Identifier: scientific-american-1897-07-31 (find matches)
Title: Scientific American Volume 77 Number 05 (July 1897)
Year: 1897 (1890s)
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Subjects: scientific steam beet beets bicycle tion tbe sugar scientific american munn low pressure fly wheel trade mark years ago beet sugar sewing machine declination north sugar beet chino valley
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quare miles, or about six times the size of the Dis-trict of Columbia. The distribution of seed in 1893amounted to 8,800 packages for each member of Con-gress, at a total cost of $66,548 ; in 1894 each Congress-man got 16,000 packages, the entire cost to the govern-ment being $57,000 ; in 1895 the number of packages ofseeds distributed was the same as in the previous year,but the total cost was reduced to $47,000. In 1896Congressmen got 15,000 packages each, and the govern-ment paid $80,500 for the whole lot. During the pastspring each member of Congress has received 40,000 Government Distri-bution of Seed. In the time ofCaesar, largesses ofgrain were frequent-ly distributed to thepopulace of Rome, intimes of discontent,to smooth the courseof ambitious politi-cians. The fact isbrought to mind bythe great dimensionswhich the businessof distributing seedsby our Departmentof Agriculture hasattained. Over 20,-000,000 packages offield seed and vege-table and flower seedwere thus distribut-
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THE CIECLE, FIFTY-NINTH STBEET AND EIGHTH AVENUE, LOOKING NOBTH.CONSTRUCTION OF UNDERGROUND TR0LLET LINES IN NEW YORK CITT. EXTENSION OF THE UNDEBGBOUND TBOLLEY SYSTEMIN NEW YORK.Our readers will see from the accompanying illustra-tions that the Metropolitan Traction Company hasalready commenced work on the important improve-ments which it is contemplating on a large portion of its lines. The workwhich is being doneat the Circle, at theintersection of Fifty-ninth Street andEighth Avenue,marks the commence-ment of a costlyundertaking whichinvolves the com-plete rebuilding ofover forty miles ofthe companys lines,the horse cars andlight rails being re-moved and replacedby electric cars andthe latest type ofunderground trolleyor conduit road. Thelines which are tobe immediately re-constructed on thewest side of the cityare the Eighth Ave-nue line, from theHarlem River toFifty-ninth Street,and the Sixth Ave-nue line, from Fifty-ninth Street to theBattery ; and on theeast side the MadisonAv

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