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The sun., 1894-05-13
MULBERRY BEND PARK.
Many Obstacles SIN 10 Be Overeoms Befor,
Ii Caa He Estabm.h-d.

Many Obstacles SIN 10 Be Overeoms Before
Ii Caa he Estasn.h-d
On June the report OF the Com m issIonerso o
| the Mulberry Bend Park will come up for hnal
| settlement in the Supreme Court. and II there
are no objections to it-but there probably will
| be-anothsr step In advance will be taken
toward giving the crowded Sixth ward another
park in addition to Paradise square.
Acquiring land for park purposes In New
York 10 no easy matter. The legal obstacles to
be overcome are SO numerous that the wonder
| 10. not that there should be SO much delay. but
that human ingenuity should be able to
| triumph over SO many barriers and psrplex-
ities Seven years ago in May. 1887. q law
| was passed by the Legislature authorizing
| the city to condemn property for . park In the
Sixth ward. The park was to be bounded By
Mulberry. Baxter. Park. and BAyard streets In
| the neighborhood OF what Is known az Tho
| Bay" Gilbert NJ. speir. John J. Scannell
and Patrick II. Kerwin were appointed Com
missioners OF Appraisement They con-
demned the property needed for the park. put
ting portion OF the expense on the city and
the balance upon the landowners OF the vicin.
ity. The latter disputed the Justice OF the
| division Of expense. and the Legislature OF
ers Of all liability and, putting the whole sx-
pense upon the city. Meanwhile Com m isstoner
Snd ri, ptrs wss taken
suceeeded him. Is one Of the Commissioners Of
The question OF Commissionsrs' fees came
up about year ago. the action OF the Legisla-
Ity having neces,itated a new computation.
Ihis matter was sent to q referee by Justice
S3rt On Ss
report OF the Commissioners goes through
without opposition. and their findings are con-
firm ,haE anfN Nha naNfa sill ha
tered into and another chapter In the acluisi-
tion proceedings will pc hegun. The Comp
tho demolition Of the buildings and the com
pensation OF the owners Of the land to be taken
Ifs the
HOOK Park bonds and the conflict into which he
Park bonds with the acquiescence Of every one
concerned is not likely to be an easy m matter.
Il may take some months-perhaps longer.
dragging along in the courts S for Years. @ Sd and
though the originator OF the idea OF utilizing
posss Ss sIads1%sn Wses is .Sas5ins aTa ps an
TFs SSH:d y
are nghting the acquisition OF the land step
When the Democratic Legislature OF 1892
passed . law 10 facilitate proceedings in the
Elm street opening matter there was loud
being Invaded The Tact is that the present.
condition oi the la" goyerning condemnation
legislation as was adopted In the case OF Elm
street. It is practically impossibls to acquire
property for public purposes in New York ex-
tisfaetory delay, and then only at great loss
20 the city In exOrbitant valuations. large fees.
and swollen interest ehATgeL
In 1887 Mulberry Bend. the eongsstsd con-
dition OF which the park was intendsd to
Some Of them have dssI IAired Of ever seeing
the park. Who will inhabit the Bend when
the park Is actually opened Il Is pretty hard 10
foretell.
The sun., 1894-05-13

More Passengers Tbnu Seat. on the rhiis-
deipbts s-d Country tius Lins-.
Nothing has caused 30 much surprise among
people who are fond OF the higher types OF
sport than the discovery that coaching this
year has reached q paying basis The day
originally set for the close OF the coaching
season between New York and Philadelphis
has passed. but the two coaches are still run
ming regularly. and so great is the demand for
seats at S25 apiece that it is probable that the
coaches will be kent going another fortnight
IL will be remembered the prediction was
almost universal that a sufficient number OF
people willing to my large price for the trip
between the two cities could not be found to
make the undertaking profitable to its pro-
jeetors. Yet the coaching season will be
wound up this year with list Of names Of ap-
modate as Il 10 already evident that there will
be NO dimtnution In the demands for seats on
the coaches.
A similar condition exists with respect to
the coach running from the Hotel Brunswick
to the Country Club; This 10 rather more
take passengers up for short trips along the
way, whereas the Philadelphia coach will take
passengers only for the entire journey. A
great many people have written to the mana
gers OF the Brunswick coach, complaining that
no attention was paid to their letters applying
tendency to bar out people who are not friends
OF the whips AZ q matter OF fact this 10 not
40. The applications for seats have been so
numerous. and the appl licants have settled so
generally upon Mondays. .Thurstays and
I'm possible to accom- odate them all Tho
coach will be run beyond the date originally
fixed for the close OF the season.
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THE TRACT soc1ErY's NEW BUILDING.

