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a single split shot, or perhaps two, yin
be ell the slnlcer that IL necessary. Pull
the line gently from the reel and let y hoat
away on the tide. always remembering to
in case Of 1t rikc, which frequently occurs
when the hook IL nt I more than ten feet
from the boat When 100 feet OF line has
run out stop paying out line, but keep he
bait in motion by raising and lowering the
tract the attention Of the fish than II the
bait is permitted to remain still.
As to the matter Of bait there In diner
ence Of opinion. Some Of the expert weak
fishermen prefer bloodworms. but l have
thing else for general use. Late Ira the
season when the big tide-runners-weigh-
ing between three and seven pounds-are
feeding, have found shedder crab to be
killing bait, but for ordinary use shrimp
have proved to be sufficient to capture
the heaviest fish.
But an absolute essential in weakfishing
is plenty OF chum. Shrimp Is preferable
for the purpose because II IL the natural
food of the weakfsh and also bee ause 1t
kinds II this is objected to on account Of
the expense-it varies between 80 cents
and 81 quart-smal fish and niussels
ground up In meat chopping machine
may be used with good effect. Whatever
chum Is used. 1t should be thrown upon
the water continuously, so that the more
alluring bait shall be always surrounded
by j.,
School weakfish seldom average over a
pound or a pound and half in weight.
but the weakfsh known as side runners
frequently attain Is pounds. although
these large fish are uncommon in the
bays, but are caught by anglers trolling
for bass along the Connecticut shore In the
Sound. The largest fish Of the species
caught in Jamaica Bay last season weighed
seven pounds.
"A short stiff rod Of native bamboo weigh
ing about eight ounces is used by the most
successful fishermen, with a reel carrying
800 feet Of twelve-thread linen line.
And always remember to spit on your
bait for luck" concluded the doctor.
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HOW TO GO TO THE ST. LOUIS
FAIR IN A POWER BOAT.

the State Of Ohio to Cincinnati. II il IA
miles long and passes through Delphoe,
Piqua, Dayton and Hamilton There arc
es looks In this canal and the depth 10 511S
lowed to fall into disuse, but recently it has
been repaired and fitted with electric trac-
ton and is now navigable for small boats.
At Cincinnati the Ohio River II reached
and the voyager will have the advantage
Of q fast current az far a. Cairo. which Is
s75 miles from Cincinnati Some care is
required In navigating this river on ac-
count Of the sandbars and shoals, and 1t
might be we'll to engage the services OF .
pilot. The shosl spots are easily noted,
though, and . careful helmsman can soon
learn how to steer his boat. AT Cairo
the Mississippi River is reached and then
It Is only 200 miles to st. Louis. On reaoh-
ing tho fair places have been assigned
for yachts TO moor, and the managers Of
the fair have made ample arran gements
for the comfort Of all visitors
Another route is from Cleveland through
the Ohio Canal to Portsmouth. The canal
is 3iS miles long, and has $50 locks and the
depth is 4 feet. 1t passes through Akron,
New Philadelphia Coshooton. Columbus.
AND J 0ins r., the o 0hG 2. River a.
down the Ohio River to Cairo and then up
the Mississippi to st. Louis.
Boats drawing moro than Ave feet will
have to 90 through Lakes Erie, Huron and
Michigan to Chicago. but one Of the many
Lake steamers will carry the boats and
shorten this trip II necessary. From
Chicago tho journey il made through the
Illinois and Michigan Canal. which is .
splendid waterway. The canal passes Joliet,
Peoria to Ia Sale. where Il joins the Illinois
River. and then on to The MississiPpi River
Canal is 100 miles long. has nfteen locks
the shortest Of the three. especially II the
steamship.
There b one other way Of going to st.
Louis for boats drawing not more tnan
four feet Of water. After leaving Buffalo
pass through Lake Erie. Lake Huron and
into Lake Michigan. at Green Bay.
which is on the northwest OF Lake Michigan,
and then up the Lower Fox River to Lake
winnebsgo. At Oshkosh pass into the
Upper Fox, and go - far as Portage and
from that point through tho Government
Canal TO the Wisconsin River. Tho Wis
consin River will lead to the Miasiseippi
at Prairie du CHEN. This b quite long
trip for boats going from eastern points,
but viii be used very much by bosts that
are going from some port on the Lakes.
