THE DaILT EVENING TELEQRAPR .PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY MAT 3, 1871. 3 TELFORD rAYEHEXT. To tht KJitor of The Fvtning TtlrgrapK It is the goncr&l desire of our citizens that Broad street should have an improved pave ment, tbe material of which must be durable, presenting a smooth, agreeable surface for drivirjg oyer, and sufficient hardness to stand the wear aud tear of travel. The following plan is suggested, believing it possesses merit beyond all others: Broad street from curb to curb, sny, is about eighty feet in width. On each side, twenty-five feet out from the curb, lay a frst-class, solid Belgian block pavement for the business traffics, and to protect the entrance to sewers, gutters, etc. In the centre, thirty feet in width, lay what is known as the "Telford," a substan tial, smooth roadway, clean and noiseless, delightful to drive upon, and not in the least damaging to horses and carriages. The Telford plan is not like the McAdam process, such as is ruado on country roads where dirt and stone are used, but not snfll cient to be called a pavement. The Tel ford form of pavement is now the first in publio favor in England, where the experi ence of the best engineering skill strongly endorses its merits. In Regent street, Lon don, and other avenues more travelled than even Broadway, N. Y., is, it has proved a great success. It Las also received the endorse ment of eminent engineers in this country, and is now being iaid on the new. avenues called the Boulevards in New York. The pavement is all made of pure stone, hard trap rock, or the best broken granite. It should be at least sixteen inches in the strata, the foundation to be of pieces about eight inches in diameter, the larger Bides down, carefiflly laid by hind and separately rammed home, so as to form a sub stantial substratum. Upon this is placed another layer of six inches of smaller atone, rolled down to four inches; a third layer of 6 till smaller stenes surmounts the whole, and this is again settled to four inches by a power ful steam roller, weighing about eighteen tons, which completely compacts the mass to gether, leaving a perfectly smooth surface of mosaic work bo dense and hard that it may be swept as clean as a floor. No Band er gravel is used, as it is found that they, being naturally softer than the hard stone, are apt to form dust and mud, besides weakening the texture and uniform density of .the road. Tha cost of this pavement need not exceed three ($3) dollars per square yard, and can be guaranteed for three years to be in as good, if not better, condition than when it is first laid. After that it can be kept in aa good order for about one cent per square yard per annum for an indefinite period outlasting, it is believed, the lifetime of the youngest of the rising generation. This is one dollar less cost per square yard than the cheapeat wood . pavement, to say nothing of the subsequent expense for re newals and repairs which the destructible nature of wood will require. Allowing the difference in first cost between this pavement and wood to be but one dollar per square yard, it is evident that the interest of this difference will more than keep the stone pavement in order perpetually. This style of pavement is considered to have more positive advantages and less defocls than any of the patented pavements that have been tested, and the cost is less, combining all the requi site conditions for covering the principal avenue of our city luxury of driving, eco nomy of construction, saving of horses and carriages, noiselessness, cleanliness in all weathers, or facility of reaching sewers, water or gas pipes. There is no patent to encumber the construction on either the Telford style or the Belgian block pavement. It would be open to fair competition from responsible parties that the work should be done care fully, in the most thorough manner, avoiding all rings or jobs in the improvement of the