The Irish standard., 1914-05-09
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ere past the premises they again take
to the sidewalk. The sight was so
rovel that I went back to the hotel
and got my camera, and with the as
ststance of shilling tip to one of
the old fellows carrying banner, sue
cneded In getting a photograph. A
young man with papers in his hand, a
member of the BARRIERS Union, dis
tributed dodgers to the public in
which full details of the controversy
are given. The young man informed
me that Ferguson refused to pay
more than 81 shillings ($5.25) per
week, and each man was laid off one
day every week, for which 4 shilings
were deducted. leaving the weekly
wage OF these men only II shillings.
or about $4.25 in American money.
The BARRIERS in other shops receive
80 shillings (s7.5O) a week.
The city government of Dublin is
very much like that of London. The
lord mayor is second in Official rank
to the lord lieutenant, and within the
city limits takes precedence of every
body except that official, the royal
family and various ambassadors. His
salary is $4,000 year and he has
beautiful residence to live in. It is
situated on Dawson street near Stew
ems green and is surrounded by beau
tiful gardens. In olden times the
lord mayor was man of wealth and
entertained like prince. OF late
years this has all been changed, as
several men Of small means have
been elected to the office. A few
years ago Mr.. G. P. Nanetti, son of
an italian artist. who came to Dub
lin to engage in his profession. was
elected lord mayor. Mr.. Nanetti, of
course. was born in Dublin and edu-
Gated in the national schools and
learned his trade as printer in the
office of the Freeman's Journal, and
later became foreman of the compos-
ing room. He was always leading
trade unionist in the city and I am
informed it was his activity in this
direction which resulted in his cleo
ton as lord mayor.
The city owns it's electric light
plant and great progress has been
made in its development. The plant
was started few years ago in q
small way at what is known as Pig
con House Forte in a building which
was formerly a barracks for the SOL
diers. The accompanying photo
graph shows the plant in the back
ground. while the sewerage purifica-
ton works, or what they call in Dub
lin the outfall works, is in the fore
ground. The electric light plant is
the greatest piece of patchwork of
its kind to be found anywhere. There
are about twelve or fourteen units in
operation at the present time, but no
two of them are alike. The boiler
plant has at least four different
makes of boilers. All this has been
the result of the rapid growth OF
the electric department and the con-
stantly increasing demand for cleo
trio current throughout the city.
"A year or two ago the city decid-
ed to remodel the entire power plant.
This is the commencement of what
will in a short time be one of the
most up-to-date power stations to be
found anywhere. One 5,000-k. W.
unit has already been installed, with
an up-to-date installation of Babcock
and Wilcox boilers. together with the
necessary auxiliaries. This new unit
is to be repeated each year until all
the old equipment is discarded. The
following are the rates charged for
electric current by the city of Dub
lin:
Rates for Lighting.
Price
per unit
Private residences or church
oS
Hotels and clubs, or restau-
rants with clubs attached;
ordinary licensed houses;
shops which are fully open
until IL o'clock at night
throughout the week; hospi-
tails; concert or meeting
halls; churches combined
with meeting halls or pres.
byteries .................. 3hd
Shops of all classes other than
those mentioner already,
open regularly PM. AID
For all other shops ......... AID
Theaters or other places of en-
tertainment working on
similar conditions of use. =. 3 d
Factories. public institutions.
stores, shops combined
with workrooms, or similar
establishments:
(a) Using over $4,000
units per annum. $500. 3 d
co. Using over 10000
units per annum. ..... SID
(c) Using not less than
5000 units per annum 3hd
(d) Using more than
1000 units. but less