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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23
So POLLS IN
THE COUNTY
Election Expenses Will be
increased S2,184.

Four boroughs and one township
about the county have re-districted
their polling places this year after
apparently. forgetting the matter un-
til May 10 had arrived. AS this is
the date when all re-districting must
be completed, the boroughs of Me-
tuchen, Highland Park, Roosevelt,
South River and %SayreviIle township
woke up and each added another
poll.
With the addition of these polls
the total number in Middlesex county
jumps from f1fty-five to sixty-eight,
or an increase in the election ex-
penses of Middlesex county from
1920 to $11.424, only an increase
of $2,1S4. The Geran bill is being
regarded as expensive. Two hundred
and seventy-two men will be employ
ed as election officers this year.
The addition of thirteen polls In
the county will delay election re-
turns considerable and perhaps cause
a change in the political standing of
some of the communities. This city
redivided the second and fourth
wards Immediately after the Geran
bill became a law.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23
GRADUATION
AT RUTGERS
Program for Commencement
Has Been Announced.

New Brunswick, May 23:-The
rogra for the one hundred and
forty-ffth annual commencement Of
Rutgers College has been announced.
The b~accalaureate sermon will be
preached in the First Reformed
church on Sunday evening, June IT,
by Rev. DR.. Malcolm James McLeon,
of the Church~of st. Nicholas, New
evening the GIee Club will have its
annual concert In Ballantine gymna-
stun.
On Tuesday afternoon, the class
day exercises will be held, when the
following will take part: Grafton,
w. Y. Becker, Newark; poem, 2. T.
Reckman, New Brunswick; history
L. B. Van Dyck, of Philmont, N. Y;
prophecy, s. NJ. Fell, of Trenton; ad-
dress to undergraduates, T. s. Voor-
hees, New Brunswick; presentation
or Mementoes, Fl. D. Leslie, New
ark; ivy grafton, S. M. Nelson, High
land Park: planting, Ralph Held
ingsfeId. New Brunswick; pipe ora
ton, FL Kreh. Jr., of Elizabeth; tree
grafton, F. M. Smith. of Plainfield;
tree planting, J. H. Voorhees,, New
Brunswick; memorial, G.. H. Bald
win. of Brooklyn; address to presi-
dent, F. S. Schenck, of New Bruins
wick.
On Tuesday evening, the annual
oratorfcal contest of the junior class
will be held in the gymnasium,
when eight will compete for the Up
son prize. The following will com
pete: Harold c.. Amos, of Utica, N.
Y; Walter s. Bloom, of Catskill, ".
Y; Alan D. Campbell, Jr., of this
city; Valentine B. Ravens, of Brook
lyn; William G. Herman, of Plain
field; Henry K. Hotaling, of Hud-
son, n. Y; Vivian c. Ross, of New
Brunswick; William R. F. Steir, of
~SayreviIle.
On Wednesday, June 81, the col
lege trustees will meet at 1890 A.
M, and the alumni association at the
same hour. The annual Grafton to
the alumni association will be deliv-
cred at noon by Alfred F. Skinner,
of Newark. The Alumni dinner will
follow at l o'clock. The Phi Beta
Kappa society will meet for militia
ton at 4 P. NJ, and the presidents
reception will be held from 4 to G..
The commencement exercises will
be held in the gymnasium at 8
O'Clock, and will be followed by the
senior promenade at 1920 P. M.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23
GOVERNORS MATCH
TO BE SHOT JULY 3
CFrom The NEWS correspondsnt.)

NEfpm ~ W. 10 ffVSPNNNNNF"t
Trenton, May 23.-The Governors
match-one of great interest In the
New Jersey National Guard-wiu be
shot on the State rifle range at Sea
Girt on the afternoon of July 3rd.
The match will be open, as usual. to
officers and men of the entire State,
who have not previously non the
handsome medal.
Governor Wilson will present the
medal to the winner this year, and
the camp, which will open on July
22nd, will be named Camp Will
son" In his honor. The Governors
match will be contested at 200, 800
and 500 yards, ten shots at each
range.
There Is usually a large number
number of entries in this match, due
to the fact that the records made
may be used for qualification scores,
IL the contestant so desires. 1t is
expected that more than one hun
bred and fifty will enter the match.
An effort will be made to get Gov
ernor Wilson on the range on the
day it is shot.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23
TO have
HEARING ON BILLS

