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Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
S. P. WILL BUILD
AQUEDUCT ROAD
OWENS FREIGHT CONTRACT Is
AWARDED
CITY SAVES $14sooo ON BIDS BY
READVERTIsING
chaffey-Jewett Bid Thrown Out by
Board of Public Works Be-
cause No Bond Was
Filed

The Southern Pacific company will
haul freight for the Los Angeles aque-
duct and will build a railroad in sec
tions as needed.
The bids were awarded yesterday by
the board of public works, as per rec
ommendation of the aqueduct advisory
| board.
President Albert A. Hubbard of the
board of public works said that the
present bids of the Southern Pacific, as
compared with those of several weeks
ago, which were thrown out, will save
| Los Angeles at least 900, hence the
readvertising was profitable to high
degree.
The bid of the Chaffey- -Jewett inter-
ests was thrown out because no bond
was filed and certain amendments to
| the specifications were demanded.
| Two bids were presented for the
| transportation of freight for the Los
Angeles aqueduct over the proposed
railroad from Mojave to owens valley,
one being from the Los Angeles & Ow-
ems Valley Railroad company and the
other from the Southern Pacific COM
pany.
1t appears to the aqueduct board that
the bid of the Los Angeles & Owens
Valley Railroad company is irregular
| in the following particulars:
The same is not accompanied by
| a bidders bond or check, as required
by the charter to guarantee the ex-
ecution of the contract in case the
| same is awarded to the bidder.
Also, such bid is accompanied by
| a letter from the bidder, which the
bidder requires to be considered as
| part of the proposal, and such let
| ter modifies the conditions of the
bid as follows:
That the road shall be built not
from Mojave (as required by the
specifications), but from Rodriguez,
a point on the Santa Fe railroad
twenty miles east of Mojave, and
also. that the bidder would under
take to build the section of the
railroad from Mojave to Red Rock,
providing fair and reasonable con-
ditions are made as to the time limit
for the construction of the first sec
tion," the bidder stating that the
construction of the same within
sixty days, as required by the speci-
ficatiOns, is a physical impossibil-
| ity.
These facts render the bid irregular
and invalid, and the same therefore is
not entitled to consideration in award
ing the contract, the board decides.
! 1t further appears that the bid Of the
Southern Pacific company for this SER
vice is regular in form and that the
rates on freight offered are substan-
| TALLY lower than those offered by the
same company in its former bid, being
about 20 per cent less, and 1t appears
also to be to the best interests of the
city that the contract should be award
ed TO the Southern Pacific company.
The committee decides, therefore, to
recommend to the board of public
works the acceptance of the bid of the
Southern Pacific company.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15

the same way, but the general result
indicates that the percentage of in
crease in number of teachers exceeds
the percentage of increase in number of
pupils, which again shows that the
board has improved the efficiency of
the schools in this respect.
Get More Than Was Asked
When the boar of education men,
bers submitted an itemized estimate of
/ expenses for the school year 1907-8 to
your honorable body they stated that
they needed to take care of the 20 per
cent raise in salaries, additional teach
ers and additional expense to provide
for the estimated increase of scholars
81, 393040 (Which included the sum of
$425 900 odd dollars asked from the city).
Notwithstanding the fact that they
were allowed only $365,O00 instead of
$425,00 their estimated receipts for
current expenses for this fiscal year
now amount to $1,40S, ,56372, SO that in
fact they can count on receiving over
$4,000 more than the total amount
they asked for at the beginning of the
year.
Let me state this again in another
way Their income for this fiscal year
is over $4,000 more than the total fig
ure they stated they needed.
How then can we account for the ne
cessity of cutting the term short and
the inability to give the teachers twelve
months pay? In other words, how is
IL they now estimate deficit at the end
of the year OF over $4,000 when they
should be over $4,000 to the good ac-
cording to their own original estimate?
Comparisons
Last year the school board directors
expended over $1,100,000. They esti-
mated that they would require for this
year 81, 1893 040, or an increase of over
S290,000. This increase was to take care
of the extra teachers and necessary eX-
ira incidental expenses to provide for
the expected increased enrolment of
scholars and also the 20 per cent in
crease in salary of teachers
They now find that they are going
to need over 81, ,4S2, 900, or nearly 100000
more than the total cost of the school
department as estimated at the begin
ming of the present fiscal year; in other
words, they only asked for $1,393 04O
when they needed $1,4S2 100; so that In
stead of the present financial condition
being due to their income not reaching
the amount fixed by them it is owing
to the fact that their expenses amount
to nearly 100000 more than they esti-
mated they would at the beginning of
the year.
The board of education, in its state
ment published on Saturday last states
1t welcomes investigation generally.
do not resent the suggestion, for I feel
that in an investigation of this kind
the findings of committee chosen from
the great commercial bodies of this city
would have great weight and would be
final. Therefore, I would respectfully
urge that the further consideration of
the matter be taken up by such a COM
mittee and that 1 be relieved from
further duty in the case.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
REMARKABLE OPERATION
MAY SAVE MANS LIFE
Painter Whose Skull Was Smashed in
Accident Still Lives and Physi-
clans Say He May
Recover

