Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-01

PUTTING THE FALLS To WORK.
scheme 10 Use the Power OF NIAGARA
% Rum Mill wheels.
A dispatch from Albany, April oath. SAYS:
| As burlesque upon Yankee ingenuity IL used
| to be said In the comic papers that Uncle Sam
| would some day put mill wheel under Niagara
Falls and run all the machinery In the country
Ridiculous as this seemed, Yankee ingenuity
has devised something very like IL, and a bill 10
put the scheme into practice has recently passed
| both houses OF the legislature The measure
was Senator McMillan's bill Incorporating the
niagara River Hydraulic Tunnel Power and
Sewer Company OF Niagara Falls, New York"
The incorporators are Myron II. Kingsley,
Charles =. Gaskill, Thomas V. WEIGH, Henry &
Ware, Thomas Evershed, Michael RYAN. w.
knows, Thomas v. Weic6 is the popular eakT ~.
semolyma and present superintendent OF the
state reservation at Niagara; w. Caryl Ely was
last year; Mr.. Gluck is leading lawyer Ia Bui.
falo. and TO Mr.. Evershed is due the Conception
of the scheme with which his name is now asso-
ciated. He is an engineer in charge of a diyision
OF the Erie canal. The bill says that the COM
pany is formed for the purpose OF constructing,
the Niagara river, q hydraulic tunnel, or sub
terranean sewer, for the public use OF 8, xerage
power for manufacturing purposes I'm the town
OF Niagara. The capital stock Is to be $780,
OOO a. hrst with the right ofincrease to So
The plan is a simple one A great pipe or shaft
Is to be cut through the rock close by and par
running halt a mile more back from the falls
lhe open end OF this little SHIFT tunnel Is TO
empty out Of the rock at the falls foot or two
above the level Of the water below the cascade
whenever a company wants water power IL
may sink a vertical shaft from the surface al
tom OF this vertical shaft q turbine wheel is TO
be placed, and below this q smaller shaft, for a
tail race, will carry the water from the wheel TO
the great horizontal shaft, which will then work
as waste pipe TO carry of the water. In order
to get the needed water to drive the wheel it
Will only be necessary to build out "a short pier
on the river shore to catch the edge of the
swiftly flowing current and divert a little OF 1t,
Dy means s OF ditch or pipe, into the vertical
great subterranean shaft and back into the
river again below the falls. These vertical shafts
are 10 be big enough TO admit one or two OF the
workmen, who must place the turbine in posi-
ton and aiterward attend to it, 1t is said that
wheel as big rs a mans hat will supply POO
morse power, though this was said carelessly by
the reporters informant, who acknowledged
uncertainty as to the precise amount.
The plan is to sell to manufacturing corpora
lions the right to sink shafts as close together
as practicable along the line OF the great waste
snut. glorious success Is prophesied for the
company. 1t Is said tuat cheap, steady, reliable
power Is SO great an item in manufactures that
a committee OF Connecticut mill owners de-
ciared that IT would pay them to remove their
mills ana factories 10 the town Of Niagara.
treshets, droughts, and Ice play mischief with
those interests that depend on water power
ance, 1t is said, attends the use of Niagara water
power. The Niagara never freezes. never over
nows' and never runs dry.
Catholics and the knights OF Labor
ARCHBISHOP LYNCH SAYS THE CHURCH DOES
NOT ANTAGoNIzE THE KNIGHTS.
A telegram from Toronto. April %, says:
Archbishop Lynch, after perusing Archbishop
Taschereau's abandonment on the knights 81
a q far nnfa ria
cerned the church did not antagonize the
Knights. The constitution Of the organization
was sent to Rome to see whether IL would meet
with the approval of the holy see. The consti-
tuition was returned with the Popes condemna-
ton. A second one, however amended TO
meet the objections found in the first was dis
patched to the holy See, and is still under con-
sideration. Meanwhile the church in Ontario,
while waiting Tor the decision OF the pope, does
not oruer any Catholic vino may have Joined
The hni:Lis OF Labor TO resign from that order,
but simply forDidS any Catholic TO become "A
lnember until the pope finally decides for or
against the order.
APPROVED BY VICAR GENERAL CONWAY, OF
CHICAGO.
A dispatch from Chicago, April %, says: This
afternoon, referring to the report that Arch
bishop Taschereau, OF Montreal, had issued "A
abandonment forbidding Catholics TO become
members OF the Knights of Labor being one
OF the dangerous societies condemned with
freerhsonry 10y Pope Leo, the Very Reverend
Father Conway, vicar general OF the diocese of
Chicago speaking for Archbishop Feehan. said:
"The knights OF Labor are not one OF the
societies condemned by the church. They have
nothing in view that will interfere with the
welfare, civil or religious, Of the individual or
place accom- panying the existing strikes il has
rather been caused by the starvation wages
ot workingmen. The Knights OF Labor, as a
society, 1 do not believe responsible for this
shedding of blood. The workingman has a
right to receive just compensation Tor his labor;
as much SO rs the wealthy man has TO look
for the fruit from his capital. 1t is we'll
known that capitalists would continue to give
almost starvation wages TO mechanics and
labOrers II such unions us the Knights OF Labor
did not compel them by peaceful and persistent
support of themselves and their families. am
willing TO publish my views this capital.
labor question so Tar as they relate to better pay
for the workingnan. And because the society
known as Knights OF Labor has but this one OBJ
ject the securing of better wages Tor the toll of
Its members, aud because it does not Interfere
with the religious belief of its members nor as
sumo the position of religious teacher aud for
the further reason that 1t has no religious cere-
money in its ritual, the church has mol and does
not forbid Catholics from Joining it,"
Saturday Smiles.
worth living?" We reply that It all depends ON
the iver.-Pack.
Working Over-time.-A Florida hen having
She will be 6oycotted by the Knights on Labor
tor OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES j. Burde,te.
at looks like vain, old fellow. guess we'd
bettaw have a hanson"
"What do you want a hanson for? It's only
half a dozen blocks, and you've got your UNI
brella."
"Yaas, deah boy. But it's my walking UNI
bwellaw. cawn't use it faw a vain umbwel-
law. could nevaw wap 1t up again, don't you
know."-20Un Topics.
The New York Sun says: "Four aces and a six
beat four aces and q five" The editor of the
Sun must play with double-barreled pack of
cards. There are only four aces employed i'm the
game OF poker which we have-.ead about Ii
there are eight aces in the game, 1t must be
progressive po&er.--Norristoton Herald.
The Salvation Army of Washington has con-
verted a dude. He can already pronounce the
letter X, and next week will venture forth for
the first time without acane.-Fhiladeiphid Cuu
"Mr. Coldcash, have come to ask for the
hand of your daughter"
"My daughter, sir?"
ayes; can't live without her."
swell, sir, finish your sentence?"
"Fnish my sentence?'
ayes, you were about to say you could not
live without her income. Let US be frank my
dear sir."-Chicdgo Rambler.