The herald., 1898-09-08
GAS TO Be CHEAPER
NEARLY READY TO PUT IN THE
NEW MACHINERY
The City to Furnish Water With a
Proviso as to the Price Of
the Gas

SAN BERNARDINO, Sept. 7.-When the
price of gas went up to s4 per 1000 feet there
was a general cutting out of meters, until
but very little gas is burned in the city.
A new plaut has been started that will
place the price at 81 per 1000, with guar
antee TO the city trustees that the price
shall not go above that figure The city
trustees were asked to supply the neces-
csary water, and agreed to do so at a very
low figure, to encourage the enterprise.
The city beard of education last night
voted to ask for a special tax of Is per
cent from the courly for the primary and
grammar grades of the city schools. The
county auditor will be asked to draw funds
for the high school, Miss Lulu Claire
Bahr, candidate for superintendent of
schools on the Independent ticket, has been
transferred from the position of principal
of the Metcalf school to the principalship
Of the Fourth-street district, the second
largest graded school in the city.
The board of supervisors has apportioned
the rooms in the new court house and ap-
pointed Messrs. New burg and Cooley
committee to make a tour Of the court
houses Of the country and decide upon the
furnishings Of the several rooms. 1t is eX-
pected that the change will be ready for
the new officers who go in with the new
year.
Election Supplies
The bids for election supplies were close
on tickets, the T.Ues-Index bidding $50 for
| 1000 samples and 1900 regular ballots,
| against John Flagg at 5000. On 70 boxes
of supplies John Flagg bid SAGE per box,
A. w. Barnes $297, and d. ]. Carpenter
81. 60 per box.
| The report of the county treasurer for
| August shows the receipts to be $39O1. 60 ard
the expenses 500, ,905. %, with a balance on
hand Of $79, 1885.
The report of the county hospital shows
that there were 6S inmates at the beginning
Of the north; % had been admitted died
and 16 were discharged, leaving the present
| number Y at the close Of the month. The
expenses of the institution We're SS5S 95, or
or an average of SSs4 cents per day for each
inmate The institution furnished % meals
to indtgents
| The INDECENT list for the past month num-
bered 73, who received $G63.33 from the
county.
| The jail contained Is occupants during the
month, who were furnished 81 meals a.
| stoot, dl tle tNpt!lSt Ul lHe county.
DR.. C. c. Browning of Highland was ap-
| pointed health officer for that district.
City Reports
The reports Of the city officials for the
past month showed that the marshal COL
lected s691 for Ncenses and s32 for fines; the
street superint ntendert put in an expense bill,
! of $579. 40; the water superintendent col
lected from 5O2 users the sum of S6e9 o.: the
| city recorder had 90 cases before him of
which IS were convictions, with fines
amounting to $50, and five cases were dis
charged; the health officer reported five
deaths for the month.
| John Brennan and Mike Bardon, who have
been in jail since Friday, awaiting trial
for cruelty bea ting a horse, were brought
up and discharged, the district attorney
| thinking they had been punished enough. It
was a most aggravated case.
| John de Radka of Redlands, who is sup
| posed to be serving a six months sentence
| in Jail, ran up against George Smith, col
| ored, and occupied a chair belonging to the
| latter. with the result that he got the chair
| over the head. He refused 10 make a COM
plant and slid off TO Redlands.
| Prof and Mrs. Walter A. Stnfford Of
Santa Ana have arrived, Mr.. Stafford IS
the professor of mathematics in the high
school for the coming year.