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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-03
PEEKSKILL,

The following organizations have chosen oMcers
for the year: On Thursday evening. Cortandt Lodge
No a. F. and A. MINISTER. EDWARD r. NM
senior warden Henry p. Dam; junior w@roeii'
George E. Briggs; secretary IT, w. hichmonu'
treasurer David Griffen trustee. FOR three years.
Josenh NJ Fox: senior deacon. Edward b. OSBORN
1unior deacon Orrn J. Loder senior master OF cere
monies Oscar V Barger: Junior master OF cere-
monies, 8. Intel: marshal, Frederick Alien oh''n'
Finance Committee. Wilbur L. Eilis' Or. Percy II,
Mason and c. Gardener. Inc oi"oei' "e'S ''7
the same night. .
Mount Ararat Encampment-Chief patriarch Al
bert +. Case; senior warden. William Lyons; junior
warden. Horatio Crawford H. p Oscar y. B Barsep
F. s.. Lafayette Henry; trustees, Gilbert l.. I an
kns. Peter Case and Abram Clark representative
bald Eagle lawmakers Association No; %f, !:
hsf SFnoma. f Dassy
Stephen E. Teller collector Of slraWs charles
stephen 4. Teller: representative. william r.
Engle. - ~, oe, n o,p Ns,ch.m
Wood Ssnor e Hos pTopas, on
}yh'P RIchards: chief Of records. William F. Enge;
collector Of wampu s. Aen rasaee gepn n
TsmDum sn wij Edgar ". Hsis ~ ''
wSs Shield Council No e Na pesTSs Ha rGSa
%.nssah m1s Fannie Lent.
Of records Miss woo SIe
Wampum. J.. Arthur Haight; trustees Edgar ~ W..
Hat Mrs M Mr. f ane Borden S and Mrs
'e we and Mrs William Nelson johnson. who were
married on December In the est and returned 10
the bridesroom's home in Peekskiil week ago
On Tuesday evening the bridegrooms mother. Mrs
Elizabeth r. Johnson entertained about three nun.
her son and his bride. On Thursday afternoon Miss
Madge b. CONN. the daughter OF former sSrroga t
sUTSs f fhs taSes Reading and
wers there TO meet Mrs Johnson and the affair was
Town Clerk Seth Allen Mead has tho town drafts
Yesterday BY tomorrow night every one Of the
loo town checks will probably be IN the hands OF the
claimants They were two weeks late this year owing
Captain John Smith OF the Peekskil Private Police
Patrol force, organized last week. has made the FOL
lowing appointments: Executive Committee. James
Charles Nassau Wells. John Lynch: secretary
Miss Matte {. Oakley, Of Peekskil. and Mr.. Franh
H. Weldon of Greenwich. Conn. were married al
the home of the brides. parents IN smth-st. or
Wednesday, by the Rev. Henry De Vres.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas j. Maxwell celebrated theii
mont"st. on Tuesday evening last.
There will be some interesting and appropriate
sermons In the Peekskl churches to-day. The Rev
j. Richie Smith vii. preach in the First Presby
terrain Church in the morning the theme Review
OF the Past Year. at Home and Abroad In the Church
and State" In the evening there will be review o.
es s By DWsS anG
Mabie In ths Frs, Methods, Episcopal Church
mernns and preaching By the pastor the Rev 4!
fred Coons. ia the evening. In St. Paurs Methods
Episcopa, Church the Rev. James w. A. Dodge viii
preach In the evening on The text LIES Retrospec,
There Will also be Communion service In the Secont
Presbyterian Church In the morning. and sermon
BY. the pastor the Rev. Thomas c. straua in tn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-03
PORT CHESTER.

