The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-10-25
THE DIAMOND. SHOALS LIGHT,
Failure Of the Latest Attcmpt 10 Lessen
$ FL. the Perlls of Hatteras. IS 2,

Failure OF the Latest Attempt 10 Lessen
.ss< I'll. the Perlls Of Hatteras, 3tg IS.
/. From observations made by the licht-
house board It appears that the second
attempt to erect a lighthouse on the dan
gerous Diamond shoals, of Cane Hat.
teras. n. G.. has failed Just what steps
viii next be taken to guard the important
coastwise traffic against the perils of this
pace pne 9 vsritabls graveyard of ships: has
Hatteras, about ten miles, and in bad
weather. when aids to navigation are most
necessary, the powerful .Hatteras light
is unable to cast its warning beams far
enough out to sea to guard against dis
aster to ships. Some years ago the light
house sbureau, obtaining 4 large appro-
priatiop from Congress, made a contract
with an experienced firm Of lighthouse
builders to erect 4, lighthouse on these
shoals. The plan Of construction was to
sink. vast cylinders If heavy boiler iron
clear down through the water and many
feet Of shifting sands below the bedrock.
These cylinders We're to be filled with
concrete and made practically 4 solid
rock, upon WHICH the lighthouse was to
be erected: The constructors took the
Job at their own fisk, but, after making
several Inexpensive attempts, they threw
up the work.
Last year the lighthouse bureau under
took the work itself. this time on new
iron piles driven by hydraulic jets deep
down into the sands. through which the
seas were allowed full sweep. while the
lighthouse pegchel far above the waters
on top Of the piling A few weeks of
fine weather last fall enabled them to
put in quadrangular pyramid upon which
superstructure was erected, and at this
point the fall storms came along and the
work was suspended for the year. But
when an inspection was had recently,
preparatory to resuming the work, it
was found that the great waves had
played havoc with this structure. Moth
ing remained of the superstructure, and
the piling that stood was twisted into
corkscrews. The effect of the surges on
the ironwork was sufficient to convince
the inspectors that no structure of the
kind could stand against it. The piles
appeared to remain firmly in the sand at
the bottom. but at the surface, where
they received the full swing of the waves,
they were carried away and could not be
maintained by any device.
still problem for. engineers. The diff
culties that thus far have been en-
countered far exceed those overcome in
the case of the celebrated Eddystone
Washington Post
Paid His Tenants Moving Expenses.
A good story is told of well-known
landlord who has been having any
amount of trouble during the hard times
to collect rents from his tenants. There
was certain man with large family,
Who had occupied part of one of his
ouses in the suburbs for a number of
Yeas. The man was thoroughly honest,
but down on his luck. The landlord
bore the loss of his rent with consider
able fortitude until he thought it was
someone else's turn to help the fellow
little: then he went to him one day and
was intending to give the house q going
decided to expend a little money on it
and make some important alterations,
and, as it would be some expense for
the man to move, he generously offered
to order team for him and settle the
bill himself. >sh-. ~~~-s.
The matter was arranged with the ut
most friendliness on both sides, and the
landlord went his way. feeling quite lit
tie like the celebrated Pharisee: A week
later he asked his agent about some flats
that had been empty for a month or
two. ''All rented" said the agent, and
he named the parties, whereupon the
landlord Immediately descended to the
plane of publicans and sinners. When he
had recovered himself sufficiently to talk
English, he proceeded to inform the as
tonished agent that one of his acquisitions
was the man he had just moved at his
own expense out of the house in the
suburbs.-Hartford Comm Post.