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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25
gether done away with the hous-drawn appar

ðer zone away WIN tho AOaeo-VrdWu aPPoA
atus.
Richmond now has only one auto engine in
service. There is, however. another motor
engine here, purchased by the city. but not in
actual service. Three auto buggies also have
been ordered for the chief and his assistants
w. II. Joynes. chief OF the Richmond fire
department, gives out some data that is inter-
esting.
He says that since August 26th, Of last year
the FIRST auto engine bought by the city has
only cost for maintenance for the entire period
M to June 1st. last. the sum OF $3.50. That
the cost of maintaining horse-drawn engine
and a horse-drawn hose cart Is $79 per month
An auto engine carries with it the hose cart
Two fremen required to hold the horses while
at the scene Of the fire with an auto engine
win actually be fighting the confagration in
stead OF merely holding the horses The man
who fires the engine of a horse=drawn vehicle
also fights The fire where an auto engine Is
used, and the man who drives the auto engine
attends to the
The city now owns and maintains "a horses
in IT'S fire department They furnish the mo-
tive power for eleven engines, thirteen hose
carts. four trucks. four supply wagons and
three bnggies.
Macon has sold all of Its horses at pubic
auction and used the receipts thereof In the
purchase OF horseless equipment.
1t is shown with one auto engine In Rich
mond that It can cover third more territory
than "A horse-drawn apparatus.
This is an age OF progress The automobile
has been tested for various uses and has proven
successful. 1t is not an experiment
An auto fire department as whole, giving
quicker service and being less expensive. to
maintain and covering more territory than
horse-drawn apparatus. forms subject that
council should consider seriously fer
adoption
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25

Just as Major Werner, Richmonds police
chief, had gotten his summer traffic squad into
working order and sounded note OF warning
to speeding automobilists somebody comes
along and demands that he put a limit on the
shrillness OF the early morning vegetable ped
tfers lung capacity.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25
SEEKING CHEAPER FOOD. EAT FISH.

The high cost OF living these days BIO
reduced to an extent II tho frugal housewife
will buy fish instead of meats. according to
statements by several Richmond dealers yes
terday.
That the housekeepers are eliminating steaks
and chops from the daily menu and substituting
Hsh 10 further declaration OF the local mar
ketmen. They state that the hospitals and SAM
tariums are buying more fish and less meats,
not only because OF the economical advantages,
but because nsh equally is as wholesome.
While the prices of meats are soaring sky.
ward the price OF fish stays put" For eight
years, local dealers say. prices on fsh have
not varied Ave per cent, while the prices on
meats haze increased from 80 to 10 per cent.
and In some cases 100 per cent
In Richmond markets today mackerel Is
bringing 20 cents a pound blueish Is cents.
founder Is cents, and trout ) cents. On the
other hand porterhouse steaks are selling for
sc cents pound and lamb chops at 81 cents.
One can buy In Richmond markets n half
dozen pan trout for rs cents. half dozen
big HselsaEsi fos
the same price. steak to serve the same pur-
pose for family of Ave six would cost rs
cents or dollar
Here are some OF The sea-food prices current
In Richmond:
Snapper fish, sliced. Is cents pound; mack
erel, 20 cents lake salmon. / cents; bluehsh
Is cents; fresh-water trout, 8 cents; sea trout
7 5 cents; perch. II tt cents: sofr-sheti crabs,
IS cents dozen; hard-sheli crabs. IS cents;
littie-neck CLANS. IL cents and large CLAIMS. l 8
cents.
For comparison below will be found the
prices asked for meats;
Round steak sells for is cents pound: por-
terhouse. 20 TO 80 cents; chuck steak, IL IL
to Is cents: srioin % cents tenderioin, IS
cents: roasts, Is TO rs cents; lamb chops. 25
10 35 cents: pork chops, 20 cents; pork roast
IL TO 20 cents: veal, Is to 90 cents.
For little jay-bird spring chicken so cents
Is asked.
Richmond is in the center OF the sea-food
market
II sea-food Is just as wholesome and healthy
Ee1ifnw ~ nricn within the range of the purse
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25

man.
He had just gone into the office TO
get some article when he was stricken.
He managed to crawl to tho door and
called fog help Watchgnan WekenIE
was soon at his side and summoned 4
wagon. He WAS taken to his homo
at 1917 Everett and treated by DR..
NJ. r. Rucker.
Mr.. Jennings Is the father of Fire.
man John Jennings. of Engine Com
pany No. 10 His condition was
somewhat improved last night,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25
SAVE THE RABIES NOW THE CRY.

