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THE EVENING r DIBPATCHI
No 71Vol 3 PROVO CITY UTAH TUESDAY FEBRUARY 6 1894 PRICE FIVE CENTS A COPY
FIRST PAY DAY
Republican City Officers Grab
at the Treasury
SOME CLAIMS TOO BI G
And Have to be ReferredShort of Re
vised Ordinances Bound in SheepMc <
Ewan Sets the Council Right on Pend
ing Business Between Rhodes Brother
and the City
After formal opening of the city
council last evening the mayors ap
pointment of W 13 Searle as city sur
veyor was confirmed and R S nine
was granted a license as retail liquor
dealer
Collector Openshaw presented a list
of erroneous and double assessments
and taxes assessed against widows and
indigent persons in total amount of
9400 The collector was allowed
credit for this amount
Special night policemen llatton and
Elliott asked for a copy each of lh e <
revised ordinances Granted One <
copy of the book bound in sheep will be
sent to the ity council of Sonngville
also of St errge these cities having
asked for piS of the revised ordin >
ances
John A Warner and others asked
that a suitable he8l ate be put in the
haed of lan rs ace that the water
may be con rolled during high water
seasun Referred
Jos E Daniels Jr asked that the
city sand bank be leased or sold to
him Tabled Knudsen and Brereton
opposed tabling
Recorder Dixons refort of receipts
and disbursements from January 1 to
February 1 1891 was read and re
ferred to the committee on finance as
was also Treasurer Farrers reD ort
Total receipts tor the month were
126030 total disbursements 94944
Justice Wedgwoods detailed report
showed six cases tried 2420 fines as
sessed and 1800 in cash collected by
the city marshal Referred
Marshal Knights report of cash
1800 received and paid to treasurer
was received and filed
Chief Withers recommended that a
yountf horse be purchased to replace
Cap growing old Mr Withers
also wants 5UO feet more hose Re
ferred
The report of the city watermaster
was referred to the committee on irri
gation without being read It con
sisted of the schedule of water rates as
written up by him
The claim for costs in the Poulsen
and Brereton cases against the city
84010 was allowedon recommendation
ol the committee to whom the claim
was referred at last session
The substitute bill for an ordinance
entitled dogs referred last meeting
was killed on recommendation of the
committee on judiciary
George A Kerrs petition to be ex
empted from paying license was not
granted in recommendation of the
committee to whom it was referred
The committee reported favorably on
Alonzo Pearces petition for redaction
of 8130 city tax on ground lying with
out the platted portion of the city
The ground lies south of the lane run i
nine eas and west on the north side of
the First ward pasture In view of
the fact that suits are pending in the I
district court to restrain the city from
collecting taxes on outlying property
action on the report was postponed
The resolution which was of no ef
fect as to paving the Enquirer com
panys claim in preference to all other
claims was rescinded and the matter
placed in the hands of the finance com
mittee wih authority to act
A resolution offered by McEwan
which was adopted authorizes the
treasurer to sell copies of the paper
bound revised ordinances at 50 cents
ea h
On motion of McEwan the
treasurer was instructed to present
the clerk of Utah county with a copy of
the ordinances bound in sheep and
the recorder instructed to send through
the printer forty copies of the paper
bound revised ordinances and have
them bound in sheep
That portion of the contract betwean
Rhodes Brothers and Provo city where
in it refers to the payment of damages
that occurred or may have occurred
during the construction of the water
works was on motion of McEwan re
ferred to the committee on judiciary
wuh the ty attorney added This
action we t ken with a view to get
back mon v paid out by the city on
the Cluff y igment and in other ways
McEwKn moved that the present city
attorney be pre eut d with a copy of a
resolution passed by the last city coun
cil which instructed the city attorney
to take legal proceedings to obtain
deeds for the right of way which was
purchased by the city from individuals
on the line of the waterworks Car
ried The claims for damages caused by
the construction of the waterworks
which have been lying on the table for
come time were on motion of Simmons
referred to the committee on judiciary
Superintendent of Waterworks
Homer was present and said he was in
need of some information with respect
to the waterworks that he could not
get from the committee He wanted
to know if prospective watertaken
may be allowed to buy their own ma
terials hire their own ditch diggers
and make all connections inasmuch as
the water is taken from the mains to
the premises at the takers expense
The president explained that the ordi
