Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-07


J.B.V V. BUTLER, Sec. Com.
TO tho small undertakers has been
n potent factor in maintaining the
tlme-honored system.
SO
The vocation Of Refrigerated en-
| gineering has suddenly doomed up
| large as n result Of a recent cOnven-
| ton Of Ice dealers at which Victor
! II. Becker declared that the United
! States had failed miserably TO care
| for the rapidly increasing needs in
| the refrlgerating field. He added
1 tnat large numbers Of young men
must now 90 to Germany TO study
the latest methods in refrigeration.
| The ice-men are out about this
! rThe number Of trained, well-educa-
! ted men in this work does not come
near to meeting the need for them, !"
Mr.. Becker declared. Refrigerated
engineering has as widespread i'm
portance today as electrical engineer
ing-a fact rather surprising TO the
public We should see that II is put
on a recognized basis AS yet young
men have not had this profession
held out to them by the American
universities" J. f. Nickerson, sec
retary Of the American Association
Of Refrigeration declared that the
United States Is in deplorable ignor-
ance concerning refrigeration, the
cold storage business having grown
80 rapidly that the public has not
kept up. He pointed out the pre-
iudice and Misunderstanding which
have prompted much municipal and
state legislation, particularly In the
eastern cities.
The loot Of land-grabbers in Chi
cago, by the systematic "squatting'
by big corporations in streets and on
land which the city authorities fail
ed to guard, promises 20 run into
several millions. No means have
yet been discovered by the council
public lands committee TO disposses5
the offending corporations or secure
any compensation to the city for the
land they have quietly grabbed. Ac.
cording TO the report Of the commit
tee, the undertaking that will be
80 costly includes that by the Chi
cagO, Milwaukee e. St Paul railway
OF property I'm the northwest part OF
The city worth $3.50 900, and also
in several streets Of the city proper
iy worth $45O.O00 more. The re-
port includes the Atchison. Topeka
g. Santa Fe Ry, the Pittsburg, Ft.
Wayne e. Chicago r.. r. and the Gas
Trust Of Chicago, each Of which is
credited with securing property
worth $4,000 or more The COM
gfta,Tr 81
It stated Corporations and indl- .
Wduals have taken the streets and
alleys and made valuable improve /
ments upon the same and without /
any Interference from any Of the /
city authorities Where the matter
has been contested In the courts .
the supreme court has decided that .
owing to the lapse OF time and the /
nOn-interference In the possession /
Of the property for number OF
years, and owing to the fact that
the city stood idly by, 1t was stopped |
from roclaiming the property. We
also find that this is continuing /
daily. This is due to the fact that |
there has been no department In the |
city responsible for this particular
branch Of executive work
#sa
For better handling of Chicago's |
crush OF pedestrians, au-
toR, wagons and street cars, In the
loop district, the most congested
area I'm tho world, n study Is TO be
made by Capt Charles Healy, IN
charge Of the Mounted Police Squad
ron, of traffic conditions and regula
tions In all the principal cities OF
He has been given a row
ing commission by the Chicago AS
soc'ation of Commerce for as long
a time as Captain Healy thinks nee
essary. He will visit twelve Coun-
tries and about twenty cities, Cap
tain Healy has had charge OF the
mounted squad since II was organ
lied in December SOC and ig re-
sponslble TO great degree for the
ef: :ciency displayed by the men In
the crowds in the down
town part OF Chicago Traiiic I'M
"The Loop"--a district three-quar'
ters OF mile square-has increased
according to Captain Healy, 25 per
cent IN three years, Every day his
squad, wh'Th started with sixteen
men and now numbers II, faces the
problem Of keeping things NOV
ing" in this small area, into which
half million people come every
and from which the same
20 each evening In add
tion TO the 500, 900 individuals who
utilize tho "oop" each twenty-four
hours, are $500 street cars and 49,
600 other vehicles pass In and out
of the loop district in ~ hours; this
average was maintained for ten con
secutive days. over the Rush street
bridge, connecting the south and
the north sides, 5i00 vehicles pass
I'm ~ hours Each horse OF the
mounted squad averages 21 miles
per day. The men are divided into
two squads, half working from a,
m. 10 1880 and the others from
1880 until p, m,