The Saint Paul globe., 1902-06-03
new YORK CITY GOSSIP
OFFER POLICE FREE HOUSES FOR
SAKE OF PROTECTION
Wealthy New Workers Plan an
Amusement Hall for Lower East
Side-Senator Hill VIII Meet
Tammany's Heads at Democratic
Headquarters

NEW YORK, June Exempted by the
offer of Douglas Robinson to provide
them with homes free of rent on the site
OF the proposed Pennsylvania railroad
station, policemen attached to the West
Thlrty-seventh street station hastened
into the district west Of Herald square
and inspected the dwellings placed at
their disposal Parties Of house hunters
were at work all day, and several
''sooners" from neighboring precincts cast
longing glances at the mansions of
brick and brown stone.
Nearly three hundred buildings are
owned by the Pennsylvania railroad in
the blocks bounded by Seventh and
Ninth avenues and Thirty first and Thir-
ty-third streets. Leases on all of this
property expired May 1, and within a
fortnight more than 100 houses have been
vacated. 1t was to protect these dwell
mgs from thieves and vandals that Mr.
Robinson, who purchased the realty for
the railroad company, conceived the idea
Of establishing a colony Of policemen on
the premises His proposition met with
instant approval, and now there are more
applicants for homes than can be accom-
modated
Capt. Foody's men have been favored
In the allotment of brown stone fronts
for the reason that the property is in the
precinct patrolled by policemen from the
west Thirty seventh street station AL
ready half dozen families have moved
in, and others abandoned their abodes in
Harlem for the new Ell Dorado later.
Lower East~Side TO Have Hall.
There IS to be established in the lower
East side within a brief time an enter
prise which is unique in that it Is
intended to combine business with a work
helpful to the people Of the neighborhood
1t will be carried on by the Social Halls
association, which has just been incorpo-
rated with capital of $100, go
Upon site on Clinton street a building
of the highest type of fireproof construc-
tlon will be erected. It is to contain a
large assembly hall for weddings and
dances, restaurant bowling alleys, bill
hard hall, ten or more lodge and club
rooms and a roof garden. The most mod
ern improvements are to be installed.
Although the promoters do not want
their identity known, 1t may be said thew
include some well known and wealthy
New Workers. Their chief object Is to
provide for the citizens Of the lower East
slde an attractive center Of recreation.
free from the undesirable influences
which cluster about a great many such
places.
Hill to Meet Triumv1r.
Ex-Gov. David B. Hill and his upstate
democratic allies will have an oppor-
tun1ty today to 'size up" Tamnanv's
new rulers-the big Three:"
1t has been officially announced that
charles F. Murphy, Daniel F. McMahon
and Louis F. Haffen, the new triumvirs.
VIII pc present at the formal opening Of
the democratic state headquarters at the
state capital today. With them win 60
John T. Oakley and Thomas ]. Dunn.
also representing the new order Of things
in the Fourteenth Street Wigwam.
Every district leader in Tammany Hall
mas received a formal invitation to at.
tend the headquarters opening in which
Mr.. Hill and his friends have been so
greatly interested
VanderbiIts on the Crest.
This seems destined to be a Vanderbilt
year. Everything seems to be coming
the vanderbilt way. King Edward has
invested w. X. Vanderbilt's English SON
ln-laW' the Duke or Marlborough, with
the Order Of the Garter, and the same
cable message which brought this news
conveys the intelligence that Cornelius
Vanderbnts English brother-in-Iaw
Mlnga' Herbert, married to Belle Vu-
son, daughter Of r. T. Wilson, IS destined
IN all likelihood to succeed Lord Pauuce-
Tote as British ambassador at Washing
ton .
MIchael Herbert, who is a younger
prother Of the Earl of Pembroke and
Montgomery, lord steward of the royal
household, and principal dignitary Of the
court IS a particular favorite of King
Edward, who, however, occasionally in
dulges in quiet little fun at his expense.
For to this day Herbert has never been
able to discover whether Edward VIII
meant it as joke or not when he select
ed him Of all the diplomatic corps to go
. c afll
the Prince Of Rouge ct Noir Of his ac-
cession.