El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-05

boards-the object being to drain off
the wet.
Other streets may be wet; other
streets may be dirty; other streets may
be obstructed-but the Boardwalk
never. When snow falls in winter ii
is cleared away with a celebrity almost
Incredible. The thoroughfares OF Phil
adelphia and New York may be we'll
nigh impossible. but the ocean path
way at Atlantic City, so feet wide, is
bound to be open for traffic, and dry
at that Presently the sum appears.
and out come the invalids in chairs on
wheels.
Wheel Chairs Cheap.
1t is not expensive to be an invalid
at Atlantic City. A chair on wheels
costs only So week. For an additional
81 one may command the services of
a pusher-that is to say. person OF
color and adequate muscular develop
ment who will be on hand for pur-
poses Of perambulation at any hour OF
the day or night. One must admit that
the charge is sma1l-especially when
1t Is considered that the chairs. of
woven willow basketry, cost from 5000
to $500 apiece, and that each of them
pays S15 year for It's license to be
showed for hire
The prime and principal asset of At
lantic City is fresh air. This means.
Of course. sea air. which is supposed
to be the very best of tonics Just WHY
such air should be good for folks has
never been adequately explained. but
it's effect seems to have something to
do with ozone. Ozone is an intensified
form Of oxygen, the difference being
that the ozone molecule has an extra
atom in it's makeup. being triplets in
stead Of twins. This puts the fact
crudely, of course from a chemists
point Of view, but it expresses the idea.
In the neighborhood OF cities there is
very little ozone; 1t is plentiful In the
upper levels of the atmosphere, and at
the seashore 1t is supplied in large
quantities. The hotelkeepers do not
put 1t on the bill.
Many Ride I'm Chairs.
The Boardwalk invalid enjoys special
advantages. To begin with, he attracts
mo attention whatever. So many folks
are riding In wheeled chairs that this
suggestion OF helplessness. The pa
tent Is wheeled in and out of the
sun pardors, into his hotel. up the eie-'
vator. and into his very bedroom He
may be transferred directly from the
chair to his bed. If the weather is
cold, he may be wrapped in heated
blankets before he goes out, and pro-
vided with a foot warmer. His chair
In winter is inclosed with glass, and
can be opened at the front or sides,
according as the wind blows. No mat
ter how desperately Ill, the sufferer
leads an out of doors life He has all
the fresh air there is, and may in
partake of amusements, such
as moving pictures and first rate music
On the piers.
Most Costly Walk.
AS 1t stands today, the Boardwalk
cost slightly more than 100000 a mile
TO build-the length Of it being four
and third miles Originally it was
OF planks laid upon the sand
Of the beach, but these were repeated
" washed away by the cruel, crawling
waves. and the loss and discomfort
thus occasioned eventually brought
about the erection of the permanent
structure of today. upheld by pillars
and girders which defy the tooth of
line and the energy of the elements.
Hyperbole aside however, 1t must be
confessed that this element defying
condition is only now beginning to be
reached through the substitution of
enforced concrete for steel piles,