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The Washington times., 1904-03-06
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ton will think Of In salt water all
animal life originated, and breathed salt
water instead Of air. Afterward animal
life worked it's way, little by little. out
to dry land, leaving its cousin. the fish
life, still in the ocean.
At Woods Holl 1t was discovered that
the heart of turtle long dead when
suspended in salt water began to beat
again with regularity. And Professor
Littlefield made the same discovery in
relation to an OK heart. A salt brine in
jected into the veins of a man nearly
dead braces up the heart and sometimes
saves life. So it will be seen that salt
water is closely connected with the well
fare and health of humanity, and the
coming of the time when salt water
faucets will be found in every kitchen
and bathroom means greater health for
ali concerned.
Up in the great watershed district
whence Greater New York draws
its drinking water it has been found
that rapid stees must be taken to save
the city from choking thirst The water
shed is being Grained to it's limit In a
countryside denuded of trees, as this one
is, the watershed grows constantly
smaller
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1t will be necessary for New York to
SET out trees and cultivate forests along
this water route. but all this will take
time and initiative which New York
lacks. Such things are not generally at
tempted till they become pressing neces-
stiles.
Economy of Drinking Water.
SO the next best thing is to economic
in the use OF the drinking water. We
are using every day thousands of gal
Ions of pure drinking water to sprinkle
streets, flush sewers and cutters and put
out fire. We bring this precious water
many, many miles by extensively
built water mains and aqueducts, when
we could ~get the same water right at
our doors for nothing save the expense
of pumping and piping IT,
The new water mains will be larger,
stronger and more easily handled than
the old ones, and it will be possible to
attach a hose to a hydrant and without
any engine at all throw a stream over
a four-story block. This because the
pressure will be so great.
After Manhattan the other boroughs
will adopt the salt water mains, and
in such localities as Williamsburg,
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To Pump a Tidal Wave From the Sea

York's water supply and fire protection.
Acting on the reports OF various heads
of city departments. he recently ad-
dressed a letter to Fire Commissioner
Hayes, Water Commissioner Oakley
and Borough President Ahearn. calling
for an expression of opinion as to the
advisability of erecting at suitable
places on the waterfront high pressure
pumping plants of sufficient power to
supply salt water throughout the BUSH
ness district.
Fire Commissioner Hayes is very much
in favor Of the plan, as are also Chief
Croker, Commissioner Oakley and Presi-
dent Ahearn.
Although the plan is yet in embryo 1t
is understood that the proposition to be
considered includes the erection of at
least three pumping plants equipped
with the latest and most powerful gas
engines AS the supply of salt water for
fire fighting will only be needed occa-
sionally it will not be necessary to run
the pumps all the time until swimming
baths, etc, are arranged.
They must, however. at all times be in
condition to begin work at a second
notice.
This is possible with gas engines
which can be started from state of alb
solute immobility into full speed in
eighteen seconds.
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New York's Danger Zone

w THAT would happen in New York
A if a fire got the same start that
Wv IT did in Baltimore? Would the
New York Fire Department have to
send to outside cities for help? Would
the water supply hold out?
These questions have been asked and
answered a thousand times since that
memorable Sunday when the Mayor
of Inflated Baltimore sent broadcast
the news that the fire had passed be-
yond the control Of his fire-hghters.
And there has been no certainty in
the answer.
That a fire could, under favorable
conditions, obtain such a start is quite
probable. Comparing the portion Of
Manhattan south Of Forty-second street
now known as the danger zone" with
the fre-swept district of Baltimore it
will be found that practically the same
conditions exist in New York as exist
ed in Baltimore before the fire.
New York possesses an advantage in
that a possible 10 per cent. in fire fight
ing efficiency is obtained through a more
abundant water supply and a larger
number of hydrants, together with the
fact that many New York business
houses are protected to some extent by
iron and steel shutters.
Apparently there is plenty OF water
for fire purposes in the danger zone. the
maps Of the water department showing
numerous mains supplying that portion
Of the city south Of Forty-second street.
Danger Zone Water Mains.
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where the water mains are sometimes
frozen in Winter. IL will be found OF
untold advantage to the taxpayers
If all Long Island were supplied with
salt water mains it would no longer
be necessary to worry about the lack
of water for drinking in summertime
There would be enough and to spare. If
salt water was used in every house for
sanitary purposes instead Of fresh
water.
Salt water poured upon the slush IN
the streets in warm winter days would
melt it away rapidly and carry It to
the se=ars. where II would find its way
TO the Fast and North rivers. It would
save the cost or much sweeping and
carting away of dust in summer time
for one man with a hose pipe could
wash down whole block in FIVE min
utes where now it takes a dozen men TO
do the work in half an hour.
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g UPPOSE the Flatiron Building was
- on fire from its deepest basement
to the twentieth story. In one minute
after the fire ladies came into action
10000 gallons of water could be poured
on the blaze; in one hour, 1900, 700
gallons. And if the fire proved par
ricularly stubborn and lasted for day
4s,ooo,o 900 gallons of the North and
East rivers could be dumped at the
intersection of Broadway, Twenty
third street and Fifth avenue.
By this time the big building would
have been filled with water seven times
over.
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Here is a list Of them /:

