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TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1923
'SAND HOG' DIGS
TUNNEL UHBER RIVER
Jn “Death Air” Under Channel
Os Hudson At New York
| For Eight Hours
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BY ALEANDER HERMAN
NEW YORK, March 13.—1 have
been a sand hog for a day.
Together with 17 regulars
leather-lunged men and iron-hearted
—I have sloughed through the mud
under compressed air 60 feet below
the Hudson river where the greatest
ilar tunnel in the world is he-
M .uilt by these human moles.
pick, hand and shovel they
burrow ahead, ripping, tearing, clear
ing the way for the shield of engi
ne ers to follow. Doggedly they go on
digging deeper, by inches.
When finally they see light
through the two-mile wall before
them, they . will have linked New
York and New Jersey with a S3O
- tube through which more
than 15,000,000 vehicles will pass an
nually. It won’t be read for three
years—a short time for so gigantic
an engineering enterprise; but • long
time for these sand hogs.
For it’s unhealthy working under
compressed air. State laws limit the
working day to two hours under cer
tain pressures. And then only after
a long rest.
Little wonder that they become
silent as they go into the lock leav
ing sunlight behind—perhaps for
ever.
It’s like the mouth of a hell, this
lung, noisy, foggy, steaming, boiler
like lock. A thick haze mounts as
it small, heavy iron door swings ’n.
The air grows tight. Its hiss be
comes a thundering roar.
Louder, louder, tighter ,tighter.
Ear drums feel like bursting. I can
scarcely breathe. But I have been
told what to do.
I hold my nose and swallow hard.
This raises the pressure in the Eu
stachian tube leading to the middle
ear and equalizes the mounting air
in the lock. It’s man’s own com
pre : cd air device.
It’s a great relief. But the pres
sure keeps on , soaring. The thud,
thud, thud grows louder. But the
pain in my head is gone. I’m getting
used to it.
The vapor is disappearing. The air
becomes warm.
Gradually the hiss, hiss sizzles out.
The ai r in the lock has been raised
to the pressure of that in the tunnel.
The end door swings open. We file
through silently.
No need of holding the nose now.
• the ringing in the head goes on.
Jown a thin, long ladder we climb
through an opening like a small
sewer .'ht>l«,., Down,. /lawn, down.
Everything is thudding—men, ma
cl-ines, ainjp)
Yet it is all so deadly silmt.
Ring after ring of the tunnels
great lining has already been laid.
Down to the boring end go the sand
hogs. They pass the other shift
going by. A nod, a passing g ance
and that’s all.
Each crawls to his place out be
yond the boring-steel shield.
The job is to clear the way so that
this massive machine, operated un
der tremendous hydraulic pressure,
can cut ahead. But the human sand
I "hog must dig to clear the way.
Through mud, sand, silt he bu.-
~ows. Compressed aid keeps most of
the water out. But the men at the
bottom of the tube are wallowing m
seepage. They don’t seem to mind.
It\ all part of their getting ahead
Shifting sands, slipping boulders,
or heavy blasts don t worry ’
But coming out of the compressed an
"X too hasty a decompression
gives the ‘’bends,” a terrible disease
Ldting from too much nitrogeni in
1 blood which bubbles, bubbles,
until-.something bursts.
Hours after work, they may *>>
reeling like th . s y
.ll,k on the coat lapel tel •th J
rush to hospital lock . . •
4ie Ambulance Board.
Up the long blac* ladde
climb when their shift is done Back
Into the air lock. The iron door
■wings shut. The thud dies out. The
■nessure 'is lowered. n i un ge
■ The outside door opens. P
through the mist. I’m > n he open
■main. My head feels Ught I reel
■ bit and my legs wabble as g
| With me go the regulm., .turn
■ling on from a dai nes
■t'ne darkness above ■
■almost sullenly. , th „
■■hey don’t know yet when the
WWnds” may get them.
I But it’s all in their gam .
■and hogs are wiH' n S 0 ~a rel y
Khance even though the pay rarely
Exceeds $lO a day. nli i_
■ When the tunnel is finish ’
■ . ;<• But how many
1 thought to the un-
Bung heroes—the sand hogs wo
■'V day doggedly bucked na
Hinally conquered it
I The greatest smoke nuisance on
■ record thus far is a cheap cigar.
Ig Happiness isn’t scare. It just
■ isn’t- being used much.
DOINGS OF THE DUFFS ’ ■ Very Embarrassing BY ALLMAN
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| EVENTS OF P.LAINS. GA. j
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Tuesday afternoon Mrs . Homer
Bankston entertained at a lovely par
ty. The hall and living room where
the tables were placed for the games
were tastily decorated with pink and
white cut flowers. In the hall large
baskets of .early peach blossoms and
ferns were used, while the living
room was attractive with tall, silver
vases of pink and white carnations
placed on tables and mantel, at the
conclusion Mrs. Hinton Godwin and
Miss Bessie Williams assisted Mrs.
Bankston to serve dainty refresh
ments, carrying out in detail the col
or motif of pink and white.
Playing were Mrs. J. B. Mauney,
Mrs. Ernest Spann, Mrs. Edmund
Oliver, Mrs. Jack Slappy, Mrs. J. C.
Logan, Mrs. Mamie Bradley, Mrs.
Thad Wise, Mrs. Sam Burgin, Miss
Margarete Hudson, Mrs. J. R. Logan,
Mrs. Roy Brannen, Mrs. Bownan
Wise, Mrs. Woodruff, Mrs. Broadus
Wellons, Mrs. Walton Walters and
Mrs. J. H. Monts.
