The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-03-08
Big Tree Moved Fifty Feet
and RepIanted.
Vice President HObart's Rec
Ord-Breaking Trip.
Observations OF Eabits OF Burying
Beetles--Corean Paper.

Possibly had the late George p. Morris
known that the moving and transplanting
of "A full grown tree Were possible he would
have taken "a more practical method of
preserving the vencrated shade giver than
10y writing the familiar poem 'Woodman
spare that tree f" That poem was written
in 1880, however, and probably the idea
tnat removal was possible had never
been entertained. Recently, large tree
was taken from the spot ON which il had
grown, moved fifty feet and successfully
replanted. The treo is the property of
Mrs. William Thaw Of Pittsburg Pa,
and as it stood in the line of a boulevard
extension it was in danger of being cut
down Mrs. Thaw desired To save it and
"A contractor undertook 90 move il. A cir
cular trench was dug round the tree at IA
distance of ten feet from the trunk. At a
depth of six feet the worllmen excavated
under the tree, bracing the earth above
with timbcrs. The mass of earth, 100 feet
across and 8 feet deep in which were
imbeddcd the tree and its roots, was then
boxed i'm with planks. Screws were placed
beneath, the whole mass raised and placed
great hole had been prepared for its recep-
ton 1t was lowered into place, earth
filled in as the screws were removed, and
it stood as firm as if it had grown there
Tho tree was maintained in an upright
position by the weight of earth Mt the
roots. The whole mass weighed seventy
tons and the tree itself was more than
fifty feet high.
Last week people were so busy with
matters pertaining Co the incoming of "A
new administration that they did not
have time to think of such things as
record breaking runs by a railroad train.
Such run was made, however, and
directly i'm connection with the Inaugural
tion. Indeed it was Vice-President
Hobart who had tia experience ef- -.s4a.ki Tag
the fastest trip on record between Jersey
City and Washington and this occurred |
on Tuesday last when, with his party, he |
went TO the national capital to be sworn |
in and to take part in the inaugural |
ceremonies which occurred two days |
later. The train left Jersey City at II :l5
o'clock a. m, on the Central railroad of |
New Jersey and consisted OF Royal Blue |
line baggage car 1l5l Baltimore and Ohio |
private car "Baltmore, philadelphia |
and Reading private car philadelphia"
and Central railroad of New Jersey pri- |
vate car, "Atlas." !" The total weight of |
the train was 200 tons. Engine No 45S
of the Jersey Central railroad, hauled
the train from Jersey City to Philade-
phia- The train pulled out of Jersey City
at 11:15, three minutes later than the
scheduled time which had been fixed at
four hours and 80 minutes from the foot
Of Liberty street, New York, allowing
the ferry IL minutes for the tansfcr, but
the train did not leave until three MINUTES
later. Bound Brook was passed at IL :46,
and Trenton junction reached at. 1910,
and three minute stop was To have been
made here for Governor Griggs and party
from Trenton, but the train did not leave
until 1915 being five minutes late The l
Baltimore and Ohio station at Twenty
fourth and Chestnut street, Philadelphia, '
was reached at 1856 one minute late
The total running time between Jersey 1
City and Washington was four hours and {
eight minutes. Deducting nineteen {
minutes for slow orders, while taking :
water, changing engines once and cooling $
a hot box ON one of the private cars, the !
average running time for the entire dis
City 10 Washington-was {
sixty miles per hour. The first llfty=seven |,
miles out of Philadelphia were covered in !
Iifty-six minutes. From Aberdeen to Bay .
view adistance of pa miles, was covered G
In twenty-five minutes, an average Of Q i
little over scyenty-milcs per hour. The d
miles from philadelphia to
Baltimore were run in 102 minutes, which $
two slow downs for water and u
stop at Bayview to oil and crossing the 4
'Susquehanna" bridge. This shows more :.
than mile a minute for the entire n
"A day or two ago writes an in u
1uircr, friend Of mine who has lust