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New-York tribune., 1906-10-21
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such repairs are not compulsory upon the company.
but the emergency system IS maintained at an ex-
pense OF $1,000 year. for the projection OF the
gas coTnpany's customers.
IL not insrequently happens that emergency
crew is called out after midnight. where the cause
Tor the summons is found 10 be attributable to ths
escape OF sewer gas. Even in such a case the
emergency man temporarily corrects the evil. IL
possible.
Every policeman and fireman IS supposed TO have
IN his cap or helmet paster supplied by the gas
company on which is printed The location OF ths
emergency crews with their respective telephone
calls. Colin c. simpson general superintendent OF
mains OF the Consolidated Gas Company. estab-
Hshed the emergency system about seven years ago.
Its effectiveness has warranted the expenditure OF
the thousands Of dollars thus paid out II gives 70
every gas consumer the assurance that when a
plumber or gasftter for any reason could not pos
sibly- be had the gas company places at the con-
sCIner's disposal. and without any charge. COM
petent corps OF men to rectify any disarrangs-
ment- Of the consumers gas fixtures or gas pipes.
Gas Logic
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21

street emergency replies to calls between sd
and 18th streets. while the I1th street crew takes
care of the city above 18th street
At each of the three stations there is wagon
for the hands of the crews that may be necessary
In repairing a break in street main. as is far
more often the case. the repairing OF damages due
to accident to gas fixtures or pipes in a private
residence apartment. In each wagon there are
not only medical supplies ready for in case Of
need, but helmets to be by the men that
they may enter houses rooms that may have
become filed with gas. owing TO the breaking Of
gas brackets. or is frequently the case the
falling of a chandelier. In each wagon there Is
also long coil of wire, to end of which is
attached electric lamp AS carries the
lamp into gas filed room. the wire uncos. per
mitting the work Of repair to be done without any
danger OF explosion.
There assigned to each station two horses.
one for use by day and the second at night. These
emergency wagons answered 1857 calls during the
year 1906 The average time consumed getting out
of the station in answer to a call is less than
minute. The members OF tho emergency crews on
duty at night not permitted to sleep. The rec
ords of these emergency stations show that In
frequently broken. and that for ore reason or an
other, many service pipes in houses become disar
ranged and permit the escape OF gas These
faults of the gas company for IL has no con-
troll over the service pipes or your gas fixtures All
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21
HOW GENERAL FRANKLIN BELL WON HIS MEDAL.

tain (mounted) 50 600. OF a captain (not mount
ed) $780, Of first lieutenant (mounted) $1.600
OF a first lieutenant mot nOUnted) $500. of a
second lieutenant (mounted) $500. OF second
lieutenant (not mounted) S1.400 and of private
s13 month, s156 year The pay is in
creased, from colonel downward. the length
Of service increases. The retirement pay Of Of
hcers is three-fourths of the pay received while
in active duty
Has private soldier likely chance of be-
coming oftiCer?"
Amy soldier IN the army, after two years
can become officer That is the law of the
land. Each year enlisted men do qualify and are
them at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
"a recruiting officer in the South recently said
that cigarette smoking disqualified large num-
Der Of young men in that region for service in
the army"
'T can only answer that question In a general
way. Excessive cigarette smoking, long con-
tinued. would probably disQualify young men for
passing the rigid physical examination for en-
Nstment 1t is well known that the tmnoderate
of cigarettes causes extreme nervousness.
and is often followed by loss of flesh and an I'll
nourished physical system. Men in that condi-
tion not fit material for soldiers"
Us It true that West Point graduates have a
prejudice against officers who have not been
educated in the Military Academy"
"Offlcers In the army come from West Point.
men. After he is once commissioned second
Heutenant-and all officers begin IN that grade
cdCI LLan SCLEuS Oh OWN AScl anu Is JuUSeO
thereafter not by his antecedent history. but by
his personality and achievement. In all my years
OF service I have never known Of prejudice
against officer because he had served q
soldier nor do believe that officers fIom the
ranks ever feel such prejudice against them. /"
From your observation. is courage in battle q
normal state Of the mind or is it the result OF
the excitement and tonic OF the occasion?"
Both" General Bell replied. Men vary; SO
does the quality OF courage"
How do towards perform when under fre2"
They become terror-stricken and lose self
control and all sense OF shame. Once found
a miserable wretch hiding IN a hole IN the
ground. II took three OF US TO pry him out
at another time IN the Philippines, q
boy going to the rear supported by two men.
He was moaning and crying. but he wasn't a
coward.
what is the matter? asked.
ct am dead he groaned. Been shot through
the heart Here's the hole IN my breast
IT got off my horse, opened the boys shirt
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21

