Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-28

Mayor Gaynor's vetoes Of aldermanic
appropriations and OF the demands Of priv
ilege seekers are compounded OF equal pro
portions OF sound common sense. good ad-
vice and extract OF the simple life, In
turning down q resolution appropriating
Sl,SO for the purchase OF an automobile
for the coroner Of Richmond county. the
mayor expressed the opinion that the cor
oner OF Richmond county does not need
an automobile any moro than the mayor
does. Tho transportation facilities are
adequate in Richmond county" the mayor
wrote, land I can say also from actual
experience that the walking there is fine
About the same time he found himself
obliged to veto several aldermanic permits
authorizing various parties TO drive adver-
Using wagons about the streets; but he
softened refusal by giving them wise ad-
vice. He told them to advertise in the
newspapers" The rarity OF such wisdom
in public station deserves gratifying
acknowledgment.
A record-breaking skyscraper was going
up in New York, to a tremendous tune OF
creaking derricks and clsnging iron,
mingled with the sharp staccato Of pneu-
matte hammers and the hiss Of white-hot
pOllS, lOSSeu SNINhhlAb AllOhbh NV oAt
from story to story, in as nervous and
reckless a game as catch-as-catch-cAn as
ever was played with an innocent hand
ball.
The iron foremsn-a serious faced, bull
necAed young m0n-stood below for a mo-
ment, bawlins up a savage warning at two
daring fellows, relates Munsey's. They
were riding upon a huge iron beam that
~ - -. A. s---A $500 vzrAA-
ously in mid-air and then swung rapidly
into it's lofty anchorage in the maze OF
columns, posts and Orders. lie made a
quick grlmace Of relief and q
question, his eyes all the time darling anx.
lousy over the great iron cage above
him.
"Yepl Story Of iron a day-that'S my
orders; and, what's more. wen make itl
But l got other orders, too-got 'em
straight, and they're what keep me
g~uessin.' They told me not to kill any
men on this iob!"
He spoke Of IL as stolidly as one would
mention a waste of materials, and abruptly
concluded the interview by sliding down q
ladder to yell at a derrick tender.
Thirty minutes later an ambulance rang
It's way into the narrow, truck-congested
street. Then, IN rapid Successlon, another
came, and yet another. Three accidents
had happened and the foreman was ours
ing the day for a blue Monday
Ono Of his best 'pushers," or assistant
foremen, had . leg stripped TO the bone by
a sliding fifteen ton column Another man
had a hand clipped off at the wrist, A
thlrd-the same derrick tender whom he
had but recently admonished, an old bridge
worker who in different accidents on other
Jobs had suffered fractures Of both legs
and several Tibs-had been whirled over
the derrick drum, and now lay helpless
on a hospital cot. grooming with the pain
OF a dislocatSd shoulder.
Only two gangs, Of seven men each, were
disturbed-and they merely for a few min
utes-by these disasters. The rafting dare
devil work went swiftly and remorselessly
Ron. Three iron workers out Of a waiting
line of a dozen eager applicants got the
places OF the injured men. The others,
standing there patiently, with their overalls
in little newspaper bundles tucked under
their arms, looked disappointed, but hope
full. There was scarcely a word OF COM
ment on the accidents.