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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-31
NEW YORK PROVIDES FOR THOSE
WITHOUT SHELTER.
Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Dollar Building to Be Provided
on East Side for Needed
Charity.

More and more is the thought Of
the large cities turning TO needs of
the unfdrtunates, who homeless and
friendlcss and hungry, need the time
ly aid which shall save them from
crime, and disease and death. Prob
ably no city of the country has
larger problem OF this kind than has
New York city, and for ten years
past she has maintained a municipal
lodging and supper and breakfast are
to be obtained by the destitute and
needy, provided only he or she Is
needy, not drunk, or afflicted with a
dangerous or infectious. disease. All
nationalities are represented in the
roster of this public lodging house.
and there are separate departments
for men and women. The figures
show that in 1906 4O,S72 persons were
accommodated, and for ten years be-
tween the opening of the building for
charity in 1896 and 1906 a grand total
of 622, ,GS5 men, women and children
were cleansed, housed and fed under
its roof.
begin to flock to this place. As they
arrive their pedigrces are taken
sometimes, of course, they are lies),
and then they are sent below stairs
Tor a bath and fumigation. About 40
suits are fumigated at once-for the
apparatus is big and the demand
heavy. While the clothes are being
thus treated the people owning them
are Obliged to undergo bodily eXami-
nation and have a bath.
One sees the greenish soap. like
axle grease. which is used in giving
the lodgers the shampoo-the finest,
they say, in the world Then the
racks upon which the dried clothes
ana the shoes of the inmates are put
the towels and robes de mutt, with
bath slippers which are supplied free
and fresh to each and all; the spot
less kitchen, where good bread is
stored (baked on B.ackwelrs island)
and good coffee is made-to go with
the bread for supper, with meat and
more for breakfast. Then the visitor
ascends the stairs to the sleeping
rooms, where the atmosphere is kept
fresh and pure by modern appli-
ance and the regulation is to keep
the temperature between 6S and 20
Fahrenheit.
The cots are double decked. They
are very slmple-an iron frame, wire
spring. blanket and pair of sheets and
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ul the present oquipmont-thi in
brief, is the young engineers claim.
That he can do what he says is not
only believed by practical transpor-
tauon man OF 40 years experience
llkc John U. Stariu but by big firm
in Wall street wA!ch has agreed TO un-
derwrite all the bonds required to put
through the Jersey City TO Newark
''monoroad," and by scores Of others
who have investigated the new plant
and are anxious to become financially
Interested in H.
Fret Practical Test
Starting on short half-mile stretch
of track inside the exposition grounds
M jamestown the first practical test
of tho new road was made in public
although for three years the young in
ventor, Howard Hansel Tunis, has
been experimenting in the suburbs Of
Baltimore.
More than a dozen noted engineers,
among them Chief Engineer George $.
Rice, Of the Rapid Transit commission.
have investigated The new invention
and have pronounced it practical.
some Of them assert that II will rev.
olutionizo modern rGi,roading because
of USe tremepaq&S speed which IL
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even gain some benefit from the pick
pocket.
Entering a bus one wet and miser-
able day, the lady found the usual re-
suit on such occasions-there was
plenty of room outside, but scarcely
any within. However, a man, attired
in seemingly lavish style, by dint of
compressing four OF his fellow passen-
gers into space ordinarily occupied by
three, indicated that there was still
room for one more.
Accepting the seat thus proffered,
the lady smiled her thanks. Still in
spite OF the apparent politeness of the
stranger she felt that there was some
thing mysterious about him. His
clothes were of expensive material,
but their combination, the brilliant
waistcoat with its aggressively heavy
gold watchchain, the loud" check
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claims, safer faster and cheaper by
far to build.
Construction Details.
The single track is laid across ties
about three and half feet i'm length
the same sort of ties used in the
construction OF the present day two
rail tracks, except that they are short
er. SiNty-pound rails instead OF the
standard l0O-pound rails are used
Overhead, 80 inches apart, are suS-
pended two parallel rails L-shQped
on the inside. These overhead rails
are supported by steel pillars placed
at intervals along the side of the road
and connected by steel beams
stretched across the track.
On top of each car at both ends is
attached an inverted truck. This is
raised from the car by strong steel
arm corresponding to trolley pole
and the four wheels attached TO the
inverted truck ft into the Il shaped
inner surface of the overhead tracks.
The trucks are In the form of an Y,
with a wheel at each of the tour
points of the "N.' The "X" is fleNible.
opening and closing TO accommodate
itself TO the curves.
1t is this overhead truck arrange
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72S persons, and separate living rooms
for its employees feature lacking in
the present quarters. 1t probably will
be ready for occupancy in 1908.
There are several incidental mat
tcrs connected with this charity which
are worth observing.
II undertakes to find employment
for its inmates in the city depart.
ments or on the outside
II discourages the needy from out
Of town in favor of the homeless city
man or woman. The woodward for
the roadster and the island for the
fake-that is the rule.
The average years of the inmates
show that the women who seek aid
are older than the men. The average
for the women on one night recently
was SO years. The oldest woman was
so and she had been there before
Yes, the homeless may come more
than once. The rule is not more than
three nights in one month, but that
is helped out by the woodward, where
for three hours chopping another
nights lodging and. more food may be
had
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-31

