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The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-16

building and the construction of monsters
of the deep, with all the intricate details
of the palatial home, there has been a
corresponding advance in the equipment
of the maritime hospital, and today such
a yard as the one at Newport News can
not only build an ocean monarch, but
has in its repair department every facility
for repairing it, no matter how great
the injury may be.
In early days, when vessels were small,
the mariner had much less need of the
shipyard than at present With the need
of repairs or paint, he took his vessel into
quiet cove, and at high tide placed the
ship on the shelving beach and waited
until the receding water left her keel dry.
Those were the days of oak and hemp,
and the ships carpenter was nearly al
ways equal to the task of putting In
new plank. But as the work could only
be carried on between tides, and the flood
had to be provided against. this method
was necessarily SO slow that another plan
was frequently resorted to, and that was
careening. This was the fayorite method
in the British Navy, and also among the
pirates who sought the waters of the Car
ribean Sea for a bunting ground.
To careen n vessel she was anchored
from either end and all available weights
placed on one side, to cause her to list.
and, In addition, a kedge anchor was
placed off the beam. and with a tackle
leading from the top of her mainmast
she was hove down on her beam ends,
thus exposing one side of her hull. To
reach the other side the weights and
anchor were shifted. In some respects
this notified was easier than Bleaching,
but with the loss of the Royal George
and her complement of men and visitors
the fashion quickly went out Of vogue in
the British Navy, and other mariners
who look upon the navy as a criterion
followed the example.
Since vessel was launched from the
land, 1t was logical that the proper way
to make repairs was to haul Ii out, and
the marine railway was adopted This
appliance has also advanced in manner OF
construction. and for ships OF certain
size it is quick and satisfactory, and thou
sands of them are in use, some OF them
capable OF hauling vessels 500 feet long
and of 5000 and 5000 tons burden.
With the building of vessels Of great
length and weight. such as warships. ma
rine railways could not haul them. and
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-16

tionai flower every night until the bon.
Quet attained such q wonderful sise that
nothing had ever been seen like IL. Tho
donor kept his Identity for some consider
able time. but at last revealed himself.
Supper at one OF the fashionable roo-
taurants or hotels II essential with the
silded youth after the theatsr. to which
he usually takes one special fair favorite.
Nor does he neglect to attend reception
and bridge parties at fashionable houses
where In few evenings he can add to O.
lessen his income by . few hundreds. Nor
must his attendance at q gambling ume
be omitted. There are q number of inno-
cent houses IN London which are q veri.
table Monte Carlo on q smaller scale
The gildcd youth are q class by them.
selves. Some who keep up. perhaps, q
racing establishment, q steam yacht, and
back heavily on horses. come n crasher
with $500. 600 . year. Others with 4 beg
carly $50 600. &1OO,O or $50. 900 a year
scrape along and ultimately turn out men
Of grit ana honor. One has, however.
only to read the papers to see how con.
stantly cards, horses, women and wine
have brought them to utter ruin. It
Is . mean, miserable and contemplate
existence. killing time and pitching money
away on endless frivolities when thousands
OF people are starving. What ultimately
becomes OF the gtlded youth II q mystery.
Some of them succeed to titles and e.
tates and become honorable citisens:
others 60 abroad: some turn over q new
lear and enter some profession In which
possibly they ultimately meet with sue
cess, while others 60 on killing time and
sQuandering money until tine kills them.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-16

