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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22

It's way, but too highly improbable TO
inspire much interest Strange things
had come to pass in the arts and sci
ences, electricity was being developed
rapidly, and the wonder of II all was
growing less insistent, but the general
American public, intelligent and pro-
gressive as II was, could not accept the
theories of the enthusiasts who de-
clared that it would in time be possi-
BILE to walk dry shod from the state of
New York into New Jersey and return
in the same manner.
The wiseacres shook their heads.
The Hudson at that point had an aver
age depth of fifty feet and it's waters
were never quiet. The exact compost
tion of the stratum beneath the river
was unknown. Unmanageable silt and
changing quicksand might be encoun-
tered at every step of the excavation.
What would form an impenetrable roof
to this subaqueous passage above
which the turbulent waters were ever
moving in and out? II was true, in
deed, that rivers had been tunneled.
but never mighty tidal stream like
the Hudson. No; 1t was impracticable.
Then came many years of trial.
They were practically years of fail
urc. The history of the first attempt
harks back to 1874. In that year a
company was formed. obtained "a fran
chise and actually began to dig. Even
at that time II was foreseen that com
pressed airwould have to be used, but
the shield had not been thouLht of.
II was believed by the promoters of
the scheme that the air pressure would
support the soil and keep, out the wa
ter. II did not take long to show them
the fallacy of their reasoning. Before
they had progressed far there was a
cave-in and fourteen men perished
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22

Even then no American was ready to
commit himself to the proposition, but
in that year a syndicate Of English
capitalists was formed with the avow-
ed purpose of digging the tunnel. Ex-
perts who had made close study of
the successful Thames tunnel came to
America and after an exhaustive in
vestigation reported favorably. Then
the digging began, in the exact loca
tion of the former excavation made
sixteen years earlier. All went well
for awhile. An enormous quantity of
silt was removed, and il actually be-
gan to look as il something We're do
ing" Two tubes were being bored at
the same time, and everything went
on merrily until ledge of rock was
encountered. This was an unexpected
obstacle, and the English engineers
gave up in despair. They had actually
scooped out 1.500 linear feet In the
north tube and $40 in the south one
BY this time il had become reason
ably certain to at least one American
that the tunnel was feasible propo-
sition and that American pluck ana
capital We're destined to put it through.
That man was William q. McAdoo. a
lawyer from Dixieland. He 1t Is who
has accomplished that which so many
others have failed to bring to a suc-
cessful conclusion. lie attacked his
self imposed task OF tunneling the
Hudson river with d confident smile at
the unbelief that echoed from every
side.
His confidence was herculean. so un-
qualified that II was actually conta-
gious. He proceeded TO organize a
company, with directorate that made
his undertaking a project not TO be
ignored. The next step was the pur-l
chase from the English syndicate Of
the franchise. rights. real estate and
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22
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of the most marvellous
works ever accomplished by the hand
of man. This he will do by touching
an electric button on his desk at the
White House That simple movement
of the executive finger will be a signal
to the world that the first of the tun-
nels under the Hudson river, connect
ing the states of New York and New
Jersey, is ready for business.
A moment later, perhaps while Mr.,
Roosevelts finger is still on the button.
two trains will move from their re-
spective terminals. one from the New
Jersey side of the river and the other
from Manhattan Island, toward each
other, meeting midway underneath the
Hudson. When that Is accomplished,
two governors. Hughes of New York
and Fort of New Jersey, will shake
hands from the forward cars of their
respective trains and great cheer will
come from the invited guests. Then
both trains will proceed to the New
Jersey side and the tunnel will be de-
clared open to traffic. Later there
will be a banquet at which both gov
ernors are expected TO make speeches
which is quite another story.
The route to be opened in this
unique but ceremonious fashion is a
dotble track road extending from the
Lackawanna terminal in Hoboken,
N. ~, under the Hudson river and
through Christopher street and Sixth
aveAue, Manhattan. to Nineteenth
street. At present there will be four
stations on the New York side-at
Christopher and Greenwich streets, at
Christopher street and Sixth avenue,
at Fourteenth street and at Nineteenth
street. During the coming summer the
route will be extended to the Pennsyl-
wanna terminal at Thirty fourth street,
with intervening stations at Twenty
third and Twenty eighth streets.
This route. now about ready for use.
is only a fourth of the Hudson COM
pany's tunnel system, The lower tubes
of the system. from the Pennsylvania
terminal In Jersey City TO the great
Hudson Terminal building at Cortlandt
and Church streets. New York, will be
in operation before the close of the
year. The subway connecting the
VARIOUS New Jersey terminals will be
completed In few months, one of the
stations being at the Erie terminal
The cars constructed specially for
this Hudson river tunnel system are
entirely of steel and are of pattern
differing widely from any others now
In ,pse In New York. They are pro-
yided with wide doors In the center as
we'll as at either end. and at all termi-
nal stations the platforms are so ar
ranged that passengers may enter and
leave the cars at the same time. The
nl lat III gn
that the outgoing passengers make
their exit on one side and those enter
Ing come from the other side. The
car doors are opened and closed auto
mAtically by compressed air. and II Is
impossible for train to start until
every door has been closed.
4 kssk Backward.
It 10 now more than thirty years
since the exoavRttng of these tunnels
4 onder the Hudson river began to be
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22
Opening of the First Hudson River Tunnel