makes possible and because OF the
vastly diminished cost of building and
operation.
Negotiations are under way TO OBJ
tain the rights needed before building
of the track can be begun and, al.
though secrecy is maintained on this
point and the precise route selected is
closely guarded, It Is understood that
the hackers of the company are ne
gotiating for franchise rights and ter
minal sites already possessed by an
existing corporation.
Easy to Lay Tracks.
According to an interview printed
I'm the Newark newspapers, the linking
OF the new "mono.rail' line with the
McAdoo tunnel is a possibility. Bion
l.. Burrows says that IL would be a
matter of the greatest ease to run the
trains from the "mono-rail" road right
INTO and through the McAdoO tunnel
without interfering with the operation
of trains over the two rail line. All
that would be necessary would be the
laying of n single rail between the two
rails, and the installation of the neces-
sary overhead rails to preserve the
equilibrium of the "mono-rail' trains.
If this is done, it is asserted pas.
sCngors can be carried from Newark
to the neart of Manhattan in ten min
utes. That he is willing to enter into
an operating agreement with the
"mono-rail" company. William Nc
Adoo head of the tunnel company, is
quoted as saying.
This new "monorair' system. in
vented by the young Baltimorlan, is
totally different from the various other
"monorail" systems, some of which
are in practical operation in England.
Ireland, Germany and Austria-Hun-
gary. and others of which are seeking
q foothold IL Is entirely unlike the
system. for instance, for which +. B.
Rehr, an Englishman, has been seek
ing n franchise between Atlantic
Ferry. Brooklyn and Coney island. On
Mir Behr's road the cars "straddle" a
single triangular rail In Germany
the "monorail' system which has
been successfully operated is one from
which the cars hang suspended. In
ireland there is a system I'm operation
very similar to the Behr system.
The young Baltimore engineers
plan, however, differs radically from
all OF these, and is, according to his
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-31

