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Fire Alarm and Wire Service.

Eight and ninety-three one-hun-
dredths miles of underground cable
were installed during the year and
Isl miles of cable withdrawn. leaving
the total amount of cable in service
at the end of the year 1880 miles
one and ninety-two ne-hundredths
miles of aerial cable were installed
during the year. the total amount In
service at the close of the fical year
being 6.21 miles
Twenty fre-alarm boxes were placed in
service during the year. making the total
at the end of the year oo2
The number of fire alarms received and
transmitted during the year was 1,34.
of which 81 We're false.
The total number of patrol boxes in
service at the end of the year was SsS
The total number of poles connected
with steam and street railroads, telephone.
telegraph, electric light, and District of
Columbia telegraph and telephone serv-
ice in the District OF Columbia Is 10. III
line poles and 7@ guide poles. total of
10!
The fees collected for the inspection
of private electric wiring in buildings
by the electric engineer were S5.51S-6O
Gas and Meter inspection.
BY the provisions of the public util-
tiles act, approved March 4, 1913, the
Office of the inspector of gas and meters
was transferred from tne commissioners
OF the District of Columbia to the public
utilities commission on that date.
The inspector of gas and meters has
reported the operations of his Office for
that portion of the fiscal year from July
I. 1912, to March 3, 1913 inclusive His
report from March 4. 1915. to the end of
the fiscal year will be included in the
annual report of the public utilities COM
mission.
The inspector reports that during the
period July 1, 1912, to March 3. 1913
inclusive. his Office inspected and tested
IS. 40 gas meters and collected fees for
these tests amounting to ST. 97.30.
The legal requirement regarding the
illuminating power and purity of gas
provides that the Illuminating power shall
equal - candles. Gas Is supplied by two
public service corporations-the Wash
ington Gas Light Company and the
Georgetown Gas Light Company Tests
are made at four stations. The gas sup
piled is mixture in varying proportions
Of coal gas and carburetted water gas.
On II days during the year il was
found that the gas furnished by the
Washington Gas Light Company was be-
low the legal standard. and on &c days
during the year the gas supplied by the
Georgetown Gas Light Company was
found below the legal standard
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This was an Increase during the year
of $50 lamps of all kinds
Improved incandescent electric light
ing was extended on approximately
seven miles of streets in place of gas
and electric arc lamps. Five hundred
and eighty-two 100-candlepower in
candescent electric lamps were in
stalled.
The appropriation act for the ical
year 1912 required that all inclosed
arc lamps in service on July 1, 1911.
be replaced with magnetic arc lamps
or some other form of improved light
ing TO be selected by the Commission
ers. at the rate of not less than 400
lamps per annum. to be completed by
April l. 1914. In compliance with this
act there have been so replaced during
the two years ending April j, 1913,
SIS such lamps
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SEWERS.

The total length of main and pipe sew
ers constructed during the year was
about % miles. The total length of main
and pipe sewers in the District of Co.
lumbia on June 80 1913, was 644.2S miles !;
of this 1900 miles are main sewers and
513.3S miles are pipe sewers The total
cost of the sewerage system to June so.
1913. was S11.922 171.O4. The total cost
of the sewage-disposal system to June
so. 1913. was $4.366, ,624. 49, making the
total cost Of the complete system to June
30. 1913. SIG. oSS, ,SO1.47.
Twenty-three billion five hundred and
eighteen million gallons of sewage and
about S4OO0O.OOO gallons Of storm water
were pumped at the sewerage pumping
station. The pumping plant was oper-
ated without interruption of service and
received the sewage from practically the
entire District. delivering it to the outfall
Nine million three hundred thousand six
hundred and eighty-four pounds of coal
were consumed in this service.
The outfall of the sewage-disposal sys-
tenn, on the Potomac river near Shep-
herds. was under constant observation
during the year, and the general condi-
ton of the waters in the vicinity of the
outfall continued excellent under all con-
ditions of tides and river flow. Examina
tons of the river bottom and the beaches
show no evidence of sludge or deposits,
and the surface was found substantially
free of oil. Oxygen tests show a very
good condition Of the water.
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WATER Department.

