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My of the lot-walk
Ith'akstlompuy.
The bias wooden crane which for
thirty rears has created and grossed
sad lightened the labor of man in the
foundry of the New»: iron Works.
was Saturday dismantled. relieved of
its chains. and home away to make
room for a newer. stronger. Quicker,
better servant. Time flies. and the ad-
equate things of‘yesterday are inad-
equate today; today's perfect things
will be ordinary tomorrow and obso-
lete the day after.
When the Norwallt iron Works
foundry was completed thirty years
ago. the great jib crane which stood
in its center was looked upon with awe
and venerstion; but. ”we are very
much wiser now." Then, a structure
of wood and iron which could lift ten
tons of molten metal far above the
heads oi the workmen and gently
pour it into a mould through a two-
inch hole, was coulder a mechanical
triumph, even though it took a dozen
men to work it. and its movements
were as slow as the mills of the gods.
Now, we are getting blase. where
marvelous inventions are concerned.
and so used to "mechanical triumphs"
that we are astonished at nothing.
and scarcely take the trouble to fink
up when a great brute weighing sis-
ty thousand pounds. running on tracks
fifty-live feet apart. come rumbling
ponderonsly over our heads. guided by
a single man who. by simply pushilg
a handle. can accomplish in seconds
what tea a“ ant have done in
hours “angular
The old wooden crane. ungainly and
awkward. was shit! virgin". built
theonisrendoius lopmemherserv-
ed to haul it. negating and resisting.
though its "train-loot circle. Sus—
pended from the same member by
heavy chains was a hook which could
be moved in and out by means of mus~
eie and geared wheels, and raised and
,1 d "Illinois and
; same in profit it could
dq’w i . 1‘ 7 and loweri
.zmhfil“ 's, in s will
y~six feet} star The working
within th ie which could be
'.u lined by the ers wusfurtherrut
,.i by the spent required to pile the
so. ier flasks 4" the area re
ch red for the pit' containing the gear
w eels.
grub this In on. when a large ilsslt
“wasito be liftetl, confusion was ram-
pain it was necessary for at least
. men to leave everything else and
I‘e b down into the gear pit: then the
. le structure had to be pulled and
all eIlJWith amp falling of dirt and
dempiratlonl until the book came in
“with the titer oi the crane cir-
n'and the has Nine times out oi
the book was either too near the
ciflmmfrrenco or too near the center oi
tile circle. and had to bc varied in or
out as well an lowered Only onooi
these operatioue could well be per
thine-II u the same time When all
was ready e same series of munch}.
ers was net-earls”. to get the flash
tlwsy ',
”With the myelectric crane all is
Ili'et'ent and order reigns indent! of
chm. lain-ad of muscle. bloctriI-ity
‘does the work. one man only bring rt»
attired to guide it. The whoi W
tore being high up under 1 ..rIiof
ms disturbs no one' work
tins: instead ofbeing Is to
down and lift fin—p. Mtynsix’f
cls only. every such and corner of a
rectangle to [sit wide and 220 feet long
moreovlreo- theoldgear on is
now tiled in and not a toot of avail-
able apnea need be occupied by am»,
tor the tram run through the «an
wall of the holding. and by merely lift.
ing a series of doors the crane with II
:ssb suspended trots It can be run out
was: doelt where space is not no
rains
This new instrument Is worthy a full
and urinate Mules. for us prove
“Into ass. almost hamsawgignnticai-
pits.
DIM“OIthsfonndry.snp~
piled hr and“ hrielt walls and
m “flame
' eiril
ill“ or nowinda a chain. This chain
isnuthmatieaily wrecked by a brake.
which clamps when the current of elec—
tricity is shut oi and unclamps when
the current reaches it. This prevents
all po“lbility of accident. when a load
is suspended, if by a break of any kind
in the feed wires the electricity should
suddenly cease.
The cage from which the crane is
guided is suspended from the bridge.
and offers a clear view of the entire
door, so that the motormnn works en—
tirely upon signal and does not have to
depend upon his ears. in the case are
situated the three controllers. These
are similar in general appearance to
the controllers of an ordinary motor
car. but are adapted to the work to be
accomplished by numerous minor
changes for regulating speed. The old
crane had two“speods for raising and
lowering; the new one has fifteen.
ranging from a motion so slow as to be
hardly perceptible to eighteen feet per
minute.
