THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1809.
GAMES PLAYED IN
ATLANTIC LEAGUE
BAIN PREVENTED THE SCRAN-TON-READINQ
CONTEST.
Lancaster nnd Newark Did Not Con
test for the Same Reason Rich
mond Now Leads Wilkes-Barro by
n Few Points, and Scranton Lends
the Second Division Result of the
Contests In tho National League.
What Will Become of the Paterson
Club.
The game between Scranton nnd
Reading wns postponed yesterday nn
account of rain. AVIlkes-Harre and
Richmond game resulted In iv tic. Al
lentown defeated Paterson with ease.
Lancaster and Newark game was
postponed nn account of rain. Italn
also prevented n number of National
league games. St. Louis and Urook
lyn are still fighting' for first place.
Percentage Table.
v h. l'.C.
lUchmond 11 5 .M
Wllkcs-Harre IS fi .'1st
Heading ! C , .fill
Newark 9 0 .500
Scranton fl 10 .474
Lancaster !i 1U .174
Paterson b 1.1 .816
.Allentown 4 V! .'.WO
Where They Piny Today.
Hcranton at Keadlnc.
Wllkes-Barro nt Klchmond.
Newark at Lancaster.
Allentown at Paterson.
HOME RUN TIED THE SCORE.
Darkness Then Ends Oniric Betwejn
Wllkes-Bnrre nnd Richmond.
Richmond, May IS. A homo run by
Seybold In the ninth saved Richmond
from defeat- for tho run tied the
sr-ore nnd darkness then put a stop
to the play. Seybold made a home tun
In the seventh Inning that put flip
locals nhend, but a pair of costly but
excusable errors gave tho visitors the.
lead Rain fell In tho seventh Inning
end the teani reaped play for twenty
six minutes. The hitting of Calhoun
and Seybold nnd the fielding of Shan
non nnd Hargrove were features.
Score
HICHMOXD.
. II. O. A. K.
AVrlgiey. ss 12 18 1
Shannon. rf 0 'J 1 n o
Dolan. i'b 1 a I 5 2
Seybold. If 2 ;i 2 n 1
Calhoun, lb 1 4 In 1 o
Hargrove, cf 0 o 1 0 o
Dundon, 3h 0 112 a
lless, c 0 17 10
Donovan p 1 1 o 1 o
Totals fi II 27 i:i 1
wiucks-baiiiu;.
n. li. o. a. j:.
Olymer, s. 1 1 :! l o
Oilwell, If 2 1 ;i a 0
llalllgun, if o (i ;i o l
Ooerkel. lb 2 0 li 1 0
Atherton, 21) 12 11 0
Illchter, cf a 2 4 u o
Coughlln. :ib a l ii i a
Smith, c 0 o 7 a o
Goodwin, p n a 1 1 o
Totals il 7 27 3 1
Called on account of daiknoss.
Richmond n 1002020 l-r.
AVIikes-Barre 3 0 0 0 0 0 S 0 06
Two-base hits Shannon, Calhoun, Dun
don. Clymer. Three-base hit Calhoun.
Homo runs Seybold, 2. Sacrifice hlti
Goeckel, Atherton. Slolen bases Dolan,
Calhoun, Donovan, Goeckel, Atlieiti.i,
Coughlln. Smith. l.oft an bases Uleh
mond. 10; Wilkes-Barre, 11. Struck nut
-By Donovan, 5; by Goodwin. 4. Doublo
play Goodwin to Goeckel. Klrst mi er
rors WHkes-Barre. .1. First on balls Oft
Donovan, 7; off Goodwin, 3. fmpiie
Bergcr, Time 2.10.
Tailenders Defeats Paterson.
Taterson, May 18. Paterson could not
hit Stlmmel today and were beaten by
the tallendcrs by a score of 0 to l.
Pounds, a local amateur, pitched for Pat
erson, and his wlldness In the Hrs-t and
fifth Innings was responsible for most of
the runs. Both teams played a line
catching game. Score:
PATERSON.
R. II. O. A. li
Riley, ss 0 10 5 0
Ladd, If 0 15 0 0
Thornton, lb 1 1 10 2 0
Camp, 3b 0 0 1 1 o
Duncan, c 0 2 4 0 0
Gettlngcr, rf o 1 u 0 0
Gochnaur, 2l 0 0 2 4 0
Fry, cf 0 12 0 0
Pounds, p 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 1 7 24 12 0
ALLUNTOWN.
