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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05

thence through the drainage canal down
he Illinois aud Mississippi river TO the
gulf. 1t viii likely be q long time be-
fore 80 much is accomplished, but not so
ung perhaps as you imagine. for this Is
che age Of canal development, and things
are moving rapidly IN this last end of
the nineteenth century, and they will
move with even greater rapidity IN the.
twentieth. No one who realizes what
the railroad development Of the United
States has been during the past half
century can for a moment doubt great
posi- bilities for the future. Now, as the
railroads are pretty much all built, it is
time for the era of cheaper though slow
81 water transportation to begin. but
perhaps it IS not necessary to go into de-
tails on this point at this time.
AT present there are at work on the
drainage canal between 3. 900 and 6, 600
men At one time fully s, 600 men were
employed, and it Is quite likely that as
large a number may again find work
upon it, The preliminary expenses Of
organization, surveys, etc, were about
5000, 600, the right Of way cost s., 500,
600, and the excavating has cost about
SO, 165, 600, a grand total to Nov. 1,
say, of about $40, 600. 600. Although
the law allows q current of three miles
an hour, not more than from 1 = to Il
miles an hour flow viii actually obtain,
and this Will surely not interfere with
navigation up the stream
I'VE have had many difficulties to
contend with that would not appear to
the layman upon inspection. For in
stance, at one point, where we have to
deepen and widen the bed of the Illinois
river, we have been obliged to make a
new channel, called the spillway. for
the water now flowing to pass through,
while the main work is in progress.
This has been very interesting piece
of engineering of itself and has excited
the admiration Of engineers generally.
Many new and ingenious pieces Of ma
chinery for excavating rapidly and eco
nomically have been devised. One of
these, designed to do the work Of hum
dreds of men at an immense saving,
was recently set up at a cost Of $50, 600.
1t had hardly been adjusted before
high wind threw down an insecurity
placed prop to the money damage of the
contractor of not less than SO, 600 in
repairs and a delay of perhaps two
months, which Will cost him a further
large sum. The cantalever dirt eleva-
tors are interesting cOntrivances, by the
use of which q great amount of money
is saved, and all along the line the con-
tractors have made use Of every sort of
invention by which to expedite their
work and conserve economy 1t is not
too much to say that without these
would have been well nigh impossible
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05

REMOVING ROCK FROM DRAINAGE CHANNEL
rShowing cantalever dirt elevator in the dis
tance-l
to get the work through because Of the
vast outlay Of money that would have
been necessary.
s'Reverting for little to the naviga-
ton part of the scheme, it ought to be
made clear to your readers that the
Hennepin canal. which connects the IL
linois and Mississippi rivers, Is not to
be used as link in the chain at all
The Mississippi is much higher at the
point where it is joined by the canal
than is the Illinois where the canal
leaves it, and therefore a large number
Of locks are necessary between the two
streams. The route down the Illinois,
after Lockport, is gently sloping, SO
gently, in fact that there viii be need
for very few, if any, locks, although
there are now several dams in the river
that serve practically the same purpose.
as locks. The flow Of water through the
channel after the work is completed VIII
be so much greater than the present
flow that all necessity for these dams
viii disappear.
a comparison of the dimensions Of
the world various famous canals with
those of Chicago's drainage canal may
not be uninteresting at this point. Cross
sections are given with this article by
which the relative size may be seen at
a glance. The new Manchester ship
canal Is similar to the Chicago one IN
size, but that is so only in the rock
cuts. At such points the Manchester
canal is 10 feet the wider, but in the
earth cuts the drainage ditch is 2O2 feet
wide at the bottom and 500 at the top,
while the other in earth cuts is only 100
and 172. The Suez canal is but - feet
wide at the bottom anywhere It's top
width varies from 100 to 1923, but the
latter adds nothing to its navigable ca
pacity, as ships of heavy draft cannot
venture away from the y foot channel
in the center The Panama canal was
projected to be 70 and rs feet wide at
bottom in different places and from 1O1
to I64 wide at thetOp- Both these canals
are deeper than the drainage canal, how
ever by about feet. The Erie canal,
the most pretentious artificial waterway
in the United States Of any length IS
but IS feet wide at the bottom and 20
at the top and feet deep
There are many reasons for believing
that the Erie will never be enlarged SO
as to make link in the proposed chain
of artificial waterways, for not only
would the cost Of enlargement proper be
enormous, but the right Of way through
the thickIy settled state Of New York
would be expensive beyond all practical
limits CHARLES APPEEBEE-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05
TWO CASES FILED.

