Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1898, Page 11

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Seale testostestestoet nce and facilities that we are eo set Soot +. because our where the average attempt, four suits measure we would be pleased d Mertz, reet. an We have never been so busy as we are this season, but we are not too busy to give you proper attention. ly B what want, you time in paying. Jur stock is so immense and widely diversified that take you some time to make up your ou prefer. Make yourself altogether at home here. Our will answer any questions to them and you have at all times the free run of the place. Never forget that you can always open an account with 1 ha Take your time—don’t ou please to put ve it charged and take your I ee ee a te ee oe a ee ee soeheicesse Li got-903 Seventh St. stot REVOLT AGAINST HIGH DUTIES. | Agitation in Germany Against Re- \ striction of Trade. | 1 $ commenced in ies and nu- | which the govern- } importation « sed the pric substance of a report made t by Dean B.y puty consul general at Frank- He says that the price of meat has » that there is a decided de- ‘ the consumption, the Berlin s uses receiving 50,491 fewer anl- | ar than in the preceding year, has probably tilt decrease sinc ihe re resu of the prices 1 marked increase in the amount cured meat imported. This, Mr. Mason 13 peculiarly antageous to the i tes, which can export meat products to Germany far more readily than e stock, and our ntry gets a large part of t trade. September ox meat was selling in Frankfort market at whole- sala at from S476 to $16.06 per 110 pounds. HOUSE & HERRIIANN, beral Homefurnishers, MMMM egeedeeg Secoien Corner of I (Eye) St. oo tsburg Bank Failure. Bank Examiner Young the controller judgment, Pittsburg, is solvent. ure of Mr. dent of th the has reported to of the currency that, in his the German National Bank of which closed its doors Tuesday, The report states that the fail- Adolph Groetzinger, the presi- bank, resulted in a run, and directors closed the doors for the pur- pose of voluntary liquidation. The clearing house committee agreed with the directors that this was the best thing to do, fe and the suspension followed. The capital of the bank 1s $250,000, and at the time of the last report, September 30, the surplus amount 3,347; due individual depos!- due national banks and total resources, $2,637,708. +0 Admiral Schley in ‘Command. Admiral Schley has been Placed in com- mand of the naval station at San Juan de Porto Rico. It is the intention of the de- partment to send another naval officer to relieve Admiral Schley of the command very soon and to maintain a permanent station at this most important strategic point in the south. People Who Utilize the Library of Congress. HIGH CHARACTER OF BOOKS CHOSEN Over Ten Thousand in Past Two Weeks. RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS — Mr. John Russell Young, the librarian of Congress, in his annual report to Congress in December of last year, called attention to the desirability of cpening the library at night, pointing out the conditions prevailing in Washington which would render such opening a great boon to the thousands of persons who are employed in the service of the government during the day and who n only have acc2ss to the treasures of the library after 4 o’elcck p.m. In accord- ance with Mr. Young's recommendation, Congress at its last session voted the nec- ry appropriation for the night service, and October 1 the library began to remain open every day, except Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. The experience of the past fortnight, a ing which the night opening experiment have becn tried, amply justifies the demand for this accommodation which the citizens of the District have been waiting for for years. In addition to the many thousands who have availed themselves of the opportunity to visit the exhibition halls of the library during the evening hours, the number of those using the reading room for purp of study has been larger than was antici- pated. The number of readers has been from 400 to 600 each day, and the dally call for books and periodicals has ranged from 615 to 1,246. The average daily attendance has been 409 and the average dally use of books has been 800. The whole number of readers during the first two weeks in which library has been opened all day is the number of books supplied . A greater number of readers come to the Hbrary during the evening hour: than the earlier hours, as many as 167 readers having been present at one time. Character of Books Selected. It is interesting to note the character of books selected by the night readers, and the following list affords a fair idea of the class of books used in the reading room during the evening hours. The titles are taken at random from the records of one evening's reading, and they are reasonably indicative of the taste of the readers. Take October 17 as an illustration, and the volumes called for