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MODERN RAILWAY
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The development of train service Is
often not fully realized until our at
tention la called to the number of
trains running between our chief
towns. Taking the summer time
table of 1908, for example, there were
22 down and 29 up trains between
London and Glasgow; between Lon
don and Edinburgh there were 30
down and 28 up; while between the
metropolis and Leeds there were 46
down and SO up. and between London
and Manchester no less than 58 down
and S3 up, that Is, on an average, a
26-mlnute service. It must be borne
In mind, however, that different routes
are, taken by many of these trains and
consequently different towns are con
nected up by trains running between
f the same points.
Although comfort and frequency of
service are two Important features In
railway Improvements, the increase
In speed and In the number of long
non-stop runs dally being performed
on many of our main lines emphasizes
perhaps more than anything else the
high degree of efficiency our railways
have attained. During the past sum
mer the time tables of our chief lines
showed a total of over 156 runs of
more than 100 miles without a stop.
*Of these the fastest running Is done
by two expresses on the Great West
ern railway, which cover the 118%
miles between Paddington and Bristol
In two hours, giving a start to stop
average speed of 59.8 miles per hour.
Next to these comes a run on the
Great Northern railway from Grant
ham to King's Cross. 105% miles, at
an average speed of 67.7 miles per
hour.
To maintain such high speeds for
so many miles demonstrates what vast
Improvements have taken place In the
steam locomotive, for In 1870 the quick
est average speed In this country was
only 42 miles per hour. It Is only by
the aid of water-troughs that these
long non-stop runs can be made; the
troughs, which are about 500 yards In
length, are placed between the rails
and are automatically kept full. Water
can thus be picked up while running
by a scoop under the tender, which Is
lowered Into the trough by the engine
men. the speed of the train forcing
the water up the scoop Into the ten
der tank.
In the development of train work
ing nothing has played a more Impor
tant part than the locomotive, for. as
the traffic and the demand for rapid
transit have increased, so has the lo
comotive been brought up to the nec
essary state of efficiency, not only as
regards speed, but In economical
working, without which It would have
been an Impossibility to give the pub
| He what they desired. The modern
Is an evolutionary product.
Iland although the main principles re
main much the same as In the early
engine. It would be hard for the lay
man to recognize any of the old In
the new. The invention of the loco
motive is nowadays absolutely Indis
pensable to our daily existence. In
Its earliest days it has been likened
In appearance to a medieval engine of
war and was originally used only on
colliery lines because It could pull a
few more trucks than could a horse.
The Idea of speed never seemed to
enter into the minds of Its promoters,
and at the opening of the Stockton
and Darlington railway in 1825. when
the locomotive made Its first appear
ance In the interests of the public,
considerable surprise was caused by
the speed It attained of some 12 miles
per hour. It Is recorded that the
horseman who preceded It with a flag
had promptly to clear out of the way.
to thp wonder of the assembled crowd.
At first It met with a considerable
amount of opposition and many
strange objections were taken to It;
but as soon as It began to be recog
nized what commercial prosperity was
wrapped up In its development all
these objections disappeared. It was
not. however, until the famous loco
motive contest at Rainhlll In 1829 that
the hitherto doubtful question of Its
practical success was settled once and
for all. On that occasion the Rocket,
designed by Stephenson, astonished
the spectators by running 35 miles In
one hour 45 minutes and attaining a
speed of nearly 30 miles per hour
pulling a load of 13 tons.
This historic engine weighed In
order 4% tons and was car
ried oa four wheels; Its tender fully
loaded weighed 3% tons. The driving
wheels, which were the foremost of
the pair, were four feet 8% Inches in
diameter, and the cylinders, placed
outside on the sides of the firebox,
were eight Inches In diameter with a
stroke of 16% Inches. But the chief
feature which undoubtedly contrib
uted more than anything else to the
success of this crude-looking machine
was the tubular boiler with which It
was fitted. These tubes greatly la
creased the evaporating power of the
boiler and enabled the engine to rap
at higher speeds without getting shoyt
of steam. The Rocket Is now to be
seen in the South Kensington mu
seum, having, however, undergone
several alterations from its original
state. Some Idea of the size of tbpi
engine compared with one of oar
modern giants can be obtained when
we find that the total weight of tta
Rocket was not hair as much ns Is
carried on one of the driving wheals
of the Great Bear.
The natural outcome of Stephen
son's success was the appearance of
many other engines of various de
signs and embodying some queer
ideas. As, however, the railways be
gan to spread over the country and
the great trunk llnea to be formed, so
the work of the locomotive grew heav
ier and development became essential
to cope with the Increasing traffic and
to meet the demand for faster trains.
