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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-03-28

The rate for all water furnished over
I25.UuO shall bc ON the basis OF three
cents for each 1000 gallons consumed;
provided however, If from actual eX-
perience il shall Zee found that said rates
are either too high or too low consistent
with the expenses of the maintenance
of said system that j, 20 say as may Dee
shown hv thn "water fund account MS
provided for iu TINS or Huauce. TIM com
mon council may PROV .c hv resolution
for hOrl O.tl or inc ease of said
rates, and all water furnished by
the village ~ private Consumers
contract au3 FURNISHED bv
the village subject 10 such change iu
water rates actual experience may lr
termue necessary 20 sustain said system
upon such basis The aforesaid rates
are based upon each six months use of
water At the expiration Of such time
each meter shall be reset at zero and
measurements made anew for like
period of time, or the same may be COM
puted from successive readings on each
meter, in which event full aud accur-
rate hook record shall be kept thereof by
tine clerk of the water board one dol
lar aud half ~ 500 is hereby e~ab-
lished as the minimum charge for the
use of water by each consumer during
any six months from july fifteenth 1902,
or for amy fractional part thereof.
SECTION VIII In case any meter
fails to register for any cause, the
amount charged for water during such
period shall be estimated by the super
iuteudent based upon the average
amount registered during preceding like
periods.
SECTION TX. The water rents pend
ing the installation OF said system from
May first 90 July fifteenth, 1902. shall be
pro rata the same as is now charged for
like service under existing rates to which
apt reference is hereby made The
water rents for the first six months from
July fifteenth, 1902, shall be determined
from the readings OF all meters installed
on said date. In case meter has not
been installed for the full period of six
months previous to said date, the
amount OF water which shall be paid for
in advance for the first six months from
July fifteenth, 1902, shall be estimated
from said readings on the basis
of the use Of like quantities Of
water during the remaining period of
such six months. That thereafter the
amount of water which shall be- paid for
in advance, and which shall IN all cases
be taken as the estimated amount OF
water to be used by each consumer dur
ing the next succeeding six months, shall
be determined from the readings of said
meters during the six months immedi-
ately preceding January fifteenth and
July fifteenth Of each year. In case all
meters are not Installed on the fifteenth
day OF July, 1902, the amount of water
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-03-28
of the cost thereof to the vii.

payment OF the cost thereof to the VII
lage, but such additional meters shall in
like manner, so long only however as
the same is so used upon the service
pipe, be and remain within the posses
sion aud control of the village.
SECTION Ill. The cost OF the install
latiou Of the one meter shall be paid by
the village; but additional meters 10
the same user upon the same premises
shall bee installed at the expense of the
applicant. All meters shall be placed
within the buildings upon said premises
supplied with water, when possible, and
il "a cellar or basement Is connected
herewith the same shall be- placed with
i'm the same; II ineXpediont or impossl-
bile for any cause i'm the judgment of the
superintendent the meter shall be placed
ina convenient and suitable place on
the premises of the consumer ana pro
tcted by the best approved appliances
from injury by the elements 'he cost
90 such protection shall bc paid by the
village. n upon inspection of the CON
Meeting or supplying pipe 10y the super
urHuirnt or his employees such pipes
shall i'm their Judgment bc found I'm an
unsuitable or improper condition 20 in
stall meter thcreo hv reason of being
So exposed as likely 10 become frozen or
9th rwise impair the utility cor durahili
~ oi the meteor. such pipes shall before
s-rh Installation of q meter thereon. DEE
puccd in proper condition for use by the
applicant M his expense.
SECTION ". The connecting or sup
plying pipes leading from the water
mains 70 binding and premises, shall bee
inserted aud kept IN repair at the cN-
pens' OF the owner or occupant OF the
building or promises supplied with water
and shall not hc inserted or connected
with tine water mann pipe until "A permit
therefor snail Dee obtained from the sup
erlutrnient AT such connecting or
supplying % oes shall be constructed and
connected ln ~u % manner and or such
Uu DIlaI~ as the water board may 10y
res. alton provide.
r1oN n. The cu-r of tine maiA-
teuoncc OF 20 water Ter after IT'S III
~u'.arlon ond protect 'n aS provided IN
section UT shan De- Iln. hN tine uccu 1sut
or owner of Cine nrIn-. s.. except such as
arr sc- from fne ordinary use aui Wear
thereof. NIi bills for the rcpair OF
meters shah bp paid by the owner or oc.
cunnt off the promises. When "a meter
is worn ont It shall be- rep aced hv the
vlllulr.Iu like manner In all particulars
as her I'm provided for thc original in
stallation thereof
SECTION W. All water meters. water
fixtures. appliances and appurtenauccs
on private premises connected with the
village water works system shall be-
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-03-28

