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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-08

the evolution in the state encamp-
ments which has come about since
the federal government has taken
charge and made appropriations for
the instruction. At time one the
chief inducement to the young men
was that they would be able to
strut around the streets in a uniform
and attend the encampments, which
were then considered one general
big hilarious time, with little real
work. The case is different now,
however, the men being put through
II hours of hard work during every
day of camp life, with strict disci-
pline. This has tended to weed out
those men who went only for pleas
ure and the ranks have been filled by
men who are really interested in the
military. In closing, the speaker
gave it as his opinion that compul-
sorry term between the age of Is
and % would be a great benefit to
the young men of the state.
Captain L. J. Bond, United States
inspector-instructor of organized
militia in Vermont, was the next
speaker and he paid fine compli-
ment to the militia as he found it in
the state. He told of the benefits
of the military life to the young
men of a community who during
such a training would receive an
education which would help in bust
ness life later. Much depends upon
the personality and magnetism of
the captain of a company, who in
turn needs the support of the COM
munity back of him. We do not
know when we may have a call for
trained men who must have the
military kno Wedge if we are to win.
Captain Ira l.. Reeves, who for
the past three years has been mill
tary instructor at the University of
Vermont, spoke in detail of the
militia, giving the men an idea of
its real working force in the state.
There are companies at Rutland, st.
Adams, two in Burlington, st.
Johnsbury, Bellows Falls, North
field, Winooski, Montpelier, Brattle-
boro, Springfield and Newport, be-
sides the headq uarters company and
supply company. The companies
have in times of peace 65 men, which
may be swelled to $50 men in war
times. There is also the LIST Ver-
mont cavalry at Norwich University
and the attached sanitary troops.
Captain Reeves then in a very witty
vein introduced the various officers
of the National Guard present.
President Benton was the last
speaker and he took occasion to pay
Captain Reeves a nigh compliment
on the work which he has done while
at the university and the results he
obtained. He stated that the univer-
sity was sorry to lose Captain Reeves
and hoped that he would make the
college buildings his headquarters
while he was in Vermont, which the
speaker hoped would be as long as
he wed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-08
Their Way.

Their Way.
"In the west formerly they had quite
a telephone way Of handling men who
dealt in stolen horses"
"How was it telephonicT
"They hung up the receiver."-Balti-
more American.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-08
Building Bridges Under Fire.
BY MARTIN WELLS.
(In Scientific American

Tin Scientific American.)
More than once the success of
a campaign has depended upon the
successful passage of river, bar
rier of flowing water to further adj
vance. Held strongly by an enemy
on the far bank, the offensive move
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-08
THE BATTLE OF LIFE.

In its best estate and in its high
est condition life is a fight, not a
truce; a struggle, not an achieve
ment; a growth, not a pleasure; a
discipline, not relaxation. The
man who wins its real successes is
not he who has the most perfect
health, but he who bears disease
and misfortune with silent courage
and gains from them a more daring
spirit.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-10-08

bridge is swung across the river.
when the abutment bays of the
roadway are laid.
This method of pontoneeurg WIS
employed by Napoleon when he
made his way against the Austrians
from, the Island of Lobau. A great
French engineer conceived the plan
and referred it 20 his Emperor, who
adopted it on the spot as the means
by which to make a sudden and un-
expected crossing. Had the success
slVe ponton system been employed,
the enemy would have had ample
notice, but as the time required was
but sufficient for the bridge to swing
into position, it lent itself to the I'M
expected, upon which the attack
was founded.
The method of constructing by
successive potoons is the one usually
employed when the stream is not too
broad. Assuming that a force of
an enemy holds an opposite bank
and that it is necessary to dislodge
him and cross, the method of pro-
cedure is about as follows:
Under the protection of rifle and
artillery fire, the ponton wagons are
brought as close to the bank as shell
ter permits, when the pontoneers,
aided by details of infantry, lift the
boats from their wagons and trans
poIt m by hand, at a run, to the
water, then launch
c mpanying them, the infantry
details which are to make the cross
ing in the attempt to dislodge the
enemy, come up on the run and file
into the boats, where the pontoneers
already man the oars. The infantry
men take seats alternately, right
and left, so as not to disturb the
equilibrium of the boat, and as soon
as it has its quota of men, the boat
pushes off for the opposite bank
while the friendly forces re1ouble
their efforts to keep down t. r.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-30
Live stock Market.

