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Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-06-18

City Ire49urer.
cipai under the signature Of the City
Treasurer below and shall thereafter be
transferable only by written assignment
of the Registered holder or his attorney
duly acknowledged or proved. such trans
fer to Be endorsed herson and entered on
the books of said City Treasurer kept for
that purpose. Such transfer may be TO
bearer and the coupons will remain
payable to bearer unless and until ala OF
them. shall be surrendered and cancelled,
as evidenced by the execution of tho
foregoing conversion certifcats provided
for that purpose
Date Of Name of City Treasurer
Registry Registered Holder Registrar
was upon motion OF Mr.. Ncouire adopted
BY the following vote; Yea--Soneid, Kelly.
Pattsn. Ncouire. Clark Kosasko. calvin.
ihs foiiowlns resolution ezsrsd BY Mr.
KelIy:
Rspolvsd that ths arm q Hssysrmsn .
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-06-18
HoPELAWN

Mr.. and Mrs. Clemens Grezioul
of CITY line. were the guests oil
friends in Brooklyn. Monday.
John Hamilton of Cleveland
avenue was a visitor in town yes
terday.
The work OF paving New Bruins
wick avenue has started and is well
under way.
Miss Margaret McCabe of city line
was the guest Of friends in Perth
Amboy yesterday.
Anton Grossman of Mag street
was a Long Branch visitor yester-
day.
The Hungarian people held a
dance at the school house last Sat-
urday and the AFFAIR was a success
both socially and financially.
The Hopelawn Athletic Club is
planning to hold a dance at the
stone house in Conyery place in the
near future.
The Hopelawn fire company's full
membership and the apparatus took
part in the big parade held at Wood
bridge. Saturday.
Tonight at o'clock the closing
exercises will be held at the school.
A small admission fee will be
charged to help defray the expenses.
An excellent program has been pre-
pared for the evening.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-06-18

Smith of Perth Amboy. N. J.. be and is
hereby engaged to make the 1924 audit
for the City Of Perth Amboy at a cost not
to exceed s3,500.00.
was upon motion of Mr. MCGUIRE adopted
by the following vote: Yea-Soheld. Kelly,
Nay--None.
The following resolution offered by Mr.
Eoheld:
Whereas It has been brought to the at
tention OF the Mayor and Council OF the
City OF Perth Amboy that indictments
nave been returned against the Ammonite
company, corporation, and not against
the officers and agents thereof, by the
April Grand Jury of this County. and
whereas the most than can be visited
on the corporation itself is q fine Of one
thousand t$1.oo0.00) dollars in the case
OF convictiin on each Indictment. and it
appears that this corporation Is insolvent
and
Whereas the disaster at Nixon on March
lsf, last, taking a toll of nearly twenty
lives deserves to be severely and adequ-
ateiy punished as lesson to those in
volved and a deterrent against similar
happenings in the future. and
that those responsible for the disaster will
so unpunished unless hte officers of this
company in charge OF the plant and in
charge OF its operation are brought to
Be 1t and 1t is hereby resolved that the
Mayor and Council OF the City of Perth
Amboy does herewith approve and con-
cur in the attitude taken by the Board
OF Chosen Freeholders Of this county in
requesting the Indictment of the officers
OF this Company and does herewith call
upon the Grand Jury of this County at it's
next sitting to consider the evidence
against the officers OF this Company and
to indict the said officers forthwith IL the
evidence TO 1t seems 80 to warrant.
was upon motion OF Mr.. Clark adopted
by the following vote Yea-Sofeld. Kelly.
Patten. Mcclure. Clark. Kozusko. Calvin.
Nay--None.
Mr.. MCGUIRE asked at this point. to have
the City Engineer take note and have the
Contractor building the Trunk Sewer. I'LL
In the excavation along Elm Street with
cinders or other material SO vehicles could
pass across the street.
Mr.. sofieId also requested that some at
tention OF the same sort be given to First
Stree which was torn up because OF the
heavy trucking In connection with tae
building OF the trunk sewer.
Mr.. Clark requested the consideration
at the request OF several corporations who
own property along High Street bstween
washington Street and Buckingham Ave-
niue, the paving OF said thoroughfare in
that section.
Upon motion OF Mr.. Pattsn Council ad-
PHILIP p. COSTELLO.
6ss6-s-iT-1t City Clerk
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-06-18
EDSEL FORD HOME ROBBED

