Show V I T The h Friend of the People To receive attention every question must bear the name and address of the person p-erson sending it This does not necessarily sadly mean that the name nane will be published when the question questions k s 5 answered only the initials will be used if the questioner so desires No attention wilt will be paid to queries to which the name and address of the sender are not appended V J Friend of ot tho People What road operates the biggest locomotive loco bee motive I TONIE Answer Seven Soven Hundred the most powerful locomotive o that ever hauled a 8 train was as put into service on the thc Virginia railroad recently It Iso is o ot the tho triple type type type-a a type of or which there arc are only three others other In n tho the United States and all aU aro are owned by the Eric Erie railroad Seven Hundred however has lias a greater power V than any of or its prototypes there being practically practically no limit to tho the weight Itcan Itcan it itcan can pull or push Before its capacity could bo ho reached the and I couplers of or tho the most modern cars I Would br break alc under the strain Were lere it possible to put them together it could II pull un cars loaded to capacity and it would wold bo be able abbo to push a L much heavier bealer i load A conception of ot Its Us weight I pounds may be gained when it is I V known that In coming from Fa a. a it had hael to detour fifty miles between be- be tween Iween Philadelphia and Wilmington because the thc most direct line lino was not enough to bear Its weight The ost Coat to build the locomotive was 80 and it will wUl bo be used to haul coal n the West vest Virginia mountains of ot the People V. V How I arc e West e t Point cadets cadets' V t y STUDENT T. 1 An Answer Each Fach I t J wel senator of or the Elic United Elates each tach congressional OOl district and ft territory rH 9 Ind Including Alaska Hawaii and V t f r r I Porto Rico nico i is entitled to have two ca cadets cadets ca- ca at the West Point military academy academy academy acad acad- emy and tho the District of or Columbia four cadets There are also eighty appointments appointments appoint appoint- ments at large larbe specially conferred d l by y the tho president The Tue act or May 4 1 1916 authorizes the tho president to appoint Cadets ca cadets ca- ca to tho the academy from amon among the enlisted men of ot the regular army army- and national guard the total number not to exceed ISO at any anyone one time Friend of ot the People What Is the tho estimated production of at gold from the date elate of ot the discovery of ot America down to 1917 JOE W. W Answer The worlds world's production of ot gold from 1492 to 1917 is estimated I at while th the production I in the United States Stales was or about 23 per pel cent of or the worlds world's production pro pro- In that period according to a fL compilation of or the tho foreign ore n trade department department department depart depart- ment of or the National City bank The Thc worth of or gold is not nol to tob tobe tobe b be taken as a measure of or the quantity r rot of ot gold old now available fo by currency purpose purposes pur pur- poses pose Th The Tho worlds World consumption of ot gold Jold for industrial purposes alone now exceeds s a a. y year ar to sa say nothing noth noth- lu lug ing of at the loss toss by abrasion and the amount hoarded As a result rosult the I worlds world's present stock of at sold gold mon money Is IsI about l or but hut little more than one half of or th he actual value of or orold I gold old known to have ha II been en produced since the discovery of ot America |