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which will celebrate Its
tercentenary as soon as
It gets through squab
bling over the date ;of
the celebration, lniS'ijn
aexed pretty much
everything In sight
which does not belong
to New Jersey, Pennsyl
vania, Massachusetts and Connecticut,
od thereby has accumulated a popula
tion of something like 0,000,001) people.
Now it Is talking about extending
Manhattan Island nine miles out into
ah* hay and adding some $3,000,000,000
will of realty to the city, according
1«* the New York Times. Anyway,
me man Ts going ahead with the idea
•3t building a city of 3,000,000 where
mmw is but an expanse of water, lie is
TLKeiuuud Thomson, the engineer who
JWBeil a good many Imaginations when
tti* cuinc forward with a plan for the
■enlargement of the city ulong lines
mature never contemplated. In the
?*viston and detailing of this plan,
th* has altered the original outlines
to extending Manhattan toward New
•Jersey; in fact, to cross the New Jer
sey water line.
Uhls possibility of Increasing Man
suUaa by nine square miles lias stirred
mp so much luterest in Staten Island
along the New Jersey shore that
'sk* good folk there have become rivals
.to have the plans favor their respec
communities. Thus the Bayonne
rhamber of commerce brought all of
as guns to tear and had Mr. Thomson’s
ftim so modified that the tip end of
fbe new Manhattan would run down
to the general direction of Bayonne,
wtfb a proportionate increase in
waperty values there But Staten
fetoci has not given up the fight—
iaa tody begun—and if this vision of
a greater Manhattan ever should be
■awnr-ed Staten Island may be depend
ed wpon to do its duty.
From an engineering standpoint, the
mi y thing necessary to reclaim nine
topzare miles from the upper bay and
■■Bex It to Manhattan Island, accord
ing to Thomson, is the con?-ruction of
« series of sea walls. He proposes
4c psreumatlc caisson method, used
to building the foundations of New
Xark skyscrapers, to place such re
storing walls down upon bed rock be
4ft enormous suction dredges are put
» work to pump out all the water and
.ather material above rock.
-*At the southerly or lower end of
the bay, where the rock la too deep,”
Mr Thomson explained, *V« would
4®fid massive concrete walls as be
flsre, and then back-fill with clean
sand pumped from the ocean, using
•suction dredges with intake pipes of
sr ferst -40 Inches in diameter, such
as have been used in Egypt for years,
jwnping 50,000 cubic yards of’ sand
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The proposed extension Is said to
Sot* won the attention of financiers,
iCßgineers, inventors and civic organ
ffena. since it received the first seri
ous indorsement two years ago from
Sfee Broadway association. Among
jfte first to declare for the scheme
which Mr. Thomson says would elim
mmte most of the difficulties arising
fiesta New York’s present congestion
was ex-Judge Alton B. Parker, head
jf the National Cjvlc federation.
Thomas A. Edison Is one of a hun
dred or more experts who have in
filmed Mr. Thomson tliat the thing
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can be done. The inventor himself
Qjice pondered over the physical and
geographical problems of Manhattan
and offered a solution. He also pro
posed an extension of Manhattan. He
would have extended it to Brooklyn
by filling the East river. After study
ing the plan of Mr. Thomson Mr. Edi
son expressed this opinion:
“Your extension of New York Is
bold and seems practicable, so far as
engineering is concerned. It beats
my old suggestion of filling In the
East river."
“Instead of being better than your
plan, it is only the first part of it,”
replied the engineer.
He then explained that the proposed
extension of Manhattan Island was
• inly one step in a comprehensive
scheme for a city of 25,000,000. As
the addition to the tip end of Manhat
tan Is the first step in that scheme,
Mr. Thomson Is concentrating for the
most part on this phase of the un
dertaking. He is designing what he
believes will be an Ideal city, because
in building a modem city from the
ground up it would be possible to
avoid all the mistakes made in the
building of our present cities.
“Just to give you something to start
on,” said the engineer, “Imagine the
whole of Manhattan south of Forty
second street swept clean overnight
of every building, property line, sewer,
subway, etc. Think what a wonder
ful opportunity there would be to im
prove each and every detail, espe
cially If you did not have to start re
building without having time to think,
as !s usually the case after an earth
quake or a fire.
One Woman’s View.
The views of women also have been
sought by Mr. Thomson because he
believes if would be “Impossible to
design an Idealistic city without the
Ideas of the women.”
