Tunnel Gets A
Long Tile Strip
NEW YORK —(—AP)— New
York’s new $80,000,000 Brooklyn
Battery tunnel is getting the
longest tile lining ever installed
} in the United States.
Seventeen teams of tile set
ters are already working on the
ceilings of the two tubes. Their
[ job alone will require about six
1 months, according to engineers
of the Tri-Borough Bridge and
Tunnel Authority, under whose
direction the tunnel is being
built. Another six months will
be needed to give the tunnel
walls their tile finish.
' When completed, the tunnel’s
lining will extend 9,117 feet, 01
560 feet longer than th<
tile work on the Holland tunnel
now longest in this country. Thi
tile, a total of 780,000 squan
ftet, or enough for 6,500 aver
age size bath-rooms, is being
installed to simplify cleaninf
and to diffuse light for motor
ists, according to engineers
Scheduled for completion ir
1950, the tunnel will accommo
date 16,000,000 cars a year.
Basketball Association of Am
erica teams will play double
headers in New York Chicago
Indianapolis, Boston, St. Loui;
and Philadelphia this season.
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country, pointing out that the
Northampton County allotment
is only 700 acres, of which he
said 450 acres were planted dur
ing the past year. On the basis
oi an approximate yield of 1,200
pounds to the acre and a mar
ket average of 45 cents a pound,
the gross tobacco income for the
county would be about $243,000.
Jameson said the income to -
. tals and averages would show
j great increase over 1947, point
ing out that in cotton and pea
11 nuts the price has been better
ouu me jicm naa uccii sicoici.
He said, generally speaking,
prices are better on all farm
commodities. He was quick t o
point out, however, that the mil
lions of dollars are not all
profit. He said, for instance, that
the cost of cotton picking alone
has advanced to about $42 per
bale, leaving little cash for the
grower.
He said he was oprimistic ov
er the future of farm incomes,
pointing out that better methods
o f production and increased
yields are placing the farmers
in a better position to produce
more farm products which are
always in demand.
Summarized income estimate
totals for Northampton County:
Peanuts — $5,670,000
Cotton — $3,740,000
Corn-$1,680,000
Hogs-$1,250,000
Tobacco-$243,000
India’s Leader
Worries About
Palace Luxury
NEW DELHI — (AP) — Tie
paradox of one of India’s sim
plest and most austere men, a
devoted friend and disciple of
Gandhi, living today in a palace
that was the symbol of the gran
deur of the British Raj is begin
ning to worry the country’s lead
ers.
Questions are being asked in
Parliament and in the press.
Is is proper that Governor-Gen
eral Chakravarti Raiagoaplacha
ri should ocupy a 340-room
mansion, former residence of
the British Viceroys, “where his
foreign predecessors luxuriated,
and draw more than 100,000 ru
pees (about $3,000) monthly in
salary and allowances?
Indians expected a new way
of life at Government House when
the slight, quiet, 70-year-old Raj
agopalachari (called “C. R.” for
short) moved in last June as the
first Indian Governor-General. A
man who dresses always in home
spun cotton, a vegetarian, a non
smoker and a teetoler, C. R.’s
preference for the simple life was
well known.
"Hue Dias were sent in to clear
the famous viceregal wine cellar,
C. R. substituted simple Indian
vegetarian meals for lavish ban
quets. He ignored most of the
spacious apartments of Govern
ment House and, with a widowed
daughter, a widowed daughter
in-law and four grandchildren,
set up housekeeping in one cor
ner of the palace.
But there has been no real re
duction in the size of the gover
nor-general’s establishment. Ap
proximately 5,000 persons live
on the estate. These include
servants, guards, the governor
general’s office staff and their
families. The mansion alone, ex
cluding its 30 acres of grounds
and famed mogul gardens, re
quire 400 servants to keep it in
order.
C. R.. who as premier of Ma
dras cut his own salary down
to 500 rupees (about $160) per
month, now draws more in salary
and expenses than either the Pre
sident of the United States.or the
governor-general of Canada.
The $4,000,000 vicregal man
sion contains the magnificent
Durbar Hall (throne room) more
than a paintings in the mogul
manner Gandhi once suggested
it would be better for India if
the great red and white sand
stone pile were transformed in
to a hospital.
It probably would suit C. R.
| fine if the government accepted
i that suggestion now.
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! Miss Pat Rhue Is
| Honored At Party
! By Drapers
| Weldon-On Tuesday night
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Draper
entertained at a Christmas din
ner for Miss Pat Rhue, of Roa
noke Rapids, at their home on
Elm Street.
Mrs. Draper’s dining room wa
lovely with Christmas decora
tions. The table was spread with
a beautiful white clothe. For a
i centerpiece there was an attrac
tive arrangement of red coral
berriea, surrounded with Christ
mas tree candles which were
lighted.
Mr. and Mrs. Draper served
a three course dinner to the fol
! lowing Miss Pat Rhue, of Roa
noke Rapids; Miss Mary Tur
ner, of Roanoke Rapids; Mr.
Jack Thorne and Mr. Wesley
Draper.
The Elmer Dale Shaffer
stable, which will race at Hia
leah this winter, is the .only one:
of its kind — it is composed en
tirely of fillies. |
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