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HOW TO BUILD GUIS.
Development of Projectile Weapons
Since the Date at,"
THE INVJISTlON OP GUNPOWDER.
DUKrent Processes of Manufacturing Mod
ern Cannons.
fiOHE SMOOTHBORE AKD KIFLED GUNS
rWBITTZS rOB THE DISPATCH.
T is not known ex
actly -when man
first sought o
confine the forces
resulting from the
combustion o f
gunpowder and to
utilize them for
mittwicp of oe-
""a" 6truction. History
fails to furnish more than amere allusion to
the existence of any Buch means. It gives
no details of forms, construction or
effect. Gunpowder, a a combustible ma
terial, is known to hare been used by the
Chinese before the Christian era, and they
knew enough of its explosive effects to con
fine it within the walls of a shell or bomb,
and were able inn measure to control the
time of its ignition. The historicGreek fire
was forced from the months of tubes set in
the bows of ancient vessels of war, and the
secret of its manufacture was religiously
guarded for centuries. Stone balls were
used at the siege of Constantinople, and
tradition tells of stone guns from which they
were fired, and even as late as the middle of
the fourteenth century there exists a doubt
as to whether cannon were used in the bat
tles of Edward III. Later on, in this century,
however, we hear of them, and from that
time to this they have been recognized as
deciding elements in a nation's greatness.
The process of development has been an ex
ceedingly slow one, considering the amount
of thought and experiment brought to bear
upon it, butitwasnot until within the last 25
or 30 years that any real progress was made
in the science of gun construction.
Iron, in some form or other, has always
been regarded as the most valuable metal
for this purpose Bronze has been exten
sively used, brass and copper, and tradi
tion tells us of even precious metals beirg
melted and cast into gun shapes, bnt iron
has survived all others, and when strength
and durability are required, it furnishes
the only material to be depended upon.
The well-known forms of this metal are
cast iron, wrought iron and steel. From
the time of the first cannon until about
1840, cast iron was the only form of iron
nsed. It was supposed that weight of metal
to resist recoil and simple strength to with
stand rupture were all the essentials to a
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euccessf i gun. Adherence to this nrin
ciple lead to several crises when the Runs
became too heavy ror management, and the
gunmakers of the time were forced to inves
tigate the adaptability of other metals for
their purposes. Bronze was always a favor
ite departure, and light field pieces were
made and used b both the French and
Austrians in the Napoleonic wars, but their
efforts were mainly directed to the improve
ment ot iron, and" at the date relerred to
wrought iron made its appearance as a
factor in gun construction. It cained
favor slowly, receiving its greatest
impetus when adopted by the English
in 1856 for the manufacture of their Arm
strong and "Woolwich guns. The transition
from wrought iron to steel was an easy and
a natural one. The reasons for using
wrought iron, instead of cast, were sup
plemented by the marked superiority of
steel over either of them. The mathemat
ical deduction of the theorist found in this
metal the only factors that would satisfy
his problem, and from that time to this gun
making has been a science, a fine art, I
mitrht say, and steel has grown in favor
until now it is recognized as the only metal
capable of resisting the powerful explosives
of the day and at the same time keeping
within the limits of wieldiness.
Guns are divided into two general classes,
"smoothbore" and "rifled," and as regards
their construction into "cast" or "built-up
guns." It is well to remember that the
term "small arms" applies to all pieces
fired , from the shoulders or hand "machine
guns" to all arrangement of small arm bar
rels, discharged by some mechanical con
trivance, generally a crank that is turned
by hand, while the term guns applies to all
other pieces cf ordnance. Smoothbores are
designated by the terms 12 pdr. 32 pdr.,
signifying the weight of the solid shot, and'
the use of the Boman characters VIII in.,
IX in., XI in., and XV in., to distinguish
the caliber or diameter of the bore. See
Ke. H.
Bines are designated by the ue of the
arabic character 3, 5, 6, etc., for caliber and
the letters JI. L. B. for muzzle-loading rifle
or B. It. B. for breech-loading rifle.
Small arms are distinguished by their
caliber thus cal. 38, cal. 50, denote a
diameter of the bore of .38 or .50 of an inch.
Machine guns by their caliber as 37 m. m.,
47 m. m. or 53 m. m., meaning 37 milli
meters, about 1.46 in., 47 millimeters, about
1.85 in. and 53 millimeters, about 2.09 in.,
as applied to the Hotchkiss revolving can
non. The one pound rapid-firing gun, six
pounder rapid-firing gun to the heavier
Hotchkiss guns, while the Gatling, Gardner
and Nordenfeldt are distinguished by their
calibers in inches and by the terms long or
short, according to the length of their bar
rels. It is necessary for a proper under
standing of this subject that an explanation
be given of the various technical expressions
that will be used from time to time and the
simplest way I think to bring them to your
notice is by the accompanying diagrams
whereon the various parts of the gun will be
named:
The guns at present in use or in process
of construction for use in the United States
Navy are the IX in., XI in., and XV in.
muzzle-loading smooth bores; the 8" con
verted M. Ii. R.; the 60-pound and 80-pound
converted Parrott rifles, B. 1$. B.; the 12
pound and 20-pound brass howitzers; the
3"B.L.B-;the 5",6",8".10 'built upB. X.B.,
and the armament of the large harbor de
fense vessels is to call for 12,fand 16" B. L.
B. These two extremes, the cast iron M. L.
S. B. and the built-up steel B. L. B., repre-
Units of Pressure.
sent two periods in the history of this coun
trv when we possessed the finest ordnance in
the world the time of the civil war and the
present day. The intervening 25 years have
been spent in watching and studying the
experiments of foreign nations, and the two
tvpes represent the ideal guns of their time.
The Dahlgren gun, Ftp. U, which we
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the following curveof pressure, theresult of J
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along series of experiments with pressure
gauges inserted in holes bored, through the
cylinder and chase of the gun at various
distances from the powder chamber. '
If the figure of the vertical divisions be
taken as units of pressure and the horizontal
divisions (representing the bore of the gun)
be taken as calibers and A be regarded as
the position in the bore of the center of the
projectile, we see that the greatest pressure
is exerted at and in rear ot the projectile,
diminishing rapidly as the projectile moves
toward the muzzle. The metal in the gun
is distributed differently, however, inas
much as the rates between the thickness of
the sides of the gun and the variation in
pressure is not so great as the curve would
call for. The greatest thickness is placed
Fig. Ill
about the breech and cylinder and then
tapers off symmetrically to the muzzle, at
no place being thinner than the pressure at
that point would require. The finished gun
has the appearance as shown in Fig. I.
