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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 1906)
THE OMAHA RUXPAV BEE: OCTOBER 21. lOOfi. X HMELY REAL ESTATE TALK Union TuiEo Eeidq-nrun 8ite Still a Subject for f ntenation. I SPZCUUTION AS TO WHAT MIGHT BE Rumors nf Other Selections and Ad. riltlonnl Heals Involving Other Corners and Some I'tnrr Fls res for Property. ' John U. McCague of the McCague In vestment company, which engineered tha dfal for the Vnlon Pacific In the purchase rr Itn new building site, sayr there la no foundation for the rjmor that the rail road has made advances to the Odd Fel low and the Workmen looking toward tha acquirement of their property on Four teenth atreet.' between t)ndge and Capitol avenue. General Manager Mohler of tha I'tilon Pnclfie ha made the positive pub lic statement that the company haa all the ground It wanta for the headquarter. Tlie fact remalna that someone hna been try in to get the two fraternal organiza tlon. to name a price on their property. Some Interested folks think that certain rr. rata to agents have sought to get a lnw price named In the hope that they could offer the properly to the railroad company at a figure which might prove attractive. It may be that some agent la trying to get an option and has soma project in mind by which he can sell tha property elsewhere at a profit. More or lesa speculation of this sort always; follows In tha wake of a big transaction. While the Union Taclflc ofldaln :,iRlet that their site at Fifteenth and Drfdfte treeta la aa good as they want, being near the center of convergence of the vnrl- oua car llnea, there are many who yet sny j It la an unwise thing to place u fine Urge) building In the midst of the surrounding Of that neighborhood. They Bay it should , be farther west. Somo actually believe I hat the reont action of the Union Pacific . la a clever ruse to throw property holders eff their guard In order that they may be Induced to give options at a reasonable flgvira on property farther to the west. To support thla argument they say they have made an Investigation and have found that pot a dollar of Union Pacific money haa yet been advanced on the Dodge street property. They know that the McCague Investment company has advanced money, but they think It likely this concern wanta the property for some client other than the railroad company. The south half of the block north of Potlglaa street, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets, and the south half of the block Immediately west are two sites, either of which the UrWon Pacific would have been glad to get could It have had the- property at what It considered a rea sonable figure. Some attempt was made to tret these corners for the company, but , without success. The lota In the first men tioned block are In order from the corner of Seventeenth and Douglas west, owned by Mm Robert Fink, Lillian M. Jacobs, M. W. Kennard and A. J. Hanscom. In the other block the two west lots are owned by Virginia Hanscom, the north half f the two east lota by M. C. Cuming and the south half by Virginia Hanscom. One .-real estate man saya with assurance he Ibelleves the Union Pacific still has hope of gettUtg xne of these sites. Had the Union Pacific eard nothing how much It paid for a site It miilbt have had the fine property at th southeast corner of Sixteenth and larney street. This Is i.2 feet n Sixteenth nd ninety-nine feet on 'Harney, .but the owners are said to ask $364,000 for It, or S3.00O. a front foot, for a property only xtlnety-nlne feet In depth. This Is a large dim compared with something like J)0,ono lor the property at Fifteenth and Dodge. The neighborhood of the Field club haa jiad a rapid development thla aummec About fifteen new house have been built or are In course of construction east and northeast of the olub grounds and about twenty more are tn prospect. Sidewalks on th south side of Woolwor'.h avenue from Thirty-second avenue west to the olub ar said to be assured for thU fail and work on a sewer system for the dis trict Is under way. Among the houses Which are being built are those of Mux Helchenberg, Judge Day, F. W. Judcop, Jl. Yf. Bcrlbner and Ed P. Smith. Among other who have planued-residences are ave O'Brien, John M. Guild, Guy Pruit, JB. A. Hinrlchs, F. 8. Knipp, W. A. De Bord, Will Palmatler, Ha.Ty Steel and Mr. Fetters. Perhap the largest gift of real estate In th history