The building will have front OF 100 feet
inches on Nassau street and 94 feet inches
on Spruce street. 1t is proposed to make 1t as
nearly areproof as possible. and the steel con-
struction and general architecture will be
marvels OF modern methods At present the
plan is to make Il an ONCE building above the
fourth floor. aud there will be 900 small Of
fees. so arranged that each may be made part
Of q suite.
For the nrst Ave stories the front wall will
be built OF Indiana limestone or granite. so as
to make It as light In color as possible. because
Of the narrowness OF Nassau street The rest
will be Of brick with terra-cotta ornamental
tion. 1t Il intended to 6t up . restaurant
which will occupy the entire top floor. The
cost Of the building is estimated somewhere
IN the neigh borhood OF 5000. 100. and It IL sx-
pected to be ready for occupancy by May /.
1895. The contract for the foundation has al
This work will be m ost i'm portant part of the
construction. 1t will be begun thirty;six feet
will DO sunk. In order to carry the weight
away from the neiRhboring walls and give sui.
eSnsiI.ssrs % sS viii Be- eonstruessa' These sra to
be placed at the south and east elevations and
are to ee made Of steel @ girde,s gird,,.
This style Of construction lends a rigldity to
tainsd Otherwise, Gr. Robertson, the sTchi-
tect adopted this system on the Mohawk
building and other buildings with great sue
cess. and he says that the further deVslopment
o. thssystem would promote the construction
OF buildings OF much greater height and bet:
ter stability and at less expense than the old
also an idea that these will protect
the building against earthauake shocks.
There G'v will be tive, courts G in order der
latticsd girders the builders will be able to
make the walls only Il foot thick. On the
sixth. tenth. fourteenth; and eighteenth story
the front masonry will be supported by steel
girders, which will depend In turn for their
support on the steel columns. and will really
make separate sections OF the stories OF the
building Intervening between them.
subscription taken at the first nesting OF the
society at its organization In 1875, At the
nesting 1880 was subscribed. which was
building was put up. In 1876 at a cost OF
S25OOO more. the society purchased ad-
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was tnkine tor drive two friends VINO kept
thenselys, hi lden Uehind big parasola
Attuck lnAd Ot lumber
Atrurk load OF 'pnntf"
The tailor made girls driving down IN
hanson
Commodore starbuek and his wife In bs-
rUurhe.
4 truck load OF "carhonsted bevsreEes"
a coach full Of children. followed by tour
hoya In a carriage.
the Knlcksrbocker Bowling Cluo champion
ship week ago. -
in black who was making a desperate effort
TO read an evening paper.
A truck with ak bales of hons.
Mrs. T. B. Harper In victoria drawn by
1ne big black and gray. 49,, -
Mrs burke Roche taking her two little boys
out for drive.
truck load OF hay ,,
Thomas Kerr and his wife in . new victoria.
Young Mr. Beach OF the Scientific american
and his vile In barouche.
truck load OF ginger ale
Mrs. Joseph Howard ana her daughter.
Frank sanger and his vile.
A load OF lime.
A junk truck.
A load Of empty barrels.
The club man hadn't kept track OF half he
had seen, or NJ half his acuuaintances who had
nodded ~ they whirled up and down the ave-
nue.. He said thsy reminded him Of the way
the nictures flash by in Edison's kinetroRraph.
The list does not pretend to be com pleted, but
II IL accurate as far as It goes. II you want .
longer one, you can get It any fair afternoon.
The sun., 1894-05-13
The or CART.
sOas Facts C0aesraIaE that LuassriAE bat
PIelaresQus Vehicle,