The latest development of locomo
tive building on our railways Is
shown in the illustration of the Great
Bear. This engine, which was con
structed last year at the Swindon
works of the Great Western railway
to the designs of Mr. G. J. Church
ward. is the biggest running in the
kingdom. It weighs In working order
87 tons, and with its tender 143 tons;
it has four cylinders, all 16 Inches by
26 Inches, and driving wheels six feet
eight Inches In diameter. On account
of the great size of its boiler It is
carried on 12 wheels, so that the ex
tra weight Is spread out over a longer
wheel-base and the strains on the per
manent way and bridges are not In
creased. When we compare this mon
ster with its predecessors of 70 or
80 yehrs ago some idea of the vast
change and development that has
taken place In the steam locomotive
can be realized. The iron horse has
indeed revolutionized the social and
commercial life of the world and in
Its present form represents perhaps
the greatest of the many triumphs of
steam. —J. R. Bazin.
Church as Smugglers’ Cave.
Owing to the presence of the fleet
In the Thames, Canvey Island has had
a great Influx of good class visitors.
Everybody visits the one little church
with its many stained glass windows,
which Is famous for some amazing
smuggling exploits.
The present vicar, the Rev. Watson
Hager, M. A., relates how within the
last half century, before he was ap
pointed, the church was served from
the mainland village of Benfleet. The
bishop of the diocese had arranged
for 26 services to be conducted during
the year. Intending of course that
they should be held fortnightly.
Instead, however, they were held
consecutively, so for six months of
the year the church was never opened.
Taking advantage of this extraordin
ary state of things a band of smug
glers used the building as a very safe
hiding place for storing kegs of rum,
bales of tobacco, laces and other con
traband goods.
Some of these daring smugglers are
still living on the island. —London M.
A. P.
New Idea for Long Life.
A novel method of attaining longevi
ty was practiced by Mrs. Yetta Sehul
man. who died recently in New York
at the advanced age of 105 years. Mrs.
Schulman paid no particular attention
to points of diet, exercise, sleep, etc.,
which usually figure largely In rules
laid down for those growing old. She
believed that the lives of aged per
sons could be prolonged If they asso
ciated constantly or nearly so with
young people, and she apparently veri
fied her theory, for she spent the
greater part of her time In company
with children, even taking part la
their sports with lively interest.—
Leslie's Weekly.
WHERE W1ENR0LE
Fine Sight for Suffragists at
Cancale in France.
Feminine Police Keep Order and Fem
inine Labor Carries on the Oyster
Industry That Makes the
Place Famous.
Cancale, France.—In these days of
discussions of suffragist movements,
women’s rights and feminine business
acumen, anyone in search of an exam
ple of an unusual sort might drop in
upon this French channel port of
some 15,000 souls when they are all
at home and see a truly woman run
town.
There is no woman mayor, no wom
an In the town council. The offices
are left as a mere matter of form to
the men. who are seldom there to fill
them, but the women are a law unto
themselves; they make up the whole
town, transact all the business, police
the place, maintain order and strict
sanitary conditions, manage the
schools, and at the same time carry
on the most famous oyster Industry of
France, doing the entire cultivating
and selling and transporting the prod
uct of the ocean beds, even loading
and unloading the seagoing ships that
come and go at the port.
And what Is still more interesting
to their sisters in other parts of the
world, the girls of .Cancale are the
first to be married of all the girls of
north and central France. Ask a
French sailor where of all ports—ex
cepting of course out of chivalry his
own native town —the most beautiful
of French fisher girls are to be found
and he will tell you at Cancale. You
will believe him, too, when you walk
algng the quays and the narrow
streets and see the pretty faces and
neat trim figures set off to the best ad
vantage in the Breton dress and clean
white caps, or watch the little groups
In the shade of the street in the after
noon or within the deep set stono
Oyster Girls of Cancale.
doorways mending nets and gossip
ping as fast as their French tongues
can wag.
The conditions that make this a
woman run town come about In the
most natural way In the world. All
the men are fishers and they spend
the greater part of the year at sea.
They are good sailors and they man
the craft that venture across the At
lantic to the French fishing grounds
along the Newfoundland coast. It was
their rights that used to come up fre
quently for adjustment by fishery
commissions, and It is the loss of their
vessels that almost every year brings
sorrow to Cancale and the neighbor
ing coast.
When the men do return they find
that the town has been managed so
well in their absence and the thrift of
the women has been so well exercised
that they are content not to meddle
and to let things go on as they have
been going. There are proportionate
ly more widows, and young widows,
too. in Cancale than in any other town
of France. A fisherman’s bride waits
for four years after she has beard
that the boat her husband sailed away
upon has not been, reported and then
she puts on her mourning. It is this
uncertainty as to the fate of the men.
thrown helpless and homeless upon
the fear that at any time they may be
their own resources, that makes the
women of Cancale self-reliant and
that leads them early to seek some
means of their own for an honest live
lihood.
