The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 1526, Ed. 1 Monday, February 8, 1909 Page: 3 of 4
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WILL BE IMMENSE
SUCH IS THE DESIGNATION OF
NEW YORK’S WATER FRONT.
Structure of Steel and Concrete Which
Will Give the Eastern Metropolis
Great Steamship Termini
Along the Hudson.
By next October New York city ex-
pects to see completed one of the most
important municipal improvements
ever undertaken, namely, the develop-
ment of the water front along the Hud-
son river, which, when finished, will
provide pier accommodations for 16
vessels of the Lusitania type.
Aside from its vast commercial value
it has an asthetic one. Hitherto new-
comers to these shores have gained
their first impressions of New York
from the rather tawdry surroundings
on which they and their baggage had
been dumped. Whatever else it may
claim, that section of West street
which extends northward from Twelfth
to Twenty-third has never put for-
ward any claim to riparian beauty.
And the piers which had lined that
section of the river seemed to cry
aloud for the intervention of archi-
tectural police.
But no more in that section exists
such disorderly conduct in architecture,
and come next October, there will be
a water front so imposing that the
foreign visitor will no longer find false
impressions of the great city-^-no taw-
driness in the way of piers, no narrow,
cluttered up thoroughfares across
which he must perforce make his
way to the arteries of the town.
It was about ten years ago that the
department of docks and ferries was
confronted with the serious condition
of having no room in which to extend
the piers along the North river. Such
extension was necessary to accommo-
date the increased length of steam-
ships, then building, for the trans-
atlantic trade. These projected ves-
sels included such giantesses as the
Lusitania and the Mauretania and the
great leviathans of the White Star
service.
If these great vessels -were to have
their termini in New York it was es-
sential that some steps be taken look-
ing to increased terminal ..facilities.
From Twelfth to Twenty-third street
will extend in an unbroken and archi-
tecturally imposing .line a bulkhead
three-fourths of a mile in length of the
renaissance order, masculine, simple,
relieved only by pediments, the key-
stones of which represent the figure-
heads of old-time ships—Aphrodite,
Neptune, etc. Upon the pediments
will repose trophies representing the
commerce of the nations.
All of the piers are to be of the two-
deck type. The upper decks will have
a clean, clear, wide open space, devoid
of pillars. On these the passengers will
be landed. At the end of each of these
double-decked piers will be a terrace
from which the home stayers may wave
handkerchiefs and greetings to the in-
comers, or wave good-byes, as the case
may be.
The lower decks of these new piers
are consecrated to baggage and freight.
The piers are built on piles and are
of structural steel. The doors are of
corrugated iron and the floors are of
asphalt.
The piers and their approaches will
have several notable innovations. In-
stead of making their way through
archways, as at present, passengers
End of One of the Piers.
will find access through ornate bulk-
heads, leading to bronze elevators
which will carry them to the upper
decks of the piers. On these will be
superbly fitted waiting rooms. One of
the lines is making elaborate plans for
mural decoration of its own wt&ting-
room and the others are likely to emu-
late it.
But perhaps the chief feature is the
bulkheads. These are of re-enforced
concrete, with pink granite base, and
extend the length of the improvement.
The completion of the work, begun
nearly ten years ago, is now under the
supervision of C. W. Staniford, en-
gineer in chief of the dock department.
The official figures show that the sum
of $4,794,644 had been placed as the
amount necessary to build the piers.
Mr. Staniford is gratified that the con-
tract price, let to the lowest bidders, is
far below that sum, it being $4,505,540.
The piers are to vary from 800 to 850
feet in length and are to have a width
of 125 feet.
LOTS OF TIMBER YET
REVIEW OF PRESENT CONDITION
OF OUR FOREST RESOURCES.
The Country Not as Near a Timber
Famine as Some Have Been Led
to Believe — Government
Gives Facts.
Few people have anything like a
clear idea of the amount of forest
wealth left in this country. Those
who think at alLabout this natural re-
source which has assisted in material
development since the landing of the
first settlers are usually too much in-
fluenced by the condition of that par-
ticular state or section in which they
are most familiar.
