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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-28
DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Detroit. Mich. Dec. 20. 1911.
PROPOSALS FOR FURNISHING
IRON CASTINGS FOR SEWER
CRATES, FOUNTAINS. ETC.

Sealed proposals VIII be received at
me Office OF the Department OF Public
works Detroit Mich. until Wednes-
day, Jan. 3. 1912. at 10 o'clock a. m.
standard time. al which time and place
tneN VIII be opened. for furnishing the
CITY. from date OF contract until Ian.
81 1913, with iron castings for sewer
Srates and basin bars; bids 10 be at
the rate per 100 lbs. 100 900 lbs. more
or less Also. with round manhole
rugs and covers. complete. 2g5. more
or less with receiving basin inlets.
zoo. more or less--bid OH complete in
let and also on extra covers. with
rouLd-locking rocking basin covers.
complete 70. more or less, and with
morse drinking fountains. complete.
Iour 90, more or less. at 50 much
apiece IN each instance. all 20 he IN
accordance with diagrams and speci-
hcations on lie In office. patterns for
all castings furnished by city.
Bidders must iudorse on outside OF
envelope containing bid the Kind OF
material bid upon
All Of the above castings 10 he de-
llNered In the cttN's Eastern and West
ern yards Gas required). and ordered
nv the Department OF Public Works,
bI contractor without extra charge.
Btdders are required To nle a certi-
fed bank check I'm the sum of $500.
payable 10 he order OF the Department
of Public Works before the proposals
are opened. conditioned that should
thev he the lowest bidders they Will,
within Ave DAYS after being awarded
into a contract with surety company
bond In the full estimated amount OF
contract
Checks and proposals TO be placed I'm
separate envelopes
The right 10 reject any or all pro-
posals Is expressly reserved.
14l26) j ]. HAARER.
f1o) Commissioner.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-28
DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Detroit, Mich, Dec 26. 1911.
PROPOSALS FOR FURNISHING
PLANK. COMMON LUMBER.
SCANTIING ETC

Sealed proposals Will -be received ut
the office or the Department Of Public
Works, Detroit, Mich, until Wednes-
day. Jan. 5, 1912. at 10 o'clock a. m..
standard time. at which time and place
they Will be opened, for furnishing the
1913. according TO the specifications on
file III this office, with all the plank,
timber. common lumber. scantling and
pine lumber that may be ordered by
the Department OF Public Works
Bidders must indorse on the outside
OF envelope containing proposal the
kind OF material bid upon
Delivery 10 be made. as required. in
the city's eastern or western district
yards or elsewhere In the City OF De-
trot as directed
Bidders to tender bids for each and
every one OF the kinds of lumber at
per thousand feet board measure, de-
livered free OF charge. else the bid VIII
be rejected. The department reserves
the right 10 accept the bids on the
specifications as a whole or TO let the
hemlock and scantling as one contract,
the Norway plank as another and tho
white pine as another.
Bidders are required to file a certi-
fled bank check In the sum OF $1,000
with the Department OF Public Works
before the proposals are opened, con-
ditioned that should they be found to
be the lowest bidders they will. within
Ave days after being awarded the con
tract by the department, enter into q
contract with surety company bond In
the full estimated amount OF contract.
Checks and proposals to be placed
in separate envelopes
The right TO reject any or all pro-
posals Is expressly reserved
(il3D !. j HAARER.
(7lb) Commis sioner.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-28
N0TICE-STREET PAVING
ASSESSMENT.
BOARD OF ASSESSORS OFFICE.
Detroit, Dec 20. 1911
Paving Notice No. I13I.
FAIRVIEW AVENUE