sOas Facts COaesraIaE thAt LuassrtAE bat
PIetsresqus Vehicle.
One would scarcely expect to ind OF carts
male In this city. but they are made here BY
one manufacturer as part OF . general
wagon-making business
the sale OF or carts In this country is de-
ereaslng. Here the use OF them has always In
large measure been confined to the rough and
hilly farms OF the New England and Middle
States. and even In those States they are now
giving way to carts and wagons drawn hy
horses. Old farmers brought up to use OF carts
continue to use them. but their sons do not F;
the younger men buy not oxen. but
horses; not OF carts. but wagons and horse
fact that the stony. hilly lands are now pIetiI
well cleared and that oxen are less needed Ter
plOughinR. how much 10 due to the spirit OF ~ .
age with its quicker movement In al the ne. Is
OF labor how much 20 greater lncllnAtloh
toward luxury. IL might be diffleut to say hut
however. to some extent; mar yet be me-,
perhaps. In the hAying hsld, perhaps under
the spreading slms at the village blacksmith
shop. The cart m ct amid such suTround Ings .
as In the countrJ. for they are all substs>-
TALLY alike.
The Only important changes that have been
made In OK caIts la many yeArs have been lh4
broadening Of the lace OF the wheel al 90
carts are now 6ull with iron Axles and iour
inch tires New York city built OF carts are
soli in western Connecticut. In western Ma
sachusetts and in New York, and. oecAsionaih,
In Temotsr PARTS Of this eountIY. There Is =
stsAdI demand for them from he planter
the West Indies and Of Central and sou'E
America An or cart costs about 500.
The sun., 1894-05-13
SOUBRETIEs BACK IN PARADISE.
ErJSying Themseivss q. Uppsr broadway
Arer Periods OF Exile In the West.

ErJ,ying Themselves q. Upps- broadway
Afer Periods OF Exile In the West.
There are some marvellous s-looking women
to be seen these days In upper Broadway
They are the soubrettes Of the small dramatic
companies who have been on tour In the
Western towns. and they have come back.
after forty weeks OF incessant work and
drudgsry. to the delights OF New York.
To these players there Ia not flower or tree
In the whole range OF the country so beautiful
or 80 grateful to the eyes and nose As tho
varied sights and smells on upper broadway
1t 10 q paradise TO them. and they founce up
and down that big thoroughfare with enjoy
ment written In every line OF their heavily
Most OF the women are chemical blondes
with figures attenuated By Door food, incessant
travelling violent dancing and lack OF sleep
Their hair 10 fluffy, and OF the tint known as
chemical blonde" and they wear clothes tha
are completely beyond the most dowery de-
scriptive writer In tina country. From their
stage shoes and gaudy hose. all the way
through their grotesquely colored and oddly
cut clothes to the fantastic little sailor hats
that crown their mottled. yellow hair they are
as unlike other women as gira1es are unlike
Shetland popiss They are seldom gloved |;
they swing along with an air OF easy comrade-
ship. which is entirely without the stamp OF
sex. and they talk with the smudgy looking
leAn-shaVen. actsr-like men who throng the
pavements on terms OF evident equality. The
talk Ia all shop. ana to the outsider IL would be
almost incom preh ehensible.
The sun., 1894-05-13
The PRICE PAID FOR sUSDoWM

