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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22

| is well under way and will he com.
pleted as speedily as men can do If
The gas system will then be something
TO boast about.
n sightseeing trip through the
plant of the Utah Gas and Coke com
pany is an interesting tourney, Few
persons, indeed, know that the gas that
misses out of their stove burner when
the cock IS turned has been put through
a course OF sprouts TO which discipline
IN the Prusslan army is play. Few
housewives know that the stuff that she
can hear and feel and smell but can t
see, and which cooks her breakfast and
dinner and supper, has been scrubbed
with brush and water, undergoing the
same process of cleansing that she uses
in scrubbing her floors. Nevertheless.
that IS precisely what happens to every
bit Of gas that comes through the pine
washed and scrubbed with a brush
and water
The notion that generally prevails
concerning the production OF gas is that
n fellow with strong arm and n dirty
race shovels ton of coal into some
kind of furnace and that The smoke
runs almost directly into the pipes, hit
ting nothing until it finally comes into
contact with meter. This notion is
so far from right that people ought
TO be ashamed of entertaining it when
they can 90 and see for themselves how
gas is made. IT is interesting; it is
wholly worth while. the company's of
fcials will be pleased TO show any visi-
tor the ms and outs at any reasonable
hour of the day or night.
Three Millions Invested.
The present gas system is only three
years old, but it Is certainly a healthy
youngster. The plant, when the i'm
mediate plans of the company are COM
pleted, will represent an investment Of
100000. The stock is largely owned
by eastern capitalists, but there are
also number Of local shareholders. j.
Charles Ross is the general manager
OF the company and he is gas man
clear through. He began learning about
gas first in New Jersey. Then he had
charge of combination enterprises-gas
and traction-in New York state. Af-
ter that he went TO Ohio, where he built
seventy miles. of traction along the
Ohio river and built and ran gas plants
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22

dies out 10 Fontainebleau and they will
tell me next day of the wonders Francis
the First worked for art. ! take them
out TO Versailles and they feel as though
they have met the men who made
French history. We walk down the
Champs Elysees at the setting OF the
sun. and. turning 10 look at the Arc
dc Triomphe, bathed in n light Of bur-
nished gold. containing list of the bat
ties won by Napoleon, our young ladies'
secure bowling acquaintance with the
great emperor, They so over To tho Lux
embourg and they come back knowing
Mnric de Medcl better than they know
Miss Thornbury. For them the dead
come TO life again"
Does your curriculum for duchcsses
include travel?''
"Yes: during the Christmas holidays
We select countries suited to the season
such as Franco and italy. In summer we
go to northern Cllmes, such as Denmark,
Sweden, England. Scotland and Io-
land"
Have you any French ladies In your
school for dnchesSGs?"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22
Demand for Gas Indicates City's Growth

In combination -Four years ago he
came to Salt Lake.
when Mr.. Ross came Go this city he
round gas plant that was worse than
NIL worse than NIL because what little
service 1T gave was so deplorably
Wretcbcd that it caused women to tear
their hair and their husbands to stay
out nights. This dilapidated old plant
was luft west of the Oregon Short Line
yards 1t had a storage "holder =
that $ what gas people call the big
steel tank one sees on the way to the
lake-a storage "holder' that held
100000 cubic feet of gas when it felt
right well. The pipe lines under ground
were In mileage less than thirty, and
the pipes presented the company that
owned them with cute little leakage
account OF so per cent every month.
90, IL the company sent out 100000
cubic feet of gas, 100000 cubic feet
or 1t ran INTO the ground, and the rest,
In sad state of repair reached the
consumer, if it happened TO be its
lucky day. The "holdero was 80 near,
~ n state of total collapse that it had
TO be propped up with telegraph poles,
Educating the Consumer.
The gas situation was so run down at
the heels when Ross came to town that
any but he would have been discour-
aged,
"That's all right hopefully said
Ross to himself "'We III soon educate
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22

