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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
Hosv III Feeling >ASainsf the Railroads
MARGIN
"Inmor off, the Tronspo zion bem

>my eyes have looked on both-to-day and
yesterday"
How and when did opposition TO rail-
roads begin?" | asked
1T started through various granger
movements. when the prices of farm crops
were ruinously low and production far ex-
ceeded demand. The discouraged agriculture
list In sod house, with plenty to eat it is
true but burning his corn as fuel because
there was no sale for grain. looked about
him for something TO hit. In his isolation
seeing the railway, its engines and empty
cars. and nothing else. he wildly struck in
that direction. My associates have always
said that l am an optimist. neither deny
nor condrm their accusation. However l
have never believed that the people at
bottom were antagonistic to our railroads
The abuses of the railways We're con-
demned. and that was right. but the abuses
were the fruitage II conditions which were
logical in human nature and the events.
1T must be borne in mind that in the
past railways were built to promote the
welfare OF localities. Baltimore and Phiia-
delphia, competing with each other. went
into the transportation business. Cincin-
rati built line of its own into the South
as a measure OF commercial defence
trade and industry We're fighting either for
self-preservation cor ultimate supremacy
The war between communities, the aC-
cepted principle that large customers
should buy freisEtage as we'll as merchan-
disc at a cheaper rate than small custom
ers, and the savage competition amons;
the railroads themselves for traffic. led
naturally to the practice of giving rebates
OF refundlnS part OF the money paid for
carrying commodities.
30 there was an immoral side 10 the
railway problem. l have spoken Of the
physical transformation. worked out s,radu-
any, but boldly in tracks. bridges and
equipment Alongside OF it, in all TN.
struggle and strain of that monumental ac-
complishment there has been an ethical
evolution. correction OF conduct. and r.
rejection of standards that were forD,ar1.
thought TO be necessary and defensibIa nm
I'll one shipper has no more prlvuaces
secret or public. than another.
Rebating has stopped absolutely NJ
more passes are given. Moreover. II Is nv,
heilef mat during all the progress or ~,
railways 10 a better state. moral and M.
'cai' the people have been friendly r,thor
than hostile" e'
40 any serious financial problems to-,
BILE the minds OF railway manager an g.
time?" ~ 'nls
Meme that 1 know Of 1 think uo,s,.
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can be obtained for needed branches, extern
sions and other improvements. The only
matter of grave concern relates TO legisIa-
ton. We have laws enough There is
danger that the national government will
cross the line of regulation and attempt 10
participate in actual management When
that occurs the country should bug the rail-
ways. and If that ever happens rhe subse-
quent chaos and incompetency will be an
paling.
In my opinion the railways should have
the exclusive power OF fixing the rates Of
transportation When a rate is too high
IL ought 10 be challenged and The dispute
settled by the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. The claim that rates are dear he
cause railways are greatly overcapItalized
Is SroundlesS- Besides. rates arc low. F,x-
cept IN rare instances, the RAILWAYS OF the
country could not be duplicated for the
market value of their outstanding secur-
tiles
another danger is the possible conflict
between the government at Washington and
tue various states over railway regulation
state saying. Go ahead with vo,1r issue
or bonds and stocks and Washlrston shy
me- step; the local authorities have no
right 10 interfere when a road - engaged
IN transporting interstate commerce. In
such an event there would be per-lexit,
stagnation and loss. ConseoueurI,- mr.
oehce and wisdom are now essential for the
continuation of sound business conditions
believe in railroad regulation" Mr.
Hughitt continued. 'in order. among Other
thlhSs, that unjust discrimination NAV
De prevented between centres o. business
ana competing zones which market their
products in tho same places pathways.
you understand. desire 10 build Up general
BUSINESS in the regions through which they
operate. Kansas City. battling for the
same market with Chicago. might complain
uat Its rates ON outward freIShts were
excessive. There are Determinations and
UNJUST determinations. The latter should
not be tolerated. Then the public ought 10
DC assured that the bonds or shares nut
out by railway are actually tor perrna-
hent improvements In short. there should
De a rational supervision OF the railroads
or the country. but no tinkerlng With their
arrangement"
Copyright. 1870 by James r. Morrowl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
WATER ITS SHIELD
Corpedo Boar Able TO HurI
Halt Ton Of Gun
COffon.

