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New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
THE "DIAMOND DISTRICT. "
,1 HISTORIC NEIGHsoRHooD AND THE
HOME OF VAST ENTERPRISES -
-,r.r Rr7s1NEss CONCERNS. SOME NEARING
THEIR CENTENARY. CONTINUE AN E4fAND-
ING TRADE NEAR GOLDEN HILL. SCENE
OF FIRST FIGHT IN WAR OF
REVOLUTION.

II is interesting to note the claims maoe oy
local historians that the first battle o1 Ihe
can Revolution fought on GoIden fAili' tne
slope where John-st. descends to Burning Shp'
This was in January, fT7o some months prlo[ u
the Boston Massacre, and was fought by the sons
of Liberty against the British soldiery Renee 'ne
diamond district may claim the olood-reo Js"el VI
liberty.
Roughly speaking the diamond district OF New
York may be bounded on the north py Ann anu
yesev SITS on the south by LIberty-st, on the east
bv Gold-st and on the west by Church-st' "llnlh
these confines is contained collection OF 'he MI
eral beauties of nature, assisted oy ART "ho'e
value if put down in cold hgures. would appear In
orod;b1e To-day the diamond district turns out
work outrankng in artistic excellence the best IN
the world. - 49,
originally, as indeed might be said of all New-
Tbe beaus and bellies of the eighteenth and even
the early part of the nineteenth cenIuiS Rni as in
later times has occurred In tfth-aVe lne i ii,ety,
babe and cried aloud for more room. One by one
the residences were abandoned as sncn en- taIsea anu
Many OF the honse1 iaIi3d i9 bTanc of trade began
~ lot soLie 80 car+ain extent as general
dealers-the forerunners Of the modera department
natural process of selection gradually led them them
to drop branch or another OF thelt, glowIr5 VIE
some particular department. AS may be seer, IN
ond 1ne bsness of today Carried that part at rst
rs a side line their main trade being in arms ana
ammunition Gradually the diamond DusllieSs '"Oh
the lead and other interests were neglected 81,
Nor must 1t be conceived that the dlaLnona Gus u5s-
trict Is or ever wholly given up to that trad5-
various other lines have made 1t their headquar-
ters The drygoods trade was once predoIaaiptal t
are still representatives of the fancy leather !qoqs
trade who find their profit in holding on 70 @ IlelL
old established offices. Banking and insurance
and financial enterprises of various sorts haNe
many and powerful interests III this quarter Sons
are s11ryfvals from old lines who refuse TO move
others are pushing energetic newcomers, who nave
selected the diamond district as the best location
for their interests. .-..,r..
great wood turning company, whose tentacIes
reach around the entire world ard whose Servants
number many thousands. maintains its headquaT-
supereminent in this neighbornood, it, American
like, welcomes all.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
SCIENCE FRESHMEN MUSTN'T USE PIPES.
THE soPHoMoREs WIN THE CANE sPREEs AND A
TUG OF WAR CONTEST.

Columbias sprees between the science
classes at Columbia yesterday resulted IN victory
for the sophomores, who won the light and heavy
weight bouts, but lost the middleweight. BY this
defeat the first year science class like their college
brothers who beaten the day before, lose the
privilege of smoking the pipes this year.
In the first bout the lightweight, A. NJ Day, 04
won from T. r. Fisher. '05 in the first round. The
second bout between S. H Stow, sophomore and
D. C. Buell., freshman, the longest of the
three. The first round of three minutes des-
perately fought, and Stow tried to wind his op-
ponent by aggressive tactics The second round
closer, and each man got his opponent into
dangerous positions, but neither could wrest away
the cane The third round found Stow consider
ably weaker and Buell.. working in between Slows
body and the cane, pried the sophomore off the
pole.
The contest. the heavyweight, at first gave
C. =. Whitwell advantage over his sophomore
opponent R. s. Stangland, but gradually after a
bitter struggle for two rounds Stanglani got the
whip hand. and In the third round jerked the cane
from Whitwells grasp.
Following the cane sprees came the tug OF war
man classes The sophomores won easily. pulling
their opponents across the lot, and securing the
whole OF the
New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
THIS BUSINESS COVERS THE ENTIRE
WORLD.

