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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-16
THE CANAL ROUTE WEST OF CHICAGO.

Improvement for the river, but certainly
the present system is failure"
MT Thursfou has eminent authority for
MS advocacy OF the canal system. John
{. Calhoun n lsas presided over a water
ways convention which declared that tho
PROJECT or connecting the Mississippi riv-
er with the lakes OF the North by "A canal
and this with the Atlantic ocean, is a
measure worthy of the enlightened con-
ssderation OF congress" Grant approved
the canal project. So did Arthur. Pres
fdent Monroe. in one OF his messages to
congress, said OF the general scheme OF
waterways: when we consider the vast
extent of territory in the United States,
the great amount and value Of its pro-
auctions, the connection OF its ports and
other circumstances on which their pros
pertty and happiness depend. we cannot
fail to entertain high sense OF the adj
vantage TO be derived from the facility
which may he afforded in the intercourse
between them by means Of good roads
and canals Never did a country OF such
vast extent offer equal inducements 10 i'm
provement Of this kind nor ever We're con-
sequ. noes OF such magnitude involved in
them-'
The consequences" at the present tims
Mr. Thurston estimates at $50 600 900 to
sio.oe,0o year-that Is, possibly two
ntths g the present cost of running ths
The Hennepin canal project received Sc
-fous consideration several times al tina
hands of congress More than ten years
ago the state of Illinois offered TO the gov
ernment the $1,000 state canal between
Lake Michigan and the Illinois river On
condition that It should he widened ard
connected by way OF the Illinois river
with the Mississippi The distance from
Hennepin 10 the Mississippi by he pro-
posed canal was sixty-four miles white
by way of the mouth Of the Illinois the
same point on the Mississippi was aes
miles away. But congress after having
elaborate surveys and estimates made. let
the project go by default. One point OF
difference was the choice of a western
terminus for the canal. and that difference
would arise again. Three routes were
proposed. The cheapest and most satis-
factory from an engineering view point.
was the Marais d'Osier or Meredosia
route, terminating at Albany, seven miles
above Rock Island. Another route ter
minated at WATERFOWL, twenty-one miles
above Albany. and the third at Rock
Island. Gen. Newton and Secretary Endi-
colt favored the Rock Island route. large
ly on account of the arsenal there and .he
consequent Importance Of the canal In
time OF war. The local interests repre-
sented by the three termini suppllcated
congress for years. and their failure tn
agree no doubt had much TO do with the
defeat OF the canal bill.
GEORGE GRANTHAM Balm.
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Omaha. January i. rsae

