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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09

TINS remarkable ate is not ia no
Aooked for in any of the birds of
the swallow kind.
In their migrations swallows stick
close to land, and never leave il
unless compelled. They cross
straits at the narrcwest Dart. and
are the most easily fatigued of all
Dlrds' Apparently, though they
may possess considerable speed.
lney nave no powers of sustained
nisht. These attributes belong in
lae most remarkable degree to Ger.
tain ocean birds.
Anyone who has crossed tho
Atlantic must have noticed that
Sulis accompany the shin over tho
"hoie dlstance-or, at least, are
never absent. The snowy sea
swallows as the terms are called
seem quite tireless; though tho
pctrel and the albatross alone dc.
ser'e me name Of oceanic birds.
no sea deserts seem to bound the
range OF the p%ctrcls, and they are
Ioniid at every distance from land.
inherent species haunt different
seas-from the fulmar in the liar
Norm TO the giant petrol, which en-
.ehus us night TO the ice banks of
inc south. Here the Antarctic and
snowy petrels. appear. often float.
ing upon the drift ice. and never
leaving those dreary seas.
another bird Of immense wing.
power is the tiny stormy petrel.
the smallest wcb-footed bird known
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The Fire Hydrants Provide
the Tenement House
Children with Ere.
quent Shower
Baths.

statement regarding the most
crowded block in The city. but he
thought the honor belonged else.
where.
There are two blocks in this
city which ought to ho mentioned
In this connection he said. "One
OF them is the block bounded by
Cherry. Jefferson. Monroe and Gin.
ton streets, which, in 1910. had a
population Of 3.443. While this
population is considerably less than
that of the block referred to by
Commissioners Murphy, the area is
smaller. too, and the density Of the
biock-the number OF people TO the
acre-lS 1,35i, compared with 1000
for the uptown block. This Is prob.
ably the most densely populated
block in the city, even though it
has not the greatest population.
But there Is another block
which has both a greater and
dcnser population than the one
mentioned by Commissioner Muir.
ply. That is the block between
Avenue b, Avenue G and Second
and Third streets. This block had
a population of SOIL in 1910, with
a density OF LOO. Unless the popu-
iation of this block has decreased
since then, which is quite possible,
in my opinion it should be regarded
as tho most crowded block in the
city"
The figures used by Commits.
sloncr Murphy are the most recent
o%btainable. being based on the
police census taken only q few
months ago.
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the area bounded by Riyineton
street. First avenue. East Third
street and Avenue b. 1t is known
as Tract 80 aud comprises ffty.one
acres. with a population of 44,544.
or S73 to the acre. The density OF
a wcll-populntcd Fifth avenue
section, Tract 5S, for instance.
which comprises seventeen blocks,
bounded by tifty-sixth and Sixty.
third streets, Sixth and Park ave.
nues, one OF the most exclusive sec-
tons of the city, has only ninety
n persons to the acre.
In this fashionable section, Gov.
erlns siXty-one acres, there are
l,O52 families and only 4OS chill
dren, an average OF one child TO
every two and a half families.
In New York's most congested
tract, on the other hand. compris.
ing ffty.one acres. there are 8,613
families. with 1929 children. on
an average OF three children to
every two families.
Continuing the comparison, the
figures show that the Fifth avenue
tract referred to has q total popu-
lation OF 5,5S5, 522 dwellings and
an average Of two ia miles and ten
persons to a dwelling, whereas
Tract 80. the most congested tract.
has a total population OF ASA, liv-
ing in 705 dwellings, with an av-
erage OF twelve families and sixty
three persons TO Il dwelling.
DIR. Walter Laidlaw. secretary OF
the Federation of Churches, which
has collected a lot OF material on
the subject OF congestion in New
fork City. was very much inter.
ested in Commissioner Murphy's
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Just How Fast Do Birds FIv?
hTHERE is nothinr ,roro ~,

