Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-11-23
WADE'S TRIP

The Both day of May being holt
day, Warren was free, and disposed
to show us the country surrounding
Springfield. Incidentally he had re-
Gently purchased a Nash Six and pre-
sumed that we, after riding so far in
"a Ford, would appreciate a ride in a
real automobile, as he expressed it.
So we all rode to Mr.. Tom, where we
parked, and took the cable car up to
the observatory on the top. Three
sides Of this mountain are as precipi-
tous as the laws of nature win allow,
and the other is too steep for driving.
The only reason Mr.. Tom is standing
there today is that it is all rock
much of it so clean that only moss
can grow on it. All that could be car
ried away by storms has long since
been deposited in the Connecticut
basin. In fact, it stood as is, even at
the time when Noah's Ark rested on
Mt. Arrarat, and will probably re-
main statu quo, until the next glacial
period. However, do not wait SO long,
but visit it the first time you go to
Massachusetts. The cable railway is
so arranged that one car is going up
only when the other is coming down,
each being a counter weight for the
other, the cables being permanently
attached to the cars and passing over
ia wheel at the top just as elevators
in tall building are attached, end
the electric power that propels the
cars is applied as in ordinary electric
cars. The down coming car, however,
is not coasting, nor using its brakes,
as one might expect; but is working
just as heard as it did when going up,
for it is helping to pull the other car
up. They claim they have ever had
an accident in the twenty years the
incline has been in operation. The
seats are arranged like balcony seats
in theatre. The grade looks like a
500 grade, but is probably about
1856, in reality. There are several
telescopes in the observatory, mounted
on tripods, Which are free for the use
of visitors. However, with the un-
aided eye one looks down on varicol-
ored rectangular farms, and upon VIII
lagos and towns without number
figuratively speaking but really with
out names enough for them all. For
instance there were in the near fore
ground: Hadley, North Hadley, East
Hadley, South Hadley, South Hadley
Center, South Hadley Falls and Old
Hadley, and expect when we visit
there again they will have a Little
Hadley; but we hope they will have
gumption enough to give it distin-
gushing name. We would gladly lend
them some nice Indian names. There
Is Only one Wauwatosa in the world,
and there can be only one in the
United States as long as Fred Under
wood has his present influence in the
Post Office department; but they
could use 0con9mowoc. Weyauwega
or Kinnickinh :. There lies South
Hadley right across the river beauti-
full village with roo young ladies at
tending Mt. Holyoke College-why
not call the place Hiawatha to relieve
the Hadley plethoric. Every respect-
able settlement is entitled to a name
of its own Only culprits in penal
nstitutiou5 are known by number. In
Massachusetts they give a name to
every COW worth registering, but must
needs have seven Hadleys in the in
.corporated town Of Hadley. ! under
stood why Mt. Holyoke College for
women was located neither in Holyoke