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THE PROBLEM OF FUEL.

Were It not for the question Of coal supply,
11r. Parsons says, transatlantic liner could
easily be built which would travel as fast as the
T1rbinia- the British turbine torpedo boat which
made thirty-five knots, forty statute miles,
hour. A torpedo boat, however, is a short dis
tance racer. 1t is all lungs and muscle It car
ries only enough coal on an average TO go one
hundred miles. On the other hand, the trans
atlantic liner must provide fuel for voyage of
three thousand miles Each slight increase in
The speed of such vessel means much greater
consumption of coal The faster the ship the
bigger IT must be.
For example, the Mauretania- to obtain q
speed one and one-half knots faster than the
2315 knot Kaiser Wilhelm II, is being built with
eight more furnaces, six more boilers, $4,000
more square feet OF boiler heating surface and
10000 more horsepower. II is 78Ib feet longer
Ia feat wider 4 feet deapar aDd baS n 6,c,Iaca
tnent Of IL. 900 more tons. The cost of coal food
wages and all the other expenses of running the
Mauretania on trip OF five days from Liver
lool TO New York VIII aggregate 100000
The turbine steamship, however, is still IN its
infancy, and so confident is Mr.. Parsons of its
development that In speculative sort of way
he has talked OF a forty and even ffty-knot
boat The latter would have speed of fifty
seven statute miles an hour, or nearly mile a
minute. Such ship, Mr.. Parsons says, would
burn such vast amount OF coal crossing the
Atlantic that TO have sufficient bunker room II
would needs be about five times the size OF the
Great Eastern. II would devour 5000 tons of
coal day. enough to heat the Hippodrome
Tor TWO whole years The Mauretanla viii burn
LOCO tons a day
Aboard the fifty-knot flyer the New Yorker
could reach the Irish coast IN two and quarter
days. IL in that era when vessel Of this speed
is realized the business men of this city make
Saturday a whole holiday instead OF half one,
at present they VIII be able to go from New
York 10 London without losing a single business
hour. They can take supper in this city Friday
evening and reach the English metropolis in time
for breakfast Monday morning And If this
kind Of a ship is ever used 10 transport troops
for the American government the United States
could rush small army of soldiers from San
Francisco TO the Philippines in a little more
han 81 lnr
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engine was followed by the double engine, so
the double engine has been succeeded by the
quadruple The single screw gave way TO the
twin screw boat, and now, with the Maure
tania, the four screw ship has come. Indeed
IL would that the prophecy of the late
Lord Inverclyde head of the Cunard company
would some day be realized-that the steam
ship of the future would have prOpellers all
along its bottom. and that it would exceed In
speed even the fastest express trains
So gradual however. has been the develop
ment of the steamship that the people of to-
day fail TO realize how tremendous it has been.
The great monarchs of the deep come in and
go out of New York Harbor. but so long as no
accident happens to them the city pays little
heed. What business to-day leaves his
work simply to look at arriving transatlan-
tic liner? The day when the whole town rushed
down to the waterfront to stare the Sirius
will doubtless never be repeated. No matter
how big how fast may be the ships of the
future which will seek this port, they will never
arouse the excitement and the curiosity Of those
early days.
One needs to turn suddenly all the v.av hack
from the Mauretania to the Sirius to obtain the
most striking illustration of what has been
achieved by the shipbuilder in the last sixty
eight years. In length the 100 foot Mauretanja
would equal four and half Siriuses In a rug
of war the 10000 OO-horsepowered Cunarder would
prove the match of 2,1S1 ships of the Sirius
type. And if the Sirius only it's weight in
coal the Mauretanas 192 furnaces would con-
sumo its seven hundred tons in sixteen hours
Each of the two turbine ships will cost
S6.250.OOO. a hundred times the cost of the
pioneer steamship. Instead of deck like
the Sirius, each of the Cunarders will have
eight. and 1t will have room for thirty-fve hun
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
A Revolution in Steamship
Building Expected by Many
in the Near Future.

