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The Cartersville Courant-Ainerican.
VOL. VIII.
THE GENERAL TAX BILL.
Essential Features of This Impor
tant New Measure-
To Fund* For Support of the State
Government —Methods for Collecting
Taxe—Penalties, Etc.
Hon. A. M. Foute has kindly furnished
, 18 with a copy of the general tax bill,
from which we give below those features
we deem likely to be of concern or inter
est, especially to the people within the
iwilm of our general circulation:
t bill, to be entitled an act to levy and
collect a tax for the support of the
State Government and the public in
stitutions; for educational purposes
in instructing children in the eleinen
memtary branches of an English edu
cation only; to pay the interest of the
public debt and to pay maimed Con
federate soldiers such amouns as are
allowed them by law, for each of the
fiscal years, eighteen hundred and
eighty-nine and eighteen hundred and
ninety, and to prescribe what persons,
professions and property are liable to
taxation; to prescribe the method of
receiving and collecting said taxes, to
£ prescribe the method of ascertaining
X the property of this State subject to
' taxation, prescribe additional ques
tions to be propounded to tax paye-s
and to provide penalties and forfeitures
for non-payment of taxes and for
other purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of the State of Georgia:
That the Governor be authorized and
empowered with the assistance of the
Comptroller-General to assess and levy a
tax on the taxable property of this
State of two and seven-tenths mills per
centum for the fiscal year eighteen hun
dred and eignty-nine and two and four
tenths mills per centum for the fiscal
year eighteen hundred and ninety and
the Governor be and is hereby author
ized and empowered by and with the
assistance of the Comptroller-General to
assess and levy, in addition to the fore
going general State tax, a tax of one
half of a mill for the year 1889 and a
tax of one mill for the year 1890 on all
of the taxable property of this State for
the purpose of raising the funds neces
sary to meet the appropriations by this
General Assembly for educational pur
poses in instructing children in the ele
mentary branches of an English educa
tion only.
E#Sec. 11. In addition to the ad valorem
Rax on real and personal property, as
I required by the constitution, and pro
vided for in the preceding section, the
following specific taxes shall be levied
and collected for each of the said fiscal
years, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine
and eighteen hundred and ninety.
Ist. Upon each and every male inhab
itant of the State, between the ages of
twenty-one and sixty years, on the first
day of April, a poll tax of one dollar for
each of the said yeans, 1889 and 1890,
which tax shall be for educational pur
poses in instructing children in the ele
mentary branches of an English educa
tion only; Provided, this tax shall not
be demanded of blind persons, nor of
crippled, maimed or disabled Confederate
soldiers, relieved of such tax under and
by-authority of an act approved July 23,
1883.
2nd. Upon every practioner of law,
giedicine or dentistry, presidents of each
of the banks in the State, each agent or
firm negotiating loans and charging
therefor, the presidents of each of the
railroad companies, presidents of each
°f the express, telegraph, telephone,
electric light and gas companies, doing
■business in this State, and in ease the
■presidents of any such companies do not
Ijlgde in this State, then in such case
the superintendent or general
■tgent oi such companies who may reside
■'i this State, ten dollars, and no innni
■‘'Pal corporation or county authorities
■'liall levy any additional tax on said
■•roiessious either as license fee or other
wise.
|l 3rd. f p Rn every daguerrean, ambro
■Jpe. photographer and similar artist,
■*n dollars in each county in which they
|uv carry on business.
Bn. Upon every person carrying on
fic business of auctioneer, for pay or
ot npensation, twenty-five dollars for
county in which they may carry on
ucli business.
dlu Upon every keeper of a pool,
'Hiard or bagatelle table kept for public
se - whether in a saloon, barroom, hotel
r other public place, twenty-five dollars
3r each table.
Upon every keeper of any other
a ble, stand or place for the performance
f any game or play and upon the
w r>er of an y flyi nf r horses, or any other
aaie or play, (unless kept for exercise
p amusement not prohibited by law,
i/1 not kept for gain, directly or indi
twenty-five dollars in each
' , * l - I pon every keeper of a ten pin
P - v or alley of like character, kept for
J hlic play, and upon every keeper of a
shooting gallery, twenty-five dollars for
each place of business.
Bth. Upon every traveling vendor of
patent, or proprietory medicines, special
nostrums, jewelry, paper, soap or other
articles of like character, twenty-five dol
lars in each county w here they may offer
such articles for sale.
