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Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31
SATURDAY, MAY, 81, 1912.
The Conservative English.

Tur Enolish people are slow to change thelr
methods and yet occasionally we near VI
,oon+s for reforming their coinage so Tar as 10
lie i concerned and also for reforming thelf
WEIGHTS. By,some misfortune the oecllliai s!s-
49,, of Communication never gained any position
~ ENGLAND and, on the contrary, the duooeciih-
d o. system Of twelves instead OF tens iss
retained it's hold, mixed up with some ollel ooo
5voiobts and measures that are dlttlcult 10 az,
aa,,o+ foy With the penny as the usual si1ai.
INIT of their currency, they require '"els5l
+bom TO make the English schllllng' 'he oiu.,-
orv standard coin, and twenty OF these scii'a-
;nas n make the pound sterling, worth heails
five of our dollars.
This system Of twelves and twentles we
cont we'll complain of when we note Una. oui
carefully prepared American system OF colnase
in decimal quantities misses its marx by aoop'-
inq the halving and quarterng and even ,ie
r,;nor Quantities of eighths and slxteenlns 'iiae
,va took over from the Spaniards III lmltal'hg
+bo;r snanish dollars. The English hunored-
ruaioht is a Renaissance of older tunes, IN the
fact that it now represents liz rouros anu
twenty of these hundredwelgats represent 'lle
nresent standard ton, and the ton geleidily
known in this country as the long tor, ana ut1l,
lied in sugar statistics, in pig iron ard IN steer
rails. This English hulldredwelght was a'so
divided into halves, quarters, and elsl'1is'
these subdivisions being called stones me ne
half h~undredweight being four stones, or %
pounds, the quarter 28 pounds and the elghln'
or standard stone, fourteen pounds. Inc pres
ent English pound is the a as the American
pound. =,
In this country a ton in weight is almost I'LL
jversally considered to be 2Goo pounds @
twenty American hundredweights, excepting Il
the commodities above referred to. 4 move
ment was inaugurated at a meeting OF thS
Textile Institute in Birmingham, England Il
February Of this year urging upon the fall
ways the adoption Of the central, loo POUNDS
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31

and 1000 pounds as major standards instead OF
the 112 pounds and the ton Of 224o pounas' az
the basis Of their rates. Whether anything
will come of this agitation it is difficult to say
&c the natural conservatism Of the English PEG.
ple which leads them to retain their antQuatea
coin values and even their more antlquateo
o,,ineas Of q schillings will doubtless lead them
to endeavor to retain their hundredwelghts o.
112 pounds and their ton as being composed Oh
twenty Of these antiquated hundredwelghts, or
224o pounds. These present suggestions now,
ever. arise among the English themselves ana
NOV lead to some further movement IN the
matter.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31
Colonel Gcrgas on the Panama
Canal.

Ar Americans are interested in and proud
of the great canal now nearing complet'on ~
Panama. In an address recently dellVereu We
fore the students of Johns Hopkins University
Col. Gorgas explained exactly what was pe,hs
done by our engineers. Speaking OF the pian
which was being followed, he said, that' IN tne
ordinary acceptation Of the words, we are not
h,,ilding q canal at, Panama, we are Dullullig
two lakes. one on the northern side OF the
,~nonntain chain, which is the backbone OF inc
7sthmus. and the other on the south side. Inc
engineers, in selecting the location lof one
canal, sought the lowest point IN the mountain
chain extending from Patagonia to Alaska
This was found to be at Culebra on the ls1h-
mus of Panama. The Isthmus OF Panama mere
runs east and west with a mountain chaln run
r;no in the same direction. They then TOOK tne
,lver rising nearest Culebra on the north, the
Charges, and dammedit. This makes the large
nortkern lake, Gatun. They then found the
,ivor which rose nearest Culebra on the South,
tho Pio Grande. and damned this, making the
southern lake, Miraaores. They then connected
+ha two lakes by means Of a canal ABOUT .
miles long. cutting the mountain ridge at Cu-
Zebra. They then connected the northern lake
with the Caribbean sea by a sea level cana
ahe7f 3 miles long, connecting the Caribbean
Cos with the northern lake, Lake Gatun; then
South. % miles through this lake, then anothel
canal s miles long through the mountain rugs
conneci:ag the northern lake with the southeri
lake. thon about 2 miles through this southern
lake. Lac Mirafores; then another 8 nlies .
sea Level canal connecting the southern ,ah
with the Pacific Ocean. The level OF the lax
is SIS feet above the level of the canals cohhec'
inc the lakes with the ocean. Locks tnefe
fore, have to be placed in the dams 50 as !
raise and lower the ships between these levek
This work is NOW drawing to its close. In
chief engineer states that he will be passln
ships through from ocean to ocean by oui
1913.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31
OFFICIAL REGISTER.
R OFFICERS.