Trenton, May 23:-Governor Wilson
will return to Trenton on May ~,
from his Western trip and immediate
ly following his return there will be
a series of hearings on the bills passed
by the last legislature and which he dld
not dispose of before his present tour be-
cause of opposition to- them. Among
these measures are the two liquor bills
which the church people are opposing.
One of these bills will permit the de-
livery of liquor in "dry" territory and
the other, the church people claim, will
make it very difficult to convict a sa-
loon-keeper on a charge of selling to
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23
FIRST DROWNING OF TpE|
SEASON IN THE RARITM
apecfnl to theEYENIYG NEWS

New Brunswick, May 23:-Taking
his first swim of the season, John
Bernard, a Russian twenty-five years
Of age, lost his life IN the Raritan
river at the outlet lock here late
yesterday afternoon. Bernard had
been diving off the canal tow path
and swimming across to the other
side of the river. 1t is thought he
was attacked with cramps as he was
seen to suddenly become exhausted.
Two young men who were also in
swimming tried to aid him in get
ting ashore but he sank and failed to
come up to the surface again. The
body vas recovered shortly after
ward and taken charge of by Coro-
ner John V. Hubbard. Bernard had
no relatives in this country. He was
employed here by Frank Ayres, a
'milkman In Highland Park, and
drove the milk wagon for him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23
ENGINEERS OF THE STATE
ASSESSORS TO BE MOVED
trrom the NEWS Correspondent,

Trenton, May APPROPRIATIONS
are being made to move the engi-
neers of the State Board of Assessors
from Elizabeth to quarters in the
Green property, now owned by the
state on West State street. Two of
the Green houses were bought but
the one on the corner of Delaware
street has been found unsuitable for
offices. The house farthest east will
be used. OYercrowded conditions in
the State House has made it neces
sary to temporarily occupy the new
property until the capitol can be
sufficiently enlarged.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23
Gov WILSON TO
INVADE SOUTH
Decoration Day Speech at
North Carolina University.
tFrom the NEWS Co,rcspondent.)

Washington, May 23:-Before he
returns to New Jersey from his trip
across the continent to the Pacific
coast. Governor Wilson will invade
the South for at least one speech. He
is scheduled to deliver an address at
the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill on Decoration Day.
When he left IN his western trip he
expected to complete 1t so as to be
able to spend a day or two in NV
Jersey before going to North Caro-
lima, but he has now found 1t impos-
sible to do so. He will go direct
from Chicago to North Carolina.
Senator Overman, of North Carolina,
and other Democratic leaders from
his state, are very anxious for Gov
ernor Wilson to speak In Raleigh
following hfs visit to the state uni
Iversity, but at present it is uncer-
tain whether the governor will be
able to deliver more than one speech
there. The governor will go south
again in September, as he has ac-
cepted an invitation to deliver an
address In Dallas during the week
of the state fair there.
Florida Likes Wilson.
AHOlHcI SlSulllCdUI endorsement
of the proposition to make Governor
Wilson the next Democratic presi-
Dental candidate was voiced at the
threshold of the White House by
former Representative Lamar, an in
%f1uential Democrat in Florida. Mr..
Lamar said that Mr.. Wilson's record
as governor of New Jersey and his
progressive ideas have made him Just
as popular in the south as the fact
that he Is a native southerner.
Jersey Congressmen.'s Apartments.
Representatives Mccoy, Town
send, Scully and futile, the new
Democratic members from New Jer-
sey, tired of hotel and the hotel club
lives they have been living since the
opening Of the extra session of con-
gress, have rented a beautiful apart
ment in the Lonsdale, in the High
land section of the city, and yester-
day settled down to a more home
like life. Their housekeeper is a
colored woman formerly employed in
the White House during the admins
~tration of President Roosevelt.
Mrs. MARITIME Visits PIainfieId.
Mrs. MARITIME, wife of the Junior
New Jersey senator, Is spending a
few days at her home in Plainfeld.
On her return to Washington the
senator will take up his residence In
the Cecil. where he has engaged
apartments for a year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23
MlDDlESEX NO DUMPING
PLACE FOR RAILROADS

