RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS' REPORT

Conductor stands by E. C. & N. Engine No. 7 at Cortland Depot.

Cortland Evening Standard, Thursday, November 15, 1894.

RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS' REPORT.

   The report of the railroad commissioners of the town of Cortlandville, which appears in the supervisors' proceedings in to-day's STANDARD, shows a very satisfactory state of the town's finances so far as its debt is concerned. The commissioners ask that $8,000 of principal be raised by tax this year, and with the reduced rate of interest on part of the bonds the debt can gradually be paid off without increasing the principal amount to be raised this year and with a gradually decreasing interest account each year hereafter. The amount asked for this year is about $1,900 larger than last year though about $500 less than in 1892, but the commissioners have assumed the responsibility of making this increase, as it leaves the balance of the debt in convenient shape for refunding in a way which will both make the bonds desirable as to time of payment and provide for a steady and uniform decrease in the amount which the taxpayers will hereafter be asked to raise each year.

   During the past year the commissioners have placed $50,000 of the indebtedness at 3% per cent interest, and hope to be able to place the balance in the near future at that rate or a slight increase. They have prepared the following circular for distribution among savings banks and investors, setting forth the nature of the security and the solidity and safety of these bonds as an investment.

   In all of their efforts in behalf of the town they have been ably seconded by Supervisor R. Bruce Smith, who has looked after the interests of the town as carefully as after his own personal matters, and to whose vigilance and timely suggestion the funding of $50,000 of the bonds with the state comptroller at 3 1/2 per cent is largely due. The circular is as follows:

   The railroad commissioners, town of Cortlandville, N. Y., offer for sale in one block $128,000 bonds, of town of Cortlandville, N. Y., bearing 31/2 per cent interest at par. Interest payable semi-annually, March 1 and September 1. Registered or coupon at buyer's option.  Dated March 1, 1895. Due $7,000 each year for 18 years. Principal and interest payable at The National bank of Cortland, N. Y.

   Real valuation, $10,000,000

   Assessed valuation, 3,262,981

   Total debt, $178,700.

   Population, 11,781 (last census).

   These bonds are issued under the Municipal Refunding Act and are exempt from taxation in state of New York and non-contestable after once issued.

   The comptroller of the state of New York has purchased $50,000 of these bonds for the investment of the state's funds.

   The village of Cortland has three National banks and a Savings bank with deposit and surplus amounting to over $10,000,000. State Normal school, Opera House, fine system of water works, electric lights and sewers. Its churches, hotels, residences and business blocks are handsome and such as one might expect to find in a town several times its size.

   The industries of the town are manufacturing of wagons, omnibuses, carriage hardware, stoves, harness, wire weaving, screen doors, desks, chairs, etc. The town is in a splendid dairy section, in fact there is none better in the state.

   The village of Cortland is connected by electric railroad to the neighboring village of Homer. The D., L & W. railroad and E., C & N. railroad furnish the town with excellent shipping facilities.

   Legal investment for Savings banks and trustees in state of New York.

   H. M. KELLOGG, JAS. S. SQUIRES, WM. H.CLARK, Railroad Commissioners, Town of Cortlandville, N. Y.

   Address H. M. Kellogg, Cortland, N. Y., Railroad Commissioner.

Italians on a Strike.

   Contractor Doe discharged the foreman of the sewer ditch on Port Watson-st. yesterday. This did not exactly suit the Dagoes, all of whom quit the ditch immediately. There were between twenty and thirty who struck, The Italians seem to grasp the American ways in a remarkably short time.

   The men were paid off at the Messenger House this afternoon. They were an angry set of men and were very demonstrative. Nicholas Laruck told a STANDARD reporter that the men were not fully paid off. They claimed that they were from one to three days short of their pay and that they had had taken out of their pay from one to three dollars more for board than usual.

   The timekeeper, Mr. Doe, son of Contractor Doe, said that he did not know how they could be short. We were unable to find one of the contractors before we went to press.

EUROPE IN THE WAY.

Other Powers May Prevent American Arbitration In the East.

