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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1885)
JERSEY L1GILTMN0. Tho Elevated Roads Struck, and Probably for a Million. Travcrslnir the Enft at tlio Kato of Forty TIioii8and Miles per Second. Bomo or the Men Who Handle MutnJnc With Impunity. Edison, Daft and Kl. Blokes to Knock 9nt Home Old Fashioned Ideas. Special Corretwndence. New Yoiik, Sept 3, '85. "What the dlvil's that?" "Sure unough, wlmt is it. Wo ttirtiod to sco tho occasion of thoso remarks, and for a moment would havo sworn that tho Elevated Road was on tiro, and tho rails burn ing with frightful rapidity. Sparks wore Hying in a stonily stream, nnd littlo blue llnm cs were licking up tho iron work as though it was composed of fusco instead of stout metal gonor ally supposed to bo incombustible. The mystery was soon explained, and as tho llaino shot by at tho rato of twcnty-flvo miles per hour, wo saw that it was tho Hon Franklin, tho now motor that it is claimed will settle Kceloy nnd revolutionize tho railroad business in tho world. NEW MOTOlt, 11KN FrtANKMN. From the above cut , you wouldn't sny that tills littlo thing was a revolution Izor. it looks hIidd o and childlike enough, but you caiPt judge a innehino by its looks, and this new fanglod con trivance especially is very decoptivo. for it grabs hold of lightning and makes it a slavo to carry passengers at tho low llguro of five cents for two miles, and will incroaso tho longth to fourteen mllos ore long, whon it is allowed to travol tlio ontiro length of the road. At tho moment wo saw it shoot by it was ongaged in polishing up the third rail which had been laid 60IH0 six months before, nnd was con sequently full of rust, and as it How by, with an omory wheel in full mo tion at tho speed of 2500 revolutions per iiiinutu.it indeed lookod somewhat Btartllng against tho black sky, for it was night, and protty dark, and wo do not wonder that some folks thought thoy had soon a veritable streak of lightning spinning along the rail at a lively rato when they saw tho sparks fly from revolving eniory, and shoot up like a comet. "Won't that electricity kill a man?" wo asked of an olevalod gate keopor a few moments later. "Kill a mini, an' be Jasus that it will, an' pretty quick, too." "Havo you over stepped on tho rail when it is charged?" wo asked. "Sthopped on tho rail, whin it was charirod. Sure now wo don't chnrgo the rail onything. It's the passengers wo charge on this lino," and with a ohueklo tho goodnatured Irishman advised us to go down to "ilftoonth Bthreeth, an' they'll tell yo all about It." So to Fifteenth slroot wo wont, and discovered that tho lien Franklin is the largest oleotrlo motor over built In tlio world, that It weighs about nine and a quarter tons, possesses from seventy live to one hundred horse power, nnd Is calculated to carry an elevated train containing live hundred people nt the rato of twcnty-llvo miles per hour, or faster If desired. Wo l kowiso learned that tho oloc trloity used on the elevated is low ten sion, while llghtninir is static, and tolographio and arc olootno lights are Jiijl H'nslyn currents. Torliaps everybody dor-Bit' t know Just what this means, so wo will ox plain that when eloetriolty gots weary, so to speak, and only travels at the rate of forty thousand" miles persocond It is low tension, and not particularly dangerous, in reasonable quantities. When electricity wakes up and gots to busiuess-at tho speed of two hundred miles per second, that is to say takes a journey equal to eight voyages around tho world in less time than you unit sny Jack Robinson, however, then it gets a little dangerous in its mad career, and the man who trios to stop it irenorally gives up tlio job and tho ghost at the'sanie tune. Hut electric Fty Is then only high tension, after all. To see electricity really in an enjoy able frame of mind yon must get it in the static mood for traveling, and then It gots up and dusts at the marvelous