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hand able to support your head, and
maybe your head will learn in time to
support your hand 1t was worth a
whole volume of maxims to me.
never forgot it, and for the IL years
following 1 worked with my hands.
No doubt I was born with a mechani-
cal bent, but when, in 1868, entered
the oil refining business in Brooklyn
1 had an equipment of mechanical
knowledge and experience that gave
me special value, and / may say
that 1 exacted a money return for it.
My mechanical knowledge and apti-
tude were of great advantage to me
with my young competitors in the
business, and, indeed, with many, If
not most, of the older ones.
Great Opportunities To-day.
What, am asked, is the young
high school boys chance now as COM
pared with SO years ago? The cry is
general that it is much less than 1t
was then. Is that so? 1t is emphati-
cally not so. The chances for the
high school boy now are many times
greater than they were then. People
count too much by the conditions they
find in their immediate surroundings.
They don't look at it in a broad
enough way. Remember that in 1856
l seemed to find closed to me trade
that has since grown with the coun-
try's growth, in a proportion far
greater than the increase in popula-
ton. Think of the number of ma
chine shops in the country now COM
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resistible. because it's action has been
continuous. Its steady business pres
sure. its suave method, its CONNER
ciai reliability have been due, 1 have
no doubt. to John d. Rockefeller, but
have no doubt, either, that it's ire
mendous outreach and conquering
courage have been greatly due to the
Imaginative side of the temperament
of Henry H Rogers. He has inherited
the pioneer spirit
His Domestic Life.
A man always happy in his domes-
tic relations and devoted to his fam
fly. MIR. Rogers has been accommodating
the patriarchal with the regularity of
his increase in other wealth He has
been twice married, and his SON.
Henry H. Rogers, Jr-, and his three
SURVIVING daughters. Mrs. Urban H
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questions and give advice FREE Of
subject Of building for the readers of this
paper. On account of his wide expe-
turer. he is. without doubt. the highest
authority on all these subjects, Address
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
A cement block house 35 feet long
by 81 feet wide without, measuring
the porches, is given in this plan. The
first cement block houses were expen-
sive and unsatisfactory, because no
one knew how to make the blocks or
how to avoid the many little difficult
ties that presented themselves. Me-
chanical ingenuity, however, and our
acquired knowledge of mixing cement,
gravel, broken stone and cinders, with
improved block making machines,
have simplified matters until it is now
quite possible to build a better house
of cement for less money than the
ordinary wooden houses cost
OF course there are many side is
sues which affect this general state
ment- In some parts of the country
the right kind of sand and stone is
abundant, IN other places it must
be brought from distance. In ce-
ment construction one of the greatest
problems is the cost of teaming the
heavy materials necessary to make
the blocks, but there are locations
where the block machines may be
set down. on the lot where the house
is to be built and the gravel or sand
from the cellar excavation used in
the mixture that goes through the
block machine. In a case of this kind
the only teaming necessary is to have
the bags of cement, the millwork
joists and lumber necessary for the
floors and the shingles and rafters for
the roof.
In building cement block house.
where stone is plentiful, it is good
plan to lay up a stone wall to the
grade and to plaster the wall on the
outside with a layer of cement mortar
to keep the dampness from the
ground from striking through into the
cellar. The top of this stone wall
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Rogers Library, Fairhaven.

his friends will recognize His photo
graphs have done him the doubtful
service of giving him a proud, rather
naughty, air, as of one who marshals
hosts of facts and figures and who is
always bent on hard achievement. 1t
is the familiar trick of the camera to
pick out in the self-conscious moment
that one stands before it the traits
that are at the root of character rather
than those that are familiar to every
body.
The Habit of Victory.
Take all great men of business"
said banker, III. H. loved affairs
better than anything else. 1t was not
the struggle for the sake of the fight,
but for the end in view. AS soon as
he won he passed on without halt
to try another tilt, and he had what
is important, the grit for a long
clinch, and what, believe me, is most
important, the habit of victory"
Men like the heads of the Stand
ard Oil company are no accidents"
said a sharp observer. "They were
tried out in a hundred ways before
they came to control. 1t was the many
sidedness of H. H. Rogers that made
his uprise necessity in that remark
able group headed by John d. Rookie
Teller. l don't know any of the quail
ties they possess that is not common
in the business world of America
They are no better and no worse than
the thousands of men engaged in the
conduct of the higher business of the
country. but each one has had some
quality notably in excess of the aver
age Their combination has been ir-
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pared with then. Not only that, but
think of the increased average of out
put or the total of machinery of the
United States to-day compared with
so years ago.
