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New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
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AMERICAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ACADEMY OF MISIC-2-s-iJ-'WayD Down East
.3TJOT THEATRE: :2e-The AuctioneeT.
BROADWAY THEATRE--s-The Sleeping Beauty ana
Beast
CASINO. D2.IS-s:l5-The Little Duchess.
CRITERION ATRE-=-lJ->-lI--Ia Helmet q -
EIIl-N MUSEE-Day and Evening-Word in Wax
EMPIRE THEATRE-2-l5-S2B-oec IN torlftaIld
GARDEN THEATRE -2:I5-S:I5-A1ice of Old NinceInes-
t;ARRICK THEATRE -2:15-S:3Q-A Message from Ma
HARLEM OPERA HOUSE-2-S:iJ-AG -AGose smith, -
HERALD SQUARE THEATRES :15-Besucaire
IRVING PLACE THEATRB-2-Ibsen's Nora-s;l"-
Die Euthochzeit.
I<E[THs .continqous Pe5foEmanoe 600 Quality
LYcBrM TaEATRE-215-e.so-The Girl and the
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE-2-s:3o-The Liberty
MAHHATrAH THEATRE-2:l5-s:2o-Th rnweicome
MI RRAY HILL TFiEATRES2S-The Lottery Of Love
NEW SAVOY YTHEATSE-2:l5-s:2O-Ebe Holden.
NEW-YORK THEATRE-2-S:I5 -F1orodora-
PASTOR'S-Continuous Performance
PROCTOR'S FIFTH AVENUE-lS0 to 1O;3o-A Mixed
Foursome and Varieties.
PRoCroR's TWE1NTY-THIRD sTREET-1:So to 1o:So-
Varieties
PRoCTOR,s i25TH sTREET-1:3 30 to 1o:3o-what Hap
Pened 10 Jones and Varieties. - .o
PRocToR's FIFTY-EIGHTH sTREEr-1:So TO lo;So-
Varieties
ST. NICHOLAS SKATIN~ RINK-s:15-Hockey Match.
THEATRE REPUBLIC 2:I5 - s:l5 - Under Southern
vICTORIA-2.3O-s :20-The Marriage Game.
WALI-ACKS THEATRE S:20-Colorado-
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
AN 1vpOPTANT DECISION.

,r, ,,,. r,ondino controversy over the type OF
-. - oo,aratus 10 be used in operating
Iondon's underground steam foaus WIN eie'
trici+y has at last terminated inaslhuch dc 'ho
- .,i,oa Innar Circle is made up of two sys-
+or,S Of tracks one controlled by the Metropoh-
tan and the other by the Metropolitan Dlsliic'
Railway Company. an agreement between 'he'o
ornora+fons was necessary before the equip
mont Of their lines could make much progress
Now that this has been reached through arpl
tration. the work will doubtless be puSheu Will
vgor.
Gable dispatches announce that decislon
has been rendered in favor OF the dlrect oui
-ont which was advocated by Mr.. Yerkes. In
other words, preference has been gwen " llieu
o,er untried methods. Some day the feasibility
of operatins an electric road with an alternating
current may be fully demonstrated, but up TO
date that result has not been attained on
neither the Sondrio- Colco road nor the Berlin
zossen line have experiments been carried far
enough TO solve the engineering problems IN
volved And there is no telling when they VIII
no In the mean time some of the patronage
which once went to the Metropolitan and Dis
trict lines has been captured by the much more
attractive Central London. the ''tuppenny tube.
And every DAYS delay in introducing electricity
represents a pecuniary loss to the former.
The influence of the decision now rendered
will be far reaching The tracks of the inner
Circle are not used alone by the trains OF the
CORPORATIONS which own them, but also by those
of several trunk lines running into London.
Hence the substitution Of electricity for steam
on the latter is looked for in the near future,
especially for suburban service. 1t would not
be surprising If in this regard the metropolis OF
the Old World should anticipate that OF the
New. Besides, in the next few years Mr.. ferkes
means 10 connect several purely local lines III
London with the Inner Circle. And 1t Is emi-
rentiy desirable If not absolutely essential that
all Of these roads shall be operated In the same
manner. Nor will the effect of the course now
about to be adopted be limited TO London and
its suburbs All over the United Kingdom
there are schemes afoot for the construction OF
electric railways, and it is unlikely that plan
in which the capital does not place confidence
will at present be adopted elsewhere
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
OFF THE BANKS IN THE FOG.

