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AT present IL would seem as IL almost
any height is ~attainable. for plans were
fled not long ago fora tremendous building
| with q tower rising. sixty-tvo floors above
the street level. With pure masonry con-
struction the economic limit Of height was
about ten stories, owing to the great wall
thickness required for any additional height.
Pure masonry o~onstIuotion yas, however.
Of skeleton construction. The system Of
cage construction, "4ffrst used in Chicago,
was also employed In New York in con-
junction particularly with the hydraulic
Cage construction means a framewor k
Of iron or steel columns and Orders which
carry the floors only and do not carry the
outer walls. In skeleton construction the
framework Of, iron or, steel columns and
Orders carries not only the floors but the
construction had only their own weight
to sustain and consequently might not
have taken up much ground area II their
uss had been foreseen by the trainers OF
law the saving Of ground floor area by the
use Of cage construction was comparatively
small. with the result that the tallest build
ing of this type did not exceed thirteen
stories. In New York. therefore. the era
q skyseraPers virtually. began with the
iG Mesn sahiis'ns Fl was the elevator that
taught men to build higher and higher"
The modern passenger elevator became ,
possible when means were found Of stopping
the fall Of the car in the event of the break
ing of the hoisting cables. 1t is q direct
evolution from a machine which Elisha G.
Otis exhibited In 1853 at the worlds fair
in the Crystal Palace in New York s HawSdJ
ever. the first elevator. used in this tawpd
was not of the cable hoist type. 1t was
driventby u vertical screw passing through
a sleeve IN the centre of the car, the motive |
power being steam. A car OF this sort
enabled the Fifth Avenue Hotel, opened |
in 1859, to reach tho height Of six stories.
The speed limit was about fifty feet q min
ute. against 600 feet attained by modern
electric elevators. A suspended elevator
using steam power was Installed in the |
st. James Hotel In 1855 and came into
fairly general use before, the introduction
of the hydraulic elevator. This was origi-
nally constructed on the principle of q
water balance and was installed In the ten
story Western Union Building, erected in
1873. The Boreel Building OF 1878 en- |
ployed the vertical cylinder type OF hy-
draulic elevator, which became the standard
hydraulic type.
As has already been pointed out, the first !
commercially sdccessful electric elevator |
was designed In 1889 and was installed al
the Waldorf. at Fifth avenue. and Thirty
third street.
In the absence Of elevators business
buildings even on the most expensive sites
rarely II ever exceeded five stories in height. \
Elevators raised the profitable height to
about ten stories. Further increase, was |
precluded by economic considerations in |
volved in masonry construction. |
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The Broux.

The Estates Development Company states
sion By ths city q 10 Q { The prtDciSsi
~ ana t sneoasS TRro aysn Sso E d aaasS s.'' <
condemnation commission b now occurring
property for the widening and extoneoa q
Neck Gardsns. 70 and acroes The Harlem
River 70 iAsth street. Manhattan. These ars
not new streets but extensions Of the present
Bronx system, and because Of that feot the
development OF Throgs Neck Gardens 10
being conducted along genuine oNy lines, .
departure somewhat foreign TO Sordinary
realty develop ment.
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miscellaneous,

Mrs. T. Edward Ward 10 reported to be the
buysr OF the keystone apartment house. st the
ssIset' saa s g ssia & 81 ha STo: siy.S IN and .soh ,s ST.
plot ss.iCSic6. at the northwest corner III Il ii7 Sh
Abraham ~Tumpowsky is the buyer Of No
SIS East Seventy-ffth street, sold recently.
Henry d. Wipans 4 May have rented for
EHss seventy s 9 Y sI,is stfnes ct for MIRA: Alice 4:
liz sish ysa seo5 sSd srs; hf for h sls1pi s Ns; g Ma Ea's
East Sixty; second street. FOR Mrs. Mary Z.
RladIystt; 10 III West ssventy:tou.th street.
street. corner Of Madison avenue enss 'i io2 Mrsa
street. fer ChsIles W; Glinten. sSd No ass
Dun h Brown have lea sed. the following
I'D stl' street; FOR 'S Gilbert V 8. wss nd, N NJ. "s &c
Myest i4tth street: for r. L. Niles. No. si
Edgsoom6s avenue: i9T the estate Of 8. G.
Wallace. No, Se7 West r4Nh street, and for
Mary Cottrsll No; al Convent ayenuc.
for hr the hS 4 SS' R Rsys legend esSps &c, h I've y sss1s
10 No. eiH East i23th, street to q hungarian
restaurant COMPANY: also. the -four story dwell
ing at No. East isoth street to G. Bischon
a t fhs a q sss1 ! q Sr e. Cen SS,%sRPsSn nm has e, Leased for
lane and No. IS to % John street, the space
rented comprising about tvo-thirds Of the
entire floor area.
Inc ksniiworth. at the northwes. oorner
OF Bexenty- fifth street ADD Central Park
West. the property Of the I,enox. Realty Com
apartment building, IL is absoluteiy bre,
proof In its construction and every apart
ment Is perfectly Light and airy, being equal
TO a corner owing TO the SURROUNDINGS. The
rooms are Of large size and each suite has
2 reception hall connecting the pArlor, IL
brary and dining, room and ftrcproof safes
with combination looks are built in the " ais.
are three apartments on every floor,
one apartment. oil nine rooms and two OF ten
rooms each suite having three batha.
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CHILDREN.


