16 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : STJHDAY , JULY 14 , 1880.-SIXTEKN PAGES.
A GREAT PURCHASE OF PARLOR FURNITURE
ITUBE FACTORY DISPOSES THEIR
Thousands of 'dollars' '
worth of Furniture , Car
pets , Stoves and House-
Furnishing Goods , from
our Great $70,000 $ , Sale
still remain unsold , and
a visit to our store this
week means dollars
saved for you.
And the Motor Company Utilizes It
, to Propel its Oars.
THE MOTIVE POWER' HOUSE.
How It AVns Erected , AVInit It Con-
tuliid , the Proposed Cnriuiil flow
They are to bb Operated
by Electricity.
The Power House.
For a number of years past , experi
ments have boon making with electric
ity as a propelling power in street trum-
ways , but until within a comparatively
short time , very little success attended.
In 1871 , a street tramway with elec
tricity as the motive power , was con
structed in Berlin. Although crude ,
unfinished and of indifferent workman
ship , it excited the attention of scient
ists , und the result has been that
electricity as a motive power has
reached almost u perfected stato.
Nearly every large city of the United
13 States has u motor tramway , either
" ( T overhead , underground wire or storage
battery. It is not the purpose of this
article to discuss the relative merits of
i the two systems , but there is now build
ing in Omaha ono of the
former which will combine within
it every convenience , and fa
cility for the rapid and comfortable
transit of passengers. The Omaha
Motor railway company has nearly com
pleted and ready for occupancy Its hand
some power house on North Twenty-
second street. Through the courtesy of
Superintendent W. L. Adams , a BKI :
representative was yesterday shown
through the plant.
The power house , Itself , is a largo ,
handsome structure , with pressed hiTclc
front , l'JOxl821cot upon the ground lloor.
The first lloor is divided into a scries of
small rooms , the largest of which , used
for , the storage of cars , is 62x132 feet ,
the engine and ronoruting room , 08x70
feet , and the boiler room , 50x55 feet. In
the rear of the main building , rising tea
a height of 100 feet , is the smoke-stuck.
'
Upon' first entering the building ,
ono is particularly impressed
with the neatness an-3 cleanly
uppeurunco presented by everything.
The walls uro painted white und the
lloor is made of u cement or concrete ,
making u very dry as well us substan
tial footing. The storage room is sup
plied with two tracks running length
wise of the building , upon which the
curs uro placed. Between the two rails
of otuih track the ground has been ox-
cnvutod the full length of the room , to
n depth of several feet and the width
between the tracks , thus making it very
convenient to rupair any break donu to
the undurgcarlng of the curs. The portion
tion of the building containing the
Btorugo room is two stories high , while
the remainder of the edifice is but ono
story in height. The bocond story will
be used for the gjnoral olllcos of the
company , which are very conveniently
und handsomely appointed.
Tlio cars to bo u.ed : by this company
ave being constructed by the Pullm.Mi
company , of Chicago , nud uro of elegant -
gant design and workmanship , Each
vehicle is finished in ash , und is lighted
with IIvo incandescent lights of hix-
tocn-candlo power oaoh. The cars uro
also provided with u lamp at ouch oiid.
o that when tlio trolley wheel is lifted
' We purchased this week from Omaha's leading parlor furniture factory ( we are not allowed to mention any
names ) $16,510 worth of Parlor furniture for $5,756 spot cash bought at about one-third of its value. These goods
are not old shop worn goods as one might suppose by the price x > aid for them , but every dollar's worth is this season's
production , and every leading style is represented. The stock includes Parlor Suits o ± e oery description , fancy Plush
Rockers , Easy Ohairs , Bed and Single Lounges , Divans , Corner Chairs , Parlor Chairs , &c. Below we quote you a few
prices to give you an idea of this G-reat Sale. No other house dare conroete with these prices this week.
$50.00 Parlor Suits now sold at $24,00
$65OO Parlor Suits now sold at $30.0O
$8O.OO Parlor Suits now sold at $37.5O
$9O.OO Parlor Suits now sold at $ - &
1 $1OO.OO Parlor Suits now sold at $5O.
