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Arizona republican., 1898-07-24
PATCHING DOMESTIC JARS.

Easy are the methods of settling de- mestic difficulties in Upper Burma. When a husband finds that his better half is not the unalloyed blessing he has been led to think, he calls into his house all the old men and women of divorce her, and trial by candle is prosecuted.
 The husband and the wife are each given a candle, which they light sim ultaneoGsly at the order of the eldest person present and place in the mid Gle of the floor. Then every one in the house sits around and watches to see which candle burns cut first If the wifes does so the husband has Q right to divorce her, even against her will, and turn her and her relations out of his house without more ado.
 If, on the other hand, the husband $ candle burns out first, the wife has the option and right of either refusing a divorce or agreeing to it, and turning her husband and his relations out of the house, which, with all goods and chattelS it contains, beconies her per sonal property
 Iii Cochin China, when husband and wife find they can no longer agree they give dinner, to which they invite their relations and the patriarch of the village. The latter. during the meal, takes the chop sticks of the pair and breaks them. and by his action they are legally divorced.
 With certain tribe of African sav- ages, when husband desires to be rid of his spouse-a fairly common occur rence-he takes her to the door of his hut or tent and strikes her across the Lack with three rushes three times crying, in his savage tongue, at each blow, Wicked, naughty, bad" which constitutes the tribal form of divorce
 A husband in Madagascar may di- vorce his wife for the most absurdly trivial offense. All he has to do is tc call his friends and relations to the door of his house, and in their presence give his wife a small coin and push hel out, saying, Madam, thank you; go An underdone dinner will amply jus. J tify him.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-24

the regimental flag by the members of the order It is requested that those contemplating going hand their names to J. r. Elwell or A. P. Waibridge at as early a date as possible.
 A PROPOSED REGIMENT OF TOTAL
 ABSTAINERS.
 General Payne, G. c. T. of Ohio, is trying to raise regiment to be com posed of total abstainers. If he sue ceeds, and it looks as if he would, it will be one of the most famous regi- ments in the world. General Payne speaks Of his plan Tn the Ohio Good Tempiar as follows:
 ''I am organizing a regiment for the war for the freedom of Cuba. My plan is to receive enlistments by mail frcm all parts of the state, and we are entering them in a book of enroll ment, and when. sufficient number are secured we will report to the gov ernor, who will order us into camp at some convenient point. We have enough for now about three companies, and the names are coming in every day. My regiment, when organized, will be composed of sober men that can be relied on in any emergency. The officers will be elected by ballot af- ter being ordered into camp. All Good Ten;plars who enlist and go into the army will be carried as members of their lodges till they return. The grand lodge will not require per capita tax on members so carried"
 A PATENT BEER BARREL.
 It is stated that "a newly patented barrel is being made in England, the novel feature being the use of an alum mum lining. By the use of such a lin ing in beer and wine casks the contents are kept in excellent condition, and no action is set up between the liquid and the metal. When once the cask has beer rinsed out, too, there is no smell left, while the reverse is notably the case in the use of wood. The strength of the metal lining also makes it a most suitable cask for the forcing of beer from cellar to bar by the aid of liquid carhOnic acid gas. The taps l for these barrels, which are also made of aluminium, are, of course, very light and very strong, and have a pleasing appearance"
 And now if some one would invent and put on the market an aluminium lining for the beer drinkers stomach so constructed that mo action will be ''set up between the liquid and the metal,' it ought to have a great run l It has already been found needful to manufacture a special style of bar. I tenders shoes, as ordinary leather will not stand the drippings of beer. which will rot, not only the shoes from g | bartender's feet, but also the fingers from his hands; and it seems that pru. dence would require that man who drinks the stuff should have his stom. ach copper bOttOmed and brass-busheC unless some new patent aluminium l lining" can be devised which will en- able men to look upon the wine wher it is red without feeling lAe serpent's bite and the adder's sting "at ths last Selected.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-24
SOUTH SIDE.

