The Omaha Sunday Bee.
PART TWO
TOR ALL THE NEWS THE
OMAHA DEE
dST IN THE WEST
b EDITORIAL
I PAGES 1 TO 10.
VOL. XXXIX-Xo.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MOItXIXd. XOVKMI.KK '21. IJMip.
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Imported Dress Goods From Auction
136 piece foreign Suitings Sold by order of Ilolr
t& Co. end Fran Mere of New York
These ftrma arc importers
earn year close their season with these peremptory sales
York office pot choice lots of year's fine buttings, which
Monday and Tuesday at prices averaging
About 50c on the Dollar
63 riion, worth to $1.00, at 49o
0 pl..-r silk and wool plaids, beautiful goods,
worth ll.oo, at
0 pieces brown 1'anumas, Serges, Ileni lettus, etc.,
worth to $l.i)H, at
' 6 piece s miscellaneous green fabrics, w orth 7Sc
U pieces uruy I'anamas, Serges und Batistes.
worth 89c, at
7 pieces blue fabrics, now weaves, worth 89c
12 pieces cream arid pastel shades, for oven-
ins wear, worth
83 Plicil, Worth to $1.25, at 69c
5 ple es fancy Ob-Inch 1'ananiaH, worth
to $1.50, at
C pieces fancy plaids, bright colorings..
8 pieces heavy
Vhii
n
Christmas Books
Ho let up to tha selling; of fins da Luxe
booka, of works of standard authors from our
late purchase at about one-fourth publisher's
prioes Make selections for Christmas. We lay
away on payment of a deposit.
Burton Holmes Travelogues $38.00
Stoddard's Travelogues $38.00
Shakespeare international edition, morocco, 11
vols., sold for $60.00, aale price 912.00
Dickens International edition, morocco, 15
vol., great bargain, at $19.00
Tes Mlserables, cloth binding, 2 vols 98o
T.ea Mlserables, leather. 2 vols 93.49
liurns. 6 vols., V leather, sub. price $35.00,
sale price $9.85
Buisac, 18 vols., leather, nub. price $72.00,
sale price $30.80
DaMueaet, 10 vols., leather, nub. price $36.00,
sale pries $10. BO
Fielding, 6 vols.. V leather, aub. price $30.00,
sale price . . . $8.78,
Green's, England, 6 vols., leather, sub. price
US. 00. aale price , 97.80
Mulbach, 18 vols., leather, aub. price $72. on.
sale price 930.78
J'lutarcli, S vols., leather, sub. price $25 00.
sale price 97.60
Toe, 10 vols., -4 leather, nub. price $49.00, sale
prloe 913.80
Smollett, vols., H leather, sub. price $30.00.
sale price 98.75
TORONTO'S TRAMWAY SYSTEM
Suggestive Facta on Street Railway
Management and Methods.
REVENUE DERIVED BY THE CITY
Plant Profitably Operated Vnder
Municipal lese Territory Cot.
ered, General Service and
. I'ay of Men.
TORONTO, Ont., Nov. 11. (Special Corre
spondence.) In view of the present street
railway agitation In Omaha, a few first
hand facts in connection with the Toronto
y4em. which ha so often been referred
to during the debate over the proposed re
duction In fares and other reforms In
rmalia. may not be out of place. It has
fien been asserted that Toronto has
achieved the .most nearly Ideal condition
wllh regard to the street railway aervioe
and its relation to the public to be found
on this continent, or. for that matter, In
tin- world. It must be admitted that the
situation does not piesent to the super
ficial observer such attractions as war-
ill l (ho enthusiasm with which It has
been cited as an example worthy of all
emulation, and especially recommended to
Omaha for guidance in dealing with its
oroblem of street railway administration.
