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New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
DEVELOPMENT or THE TELEPHONE.


Mr. Herbert Laws Webb makes for the read
ers Of The London Times" an interesting COM
parison between telephone administration in
America and in Europe He points ont that
when the central battery" system came into
notice eight or ten years ago it was promptly
adopted Icy practically every exchange in tn"
United States. In other countries it, adoption
was much slower. and even now il Is i'm USe
in only isolated instances abroad.
The Improvement 10 which reference is here
made enables n subs, riher 70 call w "ContraI'
by merely lifting his receiver from the hook on
which ii hangs when not ia service Formerly
il was necessary 10 turn crank Simulta-
ncously with this change another was made. The
signal given when one subscribers wire is con-
neced with anotherS is afforded hy tiny
lamp. which is lighted during the conversation
hut is automatically cXtin&uiShed when those
who have been talking replace their receivers.
once the operator could ascertain whether they
had finished only 10y listening or inquiriu-. The
two inventions which have come into universal
favor i'm America effect 4 great saving OF time
and make IL possible To give q more satiSfac-
tory service fhau was possible before. hut their
Introduction WAS enormously costly. II involved
,iiScardng swityhhuards and substituting new
ones and making other expensive changes IN
equipment Even to-day Subscribers in Amer.
ica TO not fully realize what they themselves
have gained. nor how daring was the policy
of sending much material TO In" scrap pile
Nevertheless Mr. Webb truly says thar the
managers Of exchanges IN this country believed
that their patrons would prefer good service
ana moderately high rates 10 poor service with
more modest charges. He speaks with author
nv because he was for several years officially
associated with Mr. Rpthcll who has just re
tired from the presidency OF the New York Tclc-
phone Company.
In the United States the telephones are man
aged, like the railways. 10y business corpora
tionS. ON the other side Of the Atlantic they
are generally controlled by government bureaus
70 the latter fact Mr.. Webb attributes the con
sefvatsm manifested in European countries. a
conservatism which has tended to sacrifice
efficiency 10 economy. He may he right We
should hesitate to dissent from the opinion of
so Shrewd and experienced an observer. II is
conceivable, nevertheless. that something he
sides difference in administrative systems has
operated TO produce the observed difference In
results. Perhaps the genius of the American
people-that is to say the users Of the tee-
phone in this country-may have eXerted an in
fuence Mr. Webb dilates on the great ter popu-
larity which generally speaking. the invention
enjoys here than elsewhere, but he seems To re-
gard il effect. After all, it may be a
cause. The quick appreciation of good thing
which is almost invariably displayed in Amer
lea may have reacted upon the managers of the
telephone companies and encouraged them to
make ventures that would be risky abroad.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

sibly be worse than 1t promises TO be If the
AquedIct Commission takes charge.
That the water supply of New York City
should be f;:ered, in the interest of public
health, no longer remains open TO debate. The
filtration plant which ministers 10 the boroughS
of Manhattan and The Bronx Will probably be
the biggest in the world. 1t ought also to be
the best. There is ample experience in smaller
cities 10 guide those who TO build and
manage it. To neglect any precaution which
Will insure excellence and economy would be
nothing short of n crime \ great responsible
ity will shortly he assumed by the municipality.
May il be met wOrthily,
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY APRIL Is. 1906

be done In recent report of the Bureau Of
Entomology of the Department of Agriculture
much space is devoted to experiments in the
prevention Of the breeding of the house fly,
which proved successful AS the fly is born
In the filth of stables. cleanliness where horses
are kept greatly decreases the number Of these
insects. All stable sweepings, says DR. L. e.
Howard. chief of the bureau, should be re-
moved Immediately or, If this is impossible
they should be kept in a closed receptacle to
which flies cannot find access The fly performs
an important part in tho economy OF nature,
but It should not be permitted to approach the
abOdes of men
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