9th. Upon every local insurance agent
doing business in this State, ten dollars
for each county in which they shall solicit
business, and upon every agent of a
matrimonial, natal or nuptial company
or traveling special or general agent, of
life, fire, accident or other insurance com
pany doing business in this. State, fifty
dollars, which said agents must pay
before he or they shall bo authorized to
act as an agent for any of their compa
nies. Said tax shall be paid by said
agents to the Comptroller-General and
shall be in addition to the license fee re
quired of insurance companies b.v the
Act approved October 24tli, 1887. The
receipt of the Comptroller-General for
the payment of this tax. together with
his certificate, as provided bv said Act,
approyed October 24th, 1887, shall con
stitute the license for said agents to
transact business for their companies
as designated by said certificates. Pro
vided, this tax shall not be required of
agents of assessment, life insurance
companies or mutual aid societies.
10th, Upon each emigrant agent, or
employer or employe of such agent doing
business in this state, the sum of five
hundred dollars for each county in which
such business is conducted.
12th. Upon all itinerant lightning-rod
dealers or agents, the sum of twenty
five dollars for each and every county in
which they may operate.
13th. Upon all shows and exhibitions
(except such as histrionic, musical,
operatic and elocutionary) including side
shows, accompanying circus companies,
twenty-five dollars in each and every
city or town of five thousand inhabi
tants; twenty dollars in cities or towns
of four thousand and under five thous
and inhabitants, and fifteen dollars in
cities or towns of less than four thousand
inhabitants; said tax, so collected, shall
be for educational purposes.
14th. Upon every circus company,
two hundred dollars each day it may
exhibit in the State of Georgia; said tax
shall be frtr educational purposes.
loth. Upon all dealers in spirtuous or
malt liquors, intoxicating bitters or
brandy fruits or domestic wines, whether
dealing in either or all thereof, fifty dol
lars for each place of business in each
county where the same are sold; Pro
vided, this tax shall not relieve such
dealers from any local tax or prohibitory
law in reference to the retail of spirituous
or intoxicating liquors, nor be required
of those who sell by wholesale spirits
manufactured of apples, peaches, grapes,
blackberries or other fruits grown on
their own lands, when sold in quantities
of not less than five gallons; Provided,
that nothing, in this act shall be so con
strued as to levy a tax on dealers in
domestic wines manufactured from
grapes or berries purchased by or grown
on lands owned, leased or rented by said
dealer. Said tax shall befor educational
purposes.
10th Upon every peddler or traveling
agent, selling or offering to sell sewing
machines, the sum of twent.v-five dollars
for each comity in which they may do
business.
17th. Upon all dealers in pistols, toy
pistols shooting with metallic caps, or
cartridges, dirks or Bowie knives, twenty
five dollars for each place of business in
each county where the same are sold.
18th. Upon every individual or firm
or his or their agents, engaged in the
business of selling or buying farm pro
ducts, sugar, coffee and salt and meat
for future delivery (commonlv called
“futures”) five hundred dollars each per
annum for the county where such busi
ness is carried on; Provided, that this
tax shall not he demanded of any cotton
warehouse-man, dealer in cotton or any
provision broker, who takes orders inthe
regular course of their trade only tor the
actual and bona fide delivery of cotton
and other produce so ordered, and where,
by the terms of the contract, it is not left
to the option of the party so ordering,
or the party taking such order, to avoid
the delivery of the produce or products
by paying the difference in the market
price of such produce or products at the ;
time of delivery; Provided, further, |
that such cotton warehouse-man, dealer
in actual cotton or any provision broker
does not carry on the business ol buying j
futures in connection with his or their
other business.
19th. Upon every peddller of stoves or
ranges for cooking pnposes or clocks, the
sum of one hundred dollars in every
county in which such peddler may do
business.
20th. Upon every person or firm, for
himself or agent for resident or non-resi
owners, who holds or keeps for hire or
sale any billiard, poo! or other table of (
like character, fifty dollars for ear-h
county in which such persons or firm does
business.
21st. Blind persons and confederate
CARTELSVILLK, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1889.
soldiers relieved by the proviso in para
graph first of this section, from the pay
ment of the tax designated in that para
graph shall be relieved, also, from the
payment of taxes designated in para
graphs 6,7, 8 and 11, of this section, if
carrying on and dependent upon the
kinds of business designated therein;
Provided, that before any person shall
be entitled to the benefit of any of the
exemptions provided for in this para
graph, he shall go before the ordinary of
the county in which he proposes to carry
oil business, and make and file an affida
vit setting forth the facts that he is enti
tled to such exemption, and that he is
proprietor of the business he proposes to
conduct, and is conducting the same for
himself and not for another.
