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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31
WHAT ESNA'S FATHER DID.
By Harold Christy.


 q may have saved your life" de- clared Avice, earnestly.
 whats life when your boots are muddy and no chance to get them cleaned?" scoffed Ned Hastings. I'd rather take chances on walking under a ladder than going out in the muddy street to escape the hoodoo."
 T think you're horrid," pouted Avice Next time I shall let you go under the ladder if you want to. but don't blame me for what happens"
 Next time you'll do just the same. he declared, with a laugh. T never saw any one quite 90 superstitious in my life.'
 You must have spilled salt" said Avice. dolorously, and you never threw any over your left shoulder l just know that there is going to be a quarrel,
 Not unless we meet up with more ladders over the sidewalk" he laughed. or some other of our numerous signs of evil luck"
 It was a tactful remark well quail fled to fulfill Avice's prophecy, but at that moment the girl darted forward and picked something from the side walk
 Its the best kind of luck to find money on a Monday she declared. Tt means that you will gain all the week"
 It's good luck to find a pocketbook on the first of April" he scoffed Tt means you will be fooled for year. It was fortunate for Hastings that the girl did not hear him. Supersti- tion was a dangerous subject between them. Hastings would not confess to his few little superstitions and was in tolerant of her lore of signs and omens. Once she had declined his offer of mar riage because he spoke on one of her unlucky days, and when he had again put his fate to the test on a day guar anteed by the almanacs to be the most lucky she had recalled the couplet about a change of name though not of letter ! lbeing a change, for the worse and no
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31
GRAND CIRCUIT RESULTS.

Cleveland. O., July 3O-The second poolless meet of the Cleveland Driving Park began today and the circuit cam paigners were greeted by fairly good crowd. A fast track and bright day added to the general interest.
 The feature of the opening day was the Thistledown Stake. for the 2:13 Gen. W. B. Chisholm, after whose stock farm the stake was named, was filled expectations. but not until she had been forced to reduce her record nearly two seconds.
 22 tT1t' bft three heassi Rs,i,pi pprsei i'ooo Ma2sa4 nish IG9, 9, b n. Dav!sj :,.:s , l Codero,' yn C., (McDonaldl .;S.2 3 3 suDlins nnns r P01iy Yves Wiey qaeH B. Prince of Calcutta and Modicum started. Time, gil 1-4; 51o 3-4; e;o9 IA.
 2:13 pace. three heats; purse $6.0o0: Thistledown Stakes.
 Reproachless. blk m, by Direct Hidalgo h g.. tMcDonald) ,..,.2 2
 whitelock, Major Mallow. Bonanza, Jerry B.. Village Boy. Vim O., s. Haughran started. Time, 2;o4 1-2;
 2:o7 pace; two in three; purse. s1,ooo. Black Lock. blk h. by Cuckoo. wilson Addington, b h. (Cox) ....2 3
 Bully Cole. Kruger. Fascade. Prince Hal and Bystander started. Time. 2:O4 l-2; 2:o5 S4.
 2:13 trot two in three; purse. s1. 900. Lotta, blk m. by Guy Thistle,
 lMeHenry' sn,;tthti; ''''..'''.''d ] Wilkes Hart. b. g. tSteeD ........3 3
 Imperial Allerton, Richie Baron Lillie Stranger The Pacolet Paul Kruger, Dossie Yilliers, J J. M. Prince c. Kim, QuinteIl. Doctor Charley, Lu~ cretia. Doris Martin and McDousall started. Time. 209 1-4, 2,os l-4.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31
woman's Building Dedicated.

Norfolk, Va. July S0.-The Woman's S Building at the Jamestown Exposition was formally dedicated today with addresses by representatives of each or ganization of women represented in the building. these being the w c. T. IT.. Kings Daughters. National Florence Crittenden Mission. the Lady Macca- bees fthe World. and the National Council of Women, embracing the Nd- tional Council of Jewish Women, The National Womans Suffrage Associa- ton. the Womans Relief Corps. The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Re- public the International Peace Union, and numerous other national societies and branches of churches representing a membership of over 5,000,o00 women.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31