Notwithstanding his skull was split
from ear to ear, Alexander Parquett,
who fell from a scaffolding yesterday
afternoon while engaged in painting
the new Masonic temple, West Pico and
Figueroa streets, is still alive and has
slight chance for recovery.
His case is considered remarkable.
At the receiving hospital yesterday
morning he was conscious. He was
unable to talk, but understood what
was going on about him and obeyed
the instructions of the attendants.
He was taken to the emergency hos
pital shortly before noon. and last night
his condition was reported unchanged.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
SCHOOL GIRL HURT BY
FALLING FROM CHURCH ROOF

Suffering from -hree-inch cut across
her forehead, Ida O'Neil, a 9-year-old
school girl living with her parents at
SAG East Twenty-third street, was taken
to the receiving hospital yesterday
morning and her wound stitched.
The little girl and her brother were
on their way to school. The boy was
tossing up a ball Near the Reformed
Presbyterian church, Twenty-third and
Stanton streets, the boy threw up the
ball, which lodged in the caves Of the
church.
Ida climbed up the water spout to get
the ball. She succeeded, and dropped
it down to her brother; then she lost
her balance and fell, striking her head
on the ground.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
BABY CAMEL is BORN ON
JOURNEY FROM ITALY
BY Associated Press.

NEW YORK, April 14.-Consigned to
a zoo i'm Chicago, a shipment of twelve
camels taken aboard at Palermo, Italy.
by the steamship Ida of the Austro-
American line, arrived at this port with
their number increased to thirteen.
While the vessel was tossing in a wild
sea a week ago a camel was born. The
baby camel was named lda' in honor
OF the steamship.
When the vessel docked the tiny
camel followed its mother gingerly
down the gangplank with an uncertain
tread. All the camels in the consign-
ment suffered much from sea sickness.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
SCORE OF WORkMEN HURT
WHEN CAR JUMPS TRACK
BY Associated Press.

BY Assoclated FTess.
BUTLER, Pa. April 14,-In wreck
on the New Pittsburg, Harmony. But
Ter q Newcastle street railway at
Evans City. near here. today. twenty
one workmen, majority of whom
were foreigners, were severely injured.
three of them perhaps fatally.
While mounting a steep grade a car
loaded with workmen and coal broke
from the engine and started backward
with great speed. A sharp curve was
encountered and the car left the track,
plunging into a flour mill. The more
seriously injured were those burned in
the debris.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15

able to appear in the prosecuting at
torney's office, where the participants
explained the circumstances to Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney Ford.
Kuhn stated he found the gas range
to have been the cause of the miXup.
A defective pipe allowed the gas to
escape and fill the room.
After each had told the story Ford
allowed them to depart.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
SMALLPOX ON BOARD;
PASSENGERS QUARANTINED
BY Associated Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 14.-The
Pacific coast steamer Umatilla from
Puget sound ports, with SO cabin pas
sengers and 1S9 in the steerage arriv-
ing in the harbor this morning, was
found to have smallpox aboard and the
federal doctors ordered her into quar-
antine at Angel island A little boy
had become infected with the disease
on the voyage down the coast and as
a result the passengers and crew of the
steamer will be kept at the quarantine
station for fourteen days.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
MICHIGAN PROPERTY is
EXCHANGED FOR A RANCH
Modern Residence at Port Huron, VAL
ued at $40, 900, Taken in Trade
for Acres Near Santa
Barbara

A fine exchange of property, showing
the great demand for good ranch land
in Southern California, was made yes
terday through the agency of the Jones
and Rider Land company, when five
acres situated at Montecito, near Santa
Barbara, were traded for modern res
idence. centrally located. at Port HUI
ron, Mich. Values on both sides were
$4,000 each.
The California property was owned
by Eugene Kurtz, being improved with
two modern houses of nine rooms and
five rooms respectively. The owner of
the Michigan property was r. @. Put
nam company.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
Harvard Invites Maud Adams