Louis Tunick and his brother Albert, OF for,
Chester were burned by benzine yesterday AFTER
noon. and their condition is reported 70 DC ua"'
rerous Both are young men. Their older brother
Never Tunick. keeps a jewery store In the village
He left the store in charge Of the younger men
while he went out on some business ,oo,,
In his absence Albert undertook 10 cream cioEh
that had been left In the shop TO be repalreu. ne
took the bottle containing benzine from one OF nr
sUaI,es 10 oil the works Of the clock, and, after
soakng the works. held the woodwork or the ei9 9
close TO the stove In the store, so that II wouo az
r,cLlv Albert placed the clock too close 70 the
sstnve with the result that the benzine which mad
soaked into 1t exploded Alberts hanas ane i1s ee
louis. He was standing close 10 Albert at the
time and his face badly disfigured. An aiaa ~
rival of the frernen prevented the place from pehs
Doctors were summoned to attend Louis and A.
bert. and they reported that both would De dis,
3gnred for life Al one time IL was thought tha'
the burns would result fatally.
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HOME NEWS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS

PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS
ALBEMARI. E-Ex- Senator Matthew 1. but'er'
~ south Carolina FIFTH NENUE-Assembly
man James NJ. f.. O'Grady, of Rochester, ana eS
Congressman Thomas l.. Flood. OF pennsylvania.
GRAND UNION Senator John Raines. OF canaan
daiyua \ Y RIBOROUGH-Con
Charles n Fowler Of Ncw-Jersey. MEIROPOl-E-
Senator George X. Malby of Ogdensburg. ~ y
Nf,TUERLAND Nine. Lille Lehman-kaisch
Nine Teresa Carreno and Captain I. a. oteomah
~ Tho orb cavalry NORMANDIE-Coonc George
w GLE. United States Army. PLAIA-Colonel D.
4 RumrilI. OF Springfield. Macs. and ex-Judge
John f. Dillon. WALDORF-Judge Samuel IL
williamson of Cleveland
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MOUNT VERNON.

The annual series Of subscription entertainments
will begin OH Monday evening in the Chester Hill
club house The following artists appear on the
first nights programme: Metropolitan quartet.
Elma +. Rawson, magician ". Josh Daily hu-
morst, and c. A. Weston. pianist.
The membership contest at the Y. NJ. G.. A. has
been decided in favor of the side whose color Is blue
The blues received $217 for new members and the
reds s276. The total membership of the associa.
tion now exceeds 800 The prizes are bicycle and
$50 In gold Philip Fortier received the wheel and
Arthur Bauman the money. A turkey supper, at
which the losers will be caterers, viii take place
this week
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THE TRIBUNE INSURANCE POLICY.
In reading The New-York Tribune one Is in
sured against deception. exaggeration and OBJ
scenity IN all that II prints.
This kind of insurance Is not always offered and.
like everything Of intrinsic value. It Is well worth
the price.
Advertisers are we'll that an announce
ment printed in such a policy Is Of great value
and must produce results
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for membership will he acted upon at the annual
meeting which will take place at the armory.
Park-ave. and Thirty-fourth-st., on the evening or
January I.
Miss Florence Simpson, daughter Of the late John
Simpson well known the proprietor or Bryant 3
Mnstrels will be married tomorrow evening to
Eugene J. Mccarthy. the dock-buider. OF Jersey
city The ceremony will take place at the Church
OF ST. Vincent Ferrer. xty-sixth-st and Lexing-
ton-ave
The bank statement yesterday showed an In
crease in deposits the previous week Of A@7.-
800 making the increase In two months S254',+"
Thomas II. Gallaudet. bookkeeper thirty-four
years old OF No loo West Forty -eighth-st.. was
Yesterday examined in the insane pavilion at Belle
yue Hospital and declared Of unsound mind.
Justice Truax. In the Supreme Court yesterday
get aside an order TO open the ballot-boxes for
AN examination OF tho votes cast for Assemblyman
in the XVIII District. The order was obtained
by Frank S Sovak, the Republican candidate, who
was defeated by Patrick J. Andrews.
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THE TRIBUNE.