Tempe. AriZ., July 23.-tSpecial Correspondence of The Sepublican.)- ". J. Kingsbury. Curt w. Miller. Cap tain William Mullen and Col. Shultz vent to Phoenix today.
 Lon Harmon is down from Mesa today.
 Mrs. J. F. HaIgler returned from Phoenix on this mornings train.
 ". R. Lewis came into town this morning and plead guilty to a charge of cbstructing a public highway.
 Silveria zuniga of East Tempe was this morning arrested for unlawfully using water for irrigating purposes.
 Hewie Hewitt, who came in from his cattle ranch Thursday night, is a little under the weather. He wants to take a trip to his old home in Penn sylvania, and will start as soon as he gets well enough to travel.
 F. E. Daggs and A. J. Daggs were Business visitors in Tempe today.
 Rev MT Edwards and his sister Miss Edwards, have received the saG news of the death of their father in Chicago q few days ago. They have the sympathy Of the public in their hcur of atfiction. '>
 J. F. Richards is moving into Perry Niidman's house today. MT. Rich ards will run a first-class boarding house, and many a sigh Of relief is heard from those who will patronize him.
 J. II. Lewis has purchased a new wagon and set of harness with which ko handle his watermelon crop.
 C. H. Davidson, the Phoenix Cash store man, is on this side today doing business.
 W. T. Cummings yesterday hauled to town MT. Listenbarger's house with his Missouri mules The house was on the Kloss ranch and will be placed on Fifth street next to the Elder prop erty.
 Doe Peters today bought himself a ranch or rather two ranches. He now holds the deeds to Floyd Hoisaple's eighty and Shan Johnson's eighty. which are adjacent ranches. MT. Johnson has purchased the Whacker ten acres which lie between Neils Peterson's lard and the southern branch of the Tempe canal six miles southeast of Tempe. He will clear 1t and put it into corn. MT. Eolsaple will go east about August 10. Doc Peters will seed the ranches to alfalfa and fatten cattle on his own land
 Zanjero Williams has closed up the gap in the Tempe canal dam and the canal is full of water again. He be- gan yesterday motning with four teams and twelve men and had the gap, twenty-five feet long and six feet deep, closed bYnoon today and hauled the willows used in filling, two miles
 MESA.
 Mesa City. Ariz., July 23.-(Special Correspondence of The Republican.)- J. MT. Davis. A. J. Chandler, M. Powell, J. G. Peterson and c. L. Hall went to Phoenix today.
 Professor Tipton of Phoenix, Mons Eflingson. Carl Hayden of Tempe, Mrs. Ross Sellers and sister, from Phoenix. and J. B. Shrine of the Southern Pacific are in Mesa today.
 J Eoldren and wife were ill Tempe yesterday.
 A. L. Post took load of brooms to Phoenix yesterday.
 B. c. Rogers Of the Tempe-Mesa Pro- ducs company left last night fol Pima, Graham county, for a weeks visit with friends and relatives
 5. T. Barnett is recovering from { broken ankle from which he has beer suffering fer several weeks
 Superintendent A. P. Snowman i:
Arizona republican., 1898-07-24
Mesa, Florence and Globe
 ...STAGE LINE...
(. R. GOODIN,.proprietor.

Johnson Bros Agents at Mesa. Louis Sultan Agent at Globe. L. K. Drais, Agent at Florence L. W. Collins, Agent at Phoenix.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-24
SILVER CITY REDUCTION CO.,,
Silver City Grant Co.,. New Mexico

Silver City Grant Co.,. New Mexico
 This plant has been purchased and will be operated in the future by the estate of the late Senator George Hearst of California, under the gen eral management. of D. g. Gillette. IF. It is the intention of the present man. agement to largely increase the ca pacity of the plant and equip 1t with every modern appliance for the suc- cessful and cheap treatment of ores and concentrates. Consignments and correspondence solicited. Advances will be made on oTeA.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-24
Gila Valley, Globe < Northern R.R. Co
TIME CARD NO. 15. Taking effect Tuesday, June 21, 1893. (Mountain Time.)

