The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-08
IN THE HOTEL CORRIDORS.

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delegation OF about 100 prominent
citizens OF Paterson and Passaic, N. j..
are at the Riggs in the interest OF a projee;
for the improvement of the Passaic River
The list includes Aldermen Hamerling, C.
Wright. ind John Wright, and Messrs.
Rodgers. Stalter. Lang. Roe. Wiley. Miller,
johnson, Duggett and Boylan. of Paterson,
and Assemblymen Lewis, Stalter, King.
and Scott. of Passaic George II. Blakeley,
President OF the Board OF Trade of Pater-
son. heads the party, and is very enthu-
siastic in his belief that the city has a
great future before it,
when the Passaic River is made nav
iEahle to the city" said he last night
the benefits which will accrue to the in
dustrial enterprises now located there
! will be incalculable. The project has bee:.
/ approved by Colonel Barlow and com
prises the widening and deepening of the
channel for a distance of four miles be-
| low the city. making a depth of twelve feet
I at low water. The estimated cost is $780,
goo. Paterson was founded BY Alexander
Hamilton. and from the inception of that
noted American that 1t would make an
ideal industrial centre. has grown un-il It
! is expected that the present Census will
show a population of over 125 600. II is
/
! having more than twenty separate silk
mills. 1t has one of the six structural iron
| concerns in the United States; a large
J locomotive works. which is now supplying
the trade in Russia, South America and
/ other foreign countries. and the outgoing
tonnage OF the town is estimated at over
/ 100, 900 per year.
| Col. Harrington Emerson, the chief en-
/ gineer of the proposed direct Pacific cable
1 TO Asia and the Philippines. is at the
! Shoreham for few weeks. Colonel Emer-
I son claims that the short cable. via Alaska.
Japan, and China TO the Philippines.
would cost but S4.OO0,O0U to construct.
while the long cable. via Hawaii. would
| cost SIS. 1000 600. 1t is also claimed by him
that his direct route is 1,527 miles shorter
than the Hawaiian route. and that the
rates would be correspondngly low.
D. Il Lyle, Charles A. Currie. f. W Far
mum. and C. I. Hurrah, representing the
Melvale Steel Company, are at the Shore
ham. from Philadelphia, They are in the
city on business affecting that corporation.
and will remain here for several days.
l. s. Rodgers, the Commissioner of I'm
migration for Pennsylvania, is at the We'll
lington, from Philadelphia. He is at the
Capital on important business with the I'm
migration Bureau.
Col. T. C. b. Schumanu is at Wizards
from Valparaiso. Ind. He is in Washington
for the purpose OF attending the funeral OF
General Lawton, and will remain until Sat
urday.
Col. John Mcdonald the veteran New
York newspaper man. is at Chamberlins
on a pleasure trip. He has had charge of
the turf department Of the Tribune" for
over twenty years and is known as one of
the best judges of horsefesh in the country.
Lieut.. N. Phiiipoff. Of the Russian Army.
is at the Raleigh. from St Petersburg. He
is in America as a special envoy to study
the military system and will remain here
TO attend the funeral of General Lawton.
He is accompanied by his family and is
delighted with this country and states that
1t is far ahead of any nation in Europe.
John X. Cowen. President of the BaIti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company. is at the |
Arlington. from Baltimore He is in the
city attending to some business affecting !
his corporation, and will leave here tonight. |
The delegates to the National woman's
Suffrage Convention are beginning to ar
rive In the city and are making their head
quarters at the Riggs. Among those who /
registered yesterday are Elizabeth Cady |
stanton, Rev. Anna n. shaw of New |
York; Alice Stone Blackwell. and Mrs. L. I
Y. Garrison. of Boston.
David Belasco. the playwright is at the
Arlington from New York He is in the
city as the guest OF Ythguan Ynohtna
the maEager of a Japanese company of
players. WHO is to eoilaborate with Mr.
Beiasco in the dramatizatiOu of John
Luther Longs Japanese story. Madame
Butterfly" He will remain &c several
days.
John L. Ward. of Fort Worth. Tex, is at
the National. He is candidate for the
office of postmaster of his town, and ey
poets to return successful.
Hon. Z. H. r. Green Chairman of the
Republican State Executive Committee OF
Texas. has returned from Philadelphia.
where he secured headquarters for the
Texas delegation. and is quartered at
Cnamberlin's. He has had conferences
with Senator Hanna and Secretary Dick.
and reports that the convention to he held
at Waco. IN March. will be harmonious.
and that the Texas Republicans are united.
1t is probable that Mr.. Green will be
chosen one of the delegates at large to the
National Convention. Mr.. Green is son
Of Hetty Green. and is President of the
Texas Midland Railroad.
Rev Albert Beyschlag who occupies a
position at the head of the Lutheran
church in Germany is az the Ebbtt
rom Berlin. He is here for the purpose
Il interesting the Protestant clergymen and
symen in a movement to erect memo
ial church as a monument to Protestant
SIN. at Speyers little town on the Rhine.
where the Reformation vas begun.
II noticed rather clever test Of the rela-
i've value oil advertising methods in a New
FORK theatre one night last week. said f :,
:, Caldwell Of Manhattan. at the Regent
asst night after the curtain had dropped
n the first act, the ushers passed around
he house handing out little printed slips p
repaired by the management of the theatre. V
he slips asked those who read to check y
If certain points which indicated whether
he advertisement which caused them to at 8
end the show had been seen in n news | II