The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-21
Brings Donations to Institute
of Research at Washington
to $25,O00,OOO.
MT. WILSON TO HAVE
POWERFUL TELESCOPE
"WiII Know More Soon Than
Ancient Wise Men Ever
Dreamed Off," Says Laird.

NEW YORK Jan. 20.-The donation
of an additional endowment OF S1o'oooooo
10 the Carnegie institute OF research at
WASHINGTON by Andrew Carnegie. the
founder. was announced today, This
brings Mr.. Carncgie's gifts TO the insti-
tuition up TO $4,000. 600.
Coupled with the formal announcement
was a declaration by Mr., Carnegie that
the work OF the institution had cleared
from blame the captain OF a British ship.
who ran his vessel on the rocks, oy
proving that the British admiralty CHARTS
ny which the captain was Suided "ere
two or three degrees astray. =
The discovery OF 10000 new worlds oy
Prof Hale at the observatory on Mount
Wilson, Cal also was announced.
The observatory was estanlished ny inc
institution and its operations and dis-
coveres afforded Mr.. Carnegie more de =.
light perhaps than any other Workings oil
the institution. -
more powerful telescope than man mas
ever made is now under construction Tor
the Mount Wilson observatory, WIN IL
he hopes 10 make possible The discovery
of still moro celestial bodies.
The new telescope VIII have leis
100 inches in diameter.
World to Hear Oracle.
Mr. Carnegie declares:
"The whole world is going to listen
to the oracle OH the top OF Mount WI,
and IN lew years we Sf8ll hIoM
more about the universe than Calico and
Copernicus ever dreamed Of nope
shall live long enough to hear the reve-
l9tions Ia thai % are M,,s@ to come from professor
In confirmation OF report OF the en-
dowment. Mr.. Carnegie said:
The report is correct, They had a
large endowment before and these ten
millions make the total endowment $50, :
900. 200. but the institution has already
scored successes 10 justify even tnat
search will repay ten-fold in service to
tho world.
Doubtless you noticed In the, tele-
graphic news OF YESTERDAY that INC
Ayres. That yacht is the first one ever
built with bronze substituted for iron;
the latter defects the magnetic needle
and bronze does not. The result is that
all former observations are Inaccurate.
Puts World to Rights.
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 s25,oOo,o 200. In my
opinion.
Besides this. our young continent Of
America Is able to pay back some OF the
great debt IL owes 10 the older contl-
nent OF Europe. which has taught us so
much. There is scarcely anything that
pleases me so much just now as the sue
cess OF that little boat the hrst OF its
kind"
Mr.. Carnegie's donation is In bonds
The institution was founded on Janu
ary 2S 1902, when Mr.. Carnegie gave to
board OF trustees $10,00o,o0o In regis
tered bonds. yielding per cent inter-
est.
The purpose Of the institution, in Mr..
Carnegies words Is I'm the broadest and
most liberal manner To encourage inves-
tlgation, research and discovery, show
the application OF knowledge TO the inn
provement OF ma ankind and provide such
buildings laboratories. books and ap-
paratus as may be needed