THE CITIZEN", WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1011.
WIN BK PRIZE
Two Contestants Award
ed $100 Each
"IJEKGE.V ARCHWAYS" TO UK
SL'IJSTITUTED FOlt THE
"OPEN CUT."
The "Open Cut" Is no more. That
is to say, the cut through Bergen
Hill on the Erie Railroad will here
after bo known as "Bergen Arch
ways," instead of by the old name.
The Committee of Award, appoint
ed to select a suitable title from the
thousands sent in from all parts of
the world, decided that Bergen Arch
ways was the best one submitted.
One prize was offered, but two were
given, for the Erie Railroad's policy
is never to do things by halves. So
much for the Introduction. Now for
the story.
As many thousands of people
know, the Erie Railroad company
announced last winter that a prize
of one hundred dollars in gold
would be given to the person who
submitted the best name for the
"Open Cut" through Bergen Hill,
April 1st being the date on which
the contest would close. The offi
cers of the Company expected that
there would bo considerable rivalry
among the patrons of the road, but
they had not the slightest idea that
the Interest in the unique contest
would be so widespread. They were
most pleasantly surprised, therefore,
when letters came in from all parts
of the world even from South
Africa and European cities and peo
ple also sent messages by telegraph,
by telephone, and by special car
riers. After much deliberation, the com
mittee selected Bergen Archways as
the name that would most fittingly
apply to the great structure. There
were many points to be taken Into
consideration, among which were
geographical and topographical rea
sons, brevity, euphony, practicality
and simplicity. This name seemed
to meet all the requirements; hence
its selection after due deliberation.
After the decision was made, it was
found that two contestants had sent
in the same name. Here was a
dilemma, for nothing was said in
the prize offer concerning priority.
It would not bo fair to divide the
prize, for that is not the method
pursued by the Erie Railroad. The
problem was quickly solved by al
lowing two prizes of $100 each In
stead of only one. The names of
the two lucky winners are R. Wil
son of 120 Main street, East Orange,
N. J., and Frank P. Gray, Supervisor
of Public Schools, Jlontclair, N. J.
R. Wilson's letter is dated February
17, 1911, and that of Mr. Gray,
March 29, 1911. Each of the for
tunate contestants received $100 in
gold May 17, a special messenger
having been sent to their homes to
deliver the prizes. - ffl
Many contestants sent in names
including "archway," "arches," "the
archway," etc., but only two sub
mitted the plural form of the name
decided upon. "Bergen Cut" was
suggested by sixty-one people.
There can not be any just cause
for complaint of any kind, for the
utmost fairness was used, and even
those who are disappointed because
their suggestions were not accepted
will agree that no favoritism -was
shown any one. There is not on
record where a prize of tills kind has
ever been doubled. The usual meth
od Is to divide prizes.
Some idea of the stupendous work
of the Committee of Award may be
gained when It is stated that over
11,000 names were submitted by 4,
C10 different competitors up to
April 1, the day of closing. Some
of the suggestions are very clever,
and the entire list includes every
kind of name that can be conceived;
in fact, It Is one of the most re
markable collections of word and
pharse building that was ever put
together. As an Illustration of ver
satility it will rank with the most
famous products to be found any
where, and as a composite work
embodying the grave, the gay, the
sublime, the ridiculous, the practical
and foolish it will easily outrank
anything that was ever written or
published from the days of the
Egyptian Pyramids to the year 1911,
when the Bergen Archways structure
was completed.
The officers of the Erie Railroad
Company are pleased that a prize
was offered, for they feel that they
not only have a fitting name for
one of their greatest achievements,
but they have learned that the ma
jority of the patrons of the Erie
railroad are wide-awake, practical
and full of originality. The list of
names was studied carefully for the
Committee wanted every contestant
to have a square deal, and notwith
standing the labor involved was
somewhat Irksome and trying at
times, there was a certain element
of pleasure throughout the examina
tion. Of course there will be many
disappointments, but every fair
minded person will admit that out
of the vast number of suggestions
received only one can bo utilized.
It would tako a good-sized volume
to enumerate all the names sent in,
for many correspondents submitted
more than two suggestions. The
longest list coming from ? single
individual footed up 173 names,
which was submitted by Master Ros
well Barber, Newton, N. J. This
boy deserves special mention for his
painstaking work and patience. H.
