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lines handling q great a mount OF traf1c
in a manner profitable to themselves and
at the same time opening up new districts,
to the great advantage OF the community
at large.
@The owe required per ton mile for
moving trains varies 80 greatly with the
conditions of traffic that any direct COM
parison between electricity and steam as
a motive power can only be made by as
Stunning a given class Of service. The u b
urban type of traffic is generally recog-
nized as being more especially suited to
ele ctrifcation, and a comparison in such
service of the steam locomotive and an
electrically equipped train OF equal seating
capacity will be Of interest
In discussing the comparative merits OF
the two motive powers l.. Il. Pomeroy,
another skilled electrical engineer, said:
1T is assumed that from a physical and
mechanical standpoint electric traction
can meet all the demands and require
ments OF railroad service. Whether cleo
tricity will replace steam traction or not ia
entirely a commercial problem.
There /. hardly a steam Dad in existence
to-day which does not have divisions wher
distinctly local traffic can be handled more
profitably by light, comparatively frequent
electric service than as now, with heavy
steam trains, and by so doing simplify the
operation Of the heavy through service
Both steam and electric trains can be
operated over the same tracks without
detriment or embarrassment to either. In
90 doing each kind Of service would be
appropriately handled in a best
suited to each. Again, on mountain grades,
where heavy pusher engines are maintained
and for the safe operation OF tunnels. cleo
trioty lie both profitable and suitable.
Even II the cost Of operation would provo
TO be as great as with steam service, the
incidental advantages would justify the
application.
aWhen the advantages Of hauling freight
Mt higher speed and less cost per ton mile
by electric locomotives are understood
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ID "NILE A MINUTE" LINT
.,rcTRIC TRAINS WITH BETTER
ROADBEDS THE NEED.

-, s,e,nmetz Says That l3O Miles an
,,o,,r 10 Easily Possibie-Grade Cross
,nrs and Curves Must ne Abolished
what the Central Hopes 10 DO.
ocaysEcrApY, N. Y, June 2o.-"There
~ limit to the speed that may be de-
,i.,sd in electric traction--that is, there Is
limit no TO $50 or 200 miles an hour.
S,,hsr speed than that tho car wheels
IA not stand. They would fly to pieces
I'm centrifugal force. Not only can a
.".sd OF 100 miles an hour be maintained
train equipped with electricity, but in
=, opirion it Is an entirely feasible scheme
IN ths commercial point Of view"
thus spoke Prof. Charles p. steinmetz.
.,%.s,lting engineer Of the General Electric
tnmpany and n Of the greatest authori-
.s on electricity in tn, world. His re-
s.yks we're called out by the publication
= a Philadelphia newspaper Of an article
Ia,btine il much higher speed could ever
~ u,ed on the railroads than that which 10
attained now.
n was pointed out that the first cost
,onld be enormous, entailing a high fare
h.tueen cities, but more important was
n. question OF signals. Tho article as
..rted that Mr.. Westing house had demon
.,rated to his own satisfaction some years
.so that a rate much in excess Of fifty-flve
niles an hour cannot be maintained with
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as long 81 thsre was . train in tho long 500
tim ahead. The result would bs that the
train following would come to q standstll
until the train ahead got out Of the block.
However,, these are mere matters OF detail
which am confident could be adjusted
to provide for all emergencies.
'In my opinion we ARD fast coming TO
electricity In place Of steam, In all dcnsely
settled sections at least. This 10 indicated
by the fact that the American Locomotive
Company here has gone into the business Of
building electric locomotives under a con-
tract with the General Electric Company.
The latter corporation builds the motors
and the locomotive company the rest Of the
machine. Under this agreement, a number
OF locomotives have been already built for
the New York Central on the section that Is
being electrified between the Grand Central
Station and Croton and more are to follow.
Moreover, the New York Central 10 buying
up all the trolley lines that are for sale along
its right Of way and 1t will Use them for
feeders to the main line. 1t Is also looking
closely into the matter Of water power, with
a view to generating electricity for It's lines
without using coal"
w. B. Potter, engineer Of the railway
department Of the General Electric Com
pany, not long g told the Railroad Club
Of New York that the recent advances
made In electric traction have made It
possible to deal with many classes Of traffic
which would not have been considered O
few years ago; and although there are still
many long distance lines handling a GER
tain description OF traffic which Is ~unfavor-
able to electric haulage, the difficulties are
being reduced every year by the progress
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-01
SENATOR FOR ONE NIGHT.
How Col. Peck OF Kansas Took the Job to
Save the Governors Life.

