Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 30, 1891, Page 5

4 BIGGEST ONE 1N AMERICA. Immense New Pump at the Florence Sta- tion Put Into Service. WONDERFUL PIECE OF MECHANISM. Eieven Hundred Tons of Delicately Adjusted Machinery —Description of the Monster—Some Happy Speeches Made, “*Ah thero, bath tub—just my size.” S0 spoke Charley Goodrich yesterday fore Roon us he joyfully gazed uvon one of the big roservoirs at the plant of the American water- ‘works company at Florence. The city comptroller was one of & distin- qQuished party which left the city on an im portant mission. That thoy performed their duty well was satisfactorily attested by tho hearty applause that voiced tho adwiration ©of 150 spectators, whon the largest pumpiog engine in America enterod upon its work of pumping water for the cities of Omaba, South Omaha and Florence, The starting of tho ponderous picce of mochanism was an event of more than ordl nary momont, and the officials of the water works company had sent out invitations to tho officials of Douglas county and the city officials and prominent citizens of the three citios named to be present. The invitations were yery generally accepted, and tho Questa ot the compuny left the Wobster street depot at 5 o'clock on a special train over ‘hicago, St. Paul, Mingeapolis & Omab The party was in charge of Suporinten, A. B. Hunt of the waterworks compan Among the guests thero Mayor Lowry, Councilmen Chaffee, Blumer, Olsen, Bruner, Mor . Elsasser, Dav Tuttle, Donnelly, Burdish, Osthoft, County Commissioner O'Keeffe, Mayor Sloano Bouth Omaha, and Councilmen Bowley and Waltors of the Magic City; Manager Bab- cock of the stockyards, C.J. Collins, man- ger of the watorworks at South Omaha: J. rion, editor of the Magie City Eagles Comptroller Goodrich, City —Clerk Groves, Gas Inspector Gilbert, Street Com- missioner Flannery, Postmastor Clarkson, Chairman Birkhauser of the board of public works, Fire and Police Commissioner C burn, 'Plumbing Inspector Dennis, Chief Galligan, Assistant Chief Salter, City Clerk . City Treasurer Hoctor and City ineer King of South Omaha, Chief of P wey and wife, Judge Lake, Secre- wwdrich of the streot railway compan County Treasuror Snyder, { the electric light coimpany, >ratt of the park commission, W. Thomas Swobe, J wore_ Acting Augustus J. Mount, Captain . Dumont, Thomas ¥, Milton Rogers, James Polglase, Harry Heth, erome K. Coulter, Thomas Bermingham, “harles H. Gulou, Henry A. Darrow. At Florence the train pulled out to the gompany's plant, and the party inspected the peservoirs, President l,'||tlnrwo(nl explaining the system of settling and serating the water. A trip along tho river front disclosed the -apping that has been done for the purpose of protecting the company’s plant. | At the pump house.the conter of atiraction Was the mammoth new pump and engine that was to be put to work. "The great piece of machinery occupies the wost eud of the largo ongine room and is & peautiful piece of mechanism, Even as it Lmod there in its quiescent state, resplendent. 5wift, James Lo 1cMonies, T. R. n polished wood, shining steel and glittering rass, one involuntarily shrank back before Lo onormous power that he instinctively new only walted tho turning of & wheel to call into requisition. A brief deseription of the monster may not bo uninteresting. It is the work of the Ed- ward P. Allis company of Milwaukeeand was designed by Messrs, E. and I H. Reynotds. It is what is kuown as a triple expausion en- pmbining hign, intermediate and low ure cylinders. Itis an upright machine, he cylinders being directly over the pump. The floor measurement is 13x42 feet, and the owerful engine rises fifty feot above the foundation. It rests thirty-five feet abovo and fi‘teen feet below the main floor, and welghs 1,100 tons. It is nominally 1,200 horsepower, running #s it does for pumping at twenty revolutions ® miniite, but if run as marine engines on the oceau steumers are run it would be between 7,000 and 8,000 horsepower. 