the building of similar roads all over
the United States. The overhead
truck system used in the Tunis sys.
tenn is patented.
Much Interest Aroused.
How active interest in "mono-rail'
railroads is, is shown by the fact that
following the announcement of the
plans to build the New Jersey line,
the promoters of the company have
been besieged with inquiries from per-
sons who want to introduce the sys-
tenn in other places. One inquirer
was a capitalist who holds the con-
cession for a 400-mile railroad in
South America, much of the route of
which runs through inaccessible coun-
try. The Tunis "mono-rail" is es-
pecially adapted for use in a rough
country because of the fact that the
lighness of the cars makes It possible
to operate the trains up almost any
reasonable grade.
To all these inquirers the promo
ters say they have replied that they
are not in the field for the exploita-
ton of the new system. or even for
money making. Mr.. Starin, the leader
in the enterprise, has announced that
his object is not 20 make money so
much as to put into practical use an
invention which he believes to be the
coming railroad system of the future.
No stoek to Be Sold.
His hope to have a railroad which
will carry people from this city to
Newark in almost an inappreciable
space of time, and to give an example
TO other railroad companies in the
good treatment Of employees. II is an
nounced that no stock of the new com.
pany is TO be put on the market, and
that all the money that is wanted to
push the enterprise will be realized by
an issue Of bonds at the right time.
A big Wall street firm has already
agreed to underwrite them.
Expert System to Be Popular.
That they ultimately expect their
system TO be widely introduced the
promoters of the new road do not at
tempt to conceal. This, they expect,
will speedily follow practical demon
stratlon of its success.
Howard Hansel Tunis, the young in.
ventor OF the system. is at James.
town. whero he is experimenting the
running of trains over the expert
mental half-mile track. Tunis wanted
much longer track, but it is said
that the trolley companies of Nor
folk were too influential with the ex.
position management and he was re-
| str!cted.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-31
FOR THE HOMELESS

pillow to each, az; the linen being
supplied freshly every day. In the
present building 1t is usual to accom-
modate in this manner about 300
men, women and children every
night.
In order to carry on this work so
persons are employed, II of whom are
paid 33 unpaid. 1t is expected that
some of those who stay over night
will linger in the morning and help
clean up, but they often resent the
idea, it is said. The city of New
York appropriates $4,000 per annum
to this work which is not much. con
sidering its importance.
But a better time is coming. The
city has authorized the erection of a
building i'm East Twenty-fifth street.
near the river, which will cost about
S45O,OO0. 1t will have capacity for
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-31
May Reiegate Steam Locomotives
and Heavy Coaches to the
Scrap Heap.
FINANCIAL GIANTS ARE INTERESTED
Men of Millions Stand Ready to Test Practica-
bility of Scheme of Howard Hansel Tunis-
Speed of $50 Miles Hour is Among
Promises Made.

Now York-A yovag mechanical en-.
Einccr. for little more than three
years, has been mystifying and anus
ing persons living near his fathers
homo at Windsor Nm just outside of
Baltimore, by his experiments with a
single rail railroad that hc has con
structod
Recently all the newspapers In the
city contained the authoritative an
noncemcnt that John H. StarIn. who
has made millions IN transportation
enterprises; Charles Stewart Smith
and Woodbury. Langdon, all members
of the Rapid Transit commission, were
10 back a company which will build
this young engineers single rail rail
road ,om Jersey city 20 Newark
Formal announcement of the incOr-
porauon of the new "monoroad' com
pany Is expected soon to be made I'm
Trenton. and this, It Is announced, Is
90 be followed in the next four or five
weeks by the announcement of a deal
by which the new company has ac-
Quircd franchise and terminal sites
i'm the two citics-rights presumably
owned by some existing company In
side of a year. It is promised, mono
rail trains will be skimming across
the marshes from Jersey City TO New.
ark. realizing the newest slogan IN
modern rapid transit:
TO Newark in ten minute3"
lde1 Is Revolutionary.
II what the Young Baltimore en-.
gineor confidently claims for his
'mono-road" be true-and he has con.
vinccd such hard-headed business men
rs Starin, Laugdon and Smith that it
is truc-modern rallroading will b.
rovolutioni2cd by his invention 1t
viii relegato to the scrap heap the
twotrack railroad the poudcrous, coal
eating locomotive and the big, heavy
Cightvhoclcd cars along with the
stage coach and the paddle-wheeled
steamboat His new invention, II his
claims are woll founded. Is as far
uhoad of the locomotivedrawu train,
running on two tracks, as the flying
machine Is ahead of the balloon.
That trains will run easily at n
Upccd of $50 miles an hour ON a single
Tail In perfect safety without yibva.
tion and the swinging sido-wise mo.
zion of the present day railroad trains,
and that tracks and cars can be built
and operated at less than half the cost
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complete the eclipse OF the present
system Of railroad construction and
establish the "monorail" as pre-em-
incnt, stlll another tremendous ad-
vantage is claimed. and this is the
most important of all--the matter of
cost
1t Is the cheapness Of the cost of
the system, which, If It is what is
claimed for It, threatens to reyolu-
tionize railroad construction.
Means Immense Saving.
According to the estimates made
for the New York hackers of the
project, a four-track. elevated line.
such as It is proposed to build be-
tween Jersey City and Newark. can
be constructed for $4,000 per mile.
To build a four-track elevated road,
similar to the present elevated system
in this city. would cost 100000 per
mile This does not include the cost
of power or equlpment-only the
structure and tracks.
The projectors of the new enter
prise figure upon building the eight
miles of elevated track between Jer-
sey City and Newark for S2,000,000
To build the ordinary type of elevated
road. with four tracks, would cost be-
tween 100000 and $S,000,000 1t
Is this chsapness of cost which in
spires the hackers of the enterprise
to hope that they will reap tremen-
dous profits, and that the success of
this initial road between the two Jer-
sey cities will be followed quickly by
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-31
To Keen eold.Fish.