Both in Europe and America there will be
celebrations next year TO commemorate the
centennial OF steam navigation. Here the
exercises Will centre about the name of Rob-
ert Fulton, whose Clermont on the HUDSON
proved for the first time the commercial pracu-
cability of the steamboat The European cele-
bration will be q worlds fair, held at Bordeaux.
France for II was in France that the American
inventor conducted those experiments which
made the triumph of the Clermont possible
The fair will be known the International
Maritime Exposition, and will be opened on
May !, 1907. 1t will show the many and labori-
Gus steps by which the steamship has beeh
evolved out Of a mere paything into one OF the
;nightiest factors OF modern civilization
AT the same time. however. that the historian
turns back one hundred years 10 Fulton's boat,
and figures out that it would take 1888 Cler-
rnonts 10 equal the 10000 horsepower Of the
Kaiser Wilhelm II, Of the fastest and most
powerful ships af1oat, the nautical engineer is
looking ahead TO the kind of craft which still
another century will produce. The recent
launching of the twin Cunarders, the Maure-
tania and the Lusitania many shipbuilding ex-
perts say. has opened UP of steam
navigation which in the year 20O7 may produce
ships almost as superior TO the Kaiser Will
helm III IS this crack liner Of to-day TO the
pioneer ~Vapor vessel" of 1907.
According TO the inventor, the turbine engines
with which the Mauretania and the Lustania
being equipped going to revolutionize
the steamship OF the future. Although these
Cunarders are guaranteed TO exceed the speed
OF any vessel in the Atlantic service, and at
average speed of twenty-five knots an hour
are expected to make the voyage from Queens
town TO New York in four and half days, yet
they are not regarded as having reached any
where near the ultimate limits of the shipbuild-
er's art The Hon. c. A. Parson, from whose
designs the turbines Of the new Cunarders were
built, predicts much faster craft in the near
future. He says that a thirty-knOt transat
lantic liner is entirely practicable; and it is
runored in British shipping circles that if Ger
many should attempt to build turbine steam
ships TO eclipse the Cunarders England is
prepared subsidiZe the construction of q
couple Of t'thirty-knotters"
On ship of this speed the New Yorker could
leave this city Saturday noon and set foot in
Queenstown Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
or, if the ship continued at the same rate of
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dred passengers instead of the fifty who trav-
elled across the Atlantic on the first steamship
In other words. il would take the Sirius eight
years to transport from America to Europe as
many persons the Mauretania in five
days.
One hole in the bottom of the Sirius might
have sunk her. The Mauretania the Lusi-
tania might be pierced in 1I5 places before all
her Watertght compartments were filled.
The size of the two ships also be
appreciated more clearly when some of the
parts of either of them considered separate
ly. For example. there 4O00O00 rivets in
the Mauretania's construction. enough to
provide every inhabitant of New York with a
souvenir. Each of it's four tunnels is wide
as ferryboat and as high fifteen story
building. The main frames and beams placed
end to end would extend thirty miles. Each of
it's three anchor cables is strong enough to
suspend in miGair a loaded coal train of ten
having a weight of 2I5 tons. If stood in
Fifth avenue. the ship would reach to the walls
of the buildings each side. and extend from
34th to 37th street. Its masts would lack only
two feet of equalling the height of the Waldorf
Astoria
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
FIRST TO CROSS BY STEAM.

Yet does It seem such a leap from the twenty
fve-knot Cunarder 10 the fifty -knotter' OF the
inventors fancy when one compares the trans
atlantic liner Of to-day with the first steam-
ship that crossed tLe ocean? Does IT not seem
possible that the speed Of steamships VIII be
doubled in the next hundred years, when within
the last sXiy-eight years il has been practically
quadrupled. The Sirius. which was the first
vessel 10 cross the Atlantic by means Of steam,
in 1888 made the trip from Queenstown to
New York i'll eighteen and a half days, at an
average speed Of six knots an hour. The Kaiser
Wilhelm III has made the trip from New York
TO Plymouth at average hourly speed OF
2358 knots and the Deutschland in the fastest
days run ever made by any ship. covered COL
knots IN twenty-four hours II 10 knots an
hour.
Two circumstances attended the arrival Of the
Sirius In New York Harbor on April 22 1898,
which IN the light of subsequent history were
peculiarly prophetic First, the ship ran aground
while entering the port. Because of the shallow
ness OF the channel IL stuck a mud bank
until tie rising tide lifted IL free. Second, IT
had been moored 10 fits wharf only few hours
and the town had barely awakened to its com
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18