Trains Nos. Il and 12 run daily except Sunday.
 Trains Nos. Il and 12 connect at Gfla River Bridge with stage from and to Globe.
 Trains Nos. Il and F make connec- tions at Bowie with Southern Pacific trains 19 and 20 for all points east and west. from this schedule as circumstances may require.
 Time as shown, is arriving time, un- less otherwise noted. Employees will destroy all time cards of previous dates B. JONES,
 Superintendent. WILLIAM GARLAND, President.
 TO MESA AND TEMPE.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-24
PLATFORM OF THE I. o. G. T.

PLATFORM OF THE I. O. G. T. 1. Total abstinence from all intox- icating liquors as beverage.
 2 No license, in any form, for the sale of liquor to be used as beverage
 3. The absolute prohibition by the will of the people of the manufacture Importation and sale of intoxicating liquors for such purposes.
 4. The creation of healthy public opinion upon these great questions by the dissemination of truth by all the modes known to enlightened phil anthropy.
 5. Persistent efforts to save indi- viduals and communities from the scourge of intemperance.
 6. Perfect equality of the sexes in all work of the order.
 The membership of the l. o. G. T is greater than that of all other kin dred societies combined
 Garden Valley lodge, No. 1. meets in Good Templars' hall, No. IS West Washington street, Phoenix, on Mon- day nights, at o'clock.
 Visiting members are always most welcome
 Garden Valley lodge No. 1 will elect officers on tomorrow night. From the number of nominees placed in the field at the last session the contest will be spirited.
 This evening Dr. McCreary will preach a temperance sermon on the Saloons of Phoenix" and all Good Templars are invited to be present. He is a fearless and aggressive fighter and does not hesitate to condemn what he coDceives to be wrong in plaines; English
 G. C. T. Walbridge visited Flora ledge in the Cartwright district last night He expects to go to Congress 1T the near future to organize Juvenile Temple.
 Subscriptions to the flag fund art coming in at a satisfactory rate. Int members of the lodges at Congress and Prescott contributed $6 each. I more is received than is needed tn, i surplus will be used to buy reading matter for the soldier boys Quite number of Good Templar will go to Prescott on the excursion ol August 6 to attend the presenting o
Arizona republican., 1898-07-24
WE CAN SAVE YOU TIME

And time is money. The Union Pa cific makes the quickest time to nearly All points east.
Arizona republican., 1898-07-24
5 GOOD TEMPlARS.

Edited by A. P. Walbridge. super intendent of educational work for the grand lodge of Arizona, assisted by members of the local lodge1
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-24

plated, connected with two-inch safe waste. Each basin or group of basins will have a loose key compression lock stop cock to shut off supply when de- sired.''
 Neither California marble nor any other kind has been used for the safe under wash stand. There is no safe, and being none there can be no coun- ter-sunk top, brass strainer nickel plated, or any of the other fittings specified for this particular furniture. The basins as they stand. therefore. appear as they are, of the cheapest possible construction, their cheapness being exactly proportionate to the amount of the contractors illegitimate gain.
 Another saving in connection with wash basins was that brought about by the change in the specifications leav ing out a, number of those originally provided for "'''- change netted MT Duffy S325 not an inconsiderable sum when considered as an abstract propo- sition.
 The following communication from Architect Swain to the Board of liar
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-24

soft pig lead. No old joints or other defective material will be used. All the sewerage pipe where required un- der the building to be of above make, taking in all connections from leader pipes to soil pipes. All joints between lead pipes to be wiped joints. No cup joints will be permitted anywhere. All joints between cast iron pipe and lead pipe must be by heavy brass ferrules of same size of lead pipe, soldered on the lead pipe and calked into the iron pipe. Brass pipes must be put together with red lead in the best manner and made perfectly tight.
 All joints between brass and lead pipes must be by proper brass solder ing nipples. Iron supply pipe to be screwed together with proper fittings"
 All of this work the plumbing con- tractor got rid of by the very simple process of having the Harbor Commis- sioners authorize a very convenient change from cast iron pipe to wrought iron pipe The labor and time required to fit the joints with hammer and calk- ing irons with the best pure soft pig lead was avoided, and the person or persons who brought about the change reaped a rich reward.
 In fitting up the wash basins, of which there are several dozen in the building, the contractor again forgot
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-24
Being a Continuation of the Ferry Depot Scandal
 and the Ways of the farbor Commission.