To John AndrewS \. Broluska. A.
Beneteau, John BradEe A. b. Bohlen-
den. G. III, Blodget, Catherine BONNER
shein. III. G. Bluske. ii. NJ. Bisseay. Al
Charest, +. Cardoni. John 9. Dickman,
William Davis, Clementine Daniels
Fountain, Ada Il. Gordon, George T..
Hutton, w J. Kelly. Henry 5. koppn,
Thomas Mlligan. j. NJ Neuhoefer +.
G. Oesterich, Herman Pressler Curt
Pressler. A, Powers Estate, II. Ray
burn, A. r Skillington. J. f. Stahl,
William T.. Stillwell Charles Scanlon,
c. r. rroester, Walter Thompson, ID.
Trombley H. r. Tress. e. Vanderbecke
Paul Weise, Weise and Rabaut. The
Wan Husan Co Ltd, G., II, Waite. Will
Watt william r. Weber r. Worthing
ton Henry Wunsch, + Wagner, \. l..
Young, j. l.. Young. William Ziesse.
and to all other persons owning. oc-
curying. or otherwise interested In any
OF the lots and premises fronting on
Fairview avenue in said City Of De-
trot, within the limits hereinafter mem
toned.
The Common Council OF the City OF
Detroit having ordered so much OF
Fairview avenue, from the north line
Of Jefferson avenue to the south curb
limo OF Waterloo street. TO be graded
and paved, notice Ia hereby given that
an assessment has been made upon all
the lots and premises fronting on said
Fairview avenue, and liable 70 be as
sessed for said Improvement under the
provisions OF the City Charter, and that
roll OF said assessment IL now COM
ors' Office. in the City OF Detroit. from
the date hereof until Jan. a. 1912. for
the inspection OF all persons concern
u BOARD OF ASSESSORS,
BY HENRY PLASS
(71S President
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-28
DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Detroit. Dec 90. 1911.
PROPOSALS FOR FURNISHING
COAL.

Sealed proposals Will he received at
the Office OF the Department OF Public
Works Detroit, Mich, until Wednes-
-daX Ian a. 1917. at 10 O'Clock a. m,
standard time. at which time and place
they will be opened, for furnishing
ana delivering according so the speci %
ncations on file in this office. from date
or contract until IAN. 81, 1913, f,5ee
tons, more or less, high grade steam
coal. as may be required and ordered
by the Department Of Public Works.
to be delivered Z o. b. cars at the
asphalt plant In the city's Western
District yard 30 tons. more or less.
jackson Tin coal. 20 tons. more or
less. Chestnut size hard coal. delivered
in wagon lots at yards or barns. where
directed.
Bidders are required TO ME certi-
fed check n the sum ~ 500 with
thu Department of Public Works
before the proposals are opened. con-
dltinned that should they be the
lowest bidders they VIII, With
In five oays after being awarded the
contractsby the department. enter into
contrdEr with surety company bond
i'm the FUN cstimtted amount OF con-
tract
checks and proposals TO he placed
in separate envelopes,
The right 10 reject any or all pro-
posals is expressly reserved.
GfaO) j. j. UAARER.
(7lD Commissioner
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-28
Steel Employees to Get Stock.

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-Under the
annual distribution plan OF the United
states Steel Corporation. sl.45O, 600
worth of stock will be acquired by the
employees The corporation has not
announced the price. but it Is under.
stood that il will be somewhat lower
than the market quotations.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-28
Mrs. Jennings Held For Trial.

Mrs. Alice Jennings. was bound
over to the recorders court by JUS
tlce Jeffries, Wednesday, for trial on
the charge of manslaughter. in con
nection with the death OF Miss Clara
Schneider Bail was fixed at s. Loo
in two sureites, and she furnished
the bond
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-28

The common council of New York
in 1897, ordered the city to be lighted
ut night by lanterns suspended from
poles that projected from every sey.
enth house
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-28
DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS.
Detroit. Dec. %. 1911.
PROPOSALS FOR FURNISHING
SAND AND GRAVEL.

Scaled proposals Viii be received at
the office OF the Department OF Public
Works. Detroit, Mich, until Wednes-
day, Jan. ,, 1912. at 10 o'clock a. IN,
standard tiine,-st which time and place
they will be opened, for furnishing. ac-
cording TO specifications on file In this
office. during the year ending Jan. 81.
1913, all the bank and river sand and
bank gravel that may be required or
orucred by the Departmental Public
W urfSs.--- A. --
BIDDERS viii deposit .itrI1Department
or IsubHc Works Office samples or bank
and river sand and hks/gravel on
which their bids are based.
Bidders must indorse kind OF ma
tcrial bid upon on outside OF envelope
containing proposal
For furnishing sand and gravel con-
tractors Will file separate bids for the
districts lying east and west OF Wood
ward avenue, to be delivered T. o. b.
cars on railroad sidings in each district
as required
Each bidder must deposit with the
Depa rtment OF Public Works. In separ-
ate envelope on presenting his pro-
posai a certified check for $500. pay
able TO the order OF said department
said sum will be forfeited TO the
board In case the bidder fails To enter
into contract, subject TO confirmation
by the Common Council within Eve
ance Of tender by the department The
BIDDER whose tender In accepted will
furnish with his contract a surety COM
pany bond In the full estimated amount
OF contract.
Checks and proposals TO be placed
In separate envelopes.
The right TO reject any or all pro-
posals is expressly reserved.
14l24) j. j. HAARER.
I7Os) Commissioner.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-28
.er1. OF PuelIc WORKS.
PROPOSALS FOR FURNISHING
STAKES AND STRIPS.

