Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-09-29
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Good Alcohol From Corncops.

The government investigation into
the manufacture Of alcohol at Hopes
ton, ILL.,, indicates that tons of corn
cobs which heretofore have gone tC
waste can be converted into alcohol in
sufficient quantities to justify the cree,
ton of a distilling plant in connection
with every corn cannery. The govern
ment commission succeeded in getting
eleven gallons of alcohol from ton of
corncobs and six gallons of alcohol
from a ton Of cornstalks. The tests
show that there are 24O pounds of fer
menting substance in a ton of corn
stalks and that this will yield about
half it's weight in absolute alcohol;
thus ton of stalks will produce 100
pounds of alcohol or 200 pounds of
proof spirit.
Biggest Concrete Skyseraper.
In West Thirty fourth street, New
York, a contractor has begun the cree
ton of the first Office building of re-
enforced concrete in that city and the
largest of it's kind in the country. It
will run from Thirty-fourth to Thirty
fifth streets and will be twelve stories
in height. The cost of building in con-
crete is about the same as that Of
brick, but it is expected that concrete
will outlast any kind of natural stone
after it is covered. *.*
Ramsay's Pittsburs Entrance.
Through the issuance of charter to
the Pittsburg and Fair Haven rail-
road, with a capital of $4,000, Joseph
Ramsay, Jr.. has obtained entrance
into the city Of Pittsburg. The 'loca-
ton of this line is such that 1t can. be
connected with the Pittsburg and
Northwestern, which is Ramsay's New
York extension. s.
New Cunarder Launched.
The Mauritania, which will be
known as the largest steamship in the
world, was launched by the Cunard
Steamship company at Wallsend on
Tyne in the presence of great throng
Of people, including foreign diplomats
and members of the peerage. The ship
horsepower and quadruple screws
which are expected to give her a speed
of rs knots an hour, or about thirty
miles. She is 100 feet in length, S8
feet in BREADTH 60 feet in depth, and
her tonnage is $500. She will have
an accommodation for $500 passen-
gers and crew of TOO There is
double bottom divided by a vertical
keel five feet high and by transverse
frames into compartments in which
water ballast may be carried. There
are nine decks.
Central Trains to the Right.
Beginning Sept %, New York Central
trains, instead Of running on the left
hand track going north and easterly
track going south, have run north on
the easterly track and south ON the
westerly track. This is preliminary to
the regular running Of electric trains,
into the suburbs. 1 /. i. ! i. ~
MidvaIe Gets Another Contract
By the direction OF the secretary of
the navy, contracts for guns and forg-
ings have been distributed so that 1.-The
Washington navy yard will build four
teen ten-inch gums and ninety-eight
smaller ones, while the Bethlehem
company will Build eight ~twelve-inch
and forgings for smaller guns and the
Midvale company will. sbuilds four
twelve-inch guns and geventg -eight
forgings. The CrucfBI scom-
pany will produce thirty tafo Assts Of
forgings.
Sound Proof Cage For Pizne.
One Of the novel features ofzEhe f1rst
national music show. orgahlze8 by 152 ,
manufacturers of New York and Phil
adelphia, at Madison Square Garden.
New York, Is the sound proof cage Of
glassgfn which the praeticiug musician
10y play to his or her hearts content
without disturbing neighbors in city.l
apartment houses. The show is tllei
first Of a series Of Ave annual exhibit
honssdesfgnef to. bring musical instru.
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