Whether this first Impression will be sus
tained after experience or deeper study la
not exactly In point. The Information ga'h
ered here as to the local attitude of the
public brines out thut a considerable dl
vdginee of opinion exlvts as to wheth.T
the local alreet railway administration is
sn unmixed bleing. But, so far as
nave been able to pursue tny liupilry, Che
jrcponderance of opinion Is In favor of the
Toronto system. To some extent this atli
ludc la due to the Intense patriotism of the
Toronto people, who have developed along
with other attributes of a magnificent city
a civic pride that can match up with any
thing that might be offered by the l"nit.;d
"tales in the line. I have tallied witli city
trfirlal, with the officials of the stre-l
railway company, with citizens In many
walks of life, and with a number who
have traveled extensively In the "states,'
ami so have received a varied lot of opin
Un a, but In a general way they all con.
vei e to the one central point- that the
Toronto method of dealing with the street
railway la far and away above anything
the I lilted Statea can offer. It la not per
fect, but with true British pertinacity
perhaps I ouht to say pert.uaclty born of
British parentage and developed In Canada
the people are slicking to the matter of
reforming the street railway company and
Its local administration and service, to the
end that In time it will be perfect In its
tvery detail.
loirlfon Employee.
The. greatest change that lmpiee the
u-Ur fioin the V'nlted Statea, perhaps. In
,.f riecliou with the local street railway
si .ire, la the uniform courtesy and pa
tiisva with which the employes of the
of high grade, foreien fabrics:
who
New
Our
are
offered
49c
Yard
69c
Yard
98c
Yard
1.48
to ii.ou, at
fancy stripe Suitings,
l.6t gooiis, nt
4 pieces navy blue broadcloth, $1.50
goods, at
3 pieces hoavy 56-lhch Coatings, $1.50
goods, at . .
86 Pieces. Worth to $3.00, at 98c
IB ptocen high grade, $2. HO fabrics,
from llrdz & Co
b i'1'crs (ray Suitings, fine 1 1. DO and
$2.00 goods, at
7 pieces satin stripe fabrics, best col
ore. $2.00 goods, at
8 pieces brown fabrics, plain and self
stripe, $2.00 Roods, at
10 pieces serges, rod. navy, olive, blue,
gray, $1.76 goods, at
14 Pieces. Worth to $3.00, at $1.48
5 pieces Broadcloths, fancy and plain,
$2.50 ami $8.00 goods, at
6 pieces Worsteds, navy, green, mode,
etc., values $2.60 at
3 plecea Scotch Tweeds, in new color
ings and black, at
Yard
Trimmed
Three popular prices at which you can
choose a smart, winter hat that will please
you in every respect.
We are showing hundreds of dressy, new
hats now. Undoubtedly the best assortment
you'll see for the balance of the season.
Bennett's styles are at their best, too, in
this November display. Plenty of becoming
models to match any suit.
W'e say It again, you'll find better mil
linery styles and quality at Bennett's for the
least money than you'll see In a whole day's
shopping.
Hats worth $1Q.00 to $20.00 here are $5 OO
$7.50 and .$10!00
company handle the public. I have ridden
on many lines in many parts of the city,
and have noticed the never falling care
exercised by both conductor and motormaa
to give the public Its due In the way of
polite treatment and the service for which
the fare Is paid. This markedly is true at
tha present time, when a great many
strangers are present, going about the city
on street cars, asking all manner of ques
tions, and being carefully directed on their
way and otherwise handled with a consid
eration that I never recall having encoun
tered on a street railway In the United
States. Nor must this be in anywise at
tributed to the servility of a servant, for
I have once at least noticed a conductor
politely but firmly calling the attention of
a distinguished visitor to an infraction of
the rules which would have passed with
out notice In Chicago or Omaha.
The facts concerning the relations be
tween the company and the public I have
gathered first-hand from the officers of
the city and the company. I made my first
Inquiry at the office of the mayor, where
I was given the history of the street rail
way service In Toronto, from Its beginning
In 1861 to the present. At the general offices
of the company I was met with equal
frankness, and the Information Rathered
at the city hall was supplemented by the
general manager of the company. Thus the
facts may be accepted as facts, for they
come xlralghl from headquarters, being
mainly collated front published repot ts. from
city records and from the company's books.
As such they will be submitted, without
comment, save such as may be necessary
to make char figures, thus allowing the
rtadcr to draw tils own conclusiors.
Territory, Service and Fare,
To begin with, the citv of Toronto covers
an area of almost exactly the same Ue
as that of Omaha, twenty-five square
miles. The difference is that Toronto Is
compactly built, the city containing in
190K. according to the police census, a
population of 3X1.0X1. The singular anomaly
Is prtkented m this connection of the
suppression of the true population, be
cause of the local arrangement that bases
the water tale partly on the number of
persons In the family, thus leading to a
certain amount of concealment on the iert
of the householder as to the exact number
of persons domiciled In the premises to
be served. It Is asserted by some with
whom I h.-.ve talked on this point that an
exact census would probably show the
population of Toronto to be very near, if
not quite, 500.000. Tills will sound strange
to aomo of our home folks, who are strain
ing every point to make a showing of popu
lation In the forthcoming count of noses.