of Omaha was made by Count John A. Crelghton to Crelghton college last week. It consisted of th Crelghton warehouae at Tentn ana Jones streets, occupied by the John Deer Plow company, and the bl new warehouae at JJlnth and Howard streets,, to be occu pied soon by Byrne Hammer, wholesale dry goods merchants. The value of the property approaches $400,000. T. A. Putnam haa purchased from Wil liam Mulhall the residence property at JN4 Vopplefon avenue, the price being $3,000. Sho-not Invis Pat. Pending Double Vision Don't wear ugly two focale. We are Exclusive makers of this new type of double vision len. They are ground from one single piece of glass no cement to flake or ugly Hues to blur the vision. Drop in and let ub Mshow you" the "Sho-not" Pa. Pending Dflightful results are obtained from our "ToM-cunr." (The curve Pat. Pending around the eyy.) If you are interested in your eyes ask u-i about these If nsea. Huteson Optical Co. Agent for Eastman Kodak Co. Factory an th Premises. Setela if needed. $1.00 up. 213 SOUTH I6TH ST. LONDON OMAHA SEATTLE Homes That Add G really to ... ' . f -in i ii in ii man niIDENC19 Of M8. DOl'OH ERTT, THIRTY-NINTH AND DEWEY Mr. Putnam has also bought from Mr. Mulhall an c'ght-acre tract, fronting on Military avenue, near Fifty-second atreet. '. i,iri..ie pr'ce of the latter la not B.vcn, u ii. i.i i i ii ;! sum being named. - l':t(o!i his tiken a position as "'""f" "he rental department of tho r' l-rU flrm "f. Misting 4 Hey den. " mursaay morning con tallied a cut of the rew three-story atore and office structure which Herman Cohn will build next spring oh the east side of Sixteenth street between Capitol avenue and Davenport street. The foundation and walla will be built strong, with the Idea of ultimately adding two stories. This structure wilt extend the entire block and will add largely to the good appearance of North sixteenth street. Soon after New Year'a the work of tearing down the old buildings on the site will be begun. The fashionable apartment house at Sherman and Madison avenues, known aa the Sherman flats, has been sold to Mr. Hahne, a capitalist of central Iowa, for $45,000. This Is another evidence that out- aiae capital seeKlng Investment finds a promising field In Omaha real estate. The largest sale of residence property last week was that of the Evans home at Thirty-third and Farnam afreets to Richard 8. Hall for a little less than $40,000. Mrs. Evans and her niece con template a trip abroad and will give pos session November 1. Sir Horace Plunkett, an Englishman who has extensive realty Interests In Omaha will be in the city about the mid dle of December. He will then make a decision aa to whether he will build a duplicate of the Chatham bachelors' apartment house on the lot Just north of the latter at Thirteenth and Dodge atreets. Tenth atreet will have even a more metropolitan appearance when Its pro jected buildings are completed. The last plans announced are for the addition of three stories to the Sattley five-story building at Tenth and Jones streets and the contract has been let for its con struction. The giant Pari In. Orendorff ic Martin warehouse Immediately adjoining the Sattley structure la entirely under cover. Across the street Paxton & Gal lagher expect to erect an eight-story, 132-foot square building next year. A siftflig out haa been made of the atockholders In the Real Estate Exchange Building company, who did not feel ready to advance their share of the money nec essary to erect a building, and now Fred D. Wead and men outside the exchange hold the controlling Interest. They prom ise the construction of a two-story build ing soon at the southwest corner of Eighteenth and Farnam atreets and bids have already been taken. J. H. Duinont & Son report the sale this week of SJO acres Improved land near Lin coln by Howard H. Baldrlge to W. F. Dale of York, Neb., at $52.60 per acre. . Births aad Deaths. The following births and deaths were reported to the Board of Health during the twenty-four hours ending Saturday noon: Births John Gorauch, 8610 North Thir tieth, boy; C. Mannweller, 80O4 Pinkey, if til ; Joseph Steyskal, 1711 South Eighth, girl. Deathe Lovd Gordon, Fourteenth and Capitol avenue, 11; Ida Young. Sub North Eighteenth, &!; Vernon O. Ford, Rawnns, Wyo, 80; Mrs. Catherine Dove. Lost Cabin, Wiu, S7; Richard R. Ixwe, San Fran cisco, 6; Harold W. Smith, S824 Twenuy fourth, i montha; Roy McKlnney, Twen