Union Depot and Ferry-house from straight hoppers as specified, to style Of closets as erected in the Mills building, and all the work in connection herewith in each and every respect, TOT the sum of $715, I beg to say that on investlgatlon I find the extra price to be reasonable, and also that it would be advisable to make the change. I would therefore rec ommend it's adoption. Yours respectfully,
 EDWARD R. SWAIN.
 There is still another lmoOrtant item in MT. Duffy's long list Of changes and omissions which should not be over looked if a full understanding of the manner in which the work has been done would be had This is the provis- ion in the specifications that all the piping must be embedded in the Walls. This has not been done, and the fact is so very conspicuous that It forms, as it now stands, one of the chlet archl- tectural defects in the building. on the inner side of some of the heavy pillars supporting the arches Of the main en- frances of the building are a dozen or more unsightly, great black Iron pipes running from floor to ceiling, and standing out from the masonry work from two to six inches. Had the pro- vision of the contract been followed these pipes would have been embedded in the pillars and would have been out of sight. The saving to the contractor in this particulG- has not been estl- mated, but 1t can be readily seen that it involves a very considerable sum.
 In the matter of the change from cast iron to wrought iron pipes, there was also brought about saving to the contractor of very considerable sum in brass fittings that would have been required had the provisions of the orig inal specifications been complied with
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-24
Experts Declare the Plumbing Should Be Condemned as Violating the Specifications and
 IJnhealthful.

fails in many important and almost vital respects to comply with the speci- ffcations, and in each and every in- stance the failure of the contractor to live up to the terms of his contract re- suited in a gain to MT. Duffy or to other persons interested of from a few hundreds to more than a thousand dollars.
 Not only has the work been done in manner not contemplated by the orig inal specifications but it is in it's com pleted form a menace to public health and a positive detriment to the build ing These facts were brought to the knowledge of the Board of Health, and in compliance with a request made by this paper, Secretary Godchaux, ac- companied by Chief Plumbing Inspec- tor J. J. Sullivan, visited the build ing yesterday afternoon and thorough ly inspected the plumbing work therein.
 MT Sullivan's estimate of what he saw there is also given in another col umn He said in brief that the work as performed by MT. Duffy and accept ed by Architect Swain and the Board of Harbor Commissioners, is not only a disgrace to the State and a menace to public health, but is also so defective in it's construction that it will not now or ever answer the purpose for which it was intended. He also said that had he the authority to do so, he would condemn the entire work and have it taken out of the building.
 MT. Sullivan corroborated all that MT. Ford had stated regarding the saving effected by the various changes that have been made in the original plans and specifications, and asserted his belief that the work as it now stands could have been performed at a cost to the State of something like 30 per cent less than the original contract price
 To give the uninitiated an idea of the immense steal perpetrated in connec- tion with this plumbing contract it may be well to enter into the details of a few of the more prominent imper- factions. The original specifications under which MT. Duffy secured the contract for doir~ the work called for all leader, waste and soil pipes to be
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-24

result: 120 feet 6-inch wrought-iron pipe at 65 cents, $75; 6S feet 6-inch wrought-iron bends at g 50. S170; cutting and threading pipe, S122: labor, plumber and helper, S105
 1 recommend that the above extra amount CS475) be allowed MT. Duffy. Yours respectfully,
 EDWARD R. SWAIN,
 It will be noticed that Mir. SwaiH's estimate agrees to a cent with Mr. Duff fyS proposals. It does not appear. however, that he consulted with MT. Duffy as to prices and profits, and it Is only fair to presume that this Is an- other one of the long and ever length ening list of strange coincidences which have marked the dealings between con- tractors and the Board of State Har- bor Commissioners.
 To sum the whole matter up briefly. the plumbing contractor, by reason of changes authorized by the Commis- sioners and recommended by Architect Swain, has made an illegitimate profit of about $4000 on the work as originally planned, and has besides been presented with the sum of $4510 under the head of extras" In return for this the con- tractor has provided the State with a system of plumbing that is something more than worthless, and which, were it in a private business block, would be condemned by the Board of Health as menace to the public health.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-24