New Brunswick, May Pa
don't intend to load up our county
jail with a lot of railroad ~trespass-
ers, said Justice Sedan to three
Central Railroad detectives who had
brought four train-riders over from
Green Brook. Il don't see why Mid
dlesex should assume the burden of
Kidding all the railroads of the state
of train-rfders."
The three officers had been work
ing at Middle Brook, near Bound
Brook, in this county. They could
just as easily have arrested their
men in Somerset county or Union
county, but the railroads have been
looking upon Middlesex county as a
working ground for a long time
The Pennsylvania railroad and the
Lehfgh Valley railroad have been
bringing trespassers to this city.
Once the Lehigh Valley carried tres
passers all the way to Easton and
then back to Middlesex, so that they
could be arraigned for sentence
here. There has been much grum-
Rg about this and the stand of
ice SEDAN will be appIauded.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23

minors.
1t is probable that the Governor will
leave June 6 for a months rest at his
summer home in Lynne, Conn.
Governor Wilson plans to take pos
session of the State cottage at Sea Girt
on July Is, and remain there as com,
mander-in-chief of the National Guard
of the State until camp breaks up in
August. He will probably continue to
live at Sea Grit until late in September
committing from the shore to Trenton
daily.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23
FIREBUCS ARE
ARRESTED IN BOSTON

Boston, May 23:-With n mem
Der of a gang of boy incendiaries ar
rested and said by the police to have
confessed, the authorities here to-
day are rounding up what they be-
to be a gang of young firebugs
have set fire to a score of tene-
ments In thickiy populated districts.
1eoaaxdtzing hundreds of lives.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23
LOST GOLD MEDAL

Francis P. Coan, a local attorney,
lost a gold medal yesterday in this
city, first missing it when he was about
to board a train last night en- route for
his home in South Amboy. He received
the medal nine years ago while at Sc
ton Hall, as a mark of good conduct.
In 1907 Mr.. Coan lost the medal,
which is of the watch fob variety, and
it was not until late in 1909 that his
nrize was returned
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23

Want Sunday Baseball Permitted.
Special By United Press Wfre. 8
Boston, May 23:-Governor FosD
today received a petition signed by
$4,000, including many clergymen,
asking that Sunday baseball be per-
mitted here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23

If you have something to trade
put an advertisement In our ex
change rnV~nu.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23
COMPLETED RECORD OF
BILLS THAT WE'RE LOST
tFroaa the NEWS Correspondent

Trenton, May 23:-Judge Daniel
DOMAIN, of Essex, clerk of the last
Houses of Assembly, sweltered IN
der Mays high temperature in the
assembly chamber yesterday as he
made a final record of the bills
which failed to pass the last House.
These measures, which number 500,
are sent to the "morgue" of the
State Library. The Judge is usual
ly busy in his court and found it
necessary to select one of the hot
test days to complete his work here.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23

aiists to Have New Candidate,
u BIZ United Press Wire.
fcago, May 23:-Thomas Van Leer,
minneapolis, aforementioned to sue
Eugene v. Debs as a candidate for
t on the socialist ticket
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-23
Jackson Home Destroyed.

Crawford, May 23:-Fire destroyed
the home of Oscar Jackson, on upper
Crawford avenue, yesterday. The near
est hydrant to the building was over a
thousand feet away and the firemen
were compelled to return to the fire
house for additional hose. A line of
/ 100 feet was laid. The iremen saw
ed surrounding houses, but could not
do anything to save the jackson home,
which was destroyed with its contents.
The Ioss is covered by insurance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31

1910, when the first check providing
money for construction purposes was
signed. Money was not available until
the engineer. who in this case had the
duty of financing the proposition, had
closed a 99-year contract with the city
OF st. Louis for the delivery of co.
co. horse power of electric current
Under this contract reimbursement of
the price to be paid for the power is
to be made every ten years, basing
the adjustment on the ruling price of
coal for the two years previous.
Construction work on the project is
now about seven weeks ahead of the
schedule, which according to the en-
gineer's estimate. will complete the
dam by June, 1918 The project com
prises a new lock outside of the pres
ent government lock, filing for a dry
dock over the present lock, power
house 100 feet long, extending up
stream from the lock, thus providing
2 forebay as we'll as lock entrance: a
q ncrete ice fender $500 feet long,
consisting of submerged arches 10
feet wide, with floating boom to be
removed during the navigation sea-
son. and, finally, a 1896 foot main dam
of the abutment-spillway type.
This development, which has an
ultimate capacity of 100000 horse
power. 10000 horse power of which
is to be installed at present, is locat-
ed at the foot of the Des Moines rap
ids. opposite Keokuk, Iowa, and Ham
ilton. Ill. A number OF minor changes
have been made in the designs since
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31

