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Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1904-12-08
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sure. did not cavi at the turnouts maintained for the President and the members of his official family, but the sight of the lesser lights of the govern ment departments riding in carriages for which Miss Columbia foots the bill aroused their ire. During the Cleve- land administration there was a similar protest, and a large number of govern ment horses and carriages were sold at auction.
 It is claimed that if all the equipages now maintained by the government for the use of it's employees were placed i'll line they would extend from the White House to the Capitol, q distance of a mile and half. In all probability this Is not a great exaggeration, since in some of the departments there arc four assistants to the Cabinet officer, and there are instances in which subordi- mates other than assistant secretaries have governmental carriages at their disposal Part of the clamor, it may be explained, which has been raised against uncle Sam going down into his pocket to allow his employees to put on airs is due to the uses to which some of these official carriages have been put They are, one and all, supposedly used only in the transaction of official business. but it is whispered that more than one official has not been able to draw tho
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Americans have gained quite a reputa- ton as railroad builders. and they have brought that same spirit of daring in engineering construction winch has char acterzed their work in the provision of ordinary transportation systems to the task of mountain climbing by steam The novel lines which reach the highest attitudes in the United States although less famous than some of the mountain roads in Europe, are, in reality, far sleeper, and in many respects more mar velous, mechanically, than any of the steel-tracked highways on the Conti- nent.
 Tie New World enjoys the distinction of possessing the pioneer mountain climbing road, as well as the steepest. The line referred to is the railway which WS Mount %Nashpgt0n Na1 m the the highest peak east of the Rockies in America The Mount Washington Road, the construction of which occupied the three years from 1866 to 1S69 has the astounding ascent of one foot in 267 feet. In order to convey an idea Of the rela- tive inclines of these ladders of. steel und wood whereon men are carried to the clouds in various parts of the world. 1t may be stated that in point of steep ness of grade the nearest approach to the Mount Washington marvel is the PilSes Peak Railway, another American mountain-climbing road, which has grade of one foot in four. The Vitznau- Riga. the most nearly perpendicular of the European roads, has the same grade. The Arth-Rlga and the Drachenfels to the Rhine each has a grade in excess of one foot in five whereas the other continental roads arc less steep.
 Ii must be very level-headed passen- ger indeed who does not experience more or less of thrill, and possibly few qualms as well, when the seemingly frail-wheeled craft starts on It's upward journey of thousands of feet. If re- liance may be made upon the rather meager descriptions which the tourists have vouchsafed. the various passen- gers experience fully as many different
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the atmosphere Is decidedly sharp, even though the cities below are swelterins In heat. The mountain trains move very slowly. so slowly, in fact, that any per- son could easily step on or off the car while 1t was under full headway.
 While not so steep, the Pikes Peak Railway, in Colorado, Is of considerably greater length than it's counterpart In the eastern part of the country, and carries passengers to an elevation of 14,0O0 feet, where in midsummer they are often caught in fierce snowstorm driven by a 50-mile-an-hour wind. The line up this most remarkable peak of the Rocky Mountains was first pro- jected about 16 years ago, but was abandoned. Actual grading commenced in 1889, and the golden spike was driven in 1880. The average grade Is about l6 per cent. although in places 1t is as steep as 9 per cent.
 As in the case of the Mount Washing ton Road already described. there Is fastened to the crossties between the notches of which roll the teeth of a huge steel cogwheel drawing the train forward, literally inch by inch, until the entire nine miles of the ascent is cov- cred. The roadbed is from 15 to % feet wide, and has been cut from solid gran ite. Nearly two hours is required to travel the length of the road in either direction, and that this form of moun- tain climbing is somewhat expensive may be appreciated when it is stated that the members of a farmers con- vention which recently chartered the four trains, or, in other words, four cars, for a trip up Pikes Peak paid $2. TOO for the privilege.
