MONSTER NEW YORK CENTRAL LOCOMOTIVE.
The P ro p er W o rd .
Clark— I was tempted to give her a
piece o f my mind, only I didn't want to
make a scene.
Minnie— You mean, dear, you didn’t
want to make a production. That's the
proper word nowadays.— Boston Tran
script.
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H is H a r d Duck.
One of the largest locomotives In the world has been built in the locomotive works at Schenectady, N. Y.,
for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company. It will haul heavy freights.
This monster
weighs 100 tons, bare of coal and water. It has but one pony truck, but carries four trucks of five-foot driv
ers. From rail to dome the locomotive stands nearly fifteen feet. I t can be turned only on the largest tables.
Most of the large
locomotives used weigh but about seventy tons, and from this one can get some idea of the
size of the Central's monster. A new valve system is being used on this locomotive, the invention o f a Ger
man. Despite Its great size and hauling power, good speed can be obtained from this engine, and in an emer
gency It can be pressed into passenger service.
A P A C IF IC PIONEER.
C ol. Isa a c I,. Renuu U na o f th e M en
W h o T r a n s fo r m e d C a lifo r n ia .
One o f the pioneers of the Pacific
coast passed away recently In the per
son of Colonel Isaac L. Requa, of
Oakland. Cal. He
was one of those
men of keen per-
ceptlon, l arge
faith,
unlimited
energy, wholesome
ambition and bold
agresslveness who
threw every atom
of their beings Into
the work of trans
forming the Trans-
Rocky region and
COL. BEQUA.
but for whose un
tiring effort the
empire of gold and guilt would never
have been changed Into a great State
whose Industries, commerce, wealth
and peaceful pursuits have become a
source o f pride to the nation. In the
development of the mines be bad a
part. In the building of the railroads
he was associated with other giants of
finance whose names have become a
part o f our commercial blstory. In the
realm of finance be was a leader. He
was a patron of the arts and those
things which tend to beautify and
adorn and bis home was an example
of refinement, good taste and delight
ful domesticity.
Large wealth was
the fruit o f perseverance along Intelli
gent lines: length of years was his
because o f Inherited strength of
physique and prudent living.
The Requas were Huguenots who
settled near New York In the seven
teenth century and successive genera
tions lived and died In Westchester
County. The grapdfather of the sub
ject of this sketch was captain of tin
revolutionary company to which were
attached the men who captured Major
Andre. Isaac L. Requa was born In
Tarrytown, Nov. 28. 1828, and received
an academic education, after which he
went to New York. In 1850 he took a
sailing vessel and went to California,
by way of Cape Horn. He went out
from Racramento and in 1801 drove his
stake on the famous Comstock lode at
Virginia City, Nev. He had studied
mining engineering and became super
intendent o f the company which fur
nished the machinery for the Com
stock. He ahared handsomely In the
enormous yield of the famous mine
and later returned to California, locat
ing at Oakland. He became associated
with Huntington, Stanford and Crock
er in their railroad enterprises and was
made president of the Central Pacific.
He waa alto a director In the later
lines projected by Collla P. Hunting-
ton. He took an active part In Whig
and Republican poRtlcs. was long
chairman of the Republican State
Committee and several times refused
tbs nomination for Governor when the
election waa certain, preferring to keep
ont of office. He waa president for
y ea n of the Oakland Savings Bank
and was hslpful In svery way to those
less fortunately situated than himself.
He was a millionaire. He need his
money to open up new avenue* of in
dustry all over the State. Resides the
famous men mentioned, D. O. Mills,
Claus Spreckels and Mark Hopkins
were his Intimates. The condition»
which these men faced were hard and
the fruits which came to them were
only produced by years of self-sacrifice
and perseverance. They lived decent
ly, but simply until final triumph over
adverse circumstances enabled them to
enjoy life’s sweets.
When Colonel Requa settled In Oak
land he selected Piedmont Heights,
with a splendid view of San Francis
co and the Golden Gate, as an Ideal
spot. He built a mansion and called
It and the estate o f twenty acres which
surrounded It Highlands. For twenty-
seven years It was a seat o f hospital
ity and rare domestic enjoyment. Pa
rents, children and servants lived In
tranquil happiness and visitors came
from afar to experience Its delights.
He was an Ideal host— tall, o< fine
presence, well-proportioned, with a
face denoting firmness, generosity and
frankness. All philanthropic work of
his section found in him a supporter
and he contributed to the endeavors of
the Red Cross Society.
In religion Colonel Requa was an
Episcopalian.
He waa a firm sup
porter of Masonry and had been a
Knight Templar many years. He was
a member of the prominent clubs of
the Pacific coast. He married Mias
Sarah J. Mowry in San Francisco in
18C3 and she survives, with two Chil
dren— Mark L. Reqns and Mrs. Oscar
Long, w ife of General Long, o f the
United States army.
N O N -B R E A K A B L E BAT.
W oun d
w ith W i r e o r Rome
S tre n g th e n in g M ateriel.
O th er
The baseball fan, or, mors correct
ly speaking, the baseball player, will
hs.il the advent o f the non-breakable
continuous from a point Just above
the handle, so as not to interfere with
a good, comfortable grip, to a point
just below where the ball ordinarily
strikes. Care has to be exercised, of
course, In fastening the ends of the
strengthening material wound In the
groove to prevent the development of
weak spots, particularly at the handle
extremity. The groove, o f course, is
not large enough to detract apprecia
bly from the normal strength of the
wood of the particular section used.
