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The San Francisco call., 1899-08-22
STREET WORK AUTHORIZED.

STREET WORK AUTHORIZED
Resolutions granting permission for the per-
formance of street work by private contract
were finally adopted as follows Bitumen paw
ing on crossings of Clay and Laurel and Clay
and Locust streets Pacific Paving Company.
Resolutions authorizing the performance of
the following street work by private contract
were passed to print: Bitumen paving on
Baker street between Filbert and Greenwich.
granite curbs. John T. Brenan: regarding and
remaca adamizing Twelfth avenue between Call
fornia and Lake streets, provided sewer in said
avenue between points named Is sufficient for
drainage and is approved by Superintendent
of Streets, Peter McHugh.
ACCEPTANCE OF STREET WORK.
Resolutions of full acceptance Of street work
were passed to print as follows: Jessie street
from Hermann to its southerly termination.
bitumen; Eighteenth street between Douglass
and Danvers. bitumen; Alabama street between
TwentyfOgrth and Dd psumen
the crossing of Eighteenth and Douglass
streets, btumen
that Twenty-ninth street between Church and
Sanchez bitumen pavement be fully accepted.
The Superintendent OF streets reconmended MINER
be granted ninety days time on its contract
to grade Bernal Park
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.
The Southern Pacific Company was requested
to place gates at the railroad crossing at Har-
rison and Twenty-irst streets
Timothy Griffin was granted permission to
construct an artificial stone sidewalk in front
of his property on the east side of Hyde street
between Vallejo and Green.
The resolution granting the Union Paving
COMPANY permission to pave Elgin Park be-
tween Hermann and Thirteenth streets with
btumen by private contract was repealed and
the Superintendent of Streets directed to rec
omrnend that said work be done under the pro-
visions of the street law.
The Superintendent of Streets was authorized
and directed to take action TO abate the nui-
sance complained of by property owners caused
by imperfect sewerage in Twelfth avenue be-
tween California and Lake streets.
The Superintendent of Streets was directed
to forthwith remove the buildings that obstruct
Hooper and Irwin streets between Sixth and
Seventh.
The City Engineer directed to make nee
essary examination and report to the Superin-
tendent of Streets the condition of Sixth street
sewers and connecting sewers, and the Super
iptendent of Streets was directed to take steps
for the reconstruction of said sewers TO abate
a nuisance now existing.
The California Barrel Company was granted
permission to lay switchtrack from the main
line OF the Southern Pacific Railroad on the
west side of Illinois street. thence across IL
lnois street at about Twenty second street and
along the sidewalk In front of Potrero NueYo
block No. 42s.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
; INTERESTING Briefly sketehet
}cl1Yr 5 For
; >NRwsNorEs. ( Busy Readers.

Going to the dance tonight?
Chubby" Stevens is now mes.
senger boy at the D, M. & N.
Cir! wanted for general house.
work at the Bee i've.
On Monday next the second
boutip the Murphy Thomas libel
suit will be on tap at Hibbing.
Well bet q hat on the winner.
! The mill: of the Moon & Kerr
Lumber company is now running
double shift. a night crew being
put on Monday.
Miss Minnie Cohen entertained
. number Of her young friends
Monday afternoon, in honor of
her ninth birthday.
co to Mi1avetz Bros. for a
SEl7ARET. The latestand finest
Sc cigar. s...: ~. ~ =
The party under the auspices
Of the Virginia City Orchestra
tonight is 70 be the event Of the
season. Everybody invited and
every bod going p. &.
The former Chittenden house,
purchased by Gen. Scott, has
been moved onto Lake Boulevard
md riasd king of same .
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
- +. l.. SXBBlTT DEAD.

Mr.. T. L. Sibbltt, who came
here some months ago to accept
a position as manager of the dry
goods department of Talboys &
Campbell's store, died at the
home of his sister, Mrs. Bowling,
at Eveleth this morning, of ap
pendicitis. after an illness of but
two weeks.
While his condition has been
considered dangerous his friends
did not give up hope of ultimate
recovery until shortly before
Death claimed it's own and his
spirit passed away in the hours
of night, surrounded by family
and friends.
During the residence of Mr..
Sibbitt and family in this city
deceased had gained the respect
and friendship of all, and the be
reaved wife and son have the
sympathy of the com nunity in
their sad aff1ictlon. 3D.. "@
Funeral services will be held
at II 90 q. m. tomorrow at Eve
leth, by Rev. H. W. Harbaugh OF
the Presbyterian church, and the
remains brought to this city to
be taken on the 1855 train to the
former home Of deceased, Garlic.
! ton Place near Ottawa, Canada,
for interment. ~"s.=-s =ezs> .~=s.ss:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12
}oRe SUPPLY Iron Men Predict 5
a lE,.1I|I;tIll Trade - Shortage
>pRoBlEM. Within 10 Years.

