Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 19

A THE DETE5IT UTT TTNT? I 1595 i' 3 a decidedly dull week TianT jioxhv avu a tighter reg ivnu raw coMBIXATtONA TRIIE TOO MUCH OR H1LVL ESTATE The Outlook However ts More Cheer ful Aoim and Aew The continued financial stringency she operation of the new law requiring a gve tax certificate to accompany all deeds Sled for record have combined to produce the dullest week in real estate tratisuciioES that has characterized thesirket for years Not a deed was ac cepted by the registrar during the weeketcept half a dozen conveying country property In order to test the provisions of the law th committee of the real es tate exchange in whose hands the matter was placed for some solution have indamus proceedings against the regis ter and the matter will be hurried with aH possible dispatch until the Taw is con strued by the Supreme Court Some of the real estate dealers are inclined to criticise Register Herares and assert that Sts action was wholly unnecessary after the lecal opinion he nad obtained but the register defends himself on the ground that the opinion did not relieve hint from any damage that might be claimed under a non compliance with the provisions of the act Regarding the financial situation there is good reason for believing that the sit satibn will soon mend "About $10000000 will be disbursed on July said Joseph If core cashier of the Peninsular Rank yesterday "and after that look to see the money market relieved In facs the stringency is largely' due to the accumula tions of currency to meet these extensive Benj finey secretary of the Build and Exchange reports the following contracts taken by members dur ing the past week: Nutt Clark are build ing an addition to red Sutler's house on Edmund place James inn has con trarted for a brick residence for Webster near the corner of ourth and 50xl fret on the north side of ifth ave nue Just west of Hamilton Boulevard for! each The Hannon Real Estate Exchange sold at auction during the past week 13U0 leet on the south side of Cleveland avenue be tween Wondward and Auburndale for a total of $22lJv tn average of $17 a foot also a houe and lot on Cleveland avenue near Woodward for $2u25 a grand total of $24125 The exchange also sold 113 lots at auction tn Windsor on JTondav last for a total of $7725 an average of $75 each John Haire has sold his residence fz Howard street corner of Twenty third to Theodore Welter tor $3S00 the lot being 43xSe feet The Eelman Real Estate Exchange has sold a lot 37x120 teet on the corner of Lon don street and Eridge avenue Windsor for $4: a lot Jifiw feet on Russell street near avenue for $75 George Bader has sold to Henry Rowe Tor Edwardine Bader the hous and lot 21 Howard street tor $3560 the lot 25x130 feet anti valued at $125 a foot Mr Bader has purcha ed of Don A Lochbihler five lots each feet on ave nue 1500 feet north of Jefferson for $2000 being $1:: 32 a foot Adams Peck have sold the following lots in their McClellan avenue subdivision during the past week: To Jackman Nus 41 anti 42 for $525 to John Brewer Nos 68 63 and 70 for $L00 to Codden Nos 1 and 2 tor 525 tn Albert Bourke Nos 37 anti S3 for $A)0 to Ignatz Schrire No 72 for $300 ETlas Aberle has soil fifty six lots In Tils new addition to the City of Detroit on Gar land and St Clair avenues between Jeffer son and Mack each 39x128 feet for an aver age of $575 each The Grindley Ral Estate Exchange has sold two lots each 30x152 feet on the east side of Carter avenue between Davis and Cadet for a total of $375 a lot same size on the west side of Carter avenue near Dix for $450 Paul has sold lot No 287 Church farm subdivision on Townsend avenue for $650 Bothwell Co have sold for John itzpatrick to Victor Vincent the house and lot 1357 Eighteenth street for $3500 the lot 30x100 teet and improved with a two story modern frame dwelling: also for Victor Vincent three lots in Roehm Rothwell's subdivision each 30xl0o feet on the east side of Mitchell avenue between Carpenter and Davidson for total of SluOO Gunn has sold to II Heth lots 13 14 15 29 