Evening Star Newspaper, November 30, 1895, Page 9

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Rates of advertisine made known on applicatien, WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, NOVEMB ER 30, 1895-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. printers’ Inf, (fhe fittfe scdoof master of advertising), saps: JE is cfaimed for he Washinsfon Sfar, and profabfp fruthfulfp cfaimed, 1Baf no offer newspaper in fhe counfrp goes info 60 farze a percentage of aff fhe Bouses within a radius of fwenfp mifes from fBe office of pubfication. ACETYLENE. The New Illuminant. What is It? What are its Commercial Possibilities? What is its Relative Value Compared With Other IMluminants? What are its Uses for Heat and Pewer? Among practical men these paramount questio's ire evoked by the current discussions of this mew and wonderful illuminant, which seems methods of obtaining artificial light, and upon ficial iMumination is a factor of enormous ma: stined to exert an important inflaenee upon existing 11 the related Interests of gas aud electricity. Artl- ‘To exhibit its im- uitud= in the world’s economy portance in statistieal form would involve an array of figures too g for the scope and purposes of this paper. HENCE, THE ENTRANCE UI THIS FIELD OF A NEW AND FORMIDABLE _I- LUMINATING AGENT IS A INTEREST AND LARGE IMPOR’ THE CHEMICAL NE is a practically pure hydro-carbon gas, de- “das C2H2, derived from latter with wai Is pret to tell what is known of this co non-technical reader, calele carbide (CaC2), by ‘This {s interesting as a scientific fact, but it ble to alseard the difficnlt terminology of the laboratory, and ly little-kuown iluminant in a manner ‘Antelligible to the combining PROPERTIES , pparativ QUALITY OF ACETYL2NE is a clear, colorless, heavy gas, of intease brilltancy, and night property 1 ped as the concentrated essence of “oal gas or water THI LIGHT... gas.~ in both of these latter It:ts @ vital principle, although in elther it is Present to the extent of only % to 1% per cent. It may be handled and aistrity 1 in substantially the same manner as thé more familiar illuminating gases, or it ma distributed by means much less: om THE PROCESS P MANUFACT. IS SIMP AND THE PRODI , r ) Gas. 7 ITS ELEME be ‘x than these require. br INCE iPARABLY CHEAPER THAN EITHEE . OR WAT COAL. The elements employed are of the simplest char- . acter, being coal-dust, water apd tricity. CAL CIC™: coat-dust and time, in the proportion of pounds of the are ground up together, aad fusod r intease h in rival ‘This produces 100 pounds of calcl: carbide, a dar ce, which is uniznitable to such a degree that exposure to the tent of a blast furnace has no lime, elee- former to S713 furnace. ptible effect upon it. Nelther dos the atmo phere act upon it to any appreciable extent, although its gas-producing powers are slightly dey ated by to the moisture tn thy atmg:y alr. We thus have, as the result of the. first process of man: tically Indestructible save by the means which coastitute the second tual manufacture of the gas. THE PRODUCTION his ts vrocesded with In an astonishingly simple manner. In a Pe TT BtltabIy arranged converter the semi-metallie and crystalipe mass OF THE GAS.. obtained from the fusion of the coal-dust and powdered Ume, and technically known as caleic carbide, is brought into contact with A doubl> decomposition takes place, the water becomes violently effervescent and “he gas acetylene Is instantancously produced. The method. howev-r, which bas been devised, of applyicg it to iuminating and other purposes, Possesses such obvious advantages that it is certain to be generally employed in the aétual use of acetylene. exposure rhe facture, a substance that Is Process, namely, the water. It comprehends the process of converting the gas to a liquefied form, and its advantages in this respect alone cender it preferable and superior to any other known illuminating agent. STORAGE, AND It has been found that acetylene may be readily converted into a a ~~~ liquid, and confined in cylinders somewhat similar to those used for M ETHOD OF ining and conveying the carbonic acid gas which is most familiarly INSTALLATION. ing from the soda water fountain. Just as thpso latter are carri-d into the establishment of the corner apothecary, and conncet-d with the pipes of the fountain, the much more easily bundled cylinders containtng the Hquefled acetylene can be carried into the cellar of a dwelling or office building, attached to the ordinary service pipe, ane the p-essure so regulated as to allow the liquid to again become a gas and pass through the piper as needed fer use. THE HOUSE AOLDER WHO WOULD FREE HID LF FROM THE TYR INEXPENSIVE yrear. ‘TIONS OF THE GAS METER AND D APPLICATION PeENpENcE oF THE “ELECTRIC TRUS’ EYLINDER OF LIQUEFIED ACETYLENE, CONNECT Ir To THE PIV ALREADY IN PLACE AND CHANGE HIS BURNER FROM FIVE FEEL PER HOUR TO ONE-HALF FOOT PER A GIALF-FO9' ER WITH ACETYLENE WILL AS THREE ORDINARY IN HOUSES .. VE THE SAME ILL FIVE FOOT BURNERS USING: CITY GAS. A cylinder six inches lu diameter and four and a half fect Jong will contain sufficlent liquefled acetylene to light an ordinary ten to