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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07

roadbcd between the bridges is to be on criowork
and the other half on solid ground
GREAT MASSES or ROCK ENCOUNTERED.
Immediately above Washington Bridge crbwork
reaching thirty feet below mean low water ana IN
places twenty feet above Is encountered Tor us
iance OF go feet. 10 point where rock eN'aVauo"
f. necessary II il here that the chief blasting ID
the whole driveway had 10 be done. Here i'o'V'
on, OF a total OF 10000 cubic yards OF rock nave
been taken out and the excavation ~ known as the
big cut" II Is eighty-hve feet deep IN places on
tho west side. The remaining D'" cublc yaTuS Oh
rock are being reserved for hllng. nut can De eNca-
From The north end Of the big cut to Dyck-
man-st 4 distance OF 500 feet. or about tnr r
quarters Of a mile the roadway is made OF hlling
behind cribwork except along Dyckman-st proper
"A distance Of 100 feet from the point where tn.
United states bulkhead line Is left this 100 feet
being made Of embankmeni only ms stf,rcn h ~,
400 feet Will be in readiness for ne ros1eed p b
done the lower end 81 the section between 'he
two bridges. ..,-.. 49,. ...,,.,r, .,
cribwork involved is si5OcO cubic feet. OF which
threc-fourt has been finished. or the 1880" cubic
InisheJ Aft.r the rest Is lone there will remain
considerable sewerage work. which is not In so
advanced state as In The first section. -,
4 noticeable feature OF the driveway Will be the
elevated ~ ~wAlk projected for the western side or
western walk is being Gu, in the rock twelve feet
above the roadbed for distance OF ." feet
twenty-five fect above the roadway. thus afforling
o. me opportunity for pedestrians 10 look ioWn
western elevated sidewalk IN the big cut VIII
be-, unohsirucied toward tho north. south and east.
-0 that this part Of the driveway should become
exceedingly popular.
INpERGROTND CROSSINGS.
The suhways m various points are an important
feature These pass under the roadway, anorling
~ poriunliy FOR pedestrians to cross from sid" 20
side They are conveniently situated and obvate
all necessity % crossing the roadway thus leaving
tho ael wholly clear FOR driving
There - a compete drainage system In connection
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07

feet In width. leaving 100 feet for the roadoed.
Under the two bridges the roadway. In conse-
qucnce OF the PIERS will be only seventy feet wide
instead of 100
Passing High Bridge comes to the Rodgers
section Of $500 feet In length. The view all along
this stretch Is striking The bluffs are higher the
rocks jut out more boldly. the contours are more
pleasing than In the first section. and the vistas
open up with many charms.
First north of the bridge. $50 feet OF seawal are
yet TO be built Then comes 1000 feet OF cribwork.
virtually finished. while the filling In has been
red well toward completion. These l.l5o feet bring
one to point opposite the Croton Aqueduct gate
house. One-hundred- and -cghteth-st. a block be-
low Washington Bridge. Then 100 feet Of
seawall. while 100 feet more OF crbwork takes the
driveway to Washington Bridge. Between High
and Washington bridges there 10000 cubic
yards of excavation to be done yet. One-half the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07
HERBERT SPENCER ON SOCIALISM.
HIS GREAT INDIGNATION AT BEING REPRESENT
Ed as A SUPPORTER OF THE DOCTRINE.

HIS GREAT INDIGNATION AT BEING REfREsENTs
Ell AS A SUPPORTER OF THE DOCTRINE.
Herbert Spencer. In 4 recent italian work. has
been represented as Socialist This fact has
caused him great annoyance. and 10 correct tho
false impression that might be produced by tho
publication OF the statement he has written the
following letter TO Signor Lucil Fiorentini:
London. June y. 1895.
Dear Sir: The criticism that has been passed
upon my IDEAS, you inform me, and that makes
them appear favorable sooia ISM has greatly irr-
tated me: | may say. ias caused me great
Indignation. No judgment cot ID be more contrary
10 the truth.
Considered in my country and abroad as a
champion Of indviduasm | an only express my
to use my name uphold socialism; and i am not
less astonishei that the name of Darwin could be
used in like manner for the same purpose.
Since / began TO write. my hostility to socialism
has been made perfectly manifest.
The doctrine OF selection, which was enurcia TED
BY in its application to society, In laO. and re-
affirmed in lS2-the doctrine that was so
fully ampiifiei by Darwin In mis- "Orgin OF Species
is Numerically opposed 10 tho teachings OF the
socialists and whoever uses my IDEAS 10 Uphold
socialism must be completely ignorant as 70 what
my IDEAS are or II he Is really acquainted with
them he is a criminal In the fullest meaning OF that
word.
/ have given utterance many times my convic-
ton that the advent of socialism would be the
greatest disaster the world would ever have known.
You have my full permission to make public this
l,ffa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07
NOT THE WORK OF A DAY.
LONG YEARS WILL BE SPENT IN BUILD
ING THE JEROME PARK RESERVOIR.
BIDS TO RE OPENED THIS wEEK-THE OUTLAY
MAY REACH $4,000 Ooo-A GREAT BASIN FOR
THE DISTRIBUTION OF wATER-rT
WILL COVER 300 ACRES AND
BE THE LARGEST IN
THE COUNTRY


