New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-15
POPULATION OVER 10000.

All the stores in this city" are located
in Main street-nothing unusual for nlu
inequalities of its size. In one particular
case this street is more than three hun
dred 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 spe-
officially termed offices. and each one is
visited a number Of times during the day
by the postman- OF course, it would take
one postnlan a good many hours TO cover
the entire route Of the city" Conse-
ouently the streets are divided into terri
tories. so Perpendicular City may be said
to have its own postofice department. In
this particular Perpendicular City one
street is inhabited by more than seven
hundred people. This city" has forty-one
streets, the entire population being more
than ten thousand.
There is one thing in this same city Of
which the Inhabitants may well be proud
II is the transportation system. II con-
sists of twenty-three elevators, the COM
bined capacity being about ten thousand
people an hour Transportation in these
cars is both quick and safe There is no
mOrl2llly IN connection Win tni5 transit
system. An elevator IN one of the latest
Of New Yorks skyscraper municipalities
travels 54S feet into the air. all the way
up to the fortieth street. and this without
the inconvenience Of changing cars which
is more than can be said OF New York
City's car lines at times. These elevators
can carry twenty-five hundred pounds at
speed of six hundred feet a minute,
which means rising with some rapidly.
Again, in the method Of summoning the
Fire Department or the Police Department
the similitude between a municipality and
Perpendicular City is maintained. In the
big cities. when a policeman is DESTROYS
OF bringing about meeting between some
recreant citizen and the judge at the court
he summons an appropriate conveyance
by ringing up headquarters from a little
box on the corner. The Fire Department
may be required. and it is similarly called
In one Perpendicular City In New York
there is a system OF signals, possible of
operation from any part Of the premises.
which permits of official getting in touch
with his subordlnates at any instant. And
so far as the postal department Is con-
cerned. there is the letter chute. running
to every floor which might be said to cor
respond to the letter boxes installed at
various points throughout American cities
So the immense building operations Of
the times are surrounding us with these
twentieth century municipalities. with all
the officers and laws. in different form, Of
d regularly chartered city. There is
nothing missing. not even the facilities for
travelling home from work, without leav-
ing the confines Of the buildings. for some
of these skyscrapers have private en-
frances to subway and elevated lines. And
ell must not necessarily be work here any
more than in any other city. If the in
habitants Of this modern institution wish
TO take recreation some Perpendicular cities
afford an opportunity by having palm gar
dens laid out on the roof.