rate of about a million miles per sec ond, more or less, as our scientists have not yet bfon able to keep up with it in its static state. Rut it is safe to give It a leeway of a million miles per Kecond until tho record Is lowered, and this is only attained by the best racers on the electrical track, static lightning being one of them. Electricity was discovered in Greece a long t nio ago, and was first noticed by a curious party who was rubbing timber together, and who noticed the ulectriunl lluld shooting from them during the friction. Ho doesn't ooiu to have thought much of his discovery, however, and though many a crank ItuH wasted his time slneo then, lit try ing to kuep up with It or cage it, only a limited iiinnbur havo been iintnt.fiil In reully obtaining inuuh bum-lit on" of It. MoikU wan very mn'iuful with It, In Hiiidying It in litlogiHph, but Jay (ioiiIiI ha probably Hindu Ilium inwitoy nut of ll l him any other mini tu dam, nllhongli until) think Hint WHtur htu helped him mil riuhJirabl) . Iluit tVr tlii 1 1 u - lie, Juy Uuiilcl ixuitrwl !iiikIi Hwirinity Ui'dw) In uinl Ihu iiiiliimi liiiu In kjtlliUuoi WW HI in lwmii) ("ui iiMUii If UiiutlMwinl) iliiriuiil'ii Hinuiiiri ilttMif Hurt U III iwr wiiv in mi iMr, mid Hi A mm H-'Ni lull Jlni iu Hdiuii lu Hid Unit hmiMin uuiim J m Hilo;ii wl Mr m I hill ttlitf Jiw W JVliMd h mm I.KO HAKT. Mr. Daft is an Englishman, nbottt forty-ono years of ago, and ho has fool ed around, electricity for tho past twenty yoars, or over sinco his advent into America. Ho claims that his motors will open tho way for the adop tion of electricity instead of steam on all railroads of tho future, past and present, nnd that the steam whistle will bo a thing of tho past shortly, from tho fact Hint ho declares lie can save fifty por cent in fuel over either coal or wood, in tho manufacture of electricity as against steam. Whether this can bo clone or not remains to bo seen, and the olovatod roads are giv-' ing him achanco to demonstrate it, by lotting a third rail be laid between tho, other two for tho length of two niilosi on the Ninth Avonuo Elevated from' Fourteenth to Fifty-Ninth street, nnd if satlslied with the working they will) adopt It on the short line. Dnft's works nre in Jersey, and con sequently his electricity as nppliod to. tho elevated Is dubbed lightning. ThisJ should not bo confounded with thoj genuine article ot Jersey lightning,, however, which kills at forty rods.i and is doled out over a counter, for; this of Dnft's is less dangerous, taken, In equal doses. A man laying his hand1 on tho rail when charged will feel a, slight prickling sensation, but that is1 all. This is owing to the fact that the rail is a better conductor than the hii-j man body, and consequently tlio lluid goes quietly by at tho rato of forty! thousand miles por second, anil1 doesn't try to escape, whereas if it was high tension and went at the rate of two hundred thousand miles per hoc ond, it would bo anxious to ily oft m every direction, and tho man who laid! his hand on the rail would probably! solve the problem of the future hi) short order, under such a condition of tilings. Jt has taken about throo months to, build the Ren Franklin, and if the road should decide to equip all its lines, it would take at least a year under the most favorable circumstances to build the two hundred nnd tifty motors that would bo required, and then tho work would hayo to bo done outside the reg ular shopB. As tho motors are esti mated to cost over four thousand dol lars each, It would be over a million dollar contract to furnish the motors nloiie. A million dollars Isn't much nowadays iu Now York, moroly a trillo to Cyrus Field, and if the ele vated wants motors it shall have them. So say wo all. Tho motor can bo run by ono man, but tho State law requires that two nion shall go with every engine. In case one dies or gots killed, tlio other is Biinposod to run the thing into port, and (fit is an accident that has sent Ills