The evening times., 1902-06-11

so The force Of men and power at the
Monument are decreased during the
summer.
Mr. Frederick z. lockwood. of Hi
HOis, has been appointed to en- important
position in the Office OF the Supervising
Architect Of the Treasury Department
He VIII be assigned to important sta
tons where Government buildings are to
be erected. Mr. Lockwood is an en-
gineer and draughtsman Of long expert
ence- He was in the service OF the
Treasury Department for several years.
After long term CT notable efficiency
in the Interior Department. lIr. Charles
r Clark has been transferred TO the
Treasury azd given a promotion at the
same time. Mr.. Clark is a Pennsylvan-
ian. He is now in the Office Of the
Auditor for the Possofiee Department.
\ deserved promotion has come to Mr..
john H Keatley,. Of Iowa. VINO has been
for several years in the Treasury De
partmcnt- He is retained in the office
Of the Auditor for the War Depart
ment, but At materially advanced sal
ary- Nj. Keatley is a popular man as
wei as q useful one, and his friends
are glad he is growing in the grace Of
the Government
One of the hest known clerks in the
+ Pension Ofiee is Mr.. Stephen R. Whit
ney, Of the mail division CT that bu-
reau. Mr. Whitney comes from good old
New England stock. which has given to
! the country some OF its brainiest men
and busiest workers Eli Whitney, the
inventor of the cotton gin. was a mem
ber Of this accomplished family. WITH
the possible exception Of James Watt
no man ever did more 70 revoIutionize
! the agricultural and manufacturing re-
sources of the world than this distf1-
guished member Of the Whitney family.
VT. Whitney was born and reared
in the State Of Massachusetts. and was
among the first TO respond to the car
fer volunteers in the troublous times Ct
/ forty years age, Having served his
country faithfully and well. he sought
his fortune in the bouEdIess prairies OF
the West, and made a home in the STATE
/ CT Nebraska. appointed to a position il
| the Government service in 1883. he has
since made Washington his home.
BY his affabIe maae-Ns Mr.. whitney
has made himself as popular with his
felIow-cierlss in the ofiee as he once
was with his comrades IN the field.
CryoIite 5 a huoride solution Of sod
ium and aluminium. It is used sparingly
in the manufacture Of hydroGuoric acid.
/ lis greatest use being in the manufac-
ture Of aluminium and sodium salts
Cryolite is also used. 10 a limited extent.
N the manufacture Of an opaIescert
glass which resembles French porce-
lain This glass Z extremely hard and
. tough, and it is said that il can be
worked as easily as ordinary glass
There is no cryClite produced in the
United States. and II has been found
very sparingly il only few localities
in this country; namely, at the southern
base Of Pixies Peak, FL Paso county.
Colo. and in the Yellowstone National
Park All OF the cryolite used is i'm
ported from Ivigtok, in Greenland. OF
the Arksuk Fiord, one OF the deep
rocky. winding bays which penetrate the
steep mountain coast at intervals. The
supply Of cryoIite IS controlled by the
Danish Government. and there is in
orted into the United States each year
from 5000 TO 1o.CC0 tons.
Recent topographic sheets Of sections
in southern California. issued by the
United States Geological Survey. are
the Santa Monica quadrangle. showing
a portion Of the city Of Los Angeles
and the regicn to the northwest. in
Guiding parts CT the san Fernando
Valley. Santa Monica Mountains. and thq
FeTdugo Mountains: the Pomona sheet.
a reprint, shows a seeLicn northwest OF
the town Of Pomona including a section
northwest Of the mountain country oc-
cupied b. the San Gabriel Timber Land
Reserve, the san Jose Hills. and the
Intervening fatlands; the HesDeris
quadrangle includes tho section sur
rounding Hesperia and the portions OF
the San Gabriel Timber Land Reserve
ard san Bernardino Forest Reserve "
ing TO the south
Or the Pomona sheet the more
important irrigating bitches are
shown. and on all the sheets the
positions Of the dry gravel CT fan
shaped wash beds left by the streams
on emerging from the mountains are
indicated.
All settlements. roads. and streams
are shown. and the topography. or re-
lief. is indicated By the use OF con
tours. which bring out the striking re-
lation Of the fat valleys and ehe neigh
boring mountain ranges