The Firm of
Girdlestone i
A. CONAN DOYLE t
I
CHAPTKK XIX. (Continued. )
She went down the avenue and had a
few words with the sentry there. She
fi'lt uo bitterness against him now on
the contrary, she could afford to lan.srh
at his peculiarities. ' He was in a very
lad humor on account of domestic diffi
culties. His wife had been abusing him.
and had ended by assaulting him. "SWe
used to argey first and then fetch the
looker." he .said ruefully, "but now it's
the poker first and there ain't no r.rgey
ment at all."
Kate looked at his savage face aid
burly figure, and thought what a very
courageous woman his wife must be.
"It's all 'cause tlie fisher lasses won't
lenime alone." he explained with a leer.
"Nhe don't like it. knock ine sideways if
she do! It ain't my fault, though. 1 al
lers had a kind o' a fetchin' way vi'
women."
"iM'd you post my note';" asked Kate.
"Yes; in course I did." he answered.
"It'll be in Lunnon now, most like." His
one eye moved about in such a very shifty
way as he spoke that she was convinced
that he was telling a lie. She could not
be sufficiently thankful that she had some
thing else to rely upon besides the old
sco u n d re 1 's ass 1 1 ra u ees .
There was nothing to be seen down the
latie except a single cart with a loutish
young man walking at the horse's head.
She had a horror of the country folk since
her encounter with the two bumpkins
upon the Sunday. She therefore slipped
away from the gate and went through
the wood to the shed, which she mounted.
Ou the other side of the wall there was
standing a little boy in buttons, so rigid
and motionless that he might be one of
Madame Tussaud's fignres, were it not for
his eyes, which were rolling about in ev
ery direction, and which finally fi.xed
themselves on Kate's face.
"liuod-morniu', uiiss," said this appari
tion.
"(Jood-morning," she answered.
I
think I saw you with Mrs. Scully yester
day';"
"s, miss. Missus, she told me to wait
htre and never to. move until I seed you
She said as you would be sure to come,
i ve been waitm nere tor nign on an
hour."
"Your mistress is an angel," Kate said
enthusiastically, "and you are a very good
little boy."
inoeea, you ve nit it aDout the mis
sus," said the youth, in a hoarse whisper,
nodding his head to emphasize his re
marks. "She's got a heart' as is big
enough for three."
Kate could not help smiling at the en
thusiasm with which the little fellow
poke.
"You seem fond of her," she said.
"I'd be a bad 'uu if I wasn't. She took
Hie out of the work'us without character
or nothing, and she's a-educatin' of me.
She sent me 'ere with a message."
"What was it?"
"She said as hew she had written in
stead o' electro-telegraphing, 'cause she
had so much to suy she couldn't fit it all
on a telegraph."
"I thought that would be so," Kate
said.
yhe wrote to Major Major him as
is a-fullerin' of her. She said as she had
no doubt as Le'd be down to-day, and you
was to keep up your sperrits and let her
know by me if any one was a-wexin'
you."
"No, no. Not at all," Kate answered,
trailing again. "You can tell her that my
guardian has been much kinder to-day.
I am full of hope now. (Jive her my
wannest thanks fur her kindness."
"All right, miss. Say, that chap at the
gate hasn't been giving you no cheek, has
he him with the game eye?"
"No. no, John."
John looked at her suspiciously. "If he
hasn't it's all right," he said, "but I
think us you're one of them as don't com
plain if you can 'elp it." He opened his
hand and showed & great jagged flint
which he carried. "I'd ha' knocked his
other peeper out with this," he said,
"Mowed if I wouldn't."
"Ilon't do anything of the sort, John,
Lut run home like a good little boy."
"All right, miss. ood-by to ye!"
Kate watched him stroll down the lane,
lie paused t the bottom as if irresolute,
and then she was relieved to s"e him throw
th stone over inio a turnip field, and
walk rapidly off in the opposite direction
to the Priory gates.
CHAPTER XX.
