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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-03

Havana & Jiminettas Railway Company.
which is Incorporated under laws of the
State of Delaware. They have taken up
a large tract of land at Mariono beach.
near Havana. where they propose TO es-
tablish a summer resort modelled after
Coney island. The main line OF the rail-
way line will run from the front wharf
where the Ward-line steamers land direct
to the beach.
The Supreme Court of Ohio has handed
down a decision in the case of the City OF
Cleveland VS.. Clement Bros, in which II
declared the contested eight-hour labor law
unconstitutional. The case was carried up
to the Supreme Court by the city. 1t had
let sewer contracts to Clement Bros, ana
stipulated that the eight-hour law
should be respected under penalty of $40
for each violation. The city attempted TO
hold out $500 in fines in settling with the
contractors The latter sued and recovered
judgment in the lower court. The city con-
tested the decision and has now lost in the
highest court. The court follows a decision
previously made.
The decline in the price of gold during the
last few days has been viewed with con-
siderable satisfaction in financial circles at
London, as IL indicates a slackening in the
demand from various quarters OF the
world. initiating against the likelihood OF
gold exports or a rise in the bank rate. The
lessened notably and the Bank of England
is expected to take advantage OF the situa-
ton to strengthen it's gold reserves In
preparation for the increased demand for
money generally expected at the year-end.
Cheaper gold in London is also said to
lessen the prospect of gold being drawn
TO London from the United States.
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LOCAL WHOLESALE TRADE
GROCERs THE ONLY DEALERS WITH
A REALLY GOOD BUSINESS.
Bad Weather Is the Deterrent Influ-
ence-Prices, in the Main, Steady
The City Markets for Grain.

A rainy. dismal day was quite a check
on trade yesterday, and in but few lines
was much business transacted. Orders by
mail were quite liberal. but it was thought
wise TO fill few of them under the unfavor-
able weather conditions. The wholesale
grocers are crowded with business and
shipped many goods, but the dry goods
houses, the boot and shoe men and confec-
TONERS held most of their shipments until
fair weather prevailed. Flour is quite act
i've and prices. with the firm tone to wheat,
are stiff and some brands a shade higher.
Iron and hardware houses are having a
fine run of trade, the fall having been one
of the best in a business way they have
ever enjoyed. Prices in most lines rule firm
and steady. The fight between the wire
nail trust and the independent companies
has, apparently, subsidized, and prices have
remained unchanged for some weeks. On
Commission row it was a quiet day. But few
retail grocers were buyers. and orders from
the outside were light. There are, COM
paratively speaking, but few choice apples
on the market. but plenty of inferior quail
ity. Irish potatoes are not moving as brisk
ly as had been expected, and the looked
for advance In prices has not materialiZed.
Other lines of vegetables are in good sup
ply and prices are low for the season Of
the year. Produce markets are in strong
position and on the city market prices
are unchanged but very firm, and will
doubtless continue so until the holidays
vised quotations of Monday last. The de-
mand, In a domestic way, Is large.
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indianapolis Grain Market.

The local grain market except on wheat,
was easier in tone yesterday. Receipts are
still large, as compared with some time
past, inspections running up to 81 cars, as
follows: Wheat: No. 2 red, l car; sample,
/; total. 2 cars. Corn: No. 3 white, Il cars:
No. 3 yellow, 1; No. 2 mixed, 5; No. 3 mixed,
10; No. 4 mixed, g; no established grade, l.;
ear, 8; total. As cars. Oats: No. 8 white. 1
car; rejected, 2; total, 3 cars. Straw, / car.
Track bids. as reported by the secretary of
the Board of Trade, ruled as follows:
Wheat steady: No. 2 red. 724c track: No.
2 red. 72hc on milling freight; No. 3 red,
6S1zQ70l2c track, 72lac track; wagon, nc.
Corn weaker; No. l white, 4311c; No. 2
white. 43L9c; No. 3 white. 431zc; No. 4 white,
391zQ4112c; No. 2 white mixed, 4315c; No. 8
white mixed, 1910; No. 4 white mixed, 391a
Gil1ac; No. 2 yellow, 43hc; No. 3 yellow.
4311c; No. 4 yellow, 3917d411zc; No. 2 mixed,
1910; No. 3 mixed, 4S15c; No.. 4 mixed, 3Sb
@4l1ac; ear, 42c.
Oats easy; No. 2 white, S2AG33Ac; No. 3
8 mixed, 30Q30Ac.
Hay weaker; No. / timothy, s12@12.5O; No.
2 timothy, $1q11.0.
WAGON MARKET.
Owing to the heavy rains but little was
done on the wagon market and there was
no change in prices reported by the wagon
weighmaster as follows:
Corn-3Sq40c per bu.
Oats-3O@33c per blu.
Sheaf Oats S9G11 per ton.
Hay-Timothy, 2G13 mixed, $10612:
clover, $9Q11 per ton.
Straw-$5Q6 per ton.
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the Loop.
New orleans Times Democrat.