Summary-Two base hits, Baxter. DeMont Three base hits. Ball. Sacri- flee hits Molesworth. 2: DeMont. Perry. Stolen bases. Alcock. Gardner. Bases on balls. Turner. 2; Weems, 2. Struck out, Turner, 5. Double plays, DeMont to Walters to Meek. Passed ball. Hausen. Time. 139. umpires. Pfenningcr and Hackett.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31
MEMPHIS LOSES
STOCKDALE'S WILD THROW NETS
 THREE RUNS.
Wilson, Little Rocks New Outfelder ., Wins the Game by Single to
 IT. Center Field Tn Eighth 5ES' Inning

Little Rock. July so.-wilson, the out fielder secured by Little Rock from Fort Worth. who, arrived today, won the game by singiing to center in the eighth, bringing Woods in from sec ond. A wild throw to third by Stock dale gave Little Rock three runs in the fourth while poor throws by Bow cock was responsible for two of Mem phis's runs.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31
ROOTS DAUGHTER ENGAGED

Washington. July 30.-Announcement was made today of the engagement of Miss Edith Root, only daughter of the secretary of state and Mrs. Elihu Root. to Lieutenant Ulysses $. Grant III. U. s. A.. son of Major General Frederick Dent Grant, commanding the depart ment of the East and grandson of the late President Grant.
 No date has yet been set for the wedding but 1t probably will occur in the autumn.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31

bases. Rickert. Cross. 2. Sacrifice hits. Sabrie. Double plays. Gatins to Ats to Sabrie; Benson to Lewee to Clark Struck out by .Guese. s; by Becker, 6. Bases. on balls of Guese. I: off Becker, 6. Left on bases. New Orleans, 5; Shreveport, 2. Time of game, 140. Umpire. Davis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31

Summary-Two base hits, Ball. Gardner. McWeller. Sacrifice hits Seabaugh, Maxwell, DeMont. Bases on balls, Maxwell, 4. Struck out. by Me Weller. 1; Maxwell. 6. Hit by pitched (Walters). Double plays. Walters to DeMont to Meek: Nye to Ball to Bax- ter. Stolen bases. Alcock, Seabaugh. Maxwell. Houtz. Time, :52. Empires, Pfefnninger and Hackett
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31
NEW ORLEANS WINS
SHREVEPORT LOSES LAST GAME
 OF SERIES.
Becker Was Wild, Fillinx the Buxs Twice in the Fourth-Error
 Saves Pirates from Shut

New Orleans. July 30.-New Orleans series easily. Becker was wild. flling tne bags in the fourth with bases cn oalls, Gastons squeeze and fourth pass giving the locals two runs.
 By punching hits in the eighth, New Orleans scored two more. Shreve port was saved shut out when Matthews dropped Customs perfect throw to catch Lewee. Score:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31

Summary-Home dns. Paskert, Cas- tro; stolen bases. Wells, Hardy. Dyer; sacrifice hits Wiseman; double plays Hardy to Wells to Hardy: Fox to Cas- tro to Jordan: Wells to Carr; bases on balls off Spade 3. off Sorrell 3; hit by pitched balls. Spade, fHardv) struck out b'' Shade. r. by Sorrell 2; wild pitches. Spade. Time 1:55. Umpire Rud- derham.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31

summary-Two-b base hits, Page, sa- rey. Hurlburt- Three-base hits. Bow cock. Stockdale.- Sacrifice hits, Gil- bert, Wilson, Plass, Carey. Bases on Balls. by Stockda1e g. Struck out. by Keith ?. Stockdale l. Hit by pitcher, by Stockdale 1. First on errors, Mem phis 3. Left on bases. Little Rock g. Memphis 4 Time. 1855. Umpires Rim and Flynn
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31
SOUTH ATLANTIC.

Charleston. July so.-The locals pounded Helm today but six of the eight hits were made after two men were out and only two runs were SCOT ed The game was called on account of darkness. R.H E. Charleston. .. .. .... ool oo1-2 8 Macon .. e.. ...,.0 900 000-0 2 1
 Raymond and Evers; Helm and Robinson. Time, 1:2o. um- pire, Mace.
 Jacksonville, July 3o.-The Augusta club defeated the locals in a feature Jacksonville . ..o1o 900 Ooo-1 5 ? Augusta, .. .. .0oo 1o1 0o0-2 1
 Batteries-stultz and Roth; Sparks and Carson. Time, 1:25. Umpire, Buckley.
 Columbia. July 3o,-Heavy hitting. coupled with loose playing gave Co- lumba today's game
 Score by innings:
 Savannah ..,.. 900 010 000-1 1 Columbia ... ... 200 900 00x-2 0
 Batteries: Denver and Kahlkhoff Buckley and Fox. Time 1:27. Umpire. Brady.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31