tieth and Otiio, t months. ible Lenses F iece bi- II arm TROUBLES OF STRICKEN CITY Ipidemio of Hirh Crimei and Terrorism in Eai FrtDcitco. POLICE AND COURTS HELD RESPONSIBLE Rapid Settlement of Insurance Claim Refnaeea Redeem Their Promlaea RehnlMlna; Chinatown on OM Kite. San Francisco's troubles hare broken out In a new quarter. An epidemic of crime prevails In the city and In Oakland, railing forth extraordinary efforts to protect life and property. Highway robbery la com mon In daylight as well aa nighttime, with the accompaniments of murdpr, garrotlng and aseaulta. Since August 1 a total of seventy-four crimes were reported. Of thu number eleven were murders, twenty-eight highway robberies and ten burglaries. "The reign of terror," says the an Fran cifco Chronicle, "calls for an uprising of the people. The city Is Infested with known criminals who do not work, but are well supplied with money. Brutal robber ies occur in broad daylight and In crowded streeu. Villainous faces are everywhere in evidence. Neither man nor woman feels safe out of dooTS after dark. Thoy hardly feel safe at their own firesides." Roastlnar the Judaea. Francis J. Heney, the prosecutor of the Or-gon land fraud ring. Is out In an open letter to the press on the disgraceful state of affairs existing In the stricken city. He says over his own signature: "Under the deplorable conditions exist ing today irt. our Ill-fated city. It becomes the duty 'of every man to protect his mother, wife and sisters by doing his ut most to elect Judges who will put a i-top to the carnival of crime now prevailing In our midst, so that It wilt at least be safe for women to remain at home In the daytime and to walk upon our public streets tn open daylight, even In the out lying districts of the city. "Judges, like Caesar's wife, should be above suspicion, and any man occupying a judicial position who so conducts him self as to lose the confidence, of the mem bers of the bar generally, and cause them to suspect his Integrity, ought to be kept from further defiling the bench. A man must be Judged by the company he keeps, and when we find Superior Judge Cook and Police Judges Conlan afid Morgan supported by every gambler on Fillmore street and every professional crook and keeper of divea, we should atop and In quire why It Is. "If they conducted their criminal courts In the Interest of good government and at all times endeavored to voice the law, they would Inevitably have Incurred the enmity and opposition of the victous and criminal element. Instead of arousing the support of such people. We cannot ex pect to control crime In our city unless we elect judges who are anxious to se cure the respect and confidence of the de cent element In the community, rather than the friendship of the vicious and depraved." Vigils ace Committee. " An attempt was made last Saturday to organize a vigilance committee patterned after the famous organisation which res cued San FraL clsco I rum the clutches of outlaws In the early days. Unfortunately the Initiative was a public meeting which the authorities succeeded in dividing into factions. Less public methods are now being pursued, giviug assurances v of effective work. The police force seems to be ut terly helpless. In fact the force Is charged with standing in with criminals and profiting by crime. That there U basis for the cnarge Is shown by the ar rest of a policeman In the act of rifling tha pockets of a loan who was about to undergo an operation In the police emer gency hospital. A specimen of the character of the high waymen infesting the bay cities Is fur nished by the deeds of the gang's premier at Oakland. This daredevil shot a patrol man and a motorman, gallantly klsatd women who had no other tribute to offer, joked with his victims before murdering them, and nonchalantly rolled cigarettes beside their DoOles. lie has not been cap tured. Paying: lnsaranee Claims. Forty-five of the HO odd Insurance com panies Involved In the San FramlHco dis aster had by the first of this month paid an aggregate of ?98,tK5,40O on their losses there. Several of the larger companies aid not Included In the list, so that the actual payments to date consktf tbly exceed 1(. OuO.OW, and this Is not the end of the dis bursements. San Francisco has thus al ready received more than double the total amount of iusurance paid to Chicago on account of the great nre of 1S71.