Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 239, 18 September 1915 — Page 10

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THE RICHMOND PAIXADIU1I AND SUN-TELEGRAM. SATURDAY, SEPT. 18, 19X5Here's List . of Products j Shoos Make Do You Have Any Idea What : Factories of Richmond J Produce theTear Round.

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EV W. R. POUN 08T0 N E. The family of Jones "la such a large one that it takes njighty tall hustling' for one of Its members to secure an iiniiRiia.1 share rf . the Dublie's restive

attention. W. O; Jones of Hagerstown has achieved that distinction. - however. Right now he has the reputation of being the best county highway superintendent in Indiana. He won't admit It. but good roads experts all over the nt'itft Inkli (Vat ha la. th nrmlr Hoosier road builder, so it must be so. Jones had a man's size . job cut out for him when he took the job of highway commissioner a little over two years ago but he has more than filled the job. , Jones says that - whatever success he has had is due to the fact that he has had excellent assistants, a good supply of gravel and the co-operation of the farmers and the county board of commissioners. " ' Rnart Caiulltlani fiead. When Jones became highway superintendent there were . 240 miles of county highways and nearly all of them were in very had condition. Today the county has supervision over 315 miles of roadway and it is no exaggeration to state that 300 miles of these roads are In tip top condition, all due to the intelligent, careful and persistent care they have received from Jones and his . eleven capable assistants. . "In . a - way I have established the European road patrol system for the maintenance, of the county highways," Jones said the other day. "I have divided the county into eleven road districts eid an assistant superintendent is in Charge of each district. Each man keer3 careful tab on the condition of the reads undsr his supervision, and, if I do say it myself, I think it will be hard t? hca Wayne county's gravelreads right now." "Hew about cut twelve' miles of macadanied ccunty highways?" Jones wes az.ked. - . ' Macadarn Roads Bad. "Macadam rcais are ao gocd," he replied promptly ''They have no place in tte city or the. county. Motcr traffic has made them obsolete. Take that part of the National road east of Richmond which has been macadamized. It took over- a year to do this work and right, now I have my men making repairs on it although -the job- was only

The Old Historical Main Street Bridge; Once a Point of Admiration on the Old National Road Through Wayne County

. ft ; , jr fc '-Tl -V S:,. .'.ft:;; BY ROLAND NUSBAUM. The most beautiful bridge between iitnhr1anfl Mnrvland. and St Louis. o., was tne way visitors 10 tucnond and Wayne county expressed hir ffelinn when - thev viewed the d Main street bridge In the decades rlor to the civil war. j ; This was. no mean boast of -loyal tichmondites for the entire -state of ndiana was proud of the "Main street ridge on the Cumberland Road at Richmond," as it was called by travlers in these early , years. Not only

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two months ago. That section of the Richmond-Fountain City pike which; was macadamized has never been approved by .the supervisor appointed by ; the county to oversee the wcrk. The 1 road has been paid for, however. Tie supervisor, Mr. Bulla, declares that it does not come up to standard and, he j will not approve It.". . Jones then declared that if he had at his disposal all .the money that had been wasted on macadam roads he could have built the finest system of gravel highways in the United States. He also declared that he could have provided permanent brick paving on the roads which have been macadamized at a cost only a little in excess of the amount spent for the macadam improvement. . V But Jones realizes that the county, has twelve miles of macadam roads to care for and that it is a waste of time lamenting over their existence. Made Roads Serviceable. . "What must be done in this county, to prevent a total loss of the money spent for making such roads, is to make them serviceable as long a time as is possible, and to do this they must all be provided with binders," the highway superintendent added. : "I am glad to -say the county commissioners now share this opinion with me. Next spring I think it will be possible for me to take the first step In preserving, - as far as possible,' our twelve miles of macadam roadway, by oiling them. Oil is not a3 expensive. Of course, in my opinion,, macadam roads with a binder are not in the same class with a well made, well kept gravel road, but" macadam roads after a binder has been provided can be fair-, ly well preserved." Without a binder they are worse than useless. I have informed the commissioners that I can secure an oiling outfit and the necessary supply of oil for approximately $1,000. and they see the wisdom of spending this sum to save the macadam roads, which represent an Investment of about $200,000." ! ODDITIES ' TbB ftafc faetnry for t&xs mmslEactutns of Eritish violizs hss been established in London and employs only disabled soldiers and sailors. .-;'- ii.. .VVV:i;,l-;., 4 ? - ;V:,-V i'-l:-.: ' permanent bridges erected in the state but It was. considered by many persons to be the most substantially erected of any bridge on the entire National road, which was at that time called the Cumberland Road. The bridge was built in the "early .thirties," ' and ' the older residents of the city, today say that if the bridge had been, left standing it would be found: practically . as substantial today as it was then. . . ";v ' it took more than . a year to build the bridge. Heavy' oak timbers, were used. The abutments were made sub-

