------------------------------------------------------------------ Living Hell - Volume #2, Issue #3 ------------------------------------------------------------------ March 1, 2002 ============= Contents ======== o Airport Insecurity o Raleigh o Raleigh Fire o Raleigh City Museum Airport Insecurity ================== Okay, I'll admit it: the latest "improvements" in airport security haven't exactly inspired confidence in *this* infrequent flier. Bo- obies felt up for brassier-concealed box-cutters? Babies searched as their parents pass right through?? Security devices unplugged and undiscovered as such??? And it doesn't require an armchair Clancy to imagine a scenario where bad guys board at *smaller* air- ports, where security screening isn't required, and simply *con- nect* to their targeted flights of choice. Methinks more radical ideas are required to make American air travel as secure as *we* think it should be. How 'bout some alternate solutions, such as... o install electromagnets in every seat and issue steel thongs to all passengers. Then refuse entry to anyone who *doesn't* set off the metal detector o bomb-sniffing dogs permanently housed in cargo hold. Would also boost burgeoning Airline Poo-Poo Travel Insurance in- dustry o remote-controlled cockpit ejector seats. No explanation ne- cessary o no more cabin decompression. Let 'em fly unconscious o computerized passenger matching places obese person, crying baby, or chatty person in every other seat, thus disrupting concentration of would-be hijackers o four words: cabin seat joy buzzers. Connect to cockpit- breach detection device o install cabin-length carpet and feed end under special slot in cockpit door. In case of hijacking, yank carpet o replace barf bags with slingshots. Serve walnuts o remote-activated tape plays duets of Britney Spears and Wil- liam Shatner at deafening volumes o install trap door outside cockpit door. Accompanying ACME anvil optional o coat cockpit door with NC-grown BBQ pork (fundamentalist Mus- lim and vegetarian attackers only) Raleigh ======= Found this while browsing the State Archives the other week, a tri-fold brochure with facts 'n' figgers on one side and a street map on the other. Same is circa 1922. The Text -------- RALEIGH THE CAPITAL CITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Founded in 1792; named for Sir Walter Raleigh. Laid out and planned to be the State Capital. Altitude 390 feet. Area 7 square miles. Mean annual temperature 60.3 degrees. Average annual sunshine 62 per cent. Mean annual precipitation 49.9 inches. Population 30,000. Population City and County 75,155. School population 11,061. Commission Form of Government. Assessed Valuation $37,057,170.00. Sewerage system comprises: 72 miles of sanitary sewers. 11 miles of storm sewerage. Police Department of 33 officers and privates. Motorized Fire Department of 32 57 Alarm Stations. 3 Headquarters. A fully motorized and fully paid department. 1 Municipal Abattoir. 2 Municipal Incinerators. A splendid street car system. --- RALEIGH THE EDUCATIONAL CENTER OF NORTH CAROLINA 11 Public Schools. 8 White. 3 Colored. 156 Teachers and Supervisors. One million dollars of Bonds just issued to carry out proposed building program for new High School and several graded schools. Schools and Colleges State College of Agriculture and Engineering. State School for Blind. Meredith College for Women (Baptist). St. Mary's School for Girls (Episcopal). Peace Institute for Girls (Presbyterian). Sacred Heart Academy (Roman Catholic). Miss Ashe's Special Classes for small Boys and Girls. St. Nicholas School for Boys (Episcopal). Commercial King's Business College. For Colored State State School for Deaf. Shaw University-- Coed (Baptist). St. Augustine School-- Coed (Episcopal). Libraries Olivia Raney Public Library. 17,160 volumes. Books in children's room not included. State Library. 35,997 volumes. 6,670 Government Books 4,097 Bound Newspapers. 2,347 Bound Magazines. --- RALEIGH EVIDENCES OF OUR GREAT GROWTH 1916 1921 Post Office Receipts $204,075.05 $342,125.29 City Area .4 Square miles 7 Square miles Population 22,000 30,000 Bank Resources $11,119,310.73 $_5,326,215.06 1917 1921 Building Permits $277,155.00 $2,336,140.00 The Chamber of Commerce Raleigh, North Carolina SIMMS JAMIESON, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY --- INDUSTRIAL FACTS Population 1,798,284 within 100 miles. * Located on 3 Railroads 1. Norfolk Southern. 