The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-02
NEW YORK CITY GOSSIP
EXPERIMENTS TO INCREASE NEW
YORK'S SEA FLORA
marlborough Railway Will Employ
Many Men and Will Offer a Spe-
cially Speedy Service-Mrs. Elliot

An interesting work is being UNDER
taken by the New York Botanical Gar
dens to increase the sea fora around
New York.
There is a peculiar sea weed or rock
weed called Fucus Serratus, which is
round on the shores of Europe from
Norway and Scotland to Spain, in the
Baltic Sea and the Artic ocean. 1t is
also reported from the Cape Of Good
Hope.
IN 1892 1T was reported as occurring
at NeWburyport by Capt. Pike. How
ever, 1t has long ceased to exist there.
and the only place known today where
IT occurs abundantly in America is at
Plctou, Nova Scotia.
DR.. Howe of the Botanical Gardens,
thought 1t would be interesting to see
if this sea growth could be introduced
around New York. To this end a box
OF sea weed, carefully collected so as
to preserve the DISLIKE noldfasts. was
shipped from Pictou and recently set
out at four stations in Pelham bay and
on Hunters Island. AT the latest re-
ports these plants were living COM
fortably in their new home and appear
ed moderately healthy.
Even if these particular plants do
not live long, it is considered reason
able to expect that their children will,
and that FucuS Sarratus will soon be
permanent inhabitant here.
interborough to Employ Many.
In round numbers, according to the
preliminary estimates of the capital
lists connected with the enterprise, the
marlborough Rapid Transit company,
by which name the new subway sys-
tenn is now being called, will employ
three thousand men, who will in the
aggregate receive nearly 100000 d
year in wages.
The Manhattan Elevated road has
mileage Of about 100 miles, and this
year will carry about 220, 600, 900 pas
sengers. With a mileage smaller by
nearly one-half, the PETERBOROUGH road
when running, will doubtless carry a
larger number of passengers in pro-
portion to it's mileage, and will do the
work with proportionately smaller
number of men. Railroad men say
that the use of electricity from a big
central plant like the one now being
built near Fifty-ninth street and Elev-
enth avenue for the Interborough COM
pany, will reduce the number of en-
ployes to the minimum. The saving
will be large because there will be no
locomotive fremen or engineers. Until
the Manhattan company is fully equip
ped with the ethird rail system they
will have to use engineers and fire.
men.
The marlborough company counts on
carrying all the people who are in
hurry to get uptown and downtown
night and morning.
Mrs. Shepard Leaves WoodIea.
Woodlea, the palatial country seat of
Mrs. Elliott Shepard at Scarborough
on-the-HudSOn is closed and Mrs
Shepard will make her future home in
Italy and Switzerland until her health
is improved.
Woodlea, which comprises a vast
mansion, surrounded by Italian and
French gardens, acres of rolling lawns
and flower. gardens, stables, lodges and
farm buildings, represents an outlay
OF Sl,50O,000. 1t is opposite lockwood
Hall, the country home of William
Rockefeller, and is considered the fin
est manor house along the Hudson
river
What gives credence to the report
that Mrs. Shepard intends never again
to occu1y Woodlea is her action in
giving away her thirty eight coach,
saddle and road horses, as we'll as ali
ner carriages. The best horses were
distributed among her daughters and
nine grandchildren, while the remain
der were presented to old servants,
who, when they were discharged, Wept.
Mrs. Shepard gave these servants ex-
ira pay when she told them their serv-
ices were no longer required.
There is a report about SCARBOROUGH
that Woodlea is to be sold to Mrs. Will
liam Douglas Sloane, while the state
ment is also made that Count and Mrs.
Ernest Fabbri, who are now in Bar
Harbor, are likely to take possession
of it next year.
Mrs Shepard will be greatly missed
around Scarborough, where she gave
fh0llSa 1dS Of dollars fO cha ritU l.
ly. She organized the Adelphian club,
for young men, there, and the $780,
600 Shepard Memorial church was
built and is maintained by her.