thirteen-room dwell- ing for thres. months, BASED UPON PHOTOMETRIC TESTS, 1,000 FEET OF ACETYLENE ARE EQUAL TO 12,500 FEET OF CITY GAS. Having now gotten our acetylene int6 the house pipes, let us observe ihe result of Its combustion at the burners. ITS GREAT ECONOMY Tbe ngnnal standard of tuminating power of the gas now z — "~~ supplied in this and other citles 1s sixtee. candle-power with AS AN ILLUMINANT. a bummer passing five cuble feet per hour. As a matter of — PG fact it 's necessary to have a pressure which will pass eight feer per hour throngh an ord:nary burner in orde~ to obtain a light of sixteen candle-power. Used s SATIN BY SOME AT \DLES. While pho- it is a self-evident + 12.5, the candle-power of ordinary city gas, fact that it requires no photometer to determine that a one-foot burnor burning acetyleae in a room will give more light than burners consuming 30 cuble feet of city gas per hour. THE RAYS OF THE ACETYLENE LIGHT DIFFUSE TO GREATE TENT THAS XY OTHER KNOWN JILL 'MINANT, ITs RAYS: I ABOUT THE SAME AS THE shades are as accurately distinguished as in sunlight. ‘The Mght being of the purest white color and of intenss brilllancy, it is unnecessary and ror de to employ it In such quantiles as would be consamed by the type of burner commonly used in residences ard plaves of busi incr, which passes on: cuble foot of gas per hour ed flow, it is quickly PURITY AND } So that under them all colors and DIFFUSION OF THE LIGHT... ft results are probably obtained by a flat ty candk-power, Even with this atte Th anid gives a light equivslent te seen that in acetylen® there has Leer found an iluminant before which all others hitherto known must filuus of incandescent electric Lights become Ike “red- ally contrasted them; for a 100-cindle-power incandescent “pale their ineffectual fire Beside it, hot hairpins,’ as oue observer has graph: lamp, pliced before the white glow of a one-foot burner of gcetylene, wil! Mterally cast a shadow; showing that the light from a one-foot burner of acetyleae 1s more intense than that of the 100- Candle-power Incandescent Ik ~OMPLETE ‘Yne exceeding purity of the light Is not its ouly good point. Its combustion COMELEEE 2 -- , no portion of the gas eecaping into the air of the COMBUSTION. apartment and vitiating it. The veritication of this is readily obtained ak in the fact that no blue zone fs observable at the base of the flame, the down to the orifice of the burner, 'A brief reference to the other conspicuous characteristics of acetylene, latter extending cl DISTINCTIVELY COOL KL AM 4d with coal, water or petroleuim gases. Approximately it gives out ‘he same amount of heat as an incandes*snt electric lump of equal Jighting power, The adi h fs polsonous to the same extent as coal or water gus when es:aping, but 1s less dz: in this respect than either; its highly agyressive oder giving a warning of its presence which there can be no wmisteking. Unlike coal gas, which is distinetively somnifie rather than actively offenst water gas, which Is without odor, and hence, impossible of detection, and, therefore, exceedingly serous, acetylene bas a pungent, penetrating, ‘garlicky’ smell, which gives notice of the slight- est leakage; thus unmistakebly making Its presence evident to the olfactery sense, and thereby coustituting a safcguard against accidental fgnition or danger of asphyxiation, which is unique and eft ‘There is, however, positively no odor from the gas while burning, the flame being clear, white and steady, without smoke, ang with but little heat. NON- ttt **"* Under no condition wou EXPLOSIV E.. an explosion of this ITS HYGIENIC ae ordinary of this fs obvious. tae Acety- Tous ctive J it be possible to exert a pressure sufficient to cause 1s confined in the cylinders. distinct advan ti s will be t se accruing from the use of acetylene over the avoldance of deleterious effects from vitlation of the a ‘The acetylene flame, though so Erilliant as to suzge3t the highest incandescen-e, Is, as before stated, far cooler than that of an ordinary gas burner. ‘The temperature of an ORDINARY GAS FLAME IS ABOUT 1400 DEC LENE FLAME IS HIGHER THAN 900 LF BUT BES C. from this that in re It fs apparent where the gas is used there will be no overheating, and the products of combustion will not be noxious. Another very impertant point in fav with the ordinary iluninating gas, is t! fs remarkably small. A PIVE-FOOT BU of acetylene, as compared the amount of carbon dioxide and water vapor produced. ‘ER OF GRDINARY GAS PRODUCES AN AMOUNT OF CARKON WHILE MOXIDE THAT WOULD EQUAL THE EXHALATIONS OF ABOUT EIGHTEEN ADULT NE, with the same illuminating power, WOULD EQU L THE EE ADI TIONS OF BUT TI! And now, us to the commercial aspect of the acetylene. has passe The domestic application of acetylene beyond the experimental stages. Practleal demonstrations of Its utility have from time ssfully made in Washington, Philadelphia, New York, in England and in Germany, In to time been su: Gwellings and large buildings. ITS LOW The dasis of the gas is caleic carbide (powdered lime and coal). Lime is plentiful =~ and cheap; in the coal regions are practically inexhaustible mountains of culn or