I.ate in the afternoon Ezra arrived at
lie Priory. From one of the passage
windows Kate saw him driving up the
aietiue in a high dog-art. There was a
bioad shouldered, red-bearded man sitting
beside him, and the ostler from the Flying
Bull was pen-lied behind. Kate had rush
ed to the window on hearing the sound
of wheels, with some dim expectation that
hr friends had come sooner than she
anticipated. A glance, however, showed
I'er that the hope was vain. From behind
curtain she watched them alight and
come into the bouse, while the trap wheel
ed ro'ind and rattled off for Beds worth
gain.
She went fdowly la k to her room, won
dering what friend this could 1 whom
Errs had brought with him. She Lad no
ticed that he was roughly clad, presenting
contrast to the young merchant, who
was vulgarly spruce in his attire. Evi
dently he intended to pass the night at
the Priory, sine they had let the trap
go hack to the village. She was glad that
be had come, for his presence would act
a restraint upon the Uirdlmtonea.
As the long afternoon stole sway she
r-ecame more and more impatient and ex
pectant. SUa bad been sewing in her
1 room, but she found that she rovCti no
longer keep her attention on the stitches.
I She paced nervously up and down the lit-
tie apartment. In the room beneath she
could hear the dull, muffled sound of men's
j voices in a long continuous monotone,
j broken only by the interposition now and
i again of one voice which was so deep
! and loud that it reminded her of the growl
j of a beast of prey, This m ist belong to
the red bearded stranger. Kate wondered
what it could bo that they were talking
over so earnestly. City affairs, no doubt,
oi ouier ousiness matters oi importance.
r She remembered having once heard it re-
T 1 mnrl-Ail tlinf miiliv f ilia il,ifiut mutt AM
'Change were eccentric and slovenly in
their dress, so the newcomer might be a
mora important" person' than he seemed.
She had determined to remain in her
room all the afternoon to avoid Ezra, but
her restlessness was so great that she felt
feverish and hot. The fresh air, she
thought, would have a reviving effect up
oii her. She slipped down the staircase,
treading as lightly as possible not to dis
turb the gentlemen in the refectory. They
appeared to hear her, however, for the
hum of conversation died away, and there
was a dead silence until after she had
passed.
She went out on to the little lawn
whihe lay in front of the old house. There
were some flower beds scattered about
on it, but they were overgrown with'weeds
and in the last stage of neglect. She
amused herself by attempting to improve
the condition of one of them, and kneel
ing down beside it she pulled up a num
ber of the weeds which covered it. There
was a withered rose bush in the center,
so she pulled up that also, and succeeded
in imparting some degree of order among
the few plants, which remained. She
worked with unnatural energy, pausing
eery now, and again to glance down the
dark avenue, or to. listen intently to any
chance sound which might catch her ear.
In the course of her work she chanced
to look at the Priory. The refectory
faced the lawn, and at the window of it
there -stood the three men looking out at
her. The Oirdlestones were nodding their
hiads, as though they were pointing her
out to the third man, who stood between
rheni. He was looking at. her with an
expression of interest. Kate thought as
she returned his gaze that she had never
seen a more savage and brutal face. He
was Hushed and laughing, while Ezra be
side him appeared to be pale and anxious.
They all, when they saw that she noticed
them, stepped precipitately back from the
window. She. had only a momentary
glance at them, and yet the three faces,
the strange, fierce red one, and the two
hard familiar pale ones which flanked it,
remained vividly impressed upon her mem
ory. tiirdlestone had been so pleased at the
early appearance of his two allies, and the
prospect of settling the matter once for
all, that he received them with a cordial
ity which was foreign to his nature.
"Always punctual, my dear son, and
always to be relied upon," he said. "You
ore a model to our young business men.
As to you, Mr. Burt," he continued, "I
am ' delighted to see you at the Priory,
much as I regret the sad necessity which
has brought you down."
"Talk it over afterwards," said Ezra,
shortly. "Burt and I have had no lunch
eon yet."
"I am near starved," the other growl
ed, throwing himself into a chair. Ezra
had been careful to keep him from drink
on the way down, and he was now sober,
or as nearly sober as a brain saturated
with liquor could ever be.