- The Golden Gate city certainly has no reason to complain of the general character of Its Insurance protection. The number of com panies which have "fallen down" on their contracts there Is not to be mentioned be side the array of those which toppled over under the Chicago blow. Promlaea FalnlW. During the first four pr five days after the San Franclaco Arc, when many people could get' no money from the banks, a great number went to the railroad officials for tlcke's to points north, caet, south and west, and both in and out of the state. They Insisted upon paying eventually, but had nothing to give at that tlm, but their written promises to pay as soon aa they could reach their destinations. The of ficials took there promises to pay to an amount aggiegatlng fsn.oco from nearly l.Ooft person. It Is announced that within five months nf the disaster no less than $S3.Wt. or rlnf-tenths of the full amount, lias been paid by remittances from th the Sum of 1 : c AVENfE. ON SOUTH refugees to whom credit had been ex tended. Much of this came from grateful sufferers who had not even been asked to sign a promise to pay. Bark to the Cable Car. The cable car, which ao Impressed Kip ling wbrn he visited San Francisco, once more will move over the steep hills of tho city. This has been announced by Thorn well Mullaily of the United railroads. The officials of the United railroaos have been trying for some time to devise a way to get the cars over the steep hills of the city by means of electricity, and have at laet given the Idea up and have decided to go back to the cable cars on the worst bills. On the Powell street hill and some of the hills In the Western addition the cable will be used to pull the cars over the steep grades. Numerous plans have been suggested to do away with the cable car, but all of them have proved Impracticable. It has- bren proposed to make a great cut In the Pow ell street hill and reduce the grades so that the cars could ascend. The cross lines would in that case run over bridges and viaducts would be built for the pedestrians. This scheme has been given up and it has been thought best to go back to the old method. It is with the greatest reluctance that the officials of the United railroads have decided to go back to the cable, as they had hoped to have all the cars In the clly operated by means of electricity. Tha lines that will be used for coble cars are In fair condition and will not be rehabilitated, but will be put In commission with the neces sary repairs, and the old cable cars again I will come Into service. Rehnlldlna; Chinatown. There will be no really new' Chinatown. That Is a settled fact. All the plana for the Improvement of the section known i to old San Francisco as the real China town have gone awry. There will be no oriental city. That has bn forgotten long ago In the desire of the celestials to get back to their old stamping ground. Thirty-nine Chinese own property within the old section. They are the In dividual owners, and, in addition, 1 26 men from the orient hold land leases on tho property In the quarter. All of these are ready to build. From the board of public worka forty three permits have been obtained, and all for buildings that do not In uny .way comply with plans laid out either for the furtherance of the Burnham proposi tion or for the new celestial city. Some are shacks, some are two-story frame buildings and some are of the class B kind, but there is not a class A building even contemplated within the boundaries of the old Chinatown. But they are building, nevertheless, and have In addition formed their own fire department and police protection. Tho Chinese are not going to take any chance on another conflagration In their com munity which they claim as their very own because of real ownership. The plans for the new Chinatown are elaborate. Inasmuch as many of the old families are co-operating In the work nf upbuilding, and are entirely ignoring the proposed plana for the people who would try to make the quarter a model town. Both the Lee and Wong families, and they are the most Influential In Chinatown. Intend to erect their Josa houses on the old sites. Waverly place haa always been their home and the plans for the richest Joss palaces on the Pacific coast In that locality have had the sanction of tho governing bodies. INDIANS SUE UNCLE SAM Members of Sae and Fox Tribes File Claim for Annuities from 'government. Phillip Solomon, Maggie