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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
HELP wANTEp--FEMALE.

WANT Young lady to assist IN Of
Ace. Salary s. per week. State ex-
perience, IL any. Address ]. b., care
Georgian.
WANTED-C oiored SERVANT room on
lot l28 Pulliam ST.
EXPERIENCED help in dressnaking
34k Whitehall street.
work; family two adults. Good pay
and good home for right party. Address
b., Box ~, care Georgian.
GERMAN or American girl or middle
aged woman for general housework;
one that can come well recommended.
care Georgian.
MAN AND WIFE VIII give a good home
to young lady. Don't object 10 widow
with little girl. Want a nice, sweet girl
r. @. COPELAND, Phenix, Ala.
s250 PER DAY paid one lady IN each
town TO distribute free circulars for
concentrated favoring in tubes. Per-
manent position. F. F.. Barr Company,
Chicago
cORsETIEREs. managers. salesadles
wanted every city; best corsets; big
gest profits; permanent business; ref
erencee Wade Corset Co; Station l.,
New York.
EMBROIDERY--s per dozen may be
made working one corner ladies hand
kerchiefs: steady or spare time Trial
lot stamped handkerchief and instruc-
tons. zoe Sent any distance postpaid.
Arabian Supply Company, Dept. A.,
Cleveland. Ohio.
LADIES make shields at home, so
per hundred. Work sent prepaid 10
reliable women Particulars for stamped
addressed envelope. Eureka Co, Dept.
iO7-C, Kalamazoo, Mich.
LADIES can make $40 to s15 weekly
copying. addressing and mailing SAM
ples particulars for stamp. Rex Co., %
Celtic place, Buffalo, N. Y.
WRITE moving picture plays; $50 each.
all or spare time; no experience nor
correspondence course; details free. At
las Publishing Co, 81. Cincinnati, ohio.
LADIES at home; material fur
nished; no canvassing; steady work;
stamped envelope for particulars. Cali
umet Supply Company, Dept 8, Mil
waukee. Wis.
DO EASY, pleasant coloring work at
home: good pay. no .canyassing; no
experience required. Illustrated par
ticuiars free. Helping Hand stores,
Chicago.
LADIES' Earn $40 per hundred making
belts at home. No canvassing. In
standard Supply Company Manly. Iowa,
GOVERNMENT Jobs for women. big
pay. Atlanta examinations April 9.
Sample questions free. Franklin Inst-
tute, Dept SOIL. Rochester. N. y.
HTpT q Learn millinery. Pays $50 70
O1lCI1O 800 month. We make and
re-trim hats free. Ideal School Of NIL
linery. 1904 whitehall street.
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TAXICABS, Belle Isle
IVY $50, ATLANTA 1898.
HorsLs.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
~ .~s-e--eses>- -.as~@a.---esal-.se-e
CARD or THANKS.

Or. and Mrs C.. c. Aven wish to ex-
press their appreciation for the kindness
and sympathy shown them by their
many friends IN their recent bereave-
ment
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-27
NYnndotfes.
Dogs
that will please Get

Thoroughbred English Bull Ter
rier, male, sacrifice, s12; four months
Fox Terrier and Water Spaniel pup. Ivy
l2a4-J
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WANTED Young lady to assist in Of
Ace. Salary S6 per week. State ex-
perience, II any. Address J. b., care
GeOrRian
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
TREND UPWARD
IN STOCK MARKET
Reports That John D. Would lake
Over Gould Interest Encour-
aged Genera Buying.
BY CHARLES W. STORM.

