He B. P. W. Calls A Halt

The board of public works has turned the council down now. At the last meeting ol the oouacil the board was ordered to pave a gutter on 13th et., a disbance oí about 1,400 feet, on both sides oí tlie street. This the board declined to an the ground that the street fund was already overdrawn and there was no maney to pay for it wfth. The board also gave the council a little good advice in this re&olutiom whieli it passed : "It is the seiise of thia baard that hereafter no more buildings be allo wed to be moved throughthe public streets of the city." But th en, a council' that wül deliberatcly ignore the Board of Fire Commissioners, and against a perfectly clear and plain provisión of the city charter, give permisslon ior wooKlen buildings to be constructed wlthifl the iire limits of the city, will ppobably pay little or no atti'ut'on to KicU a modest request as that. It looks very much as though the republicana n Greater New Vork had tlirown away any posaible cliance tor victory, but perhaps they have not. Tli total amount expended íor pension dusring t-liie year ending July 30 last was $141,200,551, wlwich is an iaicrease of $1,747,761 oer the previoue year. Since 1865 the payments íor pensions have aggregated $2,148,156,095. If Ann Arbor ever had an opportunlty to secure the Lima Northern R. R., slie has lost it, for the j-autö has been decided upon, the contract let, and work already begun. It will run from Adrián to Dundiee, thenee through Trenton, to Detroit. Good bye Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, etc.