TI'1,. fWI ATT A T A 1T.V lT?l.'. L3 1 r-vr t- a vt.inniT a dv t ,..
FUSE ALARMS MAKE WORK
UniKxsuTj Toicb f BatUi Vom Ji
and Pttirful Fores.
DANGER ON RUNS tF FIRE DEPARTMENT
After Von Turn In Alarm It In Not
(noil I'orin (i Nliiml In Street
mi (I Attempt to Stop
Tho Omaha flro department fcns responded
tu Ilvo falso ntarmn slnco the llrst of Jan
uary. In only ono cauo has tho person uho
Bent In tho alarm been punished. Doubt
Ions tho-yount! woman who Blarted out to
havo iiomo fun and telephoned that tho
bulldlriK at Thirteenth mid Douglas streets
wae on flro was surprised that sho was soon
tftcrward arrested and compelled to pass n
night In tho city Jail and pay a Una tho
next morning.
Tho fltmplo message that sho sent over
tho telcphono nwakened 119 llremen and
forty-eight horses, overy liorso was hitched
to Homo apparatus and every fireman took
his place. Not all left tho barns, though
ovcry ono had to stand In readiness, horses
hitched and apparatus ready to tnovn, for
ten minutes after tho first alarm, awaiting
for a second.
An alarm of flro from tho business dis
trict at 11 o'clock at night not only nwakens
ovcry fireman In thu department, but sends
out flfty-Hlx men, twenty-ono horses, three
engines, four hoso companies, two trucks,
two chiefs and tho pollco patrol
with from ono to five olllcers.
Should another box bo pulled In
h different part of tho district before
tbu men return from tho first, ono engine,
four hose companies, ono hook and ladder,
ono chief, thirty-six men and thirteen
horses respond.
DUIurliM I'lrciiK'ii'N Muiiilirm.
Not only Is It unpleasant for a number
of men to ho disturbed In their slumbers
and sent out during this cold weather, for
tho gratlllcatlon of pcoplo who1 enjoy tho
excitement Incident to n run by tho de
partment, but It Is as dangerous for the
flremen In making tho run ns It Is In
fighting tho fire. Yet In order to hear the
gong of tho flro wagon, seo tho crowds
hustlo off tho street, cars stopped, possibly
n runaway or two, flvo falso nlarms have
boon turned In during tho present month.
Notwithstanding It Is a very slmplo mat
ter, very few pcoplo understand how to
turn In a flro alarm. In the business dis
tricts thu mcsBongcr should turn tho knob
on tho door to tho right, until tho door
opens; whllo tho knob Is being turned n
vibrator heir on tho Insldo of tho box Ih set
ringing to attract tho policeman on tho
beat; after tho door Is opened, pull down
onco on tho llttlo hook on tho Inside, and
let go; Jump In a nearby doorwny and save
yourself from being rim over by tho de
partment, which, it tho dlstanco Is not too
great, will nrrlvo before tho gong stops
ringing. It Is also a good thing to bo where
tho men can Beo you, In order to Inform
them whero tho tiro Is, hut It Is consid
ered bad form to stand In tint street In
front of tho coming department and attempt
to head It off with your hat. Always wait
until tho department stops.
A .Still Aliiriu.
Some of tho boxes havo a key In n caso
over which Is a glass. To turn In tho alarm
break tho gloss, secure tho key, unlock tho
door and null down tho hook. Tho tlll
alarm which ouo reads so much about Is an
Hlarm sent In from an cuglno house.
Should someono oco a flro and go to a flro
house, tho firemen send In tho alarm to tho
other houses, giving them tho location.
Should tho flro bo serious or help needed,
tho companies who respond to nlarms sent
from tho boxes In that district will go. If
help Ih not requested, only tho ono houso
will respond.
Tho llremen nt the cnglno houso at Eigh
teenth and Harney streets went out on a
fltllt alarm recently when nn officer rushed
Into tho houso and Informed them that a
largo flro was burning nt Twenty-fourth
and Douglas streets. Tho operator sent
"Threo rives" over tho 'phono to tho other
companies who would havo responded had
tho alarm como from n box, meaning they
should bo ready, though not to como to tho
llro unless another alarm wns sent them.
No second alarm was Bent In, for at Twenty-fourth
nnd Douglas strcetn tho firemen
discovered tho "llro" waB tho moon going
down.
rilATTI.H OT Tin: VOl .(iS I'i:itS.
