Show THE LICK TELESCOPE A new for idol biag the san jr ote H E mathews secretary of the board of trustees of the lick observatory atory went t mount hamilton friday morning to assist in the work coling eted with the giant in strument ment mr M athens was seen last evening at mhd st james by a lymes man to whom he said I 1 received a letter from captain floyd this morning asking me to come up now as them tele was so far completed in its mountings eto As to allow of its being p b 0 t 0 graphed there are aishi other details odthe work in which Captai rr floyd desired my hav ing been rather crowded since cap tain erasers frasers retirement A force of pointers will go on the mountain next week and place the finishing a bounced early I 1 n january that the telescope tel escape was complex and ready for active astronomical work the announcement was quite premature As the photographic attachments were not then in operation and since those alterations have been reme died a new vexation presented it self aben the apparatus appa tatus for raising and bowering the floor beneath the telescope failed to work during the cold snap the water engine which furnished the power proved and the intense cold allae apparatus to bu rat even had this disaster not occurred the power of the engine was not ants it required about fifty minutes to raise the floor in the dome to the height usually required some other method will be arranged is soon as possible either by electric ity or steam or other h y power mr mathews was then questioned as to the probable time for the transfer of the observatory to the hands of the regents of the state university lie tho aught that the event would not be before the middle of max ch true the pho bogra togra chic lens is all ready for work and mr clare on Wed neady work delayed mr swasey who will now proceed to attach the mount ings etc a labor he could not perform while the photographic and other lenses were being adjusted without imminent imme nent danger to the latte it is the special desire of apt rl N floyd that the ceremonies at d g the transfer shall n ot be elaborate e the captains Capt aias work has been indefatigable for the four months and his health is by no ties good director holden will assume immediate charge after the formal transfer and begin fi 0 work immediately assisted by professors and barnard Pro temor is still at ann arbor university but is expected here within a fe w zd in ike interview mathews said that in reality no scientific work had been done with the telaco I 1 in comparison with w hat it we d accomplish when all of the plans as contemplate d were perfected th a scientific world is to be astounded by the discoveries judging by the achieved when all the conditions for observing were unfavorable mr math ewe who is accompanied by his lit tle daughter will remain on the mountain beveral days |