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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27

ness on the part of the fireman who
proffered me his scenic corner but GER
tainiy my name was Ephraim before
we had proceeded a mile. One deeply
interested in this particular piece of
road might be expected to endure the
liquid air. which poured in through
the cabs open windows, but to be at
the same time glued to the boiler and
Tried to turn on the other side. was
impossible / escaped to the tender.
A large force of men had been strung
along the line TO keep the track clear.
but do their best. the snow in some
places drifted in faster than they could
remove il. Near the summit, we
bucked into a great white bank which
mad slid down from the heights above.
Retreating. we tried it again. With
sand box open, and escape valve blow
ing, the engineer threw her wide
open, and away went the locomotive
like a mad bull with its head down A
dull thud, a deluge OF snow. and the en-
CINE stops midway through the drift.
with wheels awhirl. Another run for
IL, and we are through with a rush.
and out upon creaking, trembling
treStle- Here the science and skill of
the constructing engineer is put to it's
SevereSc test One month ago this gorge
was level full of snow. Shovels had
first cleared the way and tossed the
white blocks down the mountain side:
then came the rock men TO prepare the
foundation with drill and dynamite
during weather so bitter cold that the
hospital tents were filed with frost
bitten men. Then the ender timberS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27

would reach $4,000 a year, or about ~
per cent of the entire cost of the de-
partment.
And just now the United States gov
eminent is taking account of the auto
mobile in authorizing experiments for
the collection of mail in automobile
wagons. The first city to take it up
was Buffalo, n. Y, where on the even
ing of July the first collections were
made in an electric buggy by John d.
Leib. superintendent of the city's mail
delivery system. It covered one of the
most difficult routes in the city in one
hour and fifty minutes, the ordinary
time of the collection by horse and
wagon being not less than three hours.
Postmaster Dorr sent a favorable re-
port of his experiments to Washington
and the system viii be tried at once in
other cities.
Indeed, there seems to be tendency
on the part of municipalities to con-
slider the automobile seriously as fac
tor in their work. For instance, the city
of Paris has just made contracts for
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27

As 1 saw Mr.. Flood lean from the
cab and keenly watch every support
as we passed over. 1 thought of Kip
linS's Bridge Builders" Would it
stand the test? Not of the roaring
Gauges, but of the bucking, painting,
sentiene engine. Above, the almost per-
penoiCuidr cliffs. down which men had
dangled from ropes while cutting the
first grade; below. the SCARED, hungry
ribs of granite. the interStices filled with
glaciers in miniature. But-we passed
in safety. The builders calculations
had been as true as his timbers. An
other mile and we drove through a
tunnel under the backbone of the last
ridge; and. following the contour of
natural amphitheatre. stopped before a.
long line of tents half buried in snow.
From one fiOated the Stars and Stripes,
from its nearesz neighbor the Union
Jack-between, passed the international
boundary line. We were at the summit
of White Pass.
The cost of the road so far has been
about $4,000 per mile. 1t is narrow
gauge, fifty-six-pound rails being used.
There are more curves than straight
lines Accidents are inevitable. but few
have been the fatalities. considering the
danger of the work and the severity of
the weather. Two men lie beneath an
immense block of granite. too large TO
be moved. Others have died from
pneumonia and freezing.
Speaking of these things, one of the
engineers told me that he believed Moth
ing short of divine interposition had
saved him and his men from an awful
death last November A charge of giant
powder had been tamped home and the
warning signal given. He and his as
sistants stepped behind an eighteen
inch tree. supposing that the blast
would be of the usual force where 100
pounds Of explosive is used. For some
reason the spark machine failed to ig
mite the fuse-a most unusual occur
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27

