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day OF October. 1908, at 9 o'clock
A. NJ. at which time and place any
person interested may appear and
show cause II any they have why
such petition should not be grantea.
Witness my hand and the seal OF
the said Court hereunto affixed this
lith day OF September 1908.
l. r. MASON,
l4.2ll2S. County Judge.
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and sell to the highest bidder for
cash the said property above des.
Cribed.
Witness my hand this 4th day OF
September 1908.
J. ". AKERS. Sheriff OF Carter
County. Oklahoma.
BY +. X. WEST, Deputy.
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Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

and by contact with wooden Stat trays,
made up like screens. large portion Of
the tar is removed from the gas. the tar
passing off to large receptacles.
With the elimination of a large part
Of the tar and the gas still at high tem-
perature, It is passed on to the condens-
ers and there cooled TO a normal tenn
perature.
The scrubbing process is then con-
tinued again by forcing the gas through
fine wood shavings contained In cylin-
drcal steel shells, which removes the
last traces of tar. leaving only the other
impurities. one of which is then taken
out by the publication process.
The principal impurity to be removed
is sulphur, and this is accomplished by
passing the gas through large iron rec
tangular boxes filled with wood shavings
coated with iron rust, upon which the
sulphur is deposited by chemical action.
When the gas leaves the purifiers 1t is
ready for use, and its passage to the
giant holders is measured by passing
through immense station meters.
The huge holders are reservoirs from
which gas is constantly being taken and
the quantity on storage constantly re-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10
Bla.ckwells Island 8rld6e

of construction, and these will be in use
before another six months, but even with
these advanced facilities it has been found
necessary to construct a bridge, and such
a structure Is now under way.
The maximum length of span Is 2,7st
feet. The guaranteed cost of the bridge
is 500, 200, 900, and will be double deck
structure, as approved by the Secretary
of War July 3, 1900, for trolley and steam
traffic. The law provides that the bridge
must be completed within 10 years.
Now that actual work has been begun
on the various spans across the water
ways which lap the shores of Manhat-
tan, not a little friction has arisen be-
tween the art commissioners and the
bridge commissioners. Artistic treatment
was the first thought OF the former.
while the latter are more concerned
over the treatment of the designs from
the viewpoint of engineers. So warm did
these discussions wax In several instances
that 1t was found necessary to press
architects into service that they might
collaborate with the engineers In the
work of decoration and other artistlc
adornment Even this step has not proved
altogether satisfactory, ana III one UT
two instances the aims of the art COM
missioners have, SO far, miscarried. While
this clash of temperaments has been In
progress, the city has been put to enor-
nous expense in having new designs sub
mitted and changes made here and there
in order to establish peace between the
two commissions. Aside from those al
ready described there are Is bridges be-
tween Manhattan and the adjacent shores,
all in constant use.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

center, II feet. The tower foundations
are 20 feet above high water and the
towers resting upon them are made Of
steel. This bridge was opened to the pub
lie December, 1908, and while It's traffic
is not as heavy as that Of the Brooklyn
Bridge, nevertheless, 1t has proved
boon to those residing in lower Manhat-
tan and Brooklyn.
New Jersey pours an army of COM
muters into New York each day. Years
ago 1t was found that the feet Of ferry
boats operated by the various railroads
whose terminals are on the New Jersey
side were taxed to their utmost capacity
in transporting Jerseymen to and fro.
The latter part of February two of the
McAdoo tunnels. leading from Hoboken
to Manhattan, were thrown open to traf-
fic, and as q result several hundred
thousand passengers patronized the cars
operating in these tubes each day. Other
tunnels from jersey shores are in course
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

