NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, SUNDAY. MARCH 7. 1909. Foreign Resorts. foreign Resorts. CO.XTIXUOUS MOVING PLATFORM SOBWAIS PROMOTERS WOULD STOP CONGESTION. BKI 13? H P Facing - Inter den Linden Gate I l j& %^M Facing Famous Brandenburg Gate RE KLIN vu o te| flrf on L^B Cables: •'Adlonum. Berlin." IH LUXURY fIHD COMFORT. 11 1W \u25a0\u25a0 HS^ THE LAST WORD IN LUXURY fl*P COMFORT. Under the Personal Supervision of Its Owner, Mr. Lorenz Adlon. Illustrated Booklet free from N. Y. Tribune 1364. Broadway. New York. - HUME-EXCELSIOR HOTEL PS IfflC Open the Year Round. Sumptuously Appointed. MM ._- -^ Most nodern House. Splendid Position c \^. \u25a0\u25a0 £^r> —^MODERATE CHARGES- Under Same Management an The Grand Hotel National, Lucerne HI DORP Park Hotel: m™.««» Kunotng Hot and < old W.ht Private Bath*. WTLDUNGEN "THTTURSTEHHOF" t*F» i 1 11111 s| H1 H i\J Finest ,t r.ar S»STS »5T Hotel Superb location. \rar--r.T.ts wltl» If I 8— i Vrn" \J I « \JI assa II Ml cold water & Thermal Baths. Gait Gara««. ate Incidentally, this school has discovered that wom- an is to blame for the congestion of Ftreet traffic; that if sin- could make up her mind to cross the street when she once makes a start, there would be Ti'> blockades Being unable to control woman's mind, the school has provided another way for .- the street crossings clear. i" one Of th« graduates of tills school, perched high on a springboard •\u25a0• s;x tons of coal, bis face black with bituminous dust. h!s overalls and jumpers grimy, sees a woman dart In front Wagon drivers who do not fwear, lose their tem- per.-, beat or overload horses or run down women shoppers at congested street intersections; who, ever mindful of the public's rights, are prodigies I manners and gentleness amid vexatious tangles ol wagons and trolley cars and automo- biles, and who handle an average of half a load a <J;,y each more than formerly, thereby earning extra money for th.-ir employers and making pos- sible an increase of their own pay. besides factli- the transaction of all business, even to the :. of a pair <>" department Btore shoestrings to the housewife, r.re the Industrial paradoxes that, are being graduated In blocks of four hundred from a Chicago school, that exists without precedent or rival. This Is the school of etiquette for teamsters, wfth 23,000 pupils. It la more than a school of etiquette. It is a practical solution of the problem of traffic congestion. Its professors are men of wealth and leaders of labor unions. The city con- trols it. and the Illinois Humane Society maintains it financially. Chicago Truck Pilots Are Being ' Taught Politeness to the Public and One Another, 'PROCEED. MADAM," SAYS GRIMY DRIVES. CHESTERFIELDS OF THE COAL CART Moving platforms, as substitutes for local trains in* the pesent subway as well us In future rubways to be constructed In New York, are among the fan« ! t possibilities incorporated in a recent n» c-«-t wade by the Tontinuous Transit SecurltU-b Company of No. 45 Broadway, to the Public Ser- v\'e 'commission, that proposals be Invite* upon the construction of eight moving platform transit F< Max X Schmidt. pr.JsHe.it of the Securities com- pany, while willing to discuss in detail plans for future subway construction, had little to say of any plans affecting the present subway- *: That is a matter I cannot talk about, Ea!d Mr. Schmidt. 'If we get an opportunity, we will demonstrate what we can do." Those - -liar with the plans which have been prepared by the company and submitted by Mr. Bchmldt, tv ho is himself an expert engineer, to the Public Service Commission Bay that under them it wouM be feasible at comparatively small expense to FubFtitute in the present subway moving plat- forms for local trains. Under the plans which have been prepared by the Continuous Securities Com- pany if the present subway were equipped with moving platforms, they would be situated over what are now the innrr or express tracks, and the present express trains would then run over what are r"w »1^ local tracks. While It would be poastt- Me in such a subway, as it Is now. to reach either th*- express trains or the moving platforms at an express station, it would b*> possible to reach only the moving platforms at a local station, the trains Submit Plans for Eight Routes to P. S. Commission'— Could Util- ize Interborough Tubes. WOULD BE PRACTICALLY NOISELESS. made Ita pi the Public s