The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-06-03
KANSAS CONNENT
CONCRETE HOUSES.


More Big Talk: Thomas A Edison,
Is announced. has about completed
Eis plans for the cheap concrete
houses which he promised a year ago.
and if the statements made are true,
ne viii more than keep his promise
Ii VIII be possible to build of concrete
Tor $1,2O0 each, houses that would cost
at least $4,000 if stone were used in
the constructions: but they must be
built in blocks. The Edison plan calls
for house % by 80 feet, with eight
loot front porch and three-foot stoops.
Each house will contain six rooms and
bath, With cellar under entire building,
to contain boiler. wash tubs and coal
bin. Walls, roof, porches, bath tub,
and laundry tubs will all be OF REIN
forced concrete Only the doors, win
There will be no plaster finish. s1r.
Edison says 1t viii be possible for ev-
cry workingman to own his own nome
or occupy a separate house; that 1t
VIII take four days to set up tne
molds, six hours to pour in the con-
crete, four days more for the concrete
to harden, and four days to remove
the moulds-less than a fortnight to
finish a house. The cast iron mods
to be used to begin extensive building
will cost $25. 900, and the concrete plant
will cost $4,000 more. so that it will
be necessary to interest capitalists in
the work.-Atchison Globe.
A LESSON FOR HARTMAN.
II Abdul Hamid had been possessed
of the brain of a man like e. H. Har-
imam, who can keep ten railroads in
the air at one time with his hands
while he juggles government officials
with his feet. the beautiful yelled Ia
dies of the harem might still be list
ening to the soothing tones of the
Lutte, drinking rose-scented water,
whiting old Abduls pipe and having
the same lovely time onto the end of
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ed the gray matter. Mr.. Hartman,
if he thought of the sultan at all,
probably saw the cloud no larger than
a mans hand and guessed what was
coming to the ruler of Turkey. This
is a fair supposition because the afore-
said Mr.. Hartman is now doing one
of the finest and most beautifully ex-
ecuted examples of sidestepping ey-
er witnessed. He is getting in the
clear He has learned that the peo-
pie can cause him a lot of trouble
when they insurge and he wants the
insurgent business stopped. He has
also learned that If he cares to run
his railroads in manner calculated
to please himself he must stop abus-
ing the people by going down into
their pockets and extracting there
from money that doesn't belong to
him. He must not be arbitrary. IL
he is he will lose his harem and the
ladies will be compelled to drink plain
hydrant water instead of the cool,
scented and costly drinks.-Wichita
, Eagle.
HARVEST YOUR RATS.
The use of rat skins in various in
dustries has created a demand in
London alone to the amount of nearly
100000 a year, states British pub
lication They are used among other
things for bookbinding, photograph
frames. purses, and for the thumbs OF
ladies gloves. A new branch OF work
is likely to increase the consumption
largely, and as much as rs to 80 cents
a day have been earned by the unem-
ployed in Denmark last year. When
the rat act was passed. The damage
done by the rats in England alone is
estimated to amount to many million
dollars per annum,. and their capture
already occupies a large number OF
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