The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-01
OUR new YORK LETTER
MUNICIPAL SITUATION WATCHED
CLOSELY BY ALL CLASSES.
VIII the City Now he Run on the "Wide
Open" Plan?-How the Pool Sellers Have
Been Conducting Their Business of Late.
The Parkhurst Men-Copper.

Been Conducting Their business of Late.
The Parkhurst Men-Copper. ,
NEW YORK, May 81.-[Special. lin
spite Of the absorbing interest in the war,
New Workers Of all grades are much
wrought up over the municipal situation,
and the question, "Shall we have an open
town now that Tammany's man, Devery,
has been made chief of police?" Is much
discussed everywhere.
No matter how time answers that ques-
tion there IL no doubt that the Parkhurst
reformers expect the worst. At the same
time it is only fair to say that no one in
all this city would be better pleased than
they were Devery's announcement that he
purposes enforcing every law to be fulfilled
to the letter. 1t would be another thing
to say that they expect 1t will be- Mean
while they are putting forth extraordinary
efforts to detect cases of lawbreaking, and
it is safe to say that Tammany's police
officers and officials will be watched dur
ing the coming summer as they never have |
been watched before.
Pool Selling and Policy Playing.
Contrary to the general expectation, the
first crusade of the Parkhurst men will
hardly have to do with what are some |
times termed personal morals, " but rath-
er with pool selling on the races and policy
playing.
1t Is we'll understood that both these
| forms of gambling are carried on here in
| spite of former Chief McCullagh's vigor-
| Gus repressive policy, not openly or free
| ", to be sure but still extensively enough
\ to yield fairly satisfactory profits to their
| promoters.
| Such activity as the pool sellers are now
| permitted to maintain is largely contribut-
| ed to by the telephone Poolrooms gem
| orally get racing news by telegraph, the
| finish of each event being posted on the
| blackboard for the benefit Of the rooms
| patrons as soon as it is received. Both
blackboard and telegraph have long been
abandoned in New York, however, since
their presence in raided establishment
would be the strongest kind of presump-
tive evidence that something was amiss.
Under the plan at present in operation
| i'm New York poolrooms all racing news Is
received by telephone, and the finish OF an
event, instead Of being posted on the biack-
| board Is announced by word or mouth.
| There are generally no tickets ana RAID
would discover absolutely nothing of an
discriminating nature, it surely bciEg no
violation of the law TO subscribe for = tele-
|
dance of chairs for men to sit in.
Most of the poolrooms now in operation
arc connected with one of two systems
, or syndicates, well known to sporting men
nv t..e names of their chief promoters.
| The Headquarters of each syndicate Is
known as n "poolroom exchange. one
of these exchanges is located away up
, town. the other is situated about midway
, ! betwcen the Harlem and the Battery.
r Each is well disguised, one being housed
| In u building apparently used as n private
\ ! dwelling, standing on residence street
the other is a structure the major part OF
e | which is occupied by an industrial corpo
r ration whose signs cover every available
n spot on the buildings exterior Both arr
: marked by great petwork OF conyersiiii
4 Wires and the interior Arrangements
II each are said to be thoroughly up to dat
and as well organized MS any telephone ex
a change in America. News from all TN
. great tracks is of course received by tele
"a graph at these establishments.
. Some of the poolrooms have been max
ing a good deal of money, but others hav
:. not been doing so well and this has pee
:, due to two causes First the close esplon
:, age of the police has kept thousands WI
:, would otherwise play extensively from ell
- tering the poolrooms at all, and' secoh'
this same espionage has made frequent II
=, movals of the rooms themselves hi'V''
10 of necessity and removals cost none
"a a-plenty.
~ The Parkhurst Men.
Notwithstanding the antipathy OF I'll
porkburst men to Tammany, there Is NJ
W the sliphtet ground for expecting that al
u az them will at this time assist the Repu
IN licans i'm any scheme for removing May
ed Van Wick or otherwise Furnishing nj
e. for ousting the Republican commissions
as and chief of police. The Parkhurst me
ad all agree that Tammany should DC aiioW'
r. an opportunity to prove It's prolesseo "
n sire to give good government 10 inc GU
sh They are fully aware meanwhile Una
". o,yon This Tammany will also have
at ornortunitv To do some other things shou
n tho desire exist, that will afford fire.
he grounds for fighting against its power.
e- So determined are the Parkhurst M
unon n course of literal nonintervention
Of advance of actual lawbreaking that on
ds | one of them has allowed himself TO spe
as for publication at the present luhctu'
no The fact that the exception was Dr. Ear
le- hurst himself has little significance, put
,m nav be stated that the interview Win ID
lar printed in The Herald on the eve oi
VS. departure on MS anhuai nui
1st has called out lot of severe though smo'
vn. cred criticism from his followers.
sx- A Shortage of Copper.
,as There has never been time since
,ut beginning of the electrical age when =
the makers of electrical appliances ana 81
list. plies and the dealers in the same w
asst more prosperous than now YET IL Is
iieyed by some engaged in the busin
that this activity would have been e'
his greater had there been no war, no.wl
ith Standing the circumstances that the
IL. ernments orders for telephones, u
emf graphic instruments, searchlights ana
his like have been unprecedentedly large.
we Just at present there is great uncertain
w, In the trade. No one can tell now IL
10y, the government orders will continue
ou whether they will be followed by
III, - tinuation Of heavy orders from PRIV
firms. OF one thing, however, every
.ms interested appears to be certain, anu =
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