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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-19
GOVERNOR wHeELER AM RockpoRr
He Is Still at Work on Deep Water al
Aransas Pass

He Is Still at Work on Deep Water a,
Arkansas Pass.
Rockport. Texas. June II. -ExGoyernor
t. r. Wheeler of Arkansas Pass was in
Rockport Saturday lie has followed tho
fortunes and misfortunes OF Aransns pass
with tenaclty and fixed purpose thar In.
dicates perfect faith In or knowledec
OF ultimate and complete success in tho
opening Of Arkansas Pass and Development
of the splendid country back OF It. In nh
of the tough falls and apparent knock
outs that the Arkansas Pass deep water
plan has experienced. Mr. Wheeler has
never lost heart or faltered In his work
or purpose. The dust of one round would
hardly he blown away before he was In
the ring again, smiling and ready fon
another go. Such fealty backbone ana
sand deserves reward. aud while there is
not as much wind nmmlng and hurrah
over the matter as formerly, there is
strong belief among conservative, think
ing men that success of the great under
taking Is secured and not FAR distant
This neliet or faith is the legitimate re-
suit of Governor Wheelers tlreless work
IN keeping the project before the publ e
and III gaining the support and indorse.
( as the moncyed men Of the country.
There are few or no men outside Of
civil engineers who have been eng .r,cN
on OF SIuulcu tue WORK and conditions M
Arans0s Pass who SO fully understand the
conditions ana Importance to the country
at large, or the Arkansas Pass deep water
project. Certainly mono who deserve
greater reward on account Of IT,
The governor will go 10 Galveston Mon.
day for consultation with the engineers
and contractors there, and II possible
push matters on.
In conversation with some of his more
ultimate friends here Yesterday Governor
Wheeler stated that he had spent the last
week or SO looking over Live Oak pen.
sula for oil Indications. and expressed the
conviction that this peninsula won't prove
Coc OF tle finest oil bearing regions ~
Texas This belief being basel on oil
signs OF indications that he had discov
cred He says that he has found pretty
much all the surface indications that oil
experts claim mark the oil bearing cdl1
try. His opinion In matters coming I'M
der his personal Investigation command the
utmost respect. whore he Is known. II
is n good deal more than likely that tht
test of boring will shortly decide the mat
ter However, there Is another gentleman
here Investigating who has had mucr
personal experience In oil fields and thcl
development. and who is largely interested
as owner AT Beaumont, who agrees all tn
way through with Governor Wheeler, anJ
SAYS that in his opinion oil Is here u
great quantities and probably not an
very great depth. For several weeks SIS
oil. men in different parts Of the country
have heen seeking information on the sub
ject through agents on the ground ana b.
letters of Inquiry regarding tides
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THE TEXAS FIRE RECORD.
Ioases al RoIton.

Bciton, Texas, June is Last night AZ
midnight tho millinery stock Of Mrs. Ida
Mcdonald IN the second story Of the EN-
bree building. north Side OF public square,
was burned: loss total; insurance sTSo
The stock Of i. r. Reese * Co, general
merchandise. was badly damaged by smokc
and water damage can not he eSilmatcds
Insurance $hHt0. Loss on building sou
covered by Insurance.
At Iangtry & sous quarry, four miles
west Of town vesto-day afternoon 300
cedar posts were burned property 81 J.
l. Dennis: also two hat cars 81 the Gulf.
Colorado aud Santa he railway. some
other cars were badly damaged.
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MOVEMENT OF OCEAN VESSELS.
lsneclnl 10 M rostl

