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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

would hurl them into eternity, but thes
seem to be unconscious of tho fact
So callous are some to the constantly
lurking danger that they frequentl,
take chances that are not necessary
After beam has been swung into plac,
and is stationary, workmen walk abou
on the narrow surface as though the,
Were treading a board walk a few
inches from the ground. Sometime,
they will lean forward and from theii
dizzy heights peer down upon the popu
lace below.
To the average spectator, the sight is
a thrilling one. With each gust oi
wind, he momentarily expects the dar
ing workman to pitch forward and come
hurting into the street below, but al
accident rarely happens. Trained In tn,
art of balancing, the structural iror
worker rivals the aerial performer with
a circus in maintaining his equilibrium
The all important thing in his makeup
is nerve, and if he once loses it he is
no longer fitted for the duties he is
called upon to perform.
Another interesting feature Is ths
work of structural iron men is then
dexterity in tossing and catching rec
hot rivets intended for use in holding
the various beams and cross pieces to-
gether. Practice has made them per-
feet, and the man who heats the rivets
can toss them to a fellow workman sew
eral feet away with unerring precision
The feat Is "a time saver and its mas
terry is absolutely essential. Were il
not for the ability of these men VIII,
work among the clouds to toss REQ
hot rivets back and forth the littIt
pieces of iron which are the real main
stays of the whole structure would be-
come cold before they reach their des-
tination.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

methods as illustrated in the use Of
steel and the increased size and COM
plexity of buildings, has made it neces-
sary for the architect, who until re-
cent years knew nothing about steel
construction as factor of support in
building, to acquire a working know
ledge of the principles and methods of
this branch of the building industry
Birmingham architects have been as
Jealous in the Introduction of iron and
steel, as supporting elements in the
composition of buildings. as any in the
country and have shown a preference
for it over other materials by contin-
ually specifying ii as a unit of con-
struction in jobs no matter how small
of what character. When old build
ings are torn down to make room for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

1 building or bridge seems a simple one
| yet it requires great deal of work
on the part of the engineer. draughts-
man and shop man before it is in shape
to be even ready for riveting or bolt
ing into the structure by the erector.
Even after the engineer has ascer-
tanned through formulas and calcuia-
tion what is required to sustain a given
load, the draughtsman must detail or
draw the member as it will look when
the necessary work is done upon it. As
many shapes go to make up complete
structure, there is great deal of de-
failing to be done when it is considered
that each piece or several pieces that
are alike must be done separately.
All this in dollars and cents amounts
to a good sized fortune.
There is a fascination about the erec-
tion of huge steel structures that when
completed scrape the sky, not only for
those engaged In the actual work of
putting the pieces of steel together, but
for the spectators as well.
1t is due probably to the element of
dan ger attached to the work. Steel or
iron beams, each weighing a ton or
more, are swung into place by means of
machinery with the ease attached 70
lifting a lead pencil. The system in
vogue makes this possible. In the erec-
tion of the skyscraper the various
pieces of steel are assembled in such
a way that each piece Is reached In It's
turn. This avoids a lot of needless
handling and it is necessary to hoist IA
single piece but once.
Experienced WOrkmen Needed
Experienced men are required in
structural iron work. They must not
only know their business, but they must
be cool of head and steady of nerve.
Many of the workers are as much at
home on an iron or steel beam sus-
pended in mid air hundreds of feet
above the ground, as they would be on
the street corner of their native city.
They seem to enjoy the element of dan
ger that attaches to their work and
add a few additional thrills to their
labor, such as dancing on a beam as
it is being hoisted into place, or calmly
smoking pipe or cigarette and waving
to workmen on the various floors of
the building in course of construction
as they pass them in their ascent
A single false move on the part of the
death. One step forward or backward
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

up to date structures, there is rarely
seen an old iron Intel. column or beam
being carted away from the site.
The various shapes which go to make
up the parts of the sections of the mod
ern skyscraper are made by rolling out
the various prisms or ingots that come
from the blast furnace This part OF
the manufacture is carried on at several
rolling mills, most of which are located
in or near Pittsburg. The mills ship to
the manufactures shapes known as an
giles, beams, channels. plates, ETC., and
the manufacturer punches, drills, rivets
and assemblies them as is necessary to
meet the demand called for by the en-
gineer or architect.
The task of preparing shape from
the mill ready for Incorporation into a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
HIGH STANDARD
IS MAINTAINED
BY CONTRACTORS
Few Scandals Have Arisen
Among City Builders
of the District
GRAFT NOT APPARENT
INWORk FOR PUBLIC
Ethics Are Adhered to Rigidly, and
Conditions Which Have Been
Reported in Other Cities
Are Unknown

