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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-10-20

Own THEIR HOMESTEADS.-One
great secret of the prosperity of the
United States, and the rapid increase Of
its population, as compared with that Of
other countries, is this, that in addition
to our free institution a large proportion
of the masses own their homesteads,
thus encouraging the people of other
lands to seek an abiding place among us.
1t Is estimated, that our population is
nearly 39,000,O 900, of which about 6,000,-
600 own their own dwellings and the soil
on which they stand. As a contrast, we
can turn TO England, which, with a
population of some 81, 100000, has only
about $4,000 people who own any land.
The aristocracy, inheriting the old
| tenure system, have got possession of
most Of the soil, and the poor are nearly
ground to powder, while their toll goes TO
improve the domains of the rich. They
feel no interest i'm the country which
they inhabit, and have no confident
hope in the future. They must he a
forbearing people, and accustomed to
oppression, or they would long since
have revOlted at the feudal bondage that
| Oppresses their energies and prevents
them from entering upon any wide field
of enterprise. So this fact of having no
abiding interest in the landed inherit
ance Of the country, and no prospect of
improving their condition, we may
attribute to this people the great lack of
mechanical invention and discovery rs
compared with the industrial classes of
/ the United States. Instead of advancing,
I the working classes Of England are going
backward, the soil is being rapidly
absorbed into fewer hands, and the pop
ulation has small prospect of being
much increased in the coming days.
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WILLIAM DAVIDSON,
Real L. tate Dealer
oFFICE-No. GA Front Street,
PORTLAND. OREGON.

DEAL ESTATE IN THIS CITY AND East
II Portland, In the most desirable localities,
consisting OF Ions, HALF BLOCKS and BLOCKS,
HOUSES and STORES.
Also, IMPROVED FARMS and VALUABLE US
CULTIVATED LANDS, located in all parts OF the
state, for sale.
REAL ESTATE and other Property purchased
for Cores spondcnts. I'm THIS CITY and through
out the STATES and TERRITORIES. with great
care, and on the most ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS
HOUSES AND STORES LEASED, LOANS NEGo-
TIATED and CLAIMS or ALL DESCRIPTIONS
PROMPTLY COLLECTED. and a GENERAL FISAN-
CIAL and AGENCY BUSINESS TRANsACrED.
Agents this OFFICE in all the CITIES and
TOwSs in the STATE will receive descriptions Oi
FARM PRoPEETY and forward the same 10 the
above address. NJ
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STATE MEETING To BE CALLED.-We
are informed, says the OTcgOnidn, that
at the late State Fair most of the leading
men of the State Agricultural Society
agreed to call, probably some time in
December, a State meeting Of farmers,
mechanics and wOrkingmen, to take
measures to advance their general and
mutual interests. The movement has
no connection, however, with the State
Agricultural Society.
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RETTREs.-Mr. s. p. Mcdonald, who
has been connected with the publication
of the Vancouver Register for some
time has retired from the paper, on the
account of failing health. Mr.. b. NJ.
Washburn is now the sole proprietor.
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OFFICERS HoRTIcULTURAL SOCIETY.
At the State Fair on Thursday, the 10Th
inst, an election of officers for the Hor-
ticultural Society resulted as follows:
President, Seth Luelling; Vice Presi-
dents, DR.. J. r. Bayley, Corvallis. and
H. Henson, East Portland; Secretary
A. r. Shipley; Treasurer, DIR. Cardwell
Portland.
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The RAILROAD TO EUGENE.-The
Eugene Journal says: The railroad has
been completed to this city much sooner
than the most sanguine anticipated two
years ago, and We feel that the people
of this county are indebted to Mr.. Hol-
laday for the great degree Of enterprise
and energy which has characterized his
efforts in this magnificent work.
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LOCOMOTIVES CoonNG.-Two Iocomo-
tives for the o. & c. r. r. are soon to
arrive and 90 to the front. One is
named for Harrisburg and the other
Eugene.
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RAILROAD ScHEDULE.-The follow
ing is the new railroad schedule: Pas
senger trains will leave Portland at
o'clock P. NJ, and arrive at Eugene at
o'clock p. NJ. Passenger trains will
leave Eugene at o'clock \. NJ, and ar
rive at Portland at l p. NJ. Freight
trains, with passenger cars attached
leave Portland at half past 6 a. NJ, and
arrive at Eugene at half past p. ~,
and leave Eugene at Gas a. NJ, and ar
rive at Portland at s p. N. Passengel
trains run every day as above and freight
trains every day except Sundays.
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sTITZEL & UPTON

