The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-07-30

IF can be Of any further service to
you. OF give you any further inforrna-
ton. shall be glad to do so
yours truly.
! OSigned) Wv. l. ALLEN"
As Mr. Alien could not send the detail
ed reports. or any Of them. and as /
learned that II X Gregory. the assistant
| general passenger agent Of the Santa Re
| Railroad company. at this city. has
known him for years. called upon Mr.
Gregory and he said unhesltasingly that
/ 1Ir. Alien would never have signed a let-
| ter Of that character unless he knew the
statement in It 70 be absolutely true.
asked Mr.. Gregory for letter which I
might use. and he kindly gave me the
following:
'sw. e Hughes. ESD. Los Angeles. Cal
Dear Sir: return you letter from w
! L Allen. assistant general manager Chi
cago. Rock Island and Pacifc railway.
I have personally known Mr.. Allen for
the past fifteen years. and know he Is a
man who would not write anyone letter
OF endorsement Ike the one you have un-
III he had first investigated the PROPOSE
ton thoroughly, and understood just
what he was saying. AEr. Allen Is one q
the most capable railroad men in this
country. and stands at the head Of the
operating department a. the Rock Island
system. II w. I. Allen should tell me
that he had investigated - rain
making proposition and that It was a
success. ] should believe - could
make 1t rain. Yours truly.
(signed) "H K GREGORY"
These letters are very strong indorse-
ments. and especially 80 when coming
from gentlemen occupying positions Of
prominence like Mr.. Gregory and Mr..
Allen.
After receipt Of Mr.. Aliens first letter |
wrote directly 20 Mr.. -, and sent
him a number OF newspapers containing |
the discussion OF the subject here. After |
commenting on the suggestions thrown |
out in those articles and stating that all i
the experiments conducted along the lines |
suggested had proven failures. he goes on |
to say:
81 am in hopes that the time viii come |
when rain can be produced In a very few |
minutes, but the best we can do now Is !
TO try and bring around the same condi-
lions which nature does when she makes
a rain. II we work contrary TO the laws
Of nature, we must fail"
He then goes on 10 give an outline OF
his process. and the means employed. /
and says:
There is no bombardment in my pro-
cess; It consists OF liberating gases.
which. after having been liberated sew
eral hours, will turn intensely cold. and
they must then fall. producing as # were.
the meeting OF the warm and cold cur
rents, which is the only way IN which we.
can hope to bring rain. The rain will
vary in size. and would say that when
there is a calm condition the rain viii ex-
tend generally about fifteen miles around
the point OF operation. There can be no
failure unless there are conditions which
have never encountered. andI do not
think that they exist I only say that
when the weather gets as cold as IS de-
grees above zero would stop work. as
would think my labors would be lost: on
the other hand. II the winds were con-
tinually changing the rain wocId he only
a light sprinkle. I do not care what the
humidity is or what other conditions ex-
list; these are the only ones have found
in the three years trial on the Chicago.
Rock Island and Pacific railway that
caused US any trouble. Would say that
during these three years I was sent BY
the management ofthe road 10 the driest
places they could find. and a good rain
followed. with the exception OF two |
places. where the wind was changing
continually. and which resulted In light
showers. We never started operations
when there was a possible chance 81 rain
falling On many occasions when the
weather bureau would state in the morn
ing that there was no prospect Of rain.
II would be pouring down BY the time the
public had received their papers"
In then wrote him. asking when and
where he had conducted these operations.
and in answer he SAYS:
TN the years OF 1S9z- 1874 IN the states
OF Kansas. Nebraska. Iowa and Indian
Territory. A complete record was kept | !
In Mr.. Aliens Ofiice at Chicago. but ~
may be that It has been destroyed n
not. Mr.. Allen could give you the names
Of each city we visited; also amount of I
rainfall and how long q took. I viii 4
mention several places: Jennings. Kan. I
two times; PhlllipsburR. Kan. three (
times: Belleviilc. Kan. three times: Pea
trice. Seb.. three times: PaWnee Seb
Horton. Kan: Mcpherson. Kan: Wei
ngton. Kan: Caldwell Kan: Enid
Okla. once.d u-ing the Strip opening:
Duncan. l. T: Chlckasah. ] T: s1Elsn I
!. T. two times; Stuart. Iowa. Fruit ,
and. Iowa; Perry. Iowa. and another ,
point close to this last IN Iowa. which
was the only time that had ms cars
,laced 50 that they formed a triangle. :
md that was not done Intentionally. and
Was no better than at other places At
Oes Moines Iowa. one q the newspapsra
vas opposed 70 rain-making. anad
through the Kindness % another paper
Il that place We had quite an argument
L was one OF the times when the wealth
r bureau said that Il was not possible
'or rain 70 fan. bus BY the time the pa
'ers we're out o. the press II vas rain.
ag hard
A SMOOTH DEAL.
ore Day A c. Jobes and Mr. s,Sngh
Who oucs ran che Casey Hotel started 0ut