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Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10
LARGEST RANCH IN THE
WOkLD.
ts Ayea is Greater Thnn Tbs, oI
Rhode Island and Delaware

'hRfhu iSfHHI hiftl lftlbNhft
Comhinei
1T scems natural that the
larResi rarch in the world should
be found 10 the lnrefst state in the
gJuion Teras,' ur,tes William
Clinton Ia the February Ladies
Home journal. Indeed, thie
ranch Is 80 extensive that some
Ststes could not coutain il. Con.
ieciicnt, for example, could .lot
hold IL by several ihnusald acres
Tie two States II Rhode Island
ard Delaware combined could not
contain tlls immense ranch, which
consists of three million acr,a. or
abopi I've thoue"nd square miles
About dozen yeare ogo. when
Texas needed ncw State capitol,
tle LesI4!,tufo adopted novel
plan to get It. a rfpDire was held
ioith that vast tract III nnap.
proprlhsed had would be given ~
exchange Tor suitable prnplte
building Mt Austin Among those
tempted hy the nar were *
Senator Charles l. ferwell and his
brother John. who ulin,ntel,
formed syndicnte 10 Chicago and (
took npon Themselves the rerponsl
b'li'y of erecting The proposed emp.
itol Their part II tho agreement
appears to hhye Leen carried ont
TO The satisfaction Of the stl'e. and
IN due time they came into The pos.
session Of the immense domain now
known ~ the \. ! f. rnnch."
Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10
PRECINCT NO. 7.

Aldretta Julio house I'D lanu il
Monticello, taxes 1897. Taxes sos, Ii
a6c, toial $40.
Baca. Juan, house and lot. two acres
lana taxes 1897 Taxes 5sc, ut 15c
I total 73c
| Barrela. German, land and mprovs
taxes 1897 Taxes zoe, int lse, total ssc.
Rarraras. Abram, la d and improvs
taxes 1897 Taxes LOO, int Doc, total
$l25.
b1urquet, A. ne 4 ne u y ne a
sec 50, twp IL, range w-l20 acres ;
taxes 1897. Taxes All, int l04, total
1921
Chavez, Barnahel house and farm. 20
acres house and lo in NJ, nti,ello; taxes
1897, '96 Taxes $50, int 2.19, total
$500
havez, ,Iesa &, u acres land and
house in Monticello; taxes 1897 Taxes
2.64. int G6c, total $500
thavez, Thomas. house and lot, farm
lapl takps 1897, 'yG. Taxes s54, int 5.I7,
a,fsl $l37l
Moimar, Leonar, house and land in
Monticello taxes 1897 Taxes l.3g. int
40,., total sl79
Nontoya, Cafarir a. 3 acres land in
Monticello; taxes 1897, 20 Taxes 24s.
int 96c total s344
Montoya. + mula ranch above Mon
ticrllo, $50 acres, laxes 1897 Taxes 36S,
int 42c, total $500
Nuanes, Pedro Jos,, h use and let in
Monticello, taxes 1897 Taxes 100, int
25c, total Sl25.
Romero. Josa, ranch hove Monticello. /
40 arres, taxes 1891 Ia es 5ls. int /. %
total S64z
Silas, Perfecto, part n /, Sc /, sw
a Sc 4 sec 10. Twp 10, range 6 100 acres:
taxes 1897 IaAes ll77, int 2ss. total
sl4,15.
Sullivan, Constancia. so acres land
above Monticeio ana house in Mont.
,eilo taxes 1897 Taxes 1l3, int l9l.
total 1894.
T"foya- Josa y Garcia, so acres land.
house and lot; taxes 1897 Taxes 64c.
mt l6c total soc.
Iaioya, leardro, house and lot taxes
o" lakes 3sc, int l0c, total 4sc
Torres Jcsa l. palt Of ne /, NV /, 81
. sW . sec IL, re /, ne 4 see 10. twn
=, ranre w 60 acres taxes 1897
taxes o3I, mt Loo total s. 96
Nallego Pedro, 50 acres land taxes
oS' LAKES 80, int 99e total S476
Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10
PRECINCT NO 5 CUCHILLO