 On the summit of each of the moun- tains reached by rail the United States government maintains an observatory and signal station and at the summit of Mount Washington there Is a hotel. heated by steam and capable of accom- modating POO persons. It is frequently crowded to it's capacity by the people who remain on the summit over night to witness the sunset and sunrise. On the summit of Mount Washington is , the office of Among the Clouds the only newspaper printed on the summit of any mountain in the world. For more than quarter of a century this novel publication has appeared regularly. Two editions are printed daily during the. summer months in as complete little printing establishment as a per- son could expect to find anywhere. The copies of the papers which are to be mailed to all parts of the country are taken down the mountain on mail trains"-sleds like vehicles, which coast down the steep stretches of the moun- tain railway at terrific speed.
 WALDON FAWCETT.
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sions. but at all formal state functions as well. When MT. Roosevelt came to the White House he owned one good carriage horse, Judge by name, and he purchased two others-a splendidly matched pair, named General and Ad- miral. valued at Sl.OOO each. His pur- chases after taking up his residence at the presidential mansion also included three carriages.
 The presidential family being so well provided with private eauipages. the seven horses and three or four carriages maintained by Uncle sam at the White House stables are lett for the use of the secretaries to the President. The Sec retary to the President and each of the assistant secretaries has a carriage for his use. and one turnout is reserved for the use of the White House messen gers Of all the White House officials nrob- ably Assistant Secretary Barnes makes greatest use of his carriage. for if falls to his lot to carry to the capitol tbe presidents messages to Congress- and there is scarcely a day during the com rressional session that he does not make one or more journeys to the white-domed
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the practicability of the mountain climbing locomotive.
 The engines now in use have the ordinary type of locomotive boiler, but are somewhat shorter, owing to the steepness of the track. The boilers are set in the frames with the front ends a foot and a half lower than the back, so as to strike a medium between the fiat and sharp grades. To eliminate all danger all the locomotives have double driving shafts and gear Not to burden the reader with technical description, it may be explained that each of these iron horses has two pairs of cylinders, each pair being connected with toughened steel crankshaft. The dozen teeth of the crankshaft bite against 64 teeth on the main, or driv- ing. axle. On this axle, too, is the main cogwheel, which meshes in the cog rail in the center of the track and sends the locomotive forward six feet at each revolution.
 Like the wiry little burros which they have displaced. these bantam engines
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BY wALDoN FAwcETT.

That the growing popularity of the au- tomobile has In no sense eclipsed the glory of the smart equipage for which his majesty the horse furnishes the motive power is evidenced by the in- creasing number of showy turnouts to be seen on the streets of the prominent American cities. Women have played prominent part in bringing about this era of greater extravaganza and display in the matter of vehicles, and have. in- some of the most bizarre novelties of the age, such as the Countess Cassnis Parisian road cart and the famous three horse hitch driven by Miss Giulia P. Morosini, which has lately been conspicuous object on the New York Speedway
 The fad for smart equipages has, however, found its best exemplitication In official life where men, taking their cue from President Roosevelt's love of fine horses, and women, following the example of Mrs. Roosevelt in her love for striking effects in vehicles and liv- cries, have blossomed out with the most pictureSque conyeyances which have been seen on this side of the Atlantic. Indeed, the sight of so much wheeled grandeur prompted few congressman to raise a hubbub at the last session of ths national legislature because of Uncle Sans liberality in providing horses and carriages for the use of high officials of the government, including the Presi- dent members of the Cabinet and the assistant secretaries of the executive de- partments.
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fnently the popular carriage in official diplomatic and social Washington. The state carriage at the White House is a landau, but 1t is noticed that the Presi- dent and Mrs. Roosevelt, whenever pos- sible. use the trim brougham. This White House brougham, by the way, Is a private vehicle de luxe. and thorough ly typical of the smartest carriages in Washington. It is trimmed in selected dull-blue goat skin. and boot and body are painted black with rich, dark blue door and body panels, the gear lighter shade of blue. striped with black. The interior fittings include pockets for books and magazines, memorandum bound in ivory and silver. umbrella holder and drip. watch, parcel rack, mir ror cut glass and silver vinaigrette signal bell, arm and foot rests, etc While universal preference is manifested for the brougham. the national capital has its full share of bizarre "faddy" equipages, including the Countess Cas- sinis Parfsian road cart upholstered in red, and Miss Alice Roosevelt's tamden turnout.
