Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 45, Number 321, 23 November 1920 — Page 14

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. RICHMOND, IND TUESDAY, NOV. 23, 1920.

lEENWIGH VILLAGE REFORMING AS SHOPS GO OUT OF BUSINESS

NEW YORK, Nov. 23. Greenwich Village has been reformed.

nioner of New York city, is authority .

for this statement, indeed, in nis an-: nual report to the mayor which has' just btwn made public, he devotes considerable space to New York's Bohemian quarter, famous in play and novel the country over. Long haired men and short haired women who take their temprament seriously received the report on their mstrlct with something akin to anger. Proprietors of coffee houses and gift f,hops in which "atmosphere" is the thief stock in trade, displayed mixed feelings, however. 'Every knock a boost and rattling publicity," was the way they greeted word that their village had been "purified.,, Occupants Stirred. This was the section of Commissioner Enright's report that stirred occupants of attics and basements with shrines to the gods of literature and painting. "For a year or two prior to January 1. 1918. there had grown up in Greenwlch Village a series of Bohemian restaurants which had atracted to it a host of sightseers and morbid minded persons with a jaded appetito for sensation. Among those who came were many of the degenerate type of both sexes, who participated in the absurd diversions offered at these places at high prices and danced to jazz music with all the ridiculous and sometimes suggestive and disgusting conduct which is characteristic of such resorts. Source of Graft. "A Chinese funeral or a Ropi Indian snake dance would be far moro interesting and entertaining, but a certain foolish and degenerate appetite for the unusual or sensational, mostly recruited from outside New York, promoted by sight seeing car grafters and other parasites, kept these places alive and proved that Barnum was right regarding the mental capacity of some people. "These conditions immeditely received the attention of this department, with the result that several of them discontinued business, while those that remained were obliged to keep within the law. As they are no longer allowed to flout the law or to cater to the depraved tastes of thei.regular clientele, that section will soon become unattractive to the sightseer and will be restored to its previous status of respectable neighborhood." THE ATLANTIC'S WAVES MEASURED The size of the waves of the Atlantic Ocean has been carefully ascertained as a result of extensive investigations made by the officers of the Ilydrographic office of the United States navy department. In height, these wavese usually

V CL& - fcJ - - average 30 feet, but in rough weather

they will attain some w to a ieeu During storms they are frequently r. Knn finn fppt lone and endure

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J. 17 IU A. JL w measured by the Hydrographic office officials was half a mile, and it did not spend itself for 23 seconds. THE HANDKERCHIEF'S HISTORY The pocket handkerchief was first known as "kerchief couvre-chef a covering for the head; then it became handkerchief, a covering for the head carried in the hand; and at last pocket handkerchief, a covering for the head held in the hand and kept in the pocket.

AMERICAN WOMAN SPENDS FORTUNE REMAKING FRENCH TOWN

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Market place in Hattonchatel, France, and Miss Belle Skinner.

The rehabilitation of the little town of Hattonchatel, France, is beins: directed and paid for by Miss Belle Skinner, a Massa

chusetts woman. The town, situated in the valley of the Meuse, has 243 inhabitants. It was captured by the Germans t :rine the

war. In the picture above, which shows the market place, can be seen also one of the buildings left in ruii . by the Germans.

HYDRO-ELEGTRIGAL ENGINEER MAKES SURVEY

OF CONDITIONS AT MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT

H. S. Hitz, hydro-electrical engineer, has submitted the following survey of conditions in the municipal light plant: Probably the most vital question of the day is our light plant. No individual spending a few hours there in the discussion of conditions can arrive at anything like an intelligent solution of the problem. The one great manifestation is that of lack. To solve the problem is not to jump at one of conclusions. We cannot stano. before the blackboard and wish the answer. The rule is established long ago, and it is only to apply that rule to obtain results. To keep a good horse fat you must feed him, or he will soon become the hatrack type. Such is our city plant. We have a good horse but he has been ridden to death. Some one has put a burr under his saddle and he has bucked. All these things we know. The power of the press has been brought to bear on our conditions. The manufacturers are up in arms. The citizens are wondering. Capable men are called from the capital. And the city fathers are like the old men of Troy, using the Wilsonian policy of watchful waiting

The writer being more or less interested in the care of good electrical equipment, appreciating new and vital questions connected with power generation has spent no little time in looking over the municipal plant. Upon entrance at night the first impression is that picture that one conceives when reading Dante's "Inferno." Dark figures creeping through a fiery mist of smoke and steam, stoking by hand the hungry mouths of hell's boiler room. Here a shriek of live steam; hot water dripping from water columns on the men's heads and necks; the clank of steel pokers and klinker hooks; the scraps of shovels; blackfaced men with barrows rolling out

smoking redhot clinkers through the mist. Every man working at double Tils capacity; his clothing wet, black, sticking to his body; his face with