$18.OO Plush Rockers now sold at $8.5O
$2O.OO Plush Rockers ' . now sold at $9.5O
$22.5O PIusli Hookers now sold at $10.50
1 $25.0O Plush Bockers now sold at $12.OO
$3O.OO Plush Rockers now sold at $14.OO
Bailment House.
PAYMENT HOUSE ,
613 and 615 North Sixteenth Street , Between California and "Webster.
Open at night. Telephone 727. B. Rosenthal & Co. , Prop's
Goods sold and delivered free of charge in Council Bluffs , South Omaha , Fort Omaha and Florence.
A Set of Solid Silver Tea Spoons withe Every Purchase of $1O and Over.
[ rom the overhead wlro the passengers
will not bo loft in darkness. This is a
convenience , toowhich , will bo appre
ciated by those who huvo ridden in a
motor car whore there was no light pro
vided. A great doul of unnoyanco , too ,
has been experienced by passengers in
summer cars because of t.ho mnnnor in
which the side curtains huvo been
worked. This annoyance will bo
obviated in the cars of this company , as
the curtains are hung upon spring
rollers , with rachcts on the siclo of
simple construction , which enables anyone
ono to readily raise the curtain to any
height desired. Each cur will scat lifty
people , anU as fifty-two cars have been
ordered , ono can easily imagine
the enormous amount of tralllo
which can bb accommodated. The
building also contains mi immense ele
vator operated by electric power , capa
ble of carrying a cap from the ground
floor to the ono above.
Probably the most interesting features
of the plant , however , to . 'tho ordinary
visitor , are the boiler and engine rooms.
The boiler room contains six massive
boilers oMOO-horeo power eachfurnished
by the John Mohr company , of Chicago.
In the engine room are two immense
engines of the Corliss pattern , manufac
tured by E. P. Allis , of Milwaukee , ono
of 200-horso power and the other of 400-
horse power. The lly-wheola of each
are eighteen foot in diameter , having a
speed of sixty revolutions per minute.
In the center of the room are the eight
generators , or dynamos , constructed by
the Thompson-Houston company , of
Lynn , Mass. They are of the latest Im
proved pattern and finish and are pro
vided with friction clutches , ono
( or each engine so that
they may run singly or to
gether by simply throwing the clutch
off or on , according to the power re
quired. Each generator Is bolted to a
line of shafting overhead , running the
entire length of Uio building , and by
moans of the friction clutch above men
tioned may bo thrown into service or
remain idle at the will of the operator ,
In the west end of the engine room ,
stands the very handsome switch board ,
finished in hard wood , beautifully
carved. Upon tlio outside of the board
are the eight current indicators , which
with their wires crossing and rocroes-
ing each other , present a very com
plicated appearance. Of course the
hciwior the trnlllc the more current
there is needed and in order to furnish
this it is only necessary to switch in anew
now machine. The indicators are
worked with lovers and upon the same
principle as the throttle to a steam
locomotive.
Each car will bo equipped with two
flftoon-horso-powor motors , placed bo-
noaih the vehicle , between the wheels ,
only a small portion of which will bo
used when at ordinary speed. Should
it bo desirable to increase the speed
upon easy grades or to suddenly start
the cars , n largo reserve force will bo
available. Another pleasing thing
about the sybtoin is the fact is that
should anything happen to the brake
when going down hill the wheels can
bo reversed and the car made to travel
in the opposite direction. The current
IB supplied to the cars from an overhead
wire about sixteen feet above the track ,
supported upon either side by heavy
poles. The rails are connected
electrically and form the return cir
cuit. Normally there is no con
nection between the rails and overhead
wires , but when the cars are in aorylco
the connection is tundo by a sin all brass
wheel , called a trolley , rolling upon the
under sidu of the overhead wire and
connected with the top of the cur by
moans of a biimll polo. The connecting
wire runs down through the trolling
polo , into Uio inside of the car , con
necting with the motor , and then to tlio
axle , the tracks forming the return cir
cuit. When the trolley wheel is taken
from the' wire , the circuit is broken ,
extinguishing all the electric lights ;
hence the use of the lamps above men
tioned.
Regarding the danger to bo appre
hended from touching the wires when
the current is on , Superintendent
Adams said :
"There has existed , and still exists ,
with many persons , the belief that the
current used in propelling electric
street cars is n , constant source of
danger , but it is a fallacious idea.
