The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-22
SOME GOSSIP OF GAY GOTHAM

| New York. December 1S.--The unsus
| pecting but eXtertionate cabman who
haulti Randolph Gugenhemer, president
| of the municipal assembly, TO his up town
home the other night and then soaked him
| So for the job, which was paid under pro-
test. mAatie bad hMnder, but he may live
| TO pose els a public benefactor. The pres-
dent .ias seized his golden opportunity to
lenounce the cab service of the town. and
he has on the oouncllmanic stocks the
frame work of an ordinance to regulate and
bring cab tells within the reach of others
than milll.naires and bbulous folks whose
wealth. grows with every additional high
BALL. ll1ls complaint ia mainly directed
against the gilt edgdi hotel eabman, who
is law unto himself and wao charges
any old price. AS to the cabbes who prey
upon the general public. the remedy for
extortbon Is simple. providing the kicker
cares sb5RIt mixing up with the legal ma
chbnery attached TO the police department.
Tine rapid transit tunnel ought TO be as
sured. MIR. Croker has said so. and, more
ever, he says it win be begun within a
year. and THAT it will be built by private
capital. which lis ready now. AT no time in
the history of the long and tedious nego-
of the public. has the prospect of real
rapid transit seemed so bright. The king
says that the hole will be wide enough for
four tracks and will cost at least $50. 600. 900
He also says that men with the money
and the inclination to burrow beneath the
treacherous surface l,f Manhattan, have
belen fourll, and az soon as certain legal
obstacles are removed there VIII be work
in sight for an army of diggers.
AT O'Clock last evening broken strand
in the cable brought Broadway car up
standing. In a short time TIE busy artery
between Sixteenth street and the Battery
was fun of cars, for the slaves of the line
kept on collecting fares from unsuspect-
ing passengers until every coach came to
stanastill. The blockade wasn't raised I'M
til O'Clock this morning, for the cable
snapped soon after the grip caught defect.
1t WAS the worst tie-up in years, and
thousands now look with favor upon the
underground trolley work in progress OIL
the system. even III 1t does mean another
franchises steal worth millions. if properly
handled by the servants of the peape.
Some Of the bulls in the money quarter
go Uncle Russell Sage per cent better and
predict that money Will earn per cent
about the time of THE january risburse-
ments for dividends snd interest. Capital
is cutting new channels, with le schemes that
call for seven and eight figures after the
magic mark are being snapped up. The
prevailing opmion of conservative money
lenders, however, is that the earning power
of the fruit of the tree ef plenty will keep |
at the low level ruling at present for some
time 10 come.
The weighty mantle of the great Brlco (
wealth has fallen upon the shoulders OF o |
young man of IS, who steps into the ranks !
OF the American multi lionaires to fill |
the gap made by the death OF his father.
This young man is Stewart Melley Brics.
athlete, soldier. politician, elder son of the
former senator. So far as public estimate
can gauge II. young Brice is heir to about
SIC, 900, 600 but In addition to this great
estate there are many irons left in the fire
by the deceased parent which In theme
selves are likely to net millions more.
The carcass OF the biggest hog that ever
rooted American soil, it is claimed. was
placed on exhibition yesterday afternoon
on West Thirty third street. When alive
the porker weighed 1908 pounds and in Ia
present dressed" corjtltion Is weighs tess
pounds. The anilmal was OF the jersey rad
breed and waa 2is years old Our products
as well as our possessions seem to he ex-
paading,
Real estate agents have transferred ~
Andrew Carnegie the block fronting ON
Fifth avenue from Ninety-frst to Ninety
second street, upon which the steel mag
rate will erect mansion The pric, gIvan
lp the deed filed Is 1895, 900, with an In
sumbrance OF $4,000 on the property. Lots
nearby have gone up several notches since
The lid was lifted off this deal.
Druggists say they are now flooded with
grip prescriptions Doctors cay there,rs