COST coal-dust; by locating the manufacture of the carbide in the vicinity of those vast accumulations of waste there would be saved not only the expense of trans- porting the principal material, but the elo 1 energy required for fusing the compounds could rh be generated with the power derived from these same culm-hesdps as fuel. A safe outside figure upon which to base calculations would assume the cost of caleie carbide to be $20 pes ton. Each ton of the carbide will produce from 10,000 to 11,000 cubic feet of acct gas. figure again, it gives us an illuminating power equal to that of the ordinary city gas at 15 cents per thousand cubie feet. This is indeed a startling comparisoa, but even a superficial investigation will demonstrate that tie difference im favor of ac understated rather than exaggerated. ITs.. SCOPE, ‘Taking the more unfavorable ylene is The uses of acetylene extend over a wide scope. For detached or individual suburban marines hitherto employed, which consume materials, IN EITHER CITY OR COUNTRY IT , OTHER STRE AL KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED maphihi ant si CAN BE UTILIZED FOR THE LIGHTING OF D¥ ._ There is no complicated mechanism, ERIN ITS OPERATION. Fur the hoon by illumination of sm2ll towns and villages acetylene will be hailed as a many a struggling and ambitious community. In the one iten: of ex- appertaining to the laying of mains alon, which Is a most important e and in uny cd will be enormous; with ace Ka es prohibitive, the sav this need not be incurred, and the large percentage of loss from will be avoided as well. > = : » heretofcre poittes ' iM be supplied in its ME ID ¢ As we have heretofore pointed out, the gas w! ' ~ i alex z _ OE = Mquetied form, in small ard conveniently transported cylinders. Such DISTRIBUTION is the compressibility of acetyicne that the liquefied gas, when re = ‘Tr = = Stored f® izs normal form, expands in volume 400 times. This ad- of a high candle-power gas in a small, compact 5 ‘AN BE STORED IN A ¢ mits of the storage of a very large quanti a THREE MONTHS’ SUL LIN Y for a large house ES IN DIAMETER AND 4" FE! ‘The loaded cylinders can be delivered by of LONG. $ manufacturing company by wagon In the city or they can be forwarded by express or freight to points in the country. ST RI TS AND Xo more striking illust n to suppose its hy the city g: oline fon of its for street and road lighting contd pplication in Philadelphia in those local! In the outh, ard suburban di for the maintenance of whicn chi The Ii celiability, and the storage ns. anps, municipality pays $21.00 per per night of ten hours. nt thus applied does uot ove -power, is lacking in and transportation of the APPLIED TO yus. ACETYLENE, in its liquetied form, earricd in a small cylinder made to fit = <<. the hollow of the lamp-post (which Latter could readily By the LAMP-POSTS. | parpaw, we a clear, brilliant, steadfast Hight of Atty ¢ power, at a cost, for the of about two cents per night (ne Toot per Lour, ten feet per night). Making Ii! tions in the cost of ing the gus, expe of distributing the cylinders. ete., the services for which the elty now OO per lamp per y could be performed at a handsome profit for $10.00 per lamp per year, while giving more than dh the ilumin: Hinder will 1 ing pos ut Uttle ttention, as ing MOTIVE proputsion of street cars has occupied so large a spa he public « a motive po rohave becn almost overle in this country. In Enrope it Is very successfully employed. ai he the tintin duction of stylene the trolley will be confronted with a rival of nom Without the COSTLY TERMINAL PLANT AND OVERIH “with everything requi ylene as the gas ensed into one-tenth je poiat of superiority unmist: The liquefied a ut to run a street ear for any given Tength of time. iat of cltantimess. TH re- An- RE or other motors tylene ean be con spite ry gas suffic lene over ordinary filuminating gas ts ? FROM THE Ut EOF THE Lit bo > PQUIRE nee of lguefying acetylenf opens up an ai- > ‘The practicavuit PORTABLE iB most limitless field, where it will repktce off as an ity BICYCLES, BUOYS, &c. inant. Enormous volumes 6f the gas, compressed into the scute im emall c3 ) HEADT ICH TS, . While for’ the production of motive inders, MAY KE QABD IN THE AND OMOTIV: pewer for machinery and vehicles it s gives mei To sum up: Acetylene dat much less cost than other iMuminating gases. is peing ed as a It may be shipped lopig ca 2 end In the latier state may Ue applied tw all y as in railroad trains, street cars, garriages, bley be stores of manuf: produc in th or ag a compre dor asa sas. asa liq factured from It, used in dwellings ctories; ships or sailing sand it may {ts application fer the latter purpose permitting the manufacture of a gas sufficiently low-priced to be used for fuel or heating purposes. REQUIL TO¥ in the methods of ESS AND LOW ¢ lighting, it is bound, f: work a great revolution In all manufacturing processes as well. ‘The city or town which can sup jed in its lamp-posts will not be slew ti doing away with ‘The manufacturer will soon Tearn the utility and advantage its street lamps from the cylinder con the costly mains and co ions. of the cleaner and ¢ gas