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Bro orr WORKS ON HAND.
HAIL of Records Pisnn D~rnwn-SpOO, ooo rSr
New Asphalt pavsments.

The plans drawn by Architect John r. Thomas
for the new Hall of Records ON Chambers street
were presented to the Board Of Estimate yestor-
day. Mr.. Thomas was appointed to draw these
plans without public competition with the un-
derstanding that II they were accepted he would
DO the architect of the building. II the plans are
not accepted no will be paid for his work.
The plans, which shows an imposing looking
structure Of granite seven stories in height, with
n mansard roof, were referred to a committee
composed of Henry g. Marquand, President OF
tho Board OF Trustees Of the Metropolitan
Museum of Art; Prof. William r. Ware Of
Columbia College. and Montgomery Schuyler.
Charities Commissioner Croft also presented
plans for n now Morguc, which will be built on n
platform attached to tho pier at the foot OF East
Twcnty.sixth street. The plans were adopted,
and 1914, 900 was appropriated for the work.
Tho board also authorized q change in the
plnns for the northern approach Of the new
Third avenue bridge across tho Harlem River
by which an opcnwork steel viaduct will be
substituted for solid stone masonry. This change
was advocated by Jordan L. Mott. who owns
twcnty-eigb' lots along the northern approach,
and WHO saia that the masonry structure would
The pOnrd also ap j u 81 $a:S$s.ael for
various purposes, among, them: $2s,7,l5s for
from Fifty.sixth to Ninety.sixth street; 1928.
sixticth and Eightieth streets; $4,000 for lay.
ing asphalt in other streets, either designated or
to be designated by Gen. Collis; $780, 900 on &C
new Third avenue bridge. 100000 for q steol
bridge across the tracks, of the New. York and
Bronx avenue; 100000 for new walks
In parks north OF the Harlem River; .$75.-
900 for "A steel shed for tho use Of the
East Twenty-sixth street; $55, 900 for an extcn-
sion of the sea wall along the East River Park:
SlON 600 for n aChOOlhOuae Sito In EiQhty-niutl
street, between Columbus and Amsterdam ave.
nues tthe block where Col. Warning wanted TO
build n stable); $1s. 600 for a steel pocket street.
cleaning dump at the foot Of West Thirtieth
street, and $25 600 for a public lavatory in Mail
street. The request for an appropriation OF
81 800, 900 for the now bridge across the Harlem
River at Willis avenue was laid over.
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The Eighth Avenue Railroad Case,

Judge BEACH has decided that the Eighth
Avenue Railroad Company is not bound by
the termo of the original contract made
with the city in 1851, whereby the city re-
tanned the option to buy the road at any
time at the price of the cost Of building it,
with 10 per cent. added. He takes the
ground that the city had no right to grant
the franchise for the road, and that there
fore the entire contract in regard to it is
void for want of consideration.
1t is self-evident that q matter of so great
Importance should not be left where Judge
BEACH's decision leaves it, and that the
case should be carried to the Court Of APP
peals for final adjudication. That court
has already made one decision affirming
the validity Of the contract which Judge
BEACH pronounces void, and it should have
the opportunity of either adhering to the
position it then took or Of abandoning 1t.
The duty of the city authorities to the
taxpayers and to the railroad company Is
plain. If the city has a right to the prop
erty in dispute it should enforce it If 1t has
none the present possessors of the property
should, in common justice, have their title
to it confirmed beyond dispute.
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Tho Harvard-YaIe Crows.