The current is taken from a wire
strung like a trolley wire from one end
of the foundry to the other. and is inr-
nislicd by the West avenue trolley line.
That one improvement in a town or
city brings others never dreamed of
in its train is very nicely brought out
in this particular instance. if there
had been no trolley line. an electric
crane would have been installed. if
no electric crane had been put in. the
management of the iron Works would
have been hampered for room and
would have turned away work. As it
is. the plant has practically been eu-
larged three or four times in its foun-
dry and will branch out into a general
foundry business instead of confining
themselves to producing coatings for
their own use.
"Municipal corporations cannot al-
ways see the outcome of applications
for franchises or privileges. and by re.
fusing an apparently slight thing may
in reality prevent a lot. series oi im-
provements which would be beneficial
to the town's growth and prosperity."
said Mr. Hill.
The manager of the company wishes
us~to state that admission to one the
. hem-n“!
men and work are not hind-radar!
dangerous positions are aroidal.
_—
on m manna.
nmouooomoamm
and Down - lunanhmsut.
Another wreck occurred on the Dan—
bury anti forwalhfllrlsion of the!)
solid-It’d railroad It the South ‘Nor
wallI formbt yard dastrfistsrday night.
l‘A'misplaI-ed switch was responsible
for the trouble. .
The swltt h engine in charge of (.‘on-
doctor Thomas inaliey and engineer
Qanieis. had made a train up at the-
yard Saturday. with the intention oi
taking the cars to Wilson Point. Inn:
of the traiumen was given the signal
to throw the switch for the long siding
to allow the train to take the. main
track. but luateativb‘t throw the pain: b
tortilc turnHtable. Tuejrain hacked
on turntable and-II empty all car was
run of the end and down the ‘stuep
bank Inimost standing on end. Thc
ray wa'u cousiderahly damaged but the
train was able to prtwreeri without
much delay.
a
, ladsavorsrs'iflt 'astpnrt.
.A partyzoi 37 members of the South
Christian Endeavor attended the unio‘n
mhetlnglrdf the '(‘ouumlirmal and
II'cInboIn’ churches in the Westport
Congregational church last night and
aided very materially in awakening a
deeper intrrcru in the revival services
now in mass in that town. A large
number Iii testimonies were given and
th’e music was very inspiring". Vornl
solos were rendered by him. Henry
Wadsworth of Westport. and W. .i ‘
idsnth oi llouth NorwaIiI. Howard A.
Tilly gave a met solo and accom-
lyieled the singing. Ili- In" lind-
eygrddd at the organ. itcv. .lsbes
lls' , ‘ebndueted the service and was
sssist y‘ ilev. William H. Wahetann.
manner-m"
There will be a "handset eshibio
tloil under the direction of Thomas
Richardson in Young Ian’s Chris-
tian mist tomorrow night
at It o’clock. home iss- will be
assisted by Professor Persian. uhysb
rni director of the W Tons
lion's Christian association. and four
members or his class. who will give an
athletic «Hutton on the apparatus
All Ines are invited to attend.
Norwuiit‘ Congregational Society of '
, yinlge in fast
too Slippery to lie i’niverized.
Put SIAM"! not
Kampatmlgsinisls-
iuts the clergy-Ian’s mm
Aboatrdlmsasndwnclades
whhlnggsstingalotto.
Editor of Evening Sentinel: i didn’t
fall to notice the reply of the dominie.
Almost three columns. When!
wondered why some of the business
men of South Norwalk didn’t make a
reply to his statement that ”ninety-
four per cent. of men who have started
in business fail." but i wonder no
longer. and if it were not for the aid of
a stenographer and typewriter T'would
drop the subpct. As it is. i will have
just one more tilt at him.
