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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
A PRECIOUS CAPTIVE.

Hes pretty bad one, the man VOL
,nteered as we walked along. ella, they
call him. because one of the park COM
missioners said it was an Arizona name
He doesn't make steady trouble, but gets
fearful tantrums every now and then
flies at the bars and grabs al people for
M cause at all that we can see That's
the reason we're putting in this flower
he'd and railing so that no one can get
within his reach even If they want to-
Want TO take his picture, do you? On
YES. step inside the rail It's against the
rules. but seeing he's sort of old friend
OF yours I'll look the other way There
he IS now, summing himself; next 10 the
biggest grizzly in captivity, and II he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
6bousands Of Manned 6Oorkraen
One Of Piffsbure's Steady Product

, and 90 the distribution Of the econcnir Z
in its bearing on the prevention Of "a
accidents
studied. and from every accessible ans.
From the CorOner's files were taken
records OF every death from WORK az
dents during the year in question, sEl
. following up the facts thus Ootans1 Z;
story of each fatality was rounded on
year was chosen QeGs-'g0 sufficiently -
to the time OF investigation, so that
employers and the families Of TIE :
killed would have had ample o7ps7s1rl
20 make settlements. We Interviews -
tives and fellow workmen OF the Vcas
Then an effort was made TO verify ne q
pleted story from ten employers rscs1s
Here we met with opposition We
ceeded in seeing the employers Tseara'
a comparatively small perCeltags Of a.
However. the request led to in.e'7S
which threw light on the accident PIC
as a whole
II is not maintained that 50 E-Ei,N
inquiry will give a complies view q
add 20 an understanding Of IL seso
the scientific method. we haze tsA@
small cross section from the very Eeil
centre of the problem Allegheny es-
which roughly corresponds 70 ire ~
Pittsburg steel district" has Popl'
OF 1.es,.0de persons. 25e.000 Of whom az
earners- Seventy thousand IN ne
mills. 2o.e30 in The mines. 50ea GA t's
rOads-these form the great groups q
Gheny County workers They are .
great accident groups. Most OF ehe
industries in which accidents eonl-
occur are also represented In ms e.
y concrete. intensive study OF F'is
accidents, therefore. gives vailass
Cr this problem as it exists 'e-u1
American industrial communities
/ might add that no thoreGsn s'
the causes OF accidents had been -
the United States when this lnVsseS
of the social factors in work aceias@
begun. This branch OF the P.t;seos
veys marks a departure n Alnei.'--
Geological investigation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

q enough TO people little city of cripples; a
I number noticeable even among greater
| Pittsburg's $4,000 or more. 1t Is no wonder
that to a stranger Pittsburg's streets are
sad.
Here are some of the more grave Of the
salient facts cleaned from the study OF the
cases cited above:
Most Of the men killed are young men
Eighty-four per cent of those killed in the
year under consideration we're not over
forty; IS per cent were not over thirty
Contrary to popular belief. large per-
centage OF the killed are native Americans
Out Of the 526 there were Us who were
American born, 49, per cent of the total
Contrary to popular belief. also. skilled
Dor pays a much heavier toll than does
common labor. Only Is per cent of the SIS
were common laborers. Nearly 80 per cent
were earning between sl5 and $50 per week
There is no bright side to this situation.
By industrial accidents Allegheny County
loses more than 500 wOrkmen every year.
nearly half Of whom are American born.
20 per cent of whom are worfTnen OF skill
and training and Go per cent of whom have
not yet reached the prime of their wOrkin g
life. Youth. skill strengthen a word,
human powers what we are losing
Is this loss a wastee This is a question
that Pittsburg and every other industrial
district must answer. If it is merely an
inevitable loss in the course OF industry.
then it is something 10 gTieve over and
forget. If 1t is partly an unnecessary loss
"a waste OF youth and skill and strength
then il is something to fight about and not
to forget.
The present study divides itself into two
parts. Its purpose is 10 determine In the
cases studied On What are the indications
as TO responsibility? 90 What loss and de-
privation resulted to the injured workmcn
and their families? These are not two dis
tinct questions. There is an obvious inter
relation between them II is a fundamental
doctrine of the civil law that If loss is to
be suffered he who is at fault shall suffer
for it, both in order TO secure justice be-
tween individuals and TO prevent future
faults OF the same kind Therefore
through our present study we must con-
slider % responsibility for industrial acct
dents in Its bearing upon the determination
Of just distribution OF the economic loss:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