people to the realization that gas
is IT.'
And he did. He began by installing
system, and good one. Then he
proceeded to demonstrate that you can
roast OF bake or fry or steam with gas
much more quickly than you can with
a coal range; that n gas stove does not
broil the tar out of you while you arc
on the cooks Job; that you don't have
to chop kindling wood, and incidentally
chop your fingers; that you have a hot
fire instantly and that it doesn't have
10 be fed with scuttlefuls of coal when
the bin is low and the famine is on /;
that you don t have to carry out the
ashes and slip on the icy step; that
you can make your fire as hot as you
want to with n simple twist os the fin
ger, and can put it out with another,
Ross esta ablished cooking schools and
hired demonstrators who taught the
women of Salt Lake how To make all
manner Of weird things on gas stove.
When he had the inhabitants edu-
Gated, Ross and his people went after
business The result OF the campaign
has been that the company has 5000
consumers of fuel gas and is adding
moro with amazing rapibty.
The company has 120 miles OF pipe
Three miles of this is sixtcen-inch pipe
The rest ranges from four TO twelve,
The four, six and eight-inch pipe is
used for mains and laterals; the ten
and twelve inch for "fcedcrs."
AT the present time there are on the
company's payrolls 450 men. Half of
these are engaged on construction work F.;
the construction season with the gas
company begins in February and lasts
nine months. Ordinarily it requires $50
or thcreabouts 10 run the plant and at
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22

asked Miss Thornbury, who Is herself
specialist In education,
women are all queens" began Miss
Thornbury,
Il know, but please pass on to tell mo
about the duchcsses. for / know you
mako them
VERY well Before ] commence The
work OF qualifying American girls to be
duchesses. ] must know, that they come
not necessarily be the daughters OF so
clety people For instance. the Roosevelts
are society people; the Tafts are not. Vet
Lc received here. In all sections OF our
country there are people VINO have made mao,
their mark by some honorable calling
American ladies who have marrled SUI
folks and Curzons and EsSeNcs aIu
WoIseleys asd ueskcths and other sreai
names in England have not been ron 4, ,S,'o 800
cIcty families, but from representative
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22

talked republcanism versus royallsm
with Paul Bourget, and they know Ros-
tand so well that they mimic the pro-
nounced manner in which he returns
their smiling salutcs."
Besides Rostand and Paul Bourget
what else do you have which We cannot
give them in American"
II m not undertaking American edu-
cation In America the education is
solid but not sufficiently complete for
future countesscs and duchesses, nor yet
Tor those who do not marry real counts
and bona flde dukes but who wed plain
Americans and are American queens, In
America, over the solid part is put on
Il veneer which washes OF. Uore we
are thorough even In our decorative part
or education.
Art and History.
"A part Of our training includes Wis
ties arGstiques and ylsitcs histordues.
When you consider the great museums
and glorious picture galleries which they
take In you will that our visits are
not nero outings. ! take my Young la
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22
By
]. ]. CONWAY

VERY few. you see our price is pro-
hibiuvc except 10 Americans. Five
thousand francs per term and 5000 francs
extra frightcu on all the French except
the creme de Ia creme, and l want only
the very best 10 associate With the girls
whom i am training for the highest So
cial positions. When they go out they
feel that they are the equals Of any
body.
Mild Flirtations
''Yos; mild nirtations do arise from
time TO time by reason of our afternoon
receptions. But | nip them in the bud
and allow no marriages until the young
ladies' arc safely sent back 10 their par
ents."
Are you not encouraging international
marriages?"
Not necessarily I 1T the young ladies
to be duchcsses. II they marry dukes it
is well they should know tho require
mcnts OF their positions. II they marry
what are known plain American CHI
zenS they arc all the better Tor the polish
acquired in this ancicnl capltal.-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22