OT,r FOR sale "a large amount cf rCRT7sC
7uG EAST PORTLAND It.-IpEEDE ANA
BUSINESS PROPi RTN.
Parties WlSnln- in sureh0ca faru-s 0r lands
wEl be conveyed - them and sFp,vu tua came
irec ot charge and st all TIMES 20 sU.l tle
convenience Of Cur patrons
4 Eir-c amount of cn1tcf / T.N-r---r s --F-
fsr f;,e situated Ir NultInu9n. U-lerfrII-
/ laulil-, I1il-, Benton, Lame, ti,s.isu. Cj-r..-
Inia5. and otlcr -1Uutiea II -as~ State I..-
l PRICE LIST call 20 our office
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Grace Greenwood says that in Colo
RADIO nature seems resolved to make up
for lost time by producing flowers in
matchless profusion and brilliances OF
coloring, but sends them out in such
haste that she forgets to scent them.
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LoCOMOTIvEs.-T following descrip-
tion of the two locomotives which ar
rived on the bark Rival for the North
Pacific Railroad Company, is given by
the Kalama Beacon: These engines have
been at service in Minnesota on the cas-
tern end Of the y. p. road, and We're
found very well adapted for construction
purposes. These engines are named
Minnatonka and Otter Tail, after lakes
in the Northwest. They weigh = tons,
are of 1O-inch cylinder and l6-inch
stroke. They are placed on four S2-ineh
wheels, and the body of the locomotive
sits very close to the ground. The boil
er and machinery are very compact.
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WHEAT FREIGHT.-Freighto on wheat
from Eugene City is twenty one cents a
bushel, or seven dollars a ton.
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NOBLE WOMEN.-Just as soon as il
became evident that the smallpox was
upon us the Sisters of Charity rendered
their services to wait upon the sick, and
have been ready at any moment To 90
wherever danger called. In the case of
Mr.. VIM. Meals family, where the
father, mother and only child were ta-
ken down with the disease, the Sisters
at once volunteered their aid, and are
now rendering this unfortunate family
all the attention their condition re-
quires. In the case of Mr.. Sneed, the
painter, who was prostrated by the
disease, and had no one to care for him,
the Sisters at once went to his relief,
and are rendering him all the attentions
so soothing to the sick and afflicted.
When full of life and health, we are
too prone to forget these ministering an
gels, but when pestilence and death
stalks abroad, we realize the depth OF
their self-sacrificing spirit. In the pest
houses and hospitals of the world, these
Sisters find their noblest field of service,
and i'm all lands they are ever found
ready to face any danger if thereby they
NAV minister to the sick and dying.
Ali honor TO these noble women
VdUa JVdIId Statesman.
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COAL on AT KALAMA.-The Beacon
reports the discovery of coal oil at
Kalama.
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STATE FAIR Receipts
Of the State Fair footup to about So, 900.
They were a little more last year.
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Agents Tor tae Sale Of Lots and Blocks IA
aOILADkY'S ABDlTi0R
EAST POR TLAND