"Papa, when you wcro n boy, did you
ever toll a He?"
"I am afraid I did, my boy. Why?"
"Nothing, only I was nfrald you didn't."
Said Mrs. CI, who had come to spend tho
day, to llttlo Kdlth: "Are you glad to seo
mo again, Kdlth?"
"Yea, m'm, and mamma's glad, too," ro
pltod tho child.
"Is sho?"
"Yes, m'm. Sho said sho liopcM you'd
como today and havo It over with."
In a Milwaukee school, Bhortly ofter the
holiday, tho pupils did not explain very
promptly tho valuo of tho decimal point.
Tho pompous principal nt onco took tho
rocltntlon with his usual "I'll-show-you-how"
air, nndf going to tho blackboard,
The
Woman
Who ia discouraged by a condition of ill
health which fails to yield to the treat
ment of local physicians will be glad to
know she can consult Dr. Pierce, by
letter, free. In a little more than thirty
years, Dr. Tierce, chief consulting phy
sician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute, ntiffalo, N. Y., assisted by hi9
tuff of nearlv n score of physicians,
lias treated ntu cured hundreds of thou
sands of weak and sick women, All
correspondence is held as strictly private
mid sacredly confidential. Address Dr.
H. V. Pierce, Huffnlo, N. V.
"After beliiB subjected for ome time to n
tiiiovlnp femnlr trouble," uy Mr. Minnie
on, of Potomac. Wrmillion Co., III., Hex
ijo, "I wrote to Ir. K. V. l'lerce. who at once
understood mv titirerttif, ami idvli'iS me to
take lili I'avorlte Prescription And ' Oolilen
Medical PUTvciy.' nnd me ul.ii 111 'Lotion
Tnbleti' and "SuppOkltoiiei ' After mint: hi
medicine eliglu or ulue month I wan com
pletely cured.
"I am grateful to nr. Pierce for hi advice ind
the kind and eucouraglui; letter he wrote to
inc. I woulJ jilvUe any woman utfering with
female dleK, to cuntult hliu. Prompt and
respectful attention will be iriven and good
advice received by no doing "
The Common Sense Medical Adviser,
looS larj;e pages in paper covers, is sent
free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to
pay expense of mailing only. Addict
J)r. R. V. Pierce, liuffalo, N. Yf
Our Coming Guest
Prlnco Henry of Prussia, the man whom
tho Kngllsh call "tho prlnco with the starch
out," Is coming to America some time In
February, nominally to bo present at tho
launching of his Imperial brother'! yacht,
actually to try to still further cemont th.i
friendship between tho fnltol States and
(lermany by demonstrating to us tho respect
which tho German emperor has for tho
Monroo doctrine.
Judged by tho standard of former royal
visitors, says tho Urooklyn Ca'gle, Prlnco
Henry Is likely to bo a good deal of ft sur
prlso to his entertainers. He Ii tho mct
democratic of pr'.ncca; a man who abhors
red tapo nnd frippery nnd who Is never so
happy as when with people who will allow
him to forgot that ho Is a royal hlghnu3.
In his own country ho Is tho favored atovn
all tho German princes; tho navy adores
him, tho nrmy admires hlin and oven theso
few disrespectful persons .who call him
"Horr von Mnlly-Phlst." In sarcastic illu
sion to tho celebrated Kiel speech of Em
peror Wllhelm, havo no lit feeling for the
man on whom they havo conferred tho wi.r
llko nlcknnmc.
Germany Is full of stories about hire. Al
though ho In tho younger brother of Em
peror William nnd therefore n person of
subdued Importanco as compared to tho
crown prlnco, ho Is tho favorlto of tho pco
plo and completely overshadow! his Im
perial rolatlves In tho matter of personal
popularity. Ho Is to tho Gorman peoplo
what tho Prlnco of Wales used to bo to tho
Kngllsh n person to grumble at sometimes,
but to smllo Indulgently ut always.
In nppoaranco this favorlto brother of
tho emperor Ih the best looking mnn In tho
family. Ho stands six feet high and has 11
bright, utmost golden, bennl that goo
splendidly with his sunburnt cheeks nnd
bright bluo eyes. Ho has n vast pale of
shouldcrn mid la altogether of tho Viking
Evolution
Reports of accomplishments In that ex
tenslvo portion of our country described
somewhat vaguely as "tho west." Indlcato
a measuro and quality of development not
fully comprehended this sldo of tho Mis
sissippi. Tho history of tho prnlrlo slates
Is a record of evolution. The striking Inci
dents, tho thrilling sltuatlnnn, tho stonu3,
tho drouths, tho political upheavals and 'ho
financial disturbances command staring
headlines In tho press nnd aro remembered.
