The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 4, 1903, Page 30

80 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBRR 4, 1908. e for Crowded Waterway Use o < | TO PREVENT COLLISIONS | —t SHIP BRAKE IS DESIGNE THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL. JOHN D. SPRECEELS, Proprietor . . « . . « . . .‘Address All Communications to JOHN McNAUGHT, Manager ‘ L__ ............. v HE letter of Mr. Crittenden Thornton, declining a nomination given to him by the city Demo- cratic convention, is a measure of the wide departure from its principles which the Democratic party has taken within the last few years. A leader of the American socialists said that the Demogratic party .having become the instrument of their purposes, they were inclined to coal- esce'with it, with the view of leading it further into their programme. No two principles were originally wider apart than those of Jefferson and Fourier. Jefferson believed in restricting the authority of government to its purely political functions. True; it has been claimed that his advocacy of the common schools was socialistic. But jn reality it was due to his belief | that education should be purely secular and that, as the welfare of the state depended upon the intelli- gence of the citizens, it was the duty of the state to give the people a secular education in the common | | schoofs. It is a far cry from secular education by the State to State ownership of all the sources of | | profit and 2il the productive industries. [ A recent writer on the socialistic policy of New Zealand, who highly approves of it, says that | the only activities left to individual enterprise are farming, navigation and limited manufacturing.- The | ambition of the people is not to engage in industrial enterprise, but to be employed by the Government | |in its various ventures, including banking and insurance. The, system includes a civil pension, so that | | the motive for personal thrift is withdrawn. The people use their political power to vote to themselves | wages and salaries as employes of the Government, and have lost the foresight which, by economy, | makes wise provision for the future, and so they live from day to day, expecting to exist on the Gov- | ernment pension when they are superannuated. ‘; The Democratic party seems to havé entered upon the same policy here, and there is no reason | to doubt that, if adopted, it will lead to the same result. Here and there a Democrat like Mr. Thorn- | ton files a protest, but it has- but little present effect upon the new lights which are guiding the party. | The Cincinnati Enquirer, one of the oldest and strongest Democratic papers in the Central West, an- | tagonizes the socialistic tendencies of the party. In a recent editorial that paper said: “In these days when so many cheap politicians are howling merrily for Government ownership it is good to print | again, and then again, the observations of so eminent an authority as Charles Francis Adams, who | has thoroughly investigated the question in Europe. In a letter toa Kansas City man he says: ‘I can | only say that as the result of careful official investigation on my part I have never yet found in Europe | anywhere a case of municipal or public transportation worthy of an’instant’s consideration as com- | | pared with our own. Whatever complaints you may make of it, private monopoly and all that, we | here in America do things in the transportation line which in Europe they do not even dream of, and | wherever Government lays its hand upon a line it becomes, in comparison with ours, paralyzed at once. [ The municipal systems in use in Glasgow would lead to a riot within twenty-four hours if put in opera- | tion in Kansas City. The' fact is, when it comes to handling private business, every Government is, in | my opinion, utterly incompetent, whether it is a water system, schools, railroads, telegraphs, postoffices | or what not. Every time private enterprise would do it four times as-well at about half the cost. Please 3 BY THD CANADIAN GOVERNMENT | | AND | | SHIP BRAKE RI NTLY TESTED ON THE S MBPR EUREKA ON THB ST. LAWRENCE RIVER DIAGRAMS SHOWING THE WORKING OF THB DEVICE. < SHIP as the name In- dicates, nd lessen the collisions. Recent ex- nts have well demonstrated and we may soon sec its general adoption, especially for vessels Plying on crowded waterways. The Canadian Government a short time 8go equipped ope of its vessels, steamer Bureka, with the brake shown in the accompanying illustration, and very satisfactory triais of its working were | made on the St. Montreal The steamer was driven ahead at an in- dicated speed of eleven knots an hour. Then steary was shut off and simultane- ously the brake on each side opened. The Vessel came to a full stop within a dis- tance equal! to her own length. The ‘brakes were then closed and the vessel sent ahead until the original speed was ®gain attained, when steam was shut off and the brakes opened, with the result that all headway ceased by the time she had gone half her length, or about fifty feet. In maveuvering the Bureka at full #speed sbe was turned within her own length with one breke thrown open. An ezamination of her hull and mechanism after the tests showed no apparent harm- ful strain or other damage, and in ope- rating the brake no jar or vibration was observable by those on board. This new form of brake, as will be seen from the fllustration, is placed on the sides of the huil, and in its construction and