How Col. Peck OF Kansas Took the Job to
Save the Governors Life.
.Coburn OF Kansas wasn't the only citizen
Of the Sunf1ower State who declined the
Senatorial toga, said a g~raybeard In Kansas
politics. There was Peck.
"A vacancy was created in the Senate,
by the death Of Preston B.. Plumb, colleague
Of iridesoent ingalls,. The Legislature was
not in session and it was up to old Gov.
Humphrey to make an appointment.
"The activity Of the politicians OF this
occasion made lowe and Indiana look as
II they were hitched to a gravestone. 1t
was almost impossible for a stranger to get
a bed or a bite to eat in Topeka. unless he
was a candidate for Plumb's shoes.
poor old Humphrey didn't get a wink Of
sleep for a week. Finally. after all the
buttons had been pulled of the Governors
and told the driver to land him at the home
of George r. Peck, who at the time was
general counsel of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe system. Peck was in bed,
but the. Governor pounded on the door
until the attorney stuck his head out Of the
window in a storm and wanted to
know who was there. d.
"The Governor quickly told. Without
waiting to put on his party clothes Peck
hurried down stairs to receive his visitor.
THE Governor was a plain man. honest
and blun. / have it from mighty good
authority that the interview was as follows:
THE Govenor-George, for heavens
sake, take this Senatorship 30 I can get
some sleep. The.e are forty men at the
Copeland House who are after it, and /
want somebody to take it who hasn't asked
aCol. Peck-But, Governor, 1 don't want
the lob.
a damn for 1t, George, and that's why l want
you to take 1t. You're probably the only
man in Kansas who isn't after 1t.
Col. Peck-I cam take 1t, Governor,
I'm a busy man, and the interests of the
'Governor-Hang the company. Take il
for tonight, any how. Will you do thatf
Col. Peok-If 1t will help you, Governor
Twill thin it over until morning, 80 you car
get some sleep and save your life.
"The Governor put his arm around
Peck's neck and wept for joy. He drove
back to the Copeland House where the candi.
dates were still lined up and odd them the
thing was settled; that Peck had the job.
Quicker than a bunch Of cats the candi.
dates rushed away, and the Governor wen
to bed for the first time in a week. As yor
may know, Peck the next day declined the
honor, but the Governor in the meantime
had selected Congressman Perkins from hi
own town. Cobun needn't put on any air
for refusing a Senatorship."
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there viii be further Inducements 10 cleo
trtfy the whole line. The pressure Of q
dense freight businoss and the demands Of
an increasing suburban population are thus
Fastening the day when an electric locomo-
tive will operate the main line Of railroads
connecting the large Eastern cities and at the
present rate Of progress that time 10 not 90
far distant
The electric locomotives that are being
built hero for the New York Central, Of
which No. 5000 10 a type, are capable Of
making the regular trip from the Grand
Central Station to Croton, o distance OF
thirty-four miles, with a total train weight
Of 1856 tons, In forty-four minutes without
a stop. The heaviest Of these trains will
be s76 tons and will be drawn by two loco
motives. Maximum speeds Of from sixty
to sixty- five miles an hour are to be attained,
but undoubtedly this will be largely in
creased as the curves are straiRhtened and
the roadbed further improved.
The designers have secured In the No.
e0oO type the best mechanical features Of
the high speed steam locomotive, COM
bined with the enormous power and sim
plicity in control made possible by tho
use of the electric drive. The locomotive
has four driving axles, on each OF which
Is mounted the armature Of q gearles0
electric motor having a normal rating Of
$50 horsepower. The total rated capacity
Of the locomotive is 1900 horsepower, al
though for short periods a considerably
greater power may be developed, making
It more powerful than the largest steam
locomotive in existence.
No. 5000 has been put through an ex-
haustive series Of tests on the experimental
track near this city and has fulfilled all
that was claimed for 1t. At n OF these
tests the locomotive ran at the rate of SO
miles an hour. That is about the limit Of
the roadbed. Otherwise a much higher
speed might have been attained.
According to the electrical experts here
the electric locomotive has many advant-
ages over the steam locomotive. All danger
from fire and explosion, which is always
present in q steam locomotive carrying
fire under a forced draught and a boiler
charged with high pressure steam, Is elm
mated from the electric locomotive. The
experts also say that the substitution OF @
simple rotating member in the electric
locomotive for the cranks, side rods, pis-
tons and other parts connected with re-
ciprooating motion in the steam locomotive
diminishes the possibility Of accident.
Moreover, the electric locomotive Is easily
controlled and operated; the crew is always
free to watch the track and signals and the
locomotive itself is always ready for i'm
mediate service at any hour Of the day
Then, too, there is the absence Of noise
and smoke.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-01
DOWNTOWN
Many with Profitable Practices In the Big
once Buildings.