fuel. SUBURBAN,, T suturban resident may discard his troublesome ard DANGEROUS OIL On a FE APPARATUS and the city householder may Inugh at the ex Ms iL six months’ supply of gas in bis cellar Closet. ns, ns whea be divorce ¢ frou the meter and stores his gas nw. (oppo-ite Hotel P Of acoty.en will be given at No, 734 Fifteenth st. A PUBLIC EXHIBITION )_ beginning on Monday morning, December 2, and continuing each day through the week from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. This larg fsrnished honse, formerly occupied by the ‘Ger this g e and fully embasss, will afford an and its effect upon’ paintings, tapes- excellent opportunity to show the brilliant quatir try, ete. » be used for purposes of comparison. rally are invited to examine the light at ‘The electric light, city gas and Wels} pers and the pul Scientists, investors, gas con: this exhibit. WHEN BABY WAS LOosT. DR. HOLMES’ SCHOOLMATE. A Case Where Fame Did Not Amount to Mue!l the Independent. Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes had given a lecture in a Massachusetts eity, and the next day his host, a leading citizen, tock him out for a drive about town. The docior espied over a door a name that, long ago, was familiar to him. His entertainer made the introduction; but the merchant showed more interest in the citizen than in his un- Gersized guest. The doctor inquired if he was not a stu- A Great Deal of Excitement Prevatled for a Short Time in One Family. From the Philadeiphia Times. There was considerable excitement in the Moran family of Cheiton Hills the other evening when it was discovered that the pride of the house, a sturdy young man of three years, was mysteriously missing. He had been considerabie of a rover from the time his well-starched dresses gave place to kilts, but his wanderings had been limited to the house and yard, and thus it was that when, about 7 o'clock in the evening, the little Fauntleroy was wanted and was not | dent in Philips, Andover, in 1825. The found, the anxiety prevailed. merchant replied that he was there at that The neighbors’ houses were all visited and | time. “Do you remember a boy there named Helmes—Oliver Wendell Holmes?” After a slight hesitation he answered: “Yes; litte fellow, wasn’t he? The doctor admitted thati fact, and added that he was that boy old schcolmate looked him over without much appearance of interest. jo you didn’t take a c rked the doctor. ‘No; I've foHowed the har@ware business, and I've done v ell in it. Where have each family was invited to participate in the search, while in turn one after another of the patrol houses were notified and the blue- ccated officers detailed to lend their assist- ance—to listen in out-of-the-way localities for a youthful voice raised in treble en- treaties for help, and in by-ways to search with lanterns for the wanderer. Tt was all in vain, however, and as one af- ter another reported to the anxious mother the ill success with which they had met she becam almost frantic, While picturing her lege cours! re | darling alone in a great city—beyond the in- | you kept yoursel ; fluences of her tender care and subject to all | i've been practicing medicine in Bos- the indescribable dangers which one in her | ten,” pesition r i rarge I have never heard of you. I a fit of hy 1s and then it was that | have been in Boston quite often, and I know a good many “Well, I doctors been a profes a still small and very sleepy voice emanat- ing from beneath an old-fashione have als or in ly inquired: Harvard Medical Cellege, and my lectures “What's a matter, mamma?” there have occupied most of my time in That was all, but it settled the disturb-[|late years, so that I havea't practiced ance, and a proclamation tvas issued noti much.” ll that the lost Dr. Holmes, physician, scientist, litera- teur, poet and wit, was evidently of small account to his wiilom schoolmate. see €lther Would De. ‘bier. ‘A poor man, out of work, begs ing the good people of the had been found. ee Did the Best He Could. From the New York Herald. Purchascr—“Is there any pedigree goes with this dog?” Itinerant Dog Vender—"No, sir. I'm all out of pedigrease. But I don’t mind chuck- in’ in a chain and collar.” Beggar. a copper.” Cautious Gentieman—“‘If I do you will only spend it in beer.” a Well, sir, you give me sixpence end 1 will The Difference. get a giass of champagne. From the Indianapolis Journal. See ee: “They ain't so much difference petween Ready at Once. us fellers and you fellers,” said the pugilis- | From Spare Moments, tic gentleman to the military gentleman,| Young Wife—“John, “only we do all our talkin’ before the fight | Wants to be cremated.” and you begin after the fightin’ is over,| Young Husband—“Tell her if she'll get cn see?” her things I'll take her this morning.” mother says she REAL ESTATE GOSSIP THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY One Feature of Improvements Made by the District, BUILDING ACTIVITY DURING WINTER Importance of the Determination of Suburban Street Lines. SOMG NEW BUILDINGS The announcement of the proposed sched- ule for street improvements to be carried out next year calls to mind work now going on under