A M IL LIO N AIR E FARMER.
B eg a n w ith L i t t l e M o n ey an d I s N o w
W o r t h 9 1 ,5 0 0 ,0 0 0 .
A fter making $1,500,000 In the last
fourteen years out of the soil, L. D.
Smith, of Madison, S. D., the richest
exclusive farmer In
the United States,
has retired from
active life. He be
gan farming in Illi
nois with a few
hundred d o l l a r s .
With this he made
a payment on hit
first farm and then
earned
enough
money on the farm
to pay off the en-
L. n. s m it h .
tire debt. Then he
bought a second farm, earning enough
money with the two to pay off the
second debt. When In 1891 he moved
to South Dakota he had $100,000,
which he Invested In farming lands.
As fast as be made money he bought
more lands. In time the value of the
lands greatly Increased and Mr. Smith
•old at big profits. To-day ha owm
ninety-four magnificent farms In cen
tral South Dakota, 3,000 acres In Iowa
and much stock In banks and other
real estate.
He Is worth more than
$1,500,000.
To three of hla tenants whose meth
ods of farming pleased him be made a
deed outright of the farms occupied by
them. His riches have not changed
hla tastes. To-day his life Is as simple
as It was years ago when he was lay
ing the foundation o f hla fortune.
O d d E a r r in g s .
Earrings are creeping Into favor
again, and for morning wear, too, if
one may Judge by the lavish display
made o f them at a recent morning
concert. In a box sat a woman whose
ears were bedecked with a pair o f un
matched stones— one a black pearl, the
other a white one of eqnal size. There
may have been some subtle symbol
ism attached to the wearing o f the
oddities. The revival of the earring
Is recent ln'thle country, but It started
t peeress of ancient lineage bnt slen-
a peerress o f ancient lineage but slen
der meant, who was at a ’ n s for
something new to startle her friends,
bat that hag made Its appearance. This found a pair o f her grandmother’ s
earrings and wore theta at a fashion
moat desirable and hitherto unknown
able dinner. That marked the recru
attribute of a baaeball bat la attained
descence of the barbaric euatom.
by cutting a spiral groove In the wood
and Inserting therein, flush with the
When erery one aeea the words
surface o f the bat, some strengthen "conscience fund" in a paper, ht
ing material, such at steel wire or wishes that people who owe him
steel tap* or etnew. The spiral ia made would make him one.
Brown—Jigsinith is anything but
grateful to Dame Fortune.
Ureen— How’s that?
Brown— He found a two-carat dia
mond ia the gutter the other day, aud
what do you suppose he said?
Green— Give it up. What did he say?
Brown— "This is hard luck.”
For forty year's Plso’s Cure for Con
sumption has cured coughs aud colds. At
druggists. Fries 25 cents.
P o in t o f V ie w .
Cordelia—Jack Dashing tried to kiss
me last night. He's simply awful.
Malvina— According to your own
statement I should say he was awfully
simple.
Marketing Potato Crops.
In line with the classic case of the
oyster shippers, cited by President
Hadley of Yale university in his book
on Railroad Transportation, is the case
of the Aroostook potato growers brought
by President Tuttle of the Boston A
Maine railroad before the senate com
mittee on interstate commerce.
Noth
ing could better show how a railorad
works for the interest of the localities
which it serves.
A main dependence of the farmers of
the Aroostook region is the potato crop,
aggregating annually eight to ten m il
lion bushels which find a market large
ly in Boston and the adjacent thickly
settled regions of New England.
The
competition of cheap water transporta
tion from Maine to all points along the
New England coast keeps railroad
feright rates on these potatoes always
at a very low level.
Potatoes are also a considerable oat-
put of the truck farms of Michigan,
their normal market being obtained in
and through Detroit and Chicago and
other communities of that region.
Not many years ago favoring sun and
rains brought a tremendous yield of
potatoes from the Michiagn fields.
At
normal rates and prices there would
have been a glut of the customary
markets and the potatoes would have
rotted on the farms. To help the pota
to growers the railroads from Michigan
made nnprecentedly low rates on pota
toes to every reachable market, even
carrying them in large quantities to a
place so remote as Boston. The Aroos
took growers had to reduce the price on
their potatoes and even then could not
dispoee of them unless the Boston A
Maine railroad reduced its already low
rate, which it did. By means of these
low rates, making possible low pricee,
the potato crops of both Michigan and
Maine were finally marketed.
Every
body eats potaotes, and that year every
body had all the potatoes he wanted.
W hile the Michigan railroads made
ratee that would have been ruinous to
the railroads, had they been applied to
the movement of all potatoes at all
timee, to all places, they helped their
patrons to find markets then.
The
Boston A Maine railroad suffered a de
crease in its revenue from potatoes, but
it enabled the Aroostook farmers to
market their crop and thereby to obtain
money which they spent for the varied
supplies which the railroads brought to
them. I f the making of rate* were
subject to governmental adjustment
such radical and prompt action could
never have been taken, because it is
well established that if a rate be once
reduced by a railroad company it can
not be restored through the red tape of
governmental procedure. I f the Mich
igan railroads and the Boston A Maine
railroad had been subjected to govern
mental limitation they would have felt
obliged to keep up their rates as do the
railroads of France and England and
Germany under governmental lim ita
tion and let the potatoes rot.— Ex
change.