were the fol Stubb's Constitutional History, Barr poleonic Memoirs, Abbott's Napo lowe orks, Bu Gibbon, Keasbey's ee ua Canal and the Monroe Doc trine,” Spencer's Sociolog ol Phystology, Thompson's m,’’ Loomis’ Astronomy, Van “Old Dutch and Flemish Masters,” Blane’s “Ecole Hollandaise,” Matthew Ar- nold’s I Wright's “Celt, Roman and Saxon." Reeket’s “‘S espeare Himself. vs “Philosophy and Religion a1 regimen Archite There is a special demand for grammars and reading books of the Spanish language; also for treati on nish general and colonial history. The requests for books on Cuba and the Philippines continue wit force only slight ated from that whic! ruled in the early days of the Spanish- American controversy. A considerable de- mand for books on librar: ence an ad- minist jon h also been observed. It has been noted that the dem illustrated period and for w fiction is siderable, but is in very mi ate proportion to that for serious wor In comsequence of the crowded sp the law Whrary, which remains fn th Ap- itol, there has great inconvenience. There are more law students in Washing- ton than at any one point except Ann Ar- bor, Mich., and access to the law librar the finest in the United S' the attraction. So in the sm signed to readers students and members of the bar in attendance at the Supreme Court have heen huddled to- gether in a most uncomfortable manner. Law Students’ Library. To remove this congestion, the librarian transferred to the new brary bullding sev- eral hundred volumes—duplicates of text- books—as a nucleus for a law studen reading library. In addition are the cop right law books coming daily, and which have been taken from the deposits in the basement to the shelves, making a respect- able collection. By the operation of the tunnel between the library and the Capitol, any book the student requires from the general law library can be sent to the new library reading room. The advantage to the student in Mr. Young's new plan is that the law student can read from 9 in the morning until 10 in the evening, with every convenience. This is an advantage to the members of the bar, who, if they have un important brief to prepare, can go to the new library, draw as many books as are necessary and continue their work well into the night. The Pavilion for the Blin The pavillon for the blind always ati interest. In a sheltered, out-of-the-way section of the basement a pavilion has been st apart for the blind, under the ci Miss Giffin. There Is a’ piano as w library of ; bles for rez a of daily readings for the blind waa estab- lished in an experimental way, several ladies and gentlemen of the city having volunteered their services. ‘The experiment has proved to be very successful. At the outset It was supposed that there would be a weekly or at st a semi-weekly reading. The readings have continued daily, Sun- days excepted, from November 9 to Juae 30, and the public interest was so great that engagements to read were sometimes two months ahead. Miss Giffin's reccrd of the readings is in- teresting showing their character and the themes most desired by the blind. Mrs. Joha Russell Young opened the se’! with readings from Howells, Lowell, Anthony Hope and Kipling. Rev. Dr. Mackay- Smith, November 26, read Henry Drum- mond's “The Greatest Thing in the Wor'd; Blanche Louise Hooper, the essay on Rachael, by George William Curtis, and Ruskin's “Seven Lamps of Architect A. R. Spofford delivered on January 12 a lecture on books and learning. Mary F. Blount has read “The Tar Baby.” and Rev. H. N. Condin a selection of such pieces as Derzharin cn God, Prentice on Immor- tality. October 1 the readings were resumed by M Katherine M. Keith, who read from Tyndall on Light. Morton C, Crane, Octo- ber 17, read ‘‘Mandalay” and other poems of Kipling. The 13th Instant the bishop of Pittsburg, Dr. Cortlandt Whitehead, read Richard Harding Davis’ account of the bat- tle of San Juan, while the 12th Madame Evelyn A de Yanes of Venezuela gave se- lections from “Under the Sun.” Too much cannot be sald in recognition of the benevolence and generosity of feel- ing shown by those who read to the blind in this pavilion. The work is altogether volunteer, and One of the most gratifying results is the bringing together of the blind and the “‘seeing.’” While the idea of tho pavilion for the biind originated in the Li- Lrary of Congress, the example has borne fruit all over the country. The great libra- ries realize the duty involved, and the New York State Library in Albany not only al- lows the blind to read, but sends bocks to their homes, not {n Albany alone, but in surrounding hamlets and villages. re of READERS AT NIGHT|TAUGHT BY THE WAR Important Lessons Regarding Steam Warships, REPORT OF THE ENGINGER-IN-CHIEF Importance of Maintaining Efficient Navy Yards. ABUSE OF TORPEDO BOATS een ae ae The war which has just ended was the first in which modern steam vessels have had a thorough trial. So says Engineer-in- Chief Melville in his annual report, and