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CITY ASKED TO GIVE
$4000 HEEDED FOR
THANKSGIVING SHIP
Contributions for Starving
'Belgians, to Complete by
Tonight the Orn Fund,
. Pour in At Headquarters.
While n. score of stevedores are busy
fllllng the Orn, Philadelphia's Thanks
giving Ship, with provisions for stnrv
ins Ilelglnns, contributions to complete
the 1115,000 fund required by tonight niu
pouring In nt the headquarters In tho
Lincoln Building.
All day yesterday the receiving sta
tions were open to receive the munificence
ft Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. When
headquarters opened this morning only
JKX remained to be collected to fulfill
the prophecy that the fund would be
complote two dnyH before tho ship is
ready to sail. Tho curly contributions
were Very small, but by 10 o'clock scv
iaI hundred dollars had been collected.
Nearly every county In tho State ban
contributed Its quota, and with only a
couple Of towns, whern mltortlnn-, liuvn
been made, to bo heard from, nearly all
of the $4000 must be raised by Philadel
phia. Just as the factory whistles In well
provided Philadelphia aro blowing for
noon, Wednesday, tho Orn will start on
Its long voyage across tho ocean to Ilel
Blum Where a year of plenty ha been
turned Into n, year of horror and starva
tion. 1p havo the ship salt loaded to Its
utmost capacity the remaining thousands
must be raised by tomorrow eight at tho
least.
A cry has- readied America for milk for
llttlo Belgian children, tho generation to
which Belgium must look for Its period
of reconstruction. Tho Executive Com
mitted has announced thnt tho man,
woman or child who has not given any
thing, but contemplates doing so, could
Hot do better thnn to give a caso of con
densed mills for these llttlo sufferers.
"This Is not an appeal to help a nation
because It Is a certain nation," said ono
mombor of tho committee. "It Is an
.Appeal to shed tho light of life onco moro
tiJSon a stricken land that must die in
the darkness of wnr unless succor is
forthcoming. No nation has suffered In
this war as has Bolulitm. It has borne
tho brunt of tho strife and who can say
Belgium did not lot about hor task brave
ly, realizing tho consequences?"
Yesterday the usual Sunday quiet of
South Delaware avenue gave way to tho
creaking of strained cranes, tho shouts
of laborers and tho Bteady rumble of
trucks on tho wharf. With tho tlrst rays
of tho sun a score or moro stovedores
eot about loading food Into the hold of
the O'ti.
All day they worked, and when night
came thoro were still many tons waiting
to be placed aboard. This morning at
daybreak tho work was started again,
with a crowd of Interested spectators
looking on. Even now It Is necessary to
employ more labor If tho Orn Is to leavo
on time,, and unless that remaining JI00O
is forthcoming Immediately the ship will
be late .In departing.
Only a little more Is needed from Phila
delphia. All Philadelphia newspapers are
receiving contributions, and these can also
be taken or sent to the Lincoln Pudding
headquarters or tho Philadelphia Na
tional Bank. Tho Lincoln Building head
quarters will be open from 8 o'clock this
morning until 8:S0 (clock tonight.
At the request of John Wanamaker, L.
G. Graeff. president of the Commercial
Sxchange, will appoint Inspectors to pass
' Upon the food that Is put aboard tho
Bill)), both as to quality and quantity.
CONTniBtmONB RECEIVED TODAT.
Tha following contributions were receive!
today:
T. II. 8 11.00 Park Ave. M. E.
Mary I. Crumley B.00 Church 80.30
Weil Phlla. .... l.W) V. S. Abell.... 8.00
J. Davis, Head- Aiieiaine ana
In-, Fa, 100.00 .William
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JU White LUuPaulH. Duller.
ITlenda In Johns- - Coleeaea
town. Pa. 10.00 J JI
8omret, Pa. ... 12.60 J;a".h ;
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1.00
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2.00
Narberth M. H.
Junior League.
Mrs. P. C. Ches
ter Tj. D. Tucker...
Katharine Louie
Cash
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FLOUR FOR BELGIANS
Kalians Preparing Shipment of CO,
O0O Barrels for Sufferers.
