The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-07-20

New York, July 20.--A new form
of transit. not attempted hitherto in
any part Of the yorld. is to be intro
dueed in New York as soon as the ac-
tual work Of construction IAN be COM
pleteG. This was made certain by the
action of the public service commits
sion this week authorizing the build
ing Of an underground moving side
walk to extend across Manhattan un-
derneath Thirty-fourth street which
has become so congested at the inn
portant crossings as to make the
progress Of pedestrians difficult and
at certain hours of the day almost
impossible. The new system which Is
to have its first practical use here
consists of a series of continuous
platforms placed side by side but
moving at different rates of speed
which are so graduated that passen-
| gers can pass from one platform TO
another without inconvenience. seats
will be provided for those who wish
to use them, but it is expected that
the new transportation line will be
used very largely by persons who
are going only a block or two and
who will prefer to stand, 1t is claim
ed that for short distances this Is
the most rapid system OF ~transporta-
| ton possible to devise as the vehicle
itself never stops while passengers
may get on or alight at n point.
1t is said that the new road VIII
easily be able to handle 100000 pes
| sengers q day. New York already
possesses a greater variety of trans
portation methods than my other
city in the world, ranging from the
old fashioned horse car to monorail
railways and moving stairways and
the addition of this unique system
will add one more to the many met
| ropolitan ways OF overcoming distance.
A. rather unusual warning Is now
being sounded here In the form or a
protest against adulterated silks
| Adulterated foods have of course beer
known for many years, but few per-
sons have realized the extent to which
the adulteration Of our silk goods has
been carried. Local dealers assert that
the industry Is seriously threatened
by the present lack of legislative
measures to compel adulterated silk to
be labeled and sold as such. I'm
doubtedIy all women will agree with
| the point of view of one OF the city's
largest manufacturers. The most seri-
Gus part of the whole matter, he
states, is not the actual adulteration
of the silk, but the selling of 1t to
the average as a pure silk
A LdbI1La AdN1ICth ttOA 80 1GoC -
on indefinitely. There always has
been and probably always will he
a class of consumers to whom the low
price at which weighted silks can be
| SOLD it attractive and, in many cases
necessary. But the manufactures
whose pure dye product has to com
pete in price with adulterated silks
should receive the benefit of legisla-
ton requiring both the manufacturer
- IT. raNkow rxnnGn and fhA pntaffaV
to sell them as such. The adultera-
ton referred to is accomplished by
soaking the fabric in a solution con-
tanning tin or lead. These metals are
absorbed by the cloth, thus greatly
increasing its weight.
That the visitor in New York seek
ing the freely offered sur thing might
profitably inquire into the city's
out by recently published statistics
which show that at present but 1000
restaurants share the enormous sum
of $3.50, 000, 900 spent for meals each
year, an average for each place of
about $92,S57. The investment rep
resented by the 1900 restaurants is
$3.50, 000, 900. Sometime between IL and
3 each working day lunch Is served
to 10000 persons. Breakfasts to
the number of 500, 900 are eaten in
restaurants every morning, about t.
00O, 900 dinners are served and In the
| closing hours Of the day some 100000
suppers are required. According tt
these figures 100000 meals every
twenty-four hours are certain Of q
market" which is so constant as tc
make the demand a mathematical Ger.
tainty. The restaurants supplying
this demand range from the poores
I.trnta ranraa nlIrveyfu9 a variatv n
dishes at from / to 5 cents up ii
lobster palaces where a meal cost
$40. The quick lunch" places an,
moderate priced restaurants predomi
nate. In the former the average pric,
Of a meal is Is cents and in the lat
ter from % cents for breakfast /,