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tween the trolley wire and the run
ming rail.
Since. as stated above, the
speed of a car varies with the cleo
tricaI pressure applied, where two mo-
tors are mounted on one car, current
may be made to pass, first through the
one motor and then through the Sec
ond. In this way each motor receives
only one-half of the total electrical
pressure, and the car, therefore, will
run at but half speed. This arrange
ment is extremely advantageous for
cars moving through city streets, an
less energy is wasted if a car be start
ed With the motors first in this ar
rangement, and then, after it has come
up to half speed, they be connected
so that each will receive the full pres
sure. This is what is known as the
series parallel control.
This method of controlling cars is
very effective and reliable for single
cars; but when heavy trains, moved by
powerful motors, are to be operated, it
is difficult to handle, in a device of this
description the heavy currents taken
by the motors in operation. Moreover,
it would not be easy to adapt such a
device to controlling motors on more
than one car at a time. A number of
years ago the necessity for accomplish
ing this was recognized, and as a result
the several so-called multiple unit train
control systems have been developed.
These operate in various ways but
they all make use of the same principle
that is, the motorman or engineer
does not operate directly the device for
making the necessary changes in the
electrical connection, but, by moving
the controller handle in the cab, he
causes the necessary connections to be
made elsewhere on the car.
This controlling apparatus may con-
sist Of a small electric motor or electro
magnets or of a compressed-air device
and the arrangement is always such
that connections may be made between
the several cars of train, so that the
movement of the controller handle in
any one cab causes corresponding con-
nections TO be made In the motor cir
cut or each car and the train moves
forward as unit. The motorman,
then, does not operate the controlling
apparatus Of the train any more than
he applies the brakes by hand. In the
latter case he controls the air which
applies the brakes. and IN the former
ne controls an electric circuit or an air
pipe which makes the necessary eleetrl-
cal connections
This method of control has many adj
fhninFeH, The cars may be- operated
thhlt or lr trains, The dinculfy ~
handling large currents in awitching
devices u minimiEed, ail wires carrying
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-24

must be familiar before he is regard
ed as a master.
But, as TAM says why use more
variations than you need? There We're
two of us. and we used to show the
art of defense against a street attack
MY comrade, he attack me, and I
throw him out. But what use is that {?
We do it so quickly that the people
tnink 1t is made-up job some Jug
Cling, or something, and they only
laugh. 1t is the same when two jap
anese wrestle on the stage. If you do
not know the fine points of the game,
how can you see they are good?
And so it is better for me to wres-
tie with your Englishmen, so that you
can see how we combat their attacks.
And how I should love to try it on one
of your biggest champions! But they
want me to play their game, which
l do not know; and If it is a game
merely of strength, how shall a man
of nine stone beat a man of fourteen?"
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heavy current are kept beneath the
car, and the motor cars may be- placed
az far apart aH desired and the pr0pell-
inE EFFORT distributed throughout the
irain~a method ~ moving trains which
has some distinct advantages ever the
one large locomotive
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fers greatly from the types first put
operation, are concerned, but it utilizes
the same controlling principles. The
motor equipment of any car can move
that car at a certain definite speed,
depending, of course, upon the weight
of the car and the character of the
track, and also depending upon the
electrical pressure supplied by the
trolley wire or the conductors from
which power is taken. If car is run
ming at a speed lower than the normal
the motors will draw from the trolley
wire a larger current than taken by
them at the normal speed, and this
larger current speeds up the car until
it reaches its steady velocity. The
greater the difference between the
speed at which the car is moving and
this normal speed, the larger will be
the current drawn from the wire, and
the greater the efforts of the motors to
speed up; consequently when car is
standing still the motors would draw
such a current from the troll
ley wire that the car would
be started forward violently with
great discomfort to all on
board, and probably the safety devices
from passing through the motors would
operate and cut off the supply. To pre-
vent this effect starting resistances are
used. These are connected in the cleo
trical circuit, so that the current taken
by the motors must pass through them,
and as by offering a resistance to the
flow of current they prevent this from
reaching excessive values, the car will
thus be allowed to start easily. AS the
car starts the resistances are cut out
by the motorman until all are removed
from the circuit and normal speed is
attained. ar
In the early car equipments these
resistances were usually built up o.
coils of iron wire, and by means of an
arm travelling over a number of metal
lie contacts, each contact being con-
nected to some point of the wire, the
latter was cut out very gradually. To-
day such gradual starting is not
thought necessary, and the resistance
is usually divided into two or three
sections and is removed in as many
motions of the controller, the controller
being the improved form of apparatus
for making the contacts necessary for
cutting out the starting resistance.