Garcia, babel Baca. 4 Sc "a y
sw a zee 81 Sc a SEE 33 twp II, range
4 w-37O ales. Taxes 1897. Taxes
lip, int 2.7s, total $3.50
Gonzales, .tcsa + 100 acres on Rio
Grant laNes 1897 Taxes 202, int SOC.
to q l252
Truillo, T, ,lesfor i nd in Cuchillo, .
acres; 1hos Baoa Arroyo Bonilo 40
acres; hpnse m Cnchillo; taxes 1897.
Taxes 2.43, int LII total 1854
Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10
PRECINCT NO. 6.

iaidcasile, Milford 4 Co. sw ! ne J,
sec /. Twp 10 range lilo acres taxei
1897. '3G Taxes $50 i'll 1927, lolaI
Sl2 l6
Kingshu'y, Horace l,g and frame
house; taxes 1897 Tax 5 $40, ut 77c,
t'ial S. S3
Rea,i ins'er mine and improv, b. int in;
faxes 1891 Tax $ 2 IS, mi zoe, tot~l
So 4s
Great Republic mine and mpr VS.
taxes 1877 Taxes ..7S. int zoe total
S34S.
Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10
PRECINCT NO. II.

Anderson. John. estate of adobe house
and stable lois 10, II, blk 4 taxes 1897
Faxes AL. int 6.47, total s205s
Bee son, John, lot | blk 2, lots 4, s. blk
l6 taxe@ 1897. 30, 49, 81, 'o3 Taxes
1881, int 759, total 1890
Blrn. Mrs Alice, house ard lots a. 10.
II, blk 8 taxes 1897. Taxes 2.7s, int zoe,
total S34S.
Carey r. W. Silver Monument mine,
and lmpfovs taxes 1897 Taxes 52s, int
I94 total 500.
Cham erlain' Mrs Helen D, undivided
= ~ los D, 8, Z. block II; taxes 1897
Taxes 1Oc int 1sc. total Ssc
bids A f, house and lot 10 bll, >.
taxes 1897 96 Taxes 1880, int 5.S4,
total $2L74
Cllff ming Co. Chloride smelter. land
and lmprovs; taxes 1897, 49, Taxes
9220 int 32.40, total s125
10 20 'ossl Mining Co. mine and imnrovs; tax,s
1891 Tax ) 30. int "a, Total SO SO
o 8, o ,rs"'' nn sarah !, lois 3, 4, g. blk1: lots
2 ., " his Y ici II. Blk o. ana imnrovs.
Total S50.45. -'"'
Coosen, estate Of. ,ots and 5 blk /. 10,
1, hlk = lol 3 h,k lois and O. bin 4 lot
3 ~ nk 10 lases 1887. Taxes 1904, interest
Crawford, Austin improvs on ranch. lots
TO- DIX lot . oik g; lots 3 10, II, II block
& ,ols , 81 :; 3, .lk7 lol 12, blk 10; lots
2s ann g, "a DR. y taxes 1897 Taxts 24.88,
Property Of Evans; lot IL block 3 lot l.
~ BOOK 2, aid z; lots . nj 6, biotk
10 l"ts | and 3. block I6; mud improve;
axes 1897 Taxes 81, interest 68, total
S835,
Gill. James house and lot; taxes 1897.
Taxes zoe, interest Ice, total 88c
Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Land Office at Las Cruces. n. M.
January 2Stb. 1899

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN .hat
the following named settler has filei
notice Of his Intention to make final proof
in support OF his claim, and that said
proof viii he made before Probate Judge
or Probate Cl,ik at Hllsboro, New
Mexico, on March Z, 1899, viz WILL
LARD S. HOPFWELL, who made
Homeste d Ertty No 2l69 for the NE. l..
ST 4. : NE. d and Los 2, Sec l.
I. Is s, X. W, ~ NJ. Mer.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon AID
suitltal, ~. sail ,ti,u. NJ
John orgenorth, OF Andrews P. ON. NJ
Friiz Barr n, of g " -" +" .
Thomas Baxter of i" /" ."
j. w McAphee, OF " /"
EMIL soLlGNAC.
Register
Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10
THE RAVAGES or en-

