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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20
NOWADAYS.

Formerly many newspapers were "organs' subservient
to political parties political factions party leaders.
That day has passed, at least affecting representative
newspapers.
Nowadays the public demands, it should always have
response to that demand the progressive newspaper pub
fishes news. Its columns open political parties
leaders, they other advertisers gives every
one including the readers Of the paper square deal
The "Adv." after campaign material shows the reader
the origin of the matter. The newspaper upon its
account prints the Of politics and any there
on that the occasion may inspire.
The State Journal is Democratic newspaper, loyal to
its party but not the "organ" of any party person
welcomes advertising whatever the publicity bureau
~ party candidate offers. Its news columns are
lurchasable and impartal-State Journal
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

"Eve Eve"
Adams voice, raised for the first time in anger
rose over the quiet Garden of Eden.
'Whats he want anyhow grumbled Eve Giles been
calling for five minutes Putting down the forbidden
apple that she had been pairing make forbidden apple
sauce she went to Adams room where she found him
red with passion.
eve he began, "we've been married forty days
and all that time not word has r passed my
lips has one?'
ono" admitted Eve.
''Bht one will now" Numbered ADAM "and than
one. was patient when you let the tigers in on my
honeysuekle vines and didn't say anything when you
locked the eopards out night but this is the last
straw. Look at me!''
"What, Adam9" she eooed innocent1y. ''What have
done9"
'Done?' he beloved You patched my union suit with
holly miserable, confounded thorny holly eavesl
And he flung himself out of the house to ask the ser
penis advice about good singing revenge-LousyilIe
Times
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20
THE DANCE OF DEATH.

The population of the world is about
l,623, 100000 persons.
The average age Of all persons al
death is thirty-three years
Total of 47,372,427 persons die an
nually.
Total of 90s,5lG persons die weekly.
Total of 129,7SS persons die daily.
Total of 5,3OS persons die hourly.
Nearly ninety persons die every min
ute.
About three persons die every two
seconds.
Sixty persons died while you were
reading this item.-Ed Howe S Monthly
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

The headlines continue daily their tale Of injury and
death tie public thoroughfares and in manufacturing
industrial plants Carelessness in form another
is responsible practically all of the accidents of the las
few days, and of most accidents throughout the year.
In instance it will be the carelesness of the driver in
another the careessnes of the victim but careessness
will be- In these days of rapid transit of high speed and
wonderful mechanical invention the need for and eau
ton is hundredfod greater than ten years ago The
slogan of safety frst' is a wise one-Bufalo Times.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20
SHIPPING WHEAT TO HUNTING,
TON, WEST VA.

j c. Everett 4 Co. are busy these
warm days receiving and shipping wheat
They have received and shipped a ear
load, averaging 1000 bushels per car
each day since the Sth days of July.
This wheat goes to Huntington, w.
Va. The wheat this year is hardly uu
to the standard in quality, but the
quantity is above the average.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20
DISCUSSING THEIR WARES.

1T takes my wife 50 long to dres,
when we want to 90 to the city that we
always miss the train complained the
first suburbanite. GLOW is your wife ,
| don t hear you kick much"
My wife has a system that ism t 50
bad said the second suburbanite.
''She 5 so late for one train that she =,
generally on time for the next"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20
ATTENDING THE ENCAMPMENT
OF THE UNIFORMED RANK
X. OF P.'S

Messrs. Preston Wells, Joseph Thomp
son, James Rasp, Charles lIaucke. John
Paul, Andrew Reed, J. w. Lee, Squire
Dressed, Horace Hornback, Ben Fleming
ID. n. Hans, Sherman Arm and Albert
Hill form a party who left here Sun
day for Terre Haute, Ind, to attend the
National Encampment of the Uniformed
Rank of the X. of T. s.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20
LEWIS CoUNTY's VOTE ON COOL
ROADS.