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Above are seen two splendid Jones. . There are few counties In '; ' .- r::::.: .. fV.-..-- lir Main street bridge. . - y stantial; as is evidenced ' by the fact that present day : engineers ;. say that they, are strong enough today for: a bridge of much larger dimensions. The floods - of the " last x seventy-five . years have had little effect on them. , "I .well remember the first time I went across the bridge," said John W. Foulke, 118 . North Fifth, street. Mr. Foulke' is one of the oldest residents of the city and remembers well the interest centering about the structure. "We -rere . all proud of the . bridge and' we had reason to be," ' he " said.

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r-fioto oy 1. stretches of Wayne county , roads that owe their superior quality to the work of Highway Superintendent W. .0 Indiana that have better roads than are found In Wayne county. The photograph is a good likeness of Mr. Jones.

"Why, I tell you, every visitor that ever came to Richmond wanted to eee the bridge they had heard so much about. That was the first thing they asked about when they came to Richmond and many people came here from miles and miles away just to see the structure." Citizens Expressed Pride. "Every visitor who saw it said that it was by far the best bridge between Cumberland, Maryland, and St. Louis," he continued. "Of course we had a right to be proud of it." The bridge was built a few years after, the Cumberland road was built. This road, at this time, extended from Cumberland to St. Louis and was the main road of travel between the eastern and the western states. "The first time I went across the bridge was in 1836," said Mr. Foulke. "It-was a-beautiful structure. It was painted white, decorated with green shutters. It was a pleasing sight to see from down the river." Mrs. John Foulke, who is a native of this city, also delights to tell of her early impressions of the structure. "When they built that bridge," she said, "they thought it would last for centuries and it would have lasted that long if they had let it. There was quite an agitation raised when they began talking about a new bridge but of course it had to go." Sidewalks .Were White. "The sidewalks on both sides of the roadway were painted white and. presented a fine " appearance," she said.' "My father often told me that it would be impossible to build a better bridge than the old Main street bridge." .. She said that very few nails were used in building the bridge and that wooden pegs were the chief means of joining the pieces of lumber. In re

pairing the floor of the bridge in later years, nails were used and when the bridge was reinforced, nails were employed as their utility was soon recognized. When the talk of building a steel bridge began to take form, it was urged by many of the older residents of the city, that the commissioners leave the old bridge standing. If this had been done the county would not now be worrying over the problem Of a temporary bridge for relief and the old bridge would be a landmark which the county and state could be proud of. It would be one of the few landmarks that are significant on the old National road which has gained so much historical prominence the past few years. Used Green Shutters. In general appearance the old bridge resembles the coveTed bridge at Notth Twelfth street, which ip being razed, except that it was much wider, ' had sidewalks on both sides and was made of much better and more substantial material. Some of the posts of solid oak were from a foot to eighteen inches in thickness. There was a right and left roadway with a four foot sidewalk on each side. All the interior was painted white and with the exception of the shutters, which were put on in winter, the outside was painted white. The shutters, painted green, made a striking contrast. It had an extra heavy shingle roof. Because of its protection from the weather in the winter, very little deterioration had been noticed even up to the time of tearing it down. After the bridge was torn down, parts of it w-ere taken to Glen Miller park and placed on exhibit there as an historical landmark. It was not long however,' until this was placed on the scrap heap with the rest of the bridge Some of the -timber was bought by Henry Holzapfel. The bridge was torn down in 1896, according to the best information obtainable. Cost Is-Unknown. The original cost of the bridge' cannot be learned as many of the records have been destroyed. It was learned however, that the government paid for a large part of the bridge but to what extent cannot be learned. Records, however, show that when the National road was built between Richmond and Indianapolis . it required an - expendi

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ture of over $300,000. This was done from 1828 to 1832 and the Main street bridge was built as soon as this work had been completed. The first cholera that appeared in Wayne county broke out among the gang of laborers working on the road. The workmen were mostly Germans, who had just come to this country. The plague fell heavily upon the residents of Wayne county but this had been almost forgotten when the bridge was built. Principal of High School tf: " ... FRANK G. PICKELL. Under the direction of Principal Frank G. Pickell, the Richmond night school and the high school have attained . national recognition ' for . their efficiency and high standards of instruction. - - . -'

