Washington State journal and Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1906-1907, 1907-09-25

through the mine from the one opening
to the other. The cost will be a mere
utde."
-But WIN the air pass through in
that wAy!'
mot without help. But we can eas
ily give 1t help"
"How! Go on. Explain your plan
fully"
well. We have here three or four OF
those big fans that the government hau
made for the purpose of ventilating
die engine rooms and stokehoies OF its
ironclads. They utterly failed and
were sold a. Junk. Captain Hallam
bought 4 lot Of them at the price OF
scrap iron and sent them out here
Davidson tried one Of them aud report
"a utter failure rs a result The fail
urs was natural enough. both In the
case Of the ironclads aud In that Of
the mine"
How so?'
why. In both cases an attempt was
made to force air down into spaces nj
ready flled with an atmosphere deus-r
thM that above That was absurd,
impossible. as any engineer not an
idiot should have known"
And yet you think you can use these
fans successfully In ventilatIng the
mine?"
II do not think; know. II Mr.
Davidson will permit me TO explain
"Never mind Davidson. II this ex
pertinent 10 to be tried you shall your.
self be the man to try It, Go on.
please"
But, Duncan, l simply mustn't he
known III the matter at ALL"
why not:"
II have wife to care for. can't
afford to be discharged. No. Duncan;
! must not be known In this matter or
have anything to do with the execu.
ton Of the plans l suggest. | want
you to treat them MS your own; sug.
sest them to Davidson and persuade
him to carry them out. In that way all
Of good and nothing Of harm will be
done"
why, then. haven't you suggested
your plans to Davidson"
Il have. and he has scornfully re-
jscted them. Coming from you he may
treat them with greater respect"
Go OIL. then, and tell me how you
purpose to ventiIate the mine. I'm
nightly interested" said Duncan.
Ihank you. SAID Temple. my
plan IL perfectly simple. You can't
rorcs air down into mine with any
pump tnat was ever Invented or any
pump that ever will be devised BY
human ingenuity. But you can easily
and certainly Draw air out Of 4 mine.
AND when there are two openings to
tne m'ns-one at either end-if you
draw air out at one end fresh air will
Of itself rush In At the other end to
take Its place NV plan IL TO sink a shaft
At the farther end OF the mine ana to
build an air tight box at the surface
opening, completely closing It. except
for an outflow pipe. Then 1 shall nut
one Of the big ironclad fans into that
hox no.,ae down When II ia act
spinning It will suck air out Of the
mine and fre.h air will r,sh in AZ
the main shaft to take the place Of
the air removed"
Duncan was Intensely interested.
Very eagerly he bent forward a. he
asked:
"You are confident of succesr IN
thisY'
"Mor, man confident: I'm sure"
Duncan rarely showed excitement
When he did 40 II was In vavs ne.
culiar To himself. At this point he rose
to his feet and. with an unusuallv allow
ana careful enunciation said.
go "a work at mi. tob esrlv tomor.
row morning. Dick. or this mornins
rather for II IN now I O'clock Your
wife n Marv Of courseY'
There was a chokine sound in Dun.
can's voice A he uttered the vonds
"Yss of course" ansv>red the othsr
instinctiveIv srssniny duncan. hand
ana pr,.aisr n In warm svmuathv
"Wil, Won b.ar her . mes.s re Srnm
mar"
"y... any m..s. "a van A.. ,povad IN
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