 The cement of the hundreds of carriages which are in attendance at every great state function in Washing ton presents problems not found in any other city in America, and gradually there has been evolved a system which for simplicity and efficiency is not sur passed in any city in the world. The basis of the whole scheme is a system of numbered tickets. Upon the occa- sion of a great gathering at the White House, for instance, every distinguished guest receives with his invitation num- bered tickets which indicate at which gate his carriage Is to enter the grounds. One of these tickets. which are num- bered in duplicate is given to the coach man and the other is retained by the occupant of the carriage. This, of course simplifies the calling of the car riage when it's owner desires to depart, whereas the coachman's ticket serves as t card of admission and prevents any driver causing confusion by entering at the wrong gate.
 The head of the Washington police force has also issued 10 each foreign en- voy for the use of his coacnman spe- cial coachmans badge, which facilitates the access of such carriages on ccca- sions of public or private concourse.
 Mrs. Roosevelt has the distinction or setting one new fashion in the equipage world, namely. the adoption of colored cockades on the horse brides and on the hats of the liveried attendants. Un- til she became Mistress of the White House the present fad for cockades was unknown in Washington, but the adorn- ment of the White House equipages and their attendants with the insignia made up of red white and blue silk ribbon was speedily followed by the introduc- tion of similar adjuncts In connection with other turnouts. Now almost every foreign envoy has put forth cockades made up of his national colors, and many persons in private life have intro- duced combina tions of color which have caught their fancy. while the mourning cockade of black has also made it's ap- pes<ance. WALDoN FAWGE& ;.
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sensations as there are formations of earth on the mountainside.
 As a matter of fact the trip to the summit of mountain via a railroad equipped with modern safety devices is fraught with very little danger. Indeed, Washington Road has been in operation not a single passenger has been injured. All the notwithstanding railways, in which American engineers take such pride, are of the type known as the "cog road" The trains, each consisting of a locomotive, tender and one small passenger coach, run on three rails, two in the center, in which runs the cog wheel of the locomotive, thus propelling the train.
 The application of the cog principle to the propulsion of cars up an incline rail way was the invention of Sylvester
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line clearly between his official and so- cial duties.
 Many of the turnouts maintained by the government, however, even some or those designed for the use of Cabinet members, are wcll-nigh shabby com pared to the equipages owned by some of the wealthy residents of Americas beautiful city of leisure. Indeed, most of Uncle Sam's vehicles are somewhat suggestive of the good old-fashioned family carriage rather than the espe- cial smartness of the present-day ex-- ample of wheeled perfection Some of these government carriages have been purchased as low as Si50, while others have cost as much as $1, POO. but the average price has ranged from $700 to |,oO0. The horses have cost. on an average, about $250 each.
 Probably the most pretentious array of equipages maintained by the govern ment in connection with any one insti- tuition are those at the White House. Theoretically these are provided pri- marily for the use of the President. but the President seldom. if ever, rides in one of these turnouts. President Roose- welt, following the example of his pred- ecessors. has provided his own equi- pages for use not only on private mis-
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have wonderful power. Imagine build ing S,70O feet in height, if such thing were possible, and a block of granite on the ground weighing IS tons. If such piece of stone could be lifted to that height in a little over an nour the en- gineering world would stand aghast. and yet this is practically what each of these little locomotives does on every trip. At the steepest part of the Mount Washington road, the famed Jacob s Ladder, the track has a rise of nearly 2,000 feet to the mile, and during a test on this part of the line a locomotive was found to transmit to the cog wheels more than 500-horse power.
