The Stayton mail. (Stayton, Marion County, Or.) 1895-current, February 22, 1907, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text■ THE STAYTON MAIL r D. A lC X A N O m . P u b lis h e r Entered et the poetolflee et Steyton. Oregon M mail w etter of the recoud elee» Tue Manta welled regularly to Ite euhsrrlh- err until e deflnlte order to diecontiuue ie re ceived eud ell arrearage! are veld BUSINESS DIRECTORY ^ y i L B U K N. PIN TLER, D. M. D. DENTIST FROM HORSE CAR 10 THE TROLLEY Story of the Wonderful De velopment in Electric Traction During me Past Twenty Years. Office over Fred Rock's Store STAYTON OREGON £ )R . \V. D. W R IG H T , VETERINARIAN Late V eterinarian l* .8 . Fodt^al and P h lF Ippinc lu ru lar Service. R ural Phone. AUMSVILLE. PASSING OF STEAM TRACTION G r a d u a l F lim tn a f lo n o f IllNtance T h r o u g h th e Development o f th e K le rtrlo LaMxmiotlve— C h ic a g o to New Y o r k In Ten OREGON. D uring the summer o f 18S7. there appeared In the New York Sun the J O H N H E N K E L following facetious news Item: "T h e y tried an electric* c a r on Merchant Tailor Fou rth avenue yesterday. It created an amount of surprise und consterna I have on hand a full line of samples tion from Third St. to One Hundred lor Spring and Sum m er Suits. and Seventeenth St. that w as some thing like that caused by the first Steamboat on the Hudson. Small boys Repairing and Cleaning a Specialty yelled "d y n a m ite !'’ and " r a t s ! " ami PTAYTON OREGON made sim ilar appreciative rem arks un til they were hoarse. Newly-appointed policemen debated arresting It. hut CALL AT vre nt no further. T h e ca r horses which were met on the other track ERNEST MATTHIEU’S kicked without exception, as w as SOLE AGENT FOR PORTLAND CLUB Guaranteed Absolutely Pure Nine Years Old Seventy-Five Cents Per Pint CITY MEAT MARKET S e sta k & S to w ell Pealen lu Fresh, S a l t and S m o k e d M EATS HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID FOR STOCK AND HIDES Stayton, Oregon Grand Central Hotel Is open to th e pu blia All newly fur nished rooms. Accommodations first- class. Nice, warm dining room and first-class meals. I ' l n l E le c tr ic H a llw a y of t h a W » r l 4 . M ar- lt n K x| >oaltlon , IM 7 9 . natural, over an Invention which threatens to relegate them to a sa u s a g t fa cto ry .” T hat w as less than tw enty y ears ago. Today the New York Central Railroad Company Is expending $50.- * 00,000 in the electrification of the first thirty-five miles o f its system, and tlio ca r horses were long ago relegated to the boneyard. If not to th e “sausage facto ry .” “T h e y ” have done mnrvelous things since the increasing knowl»*dge o f electricity open m I up a new world of achievement., am] w e have scarcely - 1 -- ■ c r msod i p , it ir c tri» ear was ream; In l-HUO, an ex- périm ent: In Mmo. ii great ami wonder ful feet which I« revolutionizing pas senger transportation ami will enable human beluga to move from place to place tw ice as fast as they do at pres ent. Horn In Old Verm ont. W hen In ISTI Tilomas Davenport, of Brandon. Vt.. ran a toy motor mounted on whe< ’s on a small circular railway, the modern electric railroad with ds possible spinal o f over one bundled milt's an hour was horn. In 1 S IS Robert Davidson, of Aber deen. Scotland, built an «*l«s*tr1c loco- motive which actually reached a ........ I o f tour miles an hour on tlu> Edin b u r g h ! ilasgow railw ay. Nine years Infer P rofessor Mos«*s O. F a r m e r op oratisi an evperlnieutnl ear which car- rh*d two passengers at Dover. New Hampshire. Th en the Uniteti S tate s congress be cam e Interesteil. Ily special grants Professor Rage of Smithsonian Insti tute w as aided In ........... instruction of several forms of motors. One of them w as used ns a locomotive and. driven by a battery of one hundred (¡rovo elements, was trlisl April 2H. 1*.M, on a railroad ru nning from Washington to Rlndenshurg. A spe«'d o f nineteen miles an hour was dcvelopisl. so gr«*at tin*t It destroyed the batteries. Nmuerons other experim enta fol lowed. all coihuierclnl failures beenuse th e motors were crude and the source of power a primary buttery. The de velopment of the wonderful modem dynamo was necessary tmfore electric railroading could liecotue a eommerclnl succo an. T h e first great step was In 1SH0, when an Italian manual I'neln >f ti Invented n continuous cnrrt*nt dy ram o . Throe years Inter the first practical commercial m achine fur con tinuous current operation " a s made by Gramme. Still the modern electric ear was Im possible. Th«* “reverslb llty of fune Ion" liad yet to !>«• dls«->tvcr«sl, Involv m g «*l«~-trlcnl transmission of energt through two machines, one drj\«*n bj power and generating el«*«-trlclty; the other reversing the operation, receiv ing electricity and ilcvcloplug m**- chanb-al power L ik e many other Important llsrnr- erics, this Is sa id to h a i e bo-n the re suit o f accident. A workman >up!«*0 n machine to n live circuit bv mis tak e and was greatly ns’ onlshcd to sei It begin to rotate. T h is reversibility o f function was publicly demonstrated for the first time a t the Vienna exjM- sillon In 1873. Not until 187!» was the first cleetrR railw ay put in operation, taking Bit current from a dynamo, using a mod ern motor and carryin g pa**«*ng«*rs. T h is novelty was in operation at the Rerlln exposition and waa a mile and two-thirds, in length. T h e train eon- sist<*d of a small locomotive and three amali cars, capable of carryin g tw en ty peoplr It reached a speed of eight miles an hour. M- J. SPANIOL, Prop. Stayton, Oregon W. E. THOMAS U n d e r t a k e r -E m b a lm e r Good Assortment of Caskets and Cases Personal attention given to funerals when desirac. Embalming after lateat methods. A First-Class Hearse at a Moderate Charge I I » , H n n i l m l M i l s an R - a r l ! l - » t , l s T r - I « c a t r « « » - 1 « w Tnrtt F .lsotrlo A i r L ia » , About this tim e I leptien I). Kiel«l and Thom as Ellison in the United S tates began experim enting. In T8X0 Edison wan operating at Menlo Park an electric locomotive which puli«-d tw o cars. T h e F i r s t E l e c t r i c R a ilr o a d . T h e first regu lar ele«'tric line to he Burial Robe», Shoe», Glove» and Hosiery Furnished estnblishel wa« at Lichtcrfelde, G er w . E. THOMAS STAYTON, ORE. Job Printing Keep it in your mind th a t The Mail prints N o te H e a d s , B ill H e a d s , L e tte r H e a d s , E n v e lo p e s Or Anything Else You May Want at Very Low Prices many, near Berlin. It was only a mile and a h a lf In length and openwl for traffic In May, 18.81. T lie tra in s c a r ried tw«*nty-»ix passenger*, a t a m ax i mum »pe«*d o f thirty mile* an hour. T h e flrat electric ca r to he operate«! regularly in the United States was in- atnll«-d by I »eft on the Hamden branch of the