Mr.. Lehman, the Harvard coach. said recently
to the Boston Globe liam we'll satisfied with
the condition and work of the Harvard crew. I
feel that there is a steady Improvement In their
oarsmanship, which promises we'll for success In
tho Poughkeepsie race; but as for comparisons
with the other crews / cannot make them, nor
can any one who has not seen all three crows on
the water.
changes we make In the crew from day TO day
are causing dissatisfaction with the workmen
want to have tho very best eight men In tho
boat, and TO obtain this result all promising men
must be tried. When we find the eight men
they will be kept steadily at work brushing up
from day to day against the college crew which
Will DO OF the most equal strength, so evenly are
The Yale crew 10 said 10 DO rowing better sincs
Simpson left the boat
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bill. Neither squares with the Democratic
platform Of 1892. A Democratic President
and Congress repudiatedt that platform, and
the Chicago platform Of last year repu-
dated the Cleveland Administrations.
The only political issues now dividing
the great parties are those made by that
Chicago platform; the last declaration
Of principle and policy made by the
Democratic party In a national convention
authorized and empowered o make 1t; and
It will remain as the official Democratic
standard until set aside by another con-
vention representative of the party.
II Mr.. WHITNEY does not agree with IL,
but rejects 1t rs dangerous INT pernicious,
he is not q Democrat, according to the exist
ing standard Of Democracy. He IL outside,
excluded from the party. 1t is useless to
try to evade that conclusion; It must be
looked ~squarely in the face nor Is there now
any prospect that the standard will be set
aside or changed before the issue is referred
to the people for determination in 1000.
The Democratic and Populist combination
brought together in support of the Chicago
platform continues unbrokcn In Congress
and throughout the Union, and seems to be
mOTe nTmly COulpdCOeu Inhn ~ "aS iaSb
November. There are no signs Of any dis
solution, no disrupting tendencies, no dis
agreements.
Where, then, IL Mr.. WHITNEY, Because
Of the Dingley bill, and because he does not
think the Republicans have been suf-
f~iciently generous" to him in return for
his help in opposing MI. BRYAN and the
Chicago platform, Is he preparing to accept
in 1897 what he rejected in 1s989 Does
he prefer the fraud Of free silver coinage at
16 to 1 to the historic doctrine Of protec-
tion, which the Republican party is about
to readjust according to its lights, under
the high authority Of a national election 2
If he had not turned about thus in six
months, why is he uttering complaints and
making criticisms which can only rebound
to the advantage of the Democracy of the
Chicago PLATFORM Whittier is he leadingi
So long as the Chicago platform remains
the standard of the regular Democracy the
Democratic party is a radical, revolution
airy party, and the Republican party, and
not the Democracy, is the custodian of the
principles of THOMAS JEFFERSON.
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The Louisville Erening Post is certainly
Just the newspaper to put forth a show of indig-
nation at the national administrator for what
the Erenin0 Post would falsely persuade people
Is bad faith In the matter Of tariff revision, and
Irregularities in its dealings with Democrats who
refused to vote for q cheating dollar in 1896. In
the same Issue, though, in which the virtuous
diRtribe which we have noticed appears there is
published a bicycle poem which had been printed
q week before by THE Sun. over which. instead
Of the credit which an honest newspaper would
have given to THE SUM-, appears the falsehood.
written Expressly for the Erenin0 Post"
We suppose that this combination of a little
preaching of morality with the practising of
larceny was inadvertent- The Evening Post
might have preserved the decencies better II 1t
had not printed its commentary on the Admins
tration and THE Suns poem on the same day.
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The HOUR ut Grant,s Tomb.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The clos
ing hour at Grants tomb is 5 P. NJ. On Sunday
last l went to the tomb. arriving there at about
1850 or 4:55 P. NJ. At that time a line OF people
extended from the door Of the tomb down tho
steps and along the broad walk in front to the
second cross walk. bending around into that and
ending at the east part of the Drive. Promptly
at 8 o'clock the line was cut of and the doors
shut; When the line was cut off there were. I
should say. a thousand or more persons in 1t
moving up to enter the tomb.
1t seems to me that the hour Of closing must
have been set without due consideration. ] see
by the miniature almanac in this mornings SUN
that the sun sets to-day at. 7:l3 o'clock. At q
o'clock the sun is still quite high. At about that
dinner or supper; but up to that hour at this
season on fair Sundays there are still many per-
sons on the Drive. and there are likely to DO
at 5 o'clock. 1t seems to me that in summer at
least. 1t would be more reasonable to keep tho
tomb open until O p. NJ. RIVERSIDE.
NEW YoRR, May 10.
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spain's Troubles ut Home.