Manufacture of gas in sufficient Quantt-
ties to light the entire city.
1t began operations in the year 1921,
which marks a new era, for Baltimore
was the first city in the United States
lighted by gas. Not only have wonder
full advances been made in the methods
of manufacturing gas, but Its field OF
usefulness has been so extended by new
applications that the purposes for which
it is now used may be numbered by the
score. The industry has proven to be
one of the greatest boons. and so largely
does it enter into the everyday life of
the people that it has become a necessity,
the loss of which would be considered
great calamity.
Artificial gas. now used throughout the
country, is of two kinds-coal gas and
water gas. The former Is made from
kind of coal known as "gas coal" which
Is placed in an alright retort and then
heated until the gas leaves it, the residue
being coke.
This gas was the kind that was made
in the early day, but owing to its in
ferior illuminating qualities, with the nd
vent of the method of making water gas,
it was largely abandoned, and today I5
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

plenished. as the ordinary gas plant
never ceases manufacturing its product.
There Is little or no danger of an In
terruption of the supply by reason OF
accident, as gas plants are always
equipped with duplicate apparatus for
emergencies.
Perhaps the most remarkable feature
In connection with gas is its distribution
TO the consumer, which Is difficult
problem of itself involving as 1t does
the properly placing and maintaining,
without leakage. every inch Of the hun
dreds of miles of pipe in large city.
And were 1t possible to expose at once
the entire distribution system of mains
and service pipes network OF startling
proportions would be seen, Its ramlhca-
tons being In every conceivable direc-
ton.
To maintain uniform flow of gas In
all sections requires careful and COM
prehensive plan of grading the sizes OF
mains, so that there will be proper
supply of gas for those living nearest re
works as well as for those living In the
suburbs, perhaps eight or ten miles
away.
But even with these provisions 1t IL
necessary to meet the varances In the
demand, for at certain hours. especially
at night, there is heavy consumption.
During the day the consumption usually
falls Off.
The fluctuations In the use Is taken
care Of by governors, which allow suf-
ficient quantity of gas to pass from the
holders to supply this demand. The gas
governor, acting on the same principle
as a governor on steam engin>. allows
a given quantity of gas to go through 1t,
so that when the consumption increases
the governor admits more gas to the
pipes, and as the consumption decreases
the supply is cut down. Thus, duri.g
every hour of the "a the flow la held
down to the quantity necessary for the
proper distribution throughout the en-
tire system.
With the introduction OF electricity
there were many who believed that the
days of gas were numbered, but although
the electric light has reached high
state of perfection and is In general use.
the effect on gas has been contrary 10
that expected. New uses have been
found and there Is an ever increasing
demand for it. Gas has had a remark
able past and the future. no doubt, holds
for it many achievements. 1t provides
three of the greatest essentials to human
comfort-light. heat and power.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

were drawn. 1t was built for purpose
and that purpose was to span East River
from Manhattan to Brooklyn. There was
an open space of land and water total
ing 1880 feet, to close up, and this was
done despite the fact that the bridge had
to be swung TO an altitude which elevates
the floor of the driveway in the center
of the bridge 135 feet above the high
water mark Of East River
As time wore on Father KnicSerbocker
found that of all the thorns that prlcked
his ribs, Brooklyn Bridge congestion was
the most tantalizing. The ceaseless rush
to the trolley cars at either END OF the
bridge has long been menace 10 ire
and limb; the crush on the footway is
just as great as that OF the narrowest
sidewalk in the most congested thorough
fare of the shopping district, while the
constant blocking by teams of the car
rlageway is proportionately perplexing.
Statistics show that $4,000 cars traverse
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

son and in cost this will even eclipse any
of those reaching to Brooklyn. The origi-
nal appropriation for this span is $4,000
900, but If 1t is kept within 100000
its promoters will be satisfied.
Willis Avenue Bridge spans the Harlem
River, and while Its cost in comparison
to those now in course of construction
is insignificant. nevertheless 1t is none
the less artistic and ornate. 1t is one
of chain of Is structures spanning the
waters of the Harlem, Spuyten Duyvil
Creek and the Ship Canal, all more or less
costly, and each and every one built along
lines that strongly appeal to the artistic
temperament OF the dilettante.
Two other bridges worthy of mention
are High Bridge, over which the Groton
Water. of the old aqueduct passes, and
Washington Bridge The former is 400
feet long, supported by 10 arches on
granite piers, the highest arch being ZIG
feet above water level. The latter. at
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

