Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-05-20
Nay II, 1918.
GOV. EMPLOYEES WILL
CORNER NICKEL MARKET
FOR SALVATION Army


A i've cent piece boasts of 9 dias
meter one sixteenth OF an inch larger
than d penny. ii takes S4.000 pen
niles, placed edge 10 edge to make z
string one mile long, Therefore, IS
viii take lfigure that part out Tor
yOurselEl bur the total number q
ave cent pieces Is the minimum
amount that the Surveyors Customs
Welfare Association Of the Port Of
New York will collect and contribute
10 the $ts.O0o.000 Salvation Army
Home Service Fund They will col
lect the mile or more. Or nickles dur
tug the campaign week, May 1896
The Association Is composed Of the
Government employees In the Sur
veyor's department, Surveyor Of the
Port Thomas r. Rush is Honorary
President Of the Association and viii.
hold the Honorary Craftsmanship Of
the Mile Of Nickels Committee
James s. Long. President OF the AS.
ISOLATION, will actively head the walk
along the mile DC nickles There are
fifteen hundred men In the department
which occupies part Of the great GUS
toms building at the foot of Broad.
way, New York city Each and every
one Of these men. inspectors, weigh.
ers. gaugers. samplers. guards, clerks
and luborers. daily come In contact
with thousands of business men and
travellers from all of whom nlckles
will BE- asked
The question In the minds of the
collectors Ii not will they gather up
d mile Of nickies that does not both
or them in the least They are Gu.
rious, however. To know how far be-
yond the mile mark they are going
to trot. Although their objective
mentions only one mile they have q
previous success lit the small coin
sweepstakes To base their private opin-
ions on Unless the rail bird reports
are all askew they are going to breeze
along considerably beyond the mile
mark and dc It under wraps at that
Last December the Association vol
unteered to raise q mile OF pennies.
Their object Was to spread d few miles
Of ssntIss around France They had
things Inquired out 10 mathematical
certainty From Commander Evanges
line Booth they learned that It cost
three cents TO hand doughboy d
salvation Army doughnut They fgs
nred each doughnut good for three
smiles, one Of anticipation, one OF
realization and the third Of RETROSPECT.
ton. Each smile was d yard wide.
Since there happen to be one thous.
and seven hundred and sixty yards
TO d mile and since earh donghnut
was good for three yards of smiles
the rest Is simple They gathered up
the SA,ss0 pennies in jug time and
then rushed On to the $4,000 mark
without appearing 10 have more than
warmed up to the task That total
assured $1,000 ioughnuts. Each
ioughnnt was good for three yards of
smiles 40 the total swings back to
50. 900 yards of smiles That number
Or yards viii make 54.54 miles with
d little bit lett over They allowed
the excess for crumbs. The pennies
we're delivered. at Salvation ARMY
headquarters in Fourteenth street in
8 coal truck and were shoveled into
Rags By workmen There was 4 brass
hand present To celebrate the event
Now the Association proposes ID
cover the same distance at least
this time with Ave cent pieces The
method OF measuring the distance III
novel Heavy pastboard strips foot
In lehgth have been provided These
are alit at proper intervals To make
holders for the coins so that they
measure up edge 10 edge The plan
has made i decided hit and ii Is no.
Improbable that other department
will take % the Idea III the interest
0t the Salvation Army S13.000.0O
Home Service rand.