Sealed bids for the construction Of the proposed
Jerome Park Reservoir. near Kingsbridge. to
be opened by the AQueduct Commissioners next
Wednesday at p. This reservoir Will be Of
unusual importance to the residents OF this city.
not only because this storage and distributing
reservoir will be the largest in the country but
more particularly because II is to be Of prime
utility as an additional means Of reserve supply
of pure and wholesome water in a great city.
whose needs rapidly increase from year to year.
This reservoir will cover an area OF substantially
300 acres to be exact. 29s97 acres Its boundaries
are roughly speaking. Sedgwick-ave. on the west,
Jerome-ave on the east. Van Cortlandt Park on
the north and KingsbHdge Road the south.
This area, therefore every lover Of horsefesh
knows includes the famous Jerome Park race
course and so the spot where many close
test has been run and thousands Of enthusiastic
persons have backed their favorites is des-
tined 10 be buried under twenty seven feet OF
water according 10 the estimate OF Chief En-
gineer Fteley OF the Aqueduct Commission An
important point to be determined at the bidding
on Wednesday will be the cost OF the reservoir,
although of course the contract will not include
the price Of the land to which problem COM
mission is now devoting Its energies The new
reservoir is spoken OF among contractors as
'S0 900 900 affair" This includes the &C
nuislton OF the property II is estimated that the
construction contract will be between 900 and
Sc OOOO0 The price OF the land is estma ted at the
lowest at an average OF $4,000 acre. and at the
highest at $1,000 an acre. The property owners
will aim at the latter price. The city Will strive
for the former. low 5000. This
would bring the price to total Of from s2,7ooeO
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07
ORDER TO FXHUME 4 CODY.
AN INSURANCE COMPANY HAS DOUBTS ABOUT A
DEATH.

A
DEATH
Judge Stover In Supreme Court. Chambers. yes
tcrlay upon the application Of Blandy. Mooney a
Shlpmnn representing the Empire lAfc Insurance
Company granted order permitting the COM
pany to cxhum. and remove the body OF Annie Sill
verman from the Washington Cemetery. Brookly H..
In order that the same may he properly identiied
b, the examiners and agents of the company.
The appllcatio for the elimination OF the body
was based upon affidavit made by stacey Will
SON the general manager OF the Empire Life In
suranoe Company 1t shows that on May II last
Annie Sllverman made an application for Insurance
In the company. representing that she was In
sound bodily health had been rejected by any
other company and not afflicted with any dis
ease Upon these representations and those OF the
the company issued policy of insurance upon her
life for s3to0 ON June - Annie Silverman Is al
legged to have died. and on the following day was
buried I'm Washington Cemetery. Brooklyn.
The company IS In doubt as TO whether Annie Sill
verman 4. actually dead. As 10 whether she SUI
fereI from the ailnent alleged in the death certih-
cate. No opportunity was gwen 10 the company TO
identify the body and II In considered "a suspicious
circumstance that she died within forty Gays or the
time that she obtained the insurance III mas been
discovered that she was rejected as an applicant
By two other companies before she presented her
appication 10 the Empire Company. She had APP
Piled TO the Prudential Life Insurance Company OF
Newark y j. and the New-York Life insurance
Company For these reasons the court was askeu
to srant the order Tor the exhuHiAton o. the pooy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07
CLERK KERR Nv TROUBLE.

South McAlester. l. T.. July S.-Indian Agent
Wisdom has declared James Kerr. clerk OF the
National House OF Representative. and George B..
s. Good ntruders. and ordered them removed from
the Choctaw Nation. should they not within nve
days pay the Choctaw Nation a royalty Of ~ per
cent on all goods shipped into and sold in the Ma.
ton Good and Kerr are general railway con-
tractors. and have just completed the western ex-
tension OF the Choctaw. Oklahoma and Gulf Rail.
road. They are charged with doing a general
merchandise business In the Nation, introducing
and selling. wholesale and retail large quantities
OF merchandise to citizens and non-ctlzens, and
refusing to pay the Choctaw Nation royalty on
goods shipped, which is required by United States
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07
6REEyGOODS MEN SEEK RELEASE.

