The evening world., 1894-10-10

/ No'tl"nt'nn 'uii1Wei. and aa a result ac-
! 1--WE measures were ut ono" taken to
| purify and rcnovate the sources of the
| Guys whtcr supply to the great benefit
! Of the health of the people. Cl rk;
| whose negligence was responsible for
the state of affairs were discharged and
oNcrhnuling.
uchirrcmsn'a Of The Evening WorlI"
in the way of news-gotting during thr
past year was its account, cuhlcd by
special correspondents abroad, of the
uctaNS a. the sinking of the English
lthe-of-hattlr-shp Victoria 10y the Gam
r"rtown, durinG the cXolut,ons of the
! liritiSh fleet in the Mediterranean The
bare fact that this terrible disaster had
| occurred had been known for several
| d&%5i but no details OF the occurrence
! could be obtained ~ the new spapers.
! either in this country or in England.
| The first absolutely authentic account
! ol me 1lS&&trr was published in an
EVMninS ,NGrln extra, which was
| nIrht giving all the thrilling "details of
/ ne iounHrr'nE Of th' unfortunate war
| snip after the collision with the Camper
| down. telling of the heroic rescue ,r a
| rart OF th' ships company, the battle
| with the waves and tn" horrible havoc
made among the strugglnS sailors by
! OF The EvcninE Word" was cahlcl
! back in full, to the lonlon papers
and printed the ncNt day. Thus the
| tf'it''"ll l''l'l' I'''lNtN IntlE lllSt re-
| liable information OF the catastrophe
| which SO nearly concerned them through
the enterprise OF an American news,
| paper.
No, &-for a long time 1T had been
| INiuent mat the work OF the Police
| department of this city should he sup.
| pl'mcnted by an improved syatem Of
| SlShd.lnE and the use + patru, wa-an4
! Lor transporting larEe numbers of police
from one part of the city tn another In
case of an emergency, as well as for IN
| ronN, vance of prisoners to the police
stations when the arrest was made al
!, SHd".tIeathin G;si lncr from The station
instead OF walking them through tn,
streets. The Evening World" took VI
thlS question, investigated II thoroughly
ahu IN behalf OF tn" public dcmandS,
lahltshtl in Now York city. 1t wa,
shown that New York was far bphinr
even tn, other large cities in this ruun,
Try in that respect and that the most
primitive methods prevailed here in com,
mi|Sun with The. great cities abroad
.Iniy result OF the agitation begun 10y
'Ihc Evening World" is that an an.
preparation has been made from tn,
/ r,lN treasury for the purpose of pro,
NllnE the necessary equipment for a
lln.ir" patrol waEon system for at least
phnNlng feature of code signals am
within another year it is probable that
thG system will be in fun opcr tion here
No A-DUring the Winter ana earl,
SI"inE OF the present year The Evening
/ Wo"li' i1augurated a crusade agqins
'hr street t"anlnS Ipepartmen. as man,
1 aE'u by Commissioner Andrews. 1t wa
SHOWN mat although Mr Andrews ha,
received larger appropriations from Ia,
SitS Tor cleaning the streets than any q
his predecessors, there had been no i'm.
proNement in their condition. and the,
Me'" as dirty and foul in many parts u
the town, especially in tuJsu loCalitia!
where sanitary conditions mos, demand
cd that they should be kept Cieanly. II
this connection TIE Evening World
.ooNci into the subject OF the Depart.
ments contacts with garbage men fn
remn'M of the CitNS refuse, and fuuu,
that some exceeding QuCc" methods haI
prevailed LARGE sums had been paid fo
this work To 'ryor,l iniiglGuA!s Will
there We're many other contractors VIII,
would have been willing 10 to the wort
a. much .ow2l hEgTes, ,,Anothor subjec
was the famous deal In horses for use il
the Department. by getting at the bot
tom facts m this case II was dISCOVeye,
that the Department had been squander
ing many thousands Of dollars in pur
chasing it's horses at a riiiculously higl
figure, ami not Getting good animals a
that Many NJ them were old, deurcpit
windhroken ana spawned, and yet In,
price paid for them was as high as tn
fines: fancy stock in the market com
manded.
heroic efforts last Spring 10 the ex
pusuTe OF wholesale naturalization
frauds, principally among the Italian,
OF the. Fourth and Sixth Wards.
was shown how citizens papers haC
been distributed broadcast among tn,
very lowest and most ignorant of III,
cty's foreign population, and that de
signing politicians and those in leagu,
with them bad IL in their power to be
stow the rights Of citizenship upon hun