Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-01-12
Distinguished Architects Figuring on
Attractions for New York.
AUTO TRUCK COMPANY'S PLANS
Roosevelt is Still a Terror to the
Tammany Police.
GOTHAM NEWS AND GOSSIP
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

the present map of New York is something
to be ashamed of and the sooner it is
changed the better for the economical,
sanitary and csthetic needs of the COM
munity. The present plan of the city, 1t
is claimed, has outgrown its purpose. II
was AL very well to have such a town at
a time when New York was humble, in
significant community, but not today, when
it has become one OF the greatest centers
of wealth fashion and commercial activ-
ity Old New York-New York below Canal
street-was adapted to the wants which
existed in the days when it comprised the
whole city much better than New York Oh
toGay answers the needs OF our city III our
time.
1t has been said that old New York was
laid out by cows says Chairman Brown
of the committee on current work 10 mn
prove the face of New York II SO, II is
a great pity the cows We're not allowed to
continue the work, and that II was taken
up by practical men The cows woulu
surely have given us means OF transporla-
ton in a nOrIherly and Southerly direction
The cows would have furnished US with the
diagonal streets. which We are MISSING
As 1t is. you take your life in your hands
many times over before you reach BROOK
Ign bridge, and when you do reach 1t you
ask yourself whether it Is really the en-
trance 10 the bridge or something else. II
You showed the place to a foreigner ana
told him it was a bridge he would look
about in amazement and then make up his
mind that it is practical joke You are
putting up on him
Milton See who was one of a distin-
guished body of architects and laymen re-
Gently assembled 10 consider attractions
TO the city, would have it turned into a
combination of the Riviera Florence and
some OF the most picturesque spots in Eu-
rope and Asia.
George b. Post. who was also present
confined himself To the lower part of the
city. He was Interested in remodeing the
East Side His plan is to build circular
plaza. similar 10 oxford Circus of London.
at the juncture of Delaney street and Es-
sex-that is, at the entrance of the new
East river bridge. now in process of con-
strHcton. RadiatinS from this circle he
would have several wide streets running
to Union Square, Park Row and to a new
site for the city hall, near the criminal
court building.
Compressed Air Project.
The proposition OF the New York Auto
Truck Company to centralize the heavy
carriage business in this city and make a
sweeping substitution of compressed air
power for horse power is attracting wide
attention in financial circles and giving
fresh prominence TO the new secondary
power various transportation companies
are planning to use. The enterprise has
such mammoth possibilities that it is i'm
possible to forecast just where it will ter
inmate. Before other power was substitute
ed in the city's surface rapid transit sys-
tens there were some 10000 horses used in
the business. The substitution which has
since taken place represents a capital of
S1U"lN1 This proportion. be il said, is
approximately the same In every city in
this country and Europe. where such a
change Of motive power has been made
When II Is known that there are I5OGOO
horses Ia the truckage business whose
place the promoters Of the new company
contemplate supplautng by compressed air
the computation Is easy. Few people real
lie how vast the trucking interests in this
city are y few figures will suffice to give
some Iaea. For example, take coal alone.
Every year there are hauled in this CITY
about lJUpocp tons of this commodity nj
cost Of, say. fifty cents ton. This repre-
SrHts an outlay Of $I,JD.To. There are
several great ice cOmpanies doing hlISfness
In the city. One of them. not the largest
has in its stables 200 wagons and 900
hcrSeS. These are all to be supplanted by
compressed air auto-trucks. 1t is said that
Hh"D tons Of freight are carried every
month from the Pennsylvania railroad ter
miual 70 other points in the city This gil
gantic labor Will also be performed by com
pressed air in the rear future The Metro
I"hlah street Railroad Company. whose
business is the carriage OF people only has
an annual income. it is said, Of SO. 10000
Roosevelt n Terror to the Police.
Since Colonel Theodore Roosevelt was
elected governor-indeed. ever since he was
mentioned as a possibility for the nomfna
uon-a great dread has prevailed in thai
Tamm1ry stronghold. police Headquarters
Ihe possibility Of Roosevelt for governor
caused cold chilIS to spin up and down nm
the backs Of every dishonest man on The
force IHey knew that Colonel Roosevelt
kne" all about them. for had h. not been
their PRESIDENT And they knew th,t sine
h knew that Richard Croker had raturro5
l" power and put his man DeveTv in as
,i.i'i "l ponce. the force had gone back to
Us OH lHiquitouS ways. Therefore they
nave been wondering what he would do
and when the bow would fall The,- rirl,
cd up lis message to the legislature rs II
appeared in the papers and glanced over
1t with fear and trembling At first tbeI
thought he had forgotten them ana tbajr
temperature arose accordingly Then they
cam" across one little sentence tucked
away In corner It was brief bat il was
enough. The blow had fallen They inn
HSl1ei all sorts OF things. Il NAV find II
necessary I" communicate with you again
Oh thIS matter They read il over and
"Fs~ again There could be no Doubt Of itS
meaning and no doubt that the governor
meant what h" said. \ special message To
me legislature on the evils Of the New
fvtN h',lcc system is what the trembling
ponce officials make cut from the COVER
nor - message And now they have taken
Jainp ahead again and .hcy are specuJat-
take. - "
Richard Croker's recent declaration, ~
FAVOR OF national expansion and against the
Tres and unlimited coinage Of silver at
ratio II III - l has had a wonderful arfact
IT IaIhUHny circles. The master has
SPOKEN and, 20. his words work like magic
on his followers. Yesterday they were
N"rSh5prrS Of Bryan and Organism To-
day they are with Croker. speaking his
words. expanding his expansion views and
having no Vows but his views The
rank and file 10 not ask questions Croker
leads, they follow. Therefore they do not
Inquire the reason why Croker has sudden
" thrown the principles OF his party over
board and has become an outspoken adj
Nocate Of rank Imperialism" MANY of
CTukerS most loyal and faithful sub
iec-s do not understand the meaning of
expansion or Imperialism. They were told
they were dread things, 10 be avoided
Ike the plague. but Croker says imperial
ism and expansion are good things" and
that goes The way these people inter-
pref Cookers words is artIess and simple
In their minds Croker has enunciated a
true Tammany doctrine. tC wit: Take all
you can get; keep all you have"
Meaning Between the Lines