: IE! Wanted i'rom Congress, for Which the Shippers of the Country Would Be Grateful. HOW FREIGHT RATES COME DOWN When the Waterwars Arc Enabled to. Com pete With the Great Eail roads of the ".and. SOJIE INTERESTING INFORMATION Addnced at a Hearing flefore the Senate anil House Comniutccs Testtnlv-- Washijtgton, D. 0., Jan. 30. A dele cation of representatives of the Deep Waterway Contention, held in Detroit in December las:, wss ghen a hearing to-dav before the Hou-e Committee on Hirers and Harbor and the Senate Committee on Com merce in joint session, thc-e committees hawi'g in charge the preparation of the reg ular river and harbor appropriation bill. The purpose of the delegation was to urge the construction and maintenance of a 21 foot channel from the head of Lake Supe rior thro jgli the various connecting links I'dwccn the great lakes and through the Jie Canal to the sea. George H. Uly, of Cleveland, O., opened proceedins with the reading of a published memorial of the convention on the subject. Senator Fr e interrupted the reading and said: "You people in theXorthwet are will ing to admit that we did ample justice to you !at Con;re in providing for the im j rovement of St. Mary's river, and authoriz ing the engineers to make contracts for com pletion of the work." A Liberal Policy "Wanted. Mr Eh We are entirely satisfied -with ihc actions of both committees on the last m c- and harbor bill, and ask that the same roller adopted then as to St Mary's mer fhall be adopted now ia respect to the con i rcting channels of the lakes. General loe, the army engineer, in answer to an inquiry said the orisinal esti mate for the improvement of St. Marv's river was S2,GOO,000. Subsequently it had been increased to 3,100,000. but he was jible now to -tate that by adopting the con tract ytcm the work -would be completed v ithm the amount of the original estimate. Senator Fne "We saved $1,000,000 there, and we save 51,000,000 in Philadelphia, by lh eatne system. . Mr. Kir said the principal object was to recure authorization of contracts lor 21 feet of water from Duluth to Bufl do. The esti nmtul cost was only 53,394,000. It would take four to six years to dolhe work, and the cost -would rnn throuih that period. There -were fix places at which improve ments were n.cccssary, viz. Hound and at the head of St. Mary's mer, Siilor's En campment, St. Clair flats, the mouth of the Detroit river, and at the loot of Lake Huron. The work was all mud dredging. The work on the boo Cans.1 would be com pleted in the snnngof ISIKi, and the ques tion wjs: sJiould that improt enient be con tinued through all the connecting links, so as to gn e 21 leet throughout? AX ater Kates Great Kconrmlzers. The effect of water rates over the lakes uas to greatly reduce railway rates through cm the countrv. The a eragc cost of trans jtortation irom Duluth to Buflalo by water, ii distance of MK) mile, wa 1 3-10 mills per ten per mile, against an aterage of 9 mills on all the railways and the lowest rate on lb- Pennsylvania road of 4J mills per ton per mile. An additional depth of water would siill furtner greatly reduce the water rate. S. A. Thompson, Secretary of the Duluth Chamber of Comnieice, then had the a'ten tion of the committee for an hour. He was a thorough matter of his subject, and the committee soon realized it. Horatio Sev raour, Mr. Thompson said, had stated that economy of transportation was one of the lumlamental elements iu the prosperity of sun State. Some 10 or 12 ears ago two latin kt presidents meeting, one ot them Kud to the other that the rail wavs had run the : canal and mer boats out of the business and thit soon the lake steamers would go ihc frame way and leave the transportation liasmess to the railways. Since that time railways had reduced the rate ot transportation J a bushel of v.het from Cmcago to Ken York lrom 42 cents to 14 terts, the water rate hid been induced