Evening star., 1940-05-01
Hoskin's Answers
To Readers Questions
By Frederic J. Hdskdn.

By Frederic J. Haskan.
A reader can get the answer to any
question OF tact by tDrittng The Eue-
ming Star Information Bureau, Fred
eric J. Husktn, director. Washington.
D. c. Please tnclose stamp for reply.
@. What is the per capita circulation
of money in the United States?-L. N.
A. On February 20, 1910, the amount
OF money in circulation per capita was
$56.56.
@. Are there any memorials to char.
acters In flction?-L. M. C.
A. At Hannibal, Mo, the boyhood home
OF Mark Twain, there is a monument to
Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Kensington
Garden IN London contains the bronze
ngure OF Peter Pan. Alice in Wonder.
land is immortalized in a stained glass
window in All Saints Church at Dares-
bury, Cheshire County, England, where
Lewis Carroll was born.
@. How much do cities in the United
States spend for street cleaning?-D.
S. P.
A. According to survey of 26 cities
made by the American Public Works
Association, an average of s437 mile
was spent for street cleaning in 1899,
The total bill for the 26 cities, all with
over 100000 population, amounted to
100000.
@. What bridges in the United States
have the highest tolls?-F. N.
A. The American Automobile Associa-
ton says that the two bridges which
have the highest tolls are the one which
connects Vicksburg, Miss. and Delta La,
Sl.25 for car and driver and Is cents
additional for each passenger, and the
one connecting Collins Landing, N. Y,
and Ivy Lea, Ontario, SIPS. There are
number of bridges in this country which
have a 81 one-way toll charge for car
and driver. Among them are the Cairo
Bridge across the Mississippi River and
the Cape Girardeau Bridge.
O. Where is Pagosa Mountain?-B.
J. T.
"a ! oSooo &sAoullUoul 10 lUCdlHQ In JTs
southwestern corner of Colorado. 1t is
in the San Juan Mountains and is 1854
feet high.
O. What are the wages and hours of a
sandhog?-J. C.
A. Sandhogs are paid a minimum of
$l2 day. At low pressure they work
six hours day. Under the East River,
where pressure is % pounds, they work
only four hours, in two-hour shifts.
@. When was the first Woolworth store
opened in Washington, D. C.?-R. P. S.
A. The first of these stores was estab-
lished in August, 1895, on Pennsylvania
avenue.
@. What State has the longest coast
line?-L. G.
A. The State having the longest coast
line is Florida, whose total mileage is
3,751.
@. When was night baseball instituted
at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn?-R. S.
A. Night baseball was played there for
the first time on June IS, 1898, wnen
John Wander Nicer of Cincinnati pitched
his second successive no-hit game.
@. Is there male fish that produces
young?-D. r. S.
A. The female sea horse places unfer-
tilted eggs in the brood pouch of the
male, where they are carried until
hatched
@. WHAT is the theme song of Lum
and Abner?-C. E. H.
A. The song used on this program is
Eleanor by Jessie L. Deepen.
@. How much did the battleship West
Virginia cost?-W B.
A. The cost of the West Virginia was
S26 1888, ,85156.
@. What honor did Pope Plus X1 be-
stow on the late Clarence Mackay?-T. B.
A. In 1881 Pope Plus XI made him a
Knight of Malta, the highest Catholic lay
honor.
@. Please give the particulars of the
railroad accident in Ashtabula, Ohio, in
the 187Os-W. R.. v.
A. The railroad disaster at Ashtabula,
Ohio, occurred on December 90 1876.
when the bridge over the river collapsed
and the train fell a distance of IS feet.
AS the coaches were of wood and we're
heated by wood stoves, many of the cars
were burned. More than hundred lives
were lost. The findings of the committee
to investigate the disaster stated that
the accident was due to the fact that
the bridge was not constructed in accord
ance with certain well-established engi-
neering principles. The accident occurred
on the Lake Shore Railroad line.
@. What kind of tax was the fumage?
w. N. c..
A. The fumage or chimney tax is men,
toned in Domesday as paid to the king
for every chimney in the house. Edward,
the Black Prince, is said to have inn
posed a tax of form for every hearth
in his French domnions The first sta
tutory enactment in England required
tax of two shillings on every hearth in
certain houses to be paid to the king
The tax was abolished in 1885,
@. Please give the names of Caesars
wives.-C. C..
A. Caesars wives were Cossutia, Cor
pe1io poppejo opd CalpIIrnia