While within the geographical bounds OF tne
Diamond District" yet the hrrn of E. B. Estes &
Sons carry on a trade of widely diIerent coiii
plexion 4 few years ago. when celebrating Ihen
fftieth anniversary they were haheu ao ~
pioneers Of the turned wood industry .oo5s
The founder of this vast enterprise Wnvoe sOrId $50
are dealt in in every important city OF tne ~
Ehu B. Estes who born in tt talrLaN; D. D., ~
ISIS was specimen of the Green Mountaln 70 SoS; 4h
His son, Webster c.. is a prominent FACTOR III - -
present conduct of the business, which was III
corporated in 1891: o-l,tr, mills
includes everything in this line. such as idies tui
wooden boxes handles. clothespins LootnpIGn taal
locked corner packing boxes rolltop deshs otGan
down'), baseball bats and hundreds OF otn5 etn9l
useful appliances. Their mills, whlcn are Ss'ID a.
iished wherever nature affords supply & G, anaa TT
sired varieties of wood, scattered from q
to North Carolina their Canadian ms from
them to supply many Canadian customers lIU.n @
the other side of the line The woods most N use
are white birch, beech, maple cherry anu St.-
They have recently taken up engraving on .Oi,oj
thus trenching upon field heretofore eohuoHeu
exclusively by Scotland and Germany y re
The New-York headquarters or the con- pdIIy
at Nos As 47 and SO John-st. and no. DutS.ii- i
ST and the officers Webster Z: Estes; P.esiI !
dent. Joseph Beecham. vice-presideEt; E-dInuI1u ~
W PearsaI second vce-president; NeoSter II
Estes treasurer; Edmund w Pedrsal' genera
manager and George c. Wing, secretary: -
The company enjoys the unique o1StllcIloI, u u
beng the Cnly firm in the United states eNpoL
home manufactured goods to every foreign country
New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
GEMS AND JEWELRY.

To sketch the diamond district without sketching
the business history Of Chester Billings & Son, of
No IS Nassau-st., were impossible
Henry RandeI and James Baremore. as the hrrn
Of RandeI tI Baremore. began business in 1870 at
No 90 North Moore-st., whence they removed to
No. 81 Pearl-st: thence to No. 102 Reade-st, and
finally. in 1871, their present quarters No oS
Nassau corner of Maiden Lane. where their trade
has grown to its present vast proportions.
In 1851 Mr.. Chester Billings entered the service OF
the house as a clerk, and in 1866 he became mem
her OF the firm which thereupon adopted the style
of Randel. Baremore Y Co: changing II again III
1880 to RandeI Baremore & Billings. Mr.. Bare
more died III 1867, Mr.. Chester Billings in 1881, at
the age of sixty-eght and Mr.. Randel in 1891 aged
The present firm. Chester Billings & Son, was
formed in 1897, Mr.. Chester Billings having pur-
chased Mr. Randels interest The surviving part
ner to-day Henry b Billings. the son of Chester
Billings.
A few years after the firm started in business
they determined to make diamonds their speciality
and in this they pioneers as no diamond
specialfsts existed here that time. Success 1ol-
lowed satisfactorily upon this venture that IN
1880 they took up diamond cutting, and this they
carried in the American style. which is now
universal. both IN this country and Europe. This
method aims at producing effect rather than con-
serving the weight of the gems 1t may be noted
that although their diamond cutting enterprise was
ing it wiser to deal in the precious stones just
they come into their possession, and TO leave to
others the further fashioaing of them.
But besides diamonds, this house deals largely
through its London and Amsterdam offices In
ruhies sapphres, opals. emeralds and pearls
ments of these gems give them high rank as manu-
facturers of jewelry.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
ON A WRECK ALL NIGHT.
CREW OF A SCHOONER THAT SAILED oN
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, PICKED
TIP AT SEA.