ton of the plant is viewed in engineer
Ing and technical circles. Appended
Is the article in full:
The cantilever construction of
concrete dam from the dam itself is
one of the many novel methods en-
ployed In building the dam of the Mis-
sissippi hiver Power Company at
Keokuk, Iowa The steel forms used
in the abutment and bridge portions
Of the spillway section permit a rapid
ity of erection extremely desirable
where interest charges amount to
$4,000 or more per day. Unwatering
1877 acres of river bed in six months
time, involving the construction OF
3S4S IT. of cribwork practically bottle
tight, has been task of no mean
proportions. Every advantage has been
taken of natural conditions in laying
out the two distinct construction
plants, one of which lies on each side
OF the river. These re few of the
features Of this great undertaking
which have made engineers look upon
1t as one OF the most interesting
works now in progress in this country.
The materials of construction, ce-
ment, sand ana broken stone, are all
obtained within as miles. Suitable
stone Is found on the spot, sand is OBJ
tanned from tne mouth of the Des
Moines river, milss distant, and
cement from Hannibal, Mo-, 45 miles
to the south. The Illinois organiza-
ton building the dam has concrete
mixing plant capable of turning out
1000 cubic yards Of concrete in an
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31

A clearance of is feet inches be-
low the traveller permits the passage
of one of the standard derrick cars.
The trolley runways are 10 feet apart
and 210 feet long, each serving a
standard-gauge track laid directly be-
low it. One man is stationed at each
hosting engine operating the trolley.
He is in communication by teie-
phone receiver strapped over his head
with a signal man standing On the
bridge directly over the forms being
filled. The engine platform is at the
rear of the traveller and at level
lower than the trolley runways, SO
that the operator has clear, unob-
structed view when picking up the
loaded buckets from the cars and
redepositing the empty ones.
The traversing motion of the trolley
is by means of an endless line wound
twice around the spool drum of the
conveying engine, which has a duty
OF about 500 lb in straight lire and a
speed of 500 feet per minute. The
hosting line runs at a speed of 800
feet per minute, the engine has a
duty of 5000 lib. Both engines are OF
the Lidgerwood type and are air driv.
en- from a receiver 5 feet in diameter
and IS feet long.
Air for all stationary engines, der
ricks and shops is furnished from a
central plant in which is installed a
Sullivan compound two-stage compress
sor capable OF delivering $500 cubic
feet of free air per minute at pres
sure of lis Id. per square inch.
A specially designed t~olley is used
through which the hosting line runs
while the load is pulled by the
/ traversing line. Both lines are sup
ported on idlers offset from the cen
ter line.
Floorbeams supporting the 12-in
I-beam stringers are made up of SIG
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31

arch bridge designed to accommodate
machines for regulating the discharge
of the water over the dam. The rock
under the dam is carefully explored
by drilling holes about 80 feet deep in
every bay. Note is made of the time
taken to drill unit distances, and if,
on plotting this data, any unusual
sreeds of drilling should show up,
more careful Investigations will be
made. No foundations of doubtful
character will be covered with ma
sorry.
Construction-Trav already
mentioned, one of the novel features
of this project is Tho method of con-
structing the dam by means OF spec
iallydesigned four-leg cantilever trav-
eler, which is carried on rails laid on
top of the completed portion of the
dam. Concrete for the arches, piers
and base of the spillway is brought
by the train load out over the dam
Under the back end of the traveller.
carried forward over the recently
| paced concrete under the cantlleVer
portion of the traveller and finally
| dumped into the steel forms.
| The dam traveller is a large gantry
crane, consisting of a main frame 25
feet wide, 80 feet long, and cantilev-
| er extension $50 feet long. Thus,
with the forward legs placed directly
over any pier, concrete may be de-
posted in the four pier form ahead.
Heavy cast-steel double-hange trace
wheels support each leg of the travel
er, the front wheels being provided
with double set spaced feet center
to center OF the equalizer truck, thus
! distributing the 5o-ton dead load which
possibly might be increased to sc tons
by the addition of maximum live and
wind loads. The total weight of the
traveller with all equipment is LIS tons
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31

