The San Francisco call., 1899-12-31

rlUU. .luaN. The action anu events
uf the nineteenth century are
r-artfclIIg recorded. and its achievements
a-. history Those achievements have
boon largely i1 ihc advance made by sci-
,-rs .-G .fs application to r1an's material
Interests .rd progress. a. is rrue that
science h.e n.t stopped with the material,
fa. f. gone wIth .rNn-iigatrg vision
.rfl r..Il.. fclla .na BIAS found mere
..r hDarlnc Un.e mans physical
r-. and luou the beginning of animal
.... R,'l H- ,le beginning oi this
m world i,-.f The nas. uniycrse
around nl he,n suuied. aad The COM
position .f distant STARS bias been ana-
. Tn. principles of light heat
.rur. .nH .l an fhc phenomenal 10y which
rIr. H....0aI universe ie corni1ed by man
l.l. been developed. During the nine
-..... century. therefore. 81 has come %
-r.. nlf man Ias discovered and has
.. a larger world. hls known "a
.r..r universe thru before. TEl- has
....I change In h.s intellectual direc-
r.-. .r rre channels Vlereta mind goes
.rrnr Hae hoer $50 enlarged. an5 thar of
.... .....n1 has been SD cusmaEed, that
-..t....r. Iss leeu affected anc even
-.... rn.eh shares with Worship the
.... ...r..-. .t Ina 'ma -Iuatiul. has
t. r.. r0ac,ralle .uQ measCr-
... and ..e to tt. mythical and mys-
... earliest a-- af tne inventive faculty
.. .-e.t..I. Iee great manifesto
..e r...r d.. t-. Visible universe by
.... .. ..-.. ....i.. MAN attention
..r... .. ..-l craf..ue, or terror,
l.r.s..t.l tH a.s existence or
r lIs 5r.lrHlroa. his inven-
... u.aIlef .s science. cre-
.. gig Elar aae DOB under
ru. t- a-e- under the de
.. personalities of bis oNn
Tire era.k. Morse and
..... ..t... r.- arose il thaf use
.- ..r.. .nl traf i.main attrac-
.... f...w r. .re Ingenuity OK
.. tl -earDh'u- for
..a- 2aiDh was unlluowa-
t. h-.t'. AREA nt .Ee known was
.. .r-.. tH. rafI.-. Ut iH',nAou
.e.1 ii seized upon the
rr..E .f mechanic. and used the
.... .t science n add 20
th. ..aI Store rf fntu. So the
r-r....rtf century ha- Witnessed the
vr. application .f tra steam engine.
so. rm.nt gt machinery tlec-
rr.... I.. development shat trans
cDr. tl- nla Il.a Ot magic. Used as
En- r..ra-. rlultol current - was made
o. C..r message. under ta" oceans
nrf around thc Wog'd. l was made a
fr.r.r ..t.r of the human voice. It was
-ra.. t. Illuminate cities. houses. and
uncs and moving cars. lt distributed
power fn run cars. mills and factories. ~
was introduced az fro areut ~ ra'mlcAl
change in fluids. This force. that was
r.rror and mystery grt' n1-f Ile middle
O. Tho eighteenth ana w1r hidden ln i3-
narafu-s experiments until rea- me mid
..a 0r tra ..r0leerfh century. hr the close
..e-ocf .aI become olc Ot tao most come
t....r used ..cual.... ana had become a
necessity .. clVlli1.flol. IT. crown ail
.... man bad wrought came Marconi g
discovery .' nire Jess te.'-ranh}. Nnlch.
r-.u- f.. atmosphere ae a inelium. zenes
though. I.r.a-n tEc uuoo'umrc1 air
rh.- ..rIU.. Developed t1e cotton gin ono
-re .r.....L machinery. (which increased
a-l Cheap ucl the clutl1s oi the worio
f..nIaHaa. Na.~r- charts ~ ocean
v.r.s and clrcn-s and oi great circle
sailing and f.. compound Steam engine
reduced o.. n.e trsa half the cost o'
commerce. nN sea-. The G.-C.' cry ~ Bes-
se-.r -ta.I and invention af tne air brake
emo automatic coupling I,auced by more
ir.u Ilf tls r.t Oi transportation by
Sand. .rlIrn fh. railway er-ttm ncfo-,
naI .E.lr,red to What seemed tAo mimi
uGu
AZ tre meeting ot .he BRITISH Assoc.a-
t.n t.r ..a AIF. ..utu. ul Science lu
-.s S frederick Hrarneii predicted tha'
..... Hr. should ..I.r. fne rautD ~
.. t.e association Ia l1 would see The
present -..am engines u museums, treat
...- f. n. respected and or 1n-
..u..r.au Interest Hs rhu engineers ot
. days. such a- are ae open topped
r...H cylinders rI Sew conner ana oi
-n.a..u t. ourselves. ara thai the hea,
.r-.. .f fhe f..ure Wl probably Dee
,.r. independent of fhe Nauor of water.
Sine. .n.u the engine fas undergone
r... urr.Fcu.rt 1fa-t people have
tr-....l t-l. prior 90 1880 steamships
r... ..t competitors with 4ail ships in
t.. rr.cf. I-.le. because with the odd
r't r- .la .nlin. tle tonnage was eX.
..'.I .r carrying cCal Geo pr1pe. tn.
rI" A aJ.-,au steamer on Ions
VOYAGE Hat ta In-| e3 much coal thn
'... In.n uas '.tl for ' ions ~ fre.Eht
A.t 'ne conra.ud ana expansion en
I.W ID G.e the proportions are re-
r.l AND > toms oi cla. WIZ carry
. tt.H.t-ta1 hundred toms of freight an,
t. .-I SIN LgnG PlayIa-r Says tha
a ...e of coal which would pass lhr0ugl
ring t.a Size ~ gam English shllul
N. burned ll thr compound engine col
ga modern steamer would drive a Ton o
t... all irs proportion of tAc ship tN.
miles,.
|N" London Engineer says fhaf half
rae,. rf note paper wiu develop sumcien
power WHOM buried under triple ex
pau..on engine to carry a ton "A mile on
an Atlantic steamer IN needs no mathe
NAUTICAL deduction 80 show how wonder
fuIIy such conservation of The. coal or %
tfe feat used under boilers has cheapene,
transportation hy water.
This hos been pre-cminently tho ccntur,
.n which mechanical power has subsu
tutsd former modes % loc0m0tion an,
Transport alton; d. was estimated b,
Ir0rs Manual for iSS7 that the railroad
,f the United States carried G0OCl .06g. ~
tons ~ freight one mile. which was equiv
alcnt to carrying q thousand tons on
mile for every Inhabitants ol this country
or ono ton "A thousand miles for each
The average cost of th.s service was 81
pcr annum for each individual IN ou
population Had e. been performed %.
horsepower !ts cost would have bee
5000 fOr each lnhahltant. or "a sum create
tlan the value OF The entire product O.
tae country This means that the entir
taluo cf an that the people of the Unite
States produced ln one year would no
have paid the cost ~ one years trans
p0rtation in this country II done by IN
cd methods.
A proper study OF these statements wi
reveal the heavy handicap that Is upo