By Associated Press.
NEW YORK April 14.-Charles Froh-
man has accepted, in the name of
Maude Adams, an invitation from the
English department of Yale university
for Miss Adams appearance before the
undergraduates and faculty in Shake
spearean role, similar to the invitation
received and accepted from Harvard.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
Santa Fe Service to RedOndO Beach Sunday,
AnrII 10

Special service will be given by the
Santa Fe Sunday leaving Los Angeles
as follows: $3.50 a. m, 900 a. m, 10:30
a. M, II 100 a. M, 12 noon and 1:30 p. m.
Returning trains leave Redondo at $3.50
d. m, 700 D. m. and 8:35 p. m. This is
the comfortable way to see the ships.
f. w. MCGEE, Home phone A9224, Main
73S: 3S4 South Spring street
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
North Coast Limited wrecked

AFsUCIHtel
HELENA. Mont, April IA special
from Glendive says the North Coast
Limited train on the Northern Pacific
was ditched today by running into a
burned bridge. Fireman Gustavus and
a tramp were killed and Engineer
Waddington seriously injured
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
MarysvlIIe Gusts Slot Machines
Bv A Associated Press.

MARYSVILLE, April 14.-The COM
mon council last night passed an ordin-
ance prohibiting slot machines operat-
ing in this city. Hundreds of machines
will be shut out tonight.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
--o->-@-
Go to Bay City for the Fleet Parade

over mile of gentle, level bluff, af-
fording an unobstructed view. First
sight of fleet in unbroken formation
approaching from south. Plenty of
room for everybody. Pavilion on water
front. Fifteen hundred foot pier. Still
water, boating and bathing. F'irst-class
luncheon at hotel. FARE so CENTS,
ROUND TRIP. Go to Bay City and be
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
Average No.

A study of these figures will show
variations which do not always run
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
COUPLE NEAR DEATH
FROM ESCAPING GAS
NEIGHB0RS FIGHT OVER UN-
CONSCIOUS BODIES
Two Men Meet in Room of Bride and
Groom, and Each Mistakes Iden-
tity of the other-AII
Are Arrested

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Kuhn of 147
West Seventeenth street narrowly es-
capped death by asphyxiation yesterday
morning. Kuhn and his bride arrived
in Los Angeles four days ago from
Dallas, Texas.
They retired at 10 o'clock Monday
night and detected no odor of gas in
the room. About o'clock yesterday
morning Kuhn awoke, gasping for
breath. He spoke to his wife and when
she failed to answer him shook her
and found the woman unconscious.
Kuhn arose and staggered to the
dresser and secured a match which he
attempted to strike. He was too weak,
however, and the match fell from his
fingers.
Kuhn reeled and fell to the floor. He
soon revived enough to crawl TO the
window and clenching his hand pound
ed on the glass until he succeeded in
shattering it.
The jagged glass tore his flesh and
he bled profusely. The fresh air re-
vived him and he called for help.
Frederick Spenner, friend of Kuhn's,
heard the cry and without stopping to
don street clothes rushed in from his
room, which adjoined Kuhns apart
ments, and attempted to drag the
couple out.
Neighbor Hears Cries
William Kennedy, a neighbor, who
had heard the frantic cries for help,
rushed to the door. He decided Spen-
ner was a burglar and attempted to
kill the Kuhns. He thought 1t un-
necessary to ask questions, and sprang
upon Spenner and began beating him.
Spenner released his grasp on the vic
tins of the leaky gas jet, took chair
and brought it down on Kennedy's
head, knocking him to the floor.
Spenner, under the impression that
Kennedy was responsible for the leak
in the gas pipes, and Kennedy think
ing Spenner was a robber, began to
fight. When they showed signs of
fatigue one would hiss an accusation
at the other and then the fight would
be renewed with greater activity. Soon
the entire neighborhood was aroused
and hurried to the scene of combat and
the fighters were separated
The police were notified and the pa
troll arrived and took all concerned to
the station, where they were booked
on charges of disturbing the peace.
Mrs. Kuhn was taken to the matrons
department, where she was treated.
She rapidly recovered and was soon
Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-15
Do NOT FAIL To SEE
The Starr Wave Motor Plant at RedOndo

It worth seeing Nothing Ike it. It Che only oceaTled success
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-05-23
state Unlvsrsity.