It. II. O. A. K.
Tate, nb 1 a 1 1 0
T. Delehanty, 2h 1 2 3 G 1
Smith, if 2 110 0
Jos. Delehanty, rf .... 2 2 3 0 0
Henry, cf 2 2 4 10
Mclntyre. lb o 0 a 0 0
Vlgneux. c 12 6 10
J. Delehanty, ss 0 2 0 11
Stlmmel, p o l o l n
Totals a 11 27 11 2
Putcrson 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 o-l
Allentown 5 0 0 13 0 0 0 x :i
Earned runs Allentown, 3, Two-base
hits - Vlgneux, 2; James Delehanty.
Three-base lilts Henry, 'I'. Delthanty.
Stolen bnses-Smlth. Plrst on balls-Off
Pounds 6, Struck out By Pounds. 2;
bj Stlmmel. j, Left on bans- Paterson,
4 Allentown 7, Doublo play Riley to
Thornton to Camp. Time 1 02. I'mplrt-Henderson
v J
P Spluttering
Lamp
Don't blame your lamp when It
iplutten and fllckeri. ItUn'ttbe
fault of the tamp It'i the oil In tho
lamp. Vtti it with our
Headlight
Water White
Oil
nd iar "good by " to all Umpdlicom.
fort,. No coined wlck, do irookr
eblmnty. nodUMrtejibltodore. Worry
uvtd, time sivd, mosty Mved-for our
HMallght Waur Whti Oil H chfpr
tban many loftrlor iradm of limp oil,
Yovdultrbult.
ATLANTIC REFINING CO.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Percentage. Table,
v. u P.O.
St. Louis 13 7 .731
Brooklyn 10 8 .701
Chicago IS 8 .!
Cincinnati 15 8 .t."2
Philadelphia 17 10 .(.30
Boston 16 11 .'oVi
Baltimore 13 13 ,D00
Louisville 10 16 .3!.",
Xcw York 0 15 .:".
Pittsburg 9 16 .r,c;o
Washington S 21 .102
Cleveland 3 20 .130
At Louisville- R.H.E.
Boston 0 1100120-6 15 4
Loillsvlllo 00000 0000-0 5 3
Batteries Willis nnd Bergen; Cunning
ham and Klttrldgo. Umpires Hunt and
Connolly.
Cleveland-Philadelphia Xo game; cold
weather.
Washington-Pittsburg Xo game; rain.
OTHER LEAOUE GAMES.
Eastern League.
Syracuse-Providence Rain.
Rochester-Springfield Rain.
Hartford. 11; Toronto. I.
Worcester, 7; Montreal, 7 U Innings.).
Western Lengue.
Milwaukee, G; Kansas City, 5 (11 In
nings.). St. Paul, 6; Minneapolis. .
Interstate League.
Foit Wayne, 4; Wheeling, 6.
Ynungstotvn, 5; Toledo, 3.
New Castle, fi; Grand Rapids, I,
ATLANTIC LEAGUE MEETING.
Will Meet nt Hotel Hnnover Todny.
Important Mntter to Discuss.
Tho Atlantic league directors will
meet nt Hotel Hanover today at noon
tn discuss several matters of business
relative to the various clubs.
The most Important matter to be
brought before the meeting is whether
or not Paterson Is to remain In the
Atlantic league.
The club Is running behind rapidly
financially nnd a change Is being con
templated. H. R. Long left last night
for Philadelphia to represent the
Scranton elub,
President Finn, who Is making a
tour of the various clubs. Is expected
to meet with the committee also.
CORNELL HAS HOPE.
All the Old-Timers Back in Their
Places.
Tlie prospects of the 'Cornell base hall
team are Improving dally, and the diffi
culties which have been besetting It for
several weeks have all been overcome.
All of the men are back In their places,
with the exception of Role.
Stratton, who was 111 and unable to
play In the game with the University
of Pennsylvania, Is on the diamond
again, nnd his practice shows no signs
of weakness from the illness. Robert
son and (lunger are both suffering from
bad knees, but keep at practice.
Witli Cornell's new back in position,
the Tigers will doubtless have some
thing to think of when they meet Cor
nell next Saturday.
DIAMOND PICK UPS.
lleltz was lined 30 a few days ago at
Washington.
Kd Dunkle, who pitched for Wllkes
Barro last teason, has been released by
Washington. They say he only pitched
ono effective game.