The captains courageous" of Gloucester. in
the salty Bay State, have been more fortunate
this season than in any previous year of 1; score
Nine vessels and forty-eight men Were lost, but
the total Of disasters is less than it has been
since 1881 The hardy mariners who go fishing
in the fogs off the Georges and Newfoundland
banks encounter great risks and hardships
They dare everything for small gains. as Kip
ling showed so clearly in his spirited story.
Conditions will change gradually and the
Gloucester schooners will give place to steam
vessels for the fisheries, as the Sandy Hook
pilot boats the sailing craft of former days. are
supplanted by ocean going tugboats Goldfish
and halibut can be caught in the Atlantic from
dories which can remain within hail of a steam
ship. The Gloucester schooners must in time
be as obsolete as the whaling ships of New
Bedford or the great sea monster which swaI
lowed Jonah. But what wonderful yarns of adj
venture and peril those Goldfish shippers have
been spinning for generations!
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
a bout People and Social Incidents.
At THE WHITE HOUSE.

Washington, Dec. 1S (SpeciaD-Amons the calIel' Is
at the White House to-day were ArchDis.,op -
land Senators Hanna, of Ohio; Kean. OF Ne"-'eI
sev: Murphy J. Foster, of Louisiana; AouiSoA ..
Foster of Washington and Jacob H. Gaihhser' VI
New-Hampshfre; Representatives Frederick otorhi'
of Nevr-York; AIston G. Dayton. of west virginia.
lanes NJ Miller of Kansas; Chester D Long Vi
Kansas and Delegate Bernard S. Rodey' OIL new
Mexico -.
The President and Representative storm nav
agreed upon the denomination OF George I1ipp
berger as postmaster Long Island CITY, WHICH iS
In the Presidents own Congress district
Representative Needham. of California extenoeo
to President Roosevelt this morning an lnVlta'loii
from the Department of California ana NeFaI, F th
G. A r. to attend the annual encampment OF tIle
org2s ization be held at Hanford, Cal-. nSA'
Nav The President expressed pleasure at IeGels "
ing the invitation said that his 1ntentloh Il! ~
visit California and the Pacific Coast some LIN ILL
next wear out that he cannot now say Wnat uiiie
of the wear ne will be able to make the Trip: g.
Mrs Roosevelt will hold public receptfom1 IoI 10!
women tomorrow, from to O'Clock She W WIN Iii pi
assisted by the women OF the CABINET anu WI ~
have with her during the reception nun nuipgir iie H
Young women including those of the Cablnet cIrcle
Miss Helen Hay. daughter OF the SeSrrsssi rf ysuca
State. called Mrs. Roosevelt ana MISS AiiO0
Roosevelt this afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
SUGAR BOUNTY AND RECIPROCITY.