for their accommodation craving docks
were built. These docks are nothing but
great excavations built into the land ut
the waters edge, narrow at the bottom
and sloping toward the top, their sides
lined with mighty flights of steps for the
convenience Of workmen and also sup
ports for joists with which to shore the
vessel into position.
The vessel Is foated into the dock,
firmly braced In position, and then behind
her is foated a great gate made of steel
and of stout construction to withstand
the enormous pressure Of water when the
dock is empty. The gates are built to
float as a ship. and they are towed to the
end of the dock, where by the opening of
compartments In them they are allowed
to fill with water, and they settle in
groves built In the sides of the docks.
Great pumps, capable of throwing mil
lions of gallons an hour, soon clear the
water from the dock. and the vessel,
resting easily on the keel blocks, is ready
for inspection.
The great craving docks at Halifax,
owned by the British government, are
hewn from solid rock, and are among the
most wonderful structures of their kind
In the world. The craving docks at New
port News, owned by the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. are
among the largest In the world, and are
capable of floating vessel 500 feet long.
They are cut IN sandy soil and are lined
with great timbers and cement, and when
pumped out are as dry as a drawing
room floor.
Another type of marine hospital Is the
floating dock, and the most recent ex-
ample of a structure of this kind is the
Dewey. the largest and most modern float
ing drydock that has ever been built. en-
bodying not only all the features Of a
ship, with cabins, refrigerating appa-
ratus, wireless telegraph. a complete ma
chine shop fitted with all pharaphernalia
for the repairing of vessels. but which Is
built In sections, SO that two-thirds OF 1t
will dock the other third IN case that por-
ton of itself needs repairs.
This great dock. which Is 800 feet long
and 100 feet wide between lis walls, Is
capable OF lifting a battleship OF 1900
tons, and is fully independent of land
resources. is the property of the United
States government and viii take care Of
our warships and maritime interests In
the Far East. as the government, ever
generous. will allow any vessel to be
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-16

Frequently when vessels are disabled at
sea they put into Newport News for re-
pairs, and, in order that there may be as
little delay as possible, they are locked
without discharging their cargoes and the
repairs made.
During the year 1908 more than GOO
ships were repaired at this shipyard.
This includes vessels belonging to the
German and the United States Navies,
steamships and sailing vessels flying the
flags of the deep-sea trading nations of
the world. The company has undertaken
and executed some notable repair jobs.
Among these was the rebuilding of the
North German LIoyd's twin-screw steam
er Main, which was partially destroyed
by fire. This work was done at cost
of over S6o0.ooo. and was one of the larg-
est contract jobs ever carried out In the
United States.
Another interesting repair job was on
the British steamship Sommerhi1l, which
was badly damaged by going ashore.
This contract was awarded on competi-
tive bidding to the Newport News Ship
building and Drydock Company. The time
stipulated in the specifications for doing
the work was 81 working days. In just
10 days the repairs were completed and
the ship loaded a cargo for Europe. The
Sommerhill reached her home port before
the expiration of her contract time, and
on her trip over she picked up derelict
and towed her in. earning sufficient sal
wage to pay for the repairs made here.
These are but Instances of the many
repair Jobs carried out at this shipyard.
but they serve TO illustrate the ability
of the plant to undertake and successfully
complete any kind of repairs to ship.
In addition to carrying repair work
on an extensive scale, such converting
steamships into auxiliary cruisers and
transports, cutting In two and lengthen-
Ing ships, converting steamers into oil
tank ships, docking. painting and over
hauling steamers. sailing vessels and
warships, the company has up TO this
time contracted to build 90 vessels. in
Guiding seven frst-class battleships. four
armoured cruisers. one protected cruiser,
three gunboats and monitor.
Ships, like human beings. are subject to
ailments just the same as men and women
are subject TO disease or accident. and
they. too, need the services of skilled
hands to restore them to their former
condition, and to this end the maritime
hospital. or shipyard. plays an important
part
With the advance In the art Of ship
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-16

practically every trade IL represented
There are blacksmiths, foundrymen. COP
persmiths, plumbers, drillers. boiler
makers, locksmiths. calkers. ship1oinerA
pumpmen, machinists. painters, decora-
tors, uphoisteren. patternmakers. ETC..
each of which represent a separate guild
but In the modern steamer one is as nee
essary as the other, for each has its own
specially.
The ships painters represent another
industry. These men remove the growth
OF barnacles and weeds from the bull
and then they put on the copper paint,
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-16
Canals and Floods on.
Mars.

