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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-28

the leesssesives Of Tho Pennsylvania Rail
road earned more than double, viz, El0.ai2
each.
'tiad the sams rat.s prevailed on the Penn
sylvaniA Railroad that were obtained by the
London and Northwestern aiway Com.
p:sssn ss0 they eyf'y ad over .0t eseS
or nearly ten times more than the London
and Northwestern locomotives earned.
Very little Of this enormous difference
L. owing to the difference in the power OF
the locomotives, but mainly to tho dead
Weight and risidity Of the English rolling
Recurring 10 Col, Yorke's report, Mr..
Jeferds quotes
~ The Wheels e A" y, fire. t,sls ssT, carr
s 81 si ssla .sn in WIN t 3s 81
shs foundry,
And he exelainAs In his letter:.
Il am surprised that the Board OF Trade
Of the United Kingdom would select man
q chief Inspector Of ito railways who Is 70
il-informed on one Of the principal items
Of railway paraphernalia AZ wheesi
Cast .iron chilled tired wheels are made
Of a mixture OF irons to secure strength
ehills Tor their periphery, and, when taken
from the moulds are placed IN annealing
pits for several days, to insure toughnees
and are as unlike what ia commonly known
as cast Iron (grey iron) as steel Is unlike
ptggI;iron, - .u, -. ,,,,,. ~. IT.. =,
the wheels are corrugated with pinlike
excrescerices at every. separation IN the
contracting mould, which means intervals
OF every inch, all Of which ropghness has to
he removed with emery wheels. The tires
are turned to q true centre. then the wheels
are balanced to q nicely.
"The life Of these wheels ts guaranteed
at 30 600 miles, but on the high capacity,
tubular frame freight cars they invariably
run above ono miles. When worn out
two old wheels are exchanged for one new
one, whereas the English wheel, with it's
oast-iron boss, wrought Iron spoke and
steel tire, after running an average OF 90, 900
miles will scarcely pay for breaking up.
Mr.. Jefferds next finds England's in
yestigator drawing wholly on his imagins-
ton, in his efforts to show new reason why
the hiRh cars Of America should not he put
upon England'r roads In place Of low wagons.
Col. Yorke says
A the number OF bridges over the rail-
roads is ncreas sing, the danger to the men
on the tops OF high cars becomes greater.
lection IL common feature on American
This consists Of a rope supported on posts
and stretched across the tracks on either
aide OF an overbridge. From this rope de-
pend short vertical len gths OF thinner rope
At close intervals. their lower ends being
about the level OF the under side OF the bridge
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Mr.. Je1erds says that had Col, Torke
studied the American System Of keeping
accounts and making detailed reports. and
recommended the use OF the same system
BY Eugtist1 roAds, hewouid have opened the
door that would show tho enormous waste
that goes on in the handling Of traffic on the
British roads.
1T will be aeen by the comparative state
ment," Mr.. Jciferde says. shat the average
expense of moving freight on the London
and Northwestern Railway-viz., 0.74d.
per ton per mile-is 252 per cent. more than
the average freight earnings per ton per
mile on the Pennsylvania Railroad in Amer
ica--viz, O. 29sd and s6e per cent. greater
than the working expenses Of the same
road--viz.. 0202d. per ton Per mile-for
similar service. notwithst nding the aver
age wages paid to the employees Of the
Pennsylvania Railroad are more than double
the average wages paid to the employees
OF the London and Northwestern Railway"
Mr.. Jefferds picks out some astonishing
totals by recourse to the varying expense
accounts.
Take the annual earnings Of each loco
motive he says. upon The above rates,
viz, l.ls5d for freight and o.sd. for pas
senaers, by dividing the gross receipts
by the number Of locomotives We fnd that
the London and Northwestern locomotives
earned only e. cas-, while at a charge OF only
0.2ead. for freight and .oo4d. for passengers
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-28
DIDN'T KNOW ".4NERICA."
A Contrast Between English and American
Ways on an Ocean Liner.

