THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 5,- 1909.
Dodge County's Capital City a Bustling Center of Profitable Industry
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U U city a dignified and completed ap- of netting forth the advantsge of the city,
pearance. and belli vt that acquaintance imom busl-
Th L'nldu Pacific reached Fremont In nrss men In the Mate can do more toward
Ud, taking the course of a well-beaten the upbuilding and success of a city than
all the tree lavcrinfmeni or many dooks.
They trust to the good Judgment of every
one who becomes acquainted with Fre
mont to odd another rvord of enrourage
ment to some prospective Investor and
homeseeker. Through the Commercial club
Fremont Is ever In readiness to undertake
a convention or to welcome a public man.
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track over which oxen and mule trafflo
bad been carried on between here and
Omaha. In 1MJ, three years later, the.
Sioux City & Pacific formed a Junction
with the Union Paclflo and a year later
the Fremont, Elkhorn Missouri Valley
road was laid. By means of these roads,
me i.iier now neing cauea ana Known as Tn( club tpmAn lli0c or more per year out
the Chicago dc Northwestern, confluence or t, own treasury In co-operation w Ith th
and communication Is had with the exten- local roai-maklng authorities on surround
slve lumber and mineral centers of the lng ro&B fading into the city, being care
northern regions, the stock districts of tu to concentrate on one main long dls
the west and with every city and state, tance highway from each direction toward
Into which Fremont's local exports are which the farmers from far and wide can
shipped. Without mention, the fact la ap- converge and always be sure of reaching
patent that the railroad system lias added the city. The club holds that It Is vain to
much to the growth of Fremont as a cen- rail against the farmers patronising ca la
ter of Industry and manufactures. lo?ue houses when It Is not made comfort
Fremont has over .forty manufacturer able and convenient for them to get to local
and Jobbers; factorlesN that employ nearly merchants to trade.
8TiO persons; eighty traveling men rep- Fremont la to an exceptional degree In
rt.sentlng local concerns; seventeen 'ho great live stock belt. This Is due to
churches, all In good flourishing condition; the tnormous corn production of the sur
four national l.inks and three savings rounding counties and the Inexhaustible
I ,),, supply of native hay from the adjacent
Thelarge number of factories and Indus- pltt Elkhorn valleys. It Is a corn-
trial pursuits carried on within the city Is m" thing for Dodge county, of which
due to several reasons. The location of Fremont Is the county seat, to produce
the city, within such easy access to the WTO bushels of corn per annum, and
hi kooiivi i v-rv h..n r nf Kaunder county, to the south, raises from
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hare more manufacturing plant In leading business men of the city, who had river runs through the county from north
proportion to Its slxe. more capl- the courage of their conviction and built west to southeast and with It tributaries,
tal Invested In manufacturing In- for the future as well as the present. O.ie furnishes good water power, and In early
dustrtes and a larger manufacturing pay of the distinctive structures of which Fro- years the streams were 00 well timbered
roll than any other city In the state. It mont boasts, not common to many towns that several saw mill were very uocsa
has systematically hunted up and secured In a religious way, Is the temple of the fully operated.
new Industries and put money of Its own Woman' Christian Temperance union. rnp water powers have been partially
Into them for more than twenty years. Its This Is a handsome frame structure, with utniied In the operation of veral grlsl
the most fertile valleys of the continent, '--VJV lu ' .w,vw u. r- citlxens have always been, and are now, a large auditorium, reading room, etc., ml,u throughout the county. The first
the good railroad connections, the large va,,eJr ,ands " north and east of Fre- Vfry ming to put money Into the shares and I owned by the union, free of debt. clanig mt(i8 ln Dodge county, were by
retail trade and the great advantage over "lont r', e !" nl!lcftP of tock of manufacturing proposition that Dodge county la, ln the seoond tier of Jonn and Xrthur Bloomer, near the mouth
oi-niT m,.a nitt-rl In LV, n thlrtv-sir llv mslls. with vn a 1arr urrounding cities In the facilities for
RESIDENCE OF FRANK FOWLER, FREMONT.