   WASHINGTON, NOV. 15.—It is becoming evident that the interference of European powers is the stumbling block in the way of a settlement of the [Sino-Japanese] war through the mediation of the United States. They have nearly all interests in the East which they regard as paramount to our own, and by no means relish the action of the United States, first, in refusing to co-operate with them in intervening and, second, in seeking to settle the war without reference to the interests of any nation other than China and Japan—the principals—which might result in checking the fruition of some little schemes for their own aggrandizement which had been formed.

   An official, who has given much attention to the subject, is of the opinion that Russia will never consent to anything that looks like an indefinite occupation of Corea by Japan, as Great Britain occupies Egypt, unless she is herself allowed to take possession of a port in Corea for an eastern terminus of the Siberian railway. France is reported to have demanded a coaling station on the Island of Formosa and Great Britain has reached out for the Island of Chausan. It is probable that any representation by these or other powers to the United States, to have these claims included in the terms of peace, would fall upon deaf ears, though it may be that the combined influence of these powers may defeat our purpose to act as a mediator.

Reichstag, Berlin.

BERLIN'S GREAT DAY.

FORMAL OPENING OF GERMANY'S REICHSTAG BUILDING.

Emperor William and Many High Officials Participate In the Ceremony—Great Crowds Witness the Scene—One of the World's Most Magnificent Structures.

   BERLIN, NOV. 15.—The massive government building, the new reichstag structure, was formally opened today by Emperor William in the presence of one of the greatest crowds ever assembled in the German capital.

   The ceremonies were of the most impressive and patriotic character and were participated in by all the highest officials of the empire. The affair is one of the most important national movements of recent years and occasioned great enthusiasm.

   The building is by no means complete, but it is the young kaiser's earnest wish that the German parliament should hold its next session in the great hall designed for it and thousands are therefore at work to see that his desire in the matter is at least made possible. There is fully another year's work within the building in the way of great decorations and the making and placing of the statuary designed to fill the thousand niches in the massive corridors of the monumental structure.

   For 12 years the workmen have been busied on this building, which with its graceful front, faces the famous green sward of the still more famous Thiergarten, and with its terraced rear looks down upon the hustle and turmoil of busy Berlin. From its top, on which the imperial crown rests like a gem set in the sky, the view of the great city is entrancing. It towers even above the great column of Victory, which commemorates the result of the Franco-German war.

   The statue of Germania holds the place of honor on the facade, and the friezes underneath it are adorned with the German arms and mythological figures telling the story of early Teutonic times. Underneath this is the dedicatory inscription, "To the German People."

   The ornamental work and the statuary which already adorn the outside of the structure are the work of a host of Germany's masters, among whom towers the sculptor of the Germania statue, Reinhold Vegas.

   It was in 1880 that the reichsrath first gave to the world the conception of this new structure.

   Not until 1882 was the prize architectural competition decided. Hundreds of plans had been submitted by the greatest and the least, by the masters and the mediocre, and it remained for a man practically unknown to even his own nation to win the great prize. It was to Paul Wallot that the honor was accorded.

   For almost two years the government officials and the consulting architects were busied changing and revising the plans to more completely suit the location.

   The cost of the building will, when completed, reach perhaps 60,000,000 marks. This is exactly double the amount at first voted to carry out the colossal project. Had the original design for interior decoration and statuary been carried out it is likely that the building would have cost over 100,000,000 marks.

Negro's Crime Quickly Punished.

   BIRMINGHAM, NOV. 15.—News reached here from the hamlet of Donnetti, 26 miles south, of the criminal assault on the wife of Tom Hayne, a prominent farmer, by a negro employe, Bob Moseley. A posse pursued Moseley and, it is reported, found him in a nearby swamp and shot him.

"Our Flat" To-night.

   The company that will present Mrs. Musgrave's exquisite comedy "Our Flat'' at the Opera House to-night is composed of excellent material. Miss Emily Bancker has won renown throughout the United States as a beautiful woman and an accomplished and finished actress. For three years she played leading female roles with the late Rosina Vokes, during which time she established herself as strong a favorite as the captivating Rosina herself. Last season she was sent on a tour as star of "Gloriana.'' Miss Bancker now comes forward as the charming Margery Sylvester in "Our Flat," a role for which she is eminently suited.