"Everything from a toothpick to a threshing machine," is an old saying but is applicable to the list of pro-

aucts or which Richmond boasts. For variety 'and quality of goods manufactured. -Richmond factories compare favorably with those of any other city in the Middle West and are superior to many larger cities outputs. . . . . How many products of Richmond shops can you name? Tou would . probably fall short of the entire list and . would be surprised to find out how little you know about your own city.- . - . . Here is only a partial list of tbV gocds manufactured In Richmond: Automobiles, coffins, lawn mowers,' pianos, phonographs, music rolls, talking machine records, tractors, separators, hay balers, drills, planters, seeders, cultivators, shredders, tools of .ntany kinds, rafety elevator gates, : roller skates, automobile bodies and fenders, gasoline engines, brass patterns, shirts, overalls, knit underwear.' gloves, harrows, buggies, carriages, hacks, water softeners, feed troughs and water tanks, ventilating apparatus, fences, suitcases. traveling baft.' trunks, harness and leather goods, kitchen cabinets, chairs, post offico and church furniture, doors, candy; porch shades, adding and listing ma' chines, metal castings and all kinds of foundry work, bread, crackers, fertilizer, ice and other minor products. Night Work Opens Door Of Learning BY L. FRANCIS ROSS. The Richmond night school wm open for the winter term of 1915-1918 on the night of Tuesday. October 5th and will be in session on 40 nights until March 4th. a cording to the an-, nouncement to this effect made public today by Principal Frank O. PickelL of the High school, who. this year, like last season, will act as supervisor of the class. While Mr. Pickell has not given the' subject of the night school this year much consideration in view- of his work in opening High school day class-, es, yet he is of the opinion that the .work of the night classes this season; will be wider in scope, more thorough in training and the number of pupils who entered last year. 725 In alL will be increased In the 1915 enrollment. : Tuition Is Free. ' Free tuition will be given to the pupils who join the night school which as usual will be conducted In the High school building and the expenses' of the instructors will be defrayedby the Richmond Board of Education; as was the arrangement last year. The night school will be held two t nights each week. Tuesday and Friday! and will be conducted from October j 5, until December 17. when the classes; will be dismissed for the . Christmas! holidays. On January 4, the school will' re-convene and will be held for the, balance of the term on the- same! nights of each week until March 4th.' The courses of study this year will consist of two groups, viz: academic, prevocational and commercial studies forming the first group and vocational instruction composing the second group. The first group will comprise the: following subjects: American History,' civic government, English for foreigners and advanced English for natural born Americans who desire it, Spanish. German, algebra, geometry, commercial artihmetlc. bookkeeping, typewriting, stenography, all shop work,' mechanical drawing, cooking and sew-, ing. Courses In Cooking. -The vocational courses will consist; of Home cooking, dressmaking, mil-' linery. preparing and serving meals,' automobile course, electrical work,carpentry, sheet-metal, . machinist's' trade, plumbing, pattern-making forg-. ing with mechanical drawing for all -the above named subjects. :, Principal Pickell and Superintendent J. T. Giles of the city schools will select the teachers who will have charge of the instructions given the classes. The number of teachers to be employed will depend entirely upon the demand. Mr. Pickell is of the belief that it is as likely that their will be a demand for more teachers. It is probable that the corps of teachers will include the following, who Mr. Pickell ssys will be given firct consideration in the selection of instructors: The names below are those teachers who had night school classes'" last year: Miss Bond. Miss Bradford. Miss Campbell, Miss Fisher. Mr. Gillespie. Mr. Helman, Mr. Hybarger. Mr. Kelly. Miss Kelsey, Miss Locke, Mr. Mays, Miss Morris. Miss Newman. Mr. Nohr. Mr. Null, Mis O'NeiU Mr. Outland. Miss Parsons. Mr. Strait, Miss Thompson. Miss Eva Toms. Mr. Tscbaen. Mr. Vickery. Miss Von Pein. Mr. Walker, Miss Wells, Mary Luella. Mr. Wissler. Miss Marshall. Mr. Towle. Miss Matilda Von Pein, Substitutes. R. E. Coate, Miss F. L. Bush and W. S. Kauffman. ast. t- Tt-. t i ti.nu T) w sens. Do You Know That--Italy has more than trebled her artillery, it la reported, and has provided it with new quick-firing guns, firtag forty shots a minute, especially adapted for use In rough country like that In which the Italians are engaging the Austrian.

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