Mrs. T. M. Merritt of Americus
spent Wednesday afternoon the guest
MORE .
of Mrs. Lillie Jennings.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Webb, and chil
dren, of Sumter, were guests of Mrs.
,W. J. Williamson while spending I
Thursday here.
Mrs. Maria Hiller returned to her
home in Columbus Friday after a
brief visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. I. Hiller.
Dr. T. M. Merritt of Americus was
.looking after matters of business here
Wednesday.
Mrs. Will Wise, Mrs. Cornelia
Jennings, Miss Berta Will Clark and
J. B. Clark were among those from
Plains spending Friday in Americus.
Mrs. Cythia Langford who teaches
in the school here was called to her
home in Woodville Wednesday even
ing on account of the serious illness
of het parents.
i G. C. Daniels was a guest at the
Rotary luncheon at Americus Thurs
day.
Guy Cook made business trip to
Dawson Friday.
Mrs. Ernest Foster, Mrs. S. H.Tirn-
merman, Mrsfl Louise Fergerson,
Mrs. Lucy Forth and Mrs. Alvin
1 Timmerman were among those from
1 Plains shopping in Americus Thurs
day.
PEABODY SCOLARSHISP •
ARE OFFERED TEACHERS
ATLANTA, March 13. Four
scholarships are being offered Geor
gia teachers by the George Peabody
college for teachers for the summer
quarter of 1923, according to an
nouncements. The scholarships are
to be awarded solely by the state
schdol superintendent and wlh the
agreement thatt he aplicant is to
remain in Peabody college through
out the entire summer Quarter, June
11 to August 30.
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TO ELIMINATE MOSQUITO
COLUMBUS, March 13. This
i city’s drive against the mosquito al
! ready under way for the year, is
■ planned to be more thorough and
far reaching than ever. Plans call
for thorough scouring of the city and
territory within a three mile radius.
Draining of ditches has begun and
a plentiful quantity of oil will be
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THE OLD HOME TOWN —BY STANLEY
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|SNT HANK KNUFF ) "1/M I HOME - >'■'
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T.C ONIX real DAMAGE done at thl- barrel ZT >
Factory fire wasthe wrecking, of fifteen ./
'F. vC BARRELS,THR.CNVN| FROM THE SECOND STORY , ' I
\ F EAC)“TED firemen. . S ™HnTK Y. ■
$5,000 TO LOAN
On Americus
Residence Property
LEWIS ELLIS
Phone 830
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TAX NOTICE
My books open February Ist; close
May Ist. Come in and make your
returns, and bring your Land Lot
Number. We have to have them.
Very Respectfully,
; l-24t . GEO. D. JONES.
NOTICE
During Bicycle Week,
March 10th to 17th,,
we will oil, adjust, put
Neverleak in tires and
tighten spokes. All this
is FREE.
If you don’t get your
money’s Worth, let us
know.
FREEMAN’S
BICYCLE SHOP
206 Jackson St. Phons 937
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CITY AND FARM LOAMS
Made on business or Residence Prop
erty and Good Farms. Lowest Inter
est. Quick Results.
DAN CHAPPELL
Planters Bank Building
TAXI SERVICE
In Front of Windsor Hotel
Phone 161 Windsor Pharmacy
Residence Phone G 46
L. L. COMPTON
cOANS made on Improved farm landt I
at cheapest rates for term of 5,7 or |
10 years with., pre-payment., option |
given. Money secured promptly. Wr
have now outstanding over $l,lOO,
)(>0.90 on farms in Sumter Councj
alone, with plenty more to lend
MIDDLETON M’DONALD
Correspondent Atlanta Trust Com
pany in Sumter. Lee, Terrell, Schley,
iter Counties. 21 Planters Bard.
Vlacon, Stewart, Randolph and Web
81dg... Americus, Ga. . Phone 89 or
211-
CHEAP MONEY ON FARMS
$2,0C0,000.00. Two Million Dollars to lend on good farms, well
improved, at 5 1-2 G interest, the borrower having the privilege of
making payments on the principal at any interest period, stopping .
the interest on such payments. Also, we have large sums to lend at
6 i. 6 1-2 G and 7 per cent. Loans can be closed as soon as abstracts
of titles can be made. Ou? contract is as good as the best and you
do not have to wait.
Write us or see G. R. Ellis er G. C. Webb in charge of our Home
Office, at Americus.
EMPIRE LOAN & TRUST COMPANY
Americus. Ga.
L. T. 1 URNER, Electrical Contractor
House Wiring, Etc., At Reduced Rates Month of March. Estimates
Cheerfully Furnished
118 Windsor Avenue Phone 809
HELPLESS! We would be helpless to protect you AFTER an
accident, but we can help you today—the day before. Today is
the day to protect yourself FULIY with insurance.
HERBERT LAWKINS.
Phone 186 14-16 Planters Bank Bldg.
PAGE SEVEN
DRESSED HENS
AND TURKEYS
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We can please you in selections
of your Fresh Meats for Sat
urday and Sunday.
We have the best to select from-
Would be glad for you to look
over our stock of Flesh Meats,
f ish, Oysters, Fruits and Vege
tables and general line of Gro
ceries-
Country-Cured Shoulders and
Side Meae.
Sweet Milk, Fresh and Creamy
at
BRAGG’S i
MARKET
TELEPHONE 81