DETROIT, June 18:--Police have
obtained finger prints of all employ
es in the house and about the
grounds of the residence of Edsel b.
Ford. president Of the Ford Motor
Company, in connection with the
robbery OF 100000 worth of Jewelry
Saturday night. The robbery was
made public late yesterday by police.
Clear nnger prints were left by the
thief according to police.
The Ford residence, surrounded
BY a high wall topped with spikes,
10 guarded constantly by fifteen men
and. police expressed themselves az
being skeptical that any thief could
break through this Gordon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-06-18


City Clerk.
No. COUPON s23.7s
THE CITY OF PERTH AABOY, IN
THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. will pay
to the bearer Twenty-three and 7S-ioo
Dollars on the nrst day OF
10 at the office OF the City
Treasurer. being six month"; interest then
due on its School Bonds. dated July !.
1924. No.
................ ..:..' =, ......''
BACK OF BOND
The opinion of Caldwell and Raymond.
approving the legality of the issue Of
bonds, Of which the within Is one, is flied
for the inspection OF the holder with the
United States Mortgage Trust Company.
IS Cedar Street. New York City.
CONVERSION CERTIFICATE
We hereby certify that we have this day
cut of and cancelled all the coupons at
tached to this bond and that the within
bond 10 hereby converted into . registered
bond with interest payable thereon semi
annually. Both principal and interest will
be payable to the registered holder named
in the registration blank below. his as
signes or legal representative. At the
times and place expresssd on the face OF
this bond.
Dated. -
-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-06-18
TO MEET At ClRTERET

CARTERET. June 1s.-A quar-
terly meeting of the Bright Eyes
Council. No. ss. d. F. T.. will be
held on Monday night at Firehouse
No. !. In Roosevelt avenue. at which
time a business session will be held,
followed by a social nuur and cards.
The committee in charge of the
AFFAIR promise a. good time for
every one who attends and q large
gathering is expected out. The
committee consists of Mrs. Frank
Andres, chairman, Miss Marie
Gerke, Mrs. e. Eggert and Miss
Florence Eggert. A silver collection
Will be taken and refreshments will
be on sale.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-06-18

Section s.--This ordinance shall take
eject upon It's publication ~ provided by
Section Of Chapter 2B2 Of the Laws Of
1918. a. amended. together with the
and tire City Clerk shall have power 10
select the newspaper in which 1t shall be
published and to specify the date after
which the bonds shall be issued and de-
livered.
Upon motion of Mr.. Patten the fore
going ordinance was ordered passed on
first reading by the following vote: Yea
Sofield. Kelly. Patten. Mcclure, Clark,
Kozusko, Calvin. Nay-None.
The Comptroller haying audited the
following bills:
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-06

tceni, "a ktereho Sanborn pfi-
Sci o zivot.
Pro vrazdu Ant. Bubla "a
tceny Josef Fflkovsky vcera
poznovu pred zalobcem STAN
tonem popiral svoji vinu a sna
III Sc tuto uvaliti ma oba "a
tcene lupice. Stanton vsak to-
muto tvrzeni mnoho viry ne
pfiklada.
Detektivove die nakradene-
no zbozf a policejnich raporttl
o loupezfch sestavili rejstfik
zlocinG cd 5. rfjna az do 2.
unora pfipisovanych ma vrub
zatcenych. V datech jest delsi
mezera cd 27. listopadu do "a.
prosince, kdy Sc lupicska cha
sa Keenan,, Michic a Sanborn
ukryvala v Pennsylvania. bez-
prostredne cd dne, kdy byl je-
iich soudruh Ferrick policii "a
strelen, coz sc udalo dne 20.
listopadu.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-06
BLIZZARD PRY PRECE
PRIJDE.