Summary-StoIen bases, Wiseman, Fox, Castro. 2: Jordan; Sacrifice hits. Winters, Fox. Smith; base on balls. off Ford 2. off Duggan 3; hit by pitched ball Duggan, (Winters3 struck out by Ford 3, by Duggan A. wild pitches, Duggan. Time 200 Umpire Rudder- ham
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31
ATLANTA WINS BOTH
TAKES DOUBLE HEADER AWAY
 FROM NASHVILLE.

Inability to Hit Ford at Right Time Tells Tale of First Game-Home
 Run Wins in
 Second. Atlanta, Ga, July c0.-Atlanta won both games of double .header here today. Inability to hit Ford at the right time cost the visitors the first game. Paskerts home run in the fifth inning of the second game brought in two runs. enough to win. The score:
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31
ner and Needham. Time 1 1:40. Umpires. Carpenter and Johnstone.

Chicago. July 3o.-Today's game went ten innings and Chance repeat ed his yesterdays record by hlttlng safely batting in the winning run.
 Score by innings: Chicago ..... ....ooo 800 oos l-1 8 ?
 Batteries: Overal. Reulbach and King and Moran. Bell, Fucker ana Ritter Time 2:10. Umpires Klem and Emslie.
 St. Louis, July 30.-New York batted freely today, winning and driving Wol- ter, a St Louis recruit out of the box in the seventh
 Score by innings:
 St. Louis ....01o 900 2o2-.5 g 3 New York 900 204 23O-ll Y l
 Batteries: Wolter, Lush and Mar shall; Lynch and Bresnahan. Time 2:l2. Umpire O'Day.
 Cincinnati, July 3o.-Twelve Cincin- nati. players faced Corridor in the third inning. securing seven hits and a base on balls, which netted seven runs. Sharp fielding behind Hit pre- vented the Philadelphia ~etting man over the plate. Score bv innings:
 Cincinnati -. ...o07 900 10x-S IF ? PhiIadelnhia " .C00 900 000-0
 Batteries, Hit and Mclean; Corridor, Brown and Jacklitsch. Time 200. Cm- pire Pigler
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Pittsburg. July 3o.-Pittsburg scored eight runs in the first inning on sev- en hits. a sacrifice, an error and some slow fielding.
 Score by innings:
 R.HE. Pittsburg ... .. 800 200 02x-12 Is Boston ~ ..o1o 200 000- 3 s 4 Batteries: Phillipe and Gibson; Dor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
YESTERDAYS GAMES.

Southern League- Atlanta, 4-3; Nashville. Fl. Little Rock, 5; Memphis 4. New Orleans, {; Shreveport, ]. Birmingham, 2-3; MontSon-
 cry. 3-2. Cotton states League Meridian. l; Mobile. G. Vicksburg. 1; Jackson, 5:
 lGulfport-COlumbus, ra1n South Atlantic League Jacksonville, l; Augusta, 9 Charleston, 2; Macon. O.
 Columbia. 2: Savannah. l. National League Cincinnati. 8; Philadelphia. Q. St. Louis, $; New York. II.
 Chicago, l; Brooklyn. 6. -t.E Pittsburgh. 12; Boston, 3. American League- Indianapolis. 5-2; Louisville. 0-13 Minneapolis 2-4; Kansas City, 0-3
 Toledo. 7-2; Columbus. 6-1
 St. Paul. '; Milwaukee. 6. American Association. Washington, 2-6; Chicago A. Philadelphia. ?: St. Louis, I.
 New York, 1; Detroit, 6.
 Boston. 3; Cleveland. 0.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31
BIDS WANTED

Bids will be received in writing. sealed and marked Bid" for all priv. ileges at the Second Annual Fair of the Alabama Agricultural Association at vandiver Park, Montgomery, Ala commencing October 24th, and ending November 2nd, 190I These oids viii be opened and contracts awarded on August 27th. The Association reserves the right to reject any and all bids
 Robert Tait
 su-wed. Secretary.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-07-31
T0DAY's SCHEDULE

