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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.

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ABSTRACTS of Title prepared or con-
tinued to date covering any real es-
tate in the county. Prompt and ac-
curate service at reasonable rates.
Rock Island Title & Abstract Com
pany; ]. J. Ingram, president; W. J.
Sweeney. secretary; 200-203, second
floor, Peoples National Bank build
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20
FIRE INSURANCE.
Charles T.. lH0dgs@m
FIRE INSURANCE
AGENCY.
ESTABLISHED 1874.

American ms. Co. ........ Newark. N. j.
Continental ms. Co. ......... New York
Agricultural ms. Co. ...... New York
Farmers ms Co. ............ York, Pa.
Williamsburg ms. Co. ....... New York
New Hampshire ms Co.. N. Hampshire
Northern ms. Co ............ New York
Security ms. Co. New Haven, Conn.
ms. Co. State of Illinois -. Rockford. Ill.
Connecticut Fire Ins. Co... Connecticut
ONCE, 1928 Third avenue. Rates as
low as consistent with security.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

WANTED - Agents; 800 a month, $40
expense allowance at start, to put
out merchandise and grocery cata-
logues; mail order house. American
Home Supply Company, Desk SO, Chi
cago, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

WANTED-A good boy between 16 and
Is years old at the Rock Island Cot
ton e. Mattress Company, 1920 First
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

i. j. TOHER & CO.-Brokers, Daven-
port. Stocks, grains, provisions. cot
ton. Private wire to New York and
Chicago. Offices, 100 Main street. Tel
ephope 407.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20
PRIVATE BOARDING STABLE.

FIRST CLASS boarding stable for
horses and rigs; boarded by day. week
or month; kept in best condition. l..
9. Richardson, 800 Twenty-second
street. Phone old SIG, new $3.50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20
OsTEOpATHY.

s. L. DENNISTON. D. O.-<3p4g1Nate of
the American School of 04&I4pathy,
KirksyilIe, Mo. Office houf& 6Rto -
a. m. and / to 6 and to pm Of
flee In Safety building. rooms 208 and
209. Consultation and examination
free. Once phones. new 5263. old 9s7.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20
EDUCATIONAL.


VILLA DE CHANTAL-A home school
conducted for girls by the Sisters of
the Visitation. Rudimentary and high
err branches and all polite accomplish
rnents taught. Twentieth street and
Fifteenth avenue Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20
40 Interest Paid
on Deposits.
Rock Island
Savings Bank
Good Liniment.

Good liniment.
You will hunt good while before
you find preparation that is equal 10
Chamberlain's Liniment as cure for
muscular and rheumatic pains, for
the cure of sprains and soreness of
the muscles. 1t is equally valutD.e
for lame back and all deep seated
muscular pains. 25 and SO cent sizes
for sale by all druggists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20
FLORISTS.

HENRY GAETHJE = Proprietor Chip
piannock nursery. Cut flowers and
designs of all kinds. City store, 1907
Second avenue. Telephone lilo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20
HARRY TT. Elubbard.
FIRE INSURANCE.

FIRE INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
1905 Second Avenue. Both Phones.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms. modern,
for housekeeping. Old phone 427.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20
wANTED-MALE OR FEMALE,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

WANTED - Boarders; first class table:
central location; 1900 Fifth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE-One acre of land, four
room house, large chicken house, acre
fenced in with. chicken wire; barn,
well, cistern, fruit trees of all kinds;
1919 Twenty-seventh street. TeIe-
phone 853. three rings.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR RENT - Nicely furnished room,
with all modern, conveniences, at 1880
Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE-Cheap, nice level lots, Ask
125, corner TWenty-SeVenth street and
Eighteenth avenue, facing Long View
street car track. Also for sale or
trade, one acre lot, with new seven
room house. Terms to please pur-
chaser. Inquire of l.. Thonn 6lO
Twenty eighth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

WANTED-At once. 500 men at s1.50
to $3.50 per day. The Knox County
Employment Agency. No. 10 Public
Square, Gaiesburg, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE-Story and a half six-room
cottage; strictly modern; fine cellar;
paved street; viii net per cent on
the investment. Address u. f. S.
care Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE - Large eight-room brick
house, in one of the finest locations i'm
the city; steam heat; lot 6OxI40; good
reasons for selling. VIII make a good
price to any one interested. Harry
ii. Hubbard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

