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by officials of the commission as being partcu-
larly well adapted to public meetings and hear
ings when a small audience is expected The
will be used for regular public morning
meetings of the commission. II will soon have n
familiar look" 10 representatives of the civic
organizations of New York City that make a
study of transit facilities. common carrier cor
porations and gas and electric lighting COM
panies.
THE LARGE HEARING ROOM
The large hearing room is on the third floor.
This chamber the commission thinks. is fortu
nately situated Captain Badgley has spared no
expense in making it one of the best of its kind
that be found anywhere. 1t is easy of ac-
cess to the general public. A broad wide stair
case leads up to its doors from the street The
public has TO walk up only his short flight of
steps reach 1t. The stairs wide that
they will easily accommodate. it is believed. tho
largest crowd that will attend a hearing
The room can also be reached by taking the
elevators on the first floor. The arrangements
for ingress and egress have been carefully
made that it is thought there will not even
be any crowdng IN going to and from the
chamber.
This hearing room will easily seat five hun
dred persons 1t covers nearly two thousand
square feet of floor space. The chamber has
been finished with the utmost care which ex-
tended particularly to the ventiating lighting
and heating arrangements. 1t is indeed a court
room in appearance. AT the south end of the
chamber is d raised platform which is u
semi circular bench" of quartered oak. On
this will sit Chairman Wilcox. in the centre.
There will be commissioner on his right
and the other three will be ated his left
Also, seats for two secretaries. counsel and wit
ness. The official stenographer will have his
place just below and Immediately in front OF
the chairman The arrangement is similar to
that of any Supreme Court room. Just beyond
these is a long rectangular oak table for the
of the press The seats for the public are
arranged in aisles. running north and south.
The arrangements for the ventilation of the
considered TO be a triumph for tho
engineers who made them. To shut out the
noise. Captain Badgley decided that it would
be best to keep the windows of the chamber
closed all the time. To do this and still VEN
tilate the room properly something of a
problem but system devised that tests
have proved to be entirely successful
Air is taken from windows on the fourth
floor. BY a system of fans and blowers it is
driven into the hearing room By this system
5000 cubic feet of fresh air is pumped into
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we are glad to be in the Tribune Building I0r
we find it pretty much the centre Of things. es-
peciaIIy in reference to the common carrier
lines
The Tribune Building has recently neen r.
modelled with an addition OF nlhe S'ofi7s
enormous expense. It is now considered one 0-
- - a,,,,i-nad buildings IN lower Manhattan
L commands splendid views OF the East River
and its harbOr and of Brooklyn
u fs close TO the financial district and als9
forms a part Of what might be termed the la0'-
,.sr district Of New York City On the rrSC Nv"
doors Of the building are the editorial ana Cum
posing rooms OF The New-4ork Ir1Duli9 -.
P'7--1 so,-s q, the building are leased 90 the
- ,,,. cr,ica Commission. lawyers and otisl-
ness firms -, ...,-. -,
The tribune Building Is also IN the nearL oI
the newspaper district Within less tns1n 80
,...-,1rs7 yards Of the building are publsneo SIX
80 New York's largest daily papers
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Commissioners, to its new and permanent quar-
ters in the Tribune Building. which were fitted
up for il in record time. considering the number
Of changes that had to be made to meet the
peculiar needs Of the commission.
The commission has its main offices on the
fourteenth floor. On that floor are the offices Of
Whitney; OF the two assistant secretaries. OF
for stenographers and the general business Of
the commission. These take up the entire floor.
The commission also has practically all of the
twentieth floor for its engineering department.
Employing more than three hundred and fifty
engineers, il must have spacious working and
drawing rooms for them and the chief engineer
ny Rice. thinks that he could not get much if
any, better quarters for his staff than those IL
has in the Tribune Building. The engineering
department also uses large part of the nine
teenth floor as well. On the third floor was
prepared a large and spiendidly fitted hearing
room for it.
On the day that the commission came into
existence the question OF it's permanent location
came up The commissioners visited the offices
OF the boards and commissions whose duties
anu powers IL took over under the provisions Of
me public service act. In turn, the new COM
inspector Of Gas Meters Of the Board Of Rail-
road Commissioners. Of the Board of Rapid
transit Commissioners and Of the Commission
OF Gas and Electricity
Tribune BUILDING THE BEST
chairman Wilcox inspected the quarters of
' aoH' ana came TO the conclusion that none of
New-York tribune., 1907-09-03