Receipts OF beeves were 4.4l5 head, in
Guiding 81 cars for the market: making with
previous arrivals 80 cars on sale. Steers
were slow but general sales loo. higher:
bulls steady to strong; cows nrm to i5c.
mon to good steers sold at S7gss.60 per 100
lbs.. with no strictly prime or choice offered:
oxen at sG,75pS725. bulls at s5ds725;
common to choice state cows at 50. 60 q 1855;
choice and extra fat Western at Sc 750sI20;
! COW at s7.2j. Dressed beef was In moder.
alto demand at llQl4c. for city dressed ma
tive sides.
Receipts OF calves were 4as head. inelud-
ing 1927 for the market. Veals were IN fairly
good demand AZ steady prices; barnyard
calveB and yearlings almost nominal but
steady. Common TO choice veals sold at
S9Qtl3 por 100 lbs: culls at S7DtS50:
barnyard calves at So; fed at $3.50 Dressed
calves In fair demand at l5Qi9c. for city
dressed veaisi llsQi6c. for country
Receipts for sheep and lambs were ana
head, including ga cars for the market;
making with previous arrival, 2 cars
and steady; lambs on more liberal receipts
were less active and sSc. lower; the pens
were not quite cleared, Common to good
sheep sold at 340s5.1j per 100 lbs; ordi.
nary TO prime lamba AZ SsDso,25. Dressed
mutton hrm at sane. for ewes; best
wethers ut ll,s l-c.; dressed lambs easy at
12q14c., with hog dressed exceeding quota
at s6nSI,bO per carcass.
Receipts " hogs were 2.ssi head, includ-
ing less than a car for the market, Feeling
easier Good heavy hogs sold at $3.50 per
100 h.; staEs $3.50. Country dressed hogs
etesdy at 0loisc. per 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-30
MANY BUSINESS LEASES.
New Sections Favored by CONNER
cial Firms Seeking spscc,

M. & L. Hess have leased on tho
eighth door at 10 to 81 East Twenty
second street Offices and showrooms to
the Manchester Mills. dealers in lace
curtains: Miller & Montague, dealers In
madras and drapery fabrics, and the
French Novelty Works, dealers in braid
novelties. In the Hess Building Offices
on the seventeenth floor to the Green
Joyce Company Of Columbus, Ohio tbs
Marion Company publishers, and on the
ninth floor OF i6t Fourth avenue, north
east corner of Thirty-iirst street, to L.
Mangin & Co.
Albert y. Ashforth has leased the
store and basement at sc West Thirty
second street for n term of years to
Kastner Bros. The same firm has
leased offices in the Acker. Merrall &
Condit Building at the southwest corner
Of Fifth avenue and Thirty-fifth street
90 the French Model Company: Emil
Juhasz. the Prophytol Products Sales
Company and TO BENJAMIN s. Cats,
Tho Rutland & Whiting Company has
rented tho store at 10 Nassau street to
tho Budd Shoe Company.
Hell & stern have leased IN 259 and
26t Fifth avenue parlor store, to Ma
rolcCn A. Cusson; in 81 to 81 East
Thirty ftnst stree, .ourth loft to Joseph
burst In 1i2 and iti West Twenty
sixth street, fourth loft TO .b'lashberg 4
Cilokel; IN 90 to 81 West Thirty-eigh,n
street, seventh loft to Harry Scher &
Co, and IN i3i 10 100 West Twenty
sixth street. nth loft to Morris Wolgel
co.
Bastine & Co. have leased tho sixth loft
10 j. Huchberger & Co. dealers In mems
clothing spccialties This building Is now
entirely rented. Also at i12 East Nine
toenth street space 20 the Studio ri Pic
torial Art, and with NJ & J.. Hess tho rear
half of the eleventh floor to tho Publish
ers Information Bureau.
William ]. Roome & Co, have leased
the store and basement ut 200 West
Thirty-tourth street, opposite the Penn
sylVania station, for n term OF years to
tho Austrich Arc Light Company and tho
store at 81 West Thrty-sevonth street TO
tho Herald Pool Parlor
Henry Trenlrnan has leased the fourth
loft at 241-249 Centre street TO Muller
Art Plating Company for a term OF years.
Tho NJ. Rosenthal Company has leased
the second loft In II East Twenty second
street to Misrock a Co
Benjamin Highlander has leased to 10
seph Birnbaum tho store at 81 East
Twenty second street: also the afth loft
in 122-l24-l26 West Twenty-sixth street
to the Gem Petticoat Company.
Charles Buermann & Co. have leased
for five years tho seven story stable
building at 20 Bnoome street for Mrs. Con-
molly to watchatinsky & Wechsler.
The firm OF Leonard ]. Carpenter has
leased the northerly store and basement
in 2SS7 Broadway. near ll2th street, for
term OF years to Meyer Plotz.
Edward c. II. Vogler has leased 20 the
Profit Sharing Groceries Corporation the
store and basement, southwest corner OF
Ninety-slxth street and Amsterdam ave
nue.. for n term OF years also to the
Estello Tailoring Company AL Amster-
dam avenue. and TO s. Wiesner 500 Am
sterdam avenue
Pease Il Gilman have rented floor
at IL West Thirty -scvonth street to Nine
Rose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-30
NEWS OF FINANCIAL INTEREST
WEEKLY REVIEWS OF TRADE.
Business Continues 90 show I'm
prOvement.