President Of the Police Jury.
J. B. Fastening, Buras P. o.
Secretary Of the Police jury
Perez, Concession P. 0.
Parish Treasurer,
Joseph Savoie, Nero ?. ..
Sheriff.
Frank c. Movers, Pointe-a-la-Hache.
Coroner. "a
DR.. II. l.. Ballowe, Buras +. =.
Assessor.
Marc C%ogneyich, Marin +. y.
Clerk Of Court, 4
Ernest Albert, Pointe-a.la.Hache. Y
Member of the General Assembly. :
Simon Leopold, Phenix P. 0. .
Police Jurors.
list Ward--l. S. Lathrop, Eng. U T
P. O.
end Ward-Adrien Leopold, Phenlx
P. O.
.rd Ward-E. A. Schayot, Pointe-a-la-
Hache.
4th Ward-Thcmas Bropby, Neptune
p. O.
5th Ward-Jos. Bernard, Venice +. =. :
9Th Ward-C. Grabert, Jesuits' Bend
P. 0.
I'm w u ~
9th Ward-Daye Withan, Diamond T.
O.
9th Ward-Dr. G. A. B. Hays, Happy
Jack P. 0.
10th Ward--J. B. Fastening, Buras F..
Parish Board Of Public Education,
~presidant-J, G.. Darmas, Buras +. y.
J Secretary and Parish superintendent
J of Public Education,
!, Edward C. Kohn, Pointe-ala-Hacne.
. Members,
. 1st Ward-Jos. Fl. Meyer, Dalcour +.
!, O.
: End Ward-Wm. Dymond, Belair ?. o.
ard Ward-Jno. B. Hingle, Polnte-a-la-
Hache.
t, AN Ward-G. W. Delesdernier, Pilot
Town
y, \ 5h Wara-Miegs Childress, Triumph
30 p. 0.
70 9th Ward-Elyi Giordano. Jesuits'
- Bend P. O.
* 1th Ward-Frank Giordano, Jesuits'
IN Bend P. 0.
n, sth NIard-W. w. Lemon, Junior z
@.
9th Ward-Benj. Ballay.
10th Ward-F. c. D'Armas, Buras P
=. LOCAL JUDICIARY.
m Iuet;ces Of the Peace.
90 list Wari-E. j. Rodriguez, Jr.
90 End Ward-Hy. Meyer, Bertrandville
so Adrien Leopold, Pheni'
.3S
rs
on srd Ward-L IT. Fontenelle, Pointe-;
'er, la-Ilache P. y.
al. 4th V.,ard--Geo. W. Delesdern!er, r
lot Town.
w. P. Simmons, Pc,
O. Eads.
10 9Th Ward-Ernest Fcllon, Venice.
l. - cth Ward-C. r. Sarpy, Jesuits' Den
LOO r. O..
"a 1ih Ward Glen L'Artlgue, Naomi
.OS n
rs sth Ward-F. r. Grimshaw, Diamol
yer. P. ..
T. 9th Ward-M. A. Lyons, Home Pla
10th Ward-C!ovis Ningle.
constabies.
LIST Ward-A. NJ. Miller, Dalcour
"A End Ward-Jchn Grabb, Jr., Bertral
! - vile P. o.
!. Felix Lafrance, Phenix
srd Ward-Ernest Dodson.
; 4th Ward-James Kiger.
: John Zettwock.
5th Ward-Ere ;{Ggo, Venice P. G
, 9th Ward-Augt'E. Sarpy.
Tth Ward-Clement L'Artigue,N
Naomi P. @.
sth Ward-Tkos. Nolan, Jr., Diam
- P. o.
9th Ward-Emilc Martin.
a "a 10th Ward-Philip Cognevich.
PARISH DEMOCRATIC ExEcUT
0sa COMMITTEE.
chairmau--John Dymond, Belair.
= S scretary--Jos. Savoie, Nero P.
Members.
,rRNa 1st Ward-Alex Brandt.
thn;s' D. Lasus.
End Wards. Leopold, Phenix P
Hy. Meyer, Bertrand,
;ywssys Srd Ward-Joseph Savoie, Nero
q Joseph Cosse, Pointe.
~ b Hache.
MI 4th Wart-F. Lobrano, Pilot Tow
q B.. ]. Williams, ]
h Town P. 0.
9Th Ward-Jos. Bernard, Venice
!. Augustin A. Buras, VI
s@za y P. O..
~ 9th Ward-C. Grabert, Jesuits'
u P. O.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31

