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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25
How an Immense Irackage Will Be Changed on St. Louis
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with the top OF the bottom fancs Of the
fdAS When this concrete has set the
rails rest upon a continuous bed of con-
crete II Is this rOadbsd that was used in
! the TecoEstruction OF tie tracks on Wash
inst y avenue east Of EiEhtr.nth street and
on Market street east OF Thirteenth street.
II IS this roadbed that vii! be used In IN.
| reconstruction of the cable lines. And how
II Is 90 be done makes an interesting story.
Mr.. Joas thus explains il:
The first thing we VIII do will he 20 re-
move the paving blocks between the rails.
Then We Will take up the rails themselves
ana the SLOT rails, and eXcavate TO a depth
of some twelve inches from the surface Of
thc street. The excavation will have ex-
posed the upright arms OF the yokes. and the
next thing VIII be to get rid Of them. This
Will not be done by exclvating around the
Jokes and lifting them out; the labor would
be all out Of proportion TO the results. In
stead we shall break of the exposed arms.
Then along the cujsidcs Of the track space
| We will eXcayJt. little bitches Of four inches
IN depth lay nine inches in width. These
! VIII be filed in with concrete. Then We Will
tightly pack the cable conduit with dirt.
This VIII give US a sold and level base TO
work on.
TO work on that base. we VIII begin by
laying a succession OF wooden ties twelve
fee apart. On these We Will place the
heavy. nins-!nch steel rails. and will spike
them to the wooden ties. These wooden
ties serve no permanent purpose in tho
construction OF a modetn street car road
bed. they act simply as a scaffoliing which
Will hold the rails in place until the real
roadbed is made ready.
This roadbed consists OF concrete. It Is
50 mixed that it will, set very hard and
very firm. and will stand a very large
amount of what street railway men call
.pOun1ing.' Every particle .: space between
and about the ties will be filed with this
concrete. and this solid bed VIII be- built
W to Il level with the top of the bottom
faugr Of the rails. After this has had time
To set 4 little, an inch and a half OF sand
VIII be spread over IL, and the siN-inch
granite paving blocks VIII be laid. OF
! course. the wires that will conduct the cleo
trie current to the rails Will be laid before
the concrete is put down.
| 1t IS the fact that this concrete requires
some time &c thoroughly set that makes
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25

II impossible to escape q considerable sus-
pension Of traffic m tho ROAD that is being
reconstructed. We will resort to various
methods 20 make this Suspension as short
rs possible. The Broadway lie Is divided
into four sections. two Of which are run
by each OF tho nower houses. The house
NJ Barton street operates the cable that
runs to the southern emf of the !iua and
the one Tint TUES north To- - point between
Pine and Chestnut streets; tn" ono 2: Sllis-
bury street operates the cable that runs
10 the northern end o. the line. and the
one that TIrs south 20 "a point between
Pine and Chestnut streets, where q. over
laps the one running north from the BAR
ton street p~o"or-hcusc. Each of these four
sections can be operated Independently u
ell the others. II We should begin at tho
north end Of the Tine, the cable running
north from the Salisbury street power
house would have 10 be stopped. bat TIE
others could be run without Interruption.
We could mot work on both broadway
tracks az once. for the rea son that we are
required by ordinance TO Keep one side OF
the street open IA soon. therefore. as va
begin work or any section Of This line Carl
viii have 10 stop running until We get on
track ready for trolley cars. Meantime. va
Will run the cars over the Southern Eie.z,
tic route for such distance a. Il may -
necessary to leave the Broadway route.
after we get through with the Broad
way line. We will take up the Olive street
and the Fourth street lines. each OF which
IL 4 ard thrc@-Guartcr miles tong, with
nine and Onc-haIf miles OF track, and has
only one pOwcr-hOusc. It VIII be an easy
matter to run the Olive street cars over an
other route within a block or two OF OIive
street for nearly the whole distance: hus
in The case Of ;he Fourth street lire. we
VIII. FOR the most part. have to leave that
route for a distance of severa! blocks.
"Al Of the new electric lines are to bs
furnished with the finest cars that were
ever run in St. Louis. The ears tha. are
now running over the Park avenue divi-
sion are the ones that viii be put on tho
Broadway line. and the other cars are 10
be like them. In fact. all tho cars that
are hereafter. as far as has been decided
upon. 10 take the place OF Old ones, will
be built after the same model. We expect
to have these cars running on all the new
lines before summer has ended"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25
FROM CABLE TO ELECTRIC. u H