OF the many details Of the gas business that un-
fortunately escape the attention of the consumer
OF the product OF the gas retort- Its Importance
may be compared with that of citys fire depart
ment. 1t might properly be styled the First Aid
to the Injured" adjunct OF well organized gas
company.
Every effort Is made to keep these emergency
crews UP to the highest stage of efficiency The
first and foremost thought is ''to get there quick
ly" Remarkable time is made in responding con-
siderng the crowded condition of the city streets
Occasional test calls sent in TO crew for
the purpose OF finding the time required to reach
given point. The do not know that these are
test calls until they have arrived at the place
where their services supposed TO be needed
periodically to the crew holding the best record.
The crew holding the record at this time has ar
rived at the supposed accident, tools in hand and
ready for work. in three minutes and forty-nine
seconds from the time the telephone call
ceved at the station. nearly mile away.
innovation. New York is the only city in
the world, so far Is known. where emergency
department. equipped with horses wagons and ap-
pliances. is maintained
In New York the emergency wa gons and their
crews of experienced men located at three con-
street and Eleventh avenue. and 111th street and
First avenue. From the first named station is COW
cred the territory south OF 23d street The 68th
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21
HOMES FOR WORKING PEOPLE.
Success of Model Village near Birmingham,
England.

DESTROYS OF alleviating the evils which arise from
the insanitary and insufficient accommodations sup
piled To large numbers OF the working classes ana
OF securing 20 workers in factories OF ts ad-
vantages OF outdoor village life opportunities
for the natural and heathfu cultivation OF the SOIL
George Cadbury manufacturer OF cocoa and
chocolate. has established model village II Bir-
mtngham, England. near his chocolate factory. Noe
only does IL provide dwellings for the workpeoDls.
but. ". r Holt. in The London Tribune" IL is
naturalization Of the dreams those who dream
Of an England IN which there shall be no crowdins
and no sluns; England combining the fresh ali,
and fresh vegetables OF rusticity with amenities
OF prosperous commercial life
The spot chosen by Mr. Cadbury for his sxpert.
ment Is located about four miles from the business
centre Of Birmingham In the midst Of green fields
a village was created. with individual cot,axes
villagers grow their vegetables. and children
IN clean. white pinafo-es play on the lawns The
houses have every convenience-bath water and
sanitary arransernents-and nearly every one han
three bedrooms. The rentals are low and "A
popular is the arrangement that Is keen COM
petition for every house - becomes or a.
Il new one Is built The health OF the Villagers u
excellent, the death rate in a thousand betng.
about one-third OF that OF some OF the Industrial
districts or birmingham. while INFANT mortality Is
q Htte more than half that OF the average foa
1T Is all like great, fresh breeze OF health q.
SAYS Mr.. Holt the neat cottages and gardens
the wooded park used as recreation ground f0S
girls. the open air swimming bath and the hn0
football ground, the village green the schools the
churches and the clubs. Bustling Birrnngha
might be forty miles away instead OF four"
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21
ONCE HE WAS PRISONER.

