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truck for railroad shipments has become relic Of
antiquity.
forming, are more impressive than mere gen.
ordinations ever be. The manufacturing estab-
fshinents YET remaining on this spit Of land, and
vainly striving to meet the growing demands Of
their business in entirely too cramped quarters the
expense Of which is not warranted by the volume
one-the of which for obvious reasons is
ornttec-n1ay be mentioned that is barely able to
keep within Held glass distance of its orders be-
IL is located in a factory building which al
ready crowds its labor and machinery the limit
and. of course. cannot accommodate additional labor
and machinery Yet fits housing is worth at least
two-thrds the amount OF the plants annual output,
renders utterly hopeless the expansion the latter
uorld's-largest jobbng houses itself scarce able
TO size and money value-building It occupies
IN the drygoods dAtrict and compelled to scatter
more or less makeshift structures, is responsible
for this statement concerning a whole streetfu OF
machinery. engines, etc: There is nos one OF
them which has room to show fits goods. let alone
IN the movement of goods-shiprnent and re-
cetpt-the situation is less difficult owing r.
yard and dock facilities and accommodations. A
brief explanation will show wherein this hampers
The truckman for a given concern goes the first
thing In the morning 10 the freight terminal takes
MS place IN long line, and is lucky If he gets his
Ioao 10 ms employers storehouse by midday: after
feeding his team ne starts out with a shipment OF
goods and after crowding and swearing his way
through damned streets. arrives at length the
freight yard, dock, where he again takes his
place IN The truck lire. and felicitates himself IL
be Is fortunate enough 10 get mis- bill of lading bv
al least So a day. ~ 0''''
All Of which renders credible the statement
OF the New York representative of an associa-
tioi. o. INDUSTRIAL establishments, which are
he .can ger. his sstur from Pttsbure" wher. ons
OF the plants is located ''for less money than, he
'ca1 set Il from the depot here and the statsm.ns
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diversified interests, and furnishing same with
heat. light and power, Is not neT; such buildings
are found scattered here and there in various sec
tions Of the country. But the grouping OF eighteen
such mammoth structures, merely separated by
alternate streets and railway sidings. and catng
them with an eye the easiest possible access to
rail and water transportation. is decidedly novel.
The first of these factories is completed and oc-
Cil,'ie1. he = ue1rlV 6Tt zeal. y GO
scription of the completed structure will suffice for
all II has six stories and basement. with forty
thousand square feet Of space to each floor; Is
OF concrete steel construction with masonry facing
(the others. however, will be entirely of reinforced
coHcrete); is electrically lighted and supplies either
electric power to tenants as desired As
in all the warehouses, the lifts electrically
operated on side of each building is the open
street, which permits trucking service; on the
other, railway switches which give direct "onnec-
ton with the trunk line terminal. Tenants.
whether manufacturers jobbers. be accom-
require. and should their business increase as 70
demand larger quarters these always ~" n
tanned, either in the same building or in those yet
TO ne erected. tn rental figures present nerhapS
little advantage over those of Manhattan-S0 cents
q square foot. against 20 to so IN the lattor.
But here is provided an absolutely freproof build
Ing and ample fire protection for goods; in fact.
fire equipment which enables the tenant to get
one-tenth to onehalf the cost of insurance
in Manhattan. according to the character of risk.
etc. Again. here the tenant makes a saving on his
receipts of raw material and his shipment of goods
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hettans commerce and manufacture n a surh
Importance as to entitle it full description a.
such portions OF its comprehensive plans al h.a-
directly upon that district-and. to lesser extern
OF these IN their entirety, for might as readily
attempt to convey understanding OF the circn
lat!on value of fragment of the srteTial system,
OF the human body. without sketching the Who'll.
thus establishing the formers relation thereto
as try to give clear idea of the service renderei
this district. ard, through it. Manhattan without
at least outlining the general design of PennsvI
vania's scheme for the service Of Greater Ns,r
York. and so afordins opportunity to Judge or
South Brooklyrs import to its symmetry and
effectiveness
1t should be promised that though for the SAX.
Of simplicity. the various parts of this design VIII
be here treated definitely arranged, there We.
remain certain missing links that break the con-
tinuity of same-and that these are OF the Iass
Importance; allusion is here made TO the New Yor,
Connecting Railroad Hereinafter described and tina
closing OF certain streets passing through ION maps
only. howeveD projected terminals. and the cross
ms with railroad tracks over under certain other
streets which divide property owned to be ac-
CURED by the companies-oy which is meant thu
Pennsylvania. New YORK & Long Island Railroa!
the Long Island Railroad Company and TIE New,
York Connecting Railroad Company; the Pennsyi-
vania System owning the shares Of the first men
toned. majority of the stock Of the second, and
dividing the ownership of the last with the New
York New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
The franchise, when covers all the relief sought
has now been granted The differences Of opinion
which existed between the franchise granting poe-
and the companies. naturally. could not longer bs
permitted to stand in the way of the general good
the which, it is believed by competent judges will
he best conserved by the companies proceeding
with their plans with the greatest possible dis
patch-a belief. apparently. most heartily iudorsed
by public opinion. II should be added that the
facilities TO be established under said franchise
are thought conflict IN with any