Think of a city of 500.0U0 population con
tenting itself to go before the world with
a few over SoO.OuO as its official census.
But the loss Id population Is to some
degree compensated for in tha local mind
by the saving In water taxes, and that,
very likely, help some.
This population of 323.000 la served by a
ttreet railway system of 107 miles, double
tracked all the way, equipped with the
latest of cars and provided wllh all con
veniences, save one. The cars are still
healed by stoves. The system radiates
fiom the downtown section like a fan,
converging on uue or two of the dowutuan
French Lynx
Fur Sets
)1 a n d b o m e, rich
blavK furs; large
rug muff and large
stole or shawl col
lar; Skinner satin
lined; head and
tail trim- (ft v
mings, Mil
set
V-a. V
Our Thanksgiving Sale of Dinnerware
The annual Norember dinner wart event tomorrow Why not a new china service for Thanksgiving- this yenrt
Juet run over this row of special attractions the china m an has "dished" up. Don't they suggest tha thoug-ht that
it's a food time to buy? Half Dries salts don't kasnin of tan Ton know. Ma finer uiortminti in shown in tha wast
100-placa Bat
100-placa Sat Eng
lish Dinner Wara
with fancy gold
Hoes; $ 1 J. 50 sels,
i pedal, at
Cut Glass
English Din
nar Wara
Hose hoi dei
design; $111.(10
value. Mon
day, at
ga-.PS
Over 1 ,(
Pieces
America's finest goods
Monday a
matchless
sale,
choice
35
Discount
$7.50 Kern Dishes $4.87
$9.00 Sugars & Creamers $5.7t
$10.00 Bowls $6.50
etc., etc.
r'
The Best Ever in
St. Louis Jobber clearing- up his silk stock makes
unusual price concession. Did you ever know of like
Yaluesf
a.OO Silks, at 980 Handsome 38 nml 42-iuch silks;
exouisite satin de Paris In delt.'u:e evening; Hliades,
double width cashmere de sole, worth nn
$2.25; and 36-ineli silk niessallnes In all IfSC
shades, at wuj
B5 Pieces Black Silk An assortment of uiiseellaneous
weaves and textures, suitable for coats, dresses and
waists. These are choice standard goods, mn
some worth to $1.50 a yard, all odd pieces, "I
on sale, at 1 ''
Silk Moires 13 pieces, buuutiftil, new shades, moires,
largely used for one-piece dresses (A.
nice, $1.00 quality, at '
Millinery
Turkey
Roasters
Savory Roast
ers, iin from
80
stamps.
LdBkEnameHed
Roasters $1.60
up and 40
stamps.
Brownie Roast
ers, 45c slise,
for ...... 85c
i
Saturday morning, November 27, shortly
after midnight, there will be a total ecllp.se
ofthe moon, completely visible in Omaha.
The accompanying diagram will explain all
the circumstances.
The largest circle represents the earth's
penumbra, and the one next In size and
concentric with it the earth's shadow.
The letters N, S, E, W, denote the cardinal
points, and the diagram must be held In
such a way when facing the moon that the
line N S points to the north star. The long
straight lino la the moon's path. The num
bers on It locate the moon's center at 13,
1, 2. 3, 4, 5 and A o'clock, and the Interven
ing marks denote its position for every ten
minutes. Tho seven small circles represent
seven views of the moon at Important
moments. When the moon's center Is at
A. at 12:12 a. m., the "moon enters penum
bra." When it Is at B. at 1:11 a. m., the
"moon enters shadow," and the eclipse
properly begins. At 2:14 the "total eclipse
beRlns" and the moon Is completely im
mersed In the earth's shadow. The middle
of this total eclipse will occur at 2:55 and
Its end at 3:16. During this time, from
2:14 to 3:36, which will last one hour and
twenty-two minutes, the moon may dls-appt-ar
from view completely so that even
a telescope may not be able to sec it, or it
may remain visible all the time, shinning
with a beautiful dull copper color. This
vlslbllty, or Invisibility depends upon the
amount of cloudiness of the earth's atmo
sphere along the sunrise and sunset circle,
through which the sun's rVys must pass
and be refracted upon the the moon. This
light is very red. for the same reason that
the sun and moon appear red when low
down In the sky, because their light Is
forced to pass through a large amount of
air.