Z Ansnt the summer campaign just inaugn-
nefed ~ the city health department to save
Stke babies II il interesting to note the follow
Il sAtofmond, Va, through its progressive
gUSe4r4snent OF Health. 10 today leading the
~ III yOwsrtng infant mortality. BY CIV
neaetfeal theogstical obstruction to new
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25

The Congressman who introduced resolu-
ton to return this country to the Indians be-
cause he believed Roosevelt would be nomi-
mated at Chicago and Bryan at Baltimore may
now have the privilege OF withdrawing II.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25

Republican postmasters in the South now are
reading the want columns under the head Of
"Men Wanted"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25

Clarence Ousley. the Texas editor and hacker
o. Joe Bailey opines that 1t is proper for Bryan
to bury the Ratchet, but objects to the afore-
said hatchet being buried In Parker's neck
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25

The summer is not to be dull in Rich
mond We will have with us the school inves-
tigating committee and the light and power
franchise fight
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25

Even the Tennessee Democracy has gone in
for harmony after breaking thirty-year record
and electing a Republican governor. The two
wings OF the Democratic party In that State
have buried the hatchet
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25

Col. John w. Richardson, superintendent OF
the capitol grounds, recently exerted his police.
authority against the auto speeders In the
State reservation. Got any authority to put
speed limit on the "mashers' who infest the
capitol grounds, Colonel?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25

Samuel Gompers. Frank Morrison and John
Mitchell again have been sentenced to Jail, but
sentencing persons to Jail and putting them in
Jail are two different propositions.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25

The first requisite OF candidate for ths
administrative board is $3.50.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25

mothers, by furnishing nurses TO go from
home TO home in certain sections OF the city
10 watch over and care for weak babies, by
feeding poor mothers and improving the Son-
dition and surroundings of expectant inotne,s y
the Department OF Health mas succe.u.u ...a
greatly reducing the infant mortaiity IN .hese
sections. In other words. the constructive Work
Of DR. Ernest c. Levy. chief health oficef' mas
saved to their mothers. scores upon scores OK
infants VINO wa6fa have died had they been
forced to struggle against the handfeaps OF
ignorance and poverty as they would nave had
TO do had not the CITY, through generous ap-
propriations made DIR. Levys work possible
Health departments the country over ars
training their attention upon Richmond, hop
ing they may be given chance TO aid In
the great work Of conserving the lives OF at
least one-fourth OF the babes born in the
United States. Minneapolis. Mimi, is the first
city IN the United States to follow the Rich
mond plan. The city fathers there have voted
sac, 600 to be used in instructing mothers and
In employing visiting nurses. So remarkable
have been the results In Richmond that II Is
predicted that most of the cities In the United
States will adopt similar plans TO those being
carried out In Richmond before many years
have passed. Small towns. too will adopt the
scheme. several OF them joining together In
employing nurses 20 supervise the raising OF
newborn babies.
In iss campaign this summer the Richmond
health department compels the reporting OF
the exlstoucs or all cases OF cholera Infantum
or summer complaint among infants the same
rs IN case OF scarlet fever or smallpox
The good work accom- lished last year in
lowering the infant mortality rate Is accredited
to the establishment OF milk stations and TO
the instruction given to mothers In practically
house-to-house campaign.
There were 2,94o births In Richmond last
year. with death rate of 534 This In the
lowest mortality rate for any year since 1906
or these deaths i1a occurred within the week
OF their nirtl
Under the law compelling the reporting OF
births and the reporting of any cases OF cholera
infant'im. the city health department this year
will be afforded better opportunities In its
fight to lower the infant death rate.
Tha good work of tina Richmond Aeal4A-4e-
partment is undsputed. We can recall thy
No longer are we perturbed over fear o
typhoid.
As scientifically did New Orleans cohduc
Its successful fight to prevent yellow fever
Richmond has as successfully elimfnated "
phoid fever.
The city council should be liberal in i'll
appropriations for the health department III
department has done its work thoroughly ant
we'll II should not be Handicapped through
any lack Of funds, And we do not believe tina
/ It will
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25

With universal suffrage proposed as planks
ties, the women are becoming quite naughty.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25
WANT TO ABOLISH
GRADE CROSSINGS
OAK GROVE CITIZENS MAKE
PETITION TO THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS.