For the men that remain in the
town the women do not seem to en
tertain the greatest respecL Most of
them have become incapacitated for
work or are shiftless and idle. So the
women run matters themselves.
The thrift that the conditions men
tioned inspiro is something of a pas
sion among the women. It seems that
there is a constant struggle with each
one of them to make more money
than the man who goes to sea. They
frequently accomplish this, too, for
the returning fisherman finds fre
quently that his yearly gain of $l5O or
S2OO got after a hard battle from the
sea is more than equalled by the pa
tient and careful housewife that he
left at home.
Desert Plants Store Water.
The problem of storing a supply of
water for their own use and of pre
venting it evaporating has been solved
by the desert plants In many most in
genious ways. Perhaps the most note
worthy example is the so-called "wa
ter barrel,” which, of about the size
and shape of an ordinary beer keg. Is.
in fact, nothing more nor less than a
living water tank. Its whole Interior
is composed of storage cells so ad
mlrably arranged that the pulp which
they form contains something like 95
osr oent. of pure water.
IN THE PUBLIC EYE
LANDOR AFTER SOUTH POLE
A. Henry Savage Landor, explorer, who will
-'oon make an attempt to reach tho south pole, is
of the opinion that Lieut. Shackleton failed
through having a cumbersome and unnecessarily
large expedition.
Mr. theory is that a 6mall caravan
of trusted and hardy men, lightly equipped, like
his expeditions through Asia and Africa, is best.
The warm season will be chosen for Landor’s
dash to do what Lieut. Shackleton bo nearly suc
ceeded In accomplishing, and It Is now planned to
consume the best part of a year in the attempt.
Mr. Landor’s activity In aeronautic Investiga
tions gives color to the rumor that an airship will
be used by him to reach the pole. Nothing defi
nite Is ascertainable, but it Is known that for a
long time Mr. Landor has been engaged in the
... unnlti narrt' hlmsidf nnd n small nartv of
construction of an aerial car which would carry himself and a small party of
followers to their destination.
The engine will be a simple, sturdy afTair. that will be able to stand any
amount of usage, be easily repaired and of a sufficient power to nld the ex
pedition.
Mr. Lnndor prefers to take chances In an airship rather than a balloon,
because he estimates the speed and control of an aeroplane will so far sur
pass an ordinary gas bag that dnnger need not lie reckoned with.
The outfit will be taken as far south as possible by ship and then con
veyed overland to near the point of Lieut. Shackleton’s camp, i rom there
the final flight will be made. No actual plans of the number of men or the
personnel of the party have been announced.
MEMORIAL TO WASHINGTON
Mrs. Henry F. IMmock. who was recently
elected president of the George Washington Me
morial association, wants every man, woman and
child in the country to have a personal sense or
proprietorship In the $2,000,000 building as a me
morial to the flrat president. She suggests that
adults should give one dollar or more and that
all tho children should own a 10-cent brick. Beau
tifully engraved receipts, bearing u head of
Washington, are being sent to contributors or
one dollar or more, and among the contributors
have been 30 young women employed In a dress
making establishment In New York.
In accordance with the desire often ex
pressed by Washington for the promotion oi sci
ence and literature, the building will be devoted
to such uses. A host of patriotic, scientific, oco-
domic, educational, literary and art organizations are associated In the.ne
inorlal association, and it is intended that tho building shall furnish a borne
and gathering place for such bodies. It will contain rooms for small and
lfcrge meetings, students’ research rooms, a great hall or nuditorluui and
rooms for large congresses, such os the recent Tuberculosis congress. Teach
era* conventions will be Invited to assemble here, and It Is hoped that tho
Grand Army of the Republic, the Loyal legion of tho United States and tho
Bons of tho Revolution will have permanent quarters In the building.
The advisory council of the association Includes Elthu Root, Iru Remsen,
Prof. 11. Fairfield Osborn, Charles J. Bell. Dr. Weir Mitchell. Dr. William
• IVelch, Gen. Horace Porter, l*rof. Charles W. Dabney, Dr. Charles D. Walcott
and Prof. Alexander Agassiz.
AMERICAN GIRL A DIPLOMAT
and M. ißvolaky Indulged. PracUclljr every phase <>r Ituaalae relation, wilt
Knglnnd and America we, dlumared during the evening, hrlclly hut altllllully,
and from the ll|.» of the charming Amerlcnn woman tho Itueslan premier ob
tained n better grnep of tho aftuatlon in Knglnnd nnd America. ,o far a, ttua
Fla la concerned, than from all the talk, he had had with diplomatists.
It wa, practically the only unofficial dinner which XI. lavolaky attended
during hlB ahort stay In Kngland. nnd there were mnny envloii, eye, cn,t nt
Lady I'agct because of her succeaa In entertaining the Kuaalan ,tnte,man.