valued friend calls attention TO the fact that
In recent article The Tribune cited the action
of William Mckinley ten years ago in abolish
ing the whole duty on crude sugar. and init
mated that what was sound policy then might
ie sound policy now, but neglected to state that
at the same time Mr.. Mckinley in his tariff
specifically protected the domestic industry with
a bounty of two cents a pound ON refined sugar
and of one and three-fourths cents on crude
sugar-a larger measure Of protection than that
provided by existing tariff conditions. The
Tribune had Of course no thought of trying to-
conceal the fact concerning the bounty, fact
often mentioned and dwelt upon in these col
umns and perfectly well known, we suppose, TO
all our readers. If it be possible, however, that
any one has forgotten about that bounty, or has
been in any way misled by our failure to men,
ton it in the article to which friend refers,
we make haste to remind him in the most ex-
plicit manner that there was such a bounty,
which was established by the Mckinley tariff
and was repealed by the Wilson tariff in Au-
gust 1894, and that under it there was a con-
siderable expansion of the beet sugar industry.
Since the repeal of the United States bounty,
and the reimposition of the sugar tariff some of
the States have been paying sugar bounties on
their own account.
point and thus affording an opportunity to make
all the facts in the case perfectly clear. We
cannot recall, however, that Mr. Mckinley, On
the return of the Republican party to power.
made any representations whatever in favor of
restoration Of the sugar bounty so as to make,
as our friend says, larger measure of protec-
tion than that afforded by existing tariff con-
ditions. And we cannot help thinking that, as
said in the article to which exception is
taken, 1.-The domestic sugar industry is not likely
to be sacrificed by the reduction or even the
abolition of the duty on Cuban sugar We are
confirmed in this way of thinking by the testi-
mony OF some of the most prominent manufact-
urers of beet sugar in the United States Thus
.'The NewYork Evening Post of Thursday last
printed the text OF letter written and issued
only two years ago by Messrs. W. Bayard Cut
ting and Henry 7. Oxnard, two of the directors
oe the American Beet Sugar Company in which
the question of Cuban competition was dis
cussed and the declaration was made that the
beet sugar industry of the United States had
nothing r. fear from that source not even
though Cuban sugar should he admitted free of
all duty. We quote the exact words of that
letter:
There is fear that Cuban production ereu
sR6cr annexation 10 the United States can in
our day expand to the point where the United
States would become exporters of sugar instead
Of importers. and hence that protection would
no longer protect. Greater than all is
the fact that sugar can be produced cheaper
here than IL IN Europe -. =. We can
un1ersen Europe in the production of all other
crops. and sugar Is exception.
xhs1 Is 20 say, if Cuba were annexed to this
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
PERSONAL NOTES.

The will Of the late ". E. Massey. OF Toronto.
bequeaths 100000 10 charitable and religious OBJ
jects
A committee has heen appointed in London to
raise funds for a memorial 10 the late Kate Green
away the artist Sir Thomas Wardle is chairman
of the committee The Greenaway family has also
requested NJ. H. Spelman TO prepare memorial
volume of the artist
Henry HuttIeston Rogers, the Standard OIL mag
nate has spent millions of dollars and much Of his
time in improving and decorating his home to"n
of Fairhaven. Mass, as he might beautify MS own
brary waterworks. a drainage system. town hali
schools and a church
George Alfred Henty the writer Of stories for
boys. is at present writing at the rate OF three
books a year. He has eighty stories to his credit
now, He reported for The London Standard
the Austro-Italian. FrancO-Prussian ana A, IuTAo,
Servian wars and the Abyssinian and Ashan1ee
expeditions
The colored citizens OF Philadelphia are planning
70 erect a monument the memory Of NIchola'
BiddIe the first negro to shed his blood IN tns
Civil War. Nicholas BiddIe who died on August
?. 1876. the of eighty years. was native o.
Pottsville. and Of the original FIRST DeIenl-
ers" He was wounded while marching through
Baltimore with the first volunteers from SchuyiklH
County April IS. 1861. Biddle was soldier In the
Washington Artillery. a volunteer company. whicn
formed the First Defenders This title was given
to the five companies of Pennsylvania troops WhlSn
marched through Baltimore, from Bolton 20 tL tls
9th Massachusetts Regiment was fired upon oy d
mob.
Hubbard T. Smith. OF the United States consular
service who had the honor OF having conferred
upon him the Order of the Royal Dragon hy me
Chinese Emperor, is visiting his parents III VIII
cennes. Ind
General George II. Steuart. Confederate brlgadieF
general has Just had returned to him by AoraiH
Smith of Long Beach. Cal, Bible which ne car
ried through the Civil War. and which the latter
took from a Confederate wagon a few days oeloi7
the surrender of Lees army
E-x-Navor Samuel A Green of BOSTON has gwen
to the Harvard Art Museum some gorgeous sru-
cles of wearing apparel worn by his ancestors wheh
Harvard students upon their graduation in the elsa
teenth century. DR.. Green's grandfather was sraa-
uated in 1854.
Dr. Moses Merrill. who recently celebrated tns
forty-second anniversary of his headmastershiP u
the Boston Latin School. graduated from hai-
ward in 1856. and two years later. after teacnns ~
while he came 70 the Boston school There ne mas
been since, making the Latin school a part OF ne
existence. and the important part Now ne - 5ss -
poor health and feels that he must give UP. -
school committee has granted him year Ieass ss4
absence half pay his resignation 10 take eHse.
on January l. 1903. Meanwhile Arthur J. FisHe. Lo-
years a sub-master of the school, has been chOSe"
headmaster-
Senator John L. McLaurin. OF South Caronna'
and Frank L. Wells have formed a law partnership
under the firm name OF McLaurin & Wells Thei
offices are in the Adams Building, No. 1SS F-s'''
n. w. Washington
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