teeth showing white behind lips passing hot breath and curses as he faces the white heat from the furnace door; his hands where not calloused being investigated only to find blisters from handling pokers, hooks, etc. Machinery Lacking. Where i man's inheritance that he should be placed in a living inferno before time? It is this and many other conditions that cause the terrible unrest of the laborer. Modern invention and science have placed at the disposal of every enterprise machinery to do the work of the lowest laborer. Their intelligence is insulted, they know that the means exist to lighten their work. Why is it not forthcoming? The coal handling machinery at the city plant is nil. The coal or

dirt as the conditions last night show, is dumped from cars and wheeled far down the furnace room to the stokers.' Said automatic stokers are sure in a : back class when efficiency is considered. The forced feeding last night ; and yesterday will necessitate the j tearing down of boiler walls to be j replaced with new. White hot bricks, some molten, were dragged from the , fire boxes, showing the walls to be in j 6tate of destruction. j Valves, valves everywhere, shooting out steam much needed by the ;

engines ana turoines. Iron, scrap

iron, broken ells, pipe, bits of wheels, strewn all over floors and behind boilers. Enough junk, most, if gathered and sold, to buy sufiicient packing to stop all steam leaks. True, allowance is given for weather conditions causing so much steam to be in evidence. But no better night in the the world than last, to show all the places leaking, and last night was mild to some occasions.

Errjine Impaired. Upon exit from boiler room through air compressor, or fan room, a uirty little knocking and pounding horizontal engine will be found belted to a fan blower which is force draft for the furnaces. This engine has run for a long time and given good service, but a little attention and materials, along with a thorough cleaning would prolong its life indefinitely. From this passage entrance is made to the machine shop. Machines are covered with dirt and oils, sulphur l'umes have turned deposits of some white or yellowish oxide on the drill press. Tool boxes are scattered about in the mid

dle of the floor. Bins full or junk and scrap bolts, old packing, and scraps, scraps, scraps everywhere. Little instigation for workmanship with such stock. The men in charge are to be commended in that thev are able to

keep the plant going at all with such ' materials. ' The main engine room presents a condition a little better in that it is , some larger and doesnt get a chance i to be so littered up. The machines : everywhere are streaked with oils and dirt. Rust, the worst enemy of ma-( chanlcal equipment, is evident every-, where. The attendants are not to be ' censured. They have little time to swab machinery. They are busy heaving coal, rushing to this or that machine to make repairs or adjustments., No waste or rags were in evidence !

tor cleaning anyway. With Pumps Precarious. The deep well pump near the big

compound engine that caused all the trouble the other Sunday night is still in a very precarious condition. The cylinder is about to blow off or cutthe rest of the packing and a deafen-j ing issue of steam rushes out here i and elsewhere. The pump is a wreck. And if the writer were making recom- j mendations, another modern centri-: fugal pump ought to go here at once to cover a very grave point in continuous operation. The underfloor machinery can hardly be found, and only by guide could any one find the pumps, condenser machinery, etc., that is hidden below. Gauges of importance are ; placed in precarious, and obstructed ' places. The exciter machinery seems to be1 adeouate for present needs. An old

j rotary converter of the duo plant operation, is still in evidence near the

front of building near an open window, where all weather conditions can reach It easily. This equipment is out of commission and with an amount of repair could be placed on the mar-

j Vet and disposed of at a fair price. Its I room would be better than its evidence, , although a good machine still. It

could at least be covered to mane a good representation at keeping the coils and windings dry, and free from dirt. The Liberty and Boston lines were in operation at all times, as existing contracts call for nonstop service, and it remains to be seen what litigations would arise if it were "killed". Low Steam Pressure. The machines operating street

I lights were partially out of operation j on account of the low steam pressure. These rectifiers are covered with a temporary roof of wood and tar paper. I The designing of the building is such jthat a cement roof was built over ' the transformer and buss bar room.

This room when covered with snow or ice, condenses steam vapor, .same dripping from roof to electrical equipment causes breakdown, and non-operation of equipment, aside from tha impairing of generators. This is only one phase of a poorly d-lenpd power house. - The ventilators are on the side of the principal iooi instead of center, and on the wrong side at that for exit of watery vapor. Moisture is the greatest of nil impairments in the electrical game. Little is thought about it at our plant, it seems. Getting back to the boiler room again, the question arises as to fitness of the present boilers to operate any new equipment. Th writ i tnd-.s-the expenditure of quite a sum to sta bilize the present battery, as only two Sterling boilers seem to be ot an no nomical and efficient type and worthy of additional expenditures to condition and keep. The others should be disposed of and substituted with eithei modern Heins, or Sterling units. Need Coal Conveyor. A modern coal handling and conveyor system should be installed al earliest date to bring about a state of efficiency, and stop the expenditure of several hundred dollars per month for coal heavers and wheelmen. Again Ihe subject of coal storage is of great importance. As all know, Indiana coal, which seems . to be the lot of most plants, will not keep in dry storage without firing. The proposed storage along the east bank of the gorge, is very much adverse to the system recommended by the state board of safety recommendations. It plainly states that to keep Indiana coal it must bo pitted and cov

ered with water. This is the oalr safe and sane way to keep it, Notto of the units are lost through gaseous emissions and no, heating takes place to cause gasing. No one is to be censured for our plant condition who are immediately employed there. Only commendation and reimbursement should be considered for the men who are capable of, keeping a plant going under such conditions. H. S. HIT ,S, Hydro-Electrical Engineer.