concerns fall into bad ways, as they
sometimes do.
The gas business is not by any means
all smooth sailing. The gas man has
his troubles as well as other people
who have been born into this world Of
grief against their vigorous protest
Last week there was kick from about
fifty consumers in the outlying dis
tricts, who complained that their gas
was erratic. Ross stayed up four
nights and now the trouble is all set
tied. He says it was the first serious
complaint the company has had In its
three years Of actual service.
The great amount Of construction
work incidental to the extension OF the
mains and the enlargement Of the pro-
ducing plant is responsible for the
trouble. but that will soon be over,
When the Housewife Calls
The use of gas is as variable az a
pretty girl s mind. Between the hours
Of Q and 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon
the consumption rs light. but when the
wife begins to cook the beefsteaks for
supper the call becomes stronger. This
means that there must he sufficient
pressure to send the gas through the
service pipes in an even and strong
flow. The gas people measure pressure
in inches. Thus, the new sixtecn.iuch h
" boosters will carry a pressure of
forty inches; the inch system, reduced
TO the more popular form of measuring
pressure in pounds, shows that twenty.
seven inches are equivalent to a pound.
Therefore, the big mains will have Il
pressure of about n pound and half
TO the inch. The pressure at the burn
er is only a few ounces.
When the gas leaves tho holder it
has n pressure Of about eight inches.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22

!. many things by which the
Ia city may be estimated
,,, are commonly called "cri-
4 There is the growth in the
a tbs growth in the postoflice
sls erowth in railroad traf-
~ .Ss least important and ac-
! ~ ,Sese "criterions'' is the
n public service company,
~ gas company.
fsEe the gas company's bust
4 rToNu INV with marvellous strides
~ last three years; indeed,
vi for gas connections has
d N aor is so great that the com
= mace with it only with the
Z q extraordinary efforts. The
= n Salt Lake has found it nee
Z Jcuble It's capacity and that
. ,sv under way. Thus. if there
\ sT;es the demand on the gas
4, thst there was a year ago,
be an indication not to he
tztr,d that Salt Lake is grow
h has outstepped the gas com
.zipuent 60 swiftly that it has
. - urgent necessity that i'm
|rtsnsions of mains and laterals
d An evidence of this is the
q in progress on Ninth South
fsue the company is putting
tsn.inch main. which, accord
|pns vsrnacular,' is a boost
This enormous tube runs
unpany's manufacturing and
4, plant at First South and
|6s4 to Sixth East, where n
tz, IS it we're. will be installed
4 rs supplied by the huge pipe
.&tnbuted to the smaller mains.
nit governor Will regulate
No gas will be taken from
ssinch pipe until the Sixth
|'rpn is reached. The main OBJ
. nis is TO furnish pressure for
.zsrs in the district east and
3 ;is sub-station.
Eeakipg of this sUteen-inch b
|ikh IS "some' gas pipe, it
,sted that the company has
IL OF this caliber. 1t costs SO
y the rapid calculator will
J that this alone costs nearly
Flint Doubles Capacity.
FNueiug plant on The west side
doubled in capacity. This work
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22

Assuming that YOU have the raw ma
tcrIal, what then?'
Materia Prima.
E"rhc raw material Is what the phil
osophers call materia prima." continued
Miss Thornbury. who is bubblinS over
with knowledge. Training does more
than hercdlty or environment The In
nate refinement OF life must be deVel-
oped. A young lady cannot make IA brill
liant match without personal develop
ment The faculties and rcllnements OF
n duchess should be 80 highly evolved
that she finds within herself all tho men
tai resources she needs. These faculties
should bo so drawn out That she VIII be
a woman OF light and lending 10 all with
in the sphere she ought to irradlaLe,' -
STRENGTHENING herself up to her full
height, Miss Thornbury dashed out
"ucrc we make soulful women and not
4 great oxford man said lint eycry
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22
- 70 The Tribune.

.A 10 The Tribune.
Ay N:-In the most fashion =
VI fashionable street in an
4. s-ar.er OF the most fashionable
.ehd stands a mill for tho
|CW ouchesses. The raw ma
which the duchesses arc
IL cs up OF rich American girls
\ w.'u w ricn so emphasized that
~ underlined at least three
Ice these embryonic duch-
: %. inc dearest In the world.
ny, Ty hsure Of speech to plain
IN Is school situated Ia a
-s ~, Nhamps Elysecs. Paris,
= ~ ae nlicd with budding beau
Ia = northern and southern
|ca,n,s lor each term. including
[sias a.s 10 two thousand dollars,
liz. Gn nts young women TO be
very Oldest nobility, And
D ~ presided over by Miss
u. s.hnDury h"I OF Arlauta. Ga.
Won make duchessae.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-22