Schools Have CD. 900 In the Bank.
Over 5000 school children, Of West Des
Motnes. Ia, have been induced to save
money and TO start bank accounts. Nor
than 1900 Of them have deposits Of about
SO each. 'fs'
The credit Of the achievement belongs
first to the Mothers' Congress Of Iowa, which
organized the Penny Provident Associa.
ton in October. 1901. Tho plan used In
West Dee Moines ID simpler than that OF
other cities.
The principal Of each building is supplied
with stamps and folders In which fifty one
cent stamps can be pasted. Every Friday
at q certain hour the principal Is in heI
office to sell stamps to the children.
When the child has filed the folder with
the fifty stamps, says the Congress OF
Mothers Mdoosine. he may 60 the bank
always on Saturday morning, and either
get 60 cents In cash for the book or open all
account account Q receive 2 pass book and have an
The bank pays him 4 per cent. interest on
the deposit after II has remained six months.
The principal receives the stamps and ali
other necessary printed matter from the
bank without any expense to the district
and h makes an accounting. 10 the bank
every week for the number OF stamps she
has sold. =.
The financial Affairs are controlled by a
board OF directors representing the bank,
the school and the Mothers Congress-.
This board meets the fret Tuesday in each
report Of the banker and discuss the AFFAIRS irs
OF b association. 1t has worked admira-
bly,, without any difficulties or complaints,
and has educated not only the children
but In many cases the parents as well.
The principals, as q rule. do not find the
work much trouble. for they have only to
get a cent for every stamp end have no
accounts to keep with the Children. They
are even allowed carfare for taking the
money to the bank on Saturdays. u
The deposits now amount TO nearly $40. 600.
Since is organization the Penny Proydent
Association has induced the saving Of about
SIS 900. Of which less than half he's been
withdrawn. The youthful depositor to
draw out his money must heve the written
order Of his parents or guardian.
The amount Of the deposits, however. Is OF
the system IL to esta blish the habit of "a wing
among the children and teach them a
little about business methods. The results
have been very ga tisfa ctory. The decrease
In gum chewing and candy eating has
been noticeable.
from savingmerely for the sake Of boarding.
money is to be used to 90 to college after
they get through the public school. During
the disastrous foods two years ego the
Penny Provident deposits made by The
poor children In the flooded districts were
out in large amounts, being in some
Eases almost the sole reliance OF f. miles.
Il ts noticed that during the spring and
all. when the weather 10 good aud work is
olenty, the deposits are much larg err and
hat they decrease and are drawn upon
Turing the winter mon tbs. =. =,
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Private Sales,

THIRTY-EIGHTH sTREET.-Pease a ELL
man have sold for Mrs. w. Uoadby. LoeW
story American basement residence, on lot
2QxsS.e 9. II is 100 feet east OF Park avenue.
The buyer will occupy the house. -
pany has sold for J. d M. Hanen No. $50
West i47th street, q three story and base
ment stone front dwelling. %. az 70. II, to
Alfred Haffner for occupancy. ,II
10th S~TREET,-Shaw a Co. have sold for
Miss Mary OConhor to a client for occu-
pancy No. 20 East is0th street. a three story
and basement dwelling. on lot IL .axs9. II.
sold the two family frame dwelling at No
is53.Certer avenue for August Beaner. -
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NcN. JcncI.

Armstrons & Cook of Toronto, Canada.
the largest real estate operators In the Do.
minion, have just purchased 800 acres al
Bound Brook. As soon as they ket the prop
,erty subdivided they will build from twenty
TO thirty houses costing from 5000 to Sio,-
600 apiece and will put in paved streets. water
and sewers.
.Macray a Rosenthnl have purohased for
farm OF 123 acres, the Manning farm Of eey.
enty-two acres, the George Role fnfm q nS
acres. a. we'll as some other properties winch
they will start to develop at ono
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lvcstGicster.