Southern LeaGue. Montgomery at Birmingham. Nashville at Atlanta.
 Memphis at Little Rock.
 Shreveport at New Orleans. American League Chicago at washington. Detroit at Now York,
 St. Louis at Philadelphia.
 Cleveland at Boston. National League- Brooklyn at Chicago Boston at Pittsburg.
 Philadelphia at Cincinnati,
 New York at St. Louis. Coftox States Leagwe- Jackson at Vicksbure. Mobile at Meridian.
 Columbus at Gulfport South Atlantic League- Augusta at Jacksonville. Macon at Charleston
 Savannah at Columbia.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26

is<vzsss rri-xrsph s~rstes.l
N1aFul.k. Va. April zs-Presi.
kn ka<sysls arrived IN Hamp
M zasfs THIS morning and re-
rx<sa ~ feets 80 was then
tz4:zr>z to ths naval lanaeh Ard
&'r.4 hssore nnou reae he'd Dis
wsn sndlng and dissm banked.
= Fssldenf was received by
= z7<sfioa mAnaxement and
= z;<zrance Naa crested b.
.1rsrs 4 ths mulsisude
i - epsninx address President
7xzzs rssiswed The histaxY Of the
mnnY M TIE purpose q the en-.
>x1ss Ne ealegissd FIt1huEh
~ w rAs largely responsible for
y prsz<at triumph. He sketched
- zzss that ed 20 the settle.
~ ard enumerated tbs princi.
bm xhirh moved the eol0ulsts lie
40 Ne lssaon 81 today i that 81
'srsst tnirsspectioa that we mas
lssifs bow Tar Cur conduct ia con
iisass p he principles for which
%, ist-sgn fought
ne siiendanee. although large
: sosfsllT small compared 20 the
1<rizsi9ua This Was GA account
y q ssiayed excursion steamers
NF 80 pier being ready for the
ha1.az
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26
WANTS HENEY
ARRESTED

nouneed n. =. Herrln. the South.
err Paesfle attorney ~ baang ths
real haaa ef Aan Francisco. and
declaring that Kusf wa ssreiy an
an.sretuaY.
Thst warrant was refused Heb.
bard weut TO police headquarters
Nhsru be iaourihhed a revolver Dc
eIAFinR Ne woul@ XIII Attorney
LanEdon II The warrant vas not -
suc,i. tie was taken 20 ths chiefs
office and . guard placed over hltn
I.HngsIon ordered him arrested II
be r,Aae a further dsstprhaacs.
Hebbard has again been drins
InN
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26
KUROKI STAFF
DELAYED

Word reached the Chamber 81
rnmurron today that General Ar.
thur Macarthur and staff. Sha sxs
on their way from San Francisco
10 Seattle for the paspoes q mest-
ing and escorting General karokl
ana staff 20 the jamestown expo
sifion. would noi reach hrre until
sunday Afternoon. instead u sataf-
day - frat announced.
A meeting uiil be held az The
chamber MonaaT morning By al
the associations planning recep.
lions 70 these generals Tor the par.
poae u laying final plans a. 10 the
nature Of The functions 10 BE- given
In honor Of the distinguished via
itofa
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26
HERMANN'S FATE
WITH JURY

WASHINGTON. April 20 -Ac-
rusins BlnFer Hermann of destroy
ing the public records for Illegal
purposes aud also Og being in an al
legged conspiracy with Mitchell
henson. HYDE and Diamond. Dis-
triet Attorney Baker closed the
governments case to-day
standing before Hermann whoee
wife and daughter were beside him.
and pointing his finger AZ the de-
PENDANT Baker characterized him
a. feion
Baker closed with a demand fof
verdict 81 guilty.
Isstlcc Stafford then charged the
jury
The case went 20 the jury nj
$50 O'Clock this afternoon.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26
ASPHALT AND GRAFT
WORK HAND In HAND

Within years Of the city OF BE-
attic viii spend dollars In the ssphsuns Of streets
N history repeats Itself ef hsss dollars
90 tfsslsmsss purposes
Money graft will be paid to city eovneImn and
ifregusfy otnsr
ssetlons IN an effort to prevent petition.
The .sphat situation city Seattle today smells Of graft
s the same traced toesy 70 prison cells IN
many Ell o country.
why euldnt IL good the o. Seattle to
,elloS uo this oder the place which IL snsnstss
u may result saving OF Of and tire pun
abr o dishonest men,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26
MR.. DENNISTON
RESIGNS