The controller is also made use of to
make the necessary changes in con-
neetione of the motors, in order that
the direction of motion of the car may
be reversed. This controller consists
of a vertical spindle, on which is
mounted a series of cylinders carry
ing brass strips. which, when the con-
troller handle is turned, come into con-
tact with brass springs mounted on
the back OF the controller case, these
springs being connected to the wires
running 10 the motors. 10 the starting
resistance, 10 the trolley pole, and one
TO some point OF the truck, so as 20
make metallic contact through the
wheels with the running rails. on
turning the controller handle different
combinations OF motors and resist
ances are made. In sequence. until the
two motors are connected directly be-
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fusing to push the case. The Recorder
under the circumstances, was lenient
Killed by the Cars.
Grant Eden, a billing clerk for tbs
Southern Railway, while making an in
spection in the railroad yards at mid.
night this morning, was caught under
a moving train of fiat cars and so bad.
ly mashed that he died on the operating
table at the Grady Hospital He was
% years old.
Seeks Pardon for Read.
Judge Shelby Myrick to-day APP
peared before the Prison Commission
to ask a pardon for ]. j. Read of
Savannah sentenced for Is years for
voluntary manslaughter Read killed
a negro named James Stewart, a Ut
tie over four years ago near the
coast line depot. The commission has
not yet acted.
Dorchester School Not Taxable.
Controller General w. A. Wright
holds on the statement of facts made
to him that the school at Dorchester
in Liberty county maintained by the
American Missionary Association, is not
taxable. He received notice to-day
that the authorities there hold diff
ferently, claiming the school is operat-
I'd for gain as we'll as for charitable
purposes.
An execution was recently isued
and is now held up on injunction pro-
ceedings in Libery Superior Court,
where the matter will be tested.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-24
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT.
SALE OF MILL PLANT AT PEN
BROKE. GA. BRYAN COUNTY.

BROKE. GA. BRYAN COUNTY.
Under and by virtue of an order
granted at chambers March 8, 1904.
bv the Judge of the Superior Court
of Bryan county, Georgia, in the case
of Mrs. John T. Bxby VS.. The Penn
broke Lumber Company, the same be-
ing an application for receiver of es-
tate of John F. l3iXby, deceased, and
for other purposes, in Bryan Superior
Court. / will sell at public cutlery at
Pembroke, Ga, in Bryan county, TO
the highest bidder for cash, on Tues
day. April 5. 1904. between the usual
and legal hours Of sale the following
property: A nineteen and one-half-
acre tract of land on the south side
of the right of way of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway in the town of Penn
broke. Looming the said right of way,
together with the mill plant thereon,
known as the planning mill of the
Pembroke Lumber Company recently
operated by the BiXby Lumber Com
pany. Under said order the fee sim
pie title to said property, which is in
the Pembroke Lumber Company, and
the equity in said property of the
estate of John F. Bixby, deceased, un-
der a bond for title made by said
Pembroke Lumber Company to said
John F. Bixby to said property will
be conveyed by me to the purchaser
at said sale upon the confirmation of
such sale by said court. the upset
price for said property being fixed by
the court in said order at thirty-seven
hundred dollars (S3.700). For par
ticulars apply to H. II. Britt. Receiver
of the estate of John F. Bixby at
Pembroke. Ca, or to Saussy & Saussy,
attorneys for said receiver, at Savan-
nah. Ca, or to Shelby Myrick, attor-
ney for the Pembroke Lumber Com
pany. at Savannah, Ga.
H. II. BRITT,
Receiver of the estate of John F.