Work o n the new bungalows at Park bin
Is progressing rapidly, ana in a comparatively
short time they will be ready for occupancy.
The five In process OF erection will BIO efpe-
cially unique in hat each will elnbody 0
combination Of The best features found In
California bungalows. Their architecture 2
81 ne as Swiss chalet and missaon Lypes; i SSto
beauty. Just the style OF architecture suited
TO the picturesque setting which Park hili
affords. H. B. Meyers Of the American hea
Estate Company states that the interest
shown by New Workers In the bungalow IDEA
Is growing greater every day.
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BuudLnH NeNN.

Plans have ecen Gled with Buiidinr Super-
~intendsnt, Murphy for the new twenty story
onse bpJldins % be erected for the Bank
and William streets TO replace It's oidffssh-
Toned !nye story and basement building oppo-
site the old Custom House site. The new
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ComlzS Aucsim Sales.
u; 81 ToaJ SsrS:-
NoS02I. 4UC1Ey 4
H LurpARD W.

. Forty ervvnth ttrv1& Ne In M.rfh e5c ll
s.cry SweIanC !; Lag ". S.pvs H.as e. an
refcfess due On fnfphnt ttek1E sub1est 20 tate&
&c; 80. =: subject 70 . mottssge q $1,000
swcstchcster avenue, north sids. lot IA mkp OF
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RATE REGULATION.

An Automobile Movement limit or Two
Miles an Hour Called Speed.
A sign on the landing Of one fesryboat
company that does business hereabout il
something as follows.
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To think, d Of calling two milea
an hour speedl' shifted q motorist.
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Speed
Automobiles and WaEons Must Go No
fastsr Than
TWO MILES AN HOUR.
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any public statements, limiting at legal
proceedings toe That made the Judge
hopping mad and he indited this one to the
Pastor:
Fam authorized to believe that at some time
during your stay In Atlantic City the original
record has been In your possession. This
has not been oontradioted In any Of your
tor MT. ePierson's) letters to me. As, until
they were missing, o and Mr.. Pierson
successfully held these records in trust I
must believe that responsibility for loss
would rest between you two,
A little later the pastor wrote the Judge:
It would be Q great pleasure to me II You
would drop out the entire matter about the
missing book. I have already found four
mistakes. aud very bad ones. ] will be glad
to make your oopy absolutely correct II you
will grant my request.
Back went q tart one from the Judge:
lam sorry not TO feel able to comply with
your request in your letter Of the nth Feb'y,
that ] suppress the facts connected with the
missing records.
That sizzling correspondence kept on
until last June. when the Judge determined
that the Session Of the Westield Church
wasn't backing him up properly and he
notified them by letter that unless they gave
him sattsfaotion he would publicly offer a
reward: No answer followed, and 30 the
other day Judge Woodruff put this In the
toHB DOLLARS REWARD
For the finding and restoration to the
archives OF the Presbyterian Church in West
neie o. its missing very valuable Session
Held In trust by the Rev. Newton v. Caldwell.
d. D., as the then pastor Of that church. N d.
sppesred; and from the lack Of result The
sstHs6Gfts s.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-06
POLICE REFUSE TO
ARREST WHALE
Sergeant Mahoney of Bay Pa
troll Balks at Capture of
Spouting Leyiathan

Police Sergeant Tom Mahoney is run
ming Captain Michael Joseph Conboy a
close second as a daring navigator
but he lost his nerve yesterday while
in command of the police launch Pa
troll and ran at full speed away from
a baby whale that was creating a dis
turbance off A1catraz. Mahoney was
making his afternoon tour OF the har-
Dor with the Patrol and when of
Meiggs wharf his attention was called
to distress signals from a southbound
sloop. The Patrol was headed at full
speed for the sloop. which proved to be
clam digger's craft. With blanched
cheeks the clam dfggers pointed to-
ward Alcatraz, where g baby whale
could be seen spouting contempt at
the ferry steamer Sausalio.
What do you want me to DOR asked
Mahoney.
Drive him away" replied the clam
Just then the whale tried to climb
out of the water. The big fish was due
north of the Patrol Mahoney turned
the launch's nose due south. asked the
engineer to shake her up" and in
about five minutes Alcatraz. the whale
and the clam diggers' sloop were dots
on this horizon.
You're not running away from that
little whale, are your" inquired Police
man Jim McGrath.
Running away nothing. replied the
sergeant. I turned the launch around
so that the whale would be scared bv
the sound of the exhaust and beat II
for the ocean. I'll take a run out thArs
later on and grab him, but there's sae1e ne
room in here for a tussle with a
whale"
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-06
REAL JEkYLL AND
HYDE IS JAILED
Double Role Lived for Years by
Oakland Man Is Barred
by Police