WE WILL BOND YOU-Executors', ad-
ministrators', guardians. trustees or
any kind of judicial bonds; lodges and
society officers: city, state or U. S.
government officials; contractors, po-
sitions of trust; in fact. any kind of
bond you want Except bail bonds).
Terms reasonable. Hayes & Cleave-
land. resident managers Fidelity &
Deposts Company of Maryland.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

Money LOANED to Salaried people and
others, without security; easy pay
ments; no publicity. Call and get our
terms and methods of doing business.
Office hours. a, m. to p. m. Tele-
phone north 2411. Victor Finance
Company. room rs. McManus build
ing. Second and Main streets, Daven-
port.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE-Eight-room house on THIRD
avenue between Eleventh and Twelfth
streets; has sewer and water and
rents at ST.; 1T is a good property:
price, $4,000. H. X. Walker, agent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20
MASSAGE.

MRS. r. w. MILLER. Masseuse. 1906
Fifth avenue. Electric vibrator and
vapor baths. body and facial massage.
hair and scalp treatment, shampooing
and manicuring: body massage spe-
cialty. New phone $3.50. Hours. 10
a. m. to 10 p. m.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE - Nice east front lot on
Twenty fourth -and-a-half street be-
tween Fifteenth ana sixteenth ave-
nues. Inquire 1927 Eighth avenue
Phone west sissy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE siX-room home like
place on big lot 90xl40, with barn,
chicken coop, and fruit; nice proper
ty, and the price is $500. ii. *.
Walker, agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20
FOR sALE-CIrY PRopERTY.

FOR SALE-Six-room house, all mod
ern conveniences, at 4317 Eighth ave-
nue., Edgewood Park addition; built
in 1907. Inquire at above number
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE-Lots, 42xl50, east front, on
Ninth street, convenient to car line,
and few minutes walk to down town
factory district Large shade trees
on each lot. Terms, $25 down, bal
ance on time. Charles Guldenzopf
2132 Ninth street, South Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE-One of the best improved
23Sacre farms in Whiteside county,
ILL.,; all the land can be cultivated ex-
cept 10 or Is acres. which has fine
oak timber; has Il 16-room house
barn 54xI0. hay house 32x40, two
double corn cribs, and other out
buildings scales and windmill: ce-
ment feeding floors for hogs; farm
all fenced hog tight: buildings all
nearly new or rebuilt and painted;
four miles to Prophetstown. III. Will
furnish buyer with cash renter at SIS
per acre If taken soon; good reasons
for selling; price, $3.50 per acre In
quire of Frank Benson, Prophets
town, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20
LODGE DIRECTORY.
Masonic.
FOR SALE-LANDS.

LANDS-32O acres can be
taken under the new law. in the sun
ny Big Horn Basin of Wyoming. For
information address c. c. Ellis & Co,
Basin, Wyo.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALFs-Farm of 1857 acres; joins
the town of Prephetstown; l40 acres
now under cultivation: can nearly all
be plowed; finest kind of improve
ments; price. Sis per acre. Frank
Benson, Prophetstown, I'LL
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

NE Make A SPECIALITY of loaning
money on household goods, horses,
wagons. etc, without removal and
in a quiet way. Call on us for quick
loans. Fidelity Loan Company. room
SO, Mitchell & Lynde block.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE-A few cockerels of the
Ringlets and Bradley Plymouth Rock
stock. Buy one at Roche's, 1921 Fifth
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..