beautiful ten, to consider the cause of their enthu-
llttle south of the Dresent city, number of frelehts. the necessity of good handling freight
That was during the Fremont- depot accommodations can be readily seen. Aside from the factory and manufactur-
Buchanan campaign, and the Fremont Is at last prepared to point with lng feature. Fremont boast of Its city
srttl. ri sdopml the on-; i pride to this feature of Its railroad system, schools, its German and Its Normal school,
naming everything after the The Union Pacific ha had, perhap. the The high chool. ln outward appearance
mot popular man of the times. Military greatest Influence toward building up the and Inner excellence, 1 unsurpassed ine
avenue wa the only road, and indeed no city of any one feature now connected with broad street give the Impression, in theni-
other was needed, for less than forty yesrs It, and It was not doing itself Justice as eelvea, of expansion, and the block after
ago only frontier house were contained long as it continued to do business In the block of cement curbing which adds so
ln the quare mile plat. little, old, red freight and pansonger depots, much to the symmetry and beauty of the
If one would properly picture the earliest Fremont ha always been the great Chi- lawns and places of residence, denote that
day of Fremont, he must begin 100 year cago & Northwestern town of the state, the citlxens are Interested even ln the
go when. In July, 1804, Lewis and Clark Lines of that system run out In seven smaller improvement. It Is well, when
arrived In the vicinity of the Elkhorn and direction from this city. Division head- considering the effort of energetic olti-
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Platte rivers, and with a mall band of Quarter are locaiea nere in
explorers came upon a deserted Otoe set
tlement on the present site of Fremont.
Fremont was made the county seat of
Dodge county In lSSO. but In ISM eleven
other towns attempted to scire the honor
from It. It had Its trials, as every Infant
baa.
The Impression received by a vitiltor to
fhe city Is one of rest and quiet, but not
tho rest which betokens Indolence. From
hi car window he will notice block after
block of pavement, broad cement walks,
thousands of trees, beautifully kept lawns,
homes of elegance, and a prevalent air of
oomfort and contentment. For the sum
mer month the visitor may take advan
tage of the water environment and spend
day after day enjoying the shade, the
bathing and the camping afforded by the
Platte river and Its beautiful bluffs. If he
is fond of sport, he may rest on the banks
of any one of the many lakes for a day's
fishing and feel well repaid. He may se
lect as the scene of his sport the Platte,
the Elkhorn, Elm creek, the Rawhide. A
general survey of public buildings,, schools,
churches, Imposing stone postofflce and
library, normal college, orphans' home
grounds, greenhouse or poor farm, could
benefit even the most sceptical. For the
matter of lodges, benevolent order and so
cial facilities, ln every sense of the word.
Fremont ha few competitors. Among It
most beautiful room and building are
those occupied by It lodge. Their equip
ments are the best that ttme and care
can make them.
. "Progress" Is a word whore use 1 neces
sitated often in reference to Fremont. Asis-
Ing. as It did. from a wllderneos o-ly about company building, and a large force of slasm, and under such consideration It
half a century ago. It has shaped Itself employes reside here. The monthly pay muBt be admitted that to the Commercial fann3 wUh cooniai piiarg, hot and cold
Into the very picture of progress and ag- roll of the company is more than $28,000. club of the city Fremont owe much of It ,,..' .linnv individual in nlnt and
gresnlveness. Not only Is the city Itself The Union Pacific, with Its great doublo brilliant success and Increasing prosperity. otner clty COmforts. Time was when the
progressive, but the farm urrounding It. track overland line through the city, is The club number 150 business men and farmer in this section of the country who
Fremont supports two dally newspapers responding promptly and meeting every devotes Its energy toward securing the couij drive with hi family to church or to
and two trl-weeklles, the Tribune hlng a growing need of the Industry and business best of everything for the city and tur- town in a new farm wagon with a spring
repnbllcan Issue, and the Herald, demo- at this point with ample terminals, local rounding territory. To, the beginner In Beat or two was considered an aristocrat
eratlo. The Monthly Grain Orowera' Jour- switch engine, track scale, etc. In tho any bualnrss enterprise It Is of, much as- among his neighbors. Now there Is an
nal, and a weekly edition of the Platte Burlington line the city has a great north ltance, ready to take personal hold with abundance of single and double carriages
River Zeltung, a German tin pet. complete nd south route, connecting the Burlington him in arousing other citlxens to par- of the best make on every farm, and an
it news spreading facilities. with the related Great Northern and North- tlctpatton In every new, worthy project, increasing number have automobiles. The
It wa back forty year ago that railroad rn Pacific line. It 1 no uncommon thing Close attention 1 paid to the betterment farmers and their wive and daughter buy
communication was had with Fremont, and to see four great freight train follow each of railroad facilities and the keeping of the best thing the clothing and dry goods
at that time, or even a trifle, later, town other over this line at fifteen-minute In- public highways in
being thickly studded with haystack as .DDeal stronaiv to them. The banks nf th counties west from the Missouri river. Its . ,rJi mi.. r,.rit. rv.i.