Boulder.-Commencement week at
the University OF Colorado will begin
Friday. May 18th. with . concert. The
Phi Beta Kappa exercises will take
place Memorial Day. May 3lst Presi.
dent Baker will deliver the baccalua-
reat address and the annual address
before the Christian associations also
will be given.
June LIST will witness the senior
class play. which this year IL to Be
Shakespeare's THE Tempest" June
Ind there will b . meeting Of the
board OF regents. the class day exer.
cises and parade will take place. the
alumni exercises and reception will be
held. and the day will close with the
senior promenade In tho evening. June
3rd at 1000 O'Clock the commence
ment exercises proper will take place
and approximately 135 degrees will Be
conferred. The annual alumni ban.
quet will follow and the presidents
reception Wednesday evening will
close the week. Summer vacation will
begin Friday. June 6th.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-05-23

Secretary Of the Navy Victor H. Net.
calf left Haa Francisco for Washing.
ton on the 18th inst. but announcsd
that be would return to California IN
July.
Night ride.s near West Unloa, Ohio,
burned the large harm Of william Shell
almost uad~1 The vesy noses q Cap.
taia Darnell and bic company q Ohio
troops.
A. Q proof q TIE orders apprscia.
tioa q the Rev. Martin v. Jacobs, who
eave ~ bic charge rather than aecede
10 he demands q tAe Pine Plains HAp.
tist church hat - resign from tke
PoagAkeepois loAee peo0lneat D1ks n.
eso1 - faiee eoo.ooo ~ ths efecttca
aad eoAewDeat q % Dlks church n
PeagAksepsis.
Tke sfaaA my q PsdscaA, Ken.
tueky, q ~ oao6 a noeort H. Hello.
Wstl VIE 49, ~ 6eothes, JeAa n.
0GlloVell ~ tWooty.oevea elAes q.
leoe1 nigAt s11oeo. ~ 4yeee damages
~ lRiy1ng ~ 81 ~ eA0lly no0
~ asaA 49, @ 8 vse1sss avsF1.
~ ~ Doa1nel9 oe9yAeo.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-05-23

Denver.-Robcrt W. 0peer has been
elected mayor Of beaver for . sour.
year term. He appears 70 have elected
eleven Of the sixteen aldermen, one %.
pervisor and city clerk, but to have
lost three members Of the board q "a.
psrvisors. the city treasurer and city
auditor. according 70 returns - CON.
piled Wednesday morning.
The local optionists Won h the
fourth and Afth precincts n ~ etxth
ward. and carried their Asht 10 Tie
tenth. twelfth and fourtsenth wards, a.
soprecinct nine In the eighth ward. An
the ninth ward precincts votiag q the
question favored II. save preeiAets
Nine. seventeen. eightssa aaA aine
tesa. Precincts eight aaA nine u
The eleventh ward were u ealy tvo
ct a ten b u ward Ut wet ~.
TAe Salooo Deop3e 0alo otsUog MI
INV.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-05-23

The Hawaii Democratic territorial
coAventjon met 1T Honolulu and -
lected delegates to the national con-
vent1ou At Denver instructed for ". J.
Bryan.
The International Brotherhood Of
Locomotive Engineers at their annual
meeting At Columbus, O., decided to
include the countries OF South Amer
lea and Panama In the brotherhood.
and = canvass of these countries for
membership will be begun at once.
Mrs. Emily E. Woodiey. who had the
distinction, 1t is said. Of being the only
woman ever regularly commissioned
an officer in the United States army
died at Philadelphia few days ago.
aged seventy-three years. For her
bravery and heroic services President
Lincoln conferred upon her Q commits.
sion Of captain In the army. She was
also decorated with a gold medal by
Secretary of War Stanton.
The recent warning to intending
emigrants issued by the ministers OF
the interior OF Hungary that the eco.
nomic situation in America had not
shown sufficient improvement to give
prospect of obtaining work. has failed
to check the outflow from that coun.
try. The minister now announces that
immigrants who have gone to the
United States since May LIST will not
be given the privilege OF returning to
Hungary gratis.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-05-23
Gan luls Valley Lands.