After years Of delay the Bridge Department is
advertising for bids for the building of the
much needed Manhattan Bridge. 1t is stipulated
that work must be begun within ten days after
the awarding of the contract and must he fin
ished within three and a half years. Doubtless 1t
could and should be done within that time
But will it be? We recall the cases Of the new
Croton Dam the Jerome Park Reservoir, the
Hall OF Records and various other public
works stretched out almost TO the crack of
doom and wonder.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

Governor Pennypacker deserves commenda-
ton for vetolng the proposition of the architect
of Pennsylvania's Capitol. that the trees in
the park around 1T be cut down in order to give
a better view of his masterpiece. The trees are
the masterpieCe of a greater architect.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

Germany, and that the shrewder policy will be
pursued of making il to the advantage of Others
20 stand by her, instead of complaining because
they 90 not do at the cost of self-sacrihce.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

The world is glad that sunny Naples has
emerged from it's pail of ashes, but it Is a sad
Easter for It, nevertheless
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
In the coal controversy. as in other threatening
situations, things may look darkest just before
the dawn.

The passage of the hill permitting New YORK
to proceed with It's waterworks extension IN
Ulster County Is q Commendahle achievement
which may properly he supplemented with Il
bill reopening Duchess County, though II W2s
wise not To mix the two matters IN single
measure IF also bill we're passed removing
the prohibition In Suffolk County, a point would
be reached where it would he we'll TO let all
other proposals lapse and to let the city so on
without further haggIing and supply it's urgent
and increasing needs The cty's Board Of
Water Supply has made good start on its big
Job, and any interruption and delay would be
deplorable
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

Putsburg's typhoid fever undoubtedly comes
from the public water supply Of the city. which
Is derived from Of the rivers that unite 70
form the Ohio. BY a careful investigation II
would probably be found that one or more towns
further up stream had been suffering from the
same disease within the last few weeks To
determine the exact source Of the trouble would
do Pittshurg little good. Boiling the water now
used and finishing the filters begun a year or
two ago are the only protective measures NhlCh
the city can adopt with profit Nevertheless. II
would advance sanitary science - establish tho
greatest distance NJ which infection can occur.
by means Of rivers The state Board Of Health
OF Pennsylvania would confer 4 boon on It's own
constituency and on the rest NJ the country II
# should conduct with vigor an inquiry Of this
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

Now is the time for the colleges TO search
their charters and bylaws 10 prove that they
are thoroughly undenominational and entitled 10
Carnegie pensions for their superannuated pro
fessors
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15
About People and Social incidents.

De followed by reception given by Mr. and M.
Strong at their house. In East 65th street
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

Easter sunday. usual is being spent largely
by the fashionable set out Of town Most Of the
country around New York are the scene to-
day vi large house PARTIES and az Tuxedo. Lake
wood Ardsley and cther nearby resorts hosts Of
we'll known people will be. found. Tuxedo. In par
ticular. IS exceedingly gay, and the clubhouse is
crowded, while dinners will be given tonight at
nearly all the villas in the park.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

Mr.. and Mrs Stanley Mortimer who are .a Eu-
rope. have decided To remain abroad throughout
the summer, and their place at RosIyn Will there
fore remain closed until their return IN the faM
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

Marshall Kernochau viii lead the co-iuor a, the
last OF the Metropolitan dances ar Sherrys on sat
urday night. These dances, organized ty Mrs.
Charles Il. Alexander and Others for youug girls
within twelve months of their debut were formerly
held at the Metropolitan Club. whence thei- name.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

Walter z. ToUuley. counsellor OF the British En-
bassy at Washington. and Lady susan Townley,
who have been visiting the West Indies. arrived
here yesterday on their way TO Washington.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

Mrs. Robert OIyphant has invitations out fo-
theatre party on Thursday. 10 be followed hy a
supper and dance for her daughter Mss Sophie
Vernon Olyphant, and the same evening the
Neishborhood COtillOn Will have IT'S last dance az
Dodworth's. on Friday Mrs. Morgan Cirinneu will
give small dance.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