lrom 25 tents to i 55-100 cents. The rate on the I.e Canal was about 2.10 mills per mile. The acrage railuav rate J" 4H ""IK and the actual cost on the JLake bhore was 4 mills, and the Grand Trunk 5 mills. On the best operated of all lanals by a sjstem of steam towage, the canal cost had been reduced to l.Glc per luile, including return of empty car. Prom DolLth to Ilufialo fl on the lakes would do gtiaim w tm-Ksmm 'fymfAimwmuMMSL'U IE Tl AND Of this liberal enterprise will com mence To-Morrow Morning. There are six more days and six more days only during which anyone ma); get hib purchase free of cost. Come and try it. During the past two weeks nearly 1.400 people re ceived their purchases, amounting to almost $9,000, without pay. Re member, a purchase is given away every 5 minutes from 9 o'clock in the morning until 6 in the evening. Vhateer amount of money, be it $50 or 50c, is first received by the cashier after e ery lapse of five min utes, each lapse being indicated by the loud ringing of a bell, will be immediately handed back to the customer who paid it. Thus many people got expensive Suits, Over coats or Wraps for nothing, while others got less costly things such as shoes, furnishing goods, hats, etc The great loss incurred by us through this distribution compels us to stop it next Saturday. So, if you don't want to et left, be sure and come in this week. Remember, a purchase goes free every five minutes. MOI PO CANALS in the matter of transportation w hat it took 52(3 to do on the best mauaged railway. The president of a railuaj who was interested in steamships had said'to him not long ago; 3UI1 way rres-ident's Opinion. "The Government eneincers are at -work on a 20-loot waterway through the lakes. We will accept and u"e a 20-loot waterway when itisrien us, but when guaranteed lb feet of water we will run C,000-ton ves sels instead of 3,000 tons, .and cut the rate in two." Who was that man? James J. Hill, President of the Great Northern Hallway. The total expenditures on improvements of the great lake, had been less thin 530,000, 000. The saving due to lake transportation was 5150,000,000 more than the tost of im provement. All that had been accomplished in the past bygiving 10 feet o' water would not only be duplicated but enhanced ten fold bv'the expenditure of something oxer 53,000000 to secure a depth of 20 lect He thought very little need be added to secure the appropriation desired. Canada had spent almost 500,000,000 on her waterwaj s. Inside of lne years theic would be a clear waterway of 14 leet through Canadian soil, lrom the head of Lake Superior to the Atlantic. "When Canada had a 14-loot waterway and the United States only six feet through 'the Erie Canal we could no more compare with her than a wheelbarrow with a freight train. The farmers of the Wet would have to compete with men of their own race, on soil as fertile and with climate no more rigor ous, and thev needed as good transportation facilities. There was not enough sentiment in trade, good American as he was, to send wheat to Europe by American vessels at 25 ceuts when Canadian vessels would carry it for 10. Senator Frye said wc would be no worse offnow than when there were 100 or more loreign testis iu our Pacific ports. Tlio Best 1'laco to nej;ln. Mr Thompson responded thii was true, but if there was going to be a rerhal of American shipping, the great lakes was the place to begin Its ie-scl interests were large, and would be enormous if they could get it to the ocean and engage in oya?cs during the five winter months they were now idle. Firms on the lake had un derbid the coast firms for the construction of American nar vessels, and the bids were "rejected, not because they were not respon sible bidders, but solely because of our treaty with Great Britain. The Clyde would be nowhere in comparison with the great lakes iu shipbuilding with access to the ocean. The tonnage oi the Detroit river was now l,o00,000 tons more than the Suez Canal and 3,000,000 more than the clearances of Gordon and Ei crpool. lieturuing to the ellect of waterwaj s on freight rates, Mr. Thompson said the Lake Erie Cinal controlled .Sew York Central rates, which road rates the Pennsylvania. 