The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-07-24

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II the coal received in the port OF
| Boston in 1907 were spread out in a
! straight line at the rate OF 10 pounds
| 10 the foot, IL would form a line long
| enough 10 encircle the globe eight times
| and then take a loop through the CEN
! ter and come out on the other side.
Think OF girdling the earth with a
four track railroad OF anthracite and
| biuminous coal, and then running a
single line straight through from Bos-
ton 10 HongkOng! | requires a strong
effort Of the Imagination 20 picture
such a road, yet IL could be built with
the coal consumed in one year In the
New England territory supplied
through the port OF Boston.
Between Jan. !, 1904, and Jan. !,
1908, 2,053, 288 tons OF anthracite and
1881 ,63G tons Of bituminOus coal were
brought in barges into the port OF BOs-
ton and from here sent 10 various dis
tributing centres In the New England
states.
A well known business man OF this
city Is still chuckling over the clever
way he got the best or an acquaint
ance who sometimes manilests dispo-
sition to 'spof,e" on his friends. With
several other fellow citizens they are
regular passengers on a South Shore
express 10 Boston. Recently II had
gotten to be q regular occurrence for
the latter TO start frantic search OF
his pockets when the conductor hove IN
sight and then, turning 10 the former
with roll OF bills in his hand an
nounce, Hang #, I've forgotten my
ticket book this morning. ] don't like
TO soak the conductor with big bill;
let me have a ride out of your book
will you?' The other day about doz
en- gentlemen fixed up a scheme TO get
even That morning when the
Sponge" discovered he had forgotten
his ticket they "discovered' they had
not only forgotten their tickets, but
their pocketbOok as well. II cost the
Sponge" quite a sum to settle with
the conductor for all the fares ano
at the South Station cashing in his
bundle of rebate slips at the ticket OF
fee. Since then he has always ha0
his ticket book with him.
Additional proof that the motorists
are driving more carefully in this state
is sho~s by the comparative decrease
i'm the number of accidents when the
large increase in the number of cars
is taken into consideration. Some OF
the accidents recorded would have been
prevented had the legislative bill been
passed asking for law insisting on al
vehicles on the road at night using
light of some kind.
In otLsr states where there Is nc
such law, people out at night in car
riages and wagons use lights because
they know they are safeguards. We
should have one here to protect every
one. However. as most of the touring
is done in the day time and the officers
are then on the watch, that Is the time
to best Judge the character Of the
motorists
A gentleman who came here from
Washington i'm car a few days ago
said that while coming through Mas
sachusetts he was surprised at the way
the motorists were driving. while
the cars were going at a fair rate OF
speed, there was nothing exceptionally
fast noticed by me-" he said. And
many of the cars were big ones, cap
able TO 40 to 30 miles an hour easily.
There wasn't one car that passeo
me that was going faster than 80 miles.
Most of them were going along between
20 and %. 1t surprised me very much,
because The roads were SO good that
they tempt you to speed. In New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania
il seemed the cars travelled somewhat
faster, but not excessively so.
1T simply shows that the speed
craze is dying out. Motorists are grad
ually realizing that the pleasure comes
from rolling along and viewing the
scenery and breathing the pure air"
The runaway fun Of the runaway
show. "A Knight for Day, entered
upon third month of "girly gladness'
at the fremont on Monday evening,
with a hot weather record of success
behind it surprising all its musical
predecessors. Repetition doesn't
seem to affect the yivacity of the
players a particle.
In planning for their Seventh Food
Fair the original Boston Food Fair,
given 10y the Boston Retail Grocers'
Association from September 2S TO
October 81 in the Park square Coils.
cum, the management took into ac-
count that the styles i'm eXpositious,
and the buildings they are given i'm.
change from time TO time just as
fashions do. They accordingly select
ed the mammoth Park Square Coi~