Birmingham contractors have set a
standard rarely reached by the men of
any profession. Both in the quality OF
their work and the manner in which they
have accomplished it, they have proven
themselves body of thoroughly capable
and honest city builders. Lack of graft
and other unpleasant features which
have marked the progress Of other cities
has been conspicuous here by its abb
sence.
splendid example of the integrity of
Birmingham contractors is the fact that
very few, If any, are on record as ab-
sconding and cheating their creditors, al
though many have been known to have
made losing contracts, because of weather
conditions and other reasons. They have
stuck to them to their own financial detri-
ment until voluntary bankruptcy cases
have been necessary to meet their oblga-
tions. The Birmingham contractor meets
his obligation. He considers the saving
of his reputation and peace of conscience
of greater value to- him than a portly
purse.
AS matter of fact our contractors.
as a rule, will stick too long to losing
when they would be entirely justified in
abandoning the work.
In nine cases out of 10, ii is probably
the fault of the man who let's the con-
tract, and not that of the man who is
awarded it, that a contractor is some
times driven in rare cases to practices
tnat should be condemned. In such in
stances the root of the trouble usually
lies in unfair specifications or N unreas-
enable engineers.
Contractor Conservative
The contractor is good liver of the
city. Nearly all of them make money,
but the Birmingham contractor modestly
denies all claim to a somewhat ridieu-
lous general belief that it takes a first
class man but a few years to amass a
great fortune and at his death leave
millions for his heirs to throw at all
sorts of birds, from Broadway to Monte
Carlo. They make no bones of the fact
that such state of affairs would be
most desirable, but they, who deal largely
in other peoples money, realize as no
others can how hard it is to separate
man from his coin in any unseemly
patches, honestly. Our contractors, how
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
Adhere to Ethics

1t has been the custom of Birmingham
contractors in the great majority of
cases to adhere strictly to the letter of
their ethics and upon entering politics to
cease bidding on public works contracts
and contine operations to private con-
tracts.
1t has frequently been the case in other
cities that some powerful politician is
made silent partner in some contracting
firm for the sake of securing the cream
of public contracts. Probably the worst
condition of this sort that can exist is in
cases where a big political boss will ally
himself with a number of contracting
concerns and apportion the work to those
to the exclusion of all others. Thus a
very powerful clique of contractors may
be formed upon the outside of which no
contractor may hope to win contract, no
matter how advantageous his bid.
In the final analysis though, these con-
ditions are entirely in the hands of the
contractors themselves, for they are In
a position to say whether they will ally
themselves with graft, and it is up to
them to maintain the present high plane
upon which the local contractor operates.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
Opinion of Financiers

George w. Perkins of New York agrees
in the opinion that the souths develop
ment for the next Is years will even sur
pass the phenomenal growth of the last
quarter century. A Vanderip, president
of the National City Bank of New York,
thinks the south has the opportunity and
should encourage foreign capital.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18
The South's Wheat

How many persons realize that nearly
20 per cent of the wheat produced In the
United States comes from the south?
Just 1919 per cent of the country's total
is raised south of the Mason and Dixon
line.
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BIRMINGHAM RAILS
ON ROAD IN CHINA

A British freighter recently loaded
10000 tons of railroad rails at Brunswick
Ca, for Shanghai, China The railj
were the product of the mills ut EnsleyI
Since the new government has taker|
charge of affairs in China a large amoun |
of railroad construction has been started
and it is expected that the Birmingham
mill will get it's quota of the business.
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ever, do make money and good money.
and they are comfortable, but modest
lvers.
A fair contract and equitable specifica-
tions, with intelligent inspection, go a
long way to insure the honesty and in
tegrity of contractors and as long as
these exist there is no good reason to
believe that the standard of integrity
among Birmingham contractors will not
remain the highest in the world.
The high standard of manhood and up
rightness maintained among Birming-
ham contractors of course is responsible
in a large measure for the almost entire
lack of political graft in the profession
in the city in the securing and awarding
of public works contracts.
No Graft Apparent
There is, thanks to writers of cheap
fiction, in the public mind a vague idea
that wherever there are contractors and
politicians there exists more or less of
coalition between them which has to
do with mammoth schemes and projects
too dark and deep for the mind of the
layman, whereby great sums of public
wealth are in some mysterious manner
distilled from public work contracts and
the booty divided before their very eyes.
There is probably something of roman
tic glamour about this more or less melo-
dramatic hallucination which gives 1t its
hold upon the public mind, for anything
that is creative in it's nature, as the
work of the contractor undoubtedly is,
Immediately seizes upon the human fancy
and often fingers there against reason.
The possibilities of graft, and much
graft, beyond a doubt exist in Birming
ham and it depends entirely upon the
caliber of the contractor as TO whether
he will prostitute his integrity and the
trust of his fellow citizen for the sake
of financial gain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18