A committee representing Oak
Grove appeared before the board of
supervisors OF Chesterfield county
them to make the Virginia Railway
and Power company provide safe
crossings over their tracks 1T Albany.
Boston. Chicago. Delaware, Edwards
and Fairfax avenues.
The track Is so high on these
avenues that it is claimed vehicle
cannot pass safely over II. save in
one place within the five squares
The matter was placed into the hands
of Commemorative Attorney Has.
kins Hobson to see that the proper
crossings were gotten
w. B. McIlwaine and Edwin Cox.
attorneys for the Atlantic Coast Line
railway. Chief Engineer Peasants AMI
J. p. Walker division engineer. APP
peared before the board In regard to
making safe crossing over the tracks
of the new Belt Line railway at the
Midlothian turnpike and the Broad
Rock road. IT was decided that an
under crossing should be put on tho
Midlothian turnpike. Nothing definate
was done about the crossing on Broad
Rock road, and the matter went over
until the next meeting
The board OF supervisors will meet
In Hastings court, part III, on July 50.
neers to look over the two crossings
at Granite and Bon Air roads. In all
probability an overhead bridge will
be constructed over the two cross
ings- County Surveyor W. w. La
Prade will also be present when the
two roads are inspected.
smitA-Newman.
With Rev. F. W. Long. pastor Of
81 nHi I'LL
Florence Newman and Emmett Aubrey
Smith will be married tonight at Q
o'clock. The ceremony will be con-
Quoted at the home Of the brides
The rooms with be prettily decorat-
ed IN pElnx. Yerns. ysttuw ma vfrfts
roses. The bride will carry white
roses and her maid. Miss Norma
Wright. win carry yellow roses -.
groom, will act as best man. The
ring bearer will be little Miss verneli
Childrey. Mrs. J. w. Newman Will
play the wedding march. Immediately
following the ceremony reception
will be given the young couple in
the brides home.
All-Day Picnic.
Arrangements are being perfected
Order Of American Mechanics and Red
Men Of the Southsidc and the Red
Men OF Richmond for an all-day
picnic at Forest Hill park
Although the plans have not yet
been completed. X IL thought that the
picnic win be held on July 18th. The
feature OF the day will be bruns-
wick stew and fish fry.
Work for Prisoners.
The advisory board Of Chesterfield
county met yesterday In the court
house and planned work for tho Jail
force for the next thirty jAys. The
force 10 now doing special piece OF
work In MatoAco district and II was
decided that II should remain there
for another week.
On July LIST the force will be put
TO work on the new highway from
Bon Air to the Midlothian turnpike.
Mr.. Jennlngs Strtcken.
John r. Jennings was atfieken with
paralysis early yesterday morning In
the office OF the plant Of Johnson =
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25
WILL PAY TRIBUTE TO
GROVER CLEVELAND

NEW YORK, June ~. "A special
committee, composed OF James Gray
bill. Albert Wanmdorf and David
Robinson. representing the Grover
Cleveland association Of New York
win 60 to Princeton tomorrow to place
a wreath on the grave OF formee
President CLEVELAND. Ia commemoro>
taen OF the fourth anniversary Of Nh
death.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25
CURRENT COMMENT

mo. sir Mother is at the police station
What Is she doing there fn
Furnishing bail for our chauffeur. who was
arrested while taking her to town In our au-
tomobile this morning
rs your father here?"
mo, air; father is in court
II see. He is helping your mother to get the
chauffeur set Free Is hep
not Tatner nas reeK' innfctsH for destroying
books that the government wanted in trust
busting case"
Are you the only child your parents have.'
No. sir: have sister
Els she at home?'
She's out at one OF the country clubs enter
tanning q French count"
We'll. 1t is evident that your family belongs
to our most aristocratic circle"-Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
Complex Accomplishment.
T understand you speak French ike ma
tive"
NO. replied the student, I've got the
grammar and the accent down pretty fine, but
it's hard to learn the gestures"-Washing-
ton Star.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25

II sea-food Is just as wholesome and healthy.
selling At price within the range OF the purse
of the average saiaried man. In the face of the
unparalleled advance In other meats, II is not
surprising to note the partial elimination u
sthe latter.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25
All-nax Picnic.