Walters, Pittsburg, Pa., is entitled
to praise for sending in this ingeni
ous and witty title: "Preoxide," for
open cuts. The members of the
committee appreciate the fact that
many of the peculiar cognomens
were written fnr tim fun nf thn
thing. These names are not out of
piuco m we great collection, be
cause they show the humorous side
of the subject and help to counter
act the effect of the lugubrious titles,
such as; "Dark Alley," "Devil's
Racetrack," "Devil's Slide," etc.
The gloom caused by the perusal of
these names wore off as soon as the
following were read: "Erie's De
light," "Happy Thought Canyon,"
"Ideal Archway," "Little Sunshine,"
and "Pleasant Pass." Some of the
very short titles were: "Acme,"
"Gem," "Hope," "Link," "Rift,"
and "Sun," all of which stood no
chance of getting the prize because
they were meaningless.
There were several very long
names, among them being "Bergen
Hill Triumphal Inter-Open Archway
Canyon," "Erie's Four-Track Day
light Gateway" and "Erie's Skylight
Tunnel Through Bergen Hill."
Besides "Peroxide" there wero
many other humorous titles, as fol
lows: "All Saints' Delight," "Charity
Pass," "Daisy Chair," "Frosty Cen
tre," "Four-Spot," "Half and Half,"
"Hell's Release" and "What a
Breeze."
Many living in nearby suburbs
evidently thought that the great
army of commutors ought not to be
loft out, which accounts for such
titles as: "Commuters' Canyon,"
"Commuters' Delight," "Commuters'
Comfort," "Commuters' Request,"
"Commuters' Joy" and "Commuters'
Paradise."
The words "Bergen," "Jersey,"
"Erie," "Manhattan," "McKinley,"
"Roosevelt," "Taft," "Underwood"
and "Wallace" wero used as prefixes
In scores of cases, and there wore
enough canyons, gorges, gulches nnd
passes to name all the places In the
Rocky Mountains.
It may not be amiss to Bay a few
words about this great structure of
the Bergen Archways. As already
stated in the press and In the Erie
folders, Bergen Archways was origin
ally called the "Open Cut" and five
years were required to complete it.
The work on this stupendous en
gineering work was begun October
1G, 190G, and was completed Decem
ber, 1910. It Is not generally
known that it was through the In
defatigable energy and patience ,of
President Underwood that this co
lossal undertaking was completed.
BACON A MURDERER?
Dr. Owen Seeking Shakespeare's Head
In Box Under River Wye.
Dr. Orvllle W. Owen, who Is digging
diligently in (ho mud of (he river Wye.
in England, for manuscripts which he
believes wero hidden there by Francis
Bacon, is nf(er bigger game thnn lias
been supposed,
The American declares (hat the ci
pher, which Is guiding his operations,
reveals (hat Bacon killed Shakespeare
and buried the poet's head in the box
which is now being reclaimed from
the river bottom. The top of what the
American thinks is the hidden cache
was reached by the sounding rods,
but there is a considerable layer of
clay to be removed before the logs or
planking forming the cover can bo re
moved. Despite the contention of (lie ar
chaeologists that Dr. Owen is only ex
cavating n structure used as n founda
tion for a Roman bridge, the Investi
gator Insists that everything tallies ex
actly with the cipher forecast and
maintains that Bacon recognized the
adaptability of the disused bridge
structure as a place for the burial of
his manuscript.
Dr. Owen is working on the property
of the Duke of Beaufort. lie was di
rected to this particular spot, ho says,
by the cryptograph which Bacon left
in order to establish after his death
that he was the author of the Shake
spearean plays and various works cred
ited to others.
A Christmas Criticism.
Orvllle Wright, discussing (lying in
New York, said to a reporter:
"The French claim to make the best
machines, but our foreign order books
tell a different story.
"Our foreign order books give the
game away like the little Dayton boy
at the Christmas treat. He got from
the tree at this treat a pair of trousers,
and, waving them around his head, he
electrified the entire Sunday school by
shouting In a loud and joyous voice:
" 'Oh, ma, these pants must be new!
Pa never had u suit like that' "
Desperately 111.
Mrs. Parke Your husband has been
111, hasn't ho? Mrs. Lane I never saw
him so 111. Why, for two weeks he
never spoke a cross worfl to me.
HACK TO NATURE.