Girdlestone called for Mrs. Jorrocks
who laid the cloth. Ezra appeared to
have a poor appetite, but Burt ate vora
ciously. nen tne meat was nnisneu
Ezra drew a chair up to the fire, and his
father did the same, after ordering the old
woman out ot tne room, ana caretuuy
losing the door behind her.
"You have spoken to our friend here
about the business?" Girdlestone asked.
nodding his head in the direction of Burt.
"Yes. I have made it all clear.
"Fiv-e hundred pounds down, and a free
passage to Africa, said tsurr.
"An energetic man like you can do a
great deal in the colonies witn hve nun-
died pounds," tiirdlestone remarked.
'What I do with it is nothing to you.
gov nor, tfurt reuiarwea surniy. i aoes
t he job, you pays the money, and there s
an end as far as you are concerned."
"Quite so," the merchant said in a con
ciliatory voice. lou are tree to do what
you like with the money."
Without axin your leave, growled
P.urt. He was a man of such a turbulent
and quarrelsome disposition that he was
always ready to go out of his way to make
himself disagreeable.
The question is how it is to be done,"
interposed Ezra. "You've got some plan
iu vour head. I suppose, he said to his
father. "It's high time the thing was
carried through, or we shall have to put
up the shutters in Fenchurch street."
His father shivered at the very thought.
"Anything rather than that," he said.
"It will precious soon come to that."
"What's the matter with your lip? It
seems to be swollen."
"I had a turn with that fellow Dims
dale." Ezra answered, putting his hand
up to his mouth to hide the disfigurement,
"lie followed us to the station and we
had to beat him off, but I think I left
my marks upon him."
"He played some hokey-pokey business
on me," said Burt. "He tripped me in
some new-fangled way, and nigh knocked
the breath out of me. I don't fall as
light as I used."
"He did not succeed in tracing you?"
tiirdlestone asked uneasily. "There is no
chance of his turning up here, and spoiling
the whole business?"
"Not in the least," said Ezra confident
ly, "lie was in the hands of a policeman
when I saw him last."
"That is well. Now I should like, be
fore we go further, to say a few words
to Mr. Burt as to what has led up to
this. I wish you to understand," he said,
"that this is no sudden determination of
ours, but that events have led up to it in
such a way that it was impossible to avoid
it. Our commercial honor and integrity
are more precious to us than anything
else, and we have both agreed that we
are ready to sacrifice anything rather
than lose it. Unfortunately, our affairs
have become somewhat involved, and it
was absolutely necessary that the firm
should have a sum of money, promptly
in order to extricate Itself from its diffi
culties. This sum we endeavored to get
through a daring speculation in diamonds,
which was, though I say it. Ingeniously
pUnnsd and cleverly carried, and which
would have succeeded admirably had if
not been tor an unfortunate chance."
"I remember," said Burt. I
, "Of course. You were there at the
time. We were able to struggle along for
some time after this on money which we
borrowed and on the profits of our Af
rican trade. The time came, however,
when the borrowed money was to be re
paid, and once again the. firm was in dan-1
ger. It was then that we first thought o
the fortune of my ward. It was enough
to turn the scale in our favor, could we
lnx- our hands upon it. It was sccufely
'tied up, however, in such a way that there
were only two means (,by which we. could
touch a penny of it. One was by marry
ing her to my son ; the other was by the
young lady's death. Do you follow me?"
Burt nodded his shaggy head.
'This being so, we did all that we could
to arrange a marriage. Without flattery
I may say that no girl was ever approach
ed in a more delicate and honorable way
than she was by my son, Ezra. I, for my
part, brought all my influence to bear
upon her in order to induce her to meet
... ,.,, ... u j-.u.-r.
of our efforts, she rejected him in the
j-.u.j ' ...j ... i
nicsi ueciueii way, aim gave un m uuun- - - .
stand that it was hopeless to attempt to vestment Is required to earn a fixed
make her change her tnind." dividend for the stockholders. The
"Someone else, maybe," suggested Burt, earnings are expected to exceed the
"The man who put you on your back dividends, operating expenses and fixed
at the station," said Ezra. charges to create a surplus fund to
"Ha! I'll pay him for that," the navvy C(,nduct affairs In emergencies and dur
growled viciously. u,s panics without stopping .dividends.
