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people. The Huntington property
formerly belonged to the Livingston
family and II contains a show tree that
lie known the country wide. This is
the cedar of Lebanon planted by
Philip Livingston. 1t thrives remark
ably in this soil having grown to a
height of 40 feet, a girth OF IL feet
while its spread OF branches exceeds
so feet.
Literary associations are not want
ing either to this part of the Bronx
River. Poe's cottage Is still in Ford
ham and the park named from James
Rodman Drake, is a public resort.
Under a spreading butternut tree
which stood near his home this early
poet Invested his mind of poem
from which are extracted these lines;
Yet will look upon thy face again.
Mine own romantic Bronx, and IL will be
face more pleasant than the face of
man.
Thy waves are old companions: I shall
see
A we'll remembered form in each old tres
And hear a voice long loved in thy wild
minstrelsy.
Striking west by a walk not too
long or fatiguing on a pleasant day
that crosses the Bronx time and again
and for the most part follows back
on its course one 10 soon in the little
village OF West Farms being inspected
curiously by a number of cheerful
women and a dense mass of children
with fingers in their mouths. Bronx
dale 10 but a step beyond and those
two places were virtually one settle
ment. One is in Westchester but on
the Eastchester road which was form
| eriy a trail of the Siwanoy Indians.
Where this trail crosses the Bronx
River Washington established an out
post in October. 177e, to prevent the
enemy from crossing at the head OF
the river.
Now we are on the White Plains
road bound for Williamsbridge and in
silence only broken by the twitterins
OF birds. The river flows without per-
ceptible effort through fields only
partly cultivated or through wild land.
80 sparsely settled Is this region that
New York, three or four miles away
sinks into a memory. 1t would be easy
to fancy that fats and their increased
rentals were but diseased imaginings.
And why aren't they? There Is room
and to spare for countless small
houses 10 be built on these unused
lands.
There IA or was lit was halted dur
ing the war; Gobelins factory at
Williamsbridge and Frenchmen i'm
ported to weave the handsome fabric
brought their families and settled on
the Bronx as It cuts the village IN
two. They have done what they could
to make this part OF the river look
like a French stream and with the
stone steps leading down from the
back yards. a boat tied TO the land
ing and sn arohway Of trees over
the winding stream they have sue
ceeded in beautifying It,
Nevertheless the prettiest work on
the Bronx has been done by nature
and in the detours made 10 permit
her TO work unmolested the discoverer
is able TO ind a few interesting houses
that date from the Revolution, One
OF these Is the old Husted house. which
stands east OF the White Plains lane.
Stills. rafters and studdLng are al OF
hewn timbers in this relic. held to-
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children and Papa and Mamma Patti
lived in 1884. The two girls went TO
school at the Union Free School in
Mount Vernon and practised vocal ex-
ercises at odd times.
Along this road. too, went the expe-
dltioh from Horseneck (Grecnwich)
undertaken by Capt. Isaac Sears in
November, 1775, the purpose being to
disarm the loyalist inhabitants of
Westchestef and seize the prominent
Tories. Success attended the bold cap
tain. whose force, beginning with but
sixteen horsemen, soon grew to eighty.
Among their prisoners was that rector
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and Morrisania ana Yonkers to the
west. The Bronx River catacorners
through II. running through valleys
formed by the slopes of the West
chester hills through fields that are
truly rural. through towns like will
liarnsbridge. where Il 10 built up with
houses on both sides and enclosed be-
tween stone walls and as II nears
Manhattan II rims deep and rapid
stream as discolored by the factories
on its banks as the Passaic, stream OF
dye works. The land II traverses be-
tween Hunts Point and ciason's Point
where the river debouches are fiat and
marshy, salt meadows Interpreted by
small tdah streams OF these the
Bronx is the most important as It
Is navigable to small vessels three
miles from its mouth.
Imposing In number. superb in ex-
tent and situation are many OF the
estates past which or even through
which flows the Bronx as It nears the
salt. They belong to Mrs. Coils p
Huntington, T. O. Havemeyer, Alfred
Hennen Morris and other fortunate
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Seabury. who had signed the White
Plains Protest, Sears. sent his cap
tives back TO Horseneck and rode at
the head of his cavaliers into New
York, where they destroyed the plant
of James Rivington, the Royalist
printer and publisher OF the obnoxious
Gazetteer. His type was badly pied and
sent back TO Horseneck TO be melted
into bullets.