He ya i attempted to cool»
hilate film and that you "pulverized"
him with the headlines. But he wasn't
pulverized and he isn't going to be pui-
vcriscrl, for he is altogether too slip-
pery and bobs around too much for r
dot-lion by any system of puiverlzntion
that i know of. and entirely too gas«
cons and unsubstantiai for annihilav
tion. lie acknowledges that he made
the statement that ninety-four per
cent. of the men who start in business
fail. and adds that he wasqu confident
of his position that he referred his au-
dience to Bradstreet or Dun. believing
that they would sustain the statistics
to which he referred. Well. the simple
fact is. that at the head once oi the
Bradstreet company here in New York.
they estimate that seventy-live out
of every hundred that start in business
minced. That much they feel pretty
certain about. although their statistics
are incomplete. and that much alone
refutes the scare statement oi the do-
minis that all!!!“ out of a hallo
dud tall; or. in other words.
-nhon in out at a Andros
flours. I» (I. ha i 00.. not havillt
any reliable statistics on the snbisct.
merely say that no such statement of
the number of failures ever came from
their office.
Careful statisticians. like the Brad-
street mmpany. in the abweure of sum-
I'ieut data. do not attempt logo back
gocsparit eventinto the last y wry.
where angels ie'ir to trend 9
In» is pleased in min his «Itsma‘
and. summing the role of lawyer judge
and jury combined. handles his wit—
and. as a Punch and Judy man dots
hi» puppets. He first introdiuzes to us
a "renowned graduate of Harvard nod
friend oi Ememruf’ and for fear we
won‘t m-ognizo the good old gentle
man. the dominic adds. "i mean Mr.
Henry D. Thoreau.
was on bus a man than
t‘hanniflag
Now. that sort of introIlIIItlou in
Iirnmatit nnd picturmluc and would he
more or loss impressive in Ironic newt:
by nim- "illi‘ii’i’f place where there was
no public library and no schoolmarm.
The biographer of Thumb was not
’the great L'banning," by a long shot.
although his name was ('hannlng.
Now. my dour Mr. Editor, you we
the hit i am in. i do not know the
it". A. 8. Kavanngb and i wish i had
or him alone. tor l rarinoi tell from
what he say» and writes whether he is
really a blotter. as Lintirnstsd before.
‘or ignorani.‘or simply tumbles all over
himself and every one else. like a three
indulhs’ old mill.
As to Thoreau's statistics on host»
urns mailers,
present day, barring the.
would glance at ,them. '
Now as to the remarks of the lion»
ts'hanneey It. Depew that "ninety per
«slit. of the great fortunes of the coun-
try were dissipated in a generation or
the gmt
so." i baren' limelo look up and lo-
cate fiat ’ . although i should
liketedoil. lonewhowuear the
Millie But what does it
amount to? it t rich men's sons ino
. fill ”this and
MM inst Institutions; or. burn inch
of prom business training lose their
money is unfortunate speculations.
what has that to closing the question
at has? No more than the statement
we so [may hear that'miaistm
furnish or mighty poor material in
their sons for a mood or thirfctop of
ministers.
We will ship as ranch as possible at
those three awful Mamas and come to
s “Musics." as the dentists says.
The Bradstreet company have pront-
lllatl'
many years. but the young domiu‘u .
The commotion; inn before a; what '
whoa» biographer .
no statistician oi tho ‘
_ tipliliillt'. ’
"“’ ill lllETllT iT Hll .......
llrlong §ays Rev liavsaogh is _
men rated by
and then he
teacher oi ;
"Conceal the
not for fear at
ics of the ’
would quote the >
of that very ' .
and sturdy editor
used by hill O'
inie misquote.
statement that.
most at .. .. 7
young men
also probably.
failure to the '
methods and
would insure.
That a .
out that probably not more than sierra»
an out of a hundred failed. That mill
to be plain and clear «tough for any—
body. The «instinle‘s distortion of my
remarks in enlirciy’nncalied for. and
his last paragraph is evidently written
for dramatic eilcrt. the same as when
he intoduced "the renowned graduate
of Harvard and friend of Emerson. "
’w biographer was no loss a man
tbs rthe gmt (manning?
rho- ,dominic should use as his moral
to the saying of tltmh‘llillings. ”it
better not to know so Intuh thun'n‘l
know so much than all i so.
