rPAGETEN THE OCALA BANNERi-

tJ

Jq

ri1J lI f

1 i Howt

British Cities ManI

1 age Public utilitiesI

S Manchesters Gas Works Alone Haye Paid Into the CityTreasury f13000000 Profits Other Object Lessons

4By FREDERICK UP HAM ADAMS

4 Copyright 1901 by Frejferick Upbam AdamsIX-

MANCHESTERhas owned K

ever since 1807long after this

I present necessity was discovr nd 8I ce that time the profits accru

tarand paid into the city treasury havez Amounted to the enormous total of 12

800000 The plant as it stands todayconstitutes an asset having marketvalue of more than 13000000 GasIt furnished not only to citizens of

3 Manchester but to 30000 customersMitaIde the corporate limits The ratej Charged is CO cents thousand cubicfeet and the net profit for the last ftscal year was 1332925 Of this sum

z 488500 was paid into the city treasury-In the form of taxes and a direct con-

tribution¬

and the balance was devotedL

i to the sinking fund or set aside in thecontingent fund The profits have be-

come4 so large that the city has decided-to discontinue the charges made for the

L use of heaters and ranges and givethem to customers rent free

cCX For motor power a reduced rite ofg 48 cents a thousand is charged and gas

is used for this purpose in the running-of 1520 engines Employed in theManchester gas department is an army-of 2200 men and their wages have

i been steadily increased in recent yearsAfter an experiment lasting nearly acentury it must be conceded that thepublic ownership of gas production inManchester shows all the earmarks o-

ft successManchester supplies electric light and

i power not only to its citizens but alsoto neighboring towns and villages Thecity embarked on this venture in 1893

on what was then considered a large I

scale making an investment consider-ably

¬I

In excess of 600000 The firstyear of operation showed a loss ofabout 1 000 but the following yearI found a profit to its credit amounting-to 28000 The city was then charging568 pence a unit for the current gener-ated but has gradually reduced this to

Ac 268 In the meantime its plant hasbeen extended until it represents an ex ¬

penditure of 8500000 The gross prof ¬

its last year were 420000 and aftermeetingilnterest sinking fund and oth-

er¬

fixed charges there remained 41000which was placed to the credit of the

preserve i

The enterprise not yet on a perma-nent

¬ I

basis for the reason that it is an-

nually¬ I

expending vast amounts for im-

provements¬

I

j and extensions but evenduring this period It has managed toreduce its debt increase its surplus and I

pay 260000 toward the relief of ratesIt should be kept in mind that none

of these enterprises is promoted or inany way sustained by money raisedfrom taxation The council committee-in charge of them borrows the required

I

money in the open market and goesI

ahead with extensions and improvements utterly independent of the city

j treasury I am not aware of whati would be the situation in the event of

a failure of one of these enterprises-but

I

that the wouldpresume city as-sume

¬S

c responsibility forthe payment ofI

the bonds and liabilities No such con ¬1

tingency has ever arisen so far as I amI

1 Informedr <it was my privilege examine the I

H official accounts and statements of the I

reproductive undertakings in the leadIIng cities of Great Britain and theyunquestionably show without an excep¬

tion that every bonded obligation hasbeen met that a proper amount hasbeen set aside for sinking funds that

d in a large majority instances liberalI

allowances have been made for depre-ciation

¬

and that in every city visited ori of which I have reports the tax rate

has been reduced rather than raised asa result of participation in public enter-prises designed to yield profits

There Is small reason for a pottersfield in Manchester The city main-tains

¬

and manages at cost three largeand beautiful cemeteries having a to¬

tal area of 220 acres The charges forinterment vary according to the sizeof the plot and location and range from

125 for a child under one month oldto 30 for selected private gravesThese prices include all fees including

I desired the services of a clergymanc The city also furnishes at reasonable

prices headstones and monuments For-a charge of 125 annually the gravesr are kept neatly in turf and for a slightadditional charge flowers are plantedand cared for By the payment of 25-a grave may be thus kept perpetuity

I The importance of this institution willbe realized when it Is stated that thenumber of interments last year exceeded 8000 There are private eeiu

< eterles In Manchester with more pre-tentious

¬

vaults tombs and monuments

4 but none is kept in better order or baa-l more ideal natural surroundings The

IK rates are changed from time to timeso as to make these resting places ofthe dead seif sustaining

Manchester has expended nearly 1100000 on its baths and washhouse

c5

I r r i

These are in charge of J Derbjskleand his management of the complicat-ed

¬

system Is excellent He took a justi-fiable

¬

pride in escorting me through-the establishment on Osborne streetWhile there 500 boys from a neighborlug training school came trooping inand it was a lively sight to watchthem disport in the great swimmingpool The water is automatically keptat the required temperature and in allof its plumbing fittings and conven-iences