I long for life, for the real thing;
Not the dawdling of dreamy days,
Nor the kind that the rawhide poets
sing
In carefully roughened phrase.
I ask for no glimpse of the timid deer
That flees from the hunter's call.
Let mo get out there with the crowds
that cheer
The bunch that is playing ball.
Back to the primal state where man
Is close to old nature's heart,
Where we're all on tho plane where
we once began,
Unpolished by time and art;
Where the spirit of contest surges
fast
And tho chances that may befall
Are eagerly waited from first to last
Where the bunch Is playing ball!
Let tho dreamer go out 'neath the
stars so bright
And defy tho lightning's play.
Tho stars are where they belong, all
right,
And tho lightning is miles away,
And the untamed beast will bo on the
run
If he hears your footsteps fall.
The placid wlldwood I fain would
shun,
The signal I hear, "Play ball!"
Let mo hark to tho shout and tho
battlo cry
As tho foe is put to rout;
Let me dodge the missiles that swift
ly fly
When the umpire says "You're
out!"
Let me lift my voice with the general
throng,
Prince and groundling and all,
Where nature Is unrestrained and
strong,
Out there where the bunch plays
ball.
Washington Star,
YOUNG WOMAN HAS
FASTED FOR MONTHS.
She Believes That an Angel Is Provid
ing Her With Food.
One of the most remarkable facta
known to medical science in record!"!
in tho New Jersey State hospital at
Morris Plains eonccriilug Annie Gi--sheila,
a thirty-year-old Austrian girl,
who Its taken practically no nourish
ment .since Feb. 7. The girl said that
cveiy morning at 4 o'clock au angel
visited her bedside and brought celes
tial food. Nothing could prevail upon
the young woman to eat, but In spite
of her long fast she seemed well oth
erwise. Specialists who have exam
ined the girl believe that she Is a re
ligious fanatic, but tho most peculiar
part of tho whole performance is that
tho youiig woman has retained her vi
tality and even walks around the hos
pital. Annie Geshella worked in a mill, and
the ilrst time that she became known
to the hospital authorities was about
four years ago, when she went to tho
general hospital for some treatment.
At that time It was plain, according to
tho physicians, that the young woman
was mentally deranged, for she an
nounced oue day that she was going to
die on Easter Sunday. Tho girl prayed
repeatedly and said that she wanted to
leave this earth.
On Feb. 7 half an orange nud some
other light nourishment wero given to
her. During the following week she
drank two glasses of milk, but from
then on she protested, saying (hat an
angel brought her a small glass of
wine and n piece of bread early each
morning.
Although there was practically no
possibility that the girl was receiving
food from the outside, (he strangeness
of the situation caused the superin
tendent to have tho girl's room watch
ed at night. Of course no stock was
taken In tho assertion nbout heavenly
food, but on account of no loss of vi
tality It was thought best that som.
one bo on hand at 4 o'clock. Accord
ing to the hospital authorities, nothing
developed during the vigil, but the girl
kept on refusing to eat.
While the girl is slight and not par
ticularly healthy looking, tho physi
cians say that she worked hard before
being taken to the hospital, and, in
addition, the nature of tho illness
which she said caused a pain In her
side has not been determined. But the
fact that the girl is somewhat below
the average health, It was pointed out,
made her long fast all tho more as
tounding. Dogs In Harness In Belgium.
Dogs that work In Belgium aro
bought and sold In the open market
like horses:, and if strong nud well
broken they bring from $20 to $2.".
each. In manufacturing towns there
is the usual number of horses, but for
every horse you will see two dogs In
harness on the streets. Early in the
morning market women drive them
hitched to carts loaded down with veg
etables. The grocer, the expressman,
tho butcher and baker, all employ
dogs to do the work of horses. They
are much quicker than the horse, and
size for size they can draw a heavier
load. It Is said the dog In harness
will go twice ns far as the horse with
in the same time. They are driven in
wagons, single, double, treble nnd four-in-hand.
They aro often kept In liv
ery barns like horses, are fed generally
on black bread and horseflesh and cost
In board from 5 to C cents per day.
They nro sleek and well kept and ap
pear to enjoy their work. Loulsvillu
Courier-Journal.
Tho Seal King.