North Castle is village inhabited
by people who live in the present and
who have never heard or have forgot
ten about the past Their acquaint-
ance with the former seems to be
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ton in the way mems minds work
and change in the point OF view
from which they regarded relation
ships with one another. We are just
becoming aware that we are going
to emerge from the war with an In
dustrial revolution already accom-
pllshed.
Five Great Principles.
81 would sum up my own view in
regard to society's relation to labor
in about this way: There are five
great principles that we must accept.
Tho FIRST of these is minimum wage.
When we see that labor is not a COM
modify, that II Is no longer to be
treated as a commodity, we will come
to see the Justice in national laws
formulating a reasonable minimum
wage. This means a wage 10 all
normal men that will permit them
to marry, 10 bring up a family. and
have left a reasonable margin for I'M
usual emergencies. believe there
should be established trade boards in
every industry. think that that may
reasonably be done In the next ave
years. To work II out in detail must
be matter OF experiment and expert
ence. but within that time, although
we may not have II worked out in
figures, we should have laid the prin-
ciples and be on the road where we
can logically apply those principles 10
all the varying conditions OF Industrial
life and eventually arrive at the def
mite minimum way that every normal
man, ready in his capacity to do his
part, may count upon.
After we have reached an under
standing as TO what the basic wage
must be We must regard that really
as minimum and not as the gem
eral wage scale. think we can
reasonably leave 10 the haggling Of
the market what will be the reward
for exceptional skill or exceptional
industry. II would be a profound
mistake to aim 10 nix maximum
wage. That would discourage all at
tempt at Improvement. There should
be left freedom for employers TO pay
more than this basic wage in order
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snuff mill. is dimly rejected in the
. black water.
We are on the former Lorillard
property which is now included in
Bronx Park, and this melancholy spot
is dignihed by the name Of the lake.
1t IL in reality but a widening Of the
Bronx River.
Perhaps a new discoverer OF the his
toric Bronx may not share with Ad-
miral Lord Howe in his estimate Of
the river for that commander, con-
tending against the unseen forces of
liberty, rated it too high when he
planned a coup which should utterly
defeat Washington. This was no more
or less than to send up the Bronx
river a fleet OF ships of the line TO
lombard the Continental army en-
trenched above the Harlem. At the
same time the present day Stanley or
Livingston, intent on opening up an
other Dark Continent. would be simple
IL he despised the Bronx. To follow
fits winnings from the delta to the
source will broaden his knowledge OF
what happened in the days OF '76i-in-
troduce him to quaint customs stiil
lingering from the early Dutch ana
other settlers and show him many and
various landscapes, all beautifd. The
Bronx river may not be as deep as the
Mississippi nor as wide as the ANA
zon. but It will serve.
In the Days OF Jonas Bronx.
In the days OF Jonas Bronx, a Dane.
who fell In love with Dutch girl
named Antonio while he was on a
business trip to the Brill in Holland
the richness of this section OF the new
world which had been bought from the
Indians by the Dutch West India
Company was rolled on the tongue
Of the burghers like a tempting NOR
sci. Bronk's spirit OF adventure. as
well as his cupidity, took IRE and he
emlgrated with his wife and family,
: servants and all his possessions, buy
ing from the Indian sachems Ran
aoue and Tacamuck at the first OPP
portunity a freehold lying to the north
of Kis XII, that IL, the Harlem River,
ffc built him a stone house and rooted
II with tiles and prepared TO enjoy life
. like a PATRON on his 500 acres. He
enjoyed life for two years only, dying
In 1871 before he had done more
than to start clearing of his property
end leaving a family. But he left his
name to the region and the river
which the Indians had called Aqua
hung. ft.r.t
This was during the reign Of VIII
liam the Testy Governor Kieft). and
in the same period that strange
woman SO far in advance Of her
day that she was always uneasy
and kept everybody else 80. Anne
Hutchinson, came from Rhode Is
land and settled at a place near
the Hutchinson River named from
her and known a. AIMS Neck
fuow Pelham Necl). shs was soon
wiped out with all her family and
servants by the Indians and likewise
were many OF the Dutch beers and
English settlers who had made homes
on the Maine
To start from the old Lorillard
mill and wander down stream TO the
mouth OF the Bronx where It flows
into the East River. IL as good a way
as any 20 form an impression OF the
lay OF the land. The Bronx Borough
Il composed OF Westchester with East
chester lying north. Pelham east
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vague Above the village in nest Of
ridges between hills dozen, tiny
streams nowy through fields and
River?
