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Geology From a Cabin Cruiser

|DRoF. Q. D. HARRIS of Cornell
i University. specialist in paieon-
tology. will lead a party Of special
students on a cruise along the Atlantic
coast this summer to study geological
formations and TO augment Cornelrs
collection Of specimens Of paleontology
Of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
| A cabin cruiser Is now being con-
structed at Ithaca, N. =. for the party
and It will be ready IN June. It Is 30
! feet long and 81 feet beam. II has a
broad deck and q cabin that can accom-
modate eight persons. The travelling
school is private project and the uni
| versty will not pay any Of the expenses
of tho trip. though It's achievements
| will inure TO the benefit Of tho tnstitu-
] ton.
, The party will leave the FIRST week In
June and 60 by way Of Cayuga Lake
and the Erie Canal to Albany. study
ing on the way the geological typo sec
lions Of rocks. Several days viii be
spent In studying the Heidelberg Noun
tains near Albany. the only place where
such large part OF tho geological
column Is exposed. The party will be
Joined at Albany by Miss Sheldon, a
lecturer on paleontology and earthquake
specialist, who will devote some time TO
work IN this section.
From Albany the party will 60 down
the Hudson to New York and Elizabeth
| port. there tho cruiser will cross New
Jersey by way OF the New Brunswick
| Canal. In New Jersey the later beds
of tie geologic column will be studied.
| THEN the expedition will proceed TO
| Philadelphia and the head OF Delaware
Bag and go through the Delaware and
Chesapeake Canal 70 Chesapeake Bay.
| Important studies will be made on the
west shore of this bay. From this point
the party will proceed up tho James
River TO the Petersburg section through
| the canals Of the Dismal Swamp.
Leaving the swamp the cruiser win
| follow the inside route along the coast
| OF North Carolina, stopping finally at
Wilmington. From there a number of
excursions by rail will be taken through
North and South Carolina for tho pur-
pose OF studying the geological fea-
lures that are 10 be found there
| The party expects to enjoy n splendid
opportunity for studying the different
| type formations OF the country along the
Atlantic coast and through New York
and OF determining the difference be-
tween the fossils found IN the old
rocks Of the geological column IN this
| State and tho newer forms OF fossils
found along the South Atlantic coast.
| Fifteen years ago the first trip of
this kind in the annals OF Cornell was
made. An old ragged Cornell banner
which few from the mast OF tho crui-
ser used on that trip was framed as
a mcmento and now hangs in the mu-
scum. Another trip was taken the fol-
lowing year. but since that time no
other further expedition was fitted out
until the present year.
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It will be seen that the New York Bay
Delaware River section is the most ex-
pensive part of the project. This Is in
part due to the fact that besides pur-
chasing the Chesapeake nd Delaware
Canal, 1t is proposed to convert that
waterway into a sea level route twelve
feet deep and having a bottom width of
ninety feet and for the Delaware River
New York Bay section to build a lock
canal having similar initial dimensions
but susceptible of ultimate enlargement
to . canal twenty-five feet deep with a
les foot bottom width.
By increasing the depth Of the Dismal
Swamp Canal Of to-day 1t would be pos
sible for vessels of considerable tonnage
10 traverse landlocked waters all the
way from the far end OF the New Yor.;
State Barge Canal right down to New
York city and thence south to Albemarle
Sound, North Carolina. This would put
the metropolis in close touch with the
rich coal and agricultural lands alons
the way TO the South and in turn open
protected routes for the water carriage
OF Northern products OF the farm and
the factory at immensely lowered cost
The special board Of army engineer!
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LIFE IN NEW YORK...By W, J. Lamptor