Tho seal ring is known to be tho
eldest style of ring. It dates back to
tho days of tho Old Testament, and
products of the glyptic art, as gem en
graving was called, were known in
tho most remote times. In Exodus
xxrlli, 17-20, mention is made of tho
following stones, upon which tho
names of tho twelve children of Israel
wero engrnved: Tho sardlus, tho topaz,
the carbuncle, the emerald, the sap
phire, tho diamond, tho llgure, the
agate, tho amethyst, beryl, onyx and
Jasper. In verso 2 of the same chap
ter wo And mention of the engraving
of signets upon tho hardest stones. It
Is believed that the Egyptians instruct
ed the Israelites in tho art of stone
engraving. Tho Egyptians used the
lapidary's wheel and emery powder
nnd knew tho use of the diamond in
engraving other hard stones. Among
the Assyrian and Babylonian ruins
wero found flno specimens of signets
on gems, many of them set In r!a
Wanted Them Green.
"Two starboard lights," said tho
diner to the waiter in a Broadway res
taurant. Tho waiter looked over tho wine list,
nud his eye ran down to tho liqueurs,
for his two patrons had reached the
post coffee stage of their dinner. Ho
looked blankly at the list. Ho could
see no such cordial.
"Starboard lights, sir?" he asked.
"Yes; starboard lights two and
hurry!"
Tho waiter sought the maitrc d'hotel
and asked what the drink might be.
"Cremo de mcnthc," said that Imper
turbable person. "It's what they call
'em In England." New York Press.
Bodies of Water of Same Size.
The following bodies of water are
about the samo size: German ocean,
Black sea, Yellow sea. Hudson bay is
rather larger. Tho Baltic, Adriatic,
Persian gulf and Aegean sen are half
as large, and somewhat larger than
Lake Superior,
ARflSIT WIFNTlF'fi
ADUUI tWMI.U
MANAGEMENT,
Senator Mich's Comment on
New Economic Magic.
Senator Aldrleh was talking nbout
"scientific management," the now mag
ic that is supposed to double the out
put of the bricklayer, the shovclor, the
hodcarrlcr nnd so forth.
"Tho bricklayer's motions," he said,
"are reduced from eighteen to five lu
the laying of cncli brick by scientific
management. Wonderful!
"It's as wonderful, in fact, as the
Shakespeare story. A Lenten lecturer,
you know, happened to say that
Shakespeare died on the day of his
birth. This caused an auditor to ex
claim: " 'Shakespeare must have under
stood scientific management, the:)! A
genius that could turn out "Othello"
and "Hamlet" nnd all the rest of It In
nn ephemeral twenty-four hours cer
tainly must have had scientific man
agement down pat. "
Oklahoma Prohibition.
"Oh, yes, Oklahoma Is a prohibition
stale." remarked John It. Flynn of
Muskogee, "but It's like some other
prohibition states one can got nbout
all bo wants to drink for tho price.
And that reminds mo of the latest pro
hibition story. An easterner who had
arrived in one of Oklahoma's towns
got up a pretty good thirst, but his
host had not thought to ask him to
tako a drink. Finally the visitor sug
gested that he wouldn't mind having
something to drink and nsked if there
was nny place near at hand where It
could be had. The Oklahoman took
out his watch. 'Let's see,' he said; 'it's
3 o'clock, nnd the bank's closed, but I
guess we can get one most nny place
else. Suppose wo go Into this dry goods
6tore.' "Washington Post.
Taken at His Word.
"Since you are so busy today," said
tho urbane journalist, "will you kindly
tell me when nnd where I enn meet
you for an interview?"
"Go to blazes!" exclaimed tho Irate
politician.
"Thanks. I'll consider It an appoint
ment." Washington, Star.
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RESOURCES.
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Cash, specie nnd notes, $13,469 33
Due from approved re
servo ngenis $10,067 49 53,536 87
iMCKeis, cents mm iracuonai
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Checks nnd othor cash items.. .. . .
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Mortgages nnd Judg-
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Olllce liuildlng and Lot 18,899 63
Furniture nnd fixtures 1,801 41
$ 3G1.619 17
LIABILITIES.
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Surplus Fund 10,000 00
undivided Profits, less expenses
nnd taxes paid 7.118 49
Deposits, subiect to check $57,757 03
Cashier's checks outstand'sr 7U0 00
Deposits, special 214,042 75-272,500 68
$364,619 17
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day of .May 1911.
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Total number policy-holders 425,481.00
Now Insurance Reported and paid for In 1910 118,789,033.00
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