The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-03-26

DO difficult. nor would II DO worry expcn.
a'vo' 70 construct u steel tube systum Of
tullicioht diameter to somewhat modify
tho climate OF tho eastern seaboard,
For example. n thin stool tube, say
four or five foot In diameter, would con.
h,oy III enormous quantity OF air. Ono
la' really no idoa Of what this quantity
would DO unit ono stops to figure II out.
), Tho idea 10 identical with this pipo
iihO systom now Ia uso. OF! 10 pipod
long distances from tho oil wolls OF
ichhsylvania, mud similarly natural
gas is pipod, long distances. Now ii
would DO Just as ensy aud Just 40 foas.
ibln to pipe mir as oil or gas.
Tho distance, too, Ia not very great.
! hnvc been surprised TO find how short
q limo would servo for this purpose. II
1t extended from within tho tropicol
zone to within tho Arctic zone II would
more than moot tho requirements aud
still extend ovor only an eighth OF tho
circle. 1t would only DO about three
thousand milos long. | do not think
that It would require n pipe moro than
four or five feot Ia diameter, and tho
pipo could DO built Of thin steel and
neod not DO expensive. Such limo
would not DO nearly 90 costly to build
and equi p rs railroad limo, nor doea |.
present any material difficulties. It
would be tho simplest OF mechanical
problems. aud tho right Of way would
not DO expensive.
For motive power some out OF tho
way waterfall could DO utilized, 30 that
tho expense OF operation need not DO
very great.
VI know all such suggestions as tn ESQ
arc generally looked upon as coming
from u wild.oyed luna.ic. But there 10
really nothing half 80 daring in this
suggestion as was tho idea OF laying q
cable upder tho Atlantic. Tho dillicul.
tiea to DO overcome were greater then
than any difficulties with which thiu
enterprise would meet. We 70 to a
great deal OF expense to secure pure
water for use in New York city,
don't see why 1t would not DO Just ~
feasible to provide means for fre,h air
and nj tho samc time modify tho rigors
OF our climate. OF course. the original
heat or cold might DO lost In transtuis.
sion, but tho air would always produce
heat where it is compressed aud cold
whore it expanded"
l asked Prof. Croker why his idea
could not DO Immediately applied on a
small scale 10 bring fresh air in the
summer time from Coney Island or tho
aeashore. Ito replied:
Ut could. 1t would BIO very simple
thing to construct Pipe limo from the
seashore with vents along Broadway or
any other points desired, at intervals Of
half mile or 80. and send frcsh air
through tho streets aud make New York
quite seaside resort.
This, however, would afford only q
temporary relief. It would scarcely be
feasible to attempt to seriously control
the climate, except over wide areas. 1t
would have to be done BY national,
rather than state or municipal. action,
and would probably require co.opera-
ton between this government and the
Canadian and Mexican governments.
Such pipe line as l have described
would have to extend from some OF the
very cold regions Of tho fur north clear
into the tropics. This would enable US
at will to draw cold air from the north
and warm air from the south. In this
way We could probably pretty effect
lively, too, control the rainfall. At least
we could turn on cold blast when We
needed rain. and hot blast whom we
wanted to keep it way. It'would GER
tainly require a hugo system, some
thing very much larger than anything
here outlined to stop blizzard.
"But science to-day 10 more daring
than ever. It has brushed aside so
many difficulties. so many apparent OBJ.
s.icles, it has probed go many secrets
that it Is not likely to stop shor. now.
In tho sense Of possible physical
achievements, there is no bankruptcy
OF science Science aud invention have
done much to conquer time and space.
They have defied tho wind and tho
waves. They have brought most OF tho
forces OF nature under control. WHY
should they not one day have control OF
them all?"