Before starting 1t 10 necessary TO get per-
mits to pass through the canals. For the
Erie Canal permits can be obtained from
the Superintendent Of Public Works at
Albany. It n necessary to send him the
dimensions Of the boat. For the other
csnals permits can be obtained while on
tie trip. Charles T.. Perkins. State In.
elneer Of Columbus, Ohio, will give all
neussaaxy hfofmaticn about the Ono
eanab.
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THE MODERN FAST ELEVATOR.

and slack hours just how many minutes
and seconds q car ought to take for round
trip, and IL II IL behind time the operator
is called upon for an explanation, just as a
t,eated street car conductor IL.
"ln the Empire building, for instance.
the local car averages two minutes and
thirty seconds for q round trip while the
express which goes twice as high up in the
air takes wo minutes and forty-two seconds.
In the more recently built Broad-Exchange
Building, where there are nine express
cars and nine locals, the expresses. which
have a run OF 255 feet each way, make the
round trip in two minutes.
The operators on the expresses in the
record in New York. They average one
minute and fifty-Hve seconds to 20 up
twenty stories and back again.
when an elevator passes a man regard
less OF his signal to stop. just as street
tor has got rush order from the dispatcher
more passengers. There are some bell
and fash light signals that the public knows
nothing about.
top hoor to indulge in q seconds gossip
little red light downstairs tells the starter
that they are loafing and he presses a button
which starts a buzzer In the tagging car,
and the operator wants to hold his job
he hustles.
Another device enables the operator Of
the car that has orders to make no stops
to 60 by floors on which passengers are
waiting without cutting od' the signal for
q car, which ordinarily the first car that
comes along does automatically.
With the one notable exception Of the
towering Park Row Building all modern
Office building elevators are operated by
hydraulic power, as that has proved the
most Trustworthy Those in the Park
Row Building are run by electricity.
The first cost Of putting in q modern
elevator is 1l2, 900 and it costs 81 200 a year
to run one. So in the Broad Exchange
Building the original outlay for elevators
alone was 32l8 900 and the annual operating
expensee OF the eighteen cars are S2l 900.
Electricity, which costs much less than
hydraulic power, Ia the motive power for
the elevators in apartment houses and
private dwellings No rich mans home
In built nowadays without one or more Of
these convenienoes.
In Andrew CArnegie's new house in
Fifth avenue there are $4,000 worth OF
elevators, including one TO lift plants in
the conservatory. In the Vanderbilt man.
sion at Fifty-eighth street and Fifth avenue
there are six passenger elevators, two OF
which are for the servants.
When young Cornelius Vanderbilt lived
there before his marriage he put In an
elevator for his exclusive Use to run one
flight from his sleeping room to his work
shop, where he was working out the plans
for that economical locomotive dre bo1.
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piston engine of the same capacity. -
Twenty thousand revolutions minute
is pretty high speed, and was strikingly
illustrated in recent test. where the tur-a
bine continued to revolve for thirty minutes
after steam was shut of. showing maxi
mum OF speed with minimum Of fric-
tion.
And an example of the wonderful steadi.
ness OF this engine was recently shown IN
Berlin where one of 500 horse power was
set on the factory Aoor without any special
foundation, or bolts or fastening of any
description. and after five days of continu-
GUS running had shifted it's position but .
fraction OF an inch.
Probably no great invention or improve
ment ever made has 80 quickly demolished
existing standards as this turbine. Al
though the British Government first used
Il ten years ago on torpedo deetroyere
with great success, 1t was not until within
the last three years that such engines
we're commercially introduced: and the
attention that they at once attracted from
hard headed and conservative managers
Of great power plants and steamship lines
makes a marvellous chapter in the history
Of mechanical advance. &
Magnificent and serviceable piston engines
are being put out OF commission and sup
planted by this active little & liant. In,
Chicago 10000 horse power Is being IN.
stalled by one of the great electric corpora
tions. and similar plant is contracted
for by the Edison Electric Light Company
Of Boston
Four new great ocean liners are being
equipped with turbines, and 1t has been
stated that the saving in weight and spaoe
alone on these ships will give an added
carrying capacity which will pay for tbs
engines in one year. ~
Two companies in this country are maxi
ing extensive additions to their plants r.
meet the new demands, and the greatest
firm Of piston engine builders in the world
is now making the necessary changes IN
order to manufacture steam turbines.
