Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-09
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sfssibsss N the metropolis certain 2i ms
gswafts sb5fid be taken with Erain OF
saiG Fsf ihstshre. good deal mas Dsen
ssH st4Yg the subway as en- hluslrauon
Of fsa tHys dt-to-date transportation ~
ffF brl on top Of the fact mat the SUI
- 80 .i.ss5y fsaehed the limit Of
ssssgsts the Hrufta show that the city
bss set 90 tnueh To- boast OF AFTER All
Tssts ia another eide To- the question
erich rav be summed 49, in the staleHe".
fs,ffs sHi ~ figures that in anuquale'
stfaat .af service New f0rk leaaS 'n'
gbois country Manhattan borough aioh'
fas more a.d.f4shi11ed horse cars IMAM
Ell the rect of the United states 70
esther. even counting the mule cars w
enc s1uth The miles ri horse car hh,S
sesfsfad ip the city total a little more
49, stssfy elgbt. aa against 2i3 miles Of
tf,usy track. IL takes 1888 horses TO
seU Inc F9i cars NJ this supposedly out
efsee spoIpfrant Last week car No. 2B
tba tasf ~ the old horse cIfs 20 run on
afasa street, was retired. For years u
tss been run only az a franchise holder
bunting siaHe over cobble stones when
tfsata we're iaekine with never a pas
satssf io sbtiven the lives Of tho crew
Ma96sd bv q couple Of sailors. the car
has Ions been kn0wn ls The packet ana
these same sailors arc now rejoicing tha'
d bas ~ Last. as tbsy express It. reached
tafbor." The truth " ths whole matter
l. that the eitys transportation lines are
even nov inadequate. one day last week
ftssIJ5 riekeis we're taken in, Of which
6p.mt we're in the subway This system
Ivaa designed to handle maximum OF
only G0Ng passengers a day. 80 that
kroubjs looms close ahead. Meanwhile the
kuy continues to hold the record for horse
lear equipment
Just what will be- left IN the line OF
possible new toys for the metropolitan chill
dfsn 81 the next generation. unless u oe
aytBs machines. IL a Christmas problem
which seems 20 have reached nearly the
limit From the simple home made toys
which delighted the child Of thirty OF
forty years ago on Christmas morning the
question which most vexes the modern
Kris Kfingie ls that Of finding something
new for the New York youngsters. The
results. as indicated by the modern toya
now 10 be seen IN the city have been as
tonlshlnR There H. the toy cow which
can actually be mnked the fluid being
put IN through a small opening In the
back to flow out a-la-nature. Then there
" the UlTtlUH NDllt WitV aFN''l'' 90 aN''o'
deep glance beneath half raised eye
iashes, 20 say nothing Of the doll baby
which will consume milk from bottle
like IT, human prototype There Is also
a mechanical hen. with real feathers, that
lays real eEgs-or china ones If this Is
deemed safer--and cackies like her barn
yard sister. There Is the elephant which
eurts It's trunk. trumpets and charges
about tn nursery, to say nothing OF many
Other animals. In the mechanical field
complete railroads are already old the
latest thing being child's automobile.
now on exhibition for the first time 1t
IA forty-seven inches long and seventeen
inches wide. just large enough to accom-
nodate a good youngstsr. II has
wheels only eighteen inches IN diameter.
and with n corrGspondlngly small motor
ls capable Of travelling some twenty miles
on one charge AZ a speed Of eight or ten
miles an hour Altogether, the New York
Santa Claus Is an extremely up-to-date
person. bringing the city's wealthy chill
d7su the very newest toys In the world.
But the question stlll remains az TO what
the next generation can have unless II be
airships