Immediately, and those who had shown
faith in the enterprise relapsed into
unbeief.
Nothing more was done until 1890.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22

other property still in its possession.
This involved an initial expenditure OF
a little more than Si.000,000,
Then McAdoo put aside his law
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22

discussed seriously Even at that time
1t was discussed seriously by only
few. To the general public it was a
theorists chimera, amusing enough in
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22

compressed air cystem OF excavation In
some form must be adopted. and it was
quite as apparent that compressed air
alone was incapable of supporting the
walls of silt through which the passage
must be made. The lamentable result
Of the early attempt was siill unfor-
gotten.
McAdoo knew that when the AS
syrians, come 1000 years ago, made up
their minds To tunnel the Euphrates
they dug another channel for the wa
ters of the river, let it's bed run dry
and then built continuous arch of
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-02-22

I next Tuesday afternoon.
about 4 o'clock. accord
ing to the present ar
rangement, the president
of the United States
will set in operation one
of the most marvellous
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
BUTTE ELY DEVELOPMENT.
Believed That Taft Election Will Set
This Property Going.

In the event of the election of Taft,
Butte Ely is likely TO get in the OPP
Grating list AT early date. Mr.. Os-
borne. who has been looking after
the property here for some time,
leaves this morning for Butte to con-
suit with large interests in the COM
pany with the end of starting deyel-
opment in view.
Mr.. Osborne is able 10 take ex-
eellent report TO Butte with him. 1t
Is of kind that is highly encouraging
to the starting of systematic and ex~
tensive development on the ground
of the company. Drill holes are now
down almost 10 the line of Butte Ely
and there is every reason TO aelieve
from the results that have attended
these holes that the ere goes right
into Butte Ely. The driliers have
expressed this opinion and before his
departure from the property gave Mr..
Osborne the declaration that he could
urge his people To the limit with con-
fidence that the ground would make
good.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31

have never been before any conyen-
ton or any people asking for their
votes for any gift within their power.
| commenced life in business
way in the engineering department
of the Central Pacific railway, the
first transcontinental line in the
United States While in their en-
ploy | helped to make map of Ne
yada and Utah from actual surveys,
in which | travelled afoot and on
horseback over the most of Nevada,
becoming generally eonversant with
the state from contact with its soil.
For three years | slept upon the
ground among the sagebrush and
greasewood, and very rarely In that
time was | in a house. ! have been
for months in 1857, where | did
not see a white man except those in
our own party and travelling all the
time
was engineer in charge of the
building of the first railroad draw
bridge on the Pacific coast, namely
the one across the San joaquin river
below Stockton, Cal.
| have had extensive business deal
ings with the land Offices of this
coast and am thoroughly familiar
with their requirements. | have
made extensive surveys from Span
ish land grants TO surveys of govern
ment lands, and from railroads to
mines, both underground and sur
face.
The general expectation of an en-
ployer. when he engages a man to do
particular line of work, is that he
Is qualified by experience to do that
work. He would not expect dish
washer TO run a complicated set OF
machinery. and do IL right. He might
be able to pull open the throttle and
let her go Gallagher" but then there
is the afterclap. that naturally would
be expected.
Let the people get the services for
which they pay their money, just as
any employer would expect.
II You hire a ward politician. YOU
get just the services that man OF
that kind can give. II makes no diff
ference where you place him, he is
only a ward politician.
As long as we are ruled by the ma
chine politicians, we will get only
such service and by such people as
the machine dictates we shall have.
AM THE ONLY CANDIDATE
ON ANY NEVADA STATE TICKET
FOR ANY OFFICE FROM THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE.
In view of the fact that | am also
THE ONLY CANDIDATE ON ANY
TICKET WHO is QUALIFIED BY
PROFESSION, EDUCATION and by
EXPERIENCE to fill the Office OF
STATE SURVEYOR GENERAL, j
am deserving of the support of the
voters of the state. irrespective OF
party affiliation.
Very. truly yours,
NJ. T. HUBBARD.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31