involved in automobilisn remains un.O-'r unu'- Is
and il is the dust problem While no.O. -
remain as they are and roads remain a r,s
are. the passage of motor car, even d =. = IS
crate pace, on dry day viii continue .
an intOlerable cloud OF dust How sreasT u
nuisance is motorists are. TOR reason = ~
be explained. slow 10 appreciate Vu - q
OF some two hundred miles not Iohs rs ~ VI
fine weather l sat beside the driVef-o, Il
both free from goggles UNCONSCIOUS y M
very existence az dust until my chario1es' al
ing his eyes fixed on the distance N i'on" w Se<
out cynically. Here is one or tn1so A !
motor ears: look out for your eyes. sirss
two vehicles passed one another 9anis 9o.I n
down. but the nuisance was consiesie O., - "a
withstandinS. Travelling along tne ~ ~ dusi
70 Is hard 20 remember thar waHe ~
raised IN front there may be CLOUDS 20 u.ation
hind and II is difficult TO show conStss' Ngs
every pedestrian passed on a long lU>'~ CvrS
the nuisance confined 20 wayiale1S5s So
SpOndcnce in the press meCtionS fviNr s rss,isncs
that have become worthless. roadSiSss yslus
that have lrst much of their SaIaole4 aole4stss sr':
say nothing uf their amenities. ana % ~ clos'
that have been ruined by the lnVasIV" "suuheI
OF dust raised by passing cars I"e xes u .
one which motorists. Tor taelT oWa oi..avs % -
In the interests # others. ought aiNs, m
in mind for II Is by 10 means ser a., das,ss
mOtorist IS not liable 10 De muictet ,-s - say.
for raising cloud Of dust ahd' Nsnon -
StrOytng a datrymslns mttA III -, ~ chose Of :. =.
But instead Os roads worse than ads hlx
coaching DAYS. we ought TO nave ~, would
In point of quality. and 20 have tns' ss's ecsnsss
both easy and in the long run. . vel ka'ss.
There are at this moment severat which N
preparations. English and Frehet ., abseesa
uttie 10 aDnlv ~ p road render u 80 the ie
dustless fer long period. and psy, =, me suflss
tial expense by prolonging the iiIs aar. :, seps
They are sometimes perfectly Ia', i,v saryss.ss.
ciated by some enlightened cuu5' c5s more So
and in the use OF them. upon tO<a sforaar a,
tifically repaired than Is nov .ure fof ~
England is 10 be found the Ls.sanses Lessa q -
most severe OF the incidental nlui,sssshtly As's
mobilism.-Cygnus. In The foi'"
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
TRANSITORY PRESTIGE.

To show how transitory is the prestige of the
transatlantic flyer the following are named,
with the date that each beat the record OF its
predecessor: Persia, 1876 Scotia, 1866; City
of Brussels 1869; Baltic, 1913; City of Berlin,
1915; Germanic, 1876; Britannia. 1871; Arizona,
$780, Alaska, 1882; Oregon. 1884; America,
1884; Etruria 1885; Umbria 1881; City of
Paris, 1889; Majestic, 1891; Teutonic, 1891:
Campania, 1888; Lucania, 1888 Kaiser Will
beIn der CROSSE. 1897; Deutschland, 1900. and
Kaiser Wilhelm II. 1904.
And in this race for supremacy every me-
chanical factor has been developed far as
engineering skill would permit. AS the single
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18