If they live in a much deforested or
a treeless region, the people usually
imagine that the country’s timber sup-
ply is even more limited than is act-
ually the fact; on the other hand,
with those whose homes are located
in a section where a pinch in timber
has not been experienced, the feeling
is likely to be altogether the other
way, and some become so indifferent
at times as to think that there is really
not much reason to worry about a
timber problem. Both can profit by
a reading of the actual facts.
The. forests of the United States now
cover about 550,000,000 acres, or about
one-fourth of the land of the whole
country, The original forests covered
not less than 850,000,000 acres, or near-
ly one-half.
The fdr^s owned by the govern-
ment cover oiM^fourth of the total for-
est area, and contain one-fifth of all
timber standing. Forests privately
owned cover three-fo firths of the area,
and contain four-fifths of the standing
timber. Besides having three times
the area and four times the forests,
the timberland privately owned is gen-
erally more valuable.
Forestry, or conservative lumbering,
is practiced on 70 per cent, of the
forests publicly-owned and on less
than one per cent, of the forests pri-
vately owned. This covers the coun-
*--:--
try’s forest resources as they stand
to-day. Senator Smoot, chairman of
the section of forests of the National
Conservation commission, in outlining
the future, has said:
“By reasonable thrift, we can pro-
duce a constant timber supply beyond
our present need, and with it con-
serve the usefulness of our streams
for irrigation, water supply, naviga-
tion and power.
“Under right management, our for-
ests will yield over four times as
much as now. We can reduce waste
in the woods and in the mill at least
one-third, with present as well as fu-
ture profit. We can perpetuate the
naval stores industry. Preservative
treatment will reduce by one-fifth the
quantity of timber used in the water or
in the ground. We can practically
stop forest fires at a total yearly cost
of one-fifth the value of the stand-
ing timber burned each year, not count-
ing young growth.
“We shall suffer for timber to meet
our needs, until our forests have had
time to grow again. But if we act
vigorously and at once, we shall es*
cape permanent Umber scarcity.”
Have the Nails Well Set.
In the moral and spiritual life, too, it
is necessary, for safety, to have the
nails well set. If right decisions have
ben earnestly made, and right princi-
ples firmly established, they will, when
the critical moment of sharp, unex-
pected sensation comes, hold firm, and
so save the climber from the slipping
back that may mean disaster, and is
almost certain to bring danger and in-
jury both to himself and to those with
him.—The Quiver.
Woman Suffragists Want Battle Hymn
A variety of verses of improved
quality have reached the Municipal
Suffrage league of Chicago, in the $100
prize contest offered for the best
“battle hymn” to be used in the wom-
en’s cause. A feature of the offering
is a perponderance of women
writers.
GETTING A SUPPLY OF FUEL.
Some Suggestions as to Methods
Which Wiil Make the Work Easy.
We have tried several ways of
getting up the year’s supply of fuel,
but have finally settled on the fol-
lowing plan, says a writer in Orange
Judd Farmer. Fell the trees on the
ground with a small sapling under, so
a log chain can be passed beneath.
Fig. 1.—Logging Bob.
Then a logging bob (Fig. 1) is tipped
up on its side near the large end of
the log; a chain is hooked to the
bolster near the ground, passed under
the log and over the top runner of the
bob and the team hitched to the end
of the chain. A quick pull of the team
and the bob comes down on both run-
ners, with the log on top of the bol-
ster.
The log is now drawn to some shel-
tered place near the woodhouse and
sawed into stove lengths with a 6-inch
crosscut saw on the skkiway shown in
Fig. 2. The limbs are trimmed in the
Fig. 2.—Skidway.
woods, drawn on a pair of bobs to
the shop, where we have a three-
horse power boiler and two-horse pow-
er engine, and are sawed at the rate
of 1% cord an hour with a buzz saw.
ERECTING FARM WIRE FENCE.
Easy, Quick and Thorough Way of Do-
ing the Work.