- E<AT0R JOHN III. TffERST0N
~ says ne has a proposition 20
make FOR the disposal OF the
Al6N postal savings fund If a postal
~ bank bsA should so through corr
gress The reinvessmsnt of the
deposits is the stumbling blerx In the
nath OF the bill. he says. TO invest the
money In our interest bearing bonds il at
be<t eniy a temporary expedienf MIR
rburston wants the money put into a
ssest system 81 Internal improvements
vhieh will give the commerce Of the West
4 waterway from the Mississippi river TO
the Atlantic seaboard
Mr.. Thurston would revive the Henne-
pin canal project Eut be would 90 fafr
thvr than the advocates OF thar canal
Tney wanted the government To aypro-
pirate E.fetissD or gs.01.nan for canal
from HennepIn on the Illinois river 70
,ss1ie. PORT west or northwest of ii on the
Mississippi; for the widening Of the filf-
noss and Michigan canal. which was con-
erlcted by the state Of Illinois in the first
half OF the century. Mr.. Thurssou wants
= canal from the Mississippi river deep
enough ard wide enough 10 accommodate
4 ship OF war. lie wants the river and
canal channels east Of Hsnneptn made
equally wide and deep. and he wants a
hip canal opened from Lake Erie To tl.s,
Atlantic. either by The widening Gf the
Erie canal or by the opening of canat
10 cross Lake ChamplHin or the lire sur
seyed year ago by a government COM
mission.
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rooms In suits and some singly. Tho Iarr.
est number or guests registered 20 far in
one day was 1909.
The highest priced suit may be had for
slp day. This includes service. bur re
meals. The American plan Is not used
at the WaidorfAstor!a. The cheau.ss
rooms are s2.59 day for one person: 81 "a
Tor two. You can get n good, plain meal
Tor less than 81 two persons may break
last or sup for N.5o. A man and his wifs
could live comfortably there for SO q day.
The Limit OF what they might spend hss
never been figured out. for they may car
wild duck at IS bird and pay s25 a hottIa
Tor wine, while the husband NAV smoke
81 cigars.
There are six housekeepers. maid firm,
$40 10 yl25 a month each All the wornen
heip sleep in the hotel. All the men
sleep out Fifty-six men do nothing h,,t
ciean windows at SIS month and board
Walters get $50 and food. The highese
salary is paid TO the chief engineer.
Contrary to many statements that tha
Asiors are really proprietors. that Proprt.
etor Bo!dt Is only hired manager and
mat the hotel IL run st loss il Ia pos
lively stated that the business already
yields a handsome profit Mr. Roldt's
right-hand man. who supcrintends all thu
details Of the back OF the house" and
much OF the front. IS Superintendent r.
l. billiard.
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incandesceut bulbs. telephones by the
score and bells by the thousand. The in
stailation Is modelled more on the cen
traF' than the isolated plant" plan and
IS worked in two divisions. one for light
and power and the other for the tele-
phone and signaling systems.
The dynamos are of $50 horsepower.
and the complicated switchboard is fifty
feet long. Everything is In duplicate.
Engines might break down and dvnamns
burn OF. without any one Sin 'front.'
knowing OF the trouble save in the prac-
tically impossible contingency of every
thlng giving out at the same time Even
then. unless the repairs required two DAYS
or more. there would be no break In the
electrical service since the aynamos are
reinforced by a gigantic storage battery
In which q forty-eight hours supply OF
energy is constantly kept in reserve. The
storage battery current Is used also as an
equalizer. and that Is why The lights OF
the Astoria never flicker and the elevators
never jerk.
The dynam0s are run by six great Cor
Hiss engines operated az the cornpa rativelv
slow rale Of ~ and loo revolutions a min
ute. The steam boilers are OF s.0so horse
power in The aggregate. and forty tens Of
coal are burned "a day. Steam is used d.
rectly only in operating the cooling and
tcemak5ng plant This has 4 freezing ca
pactty Of twenty tons Of ice every twenty
four hours besides 5000 carafes Of drink
ing water
This water is taken from the city mains
aug is Altered and distilled before used.
The furnaces under the steam boilers are
automatically fed. and the Suckers work
In an atmosphere q perfect comfort The
heating 81 the house IS dome wsth exhaust
steam. and the coal consumption there
fore is 10 greater in winter than in sum-
rne-.
While ehers must be more or less waste
about such & great hotel. and stingfness
IN anything would be fatal. economy =
as potent wa:chwora as organization
Alm9sE aut not quite all tire buying. from
lace curtains 70 beef and casbages, Is
done ~ me superintendent Each chief
olficer" "a department. heads are termed.
can recommend. bat Only crs besides the
superintendent can buy. This single ex-
eeptton - one Of the hoteFs four stew
ards. lie goes 10 the big city markets II
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IT IS pretty well known that the new
NWaldarfAstoria hotel In New York
Njis the biggest and most expensive
hosiery in the world. That which
ean be seen from the front OF the
haase by the guests has been described
more OF less. hut little is known OF The
marvellous ami stupeGdous organization Of
hanlan and mechanical forces behind the
scenes
ihe help OK the WalGorf-Astorla NUM-
Sfs Between leo and !, loo. The payroll
ssgresates nor far from So coo a month. Or
sN,so year. This does not. however,
represent the total outlay for help since
VERY einploye f. fed on the premises three
snes day, food Of first quality. especial
cooked. being furnished. Terrapln.
same, Champagne and the like are not in
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A National Water Highway From
the Mississippi to the Atlantic.

20 reasonable figure. The canals OF
New York have done a wonderful work
in the regulation OF transportation rates
In that state. When the Hennspin canal
project was last discussed IL was shown
that on reads running east from Chicago
In competition with the water routes the
sreigh. rates were only one-haif the rates
on roads running northwest which had no
water competition. OF course the enor-
NOUS traffic OF the east-boEnd roads ae-
counted for this in part. but the lakes and
canals were responsible for much of il.
THE experience OF the lake carriers has
shown that water rates can be cheapened
greatly by using the largest carriers.
Therefore j say that If the government
undertakes the construction Of canal
between the Mississippi and the great
lakes. II ought 10 make a complete job of
IL by affording a channel which will &C.
commodate the largest ships"
DO yoa think this an opportune time
for carrying ont such a pian?'' / asked
In view of the condition Of our IMAM
ces, perhaps not. unless the postal bank
law should be passed But these things
are not done IL day. They must be
discussed by the people. What must be
done at first Is TO appropriate the money
for complete survey OF the proposed
route. with an estimate of the cost so
that the people will have something con-
crete to consider
Do you think such q canal could BE-
made proniable?"
Il have no doubt that it could But sup
pose that IL did nor prove directly prof
table. II We spend s.c0ts9 900 on a water
Ray system which viii save the peopia
Of the whole country one-half of what
they are paying for transportation, II
would be a good investment ii IL never
paid directly q cent
suggested that one-haH the amount
PAID for transportation by the people of
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Wonders of the WaldOrf-AstOria MANAGE
ment-=A Weekly Pay Roll
of $4,000