else I'll die in the car OF apoplexy or
nervous strain"
A physician was invited ont one
evening not long ago TO dine with some
dozen o. more people Of such social
prominence that It was quite worth
his while 10 go. Late IN afternoon no
went to his telephone to call drug
gist and found himself breaking into
the conversation of man and woman.
The woman said she had a cold and
was feeling SO bad that sho didn't feel
like going to dinner with the man,
and the man insisted that she should.
The doctor thereupon called in 10 tho
lady:
"oh. that's an right. Take I'VE
grains Of asperin and 80 ahead with
him."
Tho lady carne back at him to know
| who was talking. but ne merely re-
peated his prescription to take nvs
grains of asperin and 20 along to the
dinner.
That ended II end the doctor IN due
course appeared at his dinner party
and during dinner told the story. Next
morning he was called up and LADY
said:
IT enjoyed your story at dinner last
night very much. I took tho sspe'7n
and went"
Then It was tho DOCTORS turn 10 NJ
curious. but tho lady only laughed ana
rang Off. Now he wants to know what
about II and he can't find out.
When the man at mo Broadway rrs-
taurant table had paid tribute to the
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TT was at Fifth avenue crossing,
and a woman on tho curb, instead
Of waiting for a signal from the
bluecoated beacon In tho midst OF
the traffic, darted IN to get to the other
shore. The bluecoat rescued her and
held her TIL the way was clear. the
sent her ahead.
whats the matter with herr asked
b man following. rs she dottyT-
Jaw, I guess So" replied tho chival-
rous cop. in a tone Of disapproval.
About half Of them are"
A physician IN a party Of friends
had been asked why he didn't have an
automobile as many physicians did for
the convenience OF their practice.
mot for me-" he said with a posi-
lively negative shake Of his head. Il
guess. ] am an auto hoodoo. II such
things exist. wouldn't get into one
unless It was absolutely necessary. and
yet one has never hurt me IN its life
But have a bad effect some way. be.
cause, though I have been out ver3
little, the cars in which have rtdder
have killed three persons.
zone time, a boy on the tail Of an Ice
wagon dropped off in front OF the car
I was in and he was run down and
| killed. The next case was Of an old
I lady who got off a street car and
walked right into our car. though
there was no apparent reason why she
should.
"The third was OF boy playing or
the sidewalk who suddenly dashed int
the street in front of us and was killed
why he didn't wait half a minute til
we got by l don't know. 1 was in 6
different car each time with differ
ent chauffeur and each time the chauf
feur was held entirely blameless.
1T occurred to me then that mus
be an auto Jonah and I haven't beel
In a car since the last accident and a
] say, ! never will get into another
unless ! am compelled to and an like a
not I'll be so afraid Of killing somebod
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while the Same protection on inside
waterways averages about per cent.
This Is matter Of decided concern to
the heavy shipper quite apart from the
physical risks and inconvenience in
volved in ocean traffic.
Tho coastwise traffic out of Boston
alone amounts to fully 100000 tons
yearly. and most Of this could be carried
through the proposed inland waterway
without the peril involved in rounding
Cape Cod. Tho Cape Cod Canal offers
a material shortening Of that run and a
lessening Of The hazards. but even 60
there still remain tho exposed waters at
each end Of that artificial waterway. To
avoid this danger the projected connec-
ton would be by a different route. meet
ing the Taunton River and thence rum
ming down into Management Bay,
across Rhode Island and out At Q point
convenient to the eastern entrance OF
Long Island Sound. The latter, with It's
fairly frequent harbors. would furnish a
reasonably sheltered line Of travel.
According to the data furnished by the
United States census. the value OF mine
and quarry products annually in the
States adjacent to the intracoastal route
reaches total Of $4,000. 900. while the
lumber produced IN the same regions
each year Is worth fully s140, zoo, 900
OF agricultural products the yield Il
worth s25o,o00,ooo. The manufacturing
output of the leading Industrial State.
OF the Atlantic seaboard has an annua
value Of approximately $4,000, oo0. 900
The intracoastal waterway would offer .
, safe. and IN some respects speedler
path OF distribution for a large per.
centage OF the raw materials and the
manufactured products Just enumerated
