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THE DAILT BJEflEW, THtmSDAT, MAY W, 1921
THE Oi^ CANAL cfiSt TO COAST
Waterway Cotceired By Cmtart
Waslaagtoa Hay Be Discarded
For New Transportation
XVMhington, D. C, May 18.-^ Kansa* City, Mo.. May 19.—Kirby Whether, the Chesapeake and, Ohio' xf,.Rll|, the "man with the steel legs." jBtarge Oinal. *ns. of the ol«««t trans ! ^^^ ^^^ ^ut of the wilds of Kansas portation routes in the United States ^^ ^f^^. he's the greatest tong-distance Is to sink Into disuse or to t;^e on podestraln In the world. McRill is a a new lease of oowtmerclsl Hfe depends Kansas farmer snd a rswboned hiker Upon th* resMlt of a campaign about to ^.ho»«. one ambition Is .o walk th • be launched by Its or>erators. w«ih the ,,,^ trail frorJ» New Y<Wk to Ban Fran active support of reprcnntatlve com ,.,^,q ,„ „horter thw? than any other mercial lnter«'«ts Ih 'Maryland nnd tlie ,.,.oH8-«>ountry trekker. District of OolumbUi «nd*th« Maryjsnd ^ ^^.^ ^ ,^t,^ ^^^^t ot 8.895 mUes from delegation In Congress. ; ^^..^ y„,,j5 ,„ ^an Francisco and Mc
Conceived In the fertile brain of ¦ ftm iws flgured It right down to a i Oeorge Washington, the Che«ap«>ake ' mere nwrtter of taking 9,«49.211 steps, and Ohio Canal project bad the active ' ^-hlch IS not sto many, after all. to a suport of a number of American plo-' Knns.i« farmer like McRHI. who sayH neers whos«? names are now famous jcb « mere bag o' shells to him to hike In history, and the route was flrst sur-: twenty-flve miles to town, enjoy an veye^ by General Washington himself ofrernoon's picnic and then hike Imck m 1784. Since its competition It hjis ( uieMtt In the evening, been -in virtually constant o|>eration, McRIII has bt-en a walker since h-j though the enterprise has never lK><'n : fvtts four ye.irs Old and walked •w f.Tr particularly successful fi-om a flnan away from the farmhouse that It ti:ecl clal point of view, and sime tho com- , j,i;, dmddy jotrt to find him. He won Ing of the rail i^miM-tition has many „ talking race from Kansas City to times been threatened with extinction. Chicago recentl!*' against time and also
At several periods during its hi(»tor>. holds a re<ord for walking from Chi-
tisne and UAAt am up-to-daft as ttai plans af thr miliur> strabtgtsU.
The iflrst conclusiosi rsached by the 4eputl«» ia ttMir study at tha political
osprcts mi Fr»i««j«"# saJBty.ls.that the
H Uf* L L Ca I I »» T T Maintenance of close co-operatloa with Maa Wita the Steel Left To Try: the united SUtes and English is on
To Redace TiaM Acrou Cea- i iCtmoiut. necessity.
tiaeat—3.895 Miles "*» '""f *" *^«"«"' **^ ^"'^
____^ ' titJites and Engkind And themselves
on the some side, thb return of war is ImiMMtslblo" said Lieutenant-Colonel Fabry. "Without yielding any bit of her national pride, France should con¬ tinue her International poHcy in this Cliannel."
SP
EDWARD FREYER
MAJrcvAOTCuat er jie'qsttc
Wkker Fanutp-e and Baskets
ALL KINBS QF REPAIRING 31 WEST MERRICK ROAD •
FREEPORT, L I.
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* H. B. HAGEN
74 South Main Street
^iucc-t or to F, PITTEKMANN
FREEPORT, N. Y.
After mn abcenco at one aad a half year*; I an pfeascd to aiuioance to my frionds and former ciutom«rs that I am prepared to eenre those who den're the host in
MEATS and GROCERIES
^ Telephone, 1326 PROMPT QELIVERY ..
notably during the World War, the old canal route has proved a l>oon (o ship¬ pers and to the nation as a whole. by furnishing an outlet ^or traffic when the stei»m routes were lioiie- lessly congested. Tapiilng what is known as "The .\er-k of the Bottle." the canal route wa.s nol only of Im¬ mense value as an auxillaiy to the heavily-burdened steam routes to the Eastern seaboard, hut aino proved a
c»go to Milwaukee.