Beginning then the subject of construc
tion on the plans deduced from the cune of
pressure, we have the cast iron Dahlgren
gun, cast on what is known as the Rodman
system. Most of these guns were cast here
in Pittsburg, but I douht if many of the
readers of The Dispatch are lamiliar
with the process. The pig metal is first
melted in a reverberatory lurnace, of such
design that the metal is reduced by the
flame alone and is not in contact with the
carbon of the coal.
In Fig. Ill, A represents the fireplace
and grate bars, the flame passes over the
bridge wall, B, and impinges on the heat
of pig iron, which is placed in C. Great
care is taken to prepare the furnace exactly
as it was done for the standard gun, as the
value of the metal was found to vary with
the treatment very perceptibly. The next
step is the construction of the mold or lorm
of the gun. The composition used for mold
ing is a kind of loam containing sufficient
clay to make it cohesive. A wooden model
of the gun, called a pattern, is made, and
divided up into sections, according to the
size of the gun. The smaller guns, can be
modeled directly from the pattern. The XV
in. gun has its pattern divided into five sec
tions, each slightlr tapering. The flask.
Fig. II, aaa, is of cast iron, in several
pieces, and flanged and bolted together. In
making the mold the various sections are
stood on a plate of iron, with their tapering
ends downward. The pattern, or part of
pattern, is then introduced, and the molding
composition driven in the space between the
pattern and section of flask. Patterns for
the runners 666 are introduced when neces
sary. As each section is completed the next one
above it is placed on it, and the operation is
continued until the mold is completed when
the sections are taken apart again, and the
patterns withdrawn and the sides of the
mold smoothed and washed with a composi
tion of coke-cinders, molasses and water.
The core-barrel A, is a tube of sufficient
length to reach to the bottom of the proposed
bore, is of a diameter a trifle less than the
finished caliber of the euu.is fluted through
out its length, rounded at its lower end
and has a tube extending to its bottom
and a journal cap at its upper end
through which a stream of cold water is
forced during the period of cooling. This
core is wound around its entire length with
small rope and then plastered over with
molding composition, dried and washed with
the coke wash. The Anted shape per
mits an escape of the gas resulting
from the burning ot the rope
when surrounded bv the melted metal. The
pit P is a circular hole lined with brick.
When all is ready, the lower section of the
flask is placed in the pit, the next section
above it clamped to it, and so on nntil the
whole flask, with the model inside of it, is
readv for the metal. The core is lowered
into its place, accurately centered and held
in its place by an arrangement called a
spider S placed on top of the flask. The
furnace is then tapped and the metal run
into the mold through the runners 665.
The canals from the main channel all run
upward, and the metal is stirred briskly
Fig. TV.
with green saplings to prevent the collec
tion of scoria in the trunnion holes and to
mix up the charges from the different fur
naces. The pit is heated by having fires
built in it, and when the mofd is full, the
top of the metal is covered with pulverized
charcoal and the pit with iron plates to
prevent too rapid cooling. The core barrel
is removed about 18 hours after the casting
and a current of cold air forced hi the cavity
left. AXV gun takeabouteightdaysin cool
ing, smaller calibers a proportionately less
time. The rough casting is put in lathes
and turned down to its exterior dimensions;
then put in a boring lathe and the bore
turned ont; then in a trunnion lathe and the
trunnions turned down and the intervening
metal cut out lor the elevating screw
through the cascabel, the vent is drilled and
the gun is then ready for inspection. The
XV inch gun is the only guu'cast hollow.
The others are cast solid, but the plan of
operations is the same, except, of course,
there is no core-barrel, and ihe sinking head
or top of the casting is made heaving to con
dense the metal. Bronze guns are cast in
much the same way. As they are all small,
their pattern is first made in a lathe and
then cut in two longitudinally. Cast steel
guns, of which the 3" B. I.. B, is the only
successful one, are forged from an ingot of
cast steel under the nammer. Built up
guns are very different. Here it is the pur
pose of the bnildcr to make all parts ot the
gnn do its share of the work of resisting the
explosion.
Fig. V.
Jg. VI.
If Fig. V represent the end of a hollow
cylinder of rubber, and you mark on it a
series of concrete rings, you will find that if
you drive a round stick into the hole a that
the rings will assume positions as seen in
Fig. VI, that is, the inner rings are much
more strained than the outer ones. Consid
ering a section ol the cylinder of a gun jn
the same light, we find that each concentric
layer from the bore ont is less strained,
those on the outside little or none, while in
the larger calibers of cast guns the bore is
otten cracked. It was to remedy this defect,
to make all parts take their proportion
ate share of the strain, that built-up guns
were devised. There are two methods of
doing this one by making the gun of a
series of concentric hoops, each outer one
being shrunk over the inner one, and thus
compressing it so that the inner hoops
being nearest the shock of the discharge,
has its tensile strength augmented by the
state of compression it exists under. Each
intermediate layer to the outside, being un
der less contraction has less work to do,
and is called upon to offer less resistance.
This is called the system of initial tension.
The other system consists in building guns
of materials of varying degrees of elasticity,
and placing the metal which stretches most
within its elastic limit about the bore. This
is call the system of varying elasticity.
Each has its defects! the initial tension sys
tem, in that each tube or hoop has its inner
circumference more stretched than its outer
one, and then the mechanical difficulties in
the way of turning down the outer surface
of the gun and the inner surface of each
hoop as the process of building up goes on.
The theoretically true hoop for this system
is a very thin one, but of course as often as
you increase this number of hoops, just so
often do you increase the mechanical diffi
culties in the way of handling them. The
defect in the system of varying elasticity is
in securing the proper metals. By a care
ful use of the principles of each of these sys
tems with the increased strength of material
consequent upon the improvements in the
manufacture of steel and a knowledge ot its
capacity, we are able to build up guns that
keep pace not only with the enormous re
quirements of force to carry tremendous pro
jectiles of the day, but to withstand the
shock of new explosives whose force is much
greater than that of gunpowder.
Fig. VII.
The idea of a built-up gun is credited to a
Prof. Tradwell, who, as far back as 1841, built
a gun of short hoops of wrought iron welded
together at their ends and their surfaces. The
The Parrott gun, Fig. VII, was the first one
thatmetwith success, andinitsday wasavery
effective piece of ordnance. Theyare bnilt
on the principle of initial tension, and were
used during the war very extensively, the
navy being supplied with the 100-pounder
nnd 60-pounder. They consist ot a cast iron
gun, strengthened over the breech by a coiled
tube or hoop of wrought iron.
The main body is made like an ordinary
cast-iron gun, except a little lighter at the
breech, the 100-pounder with a core, the 60
pounder without. The exterior diameter of
the cylinder when the hoop is to be shrunk
on is turned down to an external diameter
one-tenth of an inch to a foot greater than
the finished internal diameter of the hoop.