Thiuss That Make It Practically Unprese-
depted Among Sales OF CoschinE Horses.
The sale OF sundown is much talked about
among horsemen. and the general opinion
seems to be that August Belmont paid price
which Is practically unprecedented. consider
ing the use to which no will put the horse. II
sundown could be matched the pair would be
Of extraordinary value. but he 10 Of q peculiar
type and has an all-around action. coupled
with peculiar carriage. all OF which would
make IL difficult. II not impossible. to match
successfully. He will be used n . dog. cart.
driven single. and tho price OF - 500 for .
single cart horse must strike people as being
q trife high.
Similar prices have been paid once or twice
by the Delmo onts. tho Isslins Col. jay. and
Eugene Higgins at notable sales OF single
horses. but in every instance the bidders wer.
struggling for horse who was exactly suited
for fOur-in-hand work. and who was OF un-
usual value because he would exactly round
already in the bidders possession. Coaching
men Of wealth are practically In Indifferent as to
the price they must pay when they think they
can perfect their team. but they do not
usually bid higher than other horseme en- for q
single animal. such as Sundown.
1t is said that this horse was originally sold
by q Vermont dealer for $40. and Mr.. Morgan
bought him for $500 and then trained him up
to the form he ex hlbited at the Madison Square
Garden on the night OF the sale.
The sun., 1894-05-13
ne wsatI Dsps~ Rsa ,Iasd.
from As ST LoGi. RPuIIfe

from ne ~ L0aiA heIEtfte.
Il had an expsrlSncs with ChauncSy DepeW
not many years ago which nearly resulted in
the loss of nv life said Carl B. JAmisOn.
was an engineer on the New York Central aud
WAS the happy DosssssOr of the first pile-driysr
passenger engine put on that road Her num-
Der was 81, and she WAS admired BY all the
msmbsrs Of my profession. as she Was a
glitisrins piece OF N AehInsry tn at even q green
hand could not help but admire. | Was the
Moses Of through train ON the Central At tn .
time OF this story. aud Ne were delay cd at what
IailIoad men term switehboard' in a New
York state hamlet. Orders were handed m .
that wreck had occurred on my division nd
! vas instructed to take out a through freight
leaving my passenger train on the siding
l. was very Indignant. as | did not take
kindly 20 attaching my engine to a fTelR ht
train, and 80 expressed myself to the operator.
Mr. Depsw. the President OF the road whom
did not know At ths time. Was standing within
saTsh0t when Was dealing out my roast to
the operator. He walked up. And tapping me
gently on the shoulder remarked What will
you take to sell your engine to the company =
never made rsply but hitchsd my eng me
onto the train. and before / Was twenty min
utss out ot the town from which started
dltchsd the engine and ten box ears. don't
kno" whether ~ not Mr.. DepsW thought that
the wreck WAS due 70 nv earelessnsss or i'm
Aginsd that deliberately planned the wreck.
Al any rate. he company decided that II could
mAks As much mQnsy without nv name being
on the pay roll Mr.. DepsW is still With the
AsS lOTk Central"
The sun., 1894-05-13
ATTRACTIONS FOR IHE sAEye ERFEsr.
The Graad Stand Tor 10000 voeaIists-
DeeoraIIona Of the Big Garden.

The Graad stand Tor 10000 voeaiists-
Decorations OF the BiE Garden.
At a recent meeting Of the Music Committee
OF the National Saengerfsst 1t was decided
that the names OF Nine. Tavary. soprano /;
Signor Campansri. baritone; Conrad Behrens
bAsso. and Arthur FriedheIm. pianist. be added
70 those already engaged; 50 that now, with
Juch. and Lillian Blauyelt being the other
three, and with Emil Fischer. Maud Powell,
and Victor Herbert some excellent solo and
concerted work may be expected at this festl-
val, which begins Saturday evening. June 23
The grand stand, to contain 10000 singers.
will be In the shape OF an enormous fan, sixty
feet In height. the tips OF which will form a
semicircle reaching from Twenty-sixth 70
Twenty seventh street. aud will extend tho
full width OF these dlmen sions from Fourth
avenue 70 the centre OF the big ampnltheatre
In length
At the base OF this structure will be placed
the stage for the orchestra so that each In
dlyidual can see the movements OF the musical
director. while he will have an unobstructed
view of his entire forces The vast interior
will be gorReously decorated with natural
flowers and tropical plants. wi eh will lot int err
iere In the slightest degree with the acoustics
In fact they will be Improved, so that the finest
toneA OF violin will be heard TO admirable
advantage throughout the great interior
The sun., 1894-05-13