commercial. manufacturing or metropolitan inter
est of the city.
GREAT SYSTEMS PLANS OUTLINED
These plans. and their bearing upon the section
under consideration. may De thus briefly outlined;
When the Pennsylvania system contemplated en-
terng Manhattan. via tunnel under the North
River it, of course. knew that its enterprise could
not end here. but must continue on into Queens
and Brooklyn. to permit the efficient handling and
distribution of the traffic which IL bring-for
1t. otherwise. would be a the same DISADVANTAGES
10 space. in which 10 handle its business tina
merchants and manufacturers OF Manhattan labor
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and fifty acres OF waterfront south of Gowanus
Canal This. like "all Gaul, is divided into three
parasitic Bush Terminal Company. which operates
the great system of docks and warehouses; the
Bush Terminal Railroad Company. which owns and
controls the double tracked electric railroad from
18th street to 4lst street on SECOND avenue. and
from 4lst street to 9th street First avenue and
manage the unique system Of model factories on
the plot of land lying between Second and Third
avenues, and 2sth and 9Th streets. All these how
ever, under the aegis of the first named com
pany and have their general offices at No. 100
Broad street, Manhattan
AS any superlatives which might be applied would
fail to show the magnitude the completeness for
its purposes, of OF these grand divisions OF
the plant and this article s designed to show to
the world Just at provision exists IN South
Brooklyn for the relief of this great metropolis
commerce and manufacture It IS thought expedent
describe each IN detail.
THE GREAT SYSTEM OF DOCKS
The Bush docks comprise a series OF seven COW
cred piers, 1,400 feet long. $50 feet wide and
constructed distance OF go feet from its neigh
Dor, the depth OF water IN slips being thirty
feet Each OF these piers is Invisible into three
lions. and accommodates six ships; some Of them
are leased to steamship companies while others
are operated solely by the Bush management At
this season there are clustered about them seldom
eating about 10000 and their stay averaging about
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from and TO railroads IN carriage charges. which Is
estimated be Mt least five cents on the hnndIe ed
pounds. FOR all he has 10 do at his own expense.
literally speaking. is 10 take tho former from the
elevator mt his door and deliver the latter TO 1t; in
the case OF shipments. receiving his Dill OF 1adlns 4
on the spot. since the Bush Company which acis
and water transportation lines. includes IN us
lease free delivery 10 and from cars on switch ana
city delivery he can either use his own or inc
trucking service Of the company. which IS quite a
large and well appointed the latter being fur
nished to him at moderate cost.
As the bulk OF the goods thus escape trucking
charges Il s TO estimate the Importance OF
this provision, especially TO the Jobber, for. aside
from the ouerous upon his business. he Is ar
all times. In Manhattan. at the mercy OF the truck
who practically have every thing In their own
hands. and. should thew elect To strike. can leave
him helpless and unable to get his goods out TO the
country.
MUCH-IN-LITTLE RAILROAD.
The Bush Terminal Railroad Company. which OBJ
fained it's franchise to carry with electric locomo-
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week. Practically all the foreign ctron products
come here, as do tea crockery. curios. mating.
China; hemp from Manila. hides. coffee, hardwood
burlaps. jute. wool rubber and other native pro-
ducts from South America, and sugar In consider
able quantities from Cuba.
ACRES UPON ACRES OF STORES
To landward of these piers is a bulkhead one hum
dred feet wide at the back which are erected the
immense warehouses. which number one hundred
and twonty-one stores. ranging from the one TO tho
seven story building, and furnishing in all 800 900
square feet, or over ffty-seven acres OF stora GA
space part of this immense floor area is devoted
10 inc great staples. part to general merchandise
Of goods This Vast agsreg9o me Of GRACE
houses stores great quantities of cotton tobacco
manufactured and material from Manhattan
as well as stuff received from Incoming shIps and
celany Of foreign and native products from the
eleinent, hre a boat two-thirds of 1.-THE more
recently built houses-arc of concrete steel an
thoronghiy proven in the disastrous fires of Balti-
more ana san francisco The remainder Is OF the
Greproof construction approved by Insurance mn
derwrlters, and known as mill ccnstruction" n
Is t1I'p psu Win an up-to-date sprinkler system.
supplied by two huge tanks OF 10000 gallons of
water: automatic fire alarm. and supervisory svs-
TENS al -water-pressure. temperature and fire
MISUNDERSTANDING on indicator board at a CEN
traI station As from the docks, transfers are made
from these warehouses railroads and liphterage
service is furnished to steamship and steamboat
INES free OF all costs. a moderate charge for
handling. To the several trunk lines are Trans.
ferred average Of about one hundred and dftv
carloads day. and there are about ten carload
that move between water lines, by lighters
AN IMPOSING GROUP OF FACTORIES
The model factories of the Bush Land Conn
pany are the most interesting of the entire
Bush plant, and far as is known a feature with
out precedent The idea OF erecting factory
Duiidins' with series OF floors for rental to
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subway which is TO proceed down Atlantic avenue
and Court and Joralenon streets and under the
latter to City Hall. Manhattan
The Controller and the Borough President Of
Brooklyn have announced that. II a contractor Is
not found who will bid for the Fourth avenue sub
way, on the letting they are willing the city shall
build IL, and give the privilege Of connection to all
any OF the subways that converge at FlatSlish
avenue. The real inducement, and the one that
as much as anything else. makes the city anxious
70 control it, Is that this Fourth avenue subway
is the key TO the Borough OF Richmond-one OF the
situation.
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D.. l. & WIS FREIGHT TERMINAL.

