The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-04-25
ENGLISH ENGINEERS
TO TOUR IN AMERICA
Will Spend Some Time Looking
Over Big Projects - VIII
Also See Canada.

the universities polytechnics ana
great works throughout the country Is
leaving England on April ~ on q GU
of the United States and Canada.
Landing at quebec, they Will cross the
continent to Vancouver, seeing ana
studying all that there is to be seen
on the way. They will then make their
way south through Washington, ore
gon and California, will Visit all the
chief attractions OF the southwest. and
return east through Colorado and the
middle west. ending the tour with VS.
its to New York, Washington and Bos-
ton.
The great railways. bridges. tunnels,
breweries, steel works n latest build
ings will all receive attention from the
engineers, while other experts VIII eX-
anime financial and banking arrange
ments.
Pans On Defense.
! The question OF imperial defense mas
been much to the fore of late, and the
question of what the colonies will do
TO help Great Britain to maintain her
naval supremacy has received its share
Of attention. The visit which Robert
l.. Borden, prime minister, and John
ID Hazen, the minister OF marine of
Canada, are to pay to London in May
has heightened the interest in the mat
ter, particularly as to what
contribution is to be under her new adj
ministration.
Il Inc aOmlTdity Will HOt lilllldte any
proposals, the policy of the government
being that the dominions must make up
their minds as to what they desire II
are able to do. They will, however, be
given guidance and the accumulation
of naval knowledge which England has
gathered will be placed at their dis
posal. :
Winston Spencer Churchill, first lord
Of the admiralty, in discussing the
matter recently. went further, and said
that the admiralty would place the
facts of the naval policy before them
with absolute f~ranllness.
The government being in possession
of the facts, gathered at the last impe-
rial defense conference, does not ex-
pect the dominions to do much more
thar was agreed upon then. Imperial
lists, however, have plans hat go far
beyond that. These were outlined by
Page Croft, a unionist member, on the
debate on the naval estimates. He con-
tended that the dominions should each
have a fleet. Australia and Canada
should each have four d~readnought
cruisers, South Africa two or four,
New Zealand two IL the crown colo
MES one at least. These fleet units
should be part of the British feet.
Would Like to See Addition.
Doubtless England would like to see
this addition to her fleet, but the ma
jority here would be satisfied IL the do
nllnlOnS WOulu III time IclleNc tHe
mother country of the necessity OF pro-
tecting outlying parts Of the enlpir
and enable her to keep her feet fol
home defense. This is what Australia
New Zealand and Canada practically
agreed to do at the imperial defense
conference. Canada's new program is
expected to go further in this direc'
! ton than did that laid down by Sill
Wilfrid LaurieT.
t In this matter Of imperial defense
n too, a good deal Of attention Is being
e devoted to the oil resources of tn,
colonies. 1t is said that the British
= navy has made greater advance in TIT
use of oil fuel than has the navy o
i any other country, and in a few year,
immense supplies will be required. A
d does not wish TO be dependent upol
reign countries for this supply, tn
g british government has had inquiries
Q made in all the colonies, not only IL
= regard to fuel oil, but also as to posi-
r BILE supplies of petrol for SUMMARIES
{ ~aeroplanes and the new internal com
bustion engines which some believe vii
soon be installed in smaller vessels o
the fleet. An expert who visited al
q the colonies has stated that Canada
and New Zealand will be able to suppl.
their own navies with oil fuel, and tina
d in Australia, Somaliland, Egypt an
n the Soudan the output is increasing.
1t has been suggested that instead o
d breaking up or selling obsolete war
IS ships the larger ones should be con
!, verted into tanxs, in which large re
(. serve supplies could be stored.
h Two New Monuments.
s London Is to AVE two I
x the late King Edward, one in the cen
d ter of the west end. the other in tn
d east end. Tie former is to be erecte
n at The Piccadilly end of the broad wal
Ie Of Green park. facing Buckingham pa;
Is ace and the Queen Victoria memG-ia
~ -. e9nn nm .n.ry $40
- portion of the sum raised In Londo
for a memorial to King Edward 1t
le to be an elaborate piece of sculptur
and architecture. 1t will have a heigt
- of about 43 feet, with a width Of q fec
and depth of 16 feet at the base. o
the south side, facing buckingham pa
10 ace, there will be a bronze statue {
lie King Edward 81 little over 10 feet higl
The figure will be in the robes of tn
at Order of the Garter, bearing the or
In and scepter, and will stand on a pedes
l" tai attached to an architecture centr;
pedestal, thanked by columns bearing
8! bronze group of st. George and tt
ne dragon. Supporting the statue Of tt
?" king on either side Of the memori;
ly will be seated figures In bronze, repre-
is senting Peace" n the hospital
bearing the staff of A~escClapius. AboN
is these sid figures will be the roy
arms in bronze M stone. On the mort
IN side. facing Piccadilly, will be a bron.
group representing Arbitration Duel
I'D ing Strife" The pedestal n arch
tectural features will be in Portlar
d, stone.
he The greater amount Is to be spent {
the east end memorial, which is to tai
8! the form Of a small park, with a statl
Of the late king in the center. Sha'
well market, owned by the city Of Lol
Con and leased to the London count
council, has been acquired for the pu
pose, and the Port of London Autho
fly has given a small plot Of land a,
= joining to enlarge the new 'breathir
X space" An embankment is to be blu
er, on the Thames side, so that when cor
sit pleted the people of the district, whit
is largely OF the slum character, inha'
tied by the families of tho dock labo
q. ers. will W. II of the largest parl
!! in the east end. The entire cost
w the park and statue is estimated
over $500, 900. More than half Of tn
has been subscribed, one lady alol
'o' giving $125, 900.
me Why Hens Don't Lay in Winter.