Manager W. H. Watklns. of the Pitts
burg ball club, has lcsigned, and
"Patsy" Doncvan. captain of the club,
was at once appointed to the position.
Mr. Watklns says he has other business
matters to look after, and he Intends to
quit base ball for good.
It was expected that President Banows
would come to Paterson yesterday to see
what could be done to arrange for 'lie
continuance of the local Atlantic league
team in this tlty. He was unable to
come, however, and telegraphed that a
meeting of tho Atlantic league would be
held at Philadelphia tomorrow night,
when that matter would be decided, to
gether with tovcrnl other Important mat
ters. If arrangements can. possibly be
made the local club will stay here. The
whole troublo seems to be that there is
no salary limit In the league. Rich
mond's salary list Is above J2.500 a month.
Wllkes-Barre pays between $2,100 and
$2,300, while Xewark's salary Is said to
bo In the neighborhood of J2.G00. Every
team in the league expected a big season
and proceeded to sign men regardless of
expense. Now the salnrles mention d
aro way out of reason. There Is not a
minor league In the country that can pay
such salaries and last, especially a
league containing towns like Allentown,
with 35,000 population, Lancaster with
40,000, Wilkes-Bai re with 53,000 nnd a
city like Paterson, where the week day
attendance at Its best does not run over
150, while often there aro less than fltty
paid admissions. The matter of salary
limit will undoubtedly bo ono of the
things to be dis-cussed at Philadelphia en
Friday night, and a big cut seems In
evitable If things are to last. Paterdson
Morning Call.
AMATEUR BASE BALL NOTES.
Tho Court House base ball team. whL-h
Is composed of the officials and employes
of tho several offices, Iinvo organized 'for
the season, Clerk of tho Courts Dan
iels has been chosen manager, und hit
deputy, Emll Bonn, Is captain ot tho
tram. A game with the city hall elub
Is desired for Saturday, or any day the
latter decide on.
Tho employes of Joyce's cosh store
challenge any grocery Mrm In Scranton
for a gnnio of base ball on Decoration
Day. May 20. Tho bet to bo a barrel of
flour which will bo contributed to a
chatltalilc Institution. Address Cornelius
Burt nickey, oaro of Joyco'h Btore, Lack
awanna aver.uo.
Thu SporU would like to hear from the
Blue Mountain Boys, tho Merry Boys
and Sampson, .Irs., for n game on tho
Cowileld grounds Saturday, May 20.
Please accept tills challenge In any pa
per. B. Bairctt, munogcr; G. Sohn3,
captain.
Tho Young Sports defeated tho Dewey
Boys by n score of 26 to 0 on tho Cow
Held grounds Tuesday, May 16,
Tho Sliders, Jr., accept tho challenge
of tho Orlerts on tho Moses Taylor hos
pital grounds. Paul Barrett, manager;
Joo Jordan, captain.
PIGEON SHOOTING MATCH.
WOULD NOT APPROVE
THE VOSBURG BOND
MAJORITY OF SELECT COUNCIL
. DISREGARD MANDAMUS.
Marsh nnd Monies Pitted Against
Huntington nnd Annemnn.
Articles of agreement were signed
yesterday for a team shooting match
between Clem Marsh, Jr., und Arthur
Monies on tho ono side, nnd Lou Hunt
ington and Will Anneman on thu other.
It will be for $100 a side, and Is to tnko
pluco at the base ball park next Thurs
day. Each man Is to hoot at fifteen box
pigeons. The forfeit money Is depos
ited with Jack Hkelly. Al. Rose Is to
bo final stakeholder.
List of Bills Vetoed.
Harrlsburg, May IS. Governor Stone
has Issued a proclamation giving tho list
of bills vetoed. The proclamation was
read In the corridor of tho capital by
Deputy Secretary ot UU Csmmoawaalth
Bcltler
Ik X
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Fortified Themselves First by Direct
ing That nn Appeal from Court's
Decision Be Tnken Appropriation
for Asphnlt Repairs Receives Thir
teen Out of Seventeen Votes.
Walker nnd Widmayer Nomina
tions Are Not Reported from
Committee.
Eleven out of seventeen members of
select council last night voted to ap
peal from the court's decision In the
Vosburg case, nnd later In tho meeting
nine of the same seventeen carried a
motion to recommit the Vosburg bond
to the custody of the city clerk until
such time us the uppeal Is decided or
until further orders are received from
court.