A new type of war vessel, provided for by
Congress in the naval appropriation act Of
last year, will be Officially tested by the
United States government at Boston within
a few days. It is known as the subsurface
torpedo boat, and is designed to be immune
to the small gun fire which is relied upon
as a protection against ordinary torpedo
boats. 1t consists of a submarine hull,
which contains ali the machinery and tor
pedo armament, suspended from an unsink-
able surface hull divided into compartments
packed with ceIlulose.
Last years law authorizes the purchase
OF this boat, when the official trial shows
that It fills requirements. and the construc-
ton under contract of two others of the
same type. The boat has had a prelimin-
airy trial; Tams. Lemoine & Crane. the con-
sulting architects. report that it easily made
eighteen knots. thus exceeding the required
speed by two knots.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13

IN my seat. When the aviator he makes
long flight. the feeling Of walking again
Is to him-oh! so very funny. He don't
like much then to walk at all. After sail
ing through the space without tho foot
moving for so long it IS very hard now to
make the feet walk for you.
"Once YOU go up. after that it is always
to fly you want
Asked for his opinion as to the future
OF the aeroplane, the little Frenchman
said, without moments hesitation:
That, it is something I cannot tell you,
because it will be able much 70 do every
thing. In countries where people do the
hunting for fun the flying machine he
will make the horse stay in his house
Over the fields and forests in the perfect
serenity the man in his machine Will go,
and from his seat behind the chauffeur
the hunter of the future will find out
where is the game. and go for him until he
hit hm-so! The deer or the duck from the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13

Daring French Aero
nd1f LOVes the
Iporf for It's
Risks.

Nigh flying is the most dangerous and
that's the reason Paulhan loves it.
ITO fly mile In the air is not difficult
IS the way lie would like 10 have disposed
Of his teats in aviation when talking with
Tribune reporter at the Knickerbocker
few days ago.
4 strange combination OF giTl-like mod
esIy and ignorance OF the sensation Of
fear is Louis Paulhan. artist In more than
the aerial sense. He is an artist in looks,
temperament and other respects. When he
smokes a cigarette the atmosphere that
exudeS from him is artistic. He is French:
The way he bows and smiles tells one that.
lie is small. but so is the pugnacious spar
row. He wears one OF those fuzzy hats.
ssuciy turned up at the back. His Shout
ders are stooped-perhaps from launching
over his knees IN his aeroplane.
The hero OF tho Los Angeles meet is q
most engaging fellow. With few sticks
and a fragment OF cloth he climbed 4.165
feet into the ARA worlds record-whio
forty thousand men and women found it
hard to breathe in their excitement and
nanny wept. If the cloth had ripped
that January day. if his hand had become
unsteady. if the propeller subjected to great
strain, had snapped; IL BIZ obstruction the
size Of q pinhead had found fits way into
the tube through which the oil flowed to
the explosion chamber, Il IN the aerial
ocean an isolated gust Of wind had knocked
The fragile flyer - It's course. Paulhan, the
soft spoken dc-rercvil OF the air, might
rot have sat to- -hus with his cigarette,
chs 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
BY James r. Morrow.

THE Observation-Disclosures men for the
time. with a freakish dream they
were to Vitallze into a reality-told
the doubtful villagers of Chicago they
would build the road toward the banks of
the Mississippi, obliquely across the unin-
habited prairies, to point near the lead
mines Of Galena and Dubuque" over the
river IN Iowa.
1t was eleven years before the survey of
the route was fully mapped and completed.
The engineer who directed the work re-
ceiYed 81 80 a day for his expert service.
From Chicago to Elgin fOrty-two miles in
distance, the road was made of yellow pine
rails, six inches square, spiked to the ties,
on which there We're thin ribbon" of oak
and an iron plate two and a half inches in
width and three-fourthS of an inch in thick
ness.
Such was the problematical and difficult
beginning Of what is known to-day the
Chicago & Northwestern Railway System,
with its ten thousand miles Of main track
in nine opulent states and $50, 10000 pas
senger station that will soon be ready for
business Samuel ]. Tilden, Jay Gould and
Russell Sage were, one after the other. d.
rectOrs OF the corporation. Marvin Hughitt
is now president. He was ten years old
when the chief engineer, at 81 50 day, sur
veyed the line from Chicago to Galena.
What did the railways get for hauling
freight in the early days of your service"
! asked Mr.. Hughitt.
"Our charges were 27-20 cents ton a
mile. Now the average is four tfths OF a
cent, which includes coarse freight at a
lower rate and high class freight at rate
that is dearer The reduction of the trans
portation charges in this country, the
meaning OF the reduction to the American
people IN the settling OF vast areas that
were inaccessible except by hard and peril
Gus journeys in horse and OK vehicles, and
the physical work Of building our present
system of national railways is one of the
most stupendous achievements in human
history. 1t should be remembered that the
work was performed by individuals who
took the initiative and supplied the money.
81 have often wondered what would have
happened If the government had under
taken forty years ago TO do what man has
attempted and carried through success
fully. Just reflect upon the work for a
moment Railroads were built. OF course
I'm the expectation that they would be
profitable 10 the owners: hut the men who
had land and the men vino bought land
most Of whom were poor have made in
finitely more than any one else
The construction Of the roads, in the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
Picking Vp
NickeIS in
Quaker City
ECHOEIOF|oRIkE
FetD Riding on Surfoc.
Cors-Vnboppy Lof
of Policemen.
BY c. II. Bacon