Tho everyday business llfo, tho common
concerns of tho now homes nnd tho steady
progress toward Independence fall to reach
tho public with tho same Inslstnnce. This
Is always true of tho development of a
new country, nnd, In consequence,, exag
gerated Ideas aro cntcrtnlncd and tho real
underlying busts of progress Is forgotten.
Tho agricultural west, which has como
to mean tho stntes east of the Rockies and
extending to tho Mississippi, hns passed
through threo dltinct eras: Pioneering,
experiment and permanency. The first was
encountered In tho days of tho prnlrlo
schooner nnd tho border trouble. In It
were laid social foundations nnd the basts
of government. Tho second Included tho
boom period when flnnnclnt bubbles ex
isted alike In town nnd country, and when
dobts wcro assumed without n reasonable
hopo of payment. At Its ond enmo tho hour
of settlement, when tho mortgages woro
foreclosed and tho despairing comment of
tho debtors nttractcd attention throughout
tho business world.
Out of tho stress of tho tlmo sottlcment
enmo lessons of thrift nnd economy, and
theso Jiavo been of valuo In tho later ac
complishments that nro strikingly shown
In tho condition of tho west nnd southwest,
now como to their heritage
A now Immigration to tho western lands
has Jieon manifest during tho last year.
It Is composed not of fortune seekers, who
nro nsklng for freo land, but of men who
havo succeeded in somo measure In tho
east und nro looking for cheaper lands,
whore they can provldo for their families.
The Biggest Locomotive
Tho world's biggest and most powerful
locomotlvo, an Amerlcnn compound built nt
Schenectady by tho American Locomotlvo
company, Is on Its way from tho Mohawk
valley to tho far west, whero it will haul
heavy freight on tho Santa Fo road. It
represents tho highest achievement In loco
motlvo design, reports tho Now York Sun,
tho most notable effort of American build
ers to produco an engine of ctiormoux trac
tive power adapted to tho needs of our
trnns-contlncntal lines.
As a bold venture In mnsslvcness, 083's
service tests In tho mountains of the trons
Mlssourl will attract tho attention of tho
railway engineers of tho world. Tho build
ers of Unglaud und tho continent Judged us
lnuanu when wo passed tho 100-ton mark,
but hero Is u monster, wolghlng, without tho
fifty -ton tender, 130 tons twenty-ono times
ns much na tho historic UoWltt Clinton.
From tho ond of tho tender to tho point
of tho pilot this glnut of tho rails measures
seventy, feet. Two engines of DSD's typo, if
they could bo suspended In tho air one
nbovo tho other, would reach a height
nearly as high as Niagara.
Tho top of tho etuntod emokostnek Is six
teen feet above tho ties, nnd to cmch a
height does the domo reach that Its top
had to bo taken off before tho locomotive
could pass In safety undi-r tho overhead
bridges between Schenectady and Uuffalo.
Tho massive boiler Is perched so high In tho
air that n lull man can stand under It.
Hut while tho domo top Is thirteen feet
nbovo tho driving wheel axles, tho centor
of gravity Is very low several Inches bo
low tho top line of tho drivers. Tho en
gine gets Its grent Mobility front Its mas
sive frames, cylinder, castings, driving
wheels nnd driving mechanism.
On n lovcl' trnck DSD could haul a train a
mile nnd n half long, carrying tho harvest
of 10,000 acres of whent. Its tractlvo
power Is C3.000 pounds, that is, It could lift
this amount of dead weight.
Its great wheel bn30 gives PS0 this
wroto n certain numbor of dollars, decimal
point, followed by two ciphers,
"Now, pupils, who can tell mo why I
havo put two ciphers after tho decimal
point? NowNhlnk cnrefully."
No ono seemed capable of such a Uron
uous undertaking except one precocious
youth lu tho front row, who raised his
hand eo vehemently as almost to shako
himself out of his sent.
"Ah, John knows. Now, speak up clear
and loud, so Miss Jones may hear."
John rofo with n bounce, and clear and
loud camo tho answer:
"Iieenuso you ain't got no cents!"
"Now, dear," said a mother to her small
4-year-old daughter, "you have chatted long
enough. Hold your tongue, close your eyes
nnd go to sleep."