A certain tract OF land situated on
the rioht bank of the mississippi River,
measuring IS feet front by go feet
in depth, bounded CT the upper SIDE
hy lands Of c. B. Thompson, and be.
low by lands CT 7. 8. Wilkinson.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31
Iauneh Stand lard

EIIG. DE ARMAS. M. O. Blu"
RAS and M. G. BURAS, own.
ers; Eng ne Armas, Mas
ters: J. c. DE ARMAS, Clerk
Leaving Wednesdays and Sat
urdays at 6 o'clock a. m. Wed
nesdays for Port Eads. Satur'
days for Venice. Returning
Thursdays and Sundays.
Freight received Mondays
Tuesdays and Fridays foot OF
Ursuline Street.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31
rAxcoLLEeToR's SALES.

State Of Louisiana vs.. Delinquent Tax
Teltors CT the Parish OF Prague
mines.
Iysvirtue Of the authority vested in
ae ,iy the Constitution and laws 0
t; State OF Louisiana, will sell, at
the principal front door of the Court
f,sosse in which the Civil District Court
Of SAID perish is held within the legal
hoafs for judicial sales, beginning at
sir l.our of IL o'clock a. m, on
Saturday, the TIN day Of June, 1918,
i.l.d continuing en- each succeeding Gay
until said sales are completed, all i'm
movable property en- which taxes are
now due 10 the state CT Louisiana and
Parish CT Piaquemines. to enforce col
lection OF taxes assessed IN the year
1872. together with the interest there
CIR from the 31st day of December
1912. at the rate of 10 per cent. per ali
nun until paid, and all costs.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31
aide by lands OF D. Pintkins, and De-
Inv by lands Of D. Jones.

Mato MacHeT1d'
$4,000 200
Levee TAX $500
Acreage taA 3.89
A certain tract Of land situated On
t,a1eft hank of the Mississippi RlVer
ard designated as Sections !, z, o. T.
< 6 rs and 8, T. 20. S. r. 10 u.
" Worrick william; assessment
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31

4 certain tact Of land situated on
TIC left lank of the mississippi
River, measuring arpent front by
90 arpents in depth. bounded On the
upper side Ivy lands OF Frank c.,
Movers, ard below by lands Of Haspel
and Davis Milling and Planting Com-
pany Ltd.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31

A certain tract Of land situated on
The right bank Of the MISSISSIPPI
River, measuring ia feet front by 4o
arpents in depth, bounded on the up,
per side by lands of L. and }. Evaso'
vich, ard below by lands OF J. Cog
%nevich.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31

= 4 certain tract of land situated Oh
tha left bank of the Mississippi RIVER,
and designated as 1c5 feet front by
s71.25 feet in depth, parcel Oh lan II
west Of Bayou Terre aux Boeuts !.
| IL. R, II. A.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31

A certain tract Of land situated on
the left bank of the Mississippi River,
measuring y arpent front by 40 ar
penis in depth, bounded on the up
per side by lands of e. Ahearn, and
below by lands Of v. Lingoni.
Blaize. Frank, assessment,
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31