Philadelphia March I2.-Some OF II. n-.-
who have come into this turbulea, civ :.
liberty to aid the rapid transit Compass
in its battle against its former emplovsz
and incidentally 20 pick up a few dollar,
receive 1T is said. from g 70 81 and IN SON.
cases 3 a day. While few persons are nd
ing in the small number OF cars the oo,-
pany IS able 70 run with whole window,
still the company is not getting. II IS sad
ali the nickeIs that belong to H.
The other day a Susquehanna svsnr,
car, with two policemen guarding il "a,
smoothly enough into the harm and the coo-
ductor came forward 70 check uD. =,
looked at his record slip and then a. ~.
register. smiled and said:
Thirty cents-that's poor pickin's al
right, kid"
1T sure is" gTunted the motorman. chr.
I guess it's good for foundation: rnay5.
we can make good next trip. Let's ak,
over 10 Murphy's and wet up bit"
BY that time the two policemen. who A..
also strike breakers IN sense. since thar.
are many extra men on the force lust TOY
and few of them are seasoned officers bA
gan to understand that the crew was de-
claring a dividend in favor OF the crsu
Here, We'll take the cash: II belong, IA
the company" said one OF the officers.
That brought from both the conduc.or
and the motorrnan a sniff OF fncredul;.-
I Say, are you kIddin' or are YOU irs
plum shy OF the gray stuff" sreered n,
conductor. Wen flip a copper to se.T,o
gets the thirty specs, or we'll 20 orr n
Murphs and drown our sorrovs. ~, M
| on the transit divvy."
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first place. was a hazardous and tremen-
dous project Since then. without govern
ment aid, order or direction, the roads
have been entirely rebuilt at a cost that
would have terrified the business giants
OF Boston, New York and Philadelphia q
generation ago. Light vehicles and en-
gines have given place TO cars that will
carry fifty tons of merchandise apiece
and TO locomotives that seem to be the
fnality in power and weight Of everything
on wheels. Meanwhile, of course heavier
rails We're laid and stronger bridges
thrown across Rullies and streams. Yet
throughout the era of reconstruction the
roads have kept up with the country's
growing traffic, and business of no kind
has suffered through irregular or inade>
quate facilities for transportation.
WAS public opinion hostile to railroads
in your early days." l inquired.
my memory goes back TO the time when
every one Was calling loudly for railroads.
and the sooner they We're built the better
The advantages of transportation were OBJ
viOus OF what value were crops If they
could not be hauled TO market? Riding
past the abandoned farms of New England
in my automobile, l have tried TO specu-
late about the changes that would have
occurred in history a people had
the Pilgrims landed at the mouth of the
Potomac River instead of on Plymouth
Rock. I once asked a fOrlorn-looking
farmer in New Hampshire why he didn't
experiment with chickens in his dreary
efforts to make a living. 'Chickens.' he
said, in disgust. How can I compete with
Iowa, that sends dressed poultry in refrig
orator cars to all the hotels OF the White
Mountains"
1.-The modern instrumentalities Of trans
portation." Mr.. Hughitt went on to say.
ARE almost magical in their operations.
Fruit from California is eaten at the fur
thest point of our Eastern seacoast. The
miners of the Rocky Mountains are wear
ing shoes made near Rostcn. When | was
telegraph operator in Chicago wagons
and boats were still the freight carriers of
the nation New York had dug the Erie
Canal to make a SLOW and primitive open
ing into the West. Freightage at once fell
from 800 ton To % cents a hundred. Five
absurd little roads were built along the
canal and united into a single line, and the
Legislators at Albany. fearing disastrous
competition with the waterway oWn64 by
the state, attempted to increase the rates
Of rail transportation. At that time nm
empire, locked away from the Atlantic
Ocean and the navigable rivers. awaited the
emigrant with his AK. plough and sickle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
DIZZINESS EAR? MOI NO!