"Why, mauimn," queried tho little ml3s,
In surprise, "how can I do three things at
onco?"
"You'll bo careful not te go whero tho let)
tfo. Thern Is not a Jlno of dissipation or
wear'i.ein In l.lg face. 1 (a take;! llfo cheer
fully nnd rn likes -vcry hour of It. I'cw
peoplo navij v,er sin him look gloomy und
rnno has Aoen Mm out of temper for mum
than fivo truaute. The Inst tlmo that
Pillion ilvMy really !(.3t his temper, In
flood, wci tcu'.er siiirwLat peculiar clrcum
aUncoa. During thh trouble a in China ho became a
hURo favorlto with tho American and En
Slish residents of both Canton nnd Hons
Kong. Tho prlnco Ififtrned the Ungllsh lan
guago from hi mother and It comes to him
ponattimlly that ho sometimes drops Into
It unconsciously In momenta of abstrac
tion. As ho speaks English without a trace of
accent and Is n tine, manly fellow, the Eng
lishmen In China found in him qualities
nhlrl. they were, proud to belle vo were es
seullully llrlllah. ills own countrymen ac
claimed him as n typical Gorman prince,
whllo tho Americans found him to bo a man
of such open-handed und democratic Ideas
that they readily regarded him as an Amer
ican. In Hong ICons 'ci Appeared to mix by
preforenco with EcKl'.ahtm 11. Ho used tho
Hong Kong club almost rxcliMlvcly. finding
there, perhaps or Englishmen flattered
thomstlvei 3o--tut tnnm of hosplta'l y
which treats even a royal gue3t na a hnbltuo
anil nulther stares htm out of couutcuanco
nor bores him to death with deference.
With what beotr.ed to bo the truest court
esy, he was allowed to como nnd go un
noticed. Tho prlnco soomcd to apprcclato
this very much and showed It by making
hlmfolf thoroughly at home.
Ills unieuco was not without Its result
ing nmuaoniont. Ono day ho entered the
club b.lr ind ordered a whisky nnd soda.
The 'joy, .'.-.'lowing the Invariable Iirltlsh
cus'om, pourod out what he regarded as a
fnlr amount of whisky and hnnd-d out tho
R.da .yph'in, ho that the guest might add
of the West
Not less than 100,000 peoplo havo been
taken through tho St. Paul gateway during
tho Inst season. At Omaha aud Kansas
City similar throngs nro. reported. Tho
railroads havo carried the largest number
of homo seekers on their Immigrant excur
sions since 18S7. Lnuda havo been oc
cupied in sections deserted for a dectido,
farms have been sold by tho thousands, tho
former owners moving on, with tho con
tented manner of tho westerner, to yet
cheaper sections. The Inrgcet mileage of
now rnllroad built during 1001 by nny
fctato wns in Texas, C83 miles, nnd Okla
homa territory camo next, with 427 miles.
It Is an Index of tho rcmark'ablo develop,
mcnt in tho southwest, for every new lino
means moro towns, moro business housos
nnd moro homes. Hundreds of men aro
working now on further extensions of tho
roads of that section and it will bo but a
short tlmo until tho now unoccupied lands
will be ns closely threaded with steel rails
ns aro Illinois and Indiana. This means
much In tho equalizing of tho handicap
which has been placed on western products
becauso of dlstanco from markot. The west
Is building up a market of Its own through
tho encouragement of manufacturing Indus
tries, but it Is also coming closer each year
to tho markets of tho world.
Tho new period in tho evolution of the
west moans much, both economically and
politically. Tho long years of crowding
Into tho factory towns nnd great centers of
distribution havo caused some neglect of
tho agricultural development along prac
tical lines, nut now tho west, with its
moro productlvo lands, has eclipsed the
agriculture of the older states, nnd the
changing of trndo conditions hns caused a
shifting of population such as to fill up
the vacant places of tho west. Tho great
grain nnd cnttlo districts aro recognized
ns permanent monoy producers. Under tho
better understood methods of agriculture
nnd with tho nld of Irrigation, whero such
Is feasible, tho yieldB havo astonished tho
nation. For Instance, tho flvo leading
states of tho country tn tho valuo of wheat
world's record hauling power. Ten mas
slvo driving wheels, nenrly as tall as a
man nnd eo heavily countcrbnlnnced that
they appear almost solid, grip twenty feet
of track.