NEW TOP.K. Nov. .-Rx-Oovernor
Htubbs, of Kansas, has notified the Amer
ican Commission for Ilellef In Belgium
that tho Kansas Committee was prepar
ing a shipment of 50,000 barrels of Hour
as Its donation to the Belgians.
The commission also received a cable
gram from If. C. Hoover, chnlrmau of the
Amerlcnn Itcllef Commission In London,
stating it requires nt least a week to
communicate with Brand Whltlock, the
American Minister In Belgium nnd that
messengers sent from London with mes
sages for Mr. Whltlock nro often com
pelled to walk from tho const of Hol
land to the American ISmbassy In llrus
eels. 3-DAY CAMPAIGN
TO RAISE $00,000
FOR BOY SCOUTS
Two Hundred Men Will
Make Whirlwind Canvass
of City Collecting Fund to
Continue Work.
In the hope of making rhllndclphln the
largest Boy Scout city In the world, a
campaign Is about to he Inaugurated,
with headquarters In the Curtis llulld
Ing, to provide the means for the ad
mission of 10,000 hoys In this city who
are anxious to be associated with tho
movement.
This number of boj's are anxious for
admission, according to the Scout Execu
tive Committee chairman in rhllndclphln,
Dr. Charles V. Hart, but It Is essential
if tho work be carried on with such an
Increased enrolment that tho budget for
1915, 1916 and 1917 bo Increased.
Because of tills condition It has been
decided to start a three-day campaign on
November 30 for the purpose of obtaining
subscriptions or cash to the amount of
$50,000 to obtain tho necessary funds. Tho
plan is to organize AO teams of flvo men
each, which will reach out Into every
section of Philadelphia to get the peoplu
interested In the movement. The head
quarters In the Curtis Building will bo
located on tho seventh floor, nnd may bo
reached by elevator from the entrnnco
nt tho northwest corner of "th and San
som streets.
DirtECToft PonTEn enthusiastic.
Tho movement has the good will nnd
support of some of the leading business
men of the city, who hnvo come to see
thnt tho plan of the organization of Boy
Scouts to build up clean, manly young
men, who nro tit to serve their country
we'll by holiest service and. kindness to
their fellow-men. Director of Public
Safety Porter, who Is Scout Commissioner,
Is enthusiastic over tho work that has al
ready been done. Tho boys who belong
to the Scouts, he has found, are doing
much to Improve the conditions lir many
sections of the city, and although thou
sands of boys get into the clutches of
tho police each year, It Is seldom that
any boy who Is adulated with tho Boy
Scouts causes any trouble. Instead they
assist In preserving peace, the Director
says.
In Philadelphia there are now about
2S0O boys In tho 100 troops that come
under the direction of tho executive coun
cil for the local work. Many applications
are received dally from boys nnd their
parents, and from clergymen and lenders
In social betterment work In nil parts of
the city, asking for the formation" of
troops or for the admission of young men
to organizations. But, due to the lack of
funds to carry on the work. It has been
Impossible to open tho way to some 10,000
of these.
Records at scout headquarters In Inde
pendence square show the cost for carry
ing on the work during the last year per
scout was $101. With tha funds avail
able for tho advancement of the work
so that tho 10,000 may be enlisted, and
Philadelphia made the leader of tho
world for Boy Scouts, Held and district
secretaries will be employad and tlicro
will be a general education campaign to
make the force of the movement felt more
thoroughly everywhere In the advance
ment of all 'that is good.
OFFICERS OF COUNCIL.
Officials of the executive committee or
council of the Boy Scouts ol Philadel
phia are:
Dr. Charles D, Hart, chairman.
Roy Smith Wallace, secretary.
Orlando Crease. Jr., treasurer.
E. T. Stotesbury, treasurer Boy Scout
Fund.
Walter S. Cowing, scout executive.
George D. Porter, scout commissioner.
J. Woodbrldge Patton, deputy scout
commissioner.
E. W, Rubencame, oflloe secretary,
Assistant District Attorney Charles Ed
win Fox, who comes In dally contact with
the youth that are taken Into the Juve
nile Court, has declared that the move
ment should appeal to the taxpayers as
worthy.
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BEUEJ? STATION OPENED
Contributions (or Suffering Jews Re
ceived at 821 Chestnut Street.
