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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-02

In conversation which | had with
General Edward l.. Serrell two or
three years before his death In 1908.
he described TO me some OF the very
Interesting and romantic experiences
he met with while he was chief ell
gineer appointed by the state OF
Massachusetts, TO cut a tunnel through
Hoossc mountain. In the northwest
ern part OF that state.
General Serrell was In his time as
eminent civil engineer as was TO
he found in the United States. lie
assisted Professor Morse in the build
Ing OF the first telegraph line. lie
was one OF those who surveyed the
route OF the Panama railroad in the
carly mites. He was the engineer in
charge OF the construction OF the f1rst
suspension bridge across the Niagara
river. and he designed and carried
out the plans for the famous tunnel
through HoosaC mountain. Some or
his achievements of Civil war DAYS
have b. come historic. notably the
placing of the famous swamp angel
gun upon Morris island in the harbor
O. Charleston
General Serrell had said TO me in
The course OF conversation relating
10 canal construction across 10
isthmus OF Panama that his expert
ence in cutting ono OF the worlds
great tunnels under and through the
Hoosac mountain had p. rsuaded him
that II would ne commercially feas-
ible. and from the point OF view or
science even more practicable. 10
cut q great tunnel through a i-oun.
tain situated some hundred miles
south OF the isthmus OF Panama. high
enough and jeep enough to permit
the passage of vessel OF any size.
and II this were done there could be
sea level canal only about twenr,.
five miles in length easily construct
I'd connecting the Atlantic with tn-
Pacific
The Hoosac tunnel proposition.
when | took hold OF it, said General
Serrell. was already venerable.
About as soon as railroad constrlc-
ton began in Massachusetts, the PEG
pie OF the state decided that n a
tunnel could be- cut through the Hoo
sac mountain II would be possible
10 build a railroad at no excessive
cost connecting Boston with the Hud-
son river AT Troy. y Y.
Well. there was nothing but talk
about the plan for a good while.
There had been some attempts made
TO survey practicable tunnel
through Hoosac mountain. but the
cost or excavation az that time was
very great. II had 10 be done by hand
labor. and az the tunnel would be
nearly five miles in length and situ
ated at the bottom OF the mountain
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-02
HELP WANTED
IN WHEELING
And Furnished BY the Help Of Wheel.
ing Peopls

Th"s" " ho suffer with kidns.. back
H'h" urinary ITS or any Itt. kidney
or bladder disorder. want kidne, heip.
WI" AN better advise than SOM.
wheeling resident. who ha. also SUI
f"red. hu' has had rcIicf Wheeling
feopI" recommend Doan.r K'dns-
Pulls. Her one cas-. and there are
MANY others.
Mrs. Gaster. itic N..'oiio.h So
wheeling "a. va. sa.s % had maine
thr0ush mv hack ana Joins Wrrr 6
Wa rHirS about m, work there Va 49, d,
dg.l drdEgirg pain .r tho small OF ms
na', knew tho pains came from
as k.du'fs. and knowing iof4 ~
i.'oIl" who had trrn benefited Dos
1rft's kidror pulls. logan using
'r'nf 80 did NOT t,io moro than a
r .iio D- boxes o. completely sfDn fie
rn'rs md di72iu~sa. can now dp ut
h"us"w' rt With casr"
inr sale hy al dealers Price so
rts Poster Nnhurn CO.. lturaio.
Sos YORK. sol" agents fDr thc United
~t1fte.
1;.msml'r tho name p1au. and
.th. %. other Adv.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-02

Lady Venus wv. C Bennett Weston.
W. Va, third. Mack l.. a.. VI. Carlow
Van NoorhiS. W. Va. fourth: Argot
&. 81. A Shafferl Dawson. Pa. fifth.
Rest time. 2.l5i2.
Fifth race. half mile run. stake 800:
Sun kist. first; Proclivity, second:
Chiffon Squaw. third
Time u flat
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-02

have a right at least 20 the protection
OF Mexico's laws and we cannot per
nit them to be robbed and murdered
in cold blood without some effort To
protect them.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-02

ply IN appeal % discomfort and a cor.
''.n inoitemoH' 10 disorder ami Law.
'"--r"-s Temporarily such appeals
Vs." popular favor Finally thov ar
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-02
MONTHLY REPORT OF
REVENUE COLLECTOR