450 miles south, had to meet. This road, in turn, controlled the Ualuinore and Ohio rates, and thus to a greater or less extent. lake rates governed-ratesto the Gulf. When the Erie Canal was opened the railroads put wheat rates from Chicago to Xcu York down below cost of transportation to S4 cents a bushel, and compelled many canal boats to tie up. The dir that winter con ditions set in the railroad rate jumped to 7J cents. Xeir York Taxpayers Protesting. Ex-Siate Senator George T. Sloan, of New Yoik, addressed himself to the resolu tion of the Waterways Convention, urging an appropriation ot $100,000 for a comrtlete survey lrom the lakes to the Fcaboard. Xew York," he said, at a cost of 52,000,000 a jear to its cities, furnished lrce transportatiou through the Erie Canal to Eastern States. The people not along the line of the canal were complaining of this taxation, cpeeially as they had to meet the Western competi tion thcmselvc. He was not in sympathy with that feeling, but it was a fact that within the last two years the necessary State appropriations had been barely squeezed through. We were in a position where improvements to the canal would be needed, he said, rml he told the committee that 'New York co-Id not be relied upon to make them. General O. M. Poe.in charge of engineer works on the Great Lakes, said that he had estimated 53,394,000 as the cost of a 21-foot channel throughout the lakes. The Hay lake channel and St Clair flats improve ments, which were now iu progress, he re garded as simply so much iu the direction of the entire project. To Mr. Blanchard, Gcrcral Poe stated that 5700,000, or, perhaps ?GOl),000, would be needed the first ear if the committee authorized contracts to be made on the work ot improving the Great Lakes. H. ' W. Seymour, of Siult Stc. Marie, then briefly addressed the committee iu support of the improv emcnU The Last of the Alton TJovcott. Chicago, Jan. 30. The end of the boy cott asaiust the Chicago and Alton dlail road was reached to-day when notices were received by General Passenger Agent Charl ton that the Xcw York Central, the Michi gan Central, the Lake Shore and the Penn sylvania lines both east and west ot Pitts burg had arranged to resume passenger relations with the Alton February 1. Special To Let Lists To-morrow in the Dispatch. Home seekers do not fail to consult them, i jiii.wiwwjiiw 1 A T tlv -. K UHCH ASc 1 KB P 5 '-' . B 1 M Mia ! B Mb ilH';iHfHH HI RHPHH w& ih H H I .-- t n BVERy i5llS TEE'i g GOSSIP. OF THE GUARD.4 pf j Colonel Waltmi Greem.axd, Divslon Quartermaster, spent a lew dnys In tlio city last w eek. CiTMs IV. H. Dams and George Wejshops are i peered btck in tho city this week, from their trip to California. Thk reappointment of General John A. Wiley to command of tho Second Brigade, lia been olHcUlly promulgated in guard or ders. Chile rcciuit9 were numerous around tlio armories during the pist lew weeks, and as a consequence several company commanders embraced the oppoitnnlty of filling up their lanks tor the inspections which come off in a fevr weeks. An election in Company B, of tho Eight eenth Ueglmcnt for Captain, to fill tho va cancy caused by discharge of Captain Was cll, resulted in tho promotion of Lieutenant i iiuaui a. uoaK to tue poMiion. ano elec tion was conducted bj Captain Charles ltoissing. An election liasjbecn ordered to fill the vacancy In Company A, Fourteenth Kegl ment, caused bj theiosipnationof Lieuten ant Gcorae 1. Motion. It is slid a son of Colonel I'crchmcnt, who at piesont a mem ber of the company will be elected to fill the vacancj. Tror. IL, F. Rbi, the