From this table it YTill be seen that
the city already has ID immense supply
of water all ready fow use in subduing
any widespread connaE grafton. But even
this enormous supplyf Is not sufficient.
The trouble is that the water is deliv
cred at a comparatively low pressure
and distributed over such wide terri
tory that the use q fire engines be-
comes absolutely necessary.
Philadelphia nas ss)lved this difficulty
by building in the hdRTt of the business
district a powerful pemping plant. with
a special pipe line els DIT miles long. This
line can be tapped lat any plug. the
force of the water being sufficient TO
supply six lines of hose at each plug
without the use Of eagines.
Mayor Mcclellan. siAee the Baltimore
fire. has been deeply Interested in New
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&coi. GEO. BINS cLELLAN-A MAQURn
MTT.H IDEAS

~ AN tight fire and subdue
hattan miles of buildings biggest
n on yet protection to-day
system requires Bobdng
of Knickerbocker.
nothing
drawing
reports the costa scope proposed system.
public swimming
corOlary
rivule of cold water in the cutters.
object is protection from
that would be is herewith detailed.
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SALT WATER SYSTEM WILL COME.
By Mayor McCIeEIan.


EW YORK should take advantage of the natural virtues it
possesses having river Of salt water either side of
the Island of Manhattan system of mains with the necessary
pumping stations would put the whole at the beck and call
Of the Fire Department would give New York the fullest pos
Sibe protection.
When the system in practical operation with ell the big
buildings supplied with sandppes and sprnkrs fed from the
mains, disaster that at Baltimore will be impossible
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Salt Water Baths.

A few years after the introduction ~
saIt water into the streets for fire fight
ing it may be possible to take it by long
distance pipes from far out beyond the
Narrows. and then it will be pure cough
to use for private bathtubs. Think of
taking a hot salt water bath in January
as an offset to an attack of cold. or a
cold salt water bath before breakfast
every morning in summer as a stimu-
liant.
The use of salt water in bathtubs
and closets would also I've to the lasting
health of the city. for poor plumbing
would then lose half Of it's terrors, be-
cause salt water is in itself a disin-
fectant.
There is another and still deeper sig
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Death to Mosquitoes.