A certain tract Of land situated on
the left bank Of the mississippi
River, mcasr.ing 2 arpents front by
30 arpcnts in depth. bounded en- the
upper side by lands Of the Plaquemlnes
Land Company, and below b. LANDS OF
Philips Land Company.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31

a certain tract of land situated on
ths left hank of the Mississippi River,
neaetIing X arpent front by 40 ar
reuts in depth, bounded on the upper
side by lands of E. Mitchell, and be-
lew ly lands of O. S. Iivaudais.
Lower coast gazette., 1913-05-31

a certain tract of land situated on
tba r,rht hank of the Mississippi
fI measuring 4 arpent front by
40 arpents in depth, bounced on IN D
upper side by lands Of DIT: u : a A;da D.
H Hpp and below by lands OF }. Vloa'
covich.
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23
CALUMET BRIDGE
BIGGEST OF ITS
KIND IN WORLD

The longest and heaviest single-leaf
bascule bridge in the world has recent
ly been built for the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad across the Calumet river in
Chicago. The bridge is 235 feet long
and weighs over 1000, 900 pounds. 1t
Is counter balanced by a counterweight
consisting Of a huge concrete block
which contains 1.100 cubic yards of
concrete.
The bridge is so designed that it is
perfectly balanced in any position and
the machinery operating II has only to
overcome the friction in the bearings
in which the structure rests. Electric
power is used in the operation of the
bridge, the control being vested in two
electric motors which are manipulated
from an operators house The duties
of bridge tender are very similar to
those of street car motorman. The
net weight of the steel work, super
structure is estimated to be 5000, 900
pounds The bridge is known as a
Strauss Trunnion bascule, designed by
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23
BIG CHIEFS VISIT
GARY PROPERTIES

Continued from page one.)
Sheet and Tin Plate company District
eneral Manager John A. Gross off Gary
piloted the visitors around. President
f. J. Parguy of Pittsburgh, head of the
tin plate company also acted as a guide
here. At the kirke railway yards Pres
ident A. j. Banks and Superintendent
John Kirk did the honors and at rail-
way shops Master Mechanic Monroe
was in charge of the delegation. The
steel men also visited the coke ovens
and the Universal Portland Cement
mills.
In Charge of Capt. Norton.
Following the mill visit the corpora
tion heads toured the Gary Land Com
pany properties under the guidance OF
Property Agent H. S Norton. They al
so made a quick auto trip of the city
paying short visits at the Gary Y. M.
C. A. and looking over the public
schools
Among the men high in the coun-
ellis of the steel corporation who will
| be present at today's meeting are the
following:
4 Eugene j. Burlington, Illinois Stee
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23
TELLS TRUST
PROSECUTORS MILLS
AT GARY WILL CLOSE
Hoosier's Letter to Capital
Declares 5000 Men Will
Be Idle.

Washington. Oct. 22.-Signs OF a
concerted effort TO force the Depart
ment of Justice TO drop its suits for
he dissolution of the steel trust were
found in the mail which arrived at the
department today. The department was
greately interested in a letter which
came from a man living at Gary, Ind.
saying that rumors were current there
that the steel trust is about to close
down it's Gary plant and throw 5000
men out of work, and that in anticipa-
tion of such action preparations were
being made for a general exodus. The
attorney generals office would not
make public the name of the Indiana
man or the text of his letter.
The writer. however, urged the de-
partment to desist in its prosecution of
the steel trust. simultaneously a pc
tition was received from more than
1000 employees of the American Sheet
and Tin Plate company at Martins s
Ferry, O., protesting against the pro-
ceedings to dissolve the steel trust.
and similar protests came from Penn
sylvania iron and steel plants and from
employees of the Tennessee Coal and
Iron Company.
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23