The wrought iron coil is made as follows: A
bar of wrought iron ot cross section, as seen
in the accompanying figure, is bent around
a mandril into a spiral shape, then heated
and welded under the hammer within a
strong iron cylinder, until it becomes a
hoop, the principle being that the longi
tudinal strength of the bar is distributed
about the circumference of the hoop. The
wedged-shaped bar is used, because the
outer part, having to bend more than the
inner, is reduced in section, and the slag is
also squeezed out in the process of welding,
thus forming a more perfect weld. The
main body ot the gun is placed in a hori-
Fig. VII.
zontal position, and a tube of cold water is
passed into the bore. The hoop is heated to
a degree which will permit its slipping on
easily over the breech of the gun. When
this is done, the cold water is turned on and
the main body turned slowly on its hori
zontal axis. This prevents the coil from
sticking to the first point it touches, and
the cold water carries off the heat as it is
imparted to the gun. "When the coil is
found to have taken hold, the rotation is
stopped and the whole is covered with some
nonconducting material to prevent the outer
surface from cooling and contracting
more rapidly than the inner surface.
The hoop extends for a distance of one
caliber on either side of the powder and shot
chamber. In 1872 it was decided to convert
some of the XI in. S. B. Dahlgren guns
into 8 in.51. L. B. on a system combining
the principles of initial tension and vary
ing elasticity. A bar of wrought iron,
shaped in section like that described for the
manufacture of the coil of the Parrott gun
is bent into a bpiral coil, heated and welded
into a hoop or coil. Two of these coils are
welded together to form a section and two
sections form the A tube. This is bored out to
within one-tenth of its final diameter and a
water pressure of 140 pounds put upon it.
After carelul inspection it is put in a lathe
and turned down at its rear end from o to 6,
Fig. VIII, to receive the B tube. This isconl
structed in the same manner and is
shrunk in over the breech end
of the A tube with a shrinkage of .003 of
Fig. VIIL
Fig. IV.
an inch. A gas escape .05 of an inch deep
and .1 of an inch wide is cut spirally
around the reduced portion of the A tube
and communicates with a hole bored through
the breech of the gun. Should any crack
occur in the A tube in that part covered by
the B tube, the escape of gas through the
gas check would at once give warning. A
screw plug closes the bottom of the bore.
The XI in. gun is bored out to a diameter of
13.5 inches and a thread cut at the muzzle
for the muzzle ring. The A tube, with its
B tube shrunk on it, is turned down to ac
curately fit this new diameter of the bore,
allowing only .007 of an inch at the breech
and .005 of an inch at the muzzle. When
the tube is in place a muzzle ring, Fig. IX,
is screwed in and a steady pin
screwed through the casing into the
tube to prevent it from turning. These have
made very effective guns and have proved a
valuable addition to the service covering
the period between cast iron guns and steel
rifles. The 100 pdr. M. L. B. is converted
into a B. L. E. by lining it with a steel tube
and fitting it with a breech-loading appa-
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ratus. The breech is cut off at the cylinder
and the hoop taken off. The gun is then
bored out to a short distance forward of the
trunnions. The rear part of this boring is
somewhat larger than the forward end. and
around the enlarged part is cat a coarse
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screw toTeceive the threads cut on the out
side of the larger part of the lining.
This steel tube is made from an oil
tempered steel ingot, and has a finished
exterior dianieter of .001 of an inch greater
than the casing. The original gun is
placed vertically muzzle downward in a
charcoal furnace and heated until expanded
enough to admit of the steel tube being
screwed. The- oler wrought iron band is re
placed by a new and thinner one, which ex
tends further forward, and the gun is then
ready for its rifling and the breech appa
ratus. Time and space will not permit me to en
ter into the details of construction of one of
the new G" rifles or the machine guns. In
some succeeding issue of the paper I hope
to be able to give a clear account of the
methods employed in building our new
guns, as they are popularly called; also
something about the ammunition used and
how it is made. Tbunnion.
LATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The bucket shops of Holman, Sprague &
Skldmore, on New street, New York City, sus
pended jesterday morning.
General Boulanger is about to proceed in
the civil courts with his suits tor divorce.
There is every chance of bis succeeding In his
case in Paris.
President Carnot attended a ball given at
the Hotel de Vtlle last evening. A large crowd
surrounded the building. On his arrival Presi
dent Carnot was given a hearty reception.
The Secretary of the Treasury yesterday
afternoon accepted the following bonds: 4J
per cents, registered, $527,600 at 109, $50,000 at
look, f&GOO at 1U9K; V6 coupons. 81.000 at 103
flat.
The agent of the East Africa Company has
succeeded in obtaining the release of the Cath
olic missionaries recently captured by the in
surgents by the payment ot a ransom to
Busliieri.
The Btverdale Cotton Mill, at Northbridge,
Mass., was burned jesterday moraine. The
mills were owned and operated by the Whitlne
Manufacturing Company. Loss estimated at
510,000, lully cohered by insurance.
The Court of Queen's Bench has granted a
writ of habeas for Mr. William O'Brien in
order that he may be arraigned in Killarney
Court on Tuesday next on the charge of incit
ing tenants to adopt the plan of campaign.
Judge Louis L. Williams, United States
Commissioner at Juneau Citv. Alaska, em
phatically denies the report that Indian girls
and women in Alaska are subjected to out
races and abuses by the whites in that Terri
tory. Some of the most noted Badical leaders will
address the meeting to be held in Hyde Park on
Sunday. Elaborate preparations have been
made for the event, and Mr. William Saunders,
Charles Bradlaugh and others are expected to
speak.
The armory of the Downpatrick jail was
entered by unknown persons last night and a
number of carbines were carried off. A force
of soldiers and police was on guard at the jail,
bnt the intruders made their escape without
detection.
The following nominations were sent to the
Senate yesterday by President Cleveland:
Carroll D, Wright, of Massachusetts, Commis
sioner of Labor; Thomas M. Vance, of North
Carolina, Receiver of Public Mo&ejs at North
Yakima, Wash. T.
Although Mr. Parnell has been present at
the sittings of the Parnell Commission the last
two days, the Dublin Express says that bis
health is in a very precarious condition. Tho
carriage of Mr. Parnell's physician, the Express
says, is often seen standing before the door of
Mr. Pamell's villa at Streatham. and Mr. Par
nell seldom emerges from the house.
Milwaukee Irishmen are greatly stirred up
over the statements made by Major Beach be-
lore tne .rarneii commission regarding an al
leged meeting there with President Sallivan.of
the National League, in May, 1883. J. G. Don
nelly, Begister ot Probate of that county, who
is State Executive of the League, states that
Beach's Milwaukee Story is a rank piece of
perjury.