sion OF the State OF New York has better or
more complete quarters than those Of this COM
mission. and yet the expense of the arrange
rnent of them and part OF their equipment was
not borne by the commission itself. or hence
by the taxpayers of the state. Il was borne
on the other hand. by the Tribune Buildings
owners. who, desiring to serve the new COM
mission, to give it every physical convenience
did not spare themselves any expense. how
great.
The quarters of the commission cover more
than 22.OOO square feet of floor space They
are said TO be the largest of any department in
the state. Chairman Wilcox and his brother
commissioners were quick to realize the i'm
mense amount OF business that would have to
he transacted. After conferences among
themselves and after sending the commissions $
secretary. Mr.. Whitney, to visit the quarters
of the Interstate Commerce Commission in
Washington TO study the system there and
get some idea of the size of the quarters that
would he necessary, and also after consuta-
ton with Chief Engineer Rice, they decided
that al least - 600 square feet of floor space
would be needed. Approximately, the conInls-
sion has the following number Of square feet
on the different floors it occupies:
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PLENTY OF PURE AIR

the chamber every minute and there will be
an entire change of air every five minutes
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tain Badgiey promised to have their guar
ters ready for them not later than September L
To have the work done by that time seemed to
the T ]. Reilly Company, the contractors, al
most impossible But it was done. 1t was
done by rushing the work night and day, ana
the commission was enabled To move in before
The time agreed upon
i do not see how you managed it so quickly,
exclaimed Commissioner Wilcox to Captain
Badgley, when the latter told him that the
fourteenth and twentieth floors were ready 1or
the commission.
COST TAXPAYERS NOTHING.
Every change that the commission DESIRED
matter how great how small. was MADE.
The offices Of the commission, as they are To-
day. exactly the commissioners e1-
pressed a desire that they should be. The or
fees considered complete and as well
arranged as any Of the kind in the country. II
is said that no department. board or commits
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CARNEGIE INSTITUTIONS SUED.
Over Twenty Pittsburg MiliOnaires Partlea
TO Action Brought ON Mechanics Lien

rEsv Telegraph The Trhunel
ptt+sburg. Sept 2-The lockwood Pottery
Con,nany OF Hamilton County. Ohio. has en-
tered suit in court here against the trustees OF
the Carnegie Institute and the Carnegie Tech
nical Schools on mechanics lien. To recover
So 900 for material furnished for the woman
building of the Technical Schools over score
Of men are named defendants. all OF whom
are miIliOnaires. The trustees refused 10 pay
fc- the work because they alege that IT was
not satisfactory.
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T Of the Tribune Building.
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$500
I3.4U
p and Washinyfnn

There opportunities for the health eker
home-seeker the Pacific Coast and special low
colonis tickets the Chicago Pacific and
North Western Line daily October 3Ist a
of S39 90 from Chicago with correspondngy low rates
from other points. make II possible
region minimum of expense Daily and personally
conducted IN Pullman Tourist Sleeping cars only
81. for double berth Booklets. maps and other
information application to R. NJ. JOHNSON General
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p s c. AT HOME IN
TRIBUNE BUILDING.
xT CENTRE OF GREATER
CTTY,S CAR LINES.
Best Equipped Offices an Country,
Occupying 1880 Feet
of Floor.

The Public Service Commission for the lst
,,s.--4c- moved about two weeks ego from its
temporary quarters. at No $50 Broadway the
80 NJ the former Board OF Rapid Transit
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FOURTEENTH FLOOR OFFICES.

The main Offices Of the commission are on
the fourteenth floor, the whole of which is used
for them There are five offices for the hVe
commissioners private office for each commls-
sioner There is also g separate Office Tor the
sacretarv and one for each of the two assistant
secretaries J. O. Hammitt and Mr. Norton one
of the commissioners rooms is at present used
for small" hearing room. 1t can comfortapiy
hold one hundred persons besides the coiiiiiiiS-
soners counsel and witnesses
one large room is devoted TO the stenograpn-
ers of which the commission now employs from
sixteen to twenty. In this room are Kept the
Ales of the commission and other documents
pesides these offices and rooms there are many
smaller offices for different purposes
In the main corridor Of the fourteenth floor
IS a table fer the convenience of the press Sec
ratarv whitneys room is Immediately behind
the press alcove." To the left is the small
hearing room, and between the two rooms
esrridor runs on which the private ~ooaoas e the
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-18
THE FIRST TWINGE
OF Rheumatism Calls for Or. Williams
Pink Pills If You Would Be
Easily Cured.

