Gilpin observer., 1899-05-18

at largely Increased salary. The
Guggenheims yesterday closed con-
tract with Mr.. Finney, head Of the ore
purchasing department of the Kansas
City Smelling and Refining Company,
also Of the new smelter trust. to take
the same place with the Smelling and
= Refining Company. With DR.. Malvern
w. lies, whose resignation as chief of
the metallurgical department of the
Globe smelter, also in the combine. has
been announced. This takes three of
the most widely known and expert
enced men away from the American
Smelling and Refining Company this
early in its career. a prominent smell
ter man said yesterday in discussing
these changes: "Just watch the smell
| tiers outside of the trust for a little
| While. The Guggenheims are lying low
for the big trusts. They are equipping
| their plants with the most modern ap-
pliances for treating ore and spending
immense sums of money which no one
hears anything about. They are after
several of the other men who have
made the smelters, now in the COM
bine, the success they are. Equipping
their own plants as they can from their
rivals, look out pretty soon for close
competition, despite protests to the con-
trary from both sides.".
The omission of the penalty clause
from the law to compel railways to
carry bicycles as baggage has raised
| a vast amount of discussion among le-
gal authorities. One attorney, who is
closely connected with the League OF
American Wheelmen, said that the
statement that the omission made the
law imperative was not true. when
we drew up the bill," he said, 1--WE
carefully considered that clause and
found that it would have no effect If it
passed. AS far back as we could go
| nothing could be found in the laws
compelling the railways to carry any
| baggage at all. 1t is voluntary act on
their part to draw business. 1t has
become a custom to carry baggage,
and that is all the liability the rail
ways have. The buying of a ticket is
an implied contract to carry not to ex-
ceed certain amount of baggage. For
that reason no penalty could be at
tached to failure to comply with the
| law. The only thing that we could do
was to define bicycles as baggage.
Then If the railways carried any bag
gage at all for passengers they We're
bound to also carry bicycles. Now, we
do not by any means consider the law
to be imperative. There is only one
way we can go after the railways. We
| Will have every man who Is compelled
to pay for having his bicycle hauled
sue for the recovery of the % cents or
80 cents or whatever 1t costs. We are
preparing the papers now in the Grip
pie Creek cases. There is absolutely
no doubt that we can compel the rail
ways to refund. and in this way make
| them recognize our contention that hi
cycles are baggage" Another attor-
ney, not connected with wheeling,
states that the law is of absolutely no
onr of I,O 10
as has been shown" said he, "a gift
from the railway to the passenger, it
is within the power of the giver, and
the giver only, to decide what shall
come under the head of baggage. The
railways are entitled to make rules to
protect themselves from loss, and If
they prove, as they claim they can.
that carrying bicycles is constant
source of loss to them, in damages to
the bicycles or for any other reason,
they can bar them from the privileges
of baggage. They are entitled to ccr-
tain rules to protect their own inter-
ests"
Governor Thomas has under consid
GRAFTON the question of calling an eX-
ira session of the Legislature. He is
being urged to do this by the officers
of several state institutions whose rev.
enue, under existing conditions. is in
adequate. State Auditor Temple has
compiled the following statement of
prospective revenues and the appropri-
| atoms:
| ESTIMATED REVENUES FROM ALL
SOURCES.
| General revenue 1899. ........ .S379. $50
General revenue 1900. 0......... SissS s72s,C,7
| Secretary State, years.. 100 goo
imerest on PsP Seposits Years
| All other sources. years.. $1,000 o25'Wo
Total .................... 81, ,O5a, OH
DISBURSEMENTS FOR 1899 and 1900
First Class
Esee ENecuaive and iI;diciaii......... sss.2sS
! Interest on warrants 1900 $Sal.isS
Second Class
Dependent Chil,dren's Home 10000
Industrial School for or Boys. 5000 S
1ndustrial % School for Girls $1,000 sss5,Gco
Third Class
University ..SiiV,VW
School of Mines.............. 10000
| Normal School ............... 25.00O
Mute and Blind. ............ o. 500
Soldiers and sailors Home 1900
Grand county fish hatchery 900
Insane asylum puiding.,;.. 4oVoV
| Insane asylum lmprovem 1000
Industrial School impr mts. 10000
| Penitentiary improvements 1000
Reformatory heating plant. $500 ., ,oo
G,rls' Industrial School bid. 2o,ooo s33O,t'9
Fourth Class
School of Mines deflciency..$ y 10000
Insane asylum acficit. 1885
Penitentiary deficit .......... 2o,10t
| Industrial School dehcit.... 4,l9o
Reformatory deficit......... 22.63l
Relief of Chnpman........... 800
Relief OF Acker. 3.Sn
Relief of Jones, 5000
Relief of Callcotte. 500
Relief of Hayes. 1.35o
Relief of Strayer............ 195
Relief of Russell. .............. 215
Relief of Feidhauser........ 236
Relief OF Hagar....."........ 20 $1Oi,1fb
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Grand total. .................... ..a,6tI.sls