MY brother wanted me TO buy cart which
I could have done for S. and drive horse
and lead the other. But 1 figured I could ride
the horses alternately and get to Tonawanda
quicker. incidentally saving the money that
would have been spent for the cart. Jacob
objected, but 1 had my way, as 1 usually did
in those days. and so l started on my 325-mile
ride across the state. made the start at IL
o'clock on the morning of November y, and at
Z o'clock ! rode into Fultonville, having traV-
elled about forty miles.
ST couldn't get a room in the hotel so had
to sleep in the stable. When l awoke I was
covered with snow. which had drifted into the
barn in the night. But 1 felt fine. and l con-
again found difficulty in obtaining hotel accom-
modations. The hotel proprietor, who seemed
to be under the influence of liquor, declared
that all canal men were thieves and that he
wouldn't trust any of them in his house. FL
nally, however, he consented TO let me sleep
In the hotel. but my room was in the attic.
and when he left there he shut the door
and locked il from the outside.
1T was s o'clock the next morning before
released but I got the best breakfast at
that hotel that I ever ate in my life. AS
entered Rochester had experience such
President Garfield had several times when he
was q canal driver. My horse SHE'D, and
wes thrown into the ice covered canal 1 went
with such force that broke through the fee
and made a hole large enough TO come out of
again I didn't have any change Of clothing,
ments. which finally dried from the warmth OF
my body.
started from Schenectady, but II wasn't until
the following January that I found out how
nearly had ruined my brother and myself. 7
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21
J. G. Walenn,eier, Self-Made Man Of Rugged Charac-
and Highly Respected-Some Anecdotes
About His Career.

John G. wallenmeier. jr who was renominated
STATE convention IN Saratoga, is one OF the
,,ost popular as well most respected resi-
dents of Erie County. His home is in Tona-
wanda and he has been active in politics there
aver since he attained his majority.
Mr. wallenmeer was born in Buffalo on
October 10. 1862. When he was three years old
his parents moved to Tonawanda, and there
he attended a public school until he was four
teen wears old, when. Ike Garfield, he started
n fight ufe's battles mule driver on the
canal But he never intended to be a mule
driver long, ana he gained what he
considered was enough experience to take the
next step he became the skipper" OF a canal
boat.
This boat was bought for young Wallenreier
and his brother. Joseph. by their father. who
paid 5000 for it. Although the young Wallen-
rneiers and their father didn't know 1t. the
boat wasn't worth 500. But the boys were
happy and the ink wasn't dry on the bill Of
sale before they got a contract to take a load
OF lumber from Tonawanda TO Albany.
The boat was loaded in the Niagara River
and sank TO the deck rail as II got into
the canal. The load Of lumber was all that
saved it from going to the bottom. 1t was as
Ieaky as the proverbial sieve
The future State Treasurer. however. was not
discouraged. He hired a couple of extra teams
OF horses and kept the boat going all night
until he got It into a drydock at Lockport.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21

origin OF the penny morsel. The basis OF cnowlns
gum is chicle, derived from the sap OF mexican
tree. single Of these trees, Herbert CnurcnII
III says, in THE New England Magazine, VIII
yield twenty-five pounds every two or three years
II carefully tapped and scientifically cultivated II
is said that Columbus secured rights for sapodIIo.
which apparently the same substance ana -
quaintance nearly as early as they did thAt other
distinctvely American product, tobacco -,
ion acres OF land in Mexico thickly wooded with
chiCe trees and from this area IS taken every
year nearly two million pounds OF elastic gum
Tho natives engaged in the work Of Extracting the
gum are described by Mr.. Churchill a happy,
contentcd lot, who devote their leisure hours TO
music, social amenities, games and smoking. Inc
raw gum is carried to the nearest river by cart or
burro packs and from tidewater to New York by
steamship. The process of manufacture Is not
compiicated The gum is boiled TO the necessary
consistency and placed in centrifugal machines,
the rapid revolutions of which transform II into a
dough. It is then kneaded in powdered sugar cut
to the proper sizes. dried, wrapped and placed IN
ending on the under side OF tables. chairs and the
desk Of the typewriter girl, every one Is familiar
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21
THE PERSONAL EQUATION.