Located at the foot OF 25th and @th streets. On
the south side of Gowanus Bay IS the terniinA'
formerly operated by the Brooklyn Dock and Ter
minal Company. and recently acquired by Inv
Lackawanna Railroad Company. II is understood
that the latter has not yet determined ths e1ten.
or the development that will be made here, or N
what especial lines OF traffic this terminal w
ultimately be devoted. 1t Is. however, undssssooS
SsnaS u e avsiahls Tor the handling e "a
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AN IMPOSING FACTOR IN SITUATION.

The part the Pennsylvania System plays IN the
elaborate and extensive transportation scheme,
which more than any other factor. save. perhaps
its ability TO accommodate a still larger number Of
Industries and habitntions than II yet has enables
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Culver and Sea Beach routes-and the trolley
freghtcars which convey freights over the regular
streetcar tracks to twenty seven distributing
stations. On the south 1t connects with the great
Pennsylvania terminal at Bay Ridge.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04
JAMESTOWN NOTES.

One of the most remarkable ex-
hibits to be installed in the Negro
department is friction heater, of
which G. S. l.. Baker, of Kansas,
is the inventor and patentee. In
this wonderful machine, Mr.. Baker
has managed to multiply seven
times over the average efficiency of
electricity, producing heat by the
friction process and has secured
results almost unbelievable. He
can, with his invention, heat a
railway passenger coach without
using an ounce of fuel, obtaining
the motive power necessary to run
his friction heater from the revolu-
tions of the axle Of the trucks be-
meath the coach; he can go into a
new building, when probably 5000
worth of steam pipes would ordi-
narily be required, and will heat
the structure satisfactorily by using
only so feet of piping. He will
operate coffee stand at the expo
sition, where he will serve coffee
made by his tion-heater. Mr.
Bakers unique machine bids fail
to revolutionize existing methods
of securing heat for public and pri-
vate purposes.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04