lHE RANAuES OF GRIP.
lhat modern scourge, the Grin
poisons she air with il. fatal per,ns
30 that no home is safe from no
rhvages, bat multi,nd.s have found
sure pfotectioL aga,nat tins dan.
Rerons malady IN DR. Kings N.v
Discovery When you feel sore.
asss III your bones and muscIes
have chilis and fever, with sore
throat, pain in the back of Tie
head, catarrhal symptoms aud "a
stubborn cough YOU may know yun
nave The brlp, and TINT YOU need
'r kings New Discovery Iinill
promptly cure the worst cnn,b
heal the inilamed membranes kill
s''e disease germs and prevent the
nrehded after effects ~ the mslsdv
Iflee % cis. and VI 90 Money
back II not cured A trl.l hot,le
Tree at l. l. Mover. bur Store
Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10

NV IA ae ii sec 30, Twp 10, range "
40 acres taxes 1897 Tsxes 2sc, int
&c, toia' 35c
NV "a Sc "a sec 20, twp 10. range I "
40 acres; taxes lS97 Taxes 2sc, int 7c,
total 3Jc
Sam Sing laundry, taxes 1897. Taxes
zoe, int ise tai ssf
Sidney. . r. house on Cedar Ave
taxes 1897 '96, -. %, 81. 'y2. Taxes
4I4l, int Soe6 toad $SIlS.
Templar Minipg Co. mine and iimps,
taxes ls97. Taxes 1879. int $50
total $l9ll
Wcis'e J IT, Mis-. frame house on
hullnid street, taxes lsg7. '9B, 'g5
LAKES 3-l2. int 20i totil {a.1o.
Whit. II J, house on Mai street.
lot 10, blk taxes 1897. '95, 95 Tax
4 81, INT 2e5 lotll $l25,
Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10
.oE sALE

The store aud Office property
formerly occupied hy the Hllsboro
Mercantile Company. IN Tho town
of Ilillsboro, N NJ, situated on
The Southeaet corner of Main
and broadway streets; together
with the lots which measnre
jointly lO0flA52bn For pnr
llcul"rs enquire Of NJ Morgans,
Lake Valley, N. NJ.
Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10
PRECINCT NO. IS.

Colieti John H. improvs and ranch: taxes
1897. Taxes 83i, NJ forest 2-09 total SlO43
Chavez. Gabriel. house and lot. Hillsboro:
taxes 1897 Taxes LOB interest 26c, total
s129.
Gonzales. Juan NJ part OF sec 81 twp II,
rouge "; I6i@ acres; taxes 1897 faxes
973. interest 243 total Sl216
Lynch Bros sw or see 20 twp II, range bw
100 acres ~ ~ ~ Or sec 13 " hfnw or NV
Or sw ar sec "A twp IL ran D W. ls0 acres;
lot 4, seqr Nv qr hf se ar see 30, twp 49, range
z W. 156 80 100 acres; taxes 1897, Taxes "a or.
interest 25, total s3l 23
Ochoa. Jesus. ranch. sec 32. twp ", range 4
" 67is acres Iaxes 1897, Taxes 33c, interest
&C. total i2c,
PRECINCT NO. Is.
Chavez, Julian part OF sec 30. twp I5 range
3 " honse AID lot ~ Hillsboro; taxes 1897
Taxes 1854, interest 88; total S2I42
WILL NJ. ROBINS,
Treasurer and Ex Oflicio
Collector.
Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10
PRECINCT no. 9.