champion swordsman cf the United Mates, and John McM&uon, a private in tin ,-Xinth llegimunt at Wilkes barrc, liavu signed articles for an all-around si ord and u i onet con tet for the ohampion sliip and purso of $1000 The match will t-iko place m Wilkesbano on February 2J and ix evtitim; consideiablc interest among the tusttin guardsmen. IlLrouTs from Fortiess Jlonroo state that ucneiai .ueuiouano. is lapiaiy improving in health and that the change to that point has been most boncllcial to him. On the eve of the departure of tho Adjutant General tor Foitirsi alonioe, the cleiks In his office pre sented him with a iarso crayon portrait of himself In dress unllorm. it has been placed iu position in tho Adjutant General's office at lhurisburtf. The annual spring inspections in tho Sec ond Biigade will be commenced to morrow afternoon by Major Frank Patterson. Company F or the Fifteenth Regiment at Jlillvale, will bo the first comp my put through tho ordeal, followed by oompinv K at Giecnville to morrow evenine. All -the companies of the Fifteenth will be inspected this week with the exception of.Coinpinv D at Clarion, w hicli w ill not occur until February 26. 1 nil mixed up condition of affairs in re sxard to tho ownership of the Third Regi ment army building has decided Governor l'.tttison to issuo a communication to all company nnd regimental commanders le quinnj them to mike truthful answers on the subject ot the owncislun of the build ings they now occupr. The Governor needn't worry about tho ownetshin.of the Pittsburg nrmone, as i( is scat cely proba ble theic is likely to bo any dispute on that subject lietc. Colovkl Sonsui jr. Smith has issued an order which lias been expected for somo time and w liich carries w ith considerable mteiestto tho e connected with the Eight eenth. For somo time past affairs In tho regiment havo not been quito up to tho standard, and as a result an assignment of tlio members of the field and staff Is made, the duties of whom will bo to at tend tho drills of the companies and renort their observations to tho regimental Commander Monday night with companies A, It and F is assigned to Lieutenant Colonel Rutlcdge; Comniny E Tuesday night to Lieutenant II. F. Divis: Wednesdiy night. Company D, to Colonel Smith; Thursday night, Company II, LicutenanfA. L. Peai snu.Ji.; Fuday night. Company G, Major Kav. The phv sical examination of recruits will bo held the second nnd fouith 3Iondns of eich month by a member of tho medical staff. A committee has been appointed to inspect the pi opci ty of tho drum corps and take an inventory of It. A novelty In the S( cond Brigade in the shape of a permanent regimental court is ordered, the duty of which shall bo to investigate all cases ol misbohav ior on the pirt of enlisted men whether In uniform or out. The detail for tho court is Major Kay, Captain W. II. Davis and Lieutenant Pearson. PINKEET0H, C0UETS AN INQT1BY. He Denies flavins In His Fmploy it Ijirger Army Than Uncle Sam. Chicago, Jan. 30. "That man Watson is making a fool of-hjraseir," said Detective William A. Pinkerton to & reporter this morning regardini? tbe policy advocated by Jlepresentative Watson,, of Georgia, in the bill recommending a thorough investigation of Pinkcrtonisni. "He must be insane. He states we are practically a quasi-military organization, fostered by capital and conse quently a constant menace to the common people of the land. He says ive employ an army or 35,090 salaried men a greater lorce thin the entire regular army. Now, any sensible person knows that is absurd. The iact i we employ about 1,000 men, and every one of them is doing nothing but legitimate work. "As for the investigation I wish it would be made. Then the mouths of thebe cranks and kickers would be silenced, at least for a time, and the people at large w ould be con vinced that our employes are an honorable diss of men and that our business is car ried on in a perfectly straight and legiti mate waj." Another Canadian Connervnttve Elected. Halifax, N. S , Jan. 30. -The bye election for the House of Commons in Cum berland to-dav resulted in the return of A. W. Dickey, Conservative, by 909 majority, an increase of 100 over his previous majority. if PITTSBURG DISPATCH, ' w Vnlentlne Spoons. Tightest ladj pretty as a picture; start ling combination of hearts, arrows and bow knots; entirely new. Price, 52; mailed free of charge. Sold only by E. P. Eobcrts & Sons, Fifth avenue and Market 6treet, -AXD- See Apia asmYouth. 