At the opening of tho meeting, coun
cil went Into the sixth order of busi
ness at the request of Mr. Melvin. No
objection was offered. A protest from
even one member would have made it
necessary for Mr. Melvin to secute a
two-thirds vote to take the council out
of the regular order. When the chair
tiecinreu the body in the sixth order of
business, Mr. Melvin Introduced the
following:
Whereas, An action has been biought
In thu court of common pleus of Lacka
wanna county as Xo. 770, May term, ISM.
wherein tho commonwealth ex rel. A. A.
Vosburg is plaintiff and Richard H. Wil
liams, chairman, and the several mem
bers of the select council aro named as
defendants, and In said action the court
has made n decree that tho members of
the select council shall meet nnd upprose
the bond of A. A. Vosburg who claim to
huve been elected city solicitor, unci
Whereas, The president Judge of the
court has entered Judgment against the
select council without notice or nn op
portunity to appear In couit and defend;
anil tho members of the select council
are desirous of testing the alldity of thl
decree and for that purpose having the
same reviewed in a higher court. Tlieie
fore be It
Resolved, That an appeal be taken on
the part of the select council of the city
of Scranton from said decision of the
court of common pleas of Lackawanna
county in the said case, and that the city
solicitor bring the matter as speedily
as possible before a higher court for re
view. RESOLUTION'S ADOPTED.
Mr. Roche moved its adoption. Mr.
Sanderson asked how the city solicitor
could take the appeal when he was di
rectly Interested. Mr. Melvin replied
that the solicitor would engage another
attorney, as had been done In previous
cases of this nature. This wus the ex
tent of tho discussion.
The vote was as follows:
Ayes Messrs. Kearney, Roche. Melvin,
Wagner, Shea, Fellows, Sehloed-r,
O'Boyle. l'rable. Coyne, MoAudrew II.
Nays .Messrs. Ross. Thomas. Chitten
den, Schneider, Sanderson, Williams 6.
Absent Messrs. Finn, James, Mc
Cann and Lanslns 4.
t'nder tho head of concurrent busi
ness, tho Vosburg bond came up with
the other matters transmitted from
common council. When Clerk Lnvelle
began to read it, Mr. Roche Interrupted
with tho remark: "I would call the
attention of councils to the fact that
this Is the Vosburg bond. 1 move that
It be recommitted to the custody of the
clerk until the appeal Is decided or
further orders are received from
court."
There was a murmur of objection and
Chairman Wllllnms ruled Mr. Roche's
motion out of order. The clerk finished
tho reading of the bond and then Mr.
Roche renewed his motion. The chair
said ho thought the motion was out of
order. While lie was hesitating. Mr.
Sanderson moved to approve the bond.
"I want to be on record as having
obeyed the behests of the court," he
said. "I am not entirely certain that
the appeal will net as a supersedeas
and nm therefore desirous of voting for
til approval of the bond."
MR. ROCHE'S BELIEF.
Mr. Roche said he had no desire to
get into trouble with tho court. He
felt that council had the same right of
appeal as is nccorded an individual and
in view of the fact that nn appeal had
been regularly directed, he thought It
highly ridiculous and absurd to con
sider the npproval of the bond.
Mr. Sanderson said be could appreci
ate Mr. Roche's position, but for him
self ho would not care to disregard the
mandamus until ho was satisfied that
the appeal would act as a supersedeas.
He had no Iden that the question would
come up or he would have looked Into
it from a legal point of view.
Mr. Wagner advised approving the
bond nnd applying for nn order of court
making the appeal a supersedeas.
Mr. O'Boyle did not want to approve
the bond until the question of the solic
itor's term had been passed upon, Ho
wished to avoid having two city solic
itors. Mr. Ross Insisted on being given an
opportunity of voting for tho bond,
that he might be on record as having
obeyed the mandate of the court.
Mr. Wagner contended that court
bus not decided that there Is a va
cancy; it has simply declared there
has been nn election. The matter of
vacancy must bo decided by other pro
ceedings, he said.
Mr. Sanderson pointed out that the
bond road "for the ensuing term," and
did not mention any particular date.
Mr. Coyne called attention to the fact
that the mandamus spoko of tho two
year term "beginning tho first Monday
In May succeeding his election." Mr.
Coyno nlso orgued that It would be In
consistent to consider tho bond until
nfter tho appeal had been decldeM,
THEY WANTED mUlNS.