WRITTEN FOR TIE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
a soon as the frost Goes"-which. ac-
ccrding to calculations, should be about
April lone man in s.. Louis will put some
2.c0 other men to work at the JOB Of re-
constructing como tEirty-four miles OF
street railway. He expects to have the job
completed IN four months.
The job is that Of taking NJ the cable
car tracks on Broadway, Olive street.
Fourth street. Choutoag. Lafayette and
Grand avenues. and putting IN their places
concrete-imheddad electric rOadb.!s. The
work is 4 huge one. i Involves the Widen
ing OF tie space between the tracks and
the laying Of new tracks that viii last for
more years than street cars have been run
ming in St. Louis.
The mar who viii undertake tho work IS
William Jens. lie is chief engineer for the
st. Louis Transit Company. lie is 4 Ger
manor. ut least, he was before he be-
came an American-and he has done such
work as he now prcpUs. to DO Cor many
years aCk-only he has :Ct done It in such
large quantities at 4 time. Mr.. Jens is 4
young man. according to the standard of
age that was used a few years back. when
it was a rare thing for IA man under - to
be given control of a huge Undertaking. He
has his office in tie building At Eighteenth
street and Park ayCuUa. the old h~ca6duar-
tiers of the Peoples R~ailway-that head
quarters which VAS never completed, ana
which is a queer combination OF a hand
come pressed-brick clifce and :. common
board shanty. With him are a number Of
clerks, who are rapidly getting huge humps
In their shoulders from bending over great
eNpanscs Of white cardboard. upga which
they are constantly tracing accurate lines
and marking w.ll-drawn figures that mean
al sorts OF things to the initiated and
nothing whatever to the uniritiatcd.
1t Is not much OF a job. as such Jobs go.
to take up one street railroad track and
put down another: and such things have
been done without ever causing a cessation
OF traffic. But when cable rosdbeds Of cast
iron are to be metdmorphoseI into electric
roadbeds of concrete, and VIXEN the tracks
are 10 be set one foot ard four inches far
ther apart, the matter takes on an entirely
Different phase. A cable roadbed can be
use, as an electric roadbed. as is now done
or olive street, Broadway, Fourth street
sne Grand avenue. provided that narrow,
Light cars are used. But that is not what
the st. Louis Transit Company people have
~ mind. They are going to use on all
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25

tust AZ clearly rs could be-
Miss Joyful: oh. yes. that vas easyi
But l noticed that you got zip with the rost
or Us and started 70 leave before the thing
was over"
Miss Realistic: The idea, WAS only
7 only got up TO So" VINO :hat was In the
seat three raws n front or U.s.
Miss Sentimental: But / really did not
know will te honest. I thought the re-
cital WAS ended. and was really going until
l heard him playing again"
Miss Artistic. Il thought ypI were wrong.
my dear But. YOU know. I could not sit
still when everybody else seemed 70 he
goif,s.''
Miss Realistic: "Tt seems 70 mo thI. he
ought not TO run one number into another
like he does"
Miss Joyful: no; ne ouSh, to D.: os. n
Tlacird At the change OF acts. like they ID
Ut Hopains's."
Miss Artistic: "Lucy' an sure that there
IS no necessity for making yourself on. such
an iGnoramus.'
Miss Realistic: IT one Will only notice.
ore can always tell when q number f. fin
i,Led. Their is always such = charge in
the time. YOU know"
Miss joyful. "But Fl would he so much
better ami nicer If h- would only get up
and bow at the end Of each number md
say. Ladies and Z Itlomcn, ! hav" finished
one number and now I am going 20 play
another Then We could all he sure where
We were at"
Chorus: TIA, would make hirt look
like
Miss Artistic: Like an amateur
Miss Realistic: Like a High School grad
uate."
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25
ONNrus ~ -'c-'0~l