and 33 Inclusive lying north of arnsworth street and Mullet farm tor $7550 Jos Vlsger has sold to James webb 173 to 170 inclusive of the Open subdivision of a part of private claims C33 and 687 Grosse Pointe for $700 Snow Leggett and Hough have sold to IL linn and Backus a lot known the lying on the southwest corner of Virginia ami wood ward avenue also the on the west side of Woodward avenue north of Virginia avenue: also the tv in tTBere on the west side of Woodward avenue south of Virginia avenue: also the 'Thistledown" on the northwest cor ner of Woodward and Virginia avenues Joy streets Max Bartholomew has the mason work for a new house on MuUett street between Rlopelle and Orleans er dinand Scheibner Is erecting six stores and fiats for the Wagner Baking Company en Michigan avenue between Sixth and for W7iXJ Eva Nelson has sold to William Snrague lot 15 lying on the north side or Warren avenue between Sixth and Craw ford streets for $50W Holcomb has sold to Story a lot feet by 124 lying on the northwest cor ner of Lincoln anil reiroj avenues Seventh streets' Austin have the following plastering contracts House for Butler corner of Hancock and Sec ond avenue two houses for Beaton on ourth avenue two houses for James Clough on Hancock avenue west two houses for Mr Bockheim corner of Xieau bien and High streets house for Henry Williams on Commonwealth avenue also anstin plastering for remodeling the restdence'of Mr Dalzell on Alfred street Oliver Son will do the plastering for the new residence of A McLellan on erry avenue also for the business block fur Tolsma corner of State and Row land streets also for the addition to the residence of Butler Edmund place also the adamant plastering for a double on Adams avenue Brennan Donaldson Meier have finished plans for three brick residences which are now being erected at the corner of Dubois and Congress streets one for Henry Wunsch another for Johtf Huchestein and a third for Ernest Krapp each thoueh different in style of architecture will cost about $5000 The same firm have pre pared plans for a new $3000 brick and etone residence for inJtew McLellan of the banking house of McLellan Ander son to be erected on Erskine street be tween John and Brush The Builders' at Exchange take their annual outing next Thursday June 22 They will take the boat for Des Chree Shos Ka at 2 foot of Woodward avenue and spend the day at that charm ing resort returning after a spread in the evening erry secretary of the Detroit Real Estate Board at the meeting of th board next Wednesday afternoon will read a paper on the financial situation Mr erry has taken great pains to ascertain the opinions of some of the leading financiers on the subject and the paper promises to he of an unusually interesting character Besinntog on July 1 Detroit will have a creditable representation in the Michigan building at the world fair Da venny returned yesterday from Chicago where he went to arrange details with mem ber of the Michigan board of managers reports that the commissioner dis Mayei a cordial interest in the matter and have given hasty assurance of affording every reasonable facility for the represen tation of the City of the Straits Space has been allotted in the rotunda of the teufidirg for a bureau of Information con cerning Detroit which will be constantly in charge of Sir Davenny or an assistant who will endeavor to answer all proper qsstions concerning the city and to fur nish strangers all necessary information as to train service between Detroit and the world's fair dty and in every legitimate way possible to encourage the coming of strangers to this city The walls of one of the rooms will be hung with large views cf the most important industrial estabiish a rts business blocks residence and other characteristic features of Detroit and vicinity Besides this some literature en tirely impersonal and yet treating very fully the material phases of Detroit's pros perity is being prepared in attractive form for distribution among such a give evi dence interest in the city Not a few betroiters who have already done the