ing Locations as follows: Great West
ern, oringinal, page 206. Book /;
amended page 63S, Book :.
amended. pages 311-313. Book Is
Joanna No. ?, original. page 545, Book |.
amended pages 3l4-316. Book Is.
Joanna Gore, original, pages 525-526.
Book Il. The nearest known locations
are the Blackstone, L. 5. Lot No. a.;
Union. L. S. Lot 81; Cloud. and Justice,
Survey No. 3126; Joana, u. $. Lot No.
&c; Chairman, Chairman Gore, and
Turkey L. s. Lot No. 65; Maud 5.
placer and Magnuson, survey No. 1857 /;
and Tiger placer, Survey No. 2S02.
Said lode claims are situated In the
: w Il of Section and the n. w. a
of section IS, all in Township 16 n,
X. CO Il.
direct that this notice be published
in the Daily White Pine News, at Ely.
Nevada, the newspaper published
nearest the said lode mining claims,
for period of sixty days.
LOUIS J. COIN,
Register.
First Publication October, 81, 1909
Qast publication December 80. 1909
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
COPPER FLAT NOTES.

COPPER FLAT, Oct. 30.-E. j.
Mansey has arrived from Bingham
and has taken charge as foreman of
the machine shop.
Mrs. Ralph and Mrs. Thomas were
visitors today from the Boston Ely.
spending the afternoon watching the
big work here.
Frank Arthur. w. A. Perkins, VIM.
Durham and {. -. Nance represented
the Flat at the Strollers ball in Ely
tonight
j. l.. Dobbins returned last night
from his business trip 10 Cobre
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
DISTRICT LOOKS
WELL TO COL. WALL
VISITS VARIOUS PROPERTIES
AND EXPRESSES PLEASURE
WITH SHOWINGS lie FINDS
TO EXIST IN THE CAMP

