The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-04-07
NEW YORK LETTER.


cess of liquidation. Holders OF
its certificates have surrendered or
will surrender them and re-
eeiee instead stock in the Standard
Oil Company, of New York. This
change it is little more than Il
changes due TO the prejudice which
has been aroused in many minds
against trusts and to the crystaliza
ton Of that prejudice in the legislation
of many States. When the Standard
Oil Trust was formed II lost soothing
by the frankness OF its title Times
have changed. The public knows
what trusts mean TO them, aud lcgis
laturcs have declared them TO be il
legal conspiracies in restraint of trade.
The Standard was Il trust an organi-
cation for the joint operation of hun.
drcds of companies. In becoming the
Standard Oil Company Of New York it
acquires all those privileges which the
corporation law OF this state gives il
aud loses not one of It's trust charae-
teriStieS. 1t is still the giant of its
class. aud for the accommodation of
its Executive Committee, Board chair
men and general offices is charging
tile great building In lower Broadway.
which, when completed will be sixteen
stories high, cover ground space of
loo by 1870 feet and be occupied cXclu.
siVclN by the Standard. OF the total
number of barrels of oil run from all
The petroleum wells In the United
States in 1891, the Standard controlled
IS per cent. That was It's high water
mark on that line. In 1896 the Stand
ard distributed In dividends To its
stockholders $50 000,o0 the high wa.
Ter mark ON that line. II has fought
many battles, won many. and the sin
Gle aim of the men in control has al
ways been profits. 1t has not mat
tered much what methods were used;
power has been coveted only because
II can be translated into profits.
In undertaking to eXterminatc the
tramp and the professional bcggar
from New York the Police Department
is doing the public n signal service
Consultation between the Police
Board and the Charity Organization
Society has resulted In the adoption Of
Il comprehensive plan of campaign
Two picked policemen clothed in citi
zen dress have been detailed for each
Of the six police court districts of the
metropolis. They are deyoting their
whole time TO patrolllng the city In
search of bcgpars.
The first time Il man is caught beg
ging he is questioned and warned. If
he is a married man he is directed 10
the nearest Office of the Charity Or
ganiZaton Society, where, If found
worthy the needs OF his family viii be
relieved II unmarried, he Is directed
TO the Municipal Lodging House, where
he Will be helped to find work or TO
communicate with his out of town
friaalda-
Caught offending the second time,
| the hcggar receives more drastic treat
| mcnt. If the man Is unknown to the
| Charity Organization Society he will
| be sent to the workhouse for three
months. If he has record MS pro
| fessional bcggar the period of his
forced retirement from the street will
be greatly heightened. Women beg.
CARS will be treated with the same SO.
verify rs men.
Once in the WorkhouSc, the bcggar
viii he taught some useful industry.
Plenty of hard work will prove n
4,
p0rtuntics for hcalthful toll n munich
pal farm VII soon be established on
ltiker's Island.
There is n small club of Bohemians
in New York the walls of whose quar-
tiers are modcstly covered with tinted
burlap. on these walls, all visitors of
note are expected to write their names
and "A sentiment original TO the oc
pasion. II Is told that William Dean
Howclls dropped In one day. looked
about, and wrote: II cant think of Il
thing. William Dean IIowclls." \
Jester happened by, and scrawled be
low: autobiography of William Dean
Howclls"
New York Herald musical critics
have been handling the singers who
compose the chorus Mt the Mctropoli
tan Opera House with especial sever
lty In their recent criticisms of per
formanccs. Again and again II has
been stated that the chorus singing AT
the Opera House WIS dlscordant ana
unworthy OF high class musical cs
adjustment. The dlscords really eman
ate from behind the scenes ut the Op
era and are not to be attributed to the
singers who compose the chorus AT all
During the last performance Of car
men" an expert musician, who was
stationed behind the scenes Mt the
Opera House for the express purpose of
noting the exact source of the poor
chorus singing that has caused so
much comment, was considerably as
tonished to find that the Metropolitan
Opera House possesses two corps OF
chorus singers. one of which Is paid
10 sing, while the other sings from pure
love OF singing and because there is
nothing else to do at the moment The
extra chorus Is composed OF the stage
carpenters, call boys, maids whose
mIstresseS are on the stage, ana the
numerous individuals who congregaie
behind the scenes. Carmen" proved
10 be n very popular opera with the
second chorus. Nearly all the stage
hands seemed TO know the opera by
heart, and TO be able to sing the for
elgn words When they were not con
yersant with the words the lack of
knowledge did not deter them from
singing. Carpenters, as they passed
about the stage on their various duties
sang the chorus as though they were
hired for that express purpose, and the
shrlI voices of trio Of call boys
could be heard above the singing even
Of the trained chorus maids.
CYRUS THoRc.
After denouncing the politicians for
season or two the Popullsts have