the contracts for the present year. Residents as a rule do not need to be told that pavements are being repaired or relaid, or that sidewalks are being renewed. This work is brought to their attention daily by the barricaded streets, and the groups of busy workmen which may be seen here and there throughout the city. Outside of the mere improvement of the ts and valks, which is the result of » efforts, all this is a gratifying spec- je because of the fact that a large number of men are given employment and money is being expended, which will find its way into the general avenues of business. This latter consideration is ef especial v: just now as the semi-annual taxes on real estate have been practically all paid, and property own- ‘1 the banks where they keep their are feeling correspondingly poor. addition to the wage-yielding service is afforded by municipal improve- 3, a great deal of work is usually going on in connection with the erection of new buillings of various kinds. Just now em- ployment of this sort is not as abundant s it Was a few weeks ago. ‘The active period in the building trade is naturally drawing toward a close, as the limits are largely de- termine! by the seasons of the year. The Building Trades, As a rule the time of greatest activity in building in this locality is during the spring, summer and early fall. When winter sets in the amount of outside Work that can be done is somewhat limited, although there have been years when outsile construction could be carried on almost continuousty during the entire winter. Such a season is what is known as an open winter, but even in years when the weather has been quite severe it has been possible to do 2 xreat deal of out- side work. While frequently a Washington winter is racterized hb; weather— ery cold weather—yet such by no means continuous, and in 1 it fs possible to lay brick walls and to do other work that is weather. While it i sed to the <pected that there will be any great 2 nt of buik = done during the coming winter, is thought that the building season of next year will open rather earl: ni that a good many enter- es will be begun sometime before the calendar announces the approach of spring. nv. There is an opinion, which is entertaineT * a good many men who are more or less familiar with the Washington real estate market, that the coming season promises ‘to be one of unusual activity. It is not claim- ed that there is to be a boom in the usva! meaning of that term, but it is thought that business will,be very much improved and that there will be a sood demand for property onthe part of conservative buyers who desire investment rather thai mere speculative ventu One consideration wi opinion is the probahi ment of che street extension question. The direct advantage to be derived from a final tter is the determina- What the prop- in the immediate a final and authoritative s of the stree and avenues, so that they may know what they own and where located. ‘This is the meaning of the highway act. Some Improvements, h ledds to this of the final setite- erty hoide: suburbs, wa settlement of the Two houses in the northwest, 1 with fronts of light brick and stor mings and copper oriels, re soon to be erected by George Arrington from plans prepared by Waddy B. Wood, architect. ‘The houses will coutain eight rooms and bath each, and will be fitied with ail the modern convenience B. F. Mey architect, has prepared the plans for the erection of two three brick dwellings for L. E. Breunihger, the contract has been awarded to W Souder to do the buikding. The fr the buil vs Will be brick and browns = The buildings will be heated by furnace and will have a frontage of eighteen fect oth ght feet ill eres 88 feet, 2 trim- > front will be of pressed bricl tone, with mansard slate roof and a bay window terminating In a tower. Plans have been drawn by A. Goenner, architect. At the corner of Anacostia avenue and Q northwest Jehn T. Clark will build story flame cottage for J. Frank The dimensions are 2 feet is estimated at $2.0 hitects, have drawn plans for a two-story and attic frame dweli- ing, which they will erect on 12th street, Brookland. It will be 3 feet, and there will be two bay windows and a piteh shingle root with dormers. The Uuslding Record. Seven permits were issued by the permit cierk in the building inspector's office dur- ing the week ending yesterday, at an esti- mated cost of $15,550, divided among the eral sections the city as follows: heast, two of permits, five permits, for $ REED AND HIS RULE: A Change un Sentiment Since His First Term as Speaker. ‘Theodore Ki It, in the Forum. It is indeed hard to realize that when Mr. Reed put through the rules which have come to be known by his name he was not only di nounced furiously as “czar,” as “tyrant,” as what not, but that the minority took the unusual step of refusing to join in the cus- tomary vote of thanks to him when he left the speakership. ‘Che subsequent actions of his opponents were his final vindication, 2s well as the most severe condemnation of what they themselves had done. The Reed rules represented the mere ap- plication of common sense, courage and hon- esty to