Following thorough inspection of
the workings at Veteran, Kimberly
Copper Flat and the properties of the
Mcdonald Ely Copper Co, Col. E. A
Wall, one of the most widely known
and influential mining men in the
west. and f. Il. Cook, r. May, Law
renee Fox and J. NJ. Bidwel, all
prominent in Utah mining circles,
will return TO Salt Lake today The
gentlemen arrived in the district
Thursday evening and spent all of
yesterday at the mines.
In an interview Col Wall stated
last night TO a White Pine News rep
resentative. 1T is useless to tell
you my opinion of the district, as
that has been gone over numerous
times before. It is known fact that
the possibilities of this camD are be-
yond comparison and there is no need
of my making the same old stare
ments over again.
I'VE spent the entire day at the
mines and were particularly inter
ested in the operation If TIE steam
shoyels at Copper Flat. We also
gave a good portion of our time TO
TIE hNAJOHdiu III lily OpluiOns
active operations of the company
will not be started until spring. |
have nothing in particular to say
in commentator of the property be-
cause development work hes not pro-
crossed far enough for one to Judge.
The gentlemen stated that it is
with regret that they will not be able
to visit Shelter Oh this trip, but
business compels them to return II
Salt Lake today
Col. Wall at one time. was sole
owner of the properties of the Utah
Copper Co At Bingham, but. it is re-
ported. he has dis osed of all interest
in that concern. In speaking of the
Bingham district. Col Wall stated
that about 10000 tons are being
produced daily at that camp the
Utah Copper Co. outputting more
than half of that amount.
The Utah Copper is now the only
company using steam shoyels in
Bingham. the Boston Consolidated
having recently abandoned their use.
The gentlemen stated last night that
the Boston Consolidated will proba-
bly, never go back to steam shovel
work. owing to the fact that the un-
derground mining Al hat place IS OPP
Grated To better advantage and AT
much lower cost.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
MIMI TRAINS.
Mineral Application No. 0I030.
NOTICE Oh APPLIC ALTON ron
PATENT.
Mineral survey Ne. 3aI6.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
CARSON CITY. NEW. OCT. %. 1905.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. that
CHAIRMAN CONSOLIDATED COPPER
COMPANY, Corporation organized
and existing under and by virtue
by its agent and attorney-in- ct.
Thomas L. Mitchell. whose residence
and post office address is Ely.
Nevada. has made application for
Great Western, Joana No. , and Joanna
Gore lode claims situated in
Robinson Mining District. White Pine
County, Nevada, being Mineral survey
notes and plat of the official survey
now on file in this office with magnetic
variation at II deg. 30 min East as
follows:
$. +. Cor. of the Great Western loca
tion. this survey whence section cor
ner common to Sections T. :, II and 1 5
In TIP. 6 North OF Range 6s EN-. D.M.
bears y. So deg. % min. 80 sec. i,
2737.17 feet distant ; thence. first
course, $. 50 deg. l6 min. w. 800 feet
To Cor. | Joanna Gore; thence, second
course. $. "a deg. 81 min. W. sea- feet
to Corner No. Joana Gore (being
identical with Cor. No. . Joana No. p
thence, third course. n. GO deg. 10 min.
West 1890 feet to Cornor No. 3
Joanna No. ,; thence, fourth course. y.
20 deS 90 nlin; u. oVV ~. TO Cor. No. !
Joana No. 2; thence, fifth course s. 81
deg 10 min. II. 107396 feet to wester-
ly side line of Great Western; thence,
sixth course. N. 80 deg. "A min. W.
10i6.12 feet to Cor. No. of Great
Western: thence. seventh course, n 50
deg. 16 min IL. 600 IT. to Corner No. 4
Great Western; thence, eighth course,
$. 80 deg. IL min. T.. 1900 #. to Corner
No. l of Great Western, the place of
beginning; excepting and excluding
from said application (I) Those nor
lions of said Great Western location I'm
conflict with (a) Blackstone lode claim
u. S. Lot No. As and (b) with Union
Lode claim L. s. Lot No 81 The net area
of said lode claim after excluding the
above conflicting areas is 39.306 acres.
all of which is claimed and applied for.
The original and amended certificates
of the several locations are of record
in ONCE the Of County Recorded Of said
White Pine County In records OF Min
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
QUARTERLY STATEMENT.

The statement of the Montgomery
Shoshone Consolidated Mining COM
pany for the quarter ending July 81
shows the receipts from the sale of
ore. concentrates and bullion to have
been $171,4791S. The expenses for
the same period were 81 O,492.S6.
making the net earnings $6O,9S6.32.
The company's Indebtedness on the
same date was $342, 303.97.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
MARKETS, MINING AND METALS
REPUBLICAN RALLY
At SHELTER TONIGHT

, SHELTER, Oct. 30.-Red
; fire, music, a parade and ora
; tory from Republican county
; candidates is on the card for to-
; morrow Saturday night 1t
, will be the closing demonstra-
. ton by the Republicans at this
, point and it is proposed to
} make it hummer. Smelter
} has around 300 Republican
, voters who will take enthus-
, iastic part and help whoop
; things up. All of the Republic
} can county candidates will be in
, attendance ana will he heard on
, the platform in brief remarks
J to the voters. There will be
} glee club songs between times.
, Beside the candidates number
, Of Republicans will come down
, from Ely and East Ely. Every
J body in Smelter Is invited 10
, turn out and enjoy the occasion.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
MARKET EASES OFF
IN THE TRADING
ATTRIBUTED TO NEARNESS OF
ELECTION - CLOSE TODAY
WILL PROBABLY BE QUIET
BIG ELYS HOLD STRONG.