An electric current has two properties
prc&suro and quantity. It is the
pressure and not the quantity which in
jures. To illustrate : Suppose a largo
quantity of water was llowinsr through
a large pipe at a very small velocity. A
man standing at the opcningof the pipe
might not , if the stream wore turned
upon him , sustain any injury , whereas ,
the sarao quantity of water llowing
through a small pipe , would , of neces
sity , have a very high velocity , and ,
consequently , if directed against the
opening , might prove dangerous , or
oven fatal. It is the velocity or pres
sure , entirely , which does tlio damage , '
and not the quantity flowing in a
given time. The samp holds good of
electricity. "We have in electrics what
is known as an olectro-motive
force , analogous to pressure in water.
A certain amount of this force is dan
gerous to life , or oven fatal , and tlio
electrical engineer can vary the force
at will. In street tramway service this
electro-motive force is kept below the
point of danger , consequently should
anyone by accident receive the full
force of the current , the result could
not possibly bo fatal , although the po.r-
son so receiving would bo severely
shocked. Moreover , the machines arose
so constructed that tboy cannot create
a current in excess of tlio electro-motive
power doalred. Again , in order to re
ceive a shock from an electric battery
of any description one must form a con
nection between n positive and negative
polo ; in other words one's body must
form a part of the oleotrlc current , and
a person might easily hang suspended
from a single wire by both hands mid
receive no injury , provided their foot
wore clear of any connecting object. "
The road is expected to bo in ouora-
tion about the 10th of this month.
Those who crave notoriety seldom
uficr righteousness ,
A blister is not the only thing a man 1ms
on tlio tip of his tongue whun ho puts the
wrong end of a cigar in his mouth.
"Protracted meetings are not always held
In chureli , " remarked a Urooldyii swnln as
bo left the house of his bast Klrl at 1 a. in.
TI'O churches of Now York city own' $ SO.-
000,000 worth of property , and yet Sutun ia
not compUiUiliiK of a lack of recruits from
that city ,
Evangelist I shall deal to-day with espec
ial reference to the curse of curds. Voice
( from a buck scat ) Sliulllooro yor deals
un1 Rlvo us or chance ter cut.
A rich Englishman who gave up cricket
ill ay I n K to RO as n missionary to China bus
been teaching his converts his favorite pastime -
time , aud the devout Chinamen appear to
heartily enjoy the wicket gamo.
Over a building In 185th street , Now "Vork ,
Is n broad wooden sign covered with crow
tracks that are a puzzle to many of the people
who sco them. It is the. Lord's Prayer in
short-hand that Is painted on the signboard ,
There Is an clement of puthctlo Irony in
tbo fact that 3,000 Methodist ministers have
worn themselves out in the scrvlco ot ° the
chureli , and are now subsisting upon Charity.
Furthermore , It enables one to understand
and symnatblio with tlio efforts of those
more worldly-wine members of the profes
sion who combine wltu their oQiclcnoy as
soul-savors the art of driving sharp bargains
as Uoreo traders.
&I8.OO Easy Chairs now sold at $7.50
$22.5O Easy Chairs now sold at $1O.OO
$2O.OO Flush Bivans now sold at $8.5O
$25.0O Plush Divans now sold at $11.5O
$12.CO Lounges now sold at $5.5O
$18.OO Lounges now sold at $8.5O
$18.OOBed Lounges now sold at $8.5O
$24.OO Bed Lounges now sold at $11.5O
$25.OO Corner Chairs now sold at $10.5O
$1O.OO Parlor Chairs now sold at $4.5O
MADE A MODEL CONSTITUTION
The Men Who Framed South Dako
ta's Fundamantal Law.
POLITICS IN THE TWIN STATES.
Third 1'nrtifla Will Not Cut Much
Figure A Paradise for Farmers
Wonderful Kpsoiirccs
of tbo Country.
The Two Dakota * .
Sioux PALLS , So. Dak. , July 11.
[ Stair Correspondence of Tin : BKK. ]
It begin : * to look as though the consti
tutions of our now states , with possibly
two or three exceptions , are to bo en
cumbered with a vast amount of legis
lation. It is fortunate for the people of
North and South Dakota that the con
stitutional conventions now in session
at Bismarck and Sioux Falls have
nearly all of their work laid out before
them in such form that they must fol
low the directions. Otherwise , the
documents on whicti statehood is to bo
based would contain auy quantity of
cumbersome legislation.