How do you feel9" he was asked, with
reference TO that experience.
My eyes q ltue nurt me, but dizziness
pr fear-no. monsieur A shrug of the
Frenchman's shoulders made translation OF
this particular remark unnecessary.
1T was cold up thereof, yes; it was
rold-yery.'' he continued with an air Of
fnality, blowing great rolls of smoke about
the room. Paulhan had nothing more to
say. He was urged TO be verbally more
liberal; the public wanted TO know what
were his sensations when he realized he
had done in California what no man had
ever done before.
oh. certainly. it was the wonderful SEN
cation TO fly so high" he acknowledged.
The ocean and the valleys and mountains
looked like a big plate, with here and there
probably little town like the speck, and
under me another speck-that was Los An
gees. Holding TO my lever, tight like this
space no more mean anything TO me.
Plenty times after reach the most highest
place ! stopped the current-so-and sal
along, OIL so quiet, like the big bird You
must up with me come TO know how quiet
1t can be.
Then I never look down any more II
so still around me, peaceful, that I
everything forget. If not for my wife I
tniDk L forget down 10 come 30 nigh, /
could not tell how fast or slow I 60 Plenty
1imes I stay still. and then, oh! feel like
That way all the time I could go. Sail for
ever and never stop. You understand,
nest ce pas?
The wind it was not. but the cir he was
cold. but oh! so fine pure. Every breath
take into me It make me feel like did not
care for all the money of your Monsieur
Rockefeller
Paulhan, assisted by wild gestculation
and the cigarette, now waxed enthusiastic
over his ''furthest up" There IS no doubt
that the French aviator IS moody. Being
kept by the injunction OF the Wrights
under the ceiling Of hotel room when his
soul cried out for upper air OF Long ISL
and played havoc with young Paulhan's
nerves and disposition; reciting and viz
+ually reviving his victories of such short
time acted like a StirnulauT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
INDUSTRY OF ALASKAN DOGS.

In the Far North the dog has no reason
for being unless he can serve more use
full purpose than many of his pampered
brothers do in this country. Even in Alaska
dogs are pressed into service, and they lit
orally earn their bread and meat. Of
course. we are all familiar with the sledge
drawing facilities of the dog, but we do
not often think of him a plough horse
Yet in the summer season in Alaska dogs
are hitched to a small wheeled plough, and
do good service in the potato patch. When
the potatoes are dug dog team is hitched
to q wagon and they draw to market or
the place of storage a load sometimes
weighing q thousand pounds.-The Path
finder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
THE MAYORS ATTITUDE

Amid all the stirring scenes ih''I-,. ain:
the mighty struggle. with riots $751; $50
terror every day. the imperturoaO'e ,,,n
Reyburn continues 10 view the he
with the most refreshing complaeehe .sa
has decided that the strike Is ,,,yar
there is no use in discussing II. Inc Ass ;.
has declared that peace and order US sac
observed, and his Director OF Fuo.. ca
". Henry clay. mans each uon, --, q
with one or more policemen In un'i0an.i
see that peace and order are maih' ;,,.r
The Mayor continues to give out ~ \.
views on the situation. and all are "a M
TRANQUIL order The other day ne c.y
strike was over. and that no" 80, 70
would forget it and turn its s''en'S n.,s.
The construction OF the propose ,,asls
vav. the Improvement of the as
River front and other great pupNe ,ree
while he thus delivered himself wv ,sn
sand men had just Joined the str'Astlys
the great plant Of the BALDWIN i">
Works.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
PARIS POLICE MUSEUM.