rpO DUR PATRONS AND THE PUBLIC
| Generally dCsiriUg TO make SAFE and fL-
LIABLE INVESTMENTS IN REAL PROP
ERTN, we be- leave AZ this time 10 eaii 81 -rr
been suhdivided into Block and Lots, ana g.
now i'm the market, TO be sold fl. A Aitegnato fa-.
and Blocks.
No ono l:ls cve- visited this BODY 90 leu1 Hs.
what VIII say that it is the most ciiri14o .aE
suburban Residences o. any ouelec IL TINS
rls,rs-ef, Tlc and hsrl-- a gradual -l]o, .r1-l
the river back 70 SC-cufecutE So, t4efa being
scarcely arv BlCck in the entire 0rae- out what
Tlir View OF the City Of PJTti2Iu ana the Wiz
tsIucitc river can be uaC.
Another advantage this property VIII have
, for residences No nigh water viii ever affect
tuC drainage 1t the city.
TIE o. 4 c. r. r. cos NEW FERRY BOAT
7 now making regular trips from tho foot OF
81. C0uch'S Addition. to the foot OF oregon
<, GIoll1d..y's Addition.
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Pleasant words are as a honey-comb-
sweet to the soul, and health to the
bones.
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EVENING PAPER.-It is rumored that
an evening paper is soon TO be started in
this city.
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the city have no shelter. The thunder
of falling walls, the explosions where
the firemen were at work, the binding
smoke and constant falling of burning
embers made it seem a very
HE'LL UPON EARTH.
Yet hundreds of half erazed men and
women had to be forced away by the
officers before they would leave their
dwellings. One woman with her child
i'm her arms returned to her house on
Pearson street to save some article, and
before she could gain the outside again
the flames had enveloped the building.
She attempted to get out below, but the
flames swept in scOrching blast across
the doorway, and she retreated TO the
next floor and made an attempt to es-
cape by window. Just as She reached
the window her energies were exhausted.
and in sight of the crowd that still lin
gered at the edge of the fire-line, she sank
down with
AN AGONIzING SCREAM,
That will ring in the ears of those who
heard it for many year.
AS the flames advanced, the mass of
wild humanity was compelled to cross
the river, but in many cases thev were
too late. The bridges at Dearborn, South
Clark, State and La Sale streets were
scenes Of the most horrible catastrophes.
Men, women and children rushed to the
bridges to cross with the flames kissing
and roaring close to their rear. Some of
them plunged into the river and at
tempted 10 swim across the narrow
channel, but burning blocks of wood
were falling on every side of them, and
they were
BURNED IN THE WATER.
The loss of life in this manner cannot
/ be estimated and will never be known.
At the Dearborn street bridge u most
! terrible catastrophe took place. IL had
/ been turned to allow the passing of u
vessel, when a crowd of over a hundred
men and women rushed to the bank to
cross. The buildings OH both sides of
| the street were wrapped in a sheet OF
| flame, and the clothes of the victims
were on fire. In their frenzy they
| jumped into the river, and nearly all OF
them perished, those that did not take to
the water being roasted alive on the
shore.
The Springfield Republican, usually
remarkably correct in its information,
I never nldte 8TedlcI lJsldhc llldll Wllel
il asserted that the editors of the INODl.
ans Journal shave forgiven the RcUOLu.
tioR, and are about taking it into part.
nership." In the first place, that jour.
nal has nothing to forgive the RcrOiutiOR
and in the second place, the ReUolutioI
is not i'm the market, nor does il propose
to commit matrimOny. 1t has steadily
increasing circulation, and is abundantly
able to stand on its own feet, and say it:
own word in its own way, without feal
and without favor; and it has not eveI
considered the proposals made to il by
other parties who are far more anxious
to absorb it than it is willing to b,
absorbed. We are glad that the RepUb
licdn has discovered that the ReUolIttiOi
sis good paper. ."-ReUOIUtiOR
The Suez Canal is the great rival to tn,
Pacific Railroad, it is being questionable
with New York merchants which rout,
has the advantage.
ConstantinOple is to have a TailrOa'
tunnel under the BOsphOrus.
. ]
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IMPRoVEMENTs T0 BE MAgE:

Aside from gigantic Improvements now I'm
contemplation by tire Railroad Company. In
fTC construction Of Wharve~, Warchuusos anu
Machine shops. quite % uumne Oi citizens wiz
commence erecting Fine Residences and Bus
in4es Houses. Also, street improvements, m
der contract. by grading ana planSiug HoiiuCay
Avenue ITS entire length. 90 connect with the
sandy road. We can say that 800 least i4alt q
Million DfilarS VIII b. expended in permanent
irnn s1vcueCts ON Ibis Addition the present
season.
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Plain young ladies often become pretty
old ones
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TAINTED.

AZ this Office Immediately. rom Two %
Thre" Huadred Dwelling Houses, situated FIR
Portland and East Portland. Tenants waiting
patiently. nj .SrlIZEL a UPTON.
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FARMS To EF&F.

We have q number OF Improved Farms situ.
attu IN Washington county. rom fourteen r1
twenty miles O. Portland.
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EnlniFo H0feI

MAIN STREET, DALLEs CITY, OREGON
BOARD BY The DAY, Weel. or Month -,
ID the most reas0uab BILE terms. ' ~
superior accommodation for f.r,ilic-
concord Coacn % and from the horSe fr,s
large safe Tor the keeping OF valuables
House open ~ nicht.
nl7 THOMAS ENiITH. Pr,r7;e+o,
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The Suez Canal is the great rival to the
Pacific Railroad, it is being questionable
with New York merchants which route
has the advantage.
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Constantinople is to have a railroa
tunnel under the BOsphOrus.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
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THE LOSS OF LIFE

Must have been immense. Thousands
flock through the streets and rubbish,
many OF them hungry. One third Of
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THE TERRIBLE HEAT.