m HERE is nothing more won.
deriul in Nature than the
power Of fight possessed by
Digs and no subject which Yields
CATION. 'po" 'h'es'i-
The way of An eagle in tbe .ir,,
n o! those things OF which
solomon expressed himself igno.
rant; and there is something truly
'nalfe!Ious n the mechanism which
coh'Tois Inc sc~ythe-like sweeD of
Wings peculiar TO most birds ~
prey. Yet wen naturalists Of Tho
iTst order have had little or notb.
ms 10 say about the power of
hisht IN BIRDS, while some of them
SPEAK on very insufficient evidence
witness Michelet's statement that
me swallow flies at the rate of
40 miles an hour Rouphlv nc
Shes Us ZOO miles in four hours.
Dut naturally, even in it's swiftes,
4aShcS, The swallow does not attain
20 anything like this speed. Bnt
the Duke OF Argyll is rather under
Ghah over the mark when he con,.
ePutes the speed at more than ion
Dasles per hour. w
fAs mechanism Of ei,h, IN ,ho
swallow is carried ,hroush
ascending scale. until in h s,;"
II reaches its highcst degree hon
IN endurance and facility of cyoIu.
tion. Although there are h;rJs
which may. and probably do, attain
to the speed of 100 miles pcr homr
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ru bHSyo Scenes o II Saturday Afternoon.
-N """" """S fh"hea L"t OF NOS Perhaps but They Comprsea yevU Useful PART NJ
the CHXS Stimulation - ont Nu

habitants Of Mr.. Morgan's block
started on a visit to New York's
most crowded block. the situation
would be very different. Instead
OF requiring seventeen trains TO
carry them, they could all get on
the first regular train that came
along. They would not fill two
cars. When they got off at the up
town station, their arrival would
probably escape the slightest notice
but for their apparel. A hundred
people, moro or less, makes very
little difference in New York's con.
gested districts.
An Investigation of living con-
ditions on this most crowded block
revealed some interesting facts.
The most crowded house is No.
32l East One Hundred and Twelfth
street. 1t Is six stories high, but
only five are used for living pur-
y the Star Company. Great Britain
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09

"Harlem's Little Italy" arc Ital.
ians. According TO the police they
are Woodworking, law-abiding New
Workers, who make a lot Of noise
on the streets, perhaps, but harm
no one.
The families arc usually large.
Six or seven children is the rule.
two or three the exception. There
are many families with as many
as eight youngsters, some with
nine and a few with ten. In one
house there is a family OF twenty
one. IL consists Of five adults and
sixteen children, a grandmother.
her two sons and two daughters
and sixteen grandchildren, one OF
the daughters being the mother OF
nine youngsters, ana a son the
father Of seven. They all live in
n six-room apartment.
In another apartment. consist.
ing Of only four rooms, there is O
household comprising eleven per
sons-father and mother, seven
children and two boarders. Board.
ers help TO pay the rent. and al.
though room is scare in these
crowded tenement houses. money
is more so. 1t is not unusual to
have four or five children sleep in
a single bedroom, the father and
mother and two or three more
children occupying another, and
two or three %boarders converting
the kitchen into Il bedroom for the
night.
One OF the redceming features
on this block Is the Health Depart.
ments baby station, which is To-
Gated on the One Hundred and
Twelfth street side. Competent
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the City's Population.

poses' the ground floor being de-.
so.eu 10 stores. In it, live 1919 per.
noin' VI an average OF forty to the
noor. There arc four apartments
on cacn moor giving an average of
zen residents 10 each apartment.
each apartment has four rooms
80 that throughout the entire
nmlluihg there is an average of
Two a"u ohe-half persons to the
IN another house, No. $50 East
1 ia hundred and Thirteenth street,
. persons live. This house also
has twenty apartments, with an
average of nine persons 10 the
apartment. That is abom, tho ,o me .ta
block. 'he ehtlre
ernaps ninety per cent of the
located in the section kno H.ch IS
gifts Reserved. "'
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nurses are stationed there 10 care
LOT all the little ones who are
brought in, to educate the mothers
IN hygiene and to fight off infant
lnortality-the usual accompani-
ment Of congestion. Pure milk is
sold at cost to all who apply, ba-
bies are washed and examined and
complete records are kept for the
guidance Of parents desiring to
watch the development of their
offspring in the light of the most
up-todate knowledge Of baby n.y.
giene.
When the last United States en-
slls was taken, New York City was
divided into tracts consisting OF an.
proximately ten blocks each. The
tract in which New York City's
most crowded block is located docs
not happen TO he the most con.
gested tract. This honor falls to
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The Only Automobile Owned
IN the Block.