New Orleans Times Democrat.
Il saw that man loop the loop on his
wheel l heard a woman say in a car the
other day. "and L positively felt like Trilby
when she sees Svengah's picture again and
goes into her last trance. 1 was in Atlantic
City last summer and my husband taunted
me into looping the loop with him. No
mortal words can describe the sensation.
The first flight from the top simply corners
every possibility of human fear, and then
you lose consciousness, feel as IL you were
turning wrong side out. swoop around and
IL Is all over. The sensation Is maddening.
simply maddening- We were not beIted
into the car. but goodness knows / held on
so tight | simply had 10 be pulled out OF
IL. When the car came TO a standstill |
was a shrieking, hysterical maniac. and il
took a physician to calm me down. This is
an age of wild extremes. but the most
hideous crime that has been committed in
the name OF sensation is that loop the loop.
Nearly every woman who did IL was i'm
Mysteries. and how ones physical system
can stand the shock / dom see. L. for my
part. will never get over IL IL / live to be a
thousand. When l saw Diavolo. ex-
p~erienced IL all over again, though, OF
course the loop-the-loop cars and the loop
look more terrifying even than his per-
Torrance. My dear. l would die I'm advance
II / thought l would ever have 10 go
through IL again-such an agony for amuse-
msnf!'
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SALES OF REAL ESTATE.
Thfrty-FOur Transfers Made Matte
of Record Yesterday.

