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Instances of Petty Graft
By FREDERIC J.. HASKTN.

or the stewards Of many clubs. The
wine merchant must pay him a percent
age. the butcher must yield tribute. in
short everything that comes into the
club via the steward route must afford
him a rake-off. This accounts for the
fact that many Of them soon get 10 be
hotel proprietors on their own account
Not long ago in a Western city the
management of a club found that its
steward had been buying second-rate
beef for years and charging IL up to the
club as first class. II was necessary for
the butcher 20 play his part in the game
or lose the trade and he did not chose
the latter expedient
Despite the vigilance Of the Federal
authorities. thousands OF dollars worth
Of government property is taken an
nually by employees. In those branches
OF the government service where sta
tionery and other supplies are furnished
for official use, many employees take for
their private needs. pencils. rubber bands.
paper and envelopes. paper clips. musci-
lage. ink, and the like. And in thousands
of cases Uncle Sam furnishes the chill
dren's school supplies as well. Papa i'm
the government service even brings home
enough rubber bands TO make balls for
the children. il takes a dollars worth
OF rubber bands TO make some of me
balls one sees on the streets in Washing
ton where government employees live on
one block newspaper man counted
twenty such balls in single evening.
r-Ea TavFs1r VI s.---.--- A..
for petty graft. The Senate and House
provide their members with free pack
ing boxes, made Of the best woods and
constructed IN the most substantial man
ner- These boxes cost three or four dol
lars each. but there are few UNDERSTAND
pers 50 insignificant as not TO be the
owners of two or three OF them at the
expense Of Uncle Sam Everything that
wealth can afford is provided the mem
bers OF the Senate and House And what
ever they have every attache must have.
Messengers and janitors who never drank
anything better than river water before
coming 70 Washington Tegale themselves
with Appolinaris or White Rock at the
expense OF the national treasury.
When the lower classes Of government
employees travel at Uncle Sans expense.
Dllls run up in hurry, At the funeral
OF the late Senator Mcmillan, Senator
Coekrell spent less than $40 including
his trip 20 and from Michigan. On the
same trip "A third-rate attache OF the
Senate spent over 800. AT the funeral
Of the late Senator PIatt. of Connecticut
Senator Pettus spent S24. Including ran
road fare. hotel bills, carriages and
other incidentals. A week or two later a
committee clerk made a trip covering
about the same distance IN the same
length Of time, and turned in a bill for
So. N''' iO'
TO-mOrrow-SOme Needed Inven-
tiOns.
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Whisky and glycerine. mixed
with Virgin Oil OF Pine. IS said
TO break up a cold in a hours and
cure any cough that is durable.
Get from your druggist one
h-ounce vial Of Virgin oil Of Pine
compound pure and two ounces Of
glycerine. Mix these thoroughly
with a half pint OF good whisky
and take a teaspoonful every four
hours. It has been found that five
ounces Of tincture of Cinch7na
compound can be used IN place Of
whisky with the same result Viz
gin Oil Of Pine compound pure Is
put up only by the Leach Chemi-
cal Co, Cincinnati, O.. in half
ounce Walls. each vial securely
sealed in round wooden case. Be
sure 10 get the genuine.
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Funeral of Mr. Brown.

Funeral services over the remains OF
John ". Brown. veteran Of the civil war.
who died last Tuesday evening. viii be
held al the family residence. 1907 Gales
street northwest. az 3 o'clock today Rev
Mr.. Hahn. chaplain Of George II. Thomas
Post No. l5. O. A. r. Of which the de-
ceased was a member will of1ciate Mr.
Brown was employed as a watchman NJ
the Government Printing once for the
past seven years. Pneumonia was the
cause Of death. Interment will be in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
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JUSTICE GOULD.
Estate q William 81 Hunt: will admitted 10
probate and letters testsmenary crsted 10 Annetta
huht; bond, N,5e. ATTORNEYS. Thompson 4 Laskey
Estate q Frank G Cox. viii admitted 10 probate
and letters tesEmentGry granted 10 Christiana Cox
bond $500. Attorney T. +. Myers
Estate Of Margaret g. Halpine; petition FOR leave
70 borrow Attorney. +. Sprigg Perry.
Estate Of Edwin ,. Warner; will admitted TO
probate and letters tesiameutary granted 10 Mary
Warner; bond 500. Attorneys. Thomas 4 BeIer
Estate Of Richard II. Lansdale; viii dated Au-
gust 81. 1907 fled
Estate Of William p. Robinson. will dated No
Tember 6. 1906. fled
Estate Il Eliza Titus Ward. win dated Decer,t..-
2. l9Ol. filed.
Estate 9 Annie e. Renck: viii dated May 5
isU Med with petition for probate. Attorneys.
norton 4 BoOthe and Thompson 4 Lsskey.
Estate Of Harry &. Alegcr. administrator allowed
10 Tay certain sun. Attorney. T. Il Thomas
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DAILY COURT RECORD


