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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 20, 1894)
-w \ THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY. JUNE 20. 189k CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS Major's Vetoes Continue to Bo Overriders for Mr. Wiley's Sake. HIS FORCES ARE KEPT WELL IN HAND All IlliU on jicclrlo : Street lighting Uo- Jcctcil , Ilascull HcclHrlngr l > t Lower Figures Arc r.ipccloil Routine Trntnactoil. The accumulated bills of Uio Thomson- Houiton Hlcctrlc Light company , amounting to $15,719.35 , were nuccegsfully railroaded over the veto of the mayor nt the regular meeting of the city council last evening. The Barber Asphalt company was less for tunate , ns It lacked one vote of the number required to pass Its claim over the veto. There was a good sized stack of vetoes to bo disposed of , the most Important of which was that of Mr. Wiley's claim , which was read as follows : I have vetoed six Items In the appropria tion ordinance under vouchers ) , being the Mils of the now Omnha Tliomioii-lloustoii Klectrle Iilirht company for street lighting for the monthH of June , November nnd DC- comber , 1&9.I. nnd for February , March ami May of thlH year , amounting In all to $ lr.- 71035. As all of the councllmen know tlie e bills Were vetoed us they were pained and the vetoes were sustained. It Is now proposed to allow them , as I am Informed , in pursuance of un agreement arrived at between the Thomson-lIoiHton company nnd the council , whereby the Bald com pany Is to reduce the price of Its ll/jhts for the remainder of the contract period , or Jive months , to JIU.SO per annum In confederation - federation of the allowance of these bills. Jly such a reduction the city will save 12,745 during the remaining live months covered by the original contract of the company. In other words. In consideration of the payment of $15,719.35 the city IB to be allowed a reduction amounting to l2iK. When It Is considered that this company has been receiving , during the life of Its two contracts with the city , about double the amount It was really and legally en titled to , the absurdity of such an agree ment IB apparent. The company Is not entitled to this money and It should never receive It. I am satlslled that no court would allow the full amount of this claim nnd I believe that payment of the amount Is practically a gift to the Thomson-Hous ton company. For these reasons nnd others of a similar nature which 1 have enumer ated In my former vetoes of these same blllH , I have vetoed the Items referred to. Mr. Wiley had his forces well In hand and the veto was overruled without debate , Bruncr , Burkley , Calm , Elsasser and Lcnily voting to sustain the mayor. BAHDER NOT SO LUCKY. The following veto of the Barber claim was sustained : I respectfully report that I have vetoed nn item in the general appropriation ordi nance In favor of the Barber Asphalt Pav ing company for the sum of J,2&O.G8 for the reason that this Is a payment and rec ognition of an old claim for street icpalrs claimed to have been done during the year 1831 , nnd that the street repairs for that year were not done In conformity with the contract , and were not done ns re- nulred by the express orders of the Board of Public Works as given from timeto time by the chairman of said board. I believe this claim , before It Is recognized ns valid or entitled to payment , should be passed on by the proper court and the amount that the Barber Asphalt company Is entitled to receive should be determined by a jury. The fact that no action what ever has been taken to collect this .claim or to have the amount due the Barber As- phnlt company for street repairs In , 1S91 determined by a coiirt would Indicate that the contention of Mr. Blrkhalisor , the then chairman of the Board of Public < Works , that the Barber Asphalt company wrfs'not complying with Its contract or with the orders of the Board of Public Works , was well founded. It Is a matter of common knowledge and general notoriety that dur ing the year 1S91V the asphalt streets of Ihs c'.ty of Omaha TV.re n g ected , and holes Without number were allowed to exist. 