¬

the place compares favorably-with those In the athletic clubs of ourlarger dUes

You can hardly realize what thismeans to the people who live in thisvicinity said Mr Derbyside his fineface lightening as be gazed at the hap¬

py throng of youngsters There arethousands of poor persons In Manches-ter

¬

who have not a utensil large enough-in which to hold water sufficient to

I

properly wash ones face Large fam-ilies

¬

are packed Into two small roomsand there can be no privacy For thebenefit of such as these we have setaside certain days hen they can havethe use of the baths r Jr the nominalcharge of a penny Thousands of themare taking udvantro of this opportu-nity

¬

I and as a rostrlt rut death rate islecreisiug and so is tie percentage ofrime It was the same way with the

I washiiouses When we first startedJlicin tie poor women did not knowwhat it was to have clean clothing Itwas a common tiling to find the waterllowiug from the extractor very dirtybut the women imagined ther clotheswere clean enough By force of exam-ple

¬

and constant explanation this hisbeen overcome They now take a pride j

i

iu doug good work For u cents inyour money a woman can do a large I

washing and ironng and be finished inless than four hours

School children are taught to swim i

and classes are formed and drIlled 5u i

life saving Przes are awarded for I

proficiency and expert swimming basbecome one of the regular courses in a

I

common school education AlthoughManchesters bath system Is now oneof tIle best in the world the plans forthe immediate future contemplate 1

most double the present capacity-The cleansing department of Man-

chester¬

I

is probably the largest in thework and deserves a more extende I

description than that which followsIt is a distinct type of municipal en-

terprise¬ I

and is a successful attemptI

to reduce to a minimum the expenseand uiseoiiiforts of street cleaning ami I

the disposal of sewage To this endthe city has become a manufacturer on I

a large scale and is the landlord of afarming estate of 37119 acres or nearly-six

I

square miles of land The cleaningcommittee includes the lord mayor as amember and is responsible for thesweeping and watering of streets pas-sages

¬

and courts and for the collectionand disposal of night soil and otherrefuse from dwellings warehouses andinstitutions The committees employ1800 men and 420 horses with largenumbers of vans and carts steam tugs-a fleet of boats four locomotives andtwenty railroad cars It builds its vansand carts keeps in repair the immensemachinery plant and rolling stock used-In the department makes and sells har-ness

¬

brushes receltacles for closetsmanufactures concentrated manuremortar soap oils grease disinfectingpowder dyes and many other productswhich otherwise would go to waste

The manufacturing plant in the par¬

ish of Beswick is one of the most ex-

tensive¬

institutions in England and avisit to it will well repay the munici-pal

¬

student who desires to become in¬

formed on the best modern methods ofsolving one of the great problems con ¬

fronting citiesSeveral years ago there were two

great marshes situated In the suburbs-of Manchester One belonged to LordCarrington and was called CarringtonMoss It was undrained and unculti ¬

vated The city purchased it for 190000 Near It was another tract of 2595acres belonging to Sir Humphrey deTrafford This was in a deplorable con¬

dition It was occupied by tenants whomanaged to eke out an existence andpay rent for their tumbledown hovelsau<l boggy land The city purchased itfor about 700000

On both of these estates it proceeded-toI drain the land tear down the oldfarmhouses and erect new ones For a

I mile and a half the estate faces thenew ship canal and will some day belined with factories In the meantime-the city has built railroads which con-vey

¬

fertilizers ironi the city and carryback the farm produce raised by tileprosperous tenants who now pay rentto the city The largest farm on the

I estate contains 460 acres for which thetenant pays 10 an acre Valuable veg¬

etable crops are raised and where oncewas a dreary and disease breedingmarsh there are now miles of fertile

I and productive land under a high statecultivation It is the verdict of thehighest authorities that the Manchestersystem of utilizing refuse is the mostperfect In existence

The expense of the cleansing depart-ment for the last fiscal year was 670

j 000 and this was made possible by theJ fact that the receipts from the manuI factoring plant and the farm estates

reduced the cost by the impressie-I amount of 240000

ii c +< > + I-

S4t 2t

4 4 i r4 t-T

1f

I Some Florida Incidents tSfJ The Marshall Swamp Raid A

4

t Thrilling Episode of the Civil War if

I4g

BY MRS FANNIE R GARY KI 3 Htstorinn Fla liiv UD C 5-

j

r rl f 7t

I have chosen for the subject ofI my paper an account of the raid eni the plantation in Marion county belonging to the estate of Colonel J

