The Irish standard., 1906-02-10

line is the first piece of work which the
Northern Pacific has let by contract for
this year.
The expense of running the govern
ment of Hennepin county for the year
1905 was nearly half million dollars
$445.52s.57 in exact figures. The county
receipts. however. were even more than
this-$454,7 4s.70. leaving a balance OF
$9.217.23. These figures are shown in
the annual financial statement Of the
county, filed with the board of county
commissioners by County Auditor
Hugh R. Scott. The statement is a
bulky affair, covering several hundred
pages, and has taken a number Of
weeks to prepare. Despite its bulk.
the report is finished this year on
record time. twenty days earlier tnan
in 1905. The county revenue fund was
derived from a number of sources. The
chief item was taxes, $35s,141.Ss being
secured in this way. The various coIn-
ty offices also contributed, the largest
sums being s19,225.s2 from the register
of deeds, $17,270.O9 from the clerk of
the district court, $4,844.37 from the
sheriff, $4,304.25 from the county audi
tor, $1,537.S5 from the probate court
and $l,3S6.05 from the registrar Of
titles. The county farm also contribu:.
ed $6.90S.7s. and interest from bank
deposits $6,64s.1s.
The first of two stereopticon lectures
by Prof. Robert Turner of Boston was
given at st. Stephens church, Clinton
avenue and Twenty-second street, last
Wednesday evening, before an audience
that packed the main auditorium of the
church. Wednesday evenings lecture,
THE Way Of the Cross" reviewed
scenes in Nazareth, Bethlehem and 9TH
er parts of the holy land in the days
of Christ and at the present time, the
pictures dealing with the life, buildings
and natural objects of the country and
often recalling legends attached to
places which are now the objects of
special attention for Christian pilgrims
to the Orient. The river Jordan and
the Dead Sea were each the subject of
a series of pictures. During the course
of the lecture THE Holy City," 'The
Palms" and Jerusalem, My Happy
Home" We're sung as illustrated solo
songs by Miss Frances Horgan, Mr..
David and J. B. German. The enter
itainment concluded with several sets of
moving pictures and statuary views.
The second of the lectures which were
given for the benefit of st. Stephens
parish was given Thursday evening
and was entitled From Schechem VAL
ley to the Golden Gate"
Specifications for $4,000 square yards
of creosoted wooden block paving have
been prepared by Assistant City
Engineer ,Dutton, of Minneapolis. The
four inch block will still be adhered
to in the construction of city pave
ments. Four inches in depth, the block
required must be four inches in width
and from five to ten inches in length;
but must average eight inches in
length. The blocks may be either long
leaf. yellow or Georgia pine, Norway
pine, Washington fir or tamarack. The
specifications are practically he same
as those of last year except that Wash
ington fir has been added to the list
of woods from which the blocks may
be manufactured. Fir has been added
by the city engineering department in
the hope that 1t will influence the
bidders to submit low figures on the
Norway pine, the material which has
largely been used heretofore. The price
Of Norway pine, while cheaper last
year than Washington fir, has steadily
advanced until today it is IS dearer
than the fir per thousand feet. The
cheapness of the first cost, however
is but mote in the eye of the city
engineer, even though he wants to get
the lowest bids possible for the ensu-
ing year. c. L. Hill, forest assistant
of the United States bureau of forest
ry, has requested the engineering de-
partment to submit percentage table
of pavements in use in Minneapolis
which will show the relative cost
durability, ease of maintenance, light
traction resistance, freedom from Slip
periness, favorableness to travel, ac-
ity.
Hiberians Will Banquet.