Owing o. tine increase tn our business,
the RECORD force Will he Increased ?"
ten next Monday. with more help needed
In order % ,ystem1tZs business and bet
Ter care for our trade and patrons, we
have employed " a Nanderhoet OF
Howell, man of years Of experience
and for wears with the state prindng
off Pa az Lansing, who viii have charge
OF the help and mechanical part or me
Office under charga n the present fore.
man, vino viii be promoted % manager.
More room viii bn added % the oili'e
ana more mHrrrial viii ba pat 'u. Inc
RECORD supports more families ana 'm
ploy, no are G-Ip by several than any
OH pa o. ta- e.nntv, h1f We have rooo
for more apf hHre plenty for Oh m 20
do
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-03-28
who shall at once proceed to charge
such person with the one dollar as here
in provided

who shall at once proceed to charge
such person with the one dollar as here
in provided.
SECTION XVII There shall be cred
tied TO the water fund account" each
six months from and after July az.
teenth, A. ID Iqo2, from the general
fund of the village the sum of five
IS oo) dollars for each hydrant in use
and maintained by the village ON such
dates. This amount is designed 10 com
pensate said system for the general
FIRE protection afforded all citizens
alike
SECTION XVIII. Whenever it shall
appear that service pipe has become
defective between the points OF Connec-
ton with the water main of the village
and the place of shutting off such water
from the service pipe of Tn consumer,
such consumer shall proceed AT once or
as soon thereafter as may be 10 repair
such defects. In case he refuses or neg
lects so 90 do for an unreasonable time
the superintendent shall make such re-
pair or discouuect such service pipe
from the main; the actual expense
thereof hal be- charged 10 such person
upon the books OF the clerk and no
H. o,.,l.. ,,.,,..f, .,,i .,,.;,...
pipe until such expense shall have been
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SECTION NN Any person or persons
who shall be guilty of any violation OF
Sections XII and Mn of this ordinance
or any other provision hereof, shall for
: each violation thereof Ice deemed PulItV
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-03-28
which shall be paid for in advance ON