then he proceeds to note the important les- sons as far as they respect the machinery of the vessels, which have been taught by that experience, as follows: 1. The vital necessity of giving the ma- chinery of vessels In reserve frequent tests under working conditions, so that any de- fects may be discovered and remedied be- fore war makes the yessel’s services abso- lutely necessary. In several cases defects were found after the ships had begun cruising, and the repairs lafd them up in the midst of the war. 2. The great importance of having all our naval stations in positions of strategic value properly fitted out for repairs and with adequate supplies of non-perishable stores. It had been evident for a long time that Key West was such a station, but money to put it in proper repair was re- fused year after year, and only granted after the war had begun. The movernent of large bodies of troops and their equip- ment almost blocked the railroads, so that after the beginning of the ‘war it was al- most Impossible to secure the forwarding of tools and supplies. 3. That fresh water for the boilers is al- most as important as coal, and that a dis- tilling ship is an important adjunct of a fleet operating away from a base where fresh water can be readily obtained. 4. That every ficet needs a repair ship to enable the efficiency to be maintaincd with- out leaving the station, and consequently that several ships should be equiped 80 as to be ready to proceed with the fleet. 5. The great tactical advantages o! water- tube boilers. This has already been dis- cussed under another head. 6. That if more than two main engines are to be fitted, there should be three en- gines driving three screws, and rot two in engines on each shaft. The New York and Brooklyn had their forward en- gines disconnected at the time of tie San- tiago fight and could not stop to counle them. An accident to any part of ether of the two engines on a shaft disables half the power; in the three-screw ship this fraction would be only a third. 7. That there should be frequen: trials under forced draft to keep the blowers in good condition and to make the mea thor- oughly familiar with working“ under maxi- mum conditions. It appears that same of the ships had never been ‘under forced drafi since thelr contraet trials util the day of the fight at Santiago! r S. That the location of the forced-draft blowers {s a matter of serious importance. In nds for all other space for other purposes, the biowers had to be located in corrers or pockets in the flre rooms, ‘where It was impossible for human beings to giv: them proper attention, owing to the inten ue natt Fah: ing off mally to lack of ventilation. In the “inci temperatures as high as 205 cegre heit were noted, and the con mand- r, when investigating the case per- ad his face scorched. The blow- placed where they can b+ prop- erly cared for, or else they are useless and might as well be left on shore. That the personnel of the service hould be adequate to the material. Tt hag "n notorious for some time that this ie not the case, and we are providing for a decided iner In the number of ‘vessels with no increase whatever.in the person- -| ending nearly every officer 9n the list to sea we were able to give the r ships a fair complement of trained . but had the war been of long dura- we should have been greatly embar- to supply the places of those d invallded. Voluntee however in other ways, can not en- y_ re} the regular officer. That we must make provisioa for training the enlisted men of the department. Many of the collie fliary vessels had to ¢ lutely green cr many of from having the “sea habit" been on a vessei of any kind. This must be remedied if our enlarged fleet is to be eficient. 11. That our fighting ships must highest practicable speed. ‘There Is an al- most general agreement on this point among naval men, but if any had thought this did not apply to battle ships the fight at Santiago must have shown that the highest practicable speed was important in these vessels. It is very gratifying, there- fore, that our three new battle ships are to have speeds of at least eighteen knots, which 1s now recognized as the standard. Efficiency of Navy Yards. The chief says that the most obvious ef- fect of the emergency demand was to dem- onstrate in a vigorous manner the facill- ties and deficiencies of the various navy ards, and particularly to justify the pol- icy which had been previously advocated by his bureau of placing the more southern rds and stations in a state of modern effi- ency. The experience at Key West in meeting the first great rush created by the demand for repair work on the ships was a proof of the vast increase in the cost of re- pair work occasioned by insufficient build- ings and plant. With pardonable pride the report dwells upon the tremendous amount of work ac- complished by the bureau In preparing the fleet for war, involving the placing of new boilers in the old monitors, the fitting out of