nance provides that the superintend
ent shall make the extension and in EC
doing ho must of course furnish the
material and charge for it Halliday
explained that the city had on hand a
supply of material for this purpose
McEwan was of the opinion that all
that is expected of the superintendent
is to see tHat the materials used and
the connections made are strictly in
accordance with the ordinance Mr
Homer will request of applicants to
put up for material before connec
tions are made I
I CLAIMS ALLOWED
Frovo Coop cemetery supplies 2 70
Superintendent Homerserviced 44 00
W K farror teamster 23 35
John D Dixon salary 41 65
T J Pollard witness fees 1 00
Newell Knight services 66 65
Jobnathan Buckley policeman 35 50
E Wedgwood salary 33 30
John D Dixon for stamps 5 00
Hyrum Ilattou extra police ser I
vice 4 00
B M Roberts killing old horses 2 00
THE DISPATCH advertising 600
Skelton Co 12 20
Fire Department sorvices 14 00
C D Glazier hardware 2 30
T L Evans blacksmithing 3 50
George A Bean hav 10 20
J C Witherp services 13 33
Provo Book Stationery Co 3 20
The claim of Water Master Allied
for 5500 together with exWater
Master Thurmans claim for 2000 for
services from January 1 to January 10
onethird of a month at 60 00 were
referred These two claims make a
salary for the month of 75 when the
ordinance provides that only 6000
hhall be paid
David Loveless city teamster
handed in two claims 1175 to fanu
ary 10th and 2533 the balance of the
month making 3708 for the whole
niontu when the ordinance provides
that only S35 00 shall be paid These
clains were also referred
On motion of Halladay the matter of
prescribing a certain limit for the as
sessing of city taxes was referred to
the committee on judiciary with the
city attorney added
Adjourned for two weeks
TESTIRfcON D HALS published in
behalf of Hoods Sarsaparilla are
as reliable and worthy of confidence as
if from your most trusted neighbor
February Cosmopolitan
The secret of the great success of the
Cosmopolitan is not so hard to find if
one looks carefully oyer the number
for February A story by Valdea the
famous Spanish novelist the first from
his pen to apnear in any American
magazine is begun in this number
Arthur bherburne Hardys story A
Rejected Manuscript is charmingly
illustrated by L Marold who we be
lieve makes his first appearance in the
magazines on this side of thj water A
profusely illustrated article on the de
signing and building of a warship ap
peals to the interest taken by all in the
new navy and a thrilling description
of a naval combat under the significant
title The Meloban and thePeutheroy
describes after the manner of the Battle
of Dorking a possible seafight the
outcome of which is watched by the
entire naval world Gliding Flight
is an interesting contribution to the
problem of aerial navigation by one
who has studied the flight of soaring
birds in the east for twenty yeara
Elaine Goodale who married a mem
ber of the Sioux nation has some in
teresting information of Indian Wars
and Warriors Wash
ington correspondent gives the first
half of a startling story under the title
of The Disappearance Syndicate
The poetry in this number by Sir
Edwin Arnold Graham R Thomson
and William Young is unusually good
The departments In the World of
Art and Letters and the U Progress of
Science continue to have as contri
butors men famous in both continents
gf i PROFESSORS CHRISTENSEN and Cole
man will give a grand select masquer
ade ball to their frien Is and patrons on
Friday evening February 9 1894 at
the Christensen Dancing academy The
Salt Lake Costuming company will
furnish costumes for from 25 cents up
at half the regular prices Tickets to
to the ball admitting two 75 cents
Spectators each 25 cents
Tins Oxford dance last night at the
Christensen Dancing academy was as
usual most enjoyable There were a
few invited guests present and some
members of the club who had not been
out before These dances are fast be
coming very popular and the members
of the club always look eagerly ahead
for the next
Dr Prices Cream Baling Powder
Most Perfect Made
NOTICE
By order of the directors of the Provo
Driving Park association the under
signed will sell at public auction for
cash at the courthouse Provo city i
Utah on the 17th of February 1894 at
12 oclock noon one 3yedrold gelding
also all the interest and title of the said
association in an to The East Fork
Clark Ranch a squatters claim in
Kane county Utah
H B CLARK Secretary
Dr Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Fair Highest Award
WASHINGTONS STATE DINNERS
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They Were Very Solemn Affairs Accord
ing to an Ancient Annalist
Washingtons state winners must have
been exceedingly solemn affairs if they
were all like the description of the fol
lowing which is found in the ancient
diary of Senator Maclay one of the first