the government accept the promises of
the Inland and Mr.. Marks in the form
they were made as sufficient guaran-
tee in case the breakwater should be
built first?
Local Action Necessary.
From the letters already referred to
II appears not, and some action will
therefore have to be taken locally.
Attorney w. J. WINERY of Ham
mond, who is one of the foremost
workers in the region for government
improvements, received a letter from
Congressman John b. Peterson dated
at Crown Point, in which a copy Of
letter from W. Kelly, major of the
corps of engineers in the war depart
ment, to Major Ferguson. the district
engineer officer in Chicago. The two
letters. respectively, are as follows:
Peterson Urges Action.
Congressman Petersons letter to Mr.
Winery;
Before leaving Washington I called
upon Col. Taylor (chief of engineers at
Washington and he told me that he
had written the officials in charge of
the Chicago office a letter, the copy of
which l hand you.
Our friends should get to work and
put things in such shape that there
can be no excuse for the department
holding off longer. l hope to see you
soon and will fully explain the situa-
ton"
The copy of the letter referred to is
as follows:
"Offce of c. of F.. Washington. Oc-
tober 10, 1913
To the District Engineer officer,
Chicago. Ill:
=. In the opinion of this office. the
papers presented herewith (from the
Inland Steel company and Mr. Marks
in which they promise to build their
piers as soon as the government break
water is completely are not sufficient
to satisfy the secretary of war that the
conditions upon which the project was
adopted and the appropriations made,
will be met At best. they are merely
promises, unsupported by anything i'm
the nature of a guarantee may be re-
pudiated or withdrawn. and are wholly
incapable of enforcement. The chief
of engineers would not feel justified ir
recommending their acceptance by the
secretary of war for the purpose in
view.
2. It is believed that before the
work authorized by congress is com.
menced. or the money appropriated is
expended, the work which the local in.
terests are required to do, should be
actually begun or the parties concern
ed should at least show b. properl,
executed instruments that fnancia
provision has been made for the work
and that contracts have been made TO
its prosecution
'3. Major Ferguson will advis
these parties of the position of the de
partment and inform them that unit
assurance along the line indicated ar
given, it will be the duty of the depart
ment to defer active operations
by command of the chief of engi
neers.
Wv KELLY
Major. Corps of Engineers"
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23
CAPT. NORTON HEARS
OF GARY POSTOFFICE

Capt H. S. Norton, president of the
Gary Commercial club, has received
word from Congressman Peterson that
the treasury department architect has
taken up the working drawings" of the
Gary postoffice.
Contrary to general belief this does
not mean anything.
Six years ago congress was asked to
appropriate for the purpose. FIVE years
ago a committee reported favorably on
it, four years ago the appropriation
was passed, three years ago the archi-
tect was ordered to make preliminary
plans, two years ago he made them.
last year he revised the plans and this
year he has taken up" the working
drawings Next year the working
drawings will be started, and no one
knows what will be taken up the year
after that.
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23

Company
A. c. Dinkey, Carnegie Steel Com
pany.
E. w. Pargny. American Sheet & Tin
Plate Company.
w. P. Palmer. American Steel & Wire
Company.
w. C. Schiller. National steel Com
pany
August BLESSING. American Bridge
Company.
F.. E. House. Duluth & Iron Range
Railroad Company.
Iron 6, Railroad Company.
J. H. Reed, Bessemer & Lake Erie
Railroad Company
E. NJ. Hager, Universal Cement Com
pany-
Talks Of Steel.
On his attention being called to the
interview given out by Charles NJ
Schwab president of the Bethl en-
Steel Company. making gloomy predic-
tions as to the imm mediate future of the
steel business and stating that the rail-
roads are holding back their orders in
depreciation of immediate price reduc-
tions, Judge Gary said:
| "Mr. Schwab is entitled to his own
opinion, but 1t Is not mine. The reason
why the railroads are holding back
their steel orders. when their needs are
so obvious and in many cases so press
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23
ng, is that they have not got the