I Foster Marshall of South Carolina ai

hero of the Mexican war and of thesouthern Confederacy who was kill ¬

ed in one of the battles around Richmond in 1862

The raiders were all negroes exceptthe commander a white officer

They landed at ornear Fort Gates-

on the St Johns river on the nigfitof the 9th or early dawn of the 10thof March 1855 and were pilot dthrough the scrub by a barge hand ofCaptainGray who knew the coun-try

Arriving at the plantation they setfire to the buildings and put Mr JoeCaldwell the manager of the place-

in the burning sugar house but he es-

caped through a scuttle to die on theoutside

There were about two hundred hogs ¬

heads of sugar on the place aIIofwhich was destroyed by the raidersexcept twenty which they endeav ¬

ored to carry with them and im-

pressed¬

mules and wagons for thatI

I

purposeThey also carried off twentyfour

I negroes from the place They start-ed

I

j to retrace their steps to St Au-

gustine¬

whence they had comeI

The news having spread like wildfire they were met by a squad most-

ly old men and boys hastily gathered-from the vicinity of Ocala command-ed

¬

by General Bullock who was athome on wounded furlough who putthem to flight and recaptured Mr

I

Frank Holly who had been captured-by

t

themThe raiders afterwards made a stand

I

and General Bullocks party gave upthe pursuit but not until Mr John LMathews had been severely woundedand two brave men of our side hadbeen killed These were Mr Morn ¬

I

son a onearmed Confederate soldierwho had belonged to the Marion ar-

tillery¬

and Mr HenryHuggine whowas almost totallyblind but who atthe breaking ouf of the war in his i

ardor to help the cause of the south I-

I had joined Captain Owens companyafterwards Captain Chambers Butwhen they went to Fernandina to bemustered into the Confederate statesarmy he was rejected on account ofhis defectiveeyesightthe result of asevere illness when he was twelveyears old From the time he was fif¬

teen he was unable to read a line butso great was his thirst for knowledge I

that he would coax his sister tenyears younger to read for him andthough at first she had often to spellthe words for himto pronounce shekept up the habit of reading to himwhich she afterwards shared with hisdevoted wife and a most beautifulaffection grew up between them I

He married February 1860 a lovely

TO REMOVE

FRECKLES AND PIMPLES-

In 10 Days UseI

SATINOLAT-

HE COMPLEXION BEAUTIFIER

t= r7-I

L I

I

L1

4

as a new guaranteedSATIXOLA refunded If it fails to removet case of freckles pimples tan

1 liver spots sallowness blackheads or other skineruptions in 20 daysleaveS the skin dacr softhealthy and restores the beauty of youthThousands testify to the merits of Satinola

Miss Alice LtrettetrritesThibopeaux laOct T5 04 For years my face was completelv covered with frccfcles and pimples Allremedies failed until I used two packages ofSatinola which completely removed the freck ¬

les and My compexion now per-fect and I hope every lady having freckles orpimples will try Satinola Price Soc and Siooby leading druggists or mail-

NATIONALTOIIFTCO Of

Paris TennSold in Ocala by Antimonopoly Drag Store

and alt leading druggists

4

1 F4 t zij j-

i>

<

< > 7 i

cousin the daughter offrhe late Cob i

nil Charles Huggins of North SanteeSouth Carolina from which state hisfather and family removed to Florida-in 1854

The family were wealthy rice plant-ers

¬

Ironi before the Revolutionary-war in which his ancestors bore Ea

conspicuous part serving with thepariot Marion

i Of all the family who bore thename only the fond sister now sur-vives She has never ceased tot

1 mourn the tragic death of her gen-

tle¬

i unselfish brave and loyal brotherJ

Having paid this tribute to onewho notwithstanding the disability

I

which exempted him from militaryI

duty yet became a martyr to his de ¬

sire to serve his country I shall nowresume my narrative of the raiders

Captain J J Dickison the vigilantprotector of Florida homes at hisheadquarters at Waldo receivinginformation of their raid and thatthey had retreated in the direction of I

the St Johns river hastily followedI with the view of overtaking or intre

cepting themPursued by this heroic and inter

I

pid officer with a detachment of-I

j

his brave men they recrossed the I

I river where they had previously land-ed

j

leaving wagons mules and projI visions and had nearly made their

I

escape but were overtaken in the i

very suburbs of St Augustine whereCaptain Dickison recaptured theMarshall negroes and marched themback to the old plantation homehav ¬