I-aFever, Frank Murphy, Louis Murphy, refer Murphy and Thomas Murphy have brought suit in the ; mann they employ in putting up a aky- J time to time; comply with all laws regard United States circuit court against the ,cra or buiwln. a brldg(.. They .re tg hour, of labor, character of emploves. United State, of America, petitioning that Mked , uo Thry have the etc.; employ night shifts. He. a, order d .oU"nuS f tHC tOT COnt""-t "V .he chief engineer; assume Nihility Indian tribes coming hey are qu.rTer- ! the amount uf " linal eo8t Bt "r injuries to employe,; use no materia!, breed Indian.' o Ihose ,X. and are n- they offer to undertake th. work. : disapproved of by the chief engineer, and . . . ..... f nripr such atrreement the commission ru.rfr.i, n .i.a ..t.. .i - .. titled to the annuities ana allotments. which Is denied them by the United States. '"""" f '""""" I ougn ana workmanlike manner." Without The petition alleges that the plaintiffs are ! an' ,ae' "quire greater or less work, or t the consent of the commission he sl a!l not decendants of Daniel L. Solomon and Mar- j material, or quality, and still maintain the : .ublet, assign or transfer any part of the garct Solomon, who was afterward Mar- mutual understanding requisite aa a work- j work, and he shall be responsible for garet Murphy, having marled one James Ing basis for progress. The successful con- : damages to completed work If such dam Murphy upon the death of her former bus- ! tractor will be paid the agreed percentage ages remit from his negligence or error of band. Margaret Solomon Murphy, being ! on the estimated reasonable cost on the Judgment. the child of a full blood Sac and Fox Jn - olan and the mother of the plaintiffs. They claim further their mother died nine yeara ago at the age of 9 years and at the time ,of her death was a member of trat tribe and drawing an annuity of $1 per year and had been alio ted certain lands as such. The petition alleges further that the agent nf the, Sac and Fox Indiana de nies the plaintiffs the right to annuities and allotments and refuses to grant the plaintiffs such annuities or allotments. Hence the ault to have the plaintiffs sev erally placed on the rolls of that tribe and that they be granted their rights aa such. COMMERCIAL CLUB IS AWAKE Realises Efforts to fiet Army Head quarters Away from Omaha aad Will Art. "You can say for the Commercial club." said Commissioner RuMd Saturday morn ing, "the club la not oblivious to the pos sible danger of the removal of army head quarters front Omaha, and It will do every thing In Its power and Invoke what Influ ence it can command to prevent any such thing happening. 1 have noticed the note ot alarm sounded In The Bee On this sub- Ject and the club will tuke(up the matter at once. We do not propose to let anything get away from Omaha of thst Importance. We are also laboring to secure anenlarge ment of the Omaha quartermaster's depot, with some hopes of ucc.s." Omaha's General Prosperity , .-). 1j ... r iff- irewsJucetsj K OS rv r ... rta S .mat' . I ' i '' 1 " . ' . . -f1, THIRTY-SIXTH STREET 15 EN BUTLER'S HOME IN FOREGROUND. CONTRACT WHICH STAGGERS Feature ef tha Panama Canal Dieting Whioh Are furpriiii?. COMBINATION OF BIDDERS LIKELY Some Foreigners Expected to Make n Try for the Blagest Job Which Mas Ever Been Farmed Ont. "A long pull, and a strong pull, and a pull all together." represents most exactly the elaborate scheme by means of which the Isthmian Canal commission plans to con struct the Panama canal under terms nf one contract for the whole stupendous un dertaking. Inquiry Into details of the ple.n and a perusal of the form of proposal pre pared for the use of the bidders disclose, many Items of Interest In amplification of the general announcement already made of the commission's latest departure In canal building. The Immensity of the task at hand Is the more readily appreciated and confidence in the abilities of the men who are struggling with the great problem Is strengthenrd after considering the fact that a plan has been put Into print, In the great, est detail, for doing a tmooo.OOO Job Just ns handily as engaging a builder to construct a home or office building. Two months from today the bids will be opened here. It Is expected that there will be at least several aggregations, or com binations, of bidders, made up of experts In the special lines of work In which each haa made Its business