parliamentary procedure. So evident did this become that his very opponents while | in power were themselves forced to adopt his ruies, and the people, by an. overwheiming majority, undid the wrong they had done and replaced him as Speaker; only in a position far more secure and far more triumphant than when he had first held the chair, for he had back of him an enormously inereased majority. There have been times when a statesman has triumphed after defeat, because he him- self has changed; but in this case it is not Recd who has changed—it is the popular feel- ing. His position remains unaltered. He consistently maintained the righteousness and justice of his proceedings, and*his bitter political enemies were forced by the hard logic of events to acknowledge that they had been wrong, and that he had been right. Rarely in history of American politics has any American statesman received so dra- | matically complete a vindication. ! effect was visible on Mon‘ limprovement of his con Architects Who Have Submitted Designs for the Buildings. The Committce to Decide Next Week— The Material to Be Used Also to Be Determined, Notices were sent cut this week from the office of the “American University in the Lenman building to the members of the building committee, asking them to be present at a meeting of the committee next ‘Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Ar- lington Hotel. The members of this coin- mittee are Hishop John F. Hurst, president of the board of trustees; John E. Andras, Anderson Fowler and Dr. A. J. Palmer, the three last named being of New York, and Matthew G. Emery, Vice Chancellor Beiler, A. B. Duvall and John E. Herrell of this city. This being an important gath- ering of the committee, in fact the imost important one it has ever held, it is expect- ed that all of the gentlemen named will be present. The committee has authority to dec'de upon the plans submitted by the ar- chitect, and also upon the varieties of stone to be used, and whea this is done there Is nothing to hinder active work commencing soon after Vice Chancellur Beiler today made pubile the names of the architects who have submitted plans in competition. They are as follows: W. M. Poindexter, Washington, D. C.; Van Brunt and Howe of oston and Kansas City; R. S. Bladgeley, Cleveland, Ohio; Ernest Flagg, the arch tect of the Episcopal Cathedral; Audsley Brothers, and James Brite, all of New it it not probable that any of the submited will be accepted in their entirety, but that the architect will be se- lected and then his plans will be moditied to suit the views of the committee, it be- ing iikely that some change will be neces- sitated in the details. ome of the architects have presented new hemes for laying out the grounds in con- 1 With their plans of buildings. Last spring Frederick Law Olmstead & Company of Boston designed plans for the grounds, and they were accepted at the time, but pow it is possible that some modifications may be made to them if the plans finally decided up- on for the main buildings cannot be made to conform to the plans of the groun’ ‘The other important question to be decided by the committee is that of the building ma- terial. Of course, stone is to be used, but it is somewhat difficult to make a selection of the particular kind, as a large number of speci- mens from all sections of the country, and from even outside the United States, have been sent in for examination. The drift, however, in this matter is in the direction of the local blue gneiss for cellar walls and lower foundation, with granite or rock- faced marble for the first story, and the up- per stories of marble, smoothly dressed, but not polished. Word has bee® recefved from Dr. John Peate at Greenville, Pag that he has com- pleted all the rough werk to be done upon the great telescope lens, which is, more properly speaking, a mirror, and that he is now proceeding to the delicate operation of | which process will occupy him for nearly a year more before the work is entire- ly finished. _ KEPT ALIVE BY OXYGEN. Millionaire Reichling Paid $2,100 for His Last Week on Earth. From the San Franciseo Examiner, Three hundred dollars a day for breath was what Francis Reichling, the millionaire mine owner, paid for the last seven days he lived. It was by the administration of oxygen gas that Mr. Reichling was given a brief lease of life, ana while this treatment is not abso- lutely new in theory, no effort to test it in practice to such an extent has heretofore been made. Through the grounds of Mr. Reichling’s beautiful home at Piedmont runs a little mountain stream. While at work in its vicinity the millionaire contracted malaria. on of the brain and pneumonia fol- |, and in their wake came valvular dis- se of the heart. Half of the sick man’s me closed, and it was apparent th must soon foHow from the lack of breath. The dying man begzed his physician to at least Keep him alive until his son, traveling in Mexico, cduld reach him. There was but one hope—that of giving the patient a sup- ply of artificial air by means of oxygen. This plan was at once adopted. The doctor ired a tank containing 100 gallons of ygen. Attached to this was