Lack of activity characterized the
stock market yesterday. While Ne
vada Consolidated advanced point
over Thursdays quotations and other
Elys advanced accordingly, damper
has been put on stock fluctuations by
politics and there is little probable
ity that there will be a material
change until after election, when
stocks will show an upward trend
that will continue in case of
Tafts election.
Ouafaffoue.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
GOOD FIND AT JEssUP.

Another valuable strike has been
added to the Mackedon and Taylor
property in the Jessup district, and IL
the present showing continues, OF
which there is no doubt In the minds
of those who have examined the new
ind. the property will enter the ranks
as one of the camps first regular
PRODUCERS
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL.

To the Voters of the State of Nevada
Having been nominated as a can
didate on the Independent party
ticket for the very honorable Office
of surveyor general of the state OF
Nevada. | can assure You that this
is one case of the Office seeking the
man, not the man the Office.
In my 40 years of political life
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
BROkEN THIGH.

Frank Pambo was brought 10 the
Steptoe hospital yesterday afternoon
from Smelter suffering a broken
thigh. DIR. Abbott accompanying the
injured man in. Pamho was engaged
loading timbers for Veteran mine,
when one of these got away from him
and rolling of the car. caught and
bore him to the ground, where hts
thigh was crushed and broken by the
weight of the timber.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31

The market today was very quiet,
lacking in interest and devoid of any
special features. undoubtedly caused
by near approach of the election.
Silver was off little and copper a
little stronger. caused by large sale
of surplus which relieves the mar
ket somewhat.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
PHENOMENAL VALUES.

The Knox Leasing company, upon
the Silk Hat group OF claims at RAM
sey. has encountered phenomenal
values in gold. 1t is stated that the
gold Is of the wire variety, and that
II runs into the thousands of dollars
to the ton.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
FROM HAMILTON.

p. L. Williams, general manager
with the Bamberger mining interests.
came in Thursday from Hamilton,
where he was to look over the prop
erty OF the Bambergers. He report
ed conditions at Hamilton as very
satisfactory,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
WHEAT MARKET.

CHICAGO, Oct. 30.-Deeember
wheat closed at $1.0O1z a 1908.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK, Oct. 30.-Lead was
firm at $432k G4.3714; copper,
firm, 13 a @13A nc; silver. soc
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
y. y. RY. TIME TABLE.

Effective Sept. 17th, 1908.
Daily except Sunday, leave Ely City
norihbound 7:35 n. IN.
Daily except Sunday leave Cabre
southbound 1870 p. m.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
THE SOUTHERN DINING ROOM

be day andni make
specially of dishes, namely
We
North West
of Block.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-10-31
BINFoRD a HULsE LETTER.

Money, ! Il per cent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-02
The New "BIack Crook"

The Donazetta Family. a startling
European acrobatic act. is one of the
features of Miller and Plohn's produc-
ton of THE Black Crook" this sea-
son. The DonaZettas are we'll known
on the other side having appeared in
most of the European capitals where
they are great favoritts. The Dona-
ZettaS have been seen but little in
America of late years, but it will be re-
membered that some time ago they
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-02
STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO,

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO.
LUCAS COUNTY. SIS.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that ne
is senior partner of the firm of r. j..
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
CITY Of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of Cat
arrh that cannot be cured by the use
of Halls Catarrh Cure. FRANK }.
CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in nv presence, this 9Th day of Dec
ember. A. D. 1886
(SEAL.) A. W. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, and acts directly on the blood
and mucus surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials free.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co, Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-04-02
PROMOTE GOOD FELLOWSHIP.

We feel that the banquet given on
Wednesday night by the Improvement
Club, and which was so we'll attended
by prominent business men of both
Walla Walla and Dayton, will result in
much good to the territory embraced
in the Touchet and Walla Walla val
leys. The closer fellowship engendered
by these meetings in these three towns
cannot help but be of untold benefit to
the entire community and especially TO
those who make it point TO attend
these banquets. The entire line of
thought presented Wednesday night
pointed to the fact that this great val
ley is just entering upon a new era
of develOpment-an era much more
prosperous even than the one just
passing. The bottom lands or all lands
susceptible to irrigation must be cut
into smaller tracts and made to grow
ten tons of produce where but one now
grows. More people!" is our cry. We
have the soil, climate, natural ad-