Aldreita, Frank, house in Hermcsa
taxes 1897 Taxes 56e, int l5c tor.. lie.
American Fig ard Flagstaff mil e.
and ippfoss; taxes 1907, SO lakes IA. ~
mt 5O3. total S22lg
Bentley, A. house and lot. Harrison
a1dil on, laAcs 1897, '96 Total z63, int
97c, tnial $500
po'an, + residence n Eagle camp.
hense N Hem 81; tsxes 1897. g6. -,
VI @ Taxes 1886, int 1907, total
mrry. Sallie, house and lot. taxes
1897, 96, 20 "a. '9S Taxes 23e5 int
lso<, ,otsl t.ip
Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10
CHURCH NOTICE

N'Ii Sunday ., Kingston. (
school 10 o'clock. preaching ser
vice /
Al Hilrhoro. s. School at 2
O'clock Erworth League 7, md
preaching service 7:8O Subject
The dift Of tho Holy spiril.'
All are cordially invited
}. a MussflI.
Pastor N +. Church
Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10


5 : sw ~ se i sec NV Il ne Sc,
IS. twr II, IA ~ W. loo at res. Taxes
500 int l39, total s6ah
NV Il sc soc rs, twp is, range s "
40 acres. taxes 1897 Taxes l.S9. int
24c total >l.73
NV = ne Il sec Is, twp Is. range 3 v
= 40 acres Taxes lS9, int sac. total
$l13
NV i ne = sec 80, twp Is, rance 5
" 40 acres. taxes 1897 Taxes 50. ilt
S4o, total sl.T3
SN i Sc i sec II. tap Is, range
10 acres taxes 1897 Taxes 2sc, int 7c
total 2hc
sN 4 sw . sec 8. twp Is. range W
~ a, re- taxes 1897 Taxes 2Sc, int 7c.
Ioi al 35c
ST = sw 4 sec :. twp 10. range y
10 acres; taxes 1897 1axes 2sc, il.t 7c.
ok.l 3tc
Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10
PRECINCT NO. s.

faca Miguel house and lot: taxes
lSs. 20, - '94 '93. % Taxes ll45.
int $40 'otsl s1aaA -
Re' q 4 Howell. i NV 4 sec Is. twp
~ range "; ne see l3 twp 10.
range . W loo acres taxes 1897. 90, 'a5.
~ Taxes 56.76. int 222g. total s79o5
Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10
PRECINCT NO 2 HILLS.
B0RO

BORO
Berl lip M,r,s, house a Cold ~rring
iaxee 1877 Tax, zoo mt lse ia, Az
Carahagal Alino tAscs ls9. ii, ~,
md lots a IilIlsOoro. laNr, - ss;il'
4ic total s2.22
Chnse2 plas housc and l,'siH niHs
r.. taxes lS91. lax,e . 5t, il tore,,
SS, total 70 ~
Cola 4, J r iayes 1901, one lo il
n lleloro. Taxes la9 it Soc, /, tai
sls4.
'ox, Frank pat q lots 6, Z, :, blk "A.
and mp. taxes 1897, 80, 10 g4 Taxes
~ 0S, mt 81 %, total sloa o..
EllioltA H., taxes 1851. nw !. sec p
l@p 10, 'ange wlf0 acres /, III
iosh2 lot | b. et Is aNo2 fet blk 55. lot
i 'acl ~ and - as per town plat, / lot
opp btaNron residence. Taxes rs 70
ut 50 total sI7 75
Garfield and Butler mines. taxes 1907
laNer sos int 2.o2, totl slOOs.
Galie4es, ,aputo. taxes 1897 ranch on
Nolth leicha sec 6, twp 10, range :
Taxes 20, mt Doc. total $2.75.
Hush. A j.. taxes 1897 house and lot
u ll'llshoio, Taxes 1902, int / os, total
- 80
lioult' Mrs, 7 r, taxes 1897 two
houses IN iilsho,o Wiley housesl
Taxes GO mt l,57, total S7 ss
Miller. Mrs George 4. taxes 1907 Ia,
j. blk = house aud lot. Taxes - 81 I'M
a tai sl5 6 -
Mp ersuu, ! T.. taxes 1897 mn, !,
nv SEE ~ twp l6. rapge u,ps
hero lNs = lot q. blk 36. lots / =
il ~ lais3. 1 .. III :. q. 10 IN 4
'e lut ! hll -5. lot \ hlk III M. = 4
II. nix ~, lot ! hlk Is lotG hlk
IsAos q o.' M 10 IS total "a ~
PrAer. + ", lots 4. 5. III. :. ht +:
io's = y, !. z, z as, hlo,k a. tract
= - iW. ~ 'o. ~, % Taxes
= = ln' u a. total ,S6 "a.
Powell. ocofpe inn ~ rs.srh s, |
. nv nv ~ sv n. 49,. T
~ twp II, iai sc : ~ loo a, r,.s ta,es
lsHs Iaxe' II y. int rs, /, tai slSao
Richmond Gold Mining & Milling ~
ill si'e part 81 p" SEE rs. ton l6 f
3 ge " Mary and kbimond n.ires
I'D ms; tAes 1897. Taxes IA eq in,
4 loi s2o54 '''' -
Robin 4 Macy, residence. e,c ,a
Ss' l"Nfs S.Oo, mt &c, total - 81.
smith + NJ part oi trac. n. ooxaso
'"kes lH91 iaNcs l.39,.in S5c. to,a,
-. 'N'"
s'H4eli. layid small part Of nact n.
Aer 49,. isAes a6c ut l4c. total 7o,
IaluNa, y, sad, a, ouse and lo,4lu
:. lot b laros 1897 Taxes Ar. INF
o4. total s52l, :" !,
Villas. Josa, housc ON ressrx,t;on
,.s 1897 Taxes 4.O3, int I.oI. tots 4
Sierra County advocate., 1899-02-10

