The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-04-22

success he has Knocked at The door of first one
and then the other house OF Congress. Some
times one and sometimes the other house has
passed bill for his relief. as it is technically
described. but simply to give him the oppor-
UNITY to establish his rights. When both
houses have In one Congress passed his Dill IL
has met disaster by the Presidential veto. but
he has gone on, never losing his hope and con-
fidence that justice would finally come 10 him.
Even those who are not altogether satisfied
with Inc validity OF lis claim could not Wltn-
hoi1 admiration for bis nerve and undaunted
perseverance. The man himself possessed
generous. chiyalric lovable nature, which APP
pealed TO ali who came in contact with him.
The years have brought a stoop to his form,
nave dlmmed his eye, have silvered his flowing
locks, but they have not diminished the respect
IN which he is held by those who know him."
IL doubtff the Alps or the Andes or the Hima-
layas can furnish scene more beautifui and
Inspiring than that seen from car-window on
the Northern Pacific road in the ascent or de-
scent OF Stevens Pass in the Cascades" said
Artist l.. L. Lange OF Boston yesterday. Ser
talnly no other place In America can outrival
1t. Nature and the railroad occupy 1t entirely.
the only sign OF human occupancy being the
track and the train. From lofty points in wide
canyons the accumulation of snow often comes
down with such force and might as TO tear
away the trees and rocks and leave bare path.
way for thousands Of feet up the mountain
side. The track has been built to avoid any
such danger. and the little terminal stations on
the switchback, by which the ascent is made,
are regular Arctic villages In winter, most OF
the houses being entirely buried, and reached
either by tunnels or deep paths. The rotary
snowplow keeps the tracks clear, leaving the
banks on each side higher than the cars, the
standing
white passage cary through the snowy blan-
ket lying over the mountains The rotary pillow
Is great machine, built on the plan OF an au-
ger or glmlet, and 1t goes through the snow on
the same principle that one OF those tools pene-
trates board. 1t is known among the railroad
men as the roaring gimlet and the family
egg-beater. 1t does away with the old-fash-
Toned method Of bucking into snowdrifts with
locomotives, and in many cases dlspenses with
the necessity OF snowsheds. A rotary ready
for use is said to cost about SIS, ZOO, but it pays
for Itself over and over again every winter, for
the stoppage OF traffic on great line OF travel
Is serious and expensive. The sWitchback
track Is cut along the side OF the mountain and
is as solid as the earth ITSELF Altogether IL is
wonderful piece of engineering, and the en-
gines used are the largest and most powerful
ever made"
A. B. Miller, one of the gentlemen who ex-
poets TO accompany the party which will leave
this city for Russia on scientific expedition in
connection with the great Siberian railway, Is
now here, and speaking of the country which
his party Will visit, yesterday, he had this 10
say: siberia is Iopularly supposed to be
barren waste, extending from the frozen ocean
on the north TO the sands of the Cobb desert on
the south. But this popular impression is alt o.
gether wrong. Exclusive of the timber region
OF the north and the deserts of Turkestan, Rus
STA in Asia contains an area of 5, 100000 square
miles OF land suitable for agricultural or pas
toral pursuits. The population numbers nearly
100000 and there are sever Il cities which
possess over $4,000 inhabitants. The agrcu-
tural products exported which constitute only
very small part OF tn whole, are valued at an
average Of S20.000.o00 year. The output OF
the mines exported is entered at III ward OF
S20,oo0,000 annually, and the furs, fish, skins
and other products that come into European
Russia from Siberia are worth from So, 900, 900
10 Sc, 600 900. 1t was for the purpose of deve-
oping this vast territory and encoul aging lmmi-
grafton thlther hat The Government of the
Car has undertaken to eXpend $50 100000
upon the railway mentioned. which Will be
over 1000 miles long and VIII connect the
Black Sea and the lite with VladivostOck on
the Sea Of japan. Ii is not expected that the
railway will pay expenses OF operation for some
a
pOrtant factor in the shifting OF existing trade
routes and il will certainly open up new and
productive continent to settlement"
1.-The master mechanic of the Delaware,
LacKawanna and Western Railroad Is an orig
inal individual" said O. 7. Duke of Baltimore
yesterday, land he apparently has struck a
new idea so far as its practical application IS
concerned, In branch of railroad work.
Visitors to the Worlds Fair will remember that
the method used in painting the buildings was
with hose. The gentleman l speak OF has
adapted the same method to withdrawing the
tanks and other structures which are usually
covered with that material. he has fitted up
freightcar with two reservoirs and three ord-
nary air pumps. Steam is taken from the loco
motive or any stationary boiler conveniently at
hand by ordinary couplings, ana the air is con-
veyed from these reservoirs through piping or
hose to tn OPERATOR who literally turns the
hose on the building TO be whitewaShed and
sprinkles the lime over it. To each nozzle are
attached two lines Of hose, one carrying the
whitew sh and the other the air, and the flow
of each is regulated by valves. The nozzle may
be attached at the end of a long arm, enabling
the operator TO reach heights inaccessible TO
the brush except by scaffolding."
Mrs. Francis, wife of the general passenger
and ticket agent OF the Burlington route located
at Omaha is in The city and is guest at the
Occi dental.