New-York tribune., 1906-10-28

There are some kinds OF city noises which
apparently are not amenable TO discipline. but
must be taken as part of the cost of the ad-
Vantages of life in the city. certain dwsller
on Madison avenue did not like the trundling
of baby in "a cart wagon" at the dead Of
night In the apartment over his own. In order
to secure repose and quiet he conferred with
the people upstairs. The carpet was taken up
and three thieknesses of padding laid down
under 1t. This did not remedy matters. Then
rubber wheels were substituted for the wooden
wheels. These would not over the pile of
the carpet. They were taken off. 1t was sug-
gested that cradle might serve the purpose
but the parents said that trundling the baby
was the only way its teethias pains could be
soothed Then the man who had been disturbed
endeavored TO secure a perpetual Injunction
against the operation of the baby carriage The
court refused 1T on the ground that the opera
tton of the carriage not an improper use of
the house. that to stop 1t would be as logical
as to stop the operation of a sewing machine
and that has such immunity from noise
that his neighbor cannot stir In his own room
Where people indulge their inclinations to be
gregarious." said the learned judge in deciding
this momentous case, they must not expect
the quiet that belongs to solitude
Many of the city noises that are considered to
be ineradicable may be made less offensive Dr.
noise society was organized In London following
the publication of my articles" said he. "Po-
htical conditions there did not affect things as
they do here. They went to Parliament and Sc
cured the necessary laws. Not having Tam
many Hall to deal with, they have ACCOMPLISHED
something. There are rags and bottles men In
London as we'll as hero. These work for a few
Dealers as they do here. The anti-nois society
wanted to get rid of the constant racket Of the
1unkmen- They wrote to ask me what would
suggest as remedy. I suggested that they
treat the junkmen as if they We're grocerymen.
and have them go to the door instead of calling
out from their wagons. I proposed a plan for
bringing the junkmen to this way of doing
Things. The society was to select block collect
the rags and bottles from that block by sending
man to call at the doors a stated day each
week. and sell the stuff itself. The people In
one such block were asked by circular to stop
selling to the junkmen and to sell to the repre-
sentative of the society, who would call at regu-
lar intervals. About so per cent of those in the
block responded favorably to the invitation
Shortly after the junk dealers went TO see the
officers of the society about the move and its
meaning. They Were told that the society would
enlarge its field of operations until such time
as the dealers would agree to adopt their method
or collecting junk. The dealers finally concluded
10 accept the plan. 1t was found by them Nat
the new method was moro profitable than the
DID, because Instead Of several men passing
through the street, one served the pure
pose, and they could economic in men team,
and time. ~
I'VE ought to have an ordinance reouirine
that coal holes should have wood Innings Sinca
the elevated locomotives were removed there ia
no excuse for noisy elevated trains I under
stand that paper wheels are practically Noise
less They cost little more than those now