The evening world. Newspaper, September 4, 1912, Page 16

i a9et, "we WASE MEN HERE ~ FROM ALL PARTS OFTHE WORLD. ‘Seven Hundred Scientists Who Speak in All Tongues in Convention. THEY TEST MATERIAL. And How They Do Like to : Talk About the Chances of | 4 a Skyscraper Falling. . Te. spurve got anything to test take it Sp to the United States Society of En- Of course if you have a test (ats in the courts, that doesn't go. The Gurts won't tet it go. In the eoctety’s BuNding they've got the screws on all the @elence in the world and they will have failed down there for the rest of the New York to-day is the centre of fare on this iMttle island. Tha some even tor Now York, but if fe any structural weakness in the , show us. sixth Congress of the Internation- Association for Testing Materials is with us. In the congress are 700 people. @o up and count ‘em. And what they don't know about tensile strength, of Qreakage strain, of reinforced concrete, ef how many bricks make two, of how 0 go up and how to come down Isn't outaide of them. And they come Ail, over the world, Some of the can't pronounce and some of wouldn't want to, but all are the world of ecience, as well the name of Rosenbaum down aide. e@ glaciers of Norway they came. From benesth Italy's from the forests of Ger from the plains of France. Austria, Hungary, the shores of from Belgium, Denmark, Swe- the steppes of Russia to the the City Hall—Get that? From chrysanthemum covered India's coral strands, and geography will tell you the rest. KE A. TOWER OF BABEL, BUT OMFPERENT. if iH t i iH ae & ny a7 i there iike, eeny, miny, on his staff gentlemen any language, and he jelegates from all parts of feel at home by having them in thelr own language. Any Gengieman who got up to read in his own language hed the knowing that his remarks taken down in shorthand in ve tongue. That wasn't all. The ite Porter tagged them what kind of lan- fie Bh tf fe bt the visitor the els country. If he didn't have a wot the Ash looking at the side chops of merry old England and askance at the soldiers of France. Nobody could tell just what the break- age strain was or where the break might come, The United States was, as usual, the great peacemdker, Prince Gagarin of Russia—oh, there are princes, too, in our midwt—was the selentist in the mighty gathering to give the first lustration of the breakage strain, prince was out with some of the Bro way acientists last night, and this morn- ing he woke up broke. Bethy a good scientist he knew just how to repair the break. He-cashed a ehesk for fifty and that will do nicely until to-morrow morning. All the scientists have it on this coun- try. Theyre older than we are and have been at the work longer. But for them cold when they went out and Bares up at the skyscrapers. Wanted to know what they were used for and had to be shown, No Rube ever Tubbered at the sky like they did, But they rubbered from a scientific view- ue. They wanted to know the crush- iG weight of a little ffty-six-story q@trmetura down on Iroadway. They ‘Wanted to know all about the strain on ‘the Umbers, on the stone, on the rein- i \ ‘ eC p em AmnNY cpu een THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNW ESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1912, ‘*Why Do You Pay High Taxi Rates in New York?’’ System That in One Year Only One Com- plaint Came From the Public Against 34,000 Turned In by the In- spectors for All Con- veyances, Horse and Motor. NO HOTEL STANDS ALLOWED THERE. Every Driver Has His Photo Taken by the Department, and It Is Stamped on His Li- cense So No Frauds Can Be Perpetrated— One Photo Remains in Scotland Yard. By Sophie Irene Loeb. Bpecial Correspondence of The Evening World.) LONDON, Aug. 3.—From all my knowledge of taxicab conditions, if it costs 60 per cent. more to run tax- That ts the law and any one disobeyin: this may not only have his loense r voked but be fined as well. THE COST OF RUNNING TAXI- CABS IN LONDON. every loense issued “For taxtcal even! the owner pays $10 per year and the driver pays $1.2. Besides this there ts feabs in New York you ought to bela taxation duty of $10 or thereabouts, able fo run your cars at twenty-five| according to the welght of the car (in cents for the first mile, which is half| protection of the streets nd the driver your present rate and which would he| pays 81.2% for the privilege of driving over 50 per cent. more