The Marine Review, in an ar
ticle upon the supply and con-
sumption of ore, declares that
unless more great bodies of ore
are discovered in the mining dis
tlict of the Lake Superior dis
trict, the iron and steel manu-
featuring interests Of the United
States, which are dependent on
this district for more than 20 per
cent Of it's supplies, will within a
few years meet with the serious
problem of a shortage of ore.
This is not a sensational claim
intended to convey the ida that
the great iron deposits Of the
lake region will soon be exhaust.
ed. but is a statement prompted
by the fact that, within the past
few months especially, the ques-
ton of a possible shortage in ore
supply has been givcn serious
consideration by the largest min
ing AID consuming interests of
the country. There is no longer
any talk Of an inexhaustible ore
supply on any of the Lake Su-
perior ranges. The best evidence
of great change of opinion on
this point is the scramble that
has been made of late by the big
steel and iron combinations-the
consuminglnterests- s-for the pur
chase of mining properties at
double the prices that would
have been paid for them year
or two ago.
In the short period since the
Mesaba range was opened, the
claims Of an inexhaustible supply
on this range have been effectu-
ally disproven, and its position
as a factor in the ore supply
problem clearly defined. A geo:
logical survey of the range made
but d short time ago by the Con-
solidated or Rockefeller interests
has already resulted in the pur
chase by the Consolidated Mines
of several new range properties
and prospects.
A most convincing argument
as to the enormous withdrawal
of ore within the past few years
from the Lake iron region is tc
be found in a short su mmary Of
figures dealing with the gross
ton output.
Total output from date Of first ship -,
ment Is years ago..... ......... 13A,0C0. .0O
Output during tsn years ending with -. ,
1895 ....................... .al.ooo0 00
Output during five years ending with III
1898 80. ......:......... b5,poooo
What will be the result Of the
natural increase in this enor-
nous consumption during The
next ten years? Furnaces ant
steel works drawing supplies
from the Lake Superior regiot
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12

The Virginia Gun Club got its
new. Magautrap set Saturday,
and enjoyed the first shoot on
Monday. Although many Of the
boys had never shot from 9 sim
liar trap, some excellent scores
were made,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12

are today consuming ore at the
rate Of Is, 100000 gross tons per
annum. The above figures show
that, there was consumed during
the past ten years almost 100, 600
600 tons out OF a total Of 1874. 900:
600 tons produced duling some
43 years since the first shipment
was made.
The Review also sought and
produces the opinions of several
prominent mining aud ore men
on this question, among those
whose opinions are given being
found James Corrigan, of the
firm of Corrigan, Mckinney &
Co.; J.. g. Hanna, president of
the Lake Superior Ore Associa
ton and leading spirit in the
conduct of the affairs of M. A,
Hanna & Co.; Capt. Sam Mitchell
of Negaunee, Mich, president of
the Jackson Iron company; W.
G.. Mather, of the Cleveland Cliffs
Iron company, and others.
All these express and concur
IN the idea of a shortage, the
opinion of Capt. Sam Mitchell,
of Negaunee, who enjoys the dis
tinction of shipping the first ore
from the Lake Superior region,
being given as follows.
"a few years ago much was
said and written about the sup
ply of iron ore on the Lake Su
perior ranges being inexhaustl-
BILE, especially the Mesaba. Great
damage was done the ore inter-
ests by these statements. We do
not get reports of this kind from
men who know what is meant by
taking out SO many millions Of
tons annually and who know of
the large hole made in the mine
or mines from which such grea.
quantities of ore are taken. Fig
uring on a basis of only II, 600, 900
tons Annually for the future, we
have 14), 900, 900 tons in the next
ten years, or about 6, 900, 900 tons
more than the total output from
all the iron ranges from the date
of the first shipment TO the close
of the 1898 season, and from the
present outlook an estimate of
Is, 600, 900 to 100000 tons per
annum for the next twenty years
will be nearer the consumption
than 100000 tons. Taking
sthesess factsss.intos considerat
and having some knowledge Of
the prospects in sight. I feel that
there will be a shortage of iron
ore inside of ten years, and that
many of the now large producing
mines will be wrecked within the
same period. Iron ore producing
properties will be very much in
demand in the near future. The
Mesaha is, no doubt, a range of
great deposits, and will figure
largely in the next five years
production. In the meantime
this range will, however, be dis
appointing to many as regards
the quantity of ore that can be
produced cheaply. The old Mar.
quette range has produced about
80 per cent of the total output to
date, and its mines are not so
deep as those of the new ranges.
This range will, no doubt, con.
tinue to be a producer as long as
any of them. but I do not know
of mine on it that has twenty
years product in sight, and I
have spent thirty years on the
iron ranges and in the mining
business.,'
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1899-05-12