Business. according to tho weekly trade
reviews, continues to show Improvement
DuH's says domestic trade is slightly
larger both In volume and activity. but
the movement continues slow and bust
ness optimism is far In advance OF actual
gains. The signs OF Improvement arc
much more significant than any Develop
ments resulting from the depression pro-
duced by the European war. The efforts
which brought about the rapid restoration
OF the organized processes Of money and
exchange arc at work reviving and
quickenng the distrbutive energies OF the
leading industries and trades.
"1'ho same ability Is producing
extraordinary gains In foreign commerce,
establishing a big excess over Imports
both Of merchandise and securities, not
withstandlng the lack of adequate ship
ping facilities. due to the withdrawal OF
steamers sunk or lnterned, and the traffic
congestion In available foreign ports
''The most important event In the iron
and steel trade is not the poor showing
for tho last quarter, followed by the
passing Of the common stock dividend OF
the United States Steel Corporation, but
rather the evidences that the turn toward
normal conditions has been made and that
mill operations are now expanding. The
decline In the securities market as a re-
suit of the passing Of this dividend Is less
an indication of the drift of business than
is the successful financing of Pennsylvania
Railroad requirements, the notable ease in
money. the better collections and the gem
eral feeling OF confidence as regards the
financial situation"
Bradstreots says: Tho pendulum of
trade continues TO swing In the direction
OF Improvement. Starting at "A very GLOW
pace three weeks ago, it Is now moving
at more satisfactory rate. though even
Yet the movement is but cOnservatively
steady. However, one line after another
seems TO be throwing off lcthargy. cumu-
latiye though slight gains are being regis
tered. and 1t is probable that moro busi
ness could be done wcro II not for the
fact that many concerns are proceeding on
the principle that II is better 10 have old
debts hquidated to a greater extent than
to allow buyers to incur fresh obligations
on u large scale.
"Still, fundamental conditions arc bet
ter than heretofore, almost everywhere the
disposition Is to look OH the bright side
of things. evidence of spring buying. espe-
cially OF textiles, continues to multiply,
the labor situation, while far from nor
NAL, Is such that idleness is decreasing.
winter weather over Il wide area has
helped reduce stocks of heavy goods,
money Is cheaper, commodity prices are
higher, funds are plentiful in tho cereal
growing regions, winter wheat Is in good
shape, the south Is more optimistic be-
cause of free sales of cotton from ware
houses. copper Is higher and steel mill
operations are being increased"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-30
ACTIVITY IN BROOKLYN.