fair have been chagrined at the unfavorable contrast Detroit with Saginaw Mtrske gon aid Grand Rapids as it must impress the stranger who may visit the Michigan buildtnv Mr Dav enay hopes to make it pleasanter for Detroiters who visit the state building by dissipating this condi tion o00 1 Whelan has sold to Wr Holcomb lot on the west half of 209 lying on the south side of the Boulevard between Hastings and Rivard strets for UtW 5V Harrah has sold 40 lots on tne eaM of Van Dyke avenue north of Gratiot avenue on private terms also a lot 3x feet on the north side of Toledo avenue between Springwells and Carsun avenues for $450 t'thmar Gsenwind has sold two lots each 30x199 feet on St Clair avenue near Mack for $900 Vor $13 a foot four lots each 30x100 feet on th south side of Abrey ave nue near Mt Elliott for a total of $lu0 or $10 a foot: five lots on Lakeview ave nue north of Jefferson for a total of $1375 or $2u each BHIDING PERMIT? Albert Reier il stury feme dwelling No uui Superior Allert Beier 11 4 aUwy frame dwelling 2u ISO Ludden st Albert Beier ll tury frame dwelling 3tw Hendricks Albert Beier four story frame dwedlugs Xu 4441452 Dubois st Geo Elswirtb 3 susy brick dwelling No Sti st Elswlrth' two 3 srory brick dwelling So 124 12 Dubois st Geo Elswirth 2 story brick dwelling ho 3 CiHicress st Ietonnieair 2 story frame dwelling No 137 Milwaukee ave John Gicnier 2 stnry frame duelling No ti) Htimboldf are Andrew Clark 2 story briek dwelling No 113 Selden are John Hepsel Ill story frame dwelling No 941 Cdueord ar A Botrnsch 2 story frame dwelling No 7M Boulevard 14 00 1100 1050 4000 5UJU 10000 5000 2000 jsoo 3000 1100 1600 John If Ie ight 2 stcry frame dwellings Nos 364 36S 370 376 i 0 3s 2 3'M and 390 Sullivan are 12000 Miles 2 story frame dwelling No 27 Bearer st 1500 Henry Young ltj strry frame store and dwelling No 950 Baldwin ave 950 Henry Young frame cottage No 421 Toledo are SOO Schwartz Bros slury Iva me dwelling No 237 Nineteenth 1000 A Anizek Jib strv frame dwelling No 297 Tai tty third sc 1200 XVolazvnski Itj storv frame dwelling No 211 iliirtv dfth st 2000 I orncrwik 2 nory frame dwelling and barn No 184 Wrefonl are 2800 A ParaLke frame cottage No 247 Jc Cbmpa i are 1000 A Edwards 2 story brick dwelling No 23 Erskine st 6000 A Clark 3 story brick dwelling Yo 56 Piquetre ave 6000 Nnls Cla A 3 story stone dwelling No 57 Palmer are 15000 A Curbielle three 2 story brick dwellings Nos 238 and 266 orest are west 12000 A Corbielie 2 story frame dwelling No 178 Avery ave 2700 A Laagfeld IV story frame dwelling No 783 Meldruai ave 1400 TV Wilkinson frame cottage No 326 Mc Kinstry are 1000 TV Wilkinson frame cottage No 592 Penn sylvania ave 1100 TV Wilkinson frame cottage No 79 Campuu are 830 fl i' triers 2 story frame dwelling Nx 6x3 Avery ar 2200 Ge Kennedy four 3 story brick stores Nc 1318 24 Grsnri River ave 12000 A LoeiJer 2 story brick store and dwelling Xo 284 St Aubin ave 5000 TV Stcllh frame cottage No 9i3 RiopMIe st 1000 Petre galn 2 story frame dwelling No S19 Harrison 1400 A Peoples two frame cottages Nos 377 379 VicpiettC are 1S0D Julius Wilkie 2 story frame dwelling No The list of those who: have thus far Lnt assistance to the project by coritri bstions to the necessary fund are: Sena tor James McMillan Gen Alger Jj res Joy errv Brush estate Hvtto Warren Holmes Bine ree Smith James Gamble Hacker Hannan Hotel Cadillac Voigt Van Huson A McGraw Co Board of Trade Weli TV Elliott Burton Mhrwell Co Murphy YVasey Co Hunt Leggett arke Davis Co Hubbard Dingwall Chamber of Com 5rcc Edson Moor Co Hunter GlennHdnter Lynn tratheam Hendrie Gffbert tv Lee Jases McMillan Helen Newberry Geore Russel A Ste gteua Hotel rmandie Hotel Wayneary A Newland The amount thus far contributed Is yet a little short of the sum to properly carry out the plans outlined and it remains for still other pubitc apiriteil citizens to help the Cause along SALES THE WEEK tely three deeds were received for recordiknng the Week by the Register of Deeds those fc property outside the city folio wing transactions are reported by 'M various dealers: Rssser Warren