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UNDERGROUND TRAIN AND MOTOR TRAFFIC.“
NEW YORK SCHEME VISUALISES 38 AIR PORTS:
The New Yorker of the future, if he survives the present, is te have all the living advantages that have hitherto been distributed; among the birds, heasts, worms and even fishes. For he is to divide his time between air, çarth, underground and undersea.
During the next 25 years, if Manhattan multiplies mi present rate, the population will be doubled and tripled, and how it will live or move--already lua become something to worry about.
However, according to latest re- porta, inslead of getting woran, which it cannot, congestion ia go- ing to be reduced. With the aid of architeels, scientists, city plan- arrs who have spent aleepless aighte over the ritualion, and a billion dollars in east, it is pro- mised that the next generation actually will have more room than the present one.
Just Wait Till 1967, 1 New York is Visioned as ruch- ing be perfection about 1965- eity soaring almve its present Jimation and digging more deeply" than ever into its curky Fils-i network of tunnels, bridges and highways, dotted with airporta this aeroriling to the Regional Plan of New York, a plan which is the result of even years of work on the part of 150 engineers and eentomists as $1,000,000) supplied by the Russell Sage: Foundation.
The plan is in the hands of now sponsors, with George MrAneny, former president of the Borough | of Manhattan, at its head, and the Russell
Foundation Suge backers.
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The plan considers Manhattan and its immediate vicinity as in- cluding 22 countries and compris. ing 5,528 aquaris miles and avenm- modating n population 20,000,000,
TRAINS
LIVING DUARTERİ ANDÝ PLAYGROUNDS
Here's a cross-section of metropolitan New York of the future, acending to dans shown at the Exposition of Architecture, and Allied Arts. On the lowest level will be the eletrie trains and pneumatic freight tubes. Next is the level for fast motor frafie, and, above that, laries for henvy trucks. Pedestrians will have the surface streets to them- selves." Offices, schools, living quarters and parks will occupy the high buildings, and aircraft landing fields will be
established an The roofs.
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YOUR WIFE'S DEBTS.
OUTLINE OF THE LAW BY A BARRISTER.
According to this scheme, the
Some people imagine, quite city becomes ʼn giant layer cake, erroneously, says a harrister in a with layers above and below the Home paper, that a husband is
earth, all complete and functioning always answerable for the debts of in their several ways, with all but his wife.. One has even heard. It pedestrian and air traffe 'under-suggested that an extravagant and ground.
inconsiderate woman can run up.
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Into the lowest level of subter-bills, in thoughtlessness or malice, ranean life would be the subway to any extent she pleases, and that system, connected to upper levels It will still be the legal duty of the by spiral escalators, and the man she has married to settle them
on demand. freight tubes for fast distribation.
Immediately above this la plan- ned the level for fast motors, each lane being devoted to one-way traffic, with garages on this level so that people in apartments never would need to remove their cars from that. level while in the down- town portions of the city.
Fortunately, the law of Englund contains no such harsh and unjust provisions. In point of fact, hus- bands are fairly well shielded from the brunt of unauthorized credit transactions by their wives..
Not infrequently advertisements are seen in the newspapera-where- in married mun announce, to all Above this level, but still un-whom it may concern that they derground, heavier, slower motar will no longer be responsible for traffic would move, with adjacent
alores.
PICTORIAL SUPPLEMENT.
WAR SECRETS BARED. Clemenceau and the U.S. Army.
Georges Clemenceau.
constitute
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An inside view of the rivalry, to take account of this and to trent gawigen for repair. The theoreti-their wives' debts. Actually, such
intrigue and jealousy that marked it as if it had fought at our sides enl advantage of placing this show notices are of no legal validity.
of for a very long time.. The position of husbands in this the relations between some
"Clemenceau, toward the end of trafile above the fast is that matter is governed by Sixed legal the Allled leaders during the] chandise and freight would not
World War is furnished by the war, nevertheless thought that, have to be elevated so far to the principles, not by proclamation.
