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THE MAUI NEWS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1905
THE MAUS MEWS
Entered at the Tost Office nt Wailuku, M.uii, Hawnii, ;i
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SATURDAY.
NOV. 1H, l'.O.I
Beautify From the Honolulu Bulletin we clip an arliolo
your Home by Susan F. Stone published in the Craftsman
which Is of such importance to the people in general thi.t wc bo
leive we would best serve the need. s of Miiui hy giving it part of
our editorial column. Read the article carefully and if it does not
apply to-you hand the pnperto you neighbor who would be benefitted
by it. When the wall ut Jerusalem "was down audits gates
burned." we remember how wisely Nebcin iah rebuilt it: that every
man was commanded to help on the work mid "repair it over a
gainst his own house or home." So, in village or town improve
ment, if the owner of each home could be prevailed upon to
beautify its surroundings, most pleasing would be the result, llow
best to bring the matter to these homes, how to interest the in
mates and arouse the "spirit of improvement" for all time, is a
question which every town must answer for itself. The plan of
offering prizes for the best-kept yards and to children in schools
has proved most advantageous in many places, us through the aid
of the children the interost of the parents is a vakeiad. For. as
ever, "a child's hand shall lead them."
In the New England States, much has been etTecocd by "Im
provement Associations;" the members coming from the nun; Iter
of the relatively few. who have a love for "home like homes" and
well-kept and beautiful residence streets. The crying neeJ of such
associations is felt in the West, aud we shall hail tue day with jov
when a new spirit shall be infused into our hums surroundings,
resulting in the improvement of our streets and public parks.
Excellent results have been accomplished in Dayton, Ohio. In
the factory, called "Slidertown " five or six year ago. some of the
factory people began to clean their years, and to plant a few vines
and flower seeds. The work was noticed and prizes were offered
whica caused the transformation not only or the factory quarier,
but that of the entire city as well. The late Mr. Frederick Law
Olmsted, walking along the streets of this quarter, declared that.
considering the size of the lots, it was tho most beautiful street he
had ever seen.
After the prizes had been offered and the results noted, the
"South Park Improvement Association" was formed. Its members
pledged themselves to set an example bj keeping their own lawns
in orders and by planting flowers and vines. As a further incen
tive, the company which offered the original money prizes, gave
the children who attended the factory Sunday sehid, packages of
seeds as prizes for good in tho school. A little- later, arrangements
were made by this Improvement Association to obtain, at whole
sales prices, trees, bulbs, shrubs and flo.cers seeds for tho people
wishing them. Some persons did not compete, because their lots
were too small and narrow; but they were assured that a man
living upon a 30 foot lot had an equal chance of winning a prize with
the man having one hundred feet frontage. A few object lessons
were necessary, before the people whose places were small, were
persuaded to take an active part and interest in the competition.
One well-kept lot, with flowers and vine-covered f.'ijco, influenced
the entire row; the pride of the people led them to improve their
surroundings. Rivalry between householders, f . ? r winnim' the
money prizes offered, also spread to an astonishing oxlent, and the
excitement was gerat on the Any of the award, when thousands
were attracted to the place of the decisio i. The eU'ed of this or
ganized effort upon the city of Dayton lias been summed up under
five heads, as follows;
I The Improvement Association has irreatly inc eaes the val
ue of real estate without appreciable expense to anyone.
II It has improved the standard of living among the people of
the district.
III It has started many boys in habits of ind est ry and thrift,
who might otherwise have acquired nothing moro valuable than
the cigarette habit.
. IV. It has made unsightly and unwholesome surroundings
beautiful and attractive, thus increasing the happiness of the
people.
V. Indirectly it has affected' tho. city goveni'eent, which has
maintained clean streets and well-kept payments to correspond
with tho other surrounding.
New A number of small industries, suitable for these
Industry IslauJs, have been referred to from timo totiino. The
following possible industry has apparently escapod'not ice thus far.
Large quantities of crude molasses are sent from Louisiana to San
Francisco. In that city the molasses is freed from impurities, and
offered for sale in attractive tin cans, with neat tables. Many o!
these molasses cans eventually reach Hawaiian stores, and are sold
at a high figure. Why do wo not can our own mo! isses, aud sell it
at a reasonable rate?
Board In the publication of the 1 rue health conditions
of Health of tho islands the boa rd ot health has done more
for the good of tho comminuity than any suppression of the fact
that an isolated case cf plague occurs occasiondly on the island of
Oahu could do. The people have a right to know the true state of
the public health and far less damage will result from its
authoritive publication than leaving it to the itinerant mischief
maker who is ever ready to misrepresent and make mountains
out of ant hills.
The JShijile-PhtitiC System in
Anicricn.