ey-getting, regardless of methods.
No reputable dramatist would have
the piece, and no author with any
respect for that which is beautiful
in art and accurately true to life
would have fathered the story.
Above averything else, no wise or
good citizen would have consented
to the liberation of this perplexing
and strife provoking farce. The
play" as it is called, consists of a
series of pictures in which the Ne
gro of reconstruction davs is repre-
sented as a cruel, lustful beast,
and during the action the stage
presents pied picture of black
and white characters, all shamfully
missdrawn, or broadly burlesqued.
In a few cities legal steps were
taken to prevent the presentation
of this unwholesome drama. 1t is
a pity to consider it severely-per-
haps to consider it at all-since it
contains too little merit to carry it
half way through one season if its
name had not been heralded abroad
by means of the protests of the
people who have been offended by
it.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04

DIR. Booker T. Washington, the
noted educator, has made public a
statement endorsing the Negro Ex-
hibit, and declaring himself as
heartily in sympathy with the eff
fort of Chairman Thomas j. Gallo
way and his energetic assistants
to place before the world a con-
crete demonstration of the Negroes
achievements in the many fields of
human endeavor. He bespeaks
for the enterprise the greatest sue
cess, and says it will be serious
mistake if our people fail to put
forth their highest and best efforts
to make it all that it should be.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04
SCHOOL ELECTION,
An Important Duty that ALI Should
Take An Interest in Next Mem
day, Nay 9th.

School election will be held in
Denver next Monday May 9th at
which time a Director for the
Board of Education is to be elect
ed, and as this election is one of
much Importance to everybody
that has at heart the educational
advancements of our youths, we
should not overlook the duty of
exercising our franchise in this
important election,
AS an exponent for the Negroes
we take pleasure in announcing
for this important Office the name
of Daniel E. Phillips, Phi. d. The
strong endorsement of Mr.. Phil
ips by the business men of Denver
regardless of politics, is a safe
guarantee that he will sustain his
excellent reputation as logical
and conservative man for the po-
sition, therefore we urge our citi-
zens to vote for him on next Mon
day, May 9th. AS it is not nee
essary to be registered let us line
up and make his election GER
tainty.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04
NO. 32.

Clarence Cameron White, direc-
tor of the musical exhibit, will
have as a feature of his collection,
list of the music teachers of the
country, together with the branch
es of music taught, number of pu-
pills and other data showing the
extent of the development and as
piration of the Negro in the musi-
cal arena.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04
RACE NEWS
dath.-ed from Various Sources.

Lawton, o. T., April 2o.-Altus
is aroused over the Negro situa-
ton. The white citizens are driv-
ing all blacks who refuse to work
from the city. This has caused
the Negroes by the hundreds to
flock to Hobart and Lawton. But
their presence at the latter two
cities is not more welcome than in
Altus. A Negro, who has no bus
mess, is not permitted to stop in
Hobart over night. Mayor Jones
Of Eax8on has given official notice
to all Negroes in the city that they
must get busy or move.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04

The Gereral Convention of the
Baptists of North America, with
colored and white delegates, the
second visit of President Roosevelt
on Georgia Day" in June, the
conference of the newspaper fra
ternity July 4, the Inter-Denomi-
national Congress of Religious
the third week in August, National
Medical Association Day August
30, and Masonic Day September
"a, are few Of the special occas.
ions in sight, that will be of partic-
ular interest to Afro-American Wis
itors.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04