2S,500 ton Oceanic And her depth of 5l1a feet
and beam OF So feet would still remain the
record figures were they not exceeded by the
new Cunarders which TO feet deep and SS
feet wide. and which accordingly surpass any
vessels ever built
New-York tribune., 1906-11-18
THE SIRIUS.
First vessel TO the Atlantic Ocean under
stearls

speed to Plymouth and he took the London
express, he could reach the British capital in
time for supper that evening.
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LETTER FROM POPE Plus.
Approves Plans of Federation of
Catholis Societies

letter has been addressed by Pope Plus
y to the members of the American Fed
GRAFTON of Catholic Societies in which their
plans are approved. The pope expresses
the hope that the forthcoming convention
of the federation to be held in Buffalo, N
Y, July % to August 1. 1909, will be a
success. and that the organization will pros
per. He also grants the apostolic benedic-
ton to all societies and parishes that have
Joined the federation. The pope also states
that the objects of the federation are the
"cenenting of the bonds of fraternal union
among the Catholic laity and the Catholic
societies Of the United States; the fostering
and protecting of Catholic interests and
works of religion, piety. education and char
ity; the study of social conditions; the dis
semination of the truth, the encouragement
of the spread of Catholic literature, and
the circulation of the Catholic press are OBJ
jects dear to his heart. and he cherishes
the hope that the federation win grow
stronger day by day, thus demonstrating
the adage that in union there is strength -
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An Interesting Event.

musical and dramatic entertainment
for the benefit of st. Marks Parish Hall
was given last night at Carroll Institute
The following program was given:
Harvest drill, Sunday school boys; Com
in Thro the kye," Miss Marie Vermillion.
Gentleman Jim'-Jack Culverdon Ia
wealthy man about town, Mr.. Finley
Hayes; Mary Sinclair "a journalist), Mrs.
Howell Smith.
Solo. "A Dream" BariletD, charmingly
sung by Miss Bowers; violin solo. Master
William Beck; Columbian Male Quartet. +.
A. Hutchinson, Z. l.. Hutchinson, J. A.
Trunnell and w. A. Lyles (Charies NJ Rick
etts, accompanis); solo, Jewel Song"
(FausO. Mrs Rose c. Pennebaker; Nordica
Quintet. Mr. Walter T. Holt, director.
THE Rector"-John Herresford trector),
George w Jenkins; Margaret Norton
(friend of rector, Rose c. Riggies; Victoria
Knox frivolous girD. Mrs. L. Coghlan:
Mrs. Lemmingworth enthusiastic worker,
Maude Riggles; Mrs. Munsey (dashing
widow, Mayme Davis; Miss Trimball
Church soloist), Bertha Selggir; Jane
(Inaid). Jessie NJ Gray. Scene-Study in
country parsonage
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and need had received prompt attention and
relief.
Relief for California Sufferers

The order is at present sending thousands
OF dollars daily into the COMMITTEES treasury
of the Grand Lodge OF California for the re-
lief of the suffering members and their fam
lies victims of the recent great catastrophe
at San Francisco and vicinity. In thus
work the District Odd Fellows are taking a
very active and commendable part. having
already contributed $1,000. and are raising
additional funds for the purpose
The meeting tomorrow evening will be
public.
The anniversary committee follows: A r.
Vermllion. chairman; Il. d. Seiffert vice
chairman; D. ID. Lore. secretary: T. J. Gates,
treasurer.
subcommittee: Reception--Willam l.
Mothershead, chairman; L. S. Kann. J. E.
Mattern, William Mari. d. a. Dugan Floor
Thomas j. Gates. chairman; Scott Tram
NELL, A. ]. Schippert. William r. McPhee.
James H. McChesney. George T. Gregory.
William ]. Rogers, J. NJ. England. Pro-
gram-E. H. Easterling. chairman: D. A.
Dugan. Miss Jennie Murray r. A. Ford
Mrs. Lydia NJ. jenkins. Decorations-J
William Brewer, chairman; Z. H. Leary,
X. I. Humphrey. Printing!. D. Seiffert,
chairman; Otto f. Smith. J. II. Broderick
Press-P. II. Leary, chairman: Miss Mabel
M. Gates, Mrs. Laura b. McChesney. Mrs.
Lola L. Phillips. Miss Hattie Stewart
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Trouble in O Street Car.