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lar a the eye can reacn. otty havt alway been very liberal ln their area Is B40 square mile, and there I not Bon taught the first chool ln Fremont.
i i... ,.,u,,.r. ... w.c ...vr, une or credit and their treatment of man- a atngle township which I not abundantly drlr, lh summer of 18o. The follow
ing aummer, Miss McNeal taught the first
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feeding of sheep. The first band wa
brought ln 1S7 to Fremont from New Mex
ico and winter fed here by the Reynolds
brothers, still active In the stock business.
It wa followed up later On a large scale
by Blewett & Balding. As many h 200,000
sheep have been fed In this way In a win
ter, and the profits realized per head have
at times been very handsome.
Dodge county has always been a great
horse market. In the early pioneer days
when but few horses were raised In Ne
braska, great number of work horses were
brought from Iowa and Missouri and dis
tributed from Fremont. In later year
the process has been reversed and horse
are shipped by the carload from this point
to points clear through to the Atlantic
coast and to the aouth.
The "Golden Rod" Creamery company
las Its milk routes covering all the sur
oundlng country and ships In creambe
Bldes, by rail. The , Fremont Creamery
company handles eggs and grocers' butter
by the carload. Fremont Is asserted by
the poultry experts to be the biggest fancy
and general poultry center in the state.
There is no annual county poultry show
anywhere In Nebraska that begins to equal
the Fremont show and birds are attracted
from several surrounding states.
The tamers are given In the main to
general farming, raising corn, some winter
wheat, and an lnceaslng acreage of altalfa,
some eats and a great many hogs. Po
tatoes are not extensively raised ln this
section of the state. For corn raising, the
oil I practically Inexhaustible. There are
fields which have boen continuously ln '
corn for forty years and yet which are atlll
producing as high as seventy bushel per
acre. Generally speaking, however, better
results are obtained by occasional rotation
of corn with winter wheat and oat. Some
land owner provide that at least one
third of the farm muBt be put in small
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T. M. C A. BUILDING.
district school. The Congregational church,
was the pioneer religious organisation of
the county and Rev, I. E. Heat on the first
pastor.
Dodge county baa 117,(14 acre in farms,
with 172,549 acres under cultivation. It ha
a valuation of i41.il0.000. and a rallread
mileage of 108 mile. It has eighty-five
frame and twelve brick, school building.
The school of the county employ Iff
teachers, and the school population of the
county 1 7,134, Number enrolled In the
publlo achool la 6. Ml, with an average
dally attendance of 1,117. The average
number of month of achool held la tb
county Is 8.70. The average monthly sal
ary of the teacher of the county laat
year, wa S41.93. Three modern, up-to-date
ohool building were built In the county
during the laat summer, and two brick
structures, one to coat $10,000 and the other
$25,000, are now being erected. Many Im
provements have been made during the
last year ln other school building, (ohool
houses painted and repaired; walla have
been papered or tinted, libraries provided,
pictures hung, the ground cleaned up, and,
in practically all the town school and
ln a number of the rural achool. a plan
or organ may be found. School buildings
and school ground are ln the beet condi
tion they have ever been. A crusade for
better school ground and building baa
been waged during the laat three year .
from the county superintendent' offle I
which has had a marked effect.
The first paper published In Dodge
county wa the Tribune, a weekly, at
Fremont on July 13, 1863. This was al
the first paper published north of they,
Platte river. The publisher was J. New-
DODGE COUNTY COURT HOUBB. FREMONT.
Indefinite number of miles ln any given di
rection and observe the beautiful farm
homes, many of them fitted out with every
modern convenience. Handsome mansions
are springing up here and there on the
ufaoturing concern. New Industrie are watered. One-third of the entire area of ton Hay'- Th flr" copy " th 9ri
teadlly coming of their own accord to the th county consists of valley and bottom of thl edition I tlll preserved and WMf
ritv fmm .m.n. rvit. nkin . hnrH Th- in a. it i at presented to Ray Nye thl Christmas tjrt
grain by a tenant each year, thus making mUes or ln Nebraska and ,owa t0 uke th Juncon of the Platta and Elkhorn Mrs. E. C. Usher.