companion to the better land, the survivor is supposed to lie to all tho roporteis, and swear that the man died of heart disease, and tho road wasn't to blame. This is tho chief oc cupation of tho second man. A new light has entered tho electric arena, and with a grand llottrlsh. This is Ed. Stokes, known to fame for a lit tle dlllloulty with James Fisk some yoars ago. unci Inter on as tho owner of the handsomest bar in tho United States, if not the whole world. His lightning has paid big over the bar, and now he proposes to make some thing out of it over tho wire, and dis pute with Jay (lould the right to tho telegraph business of tho country. KOWAUn S. STl'KKS. Stokes bought In the Rankers and Merchants telegraph wires a few weeks ago, when thoy wore sold ut public himi, after being seized by tho Western Union, and now he is back ing up a suit of two millions damages brought against tho Western Union by the receiver of the Hankers and Mer chants for the W. U's. action iu lay ing hands on those wires. Thus MloL-lKJ U lltltllll llt'Il i list .1 II v (iouhl 111 Ik fla wsutt. for two million, and woie yet, he wants to hot ten thousand dollars that the Western Union is not earning one half the dividends that it is pay ing on its watered stock, and leave it to the hooks of the Western Union. This U Indeed a bold dash on Mokes' part, and the nation tixpools Jay (iould to call him a liar. It intend that Mokes liami'l any love for (iouhl and that It wiih (iituld's inturfeittuco in the SWikiK W matter that eventually IiuiiIimI taUtkiM In tatng bin . an utliur wUh li s idimuuM uf iti'tUinc o.r voio itid. Jim l'k WMi.ln) Uunld'n Pghl Uuttwr. and lliwio un'l immi'Ii duiiUt (hut If l k had IivmI. Iiu and Juy ivtmld lirtve iiuwimmI Un ivliulu Uml. mimI Ihwl Us llili Hutu Juy mumIiI luttti UWIIH It til U I Mill W IrWIII (Mil II M UM H UMIHpllI ), htlUWll III llMtlUg III umi( fur lit I unit in ihw puniHu li, Willi 14m Mil nwwIuMtltull IhtU II It IihiIh'I Ihmmi fwi bl'iktM liv uilulil ImiK whuimI Ihv Mhlw uimtl hlAlvt IliklliMll ul UlUllllt Mill llllll'UUl l'llil It ttuVt UII" l'tl t MIM' III i III) y lull w iiuMid Md pw IwlutiH Stokes como In nnd attack him in this way Is beyond endurance and It is supposed that somebody will bo given tho lio, at loRst Stokes" is waiting to seo what his old time enemy will do about it, nnd so is tlio public. Perhaps tho happiest man in the elcctrio business is Edison, at least ho looked so when wo called upon him sotno days since. Ho is happy in tho consciousness that most of his inven tions havo been successful and monoy mnking, nnd that ho has a pretty good grip on rival corporations. Most men who had seventy-six lawsuits on hnnds about various infringements would bo nappy. TIIOS. A. EDISON. Wo went to seo him in order to got nn nrticlo written about electricity from his pen. Ho was found in tho KIcctrio Light works up stairs in tho work room, with his blouso or long apron on, and his faeo and hands be grimed with tlio handling of various electrical contrivances, aiid tho vari ous electrical smokes that woro filling tho immediate spaco around him. 'Mr. Edison, could you bo induced to write an article on electricity," wo asked with assurance born of hope. Mr. Edison took a sent, and looking up with a quizzical air said, "I'll toll you something interesting, but 1 havii't tho time to write, and besides I wrote ono articlo onco on olootrioity and about half of it was loft out of tho paper. It's hard to make electricity interesting to tho gonoral public, anyhow." "Well what can you tell about it that is interesting?" "Well about the most interesting tiling 1 over saw In print was an inter view which ono of my rivals figured in, and in which lie gav.o mo tho knowl edge that ho was infringing on my riglits. So wo had a lawsuit, and I boat him. Now if ho hadn't gotton into the papers, and explained his sys tem, I wouldn't probably have receiv ed the necessary information to gain tho suit with. Since then I have thought