..ro. b.ra r,unicinaI administration OF a
permanent character without ieaflns
great parties we shall never nave IT, ne 'dAea
roo short a view of the problem. we nave hot
,rooeaded Dermanently In divorcing nauonai
,i+;os from citv Government, but other people
have done so reasonably well. BEFORE Iooo
English cities were just as corrupt anu gwen
over to partisanshp as ours nave peen i01e
racentIv. Professor Goodnow in his Dook OH
..tIoue RuIe" saws that municipal organization
D-as so had as the result of the prostitution OF
.,,,n;cinaI institutions in the interests or the
national poltics of the country. that the care
of the moor. sanitary administration and SCHOOLS
could nor he left with municipal authorities.
Outside Interference was necessary. just as IL
has frequently been here. for pubic saIeN.
Today most English cities are governed "lth-
ont regard to national politics, ana governed
well. London, with county couhch III With
Radicals and Conservatives maintain their dll-
ferences is a partial exception to the rule' puI
even in London the differences are sentimental
or political only so far as Conservative OF haui-
cal theories concern local affairs like LABOR ana
social questions. rather than deliberately Ios-
tered TO subordinate the interests OF the city
and Use il as pawn III winning hdtloh'i
elections.
This comparative non-partisanshlp mas been
achieved under administrative systems dlhereht
from ours and not easily adopted here, but II
England has been able to effect the change IL
is not impossible that the United States may 10
the same thing, in spite of the many dlsappolnl-
ments suffered here which have led 10 MI
Stewards insufficient induction that the govern
ment of cities by other than national parties IS
not permanently possible.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

ton has been taken by the departments to MAKE
the repairs. and the consequence is seen 1T the
frequent cases of sickness that have occurreu
and occurring in the immediate neignDor-
hood Official neglect of the character aoo'e
stated is as pernicious and worthy of condernna-
tion any kind of official neglect of which our
city is only too fruitful. Failure TO remove ths
dirt and filth of the streets is lad enough put
dangers that are manifest to the eye can oe
more readily avoided than the insid1ous poiSon
that comes from broken and defective sewers
and. moreover ii is a danger that nothing can
prevent. aside from the direct and prompt a.
ton of the authorities whose duty it is 70 naA'
such dangers impossible. RESIDENA
: NaU-Ynr<- Doc IL 1Qo1
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

Washington, Dec. 13 (SpeciaD.-Adjutant Generai
and Mrs. Corbin started for New-fork TO-DAY
TO attend 4 house party at w. Bourke Cockrans s
house, SayvilIe Long Island.
Mr. and Mrs. John S. Webb gave dinner last
night in honor of Miss Anita Poor. The others
present included Mrs Marion P. Maus, Miss LOT
ing Miss kellogg, Miss McKenna. Miss Goodwin'
of Detroit: Miss Grossman. Miss Webb, Mr. PuIldo
Humphreys Owen, Mr.. Bonaparte, Mr. Marrow
Ormsby McCammon, Charles Poor ana John
Wilkins
sent out cards for private view Of the paintings
of I,ucfen Powell and portraits by MarkoSky, Ben,
ianlin Constant and Princess Lwof. to be hefd
under the auspices of Mrs John B. Henderson, on
December II from to O'Clock.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
GAS ESCAPES, NOTHING DONE.