Adelphi College, through Prof. A. @.
Fradenburgh. has taken an option OF pur-
chase on the briggs mansion at 24s wash
ingtOn avenue, and when the purchase Is
completed will make the property a part
NJ the college. 1t Is a three story frame
building on plot 66N2Oo extending
through to Hall street. Tho purchase
price is said TO have been $4,000. Tn"
old dwelling will be altered and part OF
= used rs a dormitory for out OF town
students.
Realty Associates have sold twenty lots
running through from Rockaway avenue TO
hasi Nlnety-siHth street between Avenues
N and 10 Henry Fettel through j. c.
schencl also l43 Bay Ftftieth street, n
Two story frame two family dwellinS'
IN lot 20X90 to Carmine Peladino
1900 Union street 10 William B. Pauls-
craft 1902 Union street to Harriet X
valentine, and six lots on Palmetto street
70 Welsseuberger & Markle through Frank
l. Rechert The purchaser Will erect
No family brick houses on same.
Henry PIerson & Co. have sold the three
story nat at 1913 Berkeley place for Fred
'Hek BoetCher TO "A client for Investment
ana tho Two story and basement house at
''s Fir. street near Sixth avenue
Ghegan a. Levine have sold 69i TO 69S
Jason avenue, new apartments, Tor tho
Novelty Building Company to George
'leyer, who gaVe in exchange the TWO
dwellings az 1863 and 1871 Bergen street,
ne deal representing 100000; also sold
ior the Eensen Realty Company fourteen
'o,s on tho southeast corner or Utica
avenue and Carroll street TO Byron A.
bea who gave the dwelling at 1879 st,
'oan' place in exchange also sold Tor
no montague improvement Company n
goi HoVlUo on the west side Of East
"enty nrst street between Avenues =
s0a L 70 tho Eltona Realty Company.
Louis OIL has sold tho three story stx
FAMILY nat at COL Monroe street, on lot
Nfloo 70 an investor for cash.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-30
ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGES.
Manhattan,

5oTH ST. bss w-Ruford Franklin TO Jas
I. Ford. 4Sd st; atty Ruford Franklin;
sOTH N ST. SO wa: Tro ;s''t to
Ruford Franklin. Summit. N J. or g
l2STH ST. sis.,sc 'w.Hafiemn' Merchants
Cafe Co TO Eugene Blinn. ~ w Bway
atty. Engel Bros, 1872 Nassau St. ..... 81
WATER ST. i6i.i63--West Park Presby-
CHERRY fiHsF ST.. ssl. also scammel st. tS~
Victoria Dreytuss to Irene T Russell 26ss
Crescent ave, Bronx; atty. Martin s Cohen.
.5 aTi s n"t Iii w.i5a.cn. richards, supt
OF State Ranking Dept 70 ormond Realty
.5PH sT. III 'W.fsisi.ohmanini Bro: Co and
18th ct; atty, T G Co. l7S Bway. $4,000
SAP ST. lie E--Adolph Harnischfeger to
John. = Merritt 1919 villa Sv; atty, T F.. g
.5Tn ST. PHI 'w.Asr Ka.; to or faSS
Realty Co, II w 18th st; atty co,
.5rM S sT' iii w.chcis.a R.aity' CO %
ormond Realty Co, - w 18th st atty,
rHoHp SO l' s JsImulows ssyOV 10
Herman Fichtor. 5Se W Ilsth st..S 2SSlS
t7TH ST, l5t w--Leonard Krower and sno,
. "s to w Ea%ISrG "F' Co. T. FNs,SS q.
wNpsw;oiRrH Av, e5a-vcr P!snek estate
Bowsrs & S. % Cedar st..,,,,.:. .,iS,5O6
wADswoRTH Az. 24s-sAme to same same
7,s slt' sT TaS sS7 E-iavy.rs Mtss CO 70 Geo
Il Rodman. trus, sl1 " Ssth st; atty,
Lawyers MtSo GO % tSsTty Az 900 90
yers Ins & T Co and ano, trus iS o
I'D bT KY sos.sams to same, trgs. $1,000
VA DswoRTH Az. 25s-Ver Planek Estai.
Corpn to Edw A Ridley Fanwood,, y
attys, Bowers 8 s. 's Cedar st'''AS'oo'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-30
PUBLIC UTILITIES.