it best to lot othors do the talking for newspapers. You under stand!"' "Is that all tho interesting informa tion you can give us to-day?" "lo9, just at present, but como nround in a month or two and wo'll sco what can bo done," nnd with a cheory good day ho resumed his work, while wo wended our way to tho olo vator. Perhaps sonio people would liko to soo tho lirst locomotive in tho world, whilo wo are on tho subject of motors, etc., so here it is iu all its pristine loveliness and early beauty. llltST 1.O0OMOTIVK, 1801. In the good old days of 1801 this lo comotive enjoyed tlio distinction of be!nr tho oulv locomotive in the world. It couldn't run except on a level surface, or rather track, and wasn't much on the run then. In Ivalny weather it stayed nt home, which was at Merthtvr-Ty dvil, England. It was the invention of Richard Trovi tiiiok, and In its day was considered a marvel, and so it "was. It ran ou a track laid on ties nbove tho surfneo of the earth, ami not Imbedded in it, and was regarded ns a great innovat on and intruder by tho various stage linos of that dnv. whose owners wished It ail sorts of bad luck and predicted dire consoquonces to those who risked ldo and limb ou the new machine. Little did they know at that time that thisl t tie insignificant looking steam arrang moot would one day control, through its descendants, miles of territory and crowds of statesmen, until It became a power that would upset many a good man's curly piety, and leave him rich in worldly goods, if not iu spiritual drapery hereafter. Such is the ease, however, and while tho loeomot vehas been tho fore-runner of eiviliuillon, it has likewise boon the downfall of many a uougruhsiunii, and the hlud-kickor of many an ousted ulUuial. Sriiuo (i UNTIL l'loNssinnal l-onxilatitiii. Family I'll) nloiau-"Well, I eon gratulnte you." Patient imuitudly) -"1 will rttov ur." Family I'll) UjUh-"Nut exactly, hill well, nftr iMiHaullMliuu w tliul t ml your tlUrtM ! entiiwly innul, uiid I ilitt MuUiiuy kuiiul tMoiruUJ l ml (uii ww lmv Uuuid! tw mim it "Br " liUivm iMI lUW lM4t Mf iM hMPtM Ltf IMIUM !) I MH "IU UtM I llt 1 .! 1 It M.tl)t l Mtttti.y lltHlltl I' l MMr ilh m L I HltOM 0ltrf . J ! I 4.41. . I .H ulj IU j SutMllt IU Ibf U I- H ""W. Cottage Interiors. Many directions given in regard to houselold furnishings aro bewildering from their impracticable character and carelessness of exponse. Ono is told that antique china, highly de corated in classic designs, is essential; that portieres must bo rich nnd Orien tal; that onyx Corinthian columns aro useful additions to furnishings; that all articles must bo unique, richly carved, and iu strango design. It may bo pleasant to contemplato luxuries of that sort, but with a limit ed income ono is apt to bo exasperated nt tho accounts. Miss Phelps, in her last book, "An Old Maid's Paradise," iias described an interior of a cottago with rnro simplicity. She says tho small parlor was painted gray, tho walls, celling, nnd lloor harmonizing in dilluront, tints. A border of black ran nround tho lloor, nnd several felt mats of cherry color, fringed with gray, gavo a cheerful effect. Tho beams and rafters loft bare by the absence of plastering woro touched witli a neutral tint. Tho dado was formed of wood-cuts, nil lnudscapcs, from American nnd English magazines, bordered by a lino lino of black. A frlozo of cardinal Mowers cut from ehromos finished the top of the room. Tlio curtains woro cotton ilannel of a silver shade, bordered and tied with cherry. Tho cheap and comfortable lounges woro upholstered witli gray cotton Ilannel, and had bright pillows. The deck chair at tho window was tied with cherry ribbons. There was a tiny open stove. Tho rocking chair was old and generous. Rooks, stat tuottes, and pictures woro abundant, nnd tho room had tho air of having been lived in a long time. Tho dining room was oilod, not painted, and tho rafters of tho ceilings were covered with thin lichens linecl with gold paper. Tho