Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 284, 20 August 1909 — Page 4
THE RICHMOND PALjuaJDIUM AND S1JN-TELEGK AM, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1C00.
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Aboutfa yearVago, Mr.sSellers. who operates the Indiana Inspection Bureau, submltted W local business men a schedule of things which ought tobe. done tosecure better fire protection, and consequently better
ifire inaurance rates. Mr. SeUers recommendations jure eminently worm considering because his ratings are accepted by the insurance companies for the! basis of their ratings. . iri. .nn,mani3tiM.nf'rr Solium if carried out will advance
RichmondUnom Grade ThreetoGrade Two. r; . . t i.;.
It maybte necessary to state tnat tne present. 8uuuu kf water works rand the proposed. con tract as submitted and rejected by the
Board of Publfc'Works was thcoutgnowth of the suggestion and recommendations of Uhe engineers of theilndiana Inspection Bureau who can-
j-avassed the loc-Sl situation.
These recominentsations were: V 1. An additional 64M)OJW)0 gallon pump to be provided. 2. Supply mainsfrompumping station to be in duplicate. This will necessitate one addllonal 20 inch main. from station. 3. Large size feeder3 to be carried to outlying districts to supply
large sizes of pipes nowtJaid.
4. Additional hydrants to be added -as required. 5. One additional tnc-dern aerial. ladder to be provided for use in factory and mercantile ditettricta and to be manned by seven men. 6. The protection in West Richmond is inadequate and one additional
chemical hose company with six men should be provided. 7. Police department Ishould be instructed in regard to rendering assistance at fires. 8. A satisfactory building code modeled after code recommended by theVNational Board tobe ladopted. including ordinances governing the , storage of explosives,electrical' construction, cleanliness of basements, 1 etc. . . .. t 9. Overhead wiresfto be placed under ground. ,
Hems Gathered in From Far and Near
Box Office Democrats. From the New ork World.
Are the great political leaders of the
future- to come from the chautauquas
In particular is the democratic party
to find deliverance and a deliverer at the chautauquas? Are the chautauquas to consume the time and waste the energies of democrats of promin
ence? v
In all parts of the country, but es
pecially in the west, the Chautauqua
Idea as developed in western New York has been adopted, enlarged upon
and In many cases travestied and
heapened. . There Is a demand from
these centers of learning and idleness
for new sensations. There is a pre
mium upon extravagance of speecn.
There la keen appreciation of exagger ation. Extremists with paramount issues and sensationalists with violent words and revolutionary plans fur
nish amusement and are briefly in fa
vor. Men of wisdom and judgment
and soberness of speech do not last
long on the Chautauqua circuit.
Everything In this world has its use but is a career as a chautauqua declaimed no matter how profitable it may be financially, calculated to equip a man for1 democratic leadership?
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It will be seen that recommendations 1, 2 and 3 are points of contest the contract recently submitted.
For 1, the Richmond Ctity Water 'Works submitted: "We will install such additionalepumping machinery as to give a daily capacity of fourteen milliongallons, in twenty-four hours." (Which is to say a fourimillionfgallon pump.) For 2, the company .said: "We -will lay a sixteen (16) inch! main from the pumping station to Main and Twenty-secomd street." It might seem thatthe Water Works company had fully complied with the requirements of the ilndiana. Inspection Bureau. But wait. A six million gallon pump is not a four million gallon pump neither is a sixteen inch main a ttwenty inch main. If there is to be fire protection from the installation of these -things why not have the real thing so that rates can be lowered? The Insurance men saythat a six. million gallon pump cannot be replaced by two four millioni gallon pumps, nor has a sixteen inch duplicate main the same capacity asa twenty inch which is needed for good pressure. This would seem to be obvious totthe most casual observer. We are of the opinion at present that the additional mains or feeders do not come up to the 'large sized feeders' proposed by the engineers, but this is a point to be settled by them.
No Politics in the Census. From the Phialadelphia Press. President Taft has struck hard and struck straight at the worst and most crying evil in American political life In his executive order warning every man on the census that if be takes any part in polittcs he will be discharged. He must keep out altogether. He must be on no committees. He must attend no conventions. He must ask no man to cast a partisan vote. He can, enter no partisan activity ot any kind. This is right in principle.