than the rate we| that car, So that practically there is a charge in London," This was the opinion of Mr. F. E. Bradley, talked with him at Scotland Yard. Mr, double tax on both. “The rates of gasoline are much high- who 1s Chief Inspector of|¢r than in your country and are paid Public Conveyances of London, when 1| for by the driver, He gets % per cent. of the receipts and very small tips, Bradley 1s an authority on the taxtcad| ranging from one to ten cents, and yet situation. He has been twenty-five years| the average driver with a competition in office and has the pros and cong and| °f Over 7,000 cabs makes more than $10 atatistics of public transportation at his| per week." Anger tips. “First of all,” egan Mr. Bradley, “the paramount consideration here in this matter is the public, and the in- TAXICABS CALLED IN FOR INSPECTION AT SCOTLAND YARD GO nustAsTions BuRRAY must be provided. raps with holes must be placed on the window frames (where consid- ered necessary) and metal or bone knobs must be fixed inside the cab to enable the windows to be partially a n drop windows to hansom pat- Hes aro used, they must be # ed that they may be both by the driver and by the hirer in such @ manner not to cause inoon- venience. “Bome effectual means must be pr0- vided to prevent the rattling of window frames and glass. “There must be provision for proper ventilation without opening the win- dows. When front ventilators are used “But living ts considerably lower he: than in the United States,” I ed. * answered Mr, Bradley, spection aystem is of euch a atringent|!f you had more taxicabs run on a order in the protection of the public| lower rate and your public using your ‘that the taxicab companies and drivere| #ervice 4s largely as it Is here used, must abide by them or else they are/ you could charge twice Dut out of business, “To give you some iden as to the the year 19) g BAL “There are fifty special inspectors con- timmally im the streets to report the alightest condition not in accordance with the law. Besides, any policeman on the streets also reports, so that it ts practically impossible for any advan- tage to be taken—against the public. “The rates are low, but they are not too low. For only last year when the taxicab companies wanted to raise the rates a Committees of Parliament sat in judgment and the companies were re- quired (or their assertions discredited) to open their books and prove that they were running unprofitably. As a result, that the rates were not raised evi- ences the fact that they can run them here for sixteen cents the first mile four cents for each quarter of a mile after and still run at @ gain. “With the companies and drivere pay- ing four distinct licenses and tax rates and the high rate of gasoline, which is not the case in your city, and the taxt business at a profit here it would cer- tainly seem unusual that your rates are @o high. In fact the public is #0 pro- tected by the law in this matter that a river of any public conveyance, horse or motor, may not charge more than twenty-four cents @ mile in this city. forced concrete, and how the building Dehaved in a sixty-knot le. The skyscrapers got their scientific goats, and the whole bunch of engineers Gre going all through several of the big structures and the Aiserican engineers @re golng to explain all about it and get all swelled up. WHEN AND HOW WHY, WHE! DOES A STEEL RAIL BREAK? ‘There is one thing which gets all these great men of ecience. None of them can tell why @ steel rail breaks or when it 4s going to break, or what can be done to prevent it from breaking. H. M. Howe, an American of this State, may ‘come nearer doing all this than any one else yet has, and they have been study- {ng the manufacturing of steel these 2,000 years back. Mr, Howe has a sys- tem by which. a plece of steel can be taken from a section of @ bullding and its entire biography be told That {ts going some, and the learned men of the Hast and the West, the North and the South, are going to get the beneft of his knowledge. The acientific appellation of his new discovery has been christened Metallography. If he does go through with It he will have discovered the se- ret of making stecl which cannot be | broken, If Mr. Howe could only apply that to man! A striking thing about the princes, the Professors, lords, baronets and barons and other royalty and nobility and no- bility not, among the