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PAGE FOURTEEN THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1929 FACE OF LONDON WILL BE CHANGED Reconstruction Schemes - Now in Hand NEW THAMES BRIDGE Charing Cross Station to Move From Present Strand Site © London--YVisitors returning to London a few years from now will find the city a brand new field fof exploration. Extensive alterations and reconstruction schemes, some already executed, others being planned, will change the whole face of a large part of the metro- polis. The greatest of the schemes to be carried out is the one for the building of a new bridge across the Thames between Charing Cross and the South side of the river and the removal of Charing Cross railroad station from its present position in the Strand to a site near Waterloo station, also on the south side of the Thames, Execution of this scheme will necessitate the demoliton of whole districts, including large blocks of valuable buildings in both resi- dential and business areas involy- ing an expenditure of $60,000,000. Well known hotels, restaurants, clubs, apartment houses and sa- loons, some of which have been famous London landmarks for 'over a century, are to disappear and in their place will rise a great In Toronto there stands the "service station" shown here, but 1 tsells beer instead of gasoline. The place is modelled on the ser- vice station style, even to the vari-eolored shingle roof. But Sir Henry Drayton and his colleagues on the liquor control board, frown on the sign displayed, 'Kormann's Retail Beer Shop," and will prob- ably insist that it be changed. They will not allow any other "stores" than the government stores, Kor mann may call this place a *dis- tributing depot" or something of that sort, but not a retail. store. It is alleged that the latter name give a mistaken impression. Beer may not be sold here by the bottle, which the word "retail store" might be taken to mean. .. modern railroad terminus, a long, wide bridge and a number of spa- cious and imposing circuses and squares. Constructed ' Above Streets The new railroad station and the tracks approaching it are to be constructed above a number of streets and houses which, apart from losing their present allow- ance of fresh air and daylight will be unaffected by the great scheme. he triangular block of build- ings between the present Charing Cross station and the Charing Cross hospital is to be demolished to make way for a large circus through which pedestrians and trafic will have to gain access to the new bridge from the north side of the river, The borders of this circus will be the Charing Cross hospital, the church of St. Martin-in-the Fields, the Strand and the new bridge approach, while the buildings to be pulled down include Gatti's Restaurant, and palatial offices of Coutts and Company, the big bankers, a branch of Barclays Bank and the Strand post and telegraph office. The new bridge, designed to car- ry vehicular and pedestrian traf- fic, will traverse the space across the river now occupied by the railroad bridge and Hungerford foot bridge. The north side ap- proach will be built over the Em- bankment, through the site on which the present railroad station Co == The NEW is built, across part of Villiers Street, and so into the circus. "Old Vic" Threatened The scheme, for which Parlia- mentary sancation will be sought towards the end of the year, envis- ages a long approach read on the south side of the river, intersect- ing Waterloo Road at an oblique angle, continuing in an easterly di- rection for about a hundred yards, then winding southwards, termin- ating in another circus at the junction of Waterloo Road and New Cut, the famous market place, In making clearance for this circus it will be necessary' to de~ molish the "Old Vie," London's home of the drama undefiled where, for many decades, members of English nobility have rubbed elbows with neckerchiefed dwell- ers of the slums in their common love of Shakespeare, It is propos- ed, therefore, to build a new 'Old Vic" theatre in the centre of the planned circus, TELLS WHY HE 1§ ON JOB AT AGE 84 Wonderful Old Man Is Brought Up to Hard Work London.--"I came to work for this firm for a fornight"--and then "Joe" Davies smiled--"and I've stayed for 75 years." / The firm itself, wholesale grocers, of Southwark Bridge road, S.E--is no overnight mushroom. It is 130 years old, and when J. G. Wood, its chief, breezily introduced me to "Joe," he said: "We're proud of him and his long service, aren't we, Joe?" When we were alone Joe, who is the fruit buyer, sat in his office and explained why, at 84, he still prefers work to retirement. "Many years ago," he said, "the uv'nor offered to pension me well. Pon't you think,' he said, 'the time has come for you to get every ounce of pleasure you can?" "But I was brought up in a school \ G. H. WARD Secretary of Canadian chamber of commerce in Great Britain, who has arrived in Canada fo spend four months studying closer empire trade possibilities, with- out the aid of politics,.