Mr.. Frank Little, a well known citi-
zen of Portland, IOnia Co., Mich, was
cured of severe case of rheumatism
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills. In speak
ing about it recently, he said: MY
body was run down and in no condi-
ton to withstand disease and about
matte pains in my arms and across
my back. My arms and legs grew
numb and the rheumatism seemed to
settle in every joint SO that l could
hardly move, while my arms were
useless at times. was unable to
sleep or rest we'll and my heart pain
ed me SO terribly l could hardly stand
it. My stomach became sour and
bloated after eating and this grew
so bad that l had Inflammation of
the stomach. l was extremely nerv-
GUS and could not bear the least
noise or excitement. One whole side
of my body became paralyzed.
LAS l said before, had been suff-
ering about five years and seemed to
be able to get no relief from my
doctors, when friend here in Port
Pills had cured MIN of neuralgia in
the face, even after the pain had
drawn it to one side. 1 decided to
| try the pills and began to see some
| improvement soon after using them
This encouraged me to keep on until
was entirely cured. I have never
had return of the rheumatism or OF
the paralysis.
The pills are for sale by all drug
gists or sent, postpaid, on receipt OF
price. SO cents per box, six boxes
$3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medicine
| Company, Schenectady, N. Y,
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-18
RAIL ROAD MEN PROTEST.
Do Not Want the LaFolIette Bill En-
acted Into Law.

A delegation of railroad men visited
for the purpose of asking the leSisla-
ture to memorabilia the Nebraska con-
gressmen and express opposition to
the LaFollette bill to regulate the
hours of employment of railroad men,
With the technical objections to the
proposed law The Wageworker has no
acquaintance. But if the railroad men
are quoted right in the daily newspa-
pers they base their objections upon
one untenable ground. One objection
is that it is likely to increase the
number of train crews thus reducing
the number of miles run and thereby
reducing the compensation.
That is the chief reason for demand
ing the shorter workday-that more
men may be given employment.
Skilled craftsmen are not demanding
the short work day for wholly selfish
reasons. Under the stress OF modern
commercialsm there is a growing sur
plus of labor under ordinary condl-
tons. In order to provide for the man
out of work the men at work demand
shorter day for themselves. Thus
if ten men in shop work ten hours
day. it will require eleven men do do
the work in nine hours. And enforc-
ing the nine hour day means steady
employment for one more man. Inc
railroad men ought to get in line with
more enterprising unionists and do a
brothers share in looking after the
interests of the man without Job.
If the railroad men really want 10
make more money they ought to de-
mand more for their work. Engineers,
| for instance, are rendering today 5Oo
per cent more service than they rend-
cred ten years ago, and yet we are
informed that they imagine they have
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-18
A SIMPLE FORMULA
PRESCRIPTION OF AN EMINENT
SPECIALIST is GIVEN.
Necessary Ingredients Cost Little
and Can Be Secured at Any Good
Drug store-WilI Break
Cold Quickly.

Mix half ounce of the Pure Virgin
Oil of Pine with two ounces of glycer-
inc and half pint of good whisky;
shake we'll and use in teaspoonful
doses. A noted authority on diseases
of the throat and lungs who estab-
lished a camp for consumptives in the
pine woods of Maine, declares that
the above formula will heal the lungs
and cure any cough that is durable.
1t will break up a cold in twentyfour
hours. The ingredients can be Sc
cured from any good prescription
druggist at small cost
Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure) is put up
only in half-ounce walls for dispen-
sing; each vial is securely sealed in a
round wooden case with engraved
wrapper, showing the name-Virgin
Oil of Pine (Pure) prepared only by
Leach Chemical Co., Cincinnati, o.
plainly printed thereon. There are
many rank limitations of Virgin Oil
of Pine (Pure), which are put out
under various names. such as Concen.
trated Oil of Pine, Pine Balsam, etc,
Never accept these as a substitute for
the Pure Virgin Oil of Pine, as they
will invariably produce nausea and
never effect the desired result.
Virgin Oil of Pine (Pure) is also
said to be perfect neutralizing agent
for uric acid
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-18
A CLERICAL JOKER.

