The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-04-19
Trolley Cars May Yet Be
Used For Funerals.
Lawn Billiards Will BE In
tr0duced at Newport.
Had TO 60 100 Miles For a Water
Supply Paper Underciolhing.

The trolley party car is, of course, no
novelty. at least i'm this sectlor on the
country. but the funeral car Is still uh-
known. -
liz NAV. however, become a fixed ana
permanent institution once It's usefulness
has been demonstrated as it was recently
i'm st. Louis. IL appears that q SNORT tlllo
ago the roads leading from the CITY 10
Rellefontainc Cemetery were inpassaDle
because of mud and the frlcnus anu rem,
tiyes of William Losman, who had ulel
from complication of diseases Sought
the assistance of tho railroad company
,n GARRY them as well rs the corpse 20
the place of sepultdre. The company
was equal TO the emergency. On the day
of the funeral two extra cars were run
ont on the Walnut Park route. lhcy
were of the long Old d-fashioned type, Win
the seats running lengthwise. lhcy
stopped In front of the house OF mourn
ing, and the burial services BENG over
,he paIi bearers carried the remains TO
the hearse car The sliding door at The rear
of the car was opened, the CONN was
raised over the iron boot OF the rear lllt-
form and was then carried into the ceh~t
of the car and placed on stools n Fetolu
car carried the relatives ana mourning
friends and when all were seated thc
unique funeral cortcgc started on It's
tourney TO the cemetery. Alter u "TRIP
lasting only 20 minutes the cOrtcge reach
ing the cemetery. where the colin was
taken out In the same way that IL had
been nut in and from that point the
funeral was the same as any other.
Lawn billiards, IL is reported, will he
one of the novelties of the coming season
at Newport The game is as yet httle
known hut il is SAID 20 be very interest
ing. A ground about the same size as tliat
used for croquct is rolled aS smoothly
as possl BILE ard its boundaries are banked
up in imitation of billiard table cushions
Crouucr balls are used and holes in the
turf take the place of the regulation
pocket. Tho ID and balk line are marked
with chalk, and for cues broad pointed
implement is used with a small roller on
the under side 10 make IL run with ease
over the surface of the grass. No stopping
is required and those who have tried the
ga,ne with appliances made 10 their own
order and lawns prepared by themselves
are convinced that IL the requisites were
easily procurable and grounds upon
which il could be played more numerous,
lawn billiards would attract to garden
parties many who now attend them more
from sense of duty than from any real
pleasure expected or experienced
Paper underclothng is one Of the novel
and useful articles produced by the
ingenious Japanese. After the paper Is
cut 10 pattern the different parts are
sewed together and hemned, and the
places where the buttonholes are TO he
formed are strengthened with calico or
linen. The stuff ~ very strong and az the
sometime very flexible After n garment has
baen worn n few hours it Will Interfere no
more with the Transportation of the body
.han DO garments made OF fabrics The
stuff is not sized, nor is IL impcrmcabe
After becoming wet the rnper Is difficult
20 tear. When al enc eavo is IN lde TO
tear IL 10y hand itoffers almost as much re-
sistance as the thin skin used for gloves.
II took Providence long time TO cdopt
n waterworks system, but when it finally
did establish one IL did the work well and
.or all time. One Of the chief advantages,
next 10 the abundant and neyer-failing
supply. is that the stream from which the
water is taken Is not very far from the
city as Is the case in other municipalities
The distance TO which some cities are
compelled to go for water supply Is
often very great, in the case of ManChes-
tor Eng. which has Just established n
new system, being no less than 100 miles.
The source of this supply is the We'll
known Lake Thilmere and the rainfall
of the region in which it is situated Is
said TO be about lS0 inches annually.
The lake has been raised by n dam so Ms
g. have an area of some 500 acres, the
dam being 10 one erd, near the intake,
while the aqueduct starts near the other.
The dam Is a massive concrete structure,
rising about 60 feet above the bottom OF
the lake, and in some places extending
nearly as deep in the rock bottom, so as e
prevent the passage of any water below II
through assures; on the upstream sid,
the dam has an inclination of ono anC
one half inches in every foot of vertical
height and the downstream face Is
curved 10 radius of 100 feet. The watel
for the city is taken from the lax,
through tunnel in the rock, and tE,
flow is controlled by elaborate apparatus
The aqucduck leading from the reservoir
Is nearly 95 miles long IL miles OF this
being in tunnel, 81 miles masonry worl
built In trenches. and % miles Cast-iror
pipes. The tunnel and masonry portion
have capacity of GO, 600. O0O gallons daily
and the pipe line, which can be- readil
duplicated, "A present capacity of -, OO0, 90
gallons. The 4S-inch pipes are nine feet
and the 40-inch pipes - feet long, am
vary from t. Ia inches In thickness.
There is a popular bolicf that the opal
al unlucky gem. but therc does not M