same manner as Above provided for de-
termining the amount of water 10 be
paid for in advance ON the fifteenth day
of July, 1902. Whenever application
shall be- made for the installation of n
meter by new consumers, the super
/ intendent shall estimate the amount OF
water 20 be consumed by such applicant
/ during the remaining portion of such six
months. and estimate the value thereof
as near as may be for the remaining
| portion OF such period, which amount
such applicant shall pay for I'M advance
/ before the water has been turned upon
such service pipe.
SECTloN X. The president and clerk
of the village and person appointed
each yeur by the president aud con
firmed bv the council iu time aud man
ner as provided bv law for the appoint
ment of other village officers, who shall
Dee known as tine superintendent of the
/ water system of the village. shall CON
sti,ute the board of water commission
crs The president shall hc president of
the board, the clerk shall boz clerk OF tine
board aud custodian eft ITS records. The
board shall pr scribe such rules and req
ulutiOuS for J. 9, meetings as 10 may deem
wise aud cVpc!ieut and may prescribe
such rules and regulations for the con-
troll maintenance and regulation of the
water system of said village, not lncon-
sistrut with this ordinance As ltm may de-
tcrmine; provided however, that such
regulations for the maintenance, con-
troll aud regulation of the water system,
shall before the Same shall take effect,
be approved by the common council OF
the village and published one week i'm a
newspaper iuted, aud circulating in
said vitluge.
SECTION N It's hereby made the
duty OF the superinteudent 10 enforce
the terms aui lnditjon~ aud provisions
OF TIM, ordinance: De- shalt from time TO
time and whenever required bv the COM
mon council make full and accurate re-
ports e. tine council of mis- actions under
TINS or.nuauc. the condition OF the inter
stst,m aul finances; hc shall Inspect
auI report u,I defects iu the water
works system. recommend al needed
chan os aul extensions and enquire INTO
ami report d violations and abuse
arising from It's use; all extensions aud
repairs I'd the system sinai. %" made nm
Ter ms supervision and me shall dis
charge all such duties pertaining to the
water works system, as may from time
To time De required OF MN by the COM
/ mon colnci.
SECTION MI. Inc superintendent
shail not be directly or indirectly inter
ested IN the purchase OF supplies OF other
needed materials Tor the maintenance
or extension oil the water WORKS system :
ne shaII not DE interested dlrectN or
indirectly an any contract OF the village
Tot the eN'cislon or mann ,ehahce OF the
system ana ne snail not supply or ht III
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-03-28

We. 'he undersigned. do hereby
certify Chat the foregoing ordinance Of
theyt.laecol Alma, NIich's. - was duly
passed and adopted hy "a coucurriug
vote of to cNceel majority of the couu
eli at "a Irlull session thereof held az
The council rooms thil said village
ON the tweuty-il,h d8v of March a ID.
1902
WILLIAM BAHLKE. WM. w. kINCH
President. Clerk
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-03-28

SECTION 7. The village OF Alma or
dains That from and after the
fifteenth dav of July, a. d., 1902, all
water furnished 60 consumers from the
village water works system, shall be
supplied and measured boy what's known
ms the meter svstcm, and shall be sold
% and paid for bv such persons at the
met rates hereinafter fixed. That
prior 20 said date or as soon after the
abortion hereof as shall be- possible.
wat,r meters shall be placed and I'm.
stalled uuOu all service pipes connecting
private proverty with the water works
system of said village. That SUCH
meters shall be- Installed under the
charge and control OF the Superiuteni-
ent upon request OF the owners or occu-
pants OF private property desiring 20 be
supplied with water from said system
On the fifteenth day Of July, 4. u. 1902.
the superintendent shall turn off the
water from all service pipes the owners
Of which have neglected or failed to
notify the superintendent that they de
sire a meter installed upon their prem
Uses and from the service pipe Of any
person who shall when requested so 70
do. refuse 90 permit meter TO be in
stalled thereon. I'm case the water is
turned off such service pipe for either of
such reasons, the same shall not be
again turned on such service pipe until
meter has been installed theron and
the expense Of turning such water off
and on again as hereinafter provided
shall have been paid
SECTION III The village shall pur.
chase and own all water meters, and
xvhen instalipl shall remain uulpr the
exclusive management aud control OF
the village. one meter of tho proper
capacity in the Judgment OF the super
intendent, shall be furnished 10 each
water consumer for each separate prem
Uses and connected grounds. II more
than one meter is desired by the user for
separate promises and connected
grounds, it shall be furnished on the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1902-03-28
Triton Pereale Wrappers.
Bay one of your retuler-TR IT-ON.
NO. 30.
AN ORDINANCE.