supreme Court Of the United states
Present: The Chief Justice Mr.. Justice Harlan.
Mr.. Justice Brewer. Mr.. Justice White. Mr.. Justice
Peckham. Mr.. Justice Mehenna, Mr. Justice Holmes,
Mr. Justice Day and Mr.. Justice Moody
William L. Paunenter Of Lima, Ohio, was sd-
mitted 90 practice.
No. IS. Alaska Commercial Company et al. plain
tin IN error, vs.. George II. Mese et al. Argument
commenced by Mr.. William II. Gorham for the
plaintiffs in error, continued By Mr.. John G. Hig-
gins for the defendants in error. and concluded by
Mr. William II. Gorham for the plaintiffs in error.
No. 6. The Arkansas Southern Railroad Company
ct al. plaintiffs in error. The German National
Rank; argument commenced by Mr.. L. b. Peirce
for the plaintiffs in error and continued by MT
John Fletcher for the defendan. in error.
Adjourned until tomorrow at u O'Clock.
The dag call for Friday November Is. will be as
follows: Nos. SC, s., So CO. 81. g. S. g. 65 and S.
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DEEDS OF TRUST.

Fourteenth Street Heights. r. Carr 10 L. Walter
Weed and Stuart l. splitter, % secure tiilhert
O. splitter, N,3o0 years, per cent. semi
annually, lots 49, is and is. block 9lS
Square l056-George a. RoW7ee % William NJ. Ken
nedy and George W White, % secure Kennedy
q Daris Company $50 l to 30 months. Per
cent. lot 81.
Addition to lie Droit Park-John T NOonan ct ux
10 Robert Lee @ Bren and Alvin C. Belt 10
secure Bates Warren and John l. Warren 81 600
20 % months per cent. lot g. block ls
Prospect Hill-James H. Lowrey 20 ux TO Georre
NJ Emnerich and Douglas 5 Alackail to secure
Washington Six Per Cent Permanent Building
Association, 500 lot g
Square 335-Frederick - Repetti. II. 20 Henry H.
Bergman and George NJ. Emmerich 20 secure
Metropolitan Building Association No s. $40
UniontoWn-Hsttie ~ Fowler et VII. John T. %
same, TO secure same. S.ioO. part lots Ia5 10 las
Square 7si-Annie b. RUsher et viz Albert 20
james F. shea and Flcyd + Davis TO secure
George G. Pumphrey and George " Palmer
500. l. and years, per cent, senli-snnu-
ally lot IS
Square 5s3-NIiclael McInerney et ux % Wharton
+. Lester and Michael J. Colbert 10 secure
Naticna, Permanent Building Association, SeOo0.
Trinidad-Julia f. Chadwick ct vir Frank T.. 10
George NJ. Emmerich and Douglas 5 Macsan
20 secure Washington Six Per Cent Permanent
Building Association. 500 part lot 20 block H.
ol4aEt S-l-beItha W. BufroWs 10 James Il. Winner
and Charles W Blsckwuod 70 secure Walter q.
BlackWoOd. $1,000 ] year. Per cent. scmi-an-
nualy. part original lot 3
Dobbins AddtiOR-Louis {, Miller % Judson T.
Cull and Harry h Boss % secure Lena Malnati
$500 years, per cent, Semi-annually. lot 2.
block q
Squares s. and lO0-Louis W Seheuch et ux. to
Jesse II. Wilson and Levin \ Frey 10 secure
CitizrnS Equitable Building Association So zoe.
north half original lot TO- square S.. and lot 80.
square 1905
Dobbins Addtion-Louis c. Miller 10 Harry n
Boss and H. Glenn Phelps. 10 secure joseph
annually. lot 2l block Z-
oQuaro 4G-NiXon Brewer et Tx. 70 Richard A.
Ford and Walter q. Davis. TO secure Columbia
Permsnent Building Association $500 par.
original 1t l.
Square 75o-William Kemp ct ux. to Edmond Fitz-
gerald and John ]. Fegan. 10 secure Enterprise
Serial Building Association. g. 100. lot g.
Square S4-Martha f. Hasselbach 70 Charles NJ
Hasselbach and Herbert r. shannon. TO secure
Clifton f. Hasselbach. 1000. years without
interest lot IS
Square l0l3-Charles NJ Smoot et TX 10 Henry a
Bergmann ard Charles Schafer 10 secure North
ern Liberty tferman- American Building Assocfs-
tion No. g. 500. lot g and alley.
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DOVER RETURNS TO CITY.
National Republican Secretary Re-
sumes Convention work.