On ruesoay IN addition to the marriage OF Miss
Margaret Hammond to Louis starr tr ,s,t,s,
above that of Miss Martha Prentice strong oauoh-
TOR OF Mr. and Mrs. Theron G. Strong. to Harold M
Turner. VIII take place ct the Brick Preshytert.n
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

Mrs. John Crosby Brown. Mrs. George f. Shell
don. Mrs Ralph Pulitzer Mrs. Frederick T. Van
Beuren and Mrs. Howard Mansfield are among the
Patronesses of the concert 10 be given by the Music
School Settlement. assisted by Mrs. Francis WeI-
man. on Thursday at p m in MeHdelssohn Hall
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

Dr. and Mrs ". Seward Webb are booked 10
sail on Friday for Europe on the Celtic. and Will
make extended automobile tour while abroad
New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

Mr. and Mrs. Brander Matthews have issued II
vitations for the marriage OF their daughter Miss
Edith Brander Matthews. to Nelson Macy. ~ s.
MichaeTs Church. on April go
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-09-29
Silver Peak to the Front.

In an interview with Fred Mannheim
of Tonopah, who recently returned
from a visit to Silver Peak, where he
has some holdings, Mr.. Mannheim said
Everything looks fine at the Peak.
The big companies are all very active
and doing great work now that the
townsite is settled, things are taking on
businesslike appearance. A large force
is busy grading the streets. With the
completion of the railroad which is ex-
pected by the early part of next month,
great things are looked for. The cleo
trio line for the district runs directly
through the center of the new town and
thence on to the mines. When | was
there the water system was very near
completion. AS an evidence of the sat.
isfaction felt over the townsite selec.
tion at least 40 lots have been pur.
chased by the old timers. Silver Peak
is destined to be a camp of mines anC
the record of production is hound to be
very high.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-09-29
BalakIaIa Dividends

Balaklala Copper Company stockhold-
ers who have owned stock from July 6,
1906, to September 10, 1906, on pre-
senting their certificates after Septem-
Der 10 at the Office Of R. L. Moffet,
attorney, So William street, New York,
will receive an additional share of stock
for every three shares now owned by
them, says a Boston publication. Other
stockholders will, on proper assign
ments of the rights of stockholders of
record on July 6, 1906, and of all sub
sequent owners of said stock, receive
an additional share for every three
shares now owned by them. This stock
dividend of 100, 900 shares of Balakala
stock really belongs to stockholders.
These 100, 900 shares were optioned at
the time of the organization of the
company to J.. A. Coram at SIS per
share, and if the option had been
exercised it was proposed to use the
proceeds in part in retiring the COM
pany's 81, 900, 600 bonds. AS Mr.. Coram
did not exercise the option, the stock
will be distributed to stockholders and
the bonds allowed to remain out. This
stock dividend makes Balaklala stock
stand the underwriters 50 per share in-
stead of $12. The Balaklala Company
now has about $500, 900 cash in its
treasury, which will be more than sufi-
cient to meet construction costs of it's
l0O0-ton smelter now in course of cree
ton, and which, it is expected, will be
completed within six months. The
Guggenheim interests in Balaklala are
very large. Balaklala ores will be of
great value to the ~Guggenheims for
use in the new American Smelling and
Refining Company's IS, 900, 900 smelter,
now being built near San Francisco.
Dalaklala ore will be reduced to a low
grade matter and shipped to the Guggen-
helm plant at San Francisco, where it
will be used with the silicious ores com
ing from Tonopah and Goldfeld. The
Balklala ores carry a high excess of
iron, an average of about 80 per cent.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-09-29
The New Find.