| r,>> nc>o>~>>~>~~>1
+ WEEKLY Current; Topic. ., 1
}MININd[ /. RE- In The /.
|2yIEW. Iron World. (
l>~o~lN<>> >>>.N>~or~~~~~~
{, The movement Of ore from the
mines on the Vermilion and Mis-
saba rang:s has just got fairly
we'll started. About 10 trains
daily are arriving at the docks OF
the Duluth Missaba & Northern,
and about 20 ;rains daily at the
docks Of Che Duluth & Iron Range
road at Two Harbors. The move.
ment over the Eastern Minnesota
has been about six car daily, but
the wreck of the Nemadji river
bridge yesterday will probably
woEk some Slight delay IN the
receipts at the docks on Allouez
bay.-News Tribune. q,
The railroad track into the
Sauntry is nearly complete, and
the first shovel, set up in the
Missabe yards Tuesday and Wed
nesday, will be on the ground to:
morrow or Monday. The mine
already employs many mer, and
the beneficial results of it's oper
alton are becoming apparent to
our business fraternity.
A. P. Silllman, of the Noun
tain Iron mine. goes to Iron Rjv-
er. Michigan, to take charge OF
the laboratory and mining engi
neer work at the Iron River mine
one of the Oliver company's
late purchases. He will be sue
ceeded at the Mountain by G.P
Maury, who was with the Oliver
company at this point last year.
A small addition to the work
ing force at the Franklin was
made ths first Of the week, and
day and night shifts are run. Ore
is being hoisted and stocked, but
the receipt of orders to ship di-
rect to dock and to open the three
properties of the group is antlci-
pated at any time.
Shipments from the Commo-
dore commepced Monday, ore
being hoisted from shafts No. 2
and 3. The new underlay shaft
will be III readiness in a few days
and the working force and ship
ments from the property will be
steadily Increased as: the season
advance ~
E. F.. Sweeney has finished his
drill explorations on the Bailey
forty, for the present at least.
Some ore was found on the prop.
erty, but whether or not of sufi-
cient quality and quantity to
warrant further explorations we
cannot say.
The steam shovel at the Au~
burn, which was so badly broken
by falling into the pit while being
lowered, has been repaired and
was put to work Monday. The
Auburn is in excellent shape and
will be a big producer this sea-
son.
Work on the Jones forty is not
progressing rapidly at present,
the management being hindered
to an extent by the non arrival
of machinery. The property IS
to be thoroughly explored and a
working shaft sunk this season.
From 1900 to 1900 tons per day
is being forwarded from the Ohio
at present, day crew only being
employed in loading. The mine
is being shaped for heavier ship
ments later in the season.
The >Hibbing News reports
that the Penobscot is shipping
about 300 tons to docks daily.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-10

ed. When the soil has settled the wa
ted can be used to soak the seed and
they will be fortified with the bacte-
ria from tie soil and roots.
We have no experimental knowledge
of this feature of the growth of le-
gumes, but are told that where the
soil is barren of the proper kind Of
bacteria the crop will be a failure as
much as it would be with a deficiency
of any one of the chemical elements Of
plant food.
Soils destitute of humus are in poor
condition to propagate bacteria and
need innoculating, and when the bac-
terra once are introduced, well manur
ed with the chemical fertilizers potash
and phosphoric acid, will produce a
vegetable growth that rapidly builds
up the sandy soils of the South
Southern RuraliSt.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-10