The early constitution builders in this
country took as their example the con
stitution of the United States , and for a
half century the states had constitu
tions which wore simply bills of right.
Tlio common and spool fie laws wore loft
for the legislatures , for various reasons.
In the first pluco n st to does not know at
the outset just what laws It wantsand it
moves slowly , secondly , It is a very
grave mistake to err in a constitution ,
as it is a dilllcult thing to amend the
constitution. Yet there are many poo-
ploand they have lived for many yourd ,
who want all the laws in a constitution
that can possibly bo secured , for the
reason that the constitution cannot
readily bo altered , and because consti
tutional ia ttio highest law of a com
monwealth.
Gradually during the last forty years
or so the constitutions of now und old
states have boon loaded with what
should properly bo legislative laws , till
It came that lawyer must Btudy the
constitution in a state with quito as
much care and , give it as much atten
tion as the reports of the legislature.
Wore it not fen the fact that South Da
kota has already a carefully prepared
constitutionwliich has boon recognized
by congress niuL ratillod by the people
who are to livemmlor ittho instrument
which the convention in session hero
is at work upon would bo loaded to the
hurricane dock with ordinary legisla
tion. Under the circumstances the
constitution as it stands the constitu
tion which passed the scrutiny of con
gress will bo readopted , The conven
tion which made the original draft of
tills document was probably the ablest
that will ever meet in either section of
Dakota. It convened hero in Sontom-
bor , 18S3 , and was composed of
about one hundred and fifty men who
volunteered to come from the
various districts , pay their own ex
penses and work us boot they could ,
without any assurance that what they
did would over amount to anything.
Each community sent its best man and
they wore all men of big brains , liberal
ideas , vigorous , with the up-bulldlng of
the territory in view , No jobs or per
sonal fuvora wore thought of ; the idea
was to make a constitution BO full of
BtuUiBinunauip that it uloao would at
tract the attention of the world and
superinduce immigration. They suc
ceeded well.
It is not likely that any but republi
can and democratic tickets will bo seri
ously placed in the Hold , and the elec
tion of the former will bo by a majority
of twenty or thirty thousand. In North
Dakota , where the minor parties figure
more prominently and ex-Go vornorOrd-
way , who was so intensely unpopular as
a _ chief executive , are trying to run
things , the republican ticket may not
faro so well.
Those who have not visited Dakota
duriug the past six or eight years the
period marking the most earnest of the
statehood movement and are laboring
under the impression that the country
has not in that time made great strides
in development are not keeping up with
current information. No period of the
rapid advancement of Nebraska or Kan
sas has shown more development than
has Dakota during the past few years.
Dut ono th ing is needed to
make the country the farmer's paradise ,
aud that is rain or water for irrigating
purposes. The wheat and corn through
out the territory will bo un average
crop ; but in section there has not boon
enough rain , and there will bo a slight
shortage. The two Dakotas can pro
duce wheat enough for the world , with
suflicient rain or proper irrigation.
Congress at its last sossson made an ap
propriation for surveys and experiments
for and in irrigation , and the work is
progressing in the region of the west
ern boundary of Nebraska. Among the
most distinguished onlookers of the
convention hero is Judge G. O. Moody ,
of Dpadwood , who was a member of the
original constitutional convention , and
who is to be ono of South Dakota's first
United States senators. lie has a plan
which ho proposes to push 'before co.i-
gross , und it contemplates something
more than irrigation. Ho said of it tome
mo this morning :
"An artesian power lies under Cen
tral Dakota , which is sulllciont to supply
force for the greatest manufacturing
districts in the world , and at the same
time irrigate the farming lands of the
entire territory. Such artesian wells
as have been produced in the districts
lying below the northern boundary of
South Dakota and extending down
through the central part of tlio terri
tory as far us Yank ton , a distance of
probably two hundred and fifty miles ,
und of a width of over hundred miles ,
will never bo equaled in any other
part of America. They have
u power amounting to throe
hundred pounds to the square inch a
power so great as to require special ma
chinery to utilize it. And it only coats
on an average $1,000 to bore ono of these
wells. They can bo produced in any
part of this rim-rock basin in central
Dakota. The rim-rock is at points so
near the surface thut u powerful urto-
Hiiui well can bo secured within fifty
feet. I know a farmer in Grant county ,
northeastern South Dakota , who bored
un artesian well with a wooden augur.