street. A complete constructed Telford drice, thirty feet in width, on Broad street, the whole length from League Island to the Park, and even northward to the Delaware, flanked on each Bide within the business limits of the city with a solid Belgian pave ment twenty-five feet out from the curb, would enable Philadelphia to present a mag nificent, clean, durable paved avenue une qualled in any other city in the world. L. P. ASHlLEiD. City Affairs. The German Peace Festival parade will include bakers, lounge manufacturers, car penters, milkmen, hat makers, and in fact nearly all trades in the ranks on the 15th in stant. 1G47 persons have received the benefits of the Fuel Havings Society, oO per cent, of them being sewing and washing women. The thermometer yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock was GO degrees. The Tublic Buildings Commission did not Meet yesterday fer want ef a quorum. Liscomb Cook, whose swindling piano operations were noticed yesterday, has been held in 1800 bail by Alderman Kerr. The Newsboys' Home at No. y 15 Locust street last year furnished 9800 boys with Bleeping accommodations and served 10,000 meals. The board at the house is 25 cents per day. N. Peterson, a German, was decoyed into a Locust street den on Saturday night last and robbed of '.'0 and a meerschaum pipe. Tbe coroner's jury yesterday rendered a verdict of death from effusion on the brain, in the case of Edward Kelly, who died at Spafl'ord and Bainbride streets yesterday xuorning. William F. Watson is now in custody in tne charge of routine tne bouse of J. W. McBride, No. 1210 South Eighteenth street, in December last. Domestic Affairs. The Connecticut Legislature meets to day. Some of the Centennial Commissioners were yesterday appointed by President Grant A Cabinet meeting waa yesterday held at Washington, for the first time in several weeks. In California, this season, the fruit crop will immense, and the vintage is estimated at ten million gallons. Lewis M. Huberts, a notorious counter feiter, with thirteen of bis confederates, wan ytbterday arrested at Pittsburg. The threatened dead-leck in the Pennsyl vania Legislature ban been averted through the counsels of moderate men of both politi cal parties. All of the Wilkebbarre Coal and Iron Company's men have aoaepted the proposi tion made them, and Lave resolved to go to wotk to-morrow. The American Medical Association Con vention met at San Francisco yesterday, and over two hundred physicians from the Eastern States were in attendance. The extensive machine shop and a por- tion of the tnbe works of Seyfert, McMann & Co., at Beading, Pa., were bninel last night, involving a loss of about one kuudrcd thousand dollars. The newppaper press of Chicagi sbarpl criticise the recent action of the grind jnr of Cooke county, 111., in dicharg n? froin custody II. A. Leonard, who was in prison for killing Dr. Bcanlan, his brother-in-law, a few weeks ago. In the case of A. D. Putnam, of New York city, who came to his death from blows inflicted upon bis head ;one evening last week, the coroner's jury have deo'ard Wil liam Foster the perpetrator of the ontrngeon deed, and he has been indicted by the grand jury for the murder. Judge Bedford, of the New York Court of General Sessions, yesterday, in delivering his charge to tbe jury, said that many in stances are known where car conductors and drivers are accomplices of thieves and other rascals, who ply their nefarious vocations among the passengers. Foreign Affairs. Napoleon declared on Monday that he would not return to France. The Communists deny the report of re cent Verpaillifit victories. The Italian Senate continues the diHcns sion of the Papal guarantees. The Commune has isnned a decroe ap pointing a committee of safety. The Roumanian Government has decided to reduce its standing army. There was heavy cannonading yesterday along the whole line before Paris. It is reported that General Dombrowski and his