1t throws 675 allons of water at each stroke and its guar- 18,000,000 gallons every It will malutain a water Thero are two balance wheels, twenty feot ix inches 1n_diameter and weighing thirty \qms eich. Eoch of the three great pistons five foot stroke. The high pressure dor s fortydnches in diameter, and tho it aravpressuro of 105 pounds. fn djpmeter, wud “GELNIGETES5¥0LLY nchios tiventy-eight pounds. Cuuruage regisiay Gylinder is 104 inohes in diameter, ruvoasayre = small house, apd the pressure s about 1 i works i S5 pounds, The latter ¢ - . mection with an air pump which creates a vacuum thus facilitating its operations. Mr. J. H. Reynolds. one of the designers of the cuglne, was present, and explained the workluzs. of his wonderful creation. Ho pstimated that it would require about 8,000 pounds of cosl per hour to operate 'the engine, His company is now building three similar engines for the Chicago water works, two for Denver and one for Milwaukoe, hey will have about the same capacity, and titl'only be required to furnish from one- third to ono-half the head necessary here, ‘Three months were required to set up the engiue, which henceforth will take tne place of the Folly engine_and pump that has been heretoforo in use. It cost $121,300, exclusive of the expensive foundation. Some idea of the ereat castings entering 1nto the construction of the monster engine may bo realized when it is known that cach of the three bed plates upon which tho en- gine proper rests weighs twenty-five tons. One of them was ou & car that was wrecked while in shipment, and tho wrecking crow broke ull of their heaviest wrecking tackle in sttompting to move it. They were fiuully compelled to jack it up with house jacks and bandle it in that wa; After tho mechanical wonder had been carefully inspected President Underwood asked for @ moment's aitention, and after stating that the engine was contracted for at tho timo the pump house was formally ppened, a year ago last August, when a simi- lar public domonstration was held, calied upon Acting Mayor Lowry to assist in start- Ing tho monster to pumping water to tho oty ~ *'Fiie ncting mayor grasped the wheel with Mr. Reynolds. A few turns were given, the poudrous wheels trembled slightly, then slowly rovolved, and without any friction or troublo, with no jar, noiselessly and almost naensibly the great 'piece of machinery set- od down to work. Cheer succeeded cheer as the great wheels started, and then in sileuce the people stood thero in dumb admiration and gazed to thoir heart's content upon the largest aud most rfect picce of wachinery that most of Fiom had over seon. It was tho result of a year and a half of wcessant labor on the part of many workmen, and who shall say it was Bot worthy of it: A part of the programme that must by no means be dverlooked was the lunch that was sproad by a corps of waiters on tables in_the ne room. They were garlanded with suwilax and out flowers, while stately forns towered above tho tempting viands so plenti. fully provided. There was no need of the in- Junction to “eat, drink aud be merry.: for everybody fell to with a will, and the™ health of the waterworks company was drank with ®xceeding unanimity, fervency and numeros Ly, All felt good and some felt better, for hat is more exbilarating than tho biggest ‘Dumping engine in America pulling corks out of chumpagne bottles for enthusiastio Omabans{ If local pride is over pardonable ft cortainly was on this occasion; at least that s what everybody thought, It 1o more than faic for the visitors to veeoe a little, 50 a bench was pushed for- ward and Colonel Chase set down his gluss and told how much better Missouri river waler is than can bo found in the Missis- sippl. He advised the waterworks company 10 got ready for the 500,000 people who will bo in Omaha in 19000, and this Mr. Under- wood prowised to do. Major Clarkson contrasted the condition of affairs twonty-five yoars ago, when Owaba folks didn't” even Lave auy wells, with the Mtuation today that rendered the sew pump R necetsary. He believed the company de. sorved groat crodit and fully as generous treatmont as it has accorded tho city, He thought it had even gone ahead of its re quirements. President Underwood stated that the com pany was preparing for the future, as it thought it could see clearly that Omaha is bound to be a second Chicago on the banks of tho Missouri. He tnought the only way to do was to keep ahead of it. He said he would say nothing about the works, as they would show for themselves, but would merely state that in plants of this kind the @reatér part of the outlay was covered up beneath the sofl Judge Lake was reminiscent, and toid of the works of the old water company, which ho contrasted with those in sight at Flor- ence, W. J. Kierstead also talked of early days, and told how he got his start seiling peanuts while still a subject ot King Humbert. “Look at that great engine,” said the ora- tor. Evorybody looked. “Look at me,” continued Mr. Kierstead ““T'ake hope."’ And the audience took another hearty one. Mr. Reynolds was loudly called for, and finally mounted the improvised rostrum. Half turning around, he pointed lovingly at the great piece of muchinery that had been creatod by his inventive brain. Not a word diaho say, but it was the most eloquent spesch of the afternoon. Stortly afterward the visitors sought their Judge Lake, Tom Swift, Miiton Rogers, u Marsh and Joe Sheclay relating in- cidents meanwhile of their experiences in I"lorence in 1836, while a building wae sointed out on which the sign of Milton ‘(nuen still appears as it did when that gen- tleman had a branch store there over a third of a century awo. At o'clock the trmn roturned to Omaha. S il Dr. Birney cures catarrn. Bee bldg. el GOULD'S NEW SHORT LIN It is Now Ready for Use—In Railroad © Circles. THe Missouri Pacific’s cut-off between Union and Gilmore bas boen completed, but nothing has been done as yot toward running trains over it. Superintendent Dickinson went over tho road Saturday, and will re- commend to General Manager Clark that a stub train be run over the road for a couplo of months until tho road bed gets solid, before putting any heavy traius on it. “This new road of twenty-elght miles short- ons the distance between Kansas City and Omaba about twenty-one miles, and will bo used entirely for through freight' and passeu- ger trains as soon @s it isin condition for heavy trains, which will be abouv two months from this time. The project of runulng the Missourl Pa- cific trains into the Tenth street depot has been talked of for some time, but nothing definite has been decided on. It is probable that this will not be done until the uew depot is completed, N. J. O'Brien has been appointed superin- tendent_of the Washirgton division of the Union Pacific, vice W. S. Hulett, assigned to other dutiés. “Nick” O'Bricn is an Omaha oy, being a_brother of (ieorge and Moses O'Brien, and has been in the service of the Union Pacific about eighteon years. He has been trainmaster on the Montana Union for some tim) past, but during the past few weeks ho has been confined to the house by sickness. Vice Presideat S. H. H. Clorko is ex- pected to return to Omaha sometime this weol. . The washout on the York line of the B. & M. has been repaired and trans are running through on time. Assistant General Manager Dickinson, Superintendents Korty and McConnell, and Car Accountant Buckingham of the Union Pacific roturned Sunday night from an. ex- tended trip over the system. Alithe gentlemen were at their_accustomed posts this morning excopt Mr. Dickinson, who was confinod to his room by a slight illness. Mescrs. Korty, McConnell and Bucking- ham have expressed themselves as greatly pleased with their trip and all were unani- mous in the opinion that the entire country through which the Union Pacific and its branches pass would yield an immense crop in all_sorts of grain. They espeofally men- tioned Washington, Oregon, Texas and Kansas as boing in exceptionally fine condi- tion with tremendous crops in prospect. In Texas small grain was cut and threshed and much of iv roady to ship. Corn was “tasselod” and “in the silk” and in excellent conaition. In the extreme northwest und Kansas the crops wero notso far advanced but a large crop was assurea. Nebraska grain looked woll but had been injured con- siderably by the rains. In connection with the crops Mr. McCon- nell, superintendert of motive power, said the road was in_good shape and rolling stock was being ropaired rapidly. By September Ist the road would be in a position to handle all the traflic offored. e I S DeWitu's Littlo Early Risers for the Liver B The River. TThe river is still rising, but the indications ainst any further rise, The recent " ings ave been the sole cause of the riso and “4hiougss eha water has nearly all passed oit. . At Omaha the signal 8ervios realing show- od a rise of ono foot since Saturday morni there being fourteen feet and Hve inches above low water mark. At Bismarck the river had fallen a very littlo Sunday night and at Sioux City it had risen about