Twenty-six and two-tenths miles, or
13S. 500 feet, Of water mains of all sizes
were laid during the year. at total cost
Of S212, 2,419.4S The total length of water
mains now in service is 3,O31, ,997 feet, or
575 miles.
Two hundred and thirteen fire hydrants,
3 public hydrants. public sanitary foun-
tains. and 1 public horse fountain were
erected during the year. and 1OS fire hy-
drants. IA public hydrants and public
wells were abandoned. making the total
number in service at the end of the year
as follows: Fire hydrants. 3.166: public
hydrants, 2Ol: public sanitary drinking
fountains, IL; public horse fountains. 148:
public wells "a. of which wells 4J are
deep wells and 8 shallow wells.
Among the important projects of the
year were the extension of the first high
service to u city blocks in the territory
and New York avenue. which was for
merly supplied by gravity and which IN
creased the water pressure about 20 feet
over this area: the erection of three steel
towers of 10000 gallons capacity each
with the necessary mains, on the east
side of the .Anacostia river, one at 30th
and r streets southeast, one at 10th street
and Alabama avenue southeast, and one
in the grounds of the Stanton School at
Good Hope, D. c. A new pumping sta
ton was built and equipped at 18th and
streets southeast for the service of all
territory lying on the east side of the
AnacOStia river.
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Examination of Steam Engineers.

The report of the board of examiners of
steam engineers shows that 90 examina-
tions were held and 119 applicants ex-
amined. of which % were licensed and %
rejected as incompetent. The number of
applicants examined was % less than
those examined during the preceding year,
and the board states that this was due
principally in the advance made in gen.
Grating power by means other than steam.
Licensed engineers are not required for
motive power other than steam.
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Permits.

The permits issued By the permit clerk
OF the engineer department for various
permits other than building permits
amounted to 1903. for which fees were
paid. and y69s5 for which no fees were
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For Relief in Floods.

Establishment Of revenue cutter head
quarters at Louisville or Cincinnati, at
st. Louis or some other point on the
upper Mississippi and at Helena, Ark, or
Vicksburg, Miss, is urged as a measure
for the saving of life i'll the floods time
in the Ohio and Mississippi valley. Three
light draught cutters to cost about sSO,-
coo each are recommended. With the
rivers at normal stage they would be
used in patrol to enforce the navigation
and motor boat laws.
The report refers to the requirement
that banks which hold government de-
posts made April 80, 1913. pay interest
at per cent, declaring that it means an
annual revenue of S2,OOO,O0O to the gov
ernment and showing that il such regu-
lation had been made in 1897 the gov
ernment would now have received in in
terest more than $3O,OOO,OO0.
The income tax is not dwelt upon at
length, but the report estimates that
425, 600 individuals are subject to it, and
that corporations not heretofore subject
to tax will number about 10000
International action to prevent such
disasters at sea as resulted in the sinking
Of the Titanic is urged.
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Water Revenues and Expenditures.

The water revenues for the year
amounted to $790. 541.7O an increase of
Sios.a2l21 over the preceding year. Tn
expended balances, deposits made for
special work. and transfers from other
appropriations amounting to s1a5. 153.
maze the total funds available for ex-
penditure during the year $9I5. 5.6a5.61.
The expenditures for all purposes
amounted to ss54.477.3S. leaving a
nominal balance of ss1,21S.2s at the
close or the year as against a nominal
balance at the close of the last tiscaI
year OF $40 23o.o6. The expenditures
were II per cent greater than the ex-
penditures for the preceding fiscal wear.
Water is furnished free to orphan
asylums. hospitals, schools and chart
table institutions under authority OF
law TO the extent Of l4,693,0 600 cubic
feet This is based on per capita
allowance of from 60 to 100 gallons
per day. dependent on the character of
the institution. All water in excess of
that allowed is charged for at meter
rates, cents per 100 cubic feet This
excess OF allowance amounted to 3,411.-
500 cubic feet.
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REPORT GOES TO CONGRESS

Congress this year an item for this pur
pose.
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paid, making a total of 20.O64. This was
decrease under the preceding year of
1881 The fees paid for these permits
amounted to $13.O79. a decrease under the
preceding year of $4,S31.
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Stream Pollution.

