The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-19
10! A NEW SOCIAL ADJUSfER
ROSCO HLAN BEGINS WITH THE
INVOLVES VERTICAL TUBE.
FIrSt Experiment In Apartment House
IseSttatIO0 Disturbs . Lady's Pactnc
Gravity and Entails hh ExpulsiO0
But such Genius u lneorka Ante.

tWet Experiment In Apartment HOUSE
I.oSitatIOn Disturbs = Lady's Pactie
Gravity and Entails Hh Expulsion
But such Genius u UueOrkable.
A voice which said II was the property
81 Rneco Han and which was afterward
identified a. belonging TO Rosco Han.
factotem in an apartment house in the
Borough Of Queens. called up THE SUN
yesterday afternoon and said:
An event. whose Importance to the
jewellers % Queens il second only to the
opening % the Pennsylva mia tubes. will
occur in the Involve apartment house this
afternoon here You are cordially invited
To send a reporter The new vertical
tuhe~ will be opened. No, they are neither
ellen ators nor dumbwGiters. Take
Flushing car"
The apartment house was found three
doors from the sunken vacant lot on the
Rocky Hill road. just west Of the tract
where three Derbyshire cows grave daily
II IL four stories high with a two family
front and a duplex attic. Mr. Han, who
~ ~ years old but whose greatest delight
il 10 have the apartment house jewellers
address him az Boy showed the vertical
tubes. which have been constructed in
the well formed by the superimpoScd and
winding flights Of stairs. They work
on the principle of a cashiers trolley. hut
are enclosed 20 indicate privacy.
4 person seats hun self on a shelf. the
attendant shuts the tube door and pulls an
elastic rope. "A weight - released and the
person shoots up to the top floor level
where the shelf on which h" Is seated -
sustained hy cheCA- like those which guard
roller coaster car on "A steep ascent.
II one lived on an intermediate floor one
then leisurely descends. for as Ro-co
Han exclaimed. nobody minds walkl
downstairs.
small boy was chosen To make the
initial trip. He seated himself on the
shelf and was shot upward. wrggling a.
h. went. Unfortunately RosCo Han had
calculated the trajectory Of a person
weighing 81 pounds avoirdupo,s and the
youth hafted hut lSO pounds troy lie
stopped seventeen feet above the roof
with head and shoulders protrIdlnR from
the funnel.
There seemed no way for him 20 get
down. Moreover the neighhors objected
to has vantage point. Just az the English
Channel feet objects - seaman aloft
on a sguar" uggeT in the offing lost he
spy out secrets Iealously guarded
A. length Ro-co Han who used 20 he
a spar bearer IN Ben Hnr.- projected
an umbrella To the boy and the Toy nara
Chuted discreetly 20 the roof
4 stout lady was persuaded TO try
t'other vertical tube upon Rosco Han !
pointing out that she could not possibly |
be superelevated as the boy had b-en |
The forreful fartotum had been earned /
away a second time by his native zeal !
The lady rose 10 the level II the third 1
hoor. Her Nix q caused her 20 break the 4
checks and she tr1cked down 20 the haSe-
ment. ululating as she tardily fell
Ito@co Han was detected.
They seem not - he dove'ailad J
success he calculated. but the princi- |
pie - novel and splendid. know, and I
II ~ all NV own
The Iadv emerged from the basement
and knocked him down. ROsCo Han ,
paid no heed beyond a look ~ sad interro- J
CATION and continued
Principle ve- Some sav principles /
arc "a" thing some Say The man. am
and exact both. | do not |
feel discouraged nv to-dAy's events ! /
nv mind that fhs world shall b" better |
for NV having lived IN Il.
Al 'his point he owner ~ the apart
mcnt house interrupted Mr. Han 20 fir" I
him Bowling his head in silent aCquI- |
e<CanCe the faCtOtum rs-~umed
-Ther" arr virgin fields for me 20 con- |
auar The family j. losing i'- value as !
the social unit and the corporation - !
taking it, place 4 sad dAy when our
families are Incorporated and regulated |
by the Federal Government. saw l. A
severe classification must be- under |
taken The two family family. The I
duplex family. the apartment family. |
the Nat family 'he suite family IN" |
pTivat" dwelling family. the hotel family !
al must h. recognized hv -t1',tt" and 1
regulated or We shall have social chno-
social changes have not kept pace !
Will economic conditions Economic CON I
dltIon- have not kept pace With the !
altered business Of our time. hu' there /
~" plenty 81 psrsons attending 10 that |
- | shall devote myself 20 the social Aux.
! hes" vertical tubes were but utilita nan |
Of my study 81 apartment |
hou-. M" am a. vet undecided whether /
| shall seek another lob such ss this ono !
! hav" but lately lost or turn my attention |
20 some other typo ~ family reaction !
within modern architectural building con- !
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