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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

The problem Of discrimination
in freight rates practiued in Colo
RADIO by the several transportation
companies has received no official
attention from the interstate com
merce commission in all its years
of existence, Notwithstanding the
fact that the matter has frequently
been brought before that body.
The only defense the commission
makes is that it is powerless to en-
force existing laws against dis
examinations. Competition has
long since ceased to be a remedy
as competition is no longer toler-
ated, because the competing lines
have no alternatives except to be
absorbed by their stronger rivals
or forced into the combination.
Public ownership of transportation
is the only remedy the interstate
commission can see. The fact that
these determinations are becoming
unbearable and are engulfing whole
sections of the country in the dis
aster consequent upon the regular
violation of the law shows that all
immediate solution of the problem
is absolutely necessary.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

Miss Emily Campion received a di4patch Sat
urday evening conveying tho sad Intelligence
that her brother employed in one OF the Rico
mines had met with a fatal accident. The
young lady left for Gunnison Sunday, where she
met her father, and will with him accompany
the body to Rockvale where intcrment will take
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

TO THE DEAF.-A rich lady,
cured of her Deafness and Noises
in the Head by DR. Nicholson's
Artificial Ear Drums, gave $4,000
to his Institute, SO that deaf people
unable to procure the Ear Drums
may have them free. Address No.
94S, The Institute, 7S0 Eighth
avenue, New York.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

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lifetime. Write quick. The Dominion Company, 3Id.
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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

J. s. Olney went down to Gunhison Thursday
returning Friday. Jerry says tho Democrats
down there tried to get him druni before lie
had been in town ten minutes, but true to good
Republican instincts he refrained.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17
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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

The FIRST stop toward the operation OF tho
Ruby Chief was made the latter part of last
week. when the Robinson saw-miil was moved
by Baxter 4 Davis from rittsburs to tho mins
above Irwin
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

The weather man has been furnishing us with
n disagrocable sort of weather the past week
Small snow storms intersporsed with an occa
sional rain have kept the streets in an almost
impa ssable condition.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

All tho ladies interested in the welfare OF the
U. C. church requested to meet Thursday at
three p. m. at the home of Mrs. C. 1. Lawrence
TO arrange for an election dinner.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

Registration days are October II and 81 and
November 8, The judges will be in session from
seven o'clock in the morning until seven o'clock
in evening at the various polling places
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

A rush Of water from the old workings of the
C. c. & l. Co. is causing tho Fuel company much
trouble in the mine. About 80 men arc tenn
porarily layod of as n consequence.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

The PILoT's circulation is growing larger
daily as is the quantity of its contents. Don't
| forget that want your Job work also your
name on our subscription list.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

Are you getting your costume ready for the
grand mnsuue ball to be given on the ofevening
of October 81 by the /. o. o. F. lodge7
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

Chas. Biebcl, chairman of the Democratic
central committee, was in tho city the latter
part of the week feeling the political pulse.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

Roy Jay resigned his position at Anthracite
Thursday and went down to the gold belt, where
he was tendercd position running a stationary
engine.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

Finest line OF toilet goods, including soaps,
perfumes, toilet creams, combs, brushes, etc,
can be found at Ross & Sons
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

Morris Click went-to Cripple Creek Saturday
to represent tho local I. o. o. F. lcdgo at the
meeting of the Grand Lodge.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

Matilda Faletti was granted divorce from
her husband John Faletti in tho county court
Friday. Desertion and non-support were
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

Fotografer Dean will be up from Gnnnison on
the 20 inst. The bad weather CAUSED him 10
postpone his trip until that date.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

VIM. Boucher, who is associated with Dan.
Mcdonald in mining in Crystal basin, was in the
city Saturday.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

hrs. !. e. Whip was up from Gunnison dur
ing the week visiting with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. Bray.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

+. b. Pitney, the Rio Grande agent at Gun
nison, is taking lay-off, and during his absenct
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

