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TOWN OF ROEBLING
WORKERS’ MODEL
Wonders Have Eesn Accom
plished In Nine Years.
COMPANY MANAGES ALL
This Jersey Community of Working
People Appears to Have Solved
Many Problems In Short Existence.
A Pioneer In City Manager Plan.
Ten years ago practically the whole
body of the Roebling workers lived in
the cities as they had been living for
decades before in the decayed tene
ments that clustered about the great
shops. With its fellow industries the
Roebling plant fought its way through
strikes, lockouts, changes of working
force, poorly done work, all the tribu
lations that harass capital. “We’ve
got to make the best of these things,”
explained the other manufacturers.
“No.” objected the Roeblings. “We’ve
got to make these things better.”
Such was the origin of Roebling. N. J.
Established for nine years, this town
of Roebling has passed safely the pre
carious stage of immaturity that has
proved fatal to so many similar proj
ects. It has grown and flourished, has
provided its founders with labor that
is competent to produce the highest
grade of work and has secured for
these workers the highest comfort,
health and happiness at the least ex
pense. On the paper of theory the
project was fantastic; on the books of
fact it has proved highly practicable
and profitable. From its inception the
policy that has dominated and con
trolled Roebling has been autocratic,
patriarchal. The Roebling company
owns all land, houses, industries,
stores, even the police and fire depart
ments. The company supplies work
and shelters the worker, and should
that worker prove unworthy he is sum
marily discharged and deprived not
only of his wages, but of his habita
tion as well. Out he must go. bag and
baggage, beyond the village limits.
Whether this policy of paternalism is
responsible for the success of Roebling
or whether the town has succeeded in
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HOUSES OF THE FOREMEN AT BOEBUNO.
spite of such benevolent despotism is
a mooted question. Certain it is. how
ever, that Roebling has been wonder
fully prosperous. while many similar
projects have fallen into decay.
The man who stands between the
Roebling company and the Roebling
worker is the manager, Raymond 11.
Thompson. To him are intrusted the
prosperity of the company and at the
same time the welfare of the worker.
Sanitation, health—its maintenance ef
fectively assisted by a well equipped
hospital education, police and fire
regulation, housing, water supply, all
phases of commercial and social life,
are under* the manager’s supervision,
who administers these functions under
the policy directly authorized by the of
ficers of the company. The result is a
town of over 3,000 people living a sane
and comfortable life in the open coun
try; a town of broad, scrupulously
clean streets, green grass, and trees; a
town where disease seldom cripples the
worker, so injuring his work; a town
where every man may be sure of just
and sympathetic judgment upon all his
demands, and, finally, with all this ap
parent vigor of supervision, a town
where every individual has the utmost
liberty.
The onlj‘ rules that are applied with
Draconian severity are the rules gov
erning industry, decency and cleanli
ness. Not more than five adults are al
lowed to live in one house, and if the
children multiply too fast the parents
are obliged to move into roomier quar
ters. Cleanliness is preserved by such
constant watchfulness as is necessary
to regulate so cosmopolitan a commu
nity—a community composed of Hun
garians, Swedes. Roumanians. Poles.
Irish, Germans and Russians.
The tenants have come to realize the
sincerity of the authorities in their de
termination to preserve cleanliness and
order, and in consequence both ex
teriors and interiors of the houses are
rebukes to supposedly more enlighten
ed communities.
Commission rule, the active discharge
of municipal functions by the few. was
ten years ago considered a radical and
dangerous innovation; now it is adopt
ed by over one-third of the largest
cities. The city manager plan, till re
cently unheard of, is now in effect in
at least four considerable communities,
and it is almost exactly this form of
government that is and has been for
ten years in force at Roebling.—Town
Development.
THE RULING HABIT.
He Would Travel That One Old Road,
Danger or No Danger.