method of attachment to the ship re- sembles somewhat an ordinary rudder. It extends downward from the extreme Joad line of the vessel to the bilge keel, convenience of stowing and handling the necessary area being segured by making the brake relatively deep in proportion to its width. The “gate,” as it is called, consists of a stout plate of steel, heavily reinforced, which is hinged vertically to the vessel, and normally, when not in use, is folded snugly against the side of the ship. A series of heavy steel struts are pivoticilly attached to the back of the gate near its outer edge, and also to a series of sliding plates which are arranged to move horizontally in covered ways, buflt into the structure of the hull. When the gate is foided forward egainst the #ide of the ship, the sliding plates are, of course, at the forward end of the cov- ered ways, but as the gate is released and thrown open by the pressure of the water as the ship traveis forward, the sliding plates travel backward in their pockets and ‘compress tho water that is contaibed within the covered ways. At the rear end of these ways is & number of orifices, which allow the water to es- cape gradually as the gate in opening pushes the slides backward. The forward edge of the gate is secured In place, when the brake is not in action, by a series of catches arranged on a vertical shaft. The rod on which the gate 1s hinged is pro- vided with a bevel gear by which the gate mey be started to open. The method of operation is as follows: When it is de- sired to stop the vessel suddenly, as in the event of a collision, or when making 2 landing, the catches that hold the for- ward ends of the gate are released, and by means of the bevel gear the gate is slightly opened. The pressure of the ‘water then catches on the forward edge of the gate, ewings it out to the full-open the | Lawrence River, near | {be put on cars running to the raflway | ed to check the | Station, so that letters too late for the|yet insists that the city take the risk of committing to a like administration which may come in the general mail at the postoffice may be | | posted on any car reaching the station | before the departure of the mail train. | | There is some difference of opinion at | present as to the rates to be paid by the postoffice for these privileges, hut it is | hoped that a fair agreement may be come to which will aliow the schemo to be put | into operation. o . A emall specimen of radium was recent- | ¥ put on exhibition at the American Mu- seum of Natural History and has attract- | #d wide attention. The specimen weighs | about two grains and w shown in the of the buifld- cost about $3%0. ! It is stated that in no other section of | the worjd is freight carried as cheaply | as by the rallroads in the United States. Every element by which the cost of | freight trafic can be reduced has been | considered and utilized by the big rail- way systems of the United States untf) | the cost per ton per mile has been re- | | duced to the fourth decimal point. But | { not alome in the freight service has the | | cost of train movement been reduced. In | | the passenger department of the railroads | | etatistics can be found proving that a| | citizen of the United States can travel | at less cost in this country than in any | | other. The average cost of a ticket per | mile In the United States is 2.18 cents, | | The average cost of a ticket in England | | is siightly more than 2.17 cents. The aver- | age cost of a ticket per mile in France is | 227 cents, and the averege cost of a ticket in Germany per mile is 2.32 cents. A berth on a sleeper from Paris to Rome, | 901 miles, costs $12 75, while a berth from | New York to Chicago, 912 miles, s $5. The berth fare from Calals si, 3230 miles, is $22 25, while the berth fare | from Boston to St. Louls, 1330 miles, is| | 96 50. | . A new world’s record for long-distance running was made by a passenger train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Sep- tember 6. A stretch of 123 miles was covered in 1% minutes. The distance traversed was between Chicago Junction, Ohjo, and Garrett, Ind. During the run a speed of eighty-five miles an hour was reached. This was the maximum. Bursts of speed at soventy and seventy-five miles en hour were frequent. The train was made up of five cars, pulled by a locomo- tive of the mew Atlantic type, welghing 177,00 pounds. It is the most powerful style In the service of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. An extra large water tank helped In this performance, saving stops for water. e Townsend's California glace fruits and candies, 50c a pound, in artistio fire- etched boxes. A nice present for Eestern friends. 