Before the year 1888 it might have
been possible to discover the source
stream of the Bronx. In that year its
waters were impounded by the con-
struction OF the Kensico dam. They
supply land other hill rivulets supply
likewise) a reservoir on Gun Hill
which has a capacity OF hundred and
fifty million gallons when it is filled to
depth of forty feet.
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of the subject. Realizing that, have
employed one of the ablest men
know. a lawyer of broad experience
and keen intelligence, and he is now
giving his whole time to a study Of
this particular problem in our own
work.
81 am thoroughly convinced that II
we are to save the present order Of
society we must make such thorough
going concessions as I have here in
dicated. 7 have had a talk recently
with Sir Robert Horne, and said
to him. Are you out for mustard plas-
ters? If you are out for mustard
pIasters only, II you are looking for
mere palliatives, you are going to fail
My recommendation TO you is TO ap-
point the strongest royal commission
that can be brought together and have
them consider these last two points
that is. the part that workers should
play in the control OF industry and the
methods by which labor can be given
a real interest In the profits OF the
business. ! would have that commits
sion composed Of the strongest posi-
BILE representatives OF both capital and
labor, and l would make the decision
Of the commission law ....-
In working out a scheme for Civ
Ing the concessions have indicated
to labor We must be careful to guard
the freedom OF labor. IT is a great
asset TO the lsborer that he can move
freely from one industry TO another
and from one employment to another.
Foremen at Fault.
IT found that their complaint lay
not so much against the managers of
industry as against the foremen
They felt that foremen frequently
were nasgers, that these foremen were
badly selected, that they were drawn
from men who did not know how 10
lead, and instead OF leading they tried
to get results by driving. / have been
20 impressed with the justice Of this
view that in the industry in which
am interested We never appoint a fore
man without frst submitting his name
to the Works Council; that Is. TO the
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The Washington times., 1919-04-19
12,96O,OOO SPARKS
TOFLY OVER OCEAN

The tWelve-cylinder Rolls-Royce en-
CINE used on Harry G. Hawker's Sop
with biplane with which he hopes to
fly across the Atlantic ocean from
st. Johns, n. F., to England, is
fitted with four magnetos for ignition
entirely independent of any batteries.
Only two magnetos will be used, one
for each six cylinders. The extra two
magnetoS are for emergency purposes
only. All twelve cylinders fire their
compressed gas once every second
revolution of the propeller, thus six
cylinders fire every revolution.
The normal revolutions of this en-
gine are ] 500 each minute. or 1OS,OOO
an hour. For a journey of 1000 miles
at 100 miles an hour, six cylinders
firing for each turn of the propeller
will mean 1890 900 hot sparks from
the two magnetos at the rate of CAS-
600 an hour. Should two twelve
cylinder engines be used the total
number of sparks will then be 25,-
$4,000.
The confident dependence of Mr..
Hawker on his magnetos is not to be
wondered at when it is recalled that
every airplane engine in the world,
with the exception OF one type is
magneto-equipped, and the magnetic
has proved itself ideal for~the diff
cult airDlane service required in aC-
tual welfare. He cannot under any
circumstances afford to take chances
of failure when all else is at stake
He has to have absolutely dependable
ignition, which will never miss fire or
go dead.
The Washington times., 1919-04-19
VITAL FEATURES
OF CONSTRUCTION!