a rubber tube with a mouthpiece. There were two stop- cocks—one at the mouth of the tube, the other at the point where the tube joined the evident that Mr. “Wi Reichling was suffering from a want of enever it became breath he was required to inhale gas from the tank. The oxygen produced the same effect upon the blood and body as that re- sulting from ordinary breathing, and im- ute relief followed the inhalation. The e contents of the tank was consumed the first night—Saturday. On en hy the patien’ Sunday be absorbed 590 gaNons, and the in the manifest i On that day the patient inhaled 800 gallons of oxygen. It was cvident that the treatment was greatly reducing the pneumonia and reliev- ing the heart trouble. On Tuesday the amount of oxygen absorbed was reduced to G4 gallors. On Wednesday 400 gallons were inhaled, and on Thursday only 200 gallons were administered. The following day the allowance was 20) gallons, On Friday night, however, there came a great change for the worse. Paralysis, followed by apoplexy, was added tc the other ills from which the pa- tient suffered. Three hundred gallons of oxysen was inhaled on Saturday, but proved of no avail. The penumonia and valvular heart trouble had been conquered by the administration of the oxygen, but Mr. Reich- ling’s enfeebled system was unable to with- stand the complication, and death brought freedom from pain on Saturday night. The wish of the patient’s heart had been gratified, however, as the son for whose presence he lonzed arrived the Tuesday be- fore his death. Mr. Reichling was conscious and recognized the young man, although un- able to speak to him. While tank oxygen is frequently used to restore vitality, medical records show that it is expensive to keep death at a distance by a fee of $300 a day. = -+e+-——___ Increasing Immigratio: From the Beston Commonwealth, There is no longer any doubt that the ide of emigration has turned. For two years, notably in 1894, immigration to the United States was held in check; in the year 1895 it has resumed its former volume. ‘The increase is very apparent. During the month of September just past the arrivals of immigrants in this country numbered 0, as against 24,144 in September, 1894. The tine months of the current year show an immigration of 2 as against 191,- 485 for the scme period last year. The in- ference from these cts is gratifying; it is a proof of the reality of the prosperity which has returned to this country. These hundreds of thousands of e1 rants were not driven out of Europe by unusual dis- tress in their native lands; they were at- tracted by better times in America. But their coming in such largely increased numbers imposes upon the United States the necessity of selectton more forcibly than ever before. Our present laws as- sume to keep out the diseased, the crimi- , and, to a great extent, But they need to be barrier against ignorance, and shall enable the great American republic to get the best, and only the best, from the peoples of Europe. NATIONALMEMORIALS Interesting Suggestions in Secretary Lamont’s Report. EQUESTRIAN STATUES IN WASHINGTON Recommendations Concerning Maiters of Local Interest. THE LYDECKER TUNNEL | Secretary Lamont's interest in the wel- fare of the national capital is indicated by the following extracts from his annual re- port, to be scbmitted to Congress Monday: “The reservation on the north side of Pennsylvania avenue between 7th and 8th streets northwest has been designated as the site for the equestrian statue of General Hancock, the contract for which calls for its delivery before April, 1896. The reservation at the intersection of Pennsylvania avenue and E street has been selected for the statue of General Sheridan, also under contract to be completed during the present fiscal year. ‘The statue of General Logan, to be located in Iowa circle, under the terms of the con- tract, is to be delivered before December, 1898. In the last report of the department it was stated that the site for the statue to General Sherman had been selected at the east front of the Capitol, north of Green- ough’s statue of Washington, and it was recommended that a site for a statue to Ge! Grant be reserved in the corresponding plat south cf the statue of Washington. In mak- ing the appropriation for the statue to Gen. Sherman, Congress, however, specifically prescribed that it should not be erected on the site designated. This necessitates the selection of another site. The recommenda- tion that Congress provide the appropria- tion for a memorial at the national capital worthy to perpetuate the memory of Gen. Grant is renewed. “With the prospect so well assured that in time Washington will rank with the most notable cities of the world in its open-air memorials and statues, and with the undis- guised fact that our present statues are of varying degrees of beauty, and, in some in- stances, of indifferent merit, I beg to re- peat a suggestion in the last report for a change in the method of supervising the erection of such memorials. It is again sug- gested that the President be authorized to appoint a permanent commission, selected from the citizens of the country best quali-» fied