tons of scarcely feet under all c.
the structures.
The minimum river discharges c
10000 sec.-ft usually occur in Angus
or September, and the maximum dis
charges of 100000 sec. it. are expect
ed in May Or June. In designing tbs
spillway, which is estimated to care
for discharges so per cent in excess
of the recorded maximum flood dis
charges, the head over the crest wa
calculated by means of Francis 70,
mula, with the coetficient 3.33 modifie
and increased according to recea
observations for depths greater thai
A feet. Under these conditions th,
water is expected to flow II feet dec
over the crest of the spillway up t.
the springing line of the bridgt
arches steel stop logs, to be raise
ming on the bridge track at Ell. 535.
will raise the water II feet to Ell. 525
Operating heads are expected to vary
from SO feet at low water to 81 feet
at high water.
About 100 square miles of lake will
be formed back of the dam at low
stage, the Dackwater extending about
eb miles upstream Navigation inter.
ests now served by the three old locks
and miles of canal will use the single
lock at the Iowa end of the dam.
Dam Design.-Built of plain con
crete masonry, the main dam com.
prises lis Gift. piers, spaced 80 feet
apart between spillway sections. These
piers support continuous concrete
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31

in. plates, % in. deep, with two 4x3x
3-S in. angles top and bottom. The
trolley runs on the lower flange of the
12-in. I-beam stringers. the wheels
having the same bevel as the fianges.
Connection is made to the web Of the
floorbeam by short pieces of smaller
I-beams riveted on by angle Tubs.
Cap screws are tapped through the
short beams into the top fange of the
carrier I-beam, thus giving the
clearance through the full height of
the beam for the passage Of trolley
wheels. Bumpers consisting of ten
coils of 1a-in. steel spring are prov.d-
ed at each end of the trolley runway.
A standard Dad for the trolleys is
a full 15-yd. concrete bucket, total
weight of about AZ tons. However,
the heaviest loads handled are the
7.2-ton steel arch centers.
When it is desired to move the trav-
eler forward the triple standard
gauge track is picked UP by the troll
leys and carried forward Extra
double track is then inserted in the
intervening space, there being but
two tracks from the rear end Of the
traveller back to the mixing plant.
Moving the traveller is accomplished
by one of the dinkey engines. Arch
forms are not removed until the trav.
eler has passed over the arch. 1t may
be of interest to note here that the
designs of this traveller, which was
! built by the Chicago Bridge & Iron
i Works from the original drawings
we're gotten out in IA days When
tests were made by claiming down
the back end loosely and run
ming loaded trolleys slowly to
ward the cantilever end, tight
ening of the chains was noted
when the load was within a fraction
of 1 per cent of that calculated.
| In addition to the traveller there are
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31

eight hour day, and the Iowa division
building the power house and lock has
Just completed a plant in the dry bed
OF the river back of the cofferdam in
which five 17a yard mixers may be ex-
pected to turn out 1850 cubic yards
OF concrete per day. The depositing
of $4,000 cubic yards of concrete re-
CURED for this project within the
scheduled time and the demands OF
interest and overhead charges re-
quire, according to the engineer,
plants with such capacities, with the
attendant transportation facilities to
get the material to and from the mix.
ers.
Although this project has been six
years in planning, the immense
amount OF work cone to date has all
been carried out since December II,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
TECHNICAL Description 0F THE
WATER POWER DEVELOPMENT
An Article Descriptive of the Big Dam Appearing in the
Engineering Record of New York
Account One OF the Most Interesting and Accurate the
Ones That Have Appeared

The New York Engineering Record
Of August 5, one of the best known
standard technical publications of the
country, published an elaborate de-
scription OF the hydro-electric plant Of
the Mississippi River Power Co., &C
Keokuk The headlines state that It
is zone of the largest works now be-
ing conducted by force account by
American engineers" The article
itself is not only Illustrated with late
photographs, bN.. is accompanied by a
pictorial insert sheet, giving a num-
Der of construction views of the
works. Among them is general view
OF the power house, cofferdam and con
struction plant on the, Iowa shore of
the Mississippi river. The preparation
and publication of this article indi-
Gates the interest with which construc-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31

January IA, 1911. OF most interest is
the changing of the abutment thick
ness from feet to 6 feet, thus per-
hitting an increased spillway length.
The original design contemplated
building the new lock for the govern
ment on the site of the present lock,
but later it was decided to build the
new lock entirely outside of the old
one, so as not to interfere in any way
with navigation.
The requirements of navigation and
the economical advantage of having a
practically level foundation of blue
limestone were the determining fea-
lures that led the engineers to select
the present site. Farther downstream
the bed of the river is much broken
up, while here the strata lie practic-
ally in a horizontal plane, with varia-