Nanceburg-The official count in thi,
county on the bond issue for good roads
is 2,O93 for and 1876 against. Two pre-
cincts voted solidly for the proposition
another east only one vote against it
The contest was made with compare
lively no outside help.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20
EET ALICE, 1914.

don't you remember sweet Alice Ben Bolt when her
=. beautiful brownl You never in the world would
Ow her she looks today, with and trouseretc
wn Her Paris made curls the purple tint; when
alled could trust my eyes for she wore little
ghtcaP, the latest Paris hint with roscbuds pink rib
IN ties.
Sweet Alice is on the stage, Ben Bolt; she began
the & of the row smiled with delight at the pub.
: each night, and she's the hit of the show. She
'rces tango that sets them a-whrl with dip and
lick and glide You d never believe twas the little
- = that the song wrongly stated had died.
She's cigarette the end of a chain where the
oldfashioned ones FAM has flat and maid and
Pomeranian pup; her motor is olive tan And down at
the heater place where she plays her pictures are hung by
the score and they We fitted slab with about thou
sand electric lights, and Aces name up over the
dOOf.-Life.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

Leitchfield.-Former Representative
l.. J. Owen of Clarkson. this county,
died suddenly of blood poisoning A
few days ago he received slight
scratch on the hand from barbed wire.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20
MI SUBSCRIPTIONS CASH IN ADVANCE.

1t is useless speculate to what effect this election
will have Huera position. Its results could easily have
been forecast constitutonalists with welamed and
spirited army preparing to attack the dctatos forces
Querearo which is the last formidable barrier between
rebels and the capital Aguas Caientes and San Luis
Potosi having been Observation-Disclosures News.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20
WEAK WOMAN
Made Strong bY VlnoI

Plant City, Fla. CT was so rundown,
weak and nervous could not do my house
work or even bear to have my children
come near me and coNld not sleep. tried
all kinds of medicine and was under the
doctors care for years without benefit.
But Vinol has restored my strength.
sleep well and have gained 20 pounds. /"
Mrs. G. II. MILLER, Plant City, Fla.
II Vlnol fails to create strength for
pale, weak, nervous, rundown men or
women We return your money.
John G. Pecor, Druggist, Maysville. KY
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

How in the world the administration to let itself
in for certain modification by putting this human pnwheel
in diplomatic post is mystery though years Of political
loyalty to Mr. Bryan in several such to have
covered multitude Of shining disqualifcaons However
an wee that ends well-even George Fred-Mwaukee
Sentinel.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

Fire insurance is good thing but insurance companies
not eleemosynary institutions They pay losses but
they pay them money collected from the people The
St. Louis Republic reminds its readers that every building
that burns Missouri burns the expense of the Mis-
sourians Louisville Courier journal.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

The man who achieves prominence is
the first to feel the breadth of calumny
The story that Gen. Funston wears a
wrist watch is being generally circu-
lated.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20
POOR MAN.

Henderson-Wouldn't you like to be
rich enough to do what you pleased2
Henpeck-NO. "a rather be rich
enough to do what my wife pleased.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

Healthy marriages and sex hygiene in
struction were indorsed at the closing
session of the Alenists convention in
session in Chicago.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

Richmond.-T. j. Curtis & Son sold
l40 head of export cattle to w. d. Cay
wood of Bath County at 81 cents a
pound, average 400 pounds.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

A granite monument to the unknown
Union soldiers buried in Cave Hill
will be dedicated at the cemetery sat.
urday, July 25.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

An injunction restraining the Chicago
Butter and Egg Board from fixing
prices was granted by Federal Judge
Lands.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

The probability that you will be trim.
med in a game of skill is much greater
than the probability that you will lose
in game of chance.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

The finding of two more plague-in.
fected rats in New Orleans caused the
speeding up of the work of extermina.
tion.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

The crook gets little the best of i,
in the matter of public sentiment, an
honest man little the worst of it..
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

Henderson is recovering rapidly from
the cyclone which struck it Thursday
night and did much damage
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20
DAMAGED GOODS