Tho elrc trical engineers who hnvo
been inve.stigat ing the quest ion of 1 be
I'cst systf m of electric traction to
be adopted on the suburban and ter
ininal lines of the New York, New
Haven it HartfoiC Railroad, in New
York city, have recommended tho
use ol mo Hiieiephase aitornaung-
eieient system 11ns is the most
imp rtant step that has yet occurred
in tho introduction of single phase
alternating current traction in 1 1 1 s -?
'country; but it is full justified by the
results which have already been at
tained iu the first two electric roads
to be operated with the single phase
current iu America.
It is fortunate that the two in
terurban trolley roads inion which
the single-phase attempt ing current
motor lias been inst.ied, perforin a
service that is broadly different in its
requirements. The lirst of these is
a high speed line, built between In
dianapolis ami Uushville fur the
operation of heavy intorurbnn cars
at high speedv The considerations in
the construction and equipment of
this road were, that the roadbed and
and track aud cars must be of tho
roughly soild and lirst class con
struction, and that a large amount
of energy must be delivered to each
car. On the other line, known as the
Pontiac-OJell line, the speed is ' re
latively low and the cars relatively
light and the track of moderate cost,
the road being built through a
sparsely-settled country, iu which it
was necessary to keep down the cost
of construction, if the system was to
be operated at a profit. The high
speed Rushville line was opended at
the commencement of the year, and
the I'ontiac line three months later,
and on both roads the single-phase
alternating ci rrent motors have done
everything that was demanded of
them. There has been an absence of
troubles from spat king and over
heating, while the sliding contact
bow trolley on tho high-speed line
has, contrary to expectations, given
but vr rj- little trouble in the nine
months of its operation.
In view of these facts, the an
nouncemcnt that the important work
of equipping the New Ilavtn system
is to be carried out on the single
phase system is not surprising. The
electrical equipment will be furnished
by the Westinghouse Eleeti ic and
Manufacturing Company; and it in
interesting to note that the electric. vl
equipment of the New York Central's
lines, which are being provided by the
General Electric Company, are of the
direct current type. Tho New York
Central Company consiilei ed, at the
lime thai they decided 'o adopt the
direct-current system, that t lie alternating-current
motor and its ac
companying equipment had not bee 1
sulliciently long under test to war
rant their applying it on the great
scale that was contemplated on their
hi.es. Since that decision was taken,
howevi r, the practical experience
.hat has been gained with high-ten-skmi
system.-., both aoread and iu this
country, has established beyond a
question the roliabi'ity, and other
advantages, of the later type.
The advantages that led the New
Yui k, New Haven & Hartford road
to adopt the single phase system are,
that it dispenses with costly rotary
converter sub slat ions; I hit it greatly
cheapens the lino construction; that
it enlaiges the radius of action from
u single power station; that it pos
sesses great flexibility; and that it
presents attractive features of econ
omy and exactness in speed control.
A no' her feature, of great im port a no
in tcimiual work such as lids, is the
fact that the high voltage renders it
possible to use the overhead line, ami
get rid of the runny complication
and dangers that would be involved
in the use of tl e third rail in the
terminal yai d.
The contract for oquiping the New
Haven road includes twenty-five 7V'
Ion chctii." locomotives, each cap
able i f maintaining a schedule s )'ed
of I'll miies per hour with a 2oO t;:i
local train, malting stops every L'.'i
miies. The same locomotives will be
capa:l of hauling 'iall ion express
trail's at a speed of from till to 70
mile- an hour, two or more locomo
tives being coupled up for heavier
trains, and operated by a siip.de
engineer t hrough the tiriltip'u' eont i ol
system. A valuable teatare of the
Westinghouse single phase alternat
ing current motors is that they will
operate successfully with direct cur
rent; consequently, tl. u trains can be
run over the New Haven tracks as
far us Woodlawn under tho alternat
ing current, and from Wondlawn to
the Grand Cent ral Station they can
draw upon th direct current through
the third rail conductors used by the
New York Cent rah -Scientific Ameri
can. Our Two Crent Cnnnl Projects.
At the present time the United
States has under construction two
great engineering works which, in
point of magnitude and cost, far ex
ceed anything under construction or
projected elsewhere. One of these is
being carried out by the Federal
government, the other by the enter
prise of a single State, and each is
destined to exert a widely extended
influence upon the commerce not
merely of the country and state affect
ed, but. of the whole world. We refer
to the 4t!-mile ship canal which is to
ho opened across the Isthmus of Fa
nnma, aud the 'i."0 mile barge canal
which is now being built across- the
Stiteof New York. The Federal
prcjoot, for many reason,, looms so
large in the public eye that tho gen
eral public and probably the majority
of the p?oplo in tho State in which
the Erie barge canal is being built,
will lie surprised to know that in the
mere magnitude of the work to bo
done the New York canal exceeds
that at Panama. Furthermore, it
;s due only to the fact that the unit
prices that must be paid for work at
Pa'nama are so much higher than
those for work done at home, and in
a temperate zone, that the cost of
the Panama project will exceed that
ln New York State, although the
latter 'till reach the groat total of
101, 000,000. This comparison, it
mist be understood, is based upon
the project for a US-foot summit level
canal at Panama, which was the one
ia contemplation and under con
sti uction at the lime the canal was
taken over by the United States
government. If the attempt be made
to cat the canal at sea level, all the
eh meats of time, quantities ot ex
cavation, and cost will be so greatly
augmented, as to place tho Panama
enterprise beyond comparison with
tho barge canal.
