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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-15
Mr.. CROKER'S SOMERSArLT.

Mr.. Cookers interviews OF Saturday and Sun
DAY ought 10 prove rude awakening 10 the
complacent Democratic statesmen who from
their seats on the hotel piazzas at Saratoga
have been industriously arranging Colonel Bry-
ans retirement from National politics For q
week past these Eastern and Southern "Pres-
dent makers have varied the conpeniaI task
OF watching the suns progress across the fore
!ardarm by half hourly announcements that
Mr.. Bryan Will inevitably be defeated for re-
nomination in next years National Convention
and they have scrupulously refraiped from
naming MS successor as the partys standard
bearer only because they have been awaiting
the arrival OF some belated conferrees on whose
approVai the choice or substitute nominee
would In measure turn. Among these de-
iayed leaders was Mr.. Croker, whose co-opera-
ton. along with that Of Mr.. German. Of Mary.
land. and Mr.. Harrity. of PENNSYLVANIA. was
counted on TO give the anti Bryan conference
an air OF serious and practical politics
1t cannot be said that Mr. Cookers appear
ance was looked forward TO with pleasure by
all the statesmen gathered on the hotel veran.
das. Some OF the Southern directors of the
anti-Bryan movement. inspired by past preiu
dices and resentments. had evidently no relish
for an alliance In which Tammany was n nlav
a controlling part 1t is said that Judge Will
lett. Of Alabama-the custodian Of the Van
Wyck boomlet in the South and in the enc.
mys country" generally teegraphed TO Sara
toga that he would enter no President making
conference 10 which Mr.. Croker was admitted
on an equal footing. But whatever friction
the antiBryan politicians had foreseen as a
result Of Mr.. Cookers participation in their
veranda caucuses they were In no sense pre-
pared for the destructive bomb thrown at long
range last Saturday by the Tammany leader.
Scarcely had Mr.. Croker landed from the st.
Paul when he proceeded TO deliver an opin-
Ion Of Colonel Bryan which not only FLASHED
with all the prepOssessons Of the Colonels
Saratoga critics, but rudely and violently dis
turbed their settled theory of his non-availa-
b!lity as a Presidential candidate. 'Mr. Bry-
ans great strength" said Mr.. Croker lies in
'his sympathy for and knowledge Of the plain
"people. No other American has ever been so
"close 10 the masses ! consider him TO he one
''of the greatest men America has produced"
Mr.. Croker has since interpreted this state
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-15
ANOTHER SUPPLY or GOLD CERTIFICATES

Another supply OF gold certificates. the NTH was
received al the Sub-Treasury yesterday from
Washington. The consignment which amounted
IN value to N,2S0oo. speedily distributed
among the banks which had put in applications
for the certificates One OF the beneficial results
OF the issuance OF the gold certificates it had been
expected would be that their receipt here would
ehsnie the banks TO put into circulation
sp0nding amounts OF small bills which have been
neg 40 ny them and II is estimated that about
HNpv" or small bills have already been thus
leased. IL Is said that many OF the gold certin-
Gates received here last week have been secured by
vaults. " '
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-15

district Attorney Gardiner in his bid for
600 900 increase of office expenses reports that
,ho number Of indictments found by grand
"irr,es from January l. 1893. to July l. 1899
mI.o, ono of which has been set aside de-
",ective)" was 5.295. Now, we distinctly re-
,oorber that there was an indictment against
MoIneux set aside and another against Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler set aside. Has MAJOR
Gardiner forgotten them, or is his statement
that not one Of the indictments found has been
set aside deliberately false. or did he doctor his
statistics and only report as found indictments
which stood, while suppressing record Of the
others?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-15
semente.