Registration days will soon be here. Make it
personal resolve to see to it that you regis
ternd.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

Many hunting parties are making excursions
to the hills III quest of game.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

Go to Ross & Sons for all kinds of fresh fruits
grapes, apples, oranges, bananas, etc
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

W. H. Wilson is shipping coal to the Cunnison
market.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

Marshal Watson went down to the county
seat Saturday on an electioneerins tour.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17
Tuesday, Oct. II, 1899.
Local Pointers.

p. w. Fuller went out to Denver Saturday
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17

John Lee returned Thursday from his trip to
Sinhert.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1899-10-17
p. j. HURLEY,

First publication October II, 1859.
Last publication November p, 1899.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-19
The Coming Test Of Skill and Speed
Between the Yachts.
MILLIONS SPENT 70 KEEP The CUP
Yachtsmen the World Over Inter-
ested in the Contest.
WHAT THE RACERS COST

Written for The Evening Star.
From the standpoint of absolute purity
broad disinterestedness, high motive and
general interest. no other sport or sporting
event can even compare with the interna-
tional yacht races scheduled for October g.
s. Z, and II outside the harbor of New
York. These races represent ideas that
must appeal even to the most slothful citi-
zen. They mean almost as much to the
man who has rever seen a saiboat as to
the enthusiast Who talks yachting all win
ter and sails all summer.
With these races ii is not simply test
of skill and speed between two sized
yachts 1t is battle of the world against
America. Every man who loves his coun-
try's supremacy will watch the contest with
the keenest interest. for the success or fail
ure of the yacht Columbia will mean the
success or failure of American skill over
the skill of the world. The Shamrock, the
challenging yacht, comes not alone the
representative of Great Britain and Ireland.
The trophy she sails for, the American
cup, Is open to the competition of the whole
world. The German. Russian. French,
Dutch and other yachtsmen about
keenly concerned in the outcome
the British. Evidence of this is furnished
by the news cabled recently from the other
side TO the effect that Emperor William of
Germany has detailed the skipper of his
racing yacht, the Meteor, to aid the skipper
of the Shamrock on the occasion of the in
ternational races.
Almost strong an attraction as the pa
trtOtism that the yacht races embody is the
fact that in these contests there is abso-
luely no faint of commercialism. There is
no idea of gain, no gambling.
what the Races Will Cost.
The races will cost the promoters over
half million dollars. For this enormous
OlItlaV there abSo1ufaIy
cept the satisfaction of promoting the great
sport 1t is all outlay and no income. There
is no gate no purse, no side bet" no
anything; it Is just sport for sports sake.
On the American side the cost of the con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-19

AS we passed the leader at a steamboat
speed the pilot made remark which after
ward caused trouble. Captain Brown he
SAID, by way Of a joke, 1 believe you have
propeller aStern
This was caught I'D and passed along
until the English sailors heard it and ask
ed II 1t was true. They would not be con-
vinced otherwise. and after the race spread
.hls report ashore. Then we We're boarded
by greater crowds than ever, and were not
cleared OF the charge really until the Amer
lea was put Into dry dock. No one could
uM STAND now the Aurora was beaten so
She finished about half an hour behind ms
ana TINS time would have been tripled had
not strong breeze come up after we had
crossed the line"
For lack Of twenty s;nnn1e words vocb+
racing, to 95 per cent of the people of the
Chteu states, Is sealed volume. It Is
true that the language Of the yacht, which
LAS as many terrors to the inlander as
Sahscrit or Choctaw, has many more than
twenty words; but thorough knowledge of
enls tWenty-word vocabulary will trans
FORM the story of an international race from
d d; oreary' dnintelligibleswaste Of technicali-
Will make yachting contest as Fascinating
as game of base bail or foot ball. or a
morse race. And with good clear diagram
Gi yacht before the eye. a thorough I'M
nalf an hour. Withoutit, the inlander falls
oump When he embarks on any craft more
presentlous than ferry boat, and he loses
1d the Keen pleasure of stevenson, w.
Siark russell, Cooper and many other ia
nous writer's Of the sea-
me diagram which accompanies this ar
eicie SHOWS a sloop yacht, or cutter yacht,
as the Englishman would say. A sloop
yacht mas one mast, the n1ainmast. If a
forward mast were added and the ar
rangement changed to suit, the vessel
would then be called a schooner yacht, or
IN sea talk, a 'two-sticker." The great
race between the Columbia and the Sham
rock Is, therefore. a race Of sloop yachts
Inc america, which was the original win
ner or what Is now known as the America
cup, was schooner yacht, but nearly all
OF the cup contestants since that time have
been sloops
1t Is supposed, to begin with, that the
reader knows that the extreme forward tip
OF yacht is called the stem, that the for
ward portion is called the bow that the
rear end Is called the stern. and that the
SIDES OF the boat are the beams Every one
also knows that the keel Of a yacht is the
portion which cuts deepest into the water.
and IT Is in the construction Of the keel
that the greatest changes and progress
nave been made in yachting. Every one
who reads the papers knows Of the discus
sions which have gone on for years as to
the comparative value Of the center-board
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-19