Herr Shsrftx, Of the Berlin OBSERVATORY.
has just completed q famous monograph
on the latest discoveries on the planet
Mars. He states that undoubtedly The
singular regularity Of tn canal bands on
Mars are sure proofs OF huzman,or rathsr
superhuman intelligence. Tho enormous
length, hundreds Of times longer than the
Panama Canal. for instance, must b
taken az certain evidence Of engfneerfng
skill and scientific Inventions fsr ezcell-
ing any knowledge OF mankind. The m.
nual melting Of tho great snowcAps AZ
the North and South Poles OF Mars show
how the comparative aboencs Of rain -
compensated for.
Herr Sher4ts says: Imagine two tre-
mendous caps Of SHOW hundreds Of feet
poles on Mars during the winter months.
Then the canal bands grow indistfnct, and
Il II evident that no vegetation exists Of
any consequence. But with the to9rid
summer OF Mars. which ID N distinctly
hot as the winter b colder than We can
easily imagine on the earth. the gre92
snow melts swiftly, rushing. undoubtedly,
into the vast network of canals from thu
foods that run down from the North and
South polar snow and ice FIELDS Thu
annual inuDdation OF Mars must excel
the power OF human imagfnaf1o0 10 de-
scribe.
The ability to guide these foods fnto
the canals and to prevent the entire sys-
tenn from being washed away shows that
the brains Of the Marian engineers are
infinitely better developed than those Of
the most brilliant scholars Of this planet"
within a few weeks the faint lines Of
the canals begin to strengthen. This
shows the vegetation springing up where
the water flows It II the borders Of
vegetation which run along both sides OF
the canals on Mars that are seen by the
astronomers of the earth. Then, when
the summer gradually ends. the vegeta-
tion gradually dies ont, taking about two
weeks to completely disappear. The ca
nails grow. very faint and remain in this
condition until another Marian winter
has ended, another great melting and
flooding OF the canals takes place and once
again the summer vegetation on Mars
springs swiftly into view Of our tsIe~
scopes"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-16

which b 90 necessary 20 the prevented
OF attachment OF the barnAcle.
When the last mechanic has left- ID.
vessel and the foreman OF the yaF0r p&o-
nounces her finished. there u ~ one
other specialist to come on board Id
10 the compass adjusten ana undR hi
direction the vessels nrst or trsal trip u,
made. AftSr completing h1s wosk I'D
ad1uster drops over tho $40. wxvoa hi1
hand to the omcen and he ship ooeo
more begins her night for extsteuco. n the'
bosom Of thu sea.
THOMAS WILSON. \
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ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Mems shirts very much IN the style -
those now worn were made IN 1880.
Bayonets were drst manufactured IN
Bayonee. France, in the year 1910. They
received their name from the town OF
their origin
Schwartz Invented gunpowder in 13oA
But q thirteenth-century aIchemist. named
Roger Bacon. gave 4 receipt for th9 max.
ing Of II in . work OF his in IT, year
IzQ
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-09-16

every type. Repairs are not limited. as
in many places, to one department of
shipwork, but at this plant any damage
to any part of a vessel cana be repaired.
The plant was established at a cost of
about $3.50 900. 1t gives, steady en-
ployment to 1000 people. The entire
shipyard, including the drydocks and
piers, Is lighted by electricity. that
work may be carried on without inter-
ruption day night.
In addition to the two large drydocks
now in commission. the company is build
ing another dock which will be about 600
feet long. This basin is made neces-
sary by the increased repair work. The
dimensions of the two docks now in use
are as follows:
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-03-16
AGOOD DEED

The Library Board recommended
and the city council at its meeting
Monday night, granted the G. A.
R. and kinded organizations of this
city the free use of a couple of room
in the basement of the Library
building for meeting place. Thi
IS as it should be. If there is al
organization on earth that deserve
we'll at the hands of the genera
public it is the Grand army of the
Republic. All honor to those VIII
conceived the idea of giving the ole
boys who wore the blue the free us'
Of these rooms as well as to thoS,
who carried 1t out. You cannot d.
90 much for the defenders of tn,
flag and every kindly act towarc
them makes the government tronge
and better.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-03-16
TRIP TO MEXICO

