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THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA,' WEDNESDAT, AUGUST 3, 1870.
PITT81WR0.
.
JYcm an Occasional Correspondent,
MONONOAHELA HOUSE, PlTTSBtJRO, Jlllj 30,
1870. Well may this be called the "Smoky
City." On our arrival here, a few days since,
I was not able to distinguish houses or objects
on the opposite side of the river at Birming
ham, though it was early in the afternoon
and the distance but a few hundred yards
from our windows. Dozens and scores of
foundries, factories, rolling-mills, and river
steamers are continually emitting from their
chimneys the black and thick smoke, which at
times totally obscures the vision. Yet occa
sionally the smoke is lessened, the breeze
wafts it away, and a beautiful prospect is
opened up.
Having fine quarters on the Monongahela
front of this pleasant and well-kept hotel, we
all find it very interesting to watch the varied
movements on the water of the many barges
and steamers busily plying to and fro, and to
catch lovely glimpses of scenery on the beau
tiful hills opposite. We passed two hours of
th early morning very agreeably in strolling
along Mount Washington heights, and en
joyed the clear and bracing atmosphere and
the fine extended views of the country in the
rear, and very often would have quite a satis
factory view of different parts of the city
proper, Allegheny City, and both rivers, when
the temporary cessation of the dense smoke
aided by the wind would permit.
A novel and very xiseful railway has been
in operation during the past season. I refer
to the inclined plane reaching from the foot
of the bridge on the other side, opposite an
hotel, to the top of Mt. Washington, thus
bringing places within a minute's easy and
pleasant ride that were nearly half an hoar
away by the steep and tedious ascent of the
Toad. This railway is at an angle of thirty
five degrees', and is laid solid and strong on
three heavy tubes reaching to the rocky side
three hundred and eighty feet by three spans,
behind and under which the Pan Handle
Ilailrond runs, and the rest of the way, about
three hundred feot, is upon the earth and
rock of the hillside. A fine brick building
on the summit contains the engine and ma
chinery, with huge wheels or rollers which
wind up and lower the cars alternately by
means of inch and a half wire cables, and
in one minute the ascent or descent is made.
It seems firm as the mountain itself, and acci
dents are almost impossible, yet a few timid
ones, especially ladies, refuse to ride uponlt.
The cars will acoommodate twenty-five or
thirty, though forty have been crowded in, as
a car is never known to be full. The average
rata, of travel is 1200 a day, on Sundays more
than double that, and on the fourth of July
nearly 5000 were taken up and down. As the
affair has been demonstrated a success, it will
soon lead to others being constructed along
the bluff, and so bring much valuable build
ing property into the market. The whole
structure cost about $r0,00(), and would have
annaamil a orvAnf. rial? f.n anv Viiif fm Anf.Ai
prising community.
Though in the hottest of the season, the
mercury ranging here for days together high
np among the nineties, as with you, yet still
there is a life and animation among the citi
zens that I cannot but admire. Everybody
seems busy and no one idles away his time.
Corner loafers are scarce, and of beggars I
have Been none. It would be strange if, in
such a huge manufacturing centre, there
were a single person seeKing it mat could
not find employment in some capacity or
other.
As an evidence of the growth and pros
perity of business men in Pittsburg, I noticed
the improvement in various factories in the
introduction of new and valuable machinery.
There has been recently introduced into the
largest bakery here -an automatio cracker
machine, at a cost of over five thousand dol
lars. I believe there are only three of these
in use all over the United States. Quite a
number of persons have examined it, and
observed its wonderful operation. It is capa
ble of turning out about ten thousand
prackers a day. But a few years since this
business was commenced on a small scale by
the present proprietor, Mr. Marvin, and now,
though it has increased to a consumption of
over eight thousand barrels of flour annually,
the supply is hardly equal to the demand.
For four days past rain has fallen here in
great quantities, not steadily, but in frequent
copious showers, accompanied by much thun
der and vivid lightning. The sun has shone
out bright and beautiful at intervals. It is a
libel upon Pittsburg to say that we never see
the sun or the blue sky, for I have seen them
many times this week, even from the heart of
the city.