On thcEo ten drivers, which cave
tho
namo of decapod to this typo of engine,
weight of 232.000 uounds Ir p.irrlml. n
Tho
'pony truck carries only fourteen tans,
much of the weight of tho saddlo and cylin
der castings being distributed over tho
drivers by tho equalizer beams so-dlstlnc-tlvo
of American design.
To mako use of this unprecedented
driving weight of 115 tons, 08D must pro
duco steam as no other englno ever has.
Following tho growing practice among tho
railways of tho southwest, the Santa Fo
will bum oil In this, Its best engine.
Us firebox is made of carbon steel, tested
to a tensllo strength of 00,000 pounds to
tho squaro Inch, Is nbout as big as tho
bed chamber of a New York flat. Its two
thick shells nro held together by nenrly
2,000 tough staybolts, each ono capable of
lifting a yard cnglno without breaking.
Tho grato nrea Is sixty squaro feet,
which Is unapproached In any other loco
motlvo ovor built. Tho bottom of tho fire
box reaches out over the tops of the drlv
crs, after the fashion of recent American
locomotives.
Tho most rcmarkablo fentoro of DSD's
construction is the unprecedented heating
surface. Tho other day in England nn
clght-coupled mineral-hauler locomotlvo
was put mto servlco on ono of tho English
railways and tho forolgn technical Jour
nals spoko of lt3 rcmarkablo heating sur
face 2.C00 squaro feet, the record In Eng
lish construction.
The heating surface of tho Santa Fo's
tsreat freighter measures nearly double that
of the English record-breaker, or exactly
4.GS2 squaro feet. Iletwcen tho tube shoots
DiO's bolter measures eighteen and ft half
Is thin? You remember there waa a boy
fell In a llttlo whllo ago?"
"Yes; but that was on Sunday an' you
said It waB because ho didn't go to Sunday
school. Tho Ico oughtn't to be thin on week
days."
Little Mabel had attended a church chris
tening and upon her return homo hor
grandmother asked what they did. "Noth
ing much," replied Mabel, "except wash a
llttlo kid's hair."
I..WIOII AMI IMJlSTUy.
11 !eJ,,mn,,c'1 that. Now Englnnd turns
out 3UW) pairs of union made shoes each
day.
Tho American steel trust has bought ono
Scotch steel concern nnd is negotiating for
others.
Ohio manufacturers last year paid In
wuges JUI.W1.3H. an Increase of $10,IH,9I3
over tho previous year.
Tho year Just closed has iddcd 100,000 to
1
Traits of Prince
Henry of Prussia.
ns much soda water ns ho wished. The
prluco looked Intonated i then puzzled. Ho
looked nt the modicum of pato whisky In
tho Elans, ho looked at tho syphon, nnd ho
lunl'.cd at tho loy. Then ho said, suavely:
"What havo you got In thnt black bottle?"
"Whisky, sir," rerlled tho boy.
"Oh, Is that all?" said tho prince, In n
relieved way. 'i thought It wan dyunmlto
by tho careful v.ny you treated It, Now.
don't to afraid cf It. It won't hurt mo.
Go en untiling until I say 'When.:' "
When threo broad fingers a regular
bo'n'n's nl;i had been poured tho prince
said "When," nnd put tho whisky down,
neat, with tho ulr of a thoroughly thirsty
man.
Ijitcr on tho nrmy and navy officers hold
a "rymkhana" a sort of athletic "meet."
The prince rode In n blcyclo raco nnd wen
It cnslly. Ho entered for another nn oh.
staclo raco this time and was getting along
nicely until an unusually dllllcult obstaclo
cropped up In his path. The prlnco went
for it gamely, but catno n hard and un
dignified "cropper," practically standing on
his head for u mennd or two. His mnehlnn
was wricked and it was thought ho was
hurt. An artillery officer who rodo near
mm dismounted nnd helped him up.
"I hope ou aro not hurt," ho said, cour
Iroufdy. "Not a bit; thanks, old man," said tho
democratic prince. "Go ahead now. Don't
bother about me. Get right Into It" re
minding ono. bald nn Eugllsh newspaper, In
discussing tho accident, of a similar remark
made upon tho field of tutilo by one of tho
prince's niicestoru, who had been wounded.
Although tho prlnco la thoroughly demo
cratic, It must not tin supposed that he Is
In tho least undignified. No 0110 can stand
moro keenly on his dignity or enforco more
emphatically what he considers his rights.