The headquarters of the Committee of
Jewish Women, at 811 Chestnut street,
was opened this morning and Is being
suit a a receiving station for funds,
general supplies, clothing and medicines
for the aid of the Jews In the war zones.
The committee lias established seven
substations In various sections of the city.
Contribution received at those points will
be pent to the headquarters for paeklng.
thence to Burqpe.
Bills A. Qlmbel gave the use of the
building at 821 Chestnut street.
His Correction
A twefeer. Instructing hr olasa 1b the
eqBilMatMMi fit seateaee, wrote tw on
the btaakjbecrd, w a tniatateaaeflt of
fact. ai$ th tker wrww gramnuuieaU?.
The aentpe ? " b9 has? three
tte." "W& "
."Harry," fW t oo of the young
sters, "go to the blackboard and ahjovv
where the fault Ilea in those two sen
ttuees." Harry Uowly approached the board, evt.
deatly atu&lyiBg hard. Then he took tae
txayoa ana wrote. ,
"The kee aferer dM It Cod doae U."
Ksewt4.
In memory of It,
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MILD-EYED DEER
ROUTS WOULD-BE
VALIANT CAPTORS
Animal Flees After Flooring
Two Bluecoats and a Bag
gage Master Capture
Follows Fall.
A big gray doe Is In a stall at the
Germantown police station today and
Sergeant Hirst, Mounted Policeman
Itlchardson and a half-dozen commuters
nro nursing sore spots made by the hoofs
of the nnlmal. The deer Is believed to
have escaped from tho preserve In Fair
mount Park along the Wlssahlckon. It
was captured after a battle lasting an
hour nt the Wayne Junction station of
the Reading Railway early this morning.
Sergeant Hirst and Policeman Itlch
ardson were attracted to the station be
fore 7 o'clock by the sound of shots.
They failed to find who was doing the
shooting, but on the station platform
they saw the deer, evidently very much
at home.
Confidence was to be seen In every
movement of the two bluecoats as they
approuched the slender animal with the
big, mild eyes, The deer backed into a
corner and waited. Sergeant Hirst tight
ened up his belt and rushed.
Like a flash the deer pivoted, and both
slender hind legs shot out. The sharp
hoofs caught the sergeant squarely In
the solar plexus. He sat down for some
minutes where he landed, a safe dis
tance from the deer. Policeman Rich
ardson wisely stood on guard, also at
a safo distance.
Samuel I.adley, the baggagemaster,
heard tho commotion and came running
up the platform. "This won't do," he
said. "We'll have to get this thing out
of here."
Approaching the deer as he might havo
walked up to a trunk, Ladley reached out
an authoritative hand. Then he withdrew
It, the balance of his anatomy having
been catapulted out of action by tho
deer's hoofs.
Ry this time a score of commuters had
forgotten all about their trains and the
announced Increase in rates. They were
ntnnrifni? urnnnrl Erlvlncr sllirirRtlnnfl. R.v.
eral volunteered to help. Sergeant HlrstTV
men made a concerted rush at the deer.
When they got within range things be
gan to happen. About two seconds later
things stopped happening and the deer,
at bay In the corner, snorted. Slowly the
game hunters picked themselves up and
Warily backed off.
The deer tired of the game at this point
qnd made a break for freedom. Jumping
off the platform, It scampered up the
right of way with the bluecoats and
about 00 commuters In full pursuit The
animal was gaining rapidly, but It turned
to look back and fell Into a deep excava
tion. Ropes were looped about Its feet
from the top of the hole, and It waa
leaded Into the patrol wagon like a side
of beef and taken to the station, t will
be returned to the park.
Th capture of the deer brought to an
end a wild career In which several speed
record were brcken. The animal waa
sighted yesterday on Allegheny avenue,
browsing on some one's lawn. A man
on a rootoreyole started la pursuit He
wondered, a few minute later, why he
ever thought hi machine waa fast
Pedestrians on Rising Sun lane saw the
animal next. They also gave chase until
It disappeared in a oloud of dust- Police
of several stations were notified and sett; I
eral time they saw a gray flash. butSJ
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Small boy with air rifles went hunting
for the deer, but their tfajeeterlea were
too ahart Ww tb animal spent th
Mtf bt no am Vtmw.
lor we oeer. out tnejr uajaotoru were I aeva
i too num, wai to animal spent th I bed"V-
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WAITING FOR KITTY TO LEAVE
CHILDREN SAVED AT FIRE
Four Rescued by Heroic Men During
Blaze Uptown.