ships in ordinary for sea and the equip- ment of the auxiliary navy, nearly 110 ves- sels being added to the reguiar force. Tess is laid on the importance of, having the least accessibje station in the navy—that at Key West—amply stocked with stores and tools for emergency work, and to fhis end the chief engineer submits estimates for a com- plete equipment of the station. The record made by the ir ship Vul- can, {tis sald, will convince most skep- tical that this floating shap was of inesti- mable value off Santiago, and that there is not a more important fe: today than the maintenance of such a ship well stock- ed with every large fleet. Therefore, an oe is asked for the procurement of another such ship, and for the equip- ment of another distilling ship, such as the ris. “2 The engineer-in-chief says that there was a remarkable absence of casualty in the machinery departments of the vessels of the fighting squadron during the war. Even in action, when forced-draft conditions were in operation and the excitable natures of the men most wrought on by their surround- ings, the reports show that the machinery not only worked well generally, but that in no case was it greatly distressed. This is as fine a commentary upon the personnel as on the machinery. Experience of Torpedo Boats. But the torpedo boats cogld not show the same excellent record. ‘The report says: “It is a sad affair that nearly every one has had some accidents, and the machinery of some at the close of the war was in a condition that can only be describéd as horrible, where boilers wefe burnt, cylinder covers broken, pistons and valves stuck and ev- erything in bad shape. This condition of affairs seemed attributable to two causes— ave the Biggest Tablefuls’ Yet Of “Odd Shoe” Sizes] The bigger store, the bigger stock and the bigger sell- ing have caused a bigger accumulation of weekly broken lots and “odd sizes” than yet offered any preceding Friday! It Means Bigger Reductions! We can only give a few. At Hahn & Co.’s 3 Stores. Ladies’ 50c. Canvas Leggins, 5c. Infants’ Kid Button Shoes, 9c. Good leather sole, kid tip. Sizes 2 and 3. At $ 6 pairs Misses’ $2 Pointed-toe Kid But- ww cae 1% & 95c. At 45c. De 1.3 & : Be ees 8 pairs Misses’ $2.50 Patent Leather @ Pore ane Children's: $1-25 Dixie. 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"AL AVE | the Washing- during the past fiscal year } Of this yard Commodore work upon n: ton navy the absence of trained engineering super- vision and the use of boats for duty to which they were not adapted.” The report explains its | saying that it did not requir comment by much expe: “Naturally ence to prove that torpedo boats cannot be | v of the navy, and indeed conveni ers on blockading ships far from bases of | vard has mainly consisted in the manufac- | Conditions and overcome the obs supplies or facilities for efficient repairs. ; ture of parts and fitting: ul machin- | Surround them Primarily they are intended for high-speed | ery far all t yrpedo boats and for the m th itial eff spurts, where success or failure in the use Ww ships building. Repairs of minor ch discourage condit of th apon should be quickly | ; ere made to the Helena and Triton. fon oppos: 1 demonstrated. i iey ay ae wo SRDS AES Se ET OTSA pe = z tor yet an ‘ they should be solely | vassenger transit cloy kee PRODUCT OF EVOLUTION} fant unyiclaing Water Tube Boilers. action, concen of eft simplification of me nod the appear: Great stress is laid upon the importance tha d, which gradually of water tube boilers, and it is said. that it ave efficiency as practic would now be hard to find any design for | D. B, Martin Discusses the General Passen- 1 =| any Be 8 the machiners of new vessels which does not ger Agent at Detroit. nt 1 without ¢ include water tu owing to the S conce as the ay demand for small weight and high ES nventlve g pater 2 ; It is said that the bureau had prepared onomical movement with greater comh, plans for such boilers for the battle ships | Wide-Awake Railroad Man of Today |‘ ‘he traveler w i ‘ last contracted for, but was prevenied from 5 ae t desideratum, th talling them because of the department's Had His Beginning in Stage eet passenger servi thi cision that the ships should be Wdeniically the perplexing prob wane of the Alabama ¢ ividaal plans, Coach Days. general passenger a ; however, which were finally accepied, will primal maxim must underite result in the use of the water tube boilers nat in the successful adm in for these ships. Reference is mac =i remarkable performance of the li bina In England, but it is said th ts obtained do not yet wa pectation of the substitution of the turbine for the steam engine in the near Tuture, though the experimental work will be care- fully watched. The engineer-in-chief in- cludes in his report a very strong recom- mendation looking to the early advancement of the personnel bill now pending in Con- s, which he supports by a train of the At the forty-third annual convention of the