rvlce commission it ha 'hiit the moving platform at the Ps '. : exposition was a very noisy affair, and the fear has been E&prSSsed* that if, al-a 1 -- has been proposed. Figures prepared by the promoters to d<-mon- strat« the advantages of ihe moving platform as a means >t relieving the congestion during rush hours at Brooklyn Bridge show that the smallest type Of t'.vo trains has a seating capacity of 10,660 passengers an hour <>i, a platform moving at a speed of ten miles ,!n hour, and with seats accom- iii"datlng four persons, placed three feet apart, it Is asserted that 70^400 s rated passengers can be \u25a0rtrd aii hour. Figures quoted by tlie pro- moters for purposes of comparison show that in rush hours at Brooklyn Bridge the maximum ca- "f the bricls \u25a0 trains and trolley cars corn- Is about 96,000 passengers an hour, and that \u25a0c about 145,000 an- provided with seats. The ass rtion lg made that the trolley cars carry only about 17,008 of the tob \u25a0 nd that of these only about S.OOT are seated. From this t 1 !\u25a0• \u25a0 • • :\u25a0\u25a0' posed moving platforms can there- fore accommodate with peats ».« many passengers "ii on>> tra.-k as the trolleys can accommodate on n tracks. pany shall itself raise the necessary funds is a matter which, Mr. Schmidt says, cannot be settled until the wishes of the Public Service Commission are known. vVr.en the company a few years ago planned a moving: platform over the Williamsburs Bridge, to continue through a subway to Bowling Grf^n. it waa proposed that the fare for a trip over the entire route, a distance of more than three miles, should be one cent during rush hours and two cents during other hours and on holidays. In con- sideration of this low fare it was proposed that the city should either build the subway and lease It to the contractor at a nominal sum, or that the contractor pay the city the required 4 per cent on the cost of the subway and cover the rental by higher fares, the fare In no case, however, to ex- ceed two cents. styled a "continuous train," rather than a "mov- ing sidewalk." for they say that to all intents and purposes it is a railway, propelled by electricity, with cars, seats, motors, passenger stations, ticket booths, guards, electric lights— in fact, all the ap- purtenances of the first class railway. Mr. Schmidt says that if a line is built across any of the bridges It Is proposed to house It the entire length beneath a glass cage. NOONDAY SCHOOL MEETINGS. 'While wo are about it," gald one of the speakers, Mr. Stockton decided that drivers wer« wasting an enormous amount of time through lack of sys- tem. Each driver chose his own route, and if h« felt like delaying another or blocking the passage of a streetcar until the police drove him off. the rails that was his privilege, in so far as his em- ployer was concerned. If a driver was surly to those who got in his way, or swore and whipped his horses without cause, it was his own personal affair. Mr. Stockton, who is tall and of athletic build, a veritable Chesterfield, called his associates together and demonstrated that they could mak* their P-k ketbooks fatter by combining and reducing driv- ing to a science. He suggested first to establish routes of travel between certain points ar.d to com- pel drivers to follow them. He began with th© railway and steamship freight depots, both within and without the loop district. It was the custom to let every driver choose his own time and manner of approaching and leaving the doors of these depots. The result vas, a con- tinual spider web of horaes standing n^o to nos« and wagons tail to tail, with here and there a rig cmsswls<? in front of another and drivers "Jawing" connades lor tho blockade. "A!i that disorder and tent delay could he dispensed with." said Mr. Stockton, "if we made the drivers come and -.) a? i line of ticket buyers gets up to a theatre window. Besides, we should divide the teams among the streets, not allow them all to use one. 1 " The employing teamsters commissioned Mr. Stock- ton on tho spot to work out a practical plan. His desk was soon filled with blueprints showing routes or travel and stopping places for the receipt and delivery ot goods. The question then was how to I rtf drivers to follow the routes. Here Is where the etiquette school began. To Captain Charles C. Healy, commander of th© mounted police, went Chesterfield Stockton. "Sim- ple enough." ™;>! tlie