scaled proposals VIII bc received at
the Office OF the Department OF Public
Works. UttTOft. Mich. until Wcdnes-
daN Jan .. 1912 at tU-UplOck a. m,
standard time. at which time and place
they viii he opened. FOR furnishing and
delivering in the stakcroOm In the city
.iIali basemenu all the OAK stakes and
.e Sit. pine strips that may be required
ana ordered by the Department OF Buo-
u, \yorl.s Ia and during the year end
inc IAN. 81. 1913, accotding 10 the spe-
mentions on Tile In this Office.
Bidders VIII indorse on outside Of
cuvc.op, containing bid, .Bid for FUR
rrsEfun stakes and strips.
B-daerS are reuuired 10 file a certt-
sd bank check In The sum OF 500
.,ttf .the Department 81 Public Works
before the proposals are opened. con-
t,tion,d that should they be the
lowest bidders they Wiz within hve
DAYS after being awarded the con-
trgat Bv the department enter into
contract with surety company bona
ir the fuil estimated amount OF con
tract
checks ana proposals Go he placed
p separate envelopes
Tht riuht TO reject any or all pro-
,,,snis is expressly reserved -
ltte5) j. = tfAARER.
t-OoI Commissioner.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-28

The Amsterdam diamond trade Is
in the hands OF ten firms, employing
1000 workmen.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-28

Business-iike Printing. No fuss end
no feathers. The plain. neat kind that
looks right Times Printing Co. l.
John R.-st. Ph, Main ltaS or City 1855
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-28

Sealed proposals will be received ~
the office OF the Department. OF Public
NJ oTks. Detroit. Mich, until Wednes-
day Jan. ,. 1912. az 10 o'clock a. m.
standard time. at which time and place
they VIII be opened. for furnishing All
the paving cement COR tar) that may
b- required by the Department Of Pub
lie Works In and during the year end
ing Jan. 81. 1913. IN accordance with
specifications on file In the Office or
the Department. OF Public Works.
bidders viii indorse on outside 81
envelope containing proposal the kind
OF material bid upon
BIDDERS are required 10 file a certi-
fed bank check in the sum OF tano
With the Department OF Public Works
before the proposals are opened con-
dit!Oned that should they he lowest
bidders they will within hve days at
ter being awarded the contract by the
Department. enter into "a contract with
surety company bond In the full estl-
ius. 81 amount of contract
Checks and proposals TO be placed In
separate envelopes
The right 10 reject any or all pro-
posals is expressly reserved.
(4121b =. D. HAARER,
t7O5) Commissioner.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-12-28
DEPT. or PUBLIC WORKS.
Detroit. Dec IS. 1911
PROPOSALS FOR FURNISHING
RECEIVING BASIN STONE.

Sealed proposals viii be received at
the Office OF the Department OF Public
Works Detroit. Mich. until Wednes-
DAY Jan. 3. 1912, at 10 o'clock a. -
standard tiipe, al =vvtTich time and pl
flyey will be opened. for furn
and delivering according TO pk
specincattuns on file in this off
date % contract until Jan. 81
the receiVing basin stone t.
ordered by the Departmenl
Works
Bidders must indorse q
enVelope containing bid
mHtpT1at htt Upon. Bi
quired TO hle certided
sum OF $500 with the
Public Works before tn,
opened. cenditionc tn
b., lowest bidders they.
CANS after being awaI
rs the Department.
tract, with surety com
full estimated amouI
checks and propo7
iu separate envelope
The ffght TO reje
rcsais IS expressly
(fisSI
(7iD
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-16
sHRTNKAGE OF CORN.

To those engaged in the handling of
grain the natural shrinkage of shel1ed
corn while in storage and in transit is
a matter of prime Importance, and
often source of dispute because of
shortage reported at time Of receipt at
warehouse, and a further loss at date
OF final sale.
In order to determine she amount
of shrinkage or loss Of weight occur
ring in shelIed corn containing vari-
Gus percentages Of moisture while in
storage in elevators or during transit
in cars, the department Of agricul-
ture, IN cooperation with the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad company and
the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce.
has conducted an experiment with 500
bushels Of shelIed corn. the test be-
ginning January 5. 1910. and lasting
147 days.
The corn used was taken from reg
u1ar car receipts and was left in the
wooden hopper of a sO,OOO-pound
scale at elevator B of the Baltimore
& Ohio system at Locust Point, BaIti-
more. At the time of storage the
moisture content was 1873 per cent and
at the close OF the test 147 per cent,
or a loss Of Al per cent. The weight
per bushel had decreased from 54.7
pounds to so pounds. and the total loss
Of weight was 1870 pounds, or slightly
more than Der cent
The shrinkage was found not to be
constant, as at certain periods there
was a retardat'on in the rate of
shrinkage or even a temporary in
crease in weight due to the absorb
ton of moisture from the atmosphere.
The average Temperature of the corn
and the temperature Of the air was
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-16