COMPLAINTS FROM FIFTH-AVE. NEIGH
BORHooD UNHEEDED BY AUTHORITIES
To the Editor of The Tribune:
Sir: For several weeks there has been a leak
in the sewer at Fifth-ave. and Fifty-ffth-st
During this time frequent requests and appeals
have been made to the Department of Health
and the Department of Sewers to have the prop
er repairs made in order to lessen the dangers
arising from escaping sewer gas into the adjoin-
Ing cellars In spite OF all this. No nositiva ac.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
.sIAA1EsE MINISTER RECEIVED.

Washington. Dec. 1S (SpeciaD.-Robed in brill
liant Oriental court uniform, Phya Akaraj Grad
hara. the Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary from Siam to the United States.
called at the State Department this forenoon to
meet the Secretary of State, with whom he went to
the White House present his credentials TO Pres
den Roosevelt. Phya. or Baron. Akaraj succeeds
Phya Prashiddhi the diplomatic representative
from the land of the White Elephant to this coun
try and is the second minister accredited 70 this
government by the King of Siam in ten years or
In the blue reception room the usual ma
tionai greetings were exchanged.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
D. X. E. BANQUET AT WASHINGTON.

Washington, Dec. 13.-The Delta Kappa Epsilon
fraternity. which has held its convention here gave
d banquet tonight at the WilIards Hotel. at
which present Secretary Long. Senator Bev-
eridge. Representatives r. ". Tayler. of Ohio. and
D. J. Foster OF Vermont: ex-senator Butler, OF
South Carolina: ex-Secretary Of the Navy Herbert.
the Right Rev. l. l. Kinsolvins, Bishop of Bra
z and others. Interstate Commerce Commissioner
PrOutY presided
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
MARRIAGE OF MISS HELEN HAY

Washington, Dec 13.-The marriage of Miss Helen
Hay, daughter of the Secretary of State and Payne
Whitney, of New-York. will occur Thursday
February s. at the Church of the Covenant in this
city. The Rev. DR.. Teunis 5. Hamiin, the pastor
of the church will offiCate. assisted by visit
ing clergymen. About six hundred invitat tons will
be issued.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Booked to sail to-day for Plymouth. Cherbours
and Bremen on the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse are Lieutenant Juan s. Atwell, attachA OF
the Argentine Legation at Washington; D ; Ap-
pIeton Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Bonns Mr.. and Mrs 3.
W Branch Ludwig Brefeld Mr. and Mrs W D.
CoggeshalI E c. Carter, LyoneI Clark. NJ 7. y. A:
Senator ChaIncev M Depew John G. A Leishman.
United States Minister Turkey; Mr. and Mrs G.
II Martin Captain 5. G. Porter. Wheeler H Peck
ham. I'd John Wallace Riddle, secretary OF the
United States Embassy at St Petersburg; Miss
Alberta Sturges. George Stevenson. Miss Elsa Won
Ostrowska T. G.. Young and Mr. and Mrs. H H.
Wallis.
Some Of those who will sail the Lain FOR
Gibraltar Naples and Genoa to-day are Miss
Blake. Colonel and Mrs ]. P Brinton, Miss Natalie
Brinton John L. CadwaIader. James c. Carter. Dr..
and Mrs. Frank ". Jay, A Parlett LLOYD. Mr.. and
Mrs William Dana OrCutt. Mr. and Mrs PhIi1p
SCHUYLER, Mr.. and Mrs. John ThayeF. Mrs E. II
Van Antwerp and Mr. and Mrs Hermann J.
Warner.
Among those. who expect to sail to-day for Lon
don on the steamer Manitou are w A Bruce. W
Mark Noble and Ogilvie Watson.
On the Maasdam to-day will sail for Rotterdam
George F. Crook, Nelson Espey and P. J. Hooks jr.
Included in the list of passengers 10 sail on the
Pennsylvania to-day are P H. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs
F. A GaIbraith Fl. NJ Mott-Smith, Mrs Walter
Sweet and Dlamandi YUvara-
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

Marconi will probably not be seriously incom
moded by the loss OF one of his balloons In New
foundiand. He has another. and is also provid-
ed with kites FOR his preliminary experiments
Eventually. of course. when a proper site has
been selected for a station, permanent struct-
ure will be erected to sustain the vertical wire
The problem which bothers the young Itai-
ian chiefly at the present time is to find the
kind OF sell most favorable to his operations
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