BiXby. Pembroke. Ga.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-24

Blood Wine Kidney and Liver
Pills are q guaranteed cure for
constipation. 100 Pills, Is cents.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-24
HOW ELECTRIC CARS ARE RUN
Explanation of the Means by which
They Are started and Controlled.

FROM the Electrical Review.
The movements OF every electric car
are controlled by two notwithstanding
electric controller and the brake me-
chanism. The former governs the
starting and running Of the car and the
latter brings IL 10 a stop or prevents
the car from getting beyond control on
down grades.
The electric controller OF to-day diff
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-01
Ii.

% years it has had it's home. Yester-
day we came to this building, back to
old Excelsior, the home of our parent
Lodge not as the prodigal / hope, and
We choose to think of this opening
day as in part a loving welcome at
our return May harmony always ex-
list between these lodges, and in all
that we strive for may we be satisfied
with nothing short Of excellence. While
I am ashamed to say that I am not
a regular attendant at lodges, I never
attend a lodge meeting without being
impressed with the beauty of our work
and the beneficial influence that such
an organization must have in every
community where it exists. We recog-
nize the fact that human institutions
can be maintained only through con-
slant watchfulness and uncea sing work.
The warfare that is being waged for
the worlds advancement is two-foId.
physical and social, and while the bat
tie is raging along these totally differ
ent lines, they both contribute to one
end. Tt may be almost impious to say
that this warfare seems to be with the
Divine Providence itself. The Almighty
is supposed to visit US with diseases, to
send the pestilence, the flood and the
it 1 should say that this is a mistaken
idea, and that the truth is that all
the evils that beset mans existence are
the works of the devil, and all the good
that man is able to accomplish, in
counteracting these evil works is from
the Almighty, but this is not orthodox.
Man is constantly contriving means to
overcome these visitations. He battles
with and vanquishes the dreaded dis
eases. He harnesses the cataract and
makes it obedient to his will. He erects
bulwarks against the encroachment of
old Ocean. and stays her mighty power.
The ocean even in Byron's time was
supposed to be beyond mans sphere.
He said in one of his most beautiful
stanzas:
Roll on thou deep and dark blue
ocean. roll:
Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in
vain:
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sO~O~O~O~O>O~O~O~O~O~o~O~O
experimenters, who are just as willing
to give up their lives for the world s
advancement, when occasion requires
as is the soldier on the field CT battle,
that have made possible the improved
conditions which we now enjoy. 1t is
the social warfare which oddfeliowsnip
must wage. 1t must investigate the
relations between individuals and so
cieties; it must perfect the law that
controls mans domestic relations with
woman. parent with child These are
the basic relations upon which the per-
manency OF society must rest It must
ascertain the laws of supply and de-
rand; capital and labor. 1t must level
the inequalities between the POWERFUL
and the weak. Tt must ascertain the
exact rules that govern tie admins
tration of justice. and last but not
least, it must find a way for man to
curb his own vicious nature-the only
certain road to heaven. It is clear
that if many of US get to heaven I'M
der present conditions, it is not through
any merit in ourselves. An old North
Carolina preacher once said: MY
brethren, there will be a great MANY
surprises for you, if any of you hap
pen TO reach the Kingdom of Heaven.
You viii look about you expecting to
find great many people who won't
be there. You will see a great many
people there that you had no idea
would ever get in, but the last and
greatest surprise of all will be that
you got there yourselves
In order to fulfill the great destiny
which is thus marked out for our Or
der We must work; work INCREASINGLY:
work patiently; work inteIligentlv.
After all the only real happiness in
life is work. That is mans natural
vocation The man who dislikes work
is the exception. not the rule. Every
man should feel that the community in
which he lives is entitled to his best
efforts. and every man ought to feel
that he is comforting as much benefit
on the community as the community is
comforting upon him. We cannot all
at once eliminate the vicious and the
wicked. There are fmDosters on every
hand, but with wisdom comes the abili-
" to detect their nefarious schemes.