This is removed by q chemical process
in the purifiers. 1t then goes mcrrily
on its way TO the meter house, where,
by means of meter that stands about
twelve or fifteen feet in its stocking
feet, it is measured and then sent on
to the storage holder.
Meanwhile the ammoia vapors have
been eliminated by various processes
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
MANUAL TRAINING CREAMERYRFPOR1
Something About the Institution
at Men0lnOnie, Wis.
LETTER FROM OEKlfR
Man in Charge of the Work in Sank
Centre Schools Gives Valuable
Information

MENoMoNIE, Wis, Aug. 14-Editol
| of tile Herald:-A few words from the
little city made famous by the Stout
Manual Training School may not be
amiss.
MenOmonie is well built up little
city of between 5000 and 5000 inhab-
itants, known in former years as a
numbering center. But in that re-
gard her glory is departed, for the
saw mills closed operations about
nine years ago and the mills have
been dismantled. However, the water
lead power made by the dam on the
RedCedar river is utilized to run large
grist mill and an electric light plant,
which transmits power both to Eau
Claire and Red Wing. A large brick
yard is under operation and there is
a factory for building gasolene en-
gines. which comprises all the indus
tries of the little city. Otherwise the
town is supported by the farming
country about, although, judging
from the sandy nature of the soil and
rugged, billy surface, agriculture is
not seen at it's best in this part of
Wisconsin. Years ago great forests
of pine and hardwood covered these
hills, the former of which has long
since disappeared except where they
have been permitted to stand as orna-
ments. The main part of the town
lies on the top Of level bluff about
$50 feet above the little lake formed
by the backwater of the river.
Judging from the names, Menomo-
ME has it's fair share of Scandinavians
and Germans. It is in no sense a
growing place, although good bust
ness seems to be carried on, and there
are good many fine residences.
One of the best buildings in the
city, real ornament, is the fainter
Memorial built by a rich lumberman
to the memory of his daughter, l be-
lieve, which houses splendid library
and a Unitarian church. The finest
church building which / have seen is
the Congregational.
But that which adds lustre to the
name of MenOmonie is the Stout
Training School, which was built
about II years ago as an industrial
school for the public schools of the
the city. Some time later it was con-
verified into normal school of Man.
ual Training and Domestic Science.
AS such it has become known all over
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
Woman Injured in Automobile
Accident Passes AWAY
DEATH OCCURS SUNDAY
Miss katherine TuIIy Expires from
Her Injuries: Miss Byrnes In
serious Condition
The automobile has claimed another

The automobile has claimed another
life
Miss katherine Tully. of Massa-
chusetts, who was seriously injured
i'll the wreck eight miles northwest of
Sank Centre on Tuesday, Aug. 9,
died Sunday in Minneapolis hospital.
Miss Gertrude Byrnes, who receiv-
ed internal injuries in the wreck and
who was unconscious for several
hours after the machine was smashed
is still in the hospital and her con-
dition is regarded as serious, though
she seems to be somewhat improved.
Walter Byrnes, who was driving
the auto when it was wrecked and
who was injured internally, is APP
parently on the road to recovery.
On Monday of this week he was re-
moved from the hospital to his
home in East Minneapolis
The above information came in
the form Of telegram from Leo
Byrnes of Minneapolis, brother of
Walter Byrnes. The message was
sent to DR.. E. J. Lewis of this city
who attended the injured after
wreck. 1t was received Monday after
noon shortly after o'clock.
On Monday morning Dr. Lewis re-
ceiyed letter from John Byrnes, a
cousin of Walter Byrnes and who
received slight bruises about the face
at the time Of the wreck. in which it
was stated that the victims were all
getting on fairly we'll. That letter
was written Saturday. Miss Tully
died the following day.
Miss Tullv (the name was first
given as Kelly was a single woman
some forty years of age and an aunt
of the Byrnes young people. AS re-
lated in last weeks issue of The
Herald, she was caught under the
wreck, her clothing nearly ali torn
Off by the crank shaft. her lower
limbs horribly burned by steam and
gasoline, her jaw broken in two places,
one foot bruised and burned and in
juries to the throat and lungs sustain
ed. DR.. Lewis thinks she inhaled
steam and that this caused h
throat and lung trouble The shock
from the burns, taken together with
the other injuries, proved too much
for her to survive.
NJ i S ByrneS is seriou
injured in ern al Y and while
she may ultimately recover, her
is critical. She will
probably remain in the hospital for
some time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18