The declaration OF ex-Premier SAeAsTA,
tho well.known leader of the Liberals, that
his party can no longer sustain the Govern
ment In Its Cuban policy, and must break
the truce with its opponents under which
II has lived since the revolt began, seems
to be a most suggestive sign Of the times.
/. Thus far Spain has been fortunate In the
zeal with which all parties have rallied to
the defence of the Government under its
sore trials In the Antilles n the Philip
pines. SAeAsTA's own attitude has been
Of the greatest assistance for Premier
CANovAs, especially as 1t has been taken
and maintained with q full knowledge Of
the risks and costs of the revolt. A year
ago he was reported to have estimated
these costs to Spain as 10000 soldiers and
$1OO,OOO 600 annually but he did not
shrink from supporting the expenditures.
Now, however, he seems to be disheartened
by the fact that 100000 troops in Cuba are
not able to crush the revolt even In such
provinces as they occupy, while at home, in
the Peninsula, there are germs of Carlist
revolts and other revolts.
Exactly what will come Of this announce
ment the debates of the next ten days In the
Cortes may show. 1t is not to be assumed that
SAGAsTA has changed his view, announced
repeatedly since the revolution broke out,
that Spain must hold Cuba to the last. But
when his dissatisfaction takes the form Of
being compelled to break with the Govern
ment In its policy at a crisis like the
present, it at least shows that WEYLER's
boastful words as to pacifying the island
have been weighed and found wanting,
even In Spain, and that the Government
has now to face the question Of whether it
can remain in power.
A political crisis at home might not
greatly affect, for the moment, Spain's gen.
eral policy in Cuba, but 1t could hardly occur
without a bitter discussion of the way in
which the war has been conducted, with
it's terrible and unavailing losses of men and
money. Such a discussion would pave the
way for other measures; and when fresh
loans have to be called for, taxes levied, and
troops raised, the time may be ripe for a
proper consideration of the proposal which
our Government may be expected to make,
namely, peace for Cuba.
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average was ~ As knots, although Of
! course this Il In excess Of service speed.
Her run from the Needles to Sandy Hook
lightship, a distance Of 500 knots, was
don in 8 days % hours and 40 minutes,
making an average of 1s.41 knots. It
was made wholly under natural draught,
whereas In her trial run forced draught
was allowed. The weather was fair
and favorable except on two occasions,
when the seas caused her to roll deeply
and drenched her forward decks. She
took on, we believe, 1878 tons Of coal, by
slowing some of 1t in other places than the
bunkers. Once the blowing out Of q tube
disabled one boiler for twenty-five hours.
Perfect good fortune would have made the
time still better.
However, 1t remains to be seen whether
the Powerful can obtain, during seven con-
secutive days, a speed averaging 1872 knots
under natural dranght. She carries, 1t Is
said, S92 men, while the Columbia's com.
plement is 80 officers and 447 men,
so that the engineer force Is proper.
tionately greater OF the British ship.
However. on the Columbia's run, a dozen
volunteers from the deck force went below
to help in stocking. and afterward o
dozen bluejackets were detailed to assist
the firemen. The British ship possesses q
great advantage for an ocean voyage in all
weathers in her high freeboard.
While the Columbia and her still fast
er sister, the Minneapolis, accomplished
their purpose of producing American cruis.
ers of very high speed, and while they may
lave been the direct cause OF Great Britain's
responding with the Powerful and her
mate, the Terrible, yet we are not
likely to build N moro vessels Of
that type, at least for a long time
to come. When nearly % knots can
be got with the Brooklyn, which not only
has the advantage of being an armored
cruiser, but of having a vastly heavier bat
terry han the Columbia, the superiority for
all.around service of the former type seems
obvious. Besides, for fast de-
stroyers we have a source of reliance in
such liners as the Paris, New York, st.
Louis, and st. Paul, which the Government
can secure whenever desired, as it has in
reserve batteries for mounting upon them.
Still, 1t is an interesting question how
the Powerful compares with the Columbia
as to speed in a long ocean run and even
II the Admiralty should hereafter conclude
not to make 80 pointed a competition as
the one involved in a trip to New York, 1t
is yet probable that her voyage will be
sue as to yield all the necessary elements
for a t~olerably exact comparison.
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A Now Popocratio Candidate.
From the Kansas CITY Journal.

n N"H"H" Ut HTH
TOPEKA. Kan, May le.-Dayid overmyer. the silver
champion OF Kansas. will be one OF the big nsh in the
big puddle n the silver wing OF the Democracy re.
mains In the saddle during the next Presidential cam.
paign. The chances are he vii. loom up as q formidA.
BILE candidate for President or vice.President Of tho
S~lvertteS. and will measure strength with Bryan. Mr..
overmysr has received q vast number of letters al.
ready from prominent silver Democrats throughout
the country. suggesting that he may be called upon to
lead the party OF forlorn hope In 1900. Bryan him.
self IL beginning to get shaky over the situation, aud
has written to m friends. Indicating that he
would like to have oyermyer a . running mate the
next time This IL done. 90 It IL thought, 70 sidetrack
ovsrmyer 10 second place and keep him from Bryan's
wAy. But oysrmysr u making no PROMISE
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BENEFITS OF rAoAxr o rARms.
The Mayors Coumittce and Their Friends D,..
cuss Thorn In the Aidcrmen'- Chamber.

