The Press., 1891-01-01
1891.

TO-DAY begins the last decade of the 18th century. Those who are alive ten years from now will see the beginning of the 2Oth centu- ry. One hundred years is but little while in the age of the world, but 1t never mas passed so eventful century as that now upon it's closing years. If the movement Of sclence' art and mechanics is increasing at rate o1 peometrical progression, as almost seems to be the case, what dizzy succession of marVeis awaits those who are to live in the next centu- rv! But. will there be time for marvels Even now we view new discoveries with an expectant face turned to contemplate those more wonderful to follow, which experlence teaches us are constantly in the line of march.
 We have no time to pause in the compiacen' mood with which the people of the carrier mart of the 18th century viewed the introdnc- ton of steam power and telegraphing, lmagln
 ing that they were living in finished world'
 and had left nothing for coming generations
 to do. We begin to feel that our present de-
 vices for travel and communication are too
 slow, and we look for a quickening. It IS Ihumiliating to read newspapers of hundred
 years ago, and think that century hence the
 press of to day will picture to those who then
 live A world as quaint and old fashioned as
 the world of 1791 now seems to us.
 Changes have come during the year. Death
 has been busy. It is notable year which re-
 moves from this part of the county men o1
 such prominence as Danford KnoWlton ano
 Lyman W. Crane of Stafford and Lucius 5 [ Fuller of Holland. These men will be missed } two of them being removed from active busl ness life.
 THE new year finds Stafford pushing ol 7 with business outlook better than that ot year ago. Building has kept up to about thu ! average. L7st summer the census enumera tors found many empty tenements, there ar
 fewer now, but many new cottages are Il progress, and many have been completed, al r of which will be in demand. Decidedly the bes residence completed this year is that of J J - Ellis on Highland Terrace, completely mad , over, outside and in, now taking rank with tn
 best of houses in a village widely noted fo
 it's fine residences. The process of making S over house not architecturally planned fo
 enlargement has been so met as to make u pretty exterior worthy of the commandln !, site. while inside the house is fitted up wit s all the elegance of modern buildingaart. Q What is said to be the largest locomotive ,s the world has just been turned out at tt '0 Schenectady works The locomotive is fc
 the Michigan Central. ; It is a ten-wheelt
 with six driving wheels, each six feet and tW
 inches in diameter. The shell of it's boiler l. 68 inches in diameter and the locomotl' a weighs 62 tons; with loaded tender, 1O2 ton Ia The locomotive is calleda compound" " fro n a device by which there are'only two exhaus . to revolution, instead of four as in ordinal ! engines. The Schenectady works turn out Ill 2, locomotives week, the Baldwin works twelv ,a The Improvement to be derived from tn Y whole matter is the advance in the rate :. manufacturing locomotives. Twenty yea ' Iago it took a '.gang" month to turn out le locomotive, now the works turn out 36 in < month of 28 days.