The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-08-06

plans may be, he has certainly succeeded
in bulling the foreign art market as easily
as he ever did Wall street stocks.
Subway a Hot Place.
Cooling the subway is becoming a neces-
sity, but the means Of doing it effectuaily
are not yet apparent. Several plans are
proposed and some of them are now BE-
ing experimental with. though the work
has not advanced far enough to show re-
suits. The latest idea for cooling the at
mosphere of stations is to pass air forced
in from the street over coils fun or cool
water and then distribute il by large
duets all over the station, the expectation
being that the temperature will be MADE
from 20 to % degrees lower than that Of
the outside air in very hot weather. I'm
mense ventllatorS have been In course OF
construction for some time past at various
points along the line, but they will not
be ready for use until autumn. at least
In the meantime the air in the great tube
is almost unbreathable and the heat has
to be felt in order to be appreciated; but
improve present conditions, people will
perspire patiently and hope for better
things.
Farming in the Bronx.
Farming in New York City sounds like
a contradiction in terms, but that is just
what is going on up in the Bronx. these
hot summer days, under the management
of the New York Association for Cultiva-
tion of Vacant Lots. The enterprise was
planned for the benefit of poor people
who are willing to work hard for the
sake of getting out into the open and
giving their children a chance to breathe
fresh air and eat fresh Vegetables of their
own raising. More than twenty families
are living in tents on the land and five
times as many more would be there if
there were ground enough. The land was
cleared and ploughed by the association
and then given out in small garden plots
free of rental to those who asked for it
first Many of the people have only Sat
TO their farming, and yet surprisingly sue
cessful results have been obtained in
many cases. Even if nothing else comes
of the plan, a number of persons will have
passed a pleasant and healthful summer,
but the financial side looks very hopeful
and Ii is thought that the scheme may
prove to be the solution of the problem
of over-population and congestion.
Gotham Likes Ice Cream.
New York eats something like 100000
quarts of ice cream every hot summer
day. which at the average price of 5Oc per
the amount of money spent for this frigid
pabuIum during a single period of II
hours One firm, employing 400 men and
100 girls. turns out 1900 quarts a day.
while the great hotels and restaurants
make their own creams and there are
no end of small private manufacturers,
many of which supply the cheap hockey
pOkey," which has no cream in it at ALL
or ice either, but is composed of con-
densed milk. water and flavoring. There
are $50 different varieties of ice cream
but 20 per cent of the ordinary sales are
plain vanilla; and even in the high class
resorts only four or five kinds are much
called for. And the ice cream isn't all
eaten in New York. Several houses ship
all over the eastern states and to Cuba
while steamers are provided with sup
plies sufficient to last in good condition
on voyages TO Europe and even to Austria
liza and the Orient.