IrlvlilRtll-l l': ltllNlr
Jersey (‘in N J. Jan. 22.
If JMUm.
...I
Father Winters Presents his Report of
the Parish finances.
ltr-v. John T. Winters truncated his
annual report yesterday at the morn—
ing service in St. Joseph's church. The
receipts in round uun‘llwrs duriug‘tlle
your were about $23.00». and the es-
oenditures were nearly that sum. 'l'he
debt on the new church ban been re-
Iluccd $65.00. leaving the'preseut in-
debtotlllenn $14,000. Donations have
been made during the year of 379 from
Mayor llohannan and 125 into it it.
Rowan. The milsnions from the ten-
.»rnIs-n-week system amounted to 32,.
but). Hr. Winters considered Aberr-
port a very good one. and felt much
encouraged over thr- worlt accomplish~
ed and the receipts of the year.
asst. spears sass-sans.
time x”,
Vanuatu Dssds W in the
one-armaments ‘
George it. lthbertsrm to Frnuh bond ,
unist land in Gregory's boulevard.
Charles ll. Aisthorpe to. Cornelia
A Benedict. wife of Thomas benedict.
land on Riverside arena.
lfrnncis Burritt to Loyd B. flaunts.
land in Quinlan! arcane.
rm Benedict to mm o. I,
Count. land in Riverside avenue.
htary l. Gray to William (i. in»
Coast. land at Ilast Norwslh.
Iiiehaei l". Eisner. of Seymour. and
Aannitlgney «Jams. to Elbert
A. Woodward. land in Ann street.
Christian tlwam lo Adolph M
and Julia its-aloe. land is lily am“.
Christian iiwsrts .o libel-t A. ”Wont
ward. load in Connecticut arenas. M
«Hirer-g . ..
“firm”
WMM‘lhbiatehrah l
mummified» afternoon at
. T
Iliad whitey Mn are'nroflded A
report gained circulation about the
campus that the sophomores contents
plated a charge upon the waiters with
a view of tweaking up the line and pm
venting the freshmen from getting
seats. So far. however. there have
been no signs of such a disturbance.
The Shcflleitl Srientilit SI hoof fresh-
men my" e on the sophomor-
ddrlug'te “Kim" This morning i
Tsiars and stripe: whiIh usually floats
lrom the lily Instill "It the green
was not to be will in its stead was a
Yale blue ling bearing the rinse num-
vruiI-I of limit Shcil. The flag haiyurds
had been placed out of roar-ll. t'n in
ill'ltl'l)’ bond the banner remained in
snmilltm. and the nonhuman-II Maui! to
lrllil‘ot'l schemes to remove it.
lingers River in a Rage
iiuifalo. N. i'.. .lan. Zl.~——A special to
the News from Niagara Falls says:
The Niagara river was in a rage last
night owing to the heavy western gale
which prevailed for twenty-four hours
The water msc'in tho- glint» about 2’.
incl. ll swept over the Maid of the
Mist docks and sheds, and carried all
hosts. boathouscs. lumber and pulp
wood in large quantities. Contribw
tory creaky overflows- their banks
and added their surplus to the mighty
Niagara‘ilood. The scene. looking on
the. American and Canadian rapids
above the folio was It wild on». llath
island. lamp island and part of the
Three illstm were submerged. and
considerable damage we» done to the
state property. The greaient damage
wan done down the gorge where sec.—
lions oi the gorge road were undermin-
mi and swept. away.
loyaottoa Orson brooms .
Chicago. Just. w«The t'atho’lic Total
Abstincnre lety have declared II
boycott upon all grocers who operate
lobar .whe'mllunor is sold in connec-
tion with their hisiuess. A resolution
calling upon 'all friends of temperance
to refuse to animals! all grocers hav—
ing liquor departInohis was paaasd
nasal at Ii meeting In linildel
Hail:
mm on.
resideoeeofAnIbroae ltiiortos and
s'eemdlliinmoneyaadenaddarnble
chill“ the were evidently mun
sued away. has large pile oieiothlng.
sin. wuionndreadyltohelied no.