carried into effect In london. no
doubt our citizens will look upon 1t
in another light
IAN American inventor, 1t would
appear, can have little credit In
America until he receives the sane
ton of the people of London, and
then he has a chance of becoming
fashionable on this side of the At
lantic."
This pointed newspaper criticism result
ed in experiments in the manufacture of
gas, and gas lights were exhibited In the
following year as an attraction in Peales
Museum, In Baltimore.
Peale was man of great dscernment
and foresaw clearly the marvellous posi-
bilties of gas. He was also believer
in the use of printers ink, for in The
American. in its issue of June 10, 1916,
the following unique announcement ap-
peared:
GAS LIGHTS.
without Oil, Tallow, Wick or
Smoke.
It Is not necessary to invite at
tention to the Gas Lights by which
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

per cent. of the gas manufactured in the
United States is of the water-gas variety.
The water-gas apparatus is composed of
three parts--a generator. carburetter and
superheater. These are cylindrical steel
shells lined with FIRE brick.
In the process Of gasmaking, coal is
placed in the generator and heated to an
incandescent state. then. from the top
or bottom. steam is admitted ard forced
through the heated coal, producing
crude water gas, which Is passed on to
the carburetter. In this shell enriching
oil is introduced, but as the oil and the
water gas do not effectualy unite. they
are passed on to the superheater. where,
as its name implies. they are subjected
to a high temperature, which thoroughly
CASTLES them into a permanent gas.
At this stage Of the manufacture. how
ever. the gas is still exceedingly crude.
for It contains considerable tar and other
impurities so that 1t could not be COM
merciallly used. Consequently 1t IS
passed through three other elaborate OPP
misunderstanding. condensing and puri-
flying.
From the superheater the gas passes
iato the scrubbers, where, in cooling
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

Tenth avenue and West One hundred
and Eighty First street. is 2,400 feet long
and so feet wide. The central arches are
$40 feet each and 1876 feet above high
water.
The Williamsburg, or New East River,
Bridge, as It Is best known, Ii costly
structure, having been erected at cost
of SIP 200, 900, exclusive Of the real estate
on which its abutments are placed. The
dimensions for this bridge are as follows:
Main span, 1000 feet; entire bridge be-
tween terminals, 1875 feet; width OF
bridge, 11s feet; minimum height OF
bridge above mean high water 100 1eeti
above mean high water. 332 feet s1s,
inches; width of carriageways, each 20
feet; width of two footwalks. each lols
feet; width OF two bicycle paths. each
7 feet: width Of four trolley car tracks,
center to center, on feet; width Of the
two elevated railroad tracks, center to
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

the bridge every four weeks, ard this
may serve to give some small idea to
what use the bridge has been put With
these problems to solve there is little
wonder that Father Knickerbocker de-
creed that more bridges were needed and
these in a hurry. regardless of cost.
Today four additional bridges are in
course of construction: swung high In the
air above the many times tunnelled wa
tiers Of East, North aud the Hudson Rivers.
This quartet of spans include the Will
lamsburg, or New East River Bridge; Man
haitian Bridge, Blackwells Island Bridge
and the Willis Avenue span. Williams
burg and Manhattan Bridges will com
plete the trio of spans, trebly uniting
the shores of Manhattan and Brooklyn,
and when completed will represent an
outlay amounting high above the hun.
dred million dollar mark. The third Of
this quartet is being sprung from Manhat-
tan to the New Jersey sides Of the Hud-
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

my Saloon of paintings is now IL
Illuminated; those who have seen the
ring beset with gems of light are
sufficiently disposed TO spread their
reputation. the purpose of this no.
tice is merely to say that the Mu-
scum will be illuminated every
evening until the public curiosity
shall be satisfied.
REMBRANDT PEALE.
1t is interesting to note that the build
ing In which these experiments were
made is still standing, and is now one of
the landmarks along a thoroughfare that
was at that time in the residential sec
ton, but is now wholly occupied by busi-
ness and manufacturing concerns. When
the museum was discontinued the struc-
ture was for number of years used as
the City Hall. Later 1t was used for a
public school,, and today It is occupied
by the construction department Of the
Baltimore City Water Works.
The success of Peale's exhibition laid
the foundation for the general use Of this
form of illumination, as the success of
the demonstration Immediately resulted
in the formation of a company for the
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10