Cyril Maude, the English actor-man
ager. who was in this country recently,
in nitiking a talk before a dramatists’
society in New York told a story to
!.lustrate the inborn conservatism of
iiis countrymen- especially those resi
dent in rural parts
He said that through the fields be
tween two villages in Sussex ran a
footpath. It was not the quickest route
in going from one of the hamlets to
the other, for it wandered about, but
it had been traced originally by the
horny naked feet of Saxon serfs, and
was as hard as stone, worn deep into
the turf by the heels of countless gen
erations. Everybody in the neighbor
hood used it because everyliody al
ways bad.
A friend of Maude’s, a country gen
tleman. lived midway between the
towns and led a reasonably quiet, not
to say dull, existence. One day lie
heard that a vicious bull was straying
about the countryside, chasing inno
cent pedesti inns and frightening chil
dren and generally misbehaving him
self.
Seeking for some variety from the
monotony. Maude’s friend went forth
in the afternoon hoping to glimpse the
bull. Once he heard him bellow, but he
did not see him. For four afternoons
he tried to discover the whereabouts of
the maurauder, but with no luck.
On the fifth evening he lingered afield
until nearly dusk. He had reached
stile where a hedge crossed the foot
path when he heard in the distance
through the thickening gloom the pat
ter of flying feet, mingled with the
thud of heavy hoofs, a convulsive pant
ing and the snorts of some large ani
mal.
Into sight came the local ifostman. an
elderly person, legging along at top
speed, his mail pouch bouncing on his
hip. his whiskers neatly parted by the
wind and blowing backward over his
shoulders, and just behind him came
the bull, lunging with his horns at the
seat of the fugitive's trousers.
By half a length the fleeing man
reached the hedge ahead of his pur
suer. He flung himself headlong over
the stile and in his safe protection lay
breathless, while the bull, bellowing
his disappointment, turned and strolled
off to seek an easier victim.
The spectator aided the quivering
postman to his feet.
“He almost had you tonight. Fletch
er,” said the gentleman sympathetic
ally.
Fletcher wiped his forehead and
gasped;
“ ’E’s almost ’ad me every night this
week!”—Saturday Evening Post.
Labor.
Labor is life. From the inmost heart
of the worker rises his God given force
—the sacred celestial life essence
breathed into him by Almighty God.—
Carlyle.
Fooled Him.
At the magazine promotion commit
tee that lunches every Wednesday at
the Aldine club Felix Orman told this
one:
“Ellis Parker Butler some years ago
wrote a story which he thought would
fit into the scheme of one of the small
er magazines. He sent the story to the
editor. It was printed. Failing to re
ceive payment, be made an inquiry.
There came a check for $2. The hu
morist returned this with the message,
‘You probably need this more than I
do.’ To which the editor replied:
‘Thank you. We do.’ ” New York
World.
A Garden Tragedy.
William C. Brown, apropos of his
resignation as president of the New
York Central, w*hlch be made in order
to go back to farm life, said recently:
“With the coming of spring we all
feel the call of the country. Fortu
nately for the poor clerk who feels this
isa
HE CARRIED A TINY CHERRY TREE.
call, there are the little suburban
houses with their vegetable and flow
er gardens. And what an ardent farm
er the suburbanite becomes!
“1 was staying last spring with a
suburban gardener friend of mine. He
had gone one evening for a stroll in
his garden when suddenly his wife
and I saw him run excitedly up the
garden path toward us. He carried a
tiny cherry tree no bigger than a small
rosebush in one hand.
‘“Mary. Mary!’ he called in heart
broken tones. ‘The wind has broken
our cherry tree. I arrived just in
time for the p’oor little thing to die in
my arms!’”
■■/■/A A/-- / A/-A
HE NEVER SWORE,
Yet a Court Record Quoted Him as
Using Strong Language.
One day during a term of court at
Macon. Mo., some years ago. Judge
Shelton, who was running through a
stenographic record of a trial, detected
a sentence which reflected upon the
piety of appellant’s senior counsel. Ma
jor B. R. Dysart, a pillar of the church.