NEW YORK, April J. fractional
gains were scattered throughout the list
at The opening Of the stock market and
the tone was strong The bullish inter
est created in Missouri Pacific by the
report that the Rockefeller interests
would take over the Could interests
continued in force the STOCK advancing
= on the opening transactions
There was practically no outside M -
terest but il was evident from the trend
that professionals regarded the pdsSa -
Of the Sims bill repeating the eXemp-
ton clause of the Panama Canal act
in the House last night "a bdIh9h
piece of news
Among tie other gains were the FOL
lowing Amalgamatcd Copper % tan
Copper, ~ United States steel com
mon ~; Union Pacific. = Repubhe
Iron and Steel, p Ray consolldat ted
Smelling. * American sugar Refining
a Anaconda Copper, - California 'e-
troleum, a, Central Leather. Il chino
Copper. a Erie. = Great northern
preferred, q Lehigh Valley. : Me&l-
can Petroleum y New York. New Ha-
ven ana Hartford. 4. Railway steel
1t the end Of half an hour Missouri
Pacific had reacted, losing most OF ITS
advance
London were firm at gains over Ne"
York parity. There was good de-
mand In London for Canadian Pacific.
The majority Of carly gains disap
peared In the late forenoon, l. nileI
States steel common sold off point
10 So other declines were as follows;
Amalgamated Copper and Canadian
Pacific. is Reading, r. southern IA
cihc and New York Central, q. Penn
sylvania Railroad p
"a I,,el "a at
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01

NEW ORLEANS. April /. Liverpool
shows decided strength, with futures
this morning fully & points higher than
due spots ] point higher with sales of
Is, 900 bales English consols n higher
Cloudy weather continues over the
belt with general rains, heavy over
night IN parts OF east Texas and the
Central belt
There has been enough rain over a
wide area Of the belt tn delay planting
for week or more So far prospects
for early new supplies are not good.
Cotton and corn planting are forced to-
gether In the Central states, which Will
retard work
Indications are for partly cloudy To
fair weather west of the river colder
in the Northwestern quarter, continued
unsettled and ainy weather In the rest
Of the belt Conditions are not settled
and good weather in the West will hard
~ last over this week
our market opened about points
higher and the feeling is in favor Of a
further advance Actual support, how
ever is restricted on account of hearish
predictions from New York hut there
seems no good reason for contracts On
weaken in the face Of a large demand in
Liverpool from consumers and firm
spots in the South
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
LONGS L|QU|DATE
MAY CONTR ACTS
Leading Spot Houses Big Sellers
Of May, Causing Break of IS
Points From Opening Price,

NEW YORK. April l.--Liverpool ca
bles again exerted a strengthening iuiu-
ence on the cotton market al the open
ing to-day and first prices were at a
net advance Of to points from last
nights close, with the exception OF
January, which was points lower
There was good demand for the old
crop positions and Liverpool reported
buying by English spinners This
caused the list to rally about 2 10 4
points from the opening on the call.
Spot houses bought here on the call
basing their purchases Of new crop
months on reports of heavy rains in the
Southwest, where recent rains have al
ready delayed crop matters.
The rise met lot Of profit taking.
however, by the ring and May dropped
TO 237 for a net loss Of IS points from
the opening. Other positions were Of
fered rather freely and al the end %
the FIRST hour the list stood 10 10
points lower than the initial range.
There was little or no outside business
and transactions were confined mostly
TO professional traders
The story that some mysterious
Southern interest Is going 10 demand
fifty to seventy-fve thousand bales ON
May is still persistent and this, together
with the McFadden buying, Is response
bic for the predictions that Nav win go
100 points over July.
houses were heavy sellers Of May i'm
the second hour, probably liquidatng
long cotton taken on during the last
two weeks. Straddlers sold MAY here
against purchases in Liverpool and local
traders finding the demand for May
much less urgent than n late sold July
and by noon the option was rs points
off from the opening price.
The majority are OF the opinion that
everything looks better for the cotton
trade. The situation at Washington
looks better and prices Of futures are
more on a parity with spots. The buy
ing Of new crop months is Increasing
and it looks as though the planting of
the crop might be late a Liverpool
cable says; Healthy business in Man
chester. looks continuing
At the close the market was steady.
with prices at net decline Of 2 20 IL
points from the final quotations q
Tuesday
Following are II a. m nlds in New
York: Nav. 1888, July, 12i2 August
lS6 October. ll.44
Following are 10 a m. bids i'm New
Orleans MAY. ~ 50: July 70 Sc, August
1912 October u SO
Estimated cotton receipts
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK. April T. Money ON call
y per cent, time money unchanged 30
DAYS. gi-uG ner cent 90 days. -. as per
cents six months tH4i, per cent lost
ed rates. sterling exchange, S5u4Si.
with actual business IN bankers bills al
4 S625 for demand and SS410U4StI5 for
60Usy hills
Prime mercantile psper unchanged
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01


