The evening world. Newspaper, June 25, 1918, Page 9

5 Sati ee Would High Cost Solve Problents of! Living and Trattice Congestion. By Sophie lrene Loeb. The $1 by the sii 00,000 barge canal, of living for the Neve the can consumer ion for the business man, presents these transportation features, as developed by the investi- #ation by The Evening World: Comparisons made by prominent @uthorities show the barge canal equal in importance to the Panama Canal as a traffic waterway, The canal passes through the most and re- bult| ficulties was to reduce the high cost| brought by the j crossings, &c,, "DIRECT 10 DOOR” MOTORS WITH BARGE CANAL, WOULD =~ Public undertaking, either on behalf of the State or by the Federal Govern. ment.” On account of iands appropriated by the State along the canal route, these lands have been drained and converted into sites unequalled for in- dustrial development. Among its dif- the constant suits railroads on railroad which retarded the work, Some of iheso delays necessitated the State to cancel the contracts, adding the burden of time and money. The railroads are naturally the one great rival of the barge canal, since the canal extends over the entire route of the railroads between New York and Buffalo. for motor truck delivery from barge y ETC THE EVENING WORLD, to the door. The canal boat capacity is tif times that of a railroad ca A fleet of motor trucks could ¢ joperats within fifty to seventy-five | miles scity, saving endless de | ucing costs | words of Lawtence H. Har | Buffalo engineer, who was prow | nently pcted with the building of nal in connection with rough which the canal “The field is, the moat 4 in industry | the distrie ly poy mos hard sur in every pect most ready fo transportation jointly via canal and motor truck. within. ten al system, and even @ reater proportion of the manu- facturing, which in turn amounts new to ten times as much per annum ricult ¢ freight is anything and i everything, of course, but at first will largely be controlled by Gov- ernment choice as to which com modities will be barred from the railroads. “The fight is no longer against other modes transportation (for we n every ounce of it that can be had i any form), but against rhe inefficiency which results from delays at the two ends of the run “There never was 80 favorable a mo- ment to overcome these diMculties, for the State stands ready to furnish such terminal equipment at each point as) TUESDAY, JUNE 25, ‘ Reconstructed Piers on East River Where Barges Find Idle Berths 1918. BROOKLYN GAS CONSUMER REBATE TO BE PROTECTED foundation for the statement that the Jaw deportinent of the commiasion has favored the application of the Kings ¢ Company vy Lighting that the 000 fund now on de Posit pending the outcome of the hearing before Referee Charles E Hughes as to the constitutionality of the 80-cent gas law, be turned over to the company to enable deficits in current operating ex- penses, Mr, Ransom characterizes the statement as an unwarranted re fection upon the law department of A Pledge to Save—Is a Pledge to Fight Counsel for Public Service Commission Denies Favor- ing Lighting Company Wilham LL. Ransom, chief counsel | for the Public Service Commission, declared oday that there * no it to meet | thickly populated section of the State] The route of the canal and its prox-| trusiness demands and will adequately | CON STROCTE D @nd the country. imity to the cities and towns between According to engineers the barge| Buffalo and New York, to say noth- canal difficulties overcome and im-|ing of adjoining States and Cana¥a, vide the conveying and hoisting ma-, ¢liming Proved “have been equalled by no presents unprecedented opportunity chinery to load trucks, as well as de- t i: ailroad does, ’ _ — ee — — t the truck Hl oppertuntt 4 Stern Brothers Wherever a row! gues West 42nd Street West 43rd Street support; while the sutering rege - clini grasping at any and every means to move his freight, will willingly pro- | tachable bodies, trailers or ‘packers’ to come as clos ‘The canal is to be despatched by telephone, so that tracing the prog- ress of shipments may be had from hour to hour, “The time has come when the desi- deratum is not the quickest service arty, but the steadiest, most one, Not how fast can we once in a while’ but ‘how an we safely figure on Already the Council of National De- ense has passed resolutions for the widest possible use of motor trucks for transportation ‘The Federal Food Administrator miys In spe ing of the motor-truck delivery: “This means of transporta jon should facilitate delivery, con-| erve labor, conserve foodstuffs and | ld effect delivery of food in bet-| condition,” ‘The Department of Labor and Agri- culture urges the adoption of motors | truck transportation