Elmer Dover, secretary OF the Republi-
can National Committee, arrived In
Washington yesterday. and again took up
the work of the committees local office.
lie says the attendance at the committee
meeting here December and viii be
complete, as all the delegates have signi-
fed their intention of coming
Ii is likely Secretary Dover will go
West soon 60 meet Acting Chairman New.
and they viii look over the offers made
by the cities that want the convention.
The fight seems 10 lie between Chicago
on enc side and Kansas City and ST
Louis on the other Delegations from
both places will establish headquarters
here within a fortnight.
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InWHu1IH-

No igs3 Washington Ga7gc Company vs.
James NJ Miller: certiorar. Defendant's attlr7,e,
". II White
NO issiA William Hauer rs Anacos,ia and Po-
tomac River Railroad Company: damages. S 08j.
fisiEiin IS attorneys. Darr. Pgsgr & Taylor
No 4syio Goodman Asr0nstcin s.. John O'Neiu
damages. 500 Plaintiffs attorneys. TepDcr a
GusACk
No 1926. Georgc r. Muth Company rs. " p
Isilion; ludgment q l.. C. StTider. justice Of thu
pyaee' ief S49---3 PlaIniins attorney. J. l. Hicks
No 1891. Luke L. Jones rs Anacostis ana p
t9fnac River RailT0ad Company; damages SIS o0
Plaintiff S attorneys, ". /. Ambrose and {. H..
Ntrilar
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Bankruptcy Court.

CHIEF JUSTICE CLABAUGH.
In re William Eiehholz; rule on bankrupt re-
turnablo December 2
In re Thomas f. Waggaman; trustee authorized
to join IN sale and sale ratified nid
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Equity suits.

No ~iet William GoCtITane Mary = Nc
Blair e al to quit title Comulainaut-s solicitor
G. T. Williams
No. -Iidl- Emma ". Matthews vs. Thomts 6.
walker e al partition. Complainant's soli..tors
W l. Pollard ana NJ. y. Richardson
No. S46S. Eunice " Cook vs. John Z. Coot-
divorce ComUlainants solicitor. W T. Ambrose.
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TAFT PLANS EOMEWARD TRIP.
Secretary VIII Leave Europe De-
cembeF or IL.

Maj. Frank Mcintyre. acting chief OF
the Bureau Of InsUlar Anairs, yesterday
received a cablegram from Gen Edwards.
travelling with Secretary Taft. asking
that tentative arrangements be made fo-
the Secretary and his party to sail from
Hamburg on the Gen. Grant on Decem-
cer Z, or from Cherbourg on the Majestic
on December Il.
Gen Edwards said that Secretary Taft
would be able To state definitely upon his
arrival IN Moscow which steamer he
would sail on
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DISTRICT COURTS.
Equity Court No. 4.
CHIFF IIrSTICE CLARAIrGH