TNIlFVTNT 10 7 NJ TTWNT.T
Port Fads, La.-Arrlved; Patrlciau Orb
from Liverpool; George W Kelley tAm),
from Cclba, Hiram tNorl, from Blueholds;
olympia BrJ, from Port Linou CARR
gan Head CBr) from Belfast via swansea.
Sailed. Usk (Brl, from Cciba; Mira IBID,
for Liverpool Nicaraguan drJ, for liy
erpool. -n
Bnrry.-Saled, Hornhy Castle CBrj. from
Antwerp for Galveston.
New York. Arrived; Lampasag, from
Galveston via Key West.
Rotterdam Arrived Mohawk tBr), from
Galveston via Havre
New York Arrived. Wepra, from
Naples; ElhlopIn from Glasgow, Kaiser
wilhelm from Bremen.
BouIognc. Arrived rottsdam, from New
York for Rotterdam and proceeded.
Plymouth Arrived; Patricia, from Ham
Naples. Compania, from New
Work
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LABOR TROUBLE RuMoRs.
sawniIl Employees Organizing TOT q
Shorter Day.

Savynnin Employees Organizing TOT
Shorter Day.
beaumont. Texas, June is.--A meeting Is
.s,ns hcrd in Lake Charles, La. today
tSn proceedings Of which are being
waited with interest in this city THOSE
In attendance are saw min employees anu
# is rumored that union is 70 We W
ganIzed followed by demand for shorter
'o.lIn. Aov and higher wages II me
,,,o,.ement * inaugurated It VIII proPa0i1
snread TO BEAUMONT and every hl'n'"
,drn,n in Texas and West Louisiana ZOO,
ii is stated that already there ~ nf fhe mills
y, orange. These strikes np 10 ~ Inc GO ored
~ ~. ttTbe have been confined 20 thc COW ~ az
e lho rll.e They argue It is stated M a
IN 1896 they were prom promised c XII e' wa.
Elected and similar promise sl.g TaS R boiH
last year; ,ei tbey say the advance N
Wases has has @peTali5eda for NGN tRra
now h ,he colored citizens have decidieu
to O. ABANDON him IS nope o fnq the g ami cleo
G,,, PROMISES.
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Federal Court Matters.

Galveston. Texas. June 1S,-In the case
Of W. F. ort VS.. W. j. Lcmp Brewing
Company, which was tried during the last
term Of the Federal court at Galveston, an
order was filed with the clerk of uhe court
today granting the writ Of error prayed
Tor by the defendants, The appeal papers
we're also filed this afternoon and the
case win be next tried before the United
states court Of appeals az New Orleans. Al
,wrad n verdict for damages In the sum
Of $4,000 The suit was based ON per
sonal injuries alleged Ia have been sus
tanned nv the plauth through collision
with a wagon belonging TO the defendant
United States Judge David y. BRYANT
has appointed t., Dart and John G. Wheeler
as United States commissioners AT Cal
weston. The appointments become ef-
fertiyP July D.
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Lioht Guards Uniform.

Galveston Texas, June IS The Calves
ton Light Guards received the invoice for
their uniforms yesterday and expect to
get them tomorrow. The company is only
newly organized, hut Is working hard with
view Of making fine showing at the
state encampment rext month The mem
bcrs have had more or less experience IN
military companies before and they arc
drilling regularly three nights every week
SQUAD drills being held every night. Early
next sunday they will have target prac
tice nj the beach Al thelI first target
nractice which was held last sunday
many Of the boys gave evidence of good
mnrksmanahlp.
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Columbus, Texas, June IS. shortly after
s o'clock this morning the warehouse OF
j. e. Blnkley, on Railroad street, was dis
covered TO be burning. The property was
entirely consumed and the home Of Mrs.
V. Lcyndecker, adjoining, was practically
destroyed Mr.. Bnkley carried Are insur
ance policies ,agsregating $3.50 Mrs
Ieyndeckcrs Insurance Is $1,000. The ori
Elm Of the hre Is unknown. Determined
Efforts on the part OF the fire department
saved the Southern Paci0c freight depot
and the properties Of L Hahn and John
Gilmore nearby.
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oi.d ~ His Wounds.

