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New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
Mr.. COLER RAPS Mr.. WHALEA.
HE MAKES LIGHT OF THE CORPORATION
COUNsEL'S CRITICISM OF THE TCN-
NEI. SCHEME

Controller Coler raped Corporation Counsel
Whaen hard in a statement which ne issued yes
terday in answer TO that Mr.. Whalen made on
Friday on the proposed tunnel extension 10 south
Brooklyn. Mr.. Coler said
II Is reassuring TO hear Mr. Whaen once more
express his socitude for the success OF the rapid
transit road but If he has any fears about me
nv the prospects of a tunnel from the Battery TO
Hamilton-ave.. such fears may be promptly dis
missed as groundless
Every one knows that the present terminus, Of
the rapid transit route is at tne TX b,s raaa IS
built at all. il will be continued to its logical
terminus at the Battery This short but important
extension will be demanded by the city, by the
nronnrty owners and by the successful bidders for
the franchise Once this is done the construction
Of tunnel to South Brooklyn would serve 70 ma ke
he enormous passenger traffic Of that section
tributary TO the rapid transit road II is sate 20
saw that such a tunnel would almost double the
trafic Of this road and much more than double the
VaIue of the franchise. There has never been the
slightest suggestion OF delaying the opening OF
6nyaiopments The Underground franchise is valu-
able enough in itself TO stand on It's own merlts
Pmt 9U ciibIic discussion Of the Importance Of the
Hamilton-ave. tunnel in its relation to the under
g5othG & G6r omeh To- and doubtless will Increase
the certainty OF disposng OF tnat lrancnse 1
wise have been possible. -, -, 49,, -,o-
WI tbe sirnnlest matter in the world to connect
Manhattan with Brooklyn at the point now mapped @
20 H Queens instead Of the expensive structure now
contemplated If the different borouShs now IoIiLl
ing the city Of New-York are ever 70 become one
homogeneoils whole. It is necessary that there oe
adenuate communication between them ms can
be furnished quickly and economically oy the % con
struction OF East River tunnels by the Rapid Tran,
eli Commission. I do not propose to disturb me
present contract at all merely propose @ Una. we we
add few things TO II. ] suggest that we give tne
pontractors more than they have contracted tor.
How absurd TO suppose that this would trlgnten
the contractors away think. moreover that tos ths
meeting of the commission have requested shoula
he held before all the bids are in IN order thaI
he contractors may know just what they can get, :
This isn'tta question Of politics.; IT'S merely a
question OF getting the best result IN the S nh4sl G
teresed in the political side of 1t at ALL as has
heen insInuated.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
GALLrP'S SCHOOL SUSPENDED.
BOARD OF REGENTS PASS RESOLUTIONS CON-
nrMN1NG HIS METHODS.

Albany Dec. 2S-The charter Of the New YORK
r,ronaratorv School OF New-York City mas peeh
ersnended by the state Board Of Regents Inc
charter OF a branch OF that institution located IN
r,rooklvn has also been revoked. Asa o. Gallup is
the founder and principal OF these institutions Mr
cal,un married a niece OF Professor Dewey, VINO
has resigned from the secretaryship OF the boatu
~ Reeents Up to three years ago MT Gallup
higher Education. under the state boaro oi
regents He left the service OF the Regents 10
omen the preparatory school.
Tho object OF this school. 1t is alleged was u
81 candidates on short notice to take EXAMINATIONS
for the professions and for entrance 10 coHeses
Tho authorities OF similar schools IN New ioi
C,t,, connlained TO the Board OF Regents that MI
coilun was making statements In his advertising
circulars which were unwarranted. ana "hlch eN
egeerated the powers conferred upon MS scnool oy
tbe Regents Letters were written to these parties
h Dr Dewey which they presented 10 'he
poard together with the complaint tnat they mao
aoaiyed no satisfaction. committee OF the boaio'
., which St. Clair McKelway. OF Brooklyn, was a
,hor was appointed to make an lnvesusauon'
rehDe., @ erGav reported set Of resolutions con-
Smning the methods pursued oy Nj. Ha'Ip. poaS aS
ueti fhe charter OF the branch schooi IN br9oh 4i
r nd sIlspending the charter OF the New io
,.,. scbool until a compliance WIN lne LLteS ".
tbe' BOARD be had. These RESOLUTIONS were auop''"
he
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
DIR. STEPHEN W. BUSHELL SAILS.
GOING HOME TO ENGLAND AFTER THIRTY YEARS
ABSENCE