On Sunday morning, Feb.25 we
boarded the Santa Fe, No. 9, at
Emporia, about a o'clock, and sped
away over Kansas fertile fields and
level plains to the seeming far away
land of Mexico. The train glided
along on Its level, solid roadbed,
almost without a jostle and for many
hours annlhilated space at very
rapid rate. The train left Emporia
almost tours hours late on account
of slight wreck over in Missouri
and it looked, for awhile that all
of that time was to be made up ere
we reached Elpaso. But alack for
human expectations.
Along In the afternoon we lost
our speed and began to be delayed
bgother trains that held the right
of way. The results were, we
reached Ell Paso about nine hours
late, and had to lay over till next
morning. This we rather enjoyed,
as we met Mr.. T. J. Whisenaad,
formerly of Chanute, and took
supper with him and his excellant
family. The Whisenands are all
we'll and busy. Raymond has a
responsible position in an express
office, while Grace is soon to come
back into Kansas to take short
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-03-16

course in some institution with a
view of teaching. Mrs. Whisenand
says she has a lot picked out n
Chanute where sac expects to make
her future home. We hope she soon
may have here expectations real
lied.
Ell Paso is more of city than we
had anticipated. 1t has some 35.-
900 people and many fine buildings
business houses and homes. 1t has
I an air of prosperity and growth. We
noticed the merchants carry i'm
mebse stocks of goods and seem
prosperous. The city enjoys a
large trade from Mexico, both
wholesale and retail. There are
hundreds of people come here every
year for their health. and the parks
are full of consumptives during the
day, seeking life and health in the
invigorating air and bright sun.
Tuesday morning we boarded the
Mexican Central train at the same
depot where we alighted from the
Santa Fe the day befor. and were
off for old Mexico, the land of the
Montazumas. But we only moved
out onto the bridge over the Rio
Grande and stopped while the
customs officer went through oul
grips
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-03-16
our CONGRESSMAN

P. P. Campbell, an old Neosho
county boy, is now serving his
second term in congress and IS now
prominent candidate for the SEN
ate of,the United States, to succeed
Senator Burton. The Third district
seems to be solidly behind him.
Yet, some of our moulders of public
opinion, politically, seem to be
making more effort to bring a second
choice candidate to the front than
lining up for solid fight for Mr..
Campbell. We do not like to see
this as it is calculated to do Mr..
Campbell more harm than. out and
out opposition.
We believe Mr.. Campbell to be
the choice of nine tenths of the Re
publicans of this county for the
senate and we believe if an agrees
sive, earnest, faithful fight is made
he stands better chance to win
than any other man. The people
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-03-16
THE TINES INDICATED

At 2 very large Repu bllcan mass
NEE ifg held in The city hall, Tues
day night, resolution pledging the
Republicans of the city to nominate
and support Republican city tickes
was enthusiastically passed, without
dissenting vote. For years this
paper has adocated this policy as a
wise party measure, while the other
papers of the city have opposed, or.
at least, kept silent.
The editor of The Times has
hammered at the measure both
through the columns of the paper
and by personal interview. AT
times he has been discouraged and
chagrined but now feels very much
Aa.tered to see the Republicans OF
the city nerve up and so enthusiastic
cally adopt the policy advocated by
this paper.
From this on, Chanute will bt
reconlzed as Republican city ano
governed by Republican offices in
stead of Democrats, and, as re
suit, the whole county and state
ticket will receive a larger vote.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-03-16
MOST GRATIFYING

1t is. indeed, most gratifying to
note the inroads Republicanism is
making on Democracy. 1t is graft
flying indeed to find the names of
such old Democratic wheelhorses as
the following or Republican petit
ton: J. N. Purdy, W. R. Cox, w.
+. Allen, G. N. Lindsay, z. w.
Heminger, w. D. Keys and others.
Surely Chanute will surprise the
natives on its Republican vote at
the coming election.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-03-16
SUSANB. ANTHONY DEAD

This great and very intellectual
woman who has been a national
figure for half a century or more,
yielded to the inevitable, at her
home in Rochester. N. Y, just ar
ter IL o'clock, last Monday morn
ing. she had just completed her
S6th year of life. Her reputation
as the leading woman suffrage advo-
cate of the country is well known by
every body.
She was a great and remarkable
American woman and the work she
iLaugurated and pushed will go on
till every state of the union admits
women to equal rights with men.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-03-16
FARMERS INSTITUTE