., Texas. June is,-James y.
. snlnst, , Who was shot here SUNDAY
ScnM"'s+ Iohn vivyjala, as reported ~
Yesterdays Post, died at ,oares a
night. He was rs years OF ass onc broth.
Young wife, an aged @o5 ~ the az" Masonic ana
er lie was io5rcs ' The latter win Sopd lse
,,,o qfnn,neral ceremonies when loon p'Ae'
a.e O'clock this evening
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State Iron Furnace in Operation.

Rusk, Texas, June l7-rhc old Acadc
furnace at the East Texas pcnitcnjiary Is
again In blast and Is turning out twenty
eight tons Of pig iron daily
The pipe foundry is also running TO its
full capaciN.
Preparations are making for az lenst
years run and the orders on hand will
keep the plant at full speed for several
weeks
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A BULLET M HER BRAIN.

Mrs. Katy Nucc Found Dead in Her
Home at Dallas.
Dallas. Texas. June rs. Mrs Katy Nuss
was tonight found dead In her home at
I44 Texas street Her body was lying
across he'd. bullet had been hred
through her head with pistol, the mnzzie
nisioi was living I'm the bed.
she was In good spirits when her nus
band and son left huuie this morning. Ihcy
Vr,,nd nor dead tonight Doctors express
H., nrtuion thst shc mad been dead since
about 8 o'clock IN the morning
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sl xauLer Aoademy cIosInn.

penison. Texas June 1s,-The commence
ment exercises Of st. Xavier academy took
place this evening In their new building,
which has been completed az cost OF
$50 900 The graduates arei Beulh Kel-
lev. Lillian Royce, Susie Fox. Rosie FINN,
Ynia murray Emma Nagsory, May Mur-
phy, Louise Collins and Callie Chase
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n..har. cases continued.

,,.sruie Texas, June line usl
flof go we're continued on appneaIlon
hart 80 s..+s the witnesses, DIR. HAYNES
Of 'he .a 9 sheriff Swift Of cuero' oe,
ana - HAYNES wife IS very SEE ,,,, na9
ing absent 4. aSfpr the Mexicans VINO kl''e !,
mt st:ri Swn Morris Of Karpes and glover "
HougalgE.
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Motes md Personals.

Galveston, Texas. June IS u. r Rcdheld'
ASSISTANT general freight agent o. INC
Wouston East and West Texas halfway
cnmnony. with headquarters al Houston
was In the city today
Viulnm r. Kendall Of Houston arrived
hevo yesterday from New York. where he
has heeu studying for the stage
Iohn " Hopkins. superintendent OF me
'i,Wl' schools viii leave tomorrow TOR
EhIcapo whore he viii attend the summer
session Of the Educational Institute
II Johnson assistant general freight
AGENT of the Santa Fe, returned rus morn
Ing from St Louis
O'Connor. the letty contr"ctoiS' "i' last
night for san Francisco
coloneI George +. Horst left this after
80, for St Louis and other Northern ana
Eastern cities
a, mo city today on business
snepcer Hutchins OF Houston was 10 the
a. lillian Perry Of Temple IS VISITING
relatives in the city.
Marriage licenses have heen issued e
Madden Brown ana MISE I,u'1 ~ - ~ Is,
/ fingiish Calvin lin and Miss carrie Benz
Slaughter. ,...,. -
! 10 National Biscuit company Whigh Is y
| h. built in Houston wiz DC e"i'eu i"
/ next week.
~ Vest Of Bryan viii IN the pulpit
| no FIRST Presbyterian church next suhua.
/ morning and evening -,
| There was a reception and dance tnl
evening AZ the resleehSe U1Abich was ,iye,
nard 1910 Winnie street wnlcn VIZ ~ 81
70 bts daughter. Miss BeLh MenatI, |
| ~ ms - nor cousin, Miss Lucy Brady o
sIo,,ston. who Is her guest.
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$4,000. The suit IA Cor damages for nj
h gpd personal injuries sustained by the
pmintlh He claims that he was crossing
starred the team that he was drlving, caus.
ING them to run away, throwing him out
II the wagon and injnring him perma-
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Residenoe AZ Austln.