ASINO-s-The FOUNDERS.
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matograph
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MANHATTAN BEACH, and '-sousas DAM
PAINS Freworks-e-Hurly Bury.
NETWORK THEATRE-s:i5-The Man In tne "0'"
Vaudeville
pAsTOR'S-Contsnuo Performance -
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certs.
ZION PALACE ROOF GARDEN-Vsudevine
VICTORIA ROOF GARDEN-vaudevile
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-15

Russia objects TO an alliance between China
and Japan. its objection being formulated by NJ.
De Giers Minister of Foreign Affairs who ad
monishes China that such league would give
great offence to Russia. and have serious conse-
quences for the former country. The Northern
Bear takes the privilege Of bullying the Oriental
Dragon with entire GOODNESS and confidence and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-15

Mr. Croker's allusion to the benefits or ma
chino ruIe appropriately included a reference 10
tho underground electric conduits. Perhaps IL
no had known what his subordinate in charge
y, tber told the Mazet Committee he might not
hove snoken Of this scandalous surrender with
90, compensation Of valuable street rights to
private corporation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-15

10 nrobably correct in the assurance that 70
cary its point It is only necessary to show Its
fangs. and that no need of bringing Its claws
into action is likely to arise.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-15

People who pick toadstools thinking them
mushrooms and cat them themselves bear the
penalty of their own folly. but certainly the con-
sumner who buys fungi in the open market has A
right to trust to the knowledge of the dealer,
and the city should enforce that right for him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-15

The Tammany Board Of Education Is having
hard time. Probably 1t thinks II mas an euu-
cationaI mastodon" on its hands In Mr.. fa'nie''
ANYHOW. 1T is sure he is white elephant, ou'
en- courts are so cruel as to give II no relief
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-15

Of the following list:
Columbia County Lester j. Bashtord Se ma
Erie With District, Michael J. Kane, 100 majority.
Greene County, Sylvester B. Sage. "a majority
Kings. XIIIth District George Stems 90 ma
tority. -, -, .
Kings. xvIIIth District, Henry A. Ball 81 ma
putnam County. Adrian H. Dean, l62 majority.
Rockland County, Irving Brown. lt6 majority
Westminster, LIST District, John J. Sloane 20 ma
tority.
Republicans who can escape the influence OF
the adverse drift through their freedom from
responsibility for the things that caused H.
might hope to carry some OF these distric's
But as things look now. 1t would seem impos'
sible for machine candidates or men compro'
missed with the machine to do it.
When 7 speak of the machine. I mean just the
same thing the word meant before the passage
of the Primary law, to which the political heds-
lngs are apt 10 refer as having 'harmouized
and united the Republicans Of New-forA'
Everybody knows that law made no change
The lambs were harmonized by lying down IN
side the wolf and the men who cast loo""
votes for Seth Low are as absolutely under inc
rule Of the men who insisted on casting their
100000 votes separately for General Tracy a.
they were before. It Is exactly the same ma
chine. under the same control and with the same
purposes
Besides. II is stronger In the State than ever.
do not believe you will see. this fall. one single
avowedly anti-Platt Assembly candidate nomi-
mated to the north Of your own city. Since !"
has been made so plain that Mr. Plat w'eids
positively or negatively. all the patronage eta'e
and Federal. open opposition to him in politicsi
conventions in the State will disappear Ths'
Is not state OF affairs. however which prom
Uses the best resistance to the adverse dritt III
close districts: and 1t may we'll cause the anxiety
which Mr. Plat and his subordinates have been
only too plainly manifesting about Assembly
men generally. and particularly Assemoiymen
from NewYork and Kings.
With these facts In your mind run over tnas
first table gave you above OF Republican out
risky" and consider the chances. Here In Al
bany how much OF adverse current wou'o
II take to cut away those thirty -four votes III
Mr.. Sages district? Our LIST District also, now
Republican. goes Democratic often and easily.
In the LIST District Of Kings. which you now hold
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

