FASTER! FASTER! CRIES PROGRESS!
"GO SLOW BUT SURE" SAYS HARRIS
Street Railway Alan Says
'"Take It Easy! You'll Get
There Just the Same"
JAMES W. HARRIS, America's oldest active street
railway president, paused the other day to look
through his office window at the 1933 transconti
nental plane as it winged its way to New York
from the Coast, silhouetted r.g innt the azure sky
then he turned his eyes down ct the yellowed
musty ledger recording the p:-of!tj of the world's
first cable car.
He heaved no sigh for "the good old drys" for
his cable cars arc still in oy ration and will prob
ably continue to be in operation, becacse of the
need for them, fc:- many years. They still pay divi
dends, for the wrld still rides them! Rides them
and discusses tho fare of the new streamline trains
that make a spesd of 100 miles an hour.
Sixty-one years have elapsed since the world's
first cable car slowly climbed Clay Street hill in
San Francisco. Prophetic residents at that time
expressed the confidence that this invention would
revolutionize city transportation throughout the
world, a vision that came true with surprising
swiftness. New York, Chicago, Kansas City, Seattle
and many other large cities here and abroad were
soon boasting miles of cable road.
It was back in 1879 that "Jimmie" Harris came
to work for the street railway company. He took
to his work like the proverbial duck to water. Soon
he was general manager and then president. Today
at 81, Mr. Harris is on the job every morning at
7 o'clock, managing the affairs of one of the few,
if any, street railway systems that have consis
tently operated on a five-cent fare without passing
regular divic'snda." Tr'.e, at t:r.i:s the stockholders'
dividends have drifted downward, bi t never has
there been any red ink on the president's report!
These cars seat 38 passengers but have been
known to load as many a3 150 fares on a single
trip! They weigh 11,500 pounds each, and braking
is accomplished through two sets of hand brakes,
operated by the gripman and conductor, and a
powerful track brake.
The cables pull cars over grades as high as 21
per cent and are 60,000 feet long. They consist of
wire strands wound to a diameter of l'i inches
with a hemp core to allow for the "squeeze" of
car grips. Power is frrnis'-cd by two 900-h.p. 2200
volt a.c. motors otic-rating .in ing'morcly designed
win "ing machine. In ca3c rf emergency involving
motors, there is a 600-h.p. Corliss-type steam en
gine always ready for immediate action. A com
pensator wheel, weighing three tons, keeps tension
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Cabla cars are still needed, says James VV. Harru, veteran street railway president, as he watches
modern transportation grow to meet demands of speed.
equal as 30 cars grip and release their hold on the
cables. Slack in cables, caused by stretching in
use, is taken up by special equipment. The cable
grip through which the car operator can pick up
or drop the cable at will, is in itself a clever piece
of mechanism, perfected by Mr. Harris shortly
after lie became superintendent.
. There's just a trace of wistfulness in Mr. Harris'
voice when he talks about the strides that are
being made in transportation when he talks about
airplanes and streamlined trains and other modern
day distance-choppers.
"It had to come, or course," he says, "because
the people who travel always are in a hurry. In
a hurry to get to where they're going, and in a
hurry to get back. And they'll always go rushing
back and forth by the means that will take them
the fastest.
"Because of the urge for speed, airplane builders
will go ahead building faster stratosphere ships,
and steamship builders will vie with one another
to see which can build the vessel that will cross
the ocean in the shortest time, and every other
transport man will cry for something that will
give his patrons more speed, but
"Let me tell you one thing! When these people
get along to my age, they'll find that most of this
craving for speed that fills the world today is a
false need. They'll find that the man who takes it
slower and easier gets there just the same in the
enri. And they'll find the slower-going person
probably will be trodding on his leisurely way long
aft- 1h- meed-cravers are gone and forgotton.
"If there is one message I'd like to pass along to
the younger generation, it is this: take it easy!
you'll get there just the same."
Horoscopes
Of Famous People
FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
-By Laurie Pralt
THE horoscope of a President has an important
bearing, during his term of office, on the ait'airs
between conservative and progressive elements
will continue to grow in heat. Roosevelt's policies
will always favor experimentation, governmental
regimentation and concentration of power in him
self as a virtual dictator.
His Sun in humanitarian Aquarius indicates
that his sympathies are broad and impersonal,
truly concerned with the welfare of the common
people. His courage and pioneering abilities are
unquestionable, and history will remember him,
not so much for the mostly mistakei, which are
rather those of the head than of the heart, but
as the fearless innovator of necessary and inevit
able changes for America.
HIS chart shows clearly such extravagance and
staggering financial problems that this coun
try, cannot hope, under his leadership, for res
toration of normal conditions. He is, rather, the
unusual leader for abnormal times than tin influ
ence for peace or security. The perspective of time
will reveal him as the destined bridge-maker for
the troubled waters of an outstanding trnnaition
period in our national life. His New Deal uncom
fortable, unbalanced and chaotic as it is to live
under, is based on an American ideal of social
progress that will grow in power, though under
wiser and more acceptable forms.
YOUR DAILY GUIDE
Sunday, January 19 An active day; use delib
eration. Monday Good for nearly everything, especially
travel and sports; avoid deceit.
Tuesday Progressive and venturesome, but
today and tomorrow are unfavorable for approach
ing those in authority.
Wednesday Inspirational; your business
hunches are reliable, but do not start new ven
tures for ths rent of this week.
Thursday Finish up old matters and tasks
alrca lv started.
Friday Much violence in the world today and
tomorrow; us2 caution.
Saturday Social group and women's activities
favorable; financial deals are deceptive.
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