The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-21
Does Not Show Much "Ameri-
can Push" in Matter of Pub
lie Service Companies.
UNITED STATES LEADS
IN NAVAL ARCHITECTURE
Growth of San Diego Explained
by Director General of
1915 Exposition.
BY RALPH JOHNSTON.



NEW YORK, May 2o.-New York is to
double her subway capaeity-some day
The way she gCes about getting there is
typical CT the big, lazy. good -naturcd city
] know il Is the generally accepted idea
that New York Is IL type OF American
push and energy which, wanting thiuS,
goes after IL and gets II. There never
was q more mistaken idea. lndlNidunl
New Workers may be that way. but the
city collectively is about as swiit as
molasses In January.
Witness the fact that New York is the
only city in the country with more thah
10000 population that has horse cars;
the Only city of any size which permits
grade crossings for steam railroads III the
most congested section of the city. ana.
above all the only city in the world OF
any size whe tcver which would tolerate
fdr twenty-four hours the subway crush.
The situation would be funny II it was
not sad. The city has plenty of money
with which TO build NIL Tie Subways she
needs no less than three concerns have
declared their readiness TO operate them
ami help 10 build and equip them. Yet
the authorities discuss and consider ana
postpone. while the citizens with more
or less good nature submit 10 he COM
pressed into the present subway ears TO
a degree which would make any self
respecting sardinc rise In wrath.
In the matter OF ''manana the New
York CITY authorities having this sub
way matter in charge have the MeNicans
beaten seven ways from the ace.
There is good news for the small boy
in the announcement made by The health
officer OF the District Of Columbia that
health, There is hardly one OF us who
remembers his boyhood ways who Will
not syppaihize with this dictum.
Where American Navy Wins.
Captain Toguri OF the Japanese navy
says the strongest feature OF the Ameri,
can navy vas va not in its rapid nnmerical inI1
sources, or I'm superior ShipbuildinE IA
c!IIties. but in Americas highly advanced
knowledge of naval architecture
When II comes To the application Of
electricity" said Captain Toguri,
America easly beats all other nations.
The successful ci-cumnavisation Of the
globe few wears ago by the American
fleet really broke the worlds record and
furnished America with practical knowl-
edge OF The handling OF fleet WHICH
mGst be added to the store OF her quail
ncatons All her naval bases and'forts
In The Philippines and Hawaii are near
Ing comple,ion and when the Panma
canal is opened America will occupy
predominant position In the Pacific.
tlt Is a very difficult matter to dis
criminate between two navics In the mat
Ter Of superiority OF armancntS and the
skill OF officers and men. and hence the
best way OF comparing navieS is 10 take
just the ships.
"If japan wishes TO retain control over
erful enough 10 beat off the squadrons
which a bciligerent power might be able
10 send to the scene
San Diego as Seaport.
Colonel D. G. Collier director general
Of the San Diego Panama- California eX-
position. 1915. in speaking about the
growth o. trade, said:
"A great trade empire is opening In
san Diego. The Santa F'e is spending
large sum in perfccting its roadbed
and It's service between San Diego and
Los Angeles. The new San Diego &c
Arizona railroad will be 81 short cut. put
ting the seaport In touch with number
Of trunk lines and tapping all OF the
south and greater part OF the south
west and will be on an easy grade.
''rhc Southern Pacific is in a position
TO handle an immense amount of traffic
in southern California and the south
west. 1t is expected that The trade Of
he southwest for Pacific coast points.
for the Atlantic scaboard by way Of the
Panama canal and FOR the Orient will
converge AT San Diego. 1t Is several
hundred miles closer to the cotton belt
Of the south than the western ports that
nave heretofore handled the big cotton
traffic. The new and fertile cotton coun- :
Try Of Imperial valley, in The southeast
part of California. Is pierced by the rail-
way line now building from San Diego,
THE importance OF the shipping will
he greatly enhanced. continued Colonel
Collier. when vessels begin to pass
through the canal. An OF a great
circle marks the shortest distance in sea
navigation. and that arc from the Pan
anna canal TO Japan is within 100 miles OF
San lJicgo,'