AS for the inland waterway from Nor.
folk south to Beaufort, the army en-
ginecrs say:
AS has been pointed out many times
the Norfolk Beaufort section would en-
able the boats which would ply upon !!
to avoid the dangers OF the outside pas
sage around Capes Hatteras and Look
out dangers which have q decided efrec
upon the rates now charged for freigh
and insurance between north and south
Atlantic ports.
"The country through which such ,
waterway south Of Norfolk will pass 4
largely undeveloped. although Its ma.
ural resources are great. and It is capa
bic Of being made highly productive
Within the area which would be tribu
tary to this waterway there Is still muci
standing timber. 1t Is understood tina
many of the owners OF timbered land
are now conserving their forests an,
that they expect them TO yield consid
years to come. Much OF the land ada
cent to this proposed waterway IS ad
! mirably adapted for truck and fruit. I
Is expected that tho opening of tn
water route VIII stimulate these indus
tries and that such produce can b
transported economically by water L
Northern markets in small vessels or II
barges equipped. II necessary. with re
frigerating plants"
New York has especial reason 70
hoping to see the intracoastal rout,
begun and finished As far back as 100,
it was reported that in the then unim
proved condition OF the canals OF New
York those waterways handled annual,
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appointed by the Secretary or war tt
study the project says in Its report:
1T Is claimed that large OUTLAWS for
tho improvement and construction OF
internal waterways are uneconomical In
that the service OF freight carriage can
be performed better and with greater
economy along the coast by oceangoing
lines dncluding steam and sail cargo
vessels and oceangolng barges under
tow and internally by the railways.
In support OF this are cited the great
development Of the coastwise and great
lakes traffic and OF the railway systems
and the decline in many instances OF
water borne commerce Of the rivers
after parallel lines Of railways have
been established. II would appear TO the
board that such reasoning Is only partly
justified in fact.
"As shown in the report Of the Phila-
delphia committee on traffic. the annual
losses Of life and property in the coast
appalling and apparently unavoidable.
To minimize these losses the vessels
used must be strongly built and Of an
expensive type. The relative cost OF the
type Of carrier ton mot a ton carried)
is approximately as follows:
OCEAN vessels. 10
Mississippi River tug with barges for TO-.
900 tons OF freight 400
THE decline of internal waterway
traffic in many localities which has
followed the construction OF railway
lines the board believes to be due 10
causes other than the inherent advan-
tages OF railway freight traffic and
which are to a certain extent artificial
The history OF our waterways
shows that originally they were fire.
quently the only possible channels Of
commerce and bore all the traffic OF the
regions traversed. Later came the rail-
way, and the water commerce declined
Still later. with an increase Of popula-
ton. came commerce sufficient In
amount to supply both the rail and
water channels OF communication, and
the water commerce increased.
Each channel of commerce has Il,
own legitimate field OF operations, and
the increase of the facilities for inter.
communication. where wisely made. Is
invariably followed by increased pros.
perity for all. 1t is found thai
in Germany. where development o.
waterways has been the policy OF re.
cent years. In 1876 the traffic over 26. 500
kilometers OF railways amounted I,
0.900, 100000 kilometer tons; and tina
over 10000 kilometers Of waterway,
amounted to 1900. 100000 klomete,
tons: In 1906 the traffic over $4,000 kilo
meters Of railways was 44.600. 000. 0Ot
kilometer tons; and that over the 10. COZ
kilometers Of waterways was 5000,
900 kilometer tons. Here was an IN
crease of railway mileage OF 105 PEI
cent. The kilometer and mile tonnag,
increased by rail was four times; tina
by water Ave tines"
According to Information compiled b,
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Asso
citation the cost OF moving an averag
ton OF freight one mile by she variou
means of transportation is:
Over ear,hen roads by animal power as cent
steam rhIroahs' mill
canals TO mill
Rivers. sounds. &c. ...................I mi
BY outside routes marine insuranc
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no waterway now pro.
jected promises to be of wider
benefit than the proposed Allan

