The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-10-18

Suddenly In the course of busy
afternoon the confectionery which you |
might have bought at SkyscrapeI |
City's progressive shop might cause |
some restlessness on the part of your
teeth. You merely have to go to 18th
street, which is Skyscraper City't
twelfth floor. and have the trouble
remedied by the dentist. Or perhaps
some fruit from the stand below might
result In little disturbance in your
interior mechanism; you will find
doctor on 8th street An occasion
might arise where you might require
the services of lawyer-a bad account
or any OF the many little things thai
simply will crop up in everyday life
Skyscraper City just swarms with
these eminent practitioners. The Law
will always be sure of interpreters sc
long as Skyscraper City rears up
ward.
Population Over 10000.
All the stores in this city" are 10
Gated in Main street-nothing unusual
for municipalities of its size. In one
particular case this street is more
than three hundred feet in length, anc
is traversed daily by thousands OF
people. More than twelve hundred
residences are located in this city,
each being labelled on the front door
with the name of the inhabitant anc
his business. These residences are
specifically termed Offices, and eact
one is visited number of times dur
ing the day by the postman. o.
course, it would take one postman
good many hours to cover the entire
route of the city" Consequently tn.
streets are divided into territories. sc
Skyscraper City may be said tt
have its own postoffice department
In this particular city" one street is
! inhabitated by more than seven hun
dred people. This city" has forty
one streets. the entire population be
ing more than ten thousand
There is one thing in this same city
of which the inhabitants may we'll BE-
| proud. 1t is the transportation sys
tenn. 1t consists of twenty-three ele
vators, the combined capacity being
about ten thousand people an hour
| Transportation in these cases is both
quick and safe. There is no mortal
ity in connection with this transit
system. An elevator in one of the
latest of New York's skscrarer mu
inequalities travels 54S feet into the
air. oil the way up to the forfeit
street, and this without the incon
venience of changing cars. which Ii
more than can be said of New Yori
City's car lines at times. These ele
vators can carry twenty-five hundred
pounds at speed of six hundred feet
minute. which means rising with
some rapidity.
Again, IN the method of summoninf
the fire department or the police de
partment the similitude between
municipality and Skyscraper City
is maintained. In the big cities, wher
a policeman is DESTROYS of bringins
about a meeting between some re
creant citizens and the judge at The
court he summons an appropriat,
conveyance by ringing up headquar
tiers from a little box on the corner
The fire department may be required
and 1t is similarly called IN ~re ~'7v
scraper City in Chicago there IL /,
system of signals, possible U. Upel.-
ton from any part of the premises
which permits of an official getting
in touch with his subordinates at an,
instant. And so far as the postal de
partment is concerned. there is th'
letter chute. running to every floor
which might be said to correspond
to the letter boxes installed at various
points throughout American cities.
So the immense building operations
of the times are surrounding residents
of real cities with these twentieth
| century municipalities. with all tn
officers and laws. in different form
} of regularly chartered city. Their
is nothing missing. not even the ia
cilities for travelling home from work
without leaving the confines OF tn
buildings, for some of these skyscrar
ers have private entrances to subwa,
and elevated lines. And all must no
) necessarily be work here any NOR
than In any other city. II the inhab
tants of this modern institution wisl
to take recreation some Skyscrape
cities afford an opportunity by hav
ing palm gardens laid out on the roof