anu a carnegie Library. It's court
mousse is always the pride of ,he
State and through trains must
SLOW up out OF sheer d~efcrcncn ~
tered there" ee"
"hat 1t means to have APO per.
sons living in a single New York
plock may be more fully comm
nendcd perhaps by rejecting thai
IL would require no less than
h~inety-nine cars on the elevated
railroad to carry all these Deonlc
away from their crowded ienn.
ments. "
Suppose, for instance. the in.
habitants Of this block decided in
pay a visit in force to Mr.. Morcan,s
block. They would probably travel
Dy means OF the Second aynnuo
elevated railroad. Not all OF them.
or course, could get on 10 :hc ga.
non at n They would have 10
ne handled in sections Of 800 or
eoO. Standing in single file in front
OF the t~icket-seller's window. these
pe0ple would form a line more thar
a mile long.
IT trains Of six cars apiece ', re
used, these people would fiji soynp.
teen of them. With ten minutes
hcadway to allo~ for the filling of
the trains. it would be some thrcc
hours after the first train started
before the last one would begin lis
journey. From the elevated station
at Thirty-fourth street to Mr.. Mor.:
CANS block on T~hirty-sixth street is
about a fifth OF a mile. The visitors
might form in line four abreast.
and when the head OF the line
reached it's destination, the rear of
the line would Just be descending
the elevated stairs.
IL now we suppose that the in.
Copyright, 1916
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Women and
Children!

-."---. ~JN w.
X FEW YORK CITY'S mos
IN crowded block has beer
sigr 7'led out and labelled
1T was MAJ "a in a speech delivered
a few weeks ago by John J.
Murphy, the city's Tenement House
Commissioner. 1t extends from
One Hundred and Twelfth to One
Hundred and Thirteenth street and
from First to Second
This block is SO crowded that II
every New York block were built
to accommodate as MANY peopie-
the entire population OF the United
States could live in New York and
there would still be room for
o,o9I,S3S additional persons. In
other words, If all New York now
used for residential purposes were
as congested as this particular
bIock, ii would accommodate 1O5..
o9T,S"S persons, and the population
of the United States is about an
even 100, 00O, 900.
New York City's most crowded
block has a population OF ARG
1850 men, 1,4l4 women and 1853
children. These people live in
forty-nine houses, about forty OF
which are six-story tenements with
stores on the ground floor. the re.
mainder being smaller buildings
There are thousands of other
BLOCKS in New York City when
have as many awelling-houses on
them, but even in the most crowded
sections, the total population for a
block seldom exceeds 5000. In tho
better neighborhoods, blocks of The
same size and containing ius, as
many houses Il about 1000 10 tbo
block, while blocks in the fashion.
able SECTIONS, consisting mostly If
private houses. have an average
population OF only go.
A comparison between this block
n the one occupied by !. Pierpon,
Morgan. which is bounded by.
ihlrty'seVenth and Thirtv.si,th
streets and Madison and Park ave.
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There are numbers OF thriving,
Weil-known towns throughout the
country whose populations are les,
than 1000 apiece. Dobbs Ferry.
n. T.. for instance, has 3,455;
~Patchogue. l.. l., 1924, and Ro.
sclle. n. j., 1923.
indeed, out in the Middle West,
as was pointed out recently By
Harold NJ. Finley in discussing New
iork's consested districts, when
towns without court-houses APP
nroacn the 1000 mark, they begin
TO plan 'county-seat fights A live
town OF this size in Iowa or
Missouri boasts a city council.
electric light plant, fire department,
"omens clubs, city debt, a college
or two, policeman with uniforms
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09

nue and iMh ssGws N T%o Y9 9rrks Most Crowded Block as Seen from First Ave.
""" comprise Tn Block. They House 1929 Men, Woman and CbHdrren
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05
sale. ut Buckinxhsm.