In fully a score Of the large downtown
office buildings in New York are physicians
who devote their entire practice to the
ailments Of business men. The financial
results are excellent and In some cases
lucrative. The theory Is that the New
York business man has no time or inclina-
ton to consult a physician for ordinary
ailments and he often, through neglect,
allows bis disorders to become chronic.
The physicians nave learned hat tit pays to
60 where the business man is.
These offices are equipped just as such
offices are in a residential district. Some
Of the doctors have trained nurses to assist
them. All ave the usual instruments and
medical books, and 1t is a frequent sight,
especially about the luncheon hour, to find
the reception rooms crowded.
Perhaps the business man has not been
feeling we'll for several days. He has hest
tated to call in his family physician for fear
that he may be ordered to bed. Suddenly
he finds the strain is getting too severe.
He talks with some man at luncheon. His
friend has noticed a doctors sign on the
ooor Of a building and he decides to 60 to
the physician for ad Twice. He finds that II
treatment is required he can put in half an
hour a day at it and attend to his business at
the same time, which would be impossible
II he had to make regular visits to his physi-
clan uptown in the latter's office hours.
It is a time aver to have these physiciane
in the Office buildings and for that reason
their practice Is growing rapidly. The
medical men enga ged in 1t say that they
become known quite as quickly as II they
hung out their shingles on some residence
or in an apartment house uptown. 1t soon
becomes noised about a building that there
is an excellent physician established in 1t,
Where there are 1 900 or more occupants of
the building there Is a field at once.
It is advanta geous to have physicians in
the business district also in cases of sudden
illness and accident. There is scarcely one
of these downtown physicians who has not
been ca lied out in accident cases near by
and has given aid before the ambulance sur
geon has arrived. There are sec res of men
taken i'll at their desks, and II dc ctors were
not in practice e by it would take from
half an hour to an hour to get a physician
from further uptown.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-01
THE MEN ROLLED TOO,
Before They Succeeded in Passing a Cruel
Cooking Exam.

Before They Succeeded In Passing q Cruel
Cooking Exam.
Some men who had boasted rashly that
they knew how to cook were beguiled by
their wives to attend an evening reunion.
No sooner had these willy women assem-
bled their 'braggart husbands than they
produced a list Of questions and demanded
answers thereto. The questions were:
How long does II take to boil: az Potatoes'
t2) Asparagus1 tD Beets9 a Corn? @
Caulihower2 10Y Cabbage? az Celery? tS
Carrots? N) Lima beans? n0 Onions2
uD Peas? u0 Parsnips? u3) Spinach?
40 Summer squash? H0 Turnips? tl0
Tomatoes?
When the men had wrestled with these
conundrurns until they had almost reached
the boiling point themselves they were pre-
sented with other slips Of paper, one to each
a In these the unhappy husbands
were commanded to perform as Follows:
Broil oysters; cream oysters. cook bacon:
make potato salad; cut bread; slice ham:
make coffee; get out dishes: set table: help
set table: wait on table; clear table; wash
dishes; wipe dishes,
Three chatting dishes we're Brought out
and the ingredients for the supper placed
on a large kitchen table. Then the men
given one half hour in which to prepare
the supper 1t was a terrible thirty minutes.
for the women unfeelingly remained In the
parlor and initiated Nero, by playing the
piano while things burned.
For Use in case of emergency the follow
ing hints are given by way of answers to the
boiling questions
1, twenty-five to thirty minutes; ?. Mteeh
to thirty minutes; 2, forty-lve minutes; 4,
twelve to twenty minutes; S, twenty to forty
minutes: g, thirty-fve to sixty minutes: 4.
twenty to thirty minutes; 8, one TO two hours:
0, forty-hve minutes to one and one-quarter
hours; 10. thirty to sixty minutes; II. twenty
to sixty minutes; IL. thirty to forty-fve
minutes: IL, twenty to sixty minutes IL.
twenty to sixty minutes; IS, forty-hve min
utica. IA forty-6ye To siyty minutes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-01
WANTS A JOB HOLLERIN,.
The Indoor Worker Thinks He'd Like to
he q Curb Broker.