“Major,” he said. “I have just been
reading this record. 1 was inexpress
ibly pained to note in it some very dis
respectful language you used in the
presence of the court.”
A funeral solemnity would fall short
of describing the appearance of Dy
sart’s features.
“What do you mean?” he asked.
“Os course you may have been ex
cited a bit during the trial, major. 1
know those other fellows were wor
tying you like everything, but that is
hardly an excuse for using cuss words
Y’ou should have waited until you go:
outside It won’t do”-
“Does your honor mean to intimat?*
that I swore in your presence while
trying a case?” demanded the major
sternly.
“I don’t intimate anything, major,
but you just look at that ’ And lie
handed the transcript to Dysart. There,
nestling in the midst of a long argu
ment over an objection, printed as
plain as type could make it. were
words:
“It is a damned obscure injury.”
It required nearly five in nates for
the major t > become calm on.mgh : >
think out how it happened Then he
grabbed a pen. shoved it into the ini;
bottle and viciously scratched out the
ribald sentence, over which he wrote:
“It is a damnum absque injuria,”
meaning a damage without an injury.
—Kansas City Star.
Your Lot In Life.
Make the most and the best of your
lot, and compare yourself n?t with the
few that are above you. but with the
multitudes which are below you.—
Samuel Johnson.
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Her Turn to Blush.
A minister was in love with a mem
ber of his choir. He himself was musi
cally inclined, and frequently the two
would sing duets Recently he arose
to announce the music for the morn
ing service, and this is what he said
in his agitation: “Miss Blank will now
sing *Oh, Had 1 the Wings of a Dove.
I Would Fly Away,’ accompanied by
the pastor.”
Doing His Best.
Jim was a new porter in the hotel,
and he was putting in his first night at
his new and responsible position It
was 5 in the morning, and so far Jim
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T-T«4ACT|
I’M DOING PRETTY WERL.’
had done all lie was told and was get
ting on splendidly.
“Call 17 and 4!” commanded the
night clerk as he looked over his call
sheet. Jim obeyed. After he had
been gone for a considerable time the
clerk went up to see if he had called
the rooms designated.
“Well.” sighed the new porter, whom
he found on the third floor. “I’m doing
pretty well. I’ve got seventeen of ’em
up, but 1 haven’t started on the other
four yet.”—National Food Magazine.
Two Deductive Reasoners.
A gentleman was taking a horseback
trip over the mountain one day when
he became very thirsty He stopped ar
the nearest cabin and asked fora drink.
An old colored woman handed him a
gourd dipper full of sparkling water
from the spring. The gentleman turn
ed the dipper around gingerly and
drank from the wrong side. Old Aunt
Milly beamed on him.
“Boss.” she said, “you is de fust pus
son Ah evah see drink from de same
side of de dippah Ah drinks from!”—
New York Post.
Enough Said.
Ln Theodore Roosevelt’s autobiog
raphy is this story:
Mr. Roosevelt wished to appoint an
ex-rough rider marshal of a Rocky
mountain state, but first questioned
him as to his past.
“Now. Ben.” asked Roosevelt, “how
did you lose that half of your ear?”
To which, looking rather shy. Ben
responded:
“Well, colonel, it was bit off.”
•‘How did it happen?”
“Well, you see. I was sent to arrest a
gentleman, and him and me mixed it
up, and he bit off my ear"
“What did you do to the gentleman,
Ben?”
And Ben. looking more coy than ever,
responded- 'Well, colonel, we broke
about even.”
COiviilßL > r Lrtti
IN TRENTON tt.
End of First Year Shows
Rapid Advance.
BUDGET LESS, TAXES DOWN
Commissioners Have Eliminated Par
tisan Politics and Have Raised
Standard of Public Morals — A Re
port Just Issued by Mayor-Di rector.
