El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-16


height, its first or lowest story will be
more than 100 feet above the ground
II viii be without foundations, for it
Is actually to be hung from great
girders so that its bottom floor VIII be
II stories above the street level.
This remarkable building feat is the
solution Of a problem which confronted
the company which supplies the city's
gas. Its Oldest building is II stories
high, while is two new buildings, one
on each side Of the old one. are 10
stories high. More room was needed
and il was planned to increase the
height Of the old building to 10 stories
It was discovered however, that the
foundation would bear no more weight
II was then that the engineers hit upon
the plan Of bridging the gap between
the roofs of the two new buildings
with gigantic steel girders and liter
ally s-uSpending the additional stories
from them In other words, when the
whole thing is finished, the old build
ing Of u stories could be completely
removed and the suspended seven SLo-
rleS would remain as stable as ever,
I20 feet above the street There are
eight girders that will support these
seven top floors and they range from
baby Orders Of q tons to the 46 ton
fellows which are about 80 feet long
and eight feet high Strips of steel
punched with holes win sustain the
steel frames Of the hanging floors.
Orders Of such size have never be-
fore been lifted to such a height in the
history Of building. The thing has been
done in railroad construction, but that
is different from swinging tons OF
steel above a city street The seven
hanging stories viii have no duplicate
In the world
Plan aHObOy Industrial Army.
The organization Of a federally re-
cruited and supervised hob" indus
trial army is the novel plan proposed
k.-. " ~1aAe-@ aa~a-zaz 49, nha-r%
100 of the p~erenniaIly unemployed A
bill providing for the organization OF
such an army was read Among other
things it opposes that under the d.
rection Of the secretary of labor re-
cruits are to be enlisted for an indus
trial army of the unemployed" which
the bill authorizes the secretary TO or
ganize.
It provides that recruiting agents to
enlist the unemployed be paid by the
government, their pay and duties 10 be
the same as those Of recruiting officers
Of the regular army. The president Of
the United States is TO be the COM
mander in chief Of the industrial army
and the secretary of labor to have the
same powers and Duties as those Of the
secretary of war. Idle men who can
not get work are to be eligible for ser
vice in the army, when they are able
bodied and arS over 16 years Of age,
and when enrolled viii be transported
free Of chargs to where there Is govern
ment work to be done. The pay IS to
be 50 ger day for eight hours for all
who nave been residents Of the country
for five years and over; S1.5O for resi-
dents of less than five years and over
three years, and 81 a a for residents
of less than three years The newly
arrived viii receive 25 cents a day
when they enlist Board, lodging and
transportation are to be furnished free
by the government IN all cases. The
"hoboes," it was noted, did not seem to
be enthusiastic for the proposed meas
ure.
Tom and Jerry PensiOned-
tom" and Jerry" New York's two
most famous street car horses as well
as the Oldest which have been hauling
street cars in the lower part Of the city
for 20 years, are to be penSiOned Off
From September 1 On as long as they
live they are going to live in a pas
ture by day and in fine and comfortable
stalls by night, and they will nave
nothing to do but mediate upon the
days that are gone.
These two horses were the subject Of
a resolution adopted by the East Side
business men and property owners
committee. This organization for
years has been advocating the doing
away of horse cars on Delaney street,
and at its last meeting a letter was re-
ceived from the New York Railways
company stating that after September
1 there would be no more horse cars
in that street. So pleasing was the
news to the committee that its presi-
dent offered a resolution to the effect
that the two Oldest horses on the line
become the guests of the committee IN
til they should die in peace. More than
100 business men who attended the
meeting enthusiastically voted AYE"
on the proposal
New York Easy.
The belief that New York is a city Of
stony-hearted Indifference, in which a
man in need is likely to find the cold
shoulder turned his way as soon as his
plea for assistance begins, is apparently
The fact that 1t was IN
true was proven in a novel manner
this U-npE which inrfdanfanu r0c+ q
man named Robins $40. So certain
was he that New Workers are not prone
to extend the helping hand that he bet
this sum with two young curb
that they could not, simply by telling a
hard luck story, borrow $1,000 inside of
u hours anywhere between his restau-
rant and a beach resort on Long Island
They took MIN up Then they panied
him with a swift exhibition of the pos
sib1lities right IN his own restaurant
Robins saw his head lunchman a1tably
stand a touch" for SIS, and the next
minute the two had mailed the head
bartender for SO.
The next move of the young brokers
was to go to the cab stand they
larry patrOnize. They not only got a
taxi on credit but shook down the
starter for SO. Next was the invasion
of Brooklyn. Restaurants, cafes, bar
Der shops and even a bOOtblack stand
where they were known shed a shower
two had reached the beach they had
collected $500. At the latter place they
easily rounded out the $1,000, three
hours before the time limit expired.
Smoke Becomes a Menace
That New York is in danger of be
coming a second Pittsburg so far as
density and smOkiness of the atmos-
phere are concerned, is the fear now
expressed here. and for once this city
has found a field in which she is not
anxious to surpass her rival. The rea-
son for this fear is found il a decision
just handed down holding that the sec
ton OF the sanitary code fOrbidding
smoke nuisances is unconstitutional
There is much speculation as to that
the city viii look like if it cannot le-
gaIly prevent dense smoke from thou
sands of chimneys ~belching forth to
hang over it like a pail. Persons who
lave discussed all possible effects of
the decision predict that unless it is re-
versed by q higher court or New York
finds some other means of prohibiting
smoke nuisauces' the city VIII become I
ore of perpetual Semi-GlOOm - 4