost
Of q yer yard, or total OF a, 800 for
was let there was in the intersection
fund g, 400 in round numbers, and no
more which was applicable to the pay
ment OF the expense OF paving inter-
sections, or one half the amount which
the city agreed to pay under the con-
tract. 1t is reported that the city at
torpey gave it as his opinion that the
road fund might be applied to paying
the cost Of paving intersections, but
this is impracticable, because the
council insists on dissipating the road
fund by the unnecessary grading Of
streets. The paving company is per.
forming its contract and when it has
finished its work the entire intersec-
tion fund will have been expended in
paving the intersections including in
repaving district No. and the balance
will be collected by a general tax
levied TO collect the judgment which
the paving company will get against
the city in the federal court. The re-
paving OF the streets is an absolute
necessity and it could be accomplished
without increasing the burdens Of pub
lie taxation aside from special assess
'ments il the council would practice
economy. 1t is determined not TO do
50. Upon the republican party, which,
by . large voting majority controls
the city council. must rest and does
rest the responsibility for the prevail
ing recklessness 10 the expenditure OF
public money. To that party. locally,
. singing rebuke ought to be admins
tered and the time to administer it. is
now. Every candidate on the county
republican ticket ought to be defeated
1t the election In November Not be-
cause candidates on other tickets are
better men but because the men
whom the republican party have
elected have proved recreant to their
trust. They should be defeated as an
emphatic protest on the part Of the
taxpayers against the criminal ex-
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warning and will enter upon system
Of retreDchment that will bear fruit
in the future and entrench the repub-
lican party in power SO long as its
representatives perform their duty.
The Chicago Record says: ''It Is
one Of the happiest outcomes Of the
peace celebration that it was the
means Of bringing President McKin-
ley to the west" That's funny. Ne.
braska was under the impression that
the president came west to see our
show and the people on the els Missis-
sippi side. On his way back he stopped
in Chicago to help the citizens cele-
brate, but without him the show was
only two or three hundred miles of
bunting and few only comparatively
great men like DIR. Thomas, Bishop
FallOws, the Rev. Jenkins, Lloyd
Jones, the Rev. Hirsch ard Booker
Washington. President Mckinley
made a great speech in Omaha. the
best speech he ever made, and one of
the few long speeches worth -eading
and preserving. II he had come west
solely to see Chicago celebrate peace
he would have made his best speech
to the people on the lake. But he did
not. Our own truly great men, Sena-
tors Thurston and Allen. Mr.. Mander-
son and Mr.. Wattles, invited Kim to
Omaha and he accepted the invitation
and stopped in Chicago on his way
home.
Pennsylvania is at last ON the point
of Kidding herself Of a rascal who has
stolen state money and corrupted both
democrats and republicans for many
.ears. Quay is type Of man unfOr-
tunately represented in every state
and more dangerous to free govern
ment than scores of anarchists. With
out any party Affiliations, without
ideals, without respect for humanity,
they deal in politics as better men do
in merchandise. When such a man
gets a hold in politics he is hard to
dislodge. All honest men have known,
since the New York World several
years ago published his life, that
Quay had emhezzled public moneys.
Yet Harper's Weekly says that this
year both the republican and demo-
cratic 90 udidatoc o n ~ his coloo,;o,,
OF course such a condition of affairs
is the fault of the people who are too
cowardly to destroy a complicated re-
gime established by a criminal. In
the beginning Quay, like other small
traders, got control of the situation in
his own town, later the state felt his
power, and now at the national capi-
tai, says Harper's Weekly, ''he wields
q great influence, so that the whole
nation is interested in his downfall"
For the politicians Of all parties in
Nebraska the bondage of Pennsylvania
from which the citizens have been
trying for so long to free themselves
is worth contemplating. Mr.. Quay is
without personal friends or admirers
but his control was established and has
been prolonged by means which, when
employed ambitiously and cunning
ly, are of serious menace to personal
liberty. The steps by which Quay
mounted was upon the necks of ward
politicians. "Despise, ignore and cheat
the multitude, but put under con-
tinued obligation every hundredth
man who controls his ward or pre-
cinct. Make every one of these men
believe that his good living depends
The courier., 1898-10-29