A consignment of quartermaster'S sup
plies has been received and requisition
for ordnance made. Special recruiting
officers have been assigned to duty and
the work of increasing the militia to
the maximum strength will be pushed
as rapidly as possible.
A state encampment was held near
Fort Douglas last September. 1t was
attended by 275 members of the militia,
and the proficiency shown by the men
and the interest taken in the work by
them was such as to cause the officers
and friends to hold forth great hopes
for the future of the organization.
Roster of Officers.
The roster of officers of the national
guard as it now stands is as follows:
Governor Heber NJ. Wells. command
er-in-chief.
General Charles S. Burton. adjutant
general.
Colonel N. W. Clayton. quartermaster
general.
Colonel T. J. Stevens. commissary
general.
Colonel S. H. Pinkerton, surgeon
general.
Colonel Benner X. Smith. judge adj
vocate.
Colonel John Meeter, inspector gen.
eral of rife practice.
Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Bru-
back, aide-de-camp.
Lieutenant Colonel w. G. Nebeker,
aide-de-camp.
First Brigade.
Brigadier General, John Q. Cannon.
Lieutenant Colonel d. H. Wells, as
sstant adjutant general.
Lieutenant Colonel John F. Critch-
low assistant inspector general.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

legislature an appropriation was made
of $1,000 to erect a state fish hatchery
This money has been expended by Mr..
Sharp, who has overseen the building
of a model hatchery a mile and a half
east of Murray in Salt Lake county.
The new hatchery is one of the most
complete in the country and Mr.. Sharp
expects to place 2.000.000 eastern brook
and rainbow trout fry in the Utah
streams during 1900.
The hatchery is what is known as
an eighteen battery one and has a
capacity of between $500, 900 and 3,OOO.-
600 eggs year. The water is supplied
by three flowing wells, two of which
flow stream of four inches and one
of two and half inches. The water
as it comes from the ground is lacking
air sufficient 10 preserve fish life. This
is supplied by allowing it to flow
through a series of jets, falling in all
ten feet through the air before it
reaches the feeding tank which sup
plies the eighteen Matching troughs
with water. The water comes from the
two larger wells to supply the batter
les, the smaller we'll will be used for
flowing through a series of pans, which
can be used to increase the caSacity
to fully 100000 eggs per year. 1t is
the intention of the Inspector 10 plant
the fish at the headwaters of the
streams reSthey require feeding.
which is always the dangerous stage OF
the fish's life in the hatcheries. so that
they can begin feeding in natural
way. 1t is his opinion that from rs to
so per cent of the fry will survive.
With this yearly increase going into
Utah streams and lakes. there is not
the slightest doubt but that every
brook and river in the state will soon
abound with life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

yon, about three and one-half miles
east of the city. 1t is the outgrowth
OF local enterprise, but the manage
ment has. lately passed into the con-
troll of outside parties. 1t was in
stalled two years ago and the total
output at present is about 400-horse-
power, but it is the intention TO begin
as early as possible in the. spring and
remodel IL upon lines esis1sed by the
officials of the company. a new fiume
will be built and a large horizontal
turbine wheel installed that will double
the present horsepower output: these
improvements will necessitate an out
lay of about s25, 900. All of the addi-
tional output has already been con-
tracted for.
Plant at Hyrum-
Another company, of which John +.
Wright is president. is located at Hy-
rum. This plant was installed two
years ago in Hyrum City. and furn-
ishes lights for street and house illu-
mination. Recently. Joseph Howell OF
Wellsville has become interested in the
enterprise, and it is the intention of
the company to increase the output
and transmit the energy to Wellsvilie
for light and power purposes. In order
to do this the company is building a
fume and will erect a power house at
the mouth of the Blacksmith Fork
canyon. where there is an abundance
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31
BUILDING UP UTAH'S
NATIONAL GUARD
Organization Has Been Greatly
Strengthened During Year.

Despite the many disadvantages en-
countered by the National Guard of
Utah, considerable progress has been
made during the past year. While the
guard does not near rank, from point
of numbers or complement, where it
did prior TO the outbreak of the war
with Spain, enough good work has been
accomplished Of late to show that it
VIII be matter of only a short time
before the organization once more
ranks with the best in the west. 1t is
hardly probable that the guard of any
other state in the Union has had so
many ups and downs in its struggle
FOR existence as that of Utah.
At the beginning of 1898 the strength
of the militia was about 600, including
two batteries of artillery, one troop of
cavalry and the rest in infantry. Then
began the vicissitudes of the guard.
The two batteries We're disbanded by
Governor Wells. Following this came
the call for volunteers to serve in the
war against Spain and the men TO a
great number dropped out and joined
the volunteers, leaving the ranks of the
militia almost depleted In addition to
this, the entire equipment of the bat
teries was taken by the two volunteer
batteries which were organized. while
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