Germs and mosquitoes will not propa-
gate in salt water, and the fly nuisance
in the side streets and on the East Side
would become greatly abated by the use
of salt water. for the reason that the
salt and other chemicals destroy the
eggs before they are Matched.
In Winter a great deal of trouble is
always experienced in cities where fresh
water is used, by the freezing of water
in the mains. Salt water does not
freeze easily. In case salt water was
used in the mains in Manhattan streets
it would probably never freeze, and in
that way there would always be plenty
to fight fire with.
Salt water does not evaporate as rap
idly as fresh water. and when thrown
upon stones Of the street creates a
chemical action which cools them rap
idly-more rapidly than fresh water
Salt water is heavier than fresh water.
and the weight OF a stream Of salt
water thrown against a flaming wall
would have greater resistance than the
light stream of fresh water sprayed
from the nozzle of a fire hose
In time IT may very well come to be
said of New York that it has two sorts
of water In its streets-drinking water
and bathing water. The fresh water
that is supplied the city now is wasted
in a hundred ways. For all that IT i:
better than the average water supplied
nv Municipalities
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Thus. in an emergency, should one
supply fail. another and yet another
can be called into play. The principal
mains will in all probability b" laid
along West Broadway, Broadway and
the Rowery. with connections covering
all the intervening blocks.
These mains will have to be unusually
heavy to withstand the enormous pres
sure they will be called upon to bear.
and special fittings will need to be
employed at all spots subjected to I'M
usually great strain.
Salt a Fire Extinguisher.
There are many other reasons why
salt water would be beneficial for fight
ing fires and for general street use Salt
itself is an extInguisher of fires. 1t IS
an old-fashioned custom in the country
when the chimney gets afire to throw a
handful of salt down it. The salt creates
a strangling gas which puts the fire out
Immediately.
Salt in water adds to the killing effect
of the steam that is generated by great
heat.
Salt water is healthful in every way.
| Professor Woolf. of New York, has dis
overed that it is the greatest curative
/ agent in the world, and that a prepare
] ton made from it will kill the germs of
/ consumption and all other diseases.
For this reason water sprinkled upon
the street in Summer becomes doubly
useful when it Is salt water. The APP
plication of salt water to the cutters
: of Broadway and other streets once a
week would sweep away and kill the
germs of disease that find resting place
in the dust.
The shrinking of the streets with
fresh SAT- water once a day would give
the streets a fresh. fragrant odor that
would greatly add to their delightfulness
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NuF THAT would happen in New York
M if a fire got the same start thai
Wv 1t did in Baltimore? Would the
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
CITY MARSHAL
HELD FOR ALLEGED MURDER
AT ELIZABETHTowN, ILL.

SAINT Pruett, city marshal Of Eliza
BEETHOVEN, ILL.,, has been held by the
coroner 5 jury charged with numbering
John Dewey.
The killing occurred in the Rose &
Pruett saloon at Elizabethtown.
Witnesses testified that Dewey was
endesvoring to get away when shot.
After he was shot, Dewey grappled
with Pruett and took the revolver
from him, saying:
"Ssnt, you've killed me, but l will
not do you that way; I'll be friend
to you"
Dewey then walked to the door and
fell dead. An old grudge existed be-
tween them. Pruett has a bad reputa-
tion as a fighter. One year ago he shot
Ezra Jackson three times, but Jackson
recovered.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
FIVE A MINUTE
LONDON BARBER SLAVES 100
TINES FASTER THAN THE
AVERAGE BARBER.

Shaving a man in IL seconds seems
at first .glance impossible, and the
average barber would undoubtedly find
the task far beyond his skill, yet Will
liam Lloyd, of London, has established
this time As an average, says an eX-
change. His dexterity with the razor
may be judged by any man who Is &C
customed to spend 90 minutes-i0o
times as long-in the reclining chair
every time he visits his barber.
But this is not the limit of Lloyd s
remarkable quickness, for he has
shaved one man in nine seconds, this
being the fastest time among the mum
Der of records he established while on
his career 10 the recognized champion
ship of the tonsorisl world.
In making his record of five nen in
one minnie Lloyd picked his men and
knew exactly what their whiskers
were before his assistant lathered their
faces. In explanation Of the modus
operandi of his lightning manipulation
of the razor, he said "In the first
place / used a good. heavy razor about
an inch wide. / always kept my razor
as fiat to the face a. possible, in order
to avoid any scraping. Clear cutting,
not scraping, iusures q quick, clean
shave.
"Of course, the least number of
movements with the hand the greater
saving of time. For instance, there
was one little tricg which kept a Sc
cret-but DO not mind revealing now
which saved me a great deal of time
in contests. In shaving of the hair
just beneath the lower lip made one
bold, slsnt;pg, upward movement with
the razor, whereas many BARRIERS make
two or three. The trick certainly re-
auired little dexterity and practice,
but it is easily and quickly done when
you know the way"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
United States Court Decides
State Jurisdiction.
Holds That Indiana and Kentucky
Have Concurrent Jurisdiction-Willss
Probably Apply to Illinois, Too.
AN INTERESTING QUESTION