staff have been captured. Tbe sums demanded by the Commune of the railway companies have been paid. The principal barricades in Paris havo been converted into strong earthworks. The bill to incorporate Alsace and Lor raine was yesterday before the German Par liament. The Government of Baden nan decide to abolish all the foreign legations of the Grand Duchy after November neit. I he arrest of General Cluseret was or dered because he was guilty of negligence by wtaicn the Bafety of Jfc ort a Issy was compro mised. The Versaillist Government and their troops decline to respect the banners of the Freemasons which have been planted on the ramparts of Paris. Agents of the Commune whe went to London to enter into contracts for the re victualling of Paris, upon thirty days' credit, have been unsuccessful. A festival, in which the King and Quetu of Spain participated, was given in Madrid yesterday, in commemoration of the rising against tne i rencn in lM);i. A London despatch asserts that Thiers has determined upon a coup d'etat after enter ing Fans, which has fonts object the making of himself and MacMahon joint regents along with the Empress Eugenie. The New Collector. The following are the appointments made by Colonel J. W. Forney, Collector of the Port: Allen C. Mlchener, assistant cashier, Phlla. Colonel Thomas Fitzsrera'd. sunerinteudent of bonded warehouses, City Item, Philadelphia. . xneoaore . ivnifrni, cieric, rnHveipnia. A. V. Kiraniel, clerk, Indlant county, "a. tieorge W. Uarnier, clerk, .ierciaDtown. James W. Allen, clerk, Philadelphia. .T. W. Cake, Jr., ckrk, Northumberland county. T. W. Mhankland, day inspector, Philadelphia. .Tames H. Cox, day Inspector, Clermannnwn. M. Sheridan, day inspector, Bucks eonuty, Pa. John Jones, day lunpector, Philadelphia. John L. Nogle, day Inspector, Union c., Pa. J. A. Paine, day luttpector, Corry, Erie co. J. L. C. Tatem, day Inspector, Wood miry, N. J. Theodore Wjser, ulght Inspector, Plain. John Scott, nlpht iimpeotor, Phlla. K Brenner, night Inspector, Lancaster, Pa William 8. Stockton. night Inspector, Uorninj Pott. Pbila. Joseph Schneffer, nlRht Inspetor, Phlla. Thomas Brines, nlpht Inspector, Phlla. Captain Sheetz, night iupector, Sunday Rtpuhlk. Phlla. Thomas Blakely, night inspector, Ketmng near. Phlla. J O. Sticker, night inspector, Phlla. Dr. I). 1. McGlnley, ansistant storekeeper, Plilla. Frank Bonhain, beaniaman, Phlla. SIjfcULAK aCCIDEKT. A Man Killed by the EiplotUn f a Sotla W titer PuuuUlu, A dreadful accident occurred at Wathlaeton on Saturday, whereby a yonnjj inaa named Jehn E. YoBton, a clerk in the ilrnr autre of Dr. Samuel F. Shreve, was fatally Injured, aaa Dr. Shreve himself very seriously and dangerously hurt. It teem that Dr. Shreve aaa kis assist ant were engaged in charging a tad a fountain is a small room attached to the store, when tha fountain exploded with terrible t fleet, forcing Dr. Bhreve up against tbe celllag ana hurling young I aeon out of tbe room with both thlgha deeply lacerated, so that in a comparatively ihort time he lost learly all the blood ia hit body. Tbe immediate agent iu the laceration appears to have been a piece ef (beet copper from tbe tide of the fountain, weighing nearly nine pounds, which was fole4 orer three or four times by tbe foree ef the explosioa. Tbe young nan was taken te hit home in the Sev enth Ward of the cltv, where he died in a few hours. It was stated that a piece ef the at tached metal wat alse Imbedded ia Dr. Rhreve's breatt. It it thought that the force of the ex plosion was about that ef fire atmospheres, or 6evety ponndt to the tqnare lneh.i MILLINERY. M K 8. K. D I U L O NOS. 823 AND 331 SOUTH STREET, FANCY AND MOURNING MILLINERY, CRAPB VEILS. Ladles' and Misses' Crape, Felt, Gimp, Hair, Satin, Silk, Straw and Velvets, Hats and Bonnets, French Flowers, Ilat and Bonnet Frames, Crapes, Laces, Silks, Satins, Velvets, Ribbons, Sashes, Ornaments and all kinds of Millinery Goods. NEW