four inches durfng the twenty- four hours ending this morning. gzt A R By De. Birney cures catarrn, Bee bldg. S One of Franklin's Mistakes. The county commissionors yesterday dis- covered a good sized error in the work of Assossor Franklin of the Fifth ward, The machine shop of tho Union Pacific railroad stands on block 4, city. For vears this block has been assessed at £5,000, and the taxes have always boea pald without any great kick. This yoar the assessor of the Filth ward omitted the property and failed to value it at any prico. When this was dis- covered it was assessed at §5,000 as in days of yore. —_———— PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. S. J. Bell of David City is at the Millard. F. Falkner of Schuyler is at thie Millara, A. K. Goudy of Lincoln is at the Delione. Miss Funnle Higby of Beatrice is at the Murray. Harry Wales of Nebraska City is at the Dellone. George McCormick of St. Paul, Neb,, s at the Paxton. A. J. Gallentine of Kearnoy is a guest at the Paxton. W. H. Atwood and wife of Fremont aro at the Miliard. Will A. Dilworth of Hastings is a guest at the Millard. Dr. F. W. Rose of Hastings is a guest at the Millard. J. P. Smith and wifo of Scribuer aro at tho Dellone, 3. G. Tate aud wife of Hastlngs aro guests at' the Millard. S. Manville of Tilden, Neb., 1s & guest at the Paxton. E. Bignell and F. D. Houlett of Lincoln are at the Murray. Mrs. Ira Baker and child of Rockwell City, Ia., are at tho Paxton, Peter O. Landon. editor of the Mead (Neb.) Adyocate, was & visitor In Omaba yestorday and called on Tuz B, Mr. and Mrs. Frauk B. Flemiog of Phila- delphin are in the city, at the Murray hotel, and called at Tne Be oftice. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Youngs will ieave to- morrow evouing for an_ extended visit with relatives in tho east. Thoy will first go to Pittstield. Mass., thence with friends to Norwalk, Conn., whero they will spend the summer. They will probably remain at thoir old homein New York eity during the winter. Lafe Garner and wife, John Doherty and wife, A. M. Pinto and wife and Miss Emma Creighton have just returned fron visit to Glenwood springs, Colorado, ngs are among the marvels of the , and each year finds iucreased pat- rouage from tourists. Glenwood is situated at tho confluence of the Grand river with the Roarlng Fork in a plcturesque valley, sur- rounded on the north, east and west by tim ber-clad bills. The big pool or natatorium covers over an scre, aad it s rich in modi. cinal properties, THE PARTED FOR T\\'IiNTY YEARS. Olosing Ohapter of a Romance Which Orig- inated in Obioagos LOVERS SEPARATED BY A LOST LETTER. But the Dead Letter Office Finally Rights Matters and the Death of a Husband Leads to Marriage. Cnicago Oprice o Tie Bee, ) Cuicaco, June 29, Last evening's train over the Milwaukeo carriod among other passengers Mrs. Maggie MoVicars, who will tomorrow, at Rochester, Minn,, be married to one of tho wealthiest merchants ot that city, Mr. Arthur Morton This marriage is the result of vows spoken twenty yoars ago, but which were inter: rupted by a misunderstanding occasioned by the loss of a letter in the mails, In 1872 Arthur Morton and Miss Hartley lived on the north side in this city and wore engaged. Their parents, however, ocon- sidered them too young to marry. It was agreed that young Morton should go west, and if at the end of threo years hoe was able tosupport & wifsand they each still loved each other, the wedding should receive parental sanction. In the meantime the two lovers were notto correspond for two years. Morton went to Minnesota and for two years worked hard to provide a home for the women he loved. Ho prospered fairly well and acquired a very comfortablo prop- erty. Hethen wrote to Miss Hartloy, ap- prising bor of nis condition and offering her his hand. At that time Miss Hartley lived in Milwaukee, which fact Morton knew, but in directing the letter the youth from force of habit wrote Chicago instead of Milwau- kee. The young lady, still faitaful, waited for tho letter, but at the end of the third year becamo discouraged. She yielded to tho im- portunities of Mr. John McVicars and in 1875 married him. In the meantime Morton waited for a reply to his letter and as none ever came heaccepted it as a fact that he had veeri rejected. He did not pino away even aftor the marriage of Miss Hartley. About six months after Miss Hartley became Mrs, McVicars she received through the dead let- OMAHA DAILY BEE, "FTUESDAY JUNE 30, 1801 “THE CONTINENTAL.” Another, great bargain week, Special lot closing sale in every department. This will be the greatest Bargain weck on record. In our Men's Clothing Department every suit can be bought at late season prices. Special attention is called to our sale of Fine Business Suits at $15 and $18, in sacks and frocks, made from some of the most expensive fabrics. In our Fur- nishing Goods Dep’t we offer 50 doz. of Boys’ Flannel Waists, ages 4 to 12, at 50c; worth $1.25. 