Volume 20 (1870) (454 pages)

136 SCIENTIFIC PRESS. [FesruaRy 26,1870. Scientilic Dress, W. B. E WER. ccescecceeersscecceorees Srnion Eprror. 4. T, DEWEY. W. RB, EWER. DEWEY & Co., Publishers. GEO, H, STRONG, oxo. L, ROONE, Office, No. 414 Ciay street, below Sunsome, Terms of Subscription: Ons copy, per annum, in adVANCe.+erserrereree One copy, six months, in advancs.. Delivered by city carriers, per month Rates of Advertising. Ons squars (ten lings sgate), one week. One square, one month. One column, one month. One column, ON6 Yea .ee.rees creer seresesesecs 400 00 Legal notices and spscial advertising at fayorsbls rates. Mining Advertisements Inserted at special rates, saying companies more than half the cost of daily publication. Blanks for notices, in legal form, furnished free, with all information dssired of the law for collecting assessments. San Francisco: Saturday Morning, Feb. 26, 1870. Tae Rain of the last few days has reacbed every portion of the State, and fnlly removed the last lingering fear of “short crops.” <A fairaverageof the usual showers of March and April, which never fail, is all that can now be asked for. Coneidering tbe increased breadth of land whicb has been sown the present year, we may now look with the utmost confidence for fnlly as large a surplns of grain for next year’s ebipment, as has come forward at any time in the past. There is an evident improvement in business generally. Tbe commercial derangements growing out of the opening of the Pacific Railroad are fast being settled, and tbe gloom of the past few months has nearly passed away. The farmer, the mechanic, and the merchant all now wear a cheerful look, and feel confident of a prosperous future. The mining interests are also looking up again. Our leading mines are doing well, and new and important discoveries are constantly being announced. The hydraulic’ mines were never more prosperous or more extensive than now. ‘The rivers and ditcbes are full of water, and the usual supply of dust from tbe rivers, gulchee and placers is beginning to come in. This is good news to all, and should confirm, more than ever, our faith in our resources and enterprise. Tue Fremere Prooxss.—In oonnection with the concluding remarks on this subject in a communication on anotber page, a few figures may be given to enable onr readers to compare the circumetances (and, therefore, the relative values of any process) of Germany with our own. The total amount of ore treated in the processes described, is about fifty tons daily. For working this amount inthe ways described (but not with the Rittinger table) 32 men are employed, whose wages amonnt to about $634 (ooin) per diem. The cost per ton of raw ore is about 30% cents. About 1,260 tons of slimes are yearly prodnced, which contain 1,121 pounds eilver and 631 3-20 tons lead, valued at $42,099. The ecale of prices for ore bought at the smelting works is arranged in such a way that it is for the advantage of tbe mills to dress the ores to as high a degree as is possible. Onr crowded columns prevent our giving more than the bare details, Tur Potrer Fire Aru.—Mr, A. F. Pot ter, of Oakland, the inventor and patentee, of the new projectile, whioh secnres the advantages of the rifled gun when employing a ‘‘smooth bore,” has gone to Washington to make an exbibition of its advantages at the National Capital. A Burr report of the Commissioner of Patents for 1869 ie received. It is a good dooument, and we sball publish itinfuture numbers of the Press, Hooxen’s new force and lift pump will be illnstrated next week, Our City Foundries. There seems to bea better feeling in general among the foundrymen with regard to the proepects, and there are indications of livelier times. Some foundries are employing a ratber larger number of men, and witb the spring it is boped tbat there will be a greater demand for work, At tbe Pacific Iron Worke, three of Wil) . 8on’s eteam stamp mills are to be built, and onr is in course of construction for tbe Overman mine, Virginia City. At tbese works there is also a fine working model of the Chambers’ brick-making macbine, which is in extensive nse at the Hast. This macbine takes the clay as it comes from the bank and forme it into bricks at the rate, it is said, of fifty to eighty per minute. In connection with tbis machine it is proposed to use the Adams’ steam kiln, a diagram of which will be sbown at tbe worke. At tbe Altna Works, a large lot of castings for columns, ete., is being made for the Jewish Synagogne, to be erected on Taylor street. An extensive order bas been received for work for the Roman Catholio Orphan Asylum, which is to be built at Bay View, ae the building on Market etreet is tobe sold. Tbe work on the machinery for the Jo. Walker mine is nearly completed. At the Risdon Iron Works, the caetings were made for the Wickersham etreot sweeper, which bas juet been built for Mr. A. Weed, and of which we made mention in our last issne, Other work is being done, and several large orders are