I'VE are truly in the way of having
the whole world as our market Our
cotton, wheat and corn, our coal, iron
and copper. our gold and silver, our
oil and all it's by-products, not to
speak of all the manufactures that
arise out of these and which call for
more and more millions of workers
these are the great fields open for the
effort of the young men just out OF
school. And these United States alone
will some day be the home of 100000.
900. In this great opportunity of to-
day, and this multiplying prospect OF
tomorrow, the high school boy may
surely find all that any age has pre-
scented, or ever will present"
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New York-When man IKE
Henry H Rogers drops out OF the ac-
tive business world wherein he made
so striking a figure, his friends are
prone to become anecdotic about him.
Hence stories that take on a romantic
tinge in bank parlors and directors
rooms. and in the chatty corners of
the exchange, not to speak of the
shipping offices near the water front
If Mr. Rogers feels like resuming the
ways of Bowling Green in few
months or so he will find recon
structed Rogers looking at him from
every corner, and whom he may have
some little difficulty in recognizing.
The tall, erect figure of a we'll
dressed man with whitening hair and
white moustache, who somehow re-
fected in his ripe age of 67 the graces
that he cultivated a quarter of CEN
fury back, is, however. the figure that
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TO CROSS ATLANTIC IN DAY.
Inventor of New Gliding Boat Is Elk
tremeIy Optimistic.

within few years., says VIII
liam G. Fitzgerald, in Technical World
Magazine, 'the crossing of the At
lantic, with it's 5000 miles of stormy
sea, will be a mere pleasure excur
sion of 30 hours in length. The mar
velous boat, invented by Peter Cooper
Hewitt, which is supported by planes
which glide or skim through the
water, is expected to cut down the
length of the trip to Europe to a day
and quarter, at the same time doing
away with most of the danger of an
ocean voyage"
MY first model" Mr.. Hewitt told
the Technical World, was entirely
supported by the planes at 16 miles
an hour; the f1otation hull being en-
tirely out of the water at that speed.
Il found, too, that the area of the
planes should decrease with the speed
for economy and safety. So far,
speed has only been limited by the
propeller, but the craft will gradually
improve with increased size, and the
liner of the future will be practically
Independent of weather, and have no
motion from the waves"
Mr.. Hewitt is known for the in
vention of the famous light which
bears his name and OF many devices
used on automobiles His reputation
is that of a conservative and careful.
as well as brilliant observer. His
new gliding boat has been seen and
approved by many leading scientists.
A larger model for which speed of
20 miles an hour is confidently pre-
dicted, is now in process OF construc-
ton
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so that draughts from the pierian
spring might supplement satisfaction
of the ordinary thirst of the villagers
Commissioner of Highways.
He built a grammar school and a
Unitarian church, with a parish house
and parsonage, altogether one of the
most complete and handsome edifices
in Massachusetts,. He became, at uni
versal request, commissioner of high
ways, and thereafter never were
streets so looked after. He turned
low land into a park, beautified the
highways and byways, furnished a
stone approach to the bridge over the
Acushnet river and, lest the traveller
might think i'll of Fairhaven's hostel
ries. erected the handsome Tabitha
Inn-name suggestive OF New Eng
land neatness and ouaintness-
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woman's reIephons Graft.

We've got to have our phone tax
en- out or else move" said a little
woman mournfully, the other day. It's
too expensive where we are now. Yes.
the phone is the cause of it ALL
There's a woman in the suite back of
ours who hasn't any phone and once
I told her she could use ours Since
then she has put in about a dozen
long distance calls at different times.
After she's had a long distance con-
versation of about ten minutes she'll
say, o, that'n be charged to you
won't it? Well, III hand you whatever
it comes to in the morning But she
never does never have the nerve to
refuse her when she wants to tele
phone-she's always SO nice about it
But she's making things mighty hard
for q"
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w. E. Benjamin, have already pro-
vided him with nine grandchildren
And he is proud of them in a way
usual to grandparents, and one may
find their pictures making cheerful
his roomy Office at IS Broadway.
From this lovable domestic side
one travels easily to his general so
cial outlook. That can best be de-
scribed as frankly American. He is
too sensible of the value of his posi-
ton as a man of wealth to underes-
innate it's possibilities. He mixes
easily in society, entertains on gem
erous scale, with an eye to the ele-
gancies so easily within his reach, but
he enjoys most the company of the
gifted, the genial and the witty, for he
rather leans to saying good things
himself and is never happier than
when he applauds a smart saying or
good story. A quiet game of cards
for the love of the game in congenial
company is his occasional pastime.
He has never developed the fondness
for field games that pleased him in
his youth. He has taken easily to the
automobile, but, like all good sons of
the saltwater, his liking for the sea
has grown with the years.