1 also veto this Item for the reason that the Item ns Inserted In the appropriation ordinance Is In the nature of a settlement and an express recognition of the validity of the clttlm of the Barber Asphalt com pany for the sum of $11,259.08 , which , after crediting the amount proposed to be al lowed by the item vetoed , would leave due the Barber Asphalt company an admitted balance of $12,009. I do not think the council or mayor should make any recogni tion of this claim , and should -not at this time commit the city to the payment of this entire claim , ns Is proposed by the Item an prepared and Insetted In the ap propriation ordinance. The concurrent resolution Instructing the city treasurer to hold the sum of $0,800 In the general fund to reimburse the coal dealers of the city for the license fees which they had paid bcforo the ordinance was declared Illegal by the courts was vetoed by the mayor for the reason that the money paid In had gone to the Board of Education , wlicro tlict dealers should look for their redress. The veto was sus tained. The mayor also vetoed the ordinance granting a franchise for a street and block directory. This was accompanied by a protest signed by several prominent down town business firms , and the veto was sus tained. The April bill of the Thomson-Houston company was passed over the mayor's veto. Similar action was taken with the item In the last 'appropriation ordinance of $000 for the alleged smoke consumers furnished for the city hall by W. S. Hutchlnson ol Chl- CRRO. The plans for the repairing of the Sixteenth street viaduct as submitted by tlio city en gineer , were approved , and the comptroller was directed to advertise for bids on the contract. A bill of $270 for groceries used at the pest house during the smallpox scare was referred for Investigation , as some of the hiembcrs declared that some of the Items were excessive. v , The union depot resolution passed at the mooting of Stunt , Ilnscall and others at the Mercer hotel some time ago was presented for the approbation of the council. It was placed on flic. The city engineer and the chairman of the Board of Public Works were directed to examine the piers of the Tenth street Viaduct and report on their condition. A resolution was adopted setting ntlde $1,000 fcr the use of the Board of Park Commissioners In Improving Florence boule vard and nn equal sum fur the Improvement of the- southeast boulevard leading to River- view psrk. A resolution by Elsasser providing that the city attorney bo instructed to draft an ordinance regulating the prlco of electric lighting for commercial purposes at 25 per cent loia than the rate now being charged was considerately referred to Mr. Wiley's general committee. A resolution ordering the pavement on Tenth street near Howard repaired with wooden block was adopted on recommenda tion of the committee. TO QCT LOWER BIDS. The electric light muss took another In ning when the report of the general com mittee on the bids for the three-year con tracts was presented. The majority report , bearing HascaU'a signature , averred that the Citizens Electric company , which had made a bid of $87.60 per light per year , had no existence. In law , as It had not been In corporated , and Its representatives had re fused to give the committee the names of the gentlemen composing the company. The bid of William llaker of $95 and that of the Thomson-Houston company of $100 werebona fide , but the committee had received assur ance that still lower bids would be forth coming , and recommended that all bids be rejected. The minority report , signed by Cahn and I.cmlcy , recommended the letting of the contract to the Citizens company as the lowest bidder. The majority report was adopted by a vote of 0 to 8 , The following ordinances were passed : Levying special tax to defray cost of abating nuisance under the direction of the Board of H aUh ; levying special tax to defray coat of widening Bancroft street from Tenth to Eleventh streets ; levying tax for lining lots In Clifton Place ; levying sppclal tax for grad ing alley between Cass and California and Twonty-imh and Twenty-sixth streets ; spe cial sidewalk tax ordinance ; amending ordinance dinance- regulating fast driving ; providing for opening Fourth street at right of way of Omaha & Southwestern railway ; chang ing grade of portions of Thirty-third and Dodge streets ; cstablUhlng grade of Woolworth - worth avenue from Thirty-second avenue to Thirty-third street ; establishing grade of Twenty-fifth street from Poppleton avenue to Hickory street ; establishing gradeof Thirty- third street from Davenport to Dodge streets ; tenor district No. 200 ; providing for paving Thlrty-cghth avenue from Dodge to IMvonriort street * ; changing curb lines of Corby street from Fifteenth to Twentieth street and Thirty-eighth avenue from Dodge to Davenport street ; declaring necessity of grading Thirty-fifth street from Farnam to Dodge street. IIAYDII.V KKO.S. Wnsh Ircsi Ooods ami Silk Specials for Wcdncsdny. WASH DRESS QOOD3. The only place In the west where you can find anything like an assortment to pick from. Silk striped zephyr , reduced to 25c yard. 32-Inch wide canton cloth , DC yard. Plain black saline , 5c yard. Fancy printed ncrpcntlne crepe , 15o yard. Light or dark ground challles , 2 > , c yard. Scotch lawn EC yard. Two tables full of remnants of wash dress goods at greatly reduced prices. Tomorrow morning no plnco on sale the biggest bargains in