Ways on an Ocean Liner.
Returning TO my native New York this
summer by an English ship says a trans
atlantic traveller, Il noted again the lack
of knowledge We Anne ricans have Of our
national songs,
"On Sunday the captain read service in
the dining saloon and at its close, in defer
ence probably to the prepondcrance OF
Americans in his company, designated
America as The hymn to be sung. Every
'bodv st God up and the first verse vas given
with a gus;o.
much weaker in volume was tho singing
Of tho second verse. The third began with
only two or three voices that trailed OF
into dead silence before it's end. though
the organ kept bravely on.
Either tho captain Intended it from the
first or else the weakness OF our singing
suggested il to him, but at the finish he
asked for God Save the King Then it
was that we Americans were ashamed TO
listen 10 the handful OF Englishnen among
us sing Justify and with confidence, led by
the captain hinseH, their national anthem
from start 10 finish
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1t on the side al the box OF on specially

it on the side of the box OF on specially
prepa red surfacc.
Sweden. Norway and Germany have
made it a practice to send many Of the other
matches here. and somc OF those matched
have not been good. In fact. many OF
the matches sent iron, thoee countries
could not be used at home. because there
was law ierbidding T.
be many had matches sant here. An Ohio
man recently eent fifty cases OF bad mat ches
70 New Orieons and they we're immediately
reshipped to this city: but We discovered
de their sale Ihey were sn'Ppeo on
Nov. As n matter OF fact, the New York
Fire Department is In a position to know
| lust whar kind Of matches is being shipped
10 this city; We have outsm S,;,s eoh IN &c
and, besides that, We have the aid always
OF he manufacturers who make good
matches. II they find out that some Arm
Is dumping poSMT m matches on the city they
mTf M. sySo 1fi u" 81 tn. m.tch.. sold in
this city are made in Ohio and up, the State.
The wax matches are made mostly In Eng
land. although the American firms are
making inroads into that branch OF tho
trade.
cerned. the Fire Department has been
helped almost none at all. Ths same
grocery how car, step on tho same match
and start the same old Are. Every time
20 10 the door OF my apartment half ex-
pect TO see a column Of fame sweeping up
the stairs. The danger from that source
is here lust a. IL usej to be
"To be sure. the fusee, or WIND match,
can no longer he used in tnts city, but they
weren't very widely used, anyway. III tel
YOU one thing that you may not know.l
You can't use any but safety matches on an
ocean liner.
deck steward saw me scratch one Of the or
din airy matches to light cigar, and he
came up to me and took my whole pox
away. OF course, he apoloeised IN way.
and th-n explained But why SHOULD there
aThe safety matches cost only a very
little more than the ordinary matches. On
an average the retail dealer would have
TO paw onIy about $50 more a year for that
kind than for the ordinary match. Tho
differences in price on one box IA about one
twentieth Of per cont
.How shall We enforce the ordinance!
Well, the police ought to help w This or.
djnance in Just as much an ordinance 10 be
enforced BY the police a. any other that ]
know Of. Tbir department would have
trouble II IL didn't get that help, $500.
Il have eleven, inspectors in my depart
ment, They have to inspect everything
from Yonkers to the so,f hern end OF Staten
fsland. and they have TO inspect not only
match places, but every other place where
any connbustibles are stored. -.
They have to 90 to evcry store ~here
powder, drugr, kerosene OF any explosive
is stored. There are some 1900 people
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ssh S.n ess. ~ y @Say sSps

sy:s % s's y 'sss;
3, Chris: 1: s.'Sn :. ,f1 ::n nSS
sS, Ssay i: q sh' received and eaten in tho
Hssln; Ia one Of II. prayers which iol l, y
sis sRons''T Thus. q Il POISON taken nto
ths body e there any ysss5y Ia ne f'Gs ne ne
Manner Ma nS%' IL the sabstsnce q the body and
b!oed Of Christ should e taken int TIE bfGdy
q the Ia thsrs Hqs TN boa
Il eonsecr ated but yeritable bread and wine be
&c. s ,h sesy e s. /.
ts Sso,a y Shli.t participant In the BODY ana
ioliew "" hat q the S,s.s seisbrs.ed by a
priest bsaslsriAee then. lnasm 1ch as sh aa
who ns.tea he ssremony must sx hags a1Re
tbe evening preceding the cTciktE. M. must
sso h have Ses sasce. Tor s Lass
per- Was "Pa 1ns .nd SSt one Vas
IL such Ssu cave have Sssn s@rplusass and USE
! s.orlac. Is ocnsrary 70 Scripture, Ard psT:
The HebrsSs. IL which It Is said 81 Christ;
sBut this man. after he had oEerea one ssori-
Acc for sins forever. There mHat,
OF tie cruciftxlon: and to consider every
celebration OF the Holy Communion ar Nass
III you please TO call II sol as q renewed sacr|-
OF the Eplstle $1,000
How those who believe in tbs. two dogmas
Of The real bodily y Ihs esa
conscientiously remain In the Protestsn
Episcopal Chusch, by whatever name u may
ticles or religion rom ain the same, and why
they do not at once connect themselves with
the Holy Roman Church, commonly called
the Catholic Church, Is mystery to one VINO
considers himself to be q
Protestant EPiscoPALlAS.
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there y no sssss paeysment toward Reme,
tss,s y liz Il nheren s
weaknsss, casnot reslst this inrosd OF the
Papaey. Unitarianism and Unitarianism
alone will bs aba to stand against II when
the time for the Anal encounter comes.
II Is the duty to humanity Of the Vnitarians
and IA keep their watchful eyes steadily
on the rnovsments OF the Society Of Jesus
just al the sver-wakeful eyes Of the atatua
Of GaribaIdi are perpetuslfy watching over
the movements Of the Vatican from the
opposite hill. "
New YoRx June ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-28