Denver.-Con6dence IN the San Luis
valley a. IN agricultural district u
shown In . set Of figures procured ~.
Gently BY the passenger department a
the Denver Z Rio Orande railroad. IN
which the number at entries Of public
lands q the Del Norte Uaited States
land once 10 shown. The eatriee IN the
figures given were 1led between Oc.
tober I. 1907. and May IL. 1919. and
show the number Of acres iaeiuded h
the Ssveral forms Of entries. - I'll.
lows:
l03 homestead entries .le.S7s acres
l1e desert land eatries. .35.7lS acres
10 cash desert entries :. $40 acres
During this time seven reservoir ap.
plications have been approved By the
secretary OF the interior. providing for
the storage OF 1890 acre feet Of Va.
ter. These reservoir sites are ell 10
Gated on the Rio Orands and IT. tribu.
taries.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-05-23
TRAMWAv's NEWLY BUILT LooI
TOUCHES ON slxTEENTH AND
BROADWAY.
IMPORTANT CHANGES
STEEL r,es. SEEDED IN CON.
CRETE, USED ON DOWN TOWN
LINES.

Denver.-The Tramway began work
o nthe last link of the downtown loop
Tuesday, and u force Of men II work
Ing all the way from sFifteenth and
Cleveland Place to Eighteenth ana
Broadway. where the latest section
will connect the lines on Fifteenth
with the newly constructed Eighteenth
street tracks.
1t is stated by the tramway that the
loop will be in use in about two weeks.
and practically the entire street rail-
way system OF the city will be rear
ranged to provide the newer and pet
ter service. Although the company
has not definitely determined the cars
that will be run over the loop 1t ID
probable that nearly every line except
those into the North side and across
The lower end OF the city will use the
oew loop.
The section OF track upon which
work was begun Tuesday extends
along Cleveland Place to Sixteenth
aud Broadway, thence along Broadway
to Eighteenth street When complete
the loop will be made up OF this piece
Df track, OF that ON Eighteenth to Wa
zee, to Fifteenth and on Fifteenth
street
Every car line in the city will be
tapped by the loop. 1t will be possible
At some future time. and with more
complete arrangement than II contem-
plated now. to have the entire trolley
system OF the city centralized ON this
one loop. similar to the manner In
which tho elevated lines In Chicago
traverse the business district.
All III the new construction OF the
Tramway Is of the finest. On these
new downtown lines the company 10
using steel ties. bedded in concrete.
making the entire roadbed practically
q solid block Of concrete binding steel.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-05-23

The husky athlete who shows up at
the dock with a crowd OF admiring
friends and q camera man will dis.
cover. on 4 little inquiry. that the
small boy with the fish pole has beat
en- him into the water.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-05-23

II the Chicago woman who drank 70
intoxication In order to give her hus.
band an object lesson had hrst con.
suited some one with common sense.
she would have learned without the
hsmiliating experience that morality
does not thrive ON that kind Of teach.
Ing. and perhaps have saved herself
from q divorce ccandal.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-05-23

Penny.in.theslct machines for ell.
Ing Gas are 20 popular IN London that
there 10 almost famine II copper
eoina IN that city. The British mia
y coming four tons . day In IN A.
tempt TO supply the demand. In 1907
i.s3s tons Of peanies were taksa fro0
The automatic gAs meters. ~ tAe
meters are opened only once n three
months. Il can b sesa hat Tie
amount Of coin taken out q eireula
tio0 By them 10 Considerable.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-05-23

Auto0otilss have not dsivea an ~
horses 70 the boos-yard. TAsre ass
aeasiy 9e.eoe. 80 Aoeseo b this eeunr
~. aaa --thsif estimated value = a.
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Nc WA1sA ~ motor eas ~ beeo -
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essaDo1 ~ l,oee. ~. - ~ hvsgaOe
vajue g . Aosss hes steea. TAe ease
= Q nttje ute ~ ezpesseoee q tsae.
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The Monte Vista journal., 1908-05-23

The New York teachers who prefer
to decline tho offer OF . free trip to
Europe to study the school systems
there. with salaries paid In full while
they are away. because they are too
high and mighty to travel second
class. should chserfully be allowed to
stay at home.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-05-23

A New York physician 10 said to
have removed human heart from the
body and repaired an injury without
any harm resulting to the patient.
That's nothing-there are plenty OF
girls who can give their hearts to
three or four men At one time.
The Monte Vista journal., 1908-05-23

AFTER getting married and unmar
Red . few times some rich folks
actually get tired OF the sport" says
the Washington Post. This may b.
20. but. remarks the Baltimore Ameri.
can. Il 10 impossible TO see that recent
examples give any grounds for such ?
conclusion.