A Breach OF Contract and Neglected
Heir Ask For Settlement.
Two interesting cases have been filed
in the district court In one Hiram Hall
sues Charles A. Smith for damages
amounting to $1,000. Smith rented
Halls fifty acre farm and be wants 5000
damages for alleged breach of contract,
S79720 for damage to farm property and
500 due on a balance from an old note,
total 81, 1920
Walter Ware has brought suit against
Laura, Lizzie, Mabel. Fred and Edward
Ware and A. al Robinson, to recover
one-tenth interest in lots 29J and 292
Tyler street He claims he is one of the
original " are heirs, and is entitled TO
tenth interest in the property, which has
since been conveyed to "A. A. Robinson,
president Of the Mexican Central rail
way. Wares lawyer is Charles Foster.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05

wide at the bottom, while at the top it
is 306 feet wide. In the rock cuttings it
is $50 feet wide both at top and bottom.
This IS by odds the largest artificial
channel ever constructed, as viii be
seen by comparing the cross section Of
the Suez and other famous waterways
1t VIII admit, IN fact, Of practical ocean
navigation. OF rather of navigation by
ocean vessels, and we believe the time
viii come when ocean vessels will pass
through it.
''Our plan in its entirety is not con
fined to the draining of Chicago. It in
cludes the construction Of a continuous
chain Of waterways Of sufficient dimen-
siOns to admit ocean going vessels from
New Y Orl. connecting with the great
lakes through them to Chicago. and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05


per some of the interesting things that
were told me a few days ago by Lyman
E. Cooley Of the board of trustees OF the
sanitary district.
''When Chicago began to grow great, p
said Mr.. Cooley, ''and. you know. we
claim that it's the greatest town in the
country now, we began to be troubled
with our sewerage. We had to drain
into the lake, and as we also have to
take our water for drinking purposes
from that inexhaustible natural reser-
voir we didn { like the situation. Now,
everybody knows that the territory on
which Chicago is built Is low and fat
and that it is naturally drained by the
sluggish stream known as the Chicago
river. The Illinois or Desplaines river
rises to the north. not many miles from
Lake Michigan, and flows south, passing
Chicago, to the Mississippi. At one
point near the city the watershed be-
tween the two rivers is very lOw-so
low, in fact, that when the water IS
high some of that which should pass
down the Illinois to the Mississippi over
flows the dividing line and flows into
Lake Michigan At such times the trou-
BILE, always regrettable. is very bad in
decd, and it has long been realized that
some time it must be remedied-
1.-THE way in which this remedy could
be applied has always been clear
enough Nothing could be simpler IN
theory than to cut channel direct from
the lake to the Illinois river, deepen
the channel Of the latter SO that the
water would surely flow south and
then empty the sewers into the chan
mel If Lake Michigan were ten feet
higher than it Is, there is no doubt that
its outlet would be here, and that a
great river would flow southwark
through the valley of the Illinois to the
Father of Waters. The difficulties in
the way of cutting the needed channel
We're, however, very great. In order to
insure sufficient flow to take the sewage
away without too great contamination
of the Illinois, which would work mis-
chief to the towns on its banks, the pro
posed ditch would have to be a mann
moth one that would cost an immense
amount of money. Then there had to be
special legislation, and it took years and
years to get that Finally, however, aft
CT long prOtracted effort, the proper
measure was put through the state leg
'islature in 1889. This was known as
the lock and dam bill After that the
drainage district, covering the territory
to be benefited, had to be organized so
as to levy the proper taxes. 1t would
take too long to tell of all the separate
steps, but ground was finally broken on
Sept. IA, 1892, and the work has been
going on ever since.
1.-The total cost Of the work when
completed viii not be far from S55,-
600, 600, but considering the length Of
line, $40 miles, and the magnitude of
the work, it viii be the cheapest achieve
ment of the sort. so far as money
cost Is concerned, in the history Of
engineering The channel must, by the
terms Of the law, be Of sufficient di-
mansions to carry not less than 600. 900
lcubic feet Of water a minute, with
current not exceeding three miles an
hour. As a matter Of fact, the channel
where cut through the earth provides
for depth of % feet and is 2O2 feet
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05


