Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1893-07-07
NEEDLESS NOISES.
A Disturbing Element OF Life IN
. -....r tho Big Cities.
Changing Bolls Ond BATTLING Carts Mako.
Nervous People Miserable - Tho
Need OF Mechanical Tr--.-
lions.

AAuAkA0 oSOs III HI dTtICl0 Cot1luH AU-
tention to the effects of the noise Of
cities on the nervous system, sets forth
in detail some of those noises and sug-,
gests means for their extinction or.
amelioration without sacrifice of the
Industries which produce the various
kinds Of din. It is pointed out, for OK
ample, that the railway companies and
factories on the continent usc horns
of not unpleasing sound in place Of tho
hideous, steam whistle. The church
bells of England are compared with
those of other portions of Europe, to
the disadvantage.of the former; and it
Is held that in aRage when every room
has its clock and every adult his watch,
the frequent bell-ringing throughout
the day, which now offends the peace.
of Christian folk, seems unnecessary.
At night there arc. tho shouting,
screaming and singing people about
the streets to cheat decent we'll folk of
their rest, and worse yet to rctard tho
curative process of sleep in the case of
those who are i'll. Vita the dawn
comes the milliman and his rattling
cans. The catalogue, so far, of dis
turbances for'thc London citizens cars
d 40 nOOub UhC ohL1O do Will uS, tStlyS UIlO
Boston Transcript. In London they
3 have other nuisances which arc not
known here. With true English con-
scrvatism, the lsnoclzeris still used, and
this continuance, long bnnishcd from
American front doors, l.; vigorously
piled by the postman or anyone else
who has n certain riTht to demand
speedy attention to his signal. They
have found in England, as we have
found horc, that with every now con-
trivancc for Inan'a comfort or convcn-
iencc there is introduced the poison of
n new noise. The din of tho bells on
the street cars has been stopped on
Sundays by municipal order, but it is
heard on other days, and is none the
less Irritating because, 1T IS raised amid
the rattle of every sort of vehicle. A
recently added noise in American cit
ties is the buzz and whirr of the trolley
on the electric railroad wires.
1t is a common expire sion, and q
common belief, too, probably, that one
grows used to all these noises. That is
fatal blunder. AS ono whose sense
of smell is dullcd by familiarity with
the poisonous eflnvia of tobacco may
be naIscated by on excess of the odor
in a close room as quickly rs though
the senses were still acute, so one who
fancies himself proof against the
Notwithstanding effects of noise may
after long living amid a din continuous
or Irregular, suddenly find himself tho
victim of as fine o case. of shattered
nerves as n neuropath would like to
have in hand. If the insidiousness OF
din and racket. were once generally
recognized there woHld be a demand
upon the inventive capacity of mo-
chanfcs to devise means of prevention.
1t is because this recognition and this
/, demand arc not, general in certain
cases that tho complaints of tho sensi-
tive arc mot by the query: allow are
you going to help it9" propoundcd with
the air Of submitting q problem impos-
sible dissolution But. when it is re-
caHe6, What wonders have been accom-
plishcd on steam railroads in tho way
of stopping or ut least of lesscning
noise, there is nothing unreasonable
in hoping that some OF the distracting
noises of our city life may be scattered
through tho kindly offices of in
genious men. For instance, there .is
thesrottlc of wheels, over pn4empnts;
much of that can be prevented by set
ting the tires over inner. tires Of rub
Der, wbilc for scmo light vehicles the
pneumatic tire of the bicycle is posi-
bic. Poor wheelwright's work is re-
sponsihls for much Of the, ratio caused
by: drays and express wagons. A.
frigh tfuldin is made by wagons load
ed with metal rods or pipe laid in IS
though tho several pieces were only CO.
many logs OF wood; to prevent this
noise it, is only necessary to separate
. each piece with d. block and each STRAIT
um with strips of wot'd,t Oh. courac, oil
preventive means of noise will cost
money, but in. many caAhs tho first cost
willsbe ALL If those who are responsi-
bic for. the persistence In tho noisy
ways of accomplishing, much of tho
work OF life cannot no convinced of
thoirTlncls OF humanity public. opiniop