Fire, believed to have been started by
a cigarette dropped by a roomer. Im
periled the lives of the four children of
Jacob Rubin, a second-hand furniture
dealer, 28 East. Madison street, this
morning. John Chlpllnekl and Arthur
Brown, who helped Rubin rescue the
children, woro overcome by smoke.
Rubin, sleeping on the ground floor,
awoke to And his store filled with smoke.
Running to the street, ho sounded an
alarm. Chlpllnskl and Drown, members
of the Thompson Beneficiary Associa
tion, which has headquarters nearby, re
sponded. The children, Frederick, 12; Dora, 8;
Julia, 6, and Hyman, S, were asleep on
the third floor. The three men ran up
the amoke-fllled staircase and carried the
children to the street, They were unin
jured. $1 00 000 GOES TO RELATIVES
Will of William W. Steel Admitted to
Probate .Today.
The estate- of William W. Steel, late of
Philadelphia, who died in the Roosevelt
Hospital, New York. November 14, esti
mated In excess of 100,000, Is bequeathed
principally to a brother, Davis W, Steel,
nephews and nieces. The will was ad
mitted to probato in Philadelphia today
with letters testamentary granted to
Samuel S. Kneasa.
The Stryker Library, of Lambertvllle,
N. J., will receive J1000 from the estate
In memory of the wife of tho docedent
Other wills probated today are:
Lamnson S. Curtis, 3135 Walnut street,
whose estate Is estimated at JH.QOO; Al
fred Ij. Elseman. S5 North Broad street,
130,000; Joseph S. Miller, MM1 Allegheny
avenue, $10,000; ElUabeth Kurzeknabe,
1218 Louden street, $9500; Victoria. Fresh
muth, 4617 Sanson, street, $3200; George W.
Lobb, 7150 Vandyke street, $3500; Mary A.
Hoover. 1814 South 12th street, $3000. and
Frederick B. Rlchert, 7808 Frnnkford ave
nue, $2300.
Personal property of Anna B. Carroll
has been appraised at $1403.22.
FLEE FROM BURNING HOME
Family Aroused From Sleep Escape
in Night Clotliea.
Fire In the drug store of John Merscher,
southwest comer of 15th street and
Columbia avenue, this morning, threaten
ed -to spread to adjoining buildings, and
the family of Dr. Ralph Flint, living on
15th street below Columbia avenue, and
Mr. and Mra. Henry Bucher, living on
the other side of the threatened build
ing, fled to the street scantly clad.
Policeman Hell, of the 19th and Oxford
streets station, discovered the fire in the
drug Btore shortly before 3 o'clock. He
turned in an alarm and returning to the
corner saw emoke was tilling the building
adjoining. He first aroused Mr. and Mrs.
Bucher, who live above a photograph
studio, and then pounded on the door of
Doctor Fltnt'a residence, which was
around the corner on lith street.
Mr. and Mrs. Burlier and seven mem
ber of the Flint household were cared
for by neighbor-
The flames were extinguished after a
damage of $H0 bad been wrought in the
drug store. The eauae of the flre la un
known. The Kev. W. E. Griffin Installed
The Rev. W. E- Griffin, formerly of
EiigUwood, H. J., waa Installed as pas
tor of the Iaorabard Street Central Pres
byterian Church yesterday afternoon in
the presence of a large audlenoe- He suc-
eas me .iv, ur. jvan i- iteove. -vnu
M years As pastor lad b baa
Brfftor omaritox. The Rev. liar.
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WINTER TO BE MILD,
SEVERE, SHORT, LONG,
THE PROPHETS SAY
Predictions of the Goosebone
Seers Are Guaranteed to
Suit Every-Possible Taste
This Year.