N"NN hNh sN h"N "'N y AiHuf
Tho Mayors Committee on the Cultivation o,
Vacant Lots met several of their friends. No.
sembled in the Aldcrmen's chamber in the civ
Hall, yesterday afternoon, and listened to
speeches on the merits of tho schcine which
originated with Gov. Pingrcc when nc wa,
Mayor Of Detroit. Mayor Strong presided, and
William II. Tolman presented II series OF views
by means of tho oxy.hydrogen light, showing
the active work of the vacant lot farm colonies
in the suburbs OF New York and Detroit. Then
Col. Warning told what no knew about farming.
"Of course" he said, 1.-THE kernel of IN.
whole subject lies in the fact that Il touches Tho
great problem, What can We do for the unem.
ploycd poor Of New York = II II is true, as has
been said, that by means of this scheme q largo
portion OF the industrious poor can be made
self.supporting, n great object will have been
accomplished; but n greater one still will havo
been attained II the example of these vacant loo
farmers has the effect of lesscning the popuIp.
ton of the crowded y. ed cast side 9 below loislon'
there is no relief for them. Vacant lot farms viii
never tempt them away from n land whore beds
are to be had for seven cents u night. But The
greater part of the poor arc not idle. Thry ara
honest and industrious, and, any scheme that
will tend to move them from the crowded ccntres
Of the great cities deserves hearty common.
dation."
Several of the vacant lot farmers Of this city
vacant lots near Long Island City. The first
Re hear ra hS Ta sn dp ssv sS Tp siSG b s,i dtan'l Kf 2@ what
he got regular employment. and he is nov able
James Carroll said that when a vacant lot near
Long Island City was allotted to him he did mob
have enough money to pay, his car fare 10 tho
spot. Now" he continued. " have u team OF
need to complete it is a farm.
John w. KjelRaard, superintendent OF tho va.
cant lot farms in and about this city, also spoke
at length about the workin 20 of the scheme.
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WATER FRONT PLANS ADOPTED.
Seven Enormous Piers Projected for the North
River BELOW Twenty-thlrd street.

seven Enormous Pliers Projected Tor tho North
River Below Twenty-thIrd street.
Plans for the improvement Of the water front
from Charles street to West Twenty-third street
were adopted by the Dock Board yesterday.
These plans include the building Of the five big
piers for ocean liners between Gansevoort and
West Eleventh streets, whose dimensions were
agreed upon by the board and the companies
leasing them. The extension of the pier head
line, which has Just been allowed by the Secre-
tary Of War, will add from % to "a feet to their
length. Hereafter West street in that neighbor-
hood will be $50 feet wide. Between Bloomfield
and West Twenty.third streets there will DO
seven piers, each 800 feet long and 100 feet wide;
four ferry slips, with two adjacent piers. each
500 feet long and 90 feet wide. ard one pier near
the foot Of Bloomfield street, which viii be 500
feet long and so feet wide.
In arranging these piers consideration was
given to the constant increase in the size of
ships. The piers will be 800 feet long, because
the Dock Board thinks 1t quite probable that be-
fore the necessary property can be acquired and
the work completed there will be ships coming
into this port which will require that length OF
pier. At the same time the increased length
gives a large amount OF wharfage room. for
which there Is a growing demand. The two
piers on each side OF the ferry will afford accom-
mediation for vessels desiring wharfage room.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-21
LORD ROsEBERY ON GOLF.
Address to the Edinburgh burgess Cooling 20.
ciety on the Opening OF Their Clubhouse.