Hi Co have soli a house lot on avenue between Palmer Hendrte for tre lot iets valued at $25 a foot: two low each feet ou Twenty fiftn street te ijjen Hancock ami Warren avenues tor rf')act: a lot 39xf0 et on th 'rry avenue near ilorug btreet tvr two lots each 'M xIW on GraiiM hear McCklnn for eien: a feet cn ourteenth just of the Boulevard for $77): a collage lot on the souih side of DDniorck tor JEXa the let 3oxl frt a store 'sraiiot avenue between McDougall aid Campa fr $4 ff' the lot a farm 16u acrea three miles 344ch: on private terms jy Thunr barf sold for Ha five ar i one half aa cv on Grosse Si th of the Iv road front lfet on the Detroit River to Wm 4 Gray for 5 McKsv has sold ro ph 3 acres on the north xkle of th base JT £3 jij one jnua weet at Woodward ave Li' tor bring at the rale of $260 fiacre Hawley has sold two Jots each 88 Twelfth st 2000 Gearing Sen sury brick dwelling No 232 Jv Cainpau ave 7000 A Leui' 2 story frame dwelling No 311 East High 1300 Theodore Wobroek 2 story frame dwelling NO 347 Miuhell ave 1600 A DOMESTIC EPISODE Tabt dinner Sundays 5:30 till new ii tel Site Claire ja V' CAUSE Jtblg" THE 1IIru ids GRATIOT AVE AUCTION Saturday June 24 a roa Woodlawn airview and Greenwood Avenues clearly REMEMBER XTE AND LOCATION CO OUT ON HANNAN EXCHANGE HENRY HOLCOMB JAMES WHAN Auctioneers AXD of not righ and Traffic: SEE OR YOURSEL EUGENE SLOMAN or WM DAWSON PYRAMID PILE CURE AUCTION SALE! 2 Story Brick House 497 Tniinbiill Ave BetMeeu Elm and Ash Sts TO MORROW Jung 19 at 5 on We premises in Keser re or Limit 0 WARDELL SONS fACTORY A SWCUOICZ 8R 1 1 S35000000 ace 1 Ol Cflewold St AMD PORTRAIT INCRAVISCS a ET OCT i PRICES DETROIT REE PRESS ENGRAVING CO "Those for not he the by for a tirst cla4s in you to atnad this 91 would would 5 4 Blanchard Association TERMS Half cash S2J0 day of solo B'lrtun abatract and perfect title 4 It tie bf a well established fact that this is the st Pile Ih dy on the market and every live drut trist has it hi stock t3 inc an Hen klrv Dillon grav cuiinl Vnica paU 'jy rmov "i' rv' or' rr lrg jiib I cannot thank you vnough for Ask vour drrit fr rhe Pyramid Pile Cure and a single trial convince you rLa: the reputation of this remedy Mas built up on its merits as a rmanent cure and not by newspaper pmlcry WKlkrr Block DETROIT MICH This property mu' and will be sol I If you are vosenem It will jsy Passenger Agent Whitney of the Great Xorthern has issued the following giving the new rates and reasons therefor: Sta tistics show that 75 to 80 per cent of the north Pacific coast transcontinental travel In both directions is being carried upon a second class basis indicating that a large for their Protection and Kirtland Wade general the regular fare of ordinary trains but from this tim on it will be an extra fare be Eic ven rom house: large parlor sit ting 1 dining rooms bath room hoc and cold water wllar itono foundation frame ba tfornia Southern Railway Barr su perintendent reiief department Burlington a Ohio Hailway: of way Oiiicers anti 1 ear Salt Ajsbar Mirjfacimg Co Piaat Will rail tor XC 51 1 2 acre '2 brie butlllca StoO'iM wtoh of macalarrr public at larg railroad men the value of irst loor DIHECTION'S ar given yia the laT page book on Beauty and Dermatology illttotrated on skin scalp te vouo ar i blood ci js sent tled to any a drs for with a sam ple size cake of VI OOD Carry large balances in the Savings deposits of the Detroit Banks but we still want more We offer the best GUA RANTEED nidiicenients to all Beal Estate Invotors in Detroit City Property We will sell a few inure lots eiicli: 650 down and more before August 23 Balance on long time REMEM BER THE PRICE WILL VERY' SOON BE ADVANCED Visit the subdivision and Take Gratiot and Mack Avenue cars Eor free car tickets plats etc call on enough to accommodate the public and they show fair earninsrs A drummer may now go over that road and do some busi ness while under th old way of rannln? It he was likely to be forced to stay all day In some town where his sales would not sufficient to pay his expenses About the only people who kick about the