under the explosion of tons of giant
powder, and l 1000 laborerS, armed with
bar and barrow, drill and dynamite,
pushed out from the head waters OF
Lynn canal, leaving two shining lines
of steel in their wake. Other railroads
have conquered greater heights. others
have spanned wider chasms, but for
rapidity of construction in the dead of
an Arctic winter. over an almost in
surrountable range. the White Pass &
Yukon railway must ever stand in con-
spicuouS pre-eminence.
At first the wiseacres smilingly nod
ded their heads and whispered
Scheme; Skaguay has seen her best
days and there are town lots for sale"
AS the grade neared the granite wall
mile high and the snow filed every
cut and canyon, even the hardy pack
ers'' said that the construction gang
must surely tie up until spring; but
the indomitable officers and engineers
of this plucky road were not built on
that plan. Overcoming every obstacle
in the face of supposed impossibilities,
from ten to forty feet of snow was
removed. the roadbed hewn from the
granite cliffs. and a train pulled gal
lantly to the summit, twenty and four
Ienths miles from, and $500 feet above
the starting point in less than nine
months from the day when the first
line peg was driven.
In the spring of last year Resident
S. H. Graves arrived in New York. In
his vest pocket so to speak, ne car
ried the sole possessions of this Arctic
thoroughfare, viz: Charters from the
English government granting right of
way over British territory. from n
point near Lake Bennett to Dawson.
Right of way had already been granted
by the United States government over
the strip of American territory lying
between the sea and the international
boundary line. Armed with these doc
uments, Mr.. Graves started for Alaska,
arriving in April. 1t seems incredible
that in so short a space of time i'm
mense quantities of railroad material
could have been purchased and shipped
three fourths of the way from New
York to the north pole. and that the
same weeks should witness the discov-
cry and association of as splendid a
corps of civil engineers as ever sighted
a sextant or made war upon nature
yet such as the fact.
When one has travelled these stub
bornly contested miles in the open cab
of locomotive: shot around compound
curves; dashed through snowdrifts
into tunnels and out again upon slen-
der bridges: hung upon narrow benches
mere inches in the perpendicular;
babe defiance to glacier. moraine and
avalanche, and then stood upon the
summit of White pass in the teeth of a
bowling blizzard. one forgets the cap
italist in his velvet carpeted office, even
the president in his private car, and
turns with frank admiration to the lit
tie band of nervy, keen-witted fellows,
the construction engineers. who, with
their 1000 men, have defied and con-
quered the allied forces of Olympus and
Jack Frost.
Investment Paid From the First
The general name covering the whole
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27

and with such skill that il requires
an expert to prove their falsity. The
eggs of the common gnat-snapper,
which are very cheap. are chemically
colored a brilliant blush green, and
sold at high prices, as the eggs of the
rare chatterer. Common duck eggs are
metamorphosed into falcon eggs by
dyeing them a silvery green. Out of
pigeon and ring-dove eggs rare eggs
are also manufactured. Especially high
prices are paid for nightingale eggs,
which are so hard to get; these are
nothing but lark eggs dyed dark brown.
The originator Of this kind of forgery
was formerly an assistant in a natural
history museum in Provence, where
he learned all about the rarest eggs
and their peculiarities. The industry
pays very handsomely and as most OF
the eggs are not bought for Matching,
but merely to complete collections. the
danger of detection is reduced TO a
minimum
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27

and now the glorious scenery OF the
white pass unlocked to the luxury-lov-
ing traveller, Baedecker will do well 10
give Alaska a special and early edition
of his guide book
Five miles farther and we draw up
m Glacier station, attached like a
Swiss chalet to the rugged side OF
Here the first snow obstruc-
ton is encountered. The heavy coach
is uncoupled, and the klondlkers snoui-
derinp their packs, take to the trail.
Here again an unlocked for courtesy
was extended. F. B. Flood. the brilliant
Young engineer in charge OF the
Toughest five miles of railroad con-
structlon in the country" invited me
into the locomotive. cab TO accompany
him over his division, on tour OF In
spection.
Doubtless it was disinterested kind
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27