J Chorus 90 r'rr'0et
Miss Joyful. oh. indeed. Fe makes
erou.h motions TO he one
chorus Of more eigrlesp
Nies Sentimental. Was his VIII. N the
| box"-you know whore I mean Dear. me:
Tf.v- pr,-I she must be to have such a
genius for a husbanG"'
Ni.s p.,ris-i.. II didn't c.. he-un,ess
. she was the one with the Yellow waist"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25

their lines broader aud he1yior cars .b,,
those IN use on any cable line in 81. Louis,
ana 10 DO 50 they VIII have 10 broaden.
not the gauge of the tracks-for they are
aifeady or the standard width, four feet
an.i tn inCheS-but the space between the
bTdtAS- II VIII be remembered that the rca-
son given for the building of n third track
on Fourth street from Elm street to Lo-
Gust street at the time of the construction
or the Suburban loop Was that there was
not sufficient Srare between IN. nortb md
south bound cable-car tracks for one Of the
woe suburban cars to pass another car.
rms Is the case with all the cable tracks.
Ih"y were built before the time OF large
street cars. like those In use or the LiudoI!.
Ass avenue and southern Electric divi-
s!ons. To attempt to run such cars as tbesa
past each other on the cable tracks would
DE TO Invite certain disaster: they would
not clear" by two feet, and to try 10 make
them do so would be to scatter spliEters OF
street ears along q distance Of "A couple OF
BLOCKS. Before large cars can be used on
these lines. therefore. 1t will be necessary
10 widen the space between the cable line
tracks 50 that there may he no scraping
ana colli!ing. And it Is this fact which
makes the Job Of converting the cabl,
lines into electric ones such = gigantic IN
Gprtaking.
Mr.. Jens expects TO begin the work by at
aching the broadway line. This line il
seven and one-third miles in length. As
I-tAt "t Oolbit iEdChS Tor me entire dis
lance. this means that there are fourteen
and twO-thirds miles OF track 10 be at
tended to. The broadway line is built along
the same general lines as the ether cable
lines. The foundation is a succession OF
clSt-iron yokes. set four feet apart, and ex-
tending into the ground some four fee;.
These yokes are in the shape of a huge
"N'' on the outside and of q huge horsesho.
on the inside. with the heels OF the
horseshoe rising five inches higher than
the prOngS of the ~" ON the outer edge
Of the uprights OF the yoke The rails are
set; while upon the heels OF the horse
shoe are fastened the two Hanged iron
strips which. set an inch apart, in the ceu-
ter OF the truck. form the weI-known Ca
be slot" The sides OF the horseshoe"
form the walls of the conduit through
which the cable runs with its whir and its
rattle.
one would suppose that a street car track
laid upon a foundation of iron would be
about as solid a thing as could be con-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25

WRITTEN FOR THE Sunday REPUBLIC.
scene-The rear platform OF & crowded
street car.
Tfme-JUst after q PaGerewski recital.
(Enter tho Artistic Girl. the Sentimental
Girl. the Realistic Girl. ard the joyful
Girl. I'll carry o-pera-Elasa7s. purses and
programmes. All are talking ct once abou,
the rccital)
Miss Artistic: "Oh. It was divine. 7 was
rnraptured-jus: positively carried away!
His soul seemed to speak IN -
Miss Sentimental: 1t was grand, But
isn't It g. pity he Il married? Before he
seemed 70 be crying ont in his music TO
some unseen ideal -
Miss Realistic: What nonsense. Julia,
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25

got near so far. DIG snyrody push the but
toni
Miss Joyful: 'Dit you get your rurA my
dear"
Miss Artistic: where ere my opera
glass;? on. here they are"
Miss Sentimental: Let no ses y ! sdll
have my PROGRAMMED slways keep all Of
my Programmes"
Mis- Rellistic: ~ think tire ChoPtn Sc
lection"
Gar stops and al move of. rightly
Miss Eedlist!ci No. Indeed! echu-
mann"
Miss Artistic: why. 7 DON'T as Row
anything could have been finer than Bee
thOvea'S-'
Miss joyful: 81 nm going 10 gee TrilSy
tomorrow"
The others: lets al GO"
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structed. But Il is not. as al who have had
occasion to ride upon tie Fourth street and
the broadway cable lines are In position 10
testify. Ihey are as rickety as corduroy
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25

lamp concrete under and around both the
ties and the rails. After this. more con-
crete is poured into the space between and
at each end of The Ties until its top is flush
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-02-25

