The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-08-03
WASHINGTON LETTER.
rks New WwSkhOWse-Ths wonder,
fNl TslephOnOWpmDh~I'h New
beard VI ChAplties,
Especial COpppapoDlunnp,I

beard VI ChAgitiss,
Especial CoupaapoDlvnnpl
Tho inspector 0f buildings, John ID
BMdy, And tho Force ID HIN office Art
engaged Oh tho plnDa ami specifications
for tho municipal buildings provided
Tor by tho Inst congress, ONn Of these
IL tho new WOrkhONse FOR Mnlp lAlis0n'
ms, There " Nh appropriation Df Ri0W,'
300 for tho construction Of this prison,
" viii ba erected upon tho grounds Of
the existing WOpkhOnse, on tho banks
Df tho Eastern Branch, IN thu eastern
part Of tho city.
The plans for tho prison have been
prepared BY q, A, DiddeA md eall for a
nreppOOf structure, with u central ad'
MinIstrAtIOn building, four stories md
\ basement, ~ by I'd f0Ot, There Will
De lateral wings and Il ppAr extension,
ono clear story, ID feet In heIRllt, tho
wings 10 DO ID by 100 feet and oon'
Re0ted with tho main edlItoe by one
story corridors The exterior walls
will DO red sandstone, and the p06f
Will DO Of steel trNsses covered with
slate Bach wing Will e0n,nIn Ia
steel eage cells, with slate slab floors,
and each furnished win wnshstand
And closet
The commissioners Ape aware Of the
opposition 10 tho erection OF the build
Inv III the loealIty selected, and II hAs
boen suggested 10 them TINT with pro-
Dpiety they might delay tho oonstPue'
ton until after congress shall have had
M opportunity 10 designate n site In
express terms, The commissioners,
however, see no good reason why they
should longer delay the building, The
engineer commissioner says That In
two or three weeks time tho speeIhea'
tiOns Will be nnishad, ana theI pro-
pOsnls viii DO asked for tho e0Dstpue'
ton Of tho prison,
The TsisphOnOMsnpb,
Consul Warner nj beipsle, has made
u report 10 the state department In res
gard 10 the "telephonOgpaph," al In
ventl0n which combines tho Advan'
tages OF u telephone and n phOn0Eraph
ana IN specially designed 10 record
messages received during tho absence
Of tho operator " WAS Invented by
u Dane named paulsen, "wbe person
called up" says Consul Warner, "has
only 10 hold the trumpet 10 hls ear
upon returning 10 tho 0floe, even after
~ absence 0f days, 70 receive the mes
snge, ~ Inventors have tried 10
effect eutJ n combination, but oil fall
Oh on nG0DDnt Of the difficulty Of trans
ferrIDg tho message Oh 70 v WAX eylIn'
der
Wnstead Of u wax cylinder paulsen
used u flexible steel band IN bIs phOD0'
gpnph, which IN much simpler In con-
than the Edison phOnOgFaph,
Messng es apo much more aaally Pem0y'
oil from the steel Dnnd than from tho
wax cylinder ~ IN wound on two
spOOIs, moving quickly from one 10
tho other, and coming ID contact with
y very small electro magnet, switched
into the circuit, which affects the steel
band In such u way M 10 record on u
my sound That may penetrate 10 the
phOnOgpnpl, II IN only necessary 10
oaNso ibo steel band 10 repass tho mag
In order 10 have the sound repeat
M, bach vibration OF th9 electro mag
not produces u corresponding vibration
Df tho steel band, In order 10 remove
\ message from tho steel band 4 mag
not Nv passed over the surface on which
Tho im0ssDge WIS recorded"
The New Hoard Of GhRpiHes,
Tho president shortly before len Wing
Tor hls homo ID Canton, d. announced
Tho appointment OF tho following ~
Tho bOard Of charities Of the districts
\, w Woodward, John Joy I1dsOn,
Simon Wolf, George W. Cook ana Dr.
JhDrI0s ~ NELL,
Tho b0apd Ut charities was author.
Sod by tho provisions Of The A0' Of
congress- approved June q, Tho aet pro-
,IdIng that Tho president should ny.
)OIDt, by and with tho advice md con-