. First century of national existence; the United States as they were and s and for in-formation. All the police stations connectby telegraph to give alarms of robbery, andfire alarms are also conveyed by the samemeans. The time ball also operates bytelegraph. On the top of the Custom House,sixty feet high, is a mast on which slides ablack ball some twenty feet in can be seen from any )iart of thebay. It is hoisted to the top of the pole,and is so arranged that the moment thesun reaches the zenith, by observation, atAlbany, it is released by electricity and fiills,marking
. First century of national existence; the United States as they were and s and for in-formation. All the police stations connectby telegraph to give alarms of robbery, andfire alarms are also conveyed by the samemeans. The time ball also operates bytelegraph. On the top of the Custom House,sixty feet high, is a mast on which slides ablack ball some twenty feet in can be seen from any )iart of thebay. It is hoisted to the top of the pole,and is so arranged that the moment thesun reaches the zenith, by observation, atAlbany, it is released by electricity and fiills,marking twelve oclock, by which everyship master in the port may set his chrono-meter. All the railroads, continually runningnight and day, aided by six stage routes,bring the business and working populationto their occupations, and back at night; yetall these routes are insufficient to transportthe hundreds of thousands who need convey-ance, within a reasonable time, and newroutes, elevated and viaduct, have been prOjected, with cars drawn by steam power, tofacilitate rapid IMERIUK Oi A CAUPEI HULSE
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