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Newspaper
Atlantic Evening News
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1908
Page
6
A practical timer sketch shows a 20 inch by 28 inch tin drum with central shaft a 2 inch pulley bicycle pedals and top ornamentation. A 20 inch fan wheel sits above a furnace register with a band iron support and a sash pulley driven by a sewing machine belt. Hot air flow from the register drives the drum and goods to revolve smoothly, an ingenious attention grabbing display.
A four tenement house in East Providence Rhode Island is being moved up a steep hill using standard house moving gear. The process terracing the hill by digging dirt to create large steps then lifting the structure by screws and inserting wedge shoes and rollers. Two days to ascend to each terrace and about 40 minutes to drag onto the next terrace.
A Japanese company manufactures a cement substitute using volcanic ash. The product aims to replace traditional cement in construction, offering a potentially lower environmental impact and new materials technology.
A new excavator on a canal contract west of Rochester New York uses a 35 foot deep prism bucket to lift and move the structure along the bridge. The hard Lockport dolomite rock is drilled then blown with small dynamite charges to loosen large sections.
In a state canal enlargement project a vast $101 million appropriation four years ago supports a 428 by 92 foot structure. An electric crane digs through earth and rock, lowering 22 ton buckets eight cubic yards at a minute, with the excavator estimated to replace 700 to 800 workers.
Introduction of peat coke via the Ziegler process at Beuerberg Bavaria. Peat is cut pressed and air dried to under 20 percent moisture then heated in a retort for 18 hours. Airtight cooling lasts 6 to 8 hours yielding eight to ten tons of coke per 24 hours and by products are separated in multiple tanks before use as heat.
A duplicate of the Farman prize winning aeroplane, fitted with either a 60-hp Antoinette water cooled motor or an air cooled Renault or R. B. P. engine, can be bought in England for 6000 dollars or in America for 8400 dollars, including a 40 percent import duty.
The article explains a method for forming breakwaters and piers by placing concrete in bags, protecting it from seawater during placement. Bags are dropped from a suspended box, creating a continuous wall as each new layer overlaps the edges of the previous row, resulting in a solid, immovable structure once the concrete hardens.
The 1907 rubber output totalled about 69,000 tons, up from 65,000 in 1906. England imported 22,964 tons and America 16,020 tons. Para rubber shipments reached 30,630 tons while Peruvian stood at 7,160 tons and Europe took 20,940 tons. Plantations expanded by over 1,000 tons, area planted rose to about 350,000 acres, up 50 percent from 1906. Brazil exported roughly 41,500 tons, West Africa produced 17,000 tons, East Africa also rose.
Tin producers report 12,091 tons mined in Australia in 1906, valued over 7.3 million dollars. This is 1,725 tons more than 1905, with New South Wales 1,300 tons, Queensland 4,823 tons, Tasmania 4,473 tons, and Western Australia 1,495 tons.
An aging locomotive engineer contrasts steam and electric engines, praising the living feel of steam and warning that machines may replace sentiment. He recalls the Delaware & Hudson locomotive that miraculously returned to rails, arguing engines demand human guidance and that progress may erode old craft and emotion.
A new 200 kilometer railway from Kharga Junction near Nag Hammadi extends through barren desert along the old caravan route. It follows limestone and sand obstacles, linking Western Egypt to the Kharga and Dakhla oases. Kharga, once Kenemet, hosts a temple to Amen Ra founded by Darius I. The oases offer rich mineral deposits, Roman ruins, and about 46 000 feddans at Kharga and 27 000 at Dakhla for cultivation with plans for a Dakhla line.
The Iron Trade Review revisits railroad demand for iron and steel, noting that while railroads once consumed about half the output, current figures show roughly 39 percent of rolled products and 20 percent of castings, with total rail demand near one third of all iron and steel.
Bound to Have Greater Speed, leading railroads have spent over 800 million dollars in ten years to gain 13 or 14 hours on schedules. Steamship lines reply with faster liners after ocean records, with ships like Deutschland, Lusitania, and Mauretania sparring for blue ribbons. Millions are weighed against a few minutes shaved from records.
A landowner insisted the Great Western railway bridge across his property be stone matching his house and feature three elliptical arches. Despite difficulties, the bridge is complete and stands as a unique finish, possibly the world's only of its kind.
Youthful players face a complex choice in spring training, signing or refusing major league offers. Undrafted prospects seek large upfront stipends but risk farm or minor league assignments if they fail. Managers balance signing bonuses, class A placement, and future upside across seasons.
Pitcher Johnny Summers has impressed with a unique slow ball and is likely to remain with the team. Hughey Jennings has shown strong interest in Summers and Detroit’s recent recruitment heightens the hype around his future role with Jennings aiming to use him regularly.
Cincinnati Reds captain Frank Bancroft proposes a six club winter league on the Florida east coast with St Augustine Ormond Seabreeze Orlando Palm Beach and Miami. Players would be loaned to Florida teams in January for two months with nominal pay and Florida towns covering expenses to prep young players for spring training and reduce managers’ scouting workload.
In Chicago a crowd of about 10 000 watched Frank Gotch of Iowa defeat George Hackenschmidt the Russian Lion after over two hours of contest. Hackenschmidt quit and surrendered the world championship after Gotch seized him from behind and threw him to the mat and applied a toe hold. Hackenschmidt battled to rise but Gotch twisted his toe and maintained control, securing the title without a fall.
M Lazareff, a leading Russian turf figure and last year’s Russian Derby winner, has engaged American jockey Herman Radtke to ride his horses in St. Petersburg. Lazareff also operates a Moscow stable with Wingfield, an American, as lead jockey.
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