captni.i, when he saw tho blueprints; "you draft Urn rulf» of the road and have them printed, together with tho blueprints. an 1 we'll enforce them." Before the conference ended It was decided to call together heads of ex- press and trucking companies, and particularly merchants who handle! their own goods, and fhe leaden of all the hibor unions having anything to do with vehicular traffic. Four hundred men re- sponded to thy ' . It was proposed that the ra- ployera give their drivers an hour off at stated Intervals nnd thai Captain Healy. th* union chiefs and thf employers addrea? them relative to tha new onier of affairs. European A dvertisemen ts. LONDON SHOPS. JAS. SHOOLBRED & CO. LONDON FASHIONABLE STORE Very Istest fashions n etery detail of Ladies' A Gentlemen's fuJI outfits. Visitors always welcomed amd their visit made interesting. EVtRYTHING for the Person, House. & Table. JAS. SHOOLBRED & GO., * B SSS3* JI TOTTENHAM COURT ROAD. LONDON, W. 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Manager, formerly of Imperial Hotel, Vienna. (AUSTRIA.) VJUSNAVBSP * HOTEL BRISTOL Located in the Fashionable Kamthnerring; and the favorite resort of Americans. Perfect French Cuisine and choice wines. PROPOSED MOVING PLATFORM ARCADE IN A SUBWAY UNDER BROADWAY, FROM 14TH TO 42D STREET. View from 31st street, looKing 60uth. being }.jneath the level of the moving platforms. In this connection it is pointed out that this form of construction would prove a distinct advantage In the construction of future subways, since it does not call for an excavation the entire width of the strt-jt fcr the total height of the subway. PLANS FOR EIGHT ROUTES. The company lias submitted to the Public Service Commission a. nap upon which are outlined cisht , different rrovlr.g platform routes, arid Mr. Schmidt tald th* other dey •\u25a0-.•\u25a0. with tho SBprc \u25a0..••• commission the company will be- ccrr.e a bidder upon the construction and equip- ment of such subways as the commission .nay de- termine upon. Route No. 4. as indicated on this map, calls for a subway under Broadway from Kth to Cd street, and routes 1, 2. 3 and 8 provide for moving plat forms across the Bast River bridges, route l crossing Williamsburg Uridge, route 2 ilanhattan Bridge, route 3 Brooklyn Ilridge and route S the Blackwell's Island, or Queensboro Bridge. Fium the Long Island plaza of the i.rids" this latter route would, after crossing the bridge, proceed west under S3th Street to its junction with Xinth avenue, joining the present subway In Colum- bus Circle. lioutes 5, C and 7 are ail \u25a0etown routes; route 5 to run under S-Jth street, from Sec- end to Ninth avenue; route 6 to run under 14th •treet, from Avenue A to Ninth avenue! and route 7 under 23d stieet, from Avenue A to Eleventh \u25a0venue. Route iif tj ;e longest proposed The plan out- lined is to bepin it on an elevated structure In the Brooklyn p!aza of the unsburg Bridge. After ***•»':•- the bridpe It would proceed through sulj- **y« under Delanccy street. Crossing beneath the it would t-xtend under private property to Centre street, then south in Centre street to "*** the Manhattan end of the Brooklyn Bridge. For the rest of the way this route would follow along beneath \u25a0 ark Row. Nassau street. Broad \u25a0\u25a0d Btaver streets, joining the present subway BtMßj Bowling Green. t Both route - and route 3 would begin at or *-*ar the intersection of Nassau and Washington sir«-«. s in Brooklyn. Route 2, aft. crossing the i-aahjittan Hridge. would cross Manhattan In a subway beneath ('ana! street, and terminate in a •oop at the j'j2:;t!on of West and Watts streets, polite 3. after crossing the Brooklyn Bridge, would i-ftKf+4 through a subway beneath City Hall Park. wosslnK beneath Broadway and continuing be- oe«S Warren, niureh and Vesey sir<eis to a loop '\u25a0 H- vl<inll > «f the intersection of Vesey filwret. Ifcfcil Hr ' jadnay :lI:d Greenwich street, a c<;nnec- .'r"!i X l:ia<> wlt!l lh * Church Ftrt-et terminal <r the McAAoo tunnel TOTAL COST ABIUT $70,000,000. !jc '.'I k r " Bdunldt U not prepared to make pub- BltS/^*^***? sndh 'W«al «:<.st of th- different SE? r " UteSl lie told a Tribune reporter the Ui^Vr,, th *'" the tot:<l lUmated cost of ail of IV k. * tout mmm As pool as the Pub- ••an* tef"* '^ mm! "'- jn indicates .hat routes, if B«sstt hwf* f ° r cor ' struc lion. the company will 5£ ri v v° n lhose Pa^cular routes. Whether