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Show I ENGINE FIREBOX I HIS BEDROOM H '" " I ' Chief Engineer of National I : Lines Mexican Railway Mak ing Long Trip. I ) JOURNEY BEING MADE IN A DEAD LOCOMOTIVE .1 ; Three Weeks Necessary to Com- l "f plete His Tour Over the ' ' System. ? . BY RALPH JOHNSON. II By Leased Wire to The Tribune. NEW YORK, Aug. 20. How would I Jl 7: you like to ride 2100 miles in a dead I locomotive, sleeping every night, in the 1 - firelfcxf That's what Frank I. Fits-I Fits-I . gornld, chief engineer of the National I ; Irines of Mexico, is doing. The engine I : ib to bo delivered via El Paso, Texas, 'HI'. crossing the Itio Graudo over a now 'R&t'. railroad tiestle, and proceeding thence llHr to tho capital of tho republic. The dis-fflF' dis-fflF' tanco that will be covered is 2400 miles, 1l t and tho novelty of tho journey lies in II ; tho fact that Mr. Fitzgerald is spend-1 spend-1 I ing all his time in tho tender and cab Iff ' of the engine, which were fitted up for J I) . bis convenience. It will take him about til threo weeks to roach his destination. II i Tho coal space on tho tender was roofed nj i . over and housed in front, and with the 1 L nid of an oil stovo, cooking utensils, JKJ co ox an 00( CHestSj Fitzgerald J-f'jK conducts light housekeeping on a lim-A lim-A W itcd scalo. Before starting the tender n tank was filled to its capacity with wntor 1200 gallons so t lint he will not jl K" be likely to run short of a supply i Sloops in fire Box. I f But the strangest part of all is the i fact that his sleeping apartment is the i empty flro box, in which was placed a I I mattress and pillow. This is believed 5 to be tho first time on record that an' J l .man has slept in tho fire hole of a lo- J comotivo, and "Fit." said before J starling that it was just as comfortable S and snfor than a berth in a Pullman car, as it is not recalled that in a sin- J ; glo instance has a wreck caused a col- lapse of tho fire box, and about tho ( j- worst that could happen in tho caso of ?. n week, ju the judgment of Mr. Fitz- 3 gcrald, would bo a sovcrc shaking up. i ilo is an experienced locomotivo engi- B , ncer, but just why ho lias elected to go s t through with this engine in the manner air ! described he has not. seen fit to dis- SJ ; ; close, but it is assumed that there is M ' a reason, and that it will probably 3 ' conio out later. I jj Eden of Beautiful Women. I Now York likes Mrs. Montt, wife of H, the late president of Chile. WI13'? Just M' listen to what sho said while here: 1 ! "Now York is the ftden of beautiful ! women," she said suddenly", with a ,n I. generosity seldom found in beautiful II " women. "It must, bo quite a wondor-II wondor-II " fill thing to live amidst these wonder- ful women. And yot, with so many beauties to choose from, it must be as confusing for a man to choose, also," Hhe sighed thoughtfully. Loeb Loses His MouBtacho. Importers, custom brokers and politicians poli-ticians who called at tho custom house the other day and were ushered into the collector's office did not recognize tho clcaii shaven, bespectacled, brown-faced brown-faced gentleman who was found sitting at the desk busily engaged in dictating dictat-ing letters to a stenographer. They know it must ha William Loeb. Jr., but tho official they saw before them did not look like tho well-known Mr. Loeb. This gentleman oven succoeded in walking walk-ing out of the large anteroom without being recognized as the "lionorablc collector" col-lector" l3r some newspaper reporters who wore- chatting with Special Deputy Dep-uty Collectors Henry C. Stuart and Dell A. linker. It was only very late in the afiernoou that Private Sccrctar- Collins Col-lins made the secret public. Here itis: The hot weather hns been irritating Collector Loeb so much that lie lind his moustache removed. That's why he 1 wasn't recognized. Ooast Will Learn Something. ,,"The Pacific coast probably will learn something to. its advantage as the result of the coming trip to China of representatives of the associated chambers of commerce of the coast says: P. II. Jackson of Seattle, Wash. "Thev will leave next month for a tour of the Chinese empire. The invitation for this excursion came from the associated commercial com-mercial organizations of the largest cities cit-ies m China. The purpose of the journey jour-ney is similar to tiiat of the trip of Japanese business men to tho United States last winter. Each one of the chambers belonging to the Pacific Coast association will bo entitled to three representatives rep-resentatives for the visit. At Honolulu three more delegates will, be added to the party, as representatives of the chamber of commerce of that city. Will Visit Exposition. "The trip would have been made last February if it had not been for suggestions from Chinese commercial bodies that it be postponed until fall, in order that the Americans might visit tho Nanking exposition while it is a: its height. This exposition, which has been in progress since last 'May, is the first national show of its kiud to be held in China. It is not supposed to be an elaborate affair, as less than half a million dollars was raised for it. The government granted about half of this and commercial associations throughout tho country made up the remainder, ilowover, flic management has erected, two have been informed, ten permanent brick buildings for both Chinese and foreign exhibits. Tho business iuterests of China arc using this exposition as a sort of , experiment. If it turns out all right, plans will bo laid for holding an international exhibition within the coming ten years." Mining in Colorado. Mining in Colorado has reached its height, according to S. W.. Ecclcs of New York, vico 7)rosident of the American Amer-ican Smelting company and official of other concerns, who was seen recently. The future of Colorado lies in agri culture. "Wo arc using practically the same method in the treatment of ores that tho Spanish used 200 3'oars before us. It seems almost impossible for the human brain to devise any method vhcrcbr the low grades of ore in Colorado Colo-rado can be treated with profit. The future of mining lies in Alaska." continued con-tinued Mr. Ecclcs. "That is the most wonderful country in tho world, and its opportunities seem to be practically unlimited. un-limited. The railroad lino which wo are building in Alaska will open up the country and make it as accessible as is any part of the United Statos." Treasures Sunk in Sea. Speaking of treasures sunk and bur iod at the bottom of the sea. Captain Ellis .1. Holland of San Francisco. Ca1.. said that the groat lakc3 of this country coun-try have a long list of disasters to their credit, disasters that have enriched the sacds with enrgocs aa valuable although less romantic than those borne by the galleons of the seventeenth century kings. Ships with valuable burdens of iron, copper, steel, coal and machinery have gone down in some of the lakes ' terrific storms, and huve left their cargoes car-goes in the depths to tempt wrecking wreck-ing companies and adventurers in coming com-ing years. From 1878 to 1SSS alono C000 vessels were wrecked on those inland in-land seas, nnd about 1100 of these were total losses. In all it is estimated that wealth to the amount of .512.000.000 lies in the lakes among tho timbers of sunken ships. |