"A human life, Mr. Burt," continued T,ie farmer ,8 C0I llpfl t0 compete
Girdlestone "is a sacred thing but . u- tl)e market for hplp to conduct
man life, when weighed against the exist- 1 , ,
ence of a great firm from which hundreds1'" agricultural opera it.ons. While the
derive their means of livelihood, is a small ; fanner,. Is delighted If his investment
consideration indeed. When the fate of j returns a reasonable profit, he has no
Miss Harston is put against the fate of r-ciurse If the season's results are pon
tile great commercial house of Girdle- ducted at a loss. The manufacturer In
stone, it is evident which must go to the timet- of financial stringency to protect
wall. Our house has for nearly forty stockholders discharges a part of his
years been a bright spot in the darkness. fom? reduces their wages or runs his
If it should fall now it would be a stum- on hourg The fannpp
Wing block and a scandal. ou i see there.
fore that ereater interests are at stake, . . . ,.
than the more dross of this world. Hav-1 t wages by the purchase of costly
ing seen
Hint this sad necessity might
arise, 1 had made every arrangement some
time before. This building is, as you
may have observed in your drive, situated
ia a lonely and secluded part of the coun
try. It is walled round, too. in such a
manner that any one residing here is
practically a prisoner. I removed the
lady so suddenly that no one can possibly
know where she has gone to, and I have
spread such reports as to her condition
that no one down here would be surprised
to hear of her decease."
"But there is bound to be an inquiry.
IIcw about a medical certificate?" asked
Ezra.
"I shall insist upon a coroner's in
quest, his father answered.
"An inquest ! Are you mad
"When you have heard me I think that
you will come to just the opposite conclu
sion. I think that I have hit upon a
ki heme which is really neat neat in its
simplicity." He rubbed his hands togeth
er, and showed his long yellow fangs in
his enjoyment of his own astuteness.
Burt and Ezra leaned forward to listen,
while the old man sank his voice to a
whisper.
"They think that she is insane," he
said.
"Yes."
"There's a small door in the boundary
wall which leads out to the railway line."
"Well, what of that?"
"Suppose that door to be left open,
would it be an impossible thing for a
ciazy woman to slip out through it, and
to be run over by the ten o'clock ex
press?" .
"If she would only get in the way
of it."
"You don't quite catch my idea yet.
Suppose that this express ran over the
dead body of a woman, would there be
anything to prove afterwards that she
was dead, and not alive at the time of
the accident? Do you think that it would
ever occur to any one's mind that the ex
press had run over a dead body?"
"I see your meaning," said his son
thoughtfully. "You would settle her and
then put her there."
(To be continued.)
Greatest Concrete Bridge.
The largest concrete bridge in the
1.1 1. 4. tli.k finltliim.
W OriU Oils JUftl itri:ciru i" uiu,jhu
touches at Washington, says the New
York Sun. The Connecticut avenue
bridge, as it is known, spans the deep
gorge of Bock creek, not fifteen min
utes by trolley from the center of the
city.
The structure Is remarkable for sev
eral reasons. In the first place, It is
built entirely of concrete without be
ing re-enforced with steel.
It Is 1,421 feet long, with a 52-foot
roadway and a walk on either side.
The floor of the bridge is 130 feet
above the ground. There are several
150-foot arches and two narrow ones
of 82 feet.
Work was begun about seven years
ago on the foundations, though the
plans had already taken about two
years to complete. The work halted
owing to the failure of Congress to
appropriate enough money to com
plete It.
But about three years ago the nec
essary bills went through and a really
beautiful bridge Is now the result. The
cost was a million dollars.
The ' 'I' I m en.
The new times in Georgia
No skies that wear a frown.
And when the trouble strikes us
We'll dance the trouble down.
The old times forgotten,
Though now their story's told.
New times bring all the happiness
The arms of you can hold!