716 Market st., above Call bldg. * —_————— Epecial information supplied dally to business houses and public men by the Pwss Clipping Bureau (Allen’s), 280 Cali- fornia street. Telephone Main 102 ¢ —_—e—————— Dr. 8. M. Babcock of the chair of agri- cultural chemistry of the University of ‘Wisconsin for twenty-five years has been at work upon experiments to prove that the elements all have a common origin, and that their difference in atomic weight is due to a difference in the amount and kind of energy they possess. position, sudden jar or shock being pre- * ¥ vented by means of the wates hi t S ek oF e g™ B movement of | | COOK BOOK OFFER To the brake can controlled entirely efth. from the bridge or from the engine mo::r, LOSE OCTOBER 30. . e : i The Call’s Cook Book prem- Mfln ;nle:n J: xtwfllns ?1“:. ?llet;lns jum offer will close on October ters by electric trams whicl las been successtully tried in some of the northetn | | 30 1803, and all readers of this towns of Great Britain is being adopted paper who desire a copy of this on thl; ;l-ctflsc‘:m 'urnm‘-!I “w.:y l{’uem at Syd- household treasere should not 3 ew Vales, but on a more g exténsive soale. The schemo includes the | | I%i1 to0 place their order im- erection of a small clearance office at onc mediately. of the important termini, and fll:etteu as » This splendid premium will they are cleared will be sent off by mes- Call subscri sengers to the general postoffice every Ty plfaced #o e bers at fiftcen minutes. In this way, it is be-| | the exceptionally low rate of lieved, communication between the sub- fifty cents per copy. Out of ar'l:d.u::d l';:‘t:z will bel tr—flymflve— town orders twenty cents ad- certainly been e ex- ce of those places which haye| | @itional to cover prepayment of adopted the eystem in this country. It transportation charges. is aiso proposed to arrange for boxes to! 4. o don’t talk to me of doing business through Government machinery; it is one colossal exhibition of waste, extravagance and incompetence.’ “The arguments in favor of Government ownership are generally specious, and are put forward by enthusiasts who are unsound on nearly every public proposition. The republican form of govern- ment could not endure under such a system.” The Chicago Chronicle, another strong Democratic paper, takes the same ground, but seems to be merely crying in the wilderness of socialism, in which the party is groping the way to its end. The present city administration of San Francisco is in the hands of doctrinaires on the sub- ject of public ownership, and it is amazing that the Democratic platform impeaches that administra- tion of failure and incompetency in all of the essentials of government that are committed to it, and future the control of business investments made by the city and amounting to millions! When the very reasonable demand is made that such investments be safeguarded by making| the bonds issued in their behalf a lien upon them, and not upon the whole city, the organ of the Democ- racy insists that this reasonable security for honesty of administration be rejected, and the door of the city treasury be thrown wide open to any raid that a future city government may choose to make upon | the taxpayers, in carrying on a business which the same organ admits will be more costly than in private hands. , The Cincinnati Enquirer has ample illustration of the results of municipal ownership in Ohio. The towns of Columbus, Toledo, Hamilton, Xenia, and many others in that State, find themselves wallowing in a mire of debt and failure as the result of taking the advice of socialist enthusiasts and going counter to Mr. Thornton’s admirable statement of principle: “I am opposed to the intervention of Government in any class of enterprises which are in conflict with and opposition to private undertakings.” ! ME: IL.ANEES ST'S I H. R. LANE is the only candidate who is personally girding at the other candidates for the same office. He sees in them a job lot of sinister, secret, dark and midnight purposes, inim- ical to the public welfare, and which can be carried out only by perjury and crime. In thct eye of his political mind he sees San Francisco as a political Sodom, in which he is the| one righteous and chosen man. Mr. Lane is credited with sincerity, and therefore we are sorry that he feels so bad. Sincere is a good word. It comes from sine cerum, without wax, and was applied by the Latins to pure strained honey, with no bees’ wax. Now we beg to assure Mr. Lane that he is not the only honey} in the hive. There be others without wax, and while his opponents may be much mistaken in having| views tha,t he does not approve, they may be just as honest as he. It is not good form to rail at his| fellow-citizens. He may not ride that rail into office. The old world jogged along, and there was seed time and harvest, marrying and giving in marriage, and equinox and solstice came in their sea- son, before he was born. States rose and fell, dynasties waxed and waned before he came mewling and puking into the mix-up, and so things will go on after he has done office seeking and has gone to institute reforms in the sphere of ineffable things. We are sorry that he thinks so badly of the world and of the people in it, and that he has so poor an opinion of San Francisco, where he has surely been treated with great kindness. Mayhap the horrid and abhorrent vision that he sees is due to a torpid liver, and the direful conditions exist nowhere above his own midriff. ] It is true that Mayor Schmitz fiddles a good deal, but he has not in:iulged in that pastime over a general conflagration of the city. He has committed several excesses in the line of musical composi- tion, but there, is nothing absolutely criminal in his thoroughbass and counterpoint. No doubt the city deserves and will get a less musical and more practical Mayor, but there is no need to despair so early in the game. As for Henry J. Crocker, he has gone up and down among us, with his hands in his own pockets, a reputable business man, working for the gains he has gathered, and has not invested a dime in a horn on which to trumpet his own virtues, or in a prize vocabulary in which to decry others. Physically his ground plan and front elevation much resemble the dimensions