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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-09

TIE ancient custom of presenting a
ditch of bacon to each of those mar
ried couples who could swear that lin
a twelYemonth and day they had re-
pented not in thought any way. OF
their married state was observed. with
all the old ceremonial, at the small
village of Dunmow, in Essex, England.
TIE ceremony was held inside mar.
qnee erected in field. There were
two couples for trial by the jury OF
siA maidens and six bachelors The
jury returned verdict IN favor of the
claimants. who were accordingly
awarded. amid cheers, fitch of bacon,
gaiIy decked with ribbons and rosettes,
After the trial the couple were ehaired
and carried in professions, sad the at
tendant fun and feasting were maiR-
tanned until late hour,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-09
EVOLUTION OF WALLPAPER.
It Took Time to Introduce 1t and Bring
1t to It's Present Perfection.

1T to Its Present Perfection.
From the Paper Trade: While va
rious kinds of printed fabrics were
known to the people of most remote
antiquity it was not till the eighteenth
century that wallpaper anywhere near
its present form came into common
use in Europe, though it appears to
have been used much earlier in China.
A few rare examples which may be as
early as the sixteenth century exist in
England, but these are limitations, gen
orally in flock" Of the old FlCrentine
and Genoese cut velvets. and hence the
style of the design in no way shows
the date of the wallpaper, the same
traditional patterns being reproduced
with little or no change for many
years. It was not till the end of the
last century that the machinery to
make paper in long strips was invent
ed. Up to that time wallpapers were
printed on small square pieces of hand
made paper and were very expensive.
On this account wallpaper was slow in
/ superseding the older mural decora-
tfons. such as tapestry, stamped
leather and paper cloth. A work
printed in London in 1744 throws some
light on the use OF wallpapers of that
time: 1.-The method of printing wall
papers of the better sort is probably
the same now that it has ever been.
Wooden blocks, with the design cut in
relief, one for each color, are applied
by hand. after being dipped in an
elastic cloth sieve charged with wet
tempera pigment, great care being
taken to lay each block exactly on the
right place, SO that the various colors
may register or get together. In or
der to suit the productions of the pa
per mills these blocks are made in
England twenty-one inches wide, and
in France eighteen inches wide. The
length of the block is limited to what
the workman can easily lift with one
hand-two feet being about the limit
as the blocks are necessarily thick and
in many cases made heavier by being
inlaid with copper, especially the thin
outlines, which, if made of wood
would not stand the wear and tear OF
printing In flock and gold or silver
printing the design is first printed in
strong size, the flock (finely cut wool
of the required color or metallic pow
der is then sprinkled by hand over the
paper; it adheres only to the wet size,
and is easily shaken off the ground or
unsized part. If the pattern is re-
CURED to stand out in some relief the
process is repeated several times and
/ the whole paper then rolled to COM
press the flock. Cheaper sorts of paper
are printed by machinery, the design
being cut ON the surface of wooden
rollers, under which the paper passes.
The chief drawback to this process is
that all the colors are applied rapidly,
one after the other, without allowing
4 each to dry separately, as is done in
hand printing. somewhat blurred
appearance is usually the result"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-09
\ cAINAMAN.s OATH.
Ghe Celestial Was Particular and Caaseo
the Court Lots of Trouble.


Rhe Celestial Was Particular and Caaseo
the Court Lots of Trouble.
The various forms of oath-making.
even IN this country. are of consider
able interest. 1t would not, however,
be easy to find an Instance in which
anything like so medium of
attestat!on was ed as a gull
iotined black COCK :. But no less an
extraordinary medium than that was
what the police of country district IN
New South Wales had to provide the
other day for finical Chinaman, who
declined to swear on anything else.
Headless fowls were brought, but in
vain, and as the matter was impor-
tant, even black swan, luxury
surely for Chinese witness, was sug.
gested, only to be Immediately refused.
After some time had elapsed, and
when the representatives of the law
seemed quite at their wits end, dead
eockatoo of the required hue was
strangely discovered in hut of one
of the other eelestials, who mulcted the
anxious officials in $3.50 for the bird.
Then the solemn and peculiar oath was
duly administered, on which the diff
cult witness with bland and ehildlike
expression. declared he knew nothing
shout the case and sat down smiling!
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-09
KEYLESS LOCn.
is the Latest Innovation Proposed for
Postofice Boxes.

