The independent., 1905-08-31
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I'M THE WORLD OF PROGRESS

It is announced in a report made by the city
controller of Kansas City that in the ten years
the city has owned its waterworks plant it has
made net earning for the city OF $2.046,52377
The present value of the plant is estimated at $O
100000 Despite this there is still complaint OF
insufficient good water.
In Germany colonies for unemployed working
men make pauperism unnecessary. In each city
are great buildings, occupied by union Offices
where seekers after work go and register. They
bate, have their clothing disinfected and If the
unions have work for them in the cites
they are sent to the farm colonies in the country,
where they work at land reclamation, agriculture
and other productive occupations The unions
are open to ALL and provide besides opportunities
for workers, oldage pensions, accident insurance,
and other benefits
The population of New York city aggregates
nearly 100000 according to estimates that have
been made from reports OF the recent state
enumeration taken in that city. Computations
on the same basis place the population of the en-
tire state at 100000. The total population of
New York city in 1900, when the last federal GEN.
sus taken, was 3,437202, and that of the en-
tire state was 7,268,01 Much difficulty has been
experienced in getting correct returns from many
districts in New York city, and the enumeration
bureau, in the Office of the secretary of state, is
making every endeavor to correct any perceptible
mistakes before the figures made public
NJ Marsillac French balloonist, unterrifed by
the tragic fate of Andree, is preparing to explore
the north polar regions in a balloon. He expects
to keep in constant communication with Spitsber-
ger the point of departure by using a wireless
telegraph outfit. storage battery will be charged
to operate the motor for 200 hours The basket
is square, fastened to the balloon by MANTLE
and is large enough to allow the occupants to lie
down. 1t is made bouyant, so as to serve as a
boat in case there should be fall into the sea.
Numerous scientific instruments will be taken
along, including novel instrument known as the
tEermOgen, which is expected to negative the eff
feet of the cold on the gas in the balloon.
dispatch from Berlin states that the agita-
tion for the opening of the frontiers to the free
importation of meat and live animals has taken
the form of telegraphic appeals by associations
and municipalities to Chancallo Won Bulow, espe-
cially from Thuringia where prices are alleged to
be 40 per cent higher than formerly. There
seems no doubt that the price of meat has risen
40 per cent during the last ten years and from
20 to 80 per cent within year, but those who are
investigating the situation divided as to the
causes-whether the increases are attributable
partly to the generally increased scale of living
or altogether to the customs duties and the Sani-
tary barriers to the Importation of meats and live
animals.
A new wireless instrument weighing about "
pounds and found by exhaustive tests to give bet
ter results than the more cumbersome machines
now in use has been invented at the Benica bar
racks by Hugh Annis young soldier of the signal
corps. The machine has transmitted and received
messages from Mare island and the Yerba Buena
station time after time. The apparatus is now
being used at the barracks and has met with high
commentator from the officials of the signal
corps. A fly walking on the outside of a box can
be distinctly heard through the receiver at dis
tance of several feet while if placed on the ground
the machine will record the footsteps of man
walking 100 feet or more away. The materials
used in the construction of the instrument are
simple. Annis is a graduate of the polytechnic