The new method of charging for live stock
per 100 pounds, instead of per carload, inaugu
rated by the Western roads January 1, has
proved an expensive experiment. The action
of the Kansas Commissioners, ordering the
railroads in that State to cease weighing and
charge freight per carload as formerly, will
cause the abandonment of the new scheme at
all points.
A southbound local passenger train on the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western came into
collision yesterday morning with ? freight
train on the Northern branch crossing the
Meadows, near Hoboken. Both trains were
damaged and several persons were injured,
but not seriously. The injured went to their
homes and their names could not be learned.
The accident was caused by the open switch of
a "Y.
The troubles of tbo French Cabinet are by
no means over yet. Bonlangerism proves too
great a bete coir for some of the Ministry, and
rather than to cope with it in what they con
sider a losing struggle they will resign. Further
resignations are expected shortly, the general
impression being that the members so inclined
are merely retaining tbeir portfolios until M.
Floquet can determine upon suitable successors
for them.
Minister Preston got a dispatch from the
Haytian legation, yesterday morning, saying
that the British and French Governments have
officially recognized General Legitime as Presi
dent of the Haytian Bepublic. The Minister
says this announcement will greatly assist in
restoring order in Bayti. The steamei Caron
dolec which is supposed to be chartered by the
Hippolyte party, and which is ready to sail for
Hayti with a cargo of explosives, is still at her
anchorage, in the lower hav, New York.
The works of the Pacific Guano Company,
at Woodsholt, Mass., were attached Thursday
by the Lynn Institution fftr Savings, and they
have assigned to John C. Ropes, of Boston. Li
abilities about 81.000,000. The company's bead
quarters are at Boston, and, beside the works,
they have mines at Beaufort, S. C, and works
at Charleston. S. l The selling agents of the
company are Glidden & Co., of Boston, who are
indorsers of tbeir paper to a large amount. The
latter nrm will probably assign. Tilden & Cur
tis, Boston, selling agents of the company, have
also failed.
Great changes are pending in Canada
changes which will materially affect the future
of this country and may seriously alter the re
lations between the United States and Canada.
It Is reported on the best authority that, at the
conclusion of the present session of the Federal
Legislature, the Government will appeal to the
country on the annexation question. Sir John
Macdonald, Premier, and the leader of the
Government will retire from public life and
Sir Charles Tapper, present Canadian Commis
sioner in England, will assume the leadership
of the Conservative party.
A serious fire occurred Thursday night in
the military hospital in Madrid. There were
430 patients In the building and they were
panic-stricken. Many of the patients were un
able to help themselves in any way, but the
nurses and doctors bravely and successfully de
voted themselves to the task of removing them
Ironi tho burning structure. The Governor of
Madrid himself hurried to therceneandcarrled
several men, who were suffering from contagi
ons diseases, to the neighboring barracks. One
wing of the hospital was totally destroyed. No
deaths resulted from the Are.
The removal of duty in 1887 increased the
Importation of anthracite coal from the
United States from 1.024,000 to 2,134,000 tons
last year. In connection with the imports of
coal from the United State", a large deputa
tion of Senators and members of Parliament
have waited upon the Government in view of
the Pennsylvania mines having been brought
by recent railway connection within 610 miles,
to urge the necessity of protecting the bitu
minous coal fields of Nova Scotia from Ameri
can competition by increasing the duty on bi
tuminous from 60 cents to 80 cents a ton. One
and a quarter million tons ot Bituminous coal
were imported from the United States into
Canada last year, an increase of 83,000 tons over
1870. The Ontario and Quebec representatives
arc orotestins against any increase m the dntv
for the purpose of forcing the 'Western prov
inces to purchase from the Novla Scotia mine,
while the Pennsylvania coal fields are right at
their doors.
PI ARA RFI I P talks about famous
UUHnH DLLLC women, who shine
outside of the social circle, in to-morrow's issue
of The Dispatch.
If it was possible to go through life with
out once taking a cold, many of the minor,
and not a lew of the more serious ills of life
would be avoided. But since it is idle to
hope for so happy an exemption, it is well
to remember that Dr. Jayne's Expectorant
is a sure curative for coughs and colds,
asthma and bronchitis.
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chilla and castor-heaver overcoats, silk and
satin lined and trimmed in the most ex
pensive manner, marked '$25, 530, $35, $40,
and take your choice and pick to-day only
at $10. Our new spring goods are arriving
daily, and we must have room.
P. C. 0. C, cor. Grant and Diamond sts.,
opp. the new Court House.
Don't Forget tho Sale
Of Royal Worcester, Donlton, Crown
Derby, Pointonand other artistic wares, be
sides real and imitation bronzes, French
marble clocks, lamps, etc., that can be
bought at a reduction of from 20 to 40 per
cent from the market values, at W. V.
"Wattles', jeweler and importer, 30 and 32
Fifth avenue. This is an extraordinary of
fering, as in many cases the prices asked are
less than cost of importation; but our object
is to reduce the stock as much as possible,
prior to sending our buyer to Europe.
TTS
REAL ESTATE SAVINGS BANK, MM.,
401 Smlttifield Street, cor. Fourth Avenue.
Capital, $100,000. Surplus, $38,000.
Deposits of $1 and upward received and
interest allowed at 4 per cent. tts
PROPOSALS.
PR0P0SALSF0RBARGES-MISSIS31PPI
Biver Commission, St. Louis, Mo., Febru
ary 8, 18S9. Proposals are asked till 12 noon
February 23, 1889, for building aBd delivering
at Cairo, 111,, or Wilson's Point, La , thirty
wooden barges, in lots of six barges. Attention
ot bidders is invited to the acts of Congress ap
proved February 26, 1885, and February 23, 1SS7,
vol. 23, page 332, and vol. 24, page 414, statutes
at large. Address as above, CAPTAIN CQAS.
F. POWELL, Corps of Engineers, U. S. A.
fe8-92-a9,10,U,20.21
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
Office 233 South Foukth Stbeet.
Philadelphia, February 7, 18S9.
H13ALED PROPOSALS ADDRESSED Tfl
Q the undersigned (and marked on the outside
'Proposals") will be received at this office until
9 A. M. February 28, 1SS9, for furnishing all
labor and materials and erecting complete the
proposed machine shop, erecting shop, boiler
shop and smith shop, to be located in the city
of Altoona, Pa.
Proposals to state, separately, gross sum for
(1) iron work, (2) brick and cut stone work. (3)
mill and carpenter work. (1) tin and sheet-iron
work and spouting. (5) plumbing and drainage,
(6) paintinc and glazing for each building.