/
/ Harvey vs. Harvey: sale ratified nisi- Complain
ants solicitor, c. w Darr; defendants solicitors.
| Hayden johnson and =, J. Ryan
In re lunacy Of John Scott. committee authorized
20 invest certain funds and additional bond ordered
/ Petitioners solicitor. + A. Fenning-
Galloway vs.. Galloway; argued and submitted.
! ComplGinants solicitor ". j. Lambert; defend
/ ants solicitor. Malcolm Hufty
/ Faunce vs. Hnnelright; demurrer sustained. Com
4 plainSnts solicitor j. H Adriaans; defendant's
solicitor J. Wilmer Latimer.
Robinson v. Robinson; rule - 10 alimony re-
turnabe November p Complaifisnts solicitor, L.
VI. King defendants solicitor +. A. Fenning
Lydick W. Lydick: proof ordered taken before T
H. Fi;nam examiner. Complainant's solicitor W
r. Reilly; defendants solicitor, Il. Newton Donald
son.
Baker Is. Baker; testimony ordered taken before
Margaret ~ Murray. ComplainAnts solicitor J.
Wilmer Latimer; defondant's solicitors s. v Hay
den and II. L. Franc
Scott vs. Scott: appearance of absent defendant
ordered C0mplainants SOLICITOR W. b. Reilly
and Edwin Forrest. defendants solicitor. 3. T.
Doyle.
LiIscomb vs. Fletcher: reference 10 W. H. Ship
I lev. examiner Complainants solicitor W T.
Plumley; defendants s0ldtoz. T. Burke and l.
Hufty.
No AZ. McCord vs. McCord Attorneys Am
brose-Aiulan 4 Saith.
No 49, Jones vs. Jones Ct a.. Attorneys. Archer
Lambert.
30 81 Magien rs Magien- Attorneys Lambert
Kuhn.
No G.. Kieny vs., Kieny. Attorneys. Disgs-An-
brose.
No n Lsmbie Company Us. Bieslow ct al At
tomeys. AiAther-Simmous.
No. %. Coakley. Slater ct al Attorneys
Gardiner-himbaL & White.
No T. Lloyd v Lloyd, Attorneys, johnson
Bell
No. =. Turner vs. Evans ct al Attorneys Lam
bert Yeatman.
No %. GuinsbUrg rs. Guinsburg AttorncyS
Bradley & Brldley-Archer a Smith.
Equity Court No. 2.
JUSTICE GOULD
Lipphard vs. Lipphard &C al PARTITION decreed
and Ninoent 4. aud Francis +. Sheehy. trustees
Complanauts collector Y. \. Sheehy; defendant s
solicitor. r. T. Sheehy.
Alirnix vs.. SchelI: reference % Edmund Brady
examiner ard FRO c0nfesso ordered. Complainant s
solicitors. J. J. Hamilton and {. J Murphy
Buck stove and Range Company vs.. American
Federation q Labor; on hearing Corupiainaut's
solicitors, J. J. Darlington. Daniel Davenport. and
J. ". Beck. defendants solicitors. Raston &
Sddcns ard 7. &. Spelling
Becker ". Becker. reference 10 Margaret NJ
Murray. examiner; G. II. Turner appointed to de-
feud Compliments solicitor. Wilton J. Lambert.
dcicndants solicitor. C. H. Turner.
NOIiOus Tor to-day:
No s Wallis vs.. Mulearr. Attorneys. Gi,tinss
a Chamberlain-Wof & Rosenberg.
No. o. Eisiugyr Bros IS. Dicudonne et al. At
torn'ss, Johns0n-Leightun and Rd0Ur
NJ. 20 Marriott Is Mutual Improvement Society
CT al Attorneys. Albert a B0yd-To0mey
No = Lynch 20 a. -. Digsins GO al Attor-
ncys, Won Rosenberg, Strasburgcr-Cirurge.
No a. American Grsrhoph0ue Company Ts
smith. Attorneys. Mauro. Lewis-W Worthugton.
Church
No i6 Butts vs. Butts Attorneys. RHODES
No. y. Richardson & Burgess rs AIGghan. At
toraegs, Tobriner-Daria.
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JUSTICE BARNARD
United States vs. Arthur NJ. Newly; recognizance
A.5oo taken. with W. J. Howard surety. Attorney,
j. b. Mclaughlin.
United States vs.. William II. Brown; embezzle-
meut plea not guilty
United States vs. Matte Cake and Frank L.
Carroll; forgery: verdict. guilty: defendants re-
manded: bail fixed az $3.50 Attorneys j. b.
Archer +. 4. Pratt, and T. c. Taylor.
Assignment for to-day.
Motions and specially set cases
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PUT MONEY IN BANKS
COrtelyOu Gives Advice to
New York Merchants.
BOARDING BAD FOR BUSINESS