The mere fact that a woman is recently published book book the American Army did not render in which Raymond Recoaly, French the services it should have given, the wife of the man she lives with publicist, recounts a long series through the fault of its com- Pedestrians not Forgotten.
gives her no right to pledge his of conversations he had with the mander, General Pershing. He fly this time we have come acredit. She must have his per-inte Marshal Ferdinand Foch, [reproached to the latter above all to the surface for air and have a mission to contract debts to be There conversations shied a new his seeking to whole level devoted to pedestri-paid by him; that is to say, he mast light on a number of things, autonomous aray, provided with
revent 21 nus, who by this time are so plenti. either have authorized her in da They
long-standing numerous and important general Focht and staff, acting for itself without car- Tut that they will fill the entire so, or have acted in such a way clashing between streets. Thus the stores, restau-jas to lead tradesmen in belleve Clemenceau; a similar inability tong sufficiently for others. He re rants and hotels naturally will that she is entitled to order goods get along between Clemenceau and Proched me for showing myself Pershing, and a constant criticism much too patient, much ton ne- by Clemenceau of the part played commodating, with this chief."
· Foch, according to the book, did by the American Army-u
heed Clemenceau's com- criticism that Foch
was always not
plaints. Only a month before the quick to refute.
armistice the book represents Clemenceau as urging Foch to ask President Wilson to intervene and replace Pershing-a request that Foch answered with this letter:
seck this level.
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in his name.
Clemencenu is Vexed. lucidentally, it is said the book bas irked. Clemenceau so much that he is denying himself to
Going up on the layer above, Thus, in the ordinary way, would be, business offices, and married man will be held legally above them, serene and high, the responsible for debts incurred by seboots, art iustitules and clubs. the wife in the everyday coursĄ By this time we are pretty high (of housekeeping, for spreading the
few more table and stocking the harder. up and have only a stories to go to reach the roofs) But even in this purely domestic and set-back levels, to be devoted sphere the husband will have all callers and spending all of "One cannot deny the effort fur- living quarters and play good defence to a tradesman's his time writing a book of his own nished by the American Army. grounds, nerial parka appropriate claim if he can prove that he has in which he will answer the After having attacked at St. ly decorated with chrubbery, and in fact forbidden his wife to incur charges made by Recouly'a book. Mihiel on Sept. 12, it has attacked
Here, for instauce, 'is a quota- | in the Argonne on Sept. 26. It hug- on fairly easy terms with the such debts, even though there has tion from Fach, discussing the lost by fire, from Sept. 26 to Oct. noon and the stars. On rot sum-been no public advertisement of way Clemenceau criticized the 20, 54.168 men-for slight gains ground, and the congestion into immediate purchase of 16 new air-mer nights these living quarters the fact.
efforts of the Amerienn Expedi- upon a narrow front, it is true, New Jorges and Long Island ports in addition to the 22 now would afford the comfort that is There is one loophole only for tionary Force and Pershing: but upon a terrain particularly "It was especially the case with dilleult and in the face of a would be greatly reduced. From exisiting New bridges, tunnels, lacking near Mother Earth herself, the luckless shopkeeper. If he Hef and increased traffic facilities, residential towns in New York and double levels are a part of where the radiation of heat is so can show that the husband has the young American Army, excel-serious resistance by the enemy.""
the plan.
settled previous accounts in re-lent and full of ardor, bút natur- Recouly adds Foch told him date, Connecticut and New Jer-
Picture of the Future.
spect of the wife's transactions ally inexperienced, Д novice, his relations with General Per sey, a system of airways into,
What the city itself may look
without demur, he will be justified having to learn in some months shing were extremely pleasant, Manhattan is proposed
like in 1950 or 2000 was shown
in demanding payment, unless he or in some weeks what I had and that he alway's got from Per- Looking forward, to air trans-by plus at the recent Exposition
has been expressly warned of the taken us many years to learn. Ishing a confidence and a good will portation as increasingly import Architecture and Allied Arts in
husband's altered determination in appeared to me unreasonable, in that grew progressively better-as tant, the committen advised the 'New York.
regard to the, wife's dealings. my relatious with this Army, not the war advanced,
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Plan Huge R. R. Loop. As a means of commutalkn res
it plans to conneet New York, Long Island and Jersey by means of a huge railroad loop,' Boking the lines of seven great systems.
Those lines would completely circle the city, above and under-
unbearable.
Under this scheme, the tops of buildings would be of uniform height over a considerable, area, furnishing convenient landing places for airplanes.
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