Wk *„!; •"• the money necessary for the &aS .r 1 *" 1 * * lth the c °mpany to pay it k tot 9 tb « ei^!n g *und or whether the com- lish inches, but the royal Egyptian cubit, used la the building of the pyramids of Gizeh, perhaps 3500 B. C . has been learned from measuring sticks found In the tombs to have been 2\>.S* English. Inches. The ordinary cubit was divided into six palms 6r handbreadths. and the use of seven la the Egyptian cubit is ascribed by some Investi- gators to a probable custom of placing the hand behind the elbow when measuring alonar walls with the forearm and leaving it on the -wall until th« arm was latii down ajtain. It should be added that there are many other cubits of widely different values, both ancient and modern.— Rochester Demo- crat and Chronicle. «* KING EDWARD AND CHARLES I. An Interesting story of King Edward and th« relics of Charles I was told by the Rev. Dr. Shep- pard. canon of Windsor, in a lecture at the Royal ' United Service Institution on the execution of Kir.? Charles and his burial In the grave of Henry VIII, in the chapel of St. George, at" Windsor. The lecturer recorded how. in ISI3. the Prince Re- gent caused the vaults In St. George's Chapel to be opened and the remains of Kins: Charles defi- nitely i<>rttiried- Henry Halford. physician to King Oecrsre 1 111. became possessed of every relic of tho deceased monarch, and these ultimately came imo the possession of our present kins, while Prince of Wales. On December 13. ISSS. his majesty, with the permission of Queen Victoria, openly restored these relics to the vault. They Included a tootli. j a portion of Charles I's beard ami a portion of I v*-~ t»briT-. These were inclosed in a cabine* and. an open- • Ing havlns been' mad \u25a0 in the r>W of the vault tha • Prince of Wales, as he then was. lowered the cabi- net into the vault and placed It on the centre of ! King Charles's coffin. ! Within the cabinet was the following autograph memorandum: "These relics of Kin? Charles I ars deposited by Alber: Edward. Prince of Wales, ns thf» vault containing the coffin of that king, un ; December 13, 1888."— London Daily Mall. "I'm told that your standings in aviation have ! averaged high." ! "Yes. A fraction over 6,350 laet."— Cleveland \u25a0 Plain Dealer. DEFINING SEVEN. How would you define "seven"? The Standard Dictionary *ays it Is "one more than six"; Web- uter's calls it "one more than six. or one less than eight"; the abridged Webster says it is "five and two," and the Century's definition runs "one more than six; the sum of three and four." ;." » In metrology— that is, the science of weights and measures- seven is comparatively rare. The seven days Of the week form a striking example of It* US Scho"arV have found, too. that the EgypUpn cubit contained seven handbreadths. "Cubit is from the Latin "cubltum." the elbow, or the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger. The Roman cubit was Lfe Roman feet, or 17.4 Enf- The Sad Fate of a Foolish Man Who Tried to Escape. Jails are not always deterrents of crime. In Alaska they have often induced Hi. If winter was coming OS and work was slack a man would some- times look with longing on a warm cell am. three square meals a day. To enjoy these luxuries was easy He had only to buy a bottle of Witts* for a dollar or two. and sell It to a native for Jo. Tho red man would get drunk and be arraigned fa court. On the judge's promise of freedom he would- tell who sold him the liquor, and an hour later the white man would begin a term of four or five months In prison. This crime did not Involve loss of reputation or social position. Jail discipline was easy, with enough work carry- ing coal or splitting wood to give an appttlte tor meals. Alaskans tell of one jail when the board- ers were allowed to come and go as they pleased. The Jailer was sure vt their turning up for meaU and at bedtime. If a ship waa sighted making for the harbor he, would go into the street and say to the first four or five men he met: "Say. If you see 'Limpy' Johnson, or 'Red' Smith. or -Lebanon Charlie.' or any of the boys, will you tell 'em to report at once. There's a shio coming in and she may have some of these pesky govern- ment officials on board. Pass the word along, won't you?'" Pretty soon "Limpy." "Red" and the rest of the crowd would be in their cells, to remain until the steamer departed. Once a prisoner, probably a newcomer in the country, so far forgot his sense of honor as to run away. It rains eight or nine days In the week In Southeastern Alaska. After several days and nights without shelter, sleep or food the wretch was glad to drag himself back to the prison. "Serves you right," said the jailer, roughly, to the hassard fugitive. "I've a good mind not to take you back at all!" COMIC OPERA JAILS IN ALASKA. Timber Nearly Exhausted — Fortune for Inventor of Substitute. [From The Tribune Bureau.! Washington, March 6.