odds nnd ends offered this season. Remnants of plain colored Batlnc , black bcdford cords remnants of black sldo band In ns , remnants of Indigo blue prints , remnants of yard wide half bleached muslin , choice of entire lot at 2',4c yard. Bo on hand at 8 a. m. for these special bar gains , for they will go quick at these prices. SILK SPECIALS. Black India silk , 27 Inches wide , 49c. Cream wash silk , 27 Inches wide , 49c. Cream wash silk , yard wide , 59c. Black India silk , yard wide , 75c. Black moire silk , all silk , 75c. Black twilled India , 27 Inches wide , OSc. New seeded taflcta silks , OSc yard. The latest effects Just received. Black satin rhadzlmcr , 24 Inches wide , OSc. Black duchess satin , 2i Inches wide , S5c. Never buy any silk without getting our prices first. HAYDEN BROS. , Leaders In Silks and Wash Dress Goods. ooit nt Will It liver Stopl ECHO ANSWERS NO ! Not until every dollar's worth of nur mag nificent stock Is sold , cost not considered. Borrow money at 0 per cent nnd Invest It at our retiring from business sale , and make at least 100 per cent on your Investment. You may Just as well save $20 or $30 by buyIng - Ing a carept now. as to wait and pay full price. Everything you buy from us Is good. Wo have no shod"dy. _ If you buy what you don't want , sell It to your neighbor this fall at a profit. Ask anybody If the bargains tiro"not.genuine at our sale. If they don't say "yes , " they don't buy from us. Retiring from business. THE MORSE DRY GOODS CO. , 10th and Farnam street. KBtcemcd Friend. The tlmo has como when the Morse Dry Goods company have determined to retire from business. Their stock is a grand one. Anything that was undesirable , has been sold at their numerous sales during the past year. Now , everything In stock Is fresh and new. If you want for summer and fall use $200.00 worth of dry goods , you can save at least $100.00 by buying them now. This sale Is different from any ever held In Omaha , and while thousands arc profiting by It , we want every one to share In the bar- gains. Retiring from business. - ' -THE MORSE DRY GOODS CO. Woodmen's Incursion mid I'lrnlc. A fine grove , boating , salt water bathing , music , dancing and goodfellowshlp are as surances that the Woodmen of tbo World's outing of 1834 will be a success. Thursday , Juno 21st , has been selected as the data and Burlington Beach , Lincoln as the location. A special train carrying Woodmen , their wives , children , and sweethearts , relatives , friends and the Seventh Ward Military band , will Icavo the union depot at 8:30 : a. m. , reaching Burlington beach about 10. Return- Jng , It will Icavo the beach at 8:30 : p. m. A very low rate $1.10 has been secured. This Includes admission to Burlington beach , as well as the railroad ride of 110 miles. A bazar for the benefit of "The Scandina vian Evangelical Lutheran Bethany School and Young Ladles' Homo , " Thirty-third and Cumlng streets , will be giyon at Patterson's hall , southeast corner Seventeenth and Far nam streets , Thursday afternoon , June 21 , from 1 to 7 o'clock , and the , follow Ing Friday and Saturday evenings from G to 10 p. m. A great variety of fancy work nnd many other useful articles will bosold at reason able prices. Admission 25 cents. Ice cream and cake served free.- All are cordially In vited. , o There are a dozen ways of passing tlmo pleasantly at Burlington beach , Lincoln. You can sail , rldo on a steamer , dance , row , bathe , 1 stcn to the music of the Sev enth Ward Military band or take things ca y In the shady grove that's within a stone's throw of the dancing pavllllon. The Woodmen of the World spend next Thursday at the beah. Better go with them , Tickets cost only$1.10 and the special train leaves at 8:20 : a. m. COLORADO INCURSIONS Vlu Chicago , Hock Island und 1'aclflc Jtiillnay. On June 23 , 24 , July 21 , 22 , Aug. 10 , 11 , The Great Rock Island route will sell excur sion tickets to Denver , Colorado Springs or Pueblo and return for $15.00 ; tickets limited to thirty days for return passage. School teachers nnd others desiring to attend the Colorado bummer school of science , philoso phy and languages , July 5 to 27 , can do so by leaving on the next excursion. The Hock Island Is the only road that can carry you through without change. Free chair cars and Pullman sleepers. Side trips at corre spondingly low rates can bo obtained to Plko's Peak , Garden of the Gods , Royal Gorge , the mineral palace , the smelters at Pueblo , and n hundred other places too nu merous to mention. For rates , sleeping car reservations and any other information call on Charles Kennedy , general northwestern passenger agent , or address 1002 Farnam street. The Heavy lining Of the last few days won't Interfere with the Woodmen of the World's excursion to Burllngtgn Beach on Thursday , the 