Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-05-08
ROCKY FORD COLORADO. FRIDAY MAY 8, 1908.


OF millions as we OF Rocky Ford talk
OF thousands. Many OF these dwell.
ings cost above u million dollars and
several Of them exceed a cost OF FIVE
mililons. The more substantial peo-
pie are not found building these
SNOWY places, We passed the homes
OF Hartman. the Vanderbilts. the
Gonlds. Whi,neys. Belmont, Have
meyer. Rockeieiiers and. others as
well known whose homes at least on
the outside-indicate some reserve
OF good sense on the part OF their
owners
The guide took Us through Gem
trail Park which at this time OF the
year is a delightful spot. Among
other things that one will really de-
light to do is the Metropolitan
Museum Of Art All the masters IN
painting and sculpture have con-
tributed toward this feast OF the
soul. Words are SO inadequate that
! make no attempt at detailed report
OF what may here be seen and-fclt.
One will feel that this privilege
alone Is worth the expense Of the
journey across the continent.
Riverside Drive Is = magnificent
Boulevard along the Hudson River.
Many OF the finest homes arc along
this thoroughfare. The historic places
will impress you more than the state
" houses. Here is the house where
Hamilton and Burr planned that de-
plosable duel by which the yeung na-
tioa lost one Of its best minds. Here
70 the very house-still standing
in which Washington met his wifa
for the first time. Some Of the stir
ring events Of Revolutionary times
occurred along this river. On every
hand one sees monuments TO the
warrior heroes and toward the head
OF this drive stands Grants mauso-
ieum.
Much that Is OF interest to the Wis
itor must be omitted in this letter.
bat ! must say q word about New
Yoek's most remarkable institution
the subway. This underground rail-
way was recently finished at = cost
Of $,s.ooo.ooo and gives rapid trans
portation facilities to the 100000
people residing here. II runs under
the tallcst buildings as well as under
the streets and to date but few acei.
dents have occurred in connection
with It's traffic. The fact is the sub
way Is a safer mode Of travel than
the surface or elevated car lines and
10 20 popular with the masses that
Il is already inadequaIs. New sub:
ways are now being planned and
before long New York will be
city under city.
The tall buildings arc legion
am-,g thcm-a head taller than the
resi- GLANDS the newly completed
Singer building. A stories and 636
feet high not counting the $50 feet
below the sidewalk line. The Met
ropolitan building now being erected
will rise to height of BOO feet AMI
will be the tallcst building in the
world. The buildings above twenty
stories high arc too common to re-
ccivc notice.
The home life Of this metropolis
presents most serious problem. The
home idea is gradually fading out
OF the minds of these people. Land
is too valuable to permit Of yards
and the children play in the streets.
Rent Is high and two or three rooms
is as large q place as we can expect
to occupy. II these rooms could be
on separate ground Il would not be
so bad, but where these rooms are
but a part of a house, housing many
families occupying similar space un-
der q common roof. privacy becomes
n luxury too expensive to possess:
Even in the better grade Of flats"
II is difficult not to have the entire
three or four or Ave or more stories
of tenants know your private affairs.
Race suicide 10 no doubt 4 serious
menace but more serious menace =
the environment in which the desired
offspring must spend the years OF
childhood. In the Ghetto and other
congested districts, I saw too many
children. Would there were less OF
them to crowd each other in these
filthy surroundings. It makes one
sick at heart to see the youngsters
with begrimed faces pushed here and
there by the crowding multitude with
a future awaiting them in this neigh.
borhood destructive Of body and
mind as well as of soul. The district
east of the Bowery has too many
children on its streets and the prob
lem is not mere children but how to
safeguard them. One notices that the
children grow fewer as one travels
uptown. That's the other end OF the
problem.
We are to stay here over Sunday
and on Monday or Tuesday leave for
Baltimore. Expect to cover Brook
lyn and Ellis Island tomorrow.
LOUIS M. POTASH1NSKY.