Mr. Thomson emphasizes the Im
provements which would add to the
comfort of living, and even suggests
that each building be planned to cover
an entire block with the tenants gov
erned by a submayor.
“We never want to bum a pound
of coal nor cubic foot of gas In onr
new city of Manhattan extended, as
we hope to get hydro-electric light.
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beat and power from the Niagara, St.
Lawrence, Delaware and Hudson
rivers, which would supply all the
light, heat and power at a fraction of
the cost required if coal were used,”
he said.
“This would save the wear and tear
of the streets from the hauling of
coal ai\d ash carts, to say nothing of
the dust, smoke and congestion of
traffic. It also would save space in
the cellars from coal, ashes, furnaces
and boilers.
“We do not want to have any dark
subways, but above our sewer street
we want to have three other street
levels, each with sidewalks and stores
on both sides.
“The lower of these three levels
would be devoted to heavy trucking,
with railroad tracks all around the
waterfront. The next level would be
for rapid transit purposes.
“Some big rapid transit engineers
tell me the moving platform system
could be so developed that our rapid
transit streets might be equipped that
way.
“The top level would be for light
traffic, automobiles, buses, and so on.
Obviously, we could handle at least
four to five times the population per
square mile oi any other city in the
world without congestion.
“These different street levels would
permit us to walk ail over the city on
the hottest day in summer or the cold
est day in winter without a hat or
overcoat, merely selecting the proper
street level.
Every building would cover a whole
block, having roof gardens on top, with
pools where children from three years
up could learn to swim. Any one
passing over the city would look down
on beautiful gardens instead of the
present eyesores.
"Would it not be possible to have
the top floors of many of these build
ings devoted to apartments, the floor
below given up to restaurants, clubs,
and so on, where the people on the
upper floor could go down for their
meals or have them cooked and sent
up by dumb-waiters?
“In some cases where whole build
ings above the street were devoted to
apartments it would be possible to
have a floor near the top devoted to
school purposes, where the children
could have ready access to the roof
gardens.
“If the buildings were twenty or
thirty or more floors tall a trolley line
might run all around the city on the
top level so that in the hottest day
in summer refreshing rides could be
had.
“Plans could be made for handling
snow in front of each building, v \:< h
would prevent any trouble from snow
or the necessity of caring t away.
“New York has a won- erf
has had wonderful o; ; r • • .-s »,
in one hundred and t» < \ e ye*-* •
the possible exception f •?.*■
supply, every plan It ha* :
inadequate before It w s ' ompleN J.
ROAD
BUILDING
World Congress Aims to
Solve Traffic Problem
Responsible government officials the
world over now recognize the utilitar
ian value of the motor vehicle as an
element in transportation, according
to Pyk© Johnson, representative of the
National Automobite Chamber of
Commerce, who has Just returned
frttni a study of transport conditions
spread. Johnson attended the fourth
of the international road con
gress at Seville, where some 600 of
the leading highway officials of the
globe gathered to exchange informa
tion and views.
“The dominant note at Seville,” he
said, ‘‘was a general recognition that
motor transport is on a permanent
basis abroad as well as in the United
States, and with this in mind, discus
sion centered on ways and means of
giving its use the broadest possible
economic application.
‘‘Among the resolutions passed were
those calling for governmental aid for
motorbus lines in communities and
countries where inadequate facilities
now exist; the need for uniform traf
fic rules and regulations; for progres
sive studies Into city and rural plan
ning in order to allay congestion and
for centralized authority in dealing
with highway problems.
“Other sections dealt with the physi
cal side of highway construction and
design, including methods of relocat
ing and widening highways, types_of
maintenance and other engineering
problems.”
In his survey of existing transport
conditions in Europe, Mr. Johnson
found that questions of finance, co
ordination of motor with other forms
of transport, and that of handling traf
fic in congested areas are the sub
jects uppermost in the minds of gov
ernment officials.
Motor Driver’s Part in
Maintaining Good Roads
Drivers can do almost as much for
the maintenance of good roads as high
way engineers. Did you ever notice
in going up a hill, particularly one
paved with asphaltic concrete, that
the surface on the right-hand side of
the road is wavy and x-ough, while that
on the left-hand side is smooth? The
reason is this: The extra traction re
quired to climb the hill wears and
tears the surface, while there is little
or no traction down hill.
