The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-01-27
CARNEGIE AUGhENTS
RESEARCH FUND
ADDITIONAL TEN MILLIONS AS
ENDOWMENT FOR cARNE-
GLE INSTITUTION.
Donor Speaks in Enthusiastic Terms
Of Work Done by Those Whom His
Money Has Supported in Their e.
forts-some Of the Things Accom-
pIished.

New York, Jan. 21.-The donation
of an additional endowment Of So.
100000 to the Carnegie Institution OF
Washington by Andrew Carnegie, the
founder, is announced. This brings
Mr.. Carnegie's gifts to the institution
up to $25, 100000.
Coupled with the formal announce
ment was declaration by Mr.. Car.
negie that the work Of the institution
had cleared from blame the captain OF
a British ship who ran his vessel on
the rocks, by proving that the British
admiralty charts by which the captain
was guided were two, to three degrees
astray.
The discovery of $4,000 new worlds
by Professor Hale at the observatory
on Mount Wilson, California, also was
announced. The observatory was es.
tablished by the institution and it's
operation and discoveries afford Mr.,
Carnegie more delight perhaps than
any other workings of the institution
Big Telescope.
Mr.. Carnegie also announced that a
far more powerful telescope than man
has ever made is now under construc.
ton for the Mount Wilson observatory
With it he hopes to make possible the
discovery of still more celestial bodies.
The new telescope will have tense
100 inches in diameter.
Mr.. Carnegie declares:
''The whole world is going to listen
to the oracle on the top of Mount Will.
son and in a few years we shall know
more about the universe than Galilee
and Copernicus ever dreamed of. ]
hope shall live long enough to hear
the revelations that are to come from
Prof. Hale on Mount Wilson"
Confirms Report.
In confirming report of the endow-
ment, Mr.. Carnegie said;
"The report is correct. They had q
large endowment before and these ten
millions make the total endowment
$25, 100000, but the institution has al
ready scored successes to justify even
that sum. I.believe the institution in
research will repay ten fold in service
to the world.
Doubtless you noticed in the tele
graphic news yesterday that the yacht
Carnegie has just reached BuenOs
Aires. That yacht is the first one ever
built with bronze substitute for iron;
the latter defects the magnetic needle
and bronze does not. The result is that
all former observations are inaccu.
rate.
1.-THE Carnegie is going over all the
seas year after year, putting the world
right. That one service will give ample
dividend on the whole twenty-five mil
lions of dollars, in my opinion.
Besides this, our young continent
of America is able to pay back some
of the great debt it owes to the older
continents OF Europe, which has taught
us so much. There is scarcely any
thing that pleases me so much just
now as the success of that little boat,
the first of it's kind.
To Make Cement.
"But this is not all the institution is
doing. It is experimenting in it's geo.
physical laboratory on the rocks and
analyzing them and will soon be ready
to show formula for the making OF
Portland cement or concrete. It has
found the ingredients necessary and
that invaluable material can be pro-
duced in any part of the world wher-
ever the elements are found. Hitherto,
as understand it, cement could only
be made from certain comparatively
rare deposits"
Mr.. Carnegie's latest donation Is In
bonds. The institution was founded
on January %, 1902. when Mr.. Carne-
gle gave to board of trustees $1O,-
OO0,O in registered bonds yielding 3
per cent interest.
The purpose of the institution In Mr..
Carnegie's words is Gin the broadcast
and most liberal manner to encourage
investigation, research and discovery,
show the application of knowledge to
the Improvement of mankind and pro-
vide such buildings, laboratories, books
and apparatus as may be needed"
Favor Reward for Peary.
washington, Jan. 21.-The house
committee on naval affairs has sub
.,,+t>d = .orrrf declaring the members