benefit than the proposed Allan
tic intracoastal route to reach all
the way from Boston to the mouth Of
the Rio Grande. The army engineers
have planned to take advantage of ex-
listing bays, inlets. rivers. bayous and
other waterways lying Just within the
coast line and to link them together in
such fashion that they will provide a
continuous highway for canal boats and
kindred light draft craft along the coast
from Boston to the Mexican border.
Such a waterway would permit freight
to be moved at cost lower than is
possible to-day and It would enable
vessels to avn the danger Of naviga-
ton which in the past have strewn the
coast with wrecks.
Congress has before it a bill for the
purchase OF the existing Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal. which would form part
of the proposed waterway. II Is pro-
posed that the Government shall buy
the canal for s2,5o0.O0o and then enlarge
n and improve It at an additional out
lay of possibly 100000.
The initial outlay in carrying out this
project will of course be heavy. The
following figures quoted by the army
engineers are suggestive:
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and thence to Key West the cost would
be considerably less because nature has
helped generously and connecting links
could be dug at comparatively moderate
expense. The official figures for chan
nels Of seven feet and ten feet, respec-
lively, are given as follows:
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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-24
SEEK RIGHT TO
OPERATE Lines
Rail Companies Would Con-
tinue in Water Shipping
After July 1.

Washington. Fob. .i.--N;nn moro
railroads having water lines. applied
To the interstate ~cuilinercc cumm.S-
sion today to bc permitted 10 retain
these water lines after July l.. The
Panama canal Law gives the commits
sion authority in certain eases to- pcl-
nit roads IL continue tn" uIcralion Of
water lines.
Tho Southern Pacific company. with
lln,SOO ut the 10000 shares of the
Paciiic Gail Steamship company. hav-
Ing a .aluc uf Sll.Sn0. 900 operating
u ice; "f passenger and freight -tcaln-
"rs between San francisco. Hawaii.
INC orient and the Isthnlus ur Pana-
ma. Informed the commission inat af-
ter July J.. tn" steamship company
W"lld cnSt-e in traili. to ports OF
Mexico. Guatemala. Salvador. Hon.
dlra~. Nicaragua. Costa Isica and he
tween these ports nd Europe and he
tween the sam" port and tn" Atlantic
gulf ports of the Cnit"d States.
IL set out that traffic is To ''irans-
shipped i'll connection With tho vessels
with tin" petitioner and tina. in no
WAY will there he competition with
rail lines of the applicant.
Another Application of the South
ern Pacific company requested that i:
ls. permitted L" continue" the operation
vi is 'ler, of Twenty-Five steamer:
winch operate nctwr~n New York.
New Orleans, Galveston and Havana.
These v~e:@el#. with ducks and warvc
are valued at $1f.50q, 900.
The Grand Trunk railroad also is
among these submitting applications
for Great Lakes craft.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-24
SIX AMENDMENTS
BEFORE VOTERS
Suffrage Leader is Among
Those which will be Consid-
cred at Coming Elections.

Sin proposed constitutional amend.
mcnts Will 10 voted in the coming
state election. according to the notice
just issued by Thomas Hall, secretary
of state.
Mos important of the amendments,
and tn" one that will create the great
est contest. is that for oma suf-
frase. The suffrage amendment diff
fers from other amendments Of the
constitution i'm that it requires favor
;iplc action 10y only n legislature To
place IL before the electorate. while all
other amendments require favorable
action by TWO successive assemblies.
Two measures with reference to the
initiatives and referendum will ne con-
siGrred. ono provides for making the
p%rinrip'o a%pplicah!e only to- statutes.
this being known as the Besscssen-
diversion measure. while the other.
known as tho Gibl:ens bill, makes the
principle applicable only to the C
Stitution
Another important amendment
would give the commonwealth the au-
thority 10 establish and operate term.
inal grain elevators within tho state.
The Wrlo highway hill gives the
lrsiS,htUr" ito"rr 10 make a%ppropria-
tion of public monies for road con-
Strl!ction. Under iii" constitution, the
hands az legislators are tied SD far n:
making appropriations of tina nature
is conc"rncd.
should the Wclo hill he adopted. IL
would open tho WAY tn The establish
n,cni of II system ~ state highways.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-24
TWO TOWNS PLAN
CITY INSTITUTION
Lidgerwood and Plaza Plan
Courses for Business
Men Next Month.