Among the passengers who sailed for Europe yes
terday on the Cunlrd liner Etruria was DR.. Stephen
W. Bushell who arrived here four days ago on his
way home after thirty years service as physician
and interpreter to the British Legation at Peking
China. It DR.. Bushell who attended Benjamin
Parke Avery, former United States Minister at
Peking who died there In November, 1919. Dr.
Bushell is we'll known in this city, especially Tor
his literary connection with the work on the fa-
nous collection OF jades, crystals, etc. belonging
TO Heber r. Bishop. Of this city. In a letter writ
ten from Peking TO s. p. Avery. OF this city IN
last October Dr. Bushell gives the following inter-
esting and amusing description OF the curious
etiquette which surrounds the bringing OF anything
to the notice Of the Empress Dowager Of CHINA;
A CODY OF "Walters's Oriental Ceramic Art was
Oflce-last month for presentation TO the Empress
Dowager Prince Ching and the Ministers were
much impressed with the beauty OF the illustra-
tions and confessed that the book eXceIed any
thing that their country had ever produced al
though printing had been practised mere so many
more centuries. In subsequent dispatch they
said more hattering things Of the author than II
would become TO repeat, although sent d
translation OF the document TO Henry waters
Phince Ching who has the entree or the palace,
promised to present 1t at the first opportunity ~
appears according 10 their curious etiquette, that
the Empress must first aude 10 the subject her-
self and ! am not certain that any chamberlain
will ever feel moved 10 prompt her!
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
c. VANDERBILT AND JURY DUTY.
JUDGE FITZsIMoNs REBUKEs HIM THROUGH LIB
LAWYER FOR FAILURE TO ANSWER

Judge Ftzsimons OF the City Court. administered
a rebuke to Cornelius Vanderbilt jr.. through the
latter's attorney on Friday for failure to answer
a Jury summons to respond TO subsequent notices
10 appear Mr. Vanderbilt summoned on April
to serve as Juror in the April term On April
the panel OF Jurors appeared In court ana hr.
Vanderbilt was not among them. He was fined
800 notice served on him in OCTOBER 10
appear and show cause why the fine should not be
Maid Mr. Vanderbilt likewise failed 10 pay any
attention 10 this judgment and was entered against
him.
On Friday a lawyer representing Mr. vanderbilt
anneared before Judge Fttzsmons and argued
against the Judgment saying that IL had been sent
IN the mails and sufficient time had not been al
lowed Judge Fitzsmons said that the service was
q nroner one He added that Mr.. vanderbilt nad
largo interests at stake and that he demanded all
that was due him in the way OF protecuon and u
was therefore only right that he should serve on
turtles the same as any else.
The case was put down for hearing on January
rher ,t will be decided whether Mr.. Vanderblts
Iororir0 Of the Court was deliberate or simple
neglect or oversight
Judge Fitzsimons said last night;
This sort OF thing must be stopped Tnese young
wan dop.t seem to understand that they must re,
M, he law and vet II their property is menaceo
they expect that it shall be prosef@eu; @ erv,ce Il
enough for a man TO get on or july setuse u -
necessary but Mr.. Vanderbilt persistently Feluss"
~ +oLa any notice OF the Court Whatsoever.
u VI Vanderbilt could not be seen last night
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
FIGHTING bogus AGENCIES.
SUPERINTENDENT BEALIN AFTER PLACES WHICH
HE ALLEGES CHEAT THE UNEMPLOYED

