The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-03-25

memSlEy OF the Underground System ar
most staggers one. Miles upon miles
of it; trains. six and eight cars long.
rush with resounding speed. There is
no confusion all is order. Yet the
present facilities are inadequate to take
care of the increasing population.
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We marvel at the aquaduct at Rome
and the great coliseum seating 10000;
the Acropolis al Athens; the walls Of
China, and the huge piles Of rock in
the sands Of Egypt. These awe one be-
cause Of the age they possess. The
mysterious catacombs Of Rome stir the
4 imagination. Why were they built and
by whom7 A fairly good guess is
made.
Yet here in modern New York, the
subway. A few years sufficed to con-
struct it. The monument Of Ghiza
stands mute testimonial to the slave
labor Of ancient Egypt. Korfu built
great one and it is said that $780,
600 men labored for thirty years TO
raise it. Yet, more stone has been TAX
en- from Culebra pass alone than is in
the pyramid of Korfu. Amazing adj
vance!
A tall building in New York is not
50 very impressive; for the reason that
it stands amid collection Of tall build
ings. The great Singer building with
Its So stories startIes the mind upon pa
per more than when you see it. While
piercing the sky many stories more
| than its brothers, yet it doesn't thrill
it has too much competition.
II Close by are dozens of giant build
ings stone and steel. Almost anyonv
Of them sinks into insignificance tn,
bigness Of the past.
II / am writing this in the room former
ly occupied by Harry K. Thaw tn
slayer Of Stanford White. The mon
] ument left by Stanford White, the Mad
ison Square Building, is but a bloc
I away and frowning down upon us i
the Metropolitan Tower with its Is o
80 stories. The time Of day Is show
by Illuminated hands-very attractiv
in the dun of murky day. One bloc
\ north is the Flatiron building. know
the country over, It's triangula
building and. while very high, look
small in this forest of buildings.
\ And the crowds! Eternal crowds
X Go on the street at any hour, this sec
ton of Fifth Avenue and the intersect
ing Broadway is swarming with pee
\ pie. Where are they all going7 Wha
are they doing here? Probably, tn
J same as myself, looking for large
! market for personal services.
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| The other day | went over Hack
! ensack way and saw the famous Hack
ensack Meadows. New Orleans
\ built on such ground and assuredIy a
soon as this land is drained the Great
er New York will take it in. Engineer
seem able to do anything.
n i y 8 $
n ! have frequently mentioned the ad
vances made in wireless. or radio
\ phoning I had the pleasure a nigh
or two ago of dancing to the music 0
u Lopaz's Orchestra in the Pennsylvani,
Hotel in the home Of my friend Georg,
u Palmer, way over in New Jersey. H,
/ has wireless set. We heard a we'll
II known baritone of one Of the Bis
| churches giving a program Of songs
\ We heard ships at sea, $40 miles away
talking to the Port of New York, max
ing arrangements about docking. Ar.
liington at Washington sent time anc
we all set our watches.
\ When one thinks Of the tens Of thou.
sands who are listening to daily pro.
grams around here and the odd $780,
| 600 IN America, glimpse Of the mag
nitude can be grasped Of where the
| radiophone has advanced within a few
years. 10 hear those voices coming
from horn, magnified thousand
times, sends shivers up and down the
spine. Immortality is not a, hard thing
to believe in now!
| When silence was secure We. could
hear the buzz Of the wireless operator,
several Of them, as they sent their mes
sages. I'm not very familiar with the
Continental code which is generally
used.
H 1898
| am living in the wonderful Peter
Stuyvesant Hotel, at 86th Street and
Central Park West. This means that
Central Park is staring us in the face,
| the two reservoirs shunt the rising SIN