B altim o re TTnlon Passen ger R a ilw a y in August, IKSi;. That w as lairely tw en ty y ears ago. Ho great was the skepticism o f tlie public and railw ay men generally th at the con tr a c t under which the road w as built withheld payment one y ear so th at It might l»e determined whether th e cars would run. “ No one hut a knave or a fool would undertake speh n thing.” said a well known sep-iitist nt the time. Si-lentistssom etimes have trouble keeping up with the procession. About th e same tim e small cars w ere oper ated hy Van Derpoele at Houtli Bend. Ind., followed hy other small roads In Windsor, C anad a: Appleton. Win.; P ort ifnron, Mich.: Seranton, P a., and Montgomery, Ala. In the nutmnn of 1KS4 F ra n k L., Spragtn% whose name is inseparably connected with eleetrlc traction, h«‘gan to attra c t attention with Ids motors. Tw enty Y«-ars o f Achlevem«*nt. At the beginning o f 1887 there were In the whole world less than sixty ---------- B fllio o F le ctrl« L o c o r n o f 1 » a O p e r n t c d E i * p e rlin w n ta llj a t M « n lo F t r k , IMHO. miles o f electric 'fallroiol 'tra ik , and only about one hundred motors and m otor cars. In 1005 th ere were nearly thirty thousand miles o f electric track In the United S tate s alone. T h is change was not accomplished w ithout opposition. «liscourag-inont and finanr-ia) difficulties. Mr. Sprague himself, who was so potent a factor in working this change, has told tlie story o f his first important contract. In the npring o f 1887 . the Union Passen ger R ailw ay company of Richmond, Vn., engaged him to build an ele«-trle rall way. T h e first car was run out one night while the skeptical p«*op!e slept, to make sure If could climb the hills. It starl«-d out In a blaze o f glory and Ignomiiiiously was towe«l back again by four big mules. B u t Sprague per- slst«sl until on Feb. 2. 1888. In a drizzling rain, the road opened for business. From that time forward the future o f eleetrlc railroading was assured and events moved rapidly. City a f te r city adopti-d tin* new motive power; horse c a r s Is-eanie things of the past; in- tcrurbnn roads began to gridiron the country everywhere, and in each In — • — ■ In lhU7 I Inni it atnnnich iliaca,e. stane«* a róuinicrcìal success was a«*or«‘d. E lectric Interurban llues bave Home |ihysi«-ÌNliN Mini I liuti ilyapepaiii beco money uinkers frinii thè start. suine c o i i m i i m ption. Olio anici I would T h e greatest tl<* v «»I o | iiii «< ut has been Iti tli«> i*nsi ; hut tli«* w e s t . I n not far not live il ut il apring. Kor four y e n * behlnd. T h e Aurora. Klgln and Chi I ex istmi i m i hoilctl luilk, «oda biacmta, nigli Kleetrlc rallwny (thè III Ini n i II and doctors | erscriptlona. I cimili noi sis te m i wlileh bus been III operaiion «llgeat Hliytllillg i ale: llirll I pick-«1 •everal y«‘ar», Is fa mona. Frani ime il |i ime ni y oli r Alatila nuca and it liap center power siatlon over two bun «lr«*d uill«*s o f rami nr«* operntnl. or svili pi-neil lo be luy life saver. I bonghi a be uh so-ai iis thè line tu Ilei vi dere ls 1 fifty t botile of Ki dui nini thè bene- completisi. Klectrlclty ut w bolew «• Is |jt , ....... . fr„ m lt)Mt , o l l ,„ ,,|| rolli to c*ltl«*s and vlllages along tlu* ,, ,, , . . . . rouie for llgbtlng pu r....... -a. eleetrl. Itv '» |,u>'* for power Is sohl to fiirm«*rs. T n iln s m o n ili» I s e n i back to my Work « " -» of «'legaut cura mi» luto Cbii-ago ut a n iacliin ist, nini in tlir«*« m o n t i l a I sua s p e s i whlch would bave seeined lm- L . - l l am i lienrty. May yem live long posslble a few yenra ago. l*uM*«*ng«*r* ,, . . . . . . . ami prospera. — 0 . N < m m II, Uoding, »•ave good bye to ntcnni tnilns «ni n 4« 1 I t u u t 1 * t ' l . 