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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1927
Page
7
The passage traces parchment’s invention in Egypt under Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Jealous that Eumenes of Pergamum would gain a larger library, he forbade exporting papyrus and spurred a substitute. Eumenes ordered sheep skins dried for writing, producing a fine vellum parchment used for texts.
In a appears the use of X ray equipment to locate buttons and other hard objects in rag piles used for paper making. The method runs rag material over an X ray tube where solid items are detected by fluorescence, preventing damage to pulping machinery from foreign objects.
Springfield officials promise early distribution of 1928 license plates with white numerals on maroon. About 80 percent of cars are expected to carry them early next month. 1927 totals were 1,253,000 passenger plates and 184,350 truck plates. 1928 needs projected at 1,350,000 passenger and 200,000 trucks. The 1927 outline map on plates will be omitted.
The ordinance requires written permission and a permit fee of 2.50 to dig up streets, sidewalks or alleys in Dolton Illinois. It sets deposit amounts based on pavement type, with minimum forty 25 dollars, and outlines restoration use and refunds. Violations carry a ten dollar fine per offense with each day constituting a new offense.
The drainage board authorized a ten million dollar bond issue to fund artificial sewage treatment plants, interceptor sewers, pumping stations, bridges over the Chicago river and main canal, river retaining walls, and dredging of the Calumet and Little Calumet rivers. Dredging is near completion, totaling over a million dollars and linking the Calumet district to the Illinois deep waterway.
A newspaper analysis reports officials nearly finished with derailment inquiries of the night express for Montreal. It cites a newly laid track with stiff ballast, rusted surfaces, and a worn buffer casting as contributing factors plus locomotive thrust from steam during a curve.
Illinois Bell plans phased dial installation delaying operator jobs. Starting in Gary next year, the project will expand to Hammond East Chicago and Whiting, then rural areas over several years. Costs are unknown but six figures. few operators remain for supervision and long distance calls. South Bend will follow completion of its own installation.
A group of 28 men and one woman at the Pullman Co. Works total 1,225 years and 8 months of service. Two workers have more than 45 years, twenty-five exceed 40 years, with the oldest at 69 years and 5 months. Andreas Zimmerman leads the brass department as the Pullman News published their photo.
Officials weigh factors from a brake test that strained the locomotive’s balance though final report factors remain undecided.
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