OF which we have record chose received at
was possible to learn the nature and extent
OF the injury. Divided roughly into three
classes they were as follows:
no permanent injury .........................12 1T
Slight permanent injury. 81
Serious permanent Injury. ..............-... 70
BY serious injury l mean the loss OF
one or more limbs. the loss OF sight in one
or both eyes, rupture. paralysis or other IN
)uries of like gravity. The seventy-five men
permanently injured are the wrecks OF
294 hospital eases
Extend these proportions to cover the hos
pitai cases of year, which we can esti-
mate at two thousand. and we have the
fl'tsburg district sending each year from
us mills. railroad yards. factories and mines
hi'y one-lesged men, one hundred hopeless
CilppIes walking with crutch or cane: forty
man, each With u twisted useless arm;
'Li'y men, each with an empty sleeve:
'"ei'y-seVen men. each lacking u hand;
sixty each lacking half a hand: seventy
I'VE one-eyed men. etc. Such is the trail of
i"Siihg misery work accidents leave behind
we hundred and twenty-six men dead
uors h"t necessarily mean 526 human TRACE
US NTFaI know men who would give
more happiness by DYING than they give by
wing hul 5li men mutilated- here there
Z" oe no doubt. la five years there would
~ -'00'' Ken years would make 5,l19-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

tying his horse to one of the outer trees
where we afterward found the broken
bride advanced to their aid. NERVOUSNESS
or possibly, a fear Of shooting the dogs.
had prevented his hitting or at least dan
serously wounding the animal. and the lat
ter had charged. Then the shell had
damned and the desperate rancher, throw
ing away the useless gun, had made for the
tree Grasping q limb, he had endeavored
to pull himself up, and the limb had either
broken at once or the bear had seized him
before he was out of reach and the two
together had brought il down. The dogs,
we figured, came to grief in the final melee,
rs a collie is too intelligent animal to
close with bear except under stress of
great excitement.
That night we watched beside the body.
dividing the time between us. The hours
dragged endlessly and toward midnight. as
an alternative to counting off the minutes,
I busted myself by setting up a line of de-
fences around the camp. By the light OF
the moon l took one of our rifles and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
Sinking the Deepest Foundation
of Any building in the tVorld

In the expenditure Of s1,5o0,ooo for a
foundation for the proposed structure
there has been an outlay equal TO five
times the cost Of the Singer Building
foundation. more than twice the cost OF
the Trinity and United States Realty
buildings foundations together. and three
fourths of the total cost of the foundation
of the Terminal buildings.
In the basement or the building will be
provision for sx-track subway station,
at present intended as a terminal for the
Brooklyn loop lines, which will furnish
subway connection between the Manhat-
tan, Williamsburg and Brooklyn bridges.
This station will be known as the Cham
bers street station, and will be construct
ed by the Public Service Commission.
Under an act of the Legislature the
building project Is in charge of the Com
missioner OF Bridges, Kingsley L. Martin.
Alexander Johnson is chief engineer of the
Department Of Bridges, and Francis W.
Perry, engineer in charge, is executive Of
fcer Of the building staN.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
This Por1fcu!o- NJ.
Killer Had G Lc,s
Memory,

keeps on growing he'll soon he =.
gest We figure he'll weight 80
pounds before long" And he -
answer a question asked By a ro,s,.
yond the rail
ella was lying on his back v-s,s :,
paws stuck straight up IN the At
the sun full play on his rouns
paunch. Cnsllnging my camera
ran il out 20 short focus and eas,.
poked the lens through the 6a.s 49,
all the time over the finder ass -
the bellows in and out 20 corfo-.
the distance. Now. the image OF IT,.
showed clear and sharp. an bsa;.s
/ heard the woman ask the ksa,a.
many lions a bear like this one CONF
at once. and he began answering H.
berly and at length
Then. suddenly. the image n Sac
became a blur. and was GimIy ea,.s
Of a rush and a rear before vas -
back with terrific <orce against rs. ).
ing. I came TO a moment later vi.
head on the keepers knee. he ws,
ming me with his nat, and q no.
was doing a similar service for h.
duisitive woman, who appeared "a :.
tainted. People were running f-ou
parts Of the grounds, and no wonlsr y
lowing and roaring like a Titan Z, ].
ment, ella had climbed almost 10 n.
of the cage, and with al his nj
strength was straining at tie ha-S 4
eraI OF the latter bellied out fco, r..
he had struck when he first sprss,
me. and one was torn from rs seeE..
/ had retained my camera in m +
through IL all. but I modified M d.
somewhat in regard TO the Kind ~ j
IRE I wanted / stood baci. good IT,
feet and snapped him as he RACED az
the bars. The sight az the ss-,l
seemed to drive him wild. FOR his =
burst forth with redoubled fury. s-s
attacked the cage even more fercslv ~
before
Then I remembered II was The 81
camera that had stood beside the :
gun beneath the sycamore, of the Arm
canyon the day that ella received 7
wound which was the cause Of ais ssl
ure. and he evidently laid all the ~
at the feet OF the black box with TIE =
red nose and the shining eye in ne :
Of #. That is why sign has 5s.s +.
up before his cage. which reads Is {,
lows:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15