so the Improvement in weapons has resulted
IN modifying tactical dispositions and in doing
away TO considerable extent with the massing
Of troops IN large bodies 1t is now thought best
70 operate more generally in open. or skirmish,
order than was done in the past. The principal
difference, therefore, between modern and Civil
War methods is the reliance placed on open order
sonaI initiative of the soldier and his individ-
ualty in action. In our army great attention
is given TO craftsmanship and to developing sol
ders as shots. The proportion of field artillery
to an army is larger tnan in former times VET
il is doubtful. because of the increased dis
tances at which it fights, II its actual dastruc-
tivenc3s is any greater. considering the nur,bar
of guns employed. Broadly speaking. battln.
Will be IN the future. as in the past nv tho
preponderance of infantry fire"
What do you suppose would have hapna,aa
il Hannibal Julius Cesar or Napoleon bad
come face to face with three or four bat,e-toa
of Gatling guns2
Their legrons would have been scattered to
the four winds" -
What is the present size OF the ras,,,..
army?"
I'm round numbers, sixty thousand men T.
is the policy of the United States Ia naIn+atn
an army no greater than is necessary TO perfor,
the fuuctiG rs OF national police force ana 80
form nucleus on which TO build In the even,
Of war We have thirty regiments of infantrr
fifteen of cavalry, what is the equivalent .;
thirteen regiments Of artillery. three battalIo1s
Of engineers. twelve companies OF signal corpa
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21
THE NATIONS FIGHTING STRENGTH.

What would be the fighting force OF the na-
ton. should there be protracted war with a
first rate power?"
only a count such as the Israelites made un-
der Moses would show how many men there
in the United States between the ages of
eighteen and forty-five. Mr.. Roosevelt received
about 100000 votes in 1904, Judge Parker al
most 100000 and other candidates something
like 100000 The census Of 1900 however,
showed that there were 2130O.00O men of voting
age in the country. These figures, possibly,
might be used as @ basis for a rough calcula-
ton but / would not enter into such an under
taking. OF course, every man OF military age
could be drafted. but that will never be neces-
sary."
what was the object IN creating a general
staff for the army, and where did the idea orig
inate?"
"The general staff policy has been adopted for
all the armies of Europe. II was first advocated
in this country by the late Colonel Emory Up
ton after a visit of inspection to Europe in the
early I0s. Mr.. Root, while Secretary of War.
convinced Congress that a general staff was nee
essary and the law for its establishment was
passed. The President signed it in February.
1908 The duties Of the staff include the prep
aratiOn of plans for the national defence and
for the mobilization of troops in time Of war;
the investigation of all questions affecting the
efficiency Of the army and its readiness for mill
tary operations; the rendering of professional
assistance to the Secretary of War and to gen.
eraI officers of the army and the performance
OF such other service as may be prescribed by
the President
rs the army a good place for a young man,
either as an officer private?
1T IS The training which a commissioned Of
fcer or a private gets is excellent. 1t develops
character seIf-reliance. self-control, regularity
of habit cleanliness and self-respect- The edu-
cation, ability and talent which are necessary
TO make q good army officer would bring him
success in business and elsewhere The exper-
ience gained by the average soldier after five or
ten wears of service Is of great value 70 him. He
learns to do things for himself. TO be orderly IN
his way OF living TO be clean in his dress and
person and TO make the best use or what he
knows. So he goes back TO civil life broader
and more capable man.
"What is the pay of soldier, from private 10
major general. and what does he receive on re-
tirement?"
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21

There the beat put in what was thought
10 be proper condition, and the journey for
Albany was resumed, but the boat was only a
few miles from Lockport when 1t became wa
terlogged a second time. Again young Wallen-
meier got extra horses, and the boat was hauled
10 Middleport and placed in drydock.
Having accepted the word OF boat repairers
once that the boat was all right, young Wal
lenmeier decided 10 find out the trouble for
himself. He got long boathook and 5abbed
every plank in the sides OF the boat, until he
found plank sixteen feet long and about a
foot wide that was as porous as g sponge. II
was this plank that had caused all the trouble
and when Il was replaced with good one the
trip 70 Albany was made successfully.
That the first time that young Wallen-
meier Albany and one OF the first things
he did was TO visit the State House He did
so, not because Of any budding aspirations that
he day might occupy an office there, but
because he already was interested in politics,
and he knew that Albany was the goal OF most
politicians ambitions
The two brothers ran the leaky canalboat
for the rest of the year. At the close Of the
season they decided that there was money in
canalIing, but not with the kind Of boat that
they had been running. Accordingly, they
bought q boat, and Mr.. Wallenmeier con-
tinued at canaIling until he was eighteen years
old, when he sold out his interests and went TO
work as q blacksmith. Two years later he en-
gagged in the grocery business. in which he con-
tinued until 1899.
Through all the development Of his business
life spirit Of energy and progressiYeness has
always been apparent Always frank and cour-
teous he has friends everywhere.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21