Gold Watch, one SIS Bicycle. one $40
Solid Leather Suit Case and five SIS Dia-
mond Point Fountain Pens
Votes
f. A. Allen, Al Wall St........... 1856
J. r. BeVel. 81 DeSoto Ave-. 1856
Miss Bertha Bushae. 33S Whitehall 1880
Mrs. T. G. Conn. 175 Ormond ..,. 142 800
w. \. Dougherty, 444 WHITEHALL. 1920
Miss Katherine russell, $50 Edge
wood Ave. Observation-Disclosures. .l26, 49,
Miss Ida Goldstein. IS Whitehall
Terrace Observation-Disclosures. l34,b9O
Miss Oceal Herndon, Sc oak 49,.
Grove Ave Observation-Disclosures. 1000
J. W Huey. 533 s. Moreland .. 49, $50
Miss Daisy Jackson, 267 Puliam. l3l, 400
Mrs. Fl. \. Loftan, OrmeWood
Park Observation-Disclosures. 125.3SO
Harold NJ Loeb. "a Windsor ST.. $4,000
Miss Lillian Newborn. $50 Grant 13l $40
Reginald Rives. 255 e. Fair. $4,000
Hardee st ,,'qae'O'S - -'Y lo9 $40
ton one sti.. ope, '- ''''.'' 13l 900
Miss Myrtle Stone. City......... $50
Miss Bessf silverman' 90 Capitol . soo
Ave. i;;.;;....e;,,,,' l-'eVo
Miss Sarah Strauss, Union sta
ton. Atlanta ..................,.. l,FU0
Julian Starr, S95 OrmOnd St....,. $50
Raymond Smith, City......,..... 21,O40
Miss Mozele Thompson, so Capt.
tol Ave. ............ ......... ..... Iuu h4u
Miss Marie Wagner. ia Garnett.. 4l,040
Mrs w. B Walker. 239 Central
Ave. ..,...... .,............ ..-'. po'A 80
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
LIVERPOOL GRAIN

LINERPOOL, Nprll l-Wheat opened
= to 2sd lower At 1870 p m the mar
ket was I'D lower to sd higher, CLOSED
unchanged to lad higher
Corn opened 80 lower. At 100 p. m
tine market was Ad lower, closed I'd
lower
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01

Georgia not included in Districts Nos
/, = and 2, and lying north Of the Cen
trail " Georgia Railroad running he
tween Macon and Columbus and north
of the Central Of Georgia Railroad run
ming between Macon and Savannah, and
including all towns and cities on these
lines.
District prizes to be awarded in this
district are one $3.50 Piano. one 500
Diamond Ring one $50 Chest Of Silver,
one SIS Business Scholarship. one $40
Gold Watch one $25 Bicycle, one $40
Solid Leather Suit Case and five Dia
mond Point Fountain Pens.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01

Tmhraces an terI1torv In Tho cItv ~
Atlanta living south VI the south side Of
Edgewood avenue and south ~ the
south side Of Whitehall streef and Cen
trail Of Georgia Railroad 10 Din avenue,
including South Eirkwood. East At
lanta Greenwood Park, South Atlanta,
Cs0itol View and Lakewood Heights.
District prizes To he awarded In this
district are one $3.50 Piano. one 800
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
DISTRICT NO. e.


Includes all territory in the States
Of Tennessee and Kentucky. and all
territory net included in the other seven
districts District prizes to be awarded
in this district are one $3.50 Piano, one
500 Diamond Ring. one $50 Chest Of Sill
Yer, one 500 Business Scholarship, one
$40 Gold Watch, one $25 Bicycle, one $40
Solid Leather suit Case and five IS
Diamond Point Fountain Pens.
Votes,
r. A.. Sparks. Chattanooga. Tenn. 81, $50
WI Bribery. Academy street,
Louisville, NATURALIZATION. 2s,275
Mrs c. Dayton. GRANVILLE, Tenn $3.50
Henry c. NJ, Martin 215 Foster
street, Nashville. TENN. 32,675
Miss Sarah Ann West. Meridian,
Miss. Observation-Disclosures $3.50
Miss Louise Allen. Meridian, Miss 10 AIS
Rhea Martin, Dayton. Tenn... $500
J. /. Hill Hartman, Tenn,...... Bits
Miss D. Gillian, Copeprhill Tenn. %, 900
Miss M McCay, Copeprhill, Tenn. 20, 200
r. G. Asquith, l27 Lenoir street,
Knoxville, Tenn. Observation-Disclosures.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01