   In addition to Miss Bancker the cast includes such well-known people at

Philip H. Ryley, a comedian known all over the country, Geo. W. Parsons, an actor of much ability who made an immense success in the leading part in "Gloriana" last season, and who has added much to his already excellent reputation by the work he is doing this season in "Our Flat;" George Gaston, W. H. Wallis, J. G. Glenney, Marion Van Courtland, Vesta Verno, Lee Jarvis and others of note. The pretty scenery, elegant costuming, catchy musical specialties, all combine to make the production of "Our Flat" one the superior of which it would be difficult to imagine. The specialties are refined and the scenery, including a passenger elevator in full operation is splendid.

HIGH FIVE CLUB.

A New Organization in Cortland for Social Enjoyment.

   Six gentlemen and as many ladies, all congenial spirits, have organized a new club in Cortland for social enjoyment. It will be known as the High Five club, and one feature of each meeting will be a short period devoted to the playing of High Five. The members of the club are Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Wickwire, Mr. and Mrs. Fitz Boynton, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Edgcomb, Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ballard, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Brewer, Miss Celia Hinman, Mr. H. J. Woodmansee. The first meeting was held last night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ballard and Mr. and Mrs. Edgcomb, 22 East Court-st.

   An organization was effected [sic] by the election of Mrs. S. M. Ballard as president and Mr. E. H. Brewer as treasurer.

   High Five was the attraction for a couple of hours and then very elegant refreshments were served. The remainder of the evening until about midnight was passed in a purely social way. The next meeting will be at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Wickwire at a date not yet fixed.

BREVITIES.

   —The Alpha Chautauqua circle are invited to meet with Miss E. Brooks, 35 Madison-st. Saturday evening, Nov. 17, at 7:30.

   —Fitzsimmons, the prize fighter, and his company passed through town this morning on their way from Binghamton to Syracuse.

   —The regular meeting of the Woman's Relief Corps will be held next Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 20. All members are urged to be present.

   —The mothers' meeting will be held at the East Side reading rooms in the Stevenson block, Thursday, Nov. 15 at 3 o'clock P. M. All ladies are invited.

   —There will be a social at Vesta lodge rooms Friday evening, Nov. 16. Members are cordially invited. Music will be furnished by McDermott's orchestra.

   —The Woman's Relief Corps will hold a samp and milk supper at G. A. R. hall next Monday night, Nov. 19, from 5 to 7:30 o'clock. All friends are invited. Supper 10 cents.

   —The members and friends of Rebekah lodge spent a very pleasant evening in the John L. Lewis lodge rooms. Cards and other games were indulged in and delicious refreshments were served.

   —The firm of Beard & Peck sent off at 5:30 o'clock this morning three large wagon loads of furniture consisting of chamber, parlor and diningroom furniture to furnish the Harford Mills hotel.

   —Louie Goddard, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Goddard, met with an unfortunate accident this morning which will lay him up for some time. He climbed upon the sink in order to reach a shelf above, when he fell, breaking his collar bone.

   — McGrawville is to have a special election on Thursday, Nov. 22, to vote upon a resolution to raise by tax the sum of $1,000, of which $500 is for the purchase of a hand fire engine, $200 is for new hose and $300 is for fire wells.

   —The Free and Easy club spent a very enjoyable evening at their rooms at 164 South Main-st., last evening. A fine supper was served at 9 o'clock after which the members responded to toasts. Games were played and it was 11 o'clock before the meeting was adjourned. About twenty-five members were present.

A Truxton Anomaly.

   One of the peculiarities of the recent election in this county is reported from Truxton, where about forty Republican paster ballots were voted with a Hill paster put over Morton's name. Hill carried the town by 3 majority, while all the other Democratic state and county nominees were beaten by majorities of from 20 to 35. Were Manager Courtney's fences out of repair in his home town? What was the trouble?