There is a story that at stated times the
children of the poorer classes are gathered at
the river bank and undergo a summary pro
cess of ablution and scrubbing, and then
their parents come and select their own,
having been unable before to identify them
from their neighbors' offspring. Believe it
those who wish to.
Altogether, we think better of Pittsburg
the more we see of it, and have been much
pleased with our visit.
Before coming here our party spent a week
' at Niagara Falls, finding, of course, enough
to interest us and ocoupy our time. The
mighty cataract presents few changes from
former years, but it is always grand, and one
need never tit looking upon it in all its
varied aspects. Th hotels were not full by
inpr-places seem to monopolize the bulk of
visitors this season. Dozens ol newly inar-
ried couples were there for a day or two,
most of them, as some one said, trying to
look as if they had been married for years,
Lut deceiving nobodv.
. We thall soon return to Philadelphia,
hoping to find the weather moderated from
..i the excessive , heat , of the past few weeks,
-which seems to have affected all parts of the
'country. "Yours, truly; Sio.
Tbe weather in Virginia baa been remark
ably pleasant tbU summer. According to the
J.yuctburg Virginian, tbe thermometer has not
gone above 89 decrees in tbe shade at any time
t.twe tie beginning of the heated term.
LITERATURD.
REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.
Claxton, Itemsen A Haffelfinger send us
the following recent publications of Harper
& Brothers:
Harper's complete edition of the sermons
of Rev. Frederick W. Robertson will be likely
to find readers among many who do not, as a
general rule, have much taste for this style of
literature. We commented favorably npon
this work a short time ago, and we are pleased
to take the occasion of a second copy being laid
upon our table to again recommend it to the
attention of Christians of all sects as contain
ing much sound doctrine and eloquent expo
sition of the principles of Christianity.
"The Speeches, Letters, and Sayings of
Charles Dickens," by George Augustus Sala,
is a book manufactured to supply a demand
created by the death of the great novelist.
Mr. Sala is reported to have been the inti
mate friend and to some extent the pupil of
Mr. Dickens,and under these circumstances
a catch-penny performance like the one be
fore us, hurried through the press almost be
fore the subject of it is cold in his grave, is
offensive to good taste, to say the least of it.
Mr. Sala supplements his collection of odds
and ends by a sketch of Dickens and by
Dean Stanley's funeral sermon, neither of
which contains any facts with which the
public are not already familiar. The speeches
of Mr. Dickens, which compose the bulk of
the book, are for the most part uninterest
ing, apart from the fact that they were de
livered by him, and except some meagre
reminiscences there is little to redeem the
affair from the charge of being a vulgar
attempt by one literary man to make money
out of the publio regard for a brother writer.
"Harper's Hand-Book for Travellers in Eu
rope and the East," edited by W. Pembroke
Fetridge, has entered upon its ninth year of
usefulness. This guide-book is a standard
authority with European tourists, and its
practical utility has been proved over and
over again. No pains are spared by the pub
lishers or the editor to make it as complete
as possible, and to bring its information down
to the latest date. During the past year the
work has been almost entirely rewritton, and
additions and corrections were made up to
May, 1870. Full directions about obtaining
passports, securing pnssage on steamers, ex
change, and other matters of interest to tra
vellers, are given in a plain and understand
able manner. The book is strongly bound in
leather, and is accompanied by a railroad map.
"John," by Mrs. Oliphant, is a love story
from the pen of a lady who has a well-established
reputation as a graceful and fascinating
writer. "We recommend it as very pleasant
reading.
"The Old Countess," translated from the
German of Edmund Hofer, and published
by J. B. Lippincott & Co., is a more than
usually interesting story of German life. The
plot is ingenious and with a spice of sensation
alism in it that will not make it les3 attrac
tive to many readers, and there are some
admirably drawn characters that show the
hand of a master artist. Edmund Hofer, the
author of the story, has a high reputation in
Germany, and the translator has done the
American public a service by introducing
him to their notice through the medium of
the volume before us.
J. B. Lippincott & Co. also send us the
August numbers of The Sunday Magazine,
Good Words, and Good Words for the Young,
which are, as usual, elegantly illustrated and
filled with choice reading matter from the
pens of some of the best English writers of
the day.