making up the cost of the race. After the
race has been sailed the Columbia, If
fetch over $4,000 or $4,000, as she is prac-
tically worthless for cruising purposes, hav-
ing been designed entirely for speed all
idea of comfort being sacrificed. Some of
the other items of expense connected with
the American side of the race will be the
cost of maintaining fleet of tugs to patrol
the course, to serve as stake boats, ETC.
This will foot up well in the thousands, as
the demand for tugs and all other craft will
be enormous.
On the British side the cost will be even
greater, if anything, than 1t is on the Amer
lean. Sir Thomas Upton, who built the
Shamrock, must do all that Mr. Morgan
and his associates have done, besides stand
ing the expense of sending the challenger
across under her own sail.
Some idea of the cost of fitting up the
racers may be obtained from the fact that
one suit nit of sails cost in the neighborhood
of $1,000 These sails are specially woven
from Egyptian and Sea Island cotton
mixed with silk. They cost dollar a
yard In addition the yachts carry a spin
maker and other light sails Of pure silk,
which cost all the way from 81 to 81 per
yard.
Measured by the amount of money that
has been spent in the contests for the
American cup 1t Is without exception the
most valuable thing in the world. The
crown of the Car of Russia, the richest or
nament on earth, with its marvellous dia-
monds and rubies, and other priceless
gems, becomes almost a bauble In COMPARE
son with this battered old silver cup. The
trophy has been fought for ten times, in
1851 10 II, 70, 81, 80, Sc. 81, '93 and '95.
| In the past. while the cost of preparation
| and the money spent for all items has not
| been great as will be the case this year,
| the average cost for the ten races will
| easily foot up 100000 for each, or a total
| of S5,O000O0.
Her Great Sail Area.
The total sail spread of the Columbia is
about 1900 square feet. Cut in strips a
foot vide the sails would stretch nearly
three miles in lergth. Laid fiat on the
ground. they would cover a good part of q
city block, about one-third of an acre.
1t is because of this mass of canvas that
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ing to the record made on the other side
by the Shamrock, the pacemaker might
safely be trusted to hold on to the cup on
her own account.
The cost of the Columbia and her MAIN
tenance until after the last race has been
sailed WILL in round numbers, be about
Sl!e,0oo. according to experts on the sub
ject. To begin with, the boat cost to build
about SSo.000. She carries crew of thirty
men, all high-priced, picked experts, from
the captain down. These men must be
quartered outside of the vessel herself, for,
like all racers, the Columbia has absolute
ly no accommodation below deck. She is
simply huge shell 40 feet long and about
eighteen feet deep. Standing on the plat
form which serves for her deck one can
see through the hatchway right down to
her bottom. Inside there is nothing eXcept
a series of steel Orders and braces When
the races are over, and if her owners
choose, the Columbia may be fitted up with
cabins. But even if this is the case all
such cabin work, flooring, etc. would be
ripped out again as soon as she was ready
to eI1ter another race.
Unable to find room on the yacht her
crew are. therefore, CHARTERED aboard a
steam tender which accompanies the Co
lumbia wherever she goes. To maintain
this tender and to feed the crew alone costs
somewhere in the neighborhood of So. coo.
The Defender likewise is equipped with a
tender for her crew, the cost of which is
little less than that of the Columbia her
sell. All these items must be included in
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be together at one station, land this was
done. They were thus surrounded and un-
der such vigilance that they could not do
anything crooked.
A Yankee Ship Sailed Down the Bay.
1.-THE morning Of August % broke with q
clear sky and soft breeze from the west,
and before 10 o'clock fifteen boats, Of all
lengths and sizes, had gathered about u.s.
