Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-25
RAUM is NOT AFRAID.
He Thinks The Pension Bureau In
vestigation Will Soon Close.
THE FORCE BILL ON ITS LAST LEGS.
PittSburg Has Manufacturing Advantages
That Beat the World.
REFRIGERATORS CAUSE HIS VISIT

General Green B. Raum, United States
Pension Commissioner, is at the Monon-
gahela House. He is a large, broad
Shouidered man, with a pleasant face and
iron-gray hair and beard. He has strik-
ing appearance, and would be picked out
anywhere as a man o. unusual ability. The
investigation by Congress into his methods
of conducting the Pension Bureau has not
apparently made any change on him or
awakened any fear of the result in the
heart of the old West Virginian.
While chatting pleasantly with party of
friends Yesterday, lie said: 81 expect the
Congressional investigation will close this
week, for do not know of any more wit
nesses they have to examine. So far moth
ing has been proven, anu won't be. 1 have
given to the country the best administration
in the Pension Bureau that l knew how. A
better man might have done more, but did
my best, and l know that the bureau has
been improved. l am willing to swear that
have not been guilty OF a wrong act in my
official capacity"
When asked about the chances of the
force bill, the General thought they were
few and far between. He, however, said
there should be some method by which the
majority in either House should have
chance to act, and not be retarded ali the
time bv obstructionists.
FARMERS COMING TO THE FRONT.
He believed that there was chance that
q new political party headed by the farmers
might be born in 1892. but as TO anything
definite about it. he said that like the candi-
dates for the presidency. it was too far ahead.
.'Of course continued Mr.. Raum, II am
heavily interested in the Universal Rcfrigera-
ting Company. 1 an its President and that is
the cause Of my visit here. Our process has
been or exhibition here under the charge OF
James ". Miller & Co. l regard their work as
wonderful. comDanv of $780, 600 capital stock
has been organized and all the stock is taken.
The fittshurg company will be organized on
Monday. OF course. am much pleased with
this and believe this system will be introduced
all over the country.
More than this / came to Pittsburg to see
about making it the headquarters for manu-
featuring the apparatus necessary. This Is
great center, and all the materials are here, and
there is no reason why Pittsburg could not be
made headquarters for the world. new CON-
pany 10 manufacture these appliances and re-
frIgeraJors will very likely be formed here. 1t
will be an adjunct TO the parent company. AS
10 the capitalization necessary. / could not say,
but suppose il would have TO be from a quarter
10 hall million.
A BOOM IN IRON PIPE.
The amount of pipe alone that will be re-
quired will be enormous. We use two-inch
pipe TO make the coils Now in Pittsburg and
Allegheny alone there are 1000 butcher boxes.
and they will average about 40 feet of pipe
apiece. There is one item of l,600.0O0 feet to
Start on that does not include hotels. saloons
private houses. ETC.. 1t is also the intention of
the company to manufacture very pretty applI-
ances for cooling sick ROOMS. They will be
handsomely designed and made SO they can be
moved from one room to another. BY this
means a sick room can be kept at any tempera-
ture, no matter what the outside atmosphere
may be. We also propose to build special ap-
piiances for use on farms ana ranches SO that
every farmer can have his own ice machine.
BY having mandatory in PiItsburg we
can also save freights. We can manufacture
cheaper here than anywhere else. and will only
have to ship the amount that will be absolutely
necessary. Take, for instance, Atlanta. We
would take the measurement of every ice-box
there. and have the pipe cut to fit the proper
fenCth, have all the screws and turns made, so
fhat 1t would only require a gasttter there to
put il in place. l viii be Pittsburg again
shortly and then expect to have my plans bet
ter matured."