Beyond this they have found it imprac-
ticable to 60
The second difficulty is that a large
percentage Of the seed used in any one
State is purchased in other states. A
law in effect in Florida would not COW
er a mail-order sent to a New York or
Philadelphia house. The purchaser
would have the seed inspected and
tested by the Florida inspector but if
it proved inferior in termination what
good would the inspection do him. Ev-
cry man can make a termination test
himself We see no way in which such
a law could be made really effective
except by growing the crop to matur,
ity and publishing as a public bulletin,
the result.
Hundreds of bushels of practically
worthless beans have been worked off
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-10

on truckers this season. We have
known Of Refugee beams being sold as
high as $40 per bushel and not over 20
per cent terminated. Some Northern
houses have had a surplus of beans
for several years and they used this
opportunity to work them off. 1t was
dishonesty and the best way for the
planter to protect himself in the future
is to buy nothing that came from those
houses. We believe this to be the most
effective way Of dealing with the in
ferior seed question. AS a general
thing, however, the man who gets bit
on the inferior seed is he who either
buys bulk seed from local merchants
or else hunts around to find out where
he can buy the cheapest. Cheap
seeds" and good seeds" are two things
that never go together and never will.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-10

1t costs a certain amount to produce
good seed and if man has to furnish
seed for less than the cost of produc-
ton you may rest assured that the
quality Of the seed is the first thing
that will suffer.
The writer was inspecting a seed
crop of tomatoes in New Jersey last
year, and while there one of the grow
ers was in the field selecting their
stock seed for the crops of 1899. We
noticed how careful he was in select
ing tomatoes in which the rough spot
at the blossom end was barely visible.
He told us that unless this was done
every year in the selection Of the stock
seed, within three years every tomato
would have a rough spot at the bios
som end as large as half dollar
Hardly one tomato in two hundred
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-10

and phosphoric acid, will produce a
vegetable growth that rapidly builds
up the sandy soils of the South
Southern Ruralist.
Seed Inspection.
We recently received the following
letter:
"Why not have seed inspectors
whose duty should be to condemn all
inferior seed? Would not a seed in
spector who did his duty return the
tax payers as high a percentage of in
terest on his salary as some Of our
county and State officers?
Respectfully yours,
H. H. TAPLIN.
Mr.. Taplin opens up an interesting
question and one on which consider
able can be said on both sides. Writ
ing as a scotsman l believe that a
thoroughly competent seed inspector
who would attend strictly to business
would be a paying Investment, and
every scotsman who is interested in
furnishing good stock would aid rather
than hinder an inspector in his work.
Two difficulties stand in the way of
f,,1 4;
ton law. The first of these is that
unless a crop was grown from each
sample sent to the inspector the test
would be worthless except as matter
of termination. The simple fact that
seed terminates in test simply proves
that the seed is vital. Even if 100 per
cent terminated it might be inferior
seed from the fact that there might be
mixtures or the seed not true to name,
The inferiority in that case can only
be determined by the growth Of the
crop to maturity.
In 1890 or 1891 there was 100 acre
cabbage patch in st. Johns Co. The seed
purchased from an Ohio house, pur-
ported to be Of a certain variety. The
termination was a good one and the
local conditions of soil and moisture
were all that could be desired and
there was every prospect for a fine
crop. When the time came for head
ing, about one half of the cabbage ran
to seed, the other half showed up as
heading in every conceivable shape,
form and size, with a plentiful supply
of colIards scattered through for varie-
ty. The writer saw this particular
field and saw more varieties of cab
bage than he ever had before. The
grower was out thousands of dollars.
Seed inspection would not have saved
him, for no seed inspection ever prac-
ticed by the United States Department
of Agriculture or by the seed inspec-
tors of the different countries Of Europe
go beyond a termination test and an
examination Of the seed for impurities;
impurities in this sense meaning either
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-27

an supporters of Mr.. Mckinley tell us.
but the constitution is the law of the
land, to which the president must bow
as well as the humblest citizen And
the constitution declares that there
shall be no slavery or involuntary serv-
itude within either the United States
or '.any place subject TO their jurisdic-
tion.''
Mr.. Mckinley has, by his ''wise, states.
manlike and patriotic" conduct, es-
tablished the jurisdiction of the
United States over the Sulu islands. In
doing this he seems 10 have reestab-
lished slavery within the jurisdiction
of this republic. On the face of it.
here surely is case for the house of
representatives to make a presenta-
ton to the senate of the United States
-ROStOn Post
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-27
ARREST FOR HAVING MONEY.
Police or Vienna Suspicious Of Per-
sons Displaying Unusual Wealth
Frequently Eat Humble Pie.