number of electric automobile street
sweeping machines, which will be used
to clean its streets, beginning this fall
1t is a remarkable device, with the
sweeping machine in front and tank
of water and a water sprinkler behind.
The new machine will run over the
street, sprinkling ii thoroughly. and
then. returning. will sweep up the dirt
in piles TO be collected later by new
variety of electric carts. 1t is under
stood that a similar contrivance is in
course OF manufacture in one of the
great American shops.
Superiority of American Machines.
Curiously enough. while the French
were the first To take up the automobile
seriously, their manufacturers have
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27

and reach the seat of the fire long be-
fore the engines or the heavier hose
carts have time to get there, so that
if the blaze is small it can be extin-
guished with hand extinguishers before
it gets any Roadway. In any event
this pioneer crew will have the doors
open and everything in readiness for
the coming Of the engines.
Another manufacturer IS preparing to
buifd an automobile compressed air fire
engine which ne claims viii have great
advantages over the present horse-pro-
PEELED engines. Ii will have the advan-
tage of doing away with the cumber
some boilers and il VIII be much less
dangerous in a crowded city street
than four galloping horses. for il can
be controlled almost instantly by a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27
NOVEL EGG FORGERY.
Skilful French Swindlers Essay New
Game With Success.

vented by the ingenious Frenchman
is that of artificial eggs; and high
prices are paid for them. They manu-
facture penguin eggs that cannot be
distinguished from the genuine out of
nothing but plaster of paris. One that
came from these forgers had been or
dered by lady who wished to present
it to her betrothed for his collection of
rare eggs. All kinds are manufactured,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27

not succeeded in procuring either as
practical a vehicle or as handsome
one as most OF the American manufac-
turers. Mr.. Percy Maxim, a relative of
the famous inventor of the Maxim gun,
was sent to Paris not long ago by one
of the foremost American automobile
manufacturers to get hints for the de-
velopment of the American vehicle He
was astonished to find that in almost
everything except speed the American
vehicle was already superior to most
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27

renee. After waiting a sufficient period
the engineer examined the batteries
and found that, instead of 100 pounds,
the wcrkmen had put in 1900 pounds.
Retiring to a greater distance. the
spark machine was again operated
this time successfully. The impact was
terrific Twenty-Five hundred yards OF
rock was dislodSed and thrown into
the air. One piece measuring twenty
feet by thirty struck the tree behind
which the party had first stood, shat
tering it like a pipe-stem.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27
Rdizrodding in tie Earliest norfb
KOndike-One the Accomplished
ing Story Mans Triumph over Steiner of Nature.

On the 18th day of May, 1898. less
than one year from the date of this
sketch. the approaches to the White
pass Of the Chilcat mountains present.
ell their primaeval chaos and silence
Over an icy trail and endless line of
dumb, determined argonauts plodded
their weary way
On the 9th of that month the silence
of ages awoke; the granite hills shook
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27
Hufomobk Dow an engine ofWdr
Hardly
Major Davidson: Wonderful Trip On Carriage

mere twist of a lever If necessary it
can make a speed of thirty miles an
hour. A compressed air engine would
cost no more chan an ordinary fire en-
CINE and all of the men now employed
for caring for horses could be dispens-
ed with. close estimate of the COM
parative cost of horse and compressed
air fire engines, of the kind shown in
the picture, for city the size of New
ark, n. j., show that the saving from
the use of the automobile engines
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27
A Contributory Cause.
CNew York Journal.)

Sagebrush Sam-Yer say Bill died of a
lame arm. How could that be?
Cactus Charlie-Why yer see. his arm
wuz so stiff that he couldn't draw his gun
quick. an the other Teller got the drop
on him.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27