II NAV be that mariners can afford 10 dlsre-
gard the superstition that there is III luck In
leaving port on Friday or on the thirteenth
day Of the month, but It would seem that even
the most foolhardy would not defy 1t to the eH-
tent OF sailing on q day which was both frloay
and the thirteenth The three-masted schooner
Edward w. Young sailed from Georgetown,
s. c. Friday, December 13, for this port with
cargo Of 100000 feet Of kiln dried pine
boards, and her crew Of seven was nrooght
snto this port yesterday on the steamer Ad-
vance. Captain Phillips Of the Panama Steam
ship Line. which had taken them of their water
logged vessel about one hundred and fifty miles
southeast Of Cape Hatteras in latitude "a 40
longitude 1888 on Monday morning. The
names Of the members of the crew are John
Maddocks captain; P. J. Peterson. mate; Will
lam Perry. William Lecne. Coma Anderson, Hall
Pierson and Charles Cahill, cook
Perry and Lechie needed medical treatment
when they landed, as their hands were badly
swollen and cracked from their long immersion
IN the salt water. The crew was without water
for thirty hours, the sea getting into the water
tank.
Had not the precaution been taken Of sus-
perding some canned provisions in the rigging
there would have been no food for nearly the
same period for on Sunday morning the galleys
and cabins filled. Captain Maddocks did not
have time TO get his logbook or chronometer, or
the men their clothing other belongings. the
sea flooded the cabins so quickly. The flooding
was due to the smashing down Of the cabin
bulkhead. On Sunday night. the night before
the Advance picked the crew UP. the cabin roof
was the only part Of the vessel besides the
rasts that was not submerged All clustered
there and took turns sleeping on the spanker
boom The air so chilly that the men were
obliged at intervals TO dip their hands bodies.
as the might be- into the warm water Of
the Gulf Stream to get warm
Il was welcome sight that greeted their eyes
when they saw the Advance responding TO their
signal OF distress. a big Newfoundland dog,
Jumoo the first TO be thrown into the res
ruing boat. One Of the dogs hind legs was
broken when he landed, and he bit a mans foot
The ships doctor the Advance set the dog S
eg and attended to the needs of the crew.
This Captain Maddockss first voyage as
a master.
The schooner sprung a leak about the time she
first felt the storm, Saturday About g.
Sunday the steam pump broke down
The Young was owned by W. A Taft, of Bos-
ton. and registered 399 tons. She was built in
East Boston in 1855. She was consigned to Ar
thur W. Blackburn g. Co., No. 45 South-st.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
PROPERTY MUST BE CONDEMNED.

The attempt made by the New-YorS Steam Heat
ing Company to prevent Its property between FIJI
ty-nnth and Sixtieth sts. and the East River from
being taken by the city for the construction Of
the BIackweIPs Island bridge has been made
futile by the appointment by Justice Lawrence
in the Supreme Court. OF Victor J. Dowlng,
Charles Donohue and Arthur D. Truax as COM
rnissioners of estimate IN the condemnation pro-
ceedngs for the acquisition Of the property OF the
steann heating company and other property near
Avenue A. Fffty-ninth and Sixtieth sts The con-
demnation proceedings were opposed by the steam
heating company. the ground that It was a
corporation devoted 70 public uses and that It's
property was therefore exempt from acquirement
bv the city unless special ac% was passed oy the
legislature giving the city power to acquire Il.
CSrpora ton Counsel Whalen maintained before
Jrrsfice Lawrence that the company was incor.
nr-z- I'D under the general manufacturing law OF
ISIS and was a private corporation without any
special charter from the legislature
New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
THE CORHAM COMPANY.