The turbine is not pretty to look At.
Compared with the stately motion and
glittering finish of the best examples Of
the reciprocating engine it appears to be
only plain black iron cylinder, very similar
to a common house furnace, and hardly
moro attractive. But, like the surprising
jap. il has get-there ability in itself which
has no regard for the present splendor
or past pr,stige Of its rival. II turns hfty
times while it's opponent is turning once.
and il is out for business and getting
II.
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STRUCK WATER. NOT OIL.
But Mighty Good Thing for Cambridge
Springs II Turned Out.

CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, Pa, May 10
Nearly 100, 1000 persons from all parts Of the
country visited this place last year to drink
the waters and lie back and wait for re-
suits as we'll as to fish and hunt little, and
look up historic points OF interest with which
the ancient Venango Valley is we'll favored.
So 1t was perhaps a much better thing for
DR.. j. H. Gray and the then dry-rotting
village of Cambridgeboro that he found
water instead Of OIL when he was poking
around among the hills OF this part of the
valley, now more than forty years ago.
Following the sinking OF his probing rod
near the bank Of French Creek, east Of the
village. one day. water gushed fofth in an
astonishing stream and made an irresistible
thoroughfare for itself down the nil to the
creek He had disturbed a mighty spring
in the bowels Of the earth.
But nobody hereabout was pining for
water. A few miles to the south Of Cam
bridgeboro. and in the same county, Col
Drake had tapped fountain OF oil, and other
fountains of oil were being punctured by
This finding OF petroleum was resulting
in the rapid enrichment of individuals and
the quick regeneration OF dead and -alive
seemed to be no reason. from an outward
geological prospect, why this place should
not he over the crust of the oil river as well
az the towns further down the valley. But
there was no part Of that river here, and
when nothing but the unsuspected foun-
tain OF water was found. Cambridgeboro
sat down, disgusted and disappointed. to
let the dry rot do its worst.
But the proof is abundant now that it
was q good thing for all this country that
Il was water and not oil that came with the
intrusion Of DIR. Gray's probing rod that
day OF all the towns and cities that sprar Z
ooveriee barely one is In existence to-day
save in name. Their big hotels, their opera
houses, their busy marts Of trade, the magic
sources Of their wealth, are vanisned as II
they never had been.
Even the great fortunes that came with
them, and which were the wonder OF the
day, are most of them only misty memory,
for they, too. long ago disappeared, and
the men who made and dissipated them
are dead and forgotten.
But the fouD tain of disappointing water
that followed the probing rod OF DR.. Gray
kept on flowing at Cambridgeboro. Years
after it's flow began the discovery was made
that 1t had curative properties. Then otner
springs were brought TO light, each Of diff
ferent chemical and mineral combinations
1t seemed as il wherever the drill was put
down a vein of some healing water would
he tapped. The result Is fair city Of uni
form thrift and wealth, with q lively stir
OF business in its streets instead Of the rust
and dilapidation and decay that would
doubtless have been there as well as In the
towns that were once Cambridgeboro'
envy and regret, because they had ~struck
oil and she had not.
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limit on paper but a practical estimate.
Express cars keep up that pace from within
half q fight Of the ground floor to within
half fight OF the tenth or elev enth floor.
or wherever they are scheduled to mai e
the first stop.
Local cars making all stops can attain
the maximum speed for a fraction OF q
second midway between floors, because the
mechanism is so nicely adjusted that q
car can be brought from full speed to full
stop In half Its own height"
With reference to the similarity between
horizontal and vertical systems OF trans
portation on expert said
THE elevator engineer must figure out
a. closely as possible in advance how much
territory his cars have got to serve; that IL,
the total floor area Of the building, Just as
the traffic manager Of railroad must know
ton along his line before determining how
many trains day he ought to run.