Thomas Adar 257 Barber ST
Athens ............... 10 265
r. c. Adams Compton, Ca. 34,6S5
Prof j l. Altman Toccoa. Ga. 132. $40
II n Austin. Lithonia. Ga. 49,. $50 $50
Mrs A. @. BlGlock Rome. Ga. .116,0S0
Mrs J. NJ. Burns. Scarboro, Ga13S. $40
+ + Bowen, Triton Ca. ....... 22S40
G F. ClaXton Observation-Disclosures. II OO0
Miss Ethel Cobb EllHay. Ca. 129P"O
Miss Julia CoresS, Lagrange ia. 1855
$. C. eagle. BAN Ground, Ga. 2O.27j
w r. Couch. Dovglasville Ga. 122 500
Clayborn Cash. clayton. Ca. 9G.SS5
Mrs S \. Clary, Cedartown, Ga.t3l $50
Frank pabney smyrna, Ca. 1872. $50
Miss Minnie Donald. Ball
Ground. Ga. ...................19 s. sos
Mrs. z, W. Evans, Sloan. Ca .t22 $50
True l. Freeman. Iugleside Ca. .129. SIS
Henry l.. Garrett, Columbus, Ca 30 $50
Maceo II Gammage, Pineview.
Ga. .............t...............131.6OO
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
Local Produce Notes

The local produce market was Won
/ dsrfuIly improved the past few DAYS as
a result Of warmer weather and i'm
| dications poinr 20 slo" increase IN
| prices Shipments to the local market
continue moderate. but stlil sufficient to
/ supply the demand. with the exception
! Of English peas, green beans, caullflow-
! or and squashes which are scarce and
| hard 10 buy even a Top prices.
]. T. Elder N Fidelity. SAYS there has
/ been more demand for green vegetables
/ since Moroay than for several weeks,
! ana offerings moved nicely. "Our mar
| ket is overstocked with but one thing,
/ sad Mr. Elder and this is tomatoes
7 which are being shipped from Florida
! I'M turning condition and by tine time
/ they reach our market they are fun ripe
and Of poor quality The trade buys
/ ripe tomatoes very cautiously, because
they spoil on their hands bat half
ripes are in heavy demsnd. while re-
ceipts are very light The market on
tomatoes dropped - cents per crate
Monday and cased off - cents Tuesday,
with Indications N sun lower prices
Fidelity received car Of celery Tues
day which sold readily at So 80 per
crate also a car NJ Indian River oranges
Monday. which sold a unchanged prices
SO 30 per box.
Fidelity SAYS while apples on the local
market continue in good demand at un-
changed quotations. indications point 10
lower prices within the next few weeks.
As result of the declining market in
New DIRK where prices are so cents
lower on the barrel However, this de-
cline may not affect Atlanta at all
because the market there may rally any
time. We have car Of box apples
coming in from New York to-day. which
probably will be sold for SO to 1896 per
box" said he.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01

The following table shows receipts a.
the ports to-day comparrd with the
same day last year.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
CHICAGO cAa LOIS.

Following are receipts for Wednesday
and estimated receipts for Thursday:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01