sctentiats !s thelr absolute lack of commercialism, If their governments did not take care of them the majority could not earn their salt, But they are doing the work of the | world to-day and the greatest number of |the world's people do not realize ft They should not be compelled to earn | any money, he corps of war engineers are not overlooking @ bet, Everything that comes up for Alecussion they are on hand to know all about it. The pa which are read would drive a Read re Money” audience to drink, Bu profe ad them again. ry Paper ts read in Bngilsh, French and German, besides being read in the tongue In which {t Is written, Some of the teehnical terms thrown carelessly about are ie intelligent to the ordinary n an Invitation to take a in Russtanese. It's awfully interesting nd it's worth any man's while to spend the rest of the week with the engincers. | Don't miss it! much as we do; and your living !s certainly not twice the amount. Besides there are no hotel stands allowed here, all con- veyances having the middle of the street, “If there is any reason, by lowering the rates, that your drivers and taxi- oab companies do not make enough money to warrant the service, it is be- cause you do not have more taxicabs and are running those you do have at &@ prohibitive rate, It is astonishing that the metropolis of the United States may not regulate these conditions on more economical lines, for it certainly can be done as we have proved it here.” AS TO THE PHYSICAL CONDI- TIONS OF TAXICABS. I had been riding in taxicabs in Lon- don and the majority of those I used were luxurious enough in their appolnt- ments to make one feel as though he were riding in a private motor car. They contain contrivances for talking with the driver, directing his course by turning a wheel, the door swinging ain way to avold accidents, re- ceptacles for matches and ashes, bou- Quets of flowers in some of them, &c., &c, I remarked this to Mr, Bradley and asked if it were compulsory to keep ‘these cars in auch perfect condition. “30 certainly is compulsory, and the slightest violation of the law ae to this is at once reported by any police or any inspector om the etreets and the car taken off im- mediately until it is put in tip-top shape. Every owner of cab and driver is given a book of rules and he must abide by these, There are Afty-four distinct rules. “Here as a few of them: “The cushions must be covered with leather cloth of good quality. Inferior American or similar cloth 1s not re- garded as suitable for public carriages. “All carriages must be presented for inspection in @ thoroughly good con- ition and no carriage will be certified ft for public use unless it is propeny painted and varnished, “A aingle seat only is permitted for the driver, and under no ciroumstances will any person be allowed to ride be- @ide the driver, windows, seats, roof, ‘Wheels, cushions, linings, panels, &c., and all furniture and appointments of the cab must bo in proper order and re- pair, the paint and varnish in good con- dition and the inside perfectly clean, “Every cab must be provided with an approved means of communication be- tween the passenger and the driver, This should also be #0 placed as to be readily accessible to the passenger and to obviate the danger of a driver hav- ing to turn his head while directions are being given. “An approved pattern horn having @ single deep toned note for giving taximeter of an approved type itted to every cab presented Bradley. “though the above conditions have iven complied with, yet if there be anything in the construction, form, working or general appearance which in the opinion of the commissioner ron- ders the cad unfit for public use, it will not be Heensed, “You will note that particular care {a taken that no one may sit in front with the driver and thus be In league with him as to perpetrating crime. Also undue lights and shrieking notses are avoided. The other forty rules apply to the measurements and ma- terials that go to make up the cab for the comfort of the people. After a third offense in the violation of these se is generally revoked.” DRIVERS ARE NOT POS8- SIBLE. “There have been complaints in New York,” I guggested, “that a large per- centego of our taxi drivers are jail- birds, How do you treat this?” “There could hardly be one case of a crook working as driver under: the methods of thin department,” said Mr. Bradley, “because