rates to Chicago are the Chicago hotel and even some mistaken as to to a lending railroad clearing the cc and butn purpos fJC sn soft ha rd fryrnn pile Cure art i I can state to the vh Ie rl that It ha tor ard i'h bad I hard'v siak and I ald Ito fr row If my ite had nr trying it nd I kept sorts tsne fo she could get me to us it iiat I thank God that a remedy was man and you can use ds letter In anystay it will do the most Mr Nrerv Tvier of Heppner Ore: writes One package of Pyramid Pile Cure entirely cured me of "piles from which 1 have suffered for years and I never have hod the slightest return of them since Auditors Kirkman of the Northwestern and Wlnne of the St Paul have been ap pointed a committee to formulate the clear ing house plan for the Chicago roads California passenger rates ar becoming badly demoralized None of the lines make any pretense of maintaining rates on com business the rule being4 to makeany rate necessary Ms but since then earnings has shown an in grean era! ma a sre ran Tru nk IR a way an'i Int Geo? 5 Commissioner: Influence of Railways Upon the Settlement and Development of New George Neele super intendent London Northwestern Railway London Kngiand Richard Morgan Dwight III "The Protection ofxPrl vat Rights With Hun'' Chi a dpi Th hair of children should? never shmgled says an authority referring to to and fro motion of th shears used barbers in cutting hair that tears 'and rougher th? hair" The hair of children wnthr they 'c hevs or girls should kept short until the 7th or as the cr irg of hair is a ain upon th ndtr tion of tn body anl at this ti 1 i tie slioulff be expendt if1 41" rout of mesetes and The hair of a girl after she has reached her tn year should be allowed to grow as theess te hair is cut th softer and mure beautiful it is The meetings of the railway congress will tv ad dressed as follows ring a hires Go Blanchard chairnui of corarnitt on rail ry cirmi re es "Riiiw iy Acci dents Their Cius and th Practical fcafe guardk Agiirst president Plant" railway system Deviets Applied to Railway Gn Horace Porter vice president Palace Car Company Sink IVhut Should Don in th Way pr rtion nd Control" 11 'i rthmnrn getu rai solicitor Chi agr Jt Grand Railway Company Po rers Rail way Train Official?" Richard gen era! claim agent Cnlcavo th we tern Companv Wednesda Legislation Evolution Pres it xid uture Nev!" for ing or salt water and is the only soap In the world prepared by a Dermatol agist 3 cikeh or at or bv m3 John II JI 00 Jrermatologtst 12: West 42d The railroads are showing quite that they are not in business for Chicago passenger agent says: who are criticising the railroads reducing rates constantly lose sight of two facts The first is that railroads ar run on business principles and are in th hands of men chosen because they are supposed to be best fitted to bring out the greatest earning power of their roads The second is that railroads have limits of carrying power beyond which it is impossible to go In view of the first fact we cannot Justify ourselves to our stockholders in reducing rates still further when we are filling our trains at the present reduced rates In view of the second fact if we cut rates in two we would reach th limits of our carrying power before we earned as much money as we are earning now We fully realize the fact that we have educated th public to the belief that they ar en titled reduced rates on all occasions of Importance In view of this we have re duced our regular rates from 20 to 50 per cent except alone on the 'fast trains of eastern lines It worthy here that those very trains are the best patronized of any corning in or going out of Chicago They average four sections a day each section running fair freight traffic helped this along and It was also assisted by the freight pool which prevented the cutting of rates by the weak lines All eyes are now turned on Manager Hill and the Great Northern Railway which is now a transcontinental route Through passenger service begins to day The road is 3lfc miles in grades and 126 miles in distance shorter than any other trans