this extraordinary condition in
various ways. 1t suggests that
the whites do not apply for the
examinations through disinclina-
ton to placing themselves in COM
petition with the blacks.
This view of the matter would
seem to substantiate the conten-
ton, which grows more and more
insistent, that the latter are fast
outstripping the former in the ac-
QUESTION of elementary learning.
At any rate the situation is sug-
gestive of promise and is encour-
aging to marked degree to all the
agencies that are working for the
educational uplift of our people.
Another suggestion is that the
southern whites are usually Dem
ocrates, who argue that even
should they make good averages
in an examination, they would not
be selected for appointment since
the administration is Republican.
This view if really held by
wuld- be office holders from the
South would have short shrift
could they witness the operation
and method of appointment at
Washington
We know of one instance where
Chief Clerk made requisition on
the Commission for laborer to
fill vacancy and in due time
three names were certified from
the eligible list.
The O. @. chose name for the
place that would seem to indicate
the possessor was of good old Hi
bernian stock, and therefore most
probably Democrat; but, Lo!
when the man who owned the
name appeared, his physical pre-
sentiment showed that his presum-
able Hibernian lineage was trace
able in name only. He was Ne
gro from center to circumference
and when he appeared for duty
/ the 9. @. threw up both hands and
emitted a yell charged with sui
phur and birthstone, whose sonor-
! GUS echoes may still be heard as
they rise and fall in eloquent rever-
beration throughout the large
building.
But this Negro. Notwithstanding
he was persona non grata is still
doing business for Uncle Sam and
making good in an acceptable way
as at least ninety per cent of Ne
groes always do.
AS for the promotion of South
ern Democrats under Republican
administration, it is the experience
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04

of persons conversant with this
phase of Office holding, that their
advancement is, at least in some
departments, great deal more Sc
dulously looked after than that of
good Republicans. This is espec-
tally true when the eligible Re-
publican happens to be a black
man. There is nothing for him to
do but wait. The white Demo-
crat is handed the button every
time though the black man may
be never so efficient and many
years the senior in length of ser
vice.
1t would seem then that those
good old southern Democrats are
either excessively timid or grossly
negligent of their opportunities.
Besides it is very cruel and un-
feeling to have the commission
worried in this way.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04

Three new hetels for the accom-
mediation of colored visitors are in
course of construction, and will be
ready by the time the rush comes
on. An elegantly equipped steam
boat, operated by colored corpcr-
alton, will ply between Norfolk
and the exposition grounds.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04

Exhibits are coming in at live
ly rate, and the success of the ex-
hibit is no longer in doubt. The
display will, in all respects, reflect
the highest degree of credit upon
the Negro people.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04

Chattanooga, April 20.-W. A.
Calhoun, a colored musician of
this city Chattanooga Tenn was
recently appointed permanent mus
ical director at the new opera
house here. This comes as a fit
ting climax to a series of his sue
cesses here, he having appeared on
programs at Olympia and in piano
recitals twice at the white Y. M.
G. A. He has also appeared over
dozen times at the German Rats
keller, where the elite of the white
musicians assemble to listen to his
renditions of the classics. This
kind of work is a great help to the
race in this section.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04

We are in receipt of a letter
from ISAIAH Mitchell of Denver,
vigorously protesting against the
use of the word Negro in the
Washington letter of the Goth ult.
Without embarking upon dis
cussion of the reative merits of
the different names which are
used to distinguish the race of peo-
pie freed by Abraham Lincoln, we
will say that custom has sanction
ed the use of either term colored,
Negro or Afro-American. 1t is
essentially matter of individual
preference and the use of either
can leave no doubt in the rational
mind as to the people to whom ref
erence is made.
For myself, | always use and
much prefer the strong, concise
and good old Saxon term Negro
which to my mind more success
fully carries the thread of racial
history and reflects an honorable
allegiance to people who are CO.
eval with history and whose blood
furnishes the dominant strain in q
very large majority of the people
of color in America.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04

Atlanta, Ga, April a. At the
second mass meeting held this
afternoon to bring about better
understanding between the races
the principal address was made by
Bishop HI. M. Turner of the A. M.
E. church. Bishop Turner made
a bitter attack upon the courts and
legislature declaring Negroes have
been Disseminated against. He
paid his respects to the Nation,
the Supreme Court, the President
and Senator Tillman, ending with
words of praise for former Cover
nor Northern. There has been
enough innocent Negro blood
spilled" he shouted, "to drown
Congress, the Supreme Court and
President" The meeting was at
tended by both races, the Negroes
being largely in majority.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-05-04

the unpleasant incident, leased a
house at Neu;lly for the race sea-
son at Buffalo Park.
JOHN III. PAINTER.