Railroad updates aim to cut fuel costs with new engines
Boston and Maine Railroad adds ten 2 10 2 freight locomotives between Mechanicsville New York and East Deerfield Massachusetts and ten 4 6 2 passenger locomotives for the Portland division. All twenty new engines include Worthington feed water heaters to recover exhaust heat and raise feed water temperature, boosting efficiency amid high coal prices.
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Boston and Maine Railroad
New England
Boston & Maine
Mechanicsville
N. Y
East Deerfield
Mass
Portland
Ser
Worthington
Infant Death Rate Among Ancient American Indians Found
M W Sterling of the United States National Museum reports findings from explores near Mobridge South Dakota. Three baby skeletons per adult skeleton and an eight month old mummy preserved by copper salts were uncovered with copper ornaments buried alongside the infant. An adult body was also well preserved.
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M. W. Sterling
United States National Museum
Mobridge
S. D
Mr. Sterling
Geysers Furnish Power Near Healdsburg California
Geysers along Little Sulphur creek north of San Francisco feature ten miles of geyser holes. A company drilled two 220 foot wells with eight inch casings and three-quarter inch pipe to turbines. Steam pressure reaches 70 psi rising to 80 psi with a five inch vent. Turbine output is 1500 kilowatts and a larger power development project is planned.
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Healdsburg
Cal
San Francisco
Prominent Officials Listed in Public Notices
Joshua M. Addeman H. Martin Brown Eben N. Littlefield Ezra Dixon Clyde A Rines, Assistant Secretary named in official postings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua M. Addeman
George W. Gardiner
Eben N. Littlefield
Clyde A Rines
Mutiny Doom of Henry Hudson Crew in Hudson Bay
The Detroit News recounts mutinies on voyages to the new world. It notes Columbus and Magellan faced uprisings, but Henry Hudson met a fatal end when his crew seized him and eight crewmen, setting them adrift in Hudson Bay on June 23, 1611.
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New World
Detroit News
Columbus
Magellan
Henry Hudson
Hudson Bay
Hudson Strait
Hudson
Olive Trees as Civilization Pillar and Regional Densities
The article argues the olive tree sustains civilizations, noting a 16 to 18 year lead time before production. It cites Grasse in southern France where one third of the countryside is olive planted and a town population of 60,000 in 1880, with two thirds lacking olives housing 10,000. It also mentions Tunisia’s olive region with 150,000 people in 600 square kilometers, nearby districts with five to six people per square kilometer.
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France
Grasse
Tunisia
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The
Industrial Trust Company
of Directors
Ezra Dixon
Lyman B. Goff
Samuel M. Nicholson
James R. MacColl Harold J. Gross
R. Livingston Beechman
Walter S. Ballou James M. Pendleton Everett J. Rogers Erling C. Ostby
John S. Holbrook Edward H. Rathbun
Henry A. Hoffman Alfred M. Coats
Edward B. Aldrich Florriman M. Howe
Frederic W. Howe
Walter F. Angell
Frederick L. Jenckes LeBaron B. Colt James H. Higgins
George L. Shepley
Harry Parsons Cross
George M. Parks Paul C. Nicholson
Charles O. Read Andrew E. Jencks Herbert G. Beetle
Joseph B. McIntyre
Joseph W. Freeman Howard J. Greene Forrest W. Taylor Webster Knight
H. Martin Brown
Florrimon M. Howe
James R. MacColl
Ward E. Smith
Henry B. Congdon
William G. Boelker
Howard W. Fitz
Chester R. Martin
Harry C Owen
Ellery Holbrook
Earl S. Crawford
Bond Department
Elmer F. Seabury
Nicholas E. Carr
Trust Department
J Cunliffe Bullock
Henry C. Jackson
William Metcalfe
Everett S. Hartwell
Clayton D. Sheldon
Granville Meader
Felix Ferraris
Carlton E Taft
United States
U. S
Member
Federal Reserve System
Providence
Pawtucket
Pascoag
Newport Warren
Woonsocket East
Bristol Wickford
Bates
Laxman’s
Bristol
Dorchester Mutual
Boston
BL. Watson & CO
Rte
Weybosset Street
William W. Franklin & Co
Wood St
Ingram
Overland Express
Providence Termine Union
Bristol Terminal
F. M. Gifford Asher Price
Bristol Neck
G. H. Spencer
Archie H. Rounds
Union Street
G. M. Wilbur
Tel
Constitution ST
Edward F. Kearns
Harmo
Constitution Street
Pearl Street
Wood Street
E. W. Weaver
Pierce Avenue
Henry Trudell
Second Street
Isaac B. Munro
Garfield Avenue
Freeborn
R. Cole
Robert J. McKay
G.W. Simmons
William Street
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