He Is also keon to resent tho teaBt Implied
tllght to tho country which ho represents.
Editorial Comment in the
New York Independent.
and corn In 1000 wcro Kansas, Illinois,
lown, Nebraska nud Missouri. Nebraska
produced threo times and Kansas four
times ns much as Pennsylvania, yet neither
has a population of 1,600,000, compared with
0,300,000 in the Kcystono state.
Perhaps tho most Interesting featuro In
tho development of tho west, nnd ono of
tho least realized In the older stntes, Is
that tho west is becoming Ilko tho cast.
Tho era of the sod houso has passed away.
Tho framo cabin hns largely given way to
tho moro commodious dwelling, thnt Is ns
completely furnished and as modern In do
slgn as thoso of tho farming sections of
tho Atlantic stntes. Tho towns nro pro
gressing from tho frame storo with square
front to the brick block with electric
lights nnd telephones. Tho farmer on tho
Nebraska plain, twolvo miles from town,
served by n rural delivery route, reads tho
morning Associated Press news beforo 11
o'clock, nnd is as familiar with the events
of tho world as is tho farmer 100 miles
from Now York. Ho is for all practical
purposes as closely Identified with tho pro
gress of events, nnd tho trnvoler is sur
prised to find how complete Is his con
tentment. Tho old conception of tho set
tler as a gaunt, hungry, half-clothed strug
glcr with nature must glvo way to tho
actual picture tho owner of a fertile farm,
that Is fenced nnd improved, that gives a
fair return ovcry year and allows tho
farmer considerable enjoyment of tlu
luxuries of llfo ns well as a very generous
supply of tho necessaries.
Tho evolution of tho west does not mean
that it has como to a position of assured
afilucnce, as somo excitable correspondents
would havo us believe, but that it has como
to a better understanding of its possibili
ties, that it is gaining steadily in popula
tion nnd wealth, that It has conquered
somo of tho erroneous Ideas of tho days of
new settlement and Is on tho substantial
way toward business Independence. This
Is not everything, but It Is enough to mark
n new and Important era In tho develop
ment of level lands.
A Tandem Compound
Weighing- 130 Tons.
feet, nnd In the big barrel aro massed flues,
two and a quarter inches In diameter.
Placed ond to end theso flues would mako a
pipe a ratio and a half long.
Whllo foreign bul'dors cling to tho double
piston rod typo of four-cylinder compounds
tho Schenectady draughtsmen havo evolved
a simpler plan. Following tho design of
powerful stationary onglncs they placo the
cylinders In sorles Instead of parallel, to
borrow an electrical distinction.
In DSD the massive low-pressure cylinders
aro next to tho forward drivers. The
smaller hlgh-pressuro cylinders are directly
ahead, a construction which makes ono pis
ton rod do for each pair of cylinders. This
Is designated as tho tandem compound. The
llvo steam is first used in tho forward cylin
ders, which exhaust Into tho thlrty-luch
chambers of tho low-pressuro cylinders.
Tho cylinders of DSD aro tho greatest
castings over mado lu tho Schenectady
shops. Their gross weight in tho moulds
was 25,310 pounds. Much of this great
wolght Is In tho halves of the Baddlo, tho
forward support of tho boiler. Tho slzo of
tho modern American freighter la realized
when it Is recalled that tho DoWItt Clin
ton, tender and all, did not weigh so much
as one of these castings.
Ileforo tho advent of 039 tho most rn
markablo American englno was tho conso
lidation ore-hauler, built nt Pittsburg for
Andrew Carneglo. This englno Is In sorv
Ico on heavy grados, It weighs 30,000 pounds
less than DSD, nnd its heating surfneo Is
1,300 feet less.
Jme3 J. Hill's twelve-wheol mountain
locomotives weigh 213,000 pounds. Tho mas
todon consolidation engines on tho Illinois
Central wolgh 218,000 pounds.
When tho HC-ton englno was built for
Mr. Carnegie tho leading engineering au
thorities In England eaid that tho Amer
icans wore nflllcted with monomania of big
ness and that this monstrous englno was nn
absurdity. Hut now tho Santa Fo Is adopt
ing a 130-ton typo and tho end Is not yet.
the. number of trndo unlonlstH in Clroat
Hrltoln. in round numbers tds vast nrmy
or organized workers now reuches y.Cuo.tx'.
of which 122,000 nro females. '
There Is being erected nt Manchester,
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