Capital Follows Opportunity
Capital follows opportunity--Ala la bamal
and Birmingham furnish the necessary
opportunity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-18


The rapid evolution of constructive
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-10-21
CITY MESSENGER co
Victor Erickson, Manager
DAY AND NIGHT SERVICE
1851 Z. Wishkah st.
& Telephones 72-73

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
State Of Washington, for Chehalis
County.
In the Matter of the Estate of Nina
E. Fenwick, Deceased. No. 1857.
Notice of Settlement of Final Ac-
count and Petition for Distribution.
NOTICE Is hereby given that c. Y.
Fenwick, Administrator of the estate
Of Nina e. Fenwick, deceased, has
rendered and presented for settle
ment to, and filed in the Superior
Court Of Chehalis County, State Of
Washington his Final Account and
Petition for Distribution as such Ad.
ministrator. and that Saturday, the
LIST day Of November. 1918. at 10
o'clock "A. M, at the court room Of
our said Superior Court, in the City of
Montesano, in said Chehalis County,
has been appointed by our said Su-
perior Court for the settlement Of the
said Account and hearing Of said Pc
tition for Distribution, at which time
and place any person interested in
said estate may appear and file his
exceptions in writing to the said Final
Account and Petition for Distribution,
and contest the same.
Witness the Hon. Mason Irwin,
Judge Of the said Superior Court, and
the seal of said Court affixed this 9th
day of September, 1918.
LUROY HERMAN,
County Clerk and Clerk of the
Superior Court.
BY w. G. BIRDWELL.
Deputy.
First publication. Sept 80, 1913.
Last publication, Oct. IL, 1913.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-10-21
Real Estate Transfers.

Instruments filed for record in tn
office of the Auditor of Chehali
County for week ending Thursday
Oct. 16, 1913.
8. A. Hoag ct ux to Elsie M.
Krull ct al. lots 20 and 80,
block IL. North Hoquiam addi-
ton Hoquiam ................ 30
Chas Morrow ct Tx to Samuel H.
bitson, lot II, block 10, Karr's
Garden addition Hoquiam go. So
VIM. Clearinghouse ct ux to w. G.
Miller, lot 20, block 3. l. & A.
addition Elma ............... III
Carl Conrad to M. d. Haight,
lots Z and 8, block IS, Northern
Pacific addition South Aber-
deem ................. i
Will tanning ct ux to w. M. At
we'll, lots Is to %, block I,
West End addition Aberdeen.
P. N. Nelson ct ux to N. e. Mel
son, lot 20. block IA, Park ad-
dition HoQuiam ..............
w. J. Patterson ct al to C. r.
Apple, lots 8 and 10. block 30,
Northern Pacific addition Aber.
Eliza N. Ramsay ct al to A. d.
Campbell, lot 3, block 8, Mo
clips ................... IL
r. H. billiard ct ux to Henry M.
Vogdes, lot 6. sec 10, twp II,
RI. and undivided " interest
in another strip Of land in sec
Alice M. Wilson to w. ]. Clark,
quit claim deed lots and 6,
sec 1. lots 1, and 8, and nwA
nwA, and nwH sell sec ~.
twp 16, II: lot 4S. block IL.
and lots 1 and 2. block 5. Bal
lard Park addition Seattle....
Agnes Clark to Same, quit claim
deed same ...............
w. e. Ferrebee ct ux to Laura
Wagner, lots and 9. block Z,
Riverdale addition Hoquiam. Is
Same to Carey Morey. lots Is
and II. block IL. Riverside ad'
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-10-21

State vs. Blanche Reeves. Dismiss.
ed.
In re estate of Matilda Nagle, de-
ceased. Will admitted to probate.
In re insanity of Augusta Peter
son. Committed to asylum.
State vs. Chas. Winkler. Dismiss
ed.
In re dissolution of itt-Bige-
low Co. Order of dissolution signed.
Greenwood Timber Co. vs. Wishkah
Boom Co. Demurrer of defendant ov
erruled.
Pearl Howell vs. Claude Howell. Di-
vorce granted.
Kate Lewis vs. Winfield Lewis.
Same.
J. A. Taft vs. Thos. Jacka ct ux.
Judgment for plaintiff for $500, at
tOrney fees and costs.
E. Feezer vs. Peter Schaffer. Set
for trial November 6.
Sarah E. Scott ct al vs. P. e.
Brooks, ct al Judgment for plain.
tiff, quieting title.
Rychard Mercantile Co. vs. Freda
Erickson. Judgment for plaintiff for
$2O4.S8 and costs.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-10-21