The weatlier prophets unoftlclal-have now an
nounced their firm convictions
About he- comlns winter, bo that those who
read may know;
It will be short and long and mild and quits
Bovore; and oil predictions
Aeree tha; tons ot snow will fall and there'll
be little snow. i
Goosebone prophets throughout tho
State aro busily nt work these days pre
dicting tho weather conditions to pre
vail this winter. The predictions satisfy
ovqry otic, Inasmuch as they cover every
possible contingency. There Is a prophet
for every type, those who like mild win
ters and the fresh-air fiend who Hkes
to walk In the snow barefoot
So far most of tho predictions havo been
based on other than the goosebone. The
prophets who follow this method read
the markings on tho breastbone of a
goose hatched in the spring and killed
for Thanksgiving Day. A few have ven
tured to predict on the markings of geese
killed within tho last few days, but most
aro holding oft until the day of Thanks
giving. Others are turning to the nnlmals. the
trees and oven the earthworms and
beetles for their "signs." Forty of Berks
County's prophets met at Monocacy and
gave out their predictions based on these
sources. Some held the winter will be
short and mild, because they turned up
bugs and worms while plowing within
the last few days. Others failed to see
the worms nnd say the winter will be
long and severe.'
Another, class of prophets contends that
the winter will be short but cold, be
cause there Is a thick coating of moss
on the north side of tho trees. One man
was unable to predict because the num
ber ot snow falls Is his specialty and
he cannot operate until after the first,
HU method Is to put a tin containing
a pint of the first snow on a stove nnd
count the bubbles that come to the sur
face while It Is melting. The number of
bubbles Indicates the number of snow
falls for the winter.
About Kentuckians
Irvin B. Cobb Is a Kentucklan, and
proud of It, though he can't resist nok.
Ing fun at the Blue Qras State once in
a while. Ha Jostled his fellow Kentuck
ians at a banquet in New York one time,
telling them that every one of them cried
or applauded when the orchestra, played
"My Old Kentucky Home." but that not
one uf them could be taken back until
the extradition papers had been fought
through every court.
Cobb delight in stories that hare a
Blue G rase flavor, that portray some of
tb obaraatertatio KetUuekJaii have or
pretend to have. Jiwe to one of hi
favorite:
"A Kentucky colonel always closed hi
eye when he took a drink. When ques
tioned concerning thia habit he readily
explained:
" "The sight of good ucau. aah,' he said,
always makes my mouth watatt, ah, an'
PULMOTOR SAVES A LIFE
Cummlngs, Who Blew Out Oas Onca
Defore, Has Second Narrow Escape.
Tho pulmotor saved the life of Oeorge
Cummlngs, who waa found unconscious In
his room at 154 Wlt-st Tioga, street, this
morning, with gas flowing from an open
Jet. The pollco bellevo the man acci
dentally turned on the gas.
- Several months ago Cummlngs came
hero from a small town near WaterbUryf
.Conn. He was not used to gas light nnd
blew It out. Ho narrowly escaped
nnshyxlatlon then. It l hellered the
snmo thing happened today. The man
was sent to the Episcopal Hospital. His
condition Is serious, but physicians y
ho will live.
DWELLERS OF DARBY
SECTION EAGER FOR
HIGH SPEED TRANSIT
Mass-Meeting of Woodland
Avenue Business Men To
night Will Voice Favora
ble Sentiment.
That the enthusiasm for hlsh-speed
transit linn spread to the extreme points
of the city Is shown by the interest In
tho mass-mcctlng which Is to be held
tonight under tho auspices of tho
Woodland Avenuo Business Men's Asso
ciation at Odd Fellows' Hall, 71st street
and Woodland avenue. The same spirit
which pervaded tho meetings in Frnnk
ford and Germantown will be In evidence
nt tho Woodland avenue meeting if ad
vanced preparation Is any criterion.
The people ot the Darby section, as this
neighborhood Is known, havo been en
deavoring for years to obtain bqttor
transportation facilities, and It was not
until Director Taylor threw himself Into
the breach that anything tnngiblo was
done. Residents of this section are now
confident thnt the elevated road along
Woodland avenue will be a rcnllty.
They realize that the proposed line will
bring prosperity nnd progress along with
It, In addition to Saving time and abolish
ing the S-cent exchange tickets.
Under present conditions It takes 23
minutes to ride from 65th and Woodland
avenue to City Hall, but tho high-speed
elevated line will "reduce this time to 16
minutes, thus saving each passenger 24
minutes dally on the round trip:
At tho present tlmo thcro aro vast areas
of undeveloped land tributary to Wood
land avenue, and these vacant lots and
ash piles are muto evidence of the need
ot something to make the community
worth reaching.