\ fertile ten acres OF bottom lard whose EN-.
erald coat OF alfalfa and rows Of vege-
tables and fruit trees shone in vivid con-
trast TO the parched brown of the hills that
fianked Il on either side. Here we left our
cook and pack animals, and pushed on
ahead with our riding horses. fishing out
fit and couple of pack-bags OF provisions.
The owner of the ranch was a young
fastener named Hanford. who had been
compelled some years before TO seek the
high dry air OF Arizona for weak lungs.
He had won back health and strength. mar
ried the daughter of the rancheF with
whom he had boarded, and finally sue.
ceeded TO the ranch on the death OF the
latter This we learned from his wife, Han.
ford, at the time of our visit, being absent
on a weeks trip to Flagstaff. where he had
gone TO make arrangements for the sale Of
a bunch of cattle from his overstocked
range He was to return by the old Indian
trail along the creek, and we carried word
for him to hasten home to meet buyer
from the South who had already waited
three days for him. That message was
never delivered.
Two DAYS later we descended to the
creek bottom and picked our way along
e heavy bar of gravel thrown up by the
creek in high water. Ahead was thick
grove OF low limbed sycamores, growing in
q rich spot of damp ground al bend of
the canyon: beyond lowered a sheer wall Of
red sandstone, its rounded turrets shining
In the sunlight over thousand feet above
the Swallowed creek. For over an hour we
had heard the bowling OF a dog coming
from somewhere to the north, and as the
rattle of the horses hoofs on the gravel
echoed between the rocky walls the bowls
changed to short. sharp barks OF defiance.
which seemed to come from the depths Of
the sycamore grove. Not without appre-
hension. though quite unprepared for the
spectacle that awaited US. we swung our
horses from the trail and plunged In among
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
Stranee Tale of a Grizzly end a Camera He Hated

PASADENA CAL week later. and soon
after came a letter from Greer. most OF
which am setting down as ] finally de-
ciphered II:
dear friend
at seemed as IL all hell had bin out for
eIekshun up at the bend when we got ther
Their was blud all over the shot gun had
zone of and the canl-y was puld on from
it's legs charley and 4 foIiode the blud and
II seemed that sumthing had bin drug along
the trale we foundc the bare 10 yards
away and at first was going to shute him
then saw his hine leg was broke and that
was what had drug on the trale then tod
charley 10 get our larryets from our sadoais
and We took and roped the cuss all over
with no fr,ible at all he was so week ne
was madden than hell but We tangled MIN
up so he kudn't muve then we got yure
stuff and left him balm like the devel
"Then charley and rode rite to jerome
and told bill stokes that runs the COM
many store about the bare and he Gums
back with me. the bare was purity Ween
from honger and loss OF biuu wren " =
got Their agen bill offered me 100 dolls 1or
him If he lived a munth aftSr he TOOK
him. closed on the offer. bill starved
him week longer and at last got muz-
zel on him and now he is wurkin leadin
and draggfn him out. he is purity yung
hu, offaI big. feel that I owe you part
Of the muney and will send you what You
say II rite.
Ever yure friend.
JEREMIAH GREER
The snapshot was failure From the
th;nnass of the film I judged that the
camera must have been sprung In the
earIv morning or late afternoon. as noth-
ing but the high lights were visible ana
these but dImiy. The shutter had Dee"
snapped, however, and the instrument
had then been thrown from its TRIPOD py
the null on the string Immediately art
ervard the gun string must have peeh
n,,IIed. for several buckshot struck the
bears leg. disabling him sufhcienty u
permit of a comparatively easy capture
az described by Greer.
I'm subsequent correspondence WIN
Stokes, the man who bought the pear,
learned that he had with some difncultS
! brought the animal to Jerome. Tnere Il
recovered the use of its leg. grew AT
surprising rate and was finally sold at
good figure to the buyer of a Los Angeles
| park menagerie. I decided to go ana see
the brute and take his photograph
rs the Arizona grizzly here?' echoed q
keeper at the park in answer TO my IN
curry. "Oh. yes; very much So Come
along with me-"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
THREE ARCHITECTURAL UNITS.