coming in. At tbe Vulcan Works, a locomotive for the San Quentin and San Rafael Railroad is undergoing a thorough overbauling, Stewart & Lloyd’e patent anchors, weighing 1,600 to 1,800 pounds, are being cast. A boiler for mining machinery and one for a sawmill are being made; also a large one for the steamer Rabbona, The shell of this is 90 inches in diameter and 121% feet long bebind the fire-box. There are 10 direct finee (of 11 and 13 inches diameter) and 46 return tubes, five inohes in diameter. The weight, when completed, will be about 16 tons, and the material is the bes, %-inch No. 1 charcoal hammered American iron. There are two furnaces. The boiler will bear with safety a presenre of 175 pounds. The gold rolls of the San Francisco Refining Works are being repaired. The Hepburn pans are working oro from the Pioche ledge, Meadow Valley. This ore is quite peouliar, and is said to contain eulpbide and chloride of eilver, carbonate of lead and oxide of iron as predominating minerals, About 5% tons have been worked, of an average value of about $680, the average yield in the pans being about 80 per cent, of the fire-assay, CHEAPER THAN AT THE HasT.—Messrs, Savago & Co., of the Empire Iron Fonndry, 294 Howard street, in thie city, inform ns they are making all kinds of castings, as low as they can beturned out at the East. ‘The attention of contractors and marble workers is called particularly to their grates and fenders, which are suid to be fnrnisbed much below New York prices. For the different kinds of work done, reference may be made to advertising columns, THe Aooment at the Pavilion, whereby the rammer had hie right hand sbattered, and a boy was etruck in the abdomen by the ramrod, ie eaid to be due to the carelessness of the rammer in uot sponging out the gun properly. The boy will recover, itis thought. The explosion was not caused by the electrician of the festival, as the wires were not attacbed at the time to the gnn. Onz THovsanp extra copies of the ScrENTIFIO Press are published this week, and may be bad of news agents in the city or county at ten cents per oopy. [Continued from page 129.] The guns, which accompany the chorus in the Stsr Spangled Banner and the Anvil Chorus, are fired by Mr. C. E. Valentine, of the Western Union Telegraph Co. The electrical macbine is placed in the building near the organ. Tbe guns, six in number, were furnished by the California Guard (Bluxome’s Battery). The Mechanics’ Pavillon, Where the festival is held, stands on Union Square. The main building is 277x180 feet. It is built very strongly and will easily bear all the weight which it is required to eustain. At tbe east end are the raised seats for the cborns; in front of these is the stage for the orchestra. The decorations, under the charge of M. Denecbaud, are very tastefully arranged. The front of the galleries are decked with bangings of various colors, and with wreaths of flowere, and between each panel is placed a medallion with some musical or olassical emblem or the name of eome famoue mueician or man of science or art, it collected some 28,000 volumes, besides several bistorical paintings and portraits, marble bnsts, and a cabinet of minerals, In 1867, at a period of great business activity, the association, feeling the need of more convenient quarters, and encouraged by promises of assistance, resolved to erect its own building, and alot on Busb street was purchased, and the handsome building erected on it. But the cost was much larger than was expected, and amounted— for building and lot—to $236,000. The remarkable depression In bnsiness occurred, and the donations promised were not given. For these and other reasons, the Library bas suffered, and finds itself deeply in debt. We hope, however, that the exertions of Madame Urso will etimulate our citizens to lend further assistance and save what is, or ougbt to be, the pride of the city. The officers of the Association for the year are: President, R. B. Swain; Vice-President, W. H. L. Barnes; Corresponding Secretary, D. Wilder; Recording Secretary, T. At the) R. Hayes; Treasurer, W. C. Ralston; Truswestern end is the grand box, named! tees, W.G. Badger, Isaac Wormser, Dr, MADAME CAMILLA URSO. “Washington,” festooned with lace and with the Americsn and French flags. From the roof depend streamers and garlands. Wreaths and flowers and various other decorations abound, and the whole effect is exceedingly fine. Mechanics’ Institute in kindly offering the use of the building was most kind and praiseworthy. It msy be remarked tbat the box (with seats for seventy persons) was sold for $3,200; and that tbe highest price paid for sests wae by Mr. R. B. Woodward, who gave $120 apiece for five seate. Mr. R. B. Swain gave $100 apiece for three seate. Camilla Urso, The queen of the festival, whose spirit pervades every department, and bas rendered success certain, waS born in the city of Nantes, France, Her father was an organist of considerable celebrity. At the age of seven years