Mr.. H. W. Hardy's letter to the
The record-union., 1898-06-01

. chimney or fiue through which hot
the current of air will flow to the place
OF combustion in a direction opposite to
that OF the current of products. The
current of air will. however, gradually
become hotter, while that of the pro-
ducts OF combustion will gradually be-
come colder. The heat thus impaired
by the hot escaping gases to the colder
entering air is thus utilized to ad-
vantage"
Having reached the fire. the descend
ing but now heated air furnishes oxy-
gen for combustion, and then flows into
the current Of gases. which proceed up
ward. Even in the furnace there is no
collision or conflict. Mr.. Schlicht de-
clares that the draught is automatic
ally adjusted to the requirements OF
combustion. There is a definite rela-
tion between the volume, temperature
and density of the air current and those
of the products of combustion. The
chemical operation of burning seems to
control them both.
The inventor declares that in certain
experiments made with stoves and
Ouse-heating furnaces he secured an
economy of from 33 1-3 to 80 per cent.
A number of tests have been made in
steam raising plants also, and the saw
ing of coal in these cases is reported
to have been from 10 to 30 per cent
The form and size of the inserted cyl
inder, or "defiector," vary, and need to
be adapted specially to the type and
number Of boilers used New York
Tribune
The record-union., 1898-06-01
A Brilliant Idea.

That was brilliant idea, that Of car
rying an army of invasion TO Cuba
aboard men-of-war. The man who pro-
posed that scheme must have Travelled
on warships all his life. and therefore
knew just where the horses and ambu-
lances and wagon train Of an army
would be stowed-not to speak Of the
soldiers They could lie on the spar
decks and take the rain or the sunshine
Just as heaven chose to distribute them
If an enemy's fleet happened to come
along, and it became necessary to clear
decks for action, the soldiers could be
thrown overheard along with the chem
ical chests, or buoyed out in the ships
boats. The wagon train could be stow
ed in the ships galley, or in the sick
bay, or the Paymaster's clerks room.
or in the Captains cabin, and the am
balances could be hoisted up to the sig
nal yards out of the way. And il it
CHANGED that the fleet had to stay out
over night the soldiers could sleep in
the sailors hammocks, and the crew
march to the tune Of "All Hands and
the Cook" for twenty-four hours at
stretch There are some people in this
country who know quite enough in
times of peace, but altogether too much
in time of war-New York Times.
The record-union., 1898-06-01
Burmah's New Civilization.

While King Theebaw is amusing him.
self by throwing pebbles into the sea
on the west coast Of India. young Eng
glish officers drink whisky and soda
and play cards In his throneroom at
Mandalay, which has been converted
into a club. No Burmese soldiers with
overheavy swords now stagger about
the streets. There is a regiment or
two of Tommies, with nothing for them
to do but make love to Burmese girls,
and die of dysentery and fever There
are a few hundred Princesses about
Mandalay, to whom the Indian Govern
ment, in unbOunded generosity for hav-
ing taken their country, give each fif-
teen shillings a week. Even in Bur-
NAH it is hard to keep up quasi-roy-
al state on fifteen shilllings a week, so
the ladies, who are of an enterprising
mind, turn, as aristocrats now do, to
business. One Princess was fined the
other day for keeping a gambling hell.
North China Herald.
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Articles Of Incorporation.

Articles of Incorporation were yester-
day filed in the office of the Secretary
of State as follows:
Protestant Episcopal Church In the
diocese. of Los Angeles. Directors
Joseph Horsefall Johnson, B. w. r.
Taylor, J. F. Towsel, L. L. Winder. A
G. L. Srew, H. T. Lee and J. E. Cowles,
all Of Los Angeles. No capital stock
Lacy Manufacturing Company.
Formed to manufacture iron and steel
pipes. tanks, etc. Principal place Of
business, Los Angeles. Directors-Will-
lam Lacy, r. II. Lacy, Maud H. Lacy,
Emma L. Lacy and K. E. Lacy, all of
Los Angeles. Capital stock, 500, 900;
all subscribed.
Antelope Hights Land and Fruit
Company. Principal place of business,
Visalia. Directors-Walter Hy Brown,
Ross w. Gould, Visalia; William Z.
Nye, Messina, and Fred E. Harding
and James II. Pattee Monmouth, Ill.
Capital stock. $4,000; all subscribed.
Tuck Chung Society. Formed for So
cial and other purposes. Principal place
of business San Francisco. Directors
Bay Ying, Ching Cue and All Ding No
capital stock.
Ontario Deciduous Fruitgrowers' AS
sociation. Directors-H. H. Morgan,
Robert Gray, ]. w. McFatridge, On
tario; George Kane, Fucker, and George
E. Scott, North Cucamonga. Capital
stock, SIC, 600: all subscribed
American River Channel Mining Com
pany. Formed to mine the bed Of the
American River below Folsom. Prin-
cipal place Of business, San Francisco.
Directors-John B. Gonyean, John L.
Cooke, Louis A. Larsen, San Francisco
and Nelson Fife and Harry A. Cooke.
Oakland. Capital stock, 500, 900;
amount subscribed, 100000.
San Francisco Contracting Company.
Directors-A. E. Buckman, John Kelso,
L. H. Clement, J. H. Terrill Edwin L.
Forster and William H. Chapman, San
Francisco. Capital stock, $125, 900;
amount subscribed, 5000.
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NEW METHOD OF COMBUSTION
Taking the Air Supply From the
Chimney.