Instruments filed for record in the recorders
office of Marion county, Indiana. for the twenty
four hours ending at 5 p. m. Dec. 2. 1902. as fur
nished by the Indiana Title Guaranty and Loan
Company, No. III East Market street. Both tele-
phones s0O5:
Walter b.. Perkins to stephen NJ. Kin
ney. Lot IS, in Berkeley's add. CAL
6any st. R near Marker nix ToS So,ib.Er vis ST."
Lot 4. A. ID. Lynch's sub of Blk 10.
Hutchings & Darnelrs Brookside add
Aionzo Lepper to Jonathan L. Lyle.
same as $500
cR Mfison. n Lots aeh 10 an nd al Il. II ao hsnlne sub III
of Lots q, % and %, Robson & Voor-
christianne Hervey ct al. to Pauline H..
WILSON,, same as LW
e u of Lot 8 and pit OF Lot 3. So 90.
washington st. near Meridian sD..... LOO
Ellis. Lot 2Ss. Jackson Park add.
SSheldon St near 22d so.:.. 10000
soil. Lots IS and ~. Metzger's Park
Place add. Capitol av. near FAN
Anton schilGemeier to Euphirasia c.
Smith, PIT of W y. $ e =, Sec 2 TIP Is. u
same as above 5000
Lizzie E. Robinson TO Frank p shsrer.
Lot lis, Clark * Osgood's list West
indianapolis add. oChase st, near
Harry larry W. Bennett. executor. to Joseph
So IL. maryland ST, near MISSOURI sO- li,0O0.W
Charles E.. Merriheld to Joseph W.
Beck. ut OF Lot 4. in So Il, city OF
indianapolis. chesapeake 81. near
NJ o'connor & Co. to Joseph W: Beck.
Lot ! and an e y Of LOt 2, So IL Ccor IS Oo 90
Louis Weinberger to George r. Lyon.
trustee. 5 Il Of Lot 4s. Fletcher ct ais
sub Of Outlets 90, etc. Virginia av.
near Grove so 100
George Il. Lyon. trustee, to Louis Vein
berger, s y OF Lot i3e. Fletcher Ell ais
sub of Outlot sc. etc. Virginia av.
near Grove ST. LOO
Lot IS. Reagan PARK ......:..-.~-... 100000
E. l. Fisher, trustee. to Lydia Harper.
Lot CO. i'm Jackson Park. arsenal
av, near 24th sD -.-....-.---.--...- 1000
Henry A. Jeffries to William A. Pickens.
pit of Lot IL. Merrill's sub Of Outlet
li zso.o0
Central Trust Company. trustee. to u.
Grant Glicden. Lot 2l5. Lenox Place.
(Stuart st, near 18th tb...-..-.... 5000
Nancy ]. Litterer to John T. Plummer
ct ux, pt of $ " u. Sec 3. To Ia. II 8.
Also, pt of n e u, Sec 10. TIP IL, r ,.
Perry township ..-.....-......... 1000. 90
Edward +. Claypool 10 James l. Carr,
Lot 2s3. Morton Place. New Jersey
ST, near 10Th ST. 2.2J0.O0
John +. Brown TO Ambrose n. Bailey.
. Lots l41 and 12. Browns Southeast
add. tCor Luther and Reformers sts). coo. 90
Frank Tracy TO Charles DIFFERING. Lot
Is. McCarty's sub OF W pit OF Outlot
i2o. tCor West and wilkins sts)....... $4,000
| Ora l.. Spoon TO Prudence b McHaney.
! q u Of Lot IS. Z. ]. Fletcher's LIST
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EDUCATIONAL
DRAWING
When Buiidir

ST. a-a .o- = s.o2s.s
Charles L. McMullcn 20 Louis c. Schmoe.
ter township 10000
Albert T.. Cottey 10 Ella j. Browder.
Lot /. ELK .. Lincoln Park. tTalbott
az. near 2d ST. le
Lot g. in Isl West Park adj. ..~-.... 10000
Wilbur +. BrowdeT TO Albert E Cottey.
az. near I'd st5.'.~~.-.~.~.~~~..,, LOO
Lot p. W. II. TalbOtts sdd-.~s~-.... 2soo.os
Lot IL. in same add as last abOye..~.. $4,000
D Lots :. Meescr's add 10000
Winthrop A. Railin 20 William J. Roade.
add ADDS .. !" :. - LseoOO
Memorial Presbyterian Church TO VIII
ats Brightwood add .........---...... 1o.o 90
Transfers, "a; total consideration "a .. Sc. sra 90
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MAY MODIFY AGREEMENT
THE ANTI-PAss CONDITIONS MAY BE
MADE MORE ELASTIC.
More Trouble Over Rates on Packing
House Products-LocaI, Personal
and General Railway Notes.