Rev. Luther P. Ludden is a great
Joker He is also secretary of the Ne
braska State Poultry association. The
Wageworker acknowledges the receipt
of an invitation to attend the annual
exhibit in progress at the auditorium
this week. The invitation is good for
admission too. But it is distinctly
stated on the invitation that this is
not pass 1t is guests ticket" II
that isn't a good take-off on the pres
ent fad of anti-pass we are mistaken.
The Wageworker extends it's thanks
to Secretary Ludden, and assures him
that it appreciates both the invitation
and the joke.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-18
American Ideaiism.

Since my first arrival in America !
have held that the real spirit is ideal.
istic and that the average individual
American is controlled by idealistic
impulses Those who may contradict
me can not have sounded the depths
of the philosophy of Ralph Waldo
Emerson, or studied the life and read
the speeches of Abraham Lincoln, and
considered their far-reaching effect on
the American people. In Lincoln's
great character nothing can be more
striking than the way in which he
combined reality and the Hottest ideal,
with a thoroughly practical capacity
to achieve that ideal by practical
methods. This faculty seemed to give
him a far-sighted, almost superhuman
vision, which enabled him to pierce
the clouds obscuring the sight of the
keenest statesmen and thinkers of his
age-Baron Speck Won Sternburg, in
Forum
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-18
cIGARMAkERs ON STRIKE.

September 4, struck for an increase of
10 per cent, on all hand work at the
factory of Celestino Costello Co. The
general average wage of men per week
was $3.50. The increase, if granted,
would mean to the man an increase of
95 cents per week. The selling price
of these cigars range from $50 to $65
per 1000. So 1870 men, 140 unorganized,
40 organized men, thought they should
have an increase of 10 per cent. But
the firm thinks different Up to date
not one man has deserted.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-18
Destructive Yellow River.

Thousands OF men work all their
lives at securing the banks of the
great Yellow river in China. Yet
every now and then the tide sweeps
away all opposition and the loss in
human life is greater than any war
ever caused. Nineteen years ago the
river burst its bonds. Day after day
the torrent flowed, 20 miles to the
hour, 30 miles wide and ten feet deep.
The food has been described as that
of five Danubes pouring from height
for two months on end. For 1000
years the Chinese have been embank-
ing this river.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-18
THIS SEEMS THE LIMIT.

Richmond, Va, AIN. 13.-One hun
bred plasterers employed on the con-
struction work of the jamestown ex-
position have made good their threat
to strike and declare that they will not
return to work tomorrow unless their
lection is going to the offices of the
contractors to get their money once a
week, and they wish it brought to
them while they work. They also ask
an increase of pay of from five to six
dollars a day The contractors think
the difficulty will be adjusted without
serious delay.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-18
THE PLUM BERS
Smelling Committee Is Keeping Busy
These Cold Days.

The smelling committee appointed
by the local union of plumbers is
quietly looking up the .'scab" work
that is being done and which will not
stand the sanitary tests demanded by
the city. A lot OF the work put in by
apprentices and incompetent ''scabs"
has been found very bad, and it will
be reported to the authorities.
Harry Burstall, who was an active
worker in the ranks of union plumb
ers of Omaha, died recently.
St Louis Master Plumbers asso-
citation which took hostile position
against union labor, has gone to pieces.
The fight of the journeymen and in
ternal dissension did the work.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-18
THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAIL
ROAD AND WESTERN CANADA.
Will Open UP Immense Area of Free
Homestead Lands.