continental line to Seattle and Puget Sound points It is also the shortest direct line to Spokane'' Its equipment is new and first class In every respect and its running time from St Paul to Seattle will be less than seventy five hours Its freight service is also of the best It was announced ar the time the building of the road was un der way that great changes would be made in passenger and' freight rates but many professed to believe that the promised re duction as only a bluff in order to make easier the acquirement 'of right of way tunnels etc The aspostles of the bluff theory now see that they are mistaken Hates are to come down and that quite materially The Western Passenger Asso ciation was greatly alarmed on receiving the figures showing the reductions 'to be made and endeavored to call the Great Northern off but the attempt was a fail ure gave notice that beginning Jun 13 it would make a cut of $1 per hun dred weight from St Paul to all Dakota points and $3 per hundred to all PacificCoast points A St Louis division superintendent states he received the following from oneof his foremen: bull that was killed by the train was not killed but she died from eating too much buckeyes and ain't ded yet but I will burv him to morrow Anser if I shal skined him" The Rey Ralph Swinburne who now lives In Kanawha County Va is au to be the oldest railroad man now living He was associated with Stevenson in th construetlou of the first locomotive and upon its completion ran it when it made its first trip and continued as its engineer for some time afterward Among th changes to go into effect on the Michigan Central to day wfll be one affecting the east bound North Shore limit ed This train has ail along ben run at from this tim on it will be an extra one Its time of leaving Detroit will twenty minutes later than formerlv In 1389 the total assessed valuation of au tne railway propertv in Kansas eluding 8 miles of main track side tracks buildings rolling stock tools ma terial and telegraph lines was fixed by the Board of Assessors at or $6535 per mile of main track In 1S90 there wr 62 miles of main tra 'k and the ho i assessed them at $57866232 or to 663 per mile The board in 1891 assessed thellroad property of the stat at S5o 863 825 or $6745 per mil a reduction of a Httl more than tlow th ar In 1S32 th botr 1 raised the valuation $538718 Detroit passenger men state that they are well satisfied with the present vol ume of world's fair passenger travel All I the trains are receiving full loads and extra cars are In request every day Nearly every road has an object in view and the object of each is the same This is to make the earnings break all pre vious records They' had an unfavorable start because of the very bad weather in i iuary ana eoruary $40000 TO LOAN In Snint cf SQOO Un Uitj Real Eataie American congress Lorenzo' Johnson general manager' Mexican International Railway Evolution cf the American Itaduay Sysi Jos Nenano Jr late statistician Treasury Department? way TratfiC Association Clearing Houses Stihlman commissioner South ern Railway yamd Association Statutory Regulation of tion and its Alfre Safford law department Interstate Commerce Com mission riday Liabilities of Common Carriers Geo ek nr il coups! Atchison Tor Santa Ire Checking Systems and Delivery Claltps i'or Damages Limitations of Liabil ity Restrictions of Quantity" 'Marshall 'Kirkman vice president Chicago Northwestern: Appli A Soper nt ifty Car Heating and Lighting Company and Coffin: Ticket Drff of Ex isting ra Hearferd gen eral Chicago Mllwau: St Paul Are Rail way Passenger and reight Charges too High?" This week will be given up to the dlscusr sion of railway affairs at the world's con gress auxiliary It Is expected that repre sentatives will be present from nearly all civilized lands and that much good will come' of the meeting Genera! meetings of the united departments of commerce and finance are to be held each evening at 8 o'clock in which representatives the railway commerce congress will partici pate and for which the following assign ments have been made: Monday