Sec. 111. The taxes provided tor in
paragraphs 1 anil 2, of Section 2, of this
Act, shall be returned to the Tax Receiver
in the county of the residence of the per
son liable to such tax, and shall, by the
Receiver of Tax Returns, beentered upon
his digest of taxable property, and that
the taxes provided for in paragraphs 3,
4,5, 6,7, 8, 10, 11. 12, 13, 14, 15, 17,
18, 19 and 20, of Section 2, of this Act.
shall be returned and paid to the Tax
Collector of thecounties wheresuch voca
tions are carried on.
Sec. IV. The tuxes provided for in
paragraphs 3,4, 5, (i, 7,8, 10, 11, 12,
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20, of Sec
tion 2, of this Act, shall he paid in full
for the fiscal years for which they are
levied to the Tax Collectors of the coun
ties where such vocations are carried on
at the timeof commencing to do the bus
iness specified in said paragraphs. Before
any person taxed by paragraphs 8,4, 5,
6,7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19 and 20, of
Section 2, of this Act, shall be authorized
to carry on said business, they shall go
before the Ordinary of the county in
which they propose to do business and
register their names, place of business,
and at the same time pay their taxes to
the Tax Collector; and it shall be the
duty of said Ordinary to immediately
notify the Comptroller-General and the
Tax Collector. Any person failing to
register with the Ordinary, as herein re
quired, shall be liable to indictment for a
misdemeanor, and on conviction, shall
be fined nor fess than fifty dollars, noi*
more than two hundred dollars, at the
discretion of the court trying the same,
or be imprisoned aspresi r.bed by Section
4310 of the Code.
Sec, A’lL The Presidents of all manr
facturing and other incorporated com
panies (or their agents) other than rail
road, insurance, telegraph, telephone,
express, sleeping and palace car compa
nies, shall be required to return all their
property whatever of their respective
companies at its true market value to the
Tax Receiver of the county where the
same is located or where the principal
business of each company is located, to
he taxed for State and county purposes
as other property in this State is taxed.
The President of every manufacturing
company shall be required to answer
under oath, in addition to those now
provided by law, thefollowingquestions:
Ist. AA'hat is the value of raw material
on hand April Ist? 2d. AA’hat is the
value of manufactured goods or articles
on hand April Ist? 3d. AA’hat amount
of money, bonds, notes, accounts, and
choses-in-action of every kind did you
own on April Ist. 4th., And what other
property of every Kind did your com
pany own on April Ist? And such com
pany shall be taxed upon its entire prop
erty so ascertained.
Sec. IX. No tax shall lieassessed upon
the capital of banks or banking associa
tions, organized under the authority of
this State or of the United States and
located within this State, but the shares
of the stockholders of such bank or bank
ing associations, whether resident or
non-resident owners, shall be taxed in
the county where such bank or banking
associations are located and not else
where, at their true and full market
value, at the same rate provided in this
act for the taxation of moneyed capital
in the hands of, private individuals:
Provided, that nothing in this section
contained shall be constreud to relieve
such banks or banking associations
from the taxon property owned by them
as provided for in section 7 of this act ;
Provided, further, that .nothing herein
contained shall be construed to levy any
tax on real or personal property held or
owned Ire any bank or banking associa
tion, the value of which is represented in
the market value of its shares of stock,
That each bank and banking association
shall pay tax on its surplus and undi
vided profits.
Sec. XII. The oath to beadministered
to all persons making returns of their
taxable property shall be the oath re
quired under the Act of October 20,
1885, to bo attached to the printed list
furnished under said Act, and presented
to each tax-payer; Provided, That non
residents, lemales and sick persons in ay
subscribe the oath herein required before
any person authorized by law to admin
ister oaths, re! cause same to be delivered
to the Tax Iteoei ver.
Sec. XIII Ihe Comptroller-General is
authorized and empowered to order the
Tax Receiver of this State to commence
receiving the returns of taxable property
immediately after the Ist day of April
of the years 1889 and 1890, and that
the Comptroller-General is empowered
and required to cause the taxes to be
collected mid paid into the State treas
ury by the 20th of December of each of
said years 1889 and 1890.