reputation. It will not he surprising to members of the com mission If some of them are firms composed of men bf nationalities other than Ameri can. Baron Moncheur, the Belgian minister here, for instance, has lost no time In mak. Ing detailed Inquiries aa to the commis sion's requirements. Although there is diplomatic silence as to what future de velopments muy be anticipated from com mercial countrymen of his. xby the time December 12 has arrived It will not cause excitement If some Belgian firm Is found as one of the co-partners In one group of bidders. Other nations, whose pride has been aroused by noteworthy feata of their men of constructive genius and mastery of scientific problems, will doubtless be repre sented; so thut the prospect Is a concoure of engineers of many races and tongues seeking participation In the development and completion of "the greatest task of modern times." Beat Talents of the World Xeeded. Tills Is Chairman Shonts' designation of the. physical construction of the canal. "It lo in the highest degree exceptional in magnitude, complexity and cost," he says. In order to finish it most successfully, eco nomically and quickly, he seeks the best trained talent of the world In each par ticular branch of the undertaking. He puts aside as Impracticable the suggestion of having the commission build up such a complex organlxatlon. it cannot be done he says, "because the unprecedented and greatly extended Industrial activity of the time and the conaequent violent competi tion for all classes of skilled mechanics, and even ordinary laborera." He hopes. In stead, to find that firms engagvd tn the handling of the greatest problema of con struction now In progress, will link their interests with the working forces which they have brought to perfection only after years of effort and evperlence, and will be attracted to the Isthmian project by the bonuses offered for expeditious apd rea sonable priced work. No human mind can estimate the cosl . . .i. of the canal witnm ucn close range aa would enable a group of contractors to bid unon the work In the close-figuring I actual construction work: will be allowed two representatives to sit with the chief I engineer, and two others, chosen by the : latter, to estimate a reasonable time for the completion of the work, and will then b ,ui,iect to a system of premiums and pcnalllee according as the work Is com pleted ahead of time or lags beyond the period fixed An available, unincumbered capital of V.000,000 Is the first requisite for an asso ciation of contractors to show. Next they must accompany their bid with a certifUd check for l-oO.OOO aa guaranty of good faith In entering the competition. Th-1 sueesful bidder must furnish a bond ot 3,W?I wun api'roveu neruruy lor urn I'1" Then faithful performance of the contract all the property and fffects of the mm- mission will be st the disposal of the con tractors to go ahead with tho work, each party to the contract having Its rights and duties apeclflcally designated, no matter the commission haa much more in the way what changes may become necessary as th I of the method of estimating the cost and work progresses. j tim? ,,f construction, manner of payments, Enormoas Scale of the Transaction, final compensation.' def.iult by the cnntrai It Is Interesting to note on what an enor- , tor, tei niluatlun of contract when i out i ac inous scale the whole business 1. being tor is not In default, decision of the chief arransed. For Instance, the use of all the engineer ns to any nolnta In disnute. and I vast equipment which congress has been providing for by annual appropriations j since possersloa was obtained of the canal strip Is offered free of coat to the sue- refcsful bidder. He will be furnished with 'all locomotives, rars. steam shovels, drills, cranes, dredgea, tugs, scows, dumps, rails. lies, and track materials, electric light and V a power plants, and other machinery of a substantial character required efficiently to carry on the construction wotk; but not hand tools of a tiiiuor character usually carried In stock, save through the com mission's department of materials and sup plies." That will Insure the contractors getting started without delay. He will take charge of all the equipment now there and get busy. Whatever else he needs In this line he will call upon file commis sion to provide, and the lutter will have to do the acurrying about to see whether