Evening star., 1936-03-20
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY Frederic ]. Hoskin.

BY Frederic ]. Haskin.
A reader can get the answer to any
question of fact by tOriting The Evening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Haskin, Director, Washington, D. c.
Please itclose stamp for reply.
@. What is the date of the Kentucky
Derby?-J. B.
A. The Derby will be run at Church.
i'll Downs, Louisville, on Saturday May 2,
1886.
@. How does the number Of passen-
gers carried on elevators in New York
City compare with the number carried
on busses, L lines and street cars?-
H. M.
A. Approximately 100000 paSser.
gers are carried daily on elevators, S.
100000 on lines, 1000 900 on buses and
1,800,0 900 on surface cars.
@. How many people are now on re-
lief?-H. H.
A. Government figures show that there
are now about 24,000,000 persons on re-
lief.
@. What is the name of the commit.
tee that is trying to abolish alley dwell.
ings in Washington, D. C.?-R. w. H.
A. The Alley Dwelling Authority Is
intrusted with the duty of ridding WASH
ington of its inhabited alleys.
@. Which Presidents are to be COM
memorated by the Mount Rushmore Me-
morial?-K. H. S.
A. The heads of Jefferson, Washing
ton, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt are
to be carved on the Mount Rushmore
Memorial.
@. Where has the heaviest snow ac-
emulation of season been recorded IN
the United States?-H. w.
A. The heaviest snowfalls in the
United States occur in the central por-
tions of the Sierra Nevada Of California.
II is impossible to state the exact To-
cality having the heaviest snowfall, but
amounts for a single season above TOO
inches have been reported from the sta.
ton at Summit, on the line OF the South
ern Pacific Railroad, running between
Sacramento, Calf, and Reno, New. The
heaviest snowfall recorded there occurred
in the Winter Of 1879-80 and was 783
inches.
@. How many students are enrolled
in the Doan Base Ball School at Hot
Springs, Ark.?-B. F.
A. The school, which is in its fourth
season, has an enrolment Of 36l.
O. How much fuel per year is used
by the average car owners. h.
A. Fuel consumption per car was $50
gallons in 1885.
@. Was the "Green Pastures" finan-
rial success on its road tours?-F. w.
A. On it's road tour of 1,779 perform
ances the play crossed in excess of three
million dollars.
@. What is monel metal?-B. l..
A. It is an alloy consisting of about
65 parts of nickel and 80 parts of copper,
with smaller amounts of iron mangan-
ese, silicon and cobalt. This metal
which is manufactured direct from ma
tive Canadian nickel ore, possesses great
tensile strength and resists, to a re-
markable degree, furnishing by the air.
@. Must postmen carry and blow
whistles when delivering mail in city or
country?-B. S. F.
A. The Post Office Department says
that it is not necessary for city and rural
carriers to blow whistles on their routes.
There is no regulation OF this KIND.
@. How is raisinseed oil made?-E. r.
A. This new edible oil is made by
curing, grinding, cooking and pressing
the seeds, just as if they were cotton
seed. Approximately Is per cent OF the
weight is oil and the remaining cake Is
| used for feed, fuel or fertilizer.
@. Are Blaschka glass models OF plant
life still being added to the Ware collec-
| ton? If so, who is making them?-J.
j. G..
A. They are still being made by Ru-
| dolph Blaschka, the son of the origl-
nator.
Q. How many people live on cata.
lima Island?-F. S.
A. The 1880 census showed a popu-
lation of $50. 1t has probably increased
slightly by this time.
@. Please explain the term carpet.
bagger.-R. w.
A. The phrase became current during
| the reconstruction period in the South
from the fact that great many minor
officials went from the North to work
under the Federal Government in re-
construction of the legal industrial and
economic affairs of the South. Many OF
these had little assets beyond what they
brought with them in their luggage. fire.
quently consisting of an old-fashloned
carpetbag, which was popular at that
time. The term has been applied recently
| to people who have migrated from one
State to another where they were led
| to believe working conditions were better
| or relief work more easily obtainable.
@. Where is Edwin L. Drake, the oil
producer, buried?-R. H.
A. He died in 1880 and was buried In
Woodlawn Cemetery, TituSville, Pa,
where he is commemorated by monu-
ment erected in 1902 and further
adorned in 1923 by statue, the Driller.
@. Is the first sap from maple trees
better than sap taken later In the
| Spring?-C. z.
A. High quality sirup comes from the
early season flow of sap.
| @. What is crotch mahogany?-A. p.
A IT. is a veneer taken from near the