CROESUS IN SMALL FLAT
S 6 of the rooms ,re not ready yet. .Meantime, the Armours will live In the
four and see that their art treasure, and their estate are properly cared for
They may be cramped tor a lime, but they'll understand nil about the tint
dweller nnd hi, trouble,.
BUILDS BUNGALOW FOR NORDICA
Many drives lead to the buugaiow, shaded with rare exotic and Indl
geoous trees. To the west is a vast flower garden and at proper distances
ate the many houses of employes, barns and garages. A huge Hollandic
windmill supplies the estate with water, and this is supplemented by the urn
blclpal supply.
l,ady Arthur I'aget. formerly Miss Mary
Stevens of Now York, after proving nt ('owe* her
social power In successfully launching Mrs. Will
iam Leeds, widow of the flnplnto magnate, on
the exclusive social re a. showed her ability as a
diplomatist in the Intricate nnd highest grade of
international politics. 1-ady Arthur left Mrs.
L«*«*ds at Trouvllle and returned to l»ndon. where
nt the Rltz hotel she gave a dinner to M. Isvolaky.
tho Russian minister of foreign affairs, surround
ing him with a choice coterie consistlng of Mrs
Jack I.eHlie. tho Marquis Desoveral. the Portu
guese minister and close friend of the king, and
Prince Demidoff of Russia.
The dinner was perfect even for epicurean
Russians, but It was noticeable during the evening
for the earnest conversation in which the hostess
Multimillionaire J. Ogden Armour and bis fam
ily are going to live in a four-room flat.
When the city dweller thinks of that ho may be
more content to get along with five or six rooms.
More than that, the Armours will try the four
room life In two weeks and they’ll try It voluntari
ly. Around them will be 56 other rooms, unoccu
pied and built for them. But they'll try It for
a while In a four-room fiat.
Out at Armorta. the created pleasure ground
that landscape gardeners and builders have
evolved out of an unsightly tract of partly
swampy ground near Waukegan. 111., the family of
millions will try their tiny home.
Four million dollars has been spent on the
place where the four rooms are, an 1 more Is yet
to be spent. A 90-room palace has been built, but
George W. Young, the New York banker, has
built for his bride. Mine. Nordlca, the biggest and
handsomest log bungalow at Deal lleacb, Jf. J..
and they will be domiciled there the rest of the
summer.
Tito Young estate is believed to bo the larg
est in Monmouth county, having a front 2% miics
long, covering as many square miles and accom
inodating w ithout the least embarrassment almost
the entire 18-liole course of the lX*al Golf club,
with its 480 members, largely New York bttsines*
and professional men.
One of the features of the bungalow is a bail
way. or rather promenade, extending along the
Inside north wall the whole length of the struc
ture, so that the entire interior can be thrown
open as one room when occasion necessitates.
Oorando, the footracer, has bought
an Italian villa with the money ne
made in America. Evidently ’’Make
hay while tho sun shine” lias boon
translated into Italian.
Booker Washington didn’t reject
Pugilist “Jack” Johnson’s $lO contri
bution as tainted. Evidently theae
colored pastors have a lot to learn
about sensationalism.
The announcement that Alfred Aus
tin's new book will be prose ought to
help its sale considerably.
When a Greeley man who conduct*
a fruit stand purchased some tin Jew
elry for 30 cents übout two weeks ago
from Charles Williams,, a negro rrmn
Cheyenne, he did not know he was
receiving SIOO worth of gold and
gems. This morning Lieutenant
George Mason of Fort Russell ap
peared. with Marshal Williams, and
laid claim to a diamond ring, a stick
pin and some other jewelry. Williams
had been arrested in Cheyenne an<|
had confessed to the theft of the val
uables. The negro was employed by
Lieutenant Mason and departed from
Fort Russell about two weeks ago. Itu
came to Greeley and while there sold
ail of the articles for 30 cents. Tho
ring, valued at $lO5. was sold for G
Cents. Lieutenant Mason refunded
the 30 emits ami got back bis pos
sessions.
William Benton, who is working tho
Tom Raybur-i 'farm near Greeley, lost
half of his field of eleven and one
half acres of oats In shock when a
spark from a Union Pacific engine
Bet it on fire. He manuged to save
half his citip by the hardest kind of
work. This means a loss of S3OO.
Mrs. Capitnln Adams, married, di
vorced, ami remarried, though only
twenty-two years old. drank carliollc
acid nt her bummer home at Colum
bine Lake, a mile and a half west or
Grand l-ake. She died without ex
plaining the reason for her aet. Her
husband, Roy Adunis, a salesman and
former stamp clerk In tho Denver
postoffice. Is said to have nearly lost
his mind, and attempted to take his
own life, when lie saw his young wife
of six months die Iti agony. Mrs. Ad
ams Is said to have been in poor
health and to have brooded over the
death of a relative in Chicago. Ilqt
this is not HiipfKiscd to have been tho
only cause.
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