Ship Lancaster Castle d'r. Cemenc-. Bombay
snip Mlcsnae CBr, Nerkle Newcastle on-ryne. Eng
Ship Berlin. Reed Annoy and swa,ow-James W e.
Bark xenia. Greene. Santos. Branii-rhomas Norton
Bark George Manson. Crack. Cape Town. South Afr.c.
,.a Bark Mar, hassH'k Ludwig wsl,ps,on and Auck
SAILED
Steamers campania ,8p. for Liverpool; E,hiorhls
Hr GLASGOW Massachusetts, i'rl London Fl Ner,s,
OF brmingham savannah; Prussia tGerD, Hamburg;
Knsscn s sssn e sn rnsTs %
,Duieh): Rotterdam; La Breiasne Fr Havre; visl-
itsrranean ports Hindoo ar Hui: Colorado brunswick
san SG and s'" News
Ola Dominion. Newport News and Richmond Nasmysh
tBr) Manchester. Sorrento Ger. Hamburg.
THE MOVEMENT OF STEAMERS.
FOREIGN PORTS.
and &
steamer "a champagne .F'p. Porc,. for New-York.
Steamer Tower iii IBr,. Parsons New-yOrk arrived
steamer Thomas Turnsun .er. Gre!s. Ne~-York fo'
Ipswich passed ,aSis lSn' ysnSs NswYo Tor Ant
passed The ,as JSaar arrived a. Dun
steamer Vera Ger Pohle. Genoa for New York
'' Steamer Edam ,putchi Bruinsma. for New-york
Minister Masbash Gen }sn.e% M TC% E Ss0s.
Waterweg, for \ew-lork passed the Isle Oh VIXEN Ssno
|.
Steamer Geestemunde Ger. langen from Cuxnava
for New-york. passed Dunkeness January Z.
steamer Nnrteio tEr Rea, from New-York pecemhes
s,sam.r hsisSor,a ,Br,; Fox sailed from pernamSces
for New York December ~
Steamer Hekla DAM, l-auo. saued from SoPenh"s~S
for New York December 10 ~,
steamer focasset .br, hadwin sailed tro" r~'er'"s
for New York December III -,
Steamer Exeter CITY NSrD. Watkins sailed t'" S"s"
sea New-York January L. c A..
steamer Fnsbury r,. James. sailed from Swansea to-
New York January L. ,..., r,.r,.,.
Steamer Lord dough lBr, Crombie sailed from psn's"
for New York January l. . ~, ..... N..,
steamer sraarndam Dutch. Van der Zee. from New
York DECEMBER 10 arrived Rotterdam December ~
Steamer california Ger. Luneschloss. from Sr"-i''s
DECEMBER IL arrived at Hamburg January l. ,,.,..
Steamer Euclid tfSrl. Eaton. from New-i"rh 'cNe~'
Ia arrived at Manchester January l. w.. ~.
Steamer Fore,and t3r, Chalmers. from New-io'N ."
&C mber Ia arrived Hamburg January L. A. VT
steamer Largo Hay ,isr,: Msccresor from ,sr"srv
December via Philadelphia. arrived at LINN Jan"a.s
Steamer Tauric ,rr). Smith. from New-fois psce'"oss
"a arrived at Liverpool January 4
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OUTGOING STEAMERS.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 8.

TUESDAY. JANUARY 8.
Vessel For. Line. Mails close Vessel sails
Aer. Bremen. q Lloyd .......... 700 1000 a IN
Columbia. Gibraltar Iiamb Amer 300 IN II 90
Andes. Uelife Atlas lOOo m 1900
Excelsior. New Orleans Morgan..... 800 m
lroQuois. Charleston Clyde. 800 m
la Grando Duch-sr~. rayannah. saw. 400 y IN
WEDNESDAY JANUARY a.
II. Louis Southampton, Ar erican. .. TOO m 10: IN a m
Britannia Liverpool. Whits Siar..... O:OO 1901 m
Wcsterland Antwerp. Red Star 1000 q m IL 90 N
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Announcements.
Winamac.
A NEW COLLAR.
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
r. & w

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Sunrise 7:25 sunset 4a5 Moon rises = Moons age 1
HIGH WATER TO-DAY
AM-sandy Hook 723 Gov. Island 7:i9 He'll Gate 9:42
pM-Ssndy Hook SO4 Gov Island $50 He'll Gate 10 ~
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VALUABLE ANNUAL.
Now Ready for Sale.

Order through any Newsletter,
buy on the Elevated Railroad news
stands, or send direct to THE
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NE\y.ROCHELI.E.

.. ,onr rvald 22l; c. f. Bartlett. "a 900 oS""
follows; ION" =, lawrence 20. and e. Dahno' w
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-03

Caracas Curacao Red D.....-.......l:Ua IN A'Up III
THURSDAY. JANUARY I.
CITY Of Augusta Savannah Savannah. - 300 m
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-03
Dinner and
Tea Napkins.