The regular monthly report Of the
revenue collectors office in the fed
'ral building was issued yesterday
morning. According 10 the list. the
total manufacture and sales I'm the
cigar business shows an increase over
the manufacture and sale sor the same
month last year. The report follows:
August. 1912
Total collection .... SIf40OS 90
4 .gars ......... os2-O an
hepres"nting manufacture and sale
q! Sl2.1"p. 600 M in CHARS
August. 1919
Otal collection - sfOO $40 IN
cigars ........ 2s5S- 40
Rel resenting Manufacture and sale
% Sl2.S62. 10000 in cigars.
Mrs. Rashly look very sad since
She divorced her husband"
"fes she didn't know what n good
hlsbaJi she had It'll she saw how
generously he behaved about the ali.
mony. London Opinion.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-02
WASHINGTON FAIR
opens on Third Annual Run-5iaaer
ana Better Than EVer-WheeIinq
Horse Makes Good Run.

special '!-pat'h % Tie InteIIigencer
NASHiNGTON. Pa. sept. With
70 Labor day card az cxcellonf marit
'h" Washington fair opened IT'S third
annual exhibition at ne Arden
grounds today between H. 600 and
lN.'"" person. attended the opening
Ih" speed program was one az The
b'-' 81 The week IN the all tro.
Peter B.likeu cleaned 10 iu straight
heats clipping the time 10 ..IIt. IN
mo last heat when pushed by ~ -
Mckinney Don Path = on the . go
par" through the mastery driving Of
Fred Iamison. making 30 in heats
Do" - paoe was hard fought
Opr'lia Direct winning ou' IN fou-
Leafs Five heats were rrquired u,
SETTLE tho % 20 trot. Mora Mckirne,
landing first money after hard etrur
60 with k"utuck, Joe.
IH Do" running race Sun kist pulled
n'"u hr.' money. Ftocll, Ify. r. Wheel
ing horse. ridden by Garner Hating
""id Ihi- vte 90 merry battle be-.
tween fH" no With sun kf-t leading
D., uosc
Ir" lit" 'oCk exhibition This year
nr" az fIr largest ever Gathered
Together ir the caef over /. 900 head
of 1.-Two t'ork ~ tho finest typo is ON
'ftrf Hfrresfd'ug She erection Of
100000 square feet Of canvas fp house
.h"m Goo addition to tho regular build
iHEH The race summart
Races
I.r.t race. tlt fro' stake 81 900. @
boz
Peter mIk.n ,W s. nacani Wash.
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Copyright. 1902. by +. J. Edwards.
All rights reserved)
tomorrow Mr.. Edwards will tell or
The Prediction OF the Builder OF the
fIoOsaC Tunnel"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-09-02

Published Daily. Except Sunday. BY the
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1.-THE ISTELLIGENCER. embracing
It's several editions. 10 entered IN the
pestoffice at Wheeling. W. Va. Ls sec
ond-class matter.I
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

Henderson. Trumbull and Van Wrinkle an
nounccd their opposition to conviction
upon any of the charges. and others did
not believe there was any evidence 10
sustain several of the charges. This rem
dered 1t necessary, In order to convict,
that every other Republican Senator
should vote for impeachment.
Although no suspicious were entertained
as to the reliability OF Ross when his
time should como TO vote on the articles,
yet, somehow. says David Miller Dewitt,
In his History of the Impeachment and
Trial OF Andrew Johnson" from the be-
ginning of the pending impeachment his
conduct had been eccentric.
HE certainly succeeded" Mr.. Dewitt
! adds, "up to the very last In keeping both
sides In a fever Of suspense. Washington
was crowded with all sorts OF people,
from all parts Of the country-eyery one
intent upon the impending result. and
this hitherto undstinguished Senator
moved among them, the target of every
eye; his rooms beset by his radical con-
stituents. associates and friends, wild TO
gain some satisfactory inkling of his
mind.
His outgoings and incomings, his COM
panons and his convivialities, his break
fast, his dinner, his lodgings, were
marked and set down In notebooks; his
name speeding over the wires, back and
forth, to and from all points OF the COM
pass. and ringing from every ones mouth
in all quarters of the swarming, simmer
ing, half-delirious capital.
Wrapped In the solitude Of his own
mpenetrability, he calmly watched the
raging eddies OF which he was the centre.
His political pedigree and his domestic
affiliations were probed from top to bot
tom.
1T was discovered that from the time
OF his election and even before, he was
mixed up In some unexplained manner
with the business of the Indian Bureau
out In Kansas. At length the lead
Ing impeachers could stand the suspense
no longer. They determined In caucus TO
force the delinquent TO speak" They
failed to get anything definite In the mat
ter OF satisfaction.
1t was on Saturday. May IS. 1883, that
Chief Justice Chase took the chair and
called the High Court OF Impeachment to
order. Twenty-four "Guilties' had been
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