watched the am munltion men at work by whom
1000 cartridges for rifles and pistols are daily
made and saw little OF the Administration
dspartm ent wherein this most curious enter
prise is directed. held together. and operated.
The m morning rehearsals were from 0 to IL.
the afternoon from 2 to o'clock. and during
those six hours Col. Cody. the only Buffalo
BILL was in the saddle. riding hard directing
and drilling. and always surrounded By .
dozen interprsters for It takes that many to
convey the orders to the performers Of as many
different nationalitles
Although not SO brilliant. the costumes OF
the performers at rehearssls are even more
picturesque than their fun dress. Four OF the
companies OF cavalry. the American. English.
German. and French. do their rehearsal work
In q most disrsputsbie array Of mismated odds
and ends. The Americans. from the Seventh
The sun., 1894-05-13
oVERTRAININ8 ~ COLLEGE
WsiI-k aowa Athletes Whose Death Nal
Have Bssa Dus IadIrreiIy 10 II.

Wsli-kaowa Athletes Whose Death May
Have Bssa Dus IadIrreiIy TO II.
Walter Dohm's death from eonsum ption has
started anew the discussion OF the evils Of
entertaining In college athletics. Dohm was
only 70 years old. He was a Princeton man
and in 1892 he ran half mile on the MAnhAt-
tan Field in minute and 64H seconds. max
ing a worlds amateur record. While In college
he won championships in the broad Jump. In
the hurdle races. and in the 10 ong distance runS
Such success requires hard and persistent
training. When Dohm's lungs we're found to be
weak. about q year ago. his friends said that
oVertrainipg Was the cause Of IL For several
LeAts he had not sntered anJ events nor had
he been actively ln training. G. U, Wells OF
Amherst. who died about . year ago. was as
we'll known in athletics as was Dohm. His
Oval about three years ago. OF MINI u 3-5
seconds stood until q Uniyersity OF Psnnsyl-
ago; Not q few other college athletes who we're
In the same class with Dohm and Wells have
BEEN ssd U.Ge H BE- SsSs
the men who go in Tor the long runs and events
pAnsion OF the lungA When they stop tral lning.
As most o. them 90 after leaving college, there
ready for disease. A college man TO-DAY who
goes In for football, the crew, or neld events 10
Il trsitinsS more more ea[siuiiy a tn1n rSes E hOrse.
letic possibilities during his freshman year
and from that time on he IL watched and dis
eusssd BY every man in college. Success in
athletics Is usuallJ an open sesame TO the best
societies aud 70 certain amount OF con-
alteration from the faculty In college work.
But To gain this success he must work harder
than professional athlete Mhen the trial
comes he is spurTsd to extraordinary Efforts
BY college spirit and college cheers When
such q man. who has not Inherited weak lungs
and who must Of necessity have DEVELOPED his
lungs more than the average man, die1 OF con-
sumption there are not few people who think
that thsy can trace the effect directly from the
eause-OVeTtrainlng.
The sun., 1894-05-13
THE WILD WEST CAMP.
WHERE 500 Strange PEOPLE DWELL
IN COMFORT AND H<RHONF.

How Thsy Rsh.srs.d fSr BuRsio Hurs
show-A Reckless, Hardy Lot ef Roush
Riasrs who Live .. seuth Breohiy.'s
Test City-A Basel Ia = Dlniss ses-.
"Five hundred men and every one chsrac-
ter" 10 the description some one gave OF the
performers in the Wild West show. which
opened in South Brooklyn yesterday.
To tell this story about the Indians COW
boys. Mexicsns. and European rough riders.
who make up the small army encamped on the
grounds Of the show. q Sun reporter passed
day with them; watched their morning and
afternoon rehesrsais; took midday dinner with
them; visited Indians. Cossacks. Bedouins.
csvslrymen. and cowboys In their tents;
rosmed through the stables OF 400 horses |;
The sun., 1894-05-13
EIaaraae 10 q. o,.a.a To.a,I-