Indications are that there will be an ar
rangement effected between Western and
Eastern lines for solicitors ANNALS over
the connecting roads of the country for
1903. the tendency to elasticity in the anti
pass agreement now seemingly being in the
direction of giving both passenger and
freight solicitors passes over connecting
lines. This would enable each road in the
Eastern and central territory to use a tree
hand in working for itself and connections.
Such a course would be in line with the
modern policy of establishing a through
systems by merging connections or by
closer traffic agreements. Should this plan
be adopted 1t would virtually extend the
operation Of the anti-pass agreement into
the central territory, for it would mean
that solicitors in central territory would
have a free way to the Atlantic over some
road, and solicitors in Eastern territory
would have a similar privilege in central
territory, but each solicitor would have
his free transportation limited to the road
connecting directly with his own road. AS
a matter of fact, the advantage of the
Eastern ines to the central territory
through their close connection is dispro-
portionately great, and the central lines
are determined to be relieved of this disad-
vantage so far as the community of inter-
est policy will allow. The anti-pass agree
ment which has been in effect in 1902 has led
to a radical change, and now there is a
foundation upon which every through sys-
tenn can establish for itself a policy in the
soliciting business; but hat railroad en-
ployes who are not solicitors or not travel
ing in the interests or betterment of bust
ness will fare any better in the matter of
free transportation is very doubtful.
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Wood Dishes-No. i. per 1000. s.S0d2; No. 2.
'2 TwiDeE He NJ i5giSc per ID; wool ssGlOc; fax.
2OdSOc; paper, &c; jute. l2ql5c; cotton. isa25c.
pals. si.4oGI-5O; double washboards, sa:25a2, 20;
common washboards. sS5ql.so; clothespins, cog
Iron and Steel.
Bar iron, 2.5Oc: horseshoe bar. 2.75c; nail rod.
&c; pillow, slab; 4.5oc: American cast steel. sa1lc:
tire steel, 3Q3lsc; spring steel, 4hQ5c.
Leather.
Oak sole, ss@4sc; hemlock sole, ,27@s7c; har,
45c: city kip, s0GS0c;- French kip, 9OcqS1. 20; city
c~alfskin. sOcGs1; French calfskin. s1.2Oai.s5.
Nails and HOrseshoes.
s225 rates; from mill. s2.15 rates. HorseshOes,
nails. s4a5 per box. Barb wire. galvanized. s.;
painted, s275.
4sc per gal; coal oil. legal test. s@iic.
Provisions.
sugar-cured Hams-Indiana. IA to 1s lbs aver
Shouiders-English cured. Reliable. IS to 20 lbs
average. 12Ac; 1s lbs average, l2Ac; 10 to IL lbs
average. 12Ac; sugar cured, Indiana. 8 to 10 lbs
Piekied ~Pork-Fancy homeless pig pork. per bSI
200 lbs, SGT; fancy clear bean pork. per brl 200
lbs. s2si So = short clear; per brl 200 lbs; SCI H. rum Z
jill &V ~ 4ltsVt <lAeO AAaAL Wis., wv 49, ~ 49,
the price of the brls. adding SOC to cover addi-
Lard-Kett rendered, 1sc; pure lard, l2%c.
Bacon-Clear sides. 50 to 60 lbs average, l3&c:
iG4se: clear bellies. Is to So lbs average. issc; IS
to % lbs average, lac; IA to 16 lbs average, 15c;
clear backs, 20 to 30 lbs average. l3lac. Il to Is
lbs average, 13sc- In dry salt &c less
Produce, Fruits and Vegetables.
c1 A~PnlsseGaae, s.. M ksas:. g IS! s srl; $. s.. H Ssiaw xGSk
in bulk, LIS; Greetings, per brl, y.
Beans-Handpicked pea. So so per bu.
Bananas-Large. 81 per bunch; medium. s1.50.
CabbaGe-New York domestic, 70 per ton; New
York Danish. IS per ton.
Celery-Michigan. 25c doz: homegrown. 20g30c
doz.
Cocoanuts-s4 per bag.
Cranberries-Cape Cod and Jerseys, 3.5019 per
brl; Cape Cod, So per box.
Grapes-Catawba. pony baskets. 1sc; Tokays.
Honey-White, 171sc per ID; medium dark, Ice.
Hickory Nuts-Per bu, sL75.
Kale-75c per brl.
LemonsNExtra fancy verdelia, 500 size. 1871
per box: 300 size, s4.50.
Lettuce-50c per bu.
oranses-Jamaica, 1925; Florida. $3.50; Caiifor-
MIA Navels, 1915.
onions-Red. sl.25 per cwt; yellow, $40; white.
white. sOc per bu; home
grown, per blu, SOC.
Radishes-25c per doZ.
Shallots-60c per doz.
! Sweet s2.75 per bri; Ili-
nois Jerseys, IS.
| $50: alsike, s6d6.O. Timothy. prime. s1.9Oa2.
Fancy Kentucky bluegrass, GAL extra
clean. 6Oq70c. Orchard grass. 81. 40q1.50; red top.
s0cds1.75. English bluegrass. s..
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Poultry and Other Produce.

