Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-24
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down the rivers in the annual spring tor
rents"
Il have just returned from a journey to
the Pacific coast" said l.. ~ De Los of
Philadelphia, at the Arlington last night.
and the thing that impressed me most
on the whole trip was the new tunnel pierre
ing the Cascades on the Great Northern
railway. 1t Is two miles and half long
ana 1t has for roof more than a mile OF
solid granite towering upward toward the
SKY. 1t has been practically completed,
ana passenger trains will be running
through 1t about the first Of January. The
gigantic bore Will have been opened almost
exactly four years from the time that work
was commenced. 1t is lined throughout
with layer of concrete four feet thick and
1t Is Illuminated by two rows OF electric
lights. Huge electric fans provide all the
necessary ventilation. and as further
means of keeping the air pure the trains,
with their engines are drawn through the
tunnel by electric motors. much those
used at Baltimore. Thus there Is no smoke
in the tunnel to choke the passengers. l
suppose that without doubt 1t is the finest
piece of subterranean railway construction
in the whole world. 1t was built, as you
know, to displace the series of switch
backs or Z.gZag line of switches that has
been In use for crossing the mountains.
When President Hill of the Great Northern
system announces that he would build the
tunnel capitalists laughed and called the
scheme 'HilIs folly. Now that II has been
practically completed 1t is the wonder or
the engineering world, and it will be an
everlasting monument to the daring and
courage of the railroad man who created
it.
1.-The circular doors which are now being
used by the hotels for their main entrances
reminds me of an occurrence l witnessed
about four years ago at the Waldorf
Astoria" said ID. J. Haskins at the Airing
ton. Circular doors had just begun to be
used. and at that time they turned both
ways. There had been a banquet at the
hotel in the early part of the evening. and
one of the guests had started out to the
town after 1t was over About am. he
showed UP at the entrance. somewhat the
verse for the liquid refreshments he had
gotten outside of. He surveyed the door
a while. and after concluding that 1t was
all right to attempt an entrance he started
in, turning, however. the wrong way. At
this moment a guest started out who was
in hurry to make an early train. Not
noticing that the door was slowly revolving
the opposite way, he naturally started 1t to
the right, and brought up against the other
party, who was just about half way
through.
1.-The man in a hurry gave an impatient
push and motioned the man with the jag to
move backward. His jaglets' equally
obdurate, and for fully ten minutes each
swore at the others stupidity. The man
with the jag finally triumphed from the
necessity of the other whose time was
growing short, but 1t took the night clerk
and all the bellboys to persuade him to
finally move either way
Il notice your government Is not nearly
so secretive regarding the plans for your
army navy equipment the govern
ments of Europe" said Herman L. Justus
Of Birmingham England at the Raleigh.
Il noticed at the opening of the bids for
your warships the other day there was
quite collection of people present. includ-
ing large number of newspaper men. No
attempt was made to keep either the plans
or the provisions Of the contract from the
public foreign nations. Such thing as
a public opening of proposals of this char
acter is unheard of In Europe and as for
allowing the newspapers Of the country to
publish the contents Of the bids, 1t is d pro-
ceeding which would not be tolerated for a
minute.
IL must confess. however, that for all
their caution everything connected with the
equipment Of the armies and navies Of any
of the nations of Europe which is of any
value soon reaches the capitals of the other
countries through their extensive system
of spies, SO their secrecy only furnishes
revenue to a large number OF people
throughout the continent