Povetrnostni prorok Emery
nechce nam mic sleviti wee
reisi predpovedi. re prudky
blizzard skutecne mas re "a
padu, kde zuri a smerem k
nam Sc pohybuje. navstivi. DIE
doslych zprav zahubila jiz sne
hova boure sest lidskych zivo-
til a napachala Skod, presahu-
fetch daleko million dollara.
Nejvetsich ma telefonnich a te
legrafnich vedenich. Podobne
podvazana byla ma nekterych h
mistech doprava a vozba ma
mezim6stskych i poulicnich
drahach a musi byt udrzovana
1silovnou Ginnosti sn6znych
pluhu, zejmena v nekterych
wisconsinskych mestech.
Roufe nam pry sice navst6-
WI neodpusti, ale nebude jiz
tax prudka, zpGsobi pry hlav-
ne velky pokles teplomeru.
Zmena dostaviti Sc ma jiz
dnes odpoledne.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-06
RADOST v RUSKU MAD u.
ZNANfM ANCLIf.

Moskva, S. unora. - Kdyz
Litvinov ma federalnim kon-
gresu sov6tG oznamil, ze An
glie uznala sovetskou vladu
jakozto vladu de jure, rozlehl
Sc nesmil'ny iasot mezi pritom
nvmi. Ackoliv rusky tisk po-
sledni dobe naznacoval, ze lie
ocekavat brzke uznani Sc stra
ny vlady MacDonaldovy. wee
rejSi oznameni hotoveho fax
tu prece jen bylo velikym pre-
kvaDenfm. 'Kdyby to byl mohl
ved6ti Lenin, nezli zemfel."
podotykali mnozi We svych
komentafich teto vyznamne
udAlosti.
V sov6tskych kruzich sice
doznava Sc, re formalnf toto
uznani neznamena zadny zvla
stni materielni zisk, avsak sou
easne ocehoyan je veliky mo-
ralni vSznaN tohoto kroku.
ponsvadz die vseobecneho pre-
svedceni znamena to nesmirne
stoupnuti prestyze sov6tske
vlady donna j "a hranicemi.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-06
ZATYkAG MA PET VYPO.
MOCNYCH SERIFo.

Smircf soudce Rocky Ri
yer, J. S. Rutlege, vydal wee
ra federalnf zatykac ma deset
osob vcetne vypomocneho Sc
rifa Art Bollese jeho ctyri
kolegy pro spiknuti proti spoil
kovym prohibicnim zakondm.
Dne 81. ledna podniknut byl
statnimi prohibicnimi lredni-
ky najezd ma hostinec May
field Villa ma 16. zastavce
Mayfield rd., kdy tito nalezli
Bollese i ostatni vinniky pri
plnych sklenickach whisky. Ko
ralka byla skonfiskovana a
vsichni hrisnici s majitelem
zatceni. serif Stannard ale W.
pravuje neco jineho, vypomoc
ne serify postal sam, ably W.
konali prohlidku a pred mimi
nalezena "shaba" nebyla pry
urcena k vypiti, ale k zjisteni,
ze to jest vdbec koralka a tax
ubozi vypomocni. serifove Sc
dostali do "trublu" tax nevin-
ne jako biblicky PLAT do kre-
da. Dale vypravuje, re cele u
dani jest dilem statniho prohi-
bicniho agenta, jiz take pro-
slaveneho Mangana, ktery rad
Stannardovy rozkazy krizi a
take tento kousek je nasled-
KEN jiste nevrazivosti.
Mattel zmineneho hostince
j. Lawler objevil sc vcera
pred smircim soudcem v Par
ma. Geltmanem, ma zalobu,
podanou Rollesem. Mangan
byl take predvolan. ale ode
prel pfijiti tvrzenim, ze ma
% vine dIkazy sice prave
koralku konfiskovanou Bolle-
sow. Ia liceni pfedlozili ale
take dGkazy Bolles a vypo-
mocny serif Jack Synek. Zmi-
neny Lawler jest Ease statni-
mi prohibicnimi agenty zalo-
van u smirciho soudce Rutle-
ga.
Jak pravi Southwell, je do
sti ddkazd, ktere by nasved-
covaly, ze Sc zde skuteGn9 je-
dna o spiknuti. ZaSmodrchana
pre- bude proiednavana pa
TEX Geltmanem a Is. lnora
Rutlegem.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-06
z RADNIcE NEWBURcH
HEIGHTS.