At Home on His Yacht.
Nowhere is he perhaps more genial
ly at home than on his yacht. No
hurry that sends men to express
trains is allowed to interfere with his
yachting runs to Fairhaven. Hence
the Kanawha is about as well known
as Mr.. Morgan's Corsair around the
waters of New York. But it is in
Fairhaven itself that he fairly revels
in life as he thinks he would like to
live it. There he was born and
reared, and his affection for the town
and the bay and the country road is
extravagant in, it's manifestations.
There, in his frequent visitings, it is
his delight to move about and chat
with all and sundry old cronies of half
a century gone, who call him Hen"
sons and daughters of old friends who
are middle-aged men and women
salute him as Mr.. Rogers. and third
generation little ones, who regard him
open-eyed as the local representative
of a magnificent providence. Said a
newspaper man recently: 81 couldn't
find anybody there who would say
anything but kindness of H. H. Rog-
ers."
Generous to Fairhaven.
He surely has been good to Fair
haven, which picturesque village looks
across Buzzard's Bay to New Bedford,
ancient home of whalers and all the
romance and business that came of
their seafaring. There he built a
great mansion for himself amid beau
tiful grounds, and there he loves most
to live when away from work. But
he alone was not to be the only Fair
havenite who was finely housed. He
built and presented to the citizens a
handsome town hall and a Masonic
hall.
On the death of Millicent, a be-
loved daughter, he built beautiful
public library as a memorial. 1t is
called the Millicent library, and has
the highest record in the country for
books taken out and read in proper
ton to the contents of its shelves.
The village wanted water works and
H H Rogers provided them. That
they might be doubly useful to Fair
haven, he decided the income from
them to the Millicent library forever,
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Hollow cement blocks are very
much the best. They require constd-
erably less material in the making,
and the open space in the wall is a
benefit as it permits the construction
of hollow walls which are universally
preferred.
Provision is made in this plan for
cement floor in the cellar as well as
cement outside cellar entrance, the
walls of which and the stairs are
built together and when finished really
make one big solid stone. The COM
position for the cellar bottom con-
sists of four inches Of grouting which
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is composed of one part good Portland
cement, two parts clean sharp sand
and four parts small clean broken
stone. The word clean to a cement
man means that the sand and stone
used must be free from clay or ordi-
nary earth because clay or loan will
not combine and if used the cement
will be crumbly. The manner of mix
ing differs somewhat with different
workmen, but the old method of mix
ing the materials thoroughly dry, then
mixing again thoroughly wet has
never been improved upon.
If the owner understands some of
the general principles of cement con-
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also receives a coat of cement mortar,
in fact the stones that compose the
wall are laid in cement and the inter-
stices are filed with spalls imbedded
in the soft cement mortar. This
makes a very solid stone wall and a
splendid foundation for the cement
blocks.
One difficulty which has been over
come is the designing of cement
blocks that fit in around the windows
and doors and that match right at
the corners without the necessity of
making whole lot of blocks of espe-
cial sizes. Cement blocks are large
and the wall goes up quickly when
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struction he is in much better position
to talk and deal with contractors and
with much better satisfaction on both
sides. 1t is an important piece OF
work to start to build a house that
one expects to live in for probably a
number of years and it pays well to
read up and know for certain whether
things are just as others represent
them or not.
One point in making a cellar bot
tom that every one should know is
the manner of 1eveling the ground. A
cellar bottom usually is not put in IN
til after the first floor joists are in
place. The joists of course are level,
and it is easy to level the cellar bot
tom to the joists by using a measur-
ing stick of the proper length, but
the floor should be lower in one cor
ner, enough to drain readily. Every
cement cellar bottom should have a
drain to carry off the water when the
cellar is being cleaned. A clean cell
lar is necessary for health and if pro-
vision is made for easy washing when
the cellar is built the cleaning will
be done much oftener than it will be
If this precaution is neglected.
Another point that should be re-
membered is the cement top surface
which should be about three-quarters
of an inch thick, composed of cement
one part to three parts of clean sharp
sand, first thoroughly mixed dry,
then thoroughly mixed wet enough so
that water will follow the trowel in
smoothing. This coat should be put.
on the concrete foundation while the
concrete is still damp, otherwise 1t
may not stick properly and you will
have a floor that sounds hollow.
