NOTES AND CLIPPINGS.
A Case of Discipline. — We could wish for some of the tact recently shown by the manager of some works in Chicago. He dismissed one of his packers for incompetence and disobedience. The man was popular among his mates, who struck work to enforce his reinstatement. The manager did not want a strike; on the other hand, he did not want an incompetent or disobedient helper, however popular in the shop. He conferred with the leaders of the strike, and proposed to reinstate the man if he would render strict obedience to orders. This was agreed to. When the man reported at the works he was ordered to sit in a chair outside the factory and do nothing else. The first day every one was satisfied _the ex-packer revelled in enforced idle
ness. The second day the affair grew monotonous, and a request for a newspaper was promptly refused. On the third day the unfortunate occupant of the chair became the butt of his fellow-workmen, who objected that their interference had provided him with “a soft job. ” Before the end of the fourth day the victim declared that he felt that he had never worked so hard in his life, his legs ached with the agony of sitting still, and his hands twitched nervously for something to do. In the end he asked to be allowed to give up the job. His voluntary resignation was accepted, and the matter ended. — Stone Trades Journal.
Chicago River Tunnels Condemned by the Supreme Court. — The Chicago Street Railway case, involving the right of Chicago to compel the street railway company of that city to remove or lower its tunnel under the Chicago River at Van Buren street has been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States against the company, on the ground that the change is an exercise of Governmental authority in the interest of the common welfare. The opinion was by Justice Harlan. The Chief Justice and Justices Brewer, White and McKenna dissent
ed. The proceeding in this case grew out of an effort on the part of the city of Chicago, as the agent of the United States Government, to compel by mandamus the streetcar company to remove its tunnel under the Chicago River or to lower it. The proceeding was taken at the instance of the National Government because of its decision to deepen the channel of the river. The. time fixed for the removal is the 15th inst., after which, if it is not removed, the streetcar company will be required to pay a penalty of $10, 000 a month. In the trial of the case the company admitted the ownership of the land where the tunnel is located by the city, but contended that, as at the time it was constructed it was a lawful structure, neither the city of Chicago, the State of Illinois, nor the United States had the power to compel its removal without compensation. It was, therefore, pleaded that intereference with the tunnel would be a violation of contract. The State Supreme Court did not accept the company’s contention and the case was brought to the Federal Supreme Court by the railroad company on a writ of error. — New York Tribune.
Saw-mill Refuse as Fuel. — The manufacture of lumber is the chief industry of Portland, says O. B. Coldwell in an article on the value of saw-mill refuse as a fuel, published in the Journal of Electricity. The daily output of saw-dust amounts to 568 wagon-loads. The saw-mills all use this by-product for steam-raising purposes, but much remains over, and this is sold. The Portland General Electric Company uses from 100 to 150 loads of this refuse per 24 hours in its boiler plant, this being burnt in a Dutch-oven type of furnace, built out in front of the boilers. These are entirely filled with the fuel to reduce air leakage. A number of evaporative tests are given to show the value of this refuse for steamraising purposes. The cost of fuel per kilowatt-hour in these tests varied from 0. 57 to 0. 83 cent, as compared with 0, 97 cent when oil was employed. Oil is displacing
coal in California on account of its lower cost, but in Portland it will have to compete with saw-mill refuse, and as these comparative trial tests show, the refuse is the cheaper fuel for steam-raising purposes.
Church with Curtailed Steeple. — The historic St. Bride’s Church, the aged vicar of which recently died, has had the novel experience of having its steeple shortened on two occasions. The steeple, which is considered to be one of Wren’s masterpieces, was originally 234 feet high, and, with the exception of St. Paul’s Cathedral, was the highest spire in London. It was struck by lightning in 1754 — not the first time in its history — and as a result of the damage was reduced to 226 feet. A few years ago it became expedient, owing to the action of the weather, to slice off several feet more, and to strengthen the structure generally. The steeple of the original church, destroyed by the great fire, had a novel claim to notoriety, for one of the vicars had a bedchamber fitted up in it, in order that he might expend on the poor the money it would cost to live in a rectory. — London Mail.