Miss Elizabeth Hackney, Blue
Ridge. aG. Observation-Disclosures 1885
MISS Hester HargraVe' WILDWOOD con
I'd $500 ''-' S'pooU U
W. II. lrWln. LlpeItoH' Cd - ~
Igisl JaIl G ucher dS So
MES MES Nnn,e haIs 'dA, Gril"II lo0--'
MISS Mary Hanna hlmsey' Cor 90, oeo
nelS "a, ga
tMussel ~ gart, NashNlHe, "a. I-'o'V
MISS LOIS Lalhehl' Nodstoch' % ono
- I2@'og Wy
mares Loyu' IoNLneloll ia 2t'S So0
r. w Miner; newman. "a. A. 81 5'o ~
Ira B. Moncrief, Stone Mountain, % eoo
&C., Ga, 20 20 SS"
r; 4 Rodgers, Athens, ca: ....133gl SO So
6|nn Fendley' Llthonla ia 20 85 20
!ra eTT I'll RG Ne"""o" va "a S S99
Miss Tlla Rocker, Calhoun, ca. .l29,S75
Mrs; Grace robertson Douglas % 90.
vile. Ga; ........'. ...'''. :,,''c c5S
MonerT keddIhg Smyrna, "a, i@3 ' SeO
Frank Simpson. Norcross, Ga. 1925
MISS Ahce Roberta Iaylor, TAI 80 con
nlahs ca ,,.......,.. ' S20
Miss Leone Swanson, Marietta, =, 90
,, Cd =. AVl'o''
Percy Tuck l47 Strong St, Ath- eoo
ems ca. .,.-.....,:.;. ....-...... e-0 0
Miss Gertrude Yarbrough. Bu-
ford. Ga; ;........,..........., S6 SEQ
Miss Iva York '...,....,,....... 2l625
DISTRICT NO. S.
Georgia ore ios not t. included in Districts Nos.
] q 3 and 1. and lying south of Dis
trict 10
District prizes to he awarded in this
ilsI Ring. one 5000 chest Of Sit
o oGt $40 2e 90 GOOD Cold Watch one $500 81
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01

Votes.
G. r. pafin, Tallahassee Fla. 2S 440
Mr.. Topsey Brown. Jacksonville.
Fla. ..,........................... 1878
Miss Ancie Brown. Lake City,
Fla. Observation-Disclosures %, 200
MISS y. Clemmons. Simpson, Ala. 81 ,440
Miss NJ Goddard. Admission. Ala. 1871 500
Cecil Hall. Lanett, Ala......:. .129, 275
John Holland, Mariana, Fla "a 665
Miss Millicent F. Harris sol East
Duval Jacksonville. Fla. 32.10O
Miss Eta May Stroud .......,. 1920
Russell Jones. Montgomery, Ala. 81 $40
Reuben Jennings, Lanett, Ala. 1872, IT'S
Mrs Jack Love, Opelika, Ala. 1871 $50
Nerna Pace Apalachicola. Fla. rs, $50
Miss 3. Warner. Birmingham. SO. 1855
Miss b. Ieeler, Jacksonville, Fla. 1905
Herbert Striplin ............,.... Il $40
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
DISTRICT NO. 2.

Includes an territory in the States Of
Florida and Alabama. District prizes
10 be awarded in This district are one
$3.50 Piano. one 500 Diamond Ring. one
Scholarship, one $40 Gold Watch, one
SIS Bicycle, one $40 Solid Leather Suit
Case and five IS Diamond Point Foun-
talns Pens.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01

The call of fancy hard head lettuce.
snapbeans, English peas ard cauiifower
was extremely heavy Tuesday and
extreme prices
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-04-01
COTTON SEED OIL.
ton Sod nil YttptafInpc.


CLOSED heavy sales 5000 barrels.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-08

the town. But all agree in saying that
the Germans directed the fire OF their
heavy guns specially at the cathedral
Not two months ago ! motored all
thrt-gh that part OF the country and
spent long hours in that cathedral.
drinking in its wonderful and serene
beauty Of line and color and living over
again the days OF Clovis, of st. Louis,
Of Jeanne dare and all the other pic
ture stories Uf French history that We
were all brought up on. II seems IN
credible that 1t should only he eight
weeks ago. and that after standing over
500 years the barbarous Germans, WITH
their varnish Of Kultur and kunst well
rubbed OFF, should have made IT heap
Of ruins. It just makes one sick and
discouraged, such wanton destruction,
To-day has been sad day at the
Ambulance: our first dead were carried
away to be buried at Courhevoie. There
were four Of them: two French and two
English. The collins had each the TIL
color and the Union Jack thrown over
them. and the four hearses were es-
corted by a military company and the
Conseil Municipal of Ncuiily. as well a.
by huge concourse Of people. Oi
course the Catholic priest, as well n
two Of the English clergy, went with
them. II seemed to bring the iniquity
OF II all more home to me than any
thing has as yet. For they wer" al
young men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-08
I