ceiling such things in this city, 80 you can SEQ
Now. the vholesalcrs are, as a rule, very
good in oheying the regulations ana we
now We are having our regular Fourth OF
July rush, and we have to attend to that
hret. After the Fourth We shall have to
take up the retailers, and II we are not able
to do the work alone We shall have the
uniformed fremen to help us.
A wholesale dealer who is also an agent
for one Of the largest English match manu-
featuring firms, said that the chief COM
plant that he had to mako was that the
ordinance was not yet understood by the
great majority OF the retailers; .,
he said, manufacture largely the ordinary
match, I mean the snap match, They
also make safety match. but that is a
high grade article and brings a high price 81,
/ II have gone around to hundred retail
in placing hardly an order for ANYTHING
but the safety match, The retailers have
got an idea into their heads THAT nothing
but the safety match is allowed under
the law.
have even gone to the trouble Of bring
as finally signed by the Mayor. but IN some
way they have received the impression tina /,
the parior match is barred. and they are
afraid to carry any stock Of that sort;
don't know who 10 responsible for this i'm
precision, but IL is there Just the same.
Il have made UP my mind that am just
going to wait until the Fire Department
issues its permits which it has not done
yet IN any OF the retailers-and then see
n am able 10 carry on my husiness. As
long as the law allows me 10 cell matches
that are not Of the safety brand ] am going
10 try 10 sell them. Used with any degree
Of common sense, they are quite as safe as
the safety match all talk to tho contrary
notwithstanding.
fro; but this ordinance, as a matter Of fnet,
has done nothing hut make trouble ever
since It was put into effect. 1t lie impossible
to enforce Il. and the sooner sensible
codifcation Of ordinary common. sense
city. You mark nv words Therein be a
lot OF trouble ovnr this yet.
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MATCH DEALERS COMPLAIN.
THE NEW ORDINANCE rs 4 TROL
DLE MAKER, THEY SAY.
Mas Hurt the Match Trade. The. Declare
"A Step IN the Right Direction, Its
Friends Say-New York TO Get Better
Matches, AT Any Rate, In the Future.

Mas Hurt the Match Trade. The! Declare
"A Step IN the Right Direction, Its
Friends Say-New YORK TO Get Better
Matches. at Any Rate, In the Future.
'Confound the match ordinance!" was the
greeting that a Sun reporter got the other
day when he went to a Wholesale dealer in
matches to ascertain what had been the
effect Of the new ordinance intended to
protect the city from needless fires
aThe match ordinance hasn't done thing
10 free the city from the Old step-on.the-
match = nd see her-blaze fires" was the
answer Of an Officer OF the Fire Department
to the same question.
Although the fireman admitted that per-
hsps the ordinance is a very small step in
the right direction he said and a number
At match dealers said that it go far had been
nothing but big nuisance. Some Of the
wholesale men say worse things about it.
The ordinance took effect on May 1. It
provides that all vendors OF matches must
b licensed, the wholesalers to get their
licenses at a cost OF $50 and the retailers
10 have theirs for nothing.
Other provisions are: That not mora
than 1000 matches shall he put In the box
immediately enclosing them; that the boxes
must De etron&, tndI the WOooen spnute Vi
the matches must be strong; that matches
must not be stored with gunpowder. oil
and such things; that the name and address
Of the licensee must appear with the words,
Licensed Match" on every box and that
Ne fusee or wind match is barred alto
esthsr.
The ordinance is accompanied with .sug-
esstions for the proper use Of matches in
households Some Of the suggestions are
that thsre should he a matchbox In every
room. i've and half feet from the floor;
that children shouldn't play with matches
and that safety matches should be used
sThsye are some very good things about
ths ordnance said Sup, Murray Of the
BursAu OF Comhustibles, at Fire Head
quarters, the other day. The Wholesaler
viii furnish . batter match to the trade.
New York has already ceased to he the
dunpins ground for the poor matches OF
The world.
nut she ordnance didn't 60 far eaough.
n my orinion, The safety match IL the Only
oss DIT ouelt 10 he allowed. mean the
match that can be ignited only by rubbing
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The i'd ca is that q man on the top OF high
car would be struck by one Of these ropes.
and warned OF the neghborhood OF the oridge
In time to avoid danger.
AZ to this statement Mr.. Jeherds writes;
sThe ropes supported on posts and
stretched across the tracks on either side
Of an overbridge are not for warning
hrakemen, but are made of steel wire. and
are used for dslodging any live cinders
that may be hanging on the top Of the
locomotive smokestsck, thus preventing
fire."
Mr.. Jef7erds includes in his letter to MIR,
Watson The following table Of the average
daily compensation paid to railway en-
ninyeea in the United States and England:
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Athletic Notes.