"Tho development of this artesian
power , " continued Judge Moody ,
"comes within the legitimate purview
of congress , and the water can be
turned to irrigation. With plenty of
wells wo will huvo all the free power
for manufacturing purposes that a
densely populated country could want ,
und ut the Baino time we will have a
sure thing of the greatest wheat crops
the world over produced. By artificial
irrigation , crude mid priraitlvo us it
may bo , wo have secured over a hundred
buahola of wheat to the acre in the
Black Hills ; and irrigation has there
made the crop sure. "
The question of irrigation is the up
permost ono from the Canadian border
to Mexico in a breadth of country hun
dreds of miles wide , aud it in fcuro to
figure prominently and etuccossfully in
con cress from this time forward. With
tbo development of artesian power and
water for irrigation the great north
west will indeed control the cereals ,
live stock and' political interests of the
entire country. If the project fails be
fore congress it will bo duo to this fact.
Just at this time railroad building is
at a practical standstill in the Dakotas-
but. at no period have there been more
extensive-preparations making for rail
road construction than now. I believe
Dakota already ranks -third in railroad
mileage among the states of the union ,
Illinois being first and Iowa second.
Surveys have been and probably will be
run this year for throe thousand miles
of road. When thin is completed , to
gether with that under course of con
struction , the Dakotag will have more
miles of railroad than any ono state in
the union. South Dakota will have
probably two-thirds of the entire mile
age.
age.Eastern
Eastern railroad men naturally in
quire whether it pays to build this road.
A Dakota railroad superintendent made
this remarkable statement to nio the
other day :
" I know of ono line of rend about a
hundred miles in length in South Da
kota that was paid for out of ono year's
earnings. The wheat , oat , corn and
live stock output was , of course , heavy
that year. "
The Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul
company alone has now about six thou
sand miles ot roadbed , u very largo
proportion of which is in South Da
kota. This is , indeed , a model rail
road corporation. It toolc its growth
under S. S. Merrill , the Scotchman who
died a few years ago , und who was the
marvel und aamirution of all railroad
Europe. He believed , as his successors
and the present olllcors believe , that it
pays to build everything first class and
run it in the same way. There are no'
dirty , old and dingy trains on this lino.
General Passenger Agent Carpenter
has put on first class trains in the most
out-of-tho way runs. It is true that the
parent company had laud subsidies from
congress , and the branches of this line
built of late years , run through as line
public and private as well us corporate
domains , open to the settlement of Im
migrants , as eyes over rested upon , but
the enterprise of the great Chicago ,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad company
is based upon present and future reve
nues and not land subsidies. Its pala
tial trains are well patronized by pleas
ure tourists who go to the slope. ,
T nkiiifc' about first-class railroad pro
perty of the Chicago , Milwaukee & St.
Paul , its station houses , road hods and
magnificent trains , remind ; no of the
gorgeousness of some of the railroad
stations in this region , built by the
Illinois Central. Most of them are of
the Queen Anne style of architecture.
Hero at Sioux Fulla it has the hand
somest station house in the northwest.
It is worth a short description , us it will
interest every admirer of u beautiful
house. The structure la of Sioux Falls
granite , which is of u bright rod und
gray or very light chocojuto
color. It ia . Blmped in thorough
rough , and the white mortar
is pointed so evenly thut you involun
tarily put out your hand to BOO if it
IB really mortar. The building lies in
the form of a Maltese cross , and is three
times us long us its average breadth ,
The ladlus' rooms ut one end communi
cate with the gentlemen's rooms at the
other end by a corridor between the
ticket olllco und conductors' room und
closets , which are located in tlio center
or in the point of the short cross. The
walls are two feet thick , tlio windows
und doors pluto gluas , und tha wood
work everywhere is of Mississippi yel
low uud white pine , oiled and given u
To visit our store this
week , whether you
wish to purchase or.not.