AS the Aurora went by maneuvering her
crew were hosting the mainsail. When
they got abeam a little cockney started up
the old song. "A Yankee Ship Sailed Down
the Bay and the rest Of the crew came
in on the chorus. Pull, boys, bully boys.
pull You'd better save that sheet for a
tow called one of our men. but the Aurora
had passed and did not hear It.
81 fancy it's us'll need the tow said one
of our English recruits.
Let me give you some advice said the
second mate, who overheard the remark
'ron't let the skipper hear you say that
blew very light and some of the English
boats forged ahead, among them the
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keel-a board which let's down sidewise
from the interior Of the boat through the
bottom-the fin keel. which is deep sharp
fln-like projection on the bottom or the
boat the bulb fin and the ordinary cutter
keel.
So much for the hull of the boat. The
backbone of a sloop's rigging is the mainz
mast, marked % in the diagram This IS
usually made of the very best and straight
est spruce timber, although in the case OF
the Columbia immensely strong steer
tube has been used. At the top OF the
mainmast, the topmast co is attached In
the case of the new cup defender TINS top
mast is so made that 1t will slide down into
the hollow portion of the mainmast, put IN
ordinary yacht construction 1t Is firmly at
tached to the outside of the mainmast, as
shown in the diagram. These masts are
held in place by what are known as
shrouds, long, heavy wire ropes 90 and I'D,
which run from the hounds at the top Of
the mainmast and from the top of the top
mast to each side Of the hull, where they
are firmly attached. In order to further
strengthen the topmast a crosstree 90 is
placed at the head of the topmast for
spreading the topmast shrouds. 1t was the
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underneath against which the water must
push the other way. Under these opposing
forces the vessel glides, and 1t Is here that
the fine lines in which yachtsmen delight
count. The finer the lines the greater the
speed with which the vessel glides out from
the opposing forces.
To bring out the speed under all condi-
lions the course has been arranged with
and against the wind under the regulations
governing the international cup. On the
first day the Shamrock and Columbia will
start from the Sandy Hook lghtship, sail
ing a straight course for fifteen miles, re-
turning the same way. On the second day
the vessels will sail a triangular course.
The triangle will be laid starting from off
the Sandy Hook lightship ten miles on one
leg, ten miles on the second leg and ten
miles on the third leg. making full course
of thirty miles. This triangular course will
test the speed Of the vessels sailing under
every condition, with the wind and against
the wind.
To see two beautiful specimens of the
best things in international shtpbuilding
battle for an old weather-beaten silver cup
that isn't even cup, for it has no bottom.
1t is hollow all the way through, fact that
was discovered when the jolly members
of the New York Yacht Club tried to toast
the original champion, the schooner yacht
America, which won the trophy in 1851 on
the other side. The liquor that was poured
into the cup at the top ran out at the bot
tom. But the fact that the cup is hollow
and wouldn't fetch $40 in the open market
only adds to the zest of the battle for it's
possession.
1t is the embodiment of true sport
So far as 1t is possible to find out, there
is but one survivor today of the original
crew that sailed across the ocean in the
old yacht America in 1851 and returned
with the international trophy.
Capt. Henry Hoffman, therefore, is the
only one who can tell us from reniins-
cent standpoint about the first of those
races which have now come to be historical
events. He was the youngest member of
the crew, being only fifteen years old, but
smart sailor at that, for he had run away
to sea from his home in Dantzig Prussia,
four years previous, and had his training
before the mast.
AT sixty-three years of age Capt Hoff-
man is typical old salt. Keen of eye, firm