Ma vcerejsim zasedani obec
nj rady predmesti Newburgh
Heights prijata byla v prvnfm
oteni ordinance opravhujici
Zimmermaha jmeno-
vati oddeleni, jez ma vyma-
haiti dodrzovani prohibicnich
zakonu. PIvodcem ordinance
byl radni w. /. Volmar, jenz
mel ten chytry napad, ze by
sc z pokut ustsdfovanych mo-
hlo odkladati 20 procent, coz
by lplne kry1o yydrzovani no.
We teto policeini Getty. Ordinan
ci jest vyhov9no davnemu pra-
nj pana mayora, ktery ale v
tomto smeru jest6 "a posledn{
schuze pohofel.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-06
Pf. JANSKA KONEcNE JME,
NOVANA POLICISTKOU.

Po delsim boji jmenoval bez
peGnostni reditel Barry vdovu
po krajanu-policistovi Janskem
5008 Fleet ave., policistkou
od Is. lnora. Bude miti plat
jako kazdy jiny straznik,
$1700 pro prvni rok a $20O4
rokem druhym. Az dosud by
10 domn6lou prekazkou jejiho
vstoupeni do sluzby, ze jako
vdova brala pensi, coz Sc ne
melo shodovati policejnimi
predpisy. Pi. Janska bude jiz
ctvrtou zenou zarazenou do
policejniho sboru.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-06

"a svdj automobil, stojicf u
chodniku a chystal sc k rane
druhe, k vlastni obrane vypa-
Ill. Kule policisty pronikla
sklem predniho stitu auta. Do
mnely lupic klesl k zemi byl
dostavivsi Sc policii dovezen
do Charity nemocnice, kde "a
kratko zemrel. Mrtvola. jeho
dopravena do okresni marnice
kde v jeho kapse nalezena
byla knizka a ma iedne STRANGE
napis: "Moie jmeno Jest Sim
Bizell, 38 Effie st., Waycross,
Ga. ., doleji uvedena byla "a
dresa matky zastreleneho L.
tocnika. Prohlidkou revolveru
bylo skutecne ziisteno. re dve
ostre patrony pine nabite ko-
mory byly zasazeny ac patro-
ny nebyly vypaleny.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-06
LUPICSkA BANDA PRlzNAvA Sc
K BRUTALM VRAzDE.
zATCENi NICEMovE uIAl0uvAlI Sc
CInNOSTI Y P0LEPS0vNE.
RAUH ZABIT BYL PRY DRUHEM POLICII
ZASTRELENYM