enough arms were taken from the
militia TO equip the volunteer cavalry
troop. Tents, camp equippage, ETC.,
went likewise, and the armory of the
militia was fairly stripped. While the
war lasted, interest in the guard waned
and although an attempt was made to
reorganize it, the movement proved al
most fruitless. This condition of af-
fairs continued to exist throughout the
remainder of the year and during a
good part of 1899.
Those interested in the militia had
determined to make another effort to
build up the organization. They wait
ed for the return of the volunteer bat
teries sent from Utah to the Philip
pines in order to secure the best men
available for the guard. The upbuild-
ing movement began last July and
has been successful to a creditable de-
gree.
Present Organization.
The present military organization
consists of six companies of infantry,
with hospital and signal corps, with
an aggregate strength of about 300.
Three of these companies, A, 3 and c,
are located in Salt Lake. company f
at Bountiful. company F at Manti and
company G. at Woodruff. Each num-
bers about forty five members. Since
the progressive movement was inaugu-
rated last July, one company, company
d, has been disbanded About half of
the members of the company were
taken as a nucleus for company c,
which was organized last August.
A hospital corps was also organized
during the year, while the preliminary
steps toward the organization of a cav
airy troop have already been taken.
This work is in charge of Captain J.
Z. Game, formerly of troop A, U. S. V.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31
Many Miles Away.

up its sixteen square feet of space,
and does twice the work that the en-
CINE it was impossible to put on the
hill could have done.
At Bingham, both the Telluride and
Jordan Narrows plants find hungry
market for their products. The. energy
is transmitted over mountain ranges,
across rivers and plains at high volt
age and is turned into transformers
and then fed to the HOSTS, ventilators,
air compresSors, rock breakers, stamp
mills and lights; and in the amalga-
mating mills it is used for turning the
pans and running the cup elevators.
In the concentrators it works the rock
breakers, jigs and slime tables.
What has been said of Bingham ap-
plies with equal force to Mercur, and
as soon as the lines that are projected
to run from the Telluride plant to Tin
tic and Eureka districts are finished
the same conditions will prevail at
those places.
The installation of the electric energy
has simplified and revolutionized the
entire mining industry of the state. and
by the use of electric drills, worked I'M
der the daylight-like glare of electric
lamps hundreds of feet below the sur
face, the operatives labor with far
greater comfort and to increase the
output of the mines and their wages
considerably in excess of the prevail
ing output and wages four years ago.
Among the mines at Mercur using the
product of the Jordan Narrows plant
are the Sacramento and Overland, and
among those using the Telluride energy
may be cited the Chloride Point and
Mercur. AT Bingham all the mines
controlled by the United States Mining
company are operated by the units
transmitted from the region of the
rushing waters.
In addition to these consumers of
electrical horsepower the plants in the
Big Cottonwood canyon are furnishing
400 horsepower to the smelters at
Sandy. 1t is used for driving the blow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

Lake City every day is about $500. Of
this amount the Salt Lake Street Rail-
way company consumes 750-horse-
power, arc lights 1000 horsepower, in
candescent lights 2,000-ho horsepower and
other consumers 1,S00-horse-power.
At the Mines.
Outside of the city, it is in the great
mining districts that this long latent
force has been extensively introduced.
The owners and operators in the dis
tricts containing the towns of Tintic,
Mercur and Bingham took in the stu
alton Immediately after the installation
of the first plant in the Big Cottonwood
canyon, and by great and continually
increasing demands for an easily OPP
Grated and controlled power, created
the plants now situated at Provo and
the Jordan narrows.
In the mines and smelters great
amount of power is used and required,
and partly on account of the fact that
coal is expensive and water often i'm
possible to obtain, and also that very
little capital has been invested in steam
power, the application of electricity has
made very rapid progress. 1t is some
what remarkable that four years after
the starting of the first water-power
transmission plant in the state there is
practically no undertaking of any con-
sequence that is not already equipped
with electrical machinery, or getting
ready for equipment in the near future.
Bingham and Mercur are the most
extensive users of electrical energy to-
day, and SO popular is the new force
that steam power has been almost ban
ished to the region of the has beens.
The freezing and thawing of pipes con-
tanning condensed steam is classified
with the lost arts; the sticking and
rusting of valves has ceased forever;
flexible conductors have usurped the
place of leaky jointed and rigid pipes,
and the non-arrival of the coal train
causes no comment. Away up on the,
top of hill the electric motor takes
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