It is necessary in practice if the office
holder is to be kept out of party man
agement. He has no business there. He is paid by the whole people to do
his job and he must not turn from it to do party work. The American people want this. They belive in it. They are with President Taft heart and
soul, in his resolute declaration of this
policy.
Higher Up. From the Boston Transcript.
Electric railroading is likely to have some effect in gradually moving population to higher levels. The topographic maps show the population masses on low lands beside the ocean, the river and the lake. This natural
tendency of the farmer and the factory operative has been accentuated by the steam railroad which in its search for easy grades as well sa for traffic has followed the water courses and
the lowlands with the result that most of the high , towns are off the main linos or even unsupplled with railroad
. lacuiues auogemer. Kiectrlcty Js tapping them. It has little objection to
hill climbing. The parts of town that
were shunned by the locomotive are
now getting help from . an agency
which holds the hill In no particular abhorrence. No trolley traveler of the vacation season can fail to perceive the
new accessibility of the higher levels
Ofsuburban and rural regions. Its ef
feet on the distribution of population
remains to be worked out
! Toronto's Trees. From the Toronto Mail and Empire.
It is oniy ny Dservers that are
raised to a.height from which a birds
eye view can be taken that a fair idea
of the expanse and density of this
city's arboreal growth can be obtained
The beholder who looks over the area
within his vision from the top of
high building In the central region of
Toronto is impressed with the forest
like appearance. It is as if the homes
of the 3T0,W)0 Inhabitants were scat
tered over one grand par. If nothin
but the existing trees stood on the
ground the view from such a height
i. would be that of a fairly well wooded
tract.
TWINKLES
(BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.) Sad Cynicism. .
"why Is Cupid represented as nn
clad?', asked the studious girl.
f don't Iwow, answered Miss Cajr-
Let us point out in passing that all the other things asked by the engineers of the Inspection Bureau areable to be accomplished or are being accomplished by the city. The West side situation (6) will be cared for soon. Additional hydrants (4) can be added any time the city wants them. The police department (7) can easily be given further training if necessary in regard to fires (though it Is our opinion that they are far from being inefficient at present.) . Overhead wires have already been removed to a large extent from Main street and it is to be supposed that with a fair amount of agitation they would not be allowed to stand in the way. At all events the city will have control over the situation at any time. sAs to fire. equipment that is simply a matter of city purchase and appropriation.
What then remains is that old question a thing long needed which will come sooner or later a satisfactory building code. After the present water works situation is settled in some fashion or other the Palladium will take this vital question up and place it before the public in detail. The question simply resolves itself again Into the water works question these things must be attended to one at a time. If the city can buy the plant on some satisfactory refunding method or some outright purchase these things can be taken care of by the city. Otherwise the town must be protected along these tnes by the new contract, in order to have fire protection and a consequent lowering of insurance rates. Of the two, the citizens would appear from past experience to have better treatment from the city than from the company.
enne, "unless it s as a warning to a
vouth who falls in love that after he
is married he may not be able to afford a good suit of clothes."
His Suspicion. Why did that picture cost so
much?"
"Well." answered Mr. Cumrox, "to
tell you the honest truth. .1 have an idea it's because the dealer who sold it to me is a good business man."
The Inconsistent Satirist.
Of new-rich folk he mocks the style
And makes all sorts of fun of them;
And yet he yearns to make his pile
And wishes he were one of tnem.
Slighted Privileges. "We women ; want all the rights
that men enjoy," said the suffragette.
"But you don't care about, the rights
you already share with man," answer
ed the natural-born brute. "There s
nothing to keep you from standing up
in a street car and taking off your hat
In a theater.
HID III PIANO BOX
Man Suffering With Tubercu
losis Tried to Avoid Detection.
Elegances of the Past.
The language they are passing 'round
Like "stung" and "oh, yon kid,"
Seems not to ring with sense profound
As oldtlrae phrases did.
