The Springfield herald., 1908-08-28
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Thomas A. Ayres, Fort Collins. Colo,
has been appointed scientific assistant
in connection with the Agricultural
Department.
The retirement of Rear Admiral Ev-
ans places Rear Admiral Spar E.
Goodrich, commandant of the Navy
Yard at New York, at the head of the
active list of rear admirals of the
navy. Admiral Goodrich will be re-
tired in January.
At a banquet at the National Press
Club in Washington Saturday night,
Capt Thomas S. Baldwin. who has
just delivered dirigible to the United
States army at Fort Myer, announced
that he had been given contract, soon
to be signeu, to construct airships for
an aerial passenger line to ply be-
tween Philadelphia and New York. in
corporated in Massachusetts about six
weeks ago by Charles ]. Glidden.
The reclamation service Saturday
was advised that high pressure gates
in the outlet tunnel of the Shoshone
reservoir have been successfully in
stalled and that water Us flowing
through the tunnel. This marks an
important step in the construction of
what will be the highest dam in the
world, which the government is erect
ing in the canon of the Shoshone river
in northern Wyoming, for the storage
of water to irrigate 100000 acres in the
vicinity of Cody.
The United States army now owns
the Baldwin military dirigible balloon.
On the 18th inst. after three signal
corps officers. Lieutenants Lahm. Fol-
cuis and Selfridge. had made eight trips
in the airship. General James Allen.
chief signal officer. informed Captain
Baldwin that having fulfilled his con-
tract he could turn over the balloon at
any time. This was done after Captain
Baldwin had trained three officers of
the Signal Corps to handle the craft to
General Aliens satisfaction.
That the Panama canal can be COM
pleted within five years and at much
less cost to the government that has
been generally supposed is the informa-
ton which Colonel Goethals. engineer
in charge of the work, is expected to
bring Secretary of War Wright from
the isthmus next month Colonel
Goethals will visit Oyster Bay to dis
cusS the situation with the President
He will return to Panama before the
various congressional committees ar
rive there early in November to in
spect the work
Assistant Secretary of State Bacon
left Washington on the 18th inst. for
months vacation in the Rocky
Mountains, where he expects to hunt
and fish
The secretary of the Interior has sns-
pended the contract with the S. r. II.
Robinson G. Co. Contracting Company
of st. Louis for construction of the ai.
version dam and headworks of the
North Platte irrigation project. Ne
braska-Wyoming, and authorized the
reclamation service 10 complete the
work by force account This structure
is located near Whalen. Wyo.
The recess appointment of Griffith
r. Lewis to be postmaster of Cripple
Creek. Colo. in place of Daniel NJ. Sui.
livan. whose commission expired Jan.
4, 1908. has been made by the Presi-
dent, and was announced Friday by the
Postoffice Department
Charles Street. catcher of the Wash.
ington baseball team. Friduy won Il
bet of $500 made with John Fiddle of
Washington by performing the unpre.
cedented. though oft-attemptod feat of
catching regulation baseball drop.
ped from the top of Washington NOM.
ment. distance of $50 feet. He only
succeeded on the thirteenth attempt.