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FOR SALE-MIsCELLANE
FOR SALE = Single comb brown Leg
horns, cockerels; also eggs for hatch |
ing. Cali old phone 129-Y.
FOR SALE - An upright piano, cheap,
if taken at once; party leaving city.
Inquire at 527 Twentieth street.
FOR sALE-A Columbia graphophone
and rs records; will sell cheap if
taken at once; 1880 Twenty nth
FOR SALE-A few cockerels of the
Ringiets and Bradley Plymouth Rock
stock. Buy one at Roche's, 1921 Fifth
avenue.
FOR SALE - Miscellan eous household
goods, including range and set. of bed
room cottage furniture at 1905 Sec
ond avenue.
FOR SALE-s2S5 National cash regis
ter for 1925; Al condition; Il bargain
for some one; $40 Main street, DaYen-
port. Zeman Auto Company.
lean Nj. ID. range, a washing machine,
chicken fence wire. and numerous
other articles. Inquire at 1888 Eighth
avenue
FOR SALE-Eggs for Matching; single
comb White Plymouth Rocks and sin
gle comb White Leghorns; 81 for set
ting of Is eggs. L. b. Strayer. South
Rock Island.
FOR SALE - Plum trees of the wild
goose variety; nice thrifty trees.
cheap. Apply to w, S. Hill. Hem.
bricks street, South Rock Island.
Phone 5215-F-
FOR SALE-Ten acres vegetables on
railroad near Wilmington. n. c:
ocean and mountains: mild. health
nj tii m 10 higr Is
$50 acre; long time; no interest c.
+. Ireland. 81 Washington street. Chi
cago. III:
FOR SALE; = or trade. chicken and
truck farm of 81 acres: % acres good
black and clay soil balance sandy,
with oak timber; fair improvements :;
| ~. miles to Prophetstown: price. s4.-
600. will take $1,000 in trade.
| Frank Benson, Prophetstown. Ill.
FOR SALE - Three section weathered
| oak MACY" book cases with base
| and top. almost new; one small re-
| frigerator. one single bed and springs.
one WaShhurn guitar; also other
| household articles; leaving city; must
sell quick. Call $40 Second avenue.
| FOR SALE-Entire stock laying Bar
| red Rocks. Rhode Island Reds, Buff
| Wyandottes. coops, runs. Humphrey
bone cutter. incubators, breeders;
| also upright piano, and some house
| hold furniture; leaving city; iii
| Sixteenth street
FOR SALE-Must be sold at once; all
household goods piano. sideboard
| table. chairs, beds. Rock Island range
| bookcase. couch etc; also one 2-cyl-
inder passenger automobile. in
| first class shape; must be sold quick
as / go at once to Idaho John Dee
| III Seventeenth street.
IFOR SALE - At pitiful price. if TAX
en- within 10 days one fine 9-year- old
i horse. wagon and harness, worth
1925, for 1925: one 1S-foot wall ease
| cost 1925. $50; one double-deck show
case, cost SEQ, $22.5O; one fine safe
weight 5000 pounds cost $3.50, for
i $S5; 5000 or 1000 feet of good sec
ond hand lumber. cheap; one large
elegant secretary and book case com
bined. cost $50, now $3.50. Call
| phone or write the Reliable Loan
Company. sos p Second avenue. OLD
phone zoos; new SOS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE-A Columbia graphophone
and rs records; Will sell cheap if
taken at once; 1890 Twenty ninth
street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

to learn barber trade:
few weeks completes; wages Satur-
days; positions waiting Moler grad
yates: just the time to begin; term
completes at busiest season; cata
logue mailed free. Moler Barber Col
lege, Chicago, Ill.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE - Miscellaneous household
goods, including range and set, of bed
room cottage furniture at 1906 Sec
ond avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE-s235 National cash regis
ter for 1925; Al condition; Il bargain
for some one; $40 Main street, DaYen-
port. Zeman Auto Company.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20
wANrED-MALE HELP.

| WANTED Bell boys at the Harper
house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

WANTED--A boy for delivery purposes.
Apply at A. w. Diedrich's, 305 TWEEN
tieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

WANTED-To buy. work team; mares
preferred! Inquire at 1929 Second
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

WANTED A local representative in
Rock Island county, we'll acquainted
and financially responsible for not
less than $1,000 to $4,000; the position
is permanent; we will pay good sal
airy: no canvassing; send report once
Il week. National Manufacturing
Company, ST. Estes avenue, Chicago,
Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALES.--FUTURE stock laying Bar
red Rocks. Rhode Island Reds, Buff
Wyandottes, coops, runs Humphrey
bone cutter. incubatorS, breeders;
also upright piano, and some house
hold furniture; leaving city; iii
Sixteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE = An upright piano, cheap,
II taken at once; party leaving city.
Inquire at 527 Twentieth street,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

about IS or is years
old. to work on truck garden: boy
with some experience preferred. In
quire of Fred Dasso. South Rock Is
land
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

LOANS ON FURNITURE, pianos. horses,
wagons. etc: quickly, privately. at
the lowest rates. Mutual Loan Com
pany (uninc.), room Ali, Peoples Ma
tional bank building, new phone 51O9.
Phone old west 122.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE = Single comb brown Leg
horns, cockerels; also eggs for hatch
ing. Call old phone 129-Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

WANTED - Able-bodied men between
ages 19 and 35, for L. S. marine corps;
must be native born or have first pa
pers; excellent opportunity to see the
world; good pay; clothing, rations,
quarters, medical attendance free.
Apply to DR.. A. f. Williams, 1922
Nineteenth street, Rock Island
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