Another point in cement construc-
ton is the opportunity to make the
cellar window sills of cement and to
embed the frames thoroughly and
carefully in the wall. In the north
ern part of the country where the cold
is extreme in winter this precaution
will help a great deal in making
frost proof cellar
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be bright and bra1ny both. OF win
ter evening when he lives in town he
may spend few hours at one of his
clubs-the Metropolitan, say. There
he would be apt to gather group of
bright people and smoke single
cigar while good things went around
I heard him once tell of meeting a
whaling captain whom he had known
as a lad 40 years before. He took his
old comrade about the town and the
countryside, identifying old land
marks together. The captain had
been away six years from home and
was to sail on a new voyage the next
day. I'm going aboard now, Hen"
he remarked. And won't you go
home first and tell your wife good
by?" I asked. "Blazes, no." replied
the whaler, I'm only to be gone two
years." That seemed, he said, the
most extraordinary utterance he had
ever heard. He saw the humor of it,
but to a home-lover it seemed sacri-
lege.
When the new high school was
about to be opened I spent an after
noon with him, and our talk turned
quite naturally on education. What
he said then is about as good a key
thing I can think of, and this is the
drift of it:
High School Best Outfit.
For the boy starting out in life
who is anxious to succeed in business
I believe that the ordinary high school
education is the best outfit.
HE is master of the ordinary i'm
plements of business life, whether it
be mechanical or commercial-that is,
he can read, write, spell and figure.
He has at least a foundation of gen.
eral knowledge. Our American high
schools, too, cultivate sense of the
greatness of the country which in
spires him with confidence in her flu
ture and hence in his own. 1 speak
now more particularly of what may be
called the country schools, which 1
know best The high school boy has
had set for him a standard of good
conduct, and that give-and-take. which
is the necessity of all civilized social
conflict.
His great advantage over the col
1ege bred man is that he gets his
start in life at 16 or IT years of age.
as against the 81 or % years of the
college graduate. The high school
graduate is proud enough in his way
of what he has accomplished in get
ting his class standing, but he does
not bring his pride with him when he
is going to work or looking for job
On the other hand, the college man
who is not entering one of the profess
sions is apt to have more pride than
the situation warrants, and that is a
hampering thing He is expecting the
world to come to him rather than he
should set out with eager heart to
| discover the world.
Had Mechanical Bent.
"As for myself, was very eager to
| go to work after graduating, and in
| fact did go to work in less than a
week from the day 1 left school as a
| graduate. My father and 1 were
agreed that should take up the trade
| of machinist, but there was no chance.
| Apprenticeship were limited even at
that time as much as they are now.
/ The machine shops within reach were
full, so had to look in another dfrec-
/ ton wanted to be at work and /
found work. I was proud to get three
dollars a weak to begin
MY father said to me. Make your
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everything goes together right, but
when you have to stop and chisel
blocks to fit then the expense for
labor mounts up at a lively rate.
Before signing the contract find out
positively If the builders know ex-
actly how to design and mapufacture
blocks that will go together without
this extra expense The house owner
is the one who pays the bills whether
the house is built under contract or
by days labor. a contractor that I'M
derstands his business viii make
bid that is reasonable, but contract
or who has not had experience in ce-
ment block construction Is likely to
lead himself and the owner into dim
cuties-
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TIE Under Doc.

1t frequently happens : that the
under dog is exactly where he be-
longs.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-27
MONEY FOR
NUUANU DAM
House and Senate Vote
$4,000 to Finish
the Job.
HOUSE-FIFTY-SIxTH DAY.

Action on the reports of the special
committee on the Nuuanu dam is still
hanging fire in the House, although
both branches of the Legislature yes
terday passed bills on third reading
carrying the amount asked for to com
plete the work, $4,000. There are
several members ready and anxious to
talk on the matter and all are to be
morning.
An item was inserted in a House
appropriation bill yesterday of s140,-
900 to purchase the water rights and
springs in Pauoa valley Kaleo has
been insisting on this item ever since
the House began it's work and he has
so wearied the members that he was
allowed to have his own way about it
yesterday, few of the members taking
the trouble to even vote on the mat
ter. Those who did vote for it were
the Home Rule and Democratic wings
and those hanging on the fringes. 1t
is taken for granted that this will be
cut out in the Senate.
An item of $4,000 went in the Spe
cial Appropriation bill for the Honolulu
High school, much to the qualification
of the Oahu members, who had lost
hope of having the appropriation made.
The department of Public Instruction
had asked for $4,000 for this work in
the first place.
The question of finances and appro-
priations has naturally the chief place
in all the doings of the two chambers
now and the Governor felt called. upon
to review the situation for them yes
terday in a veto sent down over the
Waimea embankment bill. He caution
ed the legislators to go slow and held
up before them the danger of big
deficit. His figures and reasonings fail
ed to frighten Rice, however, who
thought that the Governor was only
sore.