The Gorbam Manufacturing Company. silver
smiths are in the SEVENTEEN year Of their history
IF was in 1881 that their business was estaDsheu III
Steepe-st Providence. In 1852 the total capltal Oh
the concern was $4,000; but from that time the
business grew rapidly, till 1t occupied the ehlIe
block front Steeple-st. New quarters became
necessary and in 1889 the factories were removed
to a suburb Of Providence, where sufficient lana
and suitable buildings were obtainable The presi-
dent or the company Edward Holbrook, started
position in 1870. His praCllCdi eHPeLL-
ence has thus given him sympathy with the factory
their attitude toward the company than laoorers
al so much day. Er. Holbrook has built the en-
poves a clubroom. where there are restaurant
bicycle and reading accommodations AS the rae
tories expanded SalesroOmS were opened up at Dos
does this list include the two retal4 stores Ei IA
Maiden Lane and Broadway. But the retail @ 3 2usI-
is only one phase OF the OUTPUT a. LOT IIed bI
Silver" with the famous trademark. is handieq ny
the best jewellers of every American to"n. I Eur
the Providence factories were outSIoI'I WI,
and the business has been forced 70 erect d
in This city The two OF factories are in every
way distinct, except that Mr. hoior2ok mas i stIIei
oversight over all departments or the ouslIlesSs
The various increases in capital give history OF
the trade development. The $1,000 OF lS3Z became
in 1872 s. 10000 and in 1901 the authorized stock IS
The New-York stores are meeting the holiday de
mand with several unique offerings me ii z1.IeIllI
silverware is absolutely novelty Ihs IS designed
hy artists of the Gorham guild. and oeaten up oy
hand y machine never touches IL IL is Delng
used for tableware Of all sortS-vases, loving cups
and tankards Each piece embodies the idea or
the artist designer. There are no moulds. no ma ,
copper, hand beaten is IN great deIldno- d.. - ne
color effects vary from FIRE req 10 antique, green
broidered head work has enjoyed q neavy saIs
Every detail is hand work; the erect rs suoduea
but rich Il is 70 he found N cnate!aine oass'
pocketbook and cardcases- Gold iewelry is De
rartracnt that is constantly increasing in i'm
the offerings in this speciality. The store Is fuil
proof that American art mas arrived
New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
Hair Splits

Don't SINCE the hair because
1t splits at the ends. When the
hair splits it simply shows it is
weak. Feed your hair with
Ayers Hair Vigor, the genuine
hair-food. 1t cures dandruff.
stops falling of the hair, and
always restores color to gray
hair.
al have used Ayers Hair vigor for 80 years.
tt is elegant for hair dressing and for keeping
he hair from splitting az the ends"
]. A. Gruenfelder, Grantfork, III.
a. An druggists ). C. AVER CO.. Lowell Mass
New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
COPPER PRICES AGAIN CUT.
THIS ACTION BY UNITED METALS SELL
ING COMPANY SAID TO BE PRoMF IhD
BY TRADE CONDITIONS

