The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-04-19
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The United States steamboat inspec.
uoa service may be given Jurisdiction
over sailing vessels as we'll as steam
poats, as the result of a movement
lnaugurated by the New York board
Df trade and transportation.
The inspectors now have no author
fly to pass either upon the seaworthi-
ness OF sailing craft or the ability OF
their commanders. IL has been sug-
gester that coastwise vessels be requir-
ed 10 carry two licensed navigatoTs
whose licenses may De revoked upon
proyocation. Capt. Ira Harris, super
yising Inspector for this district said
recently
In the past two years there have
J been l40 accidents to steamships over
( which We had jurisdiction. There were
A. accidents in which sailing vessels
J and steamships were involved. In
them We had no jurisdiction. In 81
cases OF barge accidents. too, We had
nothing TO say. This is an evil cOndi-
ton and one that | shall use my every
effort 10 rectify. In cases Of barges,
We have no right TO inspect or inves-
| tigate, while We have full rights in the
case OF tugs that tow them"
Auto storage in this city costs $50
a month, but as owners are generally
| rich, IL is but a small item and the
| business pays well. The fact that the
money invested In garage building last
year amounted 10 millions Is a sufti-
cient proof OF profit and there is now
storage room for 10000 cars. New York
indeed Is the greatest automobile mar
ket in the world and yet some say the
business is only in its infancy. The
chief demand at present is for the low
priced, two passenger cars (runa bouts)
which are wanted by business men and
one manufacturer has within the past
year sold seven hundred. It is a pc
culiar feature in the auto that IL is the
only carriage whose sale is affected by
the stock market Reference is not
made to the cheaper cars, but Wall
street men want the best and when a
car costs from $4,000 to $4,000, big
slump is Immediately felt. AS TO the
pleasure afforded by the auto-it can
only be known by experience and that
eXhiarating speed consciousness Of
danger is best expressed by the poet,
they snatched fearful joy"
1t is now believed TO be probable that
the man, who died in spasms in his
cabin on a steamer just as she drew
into the pier, North river was not
victim of the terrible disease of
rabies He died however from the not
let terrible malady of pseudo-rabies.
..Nr Clark, the victim, was bitten by
his pet setter last January at his home
in Jewett City, Conn. The town Is a
small place and everybody there soon
learned OF the accident TO MIR. Clark,
who was superintendent OF cotton
mill. His friends constantly were in
quiring about his health and many Of
them spoke solemnly OF the danger
OF hydrophobia and the horrible ma
ture OF the disease. The physician who
attended Mr.. Clark believes that the
man was 50 wrought up that he was
convinced he had rabies and could not
recover
The subject OF defective eyesight in
children attending the public schools
having once been raised, persistently
refuses TO be downed. The discussion
and opposition aroused by the prop
osition of City Superintendent Maxwell
TO have the board OF education of this
city furnish eyeglasses to children OF
defective vision have the inevitable
effect of calling public attention to the
magnitude of the evil which he would
attempt TO alleviate. There is un-
| doubtedly sound objection TO the prin-
Ciple that municipalities should 20 in
to the business of doing for children
what their parents ought to do for
| them. There are those who seriously
question the beneficial results of fur
nishing free text books, free paper, free
pencils and free pens, and 1t is undeni-
able that they have some ground for
| their misgivings.
But the significant thing about the
present discussion Of Mr.. Maxwell s
suggestion is that SO many school chill
dren are admittedly suffering from de-
| fectiye vision. The school boards COM
mittee on elementary schools has re-
| ported that about $4,000 children in the
city would come under the free eye
glasses provision. but the health au-
| thorities say that fully twenty-nine
percent of the public school pupils have
defective eyesight or about 100000 in
the metropolis alone,
The application OF Commander Rob
ert t. Peary. U. s. n, for leave of abb
| sence of three years. which has just
been approved by the secretary of the
navy. has uncovered the fact that he
definitely purposes To make another at