NJ. Lepine. the Project Of Police OF Paris.
is engaged IN arranging museum or crime.
Its locus will be in the annex of the Pre-.
fecture Of Police The collection will be of
great interest and one almost wonders
that some of the exhibits have not already
found a home in one of the great museums
of the French capital For instance.
among the chief documents will be found
orders for the detention OF the haplesS
Louis XVI. The evolution of the uniform
of the Paris police will be displayed.
together with portraits of past projects.
The exhibits will not only treat OF crime.
the Paris police showing. among other
things. the various forms of licenses
granted by the Prefect.-Durdee Adver-
tiSer.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
MACHINE HAS A SOUL

Did YOU want TO come down TO earth
AGAIN.
4 believe TO sleep I could have gone.
Ny machine Il has a soul. He is part Of
,ne when l am IN the air I believe 1 could
have been carried by my good aeropIane for
plenty of hours and hours gently and Sc
curely. Why am I to you trying TO say
something that the language Of the birds
tell only? I think now that since that
day I can talk TO the birds and they I'M
derstand me. ] know I understand the
birds.
Then down ! come. little by little TO
three thousand feet, when l think that the
whole night IN the sky must not stay.
desire TO feat down at the angle Of thirty
degrees down from where
an, and stop upon the speck that ! told
you about when / was 4,165 feet up by the
air. IT was all so simple-very. In the
world it was the most simplest thing. I lay
down my machine from the place i started
gust ten feel
Paulhan's dog came into the room at this
5uncture. II is not bird dog, but It has
flown with the Frenchman many times.
Paulhan calls the animal Escapette.
Escapette has accompanied Paulfan all the
way from Paris, and It IS said that the
shaggy, brown creature looks with dis
approval on any flight in which 1t is not
asked TO Join. Paulhan believes that Esca-
petite can converse with the BIRDS too
Asked how far he could go in one Of his
1arnan biplanes, the aviator said: six
hours at the least, eight hours at the most
maybe. ] myself cannot tell you
This implies distance OF two hundred to
Two hundred and fifty miles. Farmans
worlds record IS 124 miles.
The wonderful great test of the machine
IS in the flight OF duration" Paulhan said
Some flying machines the toys: they
bop along, you know, like the kangaroo;
they jump up IN the cir, and-pouf! they
are not up But there are others that drive
Through the air, up. down. or go plenty
miles, and they do it,
Paulhan and his party have two cross
channel Bleriot rnonoplanes and two Far
man biplanes. As the exponent of the art
Of flying the Bleriot type Of machine
Paulhan is conceded 10 be the greatest in
the world. OF this the little Partisan is a
part. and he operates IL with his brain,
his hands, his feet and his body. While he
IS soaring through space Paulhan and the
machine resemble a huge eagle, but, again
Ire composite OF man and machine is
more like the hawk; for there is the quick
Turn, the catapultic descent. the upward
leap, and all the while the genius OF the
man seems TO run through and Vitalize
every part of the frame
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
LOUIS PAULHAN AND HIS WIFE.

steered within short torpedo range ana
aimed at its objective. the crew leaving II III
lifeboats or buoys, or It may be titr7d Win
a submerged DOW torpedo tube 10 discharge
the ordinary 18-inch torpedo.
The total government appropriation 1or
boats of this type is s445.0o0. When The
first is approved the Navy Department IS
authorized to contract for two others, one
more of the same size and one larger and
faster-a s400,0 900 "subsurface seasojns de-
stroyer."
The inventor of the new war vessel Is
Clarence l.. Burger, who received the de-
gree of civil engineer from Princeton IN
12S5
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
ONE OF THE GREAT FILTERS.

Paulhan is one Of the few who possess
this new magic gift OF human fight He
ranks as one OF the seven greatest oper-
ators in the world, and IN certain lines is
without peer
Aeronautics is an old story with this
young man. who is only twenty-six.
The prize, you know, is very nice. and
like him, but the sport Of it-ahl that is
;he thing that like il so muchw' lie said.
Il have the flying machine make some few
years before ] make success. When I'D 7
go first time ] did not know a little hit
what the machine he was going 10 do IN
the future"
DO your knees ever trembier"
Yes: IL is when come down 10 where
start up. No, monsieur, il Is not from the
cold. it is because for 50 long / am stiff
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-13
SOUNDS STARTLING.

she began as chorus girl,
'Wen?"
But recently she has outstripred some
OF the leading prima donnas'
Are YOU referring 20 her progress or he.'
costumes w Washington Herald,