Oba zat6enf mladici, Bryan
keenan, a Ferdinand Michic,
kteri zbyli z cel6 handy mia
distvych lupica, priznali Sc wee
ra detektivdm k cele rade kri-
minalnich kouskd, ktere spa
chali We spolecnosti dvou j.
nych zlosynd Georgia Ferri-
cka a Charlese Sanborna, je-
muz pro rysave vlasy jeho
kolegove prezdivaji 'Cerveny.
Oba posledneisf zbaveni byli
trestd hrozici Jim lidskou spra
vedlnosti tim, re ia nteku byli
sklani kulemi policejnich re-
volverd.
Rejstrik hfichu provedenych
smelou bandou obsahuje jed
nu vrazdu, jedenadvacet lou
pezi, ctvero vloupani sc do OBJ
chodu a kradez Is automobi-
III. Ia dvou loupezi spolupd-
sobili jeste diva JIM niGemove,
ktefi sobe prave odpykavaji
pfisouzeny Jim trest a kteri
budou ihned pfivezeni k move
mu vyslechu, jak vcera prohla
sill okresnl zalobce Stanton.
keenan, a jeho druh Michic
obzalovani byli jiz vGera pred
VelkOpOrOtou re Zavrazd6ni
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-06
TRAVICSkA AFERA COLA.
VITOVE A COSTANZOVE.

V detektivnim hlavnim sta
nu byly vcera proti sobe po-
staveny Costanzova a Colavi-
tova, kterou prvnejsi obvinu-
je, re otravila jejiho pred ctyr
mi roxy zemreleho manzela
Marina Costanza. Colavitove
hlavne pritezuje okolnost, re
byla jiz jednou pro podobny
Gin postavena pred soud, ac il
max byla porotou osvobozena.
Jednalo sc tenkrate o sensac-
nj zavrazdeni zamozneho la
kewoodskeho nakladatele Da-
ma kabera, jehoz zavrazdeni
odpykava manzelka a diva vra
ri dozivotnim vezenim.
Colavitova Sc vcera phi no.
vem obvinenf z otraveni Cos
tanza dala do smichu Sc slo-
wy, re tomu tax neni, jak wy
pravi vdova Costanzova. "Ni-
kdy jsem vaSemu muzi neja-
keho leku nepodala. Jedina
pricina, proc jsem sc We vasem
dome zdrzovala, byla. ze vas
muz "a nemoci 81 pral byti o.
setfovan mnou. To jest mole
historic, vse ostatni jest Iii"
pravila Colavitova "a vcerej-
siho setkani. Costanzoya jest
ma svobode, jelikoz "a nj polo
zena bvla zaruky $4,000,
kdezto zaruka Colavitove sta
novena byla ma $4,000. Dalsi
procesovani odvislo Jest cd
chemickeho rozboru, s kterym
dosud lucebnik mestsky neni
hotov. AZ dosud Sc mu poda-
rilo ziistiti ien nepatrn& stopy
otrusiku v dtrobach domnele
otraveneho. ale male mnoz.
stvf nemohlo, die lekafu. nj.
kterak pTivoditi smrt.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-06
NEBEzPEcNE DoBRoDRuzsTvi KRA-
JANA P0LlcISTy MLcK0VSKEH0.
ZASTRELIL JEJ OHROzUJfCtHO
UTOCNfKA.

Selhanf revolveru v ruce lu-
pice dekuje dnes krajan poll
cista Emil Mlckovsky svnj III
vot a nahoda tato stala sc O.
sudnou ltotnikovi samemu.
Mlckovsky ma obvykle obchIz
ce vcera vecer spatril z po-
stranni ulicky blize Croton av.
vych. "a. ul. -vychazeti mu-
re, jehoz chovani budilo jiste
podezreni. Muz byl strazni-
KEN zastaven vyslychan, mi
sto odpovedi ale vyndal pode-
zrely muz revolver, jehoz d.
sti pfitlacil k telu policisty a
stiskl. Ma stesti pro kraiana
zbrah nespustila. Rylo slyseno
ien cvaknuti. Kdyz sc chystal
k druhemu pokusu, chopil Sc
straznlk sam vlastni zbrane
sluzebni a ma utocnfka, ktery
mezi tim sc SNAIL uschovati
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-06
UPOZORNENf!
Vsichni, kteri mini pGsobit
pri opere
"Prodana Nevesta"
poradane
Peveckym Sboren
Lunir-Hlahol

jsou zadani, by Sc prihlasili
we ttvrtek Z. linora pri zkous-
ce v 8 hod. vecer v Besidkach
Ces. Mar. Sine. Tento den je
posledni, kdy move ncinku.jici
Sc prlJlmaJi. Vybor.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-06

lajl pozadat vladu Spoienych
Statu, ably Svobodnemu Statu
udelila zvlastni pristshovalec-
kou kvotu jako ostatnfm drza-
vam briticke rise v pristfm Der
MN roce.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-06