The "rah, rah" people seem to like
The racket which they raise,
But modern diction does not strike
The pace of other days. I wish that they might hear the way, When some one stood aloof And proud, some friend in accents gay Would cry "Come off the roof." And when some lad appeared with fuzz Upon his lip we'd shout With real wit, "Say, sonny, does Your mother know you're out?" The cry "Whoa, Emma!" is unheard; Likewise, "Pull down your vest!" No weary soul by anguish stirred Exclaims, "Give us a rest! These rapid times through , which we whizz s Compel, us to agree The art of conversation is Not what it used t bo, - -
HE FEARED AMPUTATION (American News Service) East Liverpool, Ohio. August 20. Suffering from tuberculosis of the right foot, William Stoba . aged 48, was discovered today living in a piano box on the outskirts of the city where for months he had managed to keep in hiding from practically everyone who formerly knew him. The box had been opened on the sides and with the small amount of money he possessed he was managing to exist. He adopted this method of life fearing his foot
would be amputated. Physicians believe the operation has been delayed too long to save his life. The township trustees will permit Stoba to continue in his piano box until word is
received from his brother, John, of Cleveland, who has been notified.
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6:30 City Band. 7:30 Miss Doylo. 8:00 Grand Concort Four Great Artists Company.
2:00 Four Groat Artiste, 3:00 Rov. Washington Giaddon. 7-00 Four Groat Artists. 8:00 Rono . Wollbourno, Soiontist.
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BURGLAR RAIDED THE SMITH HOME
Thief Enters House, North Second Street, and Appropriated $45.
BACK DOOR WAS FORCED
RESIDENCE WAS THOROUGHLY RANSACKED AND CONTENTS OF DRESSERS WERE STREWN IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
Hold Lonesome Man For Theft
Chicago, Aug. JO. John Bumblies, 4V7 Paulina street, is locked in a cell at the Englewood police station charged with stealing a clarinet to take the place of his wife Mrs. Jessie Bumblies, who he says ran away from him two weeks ago with an old sweet
heart. Bumblies slipped into the home of a neighbor and stole a clarinet out or the arms of Charles Krause. 4332 Paulina street, while the latter wai asleep. Then he returned to his lonesome home and played tune after
tune of lively music. When Krause awoke he missed tha instrument and hearing tha familiar notes from bis neighbor's window called Policeman John Quia of the New City station, who arrested Bumblies. When arafgned In court yesterday Bumblies attempted to blama his wife for causing him to be lonesome and foe in g him to steal the clarinet. Judge George B. W. Watkins continued the case until today.
CHAUTAUQUA PHONE. Phone service has been installed at the chautauqua grounds for the accommodation of the campers. The phone is in the headquarters tent and its number is 3739. There are several messenger boys employed who will notify campers when they are wanted at the phone.
"Folks dat trusts in love at fust sight," said Uncle Eben, 'is terrible apt finish by not bein able to see each other wif a spy glass."
, MASONIC CALENDAR, Saturday. Aug. 21 Loyal Chapter, No. 49, O. E. Stated Meeting.
The home of Harry Smith, 118 North Second street, was entered Wednesday about midnight and $45 in bills were stolen. The police have been notified of the robbery, but there is no clue as to the identity of the thief.
Entrance was gained by forcing the lock on the back door. The family' and two boarders were in the house at
the time of the burglary but all were asleep and the thief evidently was very quiet in his work for none of the members of the family or boarders were disturbed in their slumbers. The house was thoroughly ransacked; Thorough Search. Drawers were taken from their accustomed places in the dressers and their contents strewn about the entire floor. Chairs and tables were overturned and the rooms bore the appearance of having been struck by a cyclone. Nothing but money was taken, $SO belonging to Mr. Smith was stolen and $15 belonging to Charles Liscomb, one of the boarders, was taken. It is believed to have been the work of a professional. Earlier in the evening several of the residents state that they saw an ill looking man wandering, apparently without purpose on the street In front of the Smith home. It was too dark to obtain a good description of the man.
Resources Second Mens! lank THE "PANIC PROOF BANK"
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