from farming neighborhoods to the city A motor-truck service has bee ine augurated in the District of Colum- Between 5th and 6th Avenues Buy U. S. Government War Savings Stamps. t A Very Exceptional Offering, To-morrow, of WOMEN’S DRESSES Dia as well as Maryland and Vir ginta Unusually smart models taken from regular The Barge Canal offers the most remarkable development in this con- nection for the congested city of the metropoll Thus the motor most important tween the bar this city to the up-8 ! the stock, and priced extremely low, as follows: truck prasents @ nnecting link be the consumer ff goods from | ‘districts via | $14.50 $19.75 Dresses of crepe de Chine and taffeta. at Dresses of foulards, silk ginghams and jerseys, BRITISH TRANSPORT SINKS CARS Wh ARMY FOOD IN BAY Rams Stee “l Float | in Tow of Tug Near Quarantine in Fog —Man Believed Drowned. A big British transport, formerly of the © nard Line, for her dor with o steel car ff leaving Quarantine at 6.2 morning and bound collided k in North River, at in tow of the tug Dalzel in (he lower bay and sunk the float with its burden of ed railroad care. One man is be lieved to have been drowned. 1 dozen ‘Tiere was a haze over the bay at the time of the accident. ‘Pho trans the cities of the State lose proximity to the Dresses of Georgette crepes. ‘ j ‘ : - ng m4 The importance f utilizing every} or embroidered aud printed indestructible yoiles, 7 3 Yat $29.50 eabuse tc oueant Iiiam WwW, Wotherspoon, Superin at of Pub : : j lic Works | Also a large collection of entirely new “The great emernency eon: . fronting the Nation at this especially with reference transporta 8 requires Summer Dresses In Cotton Voil and Nets, prov: at $5.50 to 19.75 ery available instru ght. the use of ment for the movement of f to | Tissues, Ginghams, Linens, Crepes, Organdies fromm, Wert) se ing ® most satisfying range for selection a military axiom are won by those na- the most tions which maintain x efficient transportation systems Company | D0 money with which t . The greatest war of history his the sunk- and extensions can be bu been raging more than t ay The no good means HH AN GtiGN haw been exerting |alane eanaded ‘ Mor hea Preset wirage money. how ‘orts to do its full 1 art T lough, was un vnjurec Brobibittve, | Ther f it Mas ao 1 F > ° e movement rommol- that If 4 way can be found of contin Women’s White Silk Gloves rsenae'thha =~ BOXING AT THE GARDEN NOT sisi ontazin? "enue: | . they have not been aaliale to| tera oF "the sue and the pule ‘Two-clasp or 16-bulton length; Milanese quality; Paris point bucks: frets Yngowed yon em, ILLEGAL, ‘MAGISTRATE RULES sire in it Ps ve " canal ia vital for the relief of the to make these capital additions to oy $1.25 Values will be featured 2 |frelght situation.” > mnons Against L Loui Met lel- company’s plant. ‘There ns bee | ANEW “HOSPITAL ee eet ty cna t aase at 78c pr. Coun ni hig a Schermerhorn, Between Coart and Deciding Unat the War Relief enter - | ; nment at Madison Sa Gard OR. JAMES DOUGLAS DEAD. | t Thursday night was a praise ver forma fistrate McGee au " Chemis ve ia Vereen cau cueaag ane | “Le eh oede borrc Silk Parasols and Uinbrellas Se i Pree aerate | Mecaa._duanagr sf ihe Wer iet|premdant and iter ctirmen af tel e apparently unnecessary ni 1 ch ee ah pect pone ied acl Decided price advantages available To-morrow: | tt tmerouahtere, Ther clined the] The aumens sdtaat Priday lee e tha acne drat eae Sun and Rain Parasols Women’s Silk Umbrellas | Waa taken up with modent | the " Plaina silk with novell y In colors and black with Bakalite top | Hawes. borat in Gueber,, wands and tops: also hea Taffeta handles: also PARASOLS for sun or | spect ieee at Gaile at 2.95 at $3.95 mc COULD NW Tgp FIRE IN HOLD OF TRANSPORT. | [ | Mao ¢ king tm Hold ts , . . | Arrest. | 4 Women’s Blouses—Specially Priced | ||| THR HE AD, ACHES a Comprising unusually attractive styles in ant im ot everal t {| ¢ ein a Until She Tried Fruit-a-tives? >» Se" "sotoren es. Geoartnen , | Blouses of Georgette rench Hand-made | (or Fruit Liver Tablets) scm tmestence ious arent J| and Crepe de Chine Dressy or tailored models—white and new collar and cuff effects, | Batiste Slip-over Models Finely hemstitched and finished with link crochet buttons, 112 Coburg St, St. John “L feel 1 must tell you of the great benefit I have received from your | iesh color wonderful medicine, ‘Mruit-a-tives 60c @ box, 6 for $2.50, t At all dealers FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited Te ee ent on receipt of Nir “LL have bee 4 sufferer for mar at $5.50 each. fe cage tay oor could get no p inent relief “A friend advised me to ake Superior Japanese Silk Blouses ‘Prvitacties' and 1 did 40 with grest Made wide plaited or frill models, with high, fat or Peter Pan collars fitisehach: anual beeaha ening i port's captain saw the tug and its tow in his path and signalled he would continue on his course. ‘The tug captain evidently belleved he sould cross the transpor‘’s bow in time: but when he saw ao eollision was Inevitable he ent loose from: the barge to save him The Britisher’s bow struck the float juarely amidships and tipped ft on side. All of the American Expedition ary Forces, dropped into che bay. The Daivel picked up one mah who was seen to jump from the float at the instan} of the impact. 