1t is estimated that moths cost the
people of the United States $4,000
coo year by damaging their out sea
'on clothes. But, cheer up, let "Mae
Try clean your last winter clothes and
put them in one Of his sanitary moth
proof bags.
We may not be the cheapest, but we
are emphatically the best.
Ladies' and gents suits dry cleaned
only $l.OO. No charge for small re
pairs. These clothes are to be returned
to us in the fall to be finished.
G. +. MCNAMARA,
6A Front st. Maysville, Ky
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20
.s.;Ass;as.,z3gAgAG3.i3gIs
THE DAILY NOVELETTE,.
Unforgivable.

Twas Adam in the Garden
Who started the first fight.
What right had he to do it2
| ask you now, what right2
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

p. S.-YOu have never worn real
Palm Beach till you have tried one of
Ed. V. Prico's made-to-your measure
SIG suits. A satisfied customer remark
ed that he would rather possess one of
cur suits than three of the "hand-me
down" kind, which are made for 40 one
in particular.
MCNAMARA, The Tailor
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1914-07-20

Men and the southwest wind do mos!
of the blowing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08

bring ore from the Lake Superior mines
to the port of New York all the way by
water.
The Government report OF the cost OF
carrying freight through the great lakes
shows that the average IL b1-10O mill a
ton mile, at which rate II would cost -
cents "A ton to bring iron ore from the
mines to Buffalo. II the charge of ~
cents through the Barge Canal II added
/, would make the rate for bringing the
ore from the mines to New York sl.15
q ton,
lnasmuch as the Government report
" y statement OF actual cost on the
great lakes II would only he fnir TO add
"A fair profit, which would bring the
total charge from the mines to the port
of New York 10 10 about $3.50 ton,
As compared TO this on steel manufac-
turcd at pittsburg there IL the cost of
bringing the ore to that point by water
and rail, to which must he added the
freight charge of s2,65 ton for bring
ing the steel to the port of New York.
II would seem therefore that the
above statement by the Merchants As
ISOLATION IN absolutely correct, and there
only remains to he figured out the ac-
tual difference in favor ~ the port OF
New York
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
Map OF the NEw YORK STATE BAeoe CArAL

the Jamaica Say i"rlu,uaI - intended
Urine paliy for 'ransshipmcnt 10y
steamers
1t is true that Tho terminal at Green
point. on Ncwtown Creek. although on
the Erocl>lyn side, viii serve both sides
OF the creek, but il is prao tically mac
cosSible by trucks from nine-tenths of
Long Island city. on account Of the
Long Island railroad yards and New
town Creek, which must be crossed to
reach II.
In view Of the marvellous growth Of
manufacturing plants IN Long Island
city, and the further fact tina, il seems
destined /" 10 entirely covered with
factories, warehouses and tenement
houses for employees, II would seem as
II the Terminal Commission has not
properly recognized the demands of this
rapidly growing section.
Long Island City, which Is identical
with the First ward of the Borough Of
Queens, comprises only 1850 acres ont
or the $1,000 acres in that borough. but
although II Is only small part Of the
total area II should hc remembered that
the East Side OF Manhattan. including
the district east OF line following Lex
ington avenue to Fourteenth street and
Third avenue south Of that point, com
prises only 1857 acres and contains a
population Of 1l65,0O0. or almost cV-
actly half the population of Manhattan
" Long Island city Is to hc in fact
duplicate Of the East side of Manhattan
the thousands Of factories and ware
houses and tho enormous popula ion
that will ultimately live there will h"
poorly served by barge terminals south
of the Long Island Railroad yards and
across Newtown Creek. \ moro rcCtral
location should hc selected in fact
another barge terminal centrally located
IN Long Island City IN absolutely noccs-
sary If this section is to receive l's full
hare of the benefits from tho canal.
barge terminal Is nothing more or
less than n freight station on the water
front. from which the public can truck
freight arriving by canalboats. just the
same AS they do from freight stations
on railroads,
Long Island City IL in the same rel
alive position Wit respect tn "A barge
terminal as it wo' he If the Long Isl
and Railroad did ,'t have freight sta
ton there and . freight had to be
truckcd from Woodside %? some other
outside point
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
Barge Canal Tonnage Greater Than
Combined Foreign Tonnage of
All Atlantic Ports Except
New York.