21st. Special train leaves the Union depot at 8:30 : a. m. , and tickets cost $1.10 only. Tliu 1'ulrli'H' CiirnUiil. "Can I sell you n ticket to the Fairies' Carnival ? " asked a bright and beautiful little girl of 7 of the writer as ho was smoking a cigar after dinner one evening during the past week. "Well , little one , tell mo all about It and then we will see about the tickets afterwaid. " Her blue eyes sparkled as she replied : "Oh ! there ore lots of us children In It , hundreds of them. Wo have the funniest costumes you ever saw , butterflies , grasshoppers , fairies , guards , frogs , Ice , sprites and lots of things of that sort. And \\hen COO of us como out and whirl about In the butterflies dance you never saw anything so pretty In all your life. Now , please , sir , won't you buy some tickets for your family ? " But wo were not yet fully satisfied , so wo asked the little girl what was to ho done with the money. "Tho ladles asked us to do this. You know the ladles ? They ore the Women's Chris tian association ladles and the Young Woman's Christian association young ladles. They asked us to help them to gel some money which they needed to help them out and we said we would. " The entertainment will bo given In the Fifteenth Street theater Wednesday , Thursday nnd Friday evenings , Juno 27 , 28 and 29 , with a matinee Saturday afternoon , Juno 30. Kxcurnlon Itatcs East. For full Information Concerning summer excursions call at the Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul ticket offlco. 1604 Farnam street , or address p. A. NASH , General Agent. Taken to the l' < n. Sheriff Drexel went to Lincoln yesterday , taking with him Hick Smith and Frank Webber booked for ten years each In the pen. \ Smith waft convicted of shooting with Intent to kill , \vhllo Webber tried to rob a num ber of the residents In Walnut Hill , but was run to earth and captured by a woman. A Ollmp o of Fulrylnnd. What form of entertainment appeals to strongly to the public OR those In which the children predominate ? Who docs not love to hear their fresh , childish voices in song ? And when an entertainment Is offered that contains a beautiful fairy story , enhanced with bright , pretty music , elaborate scenery , costumed as the dainty dwellers of fairyland are supposed to be , with all the trappings and finery that Is supposed to be worn In that mystic realm , then old hearts grow young again , and In spite of ourselves we show the enthusiasm of the youngsters and enter Into the thing with nil the zest of our youth. And It Is a good thing for us , too. No memories are so sweet as those by-gone days of childhood. So let us lend a helping hand to make the "Fairies' Car nival" a grand success next week. The en tertainment Is to bo a superior one In every way. There will be myriads of pretty fairies , a host of dainty little butterflies of every hue , graceful , stately sprites of the realm of Ice , the quaint gnomes of the forest , the royal guards of Prlnco Oberon , funny , grotesque frogs , grasshoppers , crickets , etc. Puck , the mischief maker , the Jester of the fairy court , and Moth , the despised miller , whom the pretty butterflies disown , will bo Important figures In the story. While Tltanla , the queen of the fairies , Alrle , the queen of the butterflies , and Tzolma , the queen of the realm of Ice , will each have Important parts. Prlnco Oberon will parade his royal hunters and get hla queen In deep trouble ; old Jack Frost will have a hand In the story , and but It Is quite Impossible to describe this dainty , airy creation. It must be seen to be appreciated. It has delighted many , many thousands cast and West , It Is billlt upon different lines frc/m any Juvenile production we have ever heard of. There Is a certain crlspncss In the dialogue , a breezy rush In Its action , a certain dash of ginger and "go" to it that precludes the possibility of any one getting wearied during the per formance. Wo ascertained all this by frequent visits at the rehearsals. And It is quite a wonderful thing to see how so elaborate an entertainment | s pre pared when done by skilled hands. There Is no excitement In the preliminary work. It Is a quiet Jog the children take. Every thing is rehearsed In fragments , so to speak. But today all Is bustle at the Fifteenth Street theater , where this beautiful affair Is being put together for the first time. The orchestra Is there , the stage hands are bus tling , Mr. Thomas Kelly Is wielding his baton In a manner that shows how confident he Is of the children he has been so ardu ously drilling In solo and chorus for some three weeks past ; Prof. Chambers , lithe nnd alert , Is watching with satisfaction the graceful evolution of every chorus that comes swinging on the stage at the proper time ; and predominating all , with n mas terly