Plans and specifications can be seen at this
office, room 10, Annex building, and also at the
office of H. W.Webber, Assistant Engineer.at Al
toona, Pa. This company reserves the right to
reject any or all proposals.
WILLIAM H. BROWN, Chief Engineer.
fe&5C-9,12,14,ie.l8,20
T)ROPOSALS FOR MINERAL OIIaJEF
r FERSONVILLE. Ind.. February 7, 1889.
Sealed proposals, in triplicate, subject to usual
conditions, will be received here until 11 o'clock
A.M. (central standard time). SATURDAY,
March 9. 1889, and then opened, for furnishing
at this Depot 100,000 gallons of Mineral Oil, of
135 flash test, in cases of two five-gallon cans
each. Proposals fordelivery of the oil at other
points will be considered. The Government re
serves the right to reject any or all proposals.
Preference will be given to articles of domestic
production, conditions of quality and price (in
cluding in the price of foreign productions the
duty thereon) being equal, and such preference
will be given to articles ot American produc
tion produced on the Pacific coast to extent of
the consumption required by the public service
there. All Information furnished on applica
tion to this office. Envelopes containing pro
posals should be marked "proposals for Mineral
Oil," and addressed to undersigned. HENRY
C. HODGES, Assistant Quartermaster Gen
eral. U. S. Armv. Depot Quartermaster.
feS-54-8,9,10,11.27,28
TO CONTRACTORS FOR
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
Office or tite )
Boaud or public Improvements.
bT. Louis, Januarys, 1S89. )
Sealed proposals for the public work hereinafter
mentioned will be received at the office of the
Board of .Public Improvements or the City of St.
Louis. Jlo., until 12 M. of the 23th day of February,
18S9, at which hour they wUI be publicly opened
and read, viz. :
Tor lighting with electricity for the term of ten
years from January 1, 1830, tho streets, public
places and such public buildings as may be desig
nated In the following districts orthe City of St.
Louis, Ho , viz.:
Letting So. 2,503. The district described as the
southern district In ordinance numbered 14, 677, ap
proved December 29, 1883.
Deposit required, 5,000.
Letting No. 2.5C4. 'the district described as the
northern district In ordinance number 14,637, ap
proved December 29, 1S8S.
Deposit required, 85,000.
Bidders will state prices per annum at which are
lights of 2,000-candle power each, or incandescent
llKhts, or 30-candle power each, will be furnished,
operated and maintained, for lighting streets and
public places: also prices per annum at which arc
lights, of 2.000-canole power each, or Incandescent
lights, of lG-candle power each, will be furnished,
operated and maintained ibrllghtlngpublicbulld-
lugs,
Evervthlnrreou
Everything required for the above electric llght-
Ing shall be furnished and maintained by the con-
tractor.
The contract with the city will carry the prlvU
egc of furnishing electricity for light and power
to private parties and corporations along the
lines of distribution.
The contract will contain stipulations by which
tbcClt) of lit. Louis may acquire tueentlree.ee
tric plant and appurtenances at the expiration of
the contract.
Bidders must submit with proposals, general
.nnllances.
proposals must be made on blank forms and In
closed in envelopes furnished by the Board of
Public Improvements. The certificate of the
Treasurer of the City of tit. Louis that the sum ot
$5,000 has been deposited In tho treasury must be
Inclosed with the proposal.
The right to, reject any or all proposals Is ex
pressly reserved.
bpeclflcatlons, form oTcontract and plans of tho
districts to be lighted, may be seen at the office of
the President of the Board of Public Improve
ments of the City orst. Louis, on and after Janu
ary 23, i860.
Any contract let hereunder will require the ap
proval of the Municipal Assembly by ordinance.
By order of the Board.
HESKy FLAD.
President.
Attest:
EMORY S. FOSTER,
jall-22 Secretary.
OFFICIAL P1TTSBKKG.
Depaktmem of Public Works, I
Pittsburg, Keh. 1. 1SS9.
SOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
reports of Viewers on the opening of
ler street, from Wilkins avenue to Forbes
-avenue: Glen wood avenue, from Second avenue
to Lot 38 in Flan of Upper Glenwood. and Dal
las avenue, from Irwin avenue to Forbes ave
nue, have been approved by Councils, which
action will be tlnal, unless an appeal is filed in
the Court of Common Pleas within ten (10)
days from date. E. M. BIGELO W.
f ei-22 Chief of Department of Public Works.
A No. 215.
N ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE
opening of Parker street from College
street to Summcrlea street.
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun
cils assembled, and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same. That the
Chief of the Department of Public WorKS bo
and is hereby authorized and directed to cause
to be surveyed and opened within 60 days from
the date of the passage of this ordinance,
Parker street, from College street to Sum
merlea street, at a width of 40 feet, in accord
ance with a plan on file in the Department of
Public Works, known 'as Frances -A O'Hara's
and Robert Craig's plans, recorded in the Re
corder's office respectively P. B. VoL 4, page
242, and V'.l 5, page 118. Ihe damages caused
thereby and tho benetits to pay the same to be
assessed and collected in accordance with the
provisions of an act of Assembly of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled, "'An
act authorizing and directing Councils of cities
of the second class to provide for the Improve
ment of streets, lanes, alleys and public high
ways, sewers and sidewalks, requiring plans of
streets, providing for the appointment of a
Board of Viewers of Street Improvements,
prescribing their duties, granting appeals to
Councils and Court, providing for the assess
ment and collection ot damages and benefits,
authorizing the use of private property, and
rovlding for filing liens and regulating pro-
eedings thereon, and prohibiting the use of
public streets without authority of Councils,"
approved the 14th day of June. A D. 1SS7.
Section 2 That any ordinance or part of or
dinance conflicting with the provisions of this
ordinance be and the same is hereby repealed
so far a3 the same affects this ordinance.
Ordained and enacted into a law in Councils
this 21st day ot January, A D. 1889.
H. P. FORD, President of Select Council.
Attest: GEO. SHEPPARD. Clerk of Select
Council. GEO. L. HOLLIDAY, President of
Common Council. Attest: GEO. BOOTH,
Clerk of Common CounciL
Mayor's Office. January 23. 1889. Approved:
WM. McCALLIN, Mayor. Attest: W.H.MO
CLEARY, Mayor's Clerk.
Recorded in Ordinance Book, vol. 6, page 666,
6th day of February, A D. 1889. 7-18
OFFICIAL PITTSBURG.
PROCLAMATION.