At 4 :3S a. m. the "moon leaves shadow,"
streets, wbeie the traffic Is congested to
a degree that is calling at present for the
serious consideration of plans for relief.
The fare is a varied arrangement. Tickets
that are Bold at the rate of eight for 25
cents are used between the hours of 5:30
and 6 a. m.. and between 6 and 6:30 p. m ,
securing to the working people of all
classes the minimum fare at the hours of
going to and from their employment.
Between & and 26 per cejit of all the paying-
passenger carried by the street rail
way use this form of ticket. On Sunday all
tickets are at the rate of soyen for 25
cents. Another form of ticket, used be
tween the hours for the. minimum fare
and after 6 In the evening until midnight.
Is sold at the rate of six for 26 cents or
twenty-five for $L After midnight and
until 6:30 a. m. the fare on all cars is 10
cents. A modification of thla la that a
ride begun before the hour of 11 o'clock
midnight may be continued on a transfer
after that hour without paying an extra
fare. It required a court decision to es
tablish thla right. The casual patron of
the street railway pays 6 cents for bis
ride. The transfer system is universal, and
L iJL Xa.. I w
j( IMIX'T H)IM;KT THK XKW WINTKU STYI.Ijf 1
J HOOK .lust in 2k- and a Free Pattern Jp
100-piece let Eng
lish; Flow blues
pattern, f a n c y
border design
$!.". 00 sets, on
sale, at
9.50
100-placa Bat
English whlta
and gold din
ner eats
fane y gold
border design,
$14.50 sets
Sg.57
Virginia Press Cut
Punch Bowls
SO on Sale
Large and massive, 12 Inches hlsli.
M Inches across lop. handsome
pattern. Including twelve handled
siiernet
glasses
$5 value . . . .
S.98
Colonial Water Tumblers V ery
char
glass Our $1 a dozen
quality, at
50c
Silks
Fancy
Nottingham laoe
30x30 inohea. the
Bleached Damask 70 inch
heavy and durable, 6!tc
quality, tomorrow ..49c
18-inch all linen
DOMESTICS
i .-xmi-mcn sneets.
hem, our 5!)c
-X.lt-incli pillow cases,
best loc quality, at ..llo
Cotton Blanketa Large
assortments at lowest
prices In town, pair 39c,
49c, 89c, 98C, $1.89, $1.59
and $1.79
Wool Blankets Three
strong Monday offers,
with $1.00 to $1.50
Thanksgiving Needfuls
Splendid 3-piece carving sets;
stag handles, worth $6.60
Thanksgiving special ..$3.98
Carving; Set Two-pleoe, usual
$2.50 sets, at $1.85
Corn Poppers All nixes, 100,
ISo, aoo, BSo and 10 stamps.
Tin Steamers;-
fjterman Coffee
alxee
300,
35o
40a
Machine, best
$8.00 quality, at.
and
And
Stamps.
-ach
20
,95.00
and 40 l
Total Eclipse of the Moon
Total Eclipse of the Moon, November JT, 1S06 Central time: 1A1 .Moon enters
Penumbra 12:12 a. m.; (H) moon enters shadow 1:11 a. m.; (Cl total eclipse begins
2:14 a. m.; r) middle of eclipse 2:5" a. m. : iKI total eclipse ends 3:36 a. m; (G)
moon leaves shadow 4:3 a. m.; (H) moon leaves Penumbra 5:3l a. in.
and at 5.38 the "moon leaves penumbra,"
and tho eclipse Is over.
If the nlKht Is clear and one lias never
seen the moon totally eclipsed. It Is well
worth an hour of sleep to observe this
sight next Saturday morning. No observa
tions will be made at Crelghton university
observatory on account of the work which
the user of the low rate tickets Is entitled
to unlimited transfer so long as he pursues
his Journey in the general direction. Tickets
for children under 9 years of age and for
school children going to and from school
are sold at the rate of ten f,a- 25 rent. In
liMS the company carried s:i.O,571 paying
passengers and Issued 32. ;uu. 576 transfer.