Roman Relics in Vienna. — Some interesting Roman remains in the shape of two altars, have just been brought to light by workmen engaged in digging the foundations for a new building in the central part of the city. Twenty feet below the streetlevel the men came upon a cylindrical cavity filled with broken bricks and stones. These were cleared out, and underneath were found two small Roman votive stones in very fair preservation. Both bore inscriptions, and one of them was perfectly legible. It runs as follows:
“Iovi optima maximo Lucius Lollius Clarus pro se et sms votum libens solvit. ”
The inscription on the second stone was partially defaced. Local archæologists welcome the find, particularly as regards the inscriptions, as these are not very numerous
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A Case of Discipline. — We could wish for some of the tact recently shown by the manager of some works in Chicago. He dismissed one of his packers for incompetence and disobedience. The man was popular among his mates, who struck work to enforce his reinstatement. The manager did not want a strike; on the other hand, he did not want an incompetent or disobedient helper, however popular in the shop. He conferred with the leaders of the strike, and proposed to reinstate the man if he would render strict obedience to orders. This was agreed to. When the man reported at the works he was ordered to sit in a chair outside the factory and do nothing else. The first day every one was satisfied _the ex-packer revelled in enforced idle
ness. The second day the affair grew monotonous, and a request for a newspaper was promptly refused. On the third day the unfortunate occupant of the chair became the butt of his fellow-workmen, who objected that their interference had provided him with “a soft job. ” Before the end of the fourth day the victim declared that he felt that he had never worked so hard in his life, his legs ached with the agony of sitting still, and his hands twitched nervously for something to do. In the end he asked to be allowed to give up the job. His voluntary resignation was accepted, and the matter ended. — Stone Trades Journal.
Chicago River Tunnels Condemned by the Supreme Court. — The Chicago Street Railway case, involving the right of Chicago to compel the street railway company of that city to remove or lower its tunnel under the Chicago River at Van Buren street has been decided by the Supreme Court of the United States against the company, on the ground that the change is an exercise of Governmental authority in the interest of the common welfare. The opinion was by Justice Harlan. The Chief Justice and Justices Brewer, White and McKenna dissent
ed. The proceeding in this case grew out of an effort on the part of the city of Chicago, as the agent of the United States Government, to compel by mandamus the streetcar company to remove its tunnel under the Chicago River or to lower it. The proceeding was taken at the instance of the National Government because of its decision to deepen the channel of the river. The. time fixed for the removal is the 15th inst., after which, if it is not removed, the streetcar company will be required to pay a penalty of $10, 000 a month. In the trial of the case the company admitted the ownership of the land where the tunnel is located by the city, but contended that, as at the time it was constructed it was a lawful structure, neither the city of Chicago, the State of Illinois, nor the United States had the power to compel its removal without compensation. It was, therefore, pleaded that intereference with the tunnel would be a violation of contract. The State Supreme Court did not accept the company’s contention and the case was brought to the Federal Supreme Court by the railroad company on a writ of error. — New York Tribune.
Saw-mill Refuse as Fuel. — The manufacture of lumber is the chief industry of Portland, says O. B. Coldwell in an article on the value of saw-mill refuse as a fuel, published in the Journal of Electricity. The daily output of saw-dust amounts to 568 wagon-loads. The saw-mills all use this by-product for steam-raising purposes, but much remains over, and this is sold. The Portland General Electric Company uses from 100 to 150 loads of this refuse per 24 hours in its boiler plant, this being burnt in a Dutch-oven type of furnace, built out in front of the boilers. These are entirely filled with the fuel to reduce air leakage. A number of evaporative tests are given to show the value of this refuse for steamraising purposes. The cost of fuel per kilowatt-hour in these tests varied from 0. 57 to 0. 83 cent, as compared with 0, 97 cent when oil was employed. Oil is displacing
coal in California on account of its lower cost, but in Portland it will have to compete with saw-mill refuse, and as these comparative trial tests show, the refuse is the cheaper fuel for steam-raising purposes.
Church with Curtailed Steeple. — The historic St. Bride’s Church, the aged vicar of which recently died, has had the novel experience of having its steeple shortened on two occasions. The steeple, which is considered to be one of Wren’s masterpieces, was originally 234 feet high, and, with the exception of St. Paul’s Cathedral, was the highest spire in London. It was struck by lightning in 1754 — not the first time in its history — and as a result of the damage was reduced to 226 feet. A few years ago it became expedient, owing to the action of the weather, to slice off several feet more, and to strengthen the structure generally. The steeple of the original church, destroyed by the great fire, had a novel claim to notoriety, for one of the vicars had a bedchamber fitted up in it, in order that he might expend on the poor the money it would cost to live in a rectory. — London Mail.
Roman Relics in Vienna. — Some interesting Roman remains in the shape of two altars, have just been brought to light by workmen engaged in digging the foundations for a new building in the central part of the city. Twenty feet below the streetlevel the men came upon a cylindrical cavity filled with broken bricks and stones. These were cleared out, and underneath were found two small Roman votive stones in very fair preservation. Both bore inscriptions, and one of them was perfectly legible. It runs as follows:
“Iovi optima maximo Lucius Lollius Clarus pro se et sms votum libens solvit. ”
The inscription on the second stone was partially defaced. Local archæologists welcome the find, particularly as regards the inscriptions, as these are not very numerous
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