YYuHILE many millions of dollars are
a. being expended in New York upon
~ its system Of tunnels. subterranean
and subaqueous, a sum equally great Is
being spent in constructing one of the
costliest chains of bridges that adorn any
city in America. 1t has long been con-
tended that there is little or no opportuni-
ty to transform New York into a city
beautiful. This is due to many causes
principal among them the exorbitant fg-
ure to which the value Of real estate has
mounted on this narrow little island.
OF course, every New Yorker points with
pardonable pride TO Central Park, River
side Drive, Morningside Park, the Pail
sades and the Hudson and Harlem Rivers.
Some are prone TO expand their chests
several inches when they lead the visitor
to Madison, Washington and Union
Squares and Battery Park, and similar
green spots scattered throughout the city,
but the numberless little bowers of beauty
Astounding in so many of the cities of
America are conspicuous by their absence
In Manhattan,
Realizing this to the fullest Father
Knickerbocker has had his civic pride
prodded so often and so necessarily by
the Art Commission that in sheer desper-
alton he has turned his attention to his
bridges, and TO this end he has appro-
priated sums for this work that would
stagger any other community but New
York. These bridges, while ostensibly
designed for the purpose of linking the
shores of Manhattan with those of Brook
Iyn. Long Island and New Jersey, will
nevertheless prove, when complete, that
Art cart spelled with a capital Al has
played no unimportant part In their
scope and design.
when the Brooklyn Bridge was thrown
omen TO traffic on May "a, 1888, II was re-
garded as the engineering triumph of the
century, and whereas its cost, up to De-
eember 1, 1907 had reached the stipend
ous sum OF s21 100000 yet New York
ers and Brooklypites alike declare it is
cheap at that. This structure was and
r. one OF the best examples of the bridge
snetneey's skill extant, although little
or no thought was given to its artistic
adjournment or classic lines when Its plans
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10
Modern Philosophy

You can never Judge man by his
friends. Friendship, IN nine cases out OF
ten. is an accident, brought about by
business or family relations.
DO not be hard on the stupid man, oh
ye Of scintillating intellect Remember
that gray horizon is frequently very
soothing after the brilliance of high
noon.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-10
Regulating Room
- Showing Turbines q.
- that malnta1n an
Edual Flow Of Gas

nF THE hundreds of thousands Of
persons who are users of gas there
" are but few who know anything OF
the origin, history or method of manu-
facture of this wonderful and most use
full product which has so effeetually dis
placed the tallow dip OF earlier times
and the kerosene lamp of later years.
As means of illumination gas has just
passed the century mark. for In July,
1907, some of the streets In London were
so lighted. On December 81, 1913. West
minister Bridge was illuminated by gas
When gas was first proposed in England
the idea was laughed at, and Sir Walter
Scott IN 1s08 writing to friend said:
There Is a mad man proposing to light
London with smoke" Upon its success
full introduction it not only became
great curiosity to the public, but the
lamplighters, accustomed TO oil lamps.
looked upon the new illuminant with
great suspicion, and perhaps fear, and
for awhile refused to have anything to
do with It,
The people of the United States, too,
were at first reluctant to adopt the sug
Restion of this wonderful burning air"
for when the inventor offered 1t to the
people of Baltimore he received no en-
couragement, and It was only after the
Old World had demonstrated the success
full use of gas as an illuminant that the
idea received support on this side Of the
Atlantic.
The American and Commercial Daily
Advertiser (now The Baltimore American)
Of December go, 1915. published this in
teresting item:
GAS LIGHTS.
1--WE learn by the late English
papers that Covent Garden Thea
ter and a number of the streets of
London are now illuminated by Gas
Light. They are represented as be-
Ing infinitely more brilliant. more
inoxious and vastly more economi-
cal than the common lamp light By
oil.
1--WE have been induced to notice
this improvement by the curious
circumstance that 1t was first Of
fered by the inventors to the peo-
pie of Baltimore about eight or ten
years ago qS05 or 1901, but the
people of Baltimore then laughed
at the idea. Now that 1t has been
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-08-08
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