The Presbyterian Publication Committee
send us "Rufus the Unready," by Martha
Farquharson, a religious story for young
people, and "Heavenward Bound," by Oliver
A. Wadsworth, a book of religious counsel
for young Christians. Both of these works
will be valuable additions to Sunday-school
libraries.
The Aliine Press for August has a
specmen from Dore's "Dante" "Dante
at the Tomb of Farinata," from the
tenth canto of "The Inferno" which is an
admirable illustration of the style in which
the French artist has interpreted the Floren
tine poet. The other illustrations are "The
Great Fall of the Missouri;" "Falstaff and
his Recruits;" "A Roman Farm-yard Scene;"
"The Flushed Partridge;" and "A Conflict of
Authority." The literary articles are up to a
high standard of excellence. The Akline
Press is an admirable specimen of typogra
phy, albeit the impression of Dore's design
is not equal to the French prints of the
same subject. Received from the Central
News Company, No. 505 Chesnut street.
The August number of The iSchoolday
Visitor, which has been sent us by Turner &
Co., is filled with attractive staries, sketches,
and poetry for young readers.
The Philadelphia Photographertot August
contains, among other matters of interest, a
list of the exhibitors at the late National Pho
tographic Exhibition in Cle eland. The
"specimen" is a fine view of the interior of
the exhibition building.
Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering
Magazine for August presents an excellent
selection of articles from the best foreign
engineering and scientific journals.
The July number of The American Arehi.
tects' and Builders' Monthly contains a view
and plan of the Cincinnati Work-house and
two pages of illuminated letters from manu
scripts of the fourteenth century, together
with a variety of well-written articles on sub
jects connected with art, architecture, and
building.
The accidental fall and burning open of n
trunk has recently been tbe means oFdisplaying
the charms of a very pretty young lady, to
houi the article belonged. She was ou her
way to the CaUklll Mountains with a party of
frieuds. Among the number was a geatlemau,
the acquaintance of a day. Ho assisted her to
replace the contents of the truuk, and was so
etruck by the happy way in which the took her
'iiili-fortune," that he made a proposition of
marriage on the spot, and was accepted. Iu
this particular instance the romance is quite re
freshing, bnt it is not always well to allow inar
rifjie to be, the result of accident.
Japanese Number Tales. The Japanese,
writes a correspondent of the Boston Travel
ler, as rude and unpoetical as they seem to
be, have their fairies, genii, Peris, and imps,
answering to thoserof which European juve
niles tell such wonderful tales. Some of
these stories are very ingenious and would
bear copying into the fairy lore of America,
while others would be far from acceptable,
owing to the great difference in customs and
religion. I do not know that the subjoined
tales which were told by a Japanese nurse to
the European children at Uiogo, some of
whom were under her charge, are really a
part of Japanese folk lore, or made up for
the present amusement of the children. Bnt
in either case the children were pleased, and
when they repeated some of the stories to
me, they were very enthusiastic in the praise
of the old Japanese grandmother who bad
thus entertained them.
Once there was a little Japanese boy
dressed in a nice suit of black linen, and he
said to himself one day, "I will be a great
Daimio. I will have big swords and fine
dress, and my mother and father shall be
happy with plenty of rice and jewel ringi."
But the little boy was poor, and all he had
was this one suit of clothes. He was walking
on the aide of Fusiyama one day, thinking
how he should be great, when the mountain
shook and great smoke-devils came out of
the top. The bov was afraid, until a little
fairy, awakened byvthe noise, roso up at his
feet, and taking him by the hand led him
away from the mountain. When the little
spirit was about to leave the boy said, "You
know how to save me from smoke-devils,
and you must know how to make me a
great Daimio. Will you tell me?" "Go
and pull a turnip," said the fairy
spirit as she took her way back to
the sacred mountain. So the little boy
looked about him for a garden, and when
he had found one he searched for a
turnip. He soon found a great one with tall
leaves, and he set about digging around the
roots. "No, no !" said the turnip, "my root
is deep and you cannot dig so low, but take
hold of my head and pull, for my root will
follow where my head goes." So he seized
hold of the stalk and pulled. Lo 1 it came
up so easy that the boy fell in the mud. "Ho,
ho!" laughed the turnip, 'you have some
thing to learn if you would be a great Daimio.