secretary of Treasury in Address
says If Money Is Kept in Free Cir
eulation Commercial Prosperity
Must FOIIOw-GO Slow on Currency
reform and New LegisIatiOn.
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CARS TO kENSLRcToN

Cars from 18th 81 and y. \ ave every = nia.
Pass Rock Creek Bridge snd Pa-k zain entrance
zoo and Country Cub 10 CheFy Chase Lake Con-
nee. with hersing-on czrS Round TIP tickets
sc az Fussel'S
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Ferry Service to Alexandria

Steamer LackNTanna every HOUR and a HALF.
EACH WAE-----.-- &c
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Largest Morning Circulation.
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Criminal Conrt Nn. 2.

JUSTICE STAFFORD
United States Annie NJ Bradley; murder on
trial Attorneys, o. W. Powers Wells. Hoover
Wells
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THE WASHINGTON HERALD has the
largest morning circulation in the Diz-
triet of Columbia. Remember The Herald
when placing legal advertisements.
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B... Service TO CALIFORNIA

ARIZONA. NEW MEXICO. AND TEXAS.
High-clsSs STANDARD Equipment. also most modern
Tourist Sleepiug Cars Personally Conducted WITHOUT
CAalse- bEkIH, $50 Rates ard steamer resCrva-
tons 20 japan China. tie Philippines and Around
the Word A J. POsTON, Gerl. Agent, 81 Psuna
Ave. y ". 76 18th 81. y. ".
For Mt. Vernon, Alexandra. and
Arlington, Washington, Alexandria
& Mt.Nernon Ry. Sta. 18th & Pa. av.
TRAINS FOR Mt. VERNON CyEEK DAYS.
20 i A. ". 2 NOON 1 AND 2. n
TRAINS FOR ALEXANDRIA AND ARLING-
TOS DAILY EVERY . MINUTES.
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But the graft OF the 1anitor is only a
drop in a bucket as compared with that
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EXPRESSION.

shoFthund and IypesvrItiaE can bs
learned az cur school In % &c 81 days Positions
gasEanteed- Fitman. Graham. Gregg Barnes asa
Syllable systems Individual i7sJruciion. sTESue
GRAPHIC ACADEMY a5sls Colorado Buildirz.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-14

royalty. The sister OF her future hus-
band, Lady Marjorie Manners. is destined
eventually to marry Prince Arthur OF
Connaught.
A third reported engagement of a peer
and an actress is that of the Earl Of
Stanhope and beautiful, fascinating Ga
briele Ray. Miss Rays only rivals for
supremacy as a picture post card favorite
are the Dare sisters, whose engagements
to various titled sutors have frequently
been reported.
Stanhope is twentyseven, quite hand
some. and an officer of the Grenadier
Guards.
Meanwhile British society mammas sit
silently by watching in terror the inroads
made upon the list of eligible youths by
the stage women. But they are power
less to stem the tide under the present
conditions In the smart set
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Paris in 1851 and in 1907.