everything shall lie bought In thla country ui' not. In the nrxt place the contractor will he provided with "all raw materials put Into the work, the machinery and appliances necessary for the operation and protec tion of the locks or other parts of the canal," but will himself have to look after their Intended use In construction, with such machinery as may be required for the shaping or Jnrfnlng of such materials. The commission will furnish cement, explosives, oil. oohI and other fuel, and, In Its own option, electricity for the operation of any rolling or floating stock or other machinery in use. It will turn over In at least as good condition as at present all construc tion tracka on the Isthmus, but extensions and relocations must be made by the con tractor. It will provide living quarters for all necessary employes of the contractor, adding to the accommodations as needed; hospitals and medical service for sick em ployee; warehouses for the storage of tools and supplies; office buildings for housing the contractor's force, clerical and administrative; transportation of employes, their families and supplies, over the Pan ama railroad and steamship lines at not more than one-half the usual rates; free telephone and telegraph service necessary to the work; free trackage rights over the railroad for work trains and additional tracka, where approved by the chief en gineer; water for offices, engines, shovels, dredges, drills, and other equlpmetit re quiring It, from the mains and tanks of the commission. All such equipment provided by the com mission will also be maintained and to this end machine shops and other repair ing places' will be established and opcrattd to handle everything except what railroad men term "outside, yard or running re pairs." In so far as It can, the commis sion will put these shops at the disposal of the contractor for the manufacture or repair of the minor hand toola which he must provide and will do the work for him at 15 per cent In excera of the cost. It will alf-o furnish at cost, plus the usual handling charges, bucIi tools and supplies as It may have In stock, but which It la not required under the agreement to sup ply free; will open the commissary stores to the contractor's employes on the same terms as enjoyed by the commission's em ployes, and will provide mesa house privi leges equal to those enjoyed by workers for the commission. The cotitractor may operate the mess If he so desires, but It must be subject to dully Inspection by the government officials. Obllaratlon of the Contractor. So much for what the contractor gets. His obligations arc these: He must furnish all labor, foremen, su perintendents, clerks, general office staff, and the minor toola mentioned prextcu ly everything, In fact, to make the work progress through the use of the vast equip ment put at his disposal by the commis sion. He must get busy within slxtv divs. j take over all the employes now en the list of the commission on the Isthmus, except ruch as the commission desires to retain for its own use; make no discharges of those on the "gold list" except for cause, or except on written notice giving tho cause, discharge any employe. He shall i 1 execute faithfully existing contracts of ths I rommlsaion for supplying lubor, abide by the sanit , - - ... i,,r mun umrn The Commission's Control. How far the commission retains control I. siAnmed up briefly In thla way: All engineering work affecting construc tion. Including surveys, and the general di rection and control of construction work, with the right to inspect It all; municipal engineering, including the construction of water works, sewers, rourts and street wnereer ,ot.ate(,; instruction and niBln tenance of buildings needed for the work, living quarters and mess houses; the de partments of government and police, sanl tiry and hospital, commissary, auditing, wiih the right to direct the manner In I i which accounts are kept, and Inspect the j i same; materials and supplies depai tnu nt, -j . operation of the Panama lull road, and, in general, all rights and privileges not spe cifically ceded to the contract). r. T.hls describes the "lay of the land" in a general way. The contract drawn un by a great d-al more in explanation of the l-tful triterprtt.itlou of e lie contract. Vet 'the whole document, from first to Inst, 1 has comprehended II. e Vfifct project of Join. lg the two oceans as s mere contract