The resignation OF A. n. G. Dennt
stou. northwest passenger agent OF
the Pacific Coast Steamship Co Tor
the past two YEAR has been ten
dered to the company. aud viii take
effect May rs. Mr. Denniaton r..
signH 60 become manager ~ the
bond department Of tho Trustee
Co
Sir. Denuison will retain hin in
teYenta IN the Aiki Point Transpor.
tation Co, and other local steam
ship concerns. Which he has done
much 10 build up Ifs successor
with the Pacific Coast Co has not
been chosen.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26
PRIMARY
ELECTION

The election and boundaries com
mitfee OF tae council this Afternoon
turned down the nomination Of -
A. Ware for councilman from 1 a
nsw Tweifta ward. and decided 90
call = primary election IN the Nard
70 CHOOSE a councilman. Columbia
anu South fark viii - ANNEXED 90
seattle Monaay niEht and immed
lately afterward a primary sieciion
wilt he ordered.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26
BANQUET FOR
KUROKI

A. meeting Of the Aaiatic a..
ISOLATION Of Seattle. held Thursday
niEht at the Rainier Club. it was
decided 20 banquet Cen Baron XII
rokl. Baron OEawa. Gen Arthur
Macarthur ard his staff. and the
japanese party. on the night OF
their arrival here
The committee appointed 20 take
the matter In charge viii ascertain
a. soon a. possible whether the vis-
iturs will accept such an Invitation.
MAI. Wood. qaartermaster AZ Fort
I.awton. Will receive Gen. MacAr.
thur and his staff when they arrive
Saturday
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26

ing. None but union labor has
been employed. but II the union
demands an eight-hour day, that
department will be closed and
never opened again unless "a an
open shop.
Under the conditions proposed
We cannot possibly compete with
eastern manufacturers We are
preparing to spend as much money
as necessary 70 carry on the fight.
II the union desires 10 start H."
The attitude Of J. V. Patterson
general manager Of the Moran COM
pany's shops. is practically the
same as that outlined by MIR. Hume
and the employers will probably de.
clare an open shop on the day the
union strikes for eight honrN
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26
ODD FELLOWS estsssArt.

Members Of ths Oda Feii0ws are
celebrating the kkth anniversary
Of TIE order today THIS Afternoon
a large meeting uaa he'd nc the As.
attic eater and addresses sere
made b. Gov A. X Mead. Res n
=. Matfhssn. Gen, Raney and other
prominent nent o. TIE order
Thln evening At 7ta o'cioek the
decoration Of ehivairy wsll b. con
fsfr~si npou several members at The
i.eehl PARA pavilion. and q grand
bali ullI wind up the evening,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26
MORE SMALLPOX FOUND
IN TREASURER'S OFFICE

serious dlaeske Phelps sister
nhaat fnur weeks aGn came anWn
With uhAf sas Thought 20 b. chick
~ pox. but phat is nov ihaashI 20
have becn smallpox George ~
QuinlAa. another 81 the treasurer .
CLERKS removed "a the pest house
Monday. 10 nov fhoaRht te have
contracted the disease through
phalpa The treAaafers office
va thoroughly fumixafed last
nirht BY The heAhh officers All 81
the clerks are In constant fear Of
coming down nith the disease
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26

The seriousness Of the threatened
strike on May I. which promises
To involve 5000 iron moulders
along the north Pacific coast was
brought out toda- by / Hume,
president and manager OF the Nul-
can Iron works Of this city who is
sued the following statement
we are preparing 20 fight the
mnuldera 20 the uttermost. II We
granted the unions demand for an
eight hour day now. Il would be
ONLY question OF possibly n few
months when they would be asking
for something else.
The Vulcan works has about %
men employed in the foundry.
They are all making over 81 per
day aud should have no kick CON-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26
TAKE In MORE
AUTOISTS