Berkeley Inge, a park policeman was
adjudged guilty by Judge Mullowny IN the
Police Court today of disorderly conduct In
street car last evening, ard was fined So.
be was taken into custody by Crossing
Policeman ColowRy of the first precinct
lnge boarded a Pc .yanil avenue street
cat at 9th street about 10 O'Clock. and Of
ferec transfer to Conductor j. H. Brent.
A dispute arose, the conductor claiming that
the transfer was not good.
You VIII either take the transfer or put
me off the car" Inge said. That precipi-
tated trouble, ii is stated.
In his own behalf, Inge stated that the
transfer was good, ard that he used only
slight force in resisting being put of the
car. He showed two scars on his face
which, he said were received in the scufiie.
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AN UNCERTAIN FIELD
Opportunities for Employment
In Mexico.
TECHNICAL SKILL DESIRED
Others Should Be Prepared to
Wait.
ALL SHOULD KNOW SPANISH
Salaries Estimated in Silver Are Only
Half the Same Amount in
This Country.
BY WILLIAM e. CURTIS
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the Chicago
Record Herald.

BY WILLIAM e. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence Of The Star and the Chicago
Record Herald.
CITY OF MEXICO. April 10, 1905.
l have received several letters inquiring
about opportunities for employment in Mex
leo Generally speaking, no man should
leave a position that is paying him living
salary to seek another with any uncertainty
or doubt and this warning should be en-
plnasized when the uncertainty and doubt
lie In foreign country. AS rule. there
are better opportunities in the United States
for all kinds of people in all occupations and
professions than In any other country in
the world. but II young man wants to
change his place of residence, II he is fool
ish enough to leave the best Of countries for
another that is not SO good, Mexico offers
an inviting field for enterprise. 1t Is, how
ever, very uncertain, and nobody should
come here for any purpose. either in search
of pleasure or profit or employment. with
out having enough surplus funds-say,
thousand dollars or more in cash-to main
tain him for six or eight months and pay
his railway fare home when he becomes
discouraged.
Among the six thousand American resi-
dents of the City of Mexico are many home
less. helpless. penniless people, who are liv-
Ing miserable existence upon what they
call PICK up honestly OF OtnerWl6e, or by
begging from their fellow-countrymen.
There are charitable societies to look after
such people. but their resources are small
and they are not able to do anything ex-
cept In the most desperate emergencies. The
principal hotels are haunted by hungry men
who have failed to obtain employment,
whose funds are exhausted, and who are
anxiously watching the registers, hoping to
find the names of acquaintance or others
from whom they can obtain loans We ar
rived In the city al O clock in the evening
Before 10 o'clock the next morning two fell
low-countrymen had asked me for financial
assistance to get home, and both told the
same story. They had come to Mexico in
their means without finding positions /
have met half a dozen other Americans
under similar circumstances during the few
days we have been here
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Lecture on st. Louis Exposition.

'"rhe ST. Louis Exposition and Philippine
Reservation" was the subject of Mr.. B. p.
Murray's address in the Peoples free lee
ture course at the Eastern High School last
evening. Attention was first invited to the
causes which led up to the occasion. One
hundred and fifty lantern slides were used
to illustrate the beauties OF the buildings
and grounds. The several tribes composing
the Philippine reservation were shown by
means OF lantern Slides exhibiting their
habits and manner of living. also their PEI
culiar dances and customs
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Action by Heptasophs.

At a recent meeting of Potomac Conclave,
No 40, Improved Order of Heptasophs, the
members contributed literally toward ths
relief OF their stricken brothers in San
Francisco At the next meeting, Thursday,
May B. at s pm, the annual memorial serv-
ice of the conclaye VIII be held at the
conclave rooms, corner 9Th and q streets
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Demand for Technical Skill.

There is an opportunity IN Mexico for
electrical, mining. mechanical, civil, loco
motive and stationary engineers, and per-
sons with technical education are very
much in demand. The development of the
mineral and mechanical industries Is very
rapid. There is a great deal of railroad
building. Thousands of manufactures are
being erected In different parts OF the
country; thousands of mines require en-
gineering skill to make them pay. Electric
lighting and power plants are being estab-
lished in every town and thus far the tech