The building Will consist OF three archi-
tectural uDits-a tower and two wings or
pavilions. The tower and south pavilion
will rest on rock and the north pavilion
on sand The architecture will be of clas-
sic style. harmonizing with the City Hail.
the Hall of Records and the Courthouse
and will occupy the entire space bounded
by Centre street, Duane street, Park Row
and Tryon Row slight change of the
street line at the south will give five
sides to the building, on all sides of which
will be entrances. The Chambers street
cars VIII run through an arcade between
the pavilions. The total girth of the build
ing will be 1854 feet. and 1t will provide a
rcntable area Of 1.253.G00 square feet The
tower will be 245 feet HIGH on top Of
which Will be placed a figure IS feet in
height There will be forty stories above
the street, twenty-five Office floors in the
shaft and Ten in the tower. There win be
thirty-two elevators.
In the construction Ct the Municipal
Building %. 0oo tons cf steel will be used
5000 tons Of granite and l2,5oo.pgc
bricks
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
II Alone Will Cosf 81
10000, and the Sfrucf-
IRE yIO.OOO.OOO.

A spectacle interesting to thousands Of
pedestrians in Park Row. Duane and Cen
ire streets. and affCrding bird s-eye view
for the crowds which gather daily at the
City Hall station OF the Third avenue ele-
waited road, is the mammoth excavation for
the proposed Municipal Office Building,
which will be the largest Office building in
the world Passersby have watched bucket
after bucket Of sand and rock lifted from
this area Of 1900 square feet, drawn from
the caisson locks and deposited at the sur
face. OF late the crowds on the elevated
structure have become SO great that spe-
cIal policemen have been detailed TO pre-
vent oyerburdening IL
Few Of the interested observers. doubt
less. have understood the significance Of
the operations Of The Foundation Company.
the incorporated name of the contractors
al work on the excavation Costing $500.
Co. this foundation involves greater ex-
pense than any other foundation contract
ever before let for a single building. and. in
Point OF engineering achievement, If marks
q record stride.
New Workers who interest themselves in
spectacular construction work We're startled
several years ago to learn that the founda-
tion Of the Singer Building would reach 81
feet below the level OF the Sidewalk SncH
depth. it was asserted by engineers, was
necessary to support so tail building The
Municipal Building when finished. will be
the third taIlest building in the city, with
q height CT 50 feet. and its foundation viii
extend 100 feet below the sidewalk, or 107
feet below mean high water level
Never before has so deep foundation
been required for an office building, and,
f,7 e. Ia% aarif fo ia
country has a foundation extending 10 so
great a depth The Eads Bridge. al St
Louis, with its foundation 10 feet below
mean high water, is the only instance
where deeper excavation for structural
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
HOW TO GET RICH.

Says a poky paragrapher
In penny morning sheet.
We would save a lot of money
II we didn't have TO cat
That's fact beyond disput;ng,
And it's evident no less
That our wads would be much fatter
II we didn't have to dress.
Furthermore, by the same token,
1t IS plain TO any gaTk
Wed be in a lot on footwear
II we didn't have to walk.
Then again we'd do more la Dor
And some extra shekels reap,
Also save on beds and bedding,
II didn't have to sleep.
Summing up. to this conclusion
Free Endorsement you will give:
That vast wealth would line our pockets
II We didn't have TO love.
&C. IL W. in the Boston Transcript
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
WORK IN HIGH AIR PRESSURE.