an entire rotation every three year advantage of the city's superior railroad rivers, seems to be not only the natural There are ten papers In five town la
It Is a constant pleasure to drive through .nd h.nVln f.iii-, nd th fin market r er,u., w th. m.tiet thl oounty. Would estimate that IS to W
the surrounding farming country for an from ,, pont for tnelr wareg for transportation of the great stock Pf cent go out on rural route. These
The city In It building up of Industries product of the state. The southern bound- rural deliveries have ben great factor la
is doing so on the well demonstrated ary of the county Is the Platte river, named keeping the farmer up to date and la
principle that it Is better to found us by Lewis and Clark in 1804. on account of touch with the outalde world. The greater
manufacturing prosperity on a inuUi- Its width and shallowness. Its fall Is proportion of the paper taken by th
pllclty and wide variety of products than about six feet to the. mile. The Elkhorn farmer are dallies,
on a few, even though the few, were of
an overshadowing magnitude. Its manu-
iKciurmg plants, ana aimriDUung concerns i. ' . 4i 1 -' . J (
number sixty-Beven, ranging from small In- J . - I . I I
tereuia, with only a few thousand dollars
capital, but with elements of growth, to
a great wide spreading corporation with
a paid up cash capital of $3,000,000.
The average deposit of the Fremont
bank I something over $3,000,000. The banlc
clearings for 1908 were $1S,92,000.
In postofflce receipt Fremont rank
the best conditions. stores afford. The farmers frequently are next K Omaha and Lincoln, being con-
lots sold at 75 cents ench. As a center for tervals. The new Union depot wa erected The club favors the bringing of business among the director and officers of banks lderably In excess of any other city ln
aome twenty-three passenger train and at a coat of $50,000 and give the approach oonventlona to Fremont a th beat means In nearby towori. Many of ttielr children the "tata. For 1908 the receipt were $40,-
take high achool and col- . mailing "n uiiicb oi m iirai visas.
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FREMONT 8ADDLERT COMPANY'S PLANT.
lege and university "
, . the preceding year. The large receipt
cour.e. There are rural aboye tnQM of otner eMft ,rlBe from th,
base ball nines, rural or- extensive correspondence of the manufao-
chestra and rural turlng and Jobbing lniitltutioiis, including
women's clubs. such concerns as the Sure Hatch lncu-
It Is an axiom of the ba,or cmPny-
city that while It works Religiously, all the leading denominations
early and late to secure reprensented. The strong churches are
new manufacturing In- tna Baptist, Christian, Congregational,
dustrles, distributing In- Roman Catholic, German Lutheran, Metho-
terests and transports- dlst, Protestant Episcopal and Presby-
tion facilities, there Is terian. Some of the atrong clergy of the
nothing j important to state are represented in the several pulpits.
It as securing the trade The leading churchea have a large mem-
of the wide and wealthy ber&hip and the finance are well cared
farming constituency. To fr- Among the membership are some of
this end its mtr.'hants the beat bufinens people ln the city. The
give liberal adverliMns new luO.OOO Young Men's Christian aso-
support to Its two daily ciation building, as Just completed, 1 a
papers, which reach prac- "ne testimonial to the religious spirit of
tically every farm fa nlly the city. It Is a thoroughly modern and
within a radius of fifteen complete structure, with every convenience
miles lnN some direction! included that is known to Young Men'
and thirty-five mile In Christian association architects. The
others. board of directors having the construction
Fremont is claimed to ln ctmrge was composed of some of the
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CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, FREMONT.
In the Field of Electrical Experiment
stations are placed In saloons and barber connected to a continuous current ma- pected to facilitate telephonio communi-
shops. where women cannot goi It will chine. When the demand for single-phase cation between London and Paris. Though
have this additional advantage, too. that currf.nt low the three-phase motor will some use of Trof. Pupinos Invention has
in the Street one can talk without Hie ut.- . nf Itx nnwer In drlvln the hn mad In th ITniled S:.i..a in nt,n...
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.SOTABLY elaborate series
experiments with wireles
pleasant knowledge "thut a roomful
loungers can hear all that Is said.
of
Those who have tried the street tele-
emrOov-ert to chprr
nielli.