Austin, Texas. June lS.-Fire at o'clock
this morning destroyed a two-story frame
house in the Tenth ward belonging To n
negro by the name OF Ilall. Several small
houses adjoining were also destroyed, caus
Ing a loss Of $500.
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rueeNr WAL ON TRlAl.

Jury Secured and the State Has Begun
introducing Testimony.
RusI Texas June ~ The jury was
completed this evening In the Eugene wall
case and the stute is introducing evidence
showing the nature of the wounds ON the
dend body OF Rem Broocks; also that
Broocks died June .. 1900, from gunshot
wounds plat OF the place where the
shooting took place VIII he put In evil
dcncc. rho ease will take at least week.
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Notes and Personals.


June 49, Superintendent Kendall
EDUCATIONAL department has just re
II iNl business trip to Dallas and
ne VIII turn over his office on
the month to his successor,
n sNAaf lefeore who will at once
i ~ '0e discharge of his new duties.
r Spring, who has been in the
he State health department. Is
I Nv GAYS on business. lie has been
tn tae duties Of Inspector at Tex
~ me bubonlc plague quarantine
"A 1R against California points.
WI be a big picnic Mt Manor
ana several local trap shooters
e'tr to take part In a shooting
ssh club $50
-slu,nt Leltnaker Of the Austin
vs'ern railway will give a few
,,,S the new sboys saturday up
N ~ v Lomax aud children have gone
" IN Tor brief visit and from
49, wiz 90 to Colorado to spend
eimlt was Issued yesterday
NFoe TO erect a $1,000 build
"'ref Of Fifth and Colorado
"A Davenport Of the state senate
~ ~ Few DAYS on business. IIC
STATE departments to see bis
a s. n, Aef OF the adiutant general,
HRs %er to San Marcos today L
military company of that city
y y HSrty Randolph. charged witt
a. "i.liam Platt at Post Oak, min,
on In the district court
g gS S e Ct the world unveiled
s 4. Nm ipSay afternoon over the gray,
S o'Keefe Of the Catholi
,pens 4 % Notre Dame, Ind, wher
w The summer.
~ III tsrna, teachers enrolled nj III
~ ~ mere, which is nclng con
Harper left last night 70
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), e..sion in Austin County.

gellyire, Texas, June ls'- ,S.,o ".
oanvened here Yesterday JUG romes
,y 81 La Grange presiding WIN '', Ts
MOo, s.orey representing the state. me
:, Jury Was organized T Sl'G docket * is
gs,ier ~ Wallis foreman INC
.-.,.,. lfrhf
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you feel better at once after using HEX,
HiNr Won enjoy your food more ana
Won gel more nourlshment ana inylgor9IliipIys
IuttSs mikes Won strong vigorous ana
rbecrfui. N'rice. 50 cents. For sale ~ A.
IS Kiesilffg druggist, 502 Main street.
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Aarnnonv Lodae OffIoers.

Galveston. Texas. June lS.--At stated
convention Of Harmony lodge, a. i. and
A NJ. which was held last night the
Following officers we're elected FOR tho en-.
s,,,ng year; Charles +. Neil. MASTER John
1t,nna. senior warden; d. J, McGresor'
t,,,Ior warden: X. + Alien, treasurer,
George Hodson, secretary l.. u Scl9y,
,'nr Chorics Artz was appointed senior
doscop 10 other appointments were made
last night,
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Mineral Wells. Texas. June II "A special
election has been ordered hy the city couu
ell here TO be held June "a for the pur.
pose Of deciding whether or not there shall
be q special tax Of 25 cents on the 500
levied for the support and maintenance "
public free school ten months la the
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M.nrn chlld Rarned 70 Death.

Grandyiew. Texas, June l7.-Josie Rod,
gers colored. aged II years, was burned
10 death here today by The explosion OF
coal iii can. She lived only fonr hours
after the accident. She was kludilhg hf'
with the oil can. a. usual.
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sherman. r,xas June ls.-Tne residence
Of w. H. Shum1te at Iioga burned last
night Loss Sl5on, partially Insured. Origin
OF FIRE unknown
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BRENNAN. whore he will be married TO-DAY
TO Miss Pearl Perkins '"S
Assistant Attorney General simmons has
gone to sherman for few days.
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$4,000. ~. Murdered Sheriff.