curtains woro English silesia, of a golden brown, worked wit li oak leaves. Ono of the chambers was blue and tho oilier greon. On tho pale ceiling of tlio blue room pale butterilies from natural history cards wero pasted. The windows were draped with blue nnd white muslin. The green room had green lloor, walls, and furniture. The walls woro hung with ferns, press ed and tastoned securely with gum tragacanth. Tho curtains wero of cheap white muslin, and were not tied. The room lookod liko a bower. Miss Phelps adds that there was not a stork, u bulru-h, n Jnpnneso fniv nor a grand mother's tcaqup in the house. Rut it is useless to deny that Japanese fans tiro desirable and ornamental, if thoy tiro well chosen and aro not used in ex cess. The advantage of Miss Phelps' picturo is its illustrative force. A cheerful, artistic room and liouso does not depend entirely upon its pecuniary value. Tho elegant mansion which lias been furnished tinder the direction of the house furnisher, and which bears not a thought nor suggestion of its owners, is lifeless and baro coniparod to tho houso furnished under tho lov ing care of a tasteful possossor to whom each object roprosents careful study. The poorest clerk can havo a pretty', attractive homo if ho saves his wages prudently and buys gradually, ono at a time, the cheap, but harmonious and tasteful itirnishings. Boston Jour nal. An Ancient Spanish Title. In 1717, when a band of colonists from the Canary islands settlod iu San Fernando (now" San Antonio) writes a San Antonio correspondent to Tut Qalvcslon News tho Spanish govern ment granted to the town six leagues of laud around the town as exidos, which was laid oil' by motes ami bounds, with prominent natural ob jects for corners. About 1840 tho city cniployod Mr. John Jnnios, a competent surveyor, to resurvoy the lands granted to the city, which was done and a map made ot the sanio. This survey was passed upon directly by the supremo court of Texas in the ease of Lewis vs. San Antonio, in Texas, in 1851, and the correctness of tho survey was admitted by tho court. Tho city of San Antonio has held tho land embraced in tho sur vey niado by John Jnmes for over forty years prior to such serve'. The lands' had been surveyed in 1717, or soon afterwards, and the survey by John James was a resurvoy, based ou the original boundaries of the original survey; but some parties, conceiving that more than six leagues wero em braced iu tlio James survey, and that such excess was public land belonging to Texas and was open to entry, nave quietly tiled upon it. Others aro pre- j, tiring to hie upon other portions of St. It is doubtful if the commissioner of the laud olliee was told or suspected that these lands were embraced in the Bttrvey of San Antonio, wore elaiinod by the city, and were prima faoio no longer public land. Your correspond put roco vod a hint of it a month ago in a casual conversation, but was met y tli such studied reticence that he could not trace it out. Ex-City Engineer Smith, whon inter viewed, "yesterday, frankly said that he would not divulge certain matters. Whon asked ou which side of town the exeeis was supposed to be, he replied he was not at liberty to state, nor did iie feel at liberty to say who had tiled upon it. As the city had. sold pretty well all its lauds grunted to it as oxi des, this movement is likely to open a mint of litigation. The chances are that the title of the oily will prevail, sinco it htu held possession ovur l.VJ years, and nearly Iu since the Jamec unoy was miule. and in Lewis vs. San Antonio the court decided that twenty wars poiji.niuu would bar. the ktnte. The I'M'iud in quantity, If any, PiiilimotMl within Him uititM border would lielung to the oily. How lh) Was &iivl. I'erkliu -'iDi.ltUii fallal I W-lll I hail u narruw imwii yourday. ll IiumI tu burrow ton ilulltir (rum tun." jWmbj "You didn't Ituul It lo liiiuf" "N'l. llWitHfe). I nimitwlotl IllflO MM UiiHjf rtu& uuJ -tiiii-- "Tim (ul h. I dhlii'l