of energy in the shape of rushing wa
ter ready TO be harnessed
Utah County Light & Power Co.
The General Electric company has
completed a set of plans for a plant
for the above named company that
will be installed in the American Fork
canyon during the coming spring The
water power will be obtained from the
canyon stream and conveyed in a
wooden fiume three feet in diameter
and $500 feet long. having a total YER
teal fall of 100 feet, to a steel pipe 325
feet long. three feet in diameter,
and having total vertical fall
of 162 feet, or inclining at an
angle of about 30 degrees. The total
hydrostatic head will be almost 300
feet. which will be equivalent to pres
sure of 125 pounds to the square inch
at the power house. The water will
flow at the rate of 1880 cubic feet per
minute. or thirty cubic feet per second,
and Will impinge the two impulse water
wheels. of 400-horse-power each. with
an energy equal to s00-horse-power-
The electrical equivalent will consist
of two $50 kilowatt, three phase, al
ternatorS of sixty cycles at 500 revolu-
lions per minute, generating an initial
voltage of $500. This viii be increased
to 10000 volts by step-up transformers
arranged in delta, and transmitted for
lighting and power purposes to Amer
lean Fork, Lehi and Pleasant Grove.
Ontario Silver Mining Company.
Six and one-half miles from Park
City is situated the drainage tunnel of
the Ontario Mining company. The
prodigal units of energy have been re-
turned to the fold of industry by
drastic persuasion and are now en-
gagged in the pastime of turning a
water wheel that is belted to a seven
ty-five kilOwatt, three phase, sixty cy-
Gle. 2.300volt generator The energy is
then sent out over a line six and one
half miles in length TO Park City,
where it is stepped down to lis volts
and used to light the streets of the
city. the interior Of the mines and 20
turn the machinery used in operating
the two mills of the company.
Plant at Lagoon.
A duplicate TO the two Cache valley
plants is to be found at Lagoon, where
it is used during the summer months
to furnish current for the arc and in
canGescent lamps. The water power IS
obtained from the Pennington canyon
and is carried through an open ditch
1900 feet long, 200 feet of which is cut
through the solid rock. This is turned
into a wooden fiume $50 feet long and
by that conveyed to a sixteen-inch steel
pipe go feet long. During the past
summer ten arc and 800 incandescent
lamps were operated. This spring the
number of incandescent lamps will be
doubled.
In the case of the Utah transmission
plants the average loss of energy by
friction and leakage during its journey
across the intervening country is call
culated at about 10 per cent In addi-
ton to this there is further loss of
per cent in the transformers
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ones for driving the exciting current
dynamos.
The transmission line is fourteen
miles long. The first four miles is
built over a rough mountain country;
the remainder is built along the county
road. The line as originally built con-
sisted OF four circuits of three No. B.
& S. bare copper wires supported on
porcelain insulators.
Utah Power Company's Plant
The water for this plant is diverted
by small wooden dam placed in the
bed of the stream just below the Big
Cottonwood company's tailrace. 1t is
conducted through a wooden fiume five
feet wide by three feet deep distance
of one and three-fourths miles, and de-
livered into q four-foot rivetted steel
pressure pipe which conveys it to the
receiver at the power house.
The steel pipe has a total fall of $50
feet.
The present installation consists of
two Pelton water wheels made TO de-
liver 1.0O0-horse power on the shaft at
800 revolutions per minute. The trans
mission line is about twelve miles long,
and consists of three No. B. & S. bare
copper wires. The power is delivered
to the sub-station on Brigham street,
where there are transformers for con-
verting the three phase high tension
current TO low tension two-phase IN