Rocky Ford enterprise., 1899-06-01


conditions ARE shown 10 exist ou III"
Rio Grandc. the waters OF which nr,
not only claimed by Colorado and New
Mexico. but also by the Republic of
Mexico. giving rise to aE important
international contention.
Washington scientists predict that
compressed air Is going 10 he the mo
tive power for automobiles IN prefer
ence TO electricity. gasoline or any 9th.
cr method, and there are already sever.
nj patents pending which apply com
pressed air 10 wagons, buggies. ear,
riagcs. cabs. bicycles and other We
hiclcS. as well ms street cars. 4 promi-
nent western manufacturing concern
has designed a simple. inexpensive and
| apparently effective method OF moving
II vehicle by means OF II tank OF com
pressed air concealed under the seat.
and promises to supply the attachment
| to any vehicle at a cost not greater
| than Sl0. II does not propose to man.
ufacturc the vehicles themselves. but
IL getting ready to furnish the tanks
and the necessary apparatus to car.
| riage and wagon builders at n cost not
| greater than the sum named. II IN SO
| arranged that II can he applied
| to any vehicle NJ a slight expense
| The tank Of compressed air can he
| taken out and rciillcd or another sub
| Stitutcd In two or three minutes, and II
IL proposed To furnish tanks. filed
with compressed air. by express or
through bicycle dealers. carriage deaf.
crs or ordinary grocrrs. Pumping sta
| tions will he established ut convenient
Intervals. at which empty tanks can bc
exchanged or rciillcd. and for an cmer.
| ,..Ill 1N, lao t.
vehicle as n wrench Is now. which In a
few moments will furnish enough com.
pressed air to carry the VEHICLE three ni'
| four miles TO the nearest pumping or
| tank station. The ordinary tank will
contain sufficient force to carry II nifty
miles.
The Post says: General Otis has In.
| formed the War Department that lie
will be satisfied II the army under his
command be kept NJ Il maximum of
10000. The President will give him
this number. The situation In the
Philippines was the subject OF an cX-
tended conference to-day between the
President and Adjutnnt General Cor
bin. In view of the more or less alarm
ing reports which have been sent To
the United States from Manila. II Is
important to know that the President
| does not share I'm the anxiety which
these dispatches have nearly crchtcd.
General Otis has kept in close touch
with the authorities here. and II he
was in Il tight position. which the
| press reports seem to Indicate. II Is
| felt that he would not hesitate about
making his dilemma known. On the
contrary. the advicrs received from
| him show that he Is not in need or Il
| largely increased army. He has cabled
that press reports of activity of the in
surgcnts south of Manila have been
greatly exaggerated. and he thinks 30
900 men will he ample TO meet all re-
uuircmcnts. The present strength of
the army in the Philippines. including
volunteers who are still in the service,
Is 3G,OOO. When the volunteers return
some 2I,OOn regulars will remain. oi
| G,OOO less than the number estimated
as necessary by General Otis. The rc
| Inducements now en- route TO Manila
| or under orders TO depart. will bring
| the total regulars UP to the required
| figure. but as there will be consider
! able loss through sickness 1t Is pro-
| posed to decrease the companies now
| stationed in garriSOns in this country
| to the minimum and increase the com
panics in the Philippines TO the maxi
mum.
A newspaper correspondent speaking
of the revenues of the government
saws: The monthly report of the con-
| ditiOn of the government finances.
which will he issued from the treasury
| tomorrow, will show unprecedented
prosperity. The revenues from all
sources exceed the expectation of the
most sanguinc. They are nearly 90 per
cent. greater than the estimate submit
ted to Congress. and it is uusnlly the
other way. The receipts from import
dues under the Dingley tariff laws are
considerably in excess of the prcdic-
tions made by their author when h"
was irving to get votes for the bill in
the House of Representatives. and the
proceeds of the war tax are beyond the
highest calculations. Yesterday wis
was not an unusual day. vet the re-
ccipts at the treasury from ordinary
sources were only S65.0OO less than S.
600 900. and the receipts for the month
of May. with one more day TO hear
from. will exceed S41 1.0OO.0No. Already
there Is an excess of S2.21I.54o over cN-
pcnditurcs, and the disbursements
have been unusually heavy--S'S.2:i 2:iS,-
600 for twenty-Scvcn days. rms IN
cludcs S12. 600 GOO for pensions. $1,000.
600 for interest. S9.0OO.0OO for tho
army. 81. 100000 for the navy and 81
800 900 for miscellaneous civil eNpcnd-
lures. The same evidences of prosper
ity are seen in every branch of the gov
ernmcnt. The receipts in the lana or
flee are much larger than usual. ana in
dicatc that the farmers who nav"
proved up their claims are able to pay
cash for them. The receipts nj the pat
cnt Office show unprecedented activity
among the mechanical industries. Will
thr revenues of the poStoilicc depart
ment. which arc the best barometer OF
the commercial condition of the coun-
trv, are away beyond the highest rec
ord. There was never time III the
history of the country when the evil
dcnccs of general prosperity w"r" $"
numerous and apparent. or when IN"
revenues of tho government were 40
large or so easily paid.