Henry T. Daily and George Roberts. the green
goods men who committed TO the workhouss
upon a charge OF disorderly conduct. were brought
before Judge Slower. in Supreme Court Chambers.
yesterday on writs OF habeas corpus and certiorar
and their counsel. A. II. Evans made an application
for their discharge upon the ground that their de-
tent!on was unlawful The two men were ar
rested on July T. witr come on named Joseph
Pelletier al Hanover Square. They were charged
with disturbing the public peace by attempting to
sell Peletier counterfeit money:
Assistant District Attorney Lauterbach insisted
that the Police Magistrate was justified In holding
the accused Decision reserved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07
SITE OF NEW RESERVOIR.
.oo shares. and minor holders Of total Of leo
FOR DISTRIBUTION. NOT STORAGE.

FOR DISTRIBUTION. NOT STORAGE
Chief Engineer Fteley insists on the Distinction
that the new reservoir Is to be designated as one
for distribution in contradistinction to one 'or
storage proper the latter term applying to such
reservoir that formed by the Croton dam
as the Aqueduct act Of 1881 authorizing new reser-
voirs. dams and new aqueduct, 70 PROVIDE new
supply of pure and wholesome water. Commissioners
DAILY submitted plans for the projected reservoir
April IL 1896 and a public hearing on them was
held April q following The final plan sheets were
submitted by the Commissioner on September 10
1894 and were adopted by the Aqueduct Commits
sion September 49, The present name OF the reser-
voir was formally adopted October "a iss4 II was
Park property and that in its vicinity was de.
termined on. Bids were advertised for on June u
last The general form of the reservoir will be an
elipse Estimates on the cost of dressed stone Tor
the work involve additional $4,000 TO $1,000 De:
IN this State.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07

with the work and this will have TO be finished be-
fore ih- upcrsiruciure h. laid. While only about
half done IN tho upper section. il IS much further
advance! IN the lower section.
ilefore work on the superstructure Is begun mere
Will probably be some changes In the plans tor slie
walks roadway and incidental features tichari
Naux the landscape architect Of the Park Depart
ment for this special work. has prepared plans Tor
"A space for trees either side OF the roadway
The width proposed for this Is ten feet ana ms
must he taken from the outer sidewalk and from
the roadbed The Park Board has the subject under
alvisor.cnt. The application 10 the Board OF Alder
men for permission for the Park Board 10 let adj
ditonal contracts the driveway without public
bidding IA intended provide for this emergency, so
officials Of the Department say. II the change or
plan Is adopted the Board would doubtless ct the
present contractors put IT into effect. "a with their
plants already hand they could do II more cheap
~ and expediiiously than any one else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07

Tho will Of James G. X Lawrence. who died at
r,ush,np Long Island. on June p. was hled yester-
day in the Office of the Surrogate the VIII was
xe,uted on April g. 1894 in the presence OF Charles
p Nor,hrup and Lewis T. Knox Mr.. Lawrence
leaves all his estate both real and personal AFTER
the payment Of his debts ana iuhe"'' EXPENSE 10
80. widow catharne Augusta Lawrence lie APP
points his widow and his sister,in,law Eleanor lie
Rom's s ~. and his friend. John NJ Bowers.
roy 80 vsr executor No statement Is filed with
. w iii m show the value OF the estate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07