A. M. Wade, Plaintiff, vs.. Annie
Simoni, Defendant.
State Of Washington, County Of Che
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, to
the above named defendant Annie
Simoni.
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON You are hereby no
titled that the above named plaintiff
A. M. Wade. has filed a complaint
against you in the above entitled
court which will come on to be heard
at nay ONCE In the Finch building, in
the City of Aberdeen, Chehalis coun-
ty. State of Washington. on the 28th
day. Of October, 1913, at the hour Of
ten (10) o'clock in the forenoon of
said day. and that unless you appear
at or within said time. and answer
said complaint, the same will be taken
a. confessed and the demand Of the
plaintiff granted.
The object Of said action il to col
lect from you an Indebtedness of $50
for services rendered.
Complaint filed the Gath day Of
September. 1913.
j. NJ. PHILLIPS,
Justice of the Peace.
A. M. WADE,
Attorney for Plaintiff
Date Of first publication, September
26th. 1918.
Dsts Of last publication. October
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-10-21
New Cases.

F. H. Squires vs Effie M. Squires;
divorce. c. w. Smith for plaintiff
Phillip Davis vs. Lilli Moore ct al;
punishment. Dan Pearsall for plain.
tin.
State vs. Blanch Reeves. J. E.
Stewart for State.
J. A. Taft vs. Thos. Jacka ct ux;
promissory notes. s. M. Heath for
plaintiff.
M. A. Manovich ct ux vs. City of
Aberdeen: damages. Taggart &
Phillips for plaintiff.
G. A, Holmer vs. Phillip Mugler
ct ux; promissory note and attach
ment. Hogan & Graham for plain.
tiff.
State vs. F. B. Weir; false repre-
sensations. J. E. Stewart for plain.
tiff.
State vs. T. N. Slocum; failure to
support wife. J. E. Stewart for plain.
tiff. Boner & Boner for defendant
Edward Lowe ct al vs. Chehalis
County: reduction of taxes. w. H.
Abel for plaintiff.
Rychard Mercantile Co. vs. Freda
Erickson; debt. Morgan & Brewer
for plaintiff.
Fisher Thorsen & Co. vs. H. A.
Stevens ct ux; promissory note. F.
Beam for plaintiff.
D. A. Schumacher vs. Alexander
Gregorcewicz; promissOry note. F,
Beam for plaintiff.
r. A. Coucher ct ux va Emma Carl
ct al; M. F. Smith for portion OF
defense.
Port Blakely Mill Co. vs. R. G.
Lane. debt. A. M. Abel for plain.
tiff.
C. G. Lane ct vir vs. Duncan Nc.
MILAN ct ux; foreclosure Of tax lien.
Hogan & Graham for plaintiff.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-10-21

nually. on the Pacific side from 60 to
20 inches. At times it rains so furi-
ously that 1t appears to be one continu-
Gus sheet Of water falling. For one
hour the record fall is $50 inches; for
one day. at Porto Bello. 1905 inches;
In three minutes 2.46 inches fell at
the same place. and at Panama on
May IL. 1912. 6 inches fell in two
hours. The years 1906 and 1909 were
the wettest since the American occu-
patton and 1912 the driest.
The heavy precipitation makes the
rivers Of Panama torrential streams.
f1e. Chagres river has risen twenty
fiTe rae: i, twenty-four hours. During
every sassson the records left BY the
French and kept by the Americans
since their occupation show that this
river discharges enough water to al
the proposed Gatun lake one and one
half times. 1t is not expected that any
lack Of water for the lock type canal
ever will be experienced.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-10-21
Miscellaneous Transfers.