What the Company I'ays ( Ity.
In lSuS the slreet railway company paid
to the city In mllbatie taxes $M.158; from
percentage of gross revenue. $447,37.67; and
In. direct taxes. $50.4.', a total revenue to
the city from the street railway company
of $i7S.167. After paying this um to
the city and the expenses of operation the
company bad from its gross Income a bal
ance available for dividends and surplus
of $l,(t.Jii0.47. The percentage of earning
required for operating expenses In 1908 was
f2$ per cent. The taxes levied direct
against the company by the city cover its
rails, poles, wires and real estate, but not
Its cars, and for los were levied on an
assessment of $.46.311. The mileage Is
based on IwjO per single mile of track, and
out of thla is paid the expenses of paving
along the company's route. All paving,
Christmas
Engraving
Let us have jour
order now; 100 en
graved visiting
cards, any style
script with
plate, for .
89c
1 00 etiRraved cards,
old Knglish ftle
with plate $2.50
100-plece Beta Aus
trian China Din
ner Sets in sev
eral rancy rose
decorations; $.'0
sets, at
gQ.98
100-piece Set Old
Abbey rrench
China Set; violet
und roc decora
tions, sold traced
$25 sets, nt
Choice of 1,1 l'at terns
Haviland China
I tinner Ware
A week of tremendous bargains
on mis iamous i-rencn ware-
v This mag
nificent stock
20
on sale, at ' Discount
.J
Linens and Damasks
scarfs and ahams, 18x54 inches,
regular 7So kinds, for
and
.390
Damask Bets Xplendld $7
sets, 2 L yard clolhs and
dozen 20-Inch napkins to
match, at 85.9a
napkins, our $1.25 quality, per dox. 98o
BLANKETS COMTOKTIBI
3-lncli .
line ..390
$5.00 Klankels, at $3.98
18.50 Hlankets, at $5.00
$7.50 Hlankets. at $6.00
Comforters Pure cotton
filled and hand tied, full
slxe:
$1.2 Comforters 11.00
$1.50 Comforters $1.SI5
$1.69 Comforters $1.39
$2.25 Comforters $1.69
reduc-
r"
' ' '
Thanksgiving
Heavy Street
1 ft
L-s v V
Patents, too, if you
Is being done there on the retaining wall.
As the grade lias been lowered about ten
feet near the observatory It became neces
sary to built this wall about It. When this
is completed the observatory will be in a
better condition than before and even Its
appearance will be Improved.
W ILLIAM F. RIGGK, S. J.
both Inside and outside the rails, is paid for
by the city, and Is kept in repair at the
public charge, but experience has proven
that the annual charge of fM per mile
more than covers this Item of expense.
The portion of the gross receipts payable
to the city annually under the agreement
with the street lallway company Is as fol
lows: t'p to tl.OoJ.OX)
From IL.OucUMi to II joOirno
From $1.5.(j00 to U.Om) omi
From $2.UX).OUO to $3.0nU,Ouo
All over $;.wj0.0uO
8 per cent
10 per cent
12 per tent
15 per cent
20 per cent
The expense of the upkeep of the sys
tem, as well as its equipment and extension,
Is borne by the company. The city hug the
right under the agreement to order exten
sions, to designate the number of cats that
must be used to avoid overcrowding, and
may do a great many other things that
seem strange to one who has been accus
tomed to the methods that prevail In the
United States. Just at prevent a very In
teresting dispute is in progress of adjust
ment In the courts. The city has ordered
the building of fifteen miles of additional
trackage and the supplying of 100 addi
s
Beautiful Thanksgiving Attire
Korty-lwo operative In our alteration roonta are work
ln at top peetl. We tan promise deliveries for Thanks
giving of all garments requiring; alterations purchased up to
Tuesday evening.