15 doz. Flannel Blouse Waists at 50c each. 50 doz. Fancy Shirt Waists, all sizes, at 25¢; you will see them in other storesat 50c. Men's Fine Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, 75c per suit, all sizes. MATL: ORI IDERPARTMENT, Mail orders for our Men’s All Wool Cheviot Pantaloons at $2 and $2.75 will be filled for one week for sizes 40 waist andunder. Send money order, and if goods are not satisfactory re- turn them and let us know the amount of express charges and the amount will promptly returned. Orders to be sent by mail must be accompanied with postage. Continental —Clothing House, ——The Largest West of the Mississippi.—— Corner Rifteenth and Douglas Streets. be ter office the letter written two years beforo by Morton. In spite of the fact that sho was a wife, sho wrote to her first love telling him that while she should be a faitnful wife, ber lifo would have been pleasantor had she re- ed the letter in time, hreo years ago Mr. McVicars died in this city, where ho had_ lived for ten years, and about a year ago Mr. Morton and Mrs. Mc- Vicars began correspondence. The romance ends in the wedding which has been post- poned twenty years. THE MARBLE CUTTERS RESOLVE. The marble cutters’ union met yesterduy, and after discussing fully the results of the conference held with the employers during [ ERCHABIENGE We have assumed the position of leaders, and not even the lion turned loese from his den would make us flinch one inch from that position. -~ “Infant Babies Can’t Lick Their Daddies™ the last week, adopted a resolution that the surike declared April 1 by the marble cuttors of Chicago shall remain in force until a sati: factory and honorable agreement is reached ; that no member of the union shall receive ofticial sanction to work in_non-uaion shops until said shops sign an agreement granting eight hours as aday’s work and the minimum soale of pay raised; the abolition of convict labor in the city and the right to maintain in- violate agreements already signed. STOCK NGE FOR CICAGO, A syndicate of wealthy capitalists is being organized in Chicago to form a stock ex- change with the object of supplantink tho Now York stock exchange as a medium of speculation. Phil. Armour, H. H. Porter, R. R. Cablo and several other millionaires are back of the scheme. George M. Pullman is known to be friendly to italso. Theso men realize thay speculation has been almost on- tirely driven away from Wall street by the picayune policy of tho New York operntors, who do not get up bull or bear campaigns, but who content themselves with scalping a point or two on either side. They believo that it can be revived in tho west to flourish as never before. Besides, they say Chicago is the natural centr of the railroad system of the United States, and its people are bettor informed in regard to tho valuo of railroad stocks. The plan proposed is to erect a large stock exchange in Chicago. The price of a seat will be 310,000 to stavt with, and the market will be made so_active that traders all over the country will speculatein Chicago + stocks instead of those quoted on the New York exchange. | PRINCE GEORGE I CHICAGO, Prince George of Greoce, arrived hero this morning from Omaha. He was accompanied by Captain Lahmer of the Russian navy, ard one servant. The prince is traveling incognito and registered at tho Auditorium hotol as Count Folstor, At the depot he was met by a delegation of the Grecian Benevolont asso- ciation, which escorted him to the hotel. The prince was much pleased with the recoption accorded him by his countrymen. Referring to the sttack in Japan upon tne Russian grand duke, the prince sal that none of the reports’ thus far printed bad proved correct. Drawing upou & card par- Allel Tines to reprosent a streot ho told