The United States Metals Selling COMPANY 'eii
ing agent for the Amalganated copper CohipenS 2
nroduct Yesterday reduced for the secoiio .i.H
within week Its prices for copper. Las. I 'slaas
{. ,,+ +a ,rcs or lake copper from about IT cents
mound to 15s and of electroytc from 1923 10 10A u
placed the price of castings at 10 cents III. p 80
established yesterday were II cents Ior iae' /0
for electrolytic and 13 cents for castings. nc "a
son for the reduction was stated as 1olio"S p'
Jesse Lewisoh1:
va bs,a conner 70 cell. Every one has been cut
+ns ths nrce so we have also cut It. Tor the pun
pose of finding basis upon %n1Sn %npompfed by actual
trade conditions 'At the prevaihg the same can
be said of the othe- producers
Amalgamated Copper opened in the stocA mar
ket yesterday at 6314. and in re" niinutes au
vanced to 644s AT o'clock, just peioie nc g. -
of the cut in copper prices was received II was
selling at 63ss but the announcement ol INC ~ - :
sent II down TO e. In the last hour the stoch rale
sharply and on heavy covering, as wen dc ou'
by brokers who were believed TO DC aoIie -
sders it advanced steadily to 6612' at WHICH nsute
a net gain of points, it closed oH
aggregating 12S.O00 shares. 49,.
That the Amalgamated Copper COMPANY mas
changed its policy is now dehnl'ey esla 80
Some of the Independent copper nm Would Ger
fainIy meet the reduction of the @ h fo
distributing agents That SuGn more radical by the
AmaIgaated representatives is generaIs I nnion
copner war has been begun and the eest as tbe
is that the more radical the cutting Of pfces 'he
more speedily will the warfare be ehoese, 9Tsa ,oeeting
The greatest interest centres IN Vas mi
of the Amagamated directors ana lhe ar ~ Wo,,id
of rumors yesterday as TO WIat M hat no action
on the dividend would be taken To-Day pVt veser
Gav if had been believed by the best intol
servers that the directors would al N 19ef neT cent
thus putting stock upon per fi cent cut 6ad
that another drsistlc cut
80, - De in the prices the metal, however tIe
report found many additional utiz
ir fhe money for war fund purposes. Inc l4eet-
jns IS scheduled to take place al 25o p III; ,II he
1ade until after the close of the stock market
New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
THE NEW GUsHER AT BEAUMoyT.

Bea lnont, Tex, Dec. 19.-Officers of the Beau
mont OIL Transportation Company received word
yesterday of the bringing in of eighty
thousand barrel gusher owned jointly by the
Neches River Oil Company, the Montgomery and
Neches River OIL Company. the Lone Star Oil and
Fuel Company and the Texas and Illinois Oil Com
peny. The matter is of especial significance to the
transportation organization as a contract has been
standing for some time whereby the transportation
company purchases the entire output of this we'll
This company Is TO take its first cargo of Beau
mont oil at Sabine Pass. Texas some time in Janu-
The chief source OF supply from which IL will
I'LL orders for several hundred thousand barrels of
Beaumont oil per month contracted for by North
manufacturers is from this and one other Beau
mont gusher. The bringing In OF this well removes
the last possibility OF doubt to the success of
the oil transportation enterprise.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
s7AyD4RD OIL STOCK GOES DOWN.

Standard Oil stock, which is traded IN "on the
curb" sold yesterday at 60. eQualling the lowest
quotation for the year. In the last two days it
has declined 80 points and IN the last week 10
points. In May few days before the Northern
Pacific panic day Standard Oil sold at $40. The
difference between that quotation and yesterdays
of $50 is 100 points, which means that in the last
seven months there has occurred a shrinkage of
ssooo0oOO in the market value of the 500 600 600
stock of the Standard Oil Company. The trading in
the stock has at time been at all large. and
there have been developments adversely affect
ing the company beyond the recent cuts in the
price OF crude oil; but the price of the stock has
been drifting downward, with apparently no sup
port For the last year two the Standard Oil
dividends have aggregated As per cent yearly
New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
SHEA'S PLAN APPROVED.
BOARD OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDS
WIDENING DELANCBY-sT. FROM EAST
RIVER BRIDGE.

The Board Of Public improvements gave a pubic
hearing yesterday the plan Of widening Delan-
cey-st. and cutting a street 10 Elm and Marion
sts. Plans to carry out this idea have been pre-
pared by Chief Engineer Rsse from lines suggested
by Bridge Commissioner Shea. Ten blocks Of build
ings on the south side of Deanceyst. have already
been torn down prcDaratory to widening that thor
oughfare from the New East River Bridge to Nor
fok-st. and Commissioner Shea's proposition is to
continue this widening to the BOwery.
Delancey-st is at present 30 feet wide and 1t Is
proposed to make it 125 feet The value Of the land
it is proposed to condemn is SlS24,l00, Of which
s7366o0 covers the proposed street and trian-
gular pubic place connecting with the rapid
transit station at Spring-st
James o. Bergen spoke in favor Of the plan He
said he had opposed using Broome-st-, but heartily
indorsed the new street Mr Grout urged that the
action of the board unimpoI tant, anyway, as
the Municipal Assembly would have to pass it by a
three-ffths vote. The resolution asking that the
plans be approved passed, Commissioner
Kearny being the only 10. vote against IL. Mr..
CIrout as President of the Borough of Brooklyn,
could not vote
then taken up, Mr.. Grout urged repeatedly that
similar measures be lald over, the Municipal AS
sembly could not act on them before January l.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
OLD. REPUTABLE AND SKILLED.