Karnes city Texas, June Nv -
Hunter. deputy sheriff under NJ 4 Norris,
the murdered sheriff, was today appointeG
sheriff unanimously by the commissioner
court 10 Gll the une1pired term
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crNrRAL SUMMARY.

Washington. June 1s.-Tbe weather pu-
reaus weekly summary Of crop conditions
Ss he Central valleys. Lake regions At
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Tcxarkana, Texas. June rs The rest.
dence Of Alvin MiN at this place was Dc
stroyed by nre last night. Iotal loss,
S1tOO
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n THE CAPITAL CITY.
| !, If New Corporations Have
faed Their Charters.
Id WITH A GOOD.SIzED CAPITAL
,.,,,N Bonds Submitted TO the
Rs V0s eeneral; County Judge
I'm Stay with Them.

-,.s June is. The following
i''a ,,s died today with the sccre'
y So a., Town company Of Dnlhari'
| Diihail Capital stock S3O,Un. In
Ir toup'3vi n Evans, Topeka. Kan
|siieEs and II. D. Chapman, Fort
y LoTe Hickey and {. o. Blake III
O. L,.,uov cattle company of Dal-
4 h.i,al stock S1U,VJJ' lnyu. pVlu1V y
Esatherston OhNer Loving anu ~
m. .,ry college of Lancaster, Dallas
y bepl3i ork SiuJ,ueJ. Purpose
sa g,l education In languages
u s, ', science, pedagogy, music, arr,
inaus.rss torv. bookkeeping anu phono-
aaa' ,elsnnsnGrotors: Il. W. McCarty,
yu.n lp j. a. Lavender and f. NJ.
laa. .,rtv Cotton OIL company Of
~ eoup stock 10000, lneorporat-
Z Rledus, ". ID. Stanley and >
l3e .Is,,camated oil company of Pecos
Anlsls" conutv. Capital stock $40
$3.50 ss James Rooney. Herman
pHss'Vi9tv e. Is. smith, n. l.. Col
II t% tIGtmes. Reeves county.
rum land and Irrigation com,
sDs' msnas and Brownsville; ca tn
a nran.i pulpgse. 10 maintain u Lad
$500 $500 lakes. reservoirs. canals, etc.
.' nisnt TO be e.ccted and cfca ga
~ rounty. IncorpOratu.s. JONI
ias, Dn " ii. Leake and w. r. X It.
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,.r,nt;ou No. 2s5i by Elmer y AIne Ell,
PrescIi e,,ra iii complaints, MY 1e,,.,
VII. ng 5.snmatism f. F. schmidt iA0'
Ton Texas, sole agent
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Two YEARS FOR PERJURY.
Fate OF Man Who Filed a False Claim
for Damages.

San Antonio Texas, June 1s-Gennare
Ruonanna pleaded guilty TO perjury In the
district court today and was given two
Years sentence. lie brought a damage
suit against the Southern Pacific for 81.
legged personol injuries on certain date
and it Was proven on the trial of mat sun
that az the time OF the aleseu ac'lueh'
he was fifteen miles away
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rpou POST cORREsPoNDENTs.