Goldfish should be kept in a roomy
vessel where they cannot only turn
round buj swim about. To keep
fishes in globes whose diameter is
only equal to twice the length OF its
inmates is cruel, but it is constantly
being done. Clean rain water or pond
water is the best to keep them in, and
in it should be a handful of growing
pond weeds to provide the fishes with
oxygen and part Of their food.
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niece which constituted tns distinctive
feature Of the invention OF the young
Baltimore man. and marks ita greatest
difference from the other "monOrail'
inventions. The overhead truck ar
rangement with the four wheels. hori-
Zontally set and working on the inside
OF the overhead tracks, steadies the
car and gives It its equilibrium. Pow
er is also transmitted from these over.
head wires for the operation of the
cars
One OF the claims made for the
Tunis "mono-rail' is that trains run
ming on It will be practically noiseless.
One reason given for this is that the
guide wheels on top, which run in the
overhead rails. are of cast iron, oak
and leather and are so constructed as
20 make but little noise. They also
have ball-bearings and this makes tre-
mendous speed possible. The guide
wheels are only eight inches in
diameter and less than two inches
thick Another feature Of the car
which contributes to its noiselessness
is the use OF the direct current motor.
Engineer Tunis claims that the only
proper system Of railroad construc-
tion is the single track, because the
double tracks are in opposition to the
laws of gravity, and make necessary
tremendously heavy cars.
In his cars, Tunis explains. the bot.
tom will be but 20 inches above the
rail. and thus the center of gravity
will be very low The cars will have
an almost perfect equilibrium, even
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without being steadied by the over
head arrangement.
Cars Will Be Light.
Then, the cars are to be extremely
light as compared with modern rail
road cars-another element contribut-
ing to high speed. They will not weigh
over seven tons.
Right here, in tho two points just
referred to, is the great advantage
claimed by the hackers of Engineer
Tunis's system. Mr.. Burrows in de-
scribing its advantages said that en-
gineers had long recognized the fact
that the great sprawling cars of the
present, with their immense weight,
are theoretically wrong.
These big heavy cars are in effect
houses set upon wheels" he said
These wheels are placed four feet
eight and one-half inches apart, with
the center of gravity between them
The first and greatest essential to the
whole system is that the cars must be
heavy in order to remain on the
tracks Here, then, is the whole key
to railroad ineficiency. that in a sys-
tenn whose only excuse for being is
the ability to make speed the prin-
cipal requisite should be great weight
In short, having TO overcome gravita-
ton. they start out by making It i'm
possible. Il requires no great mechan-
ical ability to discover that a one-rail
track Is greatly superior TO a two-rail
track. if one goes no further than to
see that one wheel will only have half
the obstacles to overcome that two
have"
Economy in Operation.
Sull another claim for the mono-rail
trains is that they can be operated
very much cheaper because OF the
economy in power it is possible to
realize According to railroad men,
from 3 to 80 per cent. of the power
used 70 operate trains is lost in the
sidewise, swinging motion of cars.
The Tunis mono-rail trains, ii is de-
clared have a straight ahead motion,
without any side-swing.
Nothing which ever moved on
wheels can equal the speed claimed
for the Tunis "mono-rail" trains One
hundred miles an hour is an easy mat
ter, and the cars can be pushed to 15O
miles without any difficulty. And,
while the cars are going at this speed,
It Is claimed that the motion is so
gentle that passengers are barely
aware of the fact that they are mov-
ing. The jerSy, swinging motion Of
tworail trains Is declared to be en-
tirely absent
As II all this were not enough to
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Not Quite Claar