TIE friends of free silver in congress
have commenced operations already.
Representative Hartman Of Montana has
introduced q free coinage bill which car
ries with it new and important feature.
It provides that dutiable imports from
gold standard countries shall pay the
customs duties in gold This Is 'carry-
ing the war into Africa" If England
and Germany want to do business on a
gold basis Dir. Hartman proposes that
we shall assist them to do 80. AS soon as
these countries opened their minis to sill
yer the restriction would be removed.
Of course the measure will be declared
unconstitutional as soon as it comes up
for discussion in the house. Any meas
IRE offered III congress which il calcu-
lated to be of any real benefit to the peo-
pie is nearly always pronounced uncon-
etitutional
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05

SENATOR PEFFER doesn't seem in
clined to take Secretary CarIisle's word
for it. Notwithstanding the fact that the
secretary has just finished tell ng the
country how and Why he Issued the
bonds, AIr- PETER has introduced a reso-
luton providing for an investigation by
the Judiciary committee into the ''cir-
cumstances and legal authority" under
which the secretary has been acting
lie has introduced another resolution
calling on the president for a recital Of
the circumstances and legal authority
under which troops were sent to Chicago
last summer The senior Kansas sena-
tor seems to have peculiar faculty for
asking embarrassing questions The
next the country knows he Will be in
curing why some violations Of the inter
state commerce law are prosecuted and
some are not, and why the anti-trus law
IS violated with impanity.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05
HERE is A BIG DITCH.
cHlCAGO'S DRAINAGE CANAL IS A
GREAT ENGINEERING WORK.

It Is Primarily Tor Carrying or Offensive
Sewage, but It Is Incidentally Mann
moth ship Canal a Thousand Miles From
the Sea.
Not all the world knows about it yet,
but they are doing one of the most not
able engineering works of modern
times in Chicago and near by just now.
1t is called the Drainage canal, and the
primary purpose of those who are dig
ging the enormous ditch Is to afford the
great city at the head OF Lake Michigan
an outlet for It's sewerage But Incl
dentally they are building one Of the
greatest ship canals in the world, a real
ship canal 1000 miles from the sea-
board.
It would be folly for me to try to tell
an adequate story of this work IN the
allotted space, but am going to repeat
tor the benefit of the readers of this pa
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05

PROF F. II. SNOW. Of the state univer-
sity says Of Novem ocr's weather.
"A warm, dry, windy month. While
the emperarure was considerably above
the average. the usual number of winter
days with mean below 80 degrees) oc-
CURED. The rainfall was less than half
the average, and this is the fourth con-
secutive November with light precipita-
ton No snow fell Of sufficient depth to
measure The mean cloudiness was far
below the average. and the wind velocity
notably above. Mean temperature.
42.10 degrees. which is PIT degrees
above the November average. The
highest temperature was 72.5 degrees,
on the 25ths the lowest was IL degrees,
on the 2Sth, giving a range of 81 degrees.
Rainfall, Q.03 inch, which ia O.97 inch be-
low the November average. Rain or
snow fell in measurable quantities on
three days. There was snow (trace) on
the 18th. There was one thunder show
er. The entire rainfall for the IL months
OF 1894 now completed il 29.05 inches
which 6.10 inches below the average for
the same months in the &c years proceed
Ing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05

CAPTAIN kobe is taking the safest and
anrest way possible to undermine the
Oates government lie advises the pc O.
pie to pay no taxes. No taxes, no sala-
ries; no salaries, no officers, at least not
for amy great length Of time. Kolb and
his followers seem to have enlisted for
two years or during The war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05

The Crovvnine Beauty or Woman
Is a Iuxuriant growth Of Hair Beggs
Hair Remover is guaranteed TO give
satisfaction, As it is purely 9 vegetable
preparation. and acts directly on the
roots Of the hair. Sold and warranted by
W. r Ksnnady.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05
HOMEsEEKERs EXCURSION.



December 4th and 18th the Santa Fe
will run Homeseekers Excursions at one
fare. plus 50, for the round trip.
These tickets viii be sold to points in
Colorado, Utah. Oklahoma, Indian Terri
tory. Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana, and
viii be good for 20 DAYS.
ROWLEY Bros,
City Agents.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05
GAVE AWAY STATE MONEY.
That is What the Board of Health Did at
Its Quarterly Meeting.