Continental Motor
Timken Worm Drive
Stromberg Carburetor
Eisemann High Tension
Magnetic
Warner Transmission and
Clutch
Spieer Universal Joints
Ross IrTeversible Steering
Gear
The Washington times., 1919-04-19
CAREFUL FARMER
BUYS GOOD TIRES

There was a time in the lean years
of farming when many farmers had
to buy equipment that was poor in
quality because it was cheap. But
today the farmer has money and Is
buying equipment of proved value
the sort he has always wanted be-
cause he knew it had the genuine
value that made it cheaper in the
long run.
The automobile is today part of the
standard equipment of every farm.
Cars of the best makes dot every
country road. The farmer is consid-
cred by the auto salesman to be a
most discriminating buyer. He is a
man used to doing things himself, and
not delegating Jobs to others; his in
formation is usually first hand, and
he knows just what he wants.
1t Is because of the farmers pros
perity and their determination to get
full value for their money that the
United States Tires Company is look
ing forward to an enormous business
this year in the agricultural sections.
Back of United States tires stand
the high traditions Of the United
States Rubber Company's great fac
& Wright, G. & J.,
Hartford, and Revere-whose names
have stood for quality in tires since
the earliest days OF the bicycle.
AS the product Of the largest rub
Der company in the world, these tires
represent a technical excellence and
craftsmanship that mean long miles
of sturdy service and ability to stand
up under hard service.
The Washington times., 1919-04-19
GREAT INCREASE IN
MOTOR TRUCK USE

Ten years ago the number Of motor
trucks in use was but 1000. Today
there are between 100000 and 10000,
according to James P. Nash. office en-
Cineer, State highway department,
austin. Tex. There is no reason why
the number of trucks should not in
crease next year in the same ratio as
in the past" says Mr.. Nash. II the
number OF motor trucks increases in
the next ten years in the same ratio
in the past ten years, there would
ne over 22,OOO.OOO motor trucks in
use in the United States by 1929. Mr..
Nash pointed out.
The motor truck should be regarded
as a public utility. regardless OF who
operates it, Tie motor truck came
into existence to get food and sup
lilies to people. To add to the cost
of motor transportation is to increase
the cost of living.
The highways OF the country are
inadequate for present needs. Their
capacity must be doubled to meet the
requirements of the next year or two,
AIR Nash states. "AlOng what line
shall we provide this increase?' asks
r. l.. Fulton, vice president Of the
International Motor Company, manu-
facturers Of Mack trucks. shall we
double the width OF the road and in
crease it's first cost and maintenance
100 per cent? Or shall we provide
a road of sufficient strength to carry
vehicles of 100 per cent greater ca
pacity for a given width of road, the
first cost of which would be only 10
TO 20 per cent greater per mile than
that OF present roads. In view Of the
fact that 80 per cent increase in haul
ing capacity gives a reduction of 10
FER cent in transportation costs, the
latter seems the wisest thing to do.
Money spent to build roads accord
iag to present stands is money thrown
way. We must build for the future
and estimate now what the future de-
mands"
The Washington times., 1919-04-19
CurtiSS Man Describes
Type of Plane That Will
Stand TranS-Ocedn Trip

"The type OF airplane which will
be first to cross the Atlantic is not,
as commonly supposed, a puzzle or a
mystery. 1t can be determined with
mathematical certainty The only
airplane capable OF reaching Europe
under present mechanical conditions
is a mammoth flying boat propelled
by four or more high powered mo-
tors"
This was the answer given by
Frank H. Russell, general manager or
the Curtiss Engineering Corporation
of Garden City, in response to a
question as to the situation which has
arisen since British flyers have
alarmed the United States by sailing
for Newfoundland with the avowed
purpose of soaring back to ireland.
Let me explain" continued Mt
Russell, several facts about trans
Atlantic flying that appear not to be
understood by many who are discus
sing it.
I'm the first place, IL we are going
10 cross the Atlantic we do not want
to make a botch job. Either we are
going to do it, or we are not. With
a reasonable amount Of luck we could
have sowed the ocean with waiting
WaTSnlpS turned INTO BdSOllne OepOIS,
and have made. the trip a long time
ago. Hence this talk of an airplane
getting across with the aid OF steam
ships or destroyers means little. If
we do not dare supply vessels in that
way how can we talk of supplying
aircraft? The first transatlantic air
plane will be an independent, self
reliant job. or it will be a freak in
stead of a scientific achievement.