Near the corner of Madison street,
where the flames seemed to have spent
their utmost fury, the very earth is
burnt into an almost impalpable pow
der. No vestige of any wood work re-
mains, and the very stones and bricks
are fused into shapeless masses. Fur
ther down the avenue the destruction,
while equally great, was not so fierce,
and the remains keep still some of the
appearance of what they We're.
NINE-TENTHs or THE VALUATION
OF Chicago has been swept away in one
short day Two hundred blocks of the
finest portion of the city are destroyed.
CHICAGO, October 1O.-1 p. NJ.
The east elevator of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad is the only building left
standing i'm the district bounded by the
east and Harrison street on the south.
Everything else is swept clean. Moth
ing is saved. The bare walls in many
cases are left standing, but otherwise
there is nothing but ruins to mark that
portion of the city. The banks, whole
sale business houses and public build
ings of all kinds in that district, includ-
ingthe hotels, Courthouse and Postoffice,
are totally destroyed, with all their con-
tents. The loss cannot as yet be esti-
mated.
THE LOSS OF LIFE
Must have been immense. Thousands
flock through the streets and rubbish,
many OF them hungry. One third OF
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etSr.cser. The rricf ofS vsaoved uife
and on p6snisd chisdrea sd1kcsendy tessify
- these. Butt my Be Farasaees. IT, /
refer 10 . sisgle incident. which. I think
shows the true man and the goodness Of
his heart. We al recollect tie unbeund-
ed hospitality in ksmef dsys of his fAsb-
er and mother. lftsm 1Adus dor in this
village no one ever turned unwelaomea Or
unrefreshed.gl As time rcilcd, ON sad
changes came over theps. They were
overtaken By missortunes. and crippled
and inirmzthsy had 60 look 10 othsrsifor
Aelp.- They ver6 never fsrgottea BY their
oon. who cantribufed. 70 the full extent
OF his means, up 10 The day cftheir death.
all that good and devoted son could.
to alleviate their sufferings and smooth their
way over the rugged path Of life:
fully concur in all that has been 80
we'll said Of the deceased. of his talent,
his goodness of heart. his readiness 10 for
get and forgive. his ever willing hand to
help. his charity and his warm and devo-
ted friendship.
The court has melancholy pleasure in
directing the resolutions, that have been
adopted by the bar. to be entered upon
its minutes.-there to remain. among its
records and archives. lasting and fit me-
mento Of the worth and merit of eur do
ceased and lansented brother. ..s., .....-..
In further token of regard aud respect
the court will now adjourn. ..
In the above sketch Of the mortuary
tributes to Mr.. Maddox by The diiFeren.
speakers whose remarks We have essayed
70 give. we profess to have attempted and
to have given only synopsis or skeleton
of what was spoken. Meager and imper-
feet as is our report, however. it will be
found, We believe, to embrace at least the
substance Of what was said on the occas-
ion, and with this explanation we submit
it to our readers.
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Wri'ten for the Beacon.) ,.
n GOOD ADVICE. s,- !

Reader. life has its JOYS and pleasures.
as well as its trials and troubles, that
though to-day may be dark and stormy.
Tomorrow the sun vii rise with renewed
splendor AM brilliancy, clothing the whole
face Of nature in Heavenly brightness and
glory. and giving new life and beauty 10
every animate and iuanimatc thing. So
it is in life: to-day We arc epeascd o. it
were in gloom apd sorrow. mourning We:
some imaginary loss or misfortune; every
thing that We see. or with which VIC como
in contact. seems tn have a delcterious cf-
feet upon our already rufflcd feelings, csus-
ing a renewal VI our imaginary troubles:
to morrow. by some agency Of our Divine
Creator. We awake in the morning with an
exnberance Of spirits and find that III! car
imaginary troubles and sorrows hare flsS.
leaving nothing buf pleasure and glsdncss
--ail natuss seems one panoramic view Of
beauty apd brightness listen will,
pleasure to the song Of the birds. we ioSk
upon the surrounding foliage aud 10 gives
Us pleasure. thr flowers and bloom are oil
pleasant TO our senses, in n word, We, de-
rive pleasure from every person and thing
Remember that the source Of all pleas
are lies within yourself; with / Tight
heart. clear Conscience, and Hvrly spir-
its. yca may expect a reasonable share of
the pleasures Of this life. In trying 10
please. or in giving pleasure TO Others.
you viii always receive rlcasarea Never
rexpccs to derive ahy real q lastins yIe4.-
nre from What causes othem paip., far an
injury done to another vii ip,, some way
revert TO the doef- Lct sour" intercourse
WITH yvn~ icw-ereaTiscsI be hind sani
unaishn ing. .,aa iisaally insilta q
prison. ls.shiak ysaso asosafssing.shssld
be Tespceted. eyer, ~ ,bo.c wiss differ
from you 10 opinion: rude thrust at
them thrifi. You With anger siid makes
you fala tircrsl eth tIo&er " yoaw heass -
!, Bss if you wssld Aaseg Dc. rssnsded.
take care how ynu meddle with tl,osc Of
other peopls. for theirs arc just .; sscred
as yous own. Alw.ys treat with civil,y
aud poliseness Kllswiik ~hnus ycu sspssss~in
csnssita And ~ lssss wilson shea asar1l.;of
life am irasains sssii.9 .aSsy. yse -wn
h9d IL pleasant - reyl:ys your past life.
where your cnnssi.ncc fcl!s you that you
have never ihtrtasiuaHy Injured 7'r insol-
I'D my husaan isaie bat iresessl Iihavc
e>iRcd their lpsa sml ;fcsvsrt ii.a. siil
- r'ea. sss ~ssih lsiss Gs,.sl p- 7.
A. ~ ssr. u. .s ..a-fe,.. tss s,,...r,sx.-r -.
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ST. MARY'S BEACON
10 susGnHsn svExY rmrnseAY
f7s iss JAMES q. DOWNS.