Gross earnings OF the Federal Light and
Traction Company for December. 1914, were
s?21,s6I. an Increase OF sL7s6. or 3.5 per
cent. Total Income after expenses and
taxes amounted to Sl0O,1s4. the largest the
company has ever reported. and s3S.s54. or
80 per cent better than for December, 1918.
The net income available for depreciation
and dividends on the Central Arkansas Rail-
way and Light Corporation preferred and
Federal Light and Traction preferred and
common stocks was Si4,579, an expansion
Of S2ICi7. or 1853 per cent.
The Butte Electric Railway Company re-
ports for December gross earnings OF S32.-
1871, with operating expenses and bond in
terest OF fil,i2S, leaving a defcit OF sS.937.
The average revenue received from each
passenger was four cents. while the average
cost Of carrying each passenger was SO
cents.
All Byleeby electric properties reporting
for the week ended January Is showed net
connected load gains OF go customers, with
24l kowatts lighting load and 446 horse.
power In motors. New business contracted
for Includes SIS customers with 426 kilo-
watts lighting load and 3i3 horsepower In
motors. Output o. the properties for the
week was 9.0l2f07 kilowat hours an In
crease Of las per cent. over corresponding
week OF 1914. Manufactured gas output In
creased SIS per cent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-30
ALTMAN RESIDENCE
SOLD FOR TRADE
New Building to Replace Dry
Goods Merchants Home at
9TH Ave. and 50th st.
DEAL FOR BIJ0U CLOSED

III, Altman house, At tho northwest
.,,nc. Of Fifth avenue and Ftftieth
,,rs,. the residence, of Benjamin Ait
man Tor many years previous TO his
d.,th And tho homo OF ono OF the coun-
rvs finest art collections. has been sold
~ man who wants the site for Il COM
r,.rs..l building which no is negotiating,
u +, aAd, to lease 10 we'll known fur
,sers IN tins cry. Tho buyer is u client
nj walter T. Stern. George r. Read &
r. represented the Altman estate.
The house stands on ground owned by
Columbia University and leased by Mr..
Altman for a long term OF years That
base has about eleven years more to run
am annual rental Of $4,000 When 1925
o,nes along the owner OF the building
m the land may renew his control for
another twcnty-ono years NJ rental to
b. fixod at that time.
The property has a frontage OF S5.6
s,s, on Fifth avenue and 164 feet on
Flfte,h street; from Fiftieth street the
,,a- sg feet extends 100 feet back to-
,,-d F'fv-hrst street. This rear prop
arr, was formerly tho home of william
= Cl,de. pres idcut OF the Clyde Steam
shlp Company About seven years ago
Ne Altman wanted TO enlarge his art
rallery and bought this property. He
mad II made over Two stories were taken
on the house 80 THAI 1t would correspond
with tho gallery Mr.. Altman had built
Tor his old masters in the rear OF his
dwelling.
The paintings Nravo been removed and
.re now on exhibition at the Metropolitan
Nuaeum OF Art Tho dwelling on the
corner Is one OF those dignified square
n-oynstcne Gront structures which used
10 line Fifth avenue before foreign travei
had intermingled Old World architectural
IDEAS with those followed here for years
producing as a result the new straight
front buildings 80 popular In the new resi-
Dental section east of Central Park
When Mr.. Altman went eleven years
ago to live IN the Fiftieth street corner
house he had for neighbors Russell Sage
Henry Clews, ogden NILS and Henry
Rabcook. II was one of tho finest resi-
Dental blocks on Fifth avenue, facing 81
PatriclIs Cathedral. Most OF the adj
mining houses have been claimed by
trade, though some OF them do not dis
play signs of commercial businesses.
Mr. Altman's coming 10 Fiftieth street
was welcomed by residents TO the nortn
Who feared trade which was marching
up Fifth avenue, overcoming barrier aieI
barrier in its path.
The Altman house Is ono OF the few
which has remained unblemished. The
nature OF the Improvement that will be
made on the corner ooud not be learned
definitely 1t was said that building OF
good size will be erected on the site
while others said the dwelling would be
altered for tho needs OF the prospective
tenant. The former guess has the mos
backing, as IL was said the concern which
IS understood to be negotiating FOR th'
corner would need all OF a structure e!gh
stories high. Furthermore. the expense
Of making over the dwelling to meet the
requirements OF the fur business woulo
- :, sraat that little more would pro
duco a new building. The lease is sale
10 have been sold for 100000.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-30
NEW REALTY CORPORATIONS.