Mr. Roche nt this Juncture nnnnunced
that ex-City Solicitor I. II. Hums was
In the building nnd suggested thnt ho
bo sent for to glvo nn opinion on tho
matter. A messenger wns sent for Mr.
Rums, but he could not bo found.
Mr. Kearney wanted to amend Mr.
Roche's motion by referring the bund
to tho Judiciary committee, but no one
seconded his motion.
Mr, Sanderson Insisted on the clerk
make a minute of his motion to ap
prove tho bond, which was intended
to succeed tho Roche motion, If the
latter was declared out of order. Tho
vote on tho Roche motion to commit
Scranton Store, 124-126 Wyoming: Avenue.
Friday bargains at prices that will sell quickly
Special prices that will make this store all the more inesistable prices that mean the saving of many
dollars to you if you are quick enough to take advantage of the opportunity. We offer you saving chances
that you CANNOT equal elsewhere saving chances that have never been equalled by any other store in
this State.
A repetition of Monday's lace sale
Thousands and thousands of yards were sold last Monday. The oppor
tunities were the greatest in many a day everybody bought freely, knowing that
such chances do not come daily. Again on Friday we offer:
Torchon edging and insertion From
two to live inches wide; actually worth .
from ten to fifteen cents the yard. Friday 4-C
Also another grade, irom four to nine
inches wide; worth up to 20c yard. ,
Friday QC
Valencienne edging and insertion In
widths Irom one to five inches; real .
value up to I2c the yard. Friday.... 4-C
Two to seven inches wide an excep
tional bargain, worth up to 23c yard. ,
Friday OC
An incomparable event in underwear
Bargains that are out of the usual enhanced by assortments that cannot be found else
where, we offer again (or Friday some very special opportunities in HIGH-CLASS underwear
the kind that bears the Leader's stamp of excellence.
Women's cambric
corset covers-
I for an extremely well
1 22C made cambric corset
trimmed with embroidery
and usually sold for icjc.
t for women's 29c cam-
1 9C biic corset covers, V
square neck and elaborately
trimmed with embroidery,
for women's sqc cam
39C brie corset covers, V or
square neck, cluster of tucks,
trimmed with laceorembr'd'y
Women's muslin gowns
Friday bargains in
women's shirt waists
Extra salespeople for Fri
day in this department so
there will be no delay.
Trimmed and pleated waists
as good and as handsome
as you can get anywhere for
one dollar. Some with 6 box
pleats down the Iront others
nicely trimmed with lace. The
greatest waist bargain .
ot the season 45C
Fancy percale waists
Better than you arc likely to
get elsewhere lor 50c, if you
choose always to buy indis
criminately. All of those
have detachable collar and
come in handsome
pejtcrns JiDC
for women's 40c Mother Hubbard gowns of good
muslin, tucked yoke and trimmed with cambric ruffle.
One of the banner bargains of this great underwear sale.
29c
. for women's 59c gown of good muslin, Mother Hub
4VC bard style, tucked yoke, trimmed with embroidery.
59c
for 79c
trimmed
gowns.
69
Cfor S9C
trimmed
7r fo.r9c
3y trimmed
gowns.
Friday special sale of women's combination suits at 19c
An exceptional bargain price has been put on these for Friday's special sale.
They are a good quality cotton ribbed suit, trimmed around neck with silk tape
former price 39c Friday
9c
Women's fast black hose
Special Friday sale
This may be termed a half
price sale. The prices we
quote for Friday have been
cut to half as against else
where. In two lots :
Lot 1 Women's full seam
less hosd guaranteed fast
black, with double toe and
spliced heel. Real value
ioc. Friday only OC
Lot 2 Women's fast black
cotton hose, better goods than
the above, worth 15c. Q
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iir vrllh nervous iiroktmtlnn.
roken Tltnlitv. uumnnlr rnn.
dUion, ItMot memory ana other
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Ir txA radlcAllr cured bv our
jpedlUU. Treatment wltti M
dayi' lurpljr ot medicine on
approval, and wonderful de-
velouinir aDDiiuice. Write, rricelees lnlormn-
lion KKSK.
CRIB MEDICAL CO., BUFFALO, N.Y.
tin? bond to custody of tlu' eleik was
then taken anil was an follows:
Ayoi Mrssrp. Krurnf.v, lloclip, Mf'lvln,
Shea, Hclirot'ilrr, O'lloylp, V'ral)Io, I'oyne,
Me A mil ew n.