Ituvu Htu Ivu ilwlliir.' lUutJiMlM. IM( m 'i f nuw iiiittipi in Oil Union Milling Cos TAKES THE LEAD Wherever it has been tried. For Salo hr all tlio Lending Dealer Everywhere. Geo. WntoitT, President. W. T. Wiuout, Casliier. -OF- UNION, OREGON. Docs n General Bankint! Business. Buys and sells exchange, unci discounts com mercial paper. Collections carefully attended to, and promptly reported. COMMERCIAL- Livery ai Feei OtTosiTn Cc.sie.vmat. Hotel. JOHN S. ELIOTT, rnOPRIETOK. Haviutf furnished this old nnd popular hostelry with ample room, plenty of food, rood hostlers nnd new buggies, is better jiiepHrcd tlinn ever to nucommodiito cus tomers. My terms nro reasonable. Adam Ckossman, Pnor-niETOii. lino now on hand and for salo the best of HARNESS, LADIGO, UPPEPv and LACE LEATHER. SHEEP SKINS, ETC. FOKTIjkIV IKICES Paid for Hides and Pelts. WALLA WALLA BEER DEPOT. Corner Jfain nnd A Streets, Union. E. MILLER, - - - Proprietor. Keeps always on hand the finest brands o! WINES, LIQUORS, and CIGARS. Tho very best Lager and Hock Beer in the market, nt U5 cents n quart. Beer and lunch 25 cents. A flno billiard tablo for the accommoda tion ot cuHtomeiH. Drop in and bo socia ble. RAILROAD FEED AND TOY STABLE Near the Court House. A. F. Benson, - - PnorniETon. Union, Oregon, Tine turnouts and first-clnss rigs for tho accommodation of tlio public generally. Conveyances for commercial men a spe cialty. JT-fifTho accommodations for feed cannot bo excelled in the valley. Terms reasonable. BLUE MOUNTAIN Brewery ai Beer 111. Main Street, Union, Oregon. IlENllV StUIKEII, PltOPIUETOU. W0rders from nny part of tlio vnlley will receive prompt attention. I havo on hand sonio very li.iu BOCK BEER. Drop in nnd sample it. NORTH POWDER Restaurant. TONY STEVENS. PROP. Tho traveling public will plenso tnko no tiro that, in addition to my snloon in North Powder, I have opened a first-class RESTAURANT, and respect hi lly solicit a elinro ol tho public patronage. Tho tables will always bo supplied with tho BEST THE MARKET AFFORDS, nnd no pnins will ho spared to mako my patrons comfortable. Call on me, oat, drink nnd bo happy. Tonsorial Rooms Two doors south of Jones Bros.' store, Union, Ore-.'on. J. M. Johnson, PaoiMUBToa. Hair cutting, shaving and hlianipoolng done neatly mid in tlte U.l tvn. CITY v MEAT : MARKET Main Stiwt, 1'iiiou, Orou, JtOMM ,t llKKMJN, PHUriUKTOttl. Kmh toiuUuUy at) hd HIWJ', I'OUK, VKAU MUTTUK, fAU gAUlt, lUUlt, LA1U), in1. . ill I t in UUUJIJ, UtttMit. Oiaft'tf U 1' MtJUMK, lIWWWIM. A vntl ntutkwl Utr u uttuautt with (lu itwMH "! 1 "i Ui UimI (llh-lUUI Mini l.lli - I I A (till, sun Pi I iw.iH I i ib m VM4l4llH u k U.(..ni lllkl CBM'llIIAL H0WLAND & LLOYD, Manufacturers of .FURNITURE, Main Street, Union, Ore. Keep constantly on hand n large mrpply of Parlor nnd Bed Room sets, Bedding, Desks, Ofllce Furniture, etc. Upholntcrlng Done In tlio Bct Style. Lounges, Mnttresses, nnd nil kinds ol Furniture made to order. PATRONAGE SOLICITED. A N D J. II. NODI.NE, PHOriUETOR. All kinds of Blncksmithing nnd Wagon work dono in n good work manlike manner. Tho very best of workmen employed. HOUSE SHOEING AND REPAIRING DONE ON SEOR1 NOTICE. JsaJShop opposite A. F. Benson's Livery Stable, Main street, Union, Oregon. MONEY TO LOAN. I am prepared to ncgotiato loan upon well improved farms, for a term of years. For particulars call on R. O. BILLINGS, Loan Broker. At tho office of J. R. Crites, Union, Oregon. Buy tho Haywaril HAND GRENADE Fire Extinguisher. Everybody should have them. Mon, women or children can use them. Thou sands of dollai'H worth of property saved overy day. They don't freeze, aro not in jurious to flesh or fabric, and are always ready. You cannot afford to be without them. . G. .1. Becht, Gen. Agent. 12-t Market St., San Francisco, Cal. Cook it D wight, Agts., La Grande, Oregon. D. B. REES, Notary Public -AND- Conveyancer. OFFICE State Land Office building, Union, Union County, Oregon. 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