of those of the French make. In a
broad way, he says that the develop
ment of motor carriages in European
countries is considered an evolution of
the locomotive, whereas in this country
il is regarded as a development of the
wagon. The Frenchman loves his ma
chinery. As he speeds along the boule-
ward he likes to have plenty of wheels
and levers plainly in sight. He likes to
sit like a god in his machine, for it
gives him pleasant sense OF superior
ity to feel that-he is guiding such a
complicated mechanism. II does not
matter to him if his machine smokes
and rattleS ard jars, SO long as it will
go and go rapidly. In this country the
very fact of visible mechanism makes
an automobile unstable One manufac-
turer carries for his trade line, "A child
can run it." He emphasizes the sim
plclty OF operation and enlarges on
how little the operator is compelled TO
do instead of how much. The Ameri-
can also likes to have his automobile as
beautiful as possible, so the manufac-
turer covers up all the machinery with
polished carriage box and makes the
vehicle look as much like an aristocra tic
carriage as he possibly can.
As Racing Vehicles.
But in the purely racing automobile
the Frenchmen are far ahead of the
Americans. although there are indica-
lions mat this supremacy will soon L
challenged. The Ffenchman has TO +
credit vehicle which Will actually II
at the rate of mile a minute. Indee-
a recent automobile race in Paris has
awakened the interest of the entire civ
ilized world. Previous TO this race.
both NJ. Rene de Knyff and Count Chas-
seloup Laubat of Paris had made sixty
miles an hour on an ordinary read
track Just think of it, Faster than
the Empire state express, and that with
no advantage of steel rail nor level
roadbed- But even the records of
these two famous racers have been
ming carriage La Jamais Contente"
c'The Never ContentO. This wonder
full vehicle is built of sheet iron in the
form of long cigar or torpedo, SO that
it plunges through the air like dart
The wheels are very small and, of
course, fitted with rubber tires. There
is a maIhole in the top of the vehicle,
where the driver sits. Just in front of
it there is little steering wheel and
electrical meters to show the voltage
and amperace CT the current To see
La Jamais Contente" one would think
that no driver ever would dare to risk
his life upon it. And, indeed, after the
current is turned on and the wheels
begin to revoive, il is either fly or burn
so tremendous is the power of the bat
teries.
AT the famous record trial. La ia
mais Contenfe'' was towed out from
Paris to the racing road by humble
petroleum car. N. Rene de Knyff gave
the word to start, NJ. Jenatzy turned
on the current and braced himself,
leaning well forward, with his hands
firmly c,ssping the steering wheels.
The car moved off somewhat slowly at
first, but after going about ten yards,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27
The Dilemma's Short Horn.

cleveland Leader)
II can't invite Mrs Seron Yellow to my
house any more
why not2''
She gets mad If don't ask her to
sing, and all my guests get mad If do"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27
Cost of Building.

were lifted to the level of the grade
and the rails laid across.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-05-12
THE HOUSEHOLD.
How to Plank Shad-Clothes Case In.
stead of Closet-A Dainty
Decoration.

Shad is again in season, and happy
the man or woman who has 'plank
seasoned and in store for the reception
of this prince of fishes Every lover of
good things to eat knows that newly
sawed plank or one of soft wood would
never do for so dainty use. The plank
that stands facile princeps is of cedar,
well seasoned, freed by time from too
pronounced reminder of the forest and
imrregnated with the juices from fire.
quent bookings. Oak and hickory are
also desirable, the delicate fish slowly
broiled from fire of glowing Goals alb
sorbing the fragrant odors of the heated
wood
1t requires months of care to fit
new board for use, and the family who
possesses an heirloom of this sort is to be
envied. The planks may be purchased
-charred and seasoned-for $40 or S25,
according to size and if well cared for
will last for years The plank should
never be washed, but should be rubbed
with dry cloth after using and then
sandpapered off.
In preparing the fish for planking
split down the entire back. Have the
plank very hot. Then nail the cleaned
and opened fish to it with the skin to
the plank. Set in front of the glowing
Goals and bake for Is minutes. Then
reverse the plank end for end and con-
tinue the baking until the flesh fakes
Season with salt, pepper and butter, and
serve on the plank, which may be laid
in japanned tray w Washington Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-05-12
How Long Baseballists Last.