Insurance Agency Fire.
life, accident. health and plate glass
real estate and loans; second uoor,
Safety building Office phone west
996. Residence phone 736-K. Open
Mednesday and Saturday nights.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR SALE-Must be sold at once; all
table. chairs beds. Rock Island range,
bookcase. couch etc; also one 2-cyl-
inder passenger automobile. in
first class shape: must be sold quick
IS / go at once to Idaho John Dee,
al Seventeenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for light
housekeeping at 307 Third street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

WANTED-At once, an experienced ma
chinist, trimmer, and tool maker. We
lie Motor & Vehicle Company, Moline,
Ill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

MONEY TO LOAN on real estate secur-
ity at lowest rates. Marion f. Swee-
ney, attorney, rooms 80 and 35, Mitch
ell & Lynde building, Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-03-20

FOR RENT - Five-room house. with
basement, on corner of Eighth street
and Eleventh avenue; city water and
well. Inquire at 723 Eleventh avenue.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-16
WOMEN URGE MEN
IN FIERCE FIGHT
State Troops Called to Quell Distuib-
ances at Steel Plant--Many iu-
jured in Yesterdays Riot

PITTSBURG. Pa. july l5.-forty
members of the state constabulory
arrived in Pittsburg early today ana
went AT once TO Mckee's Rocks. where
yesterday 5000 striking rioters clash
ed with armed guards at the plant OF
the Pressed Steel Car Co.
in several henee= nelees= yesterday
ana last night. sticks. stones and h'e-
arms were used and about 80 persons
were shot or badly beaten. Today
the big pant is idle, while hundreds
OF employees are doing picket duty. Al
Z this morning over 100 men III
addition 10 the state constacl-
larry. armed with riot guns. were
guarding the works behind the hlSh
stockade which completely surrounds
the plant While heavy buckshot Is
being used to repulse the strikers
charges. up to s o'clock this morning
no fatal injuries were reported. Inc
most seriously injured in yesterday )
rioting are:
Stanley Kuchaski. shot In left arm
and leg: John Kuchaski shot III
chest, right arm and leg; Peter Sicsac.
shot In back; Chief OF Police Thomas
Farrell. cut and bruised by knives ana
clubs: Tony Galashk, shot In aldo
men. may die; Denkal Maula. suffer-
ing from scalp wounds; Joseph Mar
kowitz. shot in hip and artery sever
ed, condition serious; Paul Bartoe,
shot In hand and scalp; Joseph Byrn.
shot in leg; John FABIAN, suffering
from gunshot wounds; Henry Foulks,
suffering from scalp wounds.
The windows of the company houses
have been shattered by stones thrown
by the strikers. AT 10 last night the
situation was so menacing that Sher-
if Addison Gumbert summoned the
state constabulary.
All through the night the rioting
continued and order was only restor-
ed when the members OF the state
constabulary arrived at the plant
shortly after o'clock this morning.
After midnight last night attempts
were made To batter down the gates
leading to the companys yards.
When the gates were stormed. the
rioters were met with hail OF buck
shot In this charge most OF the riot
ers got their injuries. One Of the riot
ers. Tony Galashk. received 80 bullets
in his body. One penetrated his liv-
er and he will probably die. Joseph
Byrn stopped eight buckshot. but
they lodged in his arms and legs and
he will recover Still another had his
skull fractured
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-16
BIG WAVE OF DOMESTIC
UNREST IN YPSILANTI
Seventy Per cent Of Divorce Cases in
Washtenaw Court Come
From That Town

YPSILANTI. Mich, July l5.-Sev-
enty per cent of the divorce cases
heard and pending in the circuit court
of Washtenaw county. at Ann Arbor.
have come from Ypsiland. AS the
numerous cases were called by Judge
Kline and the names and addresses
of the parties taken, the word Ypsi-
lanti was repeated so often that the
court took cognizance OF it, remarSing
70 the attorneys grouped near the bar
that Ypsilanti must be going through
a period OF domestic warfare.
Ten cases have been filed ard either
heard or are pending In the county
court AT this time and all are from
Ypsilanti. In these cases. every con
ctivable allegation has been made.
cruelty, wife desertion. husband de-
sertion. non-support. dislovalty. incom-
patibiiity and all the other multitude
of sins OF mate against mate have
been set down In black and white with
all their unpromising array OF domes-
tic unhappiness.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-16
NEW FERRY BIDS
MAY Be ASKED
Committee Will Readvertise if Smi-
lansky Can Name Backers-Squab.
BILE Over Boiler Inspection
Ordinance.