OAKLAND, Aug. 5.-CharIes F. Brown,
alias Charles Thompson, who was ar
rested tonight on charge of vagrancy
by Detectives Kyle and McSorely, has,
according to the police, been playing
the roles of DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde In
real life. As Charles F. Brown he was
known as a steady. industrious carpen-
ter, who worked regularly at his trade
for the firm of Veitch Brothers and lived
with his lawful wife in cozy home
at s17 Twenty-fourth street, where
three children were born, all of them
now dead.
AS Charles Thompson he was less
widely known among an entirely differ
ent set of acquaintances as the consort
of a woman name Kate Roe, who lives
at the corner of Eleventh and Brush
streets
Thompson has two children by this
alliance, one IA months or age and the
other six weeks old.
In the role of Thompson the man ap-
peared as an idle vagabond who had no
visible means OF support, and who fire.
quently applied to the charitable So
cieties of the city for financial assist
ance to provide for his wife and two
babes. 1t was through the reports of
the Catholic Ladies Aid society and
the Associated Charities that the at
tention OF the police was directed to
Thompson.
Although he was under the surveil-
lance of detectives for many months it
was not discovered until this week
that he was leading a double existence.
During all OF this time he divided his
time between his two homes.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-06
RICH BROKER RUNS
AMUCK AT RANCH
o. H. Burbridge of Los Angeles
Goes on Rampage With
Shotgun and Knives
spEc1AL p1spArcH NO rHE GAIL

LOS ANGELES. Aug. SO. II. Bur
bridge, prominent and wealthy Los
Angeles stock broker and part owner
in a big duck ranch at the south city
limits, ran amuck with a shotgun and
two carving knives today. and is in
the county jail charged with threats tc
kill. He was so incoherent when taken
to the justice court that his arraign-
ment was postponed.
When Burbridge returned to his
ranch home last night his wife and
daughter fed because of his menacing
actions. Several hours later his part
ner in the duck business, Harry Me-
serve, who lives in an adjoining house
was awakened by frequent shots from
gun, evidently aimed at his bedroom
window He surmised 1t was Bur-
bridge, and at dawn he and his wife
found the broker in the yard. After
attempting to reason with him they
were stood up at the point of the shot
gun. 1t was only by strategy and after
violent struggle that they averted a
tragedy. Burbridge being demented.
Meserve secured warrant for Bur-
bridges arrest, and on his return TO
the ranch found the broker had been
chasing the Japanese laborers with
two ugly butcher knives. He was found
crouched behind q woodpile, the knives
beside him. and was taken after q
struggle.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-06
AUTO WITH PARTY OF
WOMEN HITS HYDRANT
Machine Damaged, but Occu-
pants Escape With Wetting
From Broken Main

A party of young women speeding
down Buchanan street late last night
I'm an automobile were forced to turn
suddenly into the side Of the street at
Golden Gate avenue 10 avoid colliding
with a buggy driven by William j.
Sullivan OF 1898 York street. and in so
doing struck a watering trough and
brought up against a hydrant- The
automobiIe was badly damaged and the
hvdrant broken OF. sending stream OF
water into the street The occupants
escaped with a wetting.
Policeman Dan Ward arrived on the
rest for all members OF the party be-
fore the young woman who was drlv-
ing the machine would give her name.
She finally declared that It was Nora
Levy. that the machine was her own.
and that she lived at 447 Page street
The number OF the automobile wzs
.17,332.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-06
LABOR CHIEFS WILL
CONFER ON POLITICS
Gompers Issues Call for Special
Meeting of Executive
Council
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL

+ CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-A political con-
ference between chiefs is contemplated
by the American federation of labor
because of the political confusion said
to exist in the ranks of organized
labor. President Gompers of the fed
Grafton has Issued a call for special
meeting of the executive council and
Ii is understood that each member has
been asked to express his opinion on
the necessity of calling a meeting of
the presidents of the national and in
ternational labor organizations in order
to reach some common political ground.
1t is understood that the executive
sentiment is divided as to ioinfn o.
either of the great political parties. the
majority favoring the Endorsement of
William J. Bryan and the entire demo-
cratic ticket
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-06