self on the contents of pork barrel Then I
made discovery. l found that instead of having
one visitor on board had many of them, and
to get rid of them had to do up all my clothes
in a bundle, fasten the bundle to a twenty-fv
foot line and drag the clothing through the
water Of the canal from Utica to Albany. OF
course the man who wanted to go to New York
didn't continue his trip on our boat"
Five dollars large of money to
young Wallenmeier in the days when he made
his living driving canalboat, and to save that
amount on one occasion he nearly ruined him
self and his brother Joseph, part owner of the
canalboat, of which John, then only seventeen
years old, was captain
1T happened back in the winter Of 1879 said
Mr.. Wallenmeier, in telling of the experience.
THE weather turned cold so suddenly and ice
formed quickly that hundreds of cenalboats
frozen IN the canal all the way from Al
bany TO Buffalo My brother and were caught
at Schenectady. and after waiting several days.
with prospects of a change in the weather.
we decided it would be best TO sell one Of our
teams Of horses and take the other to Tona-
wanda, leaving the boat to winter at Schen-
ectady.
New-York tribune., 1906-10-21
FIRST PUBLIC OFFICE.

Il was in 1898 that Mr.. Wallenrneier first
assumed public Office, he then being appointed
as police justice Of Tonawanda. year later
he was elected to the same position for a term
Of four years and In 1898 he received the ap
pointment Of postmaster Of TonaWanda He
served with satisfaction in this capacity for
six years and his nomination the Repub-
Ncan ticket for State Treasurer met with gen
eraI approval IN the fall OF 1904 He received
total OF $4,000 votes. against 1o3.l6I cast
for his Democratic opponent Ionawanda' lor-
merly Democratic stronghold, is now counted
safely Republican. and this condition is due
almost entirely to the popularity and work OF
On November u. 1883. Mr WaIenmeier mar
ried Miss Hattie May Koch. daughter Of former
Postmaster Robert !. Koch. Of Tonawanda.
There children of this union. but the
Wallenmeier home has its young people Just the
same. They are two nephews and q niece OF Mr.
Wallenmeier. The boys are John O. W. SOON
stein, eight years old and Gerald Bloomstein ten
years old. The girl is Miss Vera Hoffman, eigh-
teen years old.
These three children are the only bosses VIII"
have any chance Of delivering Mr. "alleh-
meier for anything they want
The State Treasurer tells many amusing ahec-
cotes Of his early career.
Black Rock turkey" fs the name applied by
canal men 10 salt pork. Years ago in the village
Of Black Rock, which is now part OF Buffalo
there big slaughter house, where thou
sands Of hogs were killed annually The
Slaughter house was the banks Of the Erie
Canal, and salt pork was one or the staple 4ood
products on the canAIboats. Back IN tle ~ 2
salt pork sold at IS cents a pound, ana the price
was high that the "canallers got 10 callng II
Black Rock turkey" name by which IT was
known from one end Of the state to the other.
Il never hear Black Rock turkey mentioned
without recalling Of many interesting eX-
perences I baye had on the canal" said Mr.
WaIlennneier the other day. 1T happened on my
second trip TO Albany. Just as we were leaving
Tonawanda d fairly decent looking chap jumped
aboard the boat and asked for a ride 10 New
York He wanted work his way but my
brother and had a full crew and we didn't need
him. Besides Black Rock turkey was costing -
cents pound, and every extra mouth 10 Feed
meant z lot when the money in the treasury
was low
We'll the man appealed 70 me SO earnestly
that gave la and for fve d@ys he fattened him