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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1904)
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 00000000000000OroCWSOiS CDc morning flstorian ESTABLISHED 1873 PUBLISHED BY ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. RATES, i " '. r ; s By mail, per year 1..' ....... 16 00 By mail, per month , ' 50 By carriers, per month. 60 THE SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOKIAX. By mail, per year, in advance . $1 00 i THE USE OF OIL AS FUEL. The full report of the tests made under the aus pices of the United States navy to determine the relative efficiency of coal and crude petroleum as fuel has just appeared in print. An inquiry equally thorough has never before been made in this coun try, and much of the information secured will be servicable to railroad companies, owners of mer- ehant steamers, and, persons. who meditate the es tablishment of power plants either for the genera tion of electricity or for manufacturing purposes. The, relative merits of a variety of burners were al to examined by the government, and the results ob tained increase the practical value of the report. boiler of the kind which has been adopted for cruis ers of the Denver class. Coal was used in 17 and oil in 69. The average amount of water evaoorated bv a pound of coal was nine pounds, while 121 pounds were evaporated by the same quantity of pe troleum. "Weight for weight, then, the latter show eda superiorly of about 40 per cent. It should be added that Pocahontas coal and Beaumont oil were employed in these- tests. Had ' either the solid or liquid fuel been of another quality, of course the ratio would have been different , In determining which is the more economical it is necessary to consider not merely the price at the place of. production, but also the cost of transpor tation to the place of consumption. The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company once operat ed 25 freicht cnoinps pontinnntiRlv fnr a mnntli with coal costing $b.bd a ton, and then for another month 'with petroleum which was bought at $1.33 a bar leL It was found that three and one-half barrels f the latter (involving an expenditure of $167) would do the work of a ton of the former. By the 'use of oil; a saving of 38 per cent was effected. ' In California and New Mexico the difference would probably; be even more conspicuous, whereas in the north Atlantic states coal is at present the cheaper. In a number of ways the convenience which has attended the use of the liquid fuel on locomotives would he paralleled in the navy. A fresh supply tan be taken into the tanks of an engine or a ship with great ease. Consumption can be readily ad justed to meet the fluctuations in the demand for steam. There is no trouble in forcing a fire in emergencies, and it is alleged that higher speed can be maintained with oil than with coal. On the other hand, there are some questions have not yet been satistactorijy solved, and which need further study Before liquid fuel can be heartily commended for the naval service. There is much uncertainty at present about securing a supply on short notice. Under forced draught combustion is imperfect, and smoke is emited. The difficulty can be remedied, by allow ing more space for the boilers, but without such a change of design the detection of a vessel a small and defenceless destroyer, for instance would be possible. Still another modification in the -arrangement of a warship is demanded. If an enemy's hot goes through coal bunkers their contents are unharmed. Puncture an oil tank, and the effect would be more serious. It is highly desirable that liquid fuel be stored at a lower level than coal. The merchant . marine could disregard the last two, perhaps all, of these objections, comments the New York Tribune. A vessel engaged in peaceful pursuits would be in little danger of having her tides pierced by a cannon ball, and would be still loss embarrassed by a display of smoke. Moreover, one running regularly between certain ports say San Francisco and Yokohama would enjoy better facilities for obtaining liquid fuel than a warship, wheh i practically a tramp. Already in the east several steamship lines rely exclusively on oil, and it is hard to see. why there should not be a great ex tension of its use in the trans-Pacific trade. Cali fornia should be able to meet requirements of this kind promptly and adequately. men, on the Salt river reservoir in Arizona, with 2000 to be employed when the blasting now in pro cess has been completed.. To the Snake river valley in Idaho the sum of $2,600,000 has been allotted and the area to be irrigated exceeds 150,000 acres. The dam across the valley will form a reservoir 33 miles in length. . The Milk river irrigation scheme in Montana involves the expenditure of $5,000,000, and 350,000 acres will be irrigated. Work is to be resumed and pushed on the Gunnison tunnel, in the Uneompah gree valley, Colorado, with a capacity for irrigating 135,000 acres. Secretary Hitchcock has approved the plans and specifications for a dam across the Payette river in Idaho, forming