1 .... X. . . I .. par lili ling railroad, w hirl, they pass Gii., Ilk Mi. T h e above la on ly a s a m ea-dly. A parlor amt dining ca r Is one ple of th e great gooil th a t in «In ily «Ione of the luxtirh'H which the suburbanites every where by Kialol F»»r Dyaja-pain. enjoy going to and from tin* city, and I t is »old lu re by Hreivwr Drug Co. the ruilroutl seems n verltubl«* gold i mine for Its owners. T h e horse ear hns hmg since dlsap- M any Oregon com mil m l lea ex p e ct pen red. Will tile Iron horse, the giant railroads th is year Nie.nil |(M-Omotlv«‘. la* Nlllfillillltisl also? T h is <|ii«'stlon orrnrs to all who can C o n im n n « '» II I, s r s « h » r a n a s a t M a n y se«* Mu- significance of passing <*vcnts. He*rl««tta I M a e N i r i . I ’rol mi lily not for many years to come, P h y s ic ia n - who have gnim-d a n a t ns fa r as heavy freight trafile is eon- ional re p iiiatio n as Hiinlyats «d tin« ccrneil, hecnusc strani Is «•sp«s lully ap ¡ pll.nhle to thè luiullng of frc gbt. Itut thè action of thè New York ('«Mitrai In clectrlfylng thlrty live inlli's of Ita road leadlng OUt of New York, and «"* poj ular agltation for studiar luiprave I "I varimi» dia.-ascs, daini ilmt if cutcliing cobi could !>«• avonled a hmg 11 n« ,,f dsngrrau»ailnient» wmild nevi-r , * hHin| ol. Every otte knowa th a t » ra t In Chicago and al—ir bara .. ................ ... ami . ................... orifinsta to potn t to a tlme not r«r dlHtnnt ; fm.ii a e«»l«l,and rhronic cuiarrh, hran- wlu-n cl«*ctrli* rnllroad» wlll i-ouuect chili», and all tliroat and Ring irauhln dlHtnnt rlties and graatly -horten thè ! Brg . KgrHVHl«sUn(l reml.-red ...ore aer- horra of trav«*L s i s - iii ions by each fresh a tt a c k Do hot ri-k your life or tak e «'fiances when you In fact smti a rallw ay already la bclng beili betweeu C liirn g i ami New have a cold, ( 'h a in b e rla in » C ough York Ity thè Chii*agi>-New York Mìe«* Remedy will «*«ir«- it l»-for«- tln-se «L-- trie Air Line Rallroad company, of eat*» develop. T h is reunify «'«mtaius ( li tengo. Ttils company, bendisi bv a no o piu m , m o rp h in e ««r o th e r h arm fu l grumi o f prat tieni nillnmd nicu. prò , , . .... , pose» to run limitisi traina, uinl lng noi * 1 inore ( lui 11 tlir«s* stops, tlirougli to New ha«*k * * f it, g aililil hy Ila dir«-« under York or Chicago, In ten honra T h e i*v««iy cim ilitio n . F or aale by H lay'o u tlioi'glit fair ly takes one's tireath awav l ’hsrniH cy. »• t first, Imt rin* p ro ject conalderel ao'a-rly se«‘iea praetlcnl etiough, and I lit -o p c o u n ty f a r m e r s g«-> iff ,V* «vrtalnly Is "n coiisiiiniiinli >n «teunitly |a*r li u n d r e d | M in u d s fo r p o i a t o e , to he wlaliwl." Tlie work **f grudlng begatt Sept. 1 m -ir L a l ’orte. lud. As tlie new rund will l«e au nlr llne, T o remove a «-«nigh you must gel at witl. few curves, the route surveyed th e «told which ctu .ti« th e co u g h T h e n la b'-o mlli*a shorter than the ren tisyl . , , . , ...., . i - , ...... ■ » n o th in g so giaal lor tin s a - k e n n ** v vuitia Short Line. and ‘S in miles shorter than the laike Khore and L a x a tiv e C ou gh Hyrnp. T h e liipiul New York ( entrai, each of which runs cold relief t h a t is must ip iirk ly «-th-et • trains covering the «listane- In «• gliteen «.