. The street railway review . cy on the Clark street side to his room, withnorth and east windows at Quincy and Clark streets. Good bye, Grand Pacific! May you soon have ashomelike and hospitable a successor! VICTIMS OF A MAYORS SPITE. J. L. Wilcutt, secretary, and E. P. Vining, generalmanager of the Market Street Railroad Company, SanFrancisco, were arrested April 6, charged with misde-meanor in tearing up a street without notifj-ing the super-visors. Mayor Sutro swore out the warrants, and itlooks very much as if it was a piece of spite work on thepart of the mayor who has been fighting the
. The street railway review . cy on the Clark street side to his room, withnorth and east windows at Quincy and Clark streets. Good bye, Grand Pacific! May you soon have ashomelike and hospitable a successor! VICTIMS OF A MAYORS SPITE. J. L. Wilcutt, secretary, and E. P. Vining, generalmanager of the Market Street Railroad Company, SanFrancisco, were arrested April 6, charged with misde-meanor in tearing up a street without notifj-ing the super-visors. Mayor Sutro swore out the warrants, and itlooks very much as if it was a piece of spite work on thepart of the mayor who has been fighting the MarketStreet Railroad for years. The mayor has also beenenjoying a taste of municipal interference. He secureda franchise for an electric line, agreeing to use Califor-nia rails and machinery, but made his contracts witheastern parties. When he asked for an extension oftime, he was hauled over the coals. The Butler Manufacturing Company, 146 South Clintonstreet, Chicago, is in the hands of the sheriff. •210 (^f\jwdS{aJi\s/^. This deparhnent is devoted to tlie construct ion and opera-tion of electric 7-ailway pozucr houses Correspondencefrom practical men is specially invited. Both tJie usersand makers of pozver house appliances, are expected togive their viezvs and experiences on subjects within therange of the department. If a power house is to be built nearly incombustible,why not spend a little more money, make it absolutelyfireproof, and do away with insurance bills entirely? Ifa power house is built so that it is impossible for a fire tostart in it, insurance is a needless expense, unless the riskto walls from surrounding property is very great. If thestandard power house specified by the underwriters asentitled to the lowest rate, is constructed, there is no pos-sibility of a fire spreading in the building, consequently nouse in carrying insurance. It is getting to be a far toocommon practice to build a power plant which is verynearly fireproof, but which lacks one or t
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