comparison OF the benefits tn be
derived by the port OF New York from
tho Barge Canal with those which
sre expected from the Panama Canal
brings out some facts so startling that
II they were not backed up by state
and Government reports they would be
almost unbelievable.
In the first place, 1t Is estimated that
tho Barge Canal will carry right from the
start q tonnage equal to the total tom
nage which Is expected to pass through
the Panama Canal. 1t Is estimated that
tho Barge Canal, which hi capacity
Of from 10000, 600 To so ,000, 900 tons per
nnnum, will In tho beginning handle at
east 10000 900 tons OF freight year,
which Is practically the same as the
estimate for the Panama Canal.
To understand what an enormous ton
mage the Barge Canal will handle com
parson with the total foreign tonnage
row entering the port OF New York and
he total foreign tonnage entering all OF
iho other Atlantic ports Is interesting:
The foreign commerce entering this
port now amounts to 13,S73,00O tons q
'oar The total tonnage entering the
'en next largest ports on the Atlantic
coast amounts to 9.li7.000 tons a year
IN other words. the tonnage through the
Barge Canal In the beginning will amount
80 nearly Is per cent. Of the entire for
GA tonnage at this port and will bs
1reatcr than the total foreign tonnage
entering the ten largest ports on ths
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08

70 he selected by the Barge Canal Ter.
minsl Commission.
This commission evidently appreciates
the enormous volume of business which
will result from the opening of the
canal. for it has recommended the cs-
iahlishnent OF approximately $4,000
feet of new docks for terminals in
various parts ~ New York city.
ono Of the most important recon-
mcrdations is for a port OF call, to he
located IN the Hudson River just south
of the Harlem River. where IL is
proposed to break up the large tows
coming down the Hudson River and
distribute the barges from this as CEN
trail station This port Of call, which
viii begin 500 feet north OF Dyckman
street, will extend northerly for a dis
lance ~ approximately $500 feet to
near the entrance Of the Harlem River. II
Ia recommended that this section be i'm
proved by dredging to a depth OF at
least twelve feet OF water. and that a
suitable number Of dolphlns or pile clus-
tiers he provided to which barges may
be attached.
The commission also recommends for
terminals, IN addition to tho $500 feet
AT the port Of call. 9,406 feet IN Man
haitian. $3.50 feet In The Bronx, $500
feet on Gowanus Bay and 1856 feet on
Ncwtown Creek.
Some idea of the water front required
for each terminal may he learned from
tho fact that the recommendation r.
that there no acquired along the Hud-
son River IN Manhattan 400 feet OF
dockagc near l35rh street $50 feet near
West Seventy eighth street, 400 feet In
tho vicinity OF West Fiftyhrst street
| $50 feet near GanseVoort street, and
| 100 feet near Nestry street.
ON the East River 1t Is recomme nded
hat 22sG feet be acquired at the Cana
Basin and $50 feet ut Grand street. II
The Bronx 1t IL recommended that 2jC
feet bc acquired n Spuyten Duyvll
leo feet at Sherman Creek, $50 feet a,
slot Haven and 500 feet at East 136th
street. In Brooklyn It Is recommended
that $500 feet be acquired on Gowanus
Bay, which, with the 1856 feet on New
town Creek. makes total of o3.2O1 feet
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08