Winds q Factor.
"In the same way, the seaplane
which can cross the Atlantic from
west to east because the winds are
on its tail but must come back on a
steamship because from east to west
the winds are against it, is not going
TO achieve a genuine triumph. And
the airplane that crosses from South
America to Africa out of the regular
trade paths will in the same manner
be doing a half job. For this reason
n land machine will never be the
truly successful transatlantic air
craft. 1t might get across safely. but
it would be helpless if it had to
descend to the water for only a few
minutes.
THE crossing, then, may be as
sumed to be a real one, and not an
imitation How can we state with
The Washington times., 1919-04-19
AUTOMOTTVE
SECTION
MOTOR TRUCKS NOW
FIXTURES ON FARM

'Tn addition to the increasing need
for trucks in manufacturing and dis
tributing lines, there is a wonderful
outlet for trucks on the farms in
every section of the country" says H
T. Harris. general sales manager Of
the Republic Motor Truck Company,
Inc, Alma Mich. Investigations
have proved that nearly a third Of
the total population of the United
States lives on farms; over 30,OO0,OOO
in all.
'Haphazard farming methods are
giving way very rapidly to the order
ly systematic procedure in other
modern businesses. A new note of
progressiveness has come in. The
farm is becoming more and more
like any other efficiently conducted
business.
This has meant the introduction
OF power on the farm first in one
form and then in others. The sta
tionary gas engine has come into
very general use, the tractor has be-
gun TO supplant horses and mules
and finally the truck has been en-
ployed in constantly increasing num-
bers. Already the total number of
trucks in use on farms exceed the
number used in almost any other one
industry and the possibilities for eX-
pansion in this field are simply tre-
mendous. Records on file in our Of
fices show that a surprisingly large
percentage of Republic trucks man
ufactured this year will so to farm
Ors.
Meet Farmers Needs.
Knowing this we are bending ev-
cry effort to meet the farmers re-
Quirements in the truck line. or
course, so far as the general features
Of a truck are concerned, no basic
difference is found between the re-
quirements of farm haulage and that
OF other industries where strenuous
work is performed by the motor bur-
den-bearers. But there is this diff
ference. The farmers hauling Is
more diversified than in almost any.
other industry.
in the morning he may be hauling
grain TO market and in the afternoon
Of the same day he will want to haul
q big load OF fence posts or loose
manure or any one of a dozen diff
ferent kinds Of material. To handle
this diversified work to best ad-
vantage he needs q convertible body.
One that can be quickly and easily
change to conform to the require
ments OF the particular work to be
done.
sTo meet the needs OF these quick
" changing requirements our body
department has recently perfected a
convertible farm body that can be
quickly changed to haul any kind Of
q load desired. It is Of very strong
construction and arranged so that the
change can be made from one type
OF body to another by one man in
less time than it takes to change a
tire.
"One minute this truck is equipped
with a tight grain box, and the next
il is q fully sized stock rack for
hauling cattle. or IT can be changed
with equal speed to any one of eight
different bodies needed on the farm.
"This new body is meeting a cor
dial reception from farmers who have
long wanted just such a utility mo-
tor truck.
Making the motor truck fit the
requirements of the average farmer
is increasing the efficiency Of the
American farm. The truck is now
an essential part of the farm equip
ment. It is a paying investment
The Washington times., 1919-04-19

The sales organization OF the Lib
erty Motor Car Company now in
cludes two of the most prominent
woman distributors in the United
States-Mrs. Hope l. Gordon. mana
ger and owner of the Onondaga Gar
age. Syracuse, n. Y, and Mrs. c. H.
Kenyon, manager and owner of the
c. II. Kenyon Sales Company, Utica,
N Y
The Washington times., 1919-04-19

The Reid Motor Company, 1905
Fourteenth street, has taken over the
American Beauty car and has OBJ
tanned for its territory Maryland, Vir-
ginia,, and the District Of Columbia,
The American Beauty is manufactured
by the Pan-American Motors Corpora
tion, of Decatur. III. 1t is a high
class car, and may be had in the fol-
lowing models: roadster, cabriolet and
touring.