An important case has just been
decided by the supreme court at Wash
ington which may apply to Kentucky
and Illinois, as well as Kentucky and
Indiana.
The court has decided that Indiana
has jurisdiction over the Ohio river
c. current with that Of Kentucky.
IT,. decision ends controversy thi {
has ragged since the two states came
into the union. Kentucky always
maintained that its jurisdiction in
legal processes extended to low water
mark on the Indiana side. Indiana
maintained that each state had juris-
dieion over the river. The case In
which the decision was made was
the result Of civil action at Evans
willie in which a writ Of attachment
was served on Q boat. The case was
carried to the COURT Of Appeals Of
Kentucky, whioh held that the conten-
tion Kentucky had always stood for
was correct. The supreme court has
now reversed that decision.
It has long been held here in Padu-
cab that Illinois officers had no au-
thority on this side of the river,
Kentucky officers had jurisdiction to
low water mari, on the Illinois side.
1t is believed that the case just de-
oided will be . precedent that will ap-
ply to all states along the Ohio river
opposite the Kentucky shore.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
OFFERS TO MOVE
THE REHKOPF CONCERN RE.
CEIvES THEM FROM THREE
CITIES.

1t is reliably reported that three
southern cities have written to the X.
Rehkopf concern here Offering induce
ments to move the various factories
away from Paducah. Mr.. Rehkopf
has been in business many years and
now has one of the largest industries
in this section of the state, and one OF
the largest lestherworking concerns
in the entire country.
There are a great many advantages
to be derived from moving away from
Paducah, it is understood, but Mr..
Rehkopf has not fully made up his
mind what to do.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
TAKEN TO PRINCETON.

Cadiz. Ky, Feb. 25-County Judge
Bling ham has ordered Lawrence Willis
removed from the Jail here TO the
Princeton Jail. County Attorney John
Dabney. who claimed that the jail
here was not secure. Willis, who WAS
charged with the murder OF W. b.
tombstone at Canton last March, was
given . life sentence hut was granted
a new trial by Judge Cool.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
Preparations Will Soon Begin to
Return to st. Louis
A Fine New Tow boat Il Now Being
Built for the Company at
Jacksonville.
AND 1T WILL COST s25, 900

Preparations will soon begin TO
move the Leyhe fleet from its regular
winter quarters up at Ducks Nest to
ST. Louis
Captain Henry Leyhe has returned
from st. Louis. and will take the Bald
Eagle out as soon rs the weather be.
comes more settled. She has had her
cabin improved, and new chimneys
put on. Much repair work has been
done on the other boats of the feet
A new towboat is now being built at
Jacksonville. Ind, for the Leyhes.
Captains william, Henry, II. W. and
W. II. Leyhe, all being interested in
her. The boat is to be 145 feet long,
4S feet beam and will be equipped
with the machinery Of the former
steamer Montana. the engines being
10 inches in diameter and foot
stroke. She will have o fine cabin
for . tow boat. The front is TO be OF
plate glass. The cabin will be fur
nished also with electric lights and all
other modern improvements. The boat
will be brought down and taken TO 81.
Louis some time next month. and is
to be finished in May. She will cost
about e25, 900.
Richard l.. Barker, son Of Mate Dick
Barker, Of the Grey Eagle, now Of the
Levhe fleet and formerly river engi-
neer on the st. Louis steamers. has
returned after an absence Of year and
q half. during which time he has been
around the world as an engineer on q
tramp steamship. Before going on the
tramp steamer he made two trips on
one Of the American line steamers.
He will return TO Camden, n. j., next
month to take position on the new
steamship Manchuria.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
BURGLARY AT PRINCETON.

Princeton, KY, Feb. 2o-Kaufman
& Goldnamer's dry goods store was
broken into through back window
by removing the cross bars. After
entering the thief attempted to rob
the safe. Finding the outside door
open, he used O Ratchet in breaking
the inner lock and then battered the
door to the money box. II being DIM
cult to open, it 10 supposed he become
frightened without getting anytime,
with no damage except the breaking Of
the safe. There were several hundred
dollars in the safe.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
The Legislature Considers a Few
Measures.
Barn Burns in Marshall-Cadiz Pris
oner Removed TO Princeton
for Safe Keeping.
AND OTHER STATE NOTES

Frankfort, Ky, Feb. 25-The
Prewitt bill, making it felony to
steal chickens or other poultry was
adopted by the senate. BY vote of
is 70 10 the senate advanced, over an
unfsvorable committee report, the
Farris local option bill, providing that
the vote Of an entire county permit
ting the sale of liquor shall not vote
liquor into town or precinct that is
dry at the time the county acts. On
the roll call on passage Of the bill but
Ia senator's voted for it, the-opponents
breaking a quorum. The bill fell into
orders Of the day.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
LINOoLNs' COUSIN DIES.