Another thing, the right-hand track
of the road in either direction is the
or.e which is worn most. This is be
cause the arched surface of the road
throws the greater weight and strain
on the right-hand side of the vehicle
and consequently the right-hand side
of the roadway. Truck builders and
wagon makers have even adjusted
their axles and springs so as to with
stand the gi-eater strain on the right
hand side of the vehicle.
Drivers can prevent wear to the sur
faces of the roads and even Improve
their condition, if, instead of driving
In one track or on the edge of the
road, they will drive over the middle
and other less used parts of the road
when traffic permits. The one thing
that is fatal above all things to road
surfaces, whether dirt or paved, is
driving in tracks, which subjects one
small part of the road surface to all
the traffic and damage that the whole
road accommodates.
Traffic should he evenly distributed
over the entire surface of the road,
and a little thoughtfulness and care in
this respect on the part of the drivers
will do much to add to the perma
nence and excellence of our roadways.
Many States Repairing
Concrete With Asphalt
Highway engineers in various parts
of the country are finding it advis
able in a greater degree to repair con
crete roads with asphaltic materials.
This is true particularly in Maryland,
New York, California, New Jersey,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, North
Carolina, Oklahoma, Michigan, Ohio,
Kansas, lowa, Colorado, Texas and
Canada.
Concrete roads are prone to develop
longitudinal and transverse cracks.
Everywhere these cracks are being
filled with asphalt. Maryland has
teen resurfacing some of its concrete
r ads laid in 1913 and 1914 by means
)f asphalt. Among these is a two
s retch of the Baltimore-Wash
nv .a i “Uievard near the Baltimore
- that was built in 1913 of
: ' <l re to and resurfaced with
( road from r.altl
< . M« ade, built in 1914
r- >**-] coLcreie, was resur
• spl alt also in 1919. In
-«* 1: has been found necessarj
ccucrete a flusli r»«at of
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Ttesinol
would soothe
that itching skin
The first application of Resinol Oint
ment usually takes the itch and bum
right out of eczema and similar skin
affections. This gentle, healing oint
ment seems to get right at the root of
the trouble, and is almost sure to re
store skin health in a short time.
Resinol Ointment and Soap at all druggist*.
WANTED —Agent lor line of coffee, soap,
toilet goods, cigars and home remedies.
Large line. Excellent quality. Very liberal
commission. W. P. GORDON, Bridgeton, N. J.
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His Trouble.
“My stars!” surprisedly ejaculated
a tourist who had stopped In the big
road to ask a direction. “What makes
that lad scratch himself so vigorous
ly?”
“His last year’s chiggers, I—p’tu—
reckon,” replied Gap Johnson of
Rumpus Ridge.—Kansas City Star.
CHILDREN CRY
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and Children of All Ages
Mother! Fletcher’s Castoria has
been In use for over 30 years to relieve
babies and children of Constipation,
Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhea;
allaying Feverishness arising there
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and Bowels, aids the assimilation of
Food; giving natural sleep without
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CLEANING LONDON BIG JOB
Great City Gets Almost Incredibly
Dirty in the Course of Twelve
Months.
Cleaning is a gigantic task for a
city like London, England. Daily 5,000
tons of rubbish are collected by 1,320
vehicles, at a cost of ten cents a hun
dred weight. Cleaning Victoria sta
tion takes six months and forty-five
tons of paint (thirty-four white lead,
eleven linseed oil at S2OO a ton). One
of the biggest spring-cleaning jobs
ever undertaken was the dusting and
renovating of the British Museum
library. Two hundred and fifty men
were kept busy for fourteen months.
Redecorating the dome and walls of
the great reading room took 250,000
leaves of beaten gold. Another big
renovating job carried out periodical
ly is spring-cleaning Tower bridge.
Twenty tons of paint are used in the
process, which occupies roughly five
months. Big hotels like the Savoy and
the Carlton are thoroughly spring
cleaned every year, although the work
is so well organized that few visitors
to the hotels know that it is going on
Misplaced Confidence.
Miserly—Well, Thomas, you have
cleaned up the place In great shape.
What shall I pay you?
Hired Man —What’s agreeable to
you is agreeable to me, sir.
Miserly (handing him a quarter)—•
It—seems to me you work awfully
cheap, Thomas, but of course that’s
none of my business. —Boston Tran
script.
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