Thinks Railroads Too Poor.
you will find that instead Of await
ing expected price reductions, it is
merely a question of their being able
to raise the money for rails and struc-
tural steel material.
The railroads are poor because of
the increases in wages and the higher
cost of everything, and they ought to
be allowed to make the advance In
freight rates for which they have ap-
piled. / am a representative of cor
poration having large interests as a
shipper. but although as a shipper my
interests are against an increase in
freight rates. 1 believe the railroads
need it and should have It.
| "At our meeting tomorrow we shall
discuss conditions and prices and oper-
ating methods. The meeting Is tht
regular periodical gathering. 1t is
usually held in New York, but we hold
! it here this time because the semi an
nual meeting of the Iron and Stee
Institute is to be held at the Black
stone hotel on Friday AS all the
presidents of our subsidiary companies
intended to be here for the Institute
meeting il is more convenient to hole
the meeting in the Chicago district
Judge Gary declined to discuss tn
probable effect of the new tariff bill OF
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23

the government accept the promises G
the Inland and Mr.. Marks in the forr
they were made as sufficient guaran
tee in case the breakwater should b
built first?
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23

the Strauss Bascule Bridge company,
Chicago, and erected by the Pennsyl-
vania Steel company.
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23

THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE
TIMES MORE TIMES CIRCULATED
EVERY DAPY THAN ALL THE 9TH
ER DAILY PAPERS IN LAKE COUN-
TY PUT TOGETHER.
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23

Smoke Nellie Canadian Club Mix
ture. For pipe cigarette, best thnt
leaf and skill can produce.-Adv.
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23
DENTAL MAN
ARRESTED
IN GARY

prietor of the Van Dental parlors of
Gary. yesterday afternoon was arrest
ed on the charge of operating without
a license and his establishment was
closed
The action was brought at the in
stance of the Gary Dental society and
the state dental board. Schoenbrod
apepared in the Gary police court this
morning and his case was continued
A number of local dentists, members
of the dental society. were on hand to
assist in the prosecution.
Some time ago Schoenbrod came to
Gary and opened up Offices in the
Juniata block. He is said to have
worked UP a fourishing business.
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23

the steel business, nor would he speak
of the federal governments suit for
the dissolution of the steel trust.
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23

THE HOME NEWSPAPER OF LAKn
COUNTY Is THE COMPLIMENT BE-
SLOWED BY ITS READERS ON THE
gkES
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23
A STREET CAR RELIC

The Denver & Intermountain car, on
the Gary & Interurban, famous from
the fact that 1t was one of the first
street cars ever run in Valparaiso. has
practically gone out of existence. The
paint shop has claimed 1t for the first
time since its shipment here, and when
IT energies to the public gaze it will
not be recognized. When the Gary &
Interurban was new and required car
to be run over one part of the line by
certain time, in order to hold fran
chise, thet new cars were not ready.
The company sent the Denver & Inter
mountain car and it arrived just in
time.-Valparaiso Vidette.
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23

PUT YOUR WANT AID IN THE
TIMES
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23

This is the car that was first used
between Gary and Hammond when the
Hammond division was opened in 1910.
The Lake County times., 1913-10-23
PROGRAM
FOR HARBOR
IMPROVEMENT

Continued from page one.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1913-02-20
THE truth OF
THE MATTER
SECRETARY HENDERSON IN
FORMS SOUTHERN CONNER
cIAL CONGRESS WHERE PEN
SACoLA rs.

The following is a copy of letter
written to the Southern Commercial
Congress:
"a member of our association sends
in a copy Of your Monthly Bulletin.
and refers particularly to the map Of
Mobile and the statements underneath,
to-wit: "The nearest important Unit
ed States port to the Panama canal
1.-THE exports and imports of Mobile
are but 10000, 900 more than those of
Pensacola; Pensacola has undoubtedly
the better harbor of the two. Proof:
Mobile, % feet, Pensacola, 33 feet over
the bar. I think this is evidence that
Pensacola has claim to being an i'm
portant port.
THE commissioner of navigation
says that from Galveston to Colon, the
distance is 1,4S1 miles; New Orleans
to Colon, 1880 miles; Tampa to Colon,
1,212 miles; Mobile to Colon, 1871
miles; Pensacola to Colon, 1,344 miles
Therefore, Pensacola is nearer to CO.
Ion, or the Panama canal, than Mobile.
"In addition to the above. Blooming
ton City, Monroe county, Ind, is the
center of population. From Blooming
ton to Galveston is / ,143 miles; to New
Orleans, 81 miles; to Tampa, 1,15S
miles; to Mobile, I'll miles; to. Pensa-
cola, 754 miles. Therefore, the dis
lance from the center of population to
Mobile is greater than the distance