Adopting the meter system Of supply
ing water 10 consumers from the VII
lage water works, revising aud cstab-
lshiu- rates therefor proviL ne 'ar "A
board ot Nat p cNlia --iaueIs, leI1
ing their duties, providing for tine
protection, preservation and control oft
the water works system and 90 repeal
all ordinances i'm conflict herewith
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
Gould to Enter san Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 22.-The Elk.
aminer says that every indication points
to the belief that a big railroad and
financial deal is or tapis by which George
j. Gould's Missouri Pacific will gain an
entrance into San Francisco. Prince Poni-
>atowsh, F.. s. Bullock, one of his partners
in several enterprises. and Senator Clark
of Montana are represented as being con-
nected with Gould in his scheme to con-
struct the Gould railroad system from Salt
Lake City to San Francisco, Gould will
make a tour Of the coast next month.
The alleged railroad scheme is said to
contemplate the erection of a fine depot
and hotel on Market street. in this city.
Then a railroad will be run south to the
San Mateo county line. From there on a
road will be built to Los Angeles to con-
meet with the line Senator Clark is build
ing to Salt al City. At the Utah capital
Clark's road will connect with the Rio
Grande Western to Denver. At Denver II
connects with his Missouri Pacific to st.
Louis. From the Missouri metropolis to
Toledo he owns the Wabash road, which
Is now being extended to Pittsburg.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
FRESH AND r o
Food That sends One Along.

IT found a food at last that / could work
on and hat would keep me fresh and
strong. / have been a school teacher for
eleven years. and every year toward the
last have felt more or less worn out. and
have been bothered particularly with my
stomach and serious constipation.
Last year I used Grape-Nuts regularly
at both morning and evening meals and
the result was really wonderful. I have
been entirely. cured of the troubles spoken
Of. and don't know what II Is 70 take a
dose Of physic any more. The old nervous
ness and slseplessness have gone. No
more do / lie awake nights until my brain
Is in a whirl. Now sleep all night long
like a healthy child
~ was the only teacher out OF fourteen
In our public school who aid not miss a
day on account OF sickness during the last
session. l have been able to do more hard
studying a ever before. and took up
the teachers state reading work. completed
the course and passed q successful examine
tion at the last institute.
"Grape-Nuts In my case has proved the
truth Of the assertion that Il Il a brain and
nerve builder. / would especially recon-
mend II for tired. over-woFked school
teachers. OF any other brain worker"
Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek
Mich.
II is far wiser to build up health and
strength naturally with food than to crutch
along on some kind Of medicine and let the
disease finally do It's work. 3
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

DR. KTLMER g co, Binghamton, N Y
0enuemenr-In the sumner of 1893. I was aiken violently ILL., Ny trouble be-
gan with pain in m stomach ant back sc severe that It seemed as II knives were
cutting mo- I was treated by W of the best physicians in the country. inc con-
quilted another. None OF thns suspected that the cause Of my trouble was kidney
disease. They all told me that 1 had cancero of the stomach, and would die I grew
g weak that ! could not walk any more than a child a month I'D, and ! only weighed
sixty pounds. One day my brother saw in paper youra advertisement of Swamp-Root
~ great hdneyr remedy. He bought me bottle at our druss store and took it Ny
family could see change in ne, Tor the better. so they obtained more and I conun-
uSd the use of swampRot regularly was so weak md run dow that took
considerable time to build me up again an now well, thanks to swamp-Root and
weigh las pounds and am keeping house for my husband ant brother, o IN a farm
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23

A new preparation for the cure Of ca
tarrh has attracted much attention in the
past few months and has met with great
favor from the medical profession not only
because Il Is remarkably successful in tbs
cure of catarrh, but also because Il is not
q secret patent medicine; anyone using II
knows Just what he IL taking into his sys-
tenn.
1t is composed OF blood root which acts on
the blood and mucous membrane, hydras-
tin for same purpose to clear the mucus
from head and throat, and red gum Of ed
cslyptus tree to destroy catarrhal germs in
the blood.
All OF these antiseptic remedies are COM
bined in the form Of a pleasant tasting tab
let or lozenge, and are sold by druggists
many recent ests in chronic catarrh cases
have established its merit beyond question.
DR.. Sebring states that he has discarded
inhalers, sprays and washes and depends
entirely upon Stuart's Catarrh Tablets in
treating nasal catarrh. He says: Il have
had patients who had lost the sense Of
smell entirely, and whose hearing was also
impaired from nasal catarfh, recover COM
pletely after a few weeks us5 OF stuarts
Catarrh Tablets. / have teen equally suo-
cessful with the remedy in catarrh OF the
throat and catarrh OF stomach. / can only
explain 1t on the principle that catarrh is
g constitutional disease, and that the anti
septic properties In these tablets drives the
catarrhal poison completely cut of the sys-
tenn"
DIR. Odell says, I have cured many cases
d eatarrh OF stomach in past four months
by the use OF Stuart's Catarrh Tablets
alone without the use Of any other REM
edy and without dieting. The tablets are es-
pecially useful in nasal catarrh and catarrh
OF the throat, clearing the membranes and
overcoming the continual hawking. cough
ing and expectorating, so disgusting and
annoying TO catarrh sufferers.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
Another story.