Special lots Of Napkins. German make, IL
inches square, soft finish. pure linen, ogc
value 81 90, at. OOS
300 dozen all linen Dinner Napkins. "a
inches square, value. $500. a dozen OK
You will find the best value In all-linen
Napkins I'm 90 % and "a inches. all at En
per dozen ........'..'.. ..'.' ssVV
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Dress Goods
Special.

1875 pieces 45-in. Silk and Wool Bourette
Suitng, one of the most elegant of this seasons
Dress Fabrics, extra weight and desirable
for rail0r-Made Suits, Street and Tr'v. 48C
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WENATCHEE DISTRICT.

The citizens OF Wenatchee have OF late
years had their attention drawn away
from raising fruit and alfalfa, making
wine and peach brandy. 10 the p0ssi5ii-
ties OF extracting gold from a great por-
phgry dixie which forms n landmark OF the
country. Il stands up in the wall or
Qunehuck canyon 10 a height OF so feet
and a . in OF 100 70 I5o feet. Il Is full CT
quartz veins from six Inches 20 seven feet
lde. which assay 81 TO SO. the interven-
iag porphyry carrying about s. gold,
About the orly work has been done OF the
Golden King group of three claims by
Hon. Thomas Burke, NJ. J. Carkeek and
Angus Aackintoah. who reduced four tons
a day Ia a mill OF tive s9-pound stamps.
and IN sixty DAYS took out 1850 A tun-
mel has been run ii is5 Feet and tie last
eighty-six feet cuts about forty seams OF
quartz six 10 thirty inches.
This dixie cuts across from the Quill
chuck 70 Canyon No .. and has been To-
csied the whole distance. but Lttle other
work has been done. on the Charlotte
there Is seventeen feet OF porphyry, assay
Ing 81 70 s. god and silver on the surface
A parallel dixie 90 feet vide has been
traced for miles 10 the wenachee river,
and is located for the whole distance. but
littie work has been done.
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The -ashfux OF god from the bars along
the Columbia river and some cf is tTlo-
usarGss azs for many years p~en r.
rYl8n@rz<ive source % employ fElssst 70 WHITE
men out OF employment. or OF s1ca a. n
dependent and rowing disposition fnsAI
shey cannc- settle down 20 work Tor any
foss. also 20 a number OF thrifty, hart
working Clsiaagnen. The god Is tlne ana
a. found IN bArs soErs l0w along the river
bank ard others rising higher n terraces
sfu ma canyon wells. There are few ssns4l
tributary streams 20 furnish water Win
enough pressure for ssusclng, 20 that me
miners have 70 haul ne dirt down 20 ne
river bank and pump water up for WASH
Ing.
The most successful nine OF this kind
nov being worked II that OF a y. Clark
opposite the mouth o. the Sans Peel TIYsr.
he wheels the dirt down from tie 1lEl
bars. dumps into sIuiee boxes E!tR anal
gagnztiag piatss n tneD and washes IL
with water pumped from tie river % Two
centrifugal pumps. Ii two years re nAS
taken ont $1,000 ard employs sixteen men,
Above Hell Gate. Eve miles higher, SKA
ansrskI brothers are working bar IN
which a streak OF gravel ard red Sand
raid good wages when only cradle and
rocker we're used. and raise water by
means Of a ten-foot current wheel. They
are making good wages. and VIII put IN
d larger wheel
The Chinese placer mines are scattered
81 intervals along the river and many Oh
workings can be distinguished near the
boundary By passengers on the Spokane
Iralis s Northern railroad There are any
number Of stories o. rich finds and many
OF the Cinnamon are repated 70 have
asnassea considerable Sums At The Indus
Try. TIE greater possibilities Of quartz