/ IOLNdLCCC pcCAVd lSduIld pIdSC
o st6dry den.
Ferrick zastrelen byl poll
eli jeste pred touto vrazdou a
Sanborn zabit "a pokusu Ute
ku pondeli. Oba zatceni sva
luji vrazdu Rauha ma zastre-
leneho Sanborna.
Podivnym jest, re oba zat-
knuti vypravuii, ze Sc ma zlo-
cineckou drahu pripravovali a
lumlouvali "a pobytu v polep-
sovne v Mansfield a We Skole
pro spustlou mladez v Lancas
ter. keenan, cynickym xii
dem vypravel, re zavrazdeni
rozvazece nebylo nikterak je-
jich umyslem, stalo Sc tax
pry jen omylem. Nemeli pry
iine cesty k opatfeni 81 pen6z
a lupicske femeslo slo pry jim
dobfe. Chteli pry take nebez
pecneho povolani zanechati,
jakmile by NELL dostatetnynka
pital pohromad6. Lupicska spo
lecnost brala vSe ma potkani;
v majetku jejich nalezeny by
ly i Zasoby vonavek, pudro-
vaCek, kabelek a podobneho
zbozi. ktere sebrali jedine pro
to, re Sc dalo snadno Odnesti.
V skrysi jejich ma Jordan ave.
zili celkem pokojne a tise die
vypraveni sousedH, bavice sc
vecer naslouchanim radio kon-
certam a $ velkym gustem ci-
tavali zpravy v novinach O
vlastnich provedenych cinech.
Pc vyslechu zatcen byl jako
dalsi jejich kompanon Josef
Cowley, 4335 Warner rd. a
hned po prvnim vyslechu dan
tez v obzalobu pro loupez a
kradeze a take Sc jiz castecne
primal, ale vymlouva Sc, re
ma drahu zloCinu sweden byl
bidou. Neved6l jak osatiti ma
zimu svych pet ditek a v ma
bidce lupicd spatfoval nej-
vhodnejsi pi.llezitost jak tento
problem rozlustiti.
V domku, kde lupici byli v
pondeli dopadeni, nalezen byl
cely sklad cd radio potreb
az po obyceine mite, vytecni-
ci brali zkratka vSe, co Jim pri
slo pod ruku.
Ia prvniho vyslechu Kee-
nan statecne zapiral, ale pfi-
znal Sc, kdyz byl poviday6jSi
Michit vse jiz prozradil. Kee-
nan jinak jest velioe b. zboz-
nym, navStevoval kazde nede-
le hostel prav6 posledni ne
dele byl zpozorovan jistym OBJ
canem, jenz 81 povsiml cisla
automobile a toto take pOlicii
oznamil, keenan, ale "a jizdy
vystoupil k rfditku zasedl
Michic, jehoz dopadl, jak
znamo, policista Heidricks,
jenz k lupiti piisedl a jel S
MIN ma policejni stanici, ale "a
jizdy byl re strojje vyhozen
ma dlazbu. Nasledovala dvoj-
nasobna srazka aut, ia ktere
rozbita byla holirna. nacez Mi
chic hroze revolverem se zmoc
mil autotrucku, v n6mz Sc mu
podarilo uniknouti. Sensacni
udalost byla ofotografovana' Y
novinach spolu podobiznou
Keenanovou, coz vedlo k "a
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-06
OZNAMUJTE We "SvETU"

- Jednou v noci, davno jiz,
pfiserna byla tina, zefiry tu
noe septalv, pfijdou straii-
dla. v Hil0 straiidla pfiser
ne lmueela, bubny rachoti-
ly, ozvsna e honila. - Du-
chove z Hilo, 10. dnora Y
sini J. A. Konenskyy ma w
chodni l3l. VI.
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kroessingav cylindr.