1t is possible to compute the number
of fuel contains. but when that fuel is
burned under q steam boiler it is pos
sible to realize only small percentage
Of the theoretical amount of energy
that was liberated. The two principal
causes of waste are imperfect combus-
ton and the escape of a great deal of
heat with the gases that go up the
chimney.
A new method of managing combus-
ton, with a view to securing economy
in the use of coal in steam power
plants, has been devised by j. p
Schlicht, and he describes it in a re-
cent number of the Electrical En-
gineer." The essential feature Of it re-
lates to the air supply. This does not
enter through the ashpit, and appar-
emily does not pass through the crate
at ALL But it comes down the CHM
ney.
A tubular device, somewhat smaller
than the interior of the chimney, is sus-
pended in the top of the latter, so that
it reaches three or four feet above and
as far below the edge of the chimney.
In this way are separated the upward
currents, which take the central pas
sage, and the incoming and descend
ing air. which hugs the wall. Mr.
Schlicht says:
II discovered that a current Of air
and current Of combustion products
will flow in contact without any sub
stantial intermingling and If a cur
rent Of air is properly introduced into
The record-union., 1898-06-01
JUNE WEATHER.
Its Chief Features During the Last
Twenty Years.

The following data, covering a period
Of twenty years, have been compiled
from the Weather Bureau records in
this city by Observer James A. Bar
wick:
Temperature-Mean or normal tenn
perature, 50 degrees. The warmest
month was that Of 1888, with an aver
age Of 73 degrees The coolest month
was that of 1894, with an average OF
64 degrees. The highest temperature
was 1O6 degrees. on the Both. 1891.
The lowest temperature was Al degrees,
on the LIST, 1890. Average date on
which first killing" frost occurred in
autumn, November 18th. Average
date on which last killing" frost oc-
Cured in spring, February 18th.
Precipitation-Averag for the month.
.1S of an inch. Average number OF days
with OF of an inch or more, /. The
greatest monthly precipitation was
l. 45 inches, in 1884. The least monthly
precipitation was nothing in 1873. 1880,
1883, 1856, 1887, 1890, 1898, 1895 and
1896 The greatest amount Of precipf-
tation recorded in any twentyfour con-
secutive hours was 80 OF an inch, on
the 11th and 18th, 1894
Clouds and weather-Average number
of clear days, "a; partly cloudy days,
5; cloudy days, /.
Wind-The prevailing winds have
been from the south. The highest We
locity of the wind was AZ miles, from
the northwest, on the 18th, 1886
The record-union., 1898-06-01
FRUIT SHIPMENTS.
During May Ninety-Nine Carloads
Were Forwarded.

During the month of May, according
to statement made yesterday by the
California Fruitgrowers' and Shippers
Association, the shipments Of fresh
fruits to Eastern points were as fol-
lows:
To Chicago-Cherries 4S cars, april
cots 311a, peaches q, plums q.
New York-Cherries 2O24 cars, april
cots 2. plums 134
Boston-Cherries cars, apricots 1.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. II car, peaches
"A, plums "a.
Minneapolis-Ch 31a cars, april
cots H. peaches "A.
ST. Paul-Cherries 434 cars, apricots
a.
June 5th-Cherries / carload, april
cots q, plums "A.
June 6th-Cherries 11a carloads,
plums "A, peaches "A.
June Sth-Cherries carloads, april
cots y, peaches y.
cots "A. plums "a.
Totals-Chicago 53, New York "A,
Boston s. Minneapolis 4, ST. Paul 8.
Fruit now on the way is due to ar
rive in the East as follows
June 1st-Cherries carloads, april
cots a.
June 2d-Cherries 5 carloads.
June 3d-Cherries 5s4 carloads, april
cots ~
June 4th-Cherries 6N carloads, april
cots n.
June 9th-Cherries 3A carloads,
plums q.
June 1Oth-Cherries carload.
During May, 1897. the number OF
carloads shipped were 1O6. and for
May. 1898, 80.
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saloon and the man Barrett tried for
another hearing, but were promptly
told by the President to sit down, and
the question being on Trustee Dolan's 9
motion to revoke the licenses of the
Klondike and City Hotel saloons, 1t
was carried by the following vote:
Ayes-Trustees Tebbets, Payne,
Brown, Dolan and McKay-5.
Noes-Devine.
Not voting-Kent
Thereupon President Mckay de-
clared the motion carried and the Ii
censes revoked.
Later in the evening S. r. Hart, rep
resenting DAILY Bros, proprietors OF the
Klondike made an unsuccessful effort
to get the Trustees to reconsider their
action, on the ground that no time
had been fixed for the revocation of the
license.
He was informed by President Nc
Kay that the revocation dated from the
instant Of the passage of the motion,
and Chief Dwyer will make it point
to-day to see that the Objectionable
saloons are closed.
The record-union., 1898-06-01
Trial Calendar.