mining have however. given X greater at
fractions than this sin. pier metaod @atca
brought the Argou4uts 10 California.
During the last year a placer god ex-
element broke ouL ~ Milton 0n the Walla
Waiia river. through the discovery OF tine
gold IN q slide froan the bluffs by William
CASTOR ard John - Young. Dlrt for 80
yards back from tne river shows ccloss
AID az depth of egBat feet carries 50 20
20 colars b lae pan. A ditch has been
cut nj long - supply water and ire
ao.d saving machines have been placed on
fhe ground. by wAlch Is Is claimed - a
day 20 the mar can be saved.
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sne bed q the south fork, with view %
xapplEg Ens deposits lying ciaze - bed
yce9 Sorrg or t1e best placer efgEt1gs
sr. On gfeszs bar. On tae ne-Tb FORK
f-s-. uFaieh 81 Co % tI10.pe9 Is said 70
have BEEN taken.
Development IN this camp has Until re-
centlv gznEulsasd On account % IS SOFA
Ti0n. but this objection We ba removed
by the construction % tae protested ran
road Up tie Kettle river, Eaieh VII pass
~itsia twelve miles or the camp.
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vessels should cone IA s.-,.
supplies ef food ana s.s se-s'le ~ a..
"a. oa' When they cane 10 sess soaAeas:ss
ity, coal. withoa, whsss = 'sat cosnss
s seoss q knot through ~ s'es csa's =
tile. 1, eo9 snt~ fSTeisa, and ps s'ss ~
70 put the question ~ ssosaesrs acsrs.
practical test. The n,~r uaf'sy = !,
asfeed. and as thorough ! -. ossarass
vas made as any coal was ss .sts q sssr
To- they resulted IN coacus s,ss sc.
spe <aA. sons Mckay coal was d s NV At
rlor TO foreign Goals. T,sa. esaecss 50.
been published in panpsis, s > ssss
on the Efficiency OF varsaSs = keasrs
oy I. $. Ships. lSs-S- 49,. s Soaas uss
pure. bureau ot equipment Of tie s.sx = .
me ,sst me principal facts IN rs<s 49,.
States ship Moascaa ara rsv = ,ae Casea
lowing table: s''Sa - " Nj.
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This was followed by a test at the Union
iron works. san Francisco. In the station
airy boilers. with the following results:
Pounds
Franklin. 10 days consumption. -. .f72 200
Coal Clifr. Australia, 10 days con. .Is4 go
Walisend. sydney, 10 days CON-. IsS so
In Informing the oregon Improvement
Company OF the result OF these tests in q
letter dated May g 1898. Manager II. F
Scott. OF the Union iron works said:
We did not make an evaporative test
nor measure the water but, as near as
W. could determine, the same amount OF
work was put upon the machinery during
each or the tests, and the showing Of your
Franklin coal was 50 satisfactory that we
have made a contract with you for our
entire supply OF steam coal for the bal
ance OF the year
Another test OF Franklin coal alone was
made on September "A. 1893, at the Oregon
Improvement Con9anys wharf IN san
Francisco in cylindrical. hori-
zontal return tubular boiler.
consumption OF 1890 pounds OF coal
heated zl.53o pounds Of water from
temperature OF s5.s degrees Fahreuaeit
into dry steam AZ a pressure OF T3.9 pounds
per square inch, or az the rate OF ST
pounds of water per pound % coal. ssh
per cent Of the Goa being LEFT as refuse.
An analysis was next made at the
Worlds fair b. j $. Cary. the chemis: IN
charge OF the department II mines and
mining. from sample taken by y. g.
BOyce. the expert On coal and iron In that
department. With the following result
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COAL FOR WARSHIPS.
Franklin Mckay Has stood Every
Text-use OF steam Makes Coal
n Muufffau of War.