We sell more Furniture
,
Carpets , Stoyes and
House-Furnishing Goods
and give better terms
than any similar con-
_
csrn in the city.
delicate rod tint at the joints. Thia
pine is as smooth and hard in finish as
cherry , and 1ms , as handsome graining
as mahogany. The building is hand
somer than any I have over seen , and
second in convenient arrangement only
to the union station at Indianapolis.
When the great Sioux Indian reser
vation is opened , giving an eastern out
let to the Black Hills , there will bo a
rush in railroad building. 1'liat will bo
this fall or next spring , and the reads
are surveying with that in view. Three
roads are already surveying into
Wheeler , a pretty little town in and
the scut of Charles Mix county , on the
Mibsouri river , the only point accessi
ble for a crossing in that region. This
is in the direct line of the outlet to the
hills via the Sioux reservation. The
whole of South Dakota will bo grid-
ironed with tno opening of the reserva
tion and the acquirement of state land.
PMKHY S. HKATU.
HONEY FOIl "l'IIE IJ/VO1KH.
Fine silky crepalhio Is in great use for
dainty , evening toilets.
The V-slmped oponiiutft. on bodices are so
becoming that they appear on Home of tha
most elegant gowns of the season.
Full dress toilets nra accompanied with a
costly lace or pleated tulle parasol furnished
uitli a lining of white , green , or pale rose
silk.
silk.Only
Only $100 for a natty French gingham
morning costume of the block-patterned cot
ton , made up over a skirt and hodlco lining
of soft washing silk.
Largo pink or lllau orchids trim some of
the broad-brimmed picture hats of black chip
or Milan braid worn nt giirdou parties with
toilets of black lace or point d'csprlt ' net.
Stylish tailor gowns for cool days at tha
seaside uro made of sllvnr-fuccd cloth. These
are variously decorated with plain gray or
inuguolla-whlto arabesques , or In silver gal
loon.
loon.Stylish
Stylish traveling dresses in dlrcctolro style
are mudo of a kind of shot hrilllantlno la
hunnon ! < ! lng variations of color which shade
from reseda to pray , olive to vloux rose , blue
to silver , and the like.
Lovuly bordcrlngs In green , both pale and
deep , are scon upun some of tlio beautiful
snow-white nuns' veilings sent over this sea-
sun. These fabrics make Weal gowns fur
mid-summer , and are particularly charming
for a rosy blonde.
Many yachting gowns uro maao with an ,
open-fronted Jacket with a cambric shirt bo-
ueatti , pleated and starched like a boy's
waist , with throe studs down the front , a
leather belt , a turn-down collar of the cuui-
brlc , and n llowing sullor-tlo.
For the river and beach , and also for ten
nis , uro now very sheer flannels In white ,
pink , and cream , with a tiny main strlpu of a
deeper shade woven in the fabric. Tlio full
skirt und open Jacket have the stripe , with
collar , cuffs , and shirt wai&t of plain llunnol.
Among the iidjuncts of the toilet necessi
tated by the universal popularity of blouse
bodices , uro belts , some of which are mndo
of silk with sllvor clusps , others of line stock-
Incite over rubber cords , and still others of
finirct gray or white kid , with gold or silver
clasps.
Pretty afternoon dresses are mndo of old
rose cashincrutho bucks In princess breadtha
and the fronts out ull ut the wulst line with
an empire or full-gathered vest of China silk
finished with a softly nleuted Hash of the
BUUIO material odcod with silk fringe , und
knotted ut the left side.
Much naturalness is given to the flower
garlands , arranged both for dress and milli
nery purposes , by the use of real grasses und
follugo prepared In some way to retain their
freshness , without destroying any of their
native charm. Lust full green ucorns In their
tiny cups were gathered , und also prepared ,
und those now uppeurupon some of the largo
diroctolfo Imta , surrounded by dark-i'-eou
onk leuvcs ,
Pretty and Inexpensive parasols for the
beach , garden or country uro mudo of white
sateen , ootlon foulards , und pluided und
striked French glnehum. With satin fou
lard , China silk , and , printed surah costumes
the parasol Is matched to tliu drois. For
doiiil-drcHb toilets , tboiourohandsome sw leu
in silk with satin tio\y on the outside and.
handle , uud a rich Uuml of the uutlu as it
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