'NO. 42 FEDERAL ST., Allegheny, Pa. ARTIFICIAL :-: EYES. Ja31-Tursu BAY1S JffiAjpjjM$SA '.1J0HN C.SiyHAYNf'';sfo, i ttt Pi-..titl? ..:?: -' -..-. nQviuN r- m &- Messrs. Hopper Bros. w THFM i ONE IE SPEC- KlilljP' SPEG TUGLE. "Ilp -TACLL Ctamaii Optical Co, mi 307 Woodst, city. Gentlemen: ' It gives us much pleasure, as we hope it will you profit, to address you these few line's, thanking you kindly for the' prompt and careful pains taking manner with which you furnished our Club Rooms. We little thought at the time you signed the contract that the work could be completed at the time specified, but we were happily disappointed, for at the hour specified in the contract our doors were opened to a throng of over 500 visitors, who were loud in their praise of the complete furnish ,ment of our rooms, and had you been present no doubt you would have been amply repaid by hearing such remarks as "Why, this is second to none in this city." "Who furnished you?" "What beautiful Axminster Carpets." "I never thought Leather Furniture could be made so comfortable." "What 0 f an elegant assortment of Pictures and Curtains, " and many other equally nattering remarks. Again thanking you, and hoping that all future contracts may end in the same prompt and satisfactory manner as this one has, believe us; Your lasting friends, t OF THE DISTRIBUTION Can better be imagined than de scribed. It is highly gratifying to us, as" it has cleaned many counters of fall and winter goods, and it is more than gratifying to our lucky patrons, who, during the past two weeks, carried off free of charge $9,000 worth of desirable merchan dise. By actual count 1,92 pur chases have been given away since the commencement of this distribu tion. Here is the list: 103 I'nrclmse 10S Purchaes Given Tree Monday, Jan. IS. Given I'teo Tueidav. Jan. 11. 10S Purchases Given Frco Wednes., Jan. 20. Given Free Thurs., Jan. 21. 1IC.8 Parchases 10s l'urcliae$ 1W Purchases 103 Purchases 103 Purchases JOS Purchases 103 Purchases 30S Purchases 150 Purchases Given Fiee Friday. Jan. 22. Given Fieo Satmday.Jan.23. Given Fieo Monday, Jan. 25. Given Free Tuesday, Jan. 26. Given Free Wednes , Jan. 27. Given Free Tliurs , Jan. 2S. Glv en Free Fi lday, Jan. 20. Given Fiee Saturday, Jan. JO. Total, 1,392 Purchases. the mmeT iTresidences of the people ., Who received the above 1,392 pur chases may be seen by anybody calling at our office. During this week 696'-more purchases will be .given away, thus the number of happy patrons will be 2,088! Think of it! 2,088 purchases given away! GOODS THE HAPPY RESULT SUNDAY,1 m-JANUARY. - NEW ADTEItTISEMr.jrT. j IrtoVc'lDV DEPT. A GREAT DRAWBACK Has been our total inability to get goods mide fast enough at the prices we are sell Ing for. I will sell, for another week.