he q Curb Broker.
Il think" said a mar whose work Is
irksome, that I'd like for a time to he a
curb broker, one Of those fellers that stand
in a crowd down there in Broad street and
snap their fingers and holler all day long.
Il thought, one spell, that 1t would be q
relief to me to get out for a while and be a
watermelon vender; just going along the
street with a horse and wagon and a load
Of watermelons, leading the horse with one
hand and putting the other hand up to my
mouth and shouting, .Watermellah, wah-
h~-h-termellahl'
But when I came to think that I'd have
to take care of the horse and have to lug
those heavy watermelons upstairs when I
sold one, I thought that maybe selling
watermelons wasn't just what would do me
the most good after all; and then, when I
saw the curb boys, theirs seemed to be
about the sort Of Job / wanted. Sometimes
now my work wears on me 80 that I
feel as though l must get up and holler,
right where I am. II ! could get out and
stand in tho middle Of the street, with a
thin, cool coat on, and maybe nc hat, and
do nothing but boiler for about three months
out in the open air. I believe it would be a
blessed relief
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-01
BUYING HEAT I
Large Consumers Of Coal Are Adopting
This Method.

Buying goal on the heat unit basis 10
becoming increasingly and deeervedly
common.
One Of the latest proofs Of this is given
in Cdssier's Moodsine, which states that
Chicag is said to have let contracts for
200, 900 IONS OF coal on this basis.
In the case Of the Chicago deliveries,
II the coal test shows 1900 British thermal
units, moisture 10 per cent. and ash 8 per
cent, the price la to be 81. 80 per ton; but II
the coal va ries in heat units the price Is to
vary accordingly.
On a 5000 ton contract an analysis OF the
coal is ma de once a week. Tho sample Ia
taken by the regular method and analysed
and reported to the consumer and the
contractor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-01
THE SKIN OF THE TEETH.
When We Say W. Escape by II We Are Mis-.
quoting Job.

When we declare with gusto that We
have escaped by the skin Of our teeth
we are guilty-so the authorities declare
Of using one Of those twisted sayings which
have entirely supplanted the original
versions.
Precious few persons know that It was
poor old Job who began all this talk about
the skin OF the teeth. In the Book Of job,
nineteenth chapter, twentieth verse, 1t lie
recorded that he exclaimed:
Il am escaped with the skin Of my teeth"
One hears people saying nowadays:
Il got out with nothing but the clothes
on my back!"' H.
This sounds like positive opulence CON-
pared with Jobs sole remaining. belonging,
which, he escaped.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-07-01
CHICAGO,s NEW COURT HOUSE.
II Is to Cost q . 1000. 900 and TO Contain
Thirty Court ROUsnA-

Thirty Court ROvsnA-
Chicago has never had much luck. OF the
good sort at least. with her public buildings.
Hence her especial JOY and pride in her new
court houss.
1t is to cost $1,000 ,Oco, will have a frontage
Of 374 feet on Clark street and Of l57 feet on
Washington and Randolph streets. ns
foundation piers, says the Worh To-day, go
down to bed rock at from iIa to 12o feet
below street level. II viii WI 2oS frep
above the street.
On the main front the most conspicuous
feature will be ten. monster columns. each
o. feet in height The building will contain
thirty courtrooms. ventilated by the blast
system, which, by introducing washed air.
does away with open windows. 3
Barring accident. it will be completed by
May /, 1907. -,
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The manufacturer says the stitcher spoiled
a dozen waists and only 81. 50 is coming to
him for a weeks. work. Stltoher claims
So. Solomon deity effects accompanies
at 50.
biaeonaliy from the office in which Solo.
mon sits, across Seward Park, the lungs OF
there is quite a different procedure. Had
Mrs. Slobodin carried her troubles to the
Magistrate he would have issued a warrant
for the arrest Of her husband.
MIR. Slohodin would have been hailed to
court by an officer Of the law. thrust into a
cell, received a salutary cuf or two for
falling to understand orders and after
more or less delay would have been led In a
line of male and female Migrants to face
the Magistrate and accusing wife.
@Why don't you support your wife!"
Isaac cringes and puts in a feeble plea.
How much do you earn?".
Eighteen dollars a week; but In the dull
Never mind the dull season. You say
you have " children by this woman?"
"Yes."
-Four dollars"
pay four dollars a week to his wife. which
she collects from the -.alimony clerk" OF
husband and wife must live with each
Solomon and the court have necessarily
two different purposes. The court simply
enforoes the law; Solomon prevents people
from resorting to the process Of law.
Another gain in visiting Solomon Is the
saving Of the fee. The shyster lawyer
battens on just such cases as are carried to
the Legal Aid Bureau.
Mr.. Rabbino is himself a Russian, born
near Kovno, OF poe but hard working
religious parents. He became a rabbi and
after coming to the United States studied
law and was admitted TO the bar in this State.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-01-02
HAzING CHARGE
Taken Up at Annapolis Against Mid
shipnfen Coffin.