Work was continued during the year on
the study of the streams flowing into and
through the District as to the extent of
their pollution by the discharge of sew
age therein from neighboring Maryland
towns Within the District sewage is not
permitted to enter these streams. Their
pollution by outside sewage however, is
now very apparent and is increasing
With the constant growth of population
Immediately outside of the District in
Maryland some steps will be necessary
to divert sewage from these streams, and
the matter is being taken up with the
health department of the state of Mary
land.
Suburban Sewers.
The following suburban sewers were
constructed during the year:
Section. Length. Cost.
!. County west OF Rock creek. 35.342 S7l 575.O7
z. County east of Rock creek. 37O24 147 119. 53
3. County west Of Anacostia
river ......-............ 2s.oso s7,7oo5o
4. County east of Anacostia
river NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. S,52S 10. 155. 40
>. Washington city. 1905 71,27O %
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Water Consumption and Waste.

The mean total daily water consumption
for the year was 57,oSo, 600 gallons, which
Is 4.1OS,OOO per day less than for the pre-
ceding year, decrease of ~ per cent.
Based on a population of $4,000. this
gives per capita rate of 49,, a decrease
of Il gallons per capita, or 1912 per cent
under the preceding year. This decrease
is In part due to the unusual mild winter
of 1912-13.
BY means of the pitometer service for
the prevention of water waste total
underground leakage was found and stop
ped amounting to 4,196,O 600 gallons daily.
This leakage is much less than hereto
fore. and the pitometer division is per-
forming good service in preventing water
waste. The total expenses Of this divi-
sion were $37, ,6SS. 10
The total pumpage of water during the
year was 1857. 279.700 gallons, which is
14O.JOI. .3GO gallons less than during the
preceding year. The cost of operation,
supplies and repairs. including coal. was
$4S.94939. making the total operative
cost of pumping 100000 gallons S462
as compared with $3.5S during the pre-
ceding fiscal year
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make short shrift of many of the people
who use the mails for fraudulent pur-
poses. Formerly it was held that il was
necessary to prove that some person had
actually been defrauded. But in the case
of Eugene NJ Stockton the court held
that conviction might follow IF il was
the intent of the defendant that some
one should be defrauded," and that gives
the department a means by which it can
drive out thousands Of unlawful users
OF the mail.
There is a class of pettifogging lawyers
whose members make il a practice to ad-
wise their clients to ways and means
OF lodging the postal laws and the de-
partment has pulled the penal code on
Them calling their attention to the pro-
vision which says that any one who aids
or counsels the commission of any crime
is a principal thereto.
Although the department has been rap
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Harbor Front.

The total amount received from rent
ais of wharves and river frontage
placed BY law under the control of the
Commissioners, was s25,S12.24, divided
q foI1auS.
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There is class Of advertisers who pa
tronize the want ad columns Of many
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20
OREGON SUPREME COURT.
CONTINUED from Page 6.)

his country and his marriage at the
same time. This was not done in a
spirit of economy for the Judge ism t
built that way, and we are only rea.
soning from effect back to cause. He
was city councilman (they all did it)
from 1872 to 1875, and city attorney
from 1877 to 1881. In 1885 he was
County Judge of Multnomah, and again
filled this important position from 1890
to 1904.
From 1868 to 1874 he was in part
nerhip with John F. Caples, one of the
best known criminal lawyers on the
coast in those days. With his thorough
knowledge of the intricaeies of court
procedure, he has made an ideal SUI
preme court clerk, and has also, by his
unfailing good nature and tactful aid
to attorneys and all others having bust.
ness with the court, made himself so
much part of the office that those
having business there would be lost
without him. In another way he has
built for himself monument that will
last so long as those whom he has
helped on their way have memory; and
that is by his good advice and cheering
words to the youngsters who have
faced the supreme court examinations,
and who will always remember the kind
ly encouragement of Julius Moreland,
clerk of the Oregon supreme court.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20
S1OO Reward. S1OO

The readers of this paper will be
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure In all its stages, and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
positive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional
E,,ra J., ta uea,- a.
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. there
by destroying the foundation Of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and assisting
nature In doing it's work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that II fails to cure. Send
for list Of testimonials
Address: +, j. CHENEY q CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20
GREAT REVIVAL.