Especial to The Richmond Virginian.)
Buckingham, Va. March 4.-The fol-
lowing Ia report of the Dillwyn to-
bacco market to date: One million
one hundred thousand sounds of to-
bacco have been sold at an average
price of seven cents pound. Anlons
the buyers the following is list OF
interests represented on this tobacco
market: The Export Leaf Tobacco Com
pany, The George w. Helms Snun Com
pany, The Dunlap Company and also
an Austrian order and an African or
der.
This nome market is great conYe-
nience to tobacco raisers and now that
there Is a new sand clay road to ttlP
market and also many miles of thiA
road leading to Farmville, some farm
ers go first to one place and then 70
the other and then compare prices ana
your correspondent has yet to hear
the first farmer say when he had com
pleted his sales that he was not as we'll
pleased with the prices on the home
market as he was with the sales made
elsewhere.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05

available. A private cable from Liver
pool quoted Manitoba wheat as Cd per
quarter higher with the strength In
Winnipeg and Buenos Aires proving
the greater holp. The eastern grain
men are said to have been disappoint-
ed because of the lack of export de-
mand there today but there was far
different situation in the southwest
as good sales were made yesterday
and today at Gulf ports and bids late
today were &c over the May, or about
&c relatively higher than that of a
month ago. Mfllers continued to buy
wheat freely at Minneapolis and the
seaboard was reported as buyer OF
wheat In the northwest on the damags
reports received from the Southwest.
Many bearish factors have been dis
counted by the recent sharp price
losses In wheat. There was q falling
off of 10000 bushels in the western
movement this week to q total OF e.
o2e,ooo bushels which Is compared with
3,7s0.1oo bushels for a like period
year ago. Cash business Mt Chicago
was small at 10000 bushels. of which
100000 bushels were for export.
Corn was off u to Nc In price today
and the volume of trade was rather
light, with the movement OF prices
narrow and the range slightly under
that OF Friday. Many OF the smaller
persons In the trade sold corn in order
to secure profits over Sunday and his
selling met a rather indifferent market
The local crowd bought some corn to-
day. bur there was no Improvement IN
the shipping demand. the sales being
only 10000 bushels.
Oats lost y to No today. The mar
ket was Arm at the opening. but 1t
ruled weak later. The eye of the
average Spectator is now turned upon
the big farm surplus held In North
America, which includes a large part OF
last years crops In both the United
States and Canada
The provision market closed strong
and somewhat higher because OF the
advance In the price of hogs, coupled
with the foreign buying of lard and
bacon ut Liverpool. The cash trade
In salted meats was liberal on sxpofs
account.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05

Quotations Furnished by woodnn q
Scott, Commission Merchants.
Richmond. Va. March 4. 1915.
Today's wholesale market from &C.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05

frame houss and lot upon which Il
stands. adjoining the Gloucester Hotel.
A new READ estate once has been OPEN
cd uptown, and II advertises 10 buy
and sell options and real estate. VIII
liamsburg 10 having the nrSt taste Of =
real boom in its long history, and IL
In useless to say that u 10 being great
ly enjoyed. especially by thosS who
property, for which up to now there
has been no demand. II IL all q reve-
lation to Williamsburg people"
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05

New York, March Mooney on call
during the week ruled IN and N per
cent. The az per cent was recorded
on Wednesday and was the highest
price since thu opening OF the year.
Mondays range was IN and per
cent; Tuesday. IN and az per cent:
Wednesday. IN and IN per cent:
Thursday. IN and 2 per cent and Fri
day. Ia and per cent,
Time money during the week was
characterized by comparative aFEaaess
with increased demand.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05
NEW YORK coT-Tus MARKET.
Quetations by Miller a Co.. Member
CAt~nwe Board Of Trade.>