td pass on questions of art involved, to whom shall be intrusted the selection of de- signs and sites for the future monuments of the capital + . The United States Soldiers’ Home. “The number of inmates on the roll of the United States Soldiers’ Home at Wasaing- ton on September 20, 1895, was 1,K)2, a de- crease of 63 compared with the previous year. The sources of revenue during the year were: Genefal court-martial fines, $)1,- 283; deserters and dishonorably discharged men, $5,223; interest on permanent fuad, $78,602, and preceeds of monthly deduction of 12% cents from the pay of the army; $37,500. The need of a commodious hall for concerts, meetings and amusements will be supplied tm due season by the completion of a building now in course of construc- tion, with au auditorium for 630 people, at the cost of $64,000. Hall of Records, “The State, War and Navy building, ap the most recent of the important federal buildings at the capital, was designed with a view to supply room adequate for office purposes, and for the general preservation of the records of these departments for many years to come. But it is already un- equal to present demands, and several bureaus of this department have been forced to rent outside quarters because of the rapid accumulation of records and pa- pers. I recommend the construction of @ building specialiy designed for the preserva- tion of the records of all the departments which are not required for frequent use. Such a building, centrally located, fireproof, and with all the appliances for the safe storage of papers, would permit each de- partment the full use of its own rooms for the transaction of business, while removing many important records from the danger of fire or destruction to which they are, in some instances, now exposed. Washington Water Supply. “An act of Congress approved March 2 1895, which relates to the increase of the water supply of the city of Washington, di- rects that the unfinished tunnel conduit between tu: distributing and Howard Uni- versity reservoirs st.all be tested to deter- mine the amount of its leakage, and that a full and detailed repcrt shall be prepared and submitted to Congress on the first Mon- day in December, 1805, on the feasibility and propriety of completing the tunnel con- duit as now projected and the new reser- voir, and upon the probable effect on the water supply of the city when all of such proposed works, as well as the werk of in- creasing the he‘'ght of the dam at the Great Falls of the Potomac, shall have been completed. It further provides that should the ccmpletion of the tunnel conduit be deemed inadvisable, some other plan for bringing tke increased water supply from Georgetown to Washington shall be sub- mitted. This investigation and report were to be made by the officer having charge of the Washington aqueduct and the water supply of the city, with Gen. Thomas L. Casey, U. S. A., retired, as ccnsulting en- gineer. The report is to be accompanied by the opinion of the chief of engineers and made to the Secretery of War, who is directed to transmit the same to Congress, with his views thereon. “The required report has been received under dat: of October 30, 1895, but the in- formation on the subject is not conclusive or sufficient to permit such consideration as its very great importance demands. It has, therefcre, been determined, upon the recommendation’ of the chief of engineers, to obtain the judgment of a board of ex- perts before submitting the views of the department to Congress, as required by the law. The delay will not be great nor dis- advantagecus, but, on the contrary, is ex- tremely desirable. The unexpended bal- ances of the allotments made in the act mentioned will be sufficient to cover the cost cf the further investigations desired, An Arlington Memorial Bridge. “Improved means of communication be- tween Washington and the Virginia shore must very soon be provided. Another bridge is rot only a conceded necessity to the pepulation of both sides of the Potomac and as an approach to the national ceme- tery at Arlington, but also as a military ecnvenience to bring the principak garrison of the national capital within easy reach of its streets and public buildings. “Twice I have submitted the suggestion that such a structure can easily be made the most- impressive of the world's memo- rials to heroism. The natural advantages of the site are unsurpassed. The region associated with war as no other region of our country, and the site is distinctly na- tional. Such a memorial bri-lge, ornament- ed with statues of our greatest warriors, with symbolical figures of the strong quali- t‘es that warfare brings into play, and with representations of the crucial events in na- tional history, would be the same incom perable memorial to the greatness of a peaceful people aroused by war as our sin- - gle shaft to Washington the worthiest monument to individual greatness which’ heman genius has yet executed. It is not proposed that the embellishment of the tridge shall now be provided for, but it is urged that its ultimate memorial character shall be considered fn the first designs and earliest appropriations.”