two representatives of the state of Penn
sylvania in the United States senate
Thursday Aug 27 1789A little
after 4 oclock I called upon Mr Bassett
of Delaware state and we went to the
presidents for dinner
The company were President and
Mrs Washington Vice President and
Mrs Adams Governor Mifflin and his
wife Mr Jay and wife Mr Langdon
and wife Mr Dalton and a lady per
haps his wife Bassett myself Lee Lew
is and the presidents two secretaries
The president and his wife sat oppo
site each other in the middle of the table
the two secretaries one at each end It
was a great dinner and the best of the
kind I ever was at The room however
was disagreeably warm
First were soup fish roasted and
baked meats gammon fowl etc This
was the dinner The middle the table
was garnished in the usual tasty way
with small images artificial flowers etc
The dessert was fruit apple pies pud
ding etc then ice cream jelly etc
then watermelons muskmelons apples
peaches and nuts
It was tho most solemn dinner I was
ever at Not a health drank scarce a I
word said until the cloth was taken
away Then the president filling a glass
of wine with great formality drank the I
health of every individual around the I
table Everybody imitated him changed
glasses and such a buzz of Health sir
I
Health madame Thank you sir and
Thank you madame I had never heard
before
The ladies sat a good while and the
bottle passed about but there was a dead
silence almost Mrs Washington at last
withdrew with the ladies I expected
the men would now begin but the same
silence remained The president told of
a New England clergyman who had lost
his hat and wig in passing a river called
the Bronx and ho smiled everybody
else laughed
He now and then said a sentence or
two on some common subject and what
he said was not amiss Mr Jay tried to
make a laugh by mentioning the carica
ture of the Duchess of Devonshire as
sisting in carrying on Foxs election
The president kept a fork in his hand
when the cloth was taken away I
thought for tho purpose of picking nuts
He ate none but played with the fork
striking on the edge of the table We
did not sit long after the ladies retired
The president rose and went up stairs
to drink coffee The company followed
I took my hat and went homeNew
York Herald
The Maxim Airship
In a conversation withH J W Dam
reported in McClures Magazine Hiram
S Maxim inventor of tho Maxim air
ship said
The principle I have worked on gen
erally speaking is that of the kite That
large cloth frame at the top of the mod
el is the aeroplane or main kite surface
The lesser aeroplane above the platform
or car the side aeroplanes or wings and
the flat pointed rudders fore and aft are I
designed to furnish additional kite sur
face It is necessary to make it howev
er so that we can run it in a calm
against the air thus making our own
wind as it were and for this purpose I
have a railway track and instead of
cords to hold the kite against the wind I
employ a pair of powerful screw propel
lers driven by a steam engine
In this manner I can drive the ma
chine exactly as I please can ascertain
exactly how much the push of the screws
is and at the same time find out exactly
how much the machine lifts at different
speeds The machine is in fact a big
kite Should I fly it in the air with a
cord during a strong gale and then run
my engines I should be able to find out
how fast they would have to run in order
to take all the pull off the cord As soon
as the cord became slack the machine
would be flying with its own engine
power
For shampooing the hair nothing is
better than plenty of tar soap and hot
water It is better than castile even
and makes a fine soft lather A little
borax or a tablespoonful of ammonia in
the water is also good for oily hair but
too much of either turns the hair gray
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STREET CAR CABLES
SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES THEY HAVE
TO CONTEND WITH
How Kinks Are Located by the Spli
eerHorny Handed Sons of Toil Mend
Breaks Vlth Neatness and Dispatch Tho
Big Broadway Now York Cables
If one stands astride the narrow slot
which is as it were an artery through
an artery of our great city on Broad
way and watches the snaky cable as it
glides along he must pause a moment to
consider before ho can realize what an
enormous amount of power it carries
and what experiences it has to go
through
Before we tell the history of the cable
let us see of what it is composed A
strong hempen strand fiveeighths of an
inch in diameter forms the inner core
Around this are wrapped six steel cables
which are in turn composed of seven
strands wrapped around with other
strands of steel wire the whole making
a total diameter of 14 inches
A steel rod threeeighths of an inch in
diameter and a foot in length weighs ap
proximately one pound The difference I
in weight between this cable and a steel