Men, like turnips, pull easiest by the head,
but you had better leave them where they
have taken root than to venture yourself in
pulling them up." And the little boy took
the advice, and made the acquaintance of
leaders only. He was never, however, over
anxioxis to be in the company of great men,
and soon the Tycoon, seeing his great care
and wisdom, made him a prince. So'he was
happy.
Once a little girl was told by her mother
to make rice cakes. But the little girl wanted
to piny shuttlecock, and left the dough in the
bowl. A little imp in th shape of frog came,
and when the girl was about to hit the cork a
blow, he threw the dough into the air. It fell
upon the girl's head and streamed down over
her shoulders until she was entirely covered.
Her mother came, and, supposing it was all
dough, threw her into the oven, and so the
naughty little girl was baked.
One man worked in his rice and wheat
fields, while his neighbors spent their time in
wrestling, drinking said, and playing ball.
Finally winter came, and they had no food.
So they went to the industrious man and
said, "Give us rice and bread." But the
other said, "No; you serve the spirit of
amusement, I serve the spirit of work. Go
to your spirit for food, and I will go to mine."
So they all starved.
F-URNITURE, ETO.
Celebrated Patent Sofa Bedstead
Is dow being made and sold in large numbers both fin
t rance and it nglund. Can be had only at tbe manufac
tory. 'J bis piece of furniture is in tbe form of a handsome
PaRI.UK SOFA, yet in one minute, without unscrewing
or detaching in anjr way. it can be extended into a beau
tilul FKKAOli BKDSTKAD, with Spring Hair Mattresi
complete, it bus tbe convenience of a Bureau for holding,
is eabily managed, and it it impoetiole for it to get out of
order. This Sofa Bedstead require no props, hinges,
fett, or ropes to support it when extended, as all other
sofa beds and louoges have, which are all very unsafe and
liable to get out of repair, but the Bedstead is formed bf
simply turning out the ends or closing them when the
bof a is wanl ed. The price is about the same as a lounge.
An examination of this novel invention is solicited.
H. F. HOVER,
634tuf6m No. 230 South SECOND Street, FhiUda.
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July 27, 1870.
NOTICE PAVING PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE.
Yhe Commission appointed by "An Act to Provide
for the Paving of Pennsylvania Avenue," approved
July 8, 1870, is authorized to select and determine
the best kind of Pavement to be used in paving Penn
sylvania avenue, and to have said thoroughfare
paved therewith from the northwest gate of the
Capitol to the crossing of Fifteenth street, west.
The Commission met and organized in accordance
with the above law, and proceeded to the election of
a President and Secretary. It was decided to invite
all patentees, owners, or inventors of any of the
improved pavements, of whatever material com
posed, whether of stone, wood, asphalt, concrete, or
any other kind, to furnish accurate and detailed
drawings or models, descriptions, specifications, in
cluding the nature of the foundation to be laid, how
packed, aud, in fact, all Information as to their con
struction and durability. This information is desired
to enable the Commishion to t'eclde in the first in
stance upon the general nature of tbe material to be
used in paving the avenue, and then to specify the,
preference that may be agreed upon in regard to
some particular method to be adopted. A reference
t the law (public, Na. 114) will give the required
information as to how the payments for said pave
ment will be made. It iB provided therein "Tnat
the coBt of laying such pavement shall not exceed
the sum of four dollars per square yard." Tno es'i
mated area of said pavement is in the neighborhood
ol sixty-tlve thousand (tis.oou) square yards
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gummed, the gumming on the flap of each (except
for circulars) to be put on by hand not less than half
an men mc enure icngtn ; tne wrappers to Do also
hand-gummed not less than three-fourths of an inch
in width across the ami.
SECURITY FROM FIRE ANDTOEFT.
Bidders are not itled that the Department will re
quire, as a conuiuon or tne contract, that the en
velopes and wrappers shall bo manufactured and
stored in such a manner as to Insure security agalust
loss by Ore or theft.
The manufactory must at all times be subject to
the inspection of an agent cf the Department, who
will require the stipulations of the contract to be
faithfully observed.
PACKING.