Mr.. Jennlngn Sfrtcken.
John r. Jennings was stricken with
paralysis early yesterday morning In
the office OF the plant Of Johnson =
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-25

The city now owns and maintains "a horses
IN ITS fire department. They furnish the mo-
tive power for eleven engines thirteen hose
carts, four trucks. four supply wagons and
The sun., 1912-07-21
The Nieuport Hydro.acropl>ne at Monaco.

test, Assisting with the experiments
were Lieut.. Theodore Ellyson of the
navy and Lieut.. Paul Beck Lieut.. John
{. Walker, Jr, and the late T.. NJ, Kelly
Of the army; Hugh Robinson and c, c,
Wilmer. ayiators Of the camp
The men wore bathing suits usually
and no one thought anything of wet
clothing or cold feet The success which
came January 20 was surprise even
to Mr.. Cur,iss. On this day the machine
was taken out for its usual inspection
and much to the delight and surprise Of
MIR, Curtiss. the pilot il leapcd into the
air.
Tine success wGs electrifying, The
spectators ran along the beach shouting
and the ships that caught sight of the
, man gull sent cxultGnt blasts. This
event markcd the success Of u new i'ier.
There were daily flights thereafter
with and without passengers. Tine navie
Of the world were quick to r@ognize its
value as an auxiliary. It had hardly
attained success before the United States
navy acquired an hydroaeroplane foi
expermen,ing and II mas since added
others, An aviation section in charge
of Cent. Washington Irving Chambers
has since been established Mt Annapolis
, Other notions failing to develop a rei!,
able aeroplane followed In line and or.
dered machines from America.
The sun., 1912-07-21

France, and the Short and Roe in Eng
land. All these firms make biplanes
Monoplanes with floats are being tried
cvcrywhcrc in Europe. but 80 far mons
has shown real practicability.
The propeller in front is the greatest
trouble; it is dangerous for the aviator
il he gets thrown, and It gets chipped
when il strikes the water while in motion.
But this problem may he solved before
long. Louis Bleriot told mo during his
recent visit that he would try to develop
a water machine. lie was converted
three months ago by Henri Farman. who
took him out for ride over the Monaco
Bay.
"Sportsmen ara taking to water hyin:
fast II isn't hard to convert the average
sportsman to the now pastime. When
he sees the thing speed over the water
faster than the fastest motor boat and
then rise like sen gull over boats. bridges
and stretches OF land, his enthusiasm IL
up. The knowledge that no one has yet
been hurt by this craft removes all moral
| objections. and he IL willing to risk a
duosihg for a flight. When he does hs
finds that the duoking comes only in
exceptional cases-and he Is keen for tho
sport from that time on.
II believe MIR. Collier hasn't had duck-
ing yet in six months Of constant Aytne-
excepting when he went out In ths rsin.f
The sun., 1912-07-21
Glenn II .Curtiao
Getting ZIP speed /or q
Flisht from the We*et..