FROM POSE lDhNESioNlJi1Nlo -.
Rusk. Cherokee County Texas, June H.
Rain Is badly needed by the corn crop.
Alvin, Brazoria County, Texas, june H.
The drouth that has prevailed here siuce
about the middle ~ March with the ex
ception Of one or two local showers is
the worst In the recollection Of the oldest
.nhabltant IN many places the ground has
cracks ia Il three ana four Inches Wldei
and several feet deep. The corn crop VIII
He almost an entire failure aud many othef
crops are suffering badly. Not more tnlu
n half crop Of beans and tomatoes was
raised The melon aud sweet potato crop
wifi he late ana short on account or the
drouth The water question Is getting 70
be a very serious one, especially win ne
stnrknlon About al 81 the streams W TINS
section have gone dry. and people are nay
ING 10 pump water from their welis lor
their stock This Is a condition that rev
people have ever experienced IN this soc
Gicburne. johnson County, Texas June
! ~ Your rorres1Ondent has within the
I past three DAYS seen many of the grow
/ Inc eruDs Ia this county and finds corn be-
I Ginning 10 wilt from need of rain The
! VesthTr has grown intqlerably hot ana
yerr dry aud the prediction Is made ~
/ MANY firfncrs thni unless rain fails Wlthin
I ihe week ,he corn crop VIII be cut IN
MOSCOW. Polk County. Texas. June II
I Neather very hot nnd dry. crops gona 80
Tar but will suffer II rain does not come
/ soon.
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CT, q, Personal Damages.

wsco Texas. June ISIS u. Davis en-
s,,, against the Missouri. Kansas
80 Tsrss railway company today fof
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Harris County Bonds.

Va, Texas, June IS. County Judge
y Of Harris county arrived In town
afternoon with SG0O,o00 road and
h bonds Of Harris county and sub
them to the attorney general for
fVtl Judge yasmer says that he will
Pee until the bonds are acted upon.
I entire Issue Is approved 100000
4 q them will be offered for sale
STATE school board for the perma-
E,shool fund.
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ISLAND CITY NEWS ITEMS.
Bids for Improvement of The Arkansas
Pass Opened by the Engineer.
AN OUTLINE OF THE PROPOSED WORK
Plans Tor the New Methodist Church Are
Being repsred---Federal Court Mat
ters-Notes and Personals,

Galveston, Texas. June 1s.-Thc bids for
the improvements to be made in the bar.
hor ut Arkansas Pass were opened at the
Office Of the United states engineer at =
O'Clock this afternoon, The work TO be
done is described as follows: The de-
tached curved jetty on the north side OF
the bar, at me entrance TO Arkansas Pass,
was built 10y the Arkansas Pass Harbor
company In lSl1-96 and was transferred
10 the United states on March %, 1880.
This iet,y, to he known hereafter as the
north jetty is partly awash. and the outer
1000 feet, where the foundation alone was
laid, is completely submerged The inner
2W0 feet more or less, has also settled
below mean low tide rhis jetty Is an
enrockment OF sandstone on Foundation
OF hrush ana Is ALJut AGuO feet IN length.
The ultimate Intention IS 10 construct
Two tettics at Arkansas PaSs, utilizing, US
lar as possible, that portion OF the nOtlh
getty already constructed. For dcscr1n-
zion OF the complete plan reference IS
4 made to house document No. 10, Flfty-
htth congress, third session, which Is also
pr.uted on pugcs 1873 TO 1915 az tac annual
report OF tho CHEZ of engineers for lSN9,
Proposed work. Toe amount of money
available for the purpose OF this contract
Is about $1,000 II Is nov desired To com,
plete the existing north jetty to It's tull
vroSS section from point about 1000 rect
! nun las inner end toward its inner end as
iar rs available funds will permit The
fun cross section CT this portion OF tue
4 j,tty shall be known b. drawings on hie at
this Once. Its crest shall be about four
teet above meal low tide, and from ten y
twelve feet wide, and It's SIDE slopes sha.l
he about one to one and half This cross
section will be formed by placing rlp-rap
over and around the existing structure,
and then protecting this riprap from wave
action by Surfacing 1t with large blocks
only three bids were received. They
were as follows: Charles Clarke Co. OF
Galveston SSA350; Isaac Hebron, Calves
ton $124.250 and Henry c. Ripley, chi
cago, IN. SllAGOO
The BID OF Charles Clarke & Co was the
lowest The bids win be submitted TO inc
chief OF engineers at Washington with me
| nnnn,,rnnnhallnn Of EanfnIn RIrhn thcrenn