— A fortune is Ewaiting the inventor who will main a railroad tie out of seens material other than hard wood that will he just as lasting. Just as resilient and just as strong. At the present rate of consumption— destruction would be a better word— all the I 8 timber now standing in the "United States -will be exhausted in a very few years and the railroad companies will be obliged to import their ties from abroad at prohibitive prices. Whit oak. the best wood yet rdhnd for the making of tie?, is becoming so scarce now that the railroads can hardly afford to buy it for the purpose, and, in consequence, a«sny of them are turning their attention to other kinds of Umber and to various preservatives that will increase the life of the wood they have in stock. Few of the millions of passengers who annually ride on the railroads of the T:i:t- States ever stop to think of the tremendously important part that the humble tie plays in providing for their com- fort and convenience. The puffins? engine that speeds the passenger to his destination i 3 a slave to the two steel rails that insure a safe and smooth road, and these rails in their turn depend upon tho old-fashioned wooden cross tie which holds them In place. l>i:rir - the last two or thre* years the railroads of the country have used from one hundred and ten million to one hundred and fifty million ties annually. Oak has made about 40 per cent of these ties; Southern pine a littrf less than 25 per cent and Douglas fir. picas, tamarack, hemlock, cedar, beech and other experimental wools the remainder. Cedar, which Is very durable, would make an Ideal tie If It were not so soft, but may be used to advantage If aided by the use of tl» plates and other protective devices. Cedar, like oak. how- ever. 1? becoming very scarce. With the exception of durability, beech possesses all the qualities of a good tie wood, and th* railroad companies are making exhaustive experiments fa certain parts of the country in the" hope of finding preservatives that will Increase Its life. In German: and France, according to s report recently made public by the Forest Service, beech ties havr been success- fully preserved from decay, and are now beins used very extensively. Peech Is found widely dis- tributed throughout the eastern part of the fnired States, and at the present time la comparatively cheap' and abundant. If. therefore, railroads whose lines are j'tuated in the rep'ons where beech is abundant can make us© of this wood. treated with tome suitable preservative, another source of supply of tie timber will be opened up. Stumpage values have been increasing so rapidly during the last few years that many railroads have found It necessary to modify their timDer \u25a0 policy and they yearly apply preservatives to a greater number of ties and to more kinds of wood. Substitute woods naturally vary with different sections of the country, but In most cases they lack the two essential Qualities found hi white oak, namely resistance to mechanical wear and to decay Experience proves that wear can be suc- cessfully retarded by the use of tie plates and other mechanical devices, and decay can be post- poned by the application of rroper preservatives. The new conditions have made .it necessary for many railroad companies to meet the problem of preservation by establishing treating plants at central points of distribution along their lines. RAILROADTIES WANTED "The officer, being mounted, does not have to stop that team and block maybe a dozen more to impart that warning, as would a policeman on foot. He takes the offender's name, and th.