It is known that 'numerous manufac
turing concerns of national reputation re
fused to operate plants In this section on
account ot the Inadequate transit facili
ties. Tho Woodland avenuo elevated line will
effect a saving In time for 07,000 persons.
Including those who llvo tributary to the
surfaco lines nctlng as feeders.
It Is contended by tho people jf this
section that thousands of people living
in Chester, Wilmington and other nearby
polnta would be attracted more frequently
to this city by tho convenience offered by
such a high-speed system.
HIGH-SPEED TRANSIT
MODEL AT CITY EXHIBIT
Proposed Lines Shown In Pavilion
Indicate Splendid Development.
High-speed transit lines, proposed and
existing, were marked today on the big
model of tho city of Philadelphia In tho
"Know-Vour-Clty-Better" exhibit in the
pavilion In tho City Hall courtyard.
Under supervision of Director Taylor, of
the Transit Department, cords and rib
bons of varied colors were placed along
the small thoroughfares of tho model of
tho city. The cords represented elevated
lines, with ribbons Indicating subways.
Tho colors ot the ribbons and cords In
dicate existing lines nnd the order of
construction proposed for the lines to bo
built under the transit development plan
or uirector Taylor, index charts on the
model explain to visitors the significance
ot the various colors ot the network of
ribbons and cords.
KNOCKS-OUT A BURGLAR
AND TAKES HIM TO JAIL
Louis Burk Proves His Efficiency in
Protecting: His Home.
Louis Burk, a wealthy pork packer, liv
ing at 1237 North Broad street, Is a hero.
Unaided, he chased a burglar suspect
from his yard last night to 13th street and
Glrard avenue, where he knocked him out
collnred him and. followed by an ad
miring crowd, led his prisoner to the
Eighth nnd Jefferson streets police sta
tion. The man, who gave his name aa Wil
liam Fenlon, said he Jived In a lodging
house on North 9th street, and admitted
to the police that he bad recently finished
a term for burglary at the Eastern Penl-
lenuary.
Two companions pf the prisoner es.
caped when they were discovered crouch
ing on a temparary scaffolding In the side
yard. They were pursued by William C
Williamson, of Oak Lane, who was visit
ing "Burk, down Broad -street to Parrlah
where they disappeared. The burglar
chases, which occurred about 9 o'clock,
created excitement In tha Broad street
crowds.
DOCTOR TOWED NURSE
Hospital Romance "Will Have Culmi
nation Thanksgiving Morning,
A romance, fostered In the wards of the
Philadelphia Hospital, will have its climax
on Thanksgiving morning when Miss IJ1
llan Prances Hopkins, of the hospltal'e
nursing staff, will become the bride of
Dr. Henry Joseph E. Newnam, chief visit.
Ing physician.
Ills Hopkins came to this city from
Badbank. N. J., in lftt and began her
""" i .rniituiwpuia. Hospital. She
waa graduated la 1W6. She resides at 333
PlUwater atreet. Doctor Ncwnaw. hTa
"?.?" - . Medical College, in
addition to hU work at the Philadelphia
Hospital he la instructor in obstetric at
the Jefferson Hoepita! and Board of
tTUey B' "V at Bouth
The wedding ceremony will take Dlaea
In St Anthony of Padua Church. Q,!
Ferry road and Kitjwater .treat, and
wil be performed by the Rev. Franci.
J. Currag. Th couple wj ; wwrfESS
iWWtmm Ja Florida. qJ SajTwi
U.j; WIS reatde at m 0,55 WmS. i
WEST PHILADELPHIA
SITES TURNED INTO
GOLD MINES BY 'Lr
m
Coming of High - Speed
System Sent Realty Values
Soaring Near 52d and
Market Streets.
Further Investigation of realty values
In the neighborhood of 62d nnd Market
streets shows thnt the elevated line con
verted llttlo spots of ground hero and
there Into veritable gold mlnos. Sites
which formerly were occupied by peanut
stands and shoemaker shops now have
prosperous stores or dignified dwellings.
This Increase In values did not adhere
closely to tho "L" line, but spread out
62d Btreet and east nnd west on 'Market,
Chestnut, Walnut and Arch streets for a
considerable dlstanco.