she appeared at a public concert, where she received a perfect ovation. Soon after ehe entered the Conservatory of Music at Paris, where she studied for tbree years under the best of masters. She then visited the United States in 1852, and created a furore everywhere she went. She remained in seclusion for five years after her American tour, and when she returned to publio life ber success was even more decided. She visited Franoe, giving concerts duriug a epace of fourteen months, and then returned to the United States, where she has since remained. The Mercantile Library was established in 1863, and begau life} with a collection of 2,500 volumes. It hae bitberto been supported by snbscriptions . of members, without having received a single gift or bequest from outside quarters. It has grown and [prospered however, until Tho liberal action of the . J. M. McNulty, Samuel Hubbard, Wm. Ashburner, A. M. Ebberts, F. B. Reynolds, A. P. Elfelt. Libarian, A. S. Stebbins. The Concerls. The sight ou entering the Pavilion was most inspiring. The decorations were e0 exceedingly tasteful that the interior had been transformed into quite a fairy palace. The effect of the dresses of the ladies of the chorue was that of a grand,flower gatden, and the blending and intermixing of the bright colors was most beautiful, backed as it wes by the dark fringe of sober-clad male eingers; and, as during a chorns, the leaves of the einging books were simultanconsly opened, it was as if a breeze had for a moment npturned a thousand white petals, By no means unimpressive is the grand gatbering ofthe audience below and in the galleries, filling every seat, and every available standing place. The First Day. The 22d of February had been very appropriately chosen for the initial concert, and the pieces all bad a uational character. Promptly at the appointed time, at the wave of the conductor’s baton, the grand military band commencea Weber's Jubilee Overture, and with this appropriate piece, the festival was commenced. ‘The overture was followed by Zoelners Prayer of the Earth rendered with fine effect, by the German eocieties of California. Then after tbe lady singers, who had bitherto remained outside, had taken their seats, the orchestra commenced Conradis pot powri—a Tour ronnd tlie World. As the piece progressed, and national hymn after bymn rolled forth, the audience beoame more and more excited, and when the chorus rose, and the voices poured forth the grand barmony of . America,” amid the crash of the band,

136 SCIENTIFIC PRESS. [FesruaRy 26,1870. Scientilic Dress, W. B. E WER.. ccescecceeersscecceorees Srnion Eprror. 4. T, DEWEY. W. RB, EWER. DEWEY & Co., Publishers. GEO, H, STRONG, oxo. L, ROONE, Office, No. 414 Ciay street, below Sunsome, Terms of Subscription: Ons copy, per annum, in adVANCe..+erserrereree One copy, six months, in advancs... Delivered by city carriers, per month Rates of Advertising. Ons squars (ten lings sgate), one week. One square, one month.. One column, one month. One column, ON6 Yea .ee.rees creer seresesesecs 400 00 Legal notices and spscial advertising at fayorsbls rates. Mining Advertisements Inserted at special rates, saying companies more than half the cost of daily publication. Blanks for notices, in legal form, furnished free, with all information dssired of the law for collecting assessments. San Francisco: Saturday Morning, Feb. 26, 1870. Tae Rain of the last few days has reacbed every portion of the State, and fnlly removed the last lingering fear of “short crops.” <A fairaverageof the usual showers of March and April, which never fail, is all that can now be asked for. Coneidering tbe increased breadth of land whicb has been sown the present year, we may now look with the utmost confidence for fnlly as large a surplns of grain for next year’s ebipment, as has come forward at any time in the past. There is an evident improvement in business generally. Tbe commercial derangements growing out of the opening of the Pacific Railroad are fast being settled, and tbe gloom of the past few months has nearly passed away. The farmer, the mechanic, and the merchant all now wear a cheerful look, and feel confident of a prosperous future. The mining interests are also looking up again. Our leading mines are doing well, and new and important discoveries are constantly being announced. The hydraulic’ mines were never more prosperous or more extensive than now. ‘The rivers and ditcbes are full of water, and the usual supply of dust from tbe rivers, gulchee and placers is beginning to come in. This is good news to all, and should confirm, more than ever, our faith in our resources and enterprise. Tue Fremere Prooxss.