Tax Sale.

NOTICE is hereby given that
VIII NJ. Robins. Treasurer and
Ex Ofliclo Collector uf Sierra
County. New Mexico. will, on the
first Monday in March, the same
being the 9Th day Of March, A. ID.
1899, AT the hour of ten o'clock u,
M. os that day, at the Eapt Front
Door Of the Court House, in the
Town Of Hillsboro. in SAID County
and Territory, offer 1T public sale
the following described resl estate
for the purpose II saiiefying the
clainns of the Territory of New
Mexico and tie County II Sierfa
for taxes due and now delinauept
upon and against the said property
up to md Including the yenr 1897 /.
aud that viii continue to offer the
same for sale from day To day md
from mouth 10 month until All is
sold. ~ the said taxes. interest and
costs are sai.sfied, VIZ
PRECINCT No. J. LAKE
VALLEY.
Alhert A hetps is. ere honsc three
cabine. taxes lsg, Taxes 2.GO, int oGr,
total - 25
{ Eur1iek = g ger r, twp 15
range !. re Vi, sec y, Twp la tango
4 90 arres- taxes 1897 Faxes 6 %, int
Ia, f. BAL $500.
VIM Cotton. rre-empliop, sec 2s, twp
10, rarge west 80 acres taxes 1885,.
Taxes . "a, int 100, total $40 43.
Mrs Leonatd Fry, ,house and loi, taxes
1897 Taxes IL, int 4s', total 81 SO
Walter Drado,4 + o. u eec 25, twp
~, range . "; 20 nci,s rtxcs 1897 '96,
%, ~, 93, ~, '9l laxes 81 80, int
rs o.. t. tai sleI n
Poster, hei,e of. ses 81. twp II, rance
vest lto acres sAxe- 1897. '96 '95 |
~ 'o5, w. Taxes rs 20, int 59.12, |
t tai sl37 32
Ganse, Chas, taxes 1897 90 p5 "a.
y" blacksmith shop james House, ehop /
near depot y int st no house Taxes I
II ~, int 37.24 total slOS SO
.f'r. 'hn't thfth lH't, 10, Va W, W., |
w, ~ ne ! ne see IL, Twp is, range
= 50 acres, &c ne sec 26, twp 10,
lange 40 acres Taxes 1851, int
rs 57, total $IJl.OS
Num- lleni, R,rcsidence Lake Valley.
axe 1877, '9e, 30. LAKES $40, int | ~,
oal s4.5l.
Num-, T NJ. " 4 sc i eis sw u Sec
'wl ~ ranpe lC0 acres; t. xes
sA5, 'aG, 05 TaSc4 l7i7, int .07, toral
23 II.
). W Or hard. two h"u' cs and corral.
lo' -, at iarel' sa cora apd roside,co
! Hillsbmo, s'ahle ut kit p-,on: hrcA
i'i't at 81 Rsion, I II Il adj. taxes S07.
axe % 50 mi 7.i2 total sis 5s
Ihfis B r.. taxes 1896 ". ~ sw
! rec 10, ne "a Nv d see l5. twp TX,
anr. =; INV a re see r. Twp IS. rance
l2o acres. Taxes $ ~ MT POP, total
10 - :
Shaw, Fred, taxes 1897 SO /, sec 95.
w l1i fange $ v lGOHcras. So 1, nv l.,
sw 4, SCI 81, twp ~, iaige " y
81 atns Taxes 1916, int 4 So, total y
l432
Wedrev God, Thos.. house at I...
alley taxes lsA1. 96, 80. "a. Tax u
70, ~ I.hi, iotal "a A.
PRECINCT NO 2 HILLS. A
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
MISSoURpS CARGO OF SICK.
WILL BRING $50 PATIENTS FOR THE
ARMY HOSPITAL