-»«-. t h a t stills und «pii.-is th e co u gh hours. Taking lido com («let ul 1- -u the „..,i i . . . anil «Invi-- out cold Kri-wer Drug t . shorter route o f the Air I.lti«*, this la valent t » a fourt--<*n-b -i-rvl- ■«*. Forest (iiove experts 2/i em igrants With low guul«a«, a straight track nml no grad«* crossings, th«* s«-vi‘iity-flv«t from the east next mont It, to lia-a*e nil!es an hour nv«*rng<* n«< s«ary ti a in lint n iglilsirliooil. ti-n lioiir s«‘rvl«*e ought «•«ally to he nn.'ntulned. Kven on till- first c!n-< ' t in n ii» « F » , T r u n h l,. »lentil roads o f tmlny ninety niiic- nn " I ' v e lived it, C alifornia 'JU ii'ar* and C h ic a g o lo N e w Y o rk In T e n llo u r s . ,IOt nm o“ “ on f ’r * t5ort ,IU j a w - t i l l hutim ig for tr.ml-le in t he way Tin -"scien tific American o f F«*h. 18. Ilk:."», speaking editorially of tilt* New Y'»rk Central experim ent, say«. “Tiio ri-,-,-«« ,f this Installation, o f which there can he no doubt whatever, marks tin* first step In tin* gradual su bsti tution of »h«; **l«H-tl 1 c for til«* stellili locomotive In the operation of long 118 t* bim«* ex pris« trains.” Tin* Uhicngo New York project may he regarded tin- Second step. Mr. Sprague him self say * that sp«-«»d I* "a m atter of finance." "W ljn t then will determine tin- fu tu re ?" he ask*. "Chiefly the financial factor, as it must the future of any other great Industrial problem. When saving* In operation and the Increased return for traffic will more than pay a f a ir dividend on nmtmy Investid for el«*«*trl<*al •*i|iiip- nient. will trunk lln«*s he operated by eb-ctrielty.” P ro fesso r Chari«** P. Steinmetz, one of tin* greatest authorities on e le c tricity, Is ipiotcd as saying, " T h e r e Is no limit to tin* speed th at may lie de- velofied In electric traction th at is. ther«* Is no limit up to 150 or 2(»n lull«** Hn hour. Illgln-r »peed than that tlie ca r wheels could not stand. They would Hy to pieces from centrifugal force. Not only can a spei*d o f 120 mil«*« nn Imiti »>«• maintained on a train coiiinped with «•leetricity, but in “f »prains or a ••u««- of piles th a t lln ck lei.’ « A n u-a s-‘»lve won’t <pii«'kl\ c n i e " w rll^ c | ,« r |',.« W aller« A llegany, Hierra, Co N-> n -e h u n t in g Mr W a ll ers; it eure« every ease. Guariiiiti-nl llrew cr Drug Hioru. U’ m -. Sour StomacH No appetite, loss of strength, nervoue- ness, headache, constipation, bad breath, general debility, sour risings, and catarrh of the stomach are all due to Indigestion. Kodol cures Indigestion. 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At any rate, (lie work! seems on the eve «if great thing*, ami no scien tist «lures say tislay as was said twen ty venrs ago, "n man is n knave «>r n fool." T h e altitude «if the Ameritara public fs one o f faith ami «*xpe«*t.incy best «‘.xpressed by a recent remark of an ohi lady in lier Inst sickness: “ I don't want to die,” -she said, " f w-rnt to see wliat they are going t.o do.” FRIEND TO FRIEND. The personal recommendations of peo ple who have lieeti cured of coughs and colds by Chamtierlain's Cough Remedy have done more than all else to make it a staple article of trade and commerce ovet a large part of the civilized world.