pronounced. and ten more were certain
to come. Wiley was sure. and would
make thlrty-fve. Thirty-six were needed,
and with this one vote the grand con-
summation would be attained, johnson
would be out and Wade in his place.
"NIr. Senator Ross. how say you?' the
voice OF the Chief Justice rings out over
the solemn silence. us the respondent,
Andrew Johnson. guilty or not guilty Of
a high misdemeanor. as charged In this
article?"
Mr.. Dewitt continues:
"The Chief Justice bends forward, in
tense anxiety furrowing his broad brow.
The seated associates of the Senator on
his feet fix upon him their united gaze.
The representatives OF the people of the
United States watch every movement OK
his features. The whole audience listens
for the coming answer as II would have
listened for the crack of doom.
And the answer comes, full, distinct,
definite. unhesltatingly and unmistakable.
The words Not guilty sweep over the
assembly, and as one man the hearers
fling themselves back into their seats;
the strain snaps; the contest ends; I'M
parchment is blown into the air.
Andy had escaped conviction by one
vote"
A few days afterward Senator Ross
wrote a letter to his wife. After his
death. at Albuquerque, n. NJ. In May, 1907,
the letter was published for the first time.
1t was In the possession of Mrs. George
Leis, of Lawrence. Kan, who was Il
daughter OF Mr.. Ross.
The letter was written upon half sheet
OF Senate stationery. is dated ''22," mean
ing May %. 1868. and reads as follows:
THE LETTER TO HIS WIFE.
Don't be discouraged. dear wife; it's
all coming out right. The storm Of pas
sion will soon pass away. and then the
people will thank and bless me for having
saved the country. by my single vote.
from the greatest peril through which II
has ever passed. though none but God
can ever know the struggle 1t has cost rne
Millions of men are curslng me to-
day, but they will bless me tomorrow.
But few knew of the precipice upon which
we all stood on Saturday morning last.
Your affectionate HUS."
Referring to this letter, an admirer said
six years ago: %
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

eve are within measurable distance OF
the end of the horse era in New York,
without the shadow of a doubt" Mr. Hall
told me. 81 would not like TO specify any
precise number of years, for before long
there may come a great landslide. that
will almost entirely put the horse off the
streets. Something like the avalanche l
expect is beginning to move pretty FAST
now, and is gathering momentum every
month. In twenty years time, at the out
side, i think we shall have a horseless
New York"
Here are the results of some Of Mr..
Halls findings to back up his opinion:
Tests taken on five Of the busiest thor
oughfares Of New York show that they
already have more motor-driven than
horse-pulled traffic. Both morning and
afternoon tests demonstrate this auto
supremacy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
SAYS HORSE VIII IL Be CURIOSITY HERE IN TWO DECADES
Expert Comments on Rapid Disappearance O
Mans Equine Servants from the Streets
of New York, Chicago and Other
American Cities and In
dulges in Prophecy.

Fifth avenue is the most conspicuous
instance. A morning test showed that 9eS
motor-driven vehicles passed given
point in one hour: the horsed vehicles
passing were only 2S5. An afternoon test
showed that 573 motor-driven vehicles
passed a given point in one hour; the
horsed vehicles RAISING were only $50
Along Park avenue a morning test
showed that 134 motor-driven and l1i
horsed vehicles passed in an hour; an
afternoon test gave los motor-driven and
80 horsed vehicles.
Along Madison avenue r morning test
showed that 296 motor-driven and H2
horsed vehicles passed in an hour; an
afternoon test gave 29O motor-driven and
1877 horsed vehicles. Along Broadway
morning test showed that 100 motor
driven and ia horsed vehicles passed In
an hour; an afternoon test gave 1926 motor
driven and 1863 horsed vehicles passing In
an hour And along Seventh avenue
morning test showed that S56 motor
driven and 2s2 horsed vehicles passed In
an hour: an afternoon test showed that
235 motor-driven and ZIG horsed vehicles
passed. All these tests were taken be-
tween Gath and AID streets. Trolley cars
are not included.
when the automobile was first manu-
featured" said Mr. Hall, from 1896 to
O2-'OS the industry was experimental
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

