Show I ELEVATORS DEVELOP FAST Some Som Show Remarkable Remark Speed ed In nigh High ii 11 u II dl di Dr- Dr Of Ot the millions of ot men and women otmen who ride dally daily In building elevators few ever stop to think of ot the development development develop develop- ment meat of ot this most us useful tul ful adjunct one ono which has worked wonders In many ways was Without tho the elevator tho the high I speeding elevators that carry carn more passengers ng In a a. day than all nil the transit transit transit tran tran- sit lines Unos In New York there would be beno beno beno no tall taU buildings of ot the type typo of ct the Woolworth Metropolitan tower Singer and City Investing building In fact tact ten stories would be oe considered a n re remarkable remarkable re- re height Indeed Broadway would be bo lined with buildings five lve and six stories as the tho renting of ot offices above bove that height would be problematIcal Ical cal because of ot tho the climb that would bo be borc rc required to got get to them EVen kven the value alue of ot skeleton steel construction construction con con- would b bo be minimized were It not for tho the development of ot the elevator cleator eleva clova- tor br which has permitted builders to carr carry buildings to any height Though the tho principle of or tho the present elevator was launched In tho the SOs liOs It was vas not until a decade ago that an any real progress W was 3 r recorded Then Jhen In rapid came camo inventions and f tl office th Hi building g elevator t- t tr r to to toi i Its i- i present r s i high h state of ot development Instead of ot fifty feet a n. minute the best speed for tor forthe forthe the elevators of ot the SOs elevators now travel at tho the rate of ot feet a minute which Is 15 as ns fast tast as tho law v of ot Now York will permit Elc a Elevators tors to tho tower of at tt ti Woolworth Woolworth Wool- Wool worth orth building are aro permitted to go at atthe atthe atthe the rn rote rate te of foot feet per minute by special del cial permission of ot tho the city govern govern- ni ment en t. t There Is Quito as much Interest at attending attending at- at tending the humble and calama ous be beginning bo bo- ginning of ot elevators as In th rapid r development In itt tho the past llast twenty or thirty years cars GOING TO The rhe railroad official answered the tho telephone An excited woman oman on theline the tho line lino Is this the New Now York railways railways' she site asked Is I the general manager there This Is his office madam Well Vell you know how warm It was this morning and then how terribly cold It turned shortly afterward 1 Yes madam Well ell my daughter Nora went downtown downtown down dOn town earl early this morning and anti she wore only a J light waist and skirt You know how tho the people keep the car windows win win- dows down open In tho the summertime and Im I'm afraid shell she'll catch her death of ot cold coming homo home Cant Can't you Issue an nn or order order or- or der tier to have e all the tho car windows closed close Philadelphia Public Ledger Leder today today |