--~Photo by Cunard Line. CHANCES OF DEATH BY CAR INCREASE American Statisticians Latest Bulletin Gives Percentages New York--The possibilities of get- ting killed by an automobile at least in the States, at the present time is ten per cent greater than a year ago. This is the assertion of the Safety Committee of the American Motor- ists' Association, which it declares is substantiated by figures of the United States Census Bureau. The figures, just revised, show that the death rate by automobiles, for the year ending | for the entire country wa- 24932, bringing the grand total killed in this manner during the past 12 years up to 188,313, An Analysis An analysis of the number of auto- mobile fatalities per 100,000 automo- bile registrations shows a steady de- rrease during the ten years period from 1917 to 1926, but that beginning with 1926 there has been an increase despite the Highway Safety work of Federal, State and Municipal gov- erments in conjunction with automo- bile associations. Figures of the U. S. Census Bureau, coverins not only the 78 cities, but the entire United States since 1917, show the following comparisons : Year Automobiles Fatalities Fatalities per 100,000 auto registration 9,097 178 9,457 1917 1918 1928 24932 102 "The revised figures for last year show that there were 102° persons killed for each 100,000 of motor ve- hicle registration. Considering the concerted effort to curb automobile fatalities, during the past five years, the figures arc a bit disappointing, in that the death last year show an in- rease not only as to totals but also as to the numbers killed per 100,000 automobile registrations." 7. Borton 'Weeks, President of the Association declares. "The conclusion is that even greater efforts must be made if this i ---------------- ALL THE BRAN YOU NEED is ALL THE FOOD YOU NEED With all the bran of the whole wheat Eat it with milk or cream and ha lete, perfectly. ba! meal--calcium for Sh Emp id lanced mins for health and strength--bran , and so tasty and easily digested. for needed roughage-- death toll increase is to be checked" | "Methods which are receiving con- One of the most effective ways in which this can be done, the associa- tion believes, is to give greater study to highway engineering and make the streets and highways as safe a5 pos- sible. "The saving of human life and the. prevention of injury, through the adoptiorr of highway safety methods is one of the greatest importance," President Weeks declares. "Govern- mental and semi-governmental agen- cies that have undertaken serious study of these problems should speed up their work in order that the iu- creasing automobile fatality rate may be curbed. sideration by these bodies inclv'» a uniform system of traffic control, compulsory periodic mechanical in- spection of motor vehicles, widening and straightening of highways and grade crossings and dangerous high- way intersection eliminations. Im- position of rigid requirements for mo- tor vehicle operators and increased penalties for violators of traffic laws and regulations are other subjects now receiving study. "Undoubtedly, many constructive recommendations will ensue from these studies and States and their sub-divisions, r- Umi 1 ! of hard work and long hours, and if I retired what would happen to an old man like me--no wife, nothing to August 10, 1929 was 24.3 persons. per | 100,000 population, compared with | 22.1 per 100,000 population for the pre! 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They were houses, mostly, with long gar- dens in front and the travellers drove up to them with samples in pony- traps; and so many, people had been taking a fancy to samples while the travellers were inside with the gro- cers that boys were engaged to guard the traps and see also that nobody 'pinched' the rugs from the ponies backs. Holidays fo "One of m+ jobs in the evening, about 6 o'clock, was to go to another grocer who sold us sardines, get the morning paper, and bring it to my employer, who lived over the gro- cery. Newspapers were expensive in those days and they .shared the cost of the paper with their neighbor. "Holidays I never cared * much about especially after I lost my wile. A fortnight at a time. What is there in it? Wake up in the morn- ing; same old bit of sea; same old row of trees, till you're sick of 'em. "There was a 'fishing special' -- a train that took us out near Arundel, and for half a crown you could have a Sunday sport. I always reckoned that I'd taken in enough country air to last me till the next Wednesday; then | began to watch for the follow- ing Sunday and another trip on the 'ishing special.' "The Borough's always been good enough for me. Everybody in the Market knows me. My name is Frederick George, but I've been cail- ed 'Joe' since 1854. "When my first guv'nor asked me my name, | said 'Fred' "He said, 'But my Fred. From now on 'Joe."! brother is a your name's 13 Hours Day "Work! Why the young "uns would never do it. The heads of the firm, bearded men of the fine old type, thought of nothing else, and took their coats off to it. "The office hours were from seven in the morning till cight at night-- and six on Saturdays. "Women's wages were 9s. a week in the trade then: but you could rent a decent house for 5s. a week in the Borough, and good meat was only 7d. a pound. "Porters got £1 a week; but good beer was 4d. a quart mug. I've al- ways liked my beer, but I never could smoke. My dad tried to every Christmas, but by Boxing Day his long church warden was:simply burnt out. Same with me; I can't smoke a pipe--I can only set it afire. "My hours have been what I chose to make them. I've been at it when there's been fruit about from 2.30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and loved it. I've had a hundred women picking fruit for jam before 6 a.m. "Whenever I want a holiday I take a day's racing--Ascot, Goodwood, Ep- som or somewhere. Beats all your long holidays." The Check Suit "Joe" thinks the market workers have "become more civilized" He described how a man went into the Borough in a loud check suit--a pantomime suit "Joe" called it--and came out with it spoiled by mellowed tomatoes. In -Billingsgate, too, he has seen visitors the targets for cods' heads because they offended the porters' fastidious sense of what was proper in tailoring. But now, "Joc" says, you can even wear a topper with perfect safety. 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