The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-10-18
CHARTER AMENDMENTS.


streets and clean streets No city can bt
comfortable for it's citizens or attractive TO
visitors without wel-paved and wel-kept
streets.
Because the time within which public
improvements are to be paid for may be
extended at the taxpayers option over a
term OF years at Il reasonable intereS. rate
Because. without the amendments. our
city must degenerate until. in the end. a
greatly increased burden of cost will be
laid upon property owners.
because the adoption of the amendments
means the redemption of the city from its
present unsiShtly. foul and unheathful con-
dition.'
WHOLESALE HOUSES TO
CLOSE EARLY NEXT TUESDAY.
Practically all the wholesale business
houses will close their business places next
Tuesday afternoon in time to give their
employees ample opportunity to vote The
agreement. which was proposed by Elias
Michael of the Rice-Stix Dry Goods Com
pany. follows:
Whereas. The Charter amendments to be
voted on October %. are vitally necessary to
the welfare of ST. Louis,
We hereby agree to close our place of
business at p. m. on election day, Tues
day, October %, In order to give ample
time to people connected with our business
to vote upon this all-important question.
(Signed)
RICE-STIX DRY GOODS COMPANY.
Elias Michael. Secretary.
ELY & WALKER DRY GOODS CON-
PANY,
D. D. Walker, President.
CARLETON DRY GOODS COMPANY.
Murray Carleton. President
FERGUSON-McKINNEY DRY GOODS
Company.
Alexander NJ. Bogy. Secretary.
McLy (snnnS
COMPANY,
Walter McKittrick. Treasurer.
HAMILToN-BRoWNs SHOE COMPANY.
A. d. Brown. President.
BROWN SHOE COMPANY.
G. W. Brown. President.
Observation-Disclosures SHOE COM
]. J. Wertheimer, President.
LAPRELLE-w1LLIAM SHOE CON-
PANY,
]. Laprelle, President.
vERSTEEG SHOB COMPANY.
n. B. Versteeg, President.
JACOB D. STRAUSS sADDLERY CON-
PANY.
]. d. Strauss. President
MARX & HAAS JEANS CLOTHING COM
PANY,
Harry Marx, President.
MISSOURI ELECTRICAL MANUFACT.
URING COMPANY,
Paul d. Cable, President.
MAYFIELD WOOLEN MILLS COMPANY.
]. D. Simpson, Secretary.
BELDING SILK COMPANY.
Coyle & Sergeant. Agents.
LEv1S-ZUKOLSKI MERCANTILE COM
PANY.
W. A. Zukolski. Vice President
A HAAS & SONS,
ROTHSCHILD BROS HAT COMPANY,
A. Rothschild. President.
ST. LOUIS SHOE COMPANY
MONARCH RUBBER COMPANY.
H. E. Wagner. President
DESNOYERS SHOE COMPANY,
Selby Barnes Secretary and Treasurer.
BooGHER. FORCE, GooDBAR HAT
COMPANY
Walter c. Boogher. Secretary and Treasurer.
BROS SHOE COMPANY.
A. Friedman. Secretary and Treasurer.
THE GOODFELLOw SHOE COMPANY.
A. DAUST HAT COMPANY.
BENJAMIN J. STRAUSS & SAMIsH.
PAUL E. WOLFF SHIRT COMPANY.
ADOLPH GLASER & co.
TENNENT SHOE COMPANY.
George w. Miller. Secretary.
AR-oLIvER-SINGER CLOTHING
COMPANY.
L. B. Singer Second Vice President.
l. HERZOG BROS DRY GOODS CON-
PANY
G1EsBcKE-D SHOE COM
PANY,
F. P. Grant, Auditor.
KINGS-BRINSMADE MERCANTILE
COMPANY.
II. Brinsmade. President.
s. A. RIDER JEWELRY COMPANY,
MORRIS WOOLF & co.
l. BAUMfAN JEwELRY COMPANY.
n. o. NELSON MANUFACTURING COM
PANY,
n. Q. Nelson. President.
C. P. HETTELL JEWELRY COMPANY.
SANDERS DUCK AND RUBBER COM
PANY,
sCHwAB CLOTHING COMPANY.
ROBERTS. JOHNSON &. RAND SHOE
COMPANY.
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING
AT THE ARCADE.
The Citizens Republican Club of the