Handsomest $35 and $40 Models
You have oi'ton julniircd Jintl lonj?Ptl for VWooltox"
und "Woollox" nun'ily. Tlicy arc tlio
finest litilorotl pinnciits in the busi
ness. This is the time und the nUu-e
to buy. 2.")0 superb new
models, worth $:..tK) to
$40.00 tomorrow,
nt
Over 2,000 other fashionable tailored suits for
women and misses, at $15.00 $19.50
$25.00 to $35.00
Charming Theater and Dinner Gowns
Great exhibit of exquisite, all silk messaline cash
mere de sole and silk moire gowns. Some low
cut with short point de esprit (deeves and lace
vokes and long sleeves: all the new pastel
shades, at . $25.00 $20.50 n $35.00
Tailor-Made Dresses
Serges, broadcloths and diagonals; handsome,
new effects. Including the new overskirt styles
- blacks and best colors, at $10.50 $25.00
and $35.00
Black Broadcloth Coats
Fully twenty new styles at popular prices: long
fitted line or pleated models, tailored with rare
taste, at $15.00 $10.50 $25.00 l
'to $35.00
50-Inch Military Capes Heavy kersey, In navy
and black with wide red faced reveres; velvet
and gilt trimmed high collar, stunning models,
for, each $12.00
Silk l'ettieoats 25 beautiful shades to match
any suit; best taffeta; new tailored styles,
for, each $4.95 and $5.95
Shoes
For
Bennett's Kxcelslor Flour
per sack 91-75
And 80 Ptamps.
Pride of Bennett's Flour,
per sack . .91-55
And 80 Stamps.
Corn Meal, yellow or
white, 24-11). sack. . .45o
Bennett's Golden Coffee,
lb 880
And 40 Ktatupn
Bennett's Ideal Coffee
lb 85
And 40 Stamps
Bennett's Challenge Cof
fee lb. 180
And 20 Stamps
Teas, assorted kind, 580
And 60 Stamps
Teas, aasorted kind, 480
N And 60 Stamps
Tea gifting, lb. pkg., 15c
And 20 Stampn
t Double Stamps on I
I B-rannlated Soger. I
Bennett's CJapltol Wx
Beans, usual 16c qual
ity, for 100
Bennett's Capitol Mince
Meat, 3 pkrs 3 So
And 10 Stampn
Shoes, not too
heavy for com-'
tort, but just
right for this
season. Kid
and Gun
Metal.
wish them.
tional cam. The company Is willing to
build, but has selected certain streets on
which the city nays it cannot build. The
case has been once decided In favor of the
company's" contention that It has the right
to select the streets on which to conduct
its new linen, but Is being heard further.
F.ach lde expresses confidencefh winning
the final decision.
Lease Plants From (Ity.
The history of the Toronto street rail
way system may be briefly epitomized. In
1HS1 a company was given a chHrter for
thirty years to operate a horse car line.
In 18M when the franchise expired, the
city took over the plant, paying $1,000,000
therefore. The sum was determined by
appraisement. For aeveral months the
city operated the plant at a small profit,
the matter of Its electrification being un
der consideration. Beginning with Septem
ber, 18D1, the present company took the
management of the plant, and installed the
electric equipment. From that time till
the end of 11)08, the company has paid to
the city, exclusive of its direct taxes, 1 lie
sum of $4,297,165.77. which Is a reasonably
profitable return on an investment of
$1,000,000 made less than nineteen years
ago. The company took the plant under
its agreement for thirty years, so that It
has yet eleven years to operate in. At the
end of the period the plant reverts to the
city. Some discussion is already heird as
to the probable action of the city at the
expiralion of the present contract, but It
Is very vague and nebulous as vet. The
company Is capitalized at $8,000.00, and
pays 7 per cent. The stock is quoted on
the local board at around 124. It Is not
a very active stock, although the trans
actions In It are considerable. It Is mostly
held for investment, and would be attrac
tive, owing to Us dividend rate, were It not
for the fact that It suffers much as do the
public service corporations In the United
States. Ambitious aspirants for local of
fice prime (hemselvts with tiamway fig
ures, and then take the stump. This per
petual agitation has something of a de
terrent effect on Investors, otherwise the
tramway stock might go to a figure that
is warranted by a certainty of 7 per cent
annually on solid security.
Treatment of Employes.
So inu.il fur tne relations of the com
parry and the city. Just now, when its
forces are reduced to a minimum becau.se
of the cessation of summer travel, the
company Is employing 1,25 conductors and
motormen. These are paid 20 cents ier
hour for the first y?ar. 22 cents per hour
for the hecoud year, and 2S' cents per
hour for the third and subsequent year.