I

ing it in his power to restore withthem much stolen property to theowners

The Ontimin n

Helen Keller who though blindand deaf is a college graduate and acultured young woman writes in herbook My Key to Life as followsaWe have seen that the worlds phil ¬

osophersthe sayers of the wordare optimists so also are the men ofaction and achievementthe doersof the word Dr Howe found hisway to Laura Bidgmans soul be¬

cause he began with the belief that hecould reach it English jurists hassaid that the deafblind were idiotsin the eyes of the law Behold whatthe optimist does He converts ahard axiom he looks behind the dullimpassive clay and sees a humansoul in bondage and quietly resolu-

tely¬

sets about its deliverance Hisefforts are victorious

Growing Aches and PainsMrs Josie Sumner Bremond Tex

writes April 15 1902 HI have usedBallards Snow Liniment in my fam ¬

ily for three years I would not bewithout it in the house I have usedit on my little girl for growing painsand aches in her knees It cured herright away I have also used it forfrost bitten feet with good succes-sIt is the best liniment I ever used15c SOc ank 1 Sold by all drug-s ts m

Sentiment Growing-

The argument against state life in-

surance¬

that it will provide Ufatjobs for several hundred politiciansis without force and unworthy of con-

sideration¬

There is absolutely nodanger of any state or county official-

in Florida being paid half as largesalaries as the presidents and otherbig officers of the big life insurancecompanies Furthermore any largeand important business to be per¬

manent must be managed by com-petent

¬

men who are worth good notprincely salaries and if the stategoes into the life insurance businessshould pay good salaries to goodmen to attend to it Let us havestate life insurance and fire insur ¬

ance alsoPunta Gorda Herald-

A Positive NecessityAaving to lay upon my bed for 14

days from a severely bruised leg Ionly found relief when I used a bot-tle

¬

of Ballards Snow Liniment Ican cheerfully recommend it as thebest medicine for bruises ever sent tothe afflicted It has now become apositive necessity upon myself-

D R Byrnes merchant DoversclUe Texas 25c 50c and 1 at allgists m

While cleaning his pistol Sunday atDunnellon Mr B S Weathers acci ¬

dentally 10t himself through thehand The wonnd while painful isnot at all serious He came home onthe noon train Sunday to have hisfinger dressed as and will be all rightin a few days

l al rri

T<

A TAI NT i-

I

OF

I

MALARIA THEIN BLOOD-

At SPRINGTIME means

2 A SALLOW SKIN-A MINCING APPETITEA TIRED FEELING

Lasting all SUMMER By Special ar¬

rangements with TheJOHNSONS CHILL FEVER TONIC CO

SAVANNAH CA-

A

yg

forfeit of 500 will be made if a course of Johnsons Tonic will not eradicate every trace and taint of

ALARIAPRICE 50 CENTS

THE CHAMBERS SHOE COMPANY-

ofahave

con1pletej1st receivetl

hne of TrunKs s 2 s 2500Suit Cases t 300 S 1500

Hand Satchels 125 I 1590C-ome in and see them

THE CHAMBERS SHOE COMPANY-

Opera House Blsck Ocaia Fla

Strauss IRoyalReserve

OCALA MINING LABORATORYF T SCHREIBER r

Consulting and Analytical Chemist Member<

of the Scciety of Chemical Industry London Eng Member of Axneaican Chem-ical

¬Society

I P O Box 703

I OCALA FLA Oct 22 1904

I Messrs Strauss Co Wholesale WhiskyMerchants Ocala Kla

Gentlemen In accordance with your j 4-

nstructiI ns I visited ycur waichccpe en rthe 19th instant and personally selected

II

from your stock a sample of

Strauss Royal ReservelLtwhisky the analysis which shows it to

containRA flAlcohol by weight per cent 3666 g

Alcohol by volume per cent 4361Degree proof per cent > 8710Residue on evaporation p cent 0660 ZAsh per cent 0011Reducing gar per cent a 225 Z

Volatile acids per cent M 0027Amyl alcohol fusel oil per cent oo73 if

The above results show the whisky to be ia carefully blended brand of high gradeand that it has been disstilled from a clean pure grain mash jThe amount of fusel oil and of volatile acids is very low A

RespectfullyF y SCHREIBER Chemist

FOUR FULL QUIRTS 350 EXPRESS PREPAIDI

STRAUSS CO E

I Sole Owners DistributorsOCALA FLORIDA

THE VEHICLE AND HARNESS COer Frsyth and Cedar St>I JCKSONVILLE FLORIDA

Everything Used by the and Wagonmakerand Blacksmith

Celebrated Davis Wagons for SaleOurEpeClaltiesLog Ca rt Wagons B SurriesWagonsS dd lry essEtcWesolicltYourbUSlnes8andGWira te

t

L