Chas. Olsen to L. L. Leighton.
assignment of chattel mort
mortgage furniture Grays Har-
Dor Bath House at Aberdeen,
executed by Chas. Bealey. -.
J. B. Wilmot to w. F. Congdon,
chattel mortgage horses. wag.
Ons, etc. ................ .....
John Biberger to Hannah Will
son, satisfaction of mortgage
south so feet lot l. and south
SO feet lot 2, block 8. Camp
BELLS addition Hoquiam. .....
F. e. Dudley to Public, declara-
ton Of homestead on south As
feet of north IS feet lots I. 2,
and 4, block 81, Benn's Gen.
trail addition Aberdeen .......
A. F. Chamberlain to Henry Jo-
kipera, contract sale furniture
Same to A. Kaplan, same ......
Same to Mrs. M. F. Smith, same
A. F. Chamberlain to Mrs. L. H.
Sherk, contract sale furniture.
VIM. Jacka & Sons to Oscar
Jamsa. contract sale furniture
Lizzie Eberwein to G. o. Sjol-
seth. mortgage tract land in
northeast part Of neA neA sec
Fl, twp 1S. r 10 ...............
Frank Milward to H. 8. Sack
rider ct ux. satisfaction of
mortgage lot 10, block 10, Pa
cific Beach
John Anderson to Oakville
State Bank, chattel mortgage
horse. etc.
Dollar BARRIERS Supply Co. to
e. T. Lovos, contract sale
barber shop equipment ......
Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. to
Wishkah Boom Co.. agreement
of lease affecting certain por-
lions Of sell nwA, neA nwN
and nwA nwA sec IS at an
nual rental Of ..............
o. J. Engen to Public. affidavit
affecting ~ block 80, West
End addition Aberdeen ......
o. A. Schultz ct al, administrator
to F. E. Dudley ct ux, satisfac-
ton of mortgage ............
]. E. Cheesbrough ct ux to Carl
Gabrielson ct al. mortgage lots
10 and 20, block 80, West End
addition Aberdeen ...........1
Pacific States Savings. Loan &
Building Co. to G. P. Reuter-
ct ux, satisfaction Of mort
Tage part of lots IL and 10,
block IS, Corrected plat Ho-
nulam ..... ....:'.....
Mary r. Reuter- to Martha Sol.
dahl. mortgage northwest 40
feet Of southeast 100 feet lots
~ and 10. block IS. Corrected
Mat Hoquiam ...............
Katherine Witter to 2. M. Nc.
Chez ct ux, release mortgage
lot 10, block IA, Park addition
Hoquiam ................
John Kuehn ct ux to A. T.
Franz, contract to sell lot s.
block 10, North Hoquiam ad.
ditiou Honuiam ..............
J. =. Calder to Public, afhdavit
anecting lot 6, sec 10. twp IL,
.......'...
Jas. Gleason to p. J. Peterson
ct ux. satisfaction Of mortgage
government 8, sec 10. twp II.
H. M. vogdes ct ux to Neither
lands-American Mortgage Bank
mortgage lot 8, sec 10. twp II.
...........,.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-10-21
NOTICE OF THE STOCK HOLDERS
MEETING
To Whom It May Con

To Whom 1t May Concern:
Please take notice that meeting
of the stock holders Of the HoQuiam
sash & Door Company will be held
at the office Of the Hoquiam Sash Z
Door Company in the city Of HoQuiam.
Chehalis County. Washington on Sat.
urday. the 25th day Of October. A.
D.. 1913, at eight o'clock In the even.
ing Of the said day. for the purpose
Of increasing the capital stock Of the
H0Quiam Sash 4 Door Company from
Fifty thousand dollars to one hundred.
fifty thousand dollars.
Dated August %, 1918.
J. A. ACTESON.
w. J. Egerer,
N. G. Hartung.
F.. L. Hartung.
A majority Of the trustees Of the
HoQuiam Sash & Door Company.
First publication. August 20. 1913.
Last publication. October "a. 1913
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-10-21
SUMMONS

SUMMONS
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
State of Washington, in and for
Chehalis County.
Mary Wrinkle, Plaintiff, vs.. Martin
Wrinkle, Defendant.
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON.
To the above named defendant Mar
tin Wrinkle:
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE
OF WASHINGTON. You are hereby
summoned to appear within sixty (60)
days after the date of the first pub
location of this summons, to-wit:
Within sixty (60) days after the 26th
day of September, A. D.. 1913, and
defend the above entitled action in
the court aforesaid, and serve copy
Of your answer or other pleading up
ON the undersigned attorney for plain.
till at his office below stated. and in
case of your failure 80 to do, judg-
ment will be rendered against you
according to the demand of the COM
plant which has been filed with the
clerk Of the above entitled court.
The object of this action 10 to OBJ
on the ground Of abandonment and
non.support, and to obtain decree
awarding Lot nine (9) In Block fifty
three (53) Ontario Addition to the
City Of Hoquiam, and other lands in
the State Of Colorado. to the plain
TIT herein.
A. M. WADE,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
ONCE and Postoffice Address: Aber-
deem, Chehalis County, State OF
Washington. Rooms 10 and II
Wishkah Block.
Date of first publication. September
20. 1913.
nate Of last publication November
TIL, 1918.