The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

The question was recently asked as to
the busiest corner in the world and the
reply was made that while no exact
figures were available several experts
It to be Fifth avenue and
Forty-second street. Attention is, there
fore. called to the figures collected by
the New York police and published In
THE SUN OF December IL. This traflc
count showed the city's busiest corne
to be Park row and Frankfort street,
where for twenty-five days an average
Of 1885, 200 pedestrians and 800 vehicles
passed daily between $50 A. NJ. and
$3.50 r. NJ. Fifth avenue and Forty
second street averaged 1890 pedes-
TRANS and 1880 vehicles.
Kindly inform me what book or books
I ought to read to ~acquaint myself with
the history Of the pre-Adamites tpeople
who inhabited this earth previous to
Adam and Eve) " such existed.
j. J. r.
BY hypothesis and by Scripture Adam
and Eve had no predecessors. Perhaps.
however. ~. J.. F." may find what he
wants in "Men OF the Old Stone Age"
by Henry Fairfield Osborn. which Scrib-
ners have Just published.
In the burial ser vice Of a certain or
der occurs this sentence: at Is the
breaking Of these ties. the loss Of COM
p~anionship and h sudden ending OF all
associations with our departed brother
that plunges vi into woe and regret"
While. Of course. technically. the three
oun call for the verb in the plural,
YET. considering the fact that 1t Is the
lesson that 10 to be impressed upon the
hearers. 10 o the form '~'plunges" here
correctly used? G. b. s.
No question seems to occasion more
disputes than this. Where, as here, a
plural subject Is the expression OF n
single thought. concept or feeling. the
use Of the verb In the singular 10 AZ
correct as its use In tho plural.
Regarding the inquiry as to the high
est point on Long Island Browns
Hill. in the Town OF Brookhaven, has
an elevation Of 333 feet. Harbor Hin,
near Roslyn, has an elevation Of 39l
feet. These figures are from the maps
Of the United States Geological Survey.
There IL one hill still higher (f l re-
member correctly. about Ave feet higher
than Harbor HID easterly from Hicks
Vile n southerly from Huntington.
l have not the Geological Survey map
at hand and do not remember the name
Of the hill nor it's exact elevation.
H.. Z. W.
For whom was the f,reboat Zophar
Mills named? Please explain the COL
ored lights under the spans Of the East
River bridges. c. {. X.
Fire Commissioner Adamson furnishes
the following account OF Zophar Mills;
'zophar Mills died July IS. 1887. at
the age of a years. He was for many
years engaged in mercantile pursuits
in this city. He Joined Engine Com
pany No. 10 OF the old Volunteer Fire
Department in 1S32 and three yeae later
became its foreman. 1t was located In
Fulton street near Gold street. and af-
terward in Dover street. near Pearl
street. With his company he assisted
in fighting the great connagration OF
1896.
in 1888 MIR. Mills became assistant
engineer OF the Volunteer Department
and continued to serve In such capacity
until 1912. when he resigned for busi-
ness reasons.
I'm 1916. with others. he originated
the Exempt Firemen's Company for the
purpose Of assisting the regular volun-
teer force. This company rendered eX-
cellent service.
During his many years connection
with the Volunteer Fire Department Mr..
Mills established a record as an able
and brave fire fighter.
In 1889 Mr.. Mills was president OF
the Exempt Fremen's Association o.
New York city,"
The colored lights under the spans
Of the East River bridges are navigation
lights. which the United States Govern
ment requires the city to put on the
bridges to mark the river channel al
night. On the Queensboro Bridge they
mark the channel on both sides q!
Blackwell's Island. The green light in
dicates the centre of the channel REQ
lights, its outer edges.
Will o kindly %republish Casey a
! the Bat" The last time you published
II ! cut It out, but let another have II
before ! had learned it by heart.
JAY Il. BEE.
The classic Is too long to print here
but Jay L. Bee a memorize it b.
withdrawing from the nearest librar,
Burton e. Stevenson's THE Home Bool
OF Verse" Turn to page 2.l17.
Did Alexander Campbell, the foundeI
OF Bethany College. ever have a publi'
debate Oh slavery with n man named
Rice q Think and did Campbelrs argu
ments stand AS the best defence o
slavery ever made T.. II, ID.
Campbells debate with the Rev. y. l.
Rice was not on slavery but on thee
logical matters. principally baptism. |
was held In lS43 at the Reform Churcl
at Lexington, KY, and lasted sixteel
days. In glancing through Richardson
Memoir of Alexander Campbelr" IS6S
no debate On slavery mas been noted
but C~ampbell's views o slavery wer
clearly set forth in 1916 In his periodi
cal tho MiIlenidl HarbtNger. See chap
ter II OF the second volume OF tn
"Memolr."
Is there not somewhere in Latin Amer
lea a town named Bafos or Puert
Bahos? l. T. Il.
Bahos Ia in Ecuador, IN the PROVING
OF T%ungurahua, at the foot Of the activ
volcano which gives the province II
name. Longmans's Gazetteer puts