CITY OF PITTSBURG, SS.:
In accordance with the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and an ordi
nance of the City of Pittsburg. I, William Mc
Callin, Mayor of the City of Pittsburg,do there
fore make known and give this public notice to
the citizens of said city qualified to vote for
members of the House of Representatives of
this Commonwealth, that a general election
will be held in said city on the rHIRD TUES
DAY of February, A D. 1889, being the 19th
day of the month, in the several election dis
tricts therein, at which time qualified voters
will assemble at their respective polling places
hereafter named and vote by ballot for mem
bers of the Select Council of the city, as Indi
cated below:
The electors of the First ward, Pittsburg.
First district, Pittsburg, to meet atRees'
boiler yard, Penn avenue, between Second and
Third streets. Second district to meet at pub
lic school house. Second avenue. Third dis
trict to meet at No. 1 engine house. Fourth
avenue. And elect one Select Councilman for
The electors of the. Second ward. Pittsburg,
First district, to meet at Archibald 4 Broth
er's livery stable, 138 Third avenue. Second dis
trict to meet at the Poor Board Office, Fourth
avenue. Third district to meet at public school
house, Diamond street. And elect one Select
Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Third ward, Pittsburg,
First district, to meet at Municipal Hail,
Smithfleld street. Second district to meet at
public school house. Grant street. And elect
one Select Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Fourth ward, Pittsburg,
First district, to meet at public scboolhouse,
Penn avenue. Second district to meet at L.
Woodson's shop. 62 Seventh street. Third dis
trict to meet at Alderman B. McKenna's office.
HH I'enn avenue. Ana eiect one select uoun
cilman for said ward.
The electors of the Fifth ward, Pittsburg,
First district, to meet at the office of Peter
Hermes, No. 203 Fifth avenue. Second district
to meet at John Urban's meatstore, Wylie ave
nue. Third district to meet at the public
schoolhouse, Webster avenue. And elect one
Select Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Sixth ward, Pittsburg,
First district, to meet at 242 Fifth avenue.
Second district to meet at the boose of Adam
Erenwein, 135 Forbes street. Third district,
to meet at the new schoolhouse, corner Steven
son and Forbes streets. Fourth district to
meet at south one-half of public school build
ing. Fifth district to meet at 506 Fifth avenue.
Sixth district to meet at the bouse of Casper
Seltzman, Van Braam and Edna streets.
Seventh district to meet at the public school
house. Second avenue. And elect oue Select
Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Seventh ward, Pittsburg,
First district, to meet at the house of Fred
erick Pastre, No. S3 Federal street. Second
district to meet at the public schoolhouse.
Third district to meet at the public school
house, Franklin street. Fourth district to
meet at Thomas Byrne's, corner of Elm street
and Wylie avenue. And elect one Select
Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Eighth ward, Pittsburg,
First district, to meet at the People's Skating
Rink, corner of Bedford avenue and Fulton
street. Second district to meet at Alderman
John W. Bell's office, Wylie avenue. Third
district to meet at Club House, Center avenue.
Fourth district to meet at 35 Caldwell street.
Fifth district to meet at the livery stable of
Jeremy Bros.. 71 Fulton street. And elect one
Select Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Ninth ward, Pittsburg,
First district, to meet at Alderman O'Donnell's
office, Penn avenue. Second district to meet
at Hemphl l's foundry. Thirteenth and Pike
street. Third district to meet at public
schoolhouse, Penn avenue. And elect one Se
lect Councilman for said vtard.
The electors of the Tenth ward, Pittsburg,
First district, to meet at M. Halter's, corner
Sixteenth street and Penn avenue. Second
district to meet at Gallagher's, corner Nine
teenth street and Penn avenue. And elect one
Select Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Eleventh ward, Pittsburg,
First district to meet at the bouse of John C.
Kober, No. 543 Fifth avenue. Second district
to meet at public schoolhouse, corner Granville
and Enoch streets. Third district to meet at
house of Daniel Jackson, 245 Bedford avenue.
Fourth district to meet at tenement house of
E. Oxnard, on Wylie avenue. Fifth district to
meetat station house,Center avenue. Sixth dis
trict to meet at Eureka Hall, on Arthur street.
And elect one Select Councilman for said
ward.
The electors of the Twelfth ward, Pittsburg,
First district to meet at Fitzgerald & Nolan's,
corner Twenty-first street and Penn avenue.
Second district to meet at Reed & Son's office,
corner Twenty-fourth street and Penn avenue.
Third district to meet at Twelfth ward police
station, Penn avenue. Fourth district to meet
at house of John Moessner.Penn avenue and
Twenty-eighth street. Fifth district to meet
at house of Mrs. McKenzie, corner Twenty
ninth and Smallman streets. The electors of
the Sixth district to meet at the bonse of John
Eisrich, corner of Twenty-eighth street and
Penn avenue. And elect one Select Council
man for said ward.
The electors of the Thirteenth ward, Pitts
burg. First district, to meet at office of Jeremy
Bros.' livery stable, corner of Center avenue
and alley. Second district to meet at the
Thirteenth ward B, & L. Association's office,
Somers street. Third district to meet at the
public schoolhouse. Thirty-third street. Fourth
district to meet at public schoolhouse. Center
avenue. Fifth district to meet at the office of
Alderman Patterson, Kirkpatrick street, near
Wylie avenue. And elect one Select Council
man for said ward.
The electors of the Fourteenth ward, Pitts
burg, First district to meet at market house.
Fifth avenue. Second district to meet at Mri.
Hague's, Fifth avenue. Thirteenth district to
meet at the Fourteenth ward engine bouse,
Neville street. Fourth district to meet at the
Bellefield public schoolhouse. Fifth district to
meetatSoho schoolhouse. Sixth district to
meet at Sobo schoolhouse. Seventh district to
meet at honse of Mrs. L. Boyd, corner of Ward
street and Craft avenue. And elect one Select
Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Fifteenth ward.Fittsburg,
First district, to meet at meat shop, corner
Thirty-third and Penn avenue. Second district,
to meet at Lawrence school house. Third dis
trict, to meet at house of John Allen, corner
Thirty-seventh and Butler streets. Fourth
district, to meet at schoolhouse, corner of
Thirty-seventh and Charlotte streets. And
elect one Select Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Sixteenth ward. Pitts
burg, First district, to meet at Howard school
house. Second district, to meet at Frauen
bolt's, corner Thirty-ninth street and Penn
avenue. Third district, to meet at barber shop
of John Meyers, No. 4518 Penn avenue. Fourth
district, to meet at public schnolhone. Bloom
field. Fifth district, to meet at G. H. Blame's
house, corner Liberty and Elm streets. And
elect one Select Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Seventeenth ward, Pitts
burg, First distiict, to meet at Washington
schoolhouse. Fortieth street. Second district,
to meet at the livery stable of M. F. Leslie &
Bro.. Forty-tnird street, near Butler. Third
district, to meet at Gangwich's, corner of
Forty-seventh and Butler street'. Fourth dis
trict.' to meet at Bavard'sschoolbouse, Hatfield
street. Fifth district, to meet at the office of
S. J. Cox, corner of Forty-fourth and Larimer
streets. Sixth district, to meet at Mrs. Dough
erty's store, corner Forty-fourth and Grant
streets. Seventh district, to meet at A. M.