The "man with the wteel legs' they call him, for as yet he has never been li-« weary on a hike. On one occasion, to test the enduring powers of his musclar legs, he walked 135 rain's wit!-- out a stop. These legs of steel never failed ;hlm as mile after mile was clicked off on his i>edometer. Finally, however, he says that he began to lose his sense of hearing. Next his
veritable '"life saver" in the transi)orta-i ,.yi.„ifrht >,egan to fail and he could no tlon of coal owing to the fact trial ; j^nRcr see distinctly. He was forced to
for Its short Intrastate hauls tipple • cars could be used wiiich were unflt for Interstate trafflc.
Railroads Actively interested The Railroad Administration, appre¬ ciating the trategic imiwrtance of the
sto|) at thti end of the 135th mile, but his legs never gave out.
"1 intend to l>reak all crosscountry rciK)rds in my walk from ocean lo ocean thlH Summer," McKlll said to- d;iy. "Kdward Payson Weston walked
biirgc route, detailed it.s most expert jt j^ Mtf days, and John Knnis did the engineers to work out plans for its ; ^nme distance in 80 »hiys and five Improvement and develoijrflent. These | hours. I can smash both records. I
believe, for I can maintain an average of between 60 and 60 miles per day on the trip.
.VlcRlll has secured .ludge Isaacsohn. a well-known Kansas City promoter and trainer, as his manager Jind is al¬ ready practicing cross-country ,hlkcs In Kansas from hl« home at TonK'»- noxle, to a point a hundw^d miles away. He wears a No. 11 shoe and a pair laat htm ordinarily 400 miles.
tentative i)lans included the suiistitu :
tion of tractors for mules or motive
power, and the di\'.f!i'.sion from the
steam roads of freight more adaiital)le
to the canal route either because' of
tho nature of the commodity or it.s
destination. These plans are now be¬ ing revived and pushed by tlie Inter¬ ests which have undertalieii lo prevcni
the old trade route from heing ahan
doned.
The iftimedinte crisis which confront;
the Chesapeiike and Ohio Canal is the
dan^i'er of losing u contract with the
Navy Department under whleh the
little bHrge males of ta(f^Mamftmm.iiv
and'Ohio have for twe4ty years ti-ans-
j>orted more tlian lOO.OM toim of com I
annually from the I'umlierland. .Md..
fields to the Navy I'rovinp: t(rounds
at l"ndian Head, Md. In the past tiiis
enormous haul of coal lias constituted
about two-thirds ot the annual eo.il
movement in the canal, a fact whl<-h
Indicates the Importance of this con¬ tract as an alil to the present ambi¬ tious plans for commercial develori ;
ment. It not its actual c(Trntinuan<'o in I
operation.
trAtll now there ha.-* been no vIk- J
orous attempt on the part of the rail-1
roads to compete with the canal for!
this contract. This year, however, the '
Pennslyvanla liallroad has siilimitteil i
u bid whl<-h Is a few rents lower than i''"fny population, and the quustlon of
the rate for which the canal operators j i'lllaoees with otlier jKiwers.
estimate they can transport the cohI. j Marshal Foth, Marshal Joffre, mem
Navy Department experts figure they I hers of the Sujireme War Council, will save from |15,000 to $17,000 an I'ii'neial Nivelle, l><'beney, .Maistre and nually by use of the steam route. ¦>. niim*>er of the coming men in the
Denby to.ttive Ksrly Decision 'French military establishment have
Congressman Fredeikk Zililrnan. 1 l"'>'n consulti-d on i>urely technical di- of Maryland, headed a delegation which recently presented i>owerful his¬ toric and sentimental ar>;um«iints as well as the military and commercial reasons why the waterway should J»ot be abandoned. They came away from the Interview with Secretary of the Navy Denby fueling that the Navy Dc
FRANCE PREPARES FOR FUTURE WARS
Deputies A^pourted To lavestif ate
Retottrces To Meet Any
Emctrgency Instantly
Pari.>», May 18.—FraWe will not be caujfht naiiping in l'he next war.