GAL is king in King
county. though only
enc OF a ASptarchy
where so many natnr-
Al products set Up
claims 70 pre-ema-
nence. Among the
best mines is that st
Franklin. owned by
the Oregon Improve
ment Company. at the
terminus or the Co
lambia & Puget Sound
railroad. tkfrry-fOur
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INVESTMENTS,

since ga organization tn 1871 ~ .,,x 4
Savings bank has made . fps., =. 81
handling high grade sec9rilies - = .sssl
OF washington. They have q. "a ar
the largest investors 10 me pona 100. ~
rants Of the state. counfies. ,ar.-gszss!
trfets and cities. Also locsi - y. ~ snsss
bonds o. Seattle and mortgages =
Seattle residence property. ,nssx
or al the loans that have ps ..s.rsy y
them on Seattle residence 49, 10y
ore a In default 81 interest 800 49,
schoo1 bonds running ass s,.~ssrf -
net & 10 per cent. WarFan's ass,,...ssgxlrf
10 two years net ~ 70 ~ per go. go. . 80
guaranteed Residence lcass. - = e,msxsyv
years. 7 ard per cent - d yst
mept bonds Of Seattle runn.sss - ~
payable one-tenln annually -
. per cent.
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maximum with this than with Franklin
Mckay vein.
This coal had already been introduced
for consumption on the steamers q the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company plying
between Seattle and san Francisco and
between Seattle and Alaska and on other
steamers running on Puget sound. with
the most satisfactory results, as the fol-
lowing communications show:
Seattle. WASH, April !. 1S92
ITO Whom X May Concern:
This ) to certify that we have used the
Franklin coal on the steamers named be-
low, and recommend il 70 De equal In
every respect TO the best coal Of British
Columbia THOMAS PEARCE,
Chief Eng. Str. George E. Starr.
Nj WEIGH.
Chief Eng. Str. Victoria
*. NICHOLSON.
''Chief Eng. Str. North Pacific,
Approved: f. J. RATHBONE.
Port Captain U. p. Ry. Steamers
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Al TIE opening Of TIE rr ssxsn sszaeesss
II Il Claimed gAaf but fofiy asssssscee u
tiong 81 the Bible we're " "a no -
day there are nineiy shl
dred and thirty partial "
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An Anowgie. Ne, gunner = s..ressess.
hunting trip. shot no hooas - b sssss
= species OF bird act often '
10 Maine.
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These good showings % a low proportion
OF asa and moisture in2Gced the company
20 submit the Franklin coal 10 a test on
the United states snip Ranger, or which
George .. Strickland. the principal as
sistans engineer. reported o ne COM
rnan13ng ca3csr on DsceEn aer Is. fsaa
While reporting favoraoly on Corox. z.
C.. coal, ne says That 81 leaves about z
per cent. o. a moderately heavy ara. a
considerable dlnessnce from The ISL per
cent. shown ~ Franklin. and says that Il
requires longer 20 bring the fires 20 their
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The Franklin Mckay coal had thus
proved SIS superiority 10 the most import
ant particulars. not only 0y mechanical
tests, but IN practical. everyday use on
ne merchant marine CO the Pacific coast.
It's superiority 20 other Puget sound Goals
had been attestsd BY re engineers %
steamers Who mad had practical expert
ence With both kinds. The owners Of the
mine therefore feis warranted IN seeking
the contracts % supply the vessels % mo
navy department. and the revenue marine.
II naturally seems tDconSyuous mat these
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The Palmer District.

A. Palmer about twenty miles south %
this and also on the Green river. is an
other large aesa OF hitaulinous coal ore
vein o. three feet one ~ SIX ard one u
forty feet This latter Is euly worked 20
3 swan extent. The product OF the three
mines IS an excellent steam coal. and
f0ds q very large market fu San Fran
cisco ON the Green river branch OF the
<5rtheru Pacific. some three miles from
Palmer are SIX ~ seven vglrs % coal
ranging frs thickness from one 10 ten feet
TIE most notable mine IN en- Grafton here
Sc the ksnRley where great amount -
development has been done. and the long
~st slope Sc Western Washington about
2 go feet SIS to he seen AIout Palmer
there ere uGwher ~ sEnal mines and
east % thaf GOWN three miles are the
Earskz and %zvy mines.
The Pierce County Field
p~'eer i!nE sv.H southwark ane crosses
fae boundary into Pfecee c0uaJy. which
1es Is rr te.8 uat oHlg 3aa square u1s.~ s
fe .Ete-- aat rra Ga TIRE Number ard
ts-t-.s - jts seams Illls eeid bgEt1s
st Es--e.t ana extends 81 q 6ue saafa
a-e to tae &is2u&Ly river. a distance q
t~eat2-F.N niles OF raRTea eoGts THis S.
bneWn as Ehe FVllkes1u ceal ae}a Sav-
e-a- branches Sc the NortHeru Pactn- have
bee1 osllt 20 - Enines in this ae8 ~
"tkes'c. Bl~Hett fTttshurE anG Carlo
aaao. a1t ts-Ee quantities of coal are
sir1fs Ga San Francisco. bestie tha great
asa4aaf meade 1afo coSe az Evffxesas
whtrn - sps8 SIS far easg as Heleaa.
Mont
The coa3 CROPS Ga, rom The aaaks q.
tie steep Ezo4ctaia si1ss .: wIGkesoa,