That is what the Board Of Health Did at
Its Quarterly Meeting
The state board Of health held its
quarterly meeting Monday afternoon
and not satisfied with the severe rebuke
given them by Judge Hazen, continued
I'd squander the states money with com
plete disregard of right or precedent.
The amount disposed of was small IN
comparison with the 5000 they at
tempted to grab, but the principle is just
the same.
The board, with the exception Of DR..
Hoover Of Haistead and DR.. w. I'll Roby
of Topeka, voted to pay the Topeka daily
Capital $50 for printing a lengthy com
rnunicati0n from DR. Dykes ia which he
attempted to prove that Kansas was
threatened with an Invasion of cholera.
The board also voted TO pay Judge
Frank D0ster and b +. Dawes go each
attorneys fee for defending DR.. Dykes
in the case which he lost Monday. not
withstanding the case was personal
one in which the state of Kansas was
more Interested in the prosecution than
the defense. There is little doubt that
Auditor Prather VIII O. K the vouchers
On account Of the rupture between
Dykes and DR.. Roby the latter was not
notified Of the meeting. The Topeka
doctor however learned Of the meeting
and was present much to Dykes cha
grin. DR.. Roby and Or. Hoover opposed
the remainder of the board
In Justice to DR.. Roby it should be said
that he more than anyone else saved the
S.. 90 cholera fund It was be who
hired J. @. Waters to take the case, and
DIR. Roby paid him for his services 1t
may be said also that Dr. Roby has not
drawn a cent Of the states money under
any pretense since he has been on the
board All the rest. with the possible
exception Of one, have drawn literally
for 'expenses" and special sanitary
work"
The report Of the s-seven states IN
surance commissioners on the condition
Of the New York Life Insurance com
pany, appears in this issue Of the jour
NAL
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05
80 81 sJBscRIPrI0N.
GREATEST IN KANSAS.
AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION:
$500

Fer the three dull summer months OF
1894 an increase Ct ever fifty per cent
n ons year.
OUR PROOF.
Ire issues of the TOPEKA Daily STATE
JJLRNA- for She thre8 months, VIZ. from The
ISIS day Of June. 29+. to tbs 3IsI day OF August
1884. inclusive have been follows.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05

In the city election at Birmingham,
Ala, yesterday, the Reform Democra-
cy" won. There is no place where a re-
form Democracy has better field for
action than in Alabama.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05

CHICAGO. Dec. 4.-F0recast for Kan
Ras: Fair and slightly warmer tonight
and Thursday southwesterIy winds
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05

Come to the Everyday Affair." at
Unity church. 9th and 7th.
Don't forget the Fair at Unity church
the 9th and 7th.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05

Fine Kid Dolls.
Imported Toys,
Fine Iron Toys,
Doll BuRgies,
Toy Furniture.
Hobby Horses,
Sleds and Skates
At Kitch0ll & Marburg'g
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05

The report Of the "seven states IN
surance commissioners on the condition
Of the New York Life Insurance com
pany, appears in this issue Of the jour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-05

Topeka steam Laundry,
625 jackson street
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-31
The Screaming Habit,

No two persons hear exactly alike.
The human internal ear is best de-
scribed by likening it to grand piano.
That instrument has key for every
note; the human ear has a nerve fla
ment for every tone and its variations.
Did / say for every tone? That Is
mistake. Some pianos have seven oc-
taves, some have eight; some have bot
ter tone in one portion Of the keyboard
than in another. Exactly SO with the
human ear. Some persons hear acute
ly; they catch sounds that to others are
but silence. Some tones strike the ear
drum, but are not conveyed to the
brain because their corresponding
nerve flament is missing. We know
of defective hearing, but we do not ap-
ply our knowledge to our reasoning
when we are stating our opinions or i'm
pressions. To some a high note is
positive pain, aud to such ears soar
ing soprano will do nothing but shrek.
Others will detest the lower tones. An
finals are moved out of their wonted
calm by the sound Of certain notes.
Tt should be our endeavor to cultivate
tones of softness and sweetness. A low
tone is the voice of comfort and conso-
lation, of deepest, most sacred emotion.
Our society women should do all they
can to counterfeit the screaming habit
of Americans. -Di Vernon in San
Francisco Newsletter.
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-31
AN IDEALLY BAD BABY.
His whims Were Law, and His Temper
Fattened ON Their Indulgence.