In Department i Of the Superior Court
yesterday Judge Hughes announced his
trial calendar as follows:
George E. Bates VS.. A. l.. Frost,
Treasurer of Sacramento-June 18th.
Thomas Hague VS.. Jerome Haas ct
al.-June Goth
Sacramento Electric, Gas and Rail-
way Company VS.. c. w. Clarke ct al
July 11th.
P. S. Lawson VS.. j. G. Davis-July
9Th
Caroline Camenzind VS.. John Kamp-
fen-July 18th.
In the matter Of the estate Of NJ. Du-
bois-June 18th.
w. S. Kendall VS.. A. L. Frost, Treas
urer Of Sacramento-June 18th.
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AN AMADoR ROAD.
A Macadam Highway That Will
Cost Very Little.

Under the superintendency Of Com
missioner Ashe the State Bureau Of
Highways has practically demOnstrat-
ed that macadam roadways can be
constructed under their supervision
and by day labor for fully one-half of
the sum demanded by most contrac-
tors.
Authorized by the County Board of
Supervisors of Amador County, the
members Of the Highway Commission
made surveys and estimates of the cost
OF constructing four miles of macad-
am wagon road over which there is an
nually hauled some $4,000 tons of
freight to supply the towns of Jackson,
Sutter Creek and Amador City. This
particular stretch Of road has long been
conceded to be the worst Opology of
road in the State, being a mass of
rough, loose cobblestones.
After making their surveys the Com
missioners announced that the road
could be constructed at cost Of
$2,777 per mile, but when bids were
advertised for the lowest one received
was for $500 per mile, while one con-
tractor demanded 6,4OO.
AS an experiment the Board of Su-
veyOr to construct 5000 feet of ma
cadam road by days labor. The MEM
bers Of the Bureau of Highways offered
their service free, and their offer was
promptly accepted and the work pro-
ceeded with.
The estimated cost of constructing
culverts, grading, and digging side
bitches, for this stretch of road as fur
nished by the bureau, was 81 ,211 90,
but that work has been completed at
a cost of only $1,151 and arrange
ments have been made for the crush
ing of the necessary rock to cover the
grade for five cents less per ton than
the original estimate.
Under Commissioner Ashes supervis-
ion stone culvert 80 feet long, is
inches high, and "A inches wide, was
constructed at a total cost of 500, and
is practically indestructible. The
road will be sixteen feet wide, covered
with nine inches of macadam, and
when completed will obliterate one of
the greatest bugbears to teamsters in
the State.
The record-union., 1898-06-01
Weather Reports.

The Weather Bureau reports show
the highest and lowest temperatures
yesterday to have been 60 and 49 de-
grees with fresh to brisk and high
southerly winds and cloudy weather
prevailing.
The barometrical readings at 8 a. m.
and p. m. yesterday were 299S inches
and 20 90 inches, respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were II and %
degrees, and one year ago to-day "a
and % degrees.
The average temperature was 80 de-
grees, and the normal 6S, showing yes
terday to have been 8 degrees cooler
than usual for the 31st day of May.
The highest wind velocity yesterday
was 81 miles per hour
The record-union., 1898-06-01
No Telephone Charges.

Volunteers in camp at San Francisco
or at least those from Los Angeles
have been granted the privilege by the
Sunset Telephone Company to talk
with the folks at home free of charge.
The regular rates between San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles are such that the
privates in camp could not afford to
use the wires. The matter having been
brought to the attention Of Manager
Sabin. he made an order allowing the
men from the South the use Of the tel
ephone without charge-a privilege
they greatly appreciate.
The record-union., 1898-06-01
A BELLOWING CALF.
1t Came Near Ending the Career of
a CAPITOL Officer.

Colonel w. D. Nichols, watchman at
the State Capitol building, recently had
an exciting experience in which for
lorn looking calf bore a prominent part.
Nichols visited the Merkley ranch,
down the river, to look after some stock
at that place. He was driving his
trotting mare Stella, and was in the act
of passing through a gate when calf
jumped up and gave a below. The
ColonePs mare swerved and the buggy
struck a stump. Nichols was thrown
into the air and came down behind the
seat. Luckily he stopped the animal.
and while the shafts We're smashed to
smithereens, no other damage was
done