Day and night a small force Of engineers,
aremen and ''sandhogs.'' in addition TO the
six or seven hundred men regularly en-
pioyed on tire day force. have been work
Arg deep in the shafts under air pressure
OF between 45 and IS pounds. A law which
recently came in force sets a penalty for
regularly employing men 10 work under an
Sir pressure exceeding 80 pounds 10 the
square inch; therefore the shaft woTkmen
IA the Municipal Building excavation. toll
ing under three times The ordinary atmos-
rheric pressure, have been working under
conditions just within The law. No cas-
ualties have occurred from the high
pressure.
Frequent cases OF bends" and injuries
due TO weakness and stupefaction have
kept the hospital corps at the excavation
busy Serious injuries. however. have not
been many, and in the years work at the
foundation only two fatalities have been
reported One man was buried in a sand
bank and suffocated, and another IA
tally hurt by falling timber.
Originally IL was intended to sink Ils CATS
sons 10 rock. but explorations OF the rock
basement of Manhattan Island at the site
revealed layer OF powders everything the
solid rock beneath the side of the north
wing OF the building, and il became neces-
sary to bottom some of the caissons on
sand. Under the present arrangement.
therefore, sixtv-eight caissors VIII go 10
bedrock al an average Gepth of $50 feet be-
Iov curb while thirty -eigilt caissons under
the north wing Of the building, which ex-
tends from Chambers street TO Duane
street, viii rest on sand at depth Of
eeventy-two feet below curb The latter
are not carried to rock, because the rock
floor slopes sharply 10 the north from
point Just north of TIE central tower Of
tie building until a depth - 20 feet is
~ssohea at the northeriy side. To sink
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
THE EASY GOING MAN

Oh. the easy going man
Is the man we Ike - see,
The man who has the time
For the baby on his knee.
The man who comes along
With a cheerful SOFT o. sIrl.s-
And doesn't seem 10 care
Anything for looAs or sty4s-
On. The easy going man
Never cut 81 patience here.
Never anything 20 say
But the little things thst e-lss.-
Never cross and never Siunn
Never really downright sac
Taxing things just as theF So'~
And forever seeming siad.
He has time for every one.
Everybody that he knows,
Never in so great a rush
That he cannot hear yoaz W.
or I wonder how u =
That ne always gets alcnS.
WEen he never seems 60 ears
IL plan OK his goes WroAs
Oh. the easy going man.
With his little words g Pr.
Aad his smiles FOR one and az
That he meets along his w.
Maybe misses much Of taa,s
And the rich rewards theisV-'
But he gaTners. just tie s-aii's'
Ali the harvest OF eur lote ?
Detroit Ffss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
NO QUICKSAND FOUND.

The report that large quantities Of quick
sand had been found in the excavation was
denied at the Department Of Bridges. Sew
eral grades OF sand had been found, it was
explained. at the north end OF the lot, but
none was fine enough TO cause unexpected
difficulty. At seventy-tvo feet below the
sidewalk at this end of the excavation the
sand is described as confined and well COM
pacted. and the settlement due TO further
compacting is of no practical consequence,
it is said. The pier of the Manhattan
Bridge with a load of s.4 tons to the square
foot, has settled only half inch, accord
ing TO levels taken from time to time since
the beginning of construction.
a caisson near the south wall OF the
Municipal Building excavation reached
depth of 1S9 feet below curb or lQ7 feet
inch below mean high water 1t is the
second deepest caisson IN the world. Each
caisson is built up and sunk by its own
weight, the excavation taking place In
cavity or working chamber at its base.
When the heavy concrete pier has landed
on rock. and all the excavating material
has been passed up the shaft and out the
/ top of the caisson. the work is completed,
except for the filling of the working cham
Der, a task speedily accomplished.
In constructing this foundation to the
unusual depth of $50 feet highly perfect
ed plant and most complete equipment
have been found necessary. The whole
operation has been conducted with ex-
treme care for the safety of surrounding
property. At present so per cent of the
foundation is finished. and il is expected
that by July / the Thompson tarrett
Company will be enabled TO start the con-
struction Of the frame and shell of the
building The entire structure, complet-
ed will have cost 100000. II is now
estimated. although no contract for inte-
rior work has yet been awarded The ex-
pense OF obtaining the land for this site,
represented IN the awards 10 property
owners, was s4.sse.s3s. This is not in
cluded in the SO, 100000 estimate. The
cost of the building itself, not including
foundation, partitions and interior work,
will be $4,000. 900.
The height % the Municipal Building
will he $50 feet. II would reach sixt1 feet
higher than the recently launched battle
ship Florida If the latter were stood on
end beside IL. The Florida's total cost is
also $4,000. 900. The hull of the battle
ship has cost $4,000, 600. which is the cost
Of the frame and shell OF the Municipal
Building