Washington Times: There is more
than 100000 of the peoples money
locked up il postoffiee keys, each and
every keyhoider being required to put
up with the postmaster deposit for
his key, the amount deposited being re-
turned when the box is given up and
rent paid. Postmasters are required
to keep strict account Of the key de-
post fund, while the postoff1ee depart
ment here has regular division set
apart for keeping this account. As a
postal official puts it, there is great
deal of trouble and no money in the
transactions. and the final outcome OF
the trial of the keyless locks which are
to be tried IN the principal Offices Of
the country is eagerly looked for. The
department has long wanted a key
less lock, but none of the lock inven-
tons until the present was regarded
as IN any way calculated to prove ac-
ceptable. Contracts have been made
for supply of the new locks. which
will first be tried in New York, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Chicago and St
Louis, as the largest and most impor-
tant offices.and then in st. Paul, Mimi:
Cleveland. Ohio; Hartford. Conn:
Madison, Wis. and Rockford, III.
These offices will be fitted out as soon
as the factory can complete the max
Ing OF the boxes. If they prove In every
way satisfactory to the department and
TO the patrons they will be placed in
offices throughout the country, but not
to the entire exclusion of the lock
boxes. 1t is the belief of the postoff1cs
department that the keyless box will
prove blessing.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-09
tnief Justice of New Zealand an A,hels,

Sir Robert Stout, the new chief JUS
tice of New Zealand, is singular among
occupants of high judicial Office in be-
ing an avowed atheist He was for
merly known as the "Bradlaugh of the
Antipodes.' and he once presided over
a secularist congress in Melbourne. He
was born in the Shetland islands fifty.
five years ago, emigrated to New Zea-
land in his nineteenth year, became a
echooImaster, studied law after school
hours. and secured the right to wear a
wig aud gown at 81. At 81 he was an
NJ. P. and at "a attorney general in the
government of Sir George Grey. In
1884 he became premier of a coalition
government in association with Sir
Julius Voge1
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-09

Wife tat breakfas0-I want to do
some shopping today, dear. If the
weather is favorable. What are the
forecasts? Husband Consulting his
paper1--Rain, hail, thunder and light
aing.-Tit-Bits
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-09

British Islands, Oldest License Holder.
Mrs. Anne Barrie, landlady of tina
Kiidrummy Inn, in the village of Kill
dummy. in Aberdeenshire, has re-
eeived the pubic-house license for the
inn for the sixty-third year In success
sion, which makes her the oldest
ucense-holder in the British Islands
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1900-03-09
Blew Open the safe.

A wealthy but absent-minded resi-
dent of Mcpherson, Kas., recently
bought a safe in which to keep his
yaluables, and. being unable to remem-
Der the combination, scrubbed it on
the plastering of nearby wall. Sub
sequently he ordered a calciminer to
put new coat on the wall. The
memorandum was obliterated, and 1t
became necessary to have the safe
blown open.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1900-09-06
CHARLES EVANS
Recognized as One of the Fore.
most Educators.

The Henderson County Teach.
ers Institute adopted the follow.
ing resolutions Mt the close OF
their session last week:
Resolved. that our sincere thanks
are due Prof. Chas. Evans. of
Marion, Ky, for the very able and
entertaining manner in which he
has conducted the institute work
during the week. We recognize
him as one of the foremost educa-
tors in Kentucky, and recommend
him to all in need of first-class
institute instructor. Through five
days of snItry weather he kept the
institute thoroughly alive and the
work on 4 high plane of interest
and excellence.
Resolved, That we extend to
Prof. Evans our sincere thanks for
the delightful readings he gave us
on Tuesday evening. 1t was a
rare treat and enjoyed by every
one present