J. 'TRsss % sessrmrTesy--s7.o 90 pss asnus,s %
D. paid within. six Boatls. No snhseripfion
ssH ee rereiyed for Q Shorter period thmn sir
ysonshs~sd no paper 10 be discontinued until all
srrear:res are paid exespe ~ ihe option of, the
sshlish~r.
Fksss w wHpvrnr5Essuss=7sr rSuss pr -squre
fof The ar<s insertion, and 50 esn for every sub.
sequent insertion. Eight lines OF less constitute
. square. II The number of insertions he not
marked on the advertisement. il will be publish.
q eniis fpsbid, and charged accordingly. A
Hhcssf deduesioEmade 10 those who advertise
by the year. -
Communications Of q personal character will
be charged, at the same rates ~ Advertisements:
obituaries over ten lines in length viii be charg-
ed al the rate Of so cents per square.
All Communications fer publication must he
ACCOMPANIED with the real name Of the author.
or no attention i'll be paid to them. The real
name Of the author v i'll not lie published unless
desired, but we cannot consent 10 insert commu-
nlca'.ons unless we know the writer.
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II lives. YES. Il lives. IN the reeollee-
tions Of the juries. which be has no ofscn
ccnsinced by the power and feree Of his
reasoning - well . in the recollections
of tioss which be has sometimes sent
doubling away. 1.
And la.tiy. itliyes. yes, il lives in The
fond memory of his peers. the Senate #
Maryland, for in that BODY, where the
very best talents IN the Stste are concen-
trated. the Senator from Sc. Mary's. in
the prompt despatch Of ofimpertans business.
in defending those p1blic measures which
he believed n Be right. in dencuncing
thoee which his cQnscience told him Eere
wrong. and in projecting and advancing
the best interests Of the county which be
was ever proud to represent, stood pre-
eminent.
Then, in the death Of the Hon. G.
Fred. Maddox, the Law has lost a cham
pion. this Bar one Of its brightest orna-
ments, st. Mary's county one Of her most
gifted sons, and her ablest representative.
and the Senate of Maryland member of
which it may ever justly be proud
When then We look upon him as he
Lived and moved and had his being"
among us. and see him strong both in
mind and body. and consider that he was
laid low in the very pride and glory of
his manhood. with "all his blushiHg hon
ors thick upon him." we are forced to in
quire in the very language of the Psalm
ist, How is the strong staff broken and
the beautiful rod. +" bat although the strong
staff has been broken. yet, hope. that
mighty comforter, bids us believe that it
has been transplanted by an heavenly
hand to bloom with undying grace in the
Paradise Of God.
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stand or occupy the numerous chairs or
scttees thereon provided, and be travelling
toward their destination at the rate of ten
miles an hour, or, if SO inclined, can walk
at full speed in the same direction, thereby
adding four or five miles an hour to their
rate of progress.
The most ingenious part of the whole
continuance is the device for getting on and
off this moving pathway. The pedestrian
mounts to the stationary walk, and then if
he were to step from this TO the moving
one he would Of course be suddenly iloored.
10 prevent such catastrophe there is
series of seats ingeniously contriycd to
move partly ON the movable and partly on
the stationary walk. These are stopped by
applying a brake, which releases them from
the moving platform and allows them to
run on their own trucks on the stationary
one, where they are readily stopped. The
passenger takes his seat, the conductor
takes his fare, the brake is reversed, and
Immediately the scat moves on, and the
traveller can then leave it without the risk
of breaking his neck. It is said that an
attempt will soon be made in New York to
demonstrate the feasibility of the scheme.