Hobbies Of public men will creep out
in the summer days, writes Joe Mitchell
Chapple in the National Magazine for
June. To find President Taft swelter-
ing over a golf ball. Vice President
Sherman on the front seat at a ball
game, Senator Frye fishing. Senator
Tillman in the garden, Secretary Knox
behind a spanking pair of horses
these 'avocatfons" are now looked upon
as a matter Of course and not hobbies.
But when one hears of Champ Clark
knuckled down to a good old-fashioned
game Of Democratic marbles and
playing for keeps" the well-seasoned
reporters are amazed and Join in q
chorus Of Wan Dubbsa-and no fudE-
ing.
Hobbies date back to time immen-
orable, but according to a prominent
Swedish visitor, they have thrived most
in America, the land of their ad7p-
ton. America" he declares, us she
land of the hobby. Every American
must have his particular craze, wheth-
er it be chasing butterflies or forming
trusts. All things are secondary to the
omnipotent hobby"
But the hobby, whether 1t concerns
rules Of living, the sciences, fancy
gardening or whatnot. has its uses.
For most of us the earth is a dull
planet"-or so, at least, the popular
Arnold Bennett has averred, and the
hobby, which must stimulate enthusl-
asm and ambition, necessarily makes
mundane existence less tiresome. Us
tone is optimistic, says Balzac: "a
hobby is the exact mean between PES
simism and monomania." Let no man.
therefore. deride the hobby, which IN
a country Of aggressive ideals usually
assumes a practical basis and makes
for the common good.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-16
EFFECTIVE LAWYERS.

When the fact became known, after
he had assumed office, that Attorney
General Wickersham had previously
received a large fee for legal services
he had given to the Sugar trust. there
was a great uproar in certain quarters.
It was insisted that this made him an
undesirable in the important govern
ment Office that had been placed in his
hands. But subsequent events have
proved that Mr.. Wickersham is the
most effective attorney general the
country has ever had, and particularly
in the prosecution Of the trust-like
corporations which have stepped be-
yond the bounds of the law. Incl
dentally he collected a large money
reparation from the Sugar trust for It's
customs frauds against the government
and lso sent some of it's officials to
prison for the part they played in the
sugar weighing frauds.
low comes the news that Frank 3.
Kellogg received at one time fee of
$4,000 for legal services in behalf of
some of the subsidiary companies OF
the United States Steel company. This
happened before Mr.. Kellogg was en-
gagged as special counsel for the gov
eminent in the prosecution of the big
trust cases that have been fought to q
successful conclusion by the govern
ment during the past few years. And
no one win deny that Mr.. Kellogg is
about the most efficient trust buster
in the nation.
So it seems that instead of destroy
ing their usefulness as public servants
in the enforcement of the antitrust
law, previous service as attorneys for
the trusts rather enhances the work OF
skilled lawyers in this particular. This
is probably due to the fact that in their
service Of the corporations they have
become familiar with their vulnerable
parts and are able to proceed accord
inly when the opportunity is presented
to them.
Similar conditions seem to prevail in
another branch of the practice of law,
although in this case they work out
reversely. It is no unusual thing for a
lawyer. who is most successful as a
local prosecuting attorney in counties
and cities in proceeding against Grim
mails of all sorts, to become, on retir-
ing from public office. equally success
full in the defense Of the same class Of
criminals
In other words, lawyers appear to
have the faculty of recognizing the
weak points in the game they play, and
they are clever enough to take ad-
vantage Of them when they get a
chance to play on the opposite side.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-16
QUAKER NEGOTIATIONS.