Atlanta Constitution.
A Special llrand.
Brown I want to thank you again
for that cigar you gave me yesterday.
I enjoyed It Immensely.
Green I'm glad you liked It. By
the way, I have another of the same
brand If you care to smoke.
Brown No, thank you. I didn't
smoke the other one. I have a grudge
against Jones, so I gave It to him.
lie who can move his ears can usuai
ly moke hi balr stand on end.
Farm Labor.
Ono of the greatest problems con
fronting agriculture la competent farm
keip tliat can be secured at a compen
at ion proportionate to the net earn
lugs for the farmer. Manufactures,
mining and railroads furnish employ
nient to a vast number of workers who
are under trained foremen and their
wages are graduated according to the
fimmltlf- nf nr-u1nfr tliat. Ann furn mit
Manufacture,, aIld transportation cor-
1
poratlons are capitalized and the ln-
i ' oor-auvuiB uuiciiine iv,
The world moves forward and the
higher cost of living, the Increase in
value of farm lands and the higher
prices of agricultural products will not
soon revert to old low standards. The
Tanner will not find cheap labor of
fered In the market except by Ineffi
cient employes.
Agriculture Is annually becoming
more of a business proposition and the
standard of labor advanced on the
farm. The farm laborer must under
stand modern agricultural machinery
and how to operate It to obtain employ
r.ient Machinery is too expensive to
be trusted with Inexperienced opera
tors, and the man who can skillfully
handle , modern farm Implements Is in
demand on the farm at a wage scale
that will compare favorably with the
employes In industrial enterprises.
Farmers are now practical business
men and the majority of them keep
books on farm operations and know the
mount nf their nroflt and loss annual
I ly. Farming as a profession Is becom
Ing more attractive and diversified and
labor needs to be more skilled to meet
new conditions of agriculture. The In
ducements are potential for young men
t.i qualify as farm laborers and the
field offers as brilliant prospects fis
any other profession. The farmer !s
not so much in quest of cheap labor as
efficient help and Is willing to pay
wage scnle proportionate to the ability
and proficiency of the laborer as an up
to-date farm hand. Goodall's Farmer.
Cnrrjring a Trunk In Baxvr.
To carry a trunk or any bulky ar
ticle In a small buggy, make a frame
out of two pieces of one and one-half
by two-Inch scantlings eight feet long.
Nail a board across the ends as shown
HOW TO CARRY THE TRUNK.
In A of the accompanying illustration
Place the free ends beneath the seat
and under tflie foot rest in front, letting
the frame extend behind the buggy. The
trunk or box, explains Prairie Farmer,
can then be placed on the end of the
frame Ixjhlnd the seat of the buggy. It
should be tied on.
EiTfEK Varlonnly Preserved.
Eggs are preserved In many other
ways besides cold storage. Often the
preservative is effected by excluding
the air by coating, covering or immers
ing the eggs, some material or solu
tion being used which may or may not
be a germicide. An old domestic meth
od Is to pack the eggs In oats, bran or
salt; another ponslsts in poverlng the
eggs with lime water, which may or
may not contain salt. In Germany
sterilization Is effected by placing in
boiling water from twelve to fifteen sec
onds. Sometimes they are treated to a
solution of alum or salicylic acid. Oth
er methods consist In varnishing with
a solution of permanganate of potash,
varnishing with collodion or shellac;
packing In leat dust, preserving in
wood ashes, treating with a solution of
boric acid and water glass, varnishing
with vaseline, preserving In lime wa
ter, preserving In a solution of water
glass. The last three methods hare
proved most successful. Infertile eggs
will keep much better than fertile eggs
by any manner of preservation-
New Farm Product.
Alfalfa was an unknown crop a few
years ago. Now It is one of the most
reliable and profitable of Texas crops.