| ardor Of intense conviction. entered the
fight for freedom I'm the new territory
He took an active part in the border trou-
bles then raging, which anticipated on a
small scale the conflict OF the Civil War.
! in 1856 he founded THE Topeka Trib-
une." one Of the first newspapers west
Of the Mississippi River. which was OF
great service to the anti-slavery cause.
When the war began the young editor
enlisted as private in the 18th Kansas
! Cavalry. He saw active service through
the war, in one engagement having three
horses shot under him. and at Its close
was mustered out as Northumberland.
He was conspicuous for courage In the
many engagements In which he took
part.
IN CONGRESS.
When Colonel Ross returned to Topeka
the Legislature was In a deadlock over
the election OF Senator. His service to
his party and country before and during
the war stood him in good stead, and the
deadlock was broken by his election to
the Senate. He took his seat at the same
time with Joseph II. Fowler, July %, 1866.
In Congress Senator Ross was strong
party man. Throughout the long fight
over reconstruction he was a strict radl-
cal. In this he well represented the In
tense spirit then dominant In Kansas, and
was thoroughly popular with the people
and his party associates in the Senate.
He was unknown to the country at the
I, time of his entrance I'm the Senate. He
had then reached his fortieth year. He
was obedient 10 caucus mandates, giving
silent vote for all the political measures
of the Republicans. He had shown no
indication Of aspiring to leadership,
simply following the example of his older
and more experienced colleagues. His
future was full of promise.
When the Congressional leaders at
length determiped upon the impeachment
of the President, they never doubted that
they could rely upon the Kansas Senator
10 the utmost. The possibility of defec-
ton on his part In the fight with the adj
ministration never dawned upon the mind
of the most nervous radical.
II was well understood that several Re-
publican Senators were not kindly dis
posed toward such a drastic measure as
Impeachment, and toward the end OF the
trial Senators Fessenden. Fowler. Grimes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

RE we within measurable distance
n of the end of the horse era? 1t
is a moot question, then? Those
Of us who own horses say mo" Those
of US who own automobiles say Yes"
We all back up our assertions with hazy
generalities, to which, perhaps, are added
q few genuine detailed observations. The
municipal authorities have published a
meagre set of statistics. Apart from that
there is no reliable means of coming to
q sound conclusion, most men will tell
you And so / thought until l CHANGED
upon Morris a. Hall, who edits an auto
mobile journal in Gotham.
Mr.. Hall is one OF the few men in this
hustling age who will take infinite pains
TO discover the statistical proportions Of
a problem that interests him, regardless
Of the fact that there may be no com
mercial gain thereby accruing. He wanted
10 know more about Gotham's traffic than
any man or table or book could tell him.
So ne went out into the highways and by
ways of the metropolis last summer and
quietly collected by far the most COM
plete and significant series OF traffic sta
tistics ever gathered in this city. So you
will grant that, although an automobile
man and enthusiastic over the automo-
biles future, his opinion is worthy Of re-
spectful attention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

of the pioneer users Of the auto wagon
and Macy and other stores have had them
running for some years. but IL remained
for the Gimbe store 10 be the first to
rake a clean sweep Of its horse vehicles.
The firm installed In their stead fleet OF
10 auto wagons. and 1t was economy In
spite Of the big initial cost
- hve-ton truck can be maintained for
s12 a day all expenses for gasolene and
drivers Wages included II costs 81 10
maintain a good team Of draft horses and
wagon day, and not nearly AS much
work is accomplished. Here is an In
stance I'm point.
"The Ehret Brewery used to send a
team Of horses and wagon laden with
beer down 10 Coney Island every day II
took all day 20 make the trip. The horses
had 20 rest the night at Coney, returning
next day with empties. Then the horses
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

shouldn't wonder il there are 500 or
ZOO by next spring.
Look at the situation now. Practically
the only horses on the streets of New
York to-day are draft animals. pulling
wagons. In Central Park few horses, Il
mere handful. are used for riding eXer-
else. 1t is unusual to see horse drawn
carriage in the park nowadays, and that
vehicle on the streets, apart from few
cabs, is rarity to be seen only once or
twice a month.
at is the draft animals that are max
Ing the last stand for the horse. and every
day sees a number OF them being with
drawn to give place to auto trucks. The
coming into line of the big department
stores has given a great impetus TO the
movement, as has the adoption Of auto
trucks by the express companies and mail
carrier contractor. Wanamaker was one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
AVERAGE AUTOMOBILE SPEED.