[From the Philadelphia Record-l
It's wise doctor who never loses
his patients.
sufHcient unto the day is the evil Of
yesterday.
Most Of US can act the fool without
much rehearsing.
Don't measure success from the
standard Of your own 1ittleness.
A sugar-coated compliment is apt to
be bitter after you swallow it.
An idle rumor is really about the.
most Industrious thing in the world.
A woman may have a fair complex
ion and still be unfair In every other
way.
Many a man makes nuisance OF
himself rather than not attract atten-
ton at all.
The dentist is seldom on his uppers.
although he frequently operates on 9TH
er peoples.
Many a fellow has gone to the bad.
because he has overtrained himself to
be a good fellow
The Americana who had cast his for
tune with the Insurrectos lay dying
in a Mexican swamp Taking a Quinine
pill from his pocket, he swallowed Il.
IT have fought to the bitter end no
cried, and with a mirthless smile On
his face he expired. Afterward it was
discovered that he wrote jokes for the
comic Weeklies- Thus does retribution
overtake US all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-16
KANSAS COAAENT
POOR 10 As A FARMER.

Tie state employment bureau ana
the authorities at Haskell institute are
getting their heads together with ing
idea of using the students OF the lnsll-
tute to harvest the Kansas wheat crop.
Thus does the Indian get back to the
soil, but it is a different soil from tbs
one he left, and he isn't likely TO rec
ognize it.
Where forty years ago he wandered
over the wide prairies, chasing ounaIo
and trailing his war bonnet he Will
have to look sharp for barbWire fences
and white faced bulls. Instead OF
scalping a few white men before break
fast he win have to go out and milk q
dozen COWS and separate the milk 70
get the cream ready for the I o O'CLOCK
express to take to the city, and 1nstead
of going out and Iariating a pony, neil
have to crank up a high power auto
when he wants to go anywhere.
And there won't be any squaws to
depend on to do the hard work, for
Daughter Phyllis, who is just back
from K. u. will be taking care OF
things, while Mother runs over 70
Europe for her summer vacation, and
even If Poor Lo should shout out few
commands, she won't come and set up
the tepee and get the wood for fire
The dinner already will be simmering
away in a fireless cooker, and the
windmill will be pumping the water
into the private waterworks, and Will
have had the churning about done by
this time.
And Poor Lo would be ashamed to let
out a warhoop in the face of the Shrek
OF the auto which comes whirling down
the road emitting blasts on its siren.
and a blanket is too hot for the harvest
field, SO he is glad to discard it for 2.
gauze undershirt and pair of overalls.
His bluestem has given way to tim
othy, they're mining salt at the old
buffalo ticks, anthracite has taken the
place of buffalo chips as a fuel, and his
meat all comes in a refrigerator car
with Armour's or Swift's name branded
on every ham.
So Poor Lo had just as well take off
his coat and go to work. His old jobs
gone, and the minute he'd try to revert
to the old life, the A. H. T. A would
be called out to take him in charge
Ottawa Republic.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-16

90 degrees Fahrenheit. The shrinkage
during the first los days. while the
corn remained in good condition. was
approximately four-tenths of one per
cent; while from April Fl to May IA,
during which time the CT IN went out
of condition, becoming sour and hot,
with a maximum temperature on
May 2 of 1913 degrees Fahrenheit, the
shrinkage was 2.6 per cent. The
shrinkage from May IA. after the corn
had been cooled to SO degrees Fair
enheit by three elevations to June 1.
the end of the experiment, was &c
per cent.
While the corn was in good condi-
ton the rate OF shrinkage was largely
Influenced by the weather conditions
and by the relative humidity and tenn
perature of the atmosphere
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-16
FROM OTHER PENS
WHY 50 MUCH CRIME?

The prevalence of crime is agitating
the country. Philosophers and crinlf-
nologists are busy offering theories
and remedies, but crime goes on. The
Independent, 1t seems to us, comes
near hitting the mark when it says:
The American public regards crime
lightly. It is, in fact, amazingly in
different to crime and its prevention. -
If this were not true; If, on the 9th
er hand, the American public were
amazingly keen to scent crime and its
cause, would it not soon, by the ex-
ercise of all the great powers at its
command, bring about diminution of
crime?
But this popular Indifference, which
IS too often expressed in jury verdicts,
is not alone to blame, we think. The
lax manner in which we treat crime
and criminals, the maudlin sentiment
bestowed upon the latter. are largely
to blame for the present situation. IN
the first place, it will not be denied
that our lawyers and courts make too
much out of the laws technicalities
and use the law, itself, as shield in
stead of a weapon upon the lawless.
This makes conviction of crime ex-
tremely difficult. Then, even after
conviction, the criminal. no matter
how wanton or confirmed he may be,
too frequently escapes just punish
ment by means of a pardon or parole
at the hands of some executive who
lacks backbone enough to enforce the
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