New-York tribune., 1892-12-21
MlKIys Moyll orr or PI1Cu.


from Ia" Wa,hnon star.
The Barber Paving Company obtains II. a,ph"t ton.
on rslrIOrdluar, lIh" 81 p!lch IN IinlddH IL ~ +.
circular ain OF bac. btum'n. haNhg an h'ca I'll
unly 10 acrcs. But NJ, drpOlt. formed rom Nc,e
Table matter DS chemical pr"'''Sr, III ha'u'c >
laboratory during past ages; + inrNhau,ilbie mh
of IicAc-. Anybody who isas seen Il I"rse Foilu %
pond mostly dried up villa llifle streams "i rthl
water irr.starly inor>cling H. bed here ana there
patchr, 81 vegetation, and a -l-hN "'k hS pI"'e ~
The centre with h-A bubbles '0ulns up, the 'hute
sIgfao" hnclI-h and unlnNllng' ,hii ',n VIZ @ 49,,
Idea ~ the general APPEARANCE of the lake. us con
tents are nearly pur" h'phailuh "l.n Il r , n ~ :,
pcrilon of "nfthy mat +. an on ~ ~.'v"s ~ 'P -, -
c-tmatrs the quantity In slsli al i'3-'n' to' pu'
since s reckoning was made 'eNrl,l 'iutu ,ur,
sand tons have been removed Without p'r''P"pH
dimin shng the avaiiahl" supply. .,
Their" Is something aitos"tl"r weird IN S,r',nsc
about tI!s lake Of pli'h li' >uiIH'' ",H "" Ii
sent continuous sheet. bni j. iraNrr ed bF l'l
work of channels I'm which ih" rain water coI''' -.
n, ,pcct may b" lihri,d ln "A lirr" u h'rcd P't'
Their. nrc about - score of small Islands s.ai.i"l !
over the lake. which nrc covered with V.RtH'i u.
OF them supp rtluS Trees twenty OF u"I,N "'.
Llrh These Stands de- 10 extend downward very
fnr into pr lake. but aPp"ar 10 l" m r'k sHpr'' ~
accumuiaiiJns of soil When ON" Of them j. dc'i d"
me- asphalt beneath Il rises 10 the general lvri.
Although the action s. slow rs 10 be mpr'c"p bl,
= the eve the entire lake T. al~ay, Ia mp'ion 20 ihnt
hn lets are continually binc tran ported rom one
part Of IT 10 another. II is said that sometimes one
Il them ,lnI, into the iower regions Of bimrn. 10
be again thrown mp al distance. lis Vrrd1nt hile
changed to the black dye of The pitch. Aho"t rhr
lets tholisands ~ beautiful bnti"rili"S ana more
brilliant hummlng birds gather. while higher in ne
,bcm.elvos The richnc,s Of the vegetation and the
a,pcrb array ~ birds ana Insects AFFORD stlkinS
contrast with the gloom Of the ygian lake. .
Tho surface OF The Lake J. hard % uht
q horse may be- ridden over II. except
for the space Of nhOut mere IN IN" ceuirr,
wler. the pitch f. soft aud hubbling. \ man walk
Ing acrns, thi, pat uf it sinks TO hoN" his nhhies
hut N times II would probably be danS'r,~ 10 N''
,ure thcrr let hr cn"tlGd ana ma Il HoI1l
rrnvc in the Inkv depths below. Everybody VINO h'
v.lLrd on asphalt pavrmcnts knows bow rondilv lh'v
,i,goib and arc softcnrd lv ~" rays of le ,ll. 1at
orb shine, with such "A t0uid CLARA In Trinidad mat
fro, 10 DEGREES 10 40 d"grrcs within twenty lonr
hours Thus. dnrinr tie hot part "f the day l" p u
sometimes fairly boils In the middle ~ IL" l1hr. 10
ALWAYS has an abominablc smell of ~ulplrcitcd hydro
~.n which f. the Kind of ~ generated ~ bHd "S@N
Here and there IN" surface SWrngs. small ana
liz which are fl'd with the ga~. II Is fortunate
that fine material when compact will not burn without
!, vir for oihorwls, the cullre rrgiIn lnclnng the
ncIrhb0rng village might snfrr The fate "f Soipm
ana Gomorflh. No snundingS hay" oyer been made.
and the depth Of the depus!i l. unknown.
The company gets lis pitch from III" ltk" ar q
cost ~ 40 cents u ton. II e"ll, 10" material in t'
i-ult,d STATES for 4lj n ton This caV~f fair
margin Of profit even after III" rental of Tjo.u3o
annually la, been paid to the colony For this price
he colony only c1ants cNclnsiv' rislh> ~ h' inc
lake but ala prohibits, competition hv iorbldiiry an.
persons 10 dig asDhaltmm from th" public lands ot
other hiiumcn producing land the I'm" monopoly OWLS
or holds ly lease ninn-i -i'uilS. The remaining TENN
belongs to private individuals and II alon" w1nli
nrrlucn enough to break the market but fr ih"
n,c, tIr, ihr owners arr shut on 10 u H"a' extent
iy an cvplrt duty Of ~ 80 y ton. TIL" monopoly
f. OBLIGED pay the am" duty. hut happy arr.ng'
rrnt + effected bN which III" charges against II IN
This way 90 toward the 10000 yearly rent.