PUBLICATIONS. JJOOTKU'S CUtttKHOB. "The Changed Cross," size 22x23, the finest ever offered to the public "Mary and St. John," size 82x23, a most sublime chronio. The Beautiful Enew," size 16x22, a very lmpres Blve picture. "Tbe Holy Family," size 22x29, a real gem. "Delhi. DeL Co., N. Y.," size 22x23, a beautiful au tumn scene. Published and sold, wholesale and retail, by J. HOOVER, No. 804 MARKET Street, 8 lSsmwSin Philadelphia, second floor. j ADifcs' Human iiaiii empouuu No. 7 S. TENTH Street Having epened a new and apUadld store for the acrRrmudanoB of tae laal who desire fine UA1K WORK, the batt talent that eau be procurj u em loycd In this Use of bsaioest, wbe have had twelvo jarf expenaaoe In frauceand OWianoy, mkt BP all the variaut aipm of UAIU FROM COMB. INt-a, which tome btTe the pretaaipttou tocUliu at tliwr !uvuiiol. The ability of MISS WEEKS In HAIR DRESSINd is ckbtwledied by rtlita la the bm!uM t nUad BDrivalled. ltlaw2H) O. . VTEEKS. Q A R A C A S CUOCOLATB, Imported and for sale by DALLETT k SON, 44 lw No. 12V S. FRONT Street FINANCIAL. 7-30 GOLD LOAN or mi Northern Pacific Railroad, Rapid Progress of the York. The building of the Northern Pacific Railroad (brjriin July hist) Is being pushed forward with (jretit enerev from both extremith 8 of iho lino. Sever.il tlioitpand men are employed In Minnesota and on the Prtctflc coast. The grade Is nearly completed if,0 miles westward from Lake Superior; trains are running over 130 miles of unUhed roud, and track l8jli:g 1b progrensltig at tho rate of one to two miles per day. Including its purchase of tlte St. Paul and Taclflc Road, the Northern Pacific Company now has 413 miles of completed road, and by September dent this will bo increased to at leant BG0. A GOOD-INVESTMENT. We are now selling aud unhesitatingly recom mend, as a Profitable and perfectly Safe Investment, the I'll st Mortgage Land Grant Gold Boudiof the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. They have 3(1 yctirs to run, bear Seven aud Threc-teiitus per cent, gold interest (more than 8 per cent, currency), and aieBet ured by first aud only mortgage on the en tire KOAD AND ITS EQUIPMENTS, and ftlSO On 23,000 ACRES OF LAND to every mile of track, or 600 Acres for each flog Pond. They are exempt from United Stat.es Tax; Principal and Interest are payable In Gold ; Deno minations : Coupons, fl00 to 11000 ; Registered, 100 to 110,000. LANDS FOR BONDS. Northern Pacific 7-30's are at all times receivable at ten rER cent. ABOVE tar, In exchange for the Company's Lam's, at their lowest cash price. That ie, In addition to their character as a Drst-clajis prompt-paying Railroad security, these bonds are in effect Laud Warrants bearing a profitable rate of interest until exchanged for Homesteads, at ten I-ER CENT. FKEMUTM. SINKING FUND. The Land Grant of the Roud exceeds Fifty Mil lion Acres, having an average soil ir great fertility, In a climate that Is simply unsurpassed. The Trus tees of the Mortgage, Messrs. Jay Coose and J. Edgar Thomson, are required to devote the pro ceeds of all Land Sales to trie repurchase and can cellation of the Company's Uouds. This immeiiHe biukiug Fund will undoubtedly cancel tne principal of the entire Issue of First Mortgage Bonds (new selling) before they fall due. PROFITABLE AND SAFE. W ith their ample security and high rate of lnte rt at, there Is no investment accessiule to the peo ple which is more profitable or safe. In view of the Government's expectation soon to call for the surrender of its outstanding o per cent. Bonds, under .the present movement for funding the debt at lower interest, manjr holders of United States Five-Twenties are exchanging them fer Northern Pacific Sevea-Th!rtlc, timd realizing a handsome profit, and greatly Increasing their annual iucotne. OTHER (SECURITIES AClE.NCIEf. All marketable stocks aud Bonis will be received at their highest current price in exctiinge for Nrthern Pacific Seven-thirties. Expuess