The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-20
ANSWERS TO
CORRESPONDENTS.

| ]. II. G., Dodge City, Kan. writes:
want to study mining engineering
Where is the nearest good place for m,
to go for that purpose?
The nearest place for you to go to i:
probably the Colorado School of Mines
at Golden, Colo There is also Schoo
of Mines at Rolla, Mo-, and one a
Houghton, Mich. Perhaps the best
course in mining engineering in the
country is the one given in the Schoo
OF Mines at Columbia University, in New
York City. This has borne a high rep
utation for over generation.
S. H. p, Salisbury, N. c., asks: Wha,
was the highest price of the stock OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1906?
The best quotation that we can find
lis 147k.
e. II. c., New Rochelle. n. Y. asks:
When will the u. S. Government with
draw from its temporary control of
Cuba?
Secretary Taft, in submitting to the
president the report of Charles L. Ma
COON, Provisional Governor of Cuba.
said that the delays in completing the
census will postpone the local cleo
tons until June, the Presidential cleo
ton until December and the installa-
ton of the President and Congress and
the turning over of the island until
about March or April, 1909"
II. T. K, Anaheim. Cal, asks: Will
you give me the statistics of the five
leading States in wheat and corn?
The figures of the production of 1906
compiled by the Department of Agri-
culture show the following as the lead
ing five States in wheat and corn, the
quantities being given in bushels.
Wheat: Kansas, S1,S30,611; North Da-
Indiana, 4S,0S0,925, and Ohio, 43,2O2,-
100. Corn: Iowa. 373.275,O00; Illinois,
347,169,5S5; Nebraska, 249,7S2,5O0;
Missouri, 22s.522, 500, and Indiana,
1S3,S93,767.
S. ]. F., Marshailtown, Iowa, asks:
What is the distance between Harper's
Ferry and Gettysburg the way the army
went?
The distance by rail from Harper's
Ferry to Gettysburg, by way of Hagers-
town. is &c miles. Gen. Hooker, who
commanded the Union army, was at
Frederick, not Harper's Ferry, when
he was relieved by Gen. Meade, who
the whole Union army north
ward toward Harrisburg, which was
really the objective point of the Con-
federate army, and the various corps
of Meade'S army concentrated from
various directions at Gettysburg.
B. ]. B., Mobile, Ala, asks: What are
Mazamas? L think it has something
to do with mountains?
The MaZamaS is q club of mountain
climbers, which has for It's chief object
the exploration of snow peaks and 9TH
er high mountains, especially those of
the Pacific Northwest. Any person who
has climbed to the summit of a snow
peak is eligible to membership. They
70 re tIo
famous peaks in Oregon or Washing
ton; for instance, that of 1897 was up
Mount Rainier, in Washington. A SINH
lar organization exists in New England,
known as the Appalachian Club. The
Alpine Club of Switzerland is also IA
nous.
]. H. L., Baltimore, Nd, asks: What
is the largest locomotive in existence?
The "Mallet compound" of the Erie
Railroad is the largest and most pow
erful locomotive ever built 1t has
total weight of 100000 pounds, and its
cylinders measure % and 80 by %
inches If worked to its full capacity
1t could haul a train of 225 loaded
freight cars of so tons capacity each,
on a level track, at Is miles an hour
Such train would be mile and three
quarters long, and the engine would be
exerting 4,000-horsepower.
c. NJ, Williamsport, Pa, asks: When
did they first begin to make forecasts
Of the weather in this country?
AS early as 1S49 and thereafter I'M
til the beginning of the civil war sys-
tenn of daily Geographic weather reports
from which predictions of coming
storms were made were mapped and
exhibited at the Smithsonian Institu-
lion in Washington. 1t was discontinued
during the civil war. and in 1870 the
Weather Bureau of the United States
Signal Service was established under
the direction of Gen. Albert j. Myer.
G. T., Springfield, Mass. asks: Is it
rue that women can vote in Australia ?
Full suffrage is given to women both
IN Australia and New Zealand The
same is true of the Isle of Man, Iceland
and Finland. In the United States wo-
men have the suffrage on equal terms
with men in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah
md Idaho.
T. T. A, Vinita, Okla, asks: Which
was the greatest fire, that of San Fran
cisco or that of Chicago?
The estimated loss by the great fire
N Chicago in 1871 was $165, 900, 900,