originated with William Kress. an Aus
trian inventor. After twenty-scyen years
Of experimenting he completed machine
fitted with cylindrical floats Of aluminium
which were tried out at the Unter-rull-
nerbech chantiers in 1895 and 1901. IL
never left the water. in 1902 and 1893
the Wright brothers made some expert
men,s. but they were terminated 10y the
breasing of dam near Dayton. Ohio.
Other inventors followed. but without
any pronounced success. Among those
notably were Parseyal. Dufaux brothers.
Archdeacon. Gabri.l voisin and Bleriot
The last three coilaborated in their ex-
periments. Voisin acting as pilot Of the
machines, which were tried out over the
Seine River.
In July Of 1905 Voisin was trying out q
Bleriot in which the pilot was seated in u
cagelike apI aratus. The machine be-
came submerged and for some seconds
he was fastened underneath the water.
He did not like this experience and after
that the machines were flown over land.
Then in 1911 along came Glenn r..
Curtiss with a satisfactory solution Of tho
problem. 1t was not a sudden thought
with Mr.. Curtiss.
Il had long had it In mind" said Mr..
Curtiss. "and had previously made ex-
periments over Lake keuka after Sue
ceeding in flying my aeroplane. the June
Bug. Not leing able to devote my time
to the project | did not take up the prob
lem seriously until two years later
Mr.. Curtiss eaid the advantage of such
a machine was impressed upon him while
he was preparing to fly from Albany to
New York in 1910 for the Worlds $4,000
prize. On the trip he followed the Hudson
River because he thought it was safer
to fly over water than il would be to
traverse the uncertain air currents over
hills and mountains.
Il figured IL ! were compelled to make
a sudden descent it would be less hazard
Gus to drop into the water and be picked
up than to be deposited upon the side OF
mountain" he said. "On the trip
used pontoons. Then it occurred TO me
if pontoon could be used to sust ain ar
aeroplane on the surface Of the water
why would il not be possible TO devise a
permanent foat that would enable it
to get up sufficient momentum to rise
from the water?"
| Inc 1caslDlntv o1 these plans was SHOWN
about six months later. In the winter OF
1910 Mr.. Curtiss established an expert
mental station at San Diego. Cal. where
there were ideal weather conditions.
He invited the Government to send army
and navy officers to be instructed in the
use Of the aeroplane and to witness the
developments.
II was not until january. 1911. that a
hydroaeroplane was ready for trial
The first tests We're failures. and for
two weeks daily the machine IVES Sc,
afoat to undergo some new change
some knowledge being gained from each
The sun., 1912-07-21
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water. II can fly at a speed of sixty miles
or more. skim the water at fifty miles and
run over the ground at thirty-tive miles.
II therefore II arks the conquest of three
elements air wafer and Garth.
1h" hydrca"ropaue is essentially an
aeroplanc cqulrr"d with nCats to take
the place of wheels. Almost every builder
has his own ideas for T. hydro, and hardly
any two are cHgctly alike. BY far the
most hoailikr ia ia" new Curiiss type. II
misht easily be Cal'"d dying beet
Two nca's sido 10y SIDE are placed in tho
boat we'll in front If n" motor. which il
just h'ncgth tho top plGne, For tho first
tim" u spray hood has been provided 10
protect the passenger aGains, "a splGshing
such 'p' one is likely u got in case the ma
chine should get in the wash Of ferry
boat or in the way Of big wave
The sun., 1912-07-21

',- form of fight. Az consequence
-flo'ls are being established along water
'ront- to suppant the aerodromes on land
''- alone should insure liberal patron
'c" when it is considered thai the Aero
uu of America and its affiliated clubs
"'"n" have a membership OF 5000 and ~"
Acrondu'ical of New / or. has about 800
members
Alr"adH there aro two such schools near
40" prk. The ,nos' recent one Is located
On the waterfront Of the Glcnwood Coun-
~ rh AZ Glen Head y. /. whore Orvill %
"'ltut Ea~ placed a machine in charge
'i tn instructor. II is ih" purpose to
N'"'"t the various yach. clubs in tho
slnu
u" A"ronautical Society is preparing o
''"' ilauEarS AZ Oahwood Heights for
a. 'dI"-a"roplanes helonging TO its mem
''r, l.'" : Burridge, IN" "X-president,
-''i m" of tn" main ideas Is to test out
.h'uS over water where it can be
H'n" w''h a d"grre Of safety.
'h' only American sport s'nan to own
I 'Na'" marin. hangar l., Robert j.
'.'.", prr-.iant of the Aero Club Of
'''' q, II - located AT Sridler's Beach.
l"d' rcvpor,, \. j.. where he frequently
'H''' ans mcmhers Of hi4 week end
l"' u- with trips through tnn air. On =
.o.p' day last May Mr.. collier. with Waiter
hr"' i- II, pllat, frw from Spidicr' 1.
h'h'' no H." ilag-hip Washington, an
''''i on Ninety sixth street. To d.liNc
~ 90 I'atlon - Admiral Osterhaus to
"''ni the Aero Show then in progress
The sun., 1912-07-21
This new flier Ia the trimmest and most

This new fiisr Ia the trimmest and most
compact yet constructed by MIR, Curtiss
and is without the front ruddcr. No bam-
boos are used. Mr.. Curtiss says it is an
Improvement over those he built for the
United States Navy which are now in use
America is far ahead of Europe in the
matter of hydroaeroplancs. so much so
that this water plane may he said to I've
An American invention. While expert
merts We're conducted in Europe since
1905 only one machine, tho Fabre hydro
aeroplane. as much as loft the water.
and il was wrecked after few short trials
That was in 1910
The first complete success was attaiedn
by Glenn II, turtiss in tho early part Of
1911, and for nearly u year he practically
had the field To himself. The idea OF tho
hydr- -oaeroPlane. howver. seems to have