Tsh rich discovery in Diedrich dis
trict, near Como, has caused a STAN
pede to that section, and already the
country has been located for miles,
says the Enterprise. The claim in
which the discovery was made is
owned by Joseph Diedrich and is
under option to Mr.. McGuerin.
The ledge has widened from four
to six feet, and in two places the as
says were s97 per ton. The tunnel
being run will tap the ledge at n
depth Of 400 feet, and the ledge at a
depth Of 400 feet, and the average as
says are about $88 per ton. So far
there is no sign Of the hanging wall.
The district was visited yesterday
by Messrs. Douglass, Sharon, DR..
Kane, F. T. McGuerrin and M. J..
Brennan, and they say the find is the
best made in this section since the
discovery of the Comstock. The
country is an ideal one for a mining
camp, as there is plenty OF water of
ine quality for domestic and milling
purposes, and wood in abundance.
The country is full Of springs. Diet
rick has located five claims on the
groupings and all through is decom-
posed quartz. The lode is we'll de-
fined, and the ore stringers intersect
each other. The lodges extend almost
to the Carson river, and four miles
east of the Dietrich claims parties
have uncovered a good ore body Of
the same character as found by Diet
rick.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-09-29

the Bullfrog district. Senator Clark
of Montana has also promised that a
branch of his railroad from Las We
gas to Bullfrog will be built to Fur
mace creek. With the completion OF
the two railroads Furnace creek and
Greenwater will have irst-class
transportation facilities. and the
shipment of ore will begin.
Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1906-09-29
Goldfield Daily Sun Sold.

The Goldfeld Daily Sun whichwas
founded about two years ago has been
sold to j. M. Burnell, late business
manager of the Rocky Mountain News,
a Denver publication. The transfer
was made last Saturday. In view of
the sale it would seem that the boycott
which for sometime past has been
maintained against the paper has been
lifted. The paper will hereafter be
issued under a new name.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-04
IL 4 Should Die Tonight.

II should die tonight.
My friends would look upon my quiet facs
Before they laid It in its resting place
And deem that death had left it almost
fair,
And, laying snow white flowers against
my hair.
Would smooth It down with fearful ten
derness
And fold my hands with lingering caress-.
Poor hands, so empty and so cold tonighti
II / should die tonight.
My friends would call to mind with low
ing thought
Some kindly deed the icy hands had
wrought.
Some gentle word the frozen lips had
PYRAMIDS on which the willing feet ha6
sped:
The memory Of my selhshness and pride.
Ny hasty words, would all be put aside,
And SO I should be loved and mourned to-
night
II should die ton'yht,
Even hearts estranged would turn ones
more to me,
Recalling other days remorsefully:
The eyes that chill me with averted
glance
Would look upon me as of yore, per-
chance,
And soften in the old. familiar way.
For who could war with dumb, uncon
scious clay7
So might rest. forgiven Of all. tonight.
Oh, friends. pray tonight.
Keep not your kisses for my dead. cold
brow
The way is lonely; let me feel them now.
Think gently OF me; am travel worn;
MY faltering feet are pierced with many
thorn.
Forgive o hearts estranged; forgive. I
plead!
When dreamless rest is mine shall no.
need
The tenderness for which I long tonight,
Anonymous.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-04

series alike became stereotyped, but
in different ways--the pious European
devotees following the one system, the
guardians of the holy places another.
In the conflict between the two the
western practice prevailed; hence,
while the inspiration to set up way
of the cross originally came from Je-
rusalem, the result was that the west
ern system finally imposed itself on
the Holy City-so that, to use the
words of Father Thurston, our present
series of the stations of the cross
comes to us. not from Jerusalem, but
from Louvain. J"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-04
"The Call of Christi