As nn Illustration of tho property boom
which accompanied tho high-speed sys
tem these few cases nre cited.
Especially Interesting Is tho history of
the lot at tho southwest corner of G2d
and Market streets. Fifteen years ago
this was offered to Select Councilman
Edward W. Patton, of the 27th Ward, for
VM. Mr. Patton had arranged to leave
on a fishing trip when tho offer waa
made, and ho did not take tlmo to think
it over. "I'll look into It when I return,"
ho said. Upon his return, however, tho
ground had been sold. Tho lot has a
frontago of E7 feet on Market street and
a depth of 78 feet on E2d street, and ex
tends to Ludlow street.
SITE NOW WOimi $75,M0.
Ten years ago tho alto was bought for
$3500. Two yearB later the value Jumped
to J.35,000, and when tho 1 road was built
Its value more than doubled. While the
high speed line was being constructed,
the Market Street Title and Trust Com
pany erected its hnndBome bnnk building
on tho site. Now the ground alone Is
valued at $75,000.
Amusement promoters saw the possi
bilities of the neighborhood some time
ago. The big business done by the Nixon
Theatre, B2d street below Market, Js1 a
forerunner of other ventures In the the
atrical field. Flans are now being con
sidered fdr a theatre on Market street
which will Include tho sites 6412-44-16. It
is said a Now York promoter Is back of
tho venture and Is desirous of devoting
the proposed playhouse to legitimate pro
ductions by a permanent stock company,
Tho ground, now owned by William
York, was bought eight years ago for
$23,000, and Is now valued at $75,000. It has
n frontage of 75 feet on Market street
and a depth of 100 fc"et.
LOTS NEAIILY TRIPLE VALUE
On tho east side of Market street, two
lots ot 520S and 6203 now occupied by a
moving-picture theatre of the Grand
Amusement Company, havo nearly tripled
in value since the elevated road was built.
These lots sold for $20,000 six years ago.
and aro now woVth $35,000.
There are any number of caBes In the
neighborhood where values doubled since
tho advent ot the high-speed line. Tho
ground now occupied by the real estate
office of Isaao Kershaw, at the south
west corner of 52d and Chestnut streets,
was bought eight years ago for less than
$25,000. It is now worth $50,000 and likely
could not be bought even for that figure.
The lot has a frontage of 36 feet on S2d
street and a depth of 40 feet on Chestnut
street.
The properties from 10 to 16 South 52d
street were sold by the firm of Dakln &
Kllpatrlck. 16 South B2d street, six years
ago for $10,000 each. Tho last one of
Im bUKT dlnB2 whLch was sold brought
$20,000. Now the others are worth a still
higher figure,
Tho business men of this neighborhood,
who have gained through the Invasion
of the elevated road, do not hesitate to
say so. Many of them declare they would
J?,ll t0. att!2d the hSI-Peed transit
meetings In other sections and tell of
the practical results which 20th' century
transit has brought to them. '"urr
Burr Mansion in Connecticut Sold
, aRipOEPORT, Conn., Nov, 23.-A. Hol
land Forbes, a well-known balloonist, has
sold his home, known as the Burr
Mansion, of Fairfield, to Dever H War
ner, a local manufacturer. The property
once belonged to Aaron Burr, and John
Hancock and Dorothy Qulncy are said
to have been married there.
THE WEATHER
Official Forecast
t- . WASHINGTON, Nov. a.
For Eastern Pennsylvania-Fair and
wind" Tuesday fair; light north
'For New Jersey-Fair tonight and
Tuesday; colder tonight In north por
tlon. "
The temperature fell at most places in
the Lake region and from thence east'
)lali?J,ftlNeZ Yot& New England and
the bordering Canadian provinces during
th5 !fV 24 hour8' Tnls morplng there"
a deficiency of from 4 in in ,u... .J ':
the Mississippi River eastward to the
Atlantic coast, under the Influence of a
large area of high barometer that la
central over the Ohio Vftlley. In the
Plains districts there Is a general tem
perature excess from Canada tb the Texas
Cpn8t..Falr wealher and c'ea- kles Pr"
vail thia mornlne except for scattered
snow flurries In the Lake region and
light rains In southern Texas and in th
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