It has not been long since the onion
was produced only in a few short rows
for family use. Now the onion crop la
one of Texas' liest advert lsenients. The
effort to raise for the market me-
diclnal plants began with one enter- Manhattan .In the' sixth assembly dls
prlsing citizen of Grayson County only trlct, with Its 180 acres, bounded by
a few years ago. Now this line Is be
ing taken up nd will be carried on for
all It Is worth. The list is growing
longer, and the prices of cotton and
other farm products are better than
they used to be, and the man with the I
i. i i .. . i a . i. rrt- ... '
hoe is growing more independent. The adjoins the 8th and 10th assembly dls
sugar beet Is now being tested.. Colo-, trlets, which are the most densely pop
rndo holds first place In the production . ulated of any in Manhattan, with over
of beet sugar In the United States, 049. people to the acre,
with 422,732,5:10 pounds of sugar from j Manhattan has lt..r00 factories and
138.3(i0.R00 Acres, while Michigan ancP 84 1.83G workers in these factories, vith
California are elosely matched for sec-an acreage of 14,038. The Bronx has
ond place, producing 1(15.000.01)0 and ;42 factories ouly'and 18,143 workers
14.(K)0,(HK) pounds, respectively. The 1 sprinkled through its area of 20.017
sugar beet crop In "this country last
year brought $4,500,000.
The present year will be an Impor
tant season for experiments with the
sugar beet in Texas. Let the tests be
made under as good conditions as pos
sible. There is really no doubt as to
the results in localities where the soli
Is of the right density and quality.
Lands that produce fine crops of beets
of the ordinary variety or the "biggest
turnips in the world" are quite sure to!
lirei
k a few records In sugar beets If
given a fair test. Galveston News.
Improved Chicken Coop.
The diagram shows a convenient way
to make a coop for the poultry yard.
of which the special feature is Its door.
Procure a box of the right dimensions
and saw a hole, d. In one end. Then
, , . . . '
of wood, b c, on each side of the hole.
j
HINGELESS DOOB FOB A COOP.
b c. This acts as a groove for the
door, a, to slide In. Thus you have a
sliding door, which opens and shuts'
with the greatest ease. The front of
the coop Is Inclosed with lath, or nar
row strips, placed 2 to 3 Inuhe
apart. The top should be covered with
a giod grade of roofing paper to make
It waterproof A coop of this sort
should be 2 to 2 feet long, 10 inches
deep and not less than 20 Inches high,
while 2 feet would be better. Richard
Moncure, In Farm and Home.
The Jndn-e and SI Wheat.
Maud Miller, in the summer's heat,
Haked the meadow thick with wheat.
The judge rode slowly down the lane,
Smoothing his horse's chestnut mane.
"With wheat at a dollar per." said he,
"This maid is about the size for me."
Then he smiled at her and she blushed at
him.
And over the meadow fence he clim.
'Will
you marry
me, sweet maid?" h
"Yes," and they were
said,
she told him
wed.
And
Alas for maiden, alas for judge.
For old designer and wheat-field drudga
Lord pity them both and pity us all,
For Maud didn't own the wheat at all.
And the judge remarked when he learned
the cheat :
"IWwi't talk to me about dollar wheat !"
San Francisco Argonaut.
How Animal Doctor Themacl ve.
Man might often take from the lower
animals a lesson as to the cure of him
self when 111. All sorts of animals suf
fering from fever eat little, lie quiet in
dark, airy places and drink quantities
of water. When a dog loses his appe
tite he knows where to find chiendent
log grass which acts as a purgative!
and emetic. Sheep and cows, when 111,
seek certain herbs. Any animal suffer
ing from chronic rheumatism keeps as
far as possible in the sun. If a chim
panzee lie wounuea lie lias lieen seen
to stop the bleeding by a plaster of
chewed up leaves and grass.
Farm Hint.
The horse Is man's best friend, there
fore he Is deserving of a friend's treat
ment.
Don't forget that the barnyard ma
nure Is the best all-round fertilizer you
can obtain.
Pasture makes the cheapest hog feed
on the farm and clover makes the best
hog pasture.
Ihtn't let money act as a padlock on
your heart and shut In all the kindness
and hajupincss.
The animal that has a full, bright
eye Is apt to be healthy. And a moist
nose Is another Indication of health.