| IN 1879 IL is probable that this includes nearly
all the cyclists. as the authorities are said 10 be
extremely vigilant In levying the tax This would
make one rider To each twenty-eipht inha hi,ants
men. women and children. II the same nroncriion
| held IN New-York there would be about 900 cy-
! clists here. But IL Ia wholly unlikely that this
estimate Is even approximately correct
Wheelmen already nquiring about the i'm
provements which will appear In the 1896 patterns
Just now the manufacturers seem to think that
few changes are to be expected and that these
will be minor ones They say that such strides
have been made In recent years toward the per-
lection of the bicycle that there Is little likelihood
OF any radical departures in 1896 from the '95
model There still points on which the bicycle
| can be made better. The most conspicuous weak
ness is in the tires. These are not only extremely
expensive but are too often no stronger than
garden hose. Some of them are virtual sleeves
The way to test them and to find leaks is to wet
them with water containing soap. The outgoing
air will form soap bubbles at each defective spot
A man who tried this with a tire which he had
| ridden only 200 miles found. literally. dozens of
bubbles forming about the edge near the rim. He
sent the tire back TO the maker but may have
to wait some time before he gets new one in eX
change
Those who travel down the Coney Island cycle
path only at long intervals feel a powerful de-
sire TO "scorch' just as soon they feel its
broken stone crunchng beneath their tires. Not
only Is the going perfect but there is little in
| terruption from vehicles crossing the path at
right angles. The rider needs to bother about
nothing the sea air fills his nostrils with its
freshing odor and his wheel seems TO go almost
of it's own accord. The path becomes more and
more a boom and II makes New-York City
whcelmen douby sorry for the fate Of the scheme
| for roadway the CrotOn Aqueduct
The recent heavy rains have been mixed
blessing TO the roads in Central Park. They
have washed away much of the mud which en-
numbered them, but have also carried off some
of the surface Of the roadway. Little outlets
have been formed In places and riding over
them Is not a pure delight. The wheelman gets
a series of tolts which. II not serious. are Yet
exasperatng Something of this washing away
Is also seen on Riverside Drive.
Riders Of the upper East Side will be glad 10
know that the Park Board has applied to the
Board Of Estimate for $4,000 with which to pave
Fifth-ave. with asphalt from Nneteth TO one
hundred a nd tenth-st. This sum Is TO come
from the 81 900 900 available this year for new
pavements. The region east of Fifth-ave-. above
Seventy-ninth-st.. has almost no asphalt. Flith-
ave itself Is paved with that material from
One hundred "A nd enth-st 10 One-hundred-and-
thrty-nfth-st. The proposed improvement would
give an almost continuous asphalt route down
town on the East side. Nearly all OF Madison
ave up to Seventy-ninth-st. Is OF this pavement
already. and II Is TO be extended this year TO
Eighty -siXth-st.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07

TO BE PUT THROUGH THEIR PAGES ON
THE HARLEM RIVER DRIVEWAY.

BY THE END or THE YEAR ALL WILL he IN
READINESS FOR THE FLYERS ELEVATED
SIDEWALK FOR GRANDsTAND- BEAUTIES
OF NATURE WHICH SURROUND
THE NEW SPEEDWAY.
The driveway along the west bank OF the Har-
lem River from Observation-Disclosures 10
Dyckman-st has reached such stage
OF its construction that good idea can
be gained Of what it will look like when
finished. The work of filling in and excavating
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07
,rsr,v ucAHrUr ASKS FOR MONTY.

pos,on. July Sat a meeting OF the Municipal
Council of the Irish National Federation OF Boston
last night the secretary read telegram from Jus
,Ir Mccarthy chairman of the Irish Parliamentary
.,, IN which he asked for financial aid. IN an
,c,na,ion Of the coming election. and a large COM
i,rsc was appointed to solicit money for the pur-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07
BOMBS THROWN IN CoLUMBUs

Columbus. Ohio. July 6-An attempt was made
10 blow up the house OF Jerry p. Bliss. Director OF
Public improvements. and a small frame church
adjoining late last night bomb was thrown on
the porch OF the house and another into the church.
but they did not do the work expected. as the
church was only partly wrecked. and the house
slightly damaged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07
THERE WILL BE TWO BASINS.

The reservoir. when finished. will be virtually
divided into two basins division wall Of masonry
passing north and south 10 contain the old aque.
duct and new aqueduct branch, together with the
channels necessary for the distribution OF water
This arrangement will make the reconstruction or
demolition Of the old aqueduct necessary at this
point.
The time set for the completion OF the reservoir 10
November /. 1902 More than seven years from the
time Of opening the bids thus allowed before
the needed OF water distribution 10 to b
ready 1t is calculated that five years will be neces
sary for doing the work The appraisal OF the lands
may take two years The commission having the
appraisal In charge consists OF ex-Mayor Franklin
Edson ex-Congressman John Dewitt Warner and
James G. Bergen who organized on June and
have been passing on titles.
OF the OF the 1887 acres OF land involved
in the purchase. the principal ones are the Jerome
Park Villa Site and Improvement Company. owning
los. SO acres; John Dickinson estate, 80. ~ acres;
Horace b. Cafin estate. 1851 acres; Hugh n.
Camp, 1889 acres; John Dickinson estate second
lot), 1917 acres; Augustus Van Cortlandt I6 acres
Oak Ridge Real Estate Association, 81 acres
Samuel w Fairchild. 1909 acres and Julia <. Cam
eron IA acres The total number Of owners is IA
The Jerome Park Villa Site and Improvement
Company. which purchased the property including
the racetrack and adjacent TO 1t. was composed OF
veknown persons. Among the Shareholders
the William r. Travers estate, 5000 shares: Theo-
dore Moss. 100 shares: James f. Kelly. Of Kelly
& Bliss. bookmakers. 1000 shares; John Bloodgood.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07