SUPERINTENDENT BEALIN AFTER PLACES WHICH
HE ALLEGES. CHEAT THE UNEMPLOYED.
John J. Bealin. superintendent Of the employ
rrept agencv of the Bureau OF Labor Statistics,
with offices in this city. has started a determined
fight against the numerous private employment
agencies He declares that the proprietors Of many
of these agencies for the most part make no pre-
tensions OF following the law
According TO the present law, proprietor OF an
emplovment agency who accepts a fee from an
applIcant for place must either get a place for
him or return the fee Many OF them he declares,
do neither.
Superintendent Bealin says that most OF the ap-
pcants at the private employment agencies are
not familiar with the law and are swindled repeat
edly The superintendent further says that ne
has failed to hear OF single case where pr-
vate employment agency has complied with the
law in its relations with its clients one OF the
greatest abuses discovered continues the superin-
tendent is the illegal connection formed between
nrivate emplovment agencies and bogus employers.
The agencies first take q fee from an applicant
seeking work and then refer him 10 bogus en-
nlover who in turn eXacts another Zee. Inere are
also many cases on record in which the applicant
has been even further mulcted by being sent TO a
bogus guarantee agency, where ne was again
superintendent Bean and other interested per
sons are now agitating for new state law gov,
which they want passed this winter provides that
all private employment agencies snail pay a license
fee OF $500 a year and also give bonds In 2"o that
thev will live up 10 the law. The bill further pro-
vides that the agencies must be under the super
vision OF either the factory inspectors OF the bureau
OF Labor Statistics.
Superintendent Bealin declares that he will go
to Albany in behalf Of the Dill ana 81 snow 10 the
vision over the private employment agencies In
this State The law which he and his associa ties
desire passed is similar 10 one now IN force In IL
linOis
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
NEW PACIFIC MAIL SThAhohr"'
ur LARGEST VESSELS EVER BUILT IN
-.,,s co,ysrRY-KEELs LAID DOWN.

,Apcrsr VESSELS EVER BUILT AN
,,,s corNrRY-KEELs LAID DOWN
Neunort News Va. Dec % (speoiap%in ,u .nI Sss,.
ne" ~. h.ar laid at the shipyard, the Newport
-. sh,rbu,lding and Drydock Company 10 ou''u
, .no largest steamships ever contrac'eu 40.
~ rrnited States. Until the company se0uo" 80
u.rocts from the Pacific Mall steahsnip Nou
n.rv the American Line steamships ST. LOUIS a',u
ST Paul which were built a' |raiip' 49,.
nSuaa.,nbts were the largest vessels ever unoer-
-, ~, an American shipbuding plant Ihey
'aNe .be largest vessels flying the nag OF the
Wyhar the Pacific Mail liners are completed ana
,urned over to their owners for service ue.~de .sen
Son ie Erencsco and Hong Kong. this oistihcuou
will be transferred. and 1t may oe some years oe
,or. larger vessels are constructed on american
sou The first Of the new vessels VIII Dc com
n,eted by December 1900. and the secoho WIN ="
readv for service in March. 1901 The COST OF saeh
., ,hese vessels will be about RooOoo wnich -
slmost as much the contract price Oh any u 'A"
h,g battleships building at the sMpyaIo hefe'
Tha gsneral dimensions and main features OK
zach of the Pacific Mail ships are az toho"s'
Length over all. 575 feet; beam. % rect, oep'n'
feet: displacement at q feet drausht b'+" IONS
gross tonnage 1900 indicated horse pSTS S ron,
OF coal first cabin passengers io"' s'eeiaee 'A
Each Of these ships will be driven by two 1uadt;
ruple expansion engines. Steam WIN De iurniSnev 50
by SIX double and two single ended boilers, al OF
the Cylindrical Scotch type IS feet mean dametea an
and huilt for a working steam pressure OF ~
pounds TO the square inch In addition there wiz
be a donkey boiler II feet inches IN oiaInetsel.
ana built FOR 200 pounds steam pressure All OF ths
main boilers will be fitted with hot forced drausnt
supplied by thirteen Sturtevant steam fans r,.,...
these big liners will carry mail for the United
States Government, and they are designed 10 lower
the time between San Francisco and Hong Kong
The speed OF eighteen knots required In the con-
tract does not mean that they wll not De tasssr H
than that: II means that they will always oe abe
n make eighteen knots under favorable conditions.
and the guarantee Of the Newport News snip
building and Drydock Company that they Will Dc
fully as fast required settles the question as to
what speed they will actually develop. The ships
will be without doubt the speedies; craft crossing
freight service their ability TO greatly reduce the
time OF passage between this country ana ports In
China and Japan will be big advantage TO the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company
The main saloons and the staterooms for hrst.
class passengers will be OF costly finish and VIII
he especially arranged for the tropical climate In
which the vessels will ply. All Of the staterooms
will be unusually well ventilated and no expense
will he spared TO minister TO the comfort or pas
sengers There will be cargo capacity for about
ten thousand tons. and both ships Will have all OF
the latest facilities for handling cargo
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
SHOPPING STRAIN ENDS.
ScrNEs OF CHRISTMAS EVE VIEWED
BY AN OUTSIDER.
=, op1oUs WIND UP OF THE GREAT BUY
ING SEASON - GRAND-sT AND THE
BowERY COMPARED WITH THE
UPTOWN SHOPPING SECTIONS.