charges on Money or tionda received, snrt on Seven-thirties sent in return, will bo paid by the Financial Agent. Agencies for the sale of this loan are established in nearly every city and impoitant town throughout the United States and Canada. Full information, nisps pampnlets, etc., can be obtained on applica tion at any agency, or from the undersigned. JAY C00EE & CO., Philadelphia, New Yortt, Washington, FISCAL AGENTS NORTHERN PACIFIC K. R.CO For sale in Philadelphia by OLEKDTNNINO, DAVIS & CO., No. S S. Third It. "WM. T. ELBERT, No. 321 Walnut street. J. H. TROTTER, No. 322 Wslnut street. WM. PAINTER & CO., No. 8S 8. Third street S. M. PALMER 1 CO., No. 28 S. Third street. 1. M. ROB (N SON k CO., No. 18$ S. Third street SAMUEL WORK, No. 64 S. Third street. GEORGE J. BOYD, No. 18 S. Third street. RALKY & WJLSON, INo. 41 S. Third street WALLACE 4 KEENE. No. 143 S. Third street STERLING k CO., io. 110 S. Third street. H. H. W1LTBANK, No. 305 Walunt street T. A. RIDDLE A CO., Nu. 326 Walnut btreet M. SCUULTZ 4 CO., No. 44 S. Third Street WILLIAM C. MORGAN & CO., No. 23 S. Third st BO WEN k FOX, No. 13 Merchants' E xchange. WILLIAM T. CARTER, No. 313tf Walnut street. W. H. SUELMERDINE, No. 10 8. Third street. MEGARY & PEALE, No. 12 S. Third street NARK & LADNER, No. 3u S. Third street. BIOREN CO., No. 1C0 S. Third street. JOHN K. WILDM AN, No. 26 S. Ttilrd street TOWNSENI) WUEI.EN A CO, Ne. 30'J Walnut St. P. S. PETERSON & 0.. No. 39 S. Third street B. K. JAMISON & CO., N.W. cor. Third & Ohesuat. EMORY, BENSON & CO., No. 6 8. Third street O. k W. Y. HEBERTON, No. 62 S. Third street BARKER BROS. A CO., No. 2S 8. Third slreet. JAMES E. LhiWARS k CO., No. 29 S. Third street. BULL k NORTH, No. 121 8. 'ihird street. D. C. W. SMITH k CO., No. 121 S. Third street CHARLES B. KEEN, No. 8 Walnut street J. 8. Rl'BHTON k CO., No. 60 8. TUird street H. F. BACHMAN, No. 26 8. Third street JACOB K. RIDG WAY, No. 66 fr. Thlri street W. H. STEVENSON, No. 223 Dock str JOHN MOSS, Jk., No. 205 Walnut st . C. T. YERKES, Jr., A CO., No. 20 S street SEVENTH NATIONAL BANK, N. W. cor. fourth and Market streets. 3 2Tmwf!ra D U N N BROTHERS, BJLTVUEUai, Ncs. 51 and 53 S. THIRD St. Dealers In Mercantile Fapor, Collateral Loins, Government BecnrUles, and Gold. Draw Bills of Exchange on the Union Bank of London, and lssne travellers' letters of credit through Meters. BOWLES BROS k CO., available In all the cities of Europe. Make Collections on all polnta. Kitcnte orders for Bonds and Stocka at Board of Brokers. Allow Interest on Deposits, subject to check at tght i a ELLIOTT, COLLINS 8 CO., ISArtltfcltti, Ho. 109 South THIRD Street, MVMBEB8 OF STOCK AN1 GOLD EX CHANGES. DKALKKS IN MERCANTILE PAPER, GOVERNMENT HliCU RITI EH, GOLD, Etc. DRAW HILLS OF EXCHANGE ON TH1 UMON BANK OE LONDON. $fmw FINANCIAL. Wilmington and Reading Railroad Freo of Taxes. We fcre now offering a i.mlted amount of the SECOND MORTGAGE BONDtf of this Coinpanj At S and Accrued Interest The Bonds are Issued In SIOGs, SBOOs, and SI OOOs. COUPONS PAYABLE JANUARY AND JULY. We placed the FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS of this Company at 88 per cent They are now bringing on the open market 95 per cent This fact is strong evidence of the standing and credit of this Com pany. The road Is now finished and doing a large and profitable business. YM. PAINTER & CO., BANKERS, And DealcrB in Government Securities, No. 36 South THIRD Street, PH ILADBLPHIA. A RELIABLE Safe Home Investment. TUB Sunbury and Lewistown Railroad Company mR CTjr7. GOLD First Morteitfe Bonds, Interest Payable Aprf I and Octo ber, Free of State and United Htates Taxes We are now offering the balance of the loan ol tl,soo,uoo, which is secured by a first and only lieu on the entire property and franchises of the Com pany, At OO and the Accrued Interest Added. The Read 1b now rapidly approaching comoietlon. with a lurge trade in COAL, IKON, aud LUMB11U, In addition to the pasHeneer travel awaiting the opening of this grratly needed enterprise. The local trade aioue is samcienuy large to bur tain the Kaad. We hatf no hesitation in recommending the Bonda hk a CHEAP, KKLIAULK, and SAFE INVLST- For pamphlets, with map, and full Information. apply to WM. PAINTER a CO., BANKERS, Dealers in Government Securities, No. 3G South THIRD Street, PHILADELPHIA. IS JEW Loan of the United States. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO 1KB riew O Per Cent. United States Loan Received at our Office, where all information wRI given as to terms, etc. Yftfi. PAINTER & CO. No. 36 8- THIRD Otreet, PHILADELPHIA. COUPOtl OR REGISTERED L0AI1 City of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, With both principal and Interest made absolutely secure by State and municipal legislation, for sale at AND ACCRTJRBD INTEREST, BT P. 8. PSTCRSOft a CO., Bankers and Stock Brokers, No. 39 8. THIRD STREET, 9 PHILADELPHIA. B. K. JAMIS0H & CO. SUCCESSORS TO I. IP. ItliUJLY Ss, CO, BANKERS AND DEALERS IN Gold, Silver, and Government Bonda At Closest Market Rates, U. W. Cor. THIRD and CHESNUT Stt Special attention fivtn to COMMISSION ORDEH3 in New Tort and Philadelphia Stock Boards, ete. etc 18 JOHN S. nilSHTOH I CO., BANKERS AND BROKERS. GOLD AUD COUPONS WASTED, City W"ixrrn,titH BOUGHT AND SOLD. No. CO South THIRD tltroet. I let PHILADELPHIA. ' FINANCIAL. JAY COOKE & CO., PUILsDELPHIA, HEW YORK and WASHINGTON. Jtf COOKE; McCULlOCi S CO., LONDON, BANKERS AND Dealeri In Government Securities. Bpedal attention given to tne Purchase and Sle of Bonds and Stocks en Commission, at.ttic Board of Brokers in this and ether cities. INTEREST ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS, COLLECTIONS MADE ON ALL POINTS. GOLD AND BlLVBlt BOUGHT AND bOL In connection wltu our London House we are ow prepared to transact a general FOREIGN EXCHANGE BUSINESS, Including Purchase and Sale of Sterling Bills, and the issue of Commercial Credits and Travellers' Clr cular Letters, available in any part of the world, and are thus enabled to receive GOLD ON DEPOSIT, and to allow four per cent. Interest In currency thereon. Having direct telegraphic communication with both our New York and Washington Offices, we can offer superior facilities to onr customers. RELIABLE RAILROAD BONDS FOB INVEST MENT. Pamphlets and full Information given at our office, 6 S 8mrp No. 114 S. THIRD Street, Phllada. INVESTMENT BONDS PORTAGE LAKE AND LAKE SUPERIOR SHIP CANAL 108. Secured by flret mortgage on the canal (now completed), and on real estate worth Are times the amount of the mortgage. . KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 10a. DOUGLA8 COUNTY. NEBRASKA, (Including Omaha), lus, and other choice Western county and city bondB, yielding good rates of Interest. ALLENTOWN C1TY(A.) SEVEN PER CENT. BOBOoL BONDS, free from taxes under the laws of the State, at par and Interest. For full particulars apply to UUW1BD D4BHHUTO.T, 8! 8m No. 14T Bonth FOURTH Street. HIQHWAY PROPOSALS. DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS. BRIDGES, 8EWER8, ETC. OFFICE OF CHIEF COMMISSIONER, No. 104 SOUTH FIFTH STREET. Philadelphia, May I, 1S71. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. SEALED PROPOSALS will be received at the Office of the Chief Commissioner of nighways, until 12 o'clock M. oa FRIDAY, 5th instant, for the construction of a sewer on the lino of EIGHTH STREET, from Vine street to "Willow street. On NINTH STREET, from Wood street to Willow street. On PHILIP STREET, from a polut aixtr feet south of Diamond street to Morris street. On MASTER STREET, from Mascher street to west curb line of Front street. On CHERRY STREET, and oa the line of Kershaw Btreet from Fifteenth street to Race street. On PINE BTRKE 1', from Ninth street to Tenth street. On CHESNUT STREET, from Nineteenth street to T wentieth street. On SEVENTEENTH STREET, from Mount Vernon street to Wallace street. On THIRTEENTH