A Farmers' Institute will be held
in this city along about the 2Ist of
this month, the exact date not yet
known. At this institute will be
discussed corn breeding and corn
growing generally, also crops best
adapted to the overflow land along
the Neosho river. Some one will
be here from the Agricultural col
lege at Manhattan ana local talent
will get chance to air their views.
G.. H. Sw;tzer has the matter in
charge and will know the particu-
lars in time to give the facts to this
paper for its next issue.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-03-16
Southwestern Traction COMPANY

This is Chanute company organ
lied for fine purpose of promoting
an electric line from Chanute to
Altoona, Fredonia and Neodesha
and Independence. It is composed
Of Geo. W. Lindsay, ]. W. Massey
and earle H. Smith.
These gentlemen are now busy on
the plans Of this road and are push
ing the project with a great deal of
vigor. They are reliable, respon-
sible business men of Chanute and
are meeting with great encourage
ment from the farmers as well as
the citizens of the towns, they pur-
pose hitting.
This road will be of inestima E e
value to the country through which it
will pass. 1t will enable the farmer to
reach his trading town in any kind
of weather in a few minutes and at
nominal cost. He can bring or
send in his produce to town almost
any time of day. He can come to
town in the morning, do his trad
ing and return without any loss of
time.
These roads in the east have gen.
orally almost doubled farm values in
the localities they tap and we see
no reason why they will not do as
much for this county. They are
deserving of encouragement aud we
hope to see, very soon, Chanute the
center of great network of electric
Ines.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-03-16

l. was u u very SeVcIC OIuCdi
and we passed muster all right.
But after crossing the river all
trunks and baggage that had not be
inspected on the train were unloaded
and hustled j to the custom office
and very thoroughly examined. 1t
was very interesting and somewhat
amusing to see the anxious looks on
the faces of some of the passengers
as they unstrapped their trunks and
prepared for the dreaded ordeal.
A very pleasant lady with whom
1 had formed train acquaintance.
had a very large trunk thoroughly
packed. A bright eyed, pleasant
faced Senorta inspected her bag
gage and found two pairs of new
shoes and several pieces of unmade
goods which she bundled up and
hustled the lady into an inner office
for assessment. She came out with
rather long face and said it cost her
about So, SO to get away. However,
her trials had only begun. They
rolled her trunk onto the scales and
weighed it and informed her that il
would cost her 81 70 for excess OF
baggage. So she gave up over ter
dollars to the office. Though SHIT
complained bitterly She probably
had but little reason to kick as SHIT
surely had a we'll packed trunk o
nice new goods.
Tie inspection over, we started
on our southern trip, over the SAND
plans of Mexico. We had heard
good deal of this desert and expected
a dreary ride but were very agree
ably surprised. Our lady friend O
the customs office asked us to shar
her seat with her in the Pullman
which we gladly did. So we had
most delightful ride. The roadbe'
and tracks of the Mexican Contra
are in good shape and they run
well equipped and well manage
train, The employees are exceed
ingly courteous and attentive. an
do all in their power to make tn
trip a pleasant one.
The soil between Ell Paso AM
chihuahua is principally sand of
beautiful white and so dry and fin
that it is usually on the move. Vas
masses of il pile up on either side o
the road and the breath of Katy
did seems enough to put 1t int
motion, while the principal Produc
is the cactus. There are low noun
tains all the way down, not il
ranges but scattered promiscuousl'
about without any particular ar
rangement. This is truly desc
late stretch of country almost al
the way. AS we approach Chihua
hua the country becomes more fer
tile and is cut up into farms AM
cultivated.
We reached our destination Tues
day evening, Mar. Fl and were me
at the station by our daughter ant
several of her associate teachers
We were impressed with tle ide
that our daughter was glad to Sc
US. There has been every thing t,
amuse and interest since we reacher
here, so much so that we coul,
scarcely find few minutes to writ,
home. We will devote anothe
letter to the city and its chief at
fractions. A. H. TURNER
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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-03-16

Severe storms have been raging
in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
Heavy SHOWS have fallen and rail
road traffic is much impeded. The
storm on the Pacific has been
severe.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-03-16

are for Campbell and for no second
choice. He is clean, bright and
influential and deserves the solid
and unfaltering support of his old
home country.