Manchester Democrat., 1910-08-24
Population over 10000.

y 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, and
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 and
his business. These residences are
specifically termed Offices, and each
one is visited a number Of times dur
ing the day by the postman. OF
course, 1t would take one postman a
good many hours to cover the entire
route Of the city" Consequently the
streets are divided into territories, 30
skyscraper City may be said to
have its own postofice department.
In this particular "city" one street is
inhabitated by more than seven hum
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 well be
proud. It is the transportation sys-
tenn. It 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 skscraper mu.
inequalities travels 54s feet into the
air. all the way up to the fortieth
street, and this without the incon'
venience Of changing cars, which ii
more than can be raid of New Yorh
City's car lines at times. These ele'
vators can carry twenty-five hundred
pounds at speed of six hundred feet
a minute, which means rising with
some rapidity.
Again, in the method of summonine
the fire department or the police de-
partment the similitude between 9
municipality and Skyscraper City
is maintained. In the big cities, when
a policeman Is desirous of bringing
about meeting between some re
creant citizens and the Judge at the
court he summons an appropriate
conveyance by ringing up headquar
ters from little box on the corner
The fire department may be required
and 1t Is similarly called. In one Sky
scraper City in Chicago there 10 Z
system Of signals. possible Of opera
tion from any part of the premises
which permits Of an official getting
in touch with his subordinates at any
instant. And SO far as the postal de
partment is concerned, there is the
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 operation.
of the times are surrounding residents
| Of real cities with these twentieth
century municipalities, with all the
officers and laws, In different form
OF a regularly chartered city. There
Is nothing missing, not even the ia
cilities for travelling home from work
i without leaving the confines Of the
buildings. for some of these skyscrap
ers' have private entrances to subwa,
and elevated lines. And all must moi
necessarily be work here any more
than In any. other city. If the inhabi
tants Of this modern institution wist
to take recreation some Skyscrapel
cities afford an opportunity by hav
ing palm gardens laid out on the roof