of the best operators in the north
west. Courteous, capable, of CHEEKY
disposition, Miss Andersen possesses
the happy faculty of soothing the
feelings of the subscriber who wants
Central" right away if not quicker,
and making him feel at peace with all
the world
Miss Nellie Pangburn and Miss
Mary Hedin. who began their work
with the exchange within the past
year, are capable, earnest and oblig-
ing, everready to perform their duties,
and popular with the public.
The night operator, Miss Jennie
Mckay, who began work within the
past year, has made good sin all de-
partments of her work. Her duties
are performed in manner satisfact-
DRY to every patron of the exchange.
j. H. Howatt, district plant chief,
under whose supervision the system
was installed, says there isn't bet
ter force of operators anywhere than
the one here. E. A. Miller did the
work of putting in the new system,
and had under his employ several
men who understand the business
thoroughly.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18
NEW PLANT DONE ONE VICTIM DEAD
Sank Centres Telephone System
Is Rebuilt Entire
WORK IS WELL DONE
Operators Switched Over on to the
System at Eleven O'clock FRI
day Morning

Promptly at eleven O'Clock FRIDAY
morning the operators in the local ex-
change of the Northwestern Tele-
phone Company switched over on to
the new system, recently installed
here.
Some facts and figures relative to
the new plant are of interest in this
connection. In the first place, poles
have been set in alleys wherever pos
sible and practicable All wires are
carried in cables, thus protecting
them from the weather. The COM
pany has put in four miles of cable.
using full metallic copper wire cir
cult. The position Of cables in alleys
permits the company to enter build
lngs from the rear and also takes UNI
signify poles off the streets. All
wires are insulated and lightning ar
rosters are used in every building
The use of the cable metallic circuit
| does away with all disturbance from
electric light current. The capacity
of the cables is 500 special lines,
though there are but 234 local instru-
mentS inf use, and TO farm tele-
phones. The company has built for
the future. There are no party lines.
The new switchboard is of the
latest design fitted with the most APP
proved modern appliances, including
lighting arresters. The operation of
the system with this switchboard
greatly facilitates business.
The company has remodeled its Off
ces in the second story of the State
Bank building. The long distance
booth has been taken out of the oper-
ating room and placed in an adjoining
apartment. A half door surmounted
with wide shelf for writing sepa-
rates the operating room from this
apartment. The public will not be
admitted to the operating room, but
will transact their business from the
adjoining apartment This will ma
terially facilitate the speed and con-
venience with which the operators
perform their duties.
This article would be incomplete
without something about the people
who operate the system.
First and foremost is ]. w. Ward.
who has been with the company for a
of years and who owned the
plant of the company which proceed
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-08-18

ed the Northwestern. Mr.. Ward un-
derstands the telephone business. He
is courteous and obliging and the
right man in the right place. He
now wears the title of Commercial
Manager.
The young lady operators could not
be improved upon. "A more courteous
and efficient force it would be diff
cult to find.
The chief operator, Miss Bertha
Dummert, has been with the COM
pany eight years. She is faithful,
courteous and efficient young lady,
ever ready to serve the patrons to the
best of her ability. The public is
supposed to tell it's telephone troubles
to Miss Dummert, and if she cannot
give consolation and relief, then some
thing is radically wrong.
Miss Anna Andersen began working
fer the company some four years ago
and is very efficient operator. She
is the bookkeeper for the local branch
and supplies vacancies sat the switch
when needed. She has never been
known to be 'sasleep at the SWITCH
Miss Mamie Andersen, who some
thing more than two years ago began
to work for the Northwestern, is one