Crononminnis' store, corner Forty-second
street and Penn avenue. And elect one Select
Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Eighteenth ward, Pitts
burg. First district, to meet at the livery stable
of Alex. Kingan. Butler street. Second dis
trict, to meet at Kaufield House, Butler street
and bridge. Third district, to meet at the of
fice of B. R. Mclnernev. on Bntlerstreet. And
elect one Select Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Nineteenth ward, Pitts
burg, First district, to meet at the Hiland pub
lic schoolhouse. Second district to meet at
carpenter shop of John Getty, on Broad street,
between Collins and Sheridan avenues. Third
district to meet at the store of Jacob Richard,
No. 44 Frankstown avenue. Fourth district to
meetat the house of A. J. Batchelor. Hiland
avenue. Fifth district to meet at the new pub
lic schoollnuse. And elect one Select Council
man for said ward.
The electors of the Twentieth ward, Pltts
bnrc. First district, to meet at the office of J. B.
Hyndman. Second district to meetat the pub
lic schoolhouse, Ellsworth avenue. Third dis-
trict to meet at Shakespeare Hotel. Fourth dis
trict to meet at Shadvslde station. Fifth dis
trict tomeet at school house. Sixth district to
meet at James Searigbt's carpenter shop on
Hiland avenu?. Aud elect one Select Council
man for said ward.
The electors of the Twenty-first ward, Pitts
burg, First district, to meet at public school
house. Second district, to meet at house if N.
Brandenstine. Lincoln avenne. Third distiict
to meet in room NO. 2. public school house.
Fourth district to meet at the house of John'
Koenigsamen Fifth district tomeet at the
office of James P. Dahlin. Sixth district to
meet at the barber shop of Andrew Kessler,
No. 119 Larimer avenue. Soventh district to
meet in room No. 1. public school honse.
Eighth district to meet at Schade's store. Bril
liant station. And elect one Select Councilman
for said ward.
The electors of the Twenty-second ward,
Pittsburg, First district to meet at Colfax
school bouse. Second district to meet at Ster
rett's school house. Third district to meetat
Bowers'. Fifth avenue. Fourth district to
meet at public school house. And elect one
Select Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Twenty.third ward, Pitts
burg, First district to meet at public school
house. Glenfield avenue. Second district to
meet at Peebles school honse. Second avenue.
Third district to meet at new schoolboue on
Second avenue. And elect one Select Council
man for said ward.
The electors of the Twenty-fourth ward,
Pittsburg, First district, to meet at the office of
Alderman W. J. Brennan, 2722 Carson street.
Second district to meet at public schoolhouse,
on Carson, between Thirtieth and Thirty-first
streets. Third district to meet at public school
bouse, corner of Jane and Twenty-seventh
streets. And elect one Select Councilman for
The electors of the Twenty-fifth ward, Pitts
burg, First district, to meetat Alderman A
Flach's office, Carson street. Second district
to meet at the house of R. J. Speelman, No.
2318 Sarah street Third distiict to meet at the
OFFICIAL MTTSBUKG.
house of Jacob Neuron, corner Sarah -and
Twenty-fifth streets. The electors of tho
Fourth district to meet at the public school
house, corner Sarah and Twenty-fifth streets.
And elect one Select Councilman for said
ward. - . ,
The electors of the Twenty-sixth ward, Pitts
burg, First district to meet at John Hughes
tin shop, Sidney street, near Eighteenth street.
Second district to meet at house of Jacob An
lenbacher, Jr., comer of Eighteenth and
Sarah streets. Third district to meet at Odd
Fellows' Hall, Eighteenth street. Fourth dis
trict to meet at the house of John Mannsmann,
corner of Twentieth and Jane streets. Fifth
district to meet at the public schoolhouse,
Sarah street. And elect one Select Council'
man for said ward.
The electors of the Twenty-seventh ward,
Pittsburg. First district to meet at the house
of John Lamell, Welsh way, Manor street.
Second district to meet at Alderman B. A.
Hartman's office. Pins street. Third district to
meet at public schoolhouse. And elect one Se
lect Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Twenty-eighth ward,
Pittsburg, First district, to meet InE. Bohr
fo?kIt,cheD- 8econd district to meet at
1311 Washington street. Third district to meet
at Birmlnsham, schoolhouse,Fourteentb street;
Fourth district to meet at No. 1417 Carson
streetbeing back of Rashdorrs cigar store.
And elect one Select Councilman for said
ward.
The electors of the Twenty-ninth ward,
Pittsburg, First district, to meet at Bedford
schoolhouse, Bingham street. Second district
to meet at Alderman J. M. Shaffer's officii.
Twelfth street. Third district to meet at iZ
Beinbauer & Son's office, corner Bradford and
Twelfth streets. And elect one Select Coun
cilman for said ward.
The electors of the Thirtieth ward.Pittsbmjr,
First district, to meet at the house of J. W.
Boyd, No. 103 Carson street. Second district to
meet at the house of Matthew Keep, corner of
Fifth street and Cavitt way. Third district to
meet at Knox schoolhouse. Manor street And
elect one Select Councilman for said ward.
The electors of tho Thirty-first ward, Pitts
burg, first district, to meet at Mrs. Ruckard's
store, Washington avenue. Second district to
meet at the premises of H. Heinrfcb, corner of
wasnington avenue ana Alien avenue. Ana
elect one Select Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Thirty-second ward, Pitts
burg, First district, to meet at the bouse of
Christ Wilbert. Second district to meet at the
store of William Slater, corner of Virginia ave
nue and Kearsage street Third district to
meet at small house of Philip Hoffman, corner
of Boggs avenue and Wyoming street. Fourth
district to meet at the public schoolhouse.
And elect one Select Councilman for said
The electors of the Thirty-thlid ward, Pitts,
burg, to meet at the public school house. And
elect one Select Councilman for said ward.
The electors of the Thirty-fourth ward,
Pittsburg; to meet at the house of Mrs. Creiab
ton, Carson street, near Point bridge. Second
district to meet at the public schoolhouse.
And elect one Select Councilman for said
The electors of the Thlrty-flfth ward, Pitts
burg, First district, to meet at public school
house. Sarah street. Second district to meet
at the old stone tavern, Washington pike.
And elect one Select Councilman for said
ward.