The police took two more auto.
iata tnto custody FOR speeding The
orders % Chief wappenatein are
being sealouuly followed out. and
evoFrariver golnE too fast 4 taken
20 the station The men arrested
we're A n Meaeham and W. V Fer
RE. They were released upon pat
tins up So bail Judge Gordon has
considerable nnmb0f Of Automo.
bile cases upon his calendar.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26

ss . Es-sis sf ths ssasiip@s sRi
ssssss - tks esaatF sFsessFsfs@ 81
flee all fAs weesss eesFisffe -
slssf esfss~ s<see fxeussa tats after
ms~ns I've uaaes eass@ ~ssw svbsrt-
"a tAss sftsfses9. na@ksa3 teas sss-
p3stss "a tss eseeft ssvsseFef'~
siffes IL ell ~ks hase lee. .fftskss-
Another of Couafr Treasures
Csorrnley's CLERKS has come down
uith the smallpox = r. Phelps.
wha fhooshf be had confraeted tie
ehicken pox. was removed % the
pess house last nleht wgsh the more
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26
HERO SAVES A
WOMAN'S LIFE

nose uho saw the rescue could
hardly tell whether Mrs 81 Clair
had been struck BY the engine and
thrown into the ditch OF had been
pushed from ita path.
The Incident occurred about 40
o'clock yesterday and The fact that
Mrs st. Clair vas not ground 10
death beneath the wheels Of the
engine. which WAS drawing
string u freight cars toward Taco
ma. IL only due 10 the presence Of
mind o. the swiiehman who was
accompanying the train
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1907-04-26


Pressure Is being brought By the
asphalt trust upon the board OF
public ~osbs 60 fores that body 10
accept the bid OF the Barber A.
phaii Paving company for the M
ty.fiye blocks Of paving Ia the
Queen Anne Hlll district
Property owners who claim that
their only interest In the matter Is
the Increase In property values
which xli follow paving are i'm
pAftanluE the board 81 public
works 10 accept The bid % the Bar.
bef company - that the work OF
paving NAY proeeed.
ON tbs other hand. many proper
u snern are protesting against
both The price aud The. extent OF
the paving authorized BY the conn
eli. The smaller property owners
especially fhoae on cross streets,
claim that there ia 30 necessity Tor
such extensive improvement on
Queen Anne hill az the present
time. that main thorough fares and
euch cross streets az the property
owners favef. may be paved. On,
that asphalt paving on many OF
the streets would be "a unnecse-
sary hardship At the present time.
ana Al present pfireh The as
ssaamsnf uonid practically be
,,,..,ivng - nealnsi ali smaii proper
u holdings
Janspass The rrirs
The conviction 81 protesting
uroperts owners that the bid Of
fhr barber Asphalt company
whtrn wAa she le9rss bid. u
ssarhgtanf H. horae out b.
tha figures While the cuei
az material and labor have IN
rsea0s,a about tea per cent. du1.
Ing the last six months. tbs bids
az asphalt uaviuK have Increased
Ia The nelehbofhoad o. forty per
cent
The Barber Asphalt Paving com
pany's bid On the Queen Anne I'M
movement T. srorhitani in nearly
every item. The bids on the ar
phalt wark IL $40 per square
yard. 81 20 per square yard would
- ! good price. especially ia view
az the fact that the city PAYS the
company 2 IL cents per square
yard FOR maintenance for ten years.
which practically adds 25 cents per
square yard 20 the contract price
The asphalt product ~ controlled
b. the asphalt trust and no reason
exists Why the material should rise
Ia price
The bid on snb-grsding for the
Queen Anne improvement f. ~
cents per eubic yard. The con-
tract price on the Third avenue
Improvement. which u being pu;
In by the same company was only
90 cents per cubic yard. Consider.
lnE the fact that the exeavating
on Queen Anne Hlll Ia all sand IS
eentt per cubic yard is considered
a good price.
sssastsns f1ssrhitaat
sandstone II another exofhitans
tern iu thu Barber bid. 1t Is put
in Al So 50 per square foot ~
present prices OF sandstone blocks
ta5 per square yard would yield
a profit The contract price on tbs
last work Of this nature done for
the city b. the Barber people was
$3.50 per square yard, si20 less
than their present bid
Brick CUTTERS are priced iu the
Barber bid at 81 20 per square yard
Hased on the present price Of brick
the figure ought to be about $50
The price at which the Barber
company IL doing the Third avenue
paving Il $40 for paving brick.
state Senator. = NJ Williams
who. before his election 20 th'
state senate. was an avowed rep
reaentative 81 the Barber Asphalt
company. displays much interest u