Mohandas. s
mmm—nww
Newl’orh. Asa.“
W. Waliaseaaii James A.
mmnmemw
wfl‘MW new
HF M
"or:
iitamiord.Cula..isn.14.-lolnetimr v'
. during the night burglars entered the
“Themhmmd. .
TM or the-umtmltaalinrd
hy’an.eariy train and thren other
‘1‘ (9;, , . ,
ourvesselsln Cub-
' outsmart-"or
an waters. the same as prevailed be-
fore the outbreak of hostilities. when
they were withdrawn.
Iaalldatew Iisning.
Philadelphia. Jan. zit—Thomas hung.
a real estate agent whose oilico was at
29th street and ilirard avenue. has
n missing nines mm 1'! Rap-
y owners of that vicinity. for whom
«allotted mils and others for whom
lie received money for real Pslatl' iII—
thcntn.’say he has lint settled his
afrmlilhl with them.
‘ pulsar-ego em.
illnw-rhill, Mass: Jan. 24. «Judge-
iicnry (‘artcr died in this city at izifi
this morning. He had been ill for name
time and death was not unexpected.
. runs in a Pennsylvania Town.
tillahanoy titty. Pit. Jun 24~Tlinw
mew believable haw been of intend?
nry origin. occurred here last night.
-‘ Shortly More midnight tho Daily
liM-ord other. was partially destroyed.
Tile type. machinery and iixtures were
ruined. Loss. 82,500.
A few hours later. the Eagle llmiwry
I
telling near by Walled by Jamil
ts. dud several freight ears of the.
Philadelphia and Reading railroad
were totally destroyed. The mill own~
m lose 825.000 insurance small.
mu a loss in II ”5%
About the same tints in another part
ofrthn sits. a big dolilile inane build-
tag occupied by, Peter 3. ltiehman as a
hour and lead warehouse and stable
wag burned to the ground. together
' with the stock. Loss. Wm ,
momma with fraud.
London. Jan 24»i.ovd Willis Norm.
lonrtlt son i the Marsala or hangar.
the Bow police station charm
with fluid in connectlon wiih the suit.
urinals." Lem a well-limo my
leader against iioaneer Clay. an oil-er
oirthe m to m yll ll: it“;
“El: due on two promissory mes
cashed for no prisoner -,
T“
Mathematicians
Vladimir». mash—it. .3. Prawn:
directoroithemilt.hurssignsd.'i‘he
name “Williams.“ rust
inane. will be sent touts. Mate as
Ilshsreamnr. .
. ”WWW.-
.' was. .I. A. mantle-nun the
mutual I‘LB-rmw
M fllhmflflflv
tad-trinity“ “I'lliesilst
' '87 and $8,,
ralli operated by Jones a Johnson. In _
rally. was arrested today and taken to ‘
$150 will buy a choice ... w
(501145) in one 01 l“
streets of South Km: I“,
healthful; walk lnld, m h w
and mitten for server in
Main street. live Wm
movements rent ”in.“
AIM) to on
lounge. l. East avenue.
twill ,
”ET-«Five or sit Tdomflmu
llctts plate. East Nevin“. Jail"
so promises. , 52! fl
i’tl LET-uh house to middle-m '7
and wiic on very W
Golden llill street filling
, ”in
To l.,l£T-l’leosani W 5’
nished rooms with My}
her week; without board. ‘ '
32 Address W., lO- W
§outll Norwalll
a
Ti) Lift-Seven Mm,” ' g
avenue: tinnit- liaii'ma
for obit-co: ilrat floor. it
I» l’nlrm meal; amt:
towns. E'. A. Willtl'gl .,
iron nem~svnriiisti ' on
Washington street. second ,
floors (Want and Cry“
‘ an stz: house. brick raw
direct s15; house and
Washington streeirlfilt
li'y P. idly. inquire..
'rost.
_ . L0”
ills’l'wl’ension . ~
Will tholW_
the depth Mali: ‘
"fl"! “It .
, William ll. scum .7
”131'de chain
' Ill-I straits}
Ids-neloaveatthisfl“ '
annual-lo Mord
III-ills old. ‘
white with ”Md
”mover each and?
ihenauof‘fl'rlh." ‘
mmuuuflh‘ a
' rosewood.“ _
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