- mounted police department keeps a. record of the offence. Whenever the record shows one man Is guilty of a repetition of offences, a notice to that effect is sent to his employer, whose manager gives i m an ad- ditional warning. Then, If he does not reform, ha is discharged Of coarse, if the offence is against the law, Instead of against the employer's rules, and is at all serious, the offender is arrested at once and dealt with in court. The purpose, how- ever, is to avoid making arrests wherever possible, for one arrest may cause the loss of a load of perishable goods, call for the payment of court costs and lead to the driver being deprived of part of a days pay. Besides, a policeman must be in court to prosecute the prisoner, and that deprives the public of his services that length of time as a guardian of tee street. "why not reform the conduct of the drivers, as well as map out their routes?" "An excellent Idea." said John H. Shortall. of the Humane Society, son of the founder of the Illinois branch. "The plan you are considering may be made a preventive of whipping and other cruelty to which horses are now subjected. Teach the drivers to be more humane, and the Humane So- ciety win pay the costs. Procure a hall and let the school be started Immediately. Mr. Stockton ranted Handel Hall, famous for its social gatherings of women. To evening sessions In this place go drivers of all ages "' 1 many na- tionalities, me white and others naturally black, all dressed In their best; some wearing greasy slouch hats and rag mittens, more In garments they do not have to use every day. The meetings are held once a month, but the sen »1 Is in session somewhere every day. Pursuant to the order of Captain Healy, fifty or one hundred drivers collect at an appointed spot for th.< noonday hour off. Then, it may be In a coal yard or a warehouse or merely an alley through which the wind sweeps. Captain Healy or Mr. Stockton or some other em- ploying teamster and one or another union labor organizer Instruct them In the new order of things. Th. course Is best stated by Captain Healy. who says: "We tench them, first, that the public has rights which they are bound by city ordinances to respect. We teach them the ordinances. Wo instruct them not to overload their horses. In this we have the co-operation of the merchants, who order their shipping clerks to heap on a wagon no more than the amount of goods which a driver knows his team can draw over the worst part of the road. That prevents thousands of delays consequent on teams getting stuck on car tracks and at crossings. We tell them the watchword Is to 'Keep moving.' We forbid the kicking and beating of horses. We forbid swearing in every public place. We place a ban on bad language. We Insist that they te for- bearing to one another. We point out that com- mon politeness costs them neither money nor effort and Ii appreciated by the public. We warn them that they must keep sober on duty, learn and fol- low the prescribed routes, and always be careful. Punishments are provided for Infractions of the rules. II a driver beats or swears at bis horses or Is not civil to a citizen, a mounted policeman overhauls him, rides along by his side and says: •Here, my good man. we'll overlook it this time, but don't do it again.' LEFT IN BONDAGE. Wigwag— The government statisticians prove that there Is a divorce for every twenty marriages. Isn't that awful? • \u25a0- ..... Cynleus — awful for the other nineteen.-- Philadelphia Record. NOT A SUCCESS. The manager of the subscription book depart- ment was telling of some of his experiences. "The funniest case I ever remember," be said, "was that of an applicant for a Job at book canvassing from whi'ni I exported ureat things. He made .: careful study of the literature we supplied him witli and was very enthusiastic. Judge '>: my sur- prise when the first mornlnpThe went out hack he came and handed in his resignation. \u25a0\u25a0 'But you should not '\u25a0\u25a0 so easily discouraged." I told him \u25a0!\u25a0\u25a0• « make a success at tit*- start, and you acknowledge that -hi went into- only two places.' " 'Only two.* he said lugubriously. 'One was a real estate agent, who persuaded me to sifm a con- tract for two lott- in FizzUliurst, and the other was a tailor, who s«.ld me a suit of clothes ! didn't want': and, shaking his head mournfully, ho mum- bled "Good day,' aiul went out."— Lippincott's. CARRYING WATER IN LiAGS. Water is v. prectou \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 the upper Rio \u25a0 region <>'. Texas. "':,\u25a0• li?. Granu< contains an ana who .. r< mote -.• gion, but n sometimes is .• diniculi matter to transport and . pi) . In • ea and goat back fi om tbe ri\ •\u25a0\u25a0 i :.