The Friends church, Highland and
Elm, is having wonderful revival.
The services are in charge Of Rev 0. B.
Ong, of Pasadena, Cal, whose messages
are clear and to the point. There have
been about $50 at the altar so far. The
meetings will continue over Sunday,
also tonight. Other services Sabbath
as usual. There have been several men
and women past middle-age brought to
realization of their need, and they
have paid the price and prayed through.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20
REGISTER NAMED.
lAsED wIRn.l

UNITED PRESS LEASED wIRE.l
Washington, Dec. 2o.-Joseph Binnard
was appointed yesterday register of the
land office at Helena, Montana.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-12-20

Liberal reductions on small size rugs,
Administer 27x6O, $1.75 Buren, & Ham.
ilton.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-25


here is the description of the
scene following the fire, which
justifes it. The description is by
Aloysium Jacobecz, a carpenter
with a workshop at 2026 w. Kin
zie, near the factory:
Il saw the flames start up"
says Jacobecz. 81 saw them
spread quickly. Then l saw the
men and girls who worked in the
place rush to the windows.
Il saw them look wildly around
for some way of escape. And then
I saw them jump through the
windows. They landed, most Of
them, on a roof one story lower.
They were terribly cut by the
glass from the windows through
which they had jumped. They
were bleeding, and they were so
frightened that l wonder they did
not become insane. "
If fire escapes had been pro-
yided in the building these girls,
who were so frightened that one
who saw them afterward won
ders they did not lose their senses,
who were cut by glass and hurt in
their mad jumps from the win
dows of the burning factory,
would have been able to escape.
Probably Anna Imroth would
have escaped by a fire escape and
would be alive today.
If only the doors had opened
outward as ordered by the state
law Anna Imroth probably would
have escaped from the building
that caused her death,
But what is really more inn
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-01-25

That is, that the owners of
these buildings, to evade the three
stories or more in height ordi-
nance, have sunk. the building a
few feet below the sidewalk and
called the ground floor a base
ment.
This means that any day there
may be another FIRE such as the
Riordan one; that any day there
may be another Anna Imroth
trapped in a burning hell; that
any day there may be another
saccifce Of an American woman
to the lust of the employer who
will not spend the money to pro-
tect the lives of those who make
his money for him.
Captain Charles Denny of Fire
Engine Company No. 7, which
was first at the fire, is ready to
testify as to the inward-opening
doors and the lack of proper fire
escapes.
Thomas J. Reynolds, chief of
the sixth battalion, is ready to
tell the same story and has in his
possession detailed reports of the
fremen who worked on the fire.
Meantime, there is a most re-
markable attack of passing the
buck among the officials who
should investigate the case.
Fire Attorney Joseph Murray
says it is up to City Prosecutor
McInerney to attend to any viola
-tions of the law that may have oc-
CURED in the building of the
Riordan factory. Which is true,
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-13
Is the one with the brains and the
nerve and the will to win

Is the one with the brains and thu
nerve and the will to win
Some men will remain clerks al
their lives. They lack the initiative
and force to rise out of the ranks.
But there have been conspicuous in
stances Of clerks who went TO the head
of whatever business they were il.
1t depends on the man.
You can't judge and measure men By
the mass. You must discriminate. You
must consider them as individuals.
Lincoln once Illustrated it in the
way He said that in a time of crisis
men were like a lot of stones placed
in a sieve. AS the sieve was shaken
the larger stones came to the top. II
shaken long enough and hard enough
finally the very biggest stone would
emerge and take command. | am not
attempting to quote his language. but
only to give his thought.
1t afterward TRANSFERRED that he him
self was that biggest stone.
Well. we are always living in more
or less of a crisis and the larger stones
will find their way to the top The
shaking Of circumstance and the force
of individual gravity take the little
men to the bottom and the big men to
the top.
There is no accident about it. This
universe is run by law, not accident
Shun the weak waller who says he
never had a chance. Every man has
a chance. if he would seize It.
In long lifetime he can show what
Is In him.
Sometimes he may have to wait long
for the turn Of the road. What of it?
Let him make himself all the more
ready when the turn comes.
1t is the man that counts That Is
the one big fact that sticks out in all
biography and all life "a,
AS certainly as water seeks its level
so do men gravitate to their place-or
perhaps gravitate is not the word-so
do men attain to their place.
There is as wide range Of differ
ence between human beings as Is
found in the lower orders of creation.
1t is individual character that tells
the tale "a
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-13
States down the response Of the nation
was quick and substantial.