Annapolis, Nd, Dec. 2S.-One day
sufficed for the hearing Of both sides
of the case Of Midshipman Trenmor
Coffin, JT., who was placed on trial
today at the naval academy before a
court martial appointed by Admiral
Sands, superintendent OF the acad
emy, on the charge Of hazing Mid.
sbipman Jerdon p. Kimbrough, of
Tennessee. Although Kimbrough was
unable TO identify Coffin as the mid.
shipman who stood him on his head
for 10 minutes and caused him to be
taken to sick quarters unconscious,
Commander Harrison, the Judge advo-
cate, made out a strong case by intro
ducing a Confession" made by Coffin
to Lieut.. Commander McVeagh, the
officer in charge Of Bancroft hall the
morning after the hazing. At tina,
time he had stood Kimbrough on his
head" but asked permission to resign
from the academy.
The trial will close tomorrow with
q brief session. The court win then
take up the case Of Midshipman Ste.
phen Decatur, first class, who is &C.
cused of bazing under five specihca-
tions,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-01-02
The Result of a Confer
ence Between Men,
bers Of the Interstate
Commerce Commits
sion and R.R. Officials.
Committee is Assured by
Magnates That Their
Lines Will Conform to
the LAWN Good Faith.
Pledges Are Given.

Washington, Dec. 28.-As a result Of
the conference today between mem
bers of the Interstate commerce COM
mission and the representatives of the
leading trans-Mississippi railroads, it
ta believed that the commission will
hereafter work more in harmony with
the railroads. Regarding it, the fol-
lowing official statement was issued
tonight by Chairman knapp:
"The conference this morning with
western railway officials was not
sought by the commission as certain
papers have Incorrectly stated, but its
purpose was legitimate and commend
able and warrants the expectation OF
Beneficial results.
The object of the committee was
10 assure the commission of the united
and determined disposition of the
lines represented to conform to the
law in good faith ana in every re-
spect, and TO aid the commission In
jts enforcement. Pledges TO this eff
feet we're given by all present, with
the further promise to report every
ulegal transaction which may come to
their knowledge or OF which they may
have well-grounded suspicion.
while this visit was unsolicited, as
above stated, II was not unwelcome,
and the commission have no reason
to doubt the sincerity Of the movement
or It's practical value. That 1t will re-
suit in the complete discontinuance of
wrongful practices is, perhaps, too
Test the degree of its usefulness, but
q marked Improvement in the observ-
ance OF tariff rates may be fairly an
ticipated. II the promised co-opera-
tion is actually snd continuously af-
forded, the payment OF rebates and
the granting of secret advantages Will,
II is hoped, be reduced to a minimum"
The railroad men who attended the
conference were:
@. t. Nicholson, vice president of
the AtchisOn, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry.;
ii. r. Mccullough, vice president OF
the Chicago & Northwestern; J. II.
Hiland, vice president OF the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul; ]. NJ. Johnson,
assistant to the vice president of the
Gould lines; J. F. Holden, freight trat-
fic manager of the Rock Island; J. w.
Blabon, freight traffic manager of the
Chicago G. Alton; Howard Morris, vice
president and general manager OF the
Wisconsin Central; c. l.. Wellington.
general traffic manager of the Colora-
do Southern; c. Hoile, traffic manager
Of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas: w.
J.. Martin, vice president of the 500
lines; ]. C. Stubbs, vice president and
traffic director of the Hartman lines;
u. E. Smythe. general freight agent Of
the Kansas City Southern.