The Hospital Expected to Be Ready
Next Wednesday-Nurses and At
tendants VIII Begin Arriving in a
Day or TwO-sixty Men Coming
From HuntsviIIe-A Lost Sewage
Pump the Only Thing to Delay the
Opening of the Hospital.
When the hospital ship Missouri arrives
in port next week she viii bring about $50
patients for the army hospital, the first
the hospital will receive. 1t is possible
the ship may get in a day or two before
the hospital is ready for patients, and in
that case the sick will be kept aboard I'M
til the medical officers of the hospital are
prepared for them. This can be done
with as great comfort TO the men as If
they were in hospital on shore. for the
Missouri is so fitted up as to furnish every
possible convenience for sick.
A cabiegram has just been received that
the Missouri has 80 men on board now
who will be brought here unless some of
them are discharged in the meantime. In
that event it is also possible that a few
more may be taken on. The vessel is at Ha-
vana, where she took on the sick soldiers
from among the troops stationed near that
city.
1t is thought the hospital will be finished
by March s, and that the contractors will
be ready to turn it over to the govern
ment on that day. No doubt is felt about
this The only anxiety is as to the where
abouts of the force pump to be used in the
sanitary arrangements. The sewage will
be forced by this pump to the city main
by the connection that has been estab-
lished by the government. With the pump
and the sewer system the contractors have
nothing to do. as the government has put
it in by day labor.
A bill of lading has been received for the
pump, but it is not known where it is
Ii was shipped some time ago, but there
was a tie-up of some kind during the ex-
tremely cold weather and the pump seem
ed to get lost in the shuttle, The railroads
have been trying to trace ii for the gov
eminent, and 1t is hoped it will be here
by March 6. 1t is said it can be put in
place and all the connections made in two
days, working day and night, as it is pro-
posed to do
The attendants for the hospital are to
arrive within a day or two These are at
different stations, and are subject to the
orders Of the surgeon In charge. They
have been notified to be in readiness to
move TO Savannah at a moments notice,
and the order to come will not occasion
any trouble. A force of about sixty hos
pital men is to come from Huntsville and
number of female nurses from other
places.
The car that is being built for the use
of the hospital is almost completed. II
will be employed for the first trip of the
Missouri, and will carry the sick through
the streets. The car is being remodeled
for this special purpose at the shops of
the Savannah, Thunderbolt and Isle OF
Hope Railroad, and is being painted red,
white and blue
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
G. & A. CONTRACT AWARDED.
w. w. HeEeman of Pittsburg Gets
the PiIinE and Dredging.