re-. all over now. The shoppers and the shopped
18th at rest Another week of II would have
80 ' everybody. and what would prosperity have
N''.6 ..ra6 then? But II never does last another
7, always stops on Christmas Eve. Next
~ the shopkeepers Viii have a little ado with
w. rsceivers Of presents which have been bought
"S,ect 10 change II they do not suit. and in that
.ose they often do not suit.
D., last night was glorious windup. To any,
~, who is not worried about his own late shop
-, and can consequently give himself UP to
ling on Christmas Eve is really an inspiring
.,sbt II is the only time that many OF the poorer
sonners really have for the purpose, and though
Ar means are small. they find 1t possible to spend
.-oethlng and the expenditure Of what they have
., matter OF more moment to them. perhaps
han the squandering Of fortunes is TO some Of
,hs,- richer neighbors.
T,.refore the regions OF the Bowery and Grand
=, are about as interesting as any in town on
rbrstras Eve. Grand-st. in particular is blaze
- glory That is the great shopping district OF
-. East side. There is nothing that you can buy
IN BROADWAY in Twenty y-third-st that you cannot
bYv or some imitation of II substitute for It, in
Grand-st. 1t is a great place for looking on too.
The shops are just as brilliant there as they are
uptown perhaps trfe more so. And the buying
IS certainly more animated and interesting and
fascinating, and altogether worth seeing.
But IT is time of life and stir and curiosity and
interest uptown, 100. 10 those who would natural
ly 30 10 Grand-st. at an ordinary time the uptown
region offers a temptation at Christmas time. To
one who ordinarily shops on the East Side any sort
o! Broadway label. or even a SiXth-ave. one
meaning the smaller places in Sixth-ave-has the
signiAcance that the stamp Of the two three
greatest shops in town has TO those who habltually
stay IN Broadway and Ftfth-ave. and the better
part OF Sixth-ave.
So there Is an upheaval of the whole town on
Christmas Eve. The foolish young men-and old
ones-who have let everything go TIL the time Of
desperation has come, well the foolish viz
ofrc
Shops down the line Of their comparative grades.
are filled with people who affording little
more than they ought TO afford and know IT. and
derive little enjoyment from that very fact.
II was going at its full height at 8 o'clock
last night At 10 o'clock the most Of the WORK
was done but nobody seemed 10 like 10 go home.
1t too much of sight TO miss At 1890 o'clock
the most Of them had found that they must go
home sooner or later. and then the end was In
sight After that the crowds dwindled. Each
ehopkeeper kept his doors open and his windows
lighted as long he thought that II would 40
sny good. and then he went home himself. There
are suspicious that there is still some delivering
10 be done, and that in some OF the closed SHOPS
the Christmas work Is not quite over yet, out tho
great shopping time is over for a year.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
INCREASE IN WAGES ANNOUNCED.