In addition, the company furnishes to its
employes after the first year oift new uni
form annually and one new overcoat every
second year. The first-year man Is re
quired to pay for his own uniform and
overcoat, but It is so arranged by Hie com
pany that the tailor is paid from the com
pany's coffers and the cost is taken out
of the employe's pay little at a time, so
that the expense of the uniform and over
coat Is practically extended over the en
tire year. The older men are referred to
at the general manager's office as the
"regulars." They work ten hours a day,
Suits now $25
Thanksgiving Groceries
Snlder's Pork and Beans,
can 15c
And 10 Stamps
Diamond Crystal Table
Salt, pkg 100
And 10 Stamps
Sterling Gloss Starch.
lb. box BOo
And 20 Stamps
Peanut Butter. Jar ...15o
And 10 Stamps
Itens Tourist and Ora- i
ham Crackers, fresh I
baked -. .100 I
And 111 Stamps I
Seeded Raisins, new, lb.
Pkg lSVia
And 10 Stamps
Cleaned -Currants, new,
II) 100
And 5 Stamps
Evaporated Teaches, per
lb 18Ho
Ami 10 Stampn
Cream Cheese, finest, at,
lb .800
And 10 Stampn
Virginia Kwlsn cheese
ll ..35o
And 10 Stamps
and their runs are so arranged that the
ten hours' stunt la accomplished within
a twelve-hour period. The "swing runs"
and "trippers" are manned by the extras
or new men, but their time of work, whlo'i
can not under the agreement with the cl'.y
exceed ten hours, In generally secompllsh ?1
within a fourteen-hour period. A few of
the runs may extend a little beyond this,
but pot so many as to excite any comment,
and these arc being; adjusted now. In fac,
the schedule man was working at the time
of my call In an effort to remedy a run
on a line where one conductor among the
fifteen employed, on that particular line
had complained of his hours. Each em
ploye has twenty-four consecutive hours
off duty each week. Almost all the em
ployes are members of the union, althoiiRlt
the company does not make any contract
with the union ax such. It has an agree
ment with the men, covering all, and thin
agreement Is negotiated between the com
pany and a committee representing- the
men. The fact that the committee Is
chosen by the union is admitted, but
"recognition" Is not as yet conceded.
Construction and Power.
A detail of the company's operation at
present 'may be of passing- Interest In
Omaha. The guttered type of girder rail,
such as Is now Iwing put down In Omaha,
Is being abandoned here. All the system
was laid with it, but It Is being- taken up
and a T rail Is being substituted. The
glrder'rall did not fall in any particular
incident, but is thought not heavy enmiRli
for the traffic, and t lie substitution n
expected to secure better service from th$
track, and less noise and greater amontbj
ness in operation. This and other details
of construction are worked out between
the city engineer's office and the operating1
department of the company. The city has
the veto power over any of the company's
proposals in this regard. Another factor
Is that the power for the trolley lines In
obtained from Niagara falls, and Is brought
In here over eighty miles of wire. It han
proven very reliable and much Reaper
than the steam-generated power, although
i was not given the exact figures as to its
cost.
McC.
Katinsr an Apple.
"Do you know what you're eating?" said
the doctor to the girl.
"An apple, of course."
"Vou are eating," said the doctor, "albu
men, sugar, gum, mulic acid, gallic acid,
fiber, water and phosphorus."
"I hope those things are good. They
Found alarming."
"Nothing could be better. You ate. I ob
served, rather too much meat at dinn.-r
The mahc acid of apples neutralizes the
excess of chalky matter caused by too
much meat, and thereby helps to keep you
young. Apples are good for your complex
ion; their acids drive out the noxious mat
ters which cause skin eruptions. They are
good for your brain, which those ssino
noxious matters, If retained, render slug
gish. Moieover, the acid of the appl
diminish the acidity of the stomach that
comes with some forms of Indigestion
The phosphorus, of which apples contain
a laiger percentage than any other fruit
or vegetable, renews the essential nervous
matter of the brslir and spinal column
Oh, the ancients were not wrong wh-n
they esteemed the apple the food of the
gods-the magic renewer of youth to whicn
the 'gods resorted when they felt them
selves growing old and feeble. 1 think 1 11
have an apple," concluded the UoiiU-'U-.
New York Tribune.