Niiys Mej-Ki'i. ltos". Thomas, Chitten
den, WiiKriier, Schneider. Hanileihcin, Fel
lows, Williams ,s.
Absent .Messrs. Mcfunn, Lansing, l'lnn,
James I.
When the motion was declared car
ried, Jli. Itoehe arose and stated that
there was no disposition on the part
of those who voted for the motion to
he disrespectful to the court. They
understood they were dolus risht, he
added.
The Sanderson ordinance ie-appro-prlatliiR
the $17,5-0 Item for asphalt re
pairs passed Hist reading by title with
out opposition nnd was passed on sec
ond reading by a vote of 15 to 4, as
follows:
Ayes Messrs. Ifoss, Kearney, Koche,
Thomas. Melvin, Chittenden, Wasner,
Phea, Sanderson, Schrocdfr, Frablo,
Coyne, McAndiew 13.
Xnys Messrs. Schneider, Fellows,
O'Hoyle, Williams 4.
AYKS AND NAYS CALLKD.
The aye and nay vote was called for
by Mr. Chittenden. Its purpose wns to
Indicate to the mayor thnt the major
ity of select council favored tho Ilarber
contract. At the board of trade mcot
Inpr. Monday nlKht, Mr. 'Chittenden an
nounced that this would be done, and
that the mayor would hIrii the con
tract If the appropriation ordinance
was clven a two-third vote. It fell
short ono of helm? a two-thirds vote.
The paving committee reported favor
ably the resolution awarding to Menrs
& Flynn the contract for paving San
derson avenue, but owing to the fact
that the release from damages sub
mitted by C. W. Dawson nnd .1. IT.
Hopewell was not unconditional, as
had been demanded by councils, the
resolution was, on motion of Mr. Wag
ner, referred back to committee.
The resolution fixing ten years as tho
minimum period for guarantees on
pavements was reported favorably
from the paving committee and adopt
ed on motion of Mr. Uoehe.
The ordinance providing for the pay
of the two extra patrolmen for April
was reported favorably from the police
cotnmltteo anil ordered printed. The
ordinance transferring $100 to the Item
of Eighteenth ward street repairs was
amended by cutting the figure down to
$270 and then referred for printing.
The nominations of V. K, Hendcson,
as inspector of Kast Market street pave,
and James Johnson, as Inspector of tho
Von Storcli avenue nnd Ilonesdale
street sewer, were favorably reported
from committee and confirmed unani
mously. SOUTH SIDR SEWRrt.
Common council resolutions con
curred In permit property holders on
Price street, between Uromley and
Sumner avenues, to build a sewer at
their private expense, and direct the
appointment of a special committee to
deal with the South Side tower ques
tlon. Mr. Hoss Introduced a resolution per
mitting the Ontario and Western com
pany to cross certain streets In the
Third ward with Its Keyser Valley
branch road. It was referred. An or
dinance narrowing the roadway and
widening the sidewalks on the portion
of Sanderson avenue to be paved was
Introduced by Mr. Sanderson and re
ferred for printing.
Tho ordinance appropriating park
revenues to .park purposes passed llrst
and second readings.
A communication from the West Side
board of trade on tho asphalt question
was presented under the fourth order
of business, but Its reading -was du-
l
ferred till the ninth order. Council ad
journed before the ninth order was
reached, tho communication evidently
having been forgotten in the excite
ment over the bond.
Neither the Walker nor Widmayer
nominations were reported from com
mittee. Adjournment was made to next
Thursday night,
THE ALPINE TUNNELS.
New One to Supersede the Simplon
nnd Mont Cents.
From tlie l'.nls Mi stinger.
All visitors to Italy, passing through
Switzerland, have seen with wonder
nnd delight tho St. Oothard railway,
w hich extends from Lucerne to Chl
asso. Traversing, as it does, the Alps
In its passase, and embracing nearly
100 tunnels, of which that at the sum
mit is nine and a linlf miles in leiiEth,
It has Justly been considered one of the
greatest engineering feats In the world.
As It forms the direct line of communi
cation between Italy and flermany, its
trnfllc has not only grown to very largo
proportions, but tho return to the
shareholders Is equally large and sat
isfactory. The other great tunnel
through tho Alps, which was con
structed at an earlier date, Is tho Mont
Cenls. This tunnel, at nn altitude of
4.217 feet above the sea, Is nearly eight
miles In length, and wns also, in Its
day, considered a marvelous undertak
ing: but, unfortunately, although most
solidly constructed and capable of
carrying a large traffic. It Is. owing to
the war of tariffs existing between
Franco and Italy, but little used.
