The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-03-30
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The American Bridge company has
been awarded q contract Tor 10000
tons ~ structural steel by the Jap
ansse government FOR use in construct
ing tho Eastern rpilroad and other
Japanegc government roads in Man.
ohuria an1 Korea. The contract, which
amounts TO between 100000 and g..
100000. was secured by the Export
Products company Of New York, one
Of the underlying companies Of The
United states steel corporation.
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The use ot jointloss flooring, made
from pulverizcd wood Gbnc and other
materials and laid In plastic condi
lion on cement foundation, was be
gun In Germany about ten years ago
This flooring has proved 20 successful
that several other mills manufactur-
ing 10 er-no product woro started and
arc now running pr0spcrOusly Tho
problem has been to make a contln'
uous flooring which will nt closely NJ
ia functions with the upright walls.
and net only bc nrcproof but lmpor
yious to liquids. dust and vermln OF
all kinds II IS also hoped to make
this flooring a poor conductor OF heat
and sound. easily cleaned. neat and
attractive.
Tho mineral unique Is asbestos. Dlf !
fercnt from every other material In IT, !
occurrence. mining and preparation !
fcu the market, Il forms an entire |
study in itself Il was FIRST mined |
about 100 years ago. chiefly as inter |
os,lng TO the gcoloslst and mlncralo |
Eist, and OF little or no commercial
value About 1865 II Was nrst used |
commercially In the manufacture Of
roofing felt and cement. Early at
tcmpts to spin this fibre were un
successful. but the difficulties have !
now been overcome so that single !
asbestos thread. Weighing moi more !
rhnn Que ounce per hundred yards, !
which has a pretty fair strength. may |
be made In It's spun state /, IL used |
largely as yarn for packing valves, |
etc. for which use II has many ad. |
yantagos. Asbestos ropes for hre dc |
partnents are made entirely OF asbcs.
ios with a core Of steel. With tho stool |
wire coro a thTccqnarier inch rope
carried nearly 2.0OO pounds. withou,
the coco the threequartcr inch ropc |
carries over 300 pounds. and suf'fccs
for frcmcn's purposes
.
The electrical properties Of amber |
wore known to the Greeks before The !
Christian era. Electricity takes its
name from the Greek word for amber |
Gilbert in 1000 was tho first TO ON
ploy the terms electrical force" ana |
electric attractions" In i7iS Frank
Inns electrical researches had pro |
Eresscd 80 far that he killed a turkey !
by tho electric spark and roasted u |
by an electric Jack before IL FIRE kin |
died by an electric bottle. aud In 1852 |
by means Of the klto experiment, he |
demonstrated the identity of electric !
ity adm lightning The first magnetic. !
electric machine was made al Paris
by Pixii, In 1882; the hrst telegraph |
limo In tho United States was set up |
bctwccn Washington and Baltimore in |
iSIi. the 1rst submarine cable VAS
laid between England and France In |
1850. An early as 1909 Sir Humphrey |
nayy produced an electric light with |
carbon polnts ON almost tho same prin.
ciplo as that now employed. The FIRST |
electric railway on the continent OF
Ruropc was built by Siemeus at Ber,
Nm In 1891. the FIRST in England was
constructed IN 1882. and In America
the frst electric line was built In 1885.
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Railroads are being equipped with
electrical power not only In the United
States, but abroad. so extensively that
thc transportation to DO furnished in
The near future In aud out OF the great
SNhloIs OF p!puldluu-most notable IN
the vicinity OF New York Clty-will
be practically as convenient as troll.
ley service today writes Bernard Mel
keijohn in the May WoriI's Work
Trolley lines, meanwhile. arc spread
ing so widely, and their service IS ex,
panding with such yaroty--in freight
and baggage cars, smoking cars. din.
ing cars, and even sleepcrs-that they
are hocoming more and moro like the
railroads. ine locomotives now IN use
may not he doomed to the scrap heap;
indeed, engineers declare that tho rail
roads would have to carry twelve
times as much freight as they DO 20
make II advisable to discard them