Sec. XV. In returning property for
taxes, all property shall be returned nt
its value—promissory notes, accounts,
judgments, mortgages, liens of,
of all kinds and all ehoses in
action shall lie given in at their value,
whether solvent or partially solvent.
Every person shall return for taxes all
jewelry and other property of every kind
owned b.v his wife and minor children,
unless members of his or her family
return 'their property for taxation. In
addition to the questions now pro
pounded to tax payers by the Tax Re
ceivers, questions shall be framed by the
Comptroller-General to reach all property
upon which a tax is imposed by this act,
and especially the following questions:
Ist. The number of horses, mules,
oxen, cows, sheep, hogs, goats and of all
other animals upon which a tax is im
posed by law, and state the value of each.
2d. The kind and value of property
ownedkby the wife and minor children of
the tax payer and not returned for taxes
by the owners thereof.
3d. Whether solvent or partially sol
vent give the value of your bonds, stocks
of non-resident companies or corpora
tions or of companies or corporations in
this Sjhnte whose capital stock is not re
turned by the president of such company
or corporation, all notes, accounts, judg
ments, mortgages, liensnnd other ehoses
in action of every kind, whether such
bonds, stocks, notes, etc., are held by
the tax payer in Georgia or held by some
other person for him either in or out of
this State. There shall be no deduction
from the value of property returned for
taxes on account ot any indebtedness of
such tax payer.
, Tlianks to Dr Feltoii.
AA’lierens, This lodge, in October, 1888,
having learned that an effort would be
made at the past session of the Legisla
ture to repeal the prohibition law of
Haralson county, and
Whereas, On the 16th day of October,
A. D., 1888, by a unanimous vote, the
lodge decided to circulate throughout
theerffraty, petitions to the Oenernt As
sembly against the repeal of said law;
and
Whereas, The effort was made to re
peal said prohibition law of Haralson
county, and was defeated, largely through
the able championship of our cause by
the Hon. Dr. AA’. H. Felton, of Bartow
county, now, therefore
Resolved,first, ThatTallnpoosaLodge
No. 116, I. O. G. TANARUS., considers itself
under many obligations to the Hon. Dr.
Felton, for his interest in the cause of
temperance in our community, and his
valuable and eloquent services, so freely,
given, and so successful in defeating the
bill to repeal the prohibition law of our
county.
Resolved, second, That the thunks of
this lodge are due and are hereby ten
dered to Dr. Felton, and to all other
members of thf Georgia Legislature who
aided by voice or vote in defeating said
bill.
Resolved, third, That a, copy of these
resolutions v >e spread upon the records
of the lodge, and that the secretary be
instructed to send a copy of the same to
Hon. Dr. AV. H. Felton, and also for pub
lication to the# Coerant-American, of
Cartersville, Ga., the Commonwealth, of
Atlanta, Ga., and the AA’estern Good
Templar, of Milwaukee, Y.’is,
Done by order ot the lodge, this 29th
day of January, 1889.
A. V. Howe, C. T.
G. I). Rtiene, R. Sec’y.
We Would l,ike to gee
More dwellings built.
Bartow County Alliance build a cotton
factory.
Tiie Jones carnage factory heavily
stocked, and made a mammoth affair.
The main streets kept cleaner.
Ground broken for a few more business
blocks.
A well equipped National bank with
clever Will Howard and Itick Clayton
behind the counters.
A well organized fire department.
A building and loan association or
ganized.
A fine literary club and a public library.
All indebtedto this office settle up.
A cotton seed oil fnill in Cartersville.
Our farmers prepare for the largest
grain crop ever raised in the county.
Our churches all improved and made
more comfortable.
A little more live advertising done by
our business men.
One thousand extra copies of the Cou
rant-America v sent North every week.
They say Bigelow is suing “Bettie and
the Baby’’ for half of their gift money,
but the baby don't care a sou, so long as
it can get plenty of I)r. Bull’s Cough
Syrup.
WORK BEGINS IN EARNEST.
The Cartersville improvement,
Gas and Water Cos.
Boston MeiiHiul Huston Capital I’nlte With
CarterHville Men an<l Cartersvlll*'Capi
tal to Give us Plenty of Liitlit.
