Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-07
ROADS AND RUBBISH
Old Easton Post Road to Be Reded-
icatsd-New Philadelphia Statistics.
State Crusade Against Filth
and Rubbish in Furniture
BY GEORGE NOX MCCAIN
ONE of the famous old highways Of Penn.

ONE of the famous old highways Of Penn.
~ sylvania is to be rededicated to modern
service in a few days.
1t has been known for more than 200
years as the "Enston Post Road"
D.. Could the disembodicd spirits Of all those
who traversed the old tboroughfare in the
coaches Of long dead decades be present,
they would line both sides OF the new and
splendid concrete highway from Easton to
Philadelphia.
Today 4 is said to be the finest concrete
road in the State.
1t Ia one more monument to the memory
OF Lewis 3. Sadler.
1NHE Easton Post Road was for three
L quarters Of a century, subsequent to the
Revolution, one Of the States great post
roads.
Regular lines Of coaches. and -four carried
passengers. mails and express between
Philadelphia and Easton ,ver it.
The trip required eight hours.
Post houses, where the horses were
changed. dotted the road at frequent in
tervals.
On occasions the running time was re-
That portion Of the highway from Phila-
delphia to Willow Grove wns laid out in
The Old York road was part Of It.
A much older thoroughfare was the
Bristol to Newtown in 1888.
STAGE COACHES continued to run on
~ regular schedule till 1865.
The North Penn Railroad was built in
1856
II paralleled the old road here and there.
Ultimately its speed and convenience drove
the &c coaches from the highway.
There are old residents nlong the route
today who recall the ringing sound Of the
coach horn on the famous thoroughfare.
THERE are ninety nine steamship lines
ports Of the world.
OF these. forty. eight are engaged In n
coast to coast service. That Is constwise
on the Atlantic and Pacific senboards.
The rcst. fifty lone lines, rndiate from the
port of Philadelphia to foreign ports of the
world
Hero nre a few recently compiled statis-
tics which prove the greatness of this port
Of ours:
Ono hundred big cargo ships can dock at
Fhiladcphia's wharvcs Mt one time.
The rty's waterfront covers 81 1 - miles.
It's water frontage for the, accommodation
Of heavy draft steamships is nearly ten
miles long
ENEW people know that Philadelphia is the
only frrsh-water port on our Atlantic
scabonrd
1t offers aG7 wharvcs for the use of ocean
traffic.
Waterfront terminals of three great rail-
road lines require forty-One piers.
The Philadelphia Tdewatrr Terminal has
the largest piers and warehouses devoted
exclusively TO ocean trade on the entire sea.
board.
Fifteen ocean steamers can discharge
simultaneously with storage space Of l .OOO,-
600 square feet at their disposal
The port has the largest shipbuilding and
ship repair yards on the continent.
Two of the largest and most rapid ore.
handling piers on the Atlantic Coast ale
found here.
Tho above nrc only few facts about the
great port Of Philadelphia.
TAMES LEE KAUFFMAN. president Of
= tho American Association Of Japan, is in
Philadelphia.
He resides in Yokohama.
The Imperial Government recently dec.
GRATED him with the Order of the Sacred
Treasure.
Mr.. Kaufman il a Pennsylvania and is
the son Of former Senator c. G. Kaufman,
of Lancaster County.
He has had remarkably successful
career considering his age.
lie was born in 1SSG.
'N'''i ~ lTIH'PlOn "A. H.
and later from Harvard ILL. b.. he began
prariring law at Lancaster. Pa
When h" was twenty six years Of ago hc
was appointed professor of English and
American law in the Imperial University at
Toxic.
lie then took up his residence in Japan,
where he has remained ever since.
AS editor for Japan Of the Comparative
Law Bureau of the American Bar Associa-
ton he Is known to every member Of the
native bar of that country.
He is the only American law: er prac-
ticing in Japan.
nR. FRANCIS d. PATTERSON is chief
- Of the division Of hygiene and cngi-
nPerng in the State Department of Labor
and Industry.
IL is part of DIR. Pattcrson's business to
find ont things that threaten to upset the
physical equilibrium of Pennsylvania.
lie has just made an interesting discovery.
There is an underground traffic in the use
of second hand materials for upholstering
furniture and bedding going on in Pennsyl-
vania.
1t constitutesa serious menace to health.
In semi -facetious vein, DR.. Patterson
says that from junk pile to parlor' would
describe the development of this nefarious
traffic.
The danger to the health of the people lies
IN the fact that in many homes where there
is overstufed furniture and pillows and
cushions, unknown to the occupants, lurk
germs insects and dirt of all descriptions
Not in all furniture and homes though
This dishonest and dangerous trade is not
very widespread.
DR. EDWARD y. JOACHIM. one of DR..
- Patterson's inspectors, has just finished
an investigation OF all the furniture and
upholstery plants In the State.
What hO found WAS aDlenty-nlus