There is a good deal of honeIy wisdom
in the story that is told of the Dutch
man who insured his house for $500
The house burned down and the COM
pany refused TO pay more than $500
If you wish it." said the cashier Of
the company. we will build you a
house larger and better than the one
burned down. as We are positive that
such house can be built for $500. A."
which sum he was finally compelled to
take Some weeks after he had re-
ceived the money he was called upon
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rible rumpus among the angels, one of
whom aspired to enthrone, himself in
glory, even above God himself. Milton
tells us he aspired
ITO set himself in glory above his
peers:
He trusted to have eaualled the most
high, if he opposed;
And with ambitious aim,
Against the throne and monarchy of
God
Raised impious war in heaven and bat
tie proud
With vain attempt
And so it was with the founders of
Harmony Lodge. A few members OF
Excelsior Lodge becoming dissatisfied
with the then existing conditions, and
finding themselves in a hopeless min
ority, broke away from the Lodge and
formed Harmony Lodge. Whether
their grievances We're real or fanciful
it is not at this time for US to inquire.
Time, that deepens burrows in the
brow, has the opposite effect upon
heart burnings and dissensions. These
it effaces. The causes for our separa-
ton exist only in history The bitter
ness has all passed away, and now I
feel that we are almost as near to
each other as though we We're mem
bers of the same Lodge.
On the 18th day of May, 1876. Grand
Sire NJ. j. Durham granted to Harmony
Lodge it's charter. That was the 58th
year OF our Order. The charter mem
bers were S. c. Barlow, past grand;
George Williams, past grand; r. w.
Lame. S. Roth and A. McWayne.
These brothers worked faithfully for
their new Lodge, and from that small
beginning We have now 145 active mem
bers. The charter members have all
passed away, but once each year we
strew the graves of our departed with
beautiful flowers, SO that their names
shall be ever fresh in memory. The
hall which Harmony occupied was in
the two-story, frame building known
as the Way Block, on the south side
of King street between Fort and Ala
kea streets, and there, during the last
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Man marks the earth with ruin: his
control
Stops with the shore; upon the watery
plain
The wrecks are all thy deeds, nor doth
remain
A shadow OF mans ravage save his
own,
When for moment like a drop of rain
He sinks into thy depths with bub-
bling groan,
Without grave. unknelled, uncoffined,
and unknown.
Today the ocean possesses no more
terrors than the land, and in the float
ing palaces that inhabit it we may
plough the deeps with practically no
inconvenience.
Man is not only lord of the land and
sea, but is fast becoming monarch of
tho air. Natural limitations he seems
to have defied and overcome. Even
now he commands the subtle currents
of the air. He no longer requires the
physical agencies of the telegraph,
cable and the telephone, but actually
converses through hundreds Of miles CT
invisible air. The day is, in all prob
ability, not far away when The favor
tie means of travel will be through
the air. With this warfare between
man and the elements, in which, of
late, man has gained such wonderful
victories. oddfellowship has had but
little to do. 1t is the patient MAJ OF
science, the noble investigators and
AQ~QAN&OA0~n~
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rat Lahaina, and for some time was
f1ourishing lodge, but later on many Of
its members leaving the place, the
charter was surrendered. Hence Har-
mony being No. 8. Harmony was in
stituted May u, 1876 and has grown
into a strong, f1ourishing lodge With
the sos the times being better, resulting
from the Reciprocity Treaty, member
ship increased. In 1896 Excelsior cele-
bated its fiftieth anniversary. when
quite a number of the Brothers assem-
bled, and "reminiscences were INDUCED
in. During the Spanish-American war
the ante-rooms of the lodge were thrown
open to the members of the Order from
the transports passing through to write
home letters.
For some ten or fifteen years talk
of having a new hall had been COM
, mon, but it was until last year that the
new hall was decided upon. On October
%, 1908. the corner stone of this build
ing was laid with appropriate cere
monies, the contents of the old box be-
ing placed in the new one. AT this
time of the dedication of our new hall,
let us remember with gratitude the SER
vices of those who We're so active and
jealous in the past, as it is largely due
to them that we have our fine home,
and for the entire Order in these Is
lands. Let us still remember the COM
mand of the Order TO Visit the sick,
relieve the distressed, bury the dead
and educate the orphan" The record
of the lodge is one to be proud of,
let us hope that it may be as bright
in the future.