Mir Duffy says that he asked the ques- ton of the former architect when estirnat- ing the plans and was told that the hines were to run in a straight line from roof to and through foundation. Upon taking this matter up in detail in my own office, I found that it would be impossi- ble to run the pipes down straight; that if done in that way Instructions would De encountered. the pipes would come Tn front of undesirabIe places and could not be brought through the foundation and into the bay without making offsets ana bends
 | therefore designed and showed them on the plans in practicable places-1n fact, in the only places they could be placed and it is this change, which cerIalllIy involves more work, of which MT. Duffy complains.
 | believe his contention is correct, and have investigated the additional material and labor required, with the following re-
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-24

bor Commissioners under date of Feb ruary 1, 1897, may not be uninterest- ing when considered as evidence of the unanimity with which the architect and the contractor for plumbing agreed on changes and prices that resulted in profit to MT. Duffy It is as follows:
 Dear Sirs Referring to a communica- tion of your board from E. J. Duffy, con- tractor for plumbing and gas fitting, union depot and ferry house. dated Jan nary 29 1897. stating that the plans for rain water pipes and positions of same are not in accordance with the plans and instructions given him by the former ar .chitect of the building, claiming that the change is more expensive to him than or iginally contemplated, and submitting figure for the work involved in the said change. amounting to S475, beg to say
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-24

of heavy castiron. The kind put in by the contractor is wrought iron pipe.
 Wrought iron pipe is manufactured in lengths of thirty feet or less, and is screwed together after the manner in which gas pipes are fitted. Cast iron pipe is manufactured in i've foot lengths, the joints being made with molten lead and oakum in precisely the same manner as the heavy water mains are connected. The labor and mate rials required to do this work is a very important factor in the cost, So great, in fact, that the saving to the contra ctor on this item alone is esti-
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-24

The men who hold the contract for doing the plumbing and gas-f1tting work in the new ferry depot building have found employment to be profit able to such a degree that, considering relative hardchips. the riches of a Klondike placer claim sink into insig- nificance.
 Granted a ( ntract at a price they considered to be sufficiently large to re- turn a profit, they have added to their gains through changes, omissions and the kindness of Commissioner Col non and Architect Swain, until as the work stands now, the net gain that has accrued to them about equals the amount of money actually expended. They have been permitted to perform work in a manner that would not be allowed in any public or private build ing in the city; they have violated all the rules laid down bv the Board of Health for the guidance of those whose business it is to fit buildings with sani- tary appliances, and for doing this, and for some score of other minor things. they have received the favor of the architect and the Board of Harbor Commissioners, and some thousands of AAO State, to which they have no just claim.
 Believing that frauds had been per petrated in connection with this, as well as every other contract for work on the ferry depot building. The Call secured the services of an expert plumber and gas-fitter whose ability as well as personal integrity is well known to almost every business man in the city for the purpose of ascer- taining beyond a question of doubt the facts as they exist. This gentleman, Thomas J. Ford, was provided with an authorized copy of the original plans and specifications under which the plum ping contract was let, instructed to thoroughly inspect the completed work and render a true and impartial report of his findings. This report in it's entirety can be found in another column on this page. It shows among other things that the work as perform ed by E. James Duffy, the contractor,
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-24

This point will be made clear by a perusal of the following paragraph from the specifications.
 All joints between cast iron pipes must be thoroughly calked with oakum and molten lead, and the plumber will make the joints impermeable to gases by bedding the lead with hammer and calking iron. For each joint in cast iron pipe twelve ounces of lead must be used for each inch of diameter of the pipe In which the joint is made, no put ty or cement joints will be permitted. The lead used for calking must be pure