command , Is J. Edgar Owens , the cre ator of this charming operetta. Mr. Owens has had years of experience In this work. He has brought the matter of big produc tions down to a system a science. He also appears as Ugllo , the ogre , the "bogle man" of the play , and his great size eminently fits him for the character. But we might go on to a length of descriptions that lack of space would not permit of our giving. Suffice it to say that the Women's Christian associ ation and the Young Women's Christian as sociation will have much to be proud of In this production. It Is a light , airy en tertainment , well suited to this season of the year , and If they do not largely Increase their exchequer next week It will be the fault of the public's falling to appreciate one of the prettiest entertainments ever given in Omaha. But we are confident that there will be no failure on the part of the public to fill the Fifteenth Street theater to overflowing at every performance. It Is to be hoped "that the parents of children who are not participants will not fail to take them to the grand matinee , Saturday''after ' noon. It Is given In order that every .child In Omaha can take a trip to fairyland at a low rate of admission. We hear that any child under 12 years ofage can occupy a seat In any part of the house at this matinee for 25 cents. ' 'The evening prices are the same for , children as ; for adults , 50 and 75 cents. The sale of-sea\s \ .will open Monday morning * at the box olflce of the theater and there will bo a great rush for them. Von Will -Miss u 1 rent If you are not at Burlington Beach on Thursday , the 21st. The tWoodmen of the World will be there in full force. Special train leaves the Union depot at 8:30 : a. m. , and tickets cost $1.10 only. Don't Jnmglno You can't afford to attend the Woodmen of the World's excursion and picnic at Burling ton Beach on Thursday , the 21st. The fact is , you can't afford to stay away. Special excursion train leaves the Union depot at 8:30 : a. m. , and tickets cost $1.10 only. Going East Today ? Your cholco of four daily trains on th& Chicago & Northwestern railway. Two of these trains at 4:05 : p. m. and C:30 : p. m. . are vestlbuled and limited , arriving In Chi. cage early next morning. Elite sleeprs , dining cars and the latest reclining chair cars. Call at the city ofllce , 1401 Farnam street. The Northwestern checks your trunk at your house. _ Seen th3 animals at' Courtland beach ? At 10:30 : o'clock last night a lamp , upset ting In a room occupied by H. P. Graham , 315 South Tenth street , caused a small fire. The loss Is nominal. Ezra Beeman pleaded guilty to the charge of selling liquor without a government li cense In the federal court yesterday , and Judge Dundy lined him $25 and costs. Deputy United States Marshal Coble ar rived in the city yesterday from Boyd county , having In charge F. J. Lopatch , who Is charged with selling liquor , to Indians. John Wood nnd John Robinson , waiter. ' , engaged.In a fight at Fourteenth and Dodge streets yesterday afternoon. .Both were ar rested bcforqferlous "Injury was Inflicted on either. . * , _ Frank Hollls was arrcUed last night on sus picion of having pased some forged checks. There Is no complaining witness as yet. Ilol- Ils sayj he Is perfectly Innocent , and thinks his Incarceration Is unjust In the extreme. The students of Crelghton college will pre sent at Boyd's theater on Friday evening , June 29 , a drama entitled ' 'JElma , the Last of the Saronldl. " This play has bqen given at the college , but Is to be "reproduced by request. The proceeds wll | be given to the pcor. The price of admission will bo 25 cents. The Young Women's Christian association could not have chosen a prettier place for the giving of a strawberry social than the rotunda of the Bee building , and could hardly have expected more generous patronage than that accorded last evening. The proceeds were very gratifying , the net proceeds being larger from the fact that the berries were donated by the Stearns Fruit nnd Land com pany. The social will bo repeated today , tomorrow and Friday , noon and evening , "The Fairies' Carnival'1 bids fair to rival any Juvenile entertainment over given In Omuha. The rehearsals are going on In the most satisfactory manner. There will be a world of novel features. The Women's Christian association and the Young Women's Christian association are leaving no stona unturned to moke It the event of the mid summer. Do not neglect buying a ticket It It Is offered to you. It will help two noble organizations and add to your own pleasure. The costumes , scenery and effects will bo of a high order , the music tuneful and the j whole entertainment the best juvenile affair ever attempted here. nifpr' fnrf T T T / TIIAT ttnio RICGE OM ELECTRON SIS Action of Elcctria Currents