of chin, square shouldered and so fond of
the wind and weather that his eyes snap
when you ask him if he would not like to
help sail the Columbia in her coming race
That L would he assured the writer
I'D join the crew tomorrow if | could get
away from business" The captain has for
a long time been identified with a large
coal company which has offices on lower
Broadway. his duty being to look after the
towing department AS BrooEiyn:te he
belongs to the Parkway Driving Club. and
is celebrated for his fast trotters Like all
seafaring men. he is brief of speech and
this is particularly so in talking of the old
America. His peculiar loyalty to his friends
and shipmates is almost pathetic. His love
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harbor. Captain Brown himself had this
berth for many years, and he could sail a
yacht with any of these later cracks. He
was good Yankee, and it was due to his
influence that we hung together SO we'll
He told us the boat was built for a syndi-
cate headed by Commodore Stevens of
the New York Yacht Club, who was dead
game sport, by the way. He came on
board several times with George>T Schuy-
Ter and Mr.. Steers. the builder, and looked
US over very carefully. Boys, we can clean
up anything that floats he said, and or
dered up some superior rum. This was
after We had beaten number of soops in
trial races down the bay, and word came
to make ready for an ocean trip. There
was not a man who did not feel little I'M
certain at this proposition, for crossing in
small boats was not so common then as
now, and the America was only 100 feet
over all and . feet across the BEAM But
when the skipper asked if any one was
white-livered enough to stay behind, not
man sung out. Soon as we got under way
the boat showed she was just queen. We
seldom used topsails, for there was enough
breeze to keep us going without them, and
though we struck heavy weather twice. we
never felt in danger.
Yankee Secrecy.
''On putting in at Cowes we were boarded
by nearly every small boat in the harbor
Capt. Brown had called us all aft before
making port, and cautioned us against
talking. You needn't say anything about
our centerboard, nor what we draw he
said, adding that Mr.. Stevens had offered
to sail anything In England, and there
would be race. Not a day passed that
the deck did not swarm with visitors, and
part of the crew were told off to see that
they did not pry too much. In fact. they
kept SO close that We lost the first races
We were in
This is a feature Of the narrative that
Capt. Hoffman cannot be persuaded to
dwell on. You KNOW he said, with a
wise blink of the eye. that sometimes you
want to pitch a stove overheard when you
are getting a yacht into sailing trim, and It
is not convenient to have spectators about.
Well, when the day came for the cup race,
we had that boat cleaned from stem to
stern. We did this before the English re-
cruits came on board These chaps never
forgot that race. I'll bet. You see. twelve
men were not enough to handle the boat
in a race, and the skipper had six 60 ashore
and hire six Britishers. who were turned
over for US to watch.
1--WE didn't like the looks Of thcm very
much, and they didn't seem to fancy us.
We're going to have trouble with these
John Bulls reported a big quartermaster
/ named Connors. Not II you know your
business replied the captain. One Of the
crew suggested that the Englishmen be
divided up so that not more than two would
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for you?' You see that flag up there?' an
swered the mate, pointing to the stars and
stripes, well, that's what you're working
for: That's all the bloody prize you get
Before that our crew had given no thought
to the subject, and no one would have
mentioned it again If the skipper did not
after the race. Americans are too ID
Independent to do this for prize money he
explained, but you've done SO well that
er of fact, we each got a few dollars and
our passage money home.
when the breeze got fresh we simply
walked away from everything in sight. The
English yachts seemed to be standing still