The Mohawk 4. G. OF The Bronx borough
last With the following as directors Emil
Sea lon. Harry Weber. Walter j., Tlliman,
+, Hsnlon. +. EasIeh.rt, Charles Kuppeyy,
represent the MohewI;s in the sl!-ro"nd
cham pio nship ON duly 4.
The games Of the St. Matthew :. =,
scheduled for last saturday but postponed,
will be held on Aug s. on the american
League ball ground. SSH street rad AM
etArdam avenue
P, J.. Walsh OF the New York l., e.. the
sc win turn bis attention chiehy IN hurdlins
Walsh has not won first prize from
scratch In a long time, u
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-08-21

Joseph Lasetzki Of Flensburg, while
working Monday on the farm of his
father Michael Laserzki, had his leg
badly cut. The team ran away with
the mower. Lasetzki had q narrow
escape, and was saved by falling in a
hollow. He got i've cuts on the right
and a small cut and q large one on
the left. He was brought to the
hospital here, and DR.. Fortier dressed
the injuries. .E
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-08-21
$u00nS for Harvest and
ThI'eShinQ.
FORGER WILLIAMS GONE WEST.

FORGER WILLIAMS GONE WEST.
Fargo Forum: While at Casselton
williams found q newspaper clippi ns
from the Morrison County jail. This
he inclosed In letter to . friend IN
the Minnesota prison. The warden at
tho pen opened the letter and recos-
nized the importance Of the clue for-
warding the letter to Sheriff Tanner
at Little Falls. The cfioer3 hastened
to Casselton and in company with
Deputy Sheriff Ross made > thorough
search Of that territory, but was un'
able to locate the. man. He then came
to Fargo to look up Williams father,
hat this search was all vain. There is
nc doubt but what Williams was in
this vicinity but 1t is probably that
he had gone west.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-08-21
MANAGER MEYERS PROMOTED

MANAGER MEYERS PROMOTED.
F. s. Meyers, for the past year in
charge of the telephone exchange
here. has been transferred to st.
Cloud, to succeed G.. j. McNaughton,
killed last Friday.
The promotion Is merited one, and
though Mr.. Meyers friends will be very
sorry to lose him, they are pleased to
see his good work recognized. Mr..
Meyer has greatly increased the
number Of telephone subscribers here,
and by unfailing courtesy and
promptness in meeting the desires of
patrons, has made very good record.
He is sure to please the people of st.
Cloud.
For the present no successor is
announced to Mr.. Meyer here. He
has taken up his work at St. Cloud
and the family will soon follow him.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-08-21
NOTICE.

A recent number Of the herald
contained an article in reference to
moving the Mankato Nursery to this
place. As there ia another nurserv In
that place called tho Mankato Nurserv
and Poultry yards, owned by L. z.
Smith, the article may cause some
confusion In some localities. beg to
state that the article referred to does
not In any way refer to the one
owned by L. z. Smith, or his
methods Of doing business, as 80 far
as know he is square and honorable
in his dealing.
&C. r. Brooks.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-08-21

The fame Of the New England plav
"Qotnoy Adam Sawyer. has spread
all over the country and evsryvhara
theatre going people are on the
quivive 20 sec 1t. It is booked to play
an engagement here st the Opera
house. Nov. 10. and q crowded house
Will doubtless show Its approval Of
the wholesome story Of New England
life.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-08-21
G. o. F. RAISED RATES.