American Association of G senger Agents, now in session D. B. Martin of the B. and O. ad ¢ livered an address, in which he discussed the evolution of the genius now known the general passenger agent. Mr, Martin sald in part In the inet upon trleal ma nit, . when | most cogent reasoning. intercommunication and | The Oregon's Performance. states was confined to the flatboat or ox Commodore Melville 1s mest enthusiastic | team, but little mental force was required | in the next quurt niu over the performance of the Oregon. “It | to organize or regulate traffic; it adapted | fer her mark t nas not been customary,” he says, “to call | itself to the measures at hand; but whe goalie: 1 the expanse ¢ the 100th meridi nce of Vv i the trail through the forest widened into | When the flatboat | | pecial attention to the 1 sels except on trials under maximum con- | macadamized highw a die of the Dako wr wes ditions, but that of the Oregon is so excep- ough the dense | crn Texas, there Bigs tional that It deserves a record the bu- wide prairies the | equal hely - reau’s report. She was ordered from the unced the coming | © Pacific to the gulf before war was deci: of the steam engine, rolling, twisting and and, leaving Puget sound March 6, arriv at Jupiter Inlet May 24, having steamed over 13,500 mile: opping only for coal, and not being delayed an hour anywhere tottering over the primitive strap iron then competition between steam and w; transportation began, soon followed by nand for intelligent management and ail, a ™. graphic. 1 natural . ents - machine- | yon itt atric ad wart through any derangements of the ma profitable utilization of passenger traffic, re- | them in compe it th the netions ry. Blopping at Key West oy ee ee quiring and expanding into a complete sys- | the arth thet “world's 0 coal, nae 7 2558 ; | tem. merce is in the hands of the evs ing figet at Santiago, and was always ready | “mnat there has been an evolution of the | of transportation of which you ; ‘or_gervice. eneral passenger agent, a gradual growth | resentatives: and we but r Py i = riventher tan sane © £ esentatives: and we but re-echo our w won alone would nave Battle ships. but | 4nd development, is self-evident. You will | word, “That Ameri nds to win. fhe culmination came in the great battle of | recall how the scientist in these latter days | that the “star of tts destiny is sul’ \ ae when she surpassed herself. Al- | has written much and pondered more upon | ward.” the theory of evolution, which, to state tersely and simply, is but a gradual unfold- ing of successive stages of growth. So in the progressive commercial world, that which is best adapted to meet exigencies which produce the largest results from the lowest expenditure, whether it be man or system, survives; the inefficient or inferior ways ready for action, she speedily attain- ed a power greater than that developed on the trial, giving a speed (on account of greater displacement and foul bottom) only slightly less than then attained, and dis- tancing all the other ships except the Brooklyn, which is five knots faster. Every official report comments on her wonderful speed, and it is generally believed that but cee Av BANQUET. Annual Reunion of Philadelph vinity School Alumni. The alumni of the Philadelphia Divinity School sat down to a banquet at the EI Di must perish. Now, if we would mark the | Tuesday evening, Rev. H. A. F. H ssibly two, of the senger age! aoe ee = for it one at Ce ees 5 evolution of the general passenger agent | chaplain of the 6th Pennsylvania V Spanish ships mig s Ss from the germ cell, we must follow along) <5 5 eines : “The whole record is thus one which has | the lines which ante-date even the railroan | terS. Presided and acted as toastmas never been equaled in the history of maytag | We will ascertain it had its Initlai, its ri Addresses were made by Right Rey. © arid SE ey creale fs due, In the | {ts Srowth and development to the present, | W. Whitaker, bishop of Pennsylvania free place, to the builders—the Union Iron keeping pace with and assisting every on- | Rev. Edward T. Bartlett, dean of the Dt Works—for the excellence of the materiai | Ward surge of progress; may we hope its | Vinity school: Franci Lewis of the and workmanship, but still more, and | maturity has not yet heen attained, but OMI oe er ° hiefly, to the engineer department of the | With each new development in the field of | Philadelphia bar; Rey. H. L. Phillips, Vessel. ‘The bureau, therefore, takes great | Scientific transpor-ation becoming a more | tor of the Church of the Crucifixion, Phila ae e incommending to the department's otor. delphia; Right Rev. William H. Hare pleasure most favorable consideration Chief Engi- and Baltimore neer Robert W. Milligan, the executive 2 s ost coaches in 1738 bahay of a8 woes Right Rev. Henr head of the department, for his professional ertised to rur twice a week, from | C- Potter. bishop of New York; Right Re ability, untiring care and excellent, dis-} Puliadel:hla