Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-04
LOOK AND LISTEN FOR FIRST
NEWS OF ELECTION RESULT

Continued from Pare One
day night TO fash the result to the whistle
operators In the various manufacturing
plants. In each plant watchman or en-
gineer will remain on duty so that the
whistle NAV be blown the minute the re-
suit becomes known. The radius OF each
whistle is being carefully estimated, 80 that
no one with good sound ears can escape
the presidential tidings.
WHERE BLASTS WILL SOUND. n.
Manufacturers who have already agreed
20 blow the news for the EVENING LEDGER
follow:
Henry Dlsston & Sons. Tacony; Philadel-
phia Paper Company, Manayunk; Nelson
valve Company Chestnut Hill Ada Manu-
featuring Company. Orthodox and Large
streets; w. & r. Ford Manufacturing Com
pany Tacony and Pennsylvania Railroad !;
David Weber a Co., Fifth and Locust
streets; Smith, Furbush Company, Hancock
and Somerset streets; William Cramp &
Sons. Beach and Ball streets; John b. Stet-
son & Co, Fifth street and Montgomery
avenue: Friedberger-Aaron Manufacturing
Company, Eighteenth and Courtland streets !:
]. b. Brill Company, Sixty-second street and
Woodland avenue Jacob Miller Sons Six
teenth and Reed streets Harshaw, Fuller s.
Goodwin Company, Swanson and Jackson
streets Joseph Scatchard & Sons, 443 East
Chelten avenue A. l.. Allen & Co, Fifth
street and Glenwood avenue.
out of the medley OF whistling that
will spread over the city as the result OF the
election is known, each householder can
distinguish the tone OF his own particular
neighbofhood whistle. And let him hearken
TO what IL says
No section OF the city will be uncovered.
| The areas shown In the accompanying map
as lying outside the circles will hear the
whistles. as the estimates made OF the radli
| OF the whistles is ultra-conservative to al
| low for the obstacles that may arise from
election night din the usual city noise and
weather conditions that would Impede
sound. Where a whlstle-sound radius was
estimated at ive miles. based on absolute
Stiffness 1t was Topped to three; four miles
was shaved TO two and SO on
SUBURBS CARED FOR
But residents OF the suburbs need have
no fear that they have been left without the
select circles. They can sit on their front
| porches--if II Is warm enough-and post
| pone going TO bed until they have learned
the result The powerful whistles OF the
| nearest great manufacturing plants Will
bear the tldings 10 them.
Cheltenham. Fox Chase Bustleton and
| the nearby settlements will hear the Dsston
Ford and Friedberger-Aaron blasts Brill's
and scatchard's will furnish the news to
| HestonyIle, Bala, Overlook and Cynwyd
Mller's and Hershaw, Fuller and Gordon
and the last-named also will send the news
across the Delaware river 20 Gloucester
City and South Camden. The heart OF
Camden itself cannot escape leeraning who
| is elected by the whistle method.
Now that the EVENING LEDGER has ar
| ranged TO both wink and blow the election
news TO all Philadelphia, all Phlladephiani
need TO do Tuesday night Is to sit tight a.
| home and keep both eyes and ears open
watch the nearest electric light, and whei
| n starts winklns sit up and take notice
Then listen for the whistles An effort viii
be made TO have the lights wink and th'
whistles whistle simultaneously. OF cours'
the winks may be a little behind the blows
or the blows may be behind the winks Al
thls will depend upon the ceierity on tn
the blows. Each will get the news az tn
same time from the editorial Offices OF tn
EVENING LEDGER, and the one that has tn
most pep" will beat the other to II. 81
look and listen.
As winlxers. Chief Mclaughlin, OF tn
Electrical Bureau, said today that Phila
delphias little fiotilla OF 10000 arc light
Is about the best thing that ever formed
close partnership with an electric current
Every one q them, he rays, is going TO shoS
itself capable Tuesday night OF giving les
sons In winking to any OF the subtle wlnker
usually found on front row orchestra seat
when good musical comedy hits town.
NoN-PARTIsAN ARC LioHrs
Il am certain" he said. "that every on
Of those little arc light boyo Is going I
wink the truth and nothing but the trut
ON Tuesday night Arc lights guess. ar
about the only non-partlsan things IA N
world. anyhow 10 they can be depends
upon % fiee " straight dope on the eiee
''on' u doesn't make much dInerenoe VII