a reservoir with an irrigating capacity of 190,000 acres. The north side canal, along Payette river, will have an irri gating capacity of 150,000 acres, and the cost of the entire work is estimated at $3,000,000. In addition to the work now in progress in Idaho, Arizona, Colorado and Montana, Secretary Hitch cock has ordered a survey of the Sun river valley in Montana. This scheme involves the reclamation of the enormous body of land lying between the Teton and Sun rivers, while contracts have been let for the construction of the dam for the irrigation of lands in the Pecos valley, New Mexico. The work under way, or under contract, involves the reclamation of not less than 7,225,000 acres of land now arid and not susceptible of cultivation but to be made so, and to be thrown open to set tlers at the usual rates within the next three years, neither , the lands in the Pecos valley nor between the Sun and Teton rivers being included in the estimate. The value of the work cannot be overestimated. While the actual cost of irrigation will exceed the sum to be received for the lands, the values added to the total wealth of the United States by making farm lands out of deserts, and creating flourishing communities where there are now only waste lands, will be immeasurably greater than any sums the United States may expend on the work. The mag nificent results accomplished, and to be accom plished, come from the earnestness of President Roosevelt in bringing the matter to the attention of congress and in urging the question 'until the needed legislation was enacted. P. A. STOKES "The Store That Does Things. ' ; MEN'S OUTFITTERS Russia has in round numbers 5,000,000 Jews, Austria-Hungary comes next with , 2,000,000, the United States comes in third with a little over 1,000,000, Germany, Turkey and Great Britain have about 1,000,000 altogether, France, with her Afri can possessions, has a few more than 200,000, and even far-off Abyssinia has something like an equal number. The census of Jews in the world is set down as 10,671,832 in the Jewish year book, which may be accepted as the highest authority on the sub ject, and near enough to accuracy for all polictical and statistical purposes. OVERCOATS We have 'em from the short top coat to the pop ular belted-back, double breasted fifty-two inch lengths. Made from neat, catchy patterns, such as will appeal to all good dressers, and price is a secondary 777 o o 0 y matter. O $7.50 TO $30.00 V Man I V qHdT3ortdlU I ) tliWI tmm Urn's Suits o o o o s -This is the department o " we take especial pride in o calling your attention to. o Here we have everything o that is worth mentioning in the 'Sartorial" world. We are showing some hand some suitings in browns and ; grays, both inthe homespun and worsted effects. To .buy a suit hero is to be fashionably dressed. One Price to All $IO.OO to r?i o i f P. A. STOKE: "The Store That Does Things." MEN'S OUTFITTERS : 030 00$0 00030 0000$0$000030S030 IEEIGATION IN THE WEST. ; ' The progress made in irrigation and reclama tion of arid lands in the west is far in excess of theJ (Extent generally known to the public, says the Cin cinnati Gmanereial Tribune. The latest, statistics f work being done show the employment of 700 "Electricity" says that plans are being made in the bureau of forestry to establish wireless sta tions at intervals throughout the Rocky mountain re gion where there are large forests and where fires occur in the dry season every year, destroying an immense' amount of timber. At these stations will be kept expert observers, who will give warning whenever a fire begins, so that help may be called to extinguish it. The first system to be set in opera tion will be in the Black hills. It is stated that Senator Elkins is to take only a thinking part in the West Virginia campaign. It is a wise man who declines to hold a joint debate with a wealthy father-in-law. J. Pierpont Morgan refers to. the accident in which he recently had a narrow escape as one to be expected in railroading occasionally. Mr., Mor gan has seen too many railroads wrecked to be dis turbed by a minor incident. It is not necessary for a modern woman to feel that she cannot live without a man in order to marry him. The only question is to know if she can pos sibly live with him. Three thousand love letters, it has been stated, are to be read in ah Iowa breach of promise case Is there no law for the preevntion of cruelty to jurors! Some men and some women get their complex ions out a bottle; the difference is in internal and external application. , A Kansas man has invented a f eatherless chicken. We hope it will become popular in restau rants. ' William Waldorf Astor does not think well of thia country. But, for that matter, he never did. ; -4 : ; Kuropatkin's achievements continue to 'depend on the battle he avoids instead of those he wins. For Wet .Weather Purchase your footwear from a practical shoemaker. We sell better goods and at lower prices than any other store in the city. Shoes for and children. men, women The Pacific Logging Shoe is the BEST in the world. S. A. 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