The results of the first complete fis
cal year of commission government In
Trenton are set forth in a report made
public by Frederick W. Donnelly,
mayor-director of public affairs in that
city, showing great improvements ef
fected in every department of the city’s
government and substantial gains in
economy and efiiciriu business admin
istration shorn of the discord of party
politics. Trenton was one of the first
cities to adopt the commission form of
government in the east, and other New
Jersey cities nave since adopted ’t.
"The results obtained in Trenton
have clearly demonstrated beyond the
dream-- of his staum i est supporters
the superiority of tin- new system,”
says Mayor Donnelly in his report.
“Both in economy and efficiency the
city has advanced with rapid strides.
The cost of administering the govern
ment for the last fiscal year was $4,377
less than during the preceding year;
the ratables of the city were increased
3.7 G per cent during the yean: the bond
ed debt of the city was decreased more
than 3.5 per cent, the tax rate for the
first fiscal year was reduced 2 cents on
each SIOO of valuation.
“In connection with the tax rates it
is interesting to note that for three
years preceding the adoption of the
commission form of government the
rate had been advancing at an average
increase of seventeen points a year.
“The revenue deficit of $37,808 that
existed at the close of the fiscal year
of 1912 was reduced to $12.3G1. When
the board of commissioners took of
fice the revenue deficit was $61,807. The
apparent necessity to issue bonds at
that time to fund the revenue deficit
has disappeared, and it is reasonable
to suppose that at the close of the cur
rent fiscal year the revenue deficit will
have been entirely wiped out and the
city will have a revenue surplus.
“This year the city has not been
obliged to negotiate any temporary
loans, an unprecedented condition, as
it has always been the custom to bor
row about $250,000 for maintenance
and operating expenses pending the
collection of anticipated taxes.
“The value of fixed property owned
by the city is $6,833,130. The city now
has financial statements kept on a
> basis of scientific and businesslike ac
curacy and system. The income for
the year ending Feb. 28,1914, was $26,-
000 more than expenses. The expenses
for the last four years prior to com
mission government had Increased an
nually at an average rate of $56,000.
Expense of the last year immediately
prior to commission government’s adop
tion. showed $102,000 increase, while
the first year of commission govern
ment showed a decrease of over $4,000
under the prior year.”
Under the heading, “Business Super
sedes Politics.” the report says:
“To enumerate the many improve
ments and accomplishments that have
been witnessed in Trenton under com
mission government administration,
aside from the financial curtailments,
would be bordering on the impossible.
We have witnessed the destruction of
partisan politics in the deliberations of
our governing body, not one partisan
vote having been taken during the two
years of its existence, and this despite
the fact that the commission comprises
three Democrats and two Republicans.
“During our administration we will
erect and nut into operation a filtration
plant costing approximately $500,000
and will have plans designed and prob
ably commence actual work on the
construction of a sewage disposal
plant and garbage incinerating plant,
the latter to supersede our present cre
matory. We have also provided for
two new fire stations, twenty-five addi
tional policemen, improved streets, bet
ter lighting facilities, increased park
territory, harbor facilities and many
other improvements. We have also ar
ranged to increase our parking spaces
and recreation centers.
“Under commission government the
standard of public morals in Trenton
has been materially raised. All city or
dinances and state laws are rigidly en
forced. and the freedom of policemen
and firemen from the political yoke
that formerly encompassed them has
unquestionably made Trenton a better
city from every viewpoint.”
Civic Activities In Argentine.
From the Argentine Republic come
some interesting reports of civic and
municipal activities. In October. 1913.
the first international children’s con
gress ever held in the Argentine Repub
lic was inaugurated in Buenos Aires.
The principal subjects discussed re
ferred to hygiene, school administra
tion. sanitary supervision in schools,
mental training and development of
the child, indoor and open air exercise,
sports, etc. In connection with the
congress a school exhibition was held,
which was kept open for inspection
and study until Nov. 20. 1913. At both
the congress and the exhibition there
was a large attendance of teachers and
others interested in educational work.