STREET, from Coates street to Olive utreef. and On OLIVE STREET, from Thirteenth street to P.road street. On SEVENTH STREET, frem Coates street to lirown Street. On THIRTEENTH STREET, frem Columbia to Montgmery avenue. On FORTY-SECOND STREET, from Balti more avenue to Rmirietslnr avenne. On TH11U Y -SEVENTH STREET to Irvlnsr street, thence op Irving street te Thirty-eights. street. The foretroice Sewers to be three feet In diameter, and to be constructed in the usual form. On GERMANTOWJ AMD SL SUE Ell ANN A AVENUES, from Sixth street te a point 4S5 feet north of Susquehanna avenue on the said Ger man town avenue, and On RANSOM STREET, from Thirty-eecend street te Thirty-third street, to be two feet six inches in diameter. With snch manholes as may be directed by the Chief Engineer and burveyor. ine under standing to be that the sewers herein adver tised are to be completed on or ueiore ue aiai day of December, 1S71. and that the contractor shall take bills prepared apainei tue. property fronting on said sewer to the amount of oae dol lar and if ty cents for eaod lineal foot of front on each side of tho street as so mucn cash naid: the balance, as limited by ordinance, to be paid by tne city; ana tne contractor wui be required to keep the street and sewer In good order for three years after the sewer is finished. When the Btreet is occupied y a city passen per railroad track, the sewer shall be constructed alongside of said track in such manner as not to obstruct or interfere with the safe passage of the cars thereen; and no claim lor remuneration shall be naid the contractor by the company usiuR 6aid track, as specified ia the Act of Assembly approved ;uay o, isoo. Each oroDOsal must be accompanied bv a cer tiflcate that a bond has been filed in the Law Department, as directed by ordinance of May 25. I860. 11 the lowest bidder shall not execute a contract within five days after the work is awarded, he will be deemed as declining, and will he held liable on his bond for the differ ence between his bid and the next lowest bid der. Speciiications may be had at the De partment of Surveys, which will be strictly adhered to. The Department of Highways re serves the right to reject all bids not deemed satisfactory. All bidders may be present at the time and place of opening the said proposals. No al lowance will be made for rock excavation, except by special comtract. MAHLON II. DICKINSON, 5 3 3t Chief Coia'r ot Highways, Philadelphia Hardware House. LAWN-MOWERS IN GREAT VARIETY. J&IYJE8 M. VANCE & CO., No. 211 MARKET STREET, 4 S3 litrp PHILADELPHIA. AMUSEMENT. i MEXICAN ACADEMY OF MUSIC COMPLETE AND OVlKWnELMINQ TRIUMPH Or TBI RECONSTRUCTED 'B LACK CROO K." THE ENTIRE FRfiSS . VNlVKItSAL IN ITS PHAISE, AND TBE PUBLIO JOIN IN THEIR APFROVALJ NOT ONE DISSENTING VOICE. ..All are plposcd with the Wonderful MAJ1L 1 ON8, THE BEAPTIFl'L BALLADS, SUPERB SCKNKRY, .,. AND COSTLY WARDROBE. MATINEE ON SATURDAY AT 8, for which Secured Seats can be obtaine 1. A Special "Matinee." Pox Sheet at, BONER'S Mnsic Store, No. lma CHESNUT Street, mid at ACADEMY, from A. M. till B P. M. Cnllrireu tinflar IS, 60c. Performance begins at 8 and closes at ll'io. 6 l et WALNUT STREET TIIKATRE, THIS (Weduesday) EVENING, Mav 8, third night ot the diitingulshd Tragedienne MRS. D. P. BOWERS, in the Rrand Horoantto Drama, in 4 acts, of SNARE; ok, WHAT CAN'T MONEY DO? Clara Melville Mrs. D. P. BOWERS Hory Melvll!e Mr. .1. O. McCollom THUKSDAY SNARE J OK, WHAT CAN'T WON FT DO? FKI DAY-BENEFIT OF MRS. D. P. BOWERS- EAST I.YNNE; ok, THE ELOPEMENT. SATtRDAi MS. BOWERS MATINEE. JAVENPORT'S CHESNUT STREET THEATRE. THIS EVENING, SARaTOUA. MR. JaMES LEWIS, MISSES KATE NEWTON and MAY FISK, and the entire DAVENPORT STAR COMPANY. OBSERVE. SARATOGA will be performed en SATURDAY, at 8 o clocx. MRS. JOHN DREWS ARCH STREET THEATHK. Begins id to 8 o'clock. ENGAGEMENT 01-' MR. JOHN BROUGHAM. TO-NIGHT, and till fnrt.her nutli-n. Mr. Bronpbui's celebrated