The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1910-08-26
Population over 10000.

All the stores in this city" are To-
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, it would take one postman a
good many hours to cover the entire
route of the city" Consequently the
streets are divided into territories, so
Skyscraper City may be said to
have its own postofice 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-
TEN. 1t consists of twenty-three ele-
yators, 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 548 feet into the
air all the way up to the fortieth
street, and this without the incon.
venience of changing cars, which is
more than can be said of New York
City's car lines at times. These ele-
yators can carry twenty-five hundred
pounds at a speed Of six hundred feet
a minute, which means rising with
some rapidity.
Again, IN the method of summoning
the fire department or the police de-
partment the similitude between a
municipality and Skyscraper City
is maintained. In the big cities, when
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about a meeting between some re-
creant citizens and the judge at the
court he summons an appropriate
conveyance by ringing up headquar.
ters from a little box on the corner.
The fire department may be required,
and it ia similarly called In one Sky
scraper City in Chicago there is q
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 operations
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,
without leaving the confines Of the
buildings, for some Of these skyscrap.
ers have private entrances to subway
and elevated lines And all must not
necessarily be work here any more
than in any other city If the inhabi
tants of this modern institution wish
to take recreation some Skyscraper
cities afford an opportunity by hav-
ing palm gardens laid out on the roof