1 aboard a passing ferry wid they ha cars, laden with upplies for the sengers fterwards man leap the sur: Upon report of the Carden of the Cou accident to Capt the Mer suard, Brooklyn, for smoking Henich was fine! $25 by Vollee Julge Carsten, with tive of wenty days in the Post OMfve ¢ tmaster Patten hu cos to holders of box © old Po Office that after July 1 t nail should marked "City Ha a” Th: ans that on that d in 34th Street. be al Post OMe dt own structure becom —~. Hodies of Drowned Hoye Foand a Branch The bodies of tc who lont of Fort Lee tw Ao Ww anoe was by the awel & passing ate fay, They were No. 16 Baat 1 it come to! me ame hold | the commission. Far from aiding the company’s ap Plication, the counsel points out that the brief of the commission presented to Justice Pendleton advised — the Justice as follows: “If any consumer, in reliance upon | the special deposit provision of the | order vil h the plaintiff seeks now to has been making pay- Ment to bent company of 95 cents per 1,000 cuble foot of gas consumed, he has been parting with his money pon the assumption that the differ between the 80-cent ra and the §5-cent rate would remain on deposit with the Empire Trust Company for | his benefit until the Court has finally determined whether the 80-cent rate have modified, e was, las been and is invalid. There would seem to be grave doubt ax to the right and power of | ute company the moneys which have been thus deposited.” Ex-Justice Rans d that the | company asks to t mitted: (1) to} be excused from making further de posits; (2) to be permitted to tak down the moneys on duposit and usc them for operating expenses or other purpose the company sees it and (3) to be permitted to do this without creating substitute se- curity to the con rs, through de- | pom of bonds or otherwine, that each of these three requests had been vigorously opposed us unwar- ranted by the facts and as beyond the power of t rt Only in 6 an appeal to the discretion of under the law the this court to turn over to the pla m mde any any He said spect does (here seem to be the court, to and it is only in th | spect that any naidera | tion has been «i company's application, Un asuMmers its territory are to have a # shortage of gas next winter, in quan- and in pressure and quality, the any must do $200,000 to $800,000 worth of construction work during the Text two or three m unless mary new homes territory are t this fall or win'or Mr. it In the treatme of troubles bathe { with Cuti cura Soap and Lot water, dry gently, and apply Covicura Oint ment to the affected pans These fragrant super. « ny emollients tend to prevent little skin troubles becoming serious if used for every-day toilet pur poses For sample of each free by mail ad: dress postcard: “Cuticura, Dept, 22G, Boston.” Sold ywoere Soap 25c, Ointment 25 and Buy War Saving Stamps OPPENHEIM. GLUNS & G 34th Street, New York Special Sale Wednesday Women’s Shetland Sweaters as illustrated) Slip-Over fish tail model in nile, coral, pink, turquoise, Copenhagen, gold, khaki, emerald green, lavender, purple and black. Special 2. OO Fibre Silk Sweaters In Prevailing Sport Shades Slip-Over Sweaters Special 5. 90 Slip-Over Sweaters Purled at waist model with sleeves, Sailor collar with sash and two pockets Sleeveless model, purled at waist, sailor collar Special 7.90 OPPENHEIM, CLLINS & G with sailor colla Coat Sweaters Special 9.75 34th Street, New York Special Sale Wednesday Breakfast Coats (as illustrated) Fringe Trimmed Coat Model of serpentine crepe, in rose, Copen- hagen, pink, light blue and lavender. Exceptional Value Tailored models* of superior tub silk, shadow proof double panel back and front. Special 2.50 Crepe de Chine Gowns Superior crepe de le chine ‘in lace ‘trim- 2 05 med and tailored models. Special Wash Satin Petticoats Of superior washable satin, in flesh and white, lace trimmed models, immed | 2.95 OPPENHEIM. GLLINS & C 34th Street, New York Special Sale Wednesday Women's » Surf Satin Skirts Skirt (as illustrated) of white washable surf satin, with two sport pockets and de tachable belt. Unusual Value 3.95 Skirts of Wash Satin 10.75 kirts ofWash Broadcloth 10.75 Skirts of Faille Silk . 12.78 Skirts of Baronet Satin 13.75