San Francisco. July 6.-Professor Greene. Of the,
,,vers,tv OF California. has resigned his profes-
s.-.h,n IN order TO accept the chair Of botany at
70. 20 Tstholic University OF America In washington
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07
adjacent TO the old aoueuct will have to be sacri-
feed This Is the sImmer home OF New. YORK

There will be 10000 cubic feet Of concrete ma.
sonry and 10000 Of rubble stone masonry. Test.
pits and borings to learn the nature Of the ground
have been made under Mr.. Fteey's supervision,
until the map showing them looks as II 1t had had
he SMALLPOX
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07

IN 1885. II is probable that this includes nearly
all the cyclists. as the authorities are said 10 be
extremely vigilant In levying the tax This would
make one rider 10 each twenty weight inhabitants.
men. women and children. II the same propcrt,on
held In New-fork there would be about 20 600 cy-
clists here. But IL Ia wholly unlikely that This
estimate Is even approximately correct
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07


Some Of the. big manufacturers are ca'cn'ns
I'd or their orders for mems wheels. while others
say the demand continues To ou'strip the sup
ply. There seems special difficulty. however III
hlng orders for cycles for women ohe agent
was bewail!ng his inability to get any vi '"es'
He said he could sell thirty Of them AT unoe ~
ne had them in stock so far this year ne nas
disposed OF 400 wheels II a standaru mar 600
he thinks his sales would have reachcu u,. 80, ~,
mark II the factory had been apie " pnrsons
machines as fast as they were wanted a.,
intending TO become cyclists naturally wen. u, "a
10 the dealers whose wares were eN'eis' y,.,ne
vert.sed and were Of recognized nei,'. $50
told here that no wheels were 10 DC hau a, ~. 30
they were compelled to turn 10 the "e'"'' -
less known cycles.
Estimates OF the number OF cycns's III
York City must be mere guesses. the he"e"
American Wheelmen has about SooV "e'"
here but that is OF course less than ohe-'e"' wy
total One OF the most prominent manuiao'o ~
has sold nearly 1000 wheels here IN 1882 al. -
agent computes that 3d. 900 cycles In all nav uu
bought In New-York City In the last SIN -" W, oid
Then. OF course there are many machihes VI no
er dates still In use Perhaps then. theI w ~.
10000 riders OF the wheel here. Or coutse' o. no
Is simple gucsswork. and the numpe' ''''
lo.c09 more or 900 less.
When cycles are taxed. 1t Is possible W s
exact account OF the total in use In given Guy
New-Albany, Ind, has a population OF apou'
"o0 1t compels each rider to pay All a"""
~. a1aAOo men and women have palo 'na' 'N''
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1895-06-20
NOT UNDERSTOOD.

Not understood We move along asun-
der,
Our paths grow wider as the seasons
creep
Along the years. We marvel and we
wonder
Why life Is life, and then we fall
asleep.
Not Understood.
Not understood. We gather false i'm
pressiOns
And hug them closer as the years go
by,
Till virtues often seem to us transgres
sions;
And thus men rise and fall, and live
and die
Not understood.
Not understood. Poor souls with stunt
ed vision,
Oft measured giants by their narrow
The poison shafts of talsehood and de
risiOn
Are oft impelIed 'gainst those who
mould the age,
Not understood
Not understood. The secret springs of
action,
Which lie beneath the surface and
the show,
Are diSregarded With self-satisfactlon
We Judge our neighbors, and they
often go
Not understood.
Not understood. How trifles often
change us
The thoughtless sentence and the
fancied sight
DESTROY long years Of friendship and
estrange US,
And on our souls there falls q freezing
blight,
Not understood
Not understood. How many hearts are
aching
For lack OF sympathy All, day by
day,
How many cheerless, lonely hearts are
breaking
How many noble spirits pass away
Not understood
O God, that men would see a little
clearer,
Or Judge less harshly when they can
not see
O God. that men might draw little
nearer
To one another They'd be nearer
Thee.
And understood.
Anonymous.