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                 Living Hell - Volume #2, Issue #3

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March 1, 2002
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Contents
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  o Airport Insecurity
  o Raleigh
  o Raleigh Fire
  o Raleigh City Museum


Airport Insecurity
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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
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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
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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.

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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.


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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
For Further Information Write
The Chamber of Commerce
Simms Jamieson,
Executive Secretary


The Addressee
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WM P. Little
Wake County Savings Bank
City

The Printer
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Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., Raleigh, N.C.


The Postmark
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Raleigh, N.C.
November 18, 1922
Red Cross Roll Call


The Postage
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1 cent



Raleigh Fire
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The historical pics and other bits keep a-comin'!

http://www.legeros.com/ralwake/raleigh/history/



Raleigh City Museum
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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

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