prices paid by shippers)
Young turkeys, l0c; hens. SC; cocks, &c; young
ducks, Sc: geese, 81. 20 per doz; springs. &c.
81. 10Q1.2 per doz; Mallard
ducks, $4l50 per doz.
Cheese-New York full cream, l3Q14c; Swiss,
lie: brick. lac; limburger. 13c.
B-utter-Choice roll. 15c per Id; country but
ter. l5c.
Eggs-Firm at &c per doz.
Beeswax-3oc for yellow. 25c for dark.
Feathers-Prime geese. 3c per lb; prime duck,
zoe per ID.
Wool-Merchantable, medium. l6c; bury and
understandable. Base less; coarse grades, 15c:
nne merino, 13G15c; tub-washed, 25G2Sc.
HIDES, TALLOW, ETC.
Green-salted Hides-No. 1, slac; No. 2, TIC;
No. / calf, l0c; No. 2 calf, Sc.
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Charles o.. Jackson. Laura street. near New
street. lx-story frame dwelling. n.525.
Nettie Senour. 6Is South New Jersey street.
repairs. 500.
/ II. Jones and w. A. Davidson. 2-story frame
dwelIfnx. 393 North California street. 500.
Rachel @. Newton. Twenty-hfth street. near
central avenue. 2-story double frame dwelling.
s.. Geo.
John b.. wIngneid. Broadway. near Twenty
Ann street. 2-story frame dwelling. 2.co9.
christian REFS, Martindale avenue. near Twen-
ty-seoond street. ~lis-story frame dwelling. 1.2oQ
August kramp. 2sl5 East New York street
addition 70 stable. -
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Deaths.

Bertha a. Pfarrer. nine years. so4 North Pine
diphtheria.
Alexander Jameson. sixty-three years, 1903 ASH
land. disease OF liver.
Samuel Small. seventy-nine years. sos West.
BTight's disease.
Elijah Floor, thirty-hve years, z2s North Sen
ate, carbolic acid narcrosis.
Hattie Holmes. thirty-one years. 1000 virginia,
street car accident.
Mary Jane Hoover. sixty-seven years. 1877
lie Grande, cancer.
Mary Campbell. seventy-one years. 112o South
Senate. hemorrhage.
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New York Commercial.
Woman's sphere increases. The great
Krupp gun works have passed into the
hands OF the daughter OF the famous gun
maker who died last week. Now IL will be
Abe woman behind the gun.
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STOLEN.

STOLEN-Sunday evening from Denison Hotel
billiard room a black overcoat. Return to
Denison Hotel office and receive suitable peward.
No questions asked.
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VITAL sTATIsTICS-DEC. 2.


p. and p. Berkner. 1911 Arrow, girl.
3 and Z. Thomas. f439 Montcalm, boy.
r.. and H. Rocker. S5T Graceland, boy.
Z. l. aud F. KilIen. SO East Seventeenth, grl
II. r. and " German. f2af Marlowe. girl
A. Z and l. schwartz. 1913 Huron. girl.
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Benjarsin Baker and Alberta McWilliams.
John McGinty and Anna Carey.
John SUITS and Scynda Thomas
David r. swain and Pauline Long.
Bert Copeland and Alice Fetchett.
Holland II. fIightskue and Ida s Marsh
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STORAGE.

STORAGE-INDPLS. WAREHOUSE o
W.. Z. Kurtz, Pres. II. A. Grassland, Mgr.
5f7-523 s. Penn. Telephone l3t3.
We STORE. PACK and HAUL.
STORAGE-The Union Transfer and Storage
Company. corner East Ohio 81. and Union
tracks. only hrst-class storage solicited. Grating
and packing Phones Ia
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The Busbear of Traffic officials.