All envelopes and wrappers must be banded In
parcels of twenty-live, and packed in strong paste
board or straw boxes, securely bound on all the
euges ana corners wun coiion aua linen clotll, glued
on, each to contain not less than two hundred anil
fifty of the note and letter sizes, and one hundred
each of the otllcial or extra otllcial size, separately.
The newsptiper wrappers to bo packed In boxes, to
contain not less than two hundred and llfty each.
The boxes are to be wrapped and securely fastened
in strong manllla paper, and sealed, so as to safely
bear transportation by mail for delivery to post
masters. When two thousand or more envelopes
are required to Ml the order of a postmaster, the
straw or pasteboard boxes containing the same
must be packed in Btrong wooden cases, well
strapped with hoop-iron, and addressed ; but when
leps than two thousand are required, proper labels
of direction, to be furnished by an agent of the De
partment, must be placed upon each paokage by the
contractor. Wooden cases, containing envelopes
or wrappers, to be transported by water routes,
must be provided with suitable water-proofing. The
whole to be done under the inspection and direction
of on agent of tbe Department.
DELIVERY
The envelopes and wrappers" must be furnished
and delivered with all reasonable despatch, complete
in all respects ready for use, aud in such quantities
as may be required to 1111 the dally orders of post
masters ; the deliveries to be made either at the Post
Office Department, Washington, D. C, or at the office
of an agent duly authorized to inspect and receive
the same ; the place of delivery to be at the option
of the Postmaster-General, and the cost of deliver
ing, as well as all expense of storing, packing, ad
dref sinr, labelling, and water-proofing to be paid by
the contractor.
SAMPLES.
Specimens of tho envelopes and wrappers for
which proposals are invited, showing the different
qualities and colors of paper required, tho cuts,
and style of gumming, with blank forms of bids,
may be had on application to the Third Assistant
Postmaster-General.
This advertisement and a specimen of the sample
envelopes and wrapper furnished by the department
must be attached to and made part of each bid.
GUARANTEE.
No proposal will bo considered unless offered by
a manufacturer of envelopes, and accompanied by
a satisfactory guarantee signed by at least two re
sponsible parties.
AWARD AGREEMENT BONDS.
The contract will be awarded to tho lowest re
sponsible bidder for all the envelopes and wrap
pers, the prices to be calculated on tbe basis of tue
number vsed of the several grades during the last
fiscal year, which was as follows:
Note size 1,433,230
Letter size, first quality 60,46f,8O0
Letter size, second quality 8,950,75
Letter size, second quality (ungummed).... 3,6l8,uoo
Extra letter size, first qualky 6,815,7150
Extra letter size, second quality (un
gummed) 454,000
Official size Ct)U,9oo
Extra official size s.ioo
Newspaper wrappers 4,930,250
Total 86,289,600
Within ten days after the contract hits oeen
awarded, the successful bidder shall enter into an
agreement in writing with the Postmaster-General
to faithfully observe and keep the terms, conditions,
and requirements set forth in this advertisement,
according to their true intent and meaning, and
shall make, execute, and deliver, subject to the
approval and acceptance of the Postmaster-General,
bonds with good and sufficient sureties in the
sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars (I ioo.uoo)
as a forfeiture for the faithful performance of said
agreement or contract, according to the pro
visions and subject to the liabilities of the seven
teenth section of an act of Congress entitled
"An act legalizing and miking appropriations for
such necessary objects as have been usually included
iu the general appropriation bills without authority
of law, and to fix aud provide for certain Incidental
expenses of the departments and offices of the Gov
ernment, and for other purposes," (United States
Statutes at Largs, vol. 6, page 25d), approved August
26, 1842, which act provides that iu case the con
tractor shaU fail to comply with the terms of his
contract, "be ana his sureties shall be liable for
the forfeiture specified in such contract as liqui
dated damages, to be sued for in the name of the
United States in any court having jurisdiction
thereof."
RESERVATIONS.
The; Postmaster-General reserves to himself the
following rights :
1. To reject any and all bids, if, In his judgment
the interest of the Government require it.
2. To annul the contract whenever the same or
any part thereof is offered for said for the purpose of
speculation ; and under no circumstances will a traus
fer of tre contract be allowed or sanctioned to any
party who shall be, In the opinion of the Postmaster
General, less able to fulfill the conditions thereof
than the original contractor.