TO sir-~--. $780, rrw pounds OF coffee are
used daily. that the average daily con-
sumption Of tomatoes is 30 pounds and
that other items are Of proporgionate mag
nitude need not be thought surprising.
The stock FOR soups-to take one Item
in deiai'-has hitherto been prepared in
siXty-gaiion steam boiler. bat since the
opening of the Astoria this has be.n
found too small. and another soup boiler
% 40 gallons capacity has been put in
/; Is expected thar the average daily con-
sumption Will nearly equa! the combined
capacity OF both.
In the duilest times the force in the
kitchen numbers seventy five Horse
show week l04 men and women were EN-
ployed. The chef who captains this big
cooking force receives S6,5sva Z year. and
from THAI wages grade down 10 IS
a month. the rate paid tire men who con-
siantly clean the floor and may 10 term
II kitchen laborers. Women are employed
only AZ such work as peellng potatoes.
Smelling beans and peas and the like
work that men Will Rot 90.
Men wash the dishes and are able TO
cleanse a hundred pieces in less time than
Bridget in your kitchen can wash and
dry a half dozen o. ,eacups. First the
dishes are put into wire basket that
hangs from 4 trolley running o. elevated
rails Then she basket IS quickly i'm
mersed IN a tank Of intensely hot water
mechanically kept In violent, swirling
rrc;tor Al grease and as3hering food
are removed by This process almost liter
ally as quick as you can wink your eye
When he dishes come out they are per-
fsctly clean. Moreover. they are dry.
Every housewife VIII understand that
this is because the water IS - hot
These are only few among a hundred
moved points about the BIG kitchen. The
part PLAYED by eiectrteity's mystic cur
rent IS sim mere Interesting
Il not oniy carries guests. freight. food
srd drink from tioor - floor. conveys in
teaiiSence over telephones. telegraph ans
plain pu>h ectTon wires and lights ,he
combined houses f-3U Sub-cellar "a roof
bat - We ttlates every room ana ~5-~ggo-
wi;h a3es ers and exhRus, fans Tiers ara
nineteen freight ard passenger elevators
a toxea Or 80 dumb walters, nearly ~ 90
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accustomed route is to the Atlantic sea-
board"
What particular route do you favor
for the great eanals''
u should say that in the east the hest
route. for safety, would be the one far
thest from the Canadian line. In the
west / am disposed 10 favor the route
which reaches the Mississippi most d.
rectly from Chicago"
De you think the system will ever ex-
tend west OF the Mississippi"
Not in Your day or mine. II NAV fol-
low the course of some one of the rivers
OF Iowa a short distance. But out in our
direction the rise is TOO abrupt and the
locks would have TO be too close together
As 10 the Missouri river, Ii is quite inn
possible for navigation. Some of our
people talk at times OF making it avaiia-
bic for harges but that is a vain dream.
BY the way, the condition of the Mis-
sissippi alarms me" said the senator.
The JetTy system is proving a failure.
and IL is demonstrated very clearly that
the ievees are raising the bed Of the riv-
er. 1 was in New orleans on the day of
the highest water during the last over
now. They told me that the ievees which
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has not been very much said about ca
mails in recent years because the railroads
In competition with them have got their
rates so low that they shut the canals
out. Suppose that result followed the
building of a great ship canal from the
Mississippi by way OF the great lakes 10
the Atlantic. If the canal never carried
another pound OF freight it would have
accomplished It's purpose
DO you think the railroads are pre-
pared to stand such a reduction as YOU
suggest is possible?''
Not In their present condition. But the
interests Of the railroads have got TO give
way before the interests OF the people.
Where the good of all the people Is con-
cerned We cannot stop TO consider how
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SENATOR THURSTON'S
PLAN.
1t Is Proposed to Invest Pos
tai Savings Bank Fuads
in lnterest-Bearing
Canal Bonds.