The railway facilities of Western
Canada have been taxed to the ut
termost in recent years to transfer
the surplus grain crop to the eastern
markets and the seaboard. The large
influx Of settlers and the additional
area put under crop have added large
ly to the grain product, and notwith-
standing the increased railway facil-
tiles that have been placed at the dis
posal of the public, the question of
transportation has proved to be Sc
rious one.
It will, therefore, be good news to
everyone interested in Western Can
ada to know that an authoritative
statement has been given out by c.
NJ Hays, president of the Grand
Trunk Pacific Railway, that that rail-
way will do it's share towards moving
the crop of 1907 from Alberta, Sas-
katchewan and Manitoba to tide water,
and thus assist in removing serious
obstacle which has faced the settlers
during recent years. Mr.. Hays, who
has just completed a trip from Port
age la Prairie to Edmonton in prai-
RE schooner, a distance of 735 miles,
which was covered in eighteen days,
is enthusiastic about the country.
This will be gratifying to settlers in
the Canadian West, even if Mr.. Hays
declines to be bound to time limit
with the exactitude of stop-watch.
The Grand Trunk Pacific road will be
in position to take part in the trans
portation of the crop of 1907, and that
will be satisfactory to the settlers in
that country when the harvest is gar
nered.
The wheat crop of 1906 in Western
Canada was about 90,00O,000 bushels,
and, with the increased acreage which
is confidently expected to be put I'M
der crop next year, it is safely calcu-
lated that fully 25,0O0,000 bushels will
be harvested in 1907. The necessity
for increased transportation facilities
are, therefore, apparent, and the state
ment made by Mr.. Hays will bring en-
ouragement to the farmers of the
Canadian West, new and old. The
opening up of additional thousands of
free homesteads is thus assured by
the agent OF the Canadian Govern
ment, whose address appears else.
where.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-18
scALY ERUPTION ON BODY.
fered 10 Years - Completely
Cured by Cuticura.

when / was about nine years old
small sores appeared on each of my
lower limbs. / scratched them with a
brass pin and shortly afterwards both
of those limbs became so sore that
I could scarcely walk. When l had
been suffering for about month
the sores began to heal, but small
scaly eruptions appeared where the
sores had been. From that time on
ward l was troubled by such severe
itching that, until l became accus-
toned to it, 1 would scratch the sores
until the blood began to flow. This
would stop the itching for few
days, but scaly places would appear
again and the itching would accom-
pany them. After / suffered about
ten years l made a renewed effort to
effect cure. The eruptions by this
time had appeared on every part of
my body except my face and hands.
The best doctors in my native coun-
ty advised me to use arsenic in small
doses and salve. l then used to
battle the sores in mixture which
gave almost intolerable pain. In ad
dition / used other remedies, such
as iodine, sulphur, zinc salve, IS
Salve, - Ointment, and in fact
was continually giving some remedy
a fair trial, never using less than
one or two boxes or bottles. All
this was fruitless. Finally my hair
began to fall out and / was rapidly
becoming bald. / used IS -,
but it did no good. A few months
after, having used almost everything
else, l thought / would try Cuticura
Ointment, having previously used
Cuticura Soap and being pleased with
it. After using three boxes 1 was
completely cured, and my hair was
restored, after fourteen years of suf-
fering and an expenditure of at least
$50 or $50 in vainly endeavoring to
find cure. / shall be glad to write
to any one who may be interested in
my cure. b. Hiram Mattingly, Yer.
million, s. OAK. Aug. IS, 1906"
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-01-18
eight hours in the twenty-four hou,

day.
5. A strict recognition Of not over
eight hours a day on all federal, state
or municipal work and at not less than
the prevailing per diem wage rate OF
the class of employment in the vici-
nifty where the work is performed Z
6. Release from employment one
day in seven.
T. The abolition of the contract sys-
tenn on public work.
8. The municipal ownership of pub
lie utilities.
9. .he abolition of the sweat shop
system.
10. Sanitary inspection of factory,
workshop, mine and home.
II. Liability of employers for in
jury to body or loss of life.
70. The NATURALIZATION of telegraph
and telephone. d
10. The passage of anti-child labor
laws in states where they do not exist
and rigid defense of them where they
have been enacted into law.
IA, Woman suffrage co-equal with
man suffrage, the initiative and refer
endum and the imperative mandate
ard right of recall.
Is. Suitable and plentiful play
grounds for children in all cities.
16. Continued agitation for the pub
lie bath system in all cities.
II. Qualifications In permits to build
Of all cities and towns, that there shall
be bathroom and bathroom attach
ments in all houses or compartments.
used for habitation.
10. We favor system of finance
whereby money shall be issued ex-
clusively by the government, with
such regulations and restrictions as
will protect it from manipulation by
the banking interests for their own
private gain.