\u25a0\u25a0 v at< r problem !^ one "!' the . t that people [any i \u25a0 pn-s wii h- i: ; .ii 1 | The .- are tbe onl ; \u25a0 l:, • i t hroug • - \u25a0 \u25a0 ' ':\u25a0!\u25a0. Wh< \u25a0 back <'f a horse. Tl • ock '\u25a0: ' he hoi . ten :\u25a0> twelve gallons when Riled. The i wit;i t ; i !t N not uncor«mon t<> se< -i dosen or *\u25a0 • !r; -i •!!::;\u25a0 irendii y to or from th" river, nil ~n \u25a0 Mexican driver Kansas '!:\ Star. any part of the projected li!i<"' in this ctty ran I over an elevated structure the not* deafening. To this ti,>? answer <>f ti.o n form men is that the l'uris platform was . it i ' rf-r::.j:.- • I in that 1:: lay platforms r;-; \u25a0\u25a0 i rubber tirea ami no! motion >>r the device, that th • no parts wb I be made • the dropping off 'it any on the running "t the train, the , which is neutralized by the tact that it li leas. They declare that th. device is ."•• .-n- that all mot can be ins] while the pli j;<'!s. Th,- safety •\u25a0:' passengers !ii getting I : latforms !•< assured, they which are can - fully graded from the very lowest speed i I out«-r edge, where a \u25a0 on, to the i highest a; the Inner <\u25a0.'«»-, where the "train" bear- ! lux the st-ut-- circulates. It is .-:: rs in boarding :.i>'i Ui»- platforms has !\u25a0•\u25a0«•:; demonsti :\u25a0 ]\u25a0;. iii-nii.-. in actual us* at I v,..i ;\u25a0]\u25a0.\u25a0-\u25a0 exposition* A»>out that time John L. Stockton, president of a company that employs two hundred wagons In the trucking business, undertook the solution of the problem of traffic congestion. The chief trouble was In what !s known as \u25a0:..• loop district, roughly speaking a square mile iylng *outh of the Chicago River and oast Of the south branch of that stream. In this small territory there are only nine stre.ts running north and south. It Is crossed by ten high- ways. Within it stand all the skyscrapers, the Idg hotels, wholesale uses, the department stores, the banks, the Hoard of Trade, the City Hall and County Courthouse, the federal building, several liasseng.r stations and freight depots, and thou- sands of other places of business. Through this heart of the city stretches that al- ways ' tumultuous and overcrowded South Water street, to which go the grocers and butchers from every rttall provision house In Chicago, with horses and wagons, to buy their daily supplies. Across It, 100, Is conveyed by wagon the bulk of all the mill- ions of. tons of commodities consumed In Chicago and the manufactured products shipped out by rail and \u25a0;••!\u25a0. From the North and West sides the loop district is ached by thirteen bridges across tin- river. By actual count, made by the police and agents of the employing teamsters, the daily traffic over these bridges aggregates fifty-throe thousand heavy vehicles. Including automobiles. Rush Street IlrUge alone, where traffic was heaviest— the connecting link between Michigan avenue and the north shore of Lake Michigan— was traversed by live thousand heavy vehicles la an average day, PUT BLAME ON WOMEN. Leaving out \u25a0: acci ml the question .>f who w<t» responsible for tin- p :o#oner's lists of tits, i! appears i!;.it the feminin of Chicago ' the Inspiration for tin- revo- • \u25a0 . wrought through i ne si hool of < not so mu< i. a <i<" »- making lift In the cltj safer, however, that . the m to action. '\u25a0> was rather pure com- illsm. the ld?a of saving time and money. For years the women's clubs had demanded that something i»- done :\u25a0> protect pedestrians from ,- cklei • . ength they proposed that the .. i retail BhQ#plng dteti let be I d traffic. 'tProceed, madam; you are In no danger." If th< • '\u25a0'•\u25a0! women and as many m»-n . in opposite directions his conduct must im tli. v;.iii>- Tii'-n he mutt w:iit till tin- crossing . lows a whistle twice before he dare Dioi c an« aru. of liis team i I cross- -.siiik. • md h« must • ... \u25a0 -• i>f his horaei . expression, (lance for- and back, not b e to Judge In which direct! i not moving ;it »U in her bewilderment, he must pn'V.> that he la a g<n- .\u25a0r.ii ai , must do bo with the utmost j.,,1.1, \u25a0 :ms. for that tils horses' "\u25a0 must stop bia team Instantly, this m inipuli : foot management of the wagon brake. Meantime he uiual K. • : Ills eyes I I t»rror- nner must be '-:i!in, hi* countenance reassuring; and, hll In an Instant, be : \u25a0 soft voice to remark something Jik«; this: 7