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Nov. 22nd to 27th

"AVALON"

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Columbia Record No. 3322 Q. R. S. Word Roll No. 1203 Sheet Music

Jirs vfjfTfpeates

IVa Well J You Well? SX?M?l9L drugstores

What Richmond Needs? One thousand men and women wOling to join the new Chamber of Commerce to make Richmond the best place in the world to live in. "Make Richmond the Best Place in the World to Live in"

New Jewelry

for Men'

Jewelry for men is rather limited in' its uses but the wealth of new designs shown makes choosing a pleasure. There are a lot of new link buttons, both for dress and negligee, new scarf pins, and Waldemar chains with a variety of useful and ornamental end pieces. Cigarette cases, match holders, pencils and other useful novelties help to make a nice variety for gift purposes. The suggestions we offer you may be depended upon as good authority.

CHARLES H. HANER 810 Main St. Jeweler Glasses Fitted

Had Bad Cough and Pains in Her Lungs All well nonr, RalnlnfT wrlurbt and (react fas dor own housework.

Xsst September I took a heavy cold. T kept (rettlnir worse until finally I had pains In my bronchial tubes and all

through my lungs. 1 Tina a uaa cougn. rould not sleep at night, and was so sore through my lungs that I could hardly stand It- I consulted three different doctors and took their medicine but did not fret any better. I suffered death a hundred times. One doctor told me I had a deep cold In the walls of my lungs. Another said I had bronchial trouble. He. kept changing my medicine and burned me all over with electrlcty. "I read In the paper about Milks Kmulsion helping other people, so I thought I would try it. While I have only taken four small bottles, my lungs do not hurt me any more. My cough is gone and 1 have gained 4 pounds, and I am still gaining. T was able to do the first washing today that 1 have done since last September. In fact, I am now doing my work with pleasure and feel like it Is a dream that I have my health again." Mrs. lida K. SvhildH, 672 Congress St., Toledo. Ohio. Milks Kmulsion Is a pleasant, nutritive food and a corrective medicine. It restores healthy, natural bowel action, doing away with all need of pills and physics. It promotes appetite and quickly puts the digestive organs in shape to assimilate food. As a builder nf flesh and stroisrth. Milks Emulsion Is strongly recommended by those whom sickness has weakened, and is a powerful aid in resisting and repairing the effects of wasting diseases. Chronic stomach trouble and constipation are promptly relieved. This Is the only solid emulsion made, and so palatable that it Is eaten with a spoon like Ice cream. No matter how severe your ease, you are urged to try Milks Emulsion under this guarantee Take six bottles home with you. use it according to directions and If not satisfied with the results, vniir mnnay will be promptly refunded, rrice 75c and $1.."0 per bottle. The Milks Emulsion Co.. Terre Haute, Ind. Sold by druggists everywhere. Advertisement.

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Winding Up Our Great November Drive With

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Coats Group I Lots of Coats of Silvertone, Tweed, Velour and other all-wool fabrics, good assortment of styles and colors ; Coats that sell regularly from $25.00 to $39.50. Special

Suits Group II Lot of high-grade Suits in new Fall styles, many trimmed with fur, and silk lined, in Velours, Silvertone, Tricotine, Serges, etc., worth $49.50. Special

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Dresses Group III Limited lot of Taffeta, Poplin, Satin and Wool Dresses. To close the lot at $J50

A1 Felt man's

Brown Calf Tramp Last

Comfortable Serviceable Stylish

Made of Renuine Calf leather, hlucher style, good solid welt sewed soles and rubber heels

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Let's Make Richmond the Best Place in the world to live in.

Feltman's Shoe Store. The World's Largest Shoe Dealers S5 Stores 724 Main Street

Party Dresses Group IV Every Party Dress in stock to close at Half Price

Sweaters Group V Choice of all Sweaters and Sweater Coats One-third Off

Also radical reduction oh all Furs, Waists,, Children's Dresses and Coats, Corsets, and every Coat and Suit in stock to make these final days of our Great November Drive days to be remembered.

GLASS AND SILK SHADE TABLE LAMPS

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LEE B. NUSBAUM COMPANY

NUSBAUJt BUILDING

Announcement Owing to the bad weather, and by the request of many customers who could not get in, we will continue Our Great Tire Sale Until Saturday Night, November 27 This is your last opportunity to buv Tires and Tubes at the LOWEST PRICES ever known in tire history for quality Tires. Cord and Fabric Tires, Skid Chains, Alcohol, Hood and Radiator Covers at Reasonable Prices Richmond Tire Service Cor. llth and Main Sts. "We Give You the Limit In Service and Protection"