1'lans for Industrial, e<;onomic and ii.^ricultiliill, as well as military mo¬ bilization of the country's Ji-esources at a moment's notice, are being worked out by a group of members of the Chamber of Deputies, headed by I.ieu- tenant-Colonel Fabrjl, noted military critic. They take Into account not only technlcjil needs in time of warfare, but (he morals of the Fren<'h and tlie
tails. Foimcr I'residen^ Polncare antl several present and,, former Cabinet members have contributed suggestions for a "moral" mobilization of the French p»>o)iU" and for underminInK opinion in enemy countries from the very outbreak of war. The reteiillon of compuLsory military partment may yet see its way clear to j service Is naturally the Hr.st feature
modify Its plans and contbiue utiliz¬ ing the^ canal route. Secretary Dciiliy. lhey H lid, promised an early decision and adraltted the sentimental as well ns the military value of the route. The early history of the canal is that of tho t»otomac Compiln>. formed short ]>¦ after the Revolutionary War. ,
"The Potomac <"\)mpany had its in¬ ception In the fertile brain of (leorKe Washington," says the oWlfiial history of the c^miwny. "The father ,of his country had the vision of a prophet. In tHe development of the ctituilry and
ot these |)lan.s. With this in view the dt'putles' group tVifl be on the alert to combat any attempt by the radical Socialists or Communists to defeat con¬ scription, though there is Httle likeli¬ hood that any serious attempt will be made for many years. ¦ The secontl feature whlvh concerns t*ily the military exi>ert8, calls for the drawing of plans to prevent a repe¬ tition of the Invasion of France by the (iermans at the outbreak of the World War, and to make li>ance"s frontier ab¬ solutely Inviolable. In no other way,
tho oulldlng of commerce he was fully t il Is jwinted out. can the nation's In- twenty-three years in advance of his ; dustrlal resources be entirely at her fcllo\(r cltlsens. i illsposal during a war.
tVorttington Wss Sharel»oUler j .\ connplete census of French Indus-
"Tho Oeneral left hl^ liome ul Mount j trial establishments will lie Utken.
Vernjon. 8ei)tember 1. 178<, on horse-1 This will note the rapldfty with which
back, following the course of tbe river | they can be adapted to the mimufac-
and Hd tributaries, maklnt; personal j ture of war supplies, their situation
examination of the depth and the rap- Ids as Well a* the settlements, who the inhabitants were and their ability to clear the forests and till the soil. The cUneral returned from that pre- liminssry survey October 4, belntf Ob-
with reference to-quiidc transpbrtatton of war products and the extent to wh'lch thel^ male workers r.iay be re- phtced by women.
The agrlctdtural'census will be no lesti complete. It Is planned to have at
seat thtrty-four Aiys. He travelled $10 j all times in tho posacsskin of the C.ov- niiles. .111 avei i<e of 28 rhlK's a day. j ernment mlnutelyl detailed statistics ¦l poll lu i. lurn he immediately be-1 regartUng production In every com- Kan lilt." orjiaiiijuition of a comiwny ' mune, the degree to which that pro- to develop the waterway. Tlie 1j«i«-| thictlon will bo reduced by tho with- tslature«> of Maryland and Virginia i «*rawal of farm workers for service granted charters during May, 1T8B, to) In tho army and the centres from the Potomac Company, und George i which foo<l supplk^s may be ro<Mt
i'aslliBgton "was elected Its first pr*-*)- j qult-kly an'
enti lie vraa also a Iwkb slwrv- lk>th tti iltui-alj.
Bolder." census wil; ... ...... . .imo to
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the regular wash, or wA driicate pieces as damty shirtwaists,
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then pay the first small down-i)a)^ttent.
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THIS FACT IS EVID»iC£0 BY OUR CONSTANT GROWTH
Capital One Yo«r Ago $25^000.00
Capital Now 25,000.00
D«|MMits One Year Ago l,3«6,70a.03
I>a|>JMitft Now 1,776,M6.82
Surplus and Undivided ProfiU 61,106.93
ONE YEAlt AGO
Surplus and Undivided Profits 61,016.17
NOW
RoMMirces One Year Ago 1,468.154.24
RMburtses Now 1,^S375.0»
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LADIES* snd GENTS SUITS MADE TO ORDER
FRESSUVO, CLEAKOrO, REFAIBING and DYEOTG . D. WALUCK, (formerly of 5th Ave,. N. Y.)
15 SO. MLLAGE AVSl^lK
Tel. i;W-W R0CK\7LLK CKNTKK, N. Y.
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easily und Jit pci-fettly. Awnlntu re¬ versed. Frumca recovered and repaired
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