Hostility 10 the Detroit, Belle Isle
& Windsor Ferry Co was discerniblc
In the attitude of majority OF the
council ordinance committee. Wednes-
day afternoon, when the bids for ferry
service were considered. Although
Louis Smilansky, promoter OF an OPP
position line. was unable TO prodsce a
bond TO accompany his bid for 10.
year franchise, the aldermen gave him
another week in which To name his
hackers. giving him to understand
that, III he has responsible men behind
him, they will readvertise for bids.
Aid. Walsh wants to have the speci-
fications drawn up next time so as to
compel any company bidding TO fur
nish service from the western boule-
ward dock. This would bar the d.. Is.
l. < w. Co. fro mcompeting. as that
concern will not run &c this dock.
All the members OF the committee
frowned on Aid. Treyor's plan for
municipal ferries to the island. argu-
ing that too great an investment would
be required and that the liability Of
the city in case OF accidents would be
bOO Sltdls
week before killing the plan Of
ficially.
The boiler inspection ordinance.
drawn up by Messrs. Knowlton. Lewis
and Van Tuyl. was taken up for dis
cussion and vigorously opposed by
Boiler Inspector McCHbe and by At
torney Fred r. Schmalzriedt. the lat
ter representing an association Of en-
gineers. They claimed that the new
ordinance consists, tn the extent OF
So per cent, OF provisions included
In the ordinance drawn up by McCabe
and that the other 10 per cent OF the
provisions are bad.
McCabe wanted so days 10 get ma
terial to fight the ordinance but the
committee told him that was too long.
One thousand copies OF the proposed
McCaoe ordinance and the Knowlton-
Lewis.Van Tuyl ordinance will be
printed and sent TO steam users aud
engineers throughout the city.
Chairman Watson opposed the pro-
visions OF Aid. Rutter's ordinance to
license all automobile drivers except
persons who are owners OF cars. The
committee will amend the ordinance
SO as TO provide for the licensing NJ
professional chauffeurs only, and will
also report in another ordinance limit
ing the speed OF machines in the down
town district and in the vicinity OF
Belle Isle bridge approach.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-16
SEWER PRICES :
co UP FOR KEEPS
Advance in Cost of Labor and Ma-
teiial Makes Boost Necessary.
Says julius Porath

Sewer prices have gone up To stay
np. This rs the judgment OF Julius
rorath. contractor, ana II seems to
BE- the view OF other contractors. Just
now the city is hung up OH lateral and
public sewer construction because,
after the council rejected a lot OF bids
in the hope Of getting lower ones, the
contractors raised their prices.
Commissioner HaaEer, OF the de-
lartment OF public works. is trying 10
break up the COMBINE mat. he de-
clares. exists, but 50 far outside com
petition has Oeen nil
IL am not IN any combine nor have
agreed with other contractors ID
raise prices" declared Porath IN Com
n issioner Hearers Office, THURSDAY
The sewer contractors OF this town
have been lighting and cutting prices
until work has been zone Tor nothing.
lost $500 on the last lateral sewer |
built That was because struck
Quicksand You are always likely 70
90 that in digging a sewer.
Labor ana brick are both costing
US more now. | could get ali the men
| wanted at Sil0 and Sl.2O day last
winter They came To me and begged
10 De employed. But now ! am paying
Sl75, sl.S5 aud sly0 per day To labor
crs, and they are leaving me right
along. | have got TO pay s. per day
TO keep men at this kind OF work
Brick mas gone UP 81 per thousand
and 1t is very hard 10 get hem at that
price. The brick the city is using is
hot from the kilns. That Is another
factor in expense.
Il have $25.0G0 worth Of machinery
and equipment and can dig sewers as
cleaply as any man, but anyone thas
wants TO take one OF my contracts Tor
less than bid on IL Is welcome 10
take IL OF my hands.
II bid something over $4,000 OF
the Central.ave. sewer. and then found
that prices and wages were going up
and that there was quicksand In the
soil there. | raised my price TO s44.-
900 and shaved II a little under that
on the third bidding. That comes ~
about 81 a foot. A contractor In Grand
Rapids who is doing a similar SOFT
of Job, only two feet deeper. Is getting
$3.50 per foot for II. lhat shows
what chance there is OF outside men
coming I'm here to compete"