on Water and Qas Pipes is Explained , WHV AND HOVOESTRUCTION IS WROUGHT Jtcstilts of Jvirmrlmcnts In * the District In Onnilin Mont Affected Success of Jtcmcdlnf Measures In Hetcrnl Cities of the Country. Father Illggo gave an Interesting lecture last night at Crelghton college on "Elec trolysis. " The lecture was given at the re quest of the Young Men's Institute , and was listened to by about 200 people. It was Illustrated with various electrical experi ments , showing Induction and conduction of electricity , and with pipes that had been eaten by electricity In the city. Father Rlgge spoke substantially as follows : Brass and Iron have long been consid ered Indestructible. But of late it has been found that the rails under heavy construc tion trains have collapsed. This has been caused by a minute Insect eating the Iron away. Later still , with the Introduction of the ejectrlc motor , our water and gas pipes have'been attacked. Both city officials and motor companies are Interested In the re moval of this evil. There Is no difficulty from an arc light plant because Its alternate currents prevent any. Trouble arises , however , from a motor line , where a direct current leaves the i > ewer house on a trolley , runs through the wheels to the rails and Is expected to return by these to the dynamo. It could return If the rails were Insulated. But they offer so much resistance on account of rust , bolts , etc. , that the current leaks Into the ground wherever It Is moist. Some electricity Is thus lost. This finds Its way either Inductively or con- ductlvely to the water or gas pipes and elec trically disturbs them. To what extent de. pcnds upon the condition and material of the pipes. If we have two pipes of the sama material , but one rusted or covered with a coat of paint , we have In reality two metals , and a moist ground will complete a battery. Electrolysis Is the theory of corrosion. There were on Nicholas street two pipes ono an iron gas pipe , the other a lead water pipe both close together and parallel. After five years' service the lead pipe had to be taken up because It was corroded. H was replaced by a galvanized iron pipe , but this had to be taken up at the end of three mouths on account of corrosion. When these pipes became excited by the waste of elec. trlcity , being two metals in a moist ground , they formed a battery. When the electricity leaves a positive pipe , which is generally the larger one , It cats Into It and carries parts of the metal to the negative pipe. This eating away forms spots which become larger nnd larger and finally so weaken the pipe that it cannot stand the pressure within. Electrolysis Is going on at a fearful rate between the two power houses on Nicholas street. This district Is com prised in a radius of 2,000 feet , extending from Lake to Burt streets and from Sixteenth to Twenty-fourth , streets. In this district some pipes show a current able to heat a thick wire so that it could not bo held in the hand. hand.WHAT WHAT EXPERIMENTS SHOW. In order to show that electrolysis Is not the eftest of salts of the earth , ammonia , hydrochloric dro-chloric acid or alkali , but of electrical action , I hive experimented on pieces o ( cast Iron. I attached ono to the positive pole of a battery of small voltage and placed another near1 and parallel to It. In two weeks the last Vv-as eaten .out. I placed another Iccc In ground perfectly soaked with ammonia and other acids and salts , I took out the Iron perfectly 'smooth , .except from rust. Therefore'electrdlysls was produced by elec trical action. 'The acids will desiderate metals only In a smooth process and not In pitting. Positive.- pipes , , which are usually the larger ? -wllla always be- attacked , while the negative ones are always smooth and little attacked. One locality of ground Is often more highly excited than another. In the district named above spots of greater or less extent have been picked out on pipes by the current and are finally eaten out In the sha'pe of small nodules. These nodules are remarkably light , giving a very light specific gravity. This Is some fraction over 2 , while that of cast Iron Is 7 to 8. What has become of this Iron ? The street represents a great platting bat tery from the water mains through the moist ground to the smaller gas pipes. The electricity will flow from the positive to the negatlvo pole and will carry pieces of metal from one to the other or scatter them on the way. The nodules , deprived of their Iron , still retain their shape , but are com posed chiefly of carbon , graphite , silica , manganese , sulphur and phosphorus. An analysis of the earth in the immediate vicinity shows that it contains as much Iron as the nodules lost. Different nodules retain different percentages of iron. Some are almost pure graphite. The chemical