In erecting woven wire fence, if
you wish to put up a big string in
a day and do a good job, it is neces-
sary to know where to take hold and
what to do so as not , to lose valuable
time. Bear in mind the old adage, a
stitch in time saves nine. When haul-
ing fence to the field where you ex-
pect to put it up, notice which way it
unrolls and drop it at the right end,
so you will not have to roll or load it
again and haul it to the other end of
the field. Don’t put it up wrong side
out, especially along the public road.
Of course, you will not think of
slighting those end posts. There are
many ways, but for me, I have found
no better method to anchor an end
post or hang a gate than the one
shown in the accompanying cut.
Now, the advantage is, you can still
have your bowlder to tie to, and not
be in the road of your gage given
the wire or wires. I use two No. 7
wires, and wrap around the end post
at ground line, then drive staples,
and it will help to keep your post
from turning. Now, if you have done
this and anchored all low posts you
are ready to put on the fence.
I always set the roll of fence up
on end beside the end post and un-
roll enough to go around the end
post and splice. Did you ever think
how you would put in a new end post
if necessary? If you do you will sure-
ly need the wire it takes to go around
the end post, and by wrapping around
the end you will save some of the
side pull. Now, if you have put your
USE OF MANURE.
Result of Experiments Made by Some
English Farm Experts.
Twenty tons of barnyard manure
per acre was slightly more profitable
than the use of ten tons, when the
price was not more than 96 cents per
ton. This was determined in some
English experiments. A light dressing
of barnyard manure with a suitable
application of commercial fertilizers
was more profitable than the use of
barnyard manure alone. The results
also indicated that large and profitable
crops of potatoes can be grown with
the use of a complete mixture of com-
mercial fertilizers. When barnyard
manure is to be used in conjunction
with commercial fertilizers the follow-
ing application per acre is recommend-
ed: Barnyard manure, ten tons; sul-
phate of ammonia, 150 pounds; su-
perphosphate, 400 pounds, muriate of
potash, 150 pounds. On land well
stored with humus, or on soils which
have been liberally treated with barn-
yard manure in previous years, the
A handy device can be made of two
crotched limbs, as shown in Fig. 3, to
saw large limbs, on... A 2-inch auger
Fig. 3.—Handy Sawhorse.
hole is bored where the limbs branch,
and a hardwood limb driven tightly
in the hole.
We had a large number of trees
blown over several years ago, leaving
a mass of earth and roots on the
stumps. Most of the trees were too
far from the ground to saw. We
found the following described device
(Fig. 4) very handy to hold and low-
er the trees after sawing the stump
AA, planks with holes bored in
them; B, log; C, chain; D, crotched
limb; EE, lever; FF, iron pins,
off. It is made of two hardwood
planks about 8x5 inches and iys
inch thick, bolted together at the
top and bottom, with a 2-inch space
between for the lever to work in. One-
inch holes are bored through the sides
of both planks, in which iron pins are
Fig. 4.—Log Jack.
placed for the lever to pry over. The
lever is made of white ash, and has
two notches near the large end, with
a chain link attached midway be-
tween notches. A stout log chain is
hooked in the link, passed under the
log, and attached to a crotched limb
leaning slightly against the opposite
side of the log. By working the small
end of the lever up and down and
moving the pins_up one hole at a time,
a good sized tree can be raised from
the ground high enough to be sawed
easily without a backache.
fence on the head post straight there
is no reason why it should not pull
straight unless the fence is poorly
made, in which case you will need to
keep sweet and do the best you can.
As you likely have your tools in the
wagon or buggy, lay the fence down
and run your gas pipe through the
rQll. Have short chains around the
axle to gas pipe, then drive for the
other end of the fence. Be sure to
keep your fence clear of snags and
roots while., stretching.
WANTS HER
LETTER
PUBLISHED
For Benefit of Women who
Suffer from Female Ills
Minneapolis, Minn.—“I was a great
sufferer from female troubles which
caused a weakness
and broken down
condition of the
system. I read so
much of what Lydia
E. Pinkham’s Veg-
etable Compound
had done for other
suffering women I
felt sure it would
pa help me, and I must
|U say it did help me
wonderfully. My
_______ pains all left me, I
grew stronger, and within three months
1 was a perfectly well woman.