The man who keeps his troubles to)
himself Is tetter thousrht of than he
tetter thousrht of than he
who burdens his neighbors with them.
The neighbors have their own trouble ,
to think alout. I
Little things on the farm amount to
as much In the end as they do In any 1
other business, yet the farmer as a rule '
does not pay as much attention to de- j
tans as aoes tne city ousiness man.
BUSY PART OF MANHATTAN.
lo One Block of New York Are 4,000
Factory Worker.
There Is congestion of industries and
factories, as well as congestion of jKip
ulatlon In New York, siijh the Sun.
The committee on congestion of popu
lation has been making interesting
study from the records of the deport
ment of labor of the state of the loca
tion of factories and the 'number of
factories and workers to the acre in
the assembly districts of .Manhattan.
The significant fact was brought out
that 12 per cent of the factories and
11.7 per cent of the workers Aire pack
ed Into 1.3 per cent of the area of
East 4th street, 3d avenue, St. Mark's
place, 2d avenue, 2d street, 1st avenue,
Houston, Eldrldge, Stanton, Chrystle,
Division streets. Bowery, Canal street
and Broadway.
This assembly district Immediately
acres, less than one worker to the
acre, as against twenty-four to the
acre in Manhattan.
Tlje department of labor gives jth&
following number of factories and em
ployes In the other boroughs of Great
er New York : Brooklyn, 4,800 facto
ries, with 121.822 employes; Queens.
'422 factories, with 20.180 employes:
nichmond, 173 factories, with 7,081:
employes.
tt is when one makes a dividing line
between upper and lower Manhattan
at 14th street that the true significance
of the crowding of factories in lower
Manhattan is evidenced, for in this
jarea, roughly cut off at 14th street.
325,000 workers are located In about
2,700 acres.
As the acme of density is the block
bounded by AVest Houston. Prince and
1 Crosby streets and Broadway, with 97
I ,',,,..,
per vent 111 us nt? covcieu won niiiiu-
Ings, a density of 1.210 workers to the
nere, and with a total of 4,000 people
working In the block during 1000, the
year for which all the data are taken.
A large proportion of the buildings in
this block are twelve stories high.
Another fact of slgnlneam-e Is that
In this book the assessed value of
land, according to the report of the de
partment of taxes aitd assessment, was
I $1,123,848, or $25.08 a square foot.
Does It pay to manufacture where
land costs this rate? Who pays the
additional rent on the land, and could
factories easily , remove to other bor
oughs? These are some of the ques
tions which the committee suggests as
a result of Its studies.
OPERATED BY ELECTRICITY.
Fender Can Be lntnntlr Dropped
to Ground to Pick t'p Victim.
In an electrlcfllly oiperatod street oar
fender, m-ently designed, a Colorado
man comes very close to providing one
which will actually serve tihe purpose
for whUih It Is intennled. It is uni
versally known that the majority of
the fenders now used are a farce and
KEN DEB DROPS CIXSE TO THE GROUND.
utterly useless when put to the test.
This can be accounted for by reason
of the common custom of supporting
the fender too high above the ground
so that It will be sure to-clear all ob-
stnetion. In emergencies, when the
fender Is needed to prevent injury to
a person accidentally caught on the
tra"k, It proves valueless, rolling over
the unfortunate instead of picking him
up. The fender shown here is normal
ly mrpiHrtted about a fiwrt aliove the
ground. When the motornian sees a
person on the track and is unable to
stiop the car in time to avoid an acl
dent he releases a convenient handle
on the dashboard and the fender lroi9
to within an inch or two of the ground.
It Is thus in a position to pick up the
victim Instead of passing over him.
Electricity Is employed to ojterate the
movement of the fender.
Worth Seeing.
In a certain preparatory school In
Washington, says a contributor in
Harper's Magazine, an instructor ono
day made the statement that "every
year a sheet of water fourteen feet
j thick Is raised to clouds from the sea.
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-tenlimr. thomrh he may have Droven
hu innocence, the noot.Ie for the rest
of hi nfe will tighten their hold on
ther pneketbooks when they see bin,
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