Princeton, Ky, Feb. 25-Princc-
toms oldest citizen. Robert II Hanks,
expired Of cid age, being IN his slst
year. Mr.. Hanks was cousin OF
President Lincoln. his father. Henry
Hanks, having been the brother of
Nancy Hanks, the mother Of the mar
tyred president. He was born in Cald.
well county and hal resided here al
his life. A wife and six children sur.
yive him.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
MARDI GRAS
NEW ORLEANS,
FEB. 10TH-l6TH

For above occasion the Illinois Cen
trail railroad company will sell round
trip tickets from Paducah for sl5. IS,
dates of sale Feb. 9th to 18th, inclu.
sive. tickets good returning until Feb.
goth, 1904. BY depositing ticket with
Special Agent at New Orleans not lat
err than p. IN. Feb. goth, 1904, and
en- payment of fee of 30 cents, an ex-
tension may be obtained, permitting
passengers to remain in New Orleans
not later than March 5th, 1904. Stop
overs will be permitted at various
points going and returning. W. H..
Mustsin, Ticket Agent; j. t. Dono-
van, Agent.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
CITY HOSPITAL PATIENTS.

There are now 20 patients in the
city hospital, one of the largest lists
in the history of the institution. Mrs.
Burchett, the matron, and her assist
ants, are taking the best Of care Of
them. and they are being discharged
as rapidly a. they recover, to make
room for new patients.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
FRED ASHTON.
AN 4. %. WRECK.

Dubuque, Ia, Feb. 25-An Illinois
Central coal train crashed into the ca
boose of q local freight at Dyersyile,
wrecking five cars and part of the
depot. O. M. CorrigaD, travelling
man OF Cedar Falls, died OF his in
iuries. Thomas Martin, a travelling
man of Earlville, was painfully in
jured.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
DEATH IN GALLOWAY.

Murray. Ky, Fen. 25--Samuel
Hendricks. aged SO, died at his home
two miles southeast of town of heart
trouble. He leaves a wife and three
children and two brot hers, j. $. hen.
bricks, OF Almo, @. @. Hendricks, OF
St. Louis, Mo-. and one sister, Mrs.
Dug Hooper, OF Hazel. He was a
member Of the Primitive Baptist
church.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
ITCH-RINGWCRM.

f. T. Lucas, Wingo, KY, writes,
April 25th, 1909: "For 10 to 12 years
| had been afflicted with a malady
known as the itch The itching was
most unbearable; had tried for years
TO End relief having tried all remedies
/ could hear Of, besides a number OF
doctors. wish to state that one sin
gle application of Billiards. Snow Lin.
iment cured me completely and per
msnently. Since then l have used the
linament on two separate occasions
for ring worm and it cured complete.
". 25c, SOC and sl.OO bottle. Sold
by Du Bots, Kolb & Co., Paducah,
Ky.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25

The cruiser Columbia from St.
Thomas, confirms the report that the
Dominic an rebels suffered complete
rout at Santo Domingo, losing war
munitions and many officers, includ-
ing four generals. "a. Ha&
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
BARN BURNS NEAR BENTON

Benton, KY, Feb. pa barn be-
longing to Sandy Foust, near Palma,
burned to the ground. IL contained
bat one load OF tobacco, but quite =
lot of hay and corn and some farming
imnlements.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25

The attorney general of Texas
charges American express company
with violaf ing antitrust laws and
brings suit for So. 900, 900 penalty.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
A CARD TO BUSINESS MEN CON
CERNING MY NEW DIREC
TORY.

1t isa well known fact that early
last fall, began the work of solicit
ing for a new city directory, at time
when there was no other person con-
templating the work, and l desire to
say TO those whose contracts and
pledges hold, that | am in the bust
ness for the purpose Of compiling a
good city directory, and have spared
no expense in having a thorough car
vass OF the city made by good men,
and part of the copy has already been
placed in the hands of the printer. |
trust no one will think l am in the
work TO fake anybody as | could not
afford to DO this, bat my object is to
place before the business men Of this
city first class directory.
thank those who have so literally
patronized me by subscribing for a
directory and contracting for advertis-
ing, and respectfully solicit your fur.
ther support
Very respectfully,
FRED ASHTON.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-02-25
WAS OVER 100.

New Haven, KY, Feb. %" Uncle
Jimmy" Culver, who was l04 years
old, died nc his home near Bslltown.