Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-09-14
WASHINGTON NEWS.

versy occurred between Chairman Phil
lips and j. -. .Archbold OF New
York. vice president of the STANDARD
OIL Company. Mr. ArchbOil was On
the stand and replying To statements
made by j. u. Lee OF the United pIp,
Company, and other independent com.
panies. referring to MIR. Lees stale.
ment that the Standard company had
made advances To Ill" Pipe Lin. com
pany with II view of buying IL nut. MIR.
Archbold said: Amy approaches Oh
that line have com. from the oIhc4 ]
side" and he proceeded To say thai 1
such advances had been mad. not only
by Lee but by others connected with /
the Independent lines, including Mr. |
/ Phillips. We have declined their OF. |
/ fer,," he said. because We considered |
them Illegal and. furthermore. because !
Of our lack Of faith In the men from |
whom the proposition came. hnvIn: 1
had previous experience with them" |
In reply to Mr. Phillips, lie said he |
did not claim that the propositions |
were unfair or unjust" but Illegal.
The Navy Department expects To b..
Gin the manufacture OF sinokcicss pow.
der at Its mills u few miles hack from
the Potomac river. near Indian Head.
within the next two or three months.
Work ON the mills has h.cn pushed
cnrrgcticaiiy and at present about
In men are employed. Already
about n dozen buildings nr- completed,
tho electric light plant said to
i- On. OF the finest In the world
- II Installed. AMI til" stand pipe
IN feet high. II up. There !..r
ten or twelve other buildings well
along towards completion. Altogether
the group OF buildings viii number
iwcnty'four or twenty-five. with u en-
paciiy Of loo pounds of smoEclc-s
powder daily. This output seems large
nt iirst thought. hut one of the big
ihirirch.inch guns OF the Indiana usc.
loo pounds Of powder Mt u single
shot. The various buildings Of the
powder plant cover n Wide ARA ahou;
four miles back FROM the river. The
general purpose hns i--u To Keep the
buildings as FAR apart n the require.
incnis of manufacture would permit.
in or,icr to avoid tn. danger OF -X.
plosion. For that reason thrr- Il no
large central huiiiins. hut many small
ones. each having distinct brnnci, Of
the powder making. They arc also mr.
ranged with View to the prevailing
winds. 80 that III. risk .f having the
fumes Of acids borne by the wind ss
reduced To u minimum.
~
Department In day or two nnnouns.
Ing the Held Hni stnn officers NJ Two
additional volunteer regiments whirh
will H. organized after the manner ssf
the so-rafisi inIuinn" regiments srni to
CuiEl last year. their company ofiirrrs
aud priSat-@ being exclusively -piorsh
men. II IL expected that ili-s- r,-ci.
mcnis VIII II. r,~Tnitri with greater
rnpidiiy Than the white regiments and
that experienced men Will MI them 81
| quickly that the two ,'nnmnn n,i- viii h,''
ready TO sail for I'll" Philippines -zrly
IN November. The addition Of iln'-r
regiments to tlc army almost cAhnust-
the quota ~ :.,bD volunteers allowed
hy Congress. There will then I've TWEEN.
ty.iivr regiments Of lao men each.
which. with the Porto i,ico naval ha;.
talon Of IDb men. leaves u margin ot
only i.s.5 In the authorized strength.
or not quite enough FOR another r,'ei
mcnt Rnd u half. General Miles hah
recommended three coiurci regiments
while General Otis had reported that
ncgr--s wrrr not desired In the Philip.
| pines. fh- friendly natives hring
| strongly ,,r,,iutliccd against theta. II IN
! likely ihHt one Of the new orgnniza-
tions viii have its icmjxrnry quarters
Mt Richmond and he commanded by
Captain william r. Duvall. First ar
tillcry. who was major In the inspsc.
tor ern.r,tl's department and usu,"n-
ant colonel In the ordnance corps lns,
year. Tile other regiment will prola-
bly, he organized ut Anniston. Ala
bama. All the officers have nlrrndy
been selected for the two organizations
and IL only remains FOR the President
to issue The commissions AMI Tor she
War Department to direct the begin.
ming OF recruiting.
In an Interview ". u. Merriam. iii.
rector OF the census. said In rcfcrcf,.'c
to the appointment OF the cnu'Bcr-
ptors: .Our next great undertaking
and any brunch Of u work which niiis't
reach every nook and corner. farm and
cabin in the United States IL great
that OF selecting about 300 cn'iin"r-
ntors for taking the twelfth census.
We arr trying strcnuatlsly To prepare
for n compI,uc and reasonably perfect
census. liz burden IL the work of
gathering In, materials for II. however.
will fall on The cnuncf=uors. "ln any
important lin. OF private business pre-
I,ninnry trimming II rcGn4rcJ OF thosc
| ,hnrrc,l with conducting Its details.
! LAWYERS and DEBTORS study before thcy
Drncticc their professions. ssid mcciinn.
i.,s are required to serve tbSTousi, ap-
memberships before asking Tor Jour
nvymen's work "' wages. 80 III III!
| ,i..,y those who desire to aS ns cen
.rs Commentators ssIould take iip the
s,n,y OF census lsws. schedules and
s,",i.,irs thus familiarizing them
scly,~ Ms FAR az possible. with the de
,niis Of the work. fn this way ihe!
will ,c prepared On the lst "i , Imi
next, like great ana wrh.nfhi'
army. to begin their labnrS uh""rS'hhi
,,,,,i, ,nJ tremendously from ocean I
,r.,ap without after that day rrIui
Inc further orders ar instruction
Willie I shall not undrrink" I" Srir,
,nmmcrn,ors without consulting WI
% ,,,e proper census supervisor as t" IL
,,,,,i,i,rntiors and rNTc'. r"" nt NV
r,nts, | would like 10 "
candidates adopt the cn' Wv,
,,jrr,rh ar thus help To-
| ,',.,...,1 ,,f tho twpniiIiI