Address of welcome by Bonney president world's congress auxiliary Responses bv representatives ot the branches of the gen eral congress On behalf of railway com merce congress Geo Blanchard' chair man cf committee Tve day Results of Railway Intercommunication Upon PrjE ducers and Hon Jkrton Secretary of Agriculture Prole clou i Public Rights ar7j Interests in Conn cton With Raitor op eration" I ton IX Ve aey mterstar ere comm is loner Th'irtdav ernmental Regulation of Transportation and its practical Effects" Hun John Ca general counsel CIrcaco Mllwauk Paul Railway Compin Ef fects of Competition upon Railway Con struction and Oj Aldaee 7Vavr hairman joint conm ittee bir LiOTH llustrations ferry avenue west A ihrsv remedy which has a sensuiiou among physicians by it wonderful effects in speedily curing every form of Pih It i the only remedy known i except a surgical operation) which can be relied on to give instant relief and a lasting cure in Itching Protruding Bidding or Blind Piles Brieily staled it ha the following advantages over a surgical operation or anv other Pile cure: It is absolutely painless: it contains no mineral poisons nor injurious substance it gives immediate relief from the ilrst application it can be carried in the pocket and used while traveling or anywhere without the slighu bt inconvenience or in terference with business and last but not leust it i cheap costing but a tritle The following letters speak for themselves and need no comment except to say we have hundreds of similar ones and could lill this pa per Yvith them if necessary your Rvramid Pll Cure Is wihort an equal: cur 1 in CJ dayri a much shorter time I waited 15 days or more to ure I wu eurt I before vou a i cr row sa hav not tne shgnreit trace of Piles and am inutn surprised at the rap'd and thorough effect of th remedy Truly yoora Rollins Marinadak MUI irv icad mv e' rom v' Wvld Zulu I am a man I or of 5 1 ar much exet: pions So sjoke one of Detroit's officers yesterday on tills subject just now In connection with fair traffic and everybody seems to know more about it than the men who manage the roads They say that a num ber of excursions could be run at say J5 or $3 for the round trip and the returns would be quite profitable Probably the excursion train figured alone would show a handsome profit but it would largely at the expense of the other regular trains or three or four days previous to the ex cursion day a lot of people would put off their trip and wait the low far In the same way those intending to go at later day would hurry up and go earlier In this way while th special train might make a good showing the others suffer and on the whole the road be the Ioir by the Continuing he said: rmmbr that used to have a regular excursion every few weeks These trains paid very wU but the regular trains had to can celed one by one until the road gave the public next to no rervlce at all A new man finally took charge of it and his ear liest move was to discontinue th excur sions and restore the regular train ser ST CLAIR HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION SYNDICATE percentage of the second class business was The Great Northern Express Company uni av XJ4 ti4tr uucvl itauii VI unnatural conditions Conferences tailed to secure any agreement which would chance these conditions It Is nut to be ex pected therefore that the Great Northern Railway in inaugurating through service shall provide a liigher basis of rates than has prevailed by the lines of its compet itors and we therefore announce effective Jime 18 the following rates from eastern terminals to Seattle and Puget Sound points: irst class $35 second class $25 to Spokane Wash first class $30 second class $20 to Helena and Butte Mont first class $25 second class SIS The first class rates named above apply in both directions Tickets sold at these rates are for con tinuous passage The train equipment will consist of tirst class coaches free colonist cars buffet library and parlor car and first class sleepers The dining cars in this service will be made a special feature Sr if I' A.