how the party had been walking when attacked. “‘We weroe on one side of the street,” he said, vand a line of police were on either side. Two offictals heeded the line, then came the grand duke. I followed, and back of me was the Japanese ministor. Suddenly a man stopped past the line of poiice, raised his sword with both hands above his head, and before any ouo could interfere he brought it down with all his strongth. For- tnnately the grand duke, though obliquely in frout, saw Dhim and stepped aside in time to save bis life, though not a cut. The sword's point gushed his skull from nearly the crown of his head to just over his right eye, and then the sabre swung again, and once wore tho grand duke was cut in nearly the samo place. Then the grand duke ran, the assassin following him. I rushed after them, and just as the sword was raised to strike again I rappod the scoundrol on the heaa with my stick ana brought him to tho ground. That was all,” and the prince smiled as if saving the life of the probable emporor of the Russians was an every day oceurrence. s “These reports,” said Prince George, “about the sensational disappearance of tho czarewitch’s special messengers at or near Denver are all wrong. | am a very near friend to the Russian prince, and I under- stand eull how he sent dispatches to his father in Russia and what messengers took them. The route across Americo, being the most convenient, is the favorite. Ivery mes- senger thus far sent by the priace has re- ported safo and sound at St. Petersburg. 'Phiey ure not going about advertising tho fact that they arc beariug dispatchos to the czar. 1t is true one messenger was hurled agaiust A seat In a car that was derailed in Colorado and Lwo teeth were knocked out of his mouth, He proceeded on his journey when the train started up. WESTERN PEOPLE IN TIE OITY. The following are registered at tho hotels today : At tho Grand Pacifio: N. M. Hubbard, E. L. Camp, Cedar Rapids; W. A. Dawioy, Minneola, 8. D.; Mr. and Mrs, P, E. Ller, Omaba. At the Auditorlum: Miss Babcock, Miss Miller, Edgar I, Koehler, V. P, Musselman, Omaba; Heury M. Dinwiddy. Salt Lake! Mr. and Mrs. D. MacRae, D. MacRae, ir., Council Bluffs. At the Leland: Mr, and Mrs. M. H. Jow- ell, Bismarck. At the Wellington: Mrs. A. V. Conkling, DesMoines. At the Palmer: F. L. Brown, Miss Dan- fols, Omabia; W. L. Brown, DesMoines. At the Tremont: J. Phillips, Cedar Rap- ids: T. O, Eichelberger, Omaha; E. W. Beat- tie, jr., Helena. At the Sherman: Allen, Omaha. Mr. and Mrs, Fred E, F. A, DEATHS. otices of fve lines or (ea s under this head, ATty L each addi al line cents. Mary, youngest daughter of Thomas ¥. and Margaret, at the family residenco, North Twenty-frat street, “Agal vesr, ¢ months wod 10 days, Funeral Wedne Julyl.at0a m Interment at Sk Mary's Cemetory. Just to have some fun with the “Babies” and make them cry, we will start the ball with a Five Dollar Suit dale & . And w1l throw in enough $10 suits to make our competitors cry their eyes out. If you intend paying $10 or $12 for a suit, maybe we can suit you for $5. Come and see. This may sedm ridiculous, but you try it andyf, you are not too fastidious and don’t want the carth with a fence around it, ¢ WE WILL SUIT YOU FOR FIVE DOLLARS Our dollar neglige shirt and fifty cent straw hat, and those 20c, 30c, 50c and 75c shirt waists for boys, they havn't been matched in Omaha this year for lots more money. You can’t buy an undershirt and pair of drawers at 50c and 75c that will at all compare with ours, if you hunted the city over. 'We stake our business reputation on this statement. THAT $1.98 AT SXALK, Is still on, atid we have put in another lot of hats worth $3 to $4. They MUST go. Our Shirts MUST go. Our Underwear MUST go. Our Neglige Shirts MUSTgo, We intend selling out every dollar’s worth of our Summer Clothing this season. If you are,wise take advantage ot it. It's our lggs and your gain, For wé are going to made room for a winter stock that you'll talk about in your sleep, and make our competitors have nightmare all next winter. If you look for bargains in all departments this week, YOU'LL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED, A’TT HELLMAN'S The man who has grown gray in the service and bought and sold clothing at the Old Corner of 18th and Farnam before any of his present would be competitors were out of shirt waists. o\