Prof. Reginald Fessenden, an American, keeping the transmission of intelligence
of The company which uses it has an ex- solely within British territory. This ante-
perlmental station at Brant Rock, and awered th contingent purpose of war. but
lcuranhy. according to a uosion irom mat oaee or operations nas attempted in nommerct&i ua it lm-k.d Hir.,n...
dispatch to the New York Tri- transatlantic telegraphy. The company ha gumed time and wa needlessly costly' The n"'a"ct'- th heltl uf th9 P"son ""'n.1
bune. Is now contemplated by also ought a contract for Installing ap- new route disregards national boundarlea Pn " insicte me nine cox in wnicn Rprt srt . a motor driving the single,
the United States Navy depart- paratua at Washington which would send nij u BS nearly traight a seems Dosalble ,he telephone 1 placed, and the extran- phK!U. e.1e..0r. In this way the fluctua-
It is proposed to Install on the messages $.000 miles. If from Brant Rock jt i, proposed to connect other similar line. aoea no ln,errere wlln hearing tons of !od are much smoothed nut.
continuous current imcMtne as a genera- the efficiency of overlund wires. It has
Magnesium or tantalum electrode can be
uaed, but aluminium 1 preferred because
it Is cheaper. The current acting upon th
metal cause It to be coated with a thin
layer of oxide, but this oxide Is very por-
tor. the current from this machine being thus far had only one trial under water OUH. and In the pores a gas 1 formed
torre battery, on a telephone cable which crosses Lake
pnone sa mat me rumoie ana noise oi wfl,n th, demand for Hlir'e-nhase current Constance from Switzerland to Germany
the traffic does not cause any particular , above tn, norma, , eontinnous cun-ent A for some reason the pioneer experl-
arhlne will take current from the battery ment has not proved entirely satisfactory
which serve a a dielectric between the
metal and the electrolyte. The resistance
of this gaseous dielectric Increase with
the tension up a certain ertlclal point.
the second trial under Experiments have been made with varloug
ind to- lower
iikkmup ine Aiianiic nc-ci mm u iuvuki " .c.ui.hj. ui bucu 0 every part of 'the empire
cruisers apparatus capaoie oi ir.iin..i." ioi uuu ii- i ...pieung ne- rat , CooimercUI business. It would be
mtKeuges l.wv miles unuer ine nioM unia- goiiaiiona uu Buvcmiueni
yorabl clrcumstancea, and three time a doubtless be strengthened,
far when satisfactory conditlona prevail.
The country has been treated to some sur-
h, 7 w t. . A notwoltny eal " idearapny is th world. That has been tried and found
" ,w " , transmission or messages irom London, practicable, but only as an interesting ex-
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inruugn iuu, iv - uieiauc oi pariment. it only needs business una to
the voice of the person at the other end ,nd nerlerce with the Liverpool
of the line. Pouthnort elcr!flcstlon hss shown, a
interesting to see the lino from London to , T coP"y the advantage Bml,,r ,ns.l.ilon li sufficient. The dls-
Calcutta connected with Canada and " vbV,U"" ne- Nl" .n'y t "'W, tbutlon svstem of th. Liverpool-South-
the outcome of
water will be awaited with exceptional
Interest.
If ln this Instance the system should
work perfectly It Is not unlikely that there
would be a fresh discussion of the feasi
bility of trans-Atlantic teplehony. It has
rrnu thl. enntln.nt tr. .h- u.-1fi 7 ' " t",rl cunimuoun currrni anci reDeatedlv been Dolnted out that even If
noititanir . negrapny. ,v,, kv n.M. ,.n.MU.. in .v.- ""'r"J " .uu.B... u inererore more sui-aoie ror an equaliser .11 .h teehnle.l dlfficnliie. in th .v nf . . "
-j ...v,v.... rwvn viiiiq ... 4)l nhr.- ,t,. . inn . , , . - - ca! tension or 4t volts, intra wu nulla
electrolytes, and it wa found that the
critical tension with sulphate of soda wa
forty volt, permanganate of potassium
112 volts, bichromate of potassium lilt
volts, silicate of soda 415 volt, citrate of
ammonia 470 volts, borate of soda 4S0 volte,
and citric acid l-'t volts. The best effect
was that of ammonium borate with a crltl-
from war vessels, but t,here has been
lamentable variation In the range of tho " "J , " n, . " w,,hout relavinT ThT. I r. u 17 L "U"I,C" u" lo
ln.trum.nt. hitherto used. Perhap. any V .1 2tl i 1 i l?f,' - mk PUCk th "rth " " eVery"
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ber of mile coupled In one circuit, a when &
the midnight signal I flashed all over Phone Call Boxes oa Streets,
th United State, at New Year's. But the An Idea recently adopted by the New
new line dip twice under ea. ero.se. York telephone company I. to have tele-
approach to unifumlty la still out of the
question, but an Improvement on former
achievements may at least b. hoped for.