8. To annul the contract, if, in his Judgment, there
shall be a failure to perform faithfully auy of Us sti
pnlations, or in case of a wilful attempt to impose
upon the Department Envelopes or Wrappers in
ferior to sample. . m .
4. If the contractor to whom the first award may
be made should 1U to enter into agreement aud
give satisfactory bonds, us herein provided, then
the award may te annulled and the contract let to
the next lowest responsible bidder, and dp on until
the requned agreement and bonds are executed;
acd such next lowest bidder shall be required to
fulfil every stipulation embraced herein as if he
were the original party to whom the contract Was
awarded. BICS ' . : -
Phould be Becurely enveloped and sealed, marked
"I'ropcsals tor Stamped Envelopes and Newspaper
Wrappers," and addressed to the Thud Assistant
l ostmaster-General, Washington, D. C.
JOU2M A. J. CRE8WELL,
12,(Cd 121 v4UiuUiMf-Gbilci'uL
PROPOSALS.
rpo CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS. SKA LED)
1 PROPOSALS, indorsed "Proposals for Building
a Public School-house In tbe Twentieth Ward," will
be received by the undersigned at the office, south
east coiner of SIXTH and ADKLPHI Streets, until
THURSDAY, AugiiBt 4, 1870, at IS o'clock f., for
building a Public School-house on a lot of ground
situate on Kievtnth street, below Thompson.
Twentieth ward.
Said school-house to be butltr In accordance with
the plans of L. II. Eslrr, Superintendent of School
Buildings, to be seen at the office of the Board of
Public Education.
No bids will be considered unless accompanied by
a certificate from the City Solicitor tnat the provi
sions of an ordinance approved May 25, 1860, have
been complied with.
The contract will be awarded only to known mas
ter builders. '
By order of the Committee on Property. '
H. W. 11 ALL! WELL. -
7 20 93 26 SOaul 4 Secretary.
TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS
SEALED PHOPOSALS, endorsed "Proposals for
Building a Public School House in the Twenty,
first Ward," will be received by the undersigned,
at the office, southeast corner of SIXTH and A DEL
PHI Streets, nntll THURSDAY, August 4, 1870, at
12 o'clock M., for building a Public Scliool House on
a lot of ground Bltnate on Washington street, Mana
yunk, Twenty-first ward.
Said School House to be built in accordance with
the plans of L. II. Esler, Superintendent of School
Buildings, to be seen at the office of the Board of
Public Education.
No bids will bo considered unless accompanied by
a certificate from the City Solicitor that the provi
sions of an ordinence approved May 25, 1860, have
oeen complied with. The contract will be awarded
only to known master builders.
By order of 1he Committee on Property.
H. W. HALLIWELL, '
7 20 23 26 80 aul 4 Secretary.
PITY ORDINANCES.
COMMON COUNCIL OF PHILADELPHIA,
Clerk's Office,
Philadelphia, July 8, 1870. f
In accordance with a resolution adopted by
tbe Common Council of the city of Philadelphia
on Thurpday, tbe 7th day of July, 1870, the
annexed bill, eutltlcd "An Ordinance to Create
a Loan for a House of Correction," Is hereby
published for public Information.
John Eckstein,
Clerk of Common Council.
AN ORDINANCE
To Create a Loan for a House of Correction.
Section 1. Tho Select and Common Councils
of the City of Philadelphia do ordain, That the
Mtivnr rf PhtlnrfplnVtto. Via tnr to ImimK.
- - J - - - " w L . UV Ml UQIVUJ'
authorized to borrow, at not less than par, on
the credit of the city, from time to time, for a
House of Correction, five hundred thousand
dollars, for which interest, not to exceed the
rate of six per cent, per annum, shall be paid
half yearly on the first days of January and
July, at the office of the City Treasurer. The
principal of eald loan shall be payable and paid
at the expiration of thirty years from the date
of the same, and not before, without the consent
of the holders thereof; and the certificates
therefor, in the usual form of the certificates of
city loan, shall be issued in such amounts as the
lenders may require, but not fir any fractional
part of one hundred dollars, or, if required.