one of the chief rules demands that if he has sworn falsely an to this question he is refused leense. Crooks are afraid to come here, and if a driver signs to a lie he ts fined €5 or more, besides perhaps losing his license. Also he may not try to get trade by calling to passengers. This applies to hacks as well. He dare not demand more than the legal fare, for he knows that a policeman is on hand to complain against him. Also in case of accident it ie compulsory for him to atop and give his name and address to y policeman demanding it. “Besides all of these requirements, a license will not be granted to any ap- piicant— “Ur a he can read and write and is clean in dress and person, “It he ie under twenty-one years of 16, It he 1s under five feet in height, or not strong enough to deal with luggage of passeng “It he 1s deemed unft from any tn- firmity of mind or body. “If he ts unable to produce testt- monials of good conduct from two tax- payers who have known him person- ally and have observed his conduct dur- ie the past three years; and unless the signature of his last employer to the form of requisition supplied him is ob- tained. “An applicant for a stage or cab driver's license will be required to pass a practical examination as to his ability CLEANS THE HAIR Surely try a “Danderine Hair Cleanse if you wish to immediately double the beauty of your hair. Just moisten a cloth with Danderine and draw it care- fully through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; this will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt or any excessive oil. In « few moments you will be amazed, Your hair will b and abundant and pos parable softness, lustre the beauty and shimmer of true hair health, Besides beautifying the hair, one ap- plication of Danderine dissolves evory AND MAKES IT | BEAUTIFUL—25 CENT “DANDERINE” | In a few moments your hair looks soft. fluffy, lus- | trous and abundant—No falling hair or dandruff particle of Dandruff; cleanses, purifies and invigorates the scalp, forever stop- ping itching and falling Danderine is to the hair what fresh showers of rain and sunshine are to vegetation, It goes right to the roots, invigorates and strengthens them. Its exhilarating, stimulating and life-pro- ducing perties cause the hair to grow abundantly long, strong and beautiful, You can surely have pretty, lustrous hair, and lots of it, if y i just get a 25 cent bottle of Kuowlton's Dand lerine from uny drug store or toilet counter and tay it as directed. warning of the approach of | fi EXT SUNDAYS WORLD Is the Natural Query of the London Authorities Perfect Is the London| to manage a carriage of the type he wishes to drive. “An applicant residing In the country may send a recommendation from the chief officer of police of the district in lives or from two taxpaye jt employer, the recommend: being certified by the chief of- cer of Police to be genuin “If he uses discourteous language. CONCERNING TAXIMETERS LONDON, CHASED UP A TREE AND HELD A CAPTIVE IN REPRIMANDS A COP; IS ARRESTED FOR THEFT. | Trelley Inspector Says Policeman (e\. 0! Not in Uniform Was Losing | Liew ter @ o'ciook untit 11 4 lawyer Calle! nim Caton t Asa result of opening @ toma: Mrs. Sarah Lukes died of jing yesterday at Brunswick, N. J ner Drinking Glass, Willlam Conway, a street car inspect- or, living at No. 9 East Eightietn) etre was arraigned to-day in York- ville Court on a charge of robbing a policeman, hs | Conway wae called yesterday after- noon by the conductor of a Lexington avi ie car to reprimand a@ passenger | who had been using swear words. Later Conway sald he needed the use of a few himself. ——— When the car reached Fifty-third: street other passengers leaving the car Jostied the two men and Conway says | CAS T he noticed that a drinking se was about to fall from the man's pocket. Yor Infante and He caught it and handed it back to the! The Kind You Have Always Bought whereat the latter remarked: al my drinking | Bears the I arrest you. [| Signature of am Policeman O'Leary of the First Precinct. Come along.” And grabbing James McCreery & Co. 23d Street 34th Street PORTIBRES & COUCH COVERS SX HOURS BY BEARS Man Had to Hold Fast a Long Time Before They Gave Up the Siege. “How do you regulate taximeters?’ I examined answered Mr. Bradley “every tazi- meter goes to » National Physical laboratory to be tested. After it ie approved, lead is put into the Pinces. So that it ts utterly impossible for any one to tamper with the meter.” —>_—_— STATEN, ISLAND NOTES. The Richmond Theatre, Brook street, Stapleton, will open the fall and winter ason under new management Sept, 14. It will be @ vaudeville and moving pic- ture how end is now aMilated with the Keith circuit. Patrick Martin of Bowles avenue, Graniteville 1s home after enjoying a Pleasant trip to Salt Lake City. Charles W. Hunt and hit grandson, Walter W. Hunt of the Old Stone Road, Graniteville, ure travelling in the W They will be gone three weeks. 1 The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Gran- | Iteville M. E. Church will hold a meet- Ing at the home of Mra. George Egbert, Ola Stone Road, on Friday ever ne. Mi John Shay and her daughter, Mise Julie, of Plainfield, are th suests of Mre. John J. O'Doran, Rich-\on him, mond Terrace, Port Richmond, | Mr. Bruin was later reinforced by Mrs. Miss Lucy Yater of Albion place, Port, Bruln end three cubs and they held Richmond, {ts cruising on the Shrews- | Yates captive unt!l 5 in the afternoon, bury, on board the yacht Esmeralda, | when. evidently giving up hopes of coax- the guest of Mrs. Thomas J. Lanahan|ing their human prisoner to descend to sr. of Mariners’ Harbor. the ground, they wandered off into the Walter Carson and family of Ann! hills. After seeing the bear family dis- street, Port Richmond, have returned | appear over a hill Yates came down and from a delightful two weeks outing at | started for camp. @t. Martin’ he-Sea, Nov. Scotia. | Old Bruin worked several schemes in The Emerald Club of w Brighton | bis efforts to dislodge Prey. After will have {ts annual outing and games! failing many times tp reach him by at Lang's Phoentx Park, New Dorp, #tanding on his hind legs, he resorted wiptle. {to butting the tree with his body tn an BILLINGS, Mont., Sept. 4.—Perched on the limb of a small tree and com- belied to hold his legs in @ horizontal Doaition most of the time to prevent being reached by a large cinnamon bear, which, with {ts mate and three cubs, waited under the tree six hours for their Prey to climb down and be devoured, was tho experience of Warren Yates of this ct: Walking along East Boulder creek, Yates espled an odd-looking animal lyin on a log, and desirous of vaini What it he picked up a good-sized boulder and with a pitching eye that Would do credit to a major league twirler put Bruin in the water by a blow on the ead. Peeved at being awakened from his jslumber, Mr. Bear took after his assall- ant. Yates tackled the first tree in ‘reach and succeeded in shinning up as high je strength of the tree would allow before Bruin could get his claws SPECIAL REDUCTIONS } PORTIERES WT...3.75..6.75 pair formerly 6.50, 10.50 Duplex Tapestries.6.75, 8.75 pair formerly 10.50, 12.50 Moquettes & Krinkled............6 8.75, 12.75 pair formerly 12.50, 22.50 Single Portieres....3.75 to 12.75 ¥ less than usual prices Imported Tapestry Couch Covers... 4.75, 6.75 each formerly 7.50 and 10.00 Large assortment of Draperies; King’s Scotch Holland Window Shades to order. Furniture re-upholstered, estimates sub- mitted. Armures. + ™ lj effort to shake Yates from his position. TOM PLINVHIO Ie edortee ee avenue. |" Finally Mra, Bruin thought she had the Seana, ving a visit In! rent depe when she laid down and al n her bod: Monsignor Charles A. Cassidy, pas- | lowed re ll ig Mg ocd a ha it jer better reach, bu tor of St. Peter's RC, St. ‘. iit she tenes chat: degree place, New Brighton, attended the ta- bor services held in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan, Sunday evening. | moving pictures taken at their summer Elwood Ford of Heberton avenue, {encampment in Huntington, L. 1 Port Richmond, {s visiting relatives in| Cornolius G. Kolff and his daughter, Philadelphia. Miss Olga, of Emerson Hill, Concord, Troop F, the newly organized com-|have returned from a two weeks’ vara- pany of cavalry in Richmond Borough, | tion spent in Canad will give a dinner at the Terra Marine| A Wilson and Marshal! campaign club Inn, Huguenot, Sept. 14. The guests! will be organized at Stuhl's Hotel, will be entertained with a serles of Stapleton, this evening. FEEL: SHAKY, BILIOUS, HEADACHY, OR GONSTIPATED? TAKE GAOCARETS Sick headaches! Always trace them to lazy liver, delayed, fermenting food in the bowels orasick stomach. 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