of Mr. Lane, and he has existed without the revenues of office. By force of his own qualities and by virtue of his own exertions he is quite above financial temptation, 3"? would no more touch a dirty dollar than Mr. Lane would barter his vote for a belly full of steam beer. It has been intimated that Mr. Lane thinks that Mayor Schmitz has a conspirator’s complexion, and moreover he does not like the way the Mayor wears his hair. Though it is pompadour, we must insist that the Mayor does not wear his morals pompadour, and it is not fair for Mr. Lane, who does not wear hair at all, to carry another man’s hair into politics. We hope that Mr. Lane will think better of his plan of campaign and admit that there may be a few honest men in this city besides himself, for we want to think well of him, though not quite so well as he thinks of himself. : Oalkland has taken counsel with herself and decrees that henceforth no woman may be per- mitted in a saloon, a§ her presence there is degrading to the sex she dishonors and disgusting to the men she offends. éome of Oakland’s advisers must ‘have visited many of the San Francisco saloons and revolted at their management under the new police rules and regulations. If we can do no good for ourselves we can help our neighbors. Let no one scoff hereafter at the efficacy of prayer. An Ohio mob caught a Kentuckian the other day and for reasons obviously just determined to lynch him. He was strung up to a tree, but was let down again in response to his howl for a chance to pray. Twice he was given this privilege and then Deputy Sheriffs, rushing to the scene, saved him. When a Kentuckian may be saved by prayer there is a' chance left for anybody, g LIFE OF GREAT PREMIER From Pen of John Morley SOON TO BE PUBLISHED — By 7 | ENGLAND'S GREAT PREMIER, WHOSE LIFE, WRITTEN BY JOHN | ! | THE PUBLISHING SEASON IN LONDON. I MORLEY AND SOON TO APPEAR, WILL FURNISH THE EVENT OF - ONDON, Oct. 3.—The great event stone,” so long promised, so often John Morley’'s “Life of Glad- edly will be the appearance of of this publishing season undoubt- delayed. If rumor is well informed, the advance {rders for the book have been remarkable. I believe they run into thou- egands of coples. Only very occasionally can that be said for an expensive work running into three volumes. This work will, of course, determine the whole char- acter of the publishing season, for less important books will have to rest in fits shadow. . . The f1ll life of James McNefll Whistler, the artist, will not be ready for some time, though Mr. Pennell is busily engaged upon it. But meantime a volume is com- ing out which will be a study of his art. The authors, Messrs. T. R. Way and G. R. Dennis, write from much knowledge of Whistler’s methods. Mr. Way knew him for many years and was a welcome, familiar figure in his studio. He is thus able to speak in detail of the artistic creed, as it may be called, which found expression in Whistler's work. The book will be enriched with many {llustrations, including some in color. It is expected to be ready by the end of October. . A Carlyle book that will raise no bitter controversy is entitled “The Carlyle Country, with a Study of Carlyle's Life,” which J. M. Sloan, the author, has got ready. The work deals with the Carlyles in all their multiform relations to the Carlyle country, and casts a valuable light upon some of the complex problems ralsed by Carlyle’s earlier and later life. — Sir James Crichton BErowne contributes an introduction. The book also cantains nearly a hundred f{llustrations. DM R The resignations Ritchie, Chancellor of the Excheq Lord George Hamilton, Under Secretary of State for India, have struck a chill to the hearts of publishers, for if there is anything that they dread it is a general election. Talking about the situation, & well known pyblisher said: “Bad trade is bad for book publishing because people have little money to spend. ‘War is worse; but, among all our afflic- tions, I give the palm to a general elec- tion, which is the deuce itself. Booksell- ers might as well shut up shop and pub- lishers go golf playing. There is nothing to do.” Apart from the terror of a general elec- tion, prospects for the publishing season would certainly be called good. By that is meant that many attractive books are promised and, if people are not other- wise occupied, great numbers of them ought to be bought. One, of course, can go only by books mnnounced in estimat- ing the prospects of a publishing season. Doubts Iflfl;'l Skill. | PARIS, Oct. 3.—The French President's shooting perties begin this month and the King of Italy will make one of the party. A sporting writer, referring to the fre- quency of accidents since the season be- gan and evidently not impressed with M. Loubet's skill as a sportsman, hopes he will not shoot the King accidentally. T et SAN PEDRO, Oct. 3.—The body of an un- Xnown man, supposed to be that of & saflor who Is sald to have disappeared a bark Iving in this port several days ago, was dis- covered floating in the bay this morning. ADVERTISEMENTS. 0 PIANO PLAYER on the markel has as delicate a touch Changes instantly or as pericct conirol. from pianissimo fo for- lissimo. Has cvery record made for other machines, as well as many made for the Simplex only. Call al the storc and be con- vinced. It maKes musicians of us all. We arc agenls for the Behr Bros. and Bavmeistcr Pianos, celebraicd for tone and action. CHEADEST PLACE IN THE ENO M M 4 AUVAILS USIC Co.