J. H. Hassett Of Amesbury, Mass, said
he was on the sixth floor, where he had
a room with A. ]. Clarkson. In speaking
Of the IRE Mr.. Hassett said: II was aroused
at $3.50 o'clock. and smelled smoke. 1
awakened my companion, Mr.. Clarkson,
and vent out into the hallway. There was
a man talking to the porter. This hotel
is on fire. cried the man In excited tones.
Go back to bed said the porter In re-
ply. 1 did not go back into my room, but
went to the lower corridor. There were no
signals given or alarms sounded In the
hotel that / heard" "'
Norman Acton, a mine owner of Colorado
Springs, lost his life in the fire. He was
the largest stakeholder in the Cochez Min
ing and Milling company and was general
manager Of the Orocobre Mining and Mill
ing company. He had been at the hotel
only a short time. William Pears. the
London representative of the Orocobre
company, called at Bellevue hospital, where
Acton died and identified the dead man.
II is said that Mr.. Acton was worth 50 .000,-
600.
A. r. Besant, head bookkeeper Of the Park
Avenue hotel, said:
"As soon as the fire had broken out In
the armory and at first intimation of danger
l rushed to the various floors myself, send
ing out In the different directions at the
same time all the boys In the ONCE. I
rushed to the sixth floor and opened all
the doors I could with the pass key i car
ried with me. / gave a general alarm and
told the boys to yell as loud as they could
that there was danger. / do not think that
anyone can say that we did not do every
thing that lay in our power to notify the
guests the minute .Aere was any danger"
Frederick r. Reed, manager Of the hotel,
said;
"The minute the fire started in the hotel
I summoned all available men and sent
them through the halls to give warning.
I cannot see how anyone could have failed
to be aroused by the bells that were rang
from the ONCE. I went upstairs and got
my wife, who was on the fourth floor, and
descended with her to the street in safety.
Then l went to the roof, and when l found
that the flames were becoming dangerous
I descended for my own safety.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
starts in Bottom of shaft.

1.-The IRE unquestionably started in some
way in the bottom of the elevator shaft.
l believe that the fire was of ~incendiary
origin and in no way contingent on the
FIRE In the armory building"
Mr.. Reed himself was burned about the
face n neck. and after he had been at
tended by an ambulance surgeon directed
Affairs In person.
Fire Commissions Sturgis said that he
was at the scene of the armory IRE until
$3.50 a. n. and when he left there was no
fire in the Park Avenue hotel. He said
further:
81 believe the hotel FIRE to have been q
separate and distinct fire and that 1t started
in the elevator shaft. I was surprised to
learn that there was no IRE apparatus and
no means Of escape In the building. Had
the building been nine stories in height we
would have had Jurisdiction and the build
ing department would have compelled the
manager to have ~standpipes and the other
necessary FIRE apparatus. But this building
having only seven stories escapes the laws
The IRE department is free from all re-
sponsibility for lack Of IRE apparatus.
ct was supposed to be a thoroughly IRE
proof building"
Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-23
EXTRAORDINARY MERIT


\ Physicians are slow TO take up new and
untried remedies. until their value has
been established By actual experiment, and
they are naturally skeptical Of the many
new preparations constantly appearing and
for which extravagant claims are made.
The most liberal and enlightened physi-
tians are always ready, however. to make
> fair trial Of any new specific and get at
/lts true medical value.