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HARMONY LODGE.

Bro. J. Alfred Magoon, P. G., of Har-
mony Lodge, made an address on the
History of Harmony Lodge" as fol-
lows:
I have been selected by Harmony
Lodge Number in this jurisdiction to
express to Excelsior Lodge Number
our Fluctuations upon this suspicious
occasion. We recognize that the COM
pletion of this beautiful building is not
the work of chance, but, on the other
hand, is the work of wise men wisely
planned Only a few months ago
building stood upon this spot, which
was, in its day, a great addition to
this city, but, with a change almost
akin to those which could only be
wrought by Aladdin's wonderful lamp,
we have new structure vying in ex-
ternal beauty, internal arrangement
and adaptability TO usefulness with
the finest buildings of our city. 1t
seems as though the members of this
Lodge have constantly had before
them, through the years of it's exisu-
ence, the name Excelsior" Harmony
Lodge gives all praise to the faithful
workers of Excelsior Lodge. who
have so persistently guarded the in
terests and presided over the destinies
of this Lodge. This building is made
possible only through their Flooding
industry; their unceasing watchful-
ness; their wise administration of bust
ness affairs, and their loyal devotion to
their Lodge.
But as I am expected to say some
thing about Harmony Lodge I must
address myself to that subject. 1 sup
pose I ought really to say nothing
about the causes that led to the or
ganization of Harmony Lodge; but as
the truth will ultimately prevail, and
as lawyers always tell the truth and
never faIsify either directly or by sup
preston of facts. I am constrained to
say that as things by a strange dis
pensation go by contrarieties so eHar-
mony Lodge was the result of inhar-
monious relations in Excelsior Lodge
At first only one lodge of Odd Fellows
existed in this city, and that was Ex-
celsior Lodge; but even among the best
of friends there are sometimes nisun-
derstandings. You all know that long
ago, 50 Ions in fact that this world OF
ours existed in a nebulous condition. it
Is supposed that there was a most ter
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-08
Lethargy in Building.

While nearly everybody who desires
employment can at present obtain 1t IN one
form or another, temporary stagnation
in building operations in Alexandra is
evident. The railroads are expanding
their depots and have recently erected
new buildings, while new plants have
been installed here, but, for some cause,
few priyate individuals are embarking in
building enterprises. Apart from two or
three small houses in course Of construc-
ton, there is practically nothing doing
in the building line. Numbers OF Alex
andrians say they contemplate erecting
new houses or rebuilding old ones, but
thew are holding of, giving different
reasons for their lethargy. A lumber tlrm
in this city on the lst of January, 1874,
was furnishing material for 20 houses in
course of erection in Alexandria. This
was during the financial depression w VIII;
sci in 1898. On the LIST of January, 1904
not withstanding we are supposed 10 d.
in prosperous era, the firm in question
did not have single order for materia
for new horses.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-04-08
CORPORATION Court.

Judge L. G. Barley presiding.
Roberta Hill VS.. Mechanics Build
ing Association No. 8; decree confirm
ing sale of property to Cora L. Chesser
and appointing G. L. Boothe special
commissioner to convey same.
The habeas corpus proceedings brought
byC. F. Downcy to secure the possession
of child set for today were continued
till tomorrow.
Mr.. G. d. Brumback, of Fairfax, was
admitted to practice in this court.
Rev. ]. A. Wray, pastor of the Bap'
list Church, was granted license to cele-
brate.the rites of matrimony.
The will of Elvina S. Duckrell, widow
of w. ]. Duckrell, was admitted to pro-
bate. Rev. G. E. Ball, who had been
named as executor, declined to serve and
the court appointed the Sergeant as
curator to take charge of the estate
The deceased, after making few mino
beouests, left her small estate to he
three grandchildren, Eugene, Haze
and Rose Hewins, and to W. Z, AM
Louise ]. Ball, children of Rev. y. +
Ball, share and share alike.