Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-09-06


crossings and street car tracks, but
bat neither an unpaNed street nor a
blind alley fu1IoH tho ubiquitous moe
tor Surely the cOmpaCout posses
surs uf am invention that has added
su much tu tine pleasure and useful
ness OF NE should not Nult n their
ability 10 make other rOupl, ml~tI.
able thereby n be- mauIf,-tly mrus-
sblc 60 estimate the mlsrhiyi done hy
the sudden routing ut the tIOk from
hralth-glNnr slumhcr hy the passing
LAT nsromN nocturnal hous ol UNI
muirlrd cycles 90 the tIuuslNue wallis
ol motor slipus bat almost every city
physician has persona know ledge uf
such mischief
That great deal of the noise We
nave sDhuOlCd ourselves tu IDruId aa
inevitable du,umpanimruts OF modern
traffic ana business may be- dispensed
with h"s been proved by % number of
cities that hay" seriously plpplph
with the problem New YORK has
done away by 1ou,s.ot.puot enact
monts with tho dim that once die.
lIuhcd hospitals schools ana the Ike
Philadelphia, pattcuwp after Berlin
has succeeded in suppIDsslup $50 much
Of the CluttCr ON its elevated roads
''i'' Nov hlAHl'| IS ~ itittiINlIf lil'.
installation Of mitigating improve
uculs Teachers aIC constantly be.
lug sent tu the hospitals u chicago
itom these schools admitting ut the
~ tracks, and school work ls AL
most completely lost on the pupils
because of the roar Of the continuous
trains Not long since "a committee
from the teachers waited ol the city
council ANA the latter turned the
matter over 10 the board ot suIcIl is-
ing engineers for investigation tn,
school board has invited the pro.i
dent Of the "L' 10 address a Dlass-
room Of pupils while trains from his
own road are making hio-slIC imlta-
tion boiler factories within few feet
aud also declares that Il viii seek
court damages from the roads II
peaceful mFans of obtaining improve,
mcuts fan,
la smaller cities the fiat wheels
ana Woru-out attlo-trJp trucks Of
street cars are "a universal sou. ce of
annoyance and complaint, al many
VIII watch with interest an attempt
10 suppress rcmodldhlc noises 10y
the damage route. luwuctous have
already been applied successfully TO
noises Of this character Citizens have
secured dchVerauCc IN this way from
locomotive engineers who have de
Nised personal slPnals by which they
wireless messages 10 the hOm,iull,s
20 put the kettle on A New York
man secured sleep by Injunction by
euJolning contractor from working
nights on a hotol being erected iu the
same block. Instances multiply to
show that people have about reached
tn, limit of submission to tho noise
nuisance.
Quite recently someone made an
appropriate addcuda TO the hph-Cost
of-llvuE discussion by pointing out
the increase due to the lack OF sys-
tenn IN delivery Instead Of the many
ice and milk and vegetable wagons
all covering the same territory
whereas one OF each could do II
just aS wen, the writer advocated
dividing the city in districts and
sending 10 each district daily ITS sup
plies by one delivery To this true
word might well be added the ad-
vantage of getting rid of the very
considerable noises of one Kind and
another arising from a multiplicity Of
wagons and huCkstors an delivering
or crying wares right on the heels
of each other The anti-noisc ordi-
nance now effective IN New York
Ili lNlh.H NIlbl no IiiNhI'I iIl uihNltI
OF one who plies trade or calling
of whatsoever nature on the street
shall blow any horn, hnglc any boll
or make any disturbing noise for the
purpose Of directing attention to his
wares. The penalty is not more than
So tUl Da,h oftCuso. Chicago Etlti
more and Duluth are making ready
to pass similar ordinances, while the
auti-noisc crusade Is being aLIiatcd
IN almost an the eastern states, Cs-
pcclally IN Massachusetts, where there
are so many factories and mills
Biologists tell us that primitive man
was outtlttCd with a little iIppor at
the orlficc Of the ear. WhcLcby he
could shut out sound Just as with his
Cyclids he shuts out sight Not fore
seeing the twentieth century useful
ness of this equipment I'm the calm Of
that early world, more than wiling
to be awakened by big game in the |
interest of protection and sustou-
anCe, he neglected its exercise, and .
thereby handed down 10 pOStcTity /
only a rudmcntary fragment Of the .
ear-stoppor minus hinge and
musClar control However one Of .
our unique scientists and inventors, /
Hiram Maxim, Of smokeless powder /
and firearms fame, announced not I
long since that he was about 10 pre- .
sent to long suffering humanity a