"Posleci.,n9te, mistre Kroes-
singu, kde pax jste koupil ten
svdj historicky cylindr p
"Panecku, ten jsem nekou-
pill, ten jsem dostal darem y
Sychrovskych k jubilejnf w
stav6 roku 1891 -"
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seventy minutes, if the road is poor,
whereas thirty minutes is definite.
Aman has only so much time to.
spend. He can not add to the number
of minutes in a day, or the number of
davs in his life. Therefore, he wants
to use as few OF his minutes in non
productive. unnecessary and unprot-
liable effort as possible
1t Is for this reason he wants to-
know the distance from his new home
and mis- office or business in terms of
time. And it is for this reason he
wants to locate on good road, for
cnly the good road can cut down his
tirle, without increasing his cost! The
railroad can serve only limited num-
ber 81 suburban towns on any one
line, and its trains can run only so
citen He must waste time waiting
for them. going to and from them at
both ends, suit his convenience to the
schedule. With the good road he
makes his own schedule often beat
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head National Highway officials as
ammunition in the campaign to have
the road taken over by the Nation,
to build its less improved portions and
maintain it in perpetuity.
The Bankhead National Highway
Association, which has gathered the
data, states that committee of lead
ing citizens from each OF the thirteen
States the highway traverses will go
to Washington and urge the passage
of the measure.
The Bankhead National Highway
has been recognized by the Fed
era1 Government. The board of Of
ficers who accompanied the Trans
Continental Military Convoy which
traversed the road from Washington
to San Diego across the continent,
stated it was the most feasible mill
tary route across the country Be-
ginning at the zero milestone at Wash
ington the road goes through thirteen
States-Virginia, North and South
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sand part the fine aggregate, and
the pebbles or rock the coarse ag-
gregate.' Given clean aggregates and
good cement and the road when fin
ished' will be durable, dustless, easily
maintained and smooth
The two disadvantages, cracking
and breaking at the edges, can both
be overcome. Cracking, a result of
temperature changes and stress does
little or no harm if the crack is
promptly filled. Proper shoulders at
the edge of the road eliminate the
dangerous depression caused by the
earlier neglect of this part of the road
building, before it was understood
how water and weather wear away
the edge-protecting earth.
The two general types of concrete
pavement are known as one-course
and two-course pavement. The for
mer consists of one course of con-
crete, all of which is mixed in the
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the t, ans as to speed, and always beats
it in convenience in leaving home.
getting tito his conveyance and get
ting orr at or close to his place of
business.
The good road---plus the motor
lis translated in terms of time and
not distance, because it is time we
have 10 spend, and time in which we
have to Eve; it is only the amount Of
tine consumed which counts, and not
the mere number of feet or miles
Travelled in that time.
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same proportion and composed of the
same kind of materials while the lat
ter consists of two courses, usually
mixed in different proportions and
containing different kinds of aggre
gate. The one-course pavement is
much simpler to construct than the
two-course type.
In the two-course type of construc-
ton local coarse aggregate of average
or low wearing qualities is used in the
lower course and imported aggregate
with high resistance to wear is used IN
the top course. If the only materials
locally available for use as aggregate
are of inferior quality, it is more eco
nomical to use them for aggregate in
the lower course of two-course
pavement and import aggregate for
the wearing course than to employ a
one-course pavement and import all
the aggregate.
IITa-k Je NTilI Sell II
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EDITORIAL

"How far is it?" is the first ques-
ton the prospective buyer asks of the
real estate man who wants to show
him a suburban home or farm.
He doesn't want to know how far
it is in miles, however. He wants TO
know in minutes or hours. ut is
thirty minutes from the corner OF
Main and State streets" tells the
story. at is seven miles OUT does
not. For seven miles may mean