Many clover electricians have ben atudy-
the art of which Marconi gave the
; lng the a;
d f orld the
- strange if
first hint and It would h mountain end is carried through dens, for- phone call boxe. Installed in the street, like
some of his students were able eml 'nd cro" ort. thus passing the call, boxes U8ed by the police. The idea
the 'phone, but the profit Is almost 100 battery, but from an engineering point of
per cent, the boxes being placed on the view, at least, the br.Mrrv should work
company's ov.n'polea. eliminating, there- milte well on the alternating current
fore, expense for rent. system.
The directory books are placed Inside s,
tho boxes and chained. The toll Is the Phnntnar Aero., the Oeean.
usual nickel, which 1. dropped in the A fresh rxnerlment ts to be made with
familiar alot a nvfrmd of promoting submarine tele-
j phony devised several years ago by Prof.
Improved storage Battery, M. I. Pupln of Columbia university. It
The storage battery tan only be us-d consists of the Introduction t carefully
with continuous currents and theiefore Is computed Intervale. In a cable of what
seldom proposed In connection with alter- electricians rail ,"olioklr.g col's." These In-
such an enterprise should be overcome It
might not prove cummerclally successful.
The hours during which a telephone line
between New York and Iopdon would be
patronised would be limited, and the cable
devoted to such service would cost much
more than one for telegraphy alone. It i
to be remembered, however, that a cable
equipped with "choking colls" could be
employed for telegraphy as well as tele
phony. It would not necessarily lie Idle,
therefore, when It was not used for con
versation. Indeed, experts say that It
would work better than any other tele
graph cable of the same length.
loss of current with tension above;
ninety volt.
to outdo their master. Communication by through every extreme of temperature and has been put to a practical test In Chester,
mean, of Hern wave, can hardly b. .up- ''""''J'' ,.,.,.. , . f - "d, h" been und " onvenlent for caMng current eiectri0 ,rac,0n. It is pro- crease the distance at which speech can
posed to have reacnea us tun oevelopment win proo.o.y oe- p)(M ,hll yeal. to b,g,n ,iectrifvlnr tha be mafle audible, not by magnifying the
t present. ticability of thl. electrical connection com. familiar adjunct, to th. .ervlce v- BaJen mai 1!ne railwk. betWeen Basle, sound, but by lessening the rapidity with
From the announcement that the Connec mean. much. It is another step toward erywhere. Z(. and ckmgen on th single phase which electric vibrations die out. Ac-
tlcut. the Salem and the Birmingham will the solidarity of the empire, by bringing all The advantage are many. In the first .y.tem. and tn equaliser or buffer battery cording to the London Times the British
exchange message with a land station at It part. Into clo.e and quick touch. There place, the boxes are almost always In sight will be employed in the substation. Three- government-doubtless In co-operation with
. Alrant Rock, tn eastern Massachusetts it was already communication between these and handy. There I. no need for hunting phase current will be received from the th.t of rnhn deeided i i. .
r A 1 l!Xerrd that a system of which the point, by t.legraph and cable, report, the a telephone .ign when wanting to call some- power station and by a large motor which cable prepared in tea manner acroa th electrolyUo condener has been devised, time I had th ventilator opan. a
vorld ha. heard comparUvely little U Washington Herald, but they war by on. up tn a hurry. To wom.n the scheme will drive a .lngl.-pha generator feeding English channel. A. It will connect with which con.lst. of aluminium elsctrode im- flew In, you ee, and carried off utf 4V n-
aboui te e tesieu. um w uiu wj iwuuuauout rwiM, lunwwuig ui yiaa ei wiu se a ooon, eecaus many ei tae pay into the overhead siia, and will also be land line at Dover and Calais, It 1 .a- uersed preferably ln ammonium borate, &ec wliUe out kaxk waa Iiir.ert .
tab.titate fur Ceadeasers.
A a substitute for large condenser
using paper, giaas or mica lor dielectric, an
A Light Dlaaer.
Cornelius V. Collin, the brilliant crimi
nologist and superintendent of New York'
state prison, narrated at a dinner In Troy
some reminiscence, of hi interesting
work.
"A clever criminal of gluttonous pro
cllvltles." he aald, "once eoucbed a com
plaint tn 'rather neat terms.
"My Inspector, entering thl. man, cell
one day, found It very hot and stuffy.
" 'Why have you got your ventilator
closed?' he asked.
"The burly and gluttonous prisoner aa
awered plaintively:
Well, inspector, yer honor, the laat