—In oonnection with the concluding remarks on this subject in a communication on anotber page, a few figures may be given to enable onr readers to compare the circumetances (and, therefore, the relative values of any process) of Germany with our own. The total amount of ore treated in the processes described, is about fifty tons daily. For working this amount inthe ways described (but not with the Rittinger table) 32 men are employed, whose wages amonnt to about $634 (ooin) per diem. The cost per ton of raw ore is about 30% cents. About 1,260 tons of slimes are yearly prodnced, which contain 1,121 pounds eilver and 631 3-20 tons lead, valued at $42,099. The ecale of prices for ore bought at the smelting works is arranged in such a way that it is for the advantage of tbe mills to dress the ores to as high a degree as is possible. Onr crowded columns prevent our giving more than the bare details, Tur Potrer Fire Aru.—Mr, A. F. Pot ter, of Oakland, the inventor and patentee, of the new projectile, whioh secnres the advantages of the rifled gun when employing a ‘‘smooth bore,” has gone to Washington to make an exbibition of its advantages at the National Capital. A Burr report of the Commissioner of Patents for 1869 ie received. It is a good dooument, and we sball publish itinfuture numbers of the Press, Hooxen’s new force and lift pump will be illnstrated next week, Our City Foundries. There seems to bea better feeling in general among the foundrymen with regard to the proepects, and there are indications of livelier times. Some foundries are employing a ratber larger number of men, and witb the spring it is boped tbat there will be a greater demand for work, At tbe Pacific Iron Worke, three of Wil) . 8on’s eteam stamp mills are to be built, and onr is in course of construction for tbe Overman mine, Virginia City. At tbese works there is also a fine working model of the Chambers’ brick-making macbine, which is in extensive nse at the Hast. This macbine takes the clay as it comes from the bank and forme it into bricks at the rate, it is said, of fifty to eighty per minute. In connection with tbis machine it is proposed to use the Adams’ steam kiln, a diagram of which will be sbown at tbe worke. At tbe Altna Works, a large lot of castings for columns, ete., is being made for the Jewish Synagogne, to be erected on Taylor street. An extensive order bas been received for work for the Roman Catholio Orphan Asylum, which is to be built at Bay View, ae the building on Market etreet is tobe sold. Tbe work on the machinery for the Jo. Walker mine is nearly completed. At the Risdon Iron Works, the caetings were made for the Wickersham etreot sweeper, which bas juet been built for Mr. A. Weed, and of which we made mention in our last issne, Other work is being done, and several large orders are coming in. At tbe Vulcan Works, a locomotive for the San Quentin and San Rafael Railroad is undergoing a thorough overbauling, Stewart & Lloyd’e patent anchors, weighing 1,600 to 1,800 pounds, are being cast. A boiler for mining machinery and one for a sawmill are being made; also a large one for the steamer Rabbona, The shell of this is 90 inches in diameter and 121% feet long bebind the fire-box. There are 10 direct finee (of 11 and 13 inches diameter) and 46 return tubes, five inohes in diameter. The weight, when completed, will be about 16 tons, and the material is the bes, %-inch No. 1 charcoal hammered American iron. There are two furnaces. The boiler will bear with safety a presenre of 175 pounds. The gold rolls of the San Francisco Refining Works are being repaired. The Hepburn pans are working oro from the Pioche ledge, Meadow Valley. This ore is quite peouliar, and is said to contain eulpbide and chloride of eilver, carbonate of lead and oxide of iron as predominating minerals, About 5% tons have been worked, of an average value of about $680, the average yield in the pans being about 80 per cent, of the fire-assay, CHEAPER THAN AT THE HasT.—Messrs, Savago & Co., of the Empire Iron Fonndry, 294 Howard street, in thie city, inform ns they are making all kinds of castings, as low as they can beturned out at

the East. ‘The attention of contractors and marble workers is called particularly to their grates and fenders, which are suid to be fnrnisbed much below New York prices. For the different kinds of work done, reference may be made to advertising columns, THe Aooment at the Pavilion, whereby the rammer had hie right hand sbattered, and a boy was etruck in the abdomen by the ramrod, ie eaid to be due to the carelessness of the rammer in uot sponging out the gun properly. The boy will recover, itis thought. The explosion was not caused by the electrician of the festival, as the wires were not attacbed at the time to the gnn. Onz THovsanp extra copies of the ScrENTIFIO Press are published this week, and may be bad of news agents in the city or county at ten cents per oopy. [Continued from page 129.] The guns, which accompany the chorus in the Stsr Spangled Banner and the Anvil Chorus, are fired by Mr. C. E. Valentine, of the Western Union Telegraph Co. The electrical macbine is placed in the building near the organ. Tbe guns, six in number, were furnished by the California Guard (Bluxome’s Battery). The Mechanics’ Pavillon, Where the festival is held, stands on Union