"The problem hasn't been settled yet
and architects and builders are still strug-
Cling for fixed formula to show In advance
how many elevators 4 building Of a given
ought to have That would save lot OF
money and trouble. for 1t costs lot to put
in two or three extra shafts after structure
Is once ready for the tenants
so far. the Empire Building comes about
as near to being a standard to go by a.
any building we have. and the architects
0f new skyscrapers use that as basis
for comparison because it's elevstor service
has been adequate to the needs OF the
tenants
THAT building has twenty hoore, with n
total floor area OF sixteen thousand square
feet. To serve il there are ten elevators.
five express cars, making no stops below
the ninth floor, and five locals
-Thers are about three thousand per-
manent occupants of the Empire; that is,
tenants and their employers. In figuring
on traffic the seven dollar q week clerk
counts for a. much as the millionaire banker.
Then there are the callers to consider.
BY actual count these ten elevators
carried in the course OF one average business
day OF nine hours 1900 passengers.
counting each person, OF course, as many
times a. he travelled up or down. That
means an average Of three persons
Q minute for each elevator all day long.
And they are not carried haphazard,
either. The starter, whose duties are
almost exactly the same as those Of . train
dispatcher. has a time table In his mind
that must be closely adhered TO even II 1t
isn't printed for public distribution.
"There are two systeTus OF starting, ono
to start cars at uniform intervals and the
other to start car up the instant a descend
ing car reaches the ground floor. But both
methods work out In about the same
way under the management Of good
dispatcher. .t
He knows from many tests in rush hours
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St. Louis will he the objective port for
many yachtsmen this year. and plans arc
now being made by many owners Of power
boats and small steam yachts to mako the
trip by water A few yachtsmen have ar
ranged to make up parties and small squad
rons Of power boats will start from Eastern
ports and cruise In company to the expo
sition at ST. Louis. and then, after seeing
the sights. IL they have not tired Of their
trip, they will come back by some other
route.
There are several ways OF reaching st.
Louis by water. A great part Of tho jour
ney, no matter which route is chosen. is
through the canals OF this State and Of Ohio
and Illinois. These canals pass through in
tsresting sections of the country, and those
who are contemplating making the trip
do not expect one dull day during the en-
tire voyage.
From New York city tho first stage Of
the journey is up the Hudson River a. far
as Albany. This is a journey Of l55 miles
and is a very picturesque trip! Many cruis-
ing power boats only make about eight
miles an hour. and II they are run ten hours
aday, this trip should take two days. There
are several places between here and Albany
where supplies can be bought. and stop
can be made over night at Poughkeepsie,
which is about half way.
If the trip is begun at Montreal or YER
mont the boat will start through the Richie
lieu Canal, or Lake Champlain, and then
through the Champlain Canal to Albany.
The next stage OF the journey Is through
the Erie Canal to Buffalo. The distance from
Albany to Buffalo Ia ssi miles and the route
lies through the historic Mohawk Valley.
TO those who have never experienced q
trip through the canals this will be very in
ierestlng. The canal is IL feet wide, the
locks M feet long and there Is IL feet clear
under the bridges. There are seventy-two
locks and these are open day and night.
The canal passes through villages and
towns, crosses rivers. and sometimes the
boats will he travelling high above the level
on ., the ground and sometimes through deep
cuts The scenery Is attractive all the way
and II the tourists have the time. many side
UPS can be made to places OF interest on
the way.
AT Buffalo the first open water ID found.
ihis is on Lake Erie. Lake Eric n some
times very bosterous, SO II ~ we'll to keep
"a near the shore as possible and figure on
some safe harbor, OF which there are many,
which can he run into In case OF storm.
smsll boats can be loaded on one OF the
Lake steamers and taken to Toledo, Clevo-
hnd and Chicago, II the owner wishes to
make the trip that way. and by doing this
he will avoid the trip through the Lakes
snd save much time: From Buffalo 70
Iroledo is $50 nils: The niami ard Eris
'ansl begins at Telsde end Fans thssasA
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About the only differences nowadays
between the elevator system In = big sky
ecraper Office building and railroad are
that n man doesn't have TO be Congress-
man or somebody else with pull to ride
freq on the elevator, that the elevators
can't collide and that one system is up and
down and the other is on the level. In all
other respects, 40 far as the operating is
concerned at least, the system for running
a lot OF express and local passenger ele-
ystors in big building is. in miniature, the
same as tho system for operating lot OF
railroad trains.