“I want this letter ihade public to
show the benefit women may derive
from Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound.”—Mrs. John G. Moldan,
2115 Second St., North, Minneapolis.
Minn.
Thousands of unsolicited and genu-
ine testimonials like the above prove
the efficiency of Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound, which is made
exclusively from roots and herbs.
Women who suffer from those dis-
tressing ills peculiar to their sex should
not lose sight of these facts or doubt
the ability of Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound to restore their
health.
If you want special advice writ©
to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass.
She will treat your letter as strictly
confidential. For 20 years she
has been helping sick women in
this way, free of charge. Don’t
hesitate—write at once.
Oldest Iron Ship.
In a paper read before the Society
of Naval Architects and Marine En-
gineers Henry Penton states that the
oldest Iron ship In the world is the
United States warship Michigan, the
material for whose construction was
“dragged across the mountains from
Pittsburg to Lake Erie,” where the
ship was built, as long as 66 years
ago. _
This Is No Joke.
Hunt’s Cure has saved more people
from the “Old Scratch” than any other
known agent, simply because it makes
scratching entirely unnecessary. One
application relieves any form of itch-
ing skin disease that ever afflicted man-
kind. One box guaranteed to cure any
one case.
If there are one or more wires that
are much lighter than the others,
take wrench and loosen the bolt that
holds these wires, and let them slip
back. You need not be afraid that
the ywill go very far. Now, if there
should be a slack wire, says Orange
Judd Farmer, loosen at clamp bar and
pull it out wtih your hand stretcher,
which you can easily do. If you have
greased your staples, you are ready to
finish up the job quickly, and you
should be able, by knowing just where
to take hold, to put up 100 to 200 rods
a day on level ground, and do a
good job.
Lining the Barn.
A cheap grade of roofing paper
makes a good lining for the cow
stable. It may be put on the inside,
and held in place by plastering lath or
thin boards nailed through it to the
outside boards. This will keep out
the cold winds and kebp in the
warmth.
Think It Over.
When you avail yourself of an op-
portunity to get even with a man you
furnish him with a desire to get back
at you.
‘ A v
use per acre of 250 pounds of sulphate
of ammonium, 600 pounds of super-
phosphate and 250 pounds of muriate
of potash is considered adequate for
satisfactory crops.
ALL AROUND THE FARM.
Corn following a poor stand of al-
falfa gave 11 bushels per acre more
than the check test in' some Alabama
experiments.
It Certainly Is. *
“You shouldn’t cast your pearls be-
fore swine.”
“I know it; but It’s hard telling who
Is on the hog these days."
Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. Com-
pounded by Experienced Physicians. Con-
forms to Pure Food and Drug Laws. Mu-
rine Doesn’t Smart; Soothes Eye Pain.
Try Murine in Your Eyes. At Druggists.
The man of intellect is the noble-
hearted man withal, the true, just, hu-
mane and valiant man.—Carlyle.
Strong drug cathartics simply aggravate
the condition—the true remedy for consti-
pation and liver trouble is found in Gar-
field Tea, the mild Herb laxative.
Water from the River Styx should
be fine for preparing mucilage.
SICK HEADACHE
Make a good work bench this win-
ter.
You never can entirely rid your
saw of rust if once it gets a hold on
the steel. So keep it off, if you wish
to have nice bright saws.
Let all useless fences go; can’t af-
ford to keep them.
A little brain work during this win-
ter will be a saving for leg work next
summer.
Positively cured by
these Little Pills.
They also relieve Dis-
tress from Dyspepsia, In-
digestion and Too Hearty
Eating. A perfect rem-
edy for Dizziness, Nau-
sea, Drowsiness, Bad
Taste in the Mouth, Coat-
ed Tongue, Pain in the
Side, TORPID LIVER.
They regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable.
SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE.
CARTERS
ITTLE
IVER
PILLS.
If it is wrong for a man to have
a diseased cow in his herd, why should
It not be considered just as much so
to let a tree covered with insect pests,
or affected with some bad disease, stay
in the orchard?
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 1526, Ed. 1 Monday, February 8, 1909, newspaper, February 8, 1909; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth910693/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lampasas Public Library.