Square. The main building is 277x180 feet. It is built very strongly and will easily bear all the weight which it is required to eustain. At tbe east end are the raised seats for the cborns; in front of these is the stage for the orchestra. The decorations, under the charge of M. Denecbaud, are very tastefully arranged. The front of the galleries are decked with bangings of various colors, and with wreaths of flowere, and between each panel is placed a medallion with some musical or olassical emblem or the name of eome famoue mueician or man of science or art, it collected some 28,000 volumes, besides several bistorical paintings and portraits, marble bnsts, and a cabinet of minerals, In 1867, at a period of great business activity, the association, feeling the need of more convenient quarters, and encouraged by promises of assistance, resolved to erect its own building, and alot on Busb street was purchased, and the handsome building erected on it. But the cost was much larger than was expected, and amounted— for building and lot—to $236,000. The remarkable depression In bnsiness occurred, and the donations promised were not given. For these and other reasons, the Library bas suffered, and finds itself deeply in debt. We hope, however, that the exertions of Madame Urso will etimulate our citizens to lend further assistance and save what is, or ougbt to be, the pride of the city. The officers of the Association for the year are: President, R. B. Swain; Vice-President, W. H. L. Barnes; Corresponding Secretary, D. Wilder; Recording Secretary, T. At the) R. Hayes; Treasurer, W. C. Ralston; Truswestern end is the grand box, named! tees, W.G. Badger, Isaac Wormser, Dr, MADAME CAMILLA URSO. “Washington,” festooned with lace and with the Americsn and French flags. From the roof depend streamers and garlands. Wreaths and flowers and various other decorations abound, and the whole effect is exceedingly fine. Mechanics’ Institute in kindly offering the use of the building was most kind and praiseworthy. It msy be remarked tbat the box (with seats for seventy persons) was sold for $3,200; and that tbe highest price paid for sests wae by Mr. R. B. Woodward, who gave $120 apiece for five seate. Mr. R. B. Swain gave $100 apiece for three seate. Camilla Urso, The queen of the festival, whose spirit pervades every department, and bas rendered success certain, waS born in the city of Nantes, France, Her father was an organist of considerable celebrity. At the age of seven years she appeared at a public concert, where she received a perfect ovation. Soon after ehe entered the Conservatory of Music at Paris, where she studied for tbree years under the best of masters. She then visited the United States in 1852, and created a furore everywhere she went. She remained in seclusion for five years after her American tour, and when she returned to publio life ber success was even more decided. She visited Franoe, giving concerts duriug a epace of fourteen months, and then returned to the United States, where she has since remained. The Mercantile Library was established in 1863, and begau life} with a collection of 2,500 volumes. It hae bitberto been supported by snbscriptions . of members, without having received a single gift or bequest from outside quarters. It has grown and [prospered however, until Tho liberal action of the . J. M. McNulty, Samuel Hubbard, Wm. Ashburner, A. M. Ebberts, F. B. Reynolds, A. P. Elfelt. Libarian, A. S. Stebbins. The Concerls. The sight ou entering the Pavilion was most inspiring. The decorations were e0 exceedingly tasteful that the interior had been transformed into quite a fairy palace. The effect of the dresses of the ladies of the chorue was that of a grand,flower gatden, and the blending and intermixing of the bright colors was most beautiful, backed as it wes by the dark fringe of sober-clad male eingers; and, as during a chorns, the leaves of the einging books were simultanconsly opened, it was as if a breeze had for a moment npturned a thousand white petals, By no means unimpressive is the grand gatbering ofthe audience below and in the galleries, filling every seat, and every available standing place. The First Day. The 22d of February had been very appropriately chosen for the initial concert, and the pieces all bad a uational character. Promptly at the appointed time, at the wave of the conductor’s baton, the grand military band commencea Weber's Jubilee Overture, and with this appropriate piece, the festival was commenced. ‘The overture was followed by Zoelners Prayer of the Earth rendered with fine effect, by the German eocieties of California. Then after tbe lady singers, who had bitherto remained outside, had taken their seats, the orchestra commenced Conradis pot powri—a Tour ronnd tlie World. As the piece progressed, and national hymn after bymn rolled forth, the audience beoame more and more excited, and when the chorus rose, and the voices poured forth the grand barmony of . America,” amid the crash of the band,