Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1907-04-11
SIS Prise For Keeping Tidy Premises.

In order that the citizens OF
Hughesviile may have a special
stimulus to beautify the surround
ings of their properties Burgess
Townsend Will give $25 in gold for
the three most tidly kept premises
in town, divided in three prizes, one
of $l5, and two of s. each.
n committee of three ladies will
be selected, who will keep super
vision on the homes of those persons
who have entered the contest for
the prizes.
The Avis Advance says that T..
Hertram Sylvia, engineer at the
Avis Cut Glass cOmpany's plant has
discovered secret compound that
has almost the same effect on coal
and ashes as that discovered by John
Elmore, of Altoona. Mr.. Sylvia has
been working on the thing for about
i years, but was not able to perfect
it until about two weeks ago. He
has kept his secret quiet until he
could secure the time to give it "a
thorough test.
Mr.. Sylvia has been using the
preparation in the glass company s
furnace and with about one.fifth of
a ton of coal and four-fifths of ton
he can produce about five time the
amount of heat that ton of coal
will produce. About 10 cents of the
compound will be all that is necess-
AIRY to use for each ton of coal CON
sumed. During the time the prepar-
alton was used not a particle of smoke
issued from the big stack at the glass
works.
The amount of refuse from the
fire-box since Mr.. Sylvia has been
trying his secret could be loaded in
an ordinary toy express wagon.
One feature about the reparation
which cannot be found in the Elmore
compound is that the firebox, flues
and stack are cleaned out to perfect
ion and shine like silver dollar,
every particle of SCOT being con-
sumed.
When asked what he was going to
do with his secret Mr.. Sylvia said
he intended to have factory built
and manufacture the article in Avis.
The largest all-steal freight car
ever built has been received by the
Lehigh Valley. The car was con-
structed at Sayre. 1t is 100 feet long,
three times the length of an ordinary
car, and has four trucks, with b
wheels, while the ordinary car has
two trucks .and eight wheels. fife
monster car weighs about 250,000
pounds, nearly seven times as much
as the ordinary car. Ten thousand
rivets We're required in building it.
John William Wood, Sr., invent
or of an Improvement on car-facing
springs now in use on cars by all the
principal railways in the country,
has just been retired at Altoona by
the Pennsylvania, because of i'll
health, at the age of sc years. Wood,
who was one of the most expert
machinists in the service of the
Pennsylvania, invented over 100
tools and improvements on tools and
machinery, many of which have
been patented by the Pennsylvania
and put in exclusive use in their
shops over the system. For three
years during the civil war, Wood
held the position of foreman of gun
boat repairs at League Island navy
yard. David T.. Funk, another vet
eran employe of the Pennsylvania,
was also retired, having reached the
age limit, 20 years. Funk served
through the greater part of the civil
war. He was captured by the Con
federates and was almost within
sight of Libby prison, where he had
been doomed to imprisonment, when
he was retaken by the Union soldiers.
The bill by Representa-
tive Kiess CT Lycoming and which
is now IA law, providing a bounty of
70 cents for the killing of hawks,
has led to universal inquiry from
farmers and hunters as to the man
ner of collecting the bounty. When
a hawk is shot it must be produced
before a justice and the bounty is
given to the man who killed and
brought the hawk to the Office.
After the justice has the sum he is