The electors of the Thirty-sixth ward, Pitts
burg, First district to meet at basement of the
German Evangelical Church. Second district
to meet at public school house. Main street.
Third district to meet at Odd Fellows Hall,
Steubenville pike. And elect one Select Coun
cilman for said ward.
In testimony -whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of the City of Pitts
burg; this 5th day of February, A. D. 18S9.
fe5-91 WM. M'CALLIN, Mayor.
No. 214.1
AN ORDINANCE-AUTHORIZING THE
opening of Joel's lane, from Grandyiew
avenue to Omaha street.
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg in Select and Common Coun
cils assembled, and it is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same. That
the Chief of the Department of Public Works
be and is hereby authorized and directed to
cause to be surveyed and opened within 60 days
from the date of the passage of this ordinance,
Joel's lane, from Grandview avenue to Omaha
street, at a width of 35 feet in accordance with
a plan on file in the Department of Public
Works, an ordinance locating the same, ap
proved March L 1884. The damages caused
thereby and the benefits to pay the same
to be assessed and collected in accordance
with the provisions of an Act of Assembly of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled,
"An act authorizing and directing Councils of
cities of the second class to provide for the im
provement of streets, lanes, allevs and public
highways, sewers and sidewalks, requiring
plans of streets, providing for the appointment
of a Board of Viewers of street improvements,
Srescnblng their duties, granting appeals to
ouncilsandCourtprovidingforthe assessment
and collection of damages and benefits, author
izing the use of pnvateproperty aud providing
for filing liens and regulating proceedings
thereon, and prohibiting the use of public
streets without authority of Councils," ap
proved the 14th day of June, A D. 1837.
Section 2 That any ordinance or pan or ordi
nance conflicting with the provisions of this
ordinance be and the same is hereby repealed
so far as the same affects this ordinance.
Ordained and enacted into a law in Councils
this 21st dav of January. A D. 1889.
H. P. FORD, President of Select Council.
Attest: GEO. SHEPPARD, Clerk of Select
Council. GEO. L. HOLLIDAY. President of
Common Council. Attest: GEO. BOOTH.
Clerk of Common CounciL
Mayor's Office. January 23.18S9. Approved:
WM. McCALLIN, Mayor. Attest: W. H.
MCCLEARY. Slayer's Clerk.
Recorded in Ordinance Book, vol. 6, page 565,
6th day of February. A. D. 1SS9. f e7-16
N0.213J
AN ORDINANCE-AUTHORIZING THE
openingof Omaha street from Bingham
streetto Merrlmac street
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsbure in Select and Common Coun
cils assembled, and It is hereby ordained and
enacted by the authority of the same. That the
Chief of the Department of Public Works be
and is hereby autbonzed and directed to cause
to be surveyed and opened within 60 days from
the date of the passage of this ordinance,
Omaha street from Bingham street to Mem
mac street, at a width of 35 feet in accordance
with a plan on file in the Department of Pnbllo
Works, and an ordinance locating the same,
approved February 6, 1885. The damages caused
thereby and the benefits to pay the same to be
assessed and collected in accordance with the
provisions of an Act of Assembly of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled "An act
authorizing and directing Councils of cities of
the second class to provide for the improvement
of streets, lanes, alleys and public highways,
sewers and sidewalks, requiring plans of streets,
providing for the appointment of a Board of
Viewers of Street Improvements, prescribing
tbeir duties, granting appeals to Councils ana
court, providing for the assessment and collec
tion of damaces and benefits, authorizing the
use of private property, andprovidincforflllng
liens and regulating proceedings thereon, and
prohibiting tho use of public streets without
authority of Councils," approved the 14th day
ot June, A D. 1887.
Section 2 That any ordinance or part of
ordinance conflicting with the provisions of this
ordinance be and the same is hereby repealed so
far as the same affects this ordinance.
Ordained and enacted into a law in Councils
this 21st day of January, A D. 1889.
H. P. FORD. President of Select ConnciL
Attest: GEO. SHEPPARD. Clerk of Select
Council. GEO. L. HOLLIDAY, President of
Common Council. Attest: GEO. BOOTH,
Clerk of Common Council.
Mayor's Office, Jannary 23, 1889. Approved:
WM. McCALLIN. Mayor. Attest: W. H.
McCLEARY, Mayor's Clerk.
Kecoraeu in ordinance hook, vol o, page om.
1st day of February, A D. 1889.
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JNo. 212.1
AN ORDINANCE-AUTHORIZING THE
construction of a boardwalk on Craig
street from Center avenue to Rldgo street.
Section 1 Be it ordained and enacted by the
city of Pittsburg, in Select and Common Coun
cils assembled, and it is hereby ordained and
enacted bv the authority of the same. That the
Chief of the Department of Public Works be
and is hereby authorized and directed to ad
vertise for proposals fur the construction of a
boardwalk on Craig street from Center avenue
to Ridge street, and the Department of Awards
is hereby authorized to let the same in the
manner directed by an Act concerning streets,
approved January 6, 18S4. and the several sup
plements thereto and ordinances of Councils
relative to the same. The co3tand expenses of
the same to be assessed and collected in ac
cordance with the provisions of an Act of As
sembly entitled "an act concerning streets and
sewers in the city of Pittsburg" approved Jan
uary 6,1864, and the several supplements,
thereto.
Section 2 That any ordinance, or part of or
dinance, conflicting with the provisions of this
ordinance be, and the same is hereby repealed
so far as the same affects this ordinance
Ordained and enacted into a law in Councils
this 14tb day of January, A D. 1889.
K. P. FORD. President of Select Council.
Attest: GEO. 8HEPPARD. Clerk of Select
Council. GEO. L. HOLLIDAY, President of
Common Council. Attest: GEO. BOOTH,
Clerk of Common Council.
Mayor's Office. January 17,1889. Approved:
WM. McCALLIN. Mayor. Attest: W. H. Mc
CLEARY, Mayor's Clerk.
Recorded In Ordinance Book, vol. 6, page 563,
30th day ot Jannary, A D. 1889. fe7-18
Department of Public Works,)
PlTTSBURC. Feb. 1. 1880. "f-
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
reports of Viewers on the construction of
sewers on Nineteenth street from Penn avenue
to the Allegheny river: Linden and McPherson
streets, from Edgerton avenue to Fifth avenue
extension; Our alley from Stevenson street to
Logan street; Westminster street, from Pit
cairn street to LUac sewer and Lilac street,
from Westminster street to apoint near Elmer
street, have been approved by Councils, which
action will be final, unless an appeal is filed in
the Court of Common Pleas within ten (10)
days from date. E. M. BIOELO W,
f 02-22 Chief of Department of Public Works,