 In coming down the mountain no steam whatever Is used, gravity alone doing the work and the machinery hold ing back. The time consumed in mak- ing the trip from the base of the moun- tain to the summit is about 1 hour and 15 minutes. At the beginning of the trip the passengers are all seated at open windows reveling In the bracing mountain air, but before the ascent is half com pleted the windows are all closed, for
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up the great rocky hillside are unques- tionably the queerest appearing en- zines in the world The first engine constructed. and which. by the way, was one of the greatest curiosities
 at the Worlds Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, had the upright type of boiler, suspended on trunnions little more than half way up, as it was thought 1t must be vertical, but owing to the changes in grades it would oscillate and form a dangerous opening in the footboard. Worse than all was the fact that there was no device for feeding water to the boiler, so that the only plan to pursue was for the go as far as they could with safety and then let the steam down and again fill up the boiler from pails of water. chine that demonstrated to the world
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building as courier of the Chief Magis- trate. The horse and carriage at the disposal of the White House messengers is not employed in the distribution or invitations to White House social func- tions, this being left to men mounted on bicycles, but is merely utilized for spe- ciai services, such as the conveyance or the Presidents mail, which were former ly performed by a messenger on horse- back.
 Uncle Sam is outshone in the matter of equipages by those of many Of the foreign embassies and legations, and by not a few of the turnouts of wealthy citizens who. though not in official life, reside In Washington because of the va ried attracfinns of the worlds most
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March. who had to undergo the vieissi- tudes that proverbially come to invent ors When, after months of work, he finally made a model of his proposed road and exhibited it to the New Hamp- shire legislature, to which he had made application for a charter. one skeptical lawmaker sneeringly proposed giving him a charter for road to the moon. It was eight years later that the first diminutiYe, snorting engine reached the summit of Mount Washington. 6,291 feet above the level of the sea, and the achievement represented an expenditure of fully $50, ,000, but when the success of the innovation was assured Swiss and German engineers hurried to America, and it was decided forthwith to adopt the principle in the construction of a road up Mount Rigi.
 The humped- back locomotives which drag the dnmpy little passenger coaches
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beautiful city. To be sure the President and Secretary Hay have carriages which would compare favorably with any to be found in America, but in each case were not provided by the government. Notable among the perfectly appointed equipages of the foreign envoys are those of the German and British Am until this year. had the largest and showiest carriage in Washington, a huge affair in which President Garfield rode to the railway station where he was as- sassinated, has replaced this red-trim- med vehicle adorned with the emblem of the Rising Sun. with a modest little brougham.
 The brougham. by the way. is pre-em-
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-03
CONGRESS.
The House Passes the Naval Bill At.
ter Much Discussion.

ter Much Discussion.
Washington. Feb. 81. The house
passed the naval appropriation bill
yesterday after having had it under
consideration for week There was
a party contest on number of prop
ositions during the day, especially on
an effort of different minority mem
bers to secure an amendment to fix
the price of armor plate at the figure
bid by the Midvale Steel company.
Several amendments were ruled out
on points of order and the Republic
a. leaders by skillful parliamentary
tactics left the matter of armor plate
in the discretion of the secretary of
the navy An intellectual attempt was
made to have the eight-hour law ap-
piled to all ship construction. The
contest over submarine boats was
quite exciting and an amendment was
finally adopted which leaves the ques-
ton of the type of boat open but in
creases the amount Of the appropria-
tion for such boats. The minority
failed to secure record vote on the
proposition to recommit with instruc-
tions. the proposed instructions being
declared out OF order.
The senate yesterday considered at
some length.th bill requiring the use
of American ships carrying govern
ment supplies, but without action, and
adjourned fortwant of q quorum,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-03-03
w,scons.N,s CAPITOL BURNS.
State House at Madison Quilted and
Records Of Commonwealth May Be

State House at Madison Quilted and
Records of Commonwealth May Be
Lost. s
Madison. Wis. Feb. 2S.-The Wis
consin state capitol is a seething mass
of flames and the fire Is beyond con-
troll at o'clock this morning. The
historic structure is doomed. The en-
tire force of the city fire department
has worked for hours, but unavailing.
Milwaukee sent train load of fire.
fighting apparatus and men.
The origin of the fire has not been
learned.
The capitol was built before the
Civil war, and contains the states
records of all kinds and many price
less relics of the nations wars. These
all may be lost. The blaze was dis.
covered at 1920 o'clock.
The value of the building itself is
estimated at 100000, but the loss
cannot be state in figures when the
state archives are considered.
All the state executives, including
the governor. have their offices in the
capitol