THE PAY OF CONDUCTORS AND MoToRMEN TO BE
GRADED ACCORDING TO LENGTH OF SERVICE.
The following notice was posted at the stations
of the BROOKLYN Rapid Transit Company yesterday:
NOTICE TO CONDUCTORS AND MOToRMEN.
The following grades Of conductors and motor
are hereby established: .,,a,,s. 1900
Grade No l-Empoyes who on a Augnsc gu I, az Sy
5 conductors or motorDen for at least hVe years
Grade No. 2~Employes who August /. 1899,
had been in the continuous service or the company
less than five years. but at least three years plo
Grade No. s-Emploves who on august l. rs lS,S.
had been in the continuous service OF the company
less than three years but at least two years PRIOR
Grade No. ALI conductors and motormen not In
Promotion from lower to higher grades will be
effective August l OF each year as tenure VI q"
on and after January 1900. the rates of pay for
full runs will be follows: ~
Grade No l. s. 30 per day. or an increase of Is per
Grade No 2. s. 20 per day an increase OF 10 per
Grade No g. 81 10 per day, or an increase of per
Men in the fourth grade will continue to receive
& per day for full runs , -
ance of the companys desire TO recognize iaithiui
and continuous service, and is now possible Dy
reason OF the improving condition OF the company:
1t is hoped that II will have the erect not ony OF
creating additional interest on the part OF 'nWe W
men in the welfare Of the company, out that IL
will attract TO the company competent ana iairnIu
men, who may be able TO look torWaru 10 o9
ing Compensation with increasing tenure ot employ
ment A high standard OF duty Will be expected;
and the companys desire Is 70 nave On s Pds
only such men qualified by intellsehce.
Industry and loyalty to properly discharge their
duties. .,.,, 4. ,.-oooa
All conductors and motormen entitled TO increased @
compensation according to the above Braded sys-
tenn will receive the same after Jan1ary tbeJ
and on August l OF each year hereafter as they
become eligible TO the different grades. There VIII
be Immediately posted at each depot lists or EN-
ployes who according to the companys records, are
entitled TO classification in the first three grades.
tfron nc1Hh lisfg
once 10 the division superintendent, who will in
vestigate the matter and make such correction as
IS proper II any mistake has been made IN e1-
Guiding from the lists names which should be there
the company will gladly correct the same. Att
II is expected that when the grades are nnaiy
established men belonging 10 each grace Will pe
recognized by distinctive indication on ther
uniforms. ooD co>,p.Nv
C. L. ROSSITER, Preslden-.
T. s WILLIAMS, Secretary and Treasurer
". W. WHEATLY. Acting General superintendent
1t is estimated that more than two thousand hve
hundred men will be Immediately benefited by the
increase.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
vrU STATE CORPORATIONS.

,,harv Dec 2S-These companies have been IN
cornorated with the Secretary OF state;
Merklen Furniture Company. OF Gis,ns snH seii
rnit,;re and woodwork capital 1900; dlsect1rs,
IR"piamin Merklen. jr.. Rosina Merklen ana mas
udTfnford cut Glass Company OF jamestown eaPi-
taI sSo 500: directors. W. n. Lnford Heorses y
a.. kh.rns Henry W Odell. Ralph c. Sheldon ana u
u Winsor, OF jamestown - =, N.vyork
ON Change Publishing Company. OF New new ni aol =
ta * 0o6: directors John ]. Brookman. Alfred r.
Cranston and John L. Caven OF New-forkE 10 SYty
civ to deal in baking powders capital. sS 600: dl-
rectors Thomas r. Fleming, James hooo OF pfoos- 30,
iVn. David L. Hardenbrook ana Florence J. Ma'
chaske OF Jamaica. ~, c,., =, A., g.,
G. A. Pratt & Co. OF New-York city 10 deai IN IN
directors George a. Pratt and George T. Miner, o;
brooklyn; Gilbert +. Barker, Isaac b. Potter ana
John r. Page, of New-York City. , ,
Michigan Furniture Company OF Grand Kapids oi
Elmira; capital $4,000; directors E. H. Eoote. OF
Grand Rapids Mich; G. NJ. Diven and A s. Dtven
OF Elmira
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
HOW CREW OF VHALEBACK ESCAPED.