The general public hasn't yet finished
stratchinR it's neck to gaze in wonder at
the top OF the twenty story structure Of
steel. but most people take the improved
elevator service, without which the high
buildinps would be useless, as = matter Of
course. and are shot up into the air at the
"a =. az eOo feet a minute without thinking
much about 1t. ,
As a matter Of fact. the modern steel
csse now used for an elevator car. together
With the power that moves 1t up and down.
In about as far ahead OF the cumbersome
wooden car with those red upholstered
seats Of twenty years ago as the antomobiie
ia ahead OF the one-norse shhJ' AHo
elevator builders and engineers have kept
nacs with the architects and skyscraper
contractors, and they haven't got half way
TO the limit of what they can do yet
Tho long est, or rather the highest, run
~ any elevator now in practical use is $50
feet. The experts have figured cut that an
elevator may be operated with safety In a
shaft Of more than 1000 feet and carry
$500 pounds Of passengers to that height
In les than two minutes. unless somebody
wants to get OF at the twentieth noor or
somewhere else in the lower part Of the
building.
II they tried to serve the modern build
nrs with the old elev Ators Of decade and
a half ago. said an elevator man the other
day. .they would have to serve lunches on
the trip up, 1t would take 30 long.
.Those numbering old cars, built for
ornament almost az much - for utility.
weighed empty e,oOo pounds and would
carry half their weight In passengers. but
the fastest Of them could 60 only 100 feet a
minute. The dead weight Of the modern
cage is only 5 800 pounds, and the psssense OF
carrying capacity is limited to 1850 pounds'
but the speed attained b coo feet minute.
that isn't merely Theoretical speed
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-27
Discusses River
Improvements
Rufus P. Jennings Declares
Work Must Be Done On
Broad Lines.

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 27.--This morn
ings session OF the Trans-Mississippi
congress was largely attended. The
principal speaker of the morning was
Rufus P. Jennings Of California, who
was called to the platform immediate
ly after the matters OF routine bust.
ness had been disposed Of
He spoke on the subject of River
Improvement as Factor in the Pro
gress of the West"
Mr.. Jennings said that the greatest,
and probably the most successful re-
suits In river Improvement In this
country have been obtained on the
Mississippi River, in what is known
as the Yazoo Basin The efforts of
the people. with the aid extended by
the United states Government had
brought about a marked development
since 1855. whea the people in the
basin we're utterly discouraged on ac-
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-27
ACROSS THE SIERRA
MADREs THE r. R.ooEs.

A circular letter has been received
by El Paso railroad officials, announc-
ing that the end of the year will wit
ness the operation of the Kansas City
Mexico & Orient Railroad company's
trains for distance of GIT miles. It
is announced that the company will
have two portions of track, one forty
five and the other seventy-five miles
In length, ready for trains by the be-
of the new year. OF the new
route, 167 miles will be over the Tex
as and Pacific, east of Sweetwater
Texas, and $50 miles will be by the
way of the tracks of the chihuahua
& Pacific. The line has been located
east and west of Chihuahua and east
from Topolobampo to La Junta.
A great deal of work has already
been done on these sections. The
road is already under operation for
thirty-four miles east of chihuahua
and grading has been done as far as
Minarca. From the coast the road is
under operation as far as Las Hamilas
and the grading has been done as far
as San Javiere. The line is to fol-
low the crest of the watershed of the
Setentrion river. 1t is denied that
the route is steep one, as recently
reported. the circular claiming that
the engineers have arranged for con
struction on two and one-half per
cent grade.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-10-27
Two Big Banks
Consolidated

CHICAGO, Oct. 27.-The purchase
Of the National Bank Of North Amer
lean by the Continental National
Bank, Is announced effective at once.
This action comes as a climax to
charges connecting the name of Presi-
dent Isaac N. Perry, of the National
Bank of North America, with the
felonious burning of the Chicago Car
and Locomotive Co, works at Hege-
wisch, October 9th. While the drec-
tors accept the presidents denial as
the truth, they thought the merger the
best business policy With the con-
solidation the Continental will take
rank as the second largest bank in
Chicago.