to baltimor- on a schedule} G. H. Kinsolving, bishop of Texas: Re cipline; and also the junior engineer officers | + poun W. 8. Baer of Philadelphia; Right Rey and the enlisted men, whose faithfulness adeiphic to the Dr. Burton, bishop of Lexington, and E and zeal, under most trying circumstances, is W. M. Groton of the Di have enabled our navy to add this to the The executive vm that po nity hool. ommittee in charge other brilliant records of our vessels.” Outi additional cnerec: a mbes the ¢ ! banquet comprised Rev. Horace F Fuller ‘The Men Behind the Desks. cell; the incir'c: wenlus o. the mcae se = 4 ee rece Rev 5 i passenger aj for tho gratis carriage | J. H. Lamb, ~ J. A. Montgomery an pie) eueln est ti Cui eee eeeeen ae from the river to Baltimore was to meet | Rev. Morton Aigner. pay high tribute to the officers on shore | Voter competition. . The combination of a duty during the war. water and land transportation through Whe Gan Sane yet @ica: “In time of war,” he says, “every active | which the packet boat and the stage coach, | 19 8M ead aus on officer worthy of the name has a natural | although of separate ownership and dis- een eee eee oe in Department that the office at San Juan was formally turned over to the repres of this government when the Spaniards gave the Americans possession Tuesday Mr. Van Alstine, expert from the Lockport tinct lines, became concentrated into one continuous route, was an enterprise orig- inating through the activity of their pas- Senger manager, but, here we note in ihis second ceil the absence of an ingredient which, on account of its slow growth and desire to be at the front rendering service where there is both danger and the chance for glory; but to make victory possible there must be a vast amount of quiet though laborious work, which goes almost unnoticed and which brings no glory, per- entatives imperfect development, causes a large pro- | N. Y., post office, will have temporary Bien OO an at the navy | portion of traffic demoralization, viz: | charge. Anticipating the change about to ards : = | “Want of confidence in each other,” for| take place, the Spaniards gave notte: 1, thus employed are rendering just as valu- | soir arrangements, although complete, : 4 faithful service as those at the soe Saimnough) their reward is likely to be a loss of numbers through the promotion of those who have had the good fortune to be in battle. I feel that I would neglect a duty if I failed to place on record my high appreciation of the faithful and conscien- tious performance of duty by the engineer officers who could not be spared for sea duty, and whose requests for such duty I was compelled to disapprove. Especially is this the case with my personal assistants at the bureau, who worked without regard to hours, day and night and Sundays, until many of them were on the point of break- ing down. I ask no special reward for them, as they have simply done their duty, as every officer should, but it may be some consolation to them for the loss of glory consequent upon not having been in the actual fighting to have this public record of their sacrifice of personal interest to the public good.” The total expenditures for engineering some of the contractors ‘operating on pas senger service lines which connect having ratlroad communication with San Juan, Ponce and Mayagu that they wouid not be responsible for their pay after Tuesday. This includes daily service sim- ilar to that conducted by our star routes between Aguadilla and Camuy, M ueR to Yauco and from Aguadilla to Utuad + te Labor Bodies Asked for Suggestions. The committee on procedure of the na- tional industrial commission yesterday aft- ernoon adopted the following: “Resolved, That the officers and executive boards of the several organizations of labor are re- spectfully requested to confer with John M. Farquhar, temporary secretary of the commission, and te communicate to him suggestions for the syllabus of examination to be reported by this committee for adop- tion by the commission.” were carefully guarded by the announce- ment “that while goods were thus carried, they were not warranted against robbery or damage, and all baggage was at pas- senger’s risk.” Another cell was formed; another growth developed—when in the first quarter of our present century the canal, primarily con- structed for moving freight, found it ad- vamntageous to cothpete with the stage lines for passenger traffic, and an inducement was offered by including board and lodging in a rate of four cents per mile, while spe- cial fare of three cents per mile would be charged without beard, clearly demon- strating the formation of a rate cutting system, existing In the bud and developed into the marvelous growth of today That the comfort of his patrons was early considered by the passenger agent as an incentive to travel is seen later in the 1e- port of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, when in 1833 it was officially suggested cities