Hut now a third tunnel that under
tho Slmplnn Is not only proposed, but
Its construction has already com
menced. This railway will form the
most direct communication between
Heme. Lausanne and Geneva to Dorno
d'Assola, Milan, and the north of Italy,
and It hns the great advnntugo of bo
lug on a low level. While the altitude
of the St. Uothaid Is :i,"S9 feet above
tho sea, and that of tho Mont Cenls Is
4,217 feet, tho Simplon Is only 2,ni2 feet.
In ot.ier words, the heavy truffle will
pass through the Alps at a lower level,
by some 1,477 feet, than In tho case of
the St. (lothard. Another grout ad
vantage It will possess Is that the ap
proach on the Swiss side will be of the
simplest character. The Jura-Slmplo'i
railway has Its terminus at Urleg In
the Hhone valley, and tho tunnel
mouth will be on the present level of,
and at a short distance from, the end
of tho existing sidings of Hrlcg station.
The length of tho tunnel will be twelve
and a half miles, the Italian end being
at Iselle. Thu mnxlmum gradient will
be 1 in 140. and the work will consist of
two parallel tunnels each for ono pair
of rails at a distance apart of about
fifty feet.
This tunnel has been proposed for
pome years, but it was for a long time
considered Impracticable. Tho great
advance, within tho Inst few years, of
engineering science has, however, con
vlnced thinking men not only that it
Is feasible, but that It will possess very
considerable advantages over tho other
tunnels. Tho profitable results of the
St. Oothard no doubt stimulated its
promoters to proceed, and the great
railway company of Switzerland the
Jura-Slmplon company has taken the
matter In hand. Many and great were
the objections raised by Its opponents,
nnd the Swiss government wisely de
cided that, before committing them
selves In any way to Its execution, they
would obtain the opinions of a com
mission of experts ii tunnel construc
tion und ventilation. They had already
tho reports of their own able und ex
perienced engineers, but they decided
to seek 'advice from sources which
would be ubsolutely disinterested and
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impartial. They applied to the govern
ments of England, Italy and Austria
to nominate an engineer, one from each
country. Mr. Oiuseppe Colombo, mem
ber of the Italian parliament, for some
time minister of the treasury of Milan,
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views of the Jura-Slmplon Railway
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MARKS IN WATCHES.
How Repairers Can Tell When and
Where Work Was Done.
From the New Yoik Tribune.
There was a crowd around the coun
ter of a jewelry store wheie watches
are received for repairs. A woman
who wns evidently In a hurry made her
way to the place where the man with
the magnifying glass stood and handed
a little watch to him.
"Will you please tell me what alls
this watch?" she asked.
The watch doctor opened tho case de
liberately, peered into the works and
said: "It needs cleunlng."
"Sly! That seems .strange." said tho
woman, "you cleaned it only a few
months ago."
"Is that so?" naked the man, nnd
opened tho enso once moro and made
another examination with tho aid of a
mlnaturo microscope. Then he handed
the watch back and said: "We cleaned
that watch In December, ISflG, and It
has not been in our hainds since thut
time."
"Is that so? I must be mistaken,
but how do you know when It was
cleaned lust 7"
The man explained that It wns no
trick of memory, but simply the result
of a system. "Whenever a watch Is
brought to us," ho said, "to bo denied.
legulated, repaired or 'fixed up.' we
put a tag on It which Is numbered to
correspond with u number In our work
book. In the book we record the styles
and make of the watch, tho owner,
what icpalrs are to bo made, and the
amount charged for tho work, and
when tho workman llnishes tho Job ho
puts tlm same number In microscopic
figures on th" edge of the Inner case.
A letter or sign also sluws what has
been done to the watch. So, you see,
when a watch comes here, aio look for
a murk of that kind, and when we find
It wo reter tn tho book, nnd there you
are."
The woman left the watch with tho
man of system, and when she had gono
ho said: "That happens many times
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All watchmakers keep records u'iri
mark the watches which aro plac-d
with them for repairs, but no two luiva
the same system. Some makers mark
the watch with the name of the work
man, and a record number after It;
some mnrk the date and the workman's
Initial on tin- cm-, and other.s have
sisns In conjunction with these deslc
natlons to show Just what work hua
bein done on the timepiece.
This svstem ot markiiiK nnd record
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