City institutes to he held carly in
March arc being planned by Lidger-
wood and H%ankinson under the direc-
ton of ]. J. Pettijol,n. head of the
extension department OF the state
university.
These institutes arc 10 be held
along tho same general lines as tho
farmers institutes which have proved
SO popular in all parts of the state,
with the exception that they will be
given for business men insteas OF
farmers. and will thus deal Will,
topics Of general and civic interest,
rather than with agricultural subjects.
Mr.. Pettijohn is at present on !,
trip. during which he will visit both
cities and make arrangements by
which several members Of the univer-
sity faculty will deliver addresses.
The final arrangements will he an
nounced on his return the latter par:
Of this week.
Similar institutes have, been held a,
other cities of the state during the
last year. and have proved highly
successful. Each institute will las;
for several DAYS, -
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-24
SEEKING TO GUST
B0STQNS MAYOR
Mann Would Bar Him From
Holding the Congressional
Chair With Other Job.

Washington. Feb. 2i.--M neither
james NJ. tur,ey. mayor Of Eostor
and on Tho rolls of congress as Il rep
resentativc froui the Twelfth Massa-
chusetts district. shall DC permit
to hold both offices was pat up tt
congress Yesterday.
A resolution Introduced by Repub.
lican Leader Mann set forth that tho
offices Of mayor and representative
i'll congress are Incompatible and it is
impossible far one man to perform the
duties Of both and proposed that
Mr.. Curley's scat he declared vacant.
The resolution was referred to the
Judiciary committee.
IT is said Mr., Curley has indicated
his intention of holding both offices
until the end "f tho present session
of congress. to redeem pledges made
to the people of the district and to
save Boston the expense of Il special
election to name his successor.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-24
RECEPTION At ZION CHURCH
New Members. Choir and Sunday
School Teachers Guests Of Honor
Monday Eveping.

New members. Sunday school
teachers and members of the choir
of. h Zion Lutheran church were
guests of honor at a reception held
Monday evening at the church par
Tors.
The church has shown n gratifying
growth during the last year. twenty
five members having been received
into membership.
The features vt the reception Mon
day night were the addresses give,,
by two Of the former pastors Of the
church. Rev. +. %Jorgenson of this
city. and Rev. TIL Eggen of Mime
apolis.
Music was furnished by the church
choir and by Miss Jennie Anderson,
former director. At the close of the
entertainment Miss Anderson was pre-
senetd with IL gift by Chris Tionning
on behalf OF the choir.
Refreshments were served by the
Ladies' Aid society. A large humble,
of the members of the church wer.
present.
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SERVICES open
LEN1EN SEASON
Ash Wednesday to be OBJ
served at Catholic and
Episcopal Churches.

Special services appropriate 10 tn"
nesinning Of Lent will he held a, St.
Miefac!s Catholic t~nnreil at . o'clock
Wednesday morning AMI $50 o'clock
Wednesday evening.
M both services the Ash Wcdncs-
clay custom Of distributing ashes
made from the palms consecratcl at
the church last. Palm SUNDAY will bc
carried out.
The service i'll tine morning will inc
a high mass, while that of 1880
O'Clock iii the evening will INC Il rosary
:ervicc.
Owing 10 Nh" absence from the city
Ut Rev. J.. X. Rurlcsun. The un.y serv-
ire which will h" held "Wednesday a:
st. Paul's Episcopal church will lie "a
lay service at 1880 o'clock in the
evening.
Pancakes. according to tho ancient
custom for Shrovc Tuesday. were
served at noon today a, a luncheon
given hy. the Ladies' Guild of the
Episcopal church at the guild han.
LEM WILL continue until Faster sun
day. which occurs this wear APRIL s.