If Mr.. Vanderbilt has had any secret .niseiv-
ings in regard to the merit of his locomotive
they must have been disposed of effectualIy on
Thursday evening The applause of those Bos-
ton girls was mark of confidence not often
vouchsafed to an inventor
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

Senator Chauncey NJ. Depew will sail to-day on
the Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. and Will proceed
straight to Nice, where his marriage to Miss May
Palmer Is to take place or about Chr1Stmas
Day.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
MAY BE CALLED TO WORCESTER.
THE REV DR. JOHN F. CARSON. OF BROOK.
LYN HAS NOT ANSWERED OVERTUREs

LYN. HAS NOT ANSWERED OVERTUREs.
The Rev. DR.. John F. Carson. pastor Of the Cen
trail Presbyterian Church. Marcy and jefferson
aves, Brooklyn, admitted yesterday that overtures
had been made TO him regarding call to the pas
torate of the Union Congregational Church. In
Worcester, Mass
"a call has not been extended to me-" said DR..
Carson yesterday, but the chairman Of the pas
toraI committee has written TO me and have met
men Of the committee. L have not as yet replied
to the overtures, although expect to do so within
few days 1 cordially appreciate the thought o:
the people of Union Church toward me- 1t is Ons
of the strongest societies I know OF and affords
fine opportunity for great work
Dispatches from Worcester state that the Union
Church Is anxious to obtain Dr. Carson. and Is only
awaiting an intimation that a call would be favor
ably considered before taking some decisive action.
The Union Church is of the strongest in New
England Its property, valued at S325. 900 occupies
a commanding site in Chestuut-st- A parsona ge
costing $4,000 is owned by the church. The last
pastor of Union Church was the Rev. Dr.. John Z.
Tuttle.. formerly pastor of the College Church at
Apnhp
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14
from Newport. and are at the Buekingham Hotel

Prince del Drazo. of Rome, whose mother Is tn.
half sister of Queen Isabella of Spain. is at ths
He will spend portion OF ths
in Washington.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

Tonight there will be another dance at Del
monico's. given by the organization known as the
Saturday evening dances. and OF which Mrs
Charles r. Huntington is the leading spirit Inc
cotillon will be led by Russell Landale
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

The pursuit of foxes and anise seed bags on
Long Island is dull and tame in comparison Win
the zest and excitement of the chase or ram
many coyotes and jackals which will be in fuil
cry next month
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

Among those who expect to sail to-day for Lon
don on the steamer Manitou are W. A Bruce ".
Mark Noble and Ogilvie Watson
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

Mrs. Levi P. Morton, who will next week go to
Tuxedo where she will make her headquarters
during the winter, will give a dinner party to-
night at her house in Fifth-ave., for her daugh-
ter Mary
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

There will be an entertainment this afternoon at
the Carnegie Lyceum at O'Clock for the benefit OF
the charity known as the Baby Fold, under the
auspices of the Misses Masters School Society
The patronesses of the affair INCLUDE Mrs NJ
CamTnann, Mrs. W. w. Hoppin, Mrs X. L. Matt
land Mrs Z w. Post, Mrs. j. D. Archbold, Miss
Helen NJ Gould Mrs. Gilbert Riggs and Mrs. L.
Wrirhf Post
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

Devery and Herlihy are still bluf1ng 1t boldi!
and riding high horses. But both of them VIII
soon tumble in the Sirbonian bog, where B1sser
and Diamond are now wal1owing.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

A dinner party will also be given tonight by Mr.
and Mrs. John II. Hammond. at their home. in
East Seventy-second-st.. and one at the Calumet
Club by number of its members in honor OF
Charles S. Boyd, the newly appointed State Super
fntendent of Public Works. and at which Governor
Odel Is expected to be present.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-14

Good news for quick travel upstairs on the
East Side! We are now told that Santa Claus
will find the swift and convenient electric trains
running on the Second-ave. elevated road wheh
he begins his holiday trips. In that case the
dear old Saint will be iollier than ever before
Electric cars overhead in Manhattan will be a
Christmas present which this borough will well
come gladly.