The handsomest office in town is that
of the above company, located in the
new Satterfield brick block on Main
street, where Col. Hiram Blaisdell pre
sides as general manager. There is a
business room, a director’s room, mid a
room for displaying gas fixtures —all
fitted up in the most elegant style. The
company also have a well equipped shop
near by, lor doing their mechanical
work.
A meeting of the company was jjeld at
their rooms on Monday for permanent
rganization when the following officers
were elected:
DIRECTORS.
Boston—Geo. W, Chipman, Geo. E.
Leonard, Geo. 11. Drew, Peter W. French,
Elisha Thayer, Edward H. Mason, Hiram
Blaisdell.
Cartersville—Jno. T. Norris, Jno. H.
AVikle. Col. ('has. P. Ball, R. M. Pattillo,
Rev. Sam P. Jones.
OFFICERS.
President—Hiram Blaisdell.
N ice President—Elisha Thayer. -
Secretary—Geo. H. Drew.
Assistant Secretary—Tno. H. AVikle.
Treasurer—Peter AV. French. •
Assistant Treasurer—Jno. T. Norris.
General Manager—Hiram Blaisdell.
Trustee for bond holders—The Inter
national Trust Company of Boston.
Superintendent of Construction —M. H.
Hosier, of Indianapolis, Indiana.
The company own two acres of eligi
ble and finely located land on the corner
of Cook and Bartow street, where th<
works will be located, and bold mi optio?
on sixteen acres adjoining, which will b
greatly enhanced in value when theii
contemplated improvements are com*
pleted. Also an acre at the corner o)
Cook and Erwin streets.
The main building will be 50x25 feet,
and the barn 30x20 feet—all finished in
modern style—built of brick and trim
mod with cut stone. *
An elevated tank, fifty feet high, will
furnish an ample water supply for the
works and the surrounding territory.
At first the company will lav four miles
of pipe, to bo increased as the demand
groWH.
Tiie contract with the city is to take,
at present, fifty street lamps, at $27 per
lamp per year.
The work is expected to be completed,
and the light turned on by the first of
April next.
This plant is being contracted for our
Cartersville company by the Orient Elec
tric, Gas and Water Company, of Bos
ton Mass., which is one of the strongest
corporations financially, in that city of
wealth and enterprise. AA’e give below a
list of the directors of the company:
AVilliam A. Harris, manufacturer of the
Harris Corliss engine, Providence, Rhode
Island.
John H. Alloy, secretary New England
Weston Electric Light Company, 18 Post
Office Square, Boston, Mass.
E. Howard, late president of tlie E.
Howard Watch and Clock Company, 40
Water St.., Boston, Mass. ■
Peter W. French, secretary ami direc
tor of the National Tube Works, Com
pany, 70 Federal St., Boston, Mass.
William E. Merrill, Haverhill, Mass.
Hiram Blaisdell, 9(5 High St., Boston,
Mass.
Alonzo S. Weed, publisher of Zion’s
Herald, 86 Broomfield St.. Boston, Mass.
Strikes and various other causes fre
quently interrupt the supply and raise
the price of coal, while the cost of con
structing and maintaining a plant for
the manufacture of coal-gas is out of the
question for small towns, cities and fac
tories having a limited demand.
No strike has yet interfered with the
product of petroleum, and its price is at
all times kept within reasonable bounds,
and with its fruitful source of supply
and proper distillation, we may produce
one of the most beautiful lights, at an
exceedingly small cost, by the process
used by the Orient Electric Gas and
Water Company,
The product becomes a Thoroughly
Fixed Gas and enables it to be sent
.through miles of small street mains laid
at a small cost, with no condensation or
loss of illuminating power.
With the most expensive plants and
with the very best results, coal produces
a gas of about 16 candle-power, but the
conversion of jietroleuin into gas brings
economy in labor ‘.ml expense, and pro
duces a light equal to over CO candle
power.
The gas made by this process has been
in use for some time, and invariably with
the most satisfactory results, in many
instances supplantingtheuse of coal gas,
on account of its excellence and cheap
ness.
The following extracts are from the
report of the gas commissioners of Bos-
ton, Mass., auU was prepared with great
care, after nil exhaustive investigation
covering nearly two years of time, by a
commission of prominent scientific men,
appointed by his Honor the Mayor of
Boston, and theii- unprejudiced testi
mony as to the value of petroleum-gas,
as compared to the best of coal-gas, will
convince the most skeptical.
EXTRACTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS’
REPORT.