-solid coin silver Thimbles at 18 Cents Each. DO WE LOSK MONEY ON THEM; KOT ON" YOUR TINTYI'r. Also this week, too Boys, Girls, Misses and Ladies' stem-winding Watches at $2.75 Each. B. E. Ail, MELEE, '65 FIFTH AVE. Sole" Owner of tho "Forever War ranted" Brilliants VOTE DIAMONDS Ja31-MWFSU AT BARGAINS, LADIES' CABINET DESKS; CHOICE CHAIRS. STEVENS CHAIR CO., 3 SIXTH ST , PITTS BUKG. . JalO CANCERig lUMOKS cured. No sen a lor tesnmoD. :iFr tr, Buffalo. '. y! wiui-f 41 1AUUVTK r & Co., S ii- it TOE SUITS REDUCED TO $12 Consist of latest Sack and Cutaway Frock styles, single or double breasted, made of such highly ele gant and fine materials as English Cassimeres, Scotch Cheviots and French Worsteds. The make, trim mings and fit are faultless, and the suits, if we' were inclined to wait until our customers needed them, would easily bring from piS to $22. But we don't want to wait. We want you to buy now, whether you need a suit or not. By so doing you will save from $6 to $ 10. BBtemaea IMMENSE gTJ'SWitei bTOCK lBiflS?M lb DESKS lyjBwfEi 'f3 i( !W THIS SPECIAL $12 SALE IS FOR THIS WEEK ONLY. J'Wise men will improve Jhe opportunity by coming in as early as possible. X 31r - 1892. NKW ADVERTISEMENT!. A Warm Wave Will probably bring back . 'that old attack of Rheu matism. Before it re turns you had better send for a bottle of Rheu maticura and cure your self of it If you are hard to convince that the medicine will cure, send first for one of our circulars giving testimo nials. Every one can be vouched for. The originals are at our office for in spection at any time. RHEUMATICURA CO., 616 Penn Ave., Price, 3 oo per bottle. PnTbBURG, PA. For sale by all dniggits. Perfectly Harmless. JaSO ttssu BUY TOITIt SPECTACLES AT Tlie ReXi.tXe Optician. Eyes Examined Free. Artificial Kyes Inserted. J. DIAM0ND,t. de29-Trau L. DowD-s Health Exerciser. Fcr Srafa-weiij-j 4 Ctlatuj 7ms: lOentlemen, Laclep. Tcntlij; Attkta or Invalid. A complete gvinnasiiim. wjwoKwim i"o up am o jo. wiuare ucorxoora; '(XSMKiJ naw.acltntiac.dnitblt cuprh!ulT lawvers, clergjmen. edil. rs k clt'j hot nslcg it. totnil forlliuitratedcii. ciilr, 49 aetaTloii. to chares. Prof. D Ii. Dowd. SctenMr T'hTii.f -VC (TaxD2 iaaE.i caltaltiire.l)Eaatllibt,.Jielork. Jan'y 27th, 1892. u J. E. HALL, Sec'y. s Wf W'rl (Trade Mark.) VU &gsgi ssr" IfJHi m Iswo $18, $20 and $22 Suits and Overcoats Reduced to For this one week only we offer choice from 2,000 fine and fashionable Suits 1 , at the uniformly low price of TWELVE DOLLARS. r' NEW ADVERTISEMENT:. w BERG. THE POPULAR 427 WOOD CONTINUATION OF OUR GRAND REDUCTION SALE.- Our Grand January Mark-Down Sale met-with gratifying success. We were rushed with work and were unable at times to attend to all that called. For the benefit of those who were not waited upon we have decided to continue this sale for a few days longer, and will make up to order Any Suit or Overcoat" in our Stock for. . , Any Trousers in our Stock cf "s; aVu3p"c. "57iVrA322(yv es TT" J r These goods include all our $25, $30 and $35 Suits and our $7, $8 and $10 Pants. 'We have added to our stock 10 CASES OF NEW SPRING GOODS that we have just re ceived, and will make these up also at the prices stated above. GIVE US A CALL. 427 WOOD STREET. 427 CORNER DIAMOND STREET. SPECIAL -KOR- MONDAY and TUESDAY. ONLY 2 DAYS. A Beautiful Antique Oak ROCKER,$3.65cash. Highly polished, high back, spring seat, crushed or silk plush, assorted colors. ' J'YOU NEVER saw its equal for double the price. Bargains in Parlor Suits, Parlor Tables, Chamber Suits, Carpets, Rugs, Curtains. Make and lay carpets free this week. O.A.S:E3: OIK, PICKERING'S, COR. TENTH ST. P. S. See other Sunday papers lor cut of f' o U15 PRICED TAILORS, STREET. 427 for . 1a31CS BARGAIN OTJiIIX,. COMPLETE HOUSE FURNISHER, AND PENN AVE., Kockoi. Ja31 $12. and Overcoats THE OVERCOATS REDUCED TO Are made of extra, fine imported and best American Kerseys, Mel tons, Cheviots, Fur Beavers, Chin chillas and various celebrated weaves of smooth and rough fin ished materials. The styles are full and semi-box, English Sack, Ches terfield, Fly Front and Prince Charles. Some silk-faced, some with silk-sleeve lining, some with warm Cassimere lining, some with Italian cloth lining. If sold the regular way $18, $20 and S22 would be the prices for these Over coats, but this being an ctraor- dinary occasion $1 2 will buy your" choice. CDZ.U KAUPMANNS' KAUPMANNS FIFTH .AVZEISTTTIE AND . ' SMITHPIBLD STEBET. Vo I