Stranger-Say, is there a man in
this vicinity with one leg named
Smith?
Farmer-Dunno. What be tn name
NV his other leg?--Chicago Daily
News.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-31
THE BITTER BITTEN.

REMARKABLE STORY OF POCKET.
PICKING ADVENTURE.
Lady in London Loses Her Purse Con-
tanning Five Pounds, but Finds
in Its Place a Valuable
Diamond Ring.
The following story. which is re-
lated by lady, proves that one may
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-02
HONOR ROLL FOR THE
SYMS-EATON ACADEMY
Names of the Pupils Receiving SpeciaI
Distinction During the Past
Month.

The roll of honor for the past month
OF the Symes-Eaaton Academy is as
follows:
First grade-Virginia Ransone, Es-
telia Tessman. Whitley Diggs, Eddie
Wallace.
Second grade-Cary Collier, Ruby
Digs, Cellie Epstein, Rosena Cold
Beatrice Hill, Preston Richardson,
Kathryn Warthon, Ruby Walker. Joe
Wheeler.
Third grade-Mollie Epslim, Julia
Ford, Elizabeth Galmorel, Mary Hall.
Virginia Hellman, Marie Stone, Abbie
W'iiiams.
Fourth grade-Daisy Burge, Mary
sGatewood, Rebecea Goldman, Irvey
Johnson, Margaret Sims.
Fifth srade-Zena Crone, Ruth How
ard, Willie Kealton.
Sixth grade-Ruth Sager, Adelaide
Stone, Norine Tennis, Ned Retts,
Clarke Kimberly, Alvin Massenburg,
Marshall Sinclair.
Seventh grade-Julia Keaton.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-06-02
PH0EBUS BOYS WON HIGH
HONOR AT The v. p. 4.
Capt. Charles Powell Elected Editor
the "Busie"- and Chosen "Most
Popular Student" In School.

Mr.. Charles Powell, n graduate Of
the West End High chool, a most
popular young man of Phoebus. has
inst won several very high distinc-
lions at the Virginia Polytechnic In
stitnte, from which he will graduate
with the rank of captain ut the com
mencemen exercises in June.
Captain Powell was elected the
editor-in-chief of the "Bugle." the Of
fetal paper of the institute, and the
last issue of the magazine shows In
its every detail the marked literary
ability OF the young man. Besides
this honor Captain Powell was voted
the most popular student in the
Virginia Polytechnic Institute at the
election of the students held few
days ago.
Mr.. Powell's friends in Hampton
and Phoebus are very much elated
over his exceptionally good work Mt
the institute. fSTHyHYs8H
Captain Powell was the captain 'cf
the football team last year and Is
also n member of the baseball nine.
He ranks very high in the athletics Of
the institute.