Pac~king-house products. which have been
a bugbear to executive and traffic officials
Of Western and Eastern roads, are again
coming TO the front. The question of in
creasing rates is under consideration. At
present. no matter what commodity rates
are restored. it seems that rates on pack
ing-house products must remain unchanged.
The Cleveland Leader says: They must
remain where they are, because President
Stickney had made a contract for the Great
Western with the packers for seven years
at the low figures now prevailing. This
Is one of the sore points in the Western
situation more especially and has been a
matter of much comment among officials
there for some time. One of the trunk lines,
also, has been understood to have made
a two or three-year contract with the
packers on the Accent basis, Chicago TO
New York, until the recent executive Off
GERS meeting here, which ordered a restor-
alton of the 45-cent rate. After consider
able beating around the bush and limiting
at possible reasons why the Chicago-New
York rate could not be successfully re-
stored. an official of this suspected line an
nounced that so far as 1t was concerned
Ii would be willing to stand by a restora-
ton of the 45-cent rate. This was taken
to mean that its contract had been an
nulled in some manner. The Great West
ern contract stands"
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George HI. Ross, of Chicago, for several
years traffic manager of the Indiana, Illi-
nois & Iowa Railway. has succeeded Theo.
c. Bates. Of Boston. as president of
the Union Depot, Bridge & Terminal Rail-
way Company. organized some time ago
by Mr.. Bates. who is backed by Massachu-
setts capital, to build a bridge and termin-
ais at Kansas City. Mr.. Bates, who re-
tains a place in the directory of the COM
pany, says ne resigned so that the COM
pany's interests might be in the hands of a
practical railroad man. A dispatch from
Boston, however, positively asserts that
Mr.. Bates has sold his interests in the COM
pany. and the Winner bridge piers in the
Missouri river at Kansas City, and the valu-
able river land and terminals owned by 1t
have been purchased by Swift & Co., the
packers. who contemplate building an indie
pendent stockyards and a new plant. An
other rumor Is to the effect that the Rock
Island system has purchased the property
to obtain the bridge and the terminal facili-
ties In connection with 1t.
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Instruments filed for record in the recorders
office OF Marion county, Indiana, for the twenty
four hours ending at 5 p. m. Dec. 2, 1902. as fur
nished by the Indiana Title Guaranty and Loan
Company, No. III East Market street. Both tele-
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cIMoNA win cure your asthma,
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A CARD LIKE THIS

Every Sunday for one year costs but $1S5 per
month. The Journal want page Is profitable 60
the advertiser and reader.
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Building Permits

Transfers. "a. total considerable -. So. 81. %
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Seed clover. prime. s595.5o: English clover. $50
$50; alsike, s6d6.5o.. Timothy. prime. N9O9i
Fancy Kentucky bluegrass, $1.50Gl60; extr
clean. 6Oq7Oc. Orchard grass. 81 4Oql. 80; red tor
90c9$1.75. English bluegrass, 81.
The National tribune., 1902-03-13
Write 1oyh GRAY CO., Plating Works 1888 Miami B Cincinnati Ohio

ing branch Of the postal service. 1t has
come to stay, and the question of its ul-
innate extension to reach the doorsteps
of all the people is only matter of time
and executive celerity.
"There can be little doubt that rural
free delivery will gradually solve the
question of good roads. Good roads are
indispensable to an efficient rural service.
This the Department discovered last Win
ter, when it became necessary to suspend
service on q number of routes on account
of the impossible condition of the routes.
While the actual number of suspensions
Of service was, comparatively speaking,
quite small, there was a very large num-
Der of cases in which the service was per-
formed with great difficulty and delay.
The people are determined that the rural
free delivery service shall be efficient and
satisfactory. This it cannot be unless the
roads over which it is operated are in
good condition. 1t is essential that the
service be performed with regularity and
punctuality. 1t must be a daily service
and performed in such a manner that the
patron may be reasonably sure of the
time that the carrier will pass his gate
every day. A well-built and well-kept
road will permit of such a service; over
bad roads it cannot be maintained