The contract for dredging and piling for
the SHIPS and wharves OF the Georgia and
Alabama terminals on Hutchinson's Island
has been awarded to W. ". Hegeman OF
Pittsburg The work Is to be commenced
by April /. and must be completed within
eight months.
Mr. ". ". Mackall is ia New York,
where he went several days ago with Mai.
A. II. Johnson chief engineer of the
Georgia Construction Company, TO consid-
er the bids submitted on the work some
time ago. Mr.. Mackau SAID before he left
that il was probable that ne would see
President John SHELTON Williams in New
York and that he also would consider the
bids.
There has been great interest ever since
the bids were submitted to know what
contractor would be successful. It had
been thought the award would be made
much sooner. but the officials said delays
were necessary through their having TO
look up certain matters OF impor tance and
10 satisfy themselves upon points bearing
upon the work and the contracts. Con
tractors from several cities submitted bids,
New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Balti-
more, Washington. Savannah and Mobile
being all represented
More than 10000 is said to be involved
in the contract. In the news of the award,
which was telegraphed to the Morning
News by Mr. Mackall from New York,
there is nothing given in the way Of 1g-
ures but the official statement was made
a few days ago that the amount involved
would b. between $500, 900 and $4,000. The
dredging and piling alone are covered In
this contract The other work incident to
the establishment of the terminals viii
run the cost close to 100000, 1t is Of
icially said
The award of the contract for the dredg
ing and pihng on the island win put
stop 20 any further expressions of the
probability of the project for the estab-
lishment of terminals here being given
over since the purchase by the interests
represented in the Georgia and Alabama
of the Seaboard Air Line and the Florida
Central and PeRinsular. II has been stat
ed as a belief that the great system il is
presumed will be established would use
the Seaboard's Virginia terminals instead
of any that might be built here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.
DIR. Falligant Does Not Agree With
Aid. Thomas ON bond Question.


Alderman D. r. Thomas statement in
the Morning News to the effect that the
city cannot avoid Its contract to take up
a certain amount of city bonds each year,
and that after paying a premium the city
does not lose much, in view of the fact
the bonds were below par for several
years after their issuance, are not con-
CURED in by Dr.. L. A. FaIligant. who
holds that premiums should not be paid.
DR.. Falligant had the following to say
yesterday in regard to the statements of
Alderman Thomas and the city bond ques-
ton in general:
Il viii stake my reputation that there
IS not member of Council, from the
Mayor down, nor member of the board
Of sinking fund commissioners, who would
not go into court and fight to the last
ditch If their creditors undertook to make
them pay principal interest and a pre-
MUM on the face of their obligations be-
sides, upon any such double construction
clause as that in the bond upon which
they attempt to justify themselves in sub
hitting to so unjust an exaction; and the
hardest fighter of them all would be my
friend. Alderman d. r. Thomas. The
sauce for the goose wouldn't be sauce
for the gander' that time. Indeed. l didn' /
know we were dealing in goose sauce.
They all seem to forget" he said, that
there is clause in the constitution max
ing all contracts against public policy
void alb initio, and certainly a contract
based upon or containing a clause open
to double construction by one of which
constructions the municipality would be
sharply taken advantage of, must be con-
trary to public policy. and therefore void.
Do you think Supreme Court, composed
of sane and upright lawyers, would in
dorse the construction favoring sharp
practice? Such practice as that of con-
STRUNG a technicality of language into
a moral obligation, when such construc-
ton is abhorrent to every principle of
moral obligation"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-03
EXAMINATIONS POSTPONED.
Civ1 Service Applicants for POST
Office Positions VIII Have to Wait.

Civn Service Applicants for POST
ONCE Positions VIII Have to Wait.
Civil service examinations to have been
held here March q will not be held until
Nov % unless in the meantime the plans
of the civil service commission are mate
rally changed. This is not likely 10 be
the case, and prospective applicants for
positions in the postoffice will have 90
possess their souls in patience.
Secretary H. r. Rawls of the local board
of postal examiners has received from the
commission a circular letter, informing
him that in the future the examinations
in his branch of the service, as well as
i'm the customs and internal revenue SER
vices, would be he'd annually, instead of
semi-annuaily, as they have been in the
past. For the postoffice service the exam
nations are to be held on the first We'd
nesday after Nov. Is, for the customs SER
vice on the first Wednesday after June 5
and in the internal revenue service be-
tween Sept. 10 and Oct. q.
Formerly the examinations in the post
office and customs services have been held
on Saturday. This has been changed in
the former because of the press of work
in local postoffices on Saturdays and in
the latter because IA that service Saturday
is usually a half-holiday. The change from
annual TO senH-annual examina tons was
made with a view to the reduction of ex-
penditures in this department of civil SER
vice work. The appropriation for this
purpose is almost nominal, and reduce
ton of expenses became necessary.