2. Seaboard Air Line. 3. Southern. The platform facilities of the combined railroads will accommodate 110 daily. 47 package cars are operated from Raleigh each day. Hydro-Electric Horse Power available, 60,000 H.P. from three sources. 800,000 Cubic feet of Gas available. 83 Miles of Water Main. Water Supply for 3 months of 228,9519-226 Gallons. Free water for protection purposes is furnished by city to all plants install sprinkler system. Desirable Factory Sites are available with Railroad connections and all conveniences in industrial suburb. Labor troubles are eliminated with only .07 of one per cent of foreign born. * According to the official government reports. --- RALEIGH A BOOMING BUSINESS CENTER COTTON PRODUCTS Cotton cloth, yarns and oil products, hosiery, clothing, underwear, chambray and ginghams are manufactured here. The industry employs 550 people. Products valued at $1,341,454.05 last year. WHOLESALE AND JOBBING The three Railroads and good hard surface roads give splendid delivery facilities from the wholesale district. We distribute into every sec- tion of the State notions, millinery, candy, ice cream, drugs, grocer- ies, flour, feed, fruit, vegetables, cotton and tobacco products. PRINTING Over 50 periodicals and newspapers are published here in the eight large printing and engraving establishments. 340 men and women earn a livelihood in this manner and the value of the products last year was $1,228,500. TOBACCO Two years ago there was established one tobacco warehouse in Raleigh. Now there are three. Last year over three million pounds of tobacco were sold. There are other tobacco industries in the city. --- STREETS AND ROADS ALL ROADS LEAD TO RALEIGH 25 miles of paved streets. 90 miles of city streets. 75 percent of all streets and oilers improved. 13 Sand clay and macadam roads leading Into Raleigh. 909 miles of improved roads in Wake County. Located on the following Highways: 1. Capitol to Capitol. 2. Central. 3. Ocean to Ocean. 4. Calhoun. 5. Bankhead. Camp Site under construction. Road Information given at the Chamber of Commerce. --- RECREATIONAL AND AMUSEMENT FACILITIES 3 Swimming Pools 4 Public Parks. 2 Public Playgrounds. Y. M. C. A. with 700 Members. All modern facilities. Country Club. 18 hole Golf Course (Best In the South). Tennis Courts. Swimming facilities Capital Club (Social), Woman's Club. 3 Fishing Clubs. Theatres 3 Movies. 1 Colored movie. 1 New Theatre under construction. 1 Auditorium seating 5,000 people. Hotels Bland--Number of rooms, 110. Giersch--Number of rooms. 18. Raleigh--Number of rooms, 105. Yarborough--Number of rooms, 150. Wright's--Number of rooms, 62. Homes and Orphanages Nazareth, Catholic Orphanage. Methodist Orphanage. St. Luke's Home for Old Ladies. Confederate Soldiers' Home. --- RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA For Further Information Write The Chamber of Commerce Simms Jamieson, Executive Secretary The Addressee ------------- WM P. Little Wake County Savings Bank City The Printer ----------- Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., Raleigh, N.C. The Postmark ------------ Raleigh, N.C. November 18, 1922 Red Cross Roll Call The Postage ----------- 1 cent Raleigh Fire ============ The historical pics and other bits keep a-comin'! http://www.legeros.com/ralwake/raleigh/history/ Raleigh City Museum =================== What, you didn't *know* the City has its own museum? And that it's on the Fayetteville Street Mall?? Admission is free. Hours are Tuesday through Sunday. And, starting this weekend is a way-cool sounding ex- hibit "Lost Raleigh: An Architectural Odyssey." Same is photos (and presumably artifacts) from such great-but-gone Capital City structures as the Yarborough House hotel, the original Central Prison, and Metropolitan Hall. http://www.raleighcitymuseum.org/ Copyright 2002 by Michael J. Legeros ------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------   Home Search Mike Legeros Copyright 2025 by Michael J. Legeros