Fattened ON Their Indulgence.
Tom was bad baby from the very be-
ginning of his usurpation. He would cry
for nothing, he would burst into storms of
devilish temper without notice and let go
scream after scream and squall after
squall, then climax the thing with "hold-
ing his breath''-that frightful speciality
of the teething nursing, in the throes OF
which the creature exhausts its lungs,
then is convulsed with noiseless squirm-
ihgs and twistings and kickings in the eff
fort to get it's breath, while the lips turn
blue and the mouth stands wide and rigid,
effering for inspection one wee tooth set
In the lower rim of a hoop of red gums,
pnd when the appalling stiffness has en-
dured until one is sure the lost breath will
never return a nurse comes flying and
dashes water in the child's face, and
presto, the lungs fill and instantly dis
charge shrek or yell or howl which
bursts the listening ear and surprises the
owner of it into saying words which would
not go well with halo if he had one
The baby Tom would claw any body who
came within reach of his nails and pound
anybody he could reach with his rattle. He
would scream for water until he got it and
then throw cup and all on the floor and
scream for more. He was INDUCED in all
his caprices, howsoever troublesome and
exasperating they might be- He was al
lowed to eat anything he wanted, particu-
larly things that would give him the
stomach ache.
When he got to be old enough to begin
to toddle about and say broken words and
get an idea of what his hands were for, he
DO hon ovynr
Roxy got no rest while he was awake. He
would call for anything and everything he
saw, simply saying 'Awnt it'' want it),
which was command. When 1t was
brou ght, he said in frenzy and motion
ing it away with his hands, "Don't awnt
it; don't awnt it!' and the moment it was
gone he set up frantic yells of "Awnt it;
awnt itp' and Roxy had to give wings to
her heels to get that thing back to him
again before he could get time to carry out
his intention Of going into commissions
about it.
What he preferred above all other things
was the tongs. This was because his ia
ther had forbidden him to have them lest
he break windows and furniture with
them. The moment Roxy's back was
turned he would toddle to the presence of
the tongs and say, "Like ii" and cock his
eye to one side to see if Roxy was observ-
ing, then "Awnt it'll" and cock his eye
again, then "Hab itl'' with another fur
tive glance, and finally, "Take itP' and
the prize was his. The next moment the
heavy implement was raised aloft, the
next there were a crash and squall, and
the cat was OFF on three legs to meet an en-
gagement. Roxy would arrive just as the
lamp or window went to irredeemable
smash.-Mark Twain's "Pudd 'nhead Will
son" in Cen fury.
The Portland daily press., 1894-01-31
Portland & Worcester Line
PORTLAND & ROCHESTER, R. L.
STATION FOOT OF PEBBLE STREET
In Effect Sept. II, 1898.

On and after Sunday. Sept. 24th, 1893
Passenger trains will Leave Portland:
For Worcester, Clinton, Aver Junction,
Nasnga, Windham and Epping at 7.30 a.
m. and 1870 p. m
For Manchester, Concord, and points North
at go a. m. and 1890 p. M
For Rochester, Springvale, Alfred, Water
boro and Saco River at Z 30 a. NJ. 1890 and
$50 y. m.
For Gorham at 7.30 and 9.45 a. NJ. 1890.
500, $50, and $40 .. M.
For Westbrook, Cumberland Mills, West
brook junction and Woodford's at 73O.
9.45 a. m. 1870, SOC. $50. and
$40 p. m.
For Forest Avenue % eering), 6.20p. m.
The 1870 p. m. train from Portland connects
at Aycr junction with "Hoosac Tunnel
Route for the West and at Union Station.
Worcester, for Providence and New York,
via ''Providencs Line" for Norwich and
New York, via Norwich Line with Boston
s. Albany r. Il. for the West, and with the
New York All Rail via Springfield"
Trains arrive at Portland from Worcester
at 100 p M; from Rochester at $50 a. m,
1.30 and 5.5op. M; from Gorham
at GAO, $50 and 1856 a. M, 1.3O.
4.15. and $50 p. m.
South. apply TO f. H. COLLINS. Ticket
j. W. PETERS. supt
sept23 dtf