Creation of MUCH ADO ABOUT A MERCHANT OF VENTCR. Shjlock Mr. JOHN BROUGHAM aided by the mil Company, and the HArrUSl' DAY Olv Ml LIFE. Cratpr, Seville, Thayr, and Maeder. FRIDAY BENEFIT OF JOHN B SOUGH AM. A CONCERT IN AID OF THE MARKET SQUARE CHURCn of GERMANTOWN Will be (riven at the TOWN HALL, on THURSDAY EVENING, May 4, 1171, at 8 o'clock, by prominent members of the Handel and Haydn Society of Phi ladelphia. The programme will comprise choice selections from the eld masters, and choruses from the best oratorios. Conductor W. A. ULMER. rianlst. THOMAS A BECKET, Jk. Tickets, CO cents. Can be had at the principal drug stores, Gates', Parker's, and at the door oa the evening of the Conetrt. 4 27 Tt GRAND ORGAN CONCERTS AT THK ARCH STREET M BTHODIST EPISCOPAL , CHURCH, S. E. earner BROAD and ARCH Streets, On THURSDAY EYANINttS, Mav 4 and 11. Ccnducted bv Messrs. M. U. CROSS and H. 6. THUNDER, aiiUte by Messra. II. A. CLARK, SPENCER HUDNUT, and RICHARD ZECKWIR rate or conservatorv at tietpsic). organists: win- y.KL KOPTA, Sale Vitilniit, and eminent vocal and instrumental talent. Tickets One DUar, for sale at Gould Fischer's. No. 2? Chef nut tlraet, and Methodist Episcopal Boek Rooms, 'e. l'l Arch street. 4 89 smwthtt rIORGE A. CONLY'S GRAND CONCERT. FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1871. CUmjl'.K 1' HALL. Under the direction of SUrnor KTTOKE BART LI. assisted by tha onluast artista Messrs. Carl Wolf- laon, William Ptoil, Jr., AlfrtdoBarlit, and Maestre Aatonle AtsiriU, f New York. Also, tbe duttofralshed amateurs, Mi Virgleia Parts, Uz.le McCartney, ana ix'oui retry, aaa Mr. w unaru oraasnaw. Ticket Oae Dollar, at Music Stores and at Con cert Hall. Diet AMERICAN MUSEUM AND MENAGERIE Northwest oersertf NINTH aud ARCHStreetsi, Open flany irom 8 A. JVl. tin l( v. At. LIVING WILD ANIMALS. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CURIOSITIES. Every evening, Wednesday aud Sitnrday Matluees, UN OLE 'lOM'S CABIN. MONDAY, Mays RIP VAN WINKLE. Admission 25 cents , to all attractions. 12 13 tf FOX'S AMERICAN THEATRE. IM M KNE ATTRACTION. BVEWY KVRNIvu and SATURDAY M A TINEB. LABI WKIk. OF I1X KATE i'lSUJSIt and her beautilui hrse "Wonder," In the Great Drama er THE FRENCH SPlf ON HORSEBACK. Grand Olio Rnterteinnient. REMEYRKR MARKS' BENEFIT. FRENCH SfY ajsd JACK SI1EPPARD. THE ALHAMBRA, SEVENTH STREET, below Arch. MONDAY, April IT, And every evening during the week, the GREAT CALIFORNIA CONSTELLATION OF VARIETY ARTISTES, FIFTY ES NUMBER. FIFTY IN NUMBEIi. 4 17tn FIFTY IN NUMBER. Dont fall to go to the great Variety Theatre to-night. A BRAND BAZAAR IN AID OF THE SICK POOR OF ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL la NOV OPEN, and will contiane for two weeks at CON CERT HALL, CHESNUT Street, above Twelfth. Season tickets, 25 cents. Single admission, 10 cents. 4 13 "T 11 E S V C Ii O V D . This new dopant and commodleus first-class Hotel, on ARCH Street, above SEVENTH, Now open. Terms, $3 per day. 4 1 im O. W. MULLIN A BRO., Proprietors. LOOKINQ CLASSES, ETO. NEW ROGERS GROUP, "RIP VAN TVINKLE." NEW CHROMOS. All Chromes sold at 35 per cent, below regular rates. All of Prang's, Hoover's, and all others. Send for catalogue. L,ooli IiiK-Cji lasse, ALL NEW STYLES, At the lowest prices. All of our own manufacture. JAMES S. EAR LB & SONS, No. 616 CHESNUT STREET. TOBACOO. LEAF TOBACCO. 100 OASES CHOICE CONNECTICUT WRAPPERS, Crop 1S9. For sale by DAVID L. KETLER, Nob. 60 and 63 South FOURTH Street, 4 T lmrp Philadelphia. HARDWARE. ETO. CUMBERLAND NAILQ S4'75 Per Keg- These Nails are known to be the best In the market All Nails, no -w ante, ana cost no more than other brands, Each keg warranted to contain 100 pounds of Nam; Also, a larire assortment of line Hinges, Locks, and Knobs. Kalid Bronxe, suitable for flruUJlaas build ings, at the great Cheap-1'or-Caa.b Hardware 8 tore) of 1 14 tathsl No. 1009 IIAU&EX Street'
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