The buying and selling of ball play
ers' releases is much more of a lottery
even than dealing in horsefesh, says
the New York Commercial Advertiser.
One reason for this is that the ball play
er's career on the diamond varies in
length according to his physical consti-
tuition and the care he takes of himself.
Some players last only year or two,
while others hold out for 30 years or
more. McPhee, Arson, Mcclure, Keefe,
Bushong, Ewing, Burns and Snyder are
some of the comparatively few players
who lasted much longer than the aver
age, but there are ten times more whose
career in major league company did
not cover a period of five years. If
statistics were unearthed they would
show that the average "life" of play
er in major leagues since baseball has
been played professionally falls consid-
erably below five years; hence the wis
dom displayed by National league man
ayers in being careful about making
deals involving large cash money con-
sideration. There are not over a dozen
star twirlers in the National league to-
day who have been stars for more than
half dozen years. The careers of this
dozen must necessarily be nearly at an
end. To invest, say, from 50, 500 to $10,-
900 for the release of Nichols, Rusie,
Young or any of these veterans would
be risk, as all may have reached their
limit at the close of last season, and a
year hence will be ON the retired list or
winding up their careers in some minor
leapne.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-05-12
An Indian Prince and Princess.

The maharajah of Kuch Behar, if one
of the least important of the Indian
princes, is perhaps the best known in
England and also the best liked. AL
though he does not belong to high
caste and stands, therefore, less high
in native esteem. he is in appearance
not only good looking, but refined, and
has very English manners, as we'll as
English tastes. He excels at polo, at
shooting and at all manly sports, and
is also beautiful dancer His wife is
not SO advanced in civilization, but she
is very charming little lady and won
all hearts, including those of the royal
family of England, Unlike her hus-
band, she favors always the national
dress, and for full dress occasions wears
head coverings of beautiful old lace.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-05-12
Easy Way to Figure Speed.

simple way to calculate the speed
of a bicycle by the rides is to multiply
the gear by 10 and divide by 56. The
result may be called seconds for this
particular purpose. The number of com
plete revolutions made by either pedal
in the given number of seconds CORE
spends exactly to the rate of miles per
hour. For instance, if the gear be "a,
multiplied by 10 and divided by So, the
result is 1 5. If the pedal goes around 20
times in 10 seconds, the rider knows
that he is going at the rate of 30 miles
per hour. If the gear be 67,2, the result
of the calculation is 10 seconds, and the
rider would have to push his pedal
around 30 times in 12 seconds to equal
the speed made by the man on the high
er gear by 30 revolutions in 10 seconds.
To divide the gear by 515 gives nearly
the same result as multiplying by 10
and dividing by Sc, but is not quite SO
accurate
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-05-12
Lord curzon as a Sneaker.

Lord Curzon is charged with having
made since his appointment as viceroy
of India as many speeches as did Lord
Elgin, his predecessor, in the whole Of
his career. According to the ideas of
English politicians, this is dangerous
innovation for the representative of
British authority in India, especially to
one with Lord Curzon's well known
love of talking, as in the rhetoric loving
land of the oriental the temptation to
oratory is strong and frequent The
Britishers warn Lord Curzon that if the
ameer should die, and Abdurrahman s
life is said to be not good one from
the insurance point of view, his oppor-
tunities will be those of action, not of
words, and the fewer his words now the
less likely is his action to be hindered
In the inevitable turmoil that will fol-
low the death of the ruler of Afghanis-
tan.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1899-05-12
Instead of Closets.

The architects are puzzled. They have
never been able to put enough closets
into a new house to satisfy the women.
Now the women want no closets at all.
They have suddenly discovered that
English houses never have closets.
Clothes cases and wardrobes are used
instead.
A new article of bedroom furniture
is called clothes Gaze. This takes the
place of the bureau or dresser. Instead
of having each drawer separate, like
boxes, half of the front opens upward
and the other half drops, forming a
shelf. The clothing is distributed in
shallow sliding compartments open in
front and drawn out by the edges.
These cases are made to order, in
small or large slides, shallow or deep, as
one may desire. The convenience is OBJ