J. 81. Seal returned Saturday from
Dubuque, Ia. where he had been at.
tending the international convention
OF the Catholic Order of Foresters.
The most important business wa to
raise the rates about Is per cent. The
delegates though it wiser to place the
order on . perfectly safe financial
baisis at once rather than to wait.
An attempt which failed was made to
exclude men engaged In the wholesale
and retail liquor trades.
The convention was very success
ful and encouraging reports were re-
ceived regarding the great growth of
the order.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-08-21
A Lon lG STEP AHEAD
City Council will Specify
Width Of Sidewalks
and BouIevardS.

The city council met in special
session Wednesday evening to con-
slider general sidewalk matters.
There was long discussion over
width Of sidewalks, boulevards, rretc,
which resulted in the city attorney
being instructed to draw up an
ordinance to be considered at the
next meeting. The ordinance will
specify as follows:
| WEST SIDE.
Broadway, from west end bridge to
Second street west, 16.foot walks.
Broadway, from Second street to
Third street, 10-foot walks. Second
avenue southwest, from Second street
to Third street, 10-foot walks.
Second street. from Broadway to
Second avenue southwest, 1o-foot
! walks.
Third street, from Broadway to
Second 9venue, 10-foot walks.
f EAST SIDE.
Broadway from east end of bridge
to Third street east, 14.foot walks !;
from Third street to Ninth street,
6 foot and S-foot boulevard.
First avenue south from First
street to Second street. 10-foot walks ;
from Second street to Ninth street
g. foot walks and foot boulevards.
First street, from Firat avenue
north te First avenue south, 16~foot
walks i from First avenue north to
steele's, addition 6.foot walks ana g.
foot beulevards; from First avenue
south to Sixth avenue south, 6-foot
walks and s-foot boulevards.
Secord street, from First avenue
north TO Steele's addition. 6-foot
walks and Sfoot boulevards.
seco1d street, from First avenue
south t5 Sixth avenue south, 6-foot
walks and S-foot boulevards.
North side Bay street-6- foot walks
and S-foot boulevards.
Kiddar and Wood streets foot
walks.
All other streets-6.foot walks and
s:foots hhoulevsrds.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-08-21

The matter of moving hydrants and
telephone and electric light poles
when sidewalks are widened was con-
sidered. The hydrants and poles
are desired to be on the curb line out
Of the gutter. Manager Meyers Of the
telephone company said his company
would move the poles as requested.
T. G. Gordon of the electric light
company said the hydrants and poles
would be moved as desired. Dis
cussion as to means of seeing that
good work was done in the cement
walks for which rebate; is being paid.
brought out the fact that as low as
81 cents per yard ia being
charged by some contract ora. Such q
price is low and the question is
whether good work can be done for
it Two gentlemen outside the coun-
Gil, but interested In sidewalk mat
ters, got into warm discussion over
prices but no. harm was done.
The matter Of having q record kept
Of permits for sidewalks and GRADES
granted, was considered, and the
clerk directed to get necessary re-
cords for the street commissioner.
The mayor said he would sign an
ordinance prohibiting wooden side
walks in the original townsite, ex-
cepting places over ravines, or where
conditions were such as to m axe
cement walks impossible without
enormous cost. The sentiment of the
aldermen seemed favorable and the
matter will be brought up later.
AT present prices the cement walk,
with the rebate given by the city. il
cheaper than a plank walk.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-08-21
Base Ball Tomorrow and SUNDAY.

The Minot, N. D. team will play the
local Gold Dust team here tomorrow
afternoon. Game called at Ais p. m.
The local battery will be Lang and
Ward. On Sunday the same teams will
play, game being called at $3.50 p. m.
The local battery Tor Sunday will be
Ferrell and Holt.
The Mino, team is a semi-professional
one, and has some very fast players. A
good game is promised.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-08-21
RAISED THE STANDARD.

The following letter was received
by Supt Seal which will be of in
terest to rural and semi graded
schools wishing to draw the state
aid for the coming year.
st. Paul, Aug 4, 1903.
To the County superintendent,
Morrison county, MINI.
Dear Sir:
The standard required for receiving
special state aid as rural and semi
graded schools will be somewhat
raised for this coming year. ventila-
tion merely by doors and windows
will not be considered adequate.
Some proper ventilating system must
be put in. Teachers of one-roomed
rural schools and principals of semi
graded schools must hold &C least first
first grade certificates. County certifi-
Gates Of the first grade will not be
considered sufficient.
A circular giving the rules and
regulations for the coming year will
be sent you in few..days. This pre-
liminary letter is sent you that the
schools expecting the aid for next
year may have fair warning and make
arrangement accordingly.
Yours very truly,
J. W. Olson,
State Supt's. Pablo instruction.