Frederic Harrison in NineteeEth Century.
Strolling about the city the other day. 1
tried to coniure up again vision of the
city as | saw it in 1s5i-within the old
boulevards network of narrow. winding
streets such as still see around the
Rue du Temple on one side of the river
or about the Rue de Seine on the other.
the Rue de Rivoli not yet rebuilt beyond
the Louvre. the old historic houses once
inha bited by men famous in history, 1T
erature and art. the quiet corners with
traces of feudal castles, splendid monas-
teries and Gothic churches. gray and
crumbling. with incrusted saints and an
gels. ] remember Notre Dame still buried
amid old buildings and Its magnificent IA
cade in its antique carving yet unpolluted
by the sacrilegious hand OF the restorer.
The Cite on the island was still what it
had been for fva or six centuries. maze
of old tenements and labyrinthine streets.
And III" inner bulk OF the city looked as
il had looked through the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries down to the revolu-
ton. How little of this remains today!
Old mansions. historic churches, pctur-
esGun streets and sleepy impasses are all
gone. Broad geometric avenues. roaring
with huge motor and tram cars. have torn
their path through them and swept the old
remnants into oblivion.
d
disaster? THOUSANDS OF rare specimens
of medieval work. scenes of many centu-
ries of stirring events street Tstas, tow
ers and gables. dear to generations OF
etchers-all have gone and left not a
wrack behind. \ huge transformation OF
old Paris was inevitable II Paris was to
remain the heart of modern France. In
1871 the population was about one million;
with the new suburbs II is now almost
three millions. This vast number could
not be permanently cribbed and cabined
in its old medieval labyrinth. New lines
OF transit had to be made. We may ac-
cept rhe new outer boulevards. the ave-
rues and broad streets outside the en-
ceintc of the eighteenth century But
nothing will reconcile me to the wanton
destruction caused by the Boulevard st.
Germ ain, the humiliation of the island
Cite and the pompous extravaganza OF the
Avenue de rOpera. The opera and its
avenue were one of the worst offenses
of the empire-a monument of tasteless
and insolent luxury. And the unfinished
Boulevard Rasoail is one of the evil ex-
amples of the mania for reconstruction
and waste without real overriding necss-
sity.
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hampered by chaperoncs. These watch
dogs of the drawing room and conserya-
tory. who frequently discourage by their
presence the ardent wooer of high social
station. have no part in the life of the
actress She is one who can take care
of herself She has her own apartments.
and she gives her own little teas and
receptions. These cozy quarters offer
lust the very spot where an accepted
admirer may pour forth his story of
devotion. and the quiet restaurant where
they go TO dine unattended offers an
other good opportunity for the cultivation
of a romance
Her independence. which permits the de-
yelopment of individuality, added to her
charm of face or manner. cannot fail to
arouse by contrast the admiration of the
men when they remember the staid,
prim and conventional misses they meet
in society.
And there you are. That's why the
British "+00'-or what corresponds to
that sacred circle on the other side-sns
up and takes notice with vengeance
every few weeks when Il new nobleman
falls victim TO Cupid's arrow aimed
through the heart of a stage favorite.
Not Seeking the Jewels.
There is Very good reason to believe,
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RAILROAD SHOPS
AT ATBARA

They do not make so smooth road as the
wooden ties, but the ants cannot eat
them We are also using steel telegraph
poles.
Il understand that you have some Amer
lean locomotives. How do they compare
with those from Great Britain
Not we'll" replied the railroad director
eve have some of your engines which we
bought seven years ago. We are still US
ing them. but most of them have been re-
paired and made over. You people make
locomotives. expecting to run them to
their full capacity for four or five years
and then throw them on the scrap heap.
This is not advisable out here in the des-
ert. where freight costs so much and the
trouble of getting our rolling stock Is SO
great. We want machinery that will stand
all sorts of trials. including the climate.
We want 1t rustproof and rotproof and
heavily made all around. We have here
not only the dry air and the sand to con-
tend with, but in the neighborhood of the
Red sea also the salt air and the alkali
water. The latter ruin our boilers. and
more so, in some respects. than the
sand. Take look at this English loco
motive which has just been sent in for re-
pairs. Its boiler is full of holes That
comes from the alkali water
Desert Water Stations.
Il suppose the lack of water is one of
your chief difficulties, is it not?''
Yes This railroad is over three hun
bred miles long and the track is laid
through the sand. For about one-third of
the distance inland from the Rea sea the
country is mountainous. but the rest
is fiat There are no streams. and we
have to rely on artesian wells for our wa
ter supply. We have bored number. but
we find that the water in many places is
salt. We struck one which had three per
cent of salt in it, and another in which the
water was one per cent salt. OF course
such water is useless for our locomotives.
I'VE are having trouble also in getting a
good water supply at Port Sudan. We
sank one well to a depth OF eight hun
dred feet and struck a good flow of
fresh water. We had hardly completed it.
however, before the salt water from the