The average speed for automobiles, m
Guiding auto trucks carrying heavy loads
and motor omnibuses. along all these
avenues, was found 10 be 1857 miles an
hour. Again Fifth avenue is in the lead
for speed, its automobile traffic ayerag-
ing nearly fourteen miles an hour-lSs'
TO be exact Madison avenue follows close
on its heels. with an average automobile
speed of 1876 miles an hour. Then come
Lexington avenue, 13.f miles an hour;
Park avenue, Ills miles an hour; Broad
way, llis miles an hour, and First ave-
nue.. 1892 miles an hour. Automobile
traffic on the avenues is slowest appar-
entity on Eighth avenue-6S miles an
hour-and Ninth avenue, with $50 miles.
It is interesting to note. by the way,
that the trolley car speeds fall below
those of the automobiles on the avenues.
The average speed for trolley cars on al
avenues was found to be 9.2S miles an
hour, nearly one and a half miles slower
than the automobiles and auto trucks.
The fastest trolley cars were found on
Third avenue, averaging Ill miles an
hour. and Second avenue. with 1L22 miles
an hour. Then come Lexington avenue
with 1853 miles an hour, and Broadway
with 1914 miles. The slowest trolley car
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
When tho Horse Ws-o King

and was hardly taken seriously. In 1902,
1903 and 1901 two or three firms were max
ing and marketing a few hundred cars a
year and beginning to think there might
be something in 1t, after all. Even then
none Of the pioneer manufacturers any
where near realized the proportion which
the industry was TO assume ten years
thence.
"The automobile industry was never I'm
a stronger position than it is to-day. The
Ford company. for instance, turned out
125,OOO cars in the season of 19l1-12 and
100000 in 1928, a clear 100 per cent in
crease of output in a year.
"Sales OF pleasure cars are slowing up
bit in Europe, but they show no signs
Of so doing in America. In April. 1912,
there were 5000 commercial auto wagons
on the streets of New York. In April,
this year, there were 11.000. and /
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05
Fi/ta Avenue o Buoy A/tsrn0o". "'' 3'"'' Ss'i

had 10 lie up and rest day before they
were tit for duty again. and the brewery's
horses were particularly fine strong ami
mails. Thus n wagon and team could
make only two trips TO Coney week.
To-day the brewery uses auto trucks. II
dispatches a wagon in the morning and
back comes that wagon ut night ready
TO begin a similar trip In the morning.
"a fve-ton auto truck costs $4,000 or
So. 600. but it's life OF hard work is longer
than that OF a wagon and horses in their
prime. Mary Ann. as one OF the auto
trucks OF the Central Brewing Company
H. nicknamed, has been working since
1901 without a serious breakdown. 1t is
an electric truck OF four or five tons ca
pacty and does sixty miles a day. What
horses would you find keeping that up
for "A day. let alone twelve years.
Most Of US have a vague Idea that the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

autoizaton OF New York must have
speeded up traffic to a certain extent. To
how great an extent may be seen from the
tests Mr.. Hall made on First. Second
Third. Lexington. Park. Madison, Fifth,
sixth. Seventh. Eighth, Ninth. Tenth and
Eleventh avenues and Broadway.
The average speed for one-horse vehi'
Giles along all these avenues was found to
be only ALAG miles an hour. One-horse
vehicles were found to move fastest along
the thoroughfares where motor traffic pre-
walls. on Fifth avenue their speed aver
aged 81 miles an hour, on Seventh
avenue 5.21 miles an hour and on Eighth
avenue 5.54 miles an hour. The lowest
speeds for one-horse vehicles on the ave-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-05

nues were 3.S3 miles an hour on Ninth
avenue and 3.72 miles an hour on First
avenue.
The average speed for two-horse vehi-
cles along all these avenues was found TO
be only four miles an hour. These vehl-
cles were found TO move fastest on Fifth
avenue, the average speed there being
| 494 miles an hour, and on Broadway they
moved slowest, averaging only 80 miles
an hour.
| The average speed for three and four
horse vehicles along all these avenues
was found to be only 800 miles an hour.
They moved fastest on Tenth avenue,
averaging 352 miles an hour, and slowest
on Ninth avenue, with a crawl Of 2l6
miles an hour. So much for horse traffic
speeds.