WdE against the
push" in the thirty-fourth and wased
it victoriously. Since it entered the
field Al Duffey, Bob" Strahle. Ed Rit-
ter, Billy GilfoyIe and the rest of the
machine men have not been able to do
the politics of the district.
THREATENED BY THE sPUsH"
Browne has helped to produce this
political revolution in the thirty
fourth. Because he has helped. the
push" has threatened to get him.
Following close on their threats came
Brownies dismissal from his position in
the Polytechnic high school And to
substantiate the validity of the "push's"
threats TO get Browne comes the Of
fer from one OF the push. TO have him
restored TO his position If he will quit
the league and help the Herrin machine
to win the district.
When Browne was active in the Lin
coin Roosevelt league fight during the
May primary campaign Al Duffey and
Billy" Gilfoyle, leaders of the push"
in the district, told him several times
that they would ~get" him. When the
primary was over and the push" badly
dCISdlSu (lCEc IA4ACdAS Wei z ACpCohCA'
Immediately after that Brownies po-
sition in the department became un-
comfortable through no fault OF his
own that he could discover. Believing
that conditions might be different In
another school he applied for a trans
fer. Instead of a transfer he received
a letter from the board of education
informing him that he had been placed
on the unassigned list Of teachers.
THROWN OUT OF POSITION
Without knowing the cause Browne
found himself out of his position and
deprived of his salary of s145 a month.
That was when he first attached sig
nificance TO the threats of the push"
to get" him. But .corroboration of his
suspicious came directly from one of
the push"
ED Ritter, one of the men who has
been fighting the league" says Browne
tried several times to- see me at my
home, but happened to miss me each
time. This happened three weeks ago.
Finally 1 met him one day in the cor
ridor of the Crocker building and had
a conversation about the politics of the
thirty fourth. He asked me to leave the
league and join with the other side. In
the course of the conversation he made
this statement:
IF you get behind our ticket 1 will
see to it that you are put on the as
signed list and draw your salary regu-
larly. Mr.. Lynch controls the school
department. Go down and see Mr..
Fisk and Mr.. Lynch. Mr.. Lynch is the
head of our organization and we have
passed your case up to him. The
bunch has been talking it over
Il did not go TO see Mr. Fisk or Mr..
Lynch" continued Browne, NOR did 1
agree to give UP the Lincoln Roosevelt
league. / am still in the fight"
Since the opening of school Browne
has been taken off the unassigned list
and given the fifth grade of the Frank
lin school at Eighth and Bryant streets
at salary of s75. Browne believes. that
his allegiance TO the league has cost
him $40 a month
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-06
SECRETARY APPEARS
ON BEHALF OF CADETS
Wright May Visit President
in Regard to Expelled
West Pointers

WASHINGTON, Aug. BIT Is not I'M
probable that Secretary Wright of the
war department may visit the president
again this week to consider further
the case OF the eight dismissed West
Point Cadets. The likelihood is that
Colonel Hugh L. Scott, superintendent
of the military academy. will be a party
to the conference.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-06
OPERATE ON RrGoNr

sONoAIA, Aug. 5.-Giacoma Rigoni
the victim OF Louis Leo's stabbing
Monday night. is in very critical con-
dition. peritonitis having set in. and il
is feared he cannot live long. DR..
w. Jesse of Santa Rosa performed an
operation on him this afternoon. but
held out no hope for his recovery.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-06
AMERICAN QUESTIONS
KEPT FROM CARDINAL
Propaganda Receives Fresh
Complaints Regarding San
Francisco Bishopric
SPECIAL DISPATCH no THE car

SFEOIAL DISFAICH TO THE CALL
ROME, Aug. 5.-CardinaI Gibbons has
somewhat resented the fact that. after
he was invited to participate in the
meeting Of the congregation of the
the congregation, did not include among
the questions to be discussed that dav
any. of the American questions.
These include the vexed Hanna oues-
tion- 1t seems the propaganda has re :
ceived fresh complaints in the matter
of the bishop eoadjutorship of San
Francisco from Father p. c. Yorke Of
East Oakland.
The San Francisco call., 1908-08-06
PRICE OF WHEAT JUMPS
THREE CENTS A BUSHEL
Market Highly Excited Over
Stories of Failure of
Northwest CroD

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-The price Of
wheat rose cents a bushel today The
market was highly excited over stories
that the northwest crop was as badly
damaged as in 1904, when prices
Jumped 25 cents a bushel In a few
weeks September wheat in New York
sold at SI.051s, making a new high
record.
Shorts were driven in along the line
by the sensational crop rumors while
commission houses were swamped with
outside buying orders