ciety on the Opening OF Their Clubhouse.
From the London Daily Ne,r..
Ladies and gentlemen, when l was first
asked In a cordial and pressing manner to take
a leading part on this occasion l really Thought
u trap was laid for me. because l was so limo.
cent Of golf and all its works that | could not
help dreadinR that the authorities of the club
had determined that out Of the mouth Of
complete innocence should come the ,estl.
mony Of the merits of golf, and for thai
reason they had called upon one OF lilo
only Scotsmen who does not play tho
game to perform this CEREMONY My dread OF
learning 1t is that IL Is far too engr0ssing and
absorbing. Laughter and applause When a
man is once seriously inoculated with the love
Of society: lLaughter.l 1 know of one, gentle.
man. at least, OF considerable possessions and
large business transactions, who declines TO open
his letters on the morning on which he is going
to play golf. for fear anything in them should
distract his attention. tLauRhter.l And a short
time ago, without trenching on the strict barrier
that divides us happily from politics to-day. I
saw it as q charge against a distinguished states.
man that he gave too much time to golf and not
enough to the House Of Commons. Laughter
and applause.l Well, / say then, when a man
in middle life makes a deliberate choice Of golf
as his amusement, knowing these facts and
viewing the infatuation Of his friends. he is tax.
ing a choice second only in gravity to the choice
of O wife,"
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The New Orleans Times Democrat quotes
way OF preparing to oppose a tariff revision that
might increase the stock Of currency in the
Treasury 80 as to produce a surplus. that this
would be an evasion Of the Law. The law regu-
lating the issue of grecnbacks Is mandatory, and
compels a reissue" Senator CAFFERY's wits
seem to have left him. There is nothing In the
law Of the land any more than in the law of
common sense that compels the Government to
pay out a single dollar that 1t doesn't owe.
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1t is a necessity for the cause of good govern
ment In the Greater New York that the Citizens
Union shall mako no serious mistakes.-Nep York
Ttnes.
Mistakesi How can the Citizens Union mako
mistakes 1t organized itself to correct the
mistakes of partisanship. and to acknowledge
that 1t could nuke mistakes of its own would DO
a fatal confession. 1t Is for good government"
What IS good government"i 1t is government
by the Goo.Goo How can there be any mis-.
take in that demonstration The Goo-Goos are
making no mistakes. serious or trivial. and they
will make none, for they could not be Goo Coos
II they made any mistake in being Goo-Goos.
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Couldn't Live without Ell. Grandfather
From the Times Democrat.

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 1O.-The following let-
ter, which explains the cause of his suicide at
Mobile, was found in the effects of Herbert
Kaiser, which were received from Mobile to-
day:
MY Otcn Darling AUNT Pauline:
II will explain to you all of my so-called mys-
FERROUS conduct and language. When I go to
end my life it will be on my grandfather's grave
or somewhere else. for die ! must. and you can
! cannot live without grandpa. / have tried for
one year. Why, l cannot dismiss thought OF
that good old man from my mind. and i hope to
be with him shortly. Oh, Aunt Pauline. I am
indeed wretched, and have been since grandpa's
death. cannot live without him-no, no, no, I
can't do it. Good-by, Aunt Pauline. Kiss Uncle
Lee and Allen for me. Your loving nephew.
r
Up. $40 die I shall take prussia acid and
then shoot myself. Farewell"
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Consent. ror the Tunnel Scheme.

At yesterdays meeting of the Rapid Transit
Commission the property owners committees
reported that tho owners OF 20 per cent. of tho
frontage in Broadway. between Forty-second
and Fffty-ninth streets, and the owners of Al
per cent. along the Boulevard. from Sixtieth to
194th street, had consented to the construction
Of the tunnel. A resolution was adopted author
izinR President Orr to begin proceedings in a
preme Court il it appears that a sufficient num-
Der OF consents on the several routes traversed
cannot be obtained.
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Board OF Estimate Preparing for the Removal
OF Small BuildinEu.

OF Small BuildinEs-
Comptroller Fitch introduced a resolution in
the Board Of Estimate yesterday which will re-
suit in retaining for the use of the public a
large part of the City Hall Park. After reciting
that it was the sense Of the board that all build
ings now located in the City Hall Park. except
ing the City Hall and the County Court House,
should be removed, the resolution called upon
the Fire Board to prepare plans for erecting a
new fire house in the vicinity of City Hall Park,
in which to place z Engine and l Truck, which
now occupy one OF the small brown-stone build
ings facing on hambe street Il the Fire De-
early beginning will be made of the work OF re-
moving from the City Hall Park the several
buildings which now interfere with its use by
the public.