In amounts of five hundred or one thousand
dollars; and" it thall be expressed In said certifi
cates that the loan therein mentioned and the
interest thereof are payable free from all taxes.
t'ectlon 2. Whenever any loan shall be made
by virtue thereof, there shall be, by force of thla
ordinance, annually appropriated out of the.in
come of the corporta estates and from the
sum raised by taxati&tf a sum suiliclent to pay
the Interest oa said certificates; and the farther
sum of three-tenths of one per centum on the
par value of such certificates so Issued, shall be
appropriated quarterly out of said income ana
taxes to a sinking fund, which fund and its ac
cumulations are hereby especially pledged fw
the redemption and payment of said certifi-
rntps.
p EVOLUTION TO PUBLISH A LOAM
Aj BILL.
Resolved, That the Clerk of Common Coun
cil be authorized to publish in two dally news
papers of this city daily for four weeks, the
ordinance presented to the Common Council
on Thursday, July 7, 1870, entitled "An ordi
nance to create a loan for a House of Correc
tion;" and the said Clerk, at the stated meeting
of Councils after the expiration of four weeks
from the first day of said publication, shall pre
sent to this Council one of each of said news-
Eapers for every day in which the same shall
ave been made. 7 8 21 1
LUMBER I
1870
SPRUCE
SPRUCE
JOIST.
JOIST.
1870
HEMLOCK.
HEMLOCK.
1870
SEASONED CLEAR PINE. -i OTA
SEASONED CLEAR PINK. 10 i If
. uuic. rarriiiiitt riNK.
SPANISH CEDAR, FOR PATTERNS.
RED CEDAR.
1870
FLORIDA FLOORING.
FLOnlDA FLOORiNO.
CAROLINA FLOORING.
VIKG1NIA FLOOHING.
DELAWARE FLOORING.
ASH FLOORING.
WALNUT FLOORING.
FLORIDA STEP BOAUD3.
RAIL PLANK.
1870
1 CTfi WALNUT BOARDS AND PLANK.
1870
AVJ VVvALJNUTUUAKUS AND FLANK,
WALNUT BOARDS.
T.'ALNUT FLANK.
1870
UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER.
UNDERTAKERS' LUMBER,
RED CEDAR.
WALNUT AND PINE.
1870
1870
SEASONED POPLAR.
SEASONED CHERRY.
1870
ASH.
WHITE OAK PLANK AND BOARDS,
HICKORY.
1870
CIGAR BOX MAKERS'
CIGAR BOX MAKERS'
1870
SPANISH CEDAR BOX BOARDS,
-i Qr,f CAROLINA SCANTLING. 4 Off A
10 U CAROLINA H. T. SILLS. 10 I U
NORWAY SCANTLING.
1870
CEDAR SniNGLES. - Qrjf
CYPRESS SHINGLES. 10 I U
MAULE, BROTHER fc CO.,
No. 2600 SOUTH Street.
118
PANEL PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES.-
COMMON PLANK, ALL THICKNESSES.
1 COMMON BOARDS.
1 and 8 SIDE FENCE BOARDS.
WHITE PINE FLOORING BOARDS.
YELLOW AND SAP PINE FLOORINGS, ltf And
i SPRUCE JOIST, ALL SIZES.
HEMLOCK JOIST, ALL SIZES.
PLASTERING LATH A SPECIALTY,
Together with a general assortment of Building
Lumber for sale low for cash. T. W. SMALTZ,
t 81 6m No. 1U5 RIDGE Avenue, north of Poplar St.
United States Builders' Mill,
FIFTEENTH Street below Market
ESLER & BROTHER,
PROPRIETORS. 29 8m
Wood Vonld'rgs, Brackets and General Turning
Work, fctuLd-iali rt&lusieis and Newel Posts.
A LA KGK ASSORTMENT ALWAYS UNHAND.
BUILDING MATERIALS.
E. E. THOMAS & CO.,
DBAI.KKB IN
Doors, Blinds, Sash, Shutters
. WINDOW FRAMES, ETC.,
. W. CORKKH Ot . j
EIGHTEEN III and MARKET Streets
4 is i2m Philadelphia;
T onN FAKNUM A CO., COMMISSION MER-
l cbuu nrtkManatMstiucrsof UoMMtov making, attv1