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our men being paid $l.75 day for
eight hours work. there is no truth
whatever in it. There is not man
employed on this job who is drawing
less than two dollars day. More
over we don't work eight hours. We
work nine, and we are going to keep
on working nine 1t is not very
often that the Barber Asphalt Com
pary has any trouble with it's men,
either in regard to wages. or hours,
oT. tools. 1t was natural for the
men 10 protest against the short
handled shovels, for they are not
accustomed To them here. but we
always use them when we grade for
paving because they give tn best
results, / don't expect To have any
more trouble with the men, and |
think there has been a great deal
more made out of the trouble we
did have than il was entitled To.
Il believe that the council and the
commission are TO be congratulated
on the manner in which they have
Strengthened this tangle out. and
will prevail hereafter"
Mr. Conway stated that it had been
published that all the strikers with
the exception Of Francisco Rodriguez
had gone back To- work, thus Great
! ing the impression. he thought, that
Rodriguez was staying out To hurt
the paving company.
| AS a matter of fact he said.
| we wouldn't have the man. He is
an eX convict, and he is not working
! for US any longer because we won't
! employ him. He may tell himself
that he has escaped easily. for it
! would have been a simple matter for
| us To have sent him to the pcniten-
tiary for striking the general foreman
when he was wearing glasses"
All the frontaEes on Washington
| street between Fifth street and Cen
trail avenue are signed up for paw
ing with the exception Of the Filing
SOP property, at present occupied by
! Talbot and Hubbard. and the Dono-
irl"-Zunkcl Company. 1t is prob
able that contract will soon be
let for the paving before these lots.
In the mcartime, as the contrac-
| tor proceeds with the grading. little
Is being said or done about the light
standards which the commission pro-
/ posed some time ago to have installed
] as the paving is being laid. When
the council laid the matter on The
table in the early part Of July II
was announced that tests would h,
made to determine the number of
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cach block i'm the down town dis
ulctS. When the three standards
were placed before the city hall an,
meter connected with them I,
show the amount of electricity re.
quircd To maintain them, il wa.
thought that this was the test In,
council referred to. and that tn, re
SUIT of the experiment would de.
| tcrinine recommendation which
might be made later 10y the council
Nothing has been DOPE about tb,
matter and Councilman Cisncv wa,
asked Yesterday if the plan for new
lights had been abandoned by tn,
council and the commission. He re.
piled:
Il do not think the plan has beer
given up, but l am not in position
To say what will be done about II
our experiments will show the cos
or operating each standard. and ".
VIII be in position then to dctermin,
the actual cost of operating thes.
hshts- We believe that the placint
of four or five light standards OF
each side of block would increas.
me city light bill little more THAI
%"'ooO year. and the only question
mat concerns the council is the cues.
Ton OF raising enough money to beaI
the added expense"