be of incalculabe value Ia that the
canal provides facilities for shipping to
the interior Mt low cost products
manufactured here from the raw ma
terials obtained abroad
In order to appreciate the importance
or this advantage, II II only necessary
To consider one NJ the most remark
able facts brought out in the last re-
port OF the State Engineer, in which
there II map showing that the terri
tory within ten miles Of the Barge
Canal contains 81 per cent. Of the total
population Of the State.
In other words, the Stale of New
York has an estimated population OF 10
100000, of which 100000 live within
ten miles Of the Barge Canal. This
does not include any part OF the great
lakes or the st. Lawrence River, which
might properly he regarded as parts OF
the waterway system. If this terri
tory were included, 1t would take in all
The large cities on the great lakes and
the st. Lawrence River and would in
clude approximately onc-fifth Of the
population of the United States,
In other words. a manufacturer To-
Gated at the port of New York. when
the Barge Canal is completed, will have
probably the lowest freight rate in the
world to a population Of $500, 900 in the
State Of New York and to a total popu-
lation Of approximately 20.0OO.000. In
cluding the great lakes and the st,
Lawrence River.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08


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river ,ui II. cnnrn, ,ocatc nm rbc.,-,
lana and 90, tho hnncf, az tive oar
terminal rates .unlcgs his pi,ut is ON The
water front or within trucking distance
of n barge terminal
Manufacturing plants In Long Island
CITY viii have not only the adyan;ss~
, Of Chcap land but they will have the adj
ditional advantage Of being within css.
trucking distance OF the heart OF MAJ
haitian. and no manufacturing plant can
afford 10 locate to-day anywhere witt
out taking into consideration the auto
mobile truck. which now PLAYS such an
| important part in every industry
! Although the city OF New York in
| general and the Borough OF Queens In
particular docs not seem to realize tho
Barge Canal and its revolutioniaing ef-
feet upon manufacturing at this por;
! the waterfront authorities in New Jcr-
scy seem To bc fully alive to the situa-
/ lion % shown by the fact that The Nec
Jersey iIarbor Commission in It's repo,,
lust issued shows plans for n barc.
canal terminal on Newark Bav between
Elizabeth and Newark which will pr,.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
COMPLETED

Canal Is expected to handle from the
beginning this would amount to a saw
ing OF ST. 100000 a year.
The foregoing statement, 1t should be
remembered, IL comparison of the
actual cost OF carrying freight by rail
and through the canal and Is not COM
parison OF the charges made by the
railroads and - be made through the
canal.
II is officially stated that the average
charge for carrying a ton of freight
from Buffalo to New York by rail Is
s3.1I and the charge by the Barge Canal
between the same ports, figuring on a
liberal profit, Is estimated to be only Al
cents "a ton. There would therefore he
"A saving of s2.70 a ton, or total saving
on the 10000 900 tons Of $2700o,o0O a
year,
II is hard to realize that ton of
freight can actually he brought from
Buffalo to New York for ~ cents and
pay a satisfactory profit to the carrier,
but when It IL understood that the new
barges will have maximum capacity
of 5000 tons in comparison with 2oO
tons, the capacity of the present barges,
and that the now barges will have two
and a half times the speed of the Old
barges. the reason for ,he low cost Is
apparent. In other words, a 5000 ton
barge at the rate OF Al cents ton
would earn $3.50 for the trip from Buff
falo to New York, distance Of 4i0
miles. On the other hand $50 ton
barge could only earn at the same rate
SlO2.50 for the trip, which would take
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-08
Al Cents Per Ton by Barge Canal
With S3.l1 by Rail.

As startling as are the facts relative
10 the tonnage OF the State Barge Canal
even more astounding is the oiicia!
statement Of the cost Of bringing freight
through the canal from the great lakes
to this port
The present average cost Of carrying
a ton OF freight by rail from Buffalo 10
New York Is officially stated to T." 81 &c
ton, whereas the cost Of carrying
freight by the Barge Canal is officially
estimated to Toe only &c cents ton. a
saving in actual cost of $40 a ton. ON
the 10 0O0O 600 tons which the Barge