the senator In conversation with RE a few
days ago. that the government has got TO
undertake some day scheme or inter-
mai improvements witch Will give work
To the unemployed There u no consid-
erabie number OF reen out OF work now
that IS, OF .hos. who want employment
bat during the three s.srs OF depression
| have no doubt there was an average of
At million OF out OF employment La
hof leaders 81 times estimated the num-
bef at 2soase and at 313,ee9 I believe
Il wo,lli have been better Tor the great
mas Of the people il the government had
found employment for fhcge men. The
community had 10 support them in some
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the same dealers. but never from indi-
Vidual producers. as then the quality
might vary. Top wholesale prices are
paid. and If the quality falls below the
best change ia made at once The man
ayers OF the Waldorf-Astoria say they
have no time to listen TO explanations.
The vast wine cellars. where innurner-
able jags are bottled up for future use,
the perfect organization OF the beliboy
halIboy and porter forces, the almost OK
hausiless amusement resources If the
house, the sumptuous furnishings. the
noble suits and public rooms. the almost
priceless china. the hallrooms the ban
quoting halls, the weii-furnlshed "ciub
floor. where number Of swell social
organizations have headquarters, and q
hundred other equally interesting features
can only be thus briefly limited at.
There are 1900 rooms for guess all told
bu; the guest capacity OF the hotel varies
with the class Of guests, for some take
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ctuded, but the beef Is as prime. the bread
rs Hight. the vegetables as fresh as those
furnished TO the guests. aud there Is
plenty.
At the lowest estimate the mana cement
furnishes 5,Ge@ hearty meals a day. or
1.al4.t"o every year, 10 employees and the
dining rooms OF the help are among the
features ~ the basement story One Of
these rooms IS reserved for the regular
walters. and the fact that there is corps
Of walters walters IS worthy Of note
In addition 20 the minimum OF $50 a
day for the employees. the daily capacity
CT the Kitchen is az least s.e0 meals for
guests that number having been served
repeatedly. Rearing this in mind the
statements thai the yearly meat bills Of
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way. Every Idle man Is a tax on the
man who Is working. And lack of work
creates discomfort. which strs up revo-
lutlonafy feeling.
The scheme of Improvement, / think.
VIII take the form of a sysierp of water
WAYS which will cheaper transportation
ard keep the rates Of the railroads down
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the United States, according TO the inter-
state commerce report, was about $780,
"o,V"' fsxE
OF course / don't mean literally ONE
haf, said the senator. Suppose it
saved 10 per cent. OF the amount That
would bee Is per cent. on the amount in
vested In the waterways system. There
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the interests of railroad stockholders are
affected. New inventions are constantly
making manufacturing cheaper; but we
can't stop To take into account the man
who owns the old machinery. who may be
ruined by the new. Railroad interests
would suffer from the building of a great
ship canal, but there must be in time q
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The use OF this canal would be the
cheapening of transportation rates on
tae farm and range products of the West
70 points OF consumption and export in
The East. and on the manufactures and
Imports Of the East TO the Western
states
There is no doubt In my mind" said
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$50 every morning 10 see what Is offered.
especially in the way Of novelties lie
can buy. but only in small quantities.
Food supplies are regularly secured from
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protect the city OF New Orleans were
three times as high as they used to be:
but the river was Drumming, and / saw
the water trickling in over the floor of n
house at the end OF the levee. so that
they had to get sandbags and protect it
from without l could not undertake to
propose or approve OF any new scheme OF
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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-04-29
SPANISH FLEET AFLoAT.
Com. Dewey Ready to Meet the Phil
Iipine Squadron.


lipine Squadron.
Speciul Correspondence of the CHRONICLE
WASHINGTON, April 28.-The war
revenue measure is slowly threading its
way through the House. 1t will pass
that body and reach the Senate on either
Saturday or Monday next. 1t is in this
body that it will meet with the only
real opposition it will encounter on its
path to the White House. The Senate
opposition will be confined entirely to
one feature of the bill as it will pass the
House, that authorizing the Secretary of
the Treasury to borrow money on bonds,
and this will come wholly from the free
silver element. Their principal plea
against the issuance of bonds heretofore
has been that they opposed SO doing in
times of peace, but now that this plea
has been taken away, largely by their
own act, they refuse to authorize the
borrowing of money on bonds in times Of
war. Ready money cannot of course be
Continued on Fourth Page.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-04-29
A GREAT NAVAL CONFLICT IN SIGHT.
New York, April %.

New York, April %.
Chronicle, Morristown:
st. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands.
The Spanish feet weighed anchor
and sailed westward from this port
early this morning. Its destination
is of course unannounced, but it is
supposed to be Porto Rico or Cuba.
If the latter, it will undoubtedly
encounter the American feet un-
der Rear Admiral Sampson, now
blocking the harbors of that island.
ScHoFF.
1.-THE foregoing was received at
this Office at 9.45 a. m. A decisive
naval engagement between the prin-
cipal fleets of the United States and
Spain is altogether probable within
the coming week.