f00otatiOna by Miller - Co.. Mcmoefs
CAfeage Board Of Trade,
New York. March <.-Trading In cot
lon was small today and there was no
feature to the dealings. The tone was
kseady. There was some demand from
Liverpool ard New Orleans. while sew
kraa spot houses and local traders sold
N rallies. Wall street shorts covered
Inward the close. Final prices were
= 70 Z points higher. after having been
hown to points previously.
SPOT at Liverpool was dull today at
decline Of point on basis OF T.sSd
tOr middling upland. Futures in the
English market were easy at net
Aeciine OF II to points. SPOT here
Vas quiet and 6 points lower a ll.55c;
There were no sales
Port receipts fer the day were rs
l00 bales. compared with S4,644 bales
year ago,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05

Green ard dirty, 90 to 7sc per busheL
vIRGINIAs. FARMERS STOCK.
Market steady.
Fancy jumbo. &c per pound.
Fancy handpicked. 3%c per pound.
Extra prime. 3hc per pound.
Prime. SAC per pound.
Smelling stock. "a Ito &c per pound
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05

RICI lIOND HAY MARKET.
Richmond. Va. rAIarcns 4. 1915.
fxAf-~Car Lots
M. rtmotAy $3.50 ~ ~ 81
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05
WILLIAMSBURG HAS
Continued From First Page.1

Williamsburg to sell his property out
right. Mr.. Thalhimer. of Richmond.
paid him $4,000 cash for the small
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05
tA~otations by Miller q TO-. Membsri
taatenro Hoard of TYade.D

4
chtcaso. March 4.--There were price
kecessions in the wheat market Of "
p \ today These losses were caused
n some Of the smaller longs at CHI
kaxo evening up their positions over
Sunday coupled with the lack of buy
|nr power. The principal reason. how
Sver. for the weakness displayed was
81 only a general absence OF an ex-
sore trade. but the report that Inter-
- at tho seaboard were offering TO
81 wheat today at the big price OF
Friday.
\ II was one OF those markets where
LIS big people In the trade We're on
lockers instead OF participants. There
Iras no great amount OF pressure shown
ktSany time. and there was no scramble
~ shorts to secure wheat on any ~
kAe 81 aAks. The ciearahees from the
nakoard showed that there n pos
1211ify " n4eA ecsans konaass he1ng
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05
LONG LIST OF new


City. N. c., incorporated with $4,000
capital for the manufacture of lumber
Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Fori
Smith. Ark, Incorporated with $780,.
000 capital to establish plants In va.
rious cities of Arkansas.
Concrete Culvert form Company
Lexington, KY, Incorporated with
$685. capital for manufacturing
forms for constructing concrete cul.
verts.
Kingsport Tannery Company, Kings
port, Tenn, Incorporated with $4,000
capital to tan leather.
Williamson Light and Ice Comp any
Williamson, w. Va, will build Ice fac.
tory, cold storage plant and electro
light station, costing $4,000.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05

RICHMOND TOBACCO MARKET


New Tobacco - Suncured - Receipts
moderate: market good at quotations.
Dark hred--Receipta light; market In
fair quotation. unsound Tobacco hard
to sell at any price.
Bright Tobacco-Reeeipts fair and
market quiet. Prices stronger on
colorv tobacco.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05

New York. March Though deal
ings were moderate, stocks on the
curb market today displayed 3 steady
and strong tone. Coppers we're DUH.
but price changes unimportant
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-05
RICHMOND STOCK MARKET.
(From Caskie q. Burch a. Col
Richmond, Va, March 4, 1918.
STATE SECURITIES.

STATE SECURITIES.
Bid. Asked
Va IS, Old c. and r.. 1899 50
Virginia Centuries. 1891. S64s
CITY SECURITIES
Rd. City, IS. r., ls2o-iss0 s6
Rd City As, c and r..
STREET RAILWAY BONDS
NJ and p. T. Co. SIS. 1886 50
va. n and T. Co.. So, 1884 90
STREET RAILWAY STOCKS.
Va r. and II, Co, pfd 100 100 100
Wa. r. and p. Co. com. ioo 4s
RAILROAD STOCKS.