Not long ago it was announced that
Professor Edward Everett Hale, Jr,
had been converted from Untarianism
to evangelical belief in Christianity,
and had joined the Presbyterian church
DR. w. j. Dawson last fall which he
attended. AT the request of the editor
of the Epworth Herald Professor Hale
has written out the address in which
he announced his conversion, and it is
an interesting revelation of the men
tai processes by which he arrived at
his conclusions:
by the call of Christ I understand
that incentive which comes to man
to give up the personal direction of
his own life and to take rather in
everything the command of Christ 1t
is the changing the control by self
for control by Christ. 1t may mean
chiefly the giving up of sin or sins
that have become part of ones life,
1t includes repentance. 1t may mean
chiefly the ceasing ones effort to be
self-made man, to build ones own
character. to live ones life; it includes
submission. 1t may mean a change in
the enllfe course OIL IL 1lidli > lile. II may
mean that one leads the same life in
different spirit. 1t may take a variety
of forms, but it is always a surrender
of the individual to the spiritual mas
terry of Christ That is the essential
thing. Repentance of sin, submission
Of self, devotion to God, these are but
different phases of single process;
process at the beginning of which we
are our own man and at the end be-
long to somebody else-to Christ.
DOUBTLESS it will be question with
some OF you why anyone should wish
to do anything of this sort. The nine
teenth century was a century OF lndl-
yidualism, and we Americans are
strong believers in individuality. why
should one wish to give up ones self
mastery, ones spiritual control? Al
most the only answer is that people
often do wish to. We can probably I'M
agine it, even il we have not eXper-
fenced it. There are times in the life
of everyone when one is tired OF the
responsibility of ones own life, If moth
3uoqg eIeq SululGue arRo l.uop 9M.,,
ing more. One is tired of ones failures,
one is quite tired of ones successes.
One is tired of doing wrong. but also
tired of doing right. There are times
rare perhaps in the lives of many
when we feel that the past has some
how crumpled up that we have lie TO
begin over again.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-04

the area of the lake is thus steadily
and inexorably extending. AT Salton,
the water is nearly thirty feet deep, as
measured by the telegraph poles mark
ing the original line of the Southern
Pacific railway, the tips of which. far
out to sea, now just show above the
surface Therefore, the lake level is
still some go feet below sea level, and
it into the basin in their present vol
ume, after making the proper allow
ance for evaporation, it will take from
thirty to forty years to fill the entire
saucerlike depression UP to sea level.
Should this ever happen, there would
be lake nearly 1000 square miles in
area, the overflow waters of which
would eventually reach the gulf by
some new channel cut thru the bar
rers of silt at their weakest point OF
resistance
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-04
The MAKING OF A NEW SEA.

Some months ago, as the result of
ment company engaged in constructing
canal for irrigation purposes, the
Colorado river swept away it's bank on
the American side, about eight miles
below Yuma, and began pouring its
water, which should have emptied mot
the Gulf of California, into a vast de-
preston known as the Salton Sink.
There has grown, in consequence, in
that sink a lake that now covers more
than four hundred square miles, and
is surely destined to attain to even
greater dimensions. Mr.. Edmund Nit
chell, in an article Of much interest, in
teh August number Of the North AM
erican Review, entitled 1.-THE ,Salton
Sea-" describes the manner in which
this change on the face of nature took
place, and the efforts which We're fruit
lessly made to turn the stream of the
Colorado river into it's ancient chan
nell He discusses also the internation-
al complications with Mexico which
may arise in consequence of it, see
ing that the navigation of the Colorado
river is guaranteed in treaty between
the United States and Mexico. Mr..
Mitchell says:
"All the waters of the Colorado have
been pouring into the Salton Sea, by
the Alamo channell and by another old
channell known as the New river,
which was formerly merely a spillway
at the time of the big summer flow.
During the past winter, once again
there has been a recurrence of abnor-
NAL rain-storm floods, which have
served to scour deeper the new beds of
the river, while the sluggish backwash,
depositing it's silt, has still more eff
fectualIy sealed the old bed. The Sal.
ton Sea has been rising at the rate of
about six vertical inches per week, and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-04
NOW FOR HARMONY.

The situation among Iowa repub-
licans today is not materially diff
ferent than it was yesterday. week
ago. month ago. The republicans
of this state are angered by factional
quarrel. 1t is the business of The
Journal to tell the truth.
Gov. Cummins in his convention
speech said he at the moment
had forgotten that an unkind word
had escaped from the lips of any one
during all the months of the pre-
convention campaign. In the months
to come he would content himself
with the work of lifting up the ban
ner of republicanism, so that when
November comes we shall be able to
record for the republican party in
this state, for the republican party
thruout the length and breadth