bv- j tween the government and ctaln allh-d ui'fi -will- I oik. r nuiars. no siiaii demonstrate their w lngns mi fiintes lu taut Jpon th w What the llhmln Canal rommlsalon hag i-oine to tei-l cannot be dona either profit ably, economliwlly (In point of time aa well as coaiv, or advisedly by the genrial i government bus nnw Iwen summed up s reasonably, umb-r Ihe p rennlnga plan, as If It were nothing more than a huge dc- psrtimnt l I IiIItik or a commercial sky scraper. IVople who "want to see the dut fly" are. bv all present Indications," nearer the enjoyment of that long-awaited pleas ure thun they have rver lxen before. The arrival of nm on iH-crmber 12 will bring theni the official Hews as to whether twen tieth century constructive audacity has the "neive" t. "go along with" the govern ment on "the greatest task of modern tlnieo." Wushlngton Correspondence NVw Tork l'o?t. GRAIN MEN TIRE OF WAITING Will "leek Redress nf firlevanrrs In dependent of the I'. n rhange. i Tin lr patient r exhausted with waiting for the Omaha Grain exclmnge to take aetirn for the redress of their grievances at the hands of the railroads, the commis sion men and tush grain dealers of the exch mgt, who .taw no (levator Interests, will organlxe to fight the railroads Inde pendtnt of the exchange. At the request of a number of the aggrieved members Osorge C. Thompson has called a meeting for 2:S0 o'clock Monday afternoon In the trading room of the exchange. It Is the Intention of the grain men to talk over their grievances and to submit the result of their deliberations to the Grain exchange, lo give it a final chance to take up the fight in their behalf. It thla falls, they will hire attorneys and invite test eases by refusing to p.iy certain al leged discriminatory charges of tho rail roads. The allegation Is made by the Insurgenta that the exchange has taken no action In the matter for the reason that the Una elevator men, snld to control the policy of the organization, care very little what sort of treatment the commission men re ceive so long as their own demands are granted by the railroads. By their very nature. I he grievances of the commission men. who have no elevators, do not affect the larger dealers, who possess elevators. The meeting will be an open one and the elevator men are Invited along with all ot'.iers who are Interested In the grain market, so that a lively session may be expected. The notice for the meeting says "switch ing, reron.'lgnlng and other charges assessed hy railroads which are unjust and discrim inatory." are to be discussed. The rail roads enforce a reeonslgnlng charge nf $2 a car on grain and the dealers allege that this Is not charged on other commodities. Another point of protest Is that unless or ders for the disposition of a car are given on the same day notice of Its arrival Is re ceived by the dealer, a switching fee Is charged. It. la worthy nf note that the meeting la to be but two days before the sitting of the Interstate Commerce commission here. The grain men hope their action will bring the matter forcibly to the attention of the commlsrion, though they assert this was not a consideration In 'calling the meeting. Family of Impnatera. Acting Becretary Wlnshlp of the Asso ciated Charities said Saturday morning he would warn all persons against the Im positions of a family named ("unlit, con sisting of husliand and wife and fix chil dren. Mr. Winship reported he understood the mother has used her children to ob tain money tinder false pretenses. The chil dren were taken Into custody a few weeka ngo by the Juvenile court authorities and Inter released on certain provisions, but aa soon as the children were released the fam ily -decamped. DENTISTRY TOOTH TALK NO. Ii E..tniuaiiy ne yime win cume wut?i. all dentists will practically eliminate pain from their practice. 1 need not,, tell you that such is not the ease to day. I've given this feature of painless ness in dentistry a great deal of atten tion. Naturally I've got nonie result to show for my efforts. If your teeth are sensitive, I give you my word I can fill anu crown them painlessly. I know this Bounds too fcuoU to ue true, but I can prove If. Besides. I can fill front teem ko that the flltinga are Invisible. I)It. FICKKS, DENTIST, SS8 Bee Mdg. 'Phone, Douglas 637. May depend uion your savings nirouni helrg your friend In the hour of need. 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