An expert and dealer in watches diamonds and
other precious stones-in fact. expert IN horol-
ogy as well as in gems. and one identified with
the district since 1856. one who. indeed, prides
himself upon being one OF New-Yorks oldest
jewellers began business at Broad AID Wall SITS
under the name and style (since made farnous) OF
Charles Earters To-day the Drexel Building
stands on the site OF the then matchmaking. watch
importing aud watch dealing concern: The bust
St the jewelry and precious stone departments
hsinr added Later the firm located at No
ICL1,ef and then in 20 at No % John-st-, where
it remained for many years Its present ADDRESS
name and stvle is Charles Barters (though II mas
at times appeared under other forms curing Us
long and honorable history he having always Deel
the head and front Of the business.
New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
THIRTY YEARS OF DIAMOND DEALING

Prominent factors in the recent history of the
diamond district the members of the firm OF
Chas F. Wood & Co., of No. 1 Maiden Lane
The senior partner and founder of the house Mr.
Charles F. Wood, started the business in 1871. In
1882 his brother, Mr. J. B. Wood, was admitted to
the firm, which then took the name Chas. +.
Wood e Co. At the time another brother
Mr. Elmer E. Wood, was taken In. and these three
largest importers of diamonds in the United States
Many of the rough, uncut stones which they I'M
port are here cut and polished by their own work
men, and nowhere in the world is this industry
carried to greater perfection.
Another branch of the business in which this
house has attained to leadership IS the trade in
TURQUOISE. They control the Toltec Gem Mining
Company, whose mines are in the Mojave Desert.
in California, bordering the Colorado River. These
mines are forty- in number. each claim twenty
l25 to las feet and their product is the finest tur
ouoise produced in this of the world closely
sembling the Persian in tint. A few years ago they
also purchased the best turquoise mines in Nevada
ing the finest collection of agates in the coun-
try, one that well repays examination by either
the connoisseur or the merely curious.
Mr. Charles E. Wood, entirely a selfmade man
started business at the of 20, and has stead
ily commanded success. His brother j. B. Wood,
outside of the demands OF business. is prominent
Republican, and is president of the City Council
of Newark. The junior member Elmer e Wood,
deservedly popular among his associates, shares
the business ability OF the family.
manager supervises the business from that city
to San Francisco.
NOTED FOR UNIQUE, ARTISTIC DESIGNS.
To the jewelry trade of the country the name OF
70 Is r-alIL win bear in
New-York tribune., 1901-12-19
INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND ELECTION.

The annual election of the board OF managers
and inspectors of the New-York Institute for the
Blind was held yesterday at the institution build
ing. Nlnth-ave. and Thirty-fourth-st The result
follows Board Of managers. Frederick Augustus
schermerhorn (presdent. Peter Marie. Frederick
w Rhinelauder, Frederick Sheldon. Chanler Rob
bins John / Kane Gustave f. kissel, John NJ
Rovers DR. George L. Peabody. Rowland Davis
William A Duer William c. Hamilton, ". ".
Appleton Frederick d. Tap2en. d. Maitland Arm
strong DR.. George G. Wheelock. Charles S. Fair
child Charles II. Marshall secretary, James Rus
sell Foley and Egerton L. Winthrop, Jr; board Of
inspectors Charles N Harris. j. Edgar Amber and
William c. Wait. jr.