States down the response of the natioI
| was quick and substantial.
Government officials, railroads. fac
| tories. clerks. artisans. every class an(
| condition of men and all human insti
| tUtions acted instantly on the call fol
relief
Messages of sympathy poured il
| from the whole world Every agency
the Red Cross, the army. the churches
national. state and city governments
joined in the work Of mercy
1t is 50 in every catastrophe The
San Francisco earthquake. the sinking
of the Titanic. the Messina horro,
each contributed its chapter to The
book Of hun;r brotherhood.
The wealth Of affection revealed com
pensates if that We're possible. for the
sickening loss Of life and property.
With the passage of the years we are
growing more human. which means
that we are appro1imating more near
~ TO the divine standard
We are approaching that happy era
when the whole human race shall be
one family.
After nineteen hundred years we are
beginning to be Christian. to reflect the
Sermon on the Mount in our everyday
lives.
Beginning. mind you: We still have
a long way to go on that road
We are dimly appreheRding the sig
n nf ho for no no -
God and the Son Of Man were one.
When we look at the mighty mean
ing Of that union It grows luminous
and sheds a glory over human nature
We are also learning that complete
individuality is only possible in com,
plete brotherhood: that we can live
our own lives best only when we are
In full sympathy with the lives of
others.
This is wealthy age. but 1t is not
richer In outer than In inner treasures.
1t sometimes requires the destruction
Of the outward wealth to reveal that
In the spirit Of man.
And now abideth faith, hope and
charity. these three. but the greatest
of these Is charity"
Perhaps better translation would
make it faith. hope and loving kind
ness"
The foods of the central west brought
forth equal foods of loving kindness
from the hearts Of the people
The physical waters of destruction
ha vo rocodad hut tho Hfo ri r,-ofors
of love will iow en- forever.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1913-04-13
Heart to Heart
Talks
By JAMES A. EDGERTON
ON THE JOB.

ON The JOB.
The man who wins is the man wht
works.
He has his mind and his whole being
concentrated on the task in hand.
He is on the job
He finds out everything about it OF
which his mind is capa ble-knows il
down to the grass roots.
He gives it his whole attention.
A man cannot be on the job with
half or all of his mind somewhere else
He cannot watch his work and watch
the clock.
He cannot go to sleep at the switch.
He cannot have divided allegiance
He who thinks his work is not
worthy Of him is not worthy of his
work
Any work we'll done is worthy of
aim to whom that work is given.
By measuring up to it be will meas
IRE beyond it to something bigger. By
doing the smaller task we'll be invites
the larger task.
To climb a stair we must first take
the bottom step.
If we despise the lower steps too
much to put our feet4on them how can
we reach to the higher steps?
The Office boy who studies the bust
ness and is keenly alive to the firms
interests will not long remain an office
hoy.
Such boy says I'VE" when speaking
sf the concern that employs him. He
Is part Of the machine and as impor-
TINT in his place as the president of
the company.
He may not own share Of stock,
hut he invests his mind and energy,
and these are worth more than money.
The key word Of this age is efficiency.
The ability to do something Is the
ability to be somebody.
We are measured by what we pro-
duce
" you have no money to invest in
Aasiness invest your brains, your in
ssFest. your loyalty and your energy.
These things have greater purchas-
ing power than dollars because they
make dollars.
To say that one Is efficient is but an
sffer way to say that be is on the job.
The slang phrase may not be so ele-
CAN'T. but 1t is more forceful and more
nearly fits the idea.
Invest yourself and you will draw in !
terest on your investment,
Improve the quality of your product
and your product will improve your
g1taatiDnA ---4.r..-..
Enc man who is not on the Job will ,
aeon be out Of job.