“Tn regard to quality, petroleum-gas
is pure; it does not contain any sulphur
or ammonia, and, therefore, requires no
purification, It. is also a very rich gas,
being from 60 to 70 or 80 candle-power,
while common coal-gas is only from 15
to 20 candle-power. Owing also to its
higher specific gravity, it burns much
more slowly than coal-gas, and is, there
fore, more economical. In fact-we may
say here, once for all, that the higher the
specific gravity of a gas, the more eco
nomical it is for the consumei, other
things being equal. Also, the higher the
candle-power, the less gas has to be con
sumed to obtiain the same amount of
light. Tims one cubic, foot of pure petro
leum-gas will give as much light as four
or five feet of ordinary coal-gas.
“In regard to cost there is, in the first
place, a great saving in the handling of
the material. The retorts do not have
to he opened every few hours for the re
ception of the charge in the case of petro
leum. its. introduction into the retort
being continuous. A much larger amount
of gas can be made from petroleum or
naphtha in one retort limn from
coal; hence a saving in both labor
and wear and tear of works.
About 10,000 feet of petroleum gas can
be made daily with u single retort, \thile
only about 5,000 cubic feet of coal gas
can be produced; and in regard to the
labor, while 25,000 to 30,000 cubic feet
,of g.'H per stoker per day is considered a
air amount in a coal gas works, 60,000
o 70,000 cubic feet per stoker per day
s about the average amount in a petro
leum gas works.
“In regard to danger, we may say that
the gas itself, which is made from petro
leum or naphtha, has precisely the same
properties ns coal gas. It is, if there is
any difference, less dangerous, on ac
count ot containing a larger proportion
of carbon.
“There seems to be no more dunger of
, the failure of the supply of petroleum
than that of coal.”
The processes in use tty this company
have been duly protected by patents,
which among other things, covers the
process of atomizing and breaking up
theqpibon, thereby producing a greater
illuminating power than can be found in
any other process.
The Orient Electric GaS and Water
Com’pany has solved the problem of how
to supply a clear,bright, cheap and fixed
gaslight, to towns and cities of 2,000
inhabitants and upwards, in a speedy
and satisfactory manner and at a cost
not to exceed an equivalent of $2.00 per
thousand feet, taking coal gas as a
standard.
There is practically no condensation
to this gas and the pipes can be safely
laid at a depth of not more than two
and one-ha'f feet in the coldest latitudes,
and in crossing bridges and streams,
may be left exposed to the action of the
frost with no bad results.
The condensations are caught at the
works so that the consumer is not
troubled with the freezing of pipes inside
his house, because oil gas does not freeze,
and the pipes being of wrought iron with
screwed joint connections, there is no
leakage.
This system furnishes gas which burns
brilliantly and with perfect steadiness,
having over a 60 candle-power, four or
more times greater than coal gas, and
often rivaling the incandescent electric
light. Hence a smaller plant can be used
in manufacture and smaller pipes used
in distribution which, as we have just
seen, insures economy mid small expense
for gas, and permits it to be used in
small towns where a more expensive
plant could not be afforded.
The candle-power being so high (about
60), the quantity used is much less ior a
given amount of light. Consequently
the pijtes required for service are much
smaller, jeducing cost.
The estimated average cost to con
sumers can be calculated at say one-half
cent per hour for private residences, and
three-fourths of a cent per hour lor stores
and public buildings, for each burner,
thus making this one of the cheapest
possible lights known—and considering
the quality, the very cheapest.
The meters used read “dollars and
cents, ’’ and not “G eek” as do so many
now in use—hence the consumer is always
able to tell the amount of his gas bill.
Capt. Mosier, super rpendeut of con
struction, is in the city. The plans have
all been agreed on, and the work will go
right ahead.
The process used by this company,
and the works constructed by its en
gineers. is now in successful operation in
Stoughton, Mass., Pittsfield, N. H.,
Farmington, N. H., Franklin Falls, N.
11., and ptner places we do not remember.
Messrs Smith & Spencer, contractors,
of Chattanooga, have been awarded the
contract for putting up the buildings,
and they have a fine reputation tor taste,
skill and promptness in doing their work.
Mr. Spencer is nowhere, und the work
will go on rapidly under his management.
We are highly phased with the way
General Manager Hiram Bluinsdell takes
hold of this enterprise. He is a gentle
man of large experience, and ( first-class
business judgment, and we consider our
city fortunate in having his services
about now.
NO 35.