New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-07-08
THE PASSING THRONG.

General wallace arrived IN tnis Guy YES
terday from his home In Crawfordsville lnd' Wheh
seen Yesterday afternoon at the Gilsey House he
said that he had come to examine
DRAMATIZA- the costumes and models OF lay
TION OF figures 10 be used In the dramatiza-
BEN HUR" ton OF BEN Hur"
"None OF the salient points Of the
s,orv" he said twill be lost IN the dramatizatlon
and feel sure that the public VIII not De nlssp,,
pointed with the play From The present OUTLOOK ~ nT,
pIeted and the production ready TO be staged oy
November l. will examine the costumes ana
home the day after"
The future tire OF the automobile is subject Of
much interest among those who own electric veni-
cles Arthur Lewis, OF Boston. who Is IN the auto
mobile business and has recently
TIRES FOR returned from the Continent, to,a
AUTO a Tribune reporter at the holahd
MOBILES House yesterday that the future
tire would be made OF solid ruooer
"The disadvantages OF the tire now In use are
wsV nnsatIsfac Glory. While was in Paris I no
feG do 2s the there so are 's many dcs be
come before il can be used on all vehicles VIVA.
exi SIHS With durability and will And " sooner
or later"
In naval circles monitors are known as man
killers because It is said they cannot be properly
ventilated Joseph McCreery, OF Toledo ONO 10 an
inventor and a manufacturer OF
vENTIIA- ventiIators and he says that there
T1oN OF "a no reason why monitor should
MONITORS not be made just as comfortable as
an ocean liner. Mr. McCreery was
at the Hotel Imperial yesterday.
"The trouble is" he said, there Is so much req
tape about a Government contract and SUCH glaring
INCOMPETENCE among the naval construGtops maj a.
anv kind. Now, 7 have had experience III tne
ventilation of ships and know what am ta,kins
can be cooled 10 q temperature not more than TWO
degrees higher than the temperature OF me waues
on deck is 40 degrees and the temperature OF the
water is 80 degrees the y OF sne snd
wouldn't make any difference II II were three nun
Government officials won't experiment with VENT
ators because they imagine that yentiia 5 Is
some Knd OF Se Waro1 That they
are not bulky is shown by the fact that freishters
rnerchantman room means money. In the mean
time men dying continually on these so-calied
man killing monitors because the government
offica;s are too stupid or too ignorant to employ
means make them habtable.'
B. NJ Bailey, manager Of the Fairbanks Boston
Rim Company Of Bradford, Penn. which manu-
features wooden rims for bicycle wheels was at the
Hotel Imperial yesterday Bust
THE BICYCLE ness is beginning somewhat earlier
TRUST this year than is usual with US,
said Mr.. Bailey. Il attribute 1t 10
the general revival Of business. which Is aHecthe
the bicycle trade as we'll as every other line Of In
dustry. sure that there will 6e more bicycles a
manufactured in the United States this year tnan
there have ever been before. For a short time
there was a little uneasiness among the manu-.
facturers of bicycle materials because II was not
known what effect the trust would have. II was
feared by some that the big manufacturing con-
Germs would lose their individuality and we our our
trade but I am glad TO say that THIS Is not tlIs
case The is not trust In the true sense s oe
The word but combination OF interests 70 reouSSe
selling expenses. For instance every hisn r gJaae
bicycle has an agency in New-Hork: The conoinId,
ton will do away with all these stores ana ,ahs
one agency do. Then there will be an enQri n
reduction In the advertising expenses. Each hrm'
however will DO its own buying as before.
G. Seyell Page. a wealthy manufacturer III
Quebec who arrived In this city rev Gays ago
after two months visit in England. was al 'he
Hotel Manhattan last evening. He SAID tha'
Canadians were unanimous in the OPINION 'ha'
Canada should have a Western port IT seems 10
me" he said that the justice Of our claims Is aP
parent 1t is my opinion that England wO ~ his
willing TO sacrifice the interests or Canada IN tnr'
matter for the sake Of promoting the good-Ieno
shin which she is enjoying with tne Cni.so
States But business 10 business with US ana We
cannot AFFORD TO allow ourselves 10 be dealt Win
en- uniustIy for the sake OF sentiment we are en-
titled 10 a port and we should have H.