There is an old story, which goes
down from generation to generation,
among the merry Niennese, of how a
gay young nobleman won a curious
wager. He declared that it was quite
possible to be taken up by the Vienna
police without committing any crime
whatever. To prove this Count Sander
appeared one day, stability dressed, at
an obscure inn, ordered some refresh
ments, and paid with the Austrian
equivalent for 6 100 note, which he
pulled out OF the shaft of his dilapidaIed
| topboot. This was quite sufficient to
bring guardian of law and order upon
the scene, who took the prisoner to
the nearest police station in order that
he might justify the possession OF so
much wealth.
The Vienna of to-day is vastly differ
ent, in most respects, from the Vienna
of the time of gay Count Sander. This,
however, does not prevent similar acct
dents from happening. Thus, the Ger
man papers are just now full of right
eous iRdignation because German was
taken up the other day by an Austrian
detective when he tried to change 3
6 100 note at midnight in Vienna cafe.
1t was only at the police station that
/ the detective could be convinced of the
fact that even an honest man might oc-
casionally have a 6 100 note il his pos
session, and that it is even possible he
may wish to exchange ii a a restaurant.
But even this recent occurrence did
not suffice to QDsnch the zeal of the
| Viennese detective Only a few days
after the episode with the German
croesus q foreigner drove up to a Wen
ma night cafe, sat down, and ordered
| bottle of champagne Night cab, cham
payne, foreign accent - these were
quite enough to cause such emotion
| that the band ceased playing for a
moment. However, the stranger was
! jovially inclined; treated verybody,
the musicians included, to champagne.
I ices, ETC., and all went on merrily till q
hand was laid upon his shoulder, and a
low voice said into his ear: Don't make
a fuss, and come with me at once"
ST with you'll" the stranger ex-
claimed. rs it to another cafe you wish
to take me?"
| Not exactly" was the reply. "You
come to the police station with me and
explain who you are and where the
money comes from which you are scat
tering about so freely
The criminal" offering the man of
law and order a seat in his cab, did as
he was hidden, and once more the Wen
ma police had TO eat humble pie, and
beg pardon of the stranger, who, so far
from being fraudulent, or worse, was
only a Russian trying to get rid of some
of his great wealth in the gayest capital
of Europe.
1t is to be hoped that the zeal of the
Austrian detective will, after this, be
blended with little more discretion
than his hitherto been the case.-St.
PauPs Budget.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-10-27
POINTS AND OPINIONS.

1t is not so strange that William
Mckinley should have thrown civil serv-
ice over for Mark Hanna. Hanna has
done infinitely more for Mckinley
Chicago Democrat.
1t is good democratic doctrine
TO stand up for the right and resist
wrong. And no exception will be made
in favor of chartered robbery.-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Secretary Root is now spoken of
as a running mate for Mckinley in
1900. AS a former trust attorney he
would be a fit candidate if the republic
ans are going to put a plank in their
platform denouncing trusts and apollo
giving for them at the same time.-Buf-
falo Times.
There seems to be no shame in
Mr. Hanna, the dictator. In his speeches
he boasts that his party has enacted
laws against trusts He takes care,
however, not TO tell that he himself has
used his influence and prevented the
enforcement of these laws.-Canton
(O.l News-Democrat
The Ohio state republican cam
paign committee is sending begging
letters all over the United States, asking
for contributions to save the presidents
own state from being lost this fall.
This shows what confidence the repub-
Ecans have in the popularity of the pres
ident's party.-Utica On W Observer.
The nature of President McKin-
ley is to have no principles and to urge
no measures that are antagonistic to
anybody. And this is his policy, too.
Such is the way in which he has treated
the money question and such is the
manner in which he has endeavored to
deal with the Filipino insurgents The
basic principle of such policy is to be
amiable and not offend anybody. Even
in war don't shoot to kin.-Portland
Oregonian-