rod of the same size may be realized
when it is known that this cable weighs
but three pounds to the running foot
The use of tho central hemp rope is for
the purpose of giving a certain pliability
In order that rust and decay should be
avoided the rope is kept smeared with
tar and oil This is what causes the
black shiny appearances As one of the
cables which obtains its power from 3he
Broadway cable house is 20000 feet in
length it is not difficult determine the
entire weight which in this case would
be 60000 pounds The marketj rico of
cables being about 40 cents per foot the
cost of this would be in the neighbor
hood of 8000 for one coil of wire The
Broadway company maintains six ca
bles and as tho approximate life of a ca
ble in our busy thoroughfaiia is little I
more than eight months it rc jlj AI >
pear that the expense caused Cy the re
newal of cables is not a small item In
Denver longer cables than these exist
the one on the main street being 36900
feet in length having a diameter of but
li inches Owing to the fact that there
is less traffic in the latter city the work
required from the cable is not so great
Its life is slightly lengthened and 10
months may be put to its credit
It is quite interesting to watch the pe
culiarities of the cable and when we
stop a moment to think how the grip
men when they reach the termini of a
line have the destruction of 8000
worth of property in their power we
can see that some means is yet to be de
vised which will perform automatically
the action of throwing off the grip for
unless the grip is loosened as the car
approaches the power house when it
reaches the place where the cable de
scends to the driving wheels something
must give way and while the cable gen
erally has the best of the encounter
very often a couple of strands areripped
which entails considerable work upon
the repairers I
At the Broadway power house Mr M
Moore is the person who is technically
known as the splicer Hewasbrought
from Denver where ho had been in
charge of the cable in that city He has
about eight or ten men under him who
with dexterity make necessary repairs
Cables are in a measure human They
have their diseases and they need their
doctors Mr Moore is the medical ex
aminer and from him we received sev
eral points concerning the troubles to
which tho cable is subjected
In case a cable has become bent in any
way it is difficult in fact almost impos
sible to straighten it absolutely The
bend remains and if we stoop down to
watch its onward approach it looks like
a huge sea serpent wriggling toward us
performing wonderful gyrations as it
approaches Several of these kinks
as they are termed have been made in
the up town cable which travels at the
rate of 810 feet per minute As the rate
of the cable is invariable by simply look
ing at the clock the man whose sole
duty it is to watch the cable can tell at
exactly what place the kink is situat
ed As a matter of curiosity wo inquir
ed of the watcher at the Fiftieth street
power house when the next kink would
arrive Looking at his watch and has
tily making a mental calculation he an
swered Between 411 and 412 In
Fact the kink came in sight immedi
ately as the hands of the watch pointed
to 11 minutes after 4
While it is easy to localize accidents I
ic is airncun to assign causes However
recently for some reason or other the
Bowling Green cable had about 1000
feet of strands ripped off and the writh
ing curling mass of wire as it lay upon
the floor of the power house presented a
most confused appearance and one would
be led to wonder how puny man could
have the power to cope with such an ap
parently unwieldy mass With huge
shears however those pieces of metal
are snipped off and a new cable must be
put in place of the damaged portion
The splicing is an interesting opera
tion Unlike rope the strands are ex
tremely difficult to manipulate Yet
with skill acquired from the continual
work each strand is woven into place
among other strands heavy pliers and
marline spikes being used to separate the
layers When all is done about four
inches of the ends of each strand are left
outside the cable and by continued wear
they finally break off and the splice be
comes practically as a virgin cable
Even the trained eye of Mr Moore is un
able to detect the splice after the wires
have been thoroughly covered with tar
The joint is as firm and as strong as the
original cable I
I
Delicate hands are out of place in this
work and cable splicers are veritably I
horny handed sons of toil Their works
is done mainly in the wee hours of the
night when traffic is at its minimum
Mir Moore assures me that with his eight
or ten helpers he can splice in a thousand
eet of cable in 1t hours Electrical Re
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Its excellence is due to its presenting
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