composition depends on the Intensity and length of the electrical action. But whence does the silica and carbon come ? A strong main current passes from the positive to the negative poles , but a weaker current also runs from the negative to the positive pole. Both carry materials. The first carries pieces of Iron from the one polo to the other or scatters them on the way. The second current can do nothing clso than pick up silica from the'sandy soli through which It passes nnd carry It to the nodule. To account for the carbon Is more diffi cult on account of a lack of sufficient , data. Tlio following explanation Is suggested : The current Is more active where It Is going to leak. This causes the carbon and graphite In the Iron to flow toward that point and combine together under the great heat. This appears to be a good explanation , but why may It not bo traced to the molding ? The molds are lined with charcoal. When the Iron Is poured Into them It breaks off some , and this forms a lump , .and this lump consequently quently contains a larger amount of carbon. What Is the remedy for electrolysis ? It Is suggested that the trolley be reversed from positive to negative , making an alternative current , but this Is not safe or feasible. In sulation of pipes by paint , asphalt or coverIng - Ing has been tried , but Is too expensive. To be successful the whole line must be In sulated. In Boston , copper plates have been sunk In the ground , but this Is too expensive. The most practical plan Is to unite the rails with one Inch wire wherever the moist ground threatens to eat the electricity. There must be good connection between the rails and the dynamo In the power house. All pipes In the danger district should bo con nected with the rails. This has been tried and the evil much reduced. In Brooklyn rails have becnunade sixty or even 100 feet In length and 'electrically ' welded together. Changes of temperature In summer and win ter do not contract or expand them. Ex perience shows' ' that they become wider or thicker. The double trolley system overhead has been generally abandoned on account of dif ficulties of construction. The double under ground trolley system has given satisfaction In Chicago and Washington. It has saved 20 or 30 per cent ) la power. See La Rose Bros , at Courtland beach. JUKI ) , Notice of five lines or less under this head , fitt ? cents ; each additional line , ten cents. GALLAGHER Amanda , at 5:30 : p. m. Tuesday , June 19 , Iffll. aged 35 years , at her late residence , 101 South Twenty-ninth Direct. Funeral notice later. Awarded Highest Honors-World's Fair. PRICE'S Baking Powder : The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia ; No Alum. Used in Millions of Homes do Years the Standard. " 'ANIMAL EXTRACTS Prepared according to the formula of DR. WM. A , HAMMOND , In Ms laboratory at Wanlitngton , D. C. CfcftBtmiNR. from the hrnln. for diseases of thi > tiniln nnd nervous system. MHDUM.INH , form the tplnnl cord , for dl sense * of the cord. ( Uicomotor-Alnxln , etc. ) CAtlDINU , from the hcnrt , for dlvnies of lhi > lienrt. THSTIND , from the tcstes , * T dlsensos of the tcstes. ( Atrophy of the orgnns , sterility , etc. ) OVARINC , from the ovaries , for diseases of llio ovnrles. MU8CULINK , thyrodlnc. etc. Dose , Five Dropsj Price (2 ( drnchms ) , $2,50. The physloloRlcnl effects produced by n. sin * pic done of L'lMtnniUNi : nro accelcrntlnn of the pulse with feeling of fullness nnd deten tion In the hend. exldlerntlon of spirits. Increas ed urltmry excretion , niigmcntntlon of expul sive force of the bladder nnd peristaltic action of the Intestines , Increase In muscular strenKlli and endurance , Increased power of Mslon In elderly people , and Increased appetite nnd di gestive power. 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We will let to the lowest and best bidder the moving of five thousand and clchty-ono (5,11) ( ) yards of dirt on Telephone road , six miles south of Dcnleoa It WuahlnKton township , Crawford county , Iowa , i'lats of the road can bo seen at the auditor's olllcu or ut the resi dence of J. II. Hiiyes In Washington town ship. All I JB to bo sealed und left with the county auditor and will bo opened on Haturday , Juno 23 , 181M. Contractor to give bond of IWo hundred dollars ( { MO.OO ) for the fpltrful performance of the work. Con tract to l/ finished by September IS , 16'J ) , and thu same will be paid for when com pleted. A relevel will be taken of the grade when don * . We reserva the rlijht to reject any und J > bids If thought too hluh. J. H. HAYEt CHRISTIAN HAUMKIST . JOHN HOFFEUT. J13 mSt A damage suit for $6.50 , wherein - in a cow was defendant and the late Ben Butler plaintiff 35 years ago is still ringing m the ears of the profession. 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