A'GrST 30.
Have been too busy ~ the Ambulance
to write for the last six days. II IL now
all ready and is really perfect. II seems.
that the people % tn. War department
say when they are asked as to how an
ambulance should bc: Go to Ncu!uy
and see what the Americans hav" done"
So. of course. We arc pleased. We are
told 20 have II ready for the lst, but
probably the wounded won't come be-
fore the Sd or Attn.
For two days now tho trains from the
north have been bringing In great num-
hers ~ tie. CLAN and French refugees
Mauv of them are nearly naked, as
hey we're turned ont ~ their farms IN
The middle Of the night by tho enemy.
II Is pitiful to 80. them: they are 80 alb
solutrly destitute and Yet so uncom-
planning. hut II Is hre 20 see how the
Parisians take care Of them, feed them
and clothe them and make much ~
them.
II is In. times Ike these that one sees
how fine the human animal can he
To-day most ~ thrm have been sent IN
again t. no housed and cared for in
Normandy and Eritttny until the war 10
over and they can 20 back to their
ruined farms and towns. We all pray
that that time may come soon, fur II
seems that no one and nothing can
stand this strain COR many months.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-08
NEW YoRK's MODEL GARAGE

- REATER New York can boa'' ~
the fact that IL has one ~ he
- most up to date and sCient hca'y
constructed municipal garages in Nh.
world. II IL situated in West Fifty
seventh street and was erected 10Y 'H-
specific work Of examining and lice0'
ing taxicabs horse drawn vehicles ,rd
<publc carts.
James G. Wallace chief NJ ne
MAYORS Bureau Of Licenses a. the I'm.
he construction Of the garage Vas
begun. had made a thorough study NJ
similar buildings and he SUPERVISE ~
work. The site was selected With ne
object W erecting tho garage az ncars
possible To the garages OF the lsrEs
taXicab concerns. 80 that Il would be
simple matter TO send taXis 20 the nv
nic,pal rarage to have them examined
Another thing that Influenced the city
officials in the selection OF the site Wa
the fact that West Fifty-seventh stree
sloped toward the Hudson. This down
grade affords the inspectors the opp-y
tuni,v TO test the brakes and steering
apparatus OF the different cars under
the most severe conditions.
The garage runs through from Fifty
was an object In having tho garage
constructed IN this manner Experienc,
had proved in the temporary garage 'r
Forty-ninth street that the scheme o
having taxis enter and leave throush
tho same entrance caused confusion and
loss OF time. The arrangement N ereci
in the new garage il TO have the taIs
and hacks drive in through the FIFTY
10 60
and when passed drive out through III.
Flfty-eighth street exit. BY this a.
rangement the line is kept in motion IN
tho same direction, obviatins all cor
fusion and loss of time. FurtheTnor.
all vehicles waiting for examination are
kept pointed I'm the same direction
The garage is scientifically construc
Every known appliance for the prop
examination OF public hacks has bee.
installed. Along the wall is arrange ..
series Of meter testing machines. WI
chauffeurs bring In their taxis in ORD.
10 have the meters examined the a
are driven to a tester and the rear VI.
on the right hand side is lacked w ...
attached To the tester. Then an insp'
tor turns on the current and tho r..
wheel Is set in motion. The result ( r.
corded on dlalS. IT the meter Is corr
il il sealed 80 that II cannot he IAN
pered with.
A laboratory has been constructed
the new garage for the prelimlner
testing Of all meters. This test is ma.
before the meters are attached to .'
hicles The meters are subjected {"
time test Of not leSs than six hour.
} and a mileage test OF not less than ff'
miles for single tar!N meters and 30.
miles FOR double tariff meters. II a.
test reveals the fact that the metc'.
are nor absolutely correct they are p
/ turned to the makers. No meter
/ passed and sealed unless correct.
In constructing the garage provis o'
was made FOR a trial room I'm whr0
all cases involving taXicabs could n
tried without sending them down r
Centre street, where the trials We.
formerly held. This in itself Is a gres'
I time saver.
Abe garage covers plot ~ 1900
square feet. and its construction cos
| approximately $4,000.