Fort william, Ont. Dec. 2-Details Of the wreck
OF whaleback barge No lis have Just reached here.
The sailors say they left Two Harbors on Decem-
ber 10 when the weather fine. On the morn
ing OF December II the wind freshened gradually
increasing to a hurricane. when the tow line parted
and the barge went adrift for five days and half.
II finally went ashore on Pic Island. where. fortu-
nately, they found old shack, from which they
obtained lumber and a few old spikes and nails.
with which they built a raft. which took them 10
Middleton the south shore Of Lake Superior.
where they arrived, after many hardshps, on the
morning OF December q. The colored cook had his
feet frozen and the crew is In destitute circum-
stances having lost everything
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
FINANCIAL PLENTY IN THE WEST.
from The ST Paul Pioneer Press.

Prom ne cI. IVIIVVI I~0"'
The situation In Minnesota is to great extent
illustrative OF that throughout the Northwest The
statements Of the financial condition OF the banks
81 e. paul recently published In The Pioneer
press" showed that they were all In first class con
d,tion with abundant reserves and overfowing de-
what 10 do with. The same Is true OF all the
country banks Formerly at harvest time there
49, a great demand for Eastern money 10 buy
wheat and other products and help move the crops
Now this demand in Minnesota Is almost %hoIiy
a,nnI,ed nv the country banks, to the exclusion in
q large degree Of even the city banks. Years OF
a agrJcnItura1 prosperity have filed the country
rs IN the older and better developed districts OF
tbis State with farmers deposits The Industrial
and commercial prosperity OF the last two years
has filled the city banks with the deposits OF pros
nerous merchants, manufacturers and railroads
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
PRESIDENT INVITED TO K. T. BALL.

President Mckinley has been invited TO attend
the coming reception Of the Palestine Commandery
Knights Tempar, at the WadorfAstoria on Tues
day evening. January co. or should the pressure OF
official business prevent his acceptance OF the in
vltation. lend his voice to the proceedings and
declare the ball open by long distance telephone
and member Of Columbia Commandery, OF Wash
ington.
Governor Roosevelt has accepted an invitation
and Lieutenant Governor Woodruff who has
Gently Joined the Palestine Commandery will be
nreSent.
New-York tribune., 1899-12-24
COALING IN A SEAWAY.
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL TRIAL OF THE MILLER
CONvEYOR.


In fresh easterly breeze and fairly heavy
swell from the same quarter the final trial OF
coalin9 ship at sea twenty miles off Sandy Hook
by means OF the Miller conveyor was successfully
accomplished yesterday by the collier Marcellus
while being towed by the battleship Massachu-
setts. Instead OF operating slowly. as expected IN
a seaway. the conveyor transferred more coal in
a given time and at 400 feet distance against the
previous 300 feet in smooth water. Excluding
stoppages for swinging the ships into position
eighty trips were made In eighty minutes, 16O bags
Of coal each weighing 400 pounds, being trans
ferred from ship to ship in that time, the collier
nitchine and rolling considerably, and the war
ships forward deck being continually wet by the
seas into which she plunged while steaming be-
tween four and five knots an hour .
Captain c. J. Train, commanding the Massa-
chusets and his officers expressed great satistac-
ton at the result of Thursdays four hour con-
tinuous trial, but yesterdays was even more sur
prsing and they say that to them IT proves the
system is apabie OF supplying coal at sea in any
weather when 1t Is At to coal ship at all.