All IL ready at EldOrAdo on WsshaWkea
Heights. for tO-daJ's opening Of the ss-s"r'
The grounds he been put into EPI .e-Iie
order and various things have been done 70
render the place a popular resort This ;rr5-
age from Forty second. Fourteenth. aud fTar 3
I'm streets Will be adequate. II Is proWs p
with boats from each point eyery hve min .'rs'
The enteTtAt o N snt to-day will consist Of IH'
eeGts by tiiimoTs's baud afternoon and even ~
unless the weather should he bad The Iu .~.'
rent dlttirs. NOcAllsts will he on hAnf TOO
Thy sum mrT's sPsst4els And ballet AZ fldor1 10
will not begin pnul June ~ uhsn Benamels =
-AsRRRsE kizAfI RIAARL" Illl y PTsssAs'a'
The sun., 1894-05-13

goodies for the chileren. and, when she Is
there. an abundance OF good advice.
There are two big tents for Col Cody and
Nate salisbury. and opposite them a dainty
little tent for Annie Oakley. That young
eharpshooter who in private life Is Mrs. Frank
Butler lives In q fat near by. but confesses
that her most comfortable hours are those
passed In her carpeted tent She, too. has
been busy. .rehearsing. She recently made a
From three traps, siXteen-yards rise. loading
her own guns. she broke 100 balls In u min
utes and ~ seconds.
The previous worlds record under the same
conditions. WAS minutes 40 seconds.
Paths have been laid out making oil the tent
trees. and swsrd have added to the beauty Of
the little city.
Two big dining rooms aud two kitchens fur
nish the performers their meals. breakfast
from to $3.50 o'clock. dinner from II to 30
and supper from to $3.50 are supplied for 500
persons and the meals are excellent In mate
rial and cooking. At meal time the dining
room Is q Babel The different nationalities
The sun., 1894-05-13
INDIAN CHIEFS.

Cavalry, Clusters regiment, appear for re-
hearsalI In as many varieties OF hats and caps
as there are men in the command. Some
wear old military jackets. some sweaters.
some wear nothing over their blue shirts. ard
some wear canvas stable jackets. The
Germans mako an attempt at partial
uniform, nearly all wearing white peaIless
cans and white Jackets at rehearsals; the
English are as bad as the Americans. and
most Of the French wear the ridiculous red
caps with enormous peaks. and some wear old
red army trousers. The Cossacks are always In
uniform. but the Arabs seem to strive to put
on as many mismat ated pieces OF clothing as
their tents ford. The MexicAns are In uni
form only as TO the impressive size oil their
with the big arena filled with hundreds OF
men In such costumes. some thundering ma
neuyre will suddenly be stopped by Col. Cody.
and the Captains OF the different com IN ands
will gather around the leader while instruc.
tions will he patiently explained in hall
dozen Indian dialects. in Russian. French.
German, Spanish, Turkish. and as many more
Between the hours OF regular rehearsals the
big arena. although not so crowded. Is yet al.
ways lively The champion roper lariat
handler OF Mexico Is max ing his rope describe
all sorts OF serpentine circles In the air; ARAB
boys like water spiders are dartinR about on
looking Bedouin is patiently piiing fourteen
men aloft and holding them there. and French
cavalry man darts on horseback into the ring.
busting" as II is called. some horse that has
display ed too lively disposition at rehearsaia
Up in the band stand thirty-hve musicians In
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A Si-ueture or = eel. Br,ck, .ua Stone Over
ESQ Feet HiEh In Ns--.u Street.
The new building OF the American Tract
Society to be erected on the site Of the old one
at the corner OF Nassau and Spruce streets
will be one OF the tallest sky scrapers in the
city. The front elevation from the sidewalk to
the main roof will measure 250 feet. and as
there is to be an additional structure on top It
10 expected that the total height will reach
nearly 300 feet. The building will include
twenty stories In the main. and the additional
structure will add two or three stories more.