The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-13
NEW ZONE.
Precautions Taken Somewhere In
Southern Manhattan.

Southern Manhattan.
Grave uncasiness has been caused
in the nighborhood of (deleted by
Censor) in southern Manhattan be-
cause h authorities have decided
to declare the territory a factory
zone. subject to the restrictions APP
piled TO such areas to prevent fire
and protect the lives of the workers.
The n~elghborhood has hitherto beer
classified as "A first class office district.
the rents being so high that even
light manufacturing could not he
protitably carried on there. although
a number of famous water companies
have their headquarters in IL.
The correspondents are not per-
mittcd to disclose the exact locality
involved, hut the industry which has
brought the status of the district into
question is the chcque indorsing, re-
cording and forwarding department
OF a social rcformcr whose initials
are l.. T.. q.
The g. business, beginning a num-
Der of years ago as a modest enter
prise in nplift and civic reform. has
developed to dimensions that make Il
impossible for Mr.. g. to conduct IL in
the ordinary and familiar manner.
Cheques are received in such guam
titles that Mr.. O. can no longer give
them his personal attention. and even
the use Of n rubber stamp in indors-
Ing them consumed so much of his
time that tho industry was threat
cned with Generalization.
ndcr these circumstances Mr.. @
! appealed to the Mobilized Inventors,
Inc. and bcsought them 10 devise "A
machine which should relieve him Of
the task his amazing success imposed
upon him.
The Modified Inventors. Inc, after
elaborate and costly experimentation.
produced the engine known as tho
fllanthrofst's phriond. To relieve Mr..
%. Of the task OF indprsing cheques.
The Fianthrotst's phriend consists
-: a hopper. INTO which cheques Of
all denominations are dumped as thoy
ar" received, ~ Sorter. which separates
IN" small ones from the large ores.
and throws out the I O.. Us. an ac-
counter. which records the sum total
Of all cheques. drafts, money orders,
postal notes; an iudorscr, which az
fixes Mr.. Q's sign manual Ia each In
the appropriate spot: a hundlcr. which
performs the functions its name indi-
Gates, and a district messenger office.
which distributes the packages of in
dorSed cheuu"s to tho banks.
At first Mr.. Q found II necessary
To- run the machine only eight hours
n day, but the added business pro-
du"ed by his release from II" routine
work NJ indorsing cheques soon COM
PEELED him 10 lcngthen the working
hours Of the ganC assigned to this
task. In n short time three shifts
We're put on and now units were in
stalled. until now four floors Of de-
ictcd by the censorD are occupied by
batteries Of fI,anthroist's Phricnds.
Each gang consists of a foreman,
four iourn"ym"n. a haif dozen APP
prentices and several boys. The boys
pick up cheques that fall on the noor
when the days ma is dumped in tn"
hopper. collect and destroy the 7. O
t.. and generally keep the shop in
order.
tn" attention of the authorities Wa,
directed to The plant Icy ,dclcted lay
the censor who informed Fire COM
missioner ,d"ictrd j.. the CENSOR ma,
he had reason tn believe something
besides ha.d work WAS done I'm the
premises az tdc,ctcd by the censor.
The Fire Commissioner accompanied
ny RCdeletcd by the ccnsorJe C,dc-
letcd by the CcnsorDy visited the sJs-
pected building at once. and after an
argument With tn" foreman obtained