Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1890-12-24
New York Letter.
Regular Correspondence
sUCCI's LONG FAsT-RAPID TRANSIT AGAIN |
MODERN IMPROVEMENTS.


sUccI's LONG FAsT-RAPID TRANSIT AGAIN
MODERN IMPROVEMENTS.
NEW YORK, Dec. %, 1890.
Faster Succi has at last concluded his re-
markable achievement of going without
food of any kind for period of As days.
This is the first time on record that anyone
10 state of health has lived more than six
weeks without taking any food, and as the
faster has been carefully watched every
minute of the time, be is fairly entitled to
the rather empty honor Of Champion Faster
of the world. Since the fast begun on Nov.
5th until it ended on Saturday night last
committee of physicians and newspaper
men have been in constant attendance and
have made accurate records from day to
day concerning decrease of weight, change
of temperature and everything else connect
ed with the undertaking. Succi's weight
dwindled from lat pounds at the start to
104 pounds at the finish, and his looks
changed 30 completely that he would not
be taken for the same man. Water, air and
ice are all that he has had to live on and
yet his bodily health has been good and his
mind clear all the time. On Saturday night
he broke his long fast by very easy stages,
beginning with only teaspoonful of cocoa.
On Sunday he ate good dinner, and start
ed for Boston to exhibit himself in muse
um at 81, 500 week.
RELIEF FOR THE CROWDS.
The question of rapid transit is again
looming up, and determined effort will be
made at the coming session of the Legisla-
tnre to pass some measure which will meet
the unmistakable demand in one way or
another. Every one of our city's represen-
tatives at Albany, has promised TO work for
the project and many of them look upon it
as the most important business of the ses-
sion. No plan to accomplish the object
desired has yet been agreed to, but the
viaduct plan will perhaps receive attention
first. This provides for viaduct from City
Hall through Elm street, Center street. and
Fourth avenue to 43 street. Facilities will
be afforded for running heavy locomotives
and trains from outside the city direct to
the City Hall and the Brooklyn Bridge.
This plan may not be the best, but it is
certainly better than nothing, and the pub
lie demand some relief without delay. The
frightful incapacity of the ''L" roads is be-
coming more apparent every day.
BUILDING EXPERIMENT..
The latest improvement in French
fats in this city is the furnishing by the
landlord of billiard room and bowling
alley for the free use of tenants. A wealthy
real estate owner has just broken ground
for fiat house of this kind which he is 60
ing to build as an experiment. The build
ing will be six stories high, the top floor to
be used for the billiard room, and the base
ment to be fitted as bowling alley. The
latter will extend the full length of the lot,
which is 100 feet deep, the pins to be in a
vault at the further end SO that the noise of
knocking them over will not disturb the
tenants. The billiard room on the top floor
will be fine affair and will have accommo-
dations for other games besides billiards.
Each tenant will bs given separate night
each week in which he will have full use
of these modern Improvements" for HIM
self and friends and the rent will be the
same whether tenants avail themselves of
the privilege or not.
EDWIN ARLINGTON.