At present, however, if the State
and Federal canals are compared on
the more basis of quantity to be ex
cavated and mason ry and dams to
be built, the remarkable fact is
established that the completion of the
E io barge canal on the present plans
calls for more work than Pje com
plelion of the canal at Panama. We
mention this lact as suggesting that
the magnitude of tho New York
State project is little, appreciated,
not inertly by the general public but.
by the people of the State that it
concerns. The present Erie canal is
about 3!') miles in length, and the now
canal follows the old location for only
about Hit) miles. The other 250 miles
is laid out on what is practically a
new route, and the change of location
is explained by the fact that white
the original canal clings to the lower
slopes of the hills, well abeve the
rivers, the new canal is located in the
valley bottoms, and follows largely
the riVers and lakes It is an historical
fast of aio little interest, that the
location of the new canal is laid very
largely on au old route of travel by
water, wiii-jh w as used by the pioneers
who settled the western part of the
State. When the' Erie canal was
built, as far as possible it avoided
these water courses, but tho new
barge canal will follow tlieic with but
slight deviation. The water route
followed by the fa rig pioneers lay up
the Mohawk River, which was follow
ed to tho neighborhood of Homo.
H-f-re a portage was made to Wood
Creek, widen was navigated to Oneida
L.ke. After crossing the lake the
route lay down the Oneida liiver to
the junction of the O.ieida with the
Oswego and Seneca rivers at Three
Rivers point. If from Mils point the
traveler were bound for tho settle
ments in the. western part of t lie
Slate, he would follow the Seneca
Uivi r; or irhe were making for Cana
da, or ihe far West, he won! 1 follow
'.he Oswego 1,'ivcr to Ot.t.tiio, and
continue his journey by the Gfcat
Lakes.
The new canal fjiio.vs the Hudson
River to iVaterfoid, then passes by
locks to tia! Mohawk River above
Cohoes Falls. From the Falls to
Komi! the bed of the river is utilized,
the river being ana,i..'d. Ueyond
Hume there is a summit level con
necting with Wood Creek, and the
canal then con! in ues oyer tin' oi l
pioneer water route up lh- Seneca
Elver to the vicinity of Clyde. From
Clyde the new canal will follow the
ici, te of tho present e.iu.d to the
Niagara Iliver at Tonawauda. Of
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Tinting And Pyrography.
Tinting, oil or water color
painting or pyrogniphy orders
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the other two branches, the Oswego
baryc canal leaves the Erie canal at
Three Rivers Point, and utilizes the
canalized Oswego River to Lake
Ontario. The new Chatnplain canal
will not parallel the Hudson River
on the bank of tho same as at present,
but will utilize the rivtr itself from
Wiiterfnrd to Fort Edward, and from
Fort Edward to Lake Champlain
the present location will be followed.
The estimated cost of this great
work, as we have said, is $101,000,001),
and the whole plan of tho work has
been laid out to accommodate a
tonnage of 10,0110,000, while at a
slight increase in cost, accommod
ation can be provided for a very
much larger tonnage. The commerce
of the upper Great Lakes is between
HO and 100 million tons per year, and
the importance of the canal lies in
the fact that it will provide a means
for connect my this huye commerce
with the eaeost by a direct route, on
which freight can be carried at a
cost below that which is possible on
the railn.ad. The original canal
had a depth ot 4 feet, and accom
modated boats of only 80 tons cap
acity, hi 1SH5 it was enlarged to
take boats of 210 tons. Then in 1804
came the agitation for deepening to
8 fret draft, instead of 6 feet, and
the absurdly inadequate' appropri
ation ' f 0,01)0,000 was made for doing
this work. The present s;heme,
hich owes it success not a tittle tj
the i Ifo i ts of President Roosevelt
when he was Governor of the State,
provides a 12-fool depth throughout
and locks of sufficient length to take
two 1,000 ton barges at one lockage,
which is about eight times tne capa
city of the present canal. Scientific.
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NOTICB.
A special meeting of tho stock
holders of MAUI WINE & LIQUOR
CO. Ltd. will be held at the office of
the Company, Wailuku, on Wednes
day November 15th, 1005, at 7.30 P.
M. for the purpose of considering an
increasH in the capital stock.
J. GARCIA,
Secretary Maui Wine & Liquor Co
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