Tho following realty corporations were
chartered at Albany yesterday;
Bozzufn Realty Company, Manhattan
capital, t206. 900; directors irving c, Fox.
John BosEufn and Eugene Figoni, New York
city
capital, $4,000; directors, Harvey J. Letter,
New York city; Robert y clyde. Brooklyn,
and Arthur W. CorsC. New York city.
80 Market street Realty Corporation, Man
haitian: capital $1,000, directors, Julius
Pfelfcr, lam Pfeifer and Samuel SILK New
York city.
ropham Realty Company. Tho Bronx
capital. $4,000; directors. John II. Buckoee,
Jr'. James a. Regain and William Il.
Schorer, The Bronx, New York city.
Camden Realty Company. Inc, BIooklyni
capital, 81 900; directors, Lewis Landes. The
Bronx, samuel Greenberg and Morris
Schwartz Barth. New York city.
Land Value, Returning Company, I6nSe,
600, director, James u. Kirksldy. Mont
clair, \. j.. Justus y, Cary and Flsvids D.
Perry, New York city,
Greene Estate. Inc, eayvllic; capital
So 900: directors, Lila g. Malr. Amelia 8
Greene, Oakdale. suffolk ootAty y. y
nsiph .. Greene, Sayville, y. Y.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-30
RECORDED LEASES.

Mhnnalthn
10Th ST. 20 T. ssIlmN P caylsy to SIN
sStys, wesselman & K, % Iyeerty q 1000
and store-MariborouEh -Bienheim CO to
Carl l. Palladino and another Albany,
y Y, 10 yrs from Dec l, 1919; atty, D
ungaro, 36th 81 and Bway. ..,...... $500
39TH ST, 81 W, upper floors above etoro-
Adolph 4 HaEemsn TO Frank = Hynes.
.26 W 1880 st. ia yrs nom Nov !, 1914;
address, 81 W s9;h st.......,.,. $500
aSTH ST. 42-46 u stors---Borough Realty
90 10 Fredk n Kchlhepp,. 1855 W sSd st,
b 1919 -yrg from Dec l, 1914. attys.
J chr G Huppcl Il Co, ::s 10 Ssh
isrH 'sT. sl,.Sis b, store floor ana 'I part
basement--Addolorata Tortora ana ano TO
Francesca Torminoasa 9ll listh, 81;
yrs from Eco L. 1915; atty W u
So s %y i.o isS sl % Morrison to PAX
j OBrien, ITO E 9lsi ~ 10 yrs from
Jan 26. 1916, atty W II stewart. 1893
Sd sv.,.......,,,.,....,,.. $3.50
islST ST. s27 4. store-Claus Bosch to
bernard Greenberg. $40 Il lslst 81, yrs
from May !, 1916; attys. Well & NJ. .sls
rRosPBCr XIV. W :. iSo.i iGoth 81, .sc.;sSS
irreg, ali--Adelside r Enrich OF al TO
Madison Ave Amusement Corpn. T0l 7th
av, yrs and 2 months from Feb 1, 1915;
atty, Myrou SulzberRer, ss Park
JrHSM Az :ao: stoFsj fSOU 10 Pace sts0G 70
Harry u Coley 230S Jerome ay. yrs
from May l, 1914; atty. Harry r Coloy.
2S9s Jerome a'....,.'.''h'lVO 10 'hsOv