The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-16

New SchooIs-Great Increase of Pu.
pills Over Last Year-Many Automo.
biles In the Endurance Test-BattI.
Between Lord Derby and the Monk.
NEW YORK, Sept 15.-It is tba in
| tention of the Low administrator f.
! make contracts on or before JIII,
| next for the following immense proi
ects: An East side extension of tba
rapid transit tunnel, such as urged hv
the Tribune, from Forty second street
| to The Bronx; the Broadway snur ~
extension, to the rapid transit tunnel
from Fourteenth street to Forty second
street; the Jerome avenue extension:
second tunnel to Brooklyn
| All or these projected improvements
| are on the programme for the next
twelve months. They will constitute
the first fruits Of the changed system
OF levying assessments on real estate
in the city. There are five great prof.
ects now needed in the city. First,
| subwayS; second, docks; third
schools; fourth, water department.:
| fifth, municipal building.
Chief Engineer Parsons was direct
! ed by the rapid transit commission to
| prepare plans for another extension of
| the subway in The Bronx borough,
along Jerome avenue. Many citizens.
living in the district through which
Jerome avenue runs have sent letters
to the commission urging an extension
or the subway along that avenue. They
| have declared that the best existing
means of travel in the district is by the
inadequate trolley line in Jerome ave-
nue.. 1t was decided yesterday to give
a hearing to residents of the district
at the next meeting of the commission.
MIR. Parsons, when he was directed
to prepare plans for subway extern
sion along Jerome avenue, said it had
| been his desire to do that for some
time, but he had been handicapped by
not having enough draughtsmen, as all
| Of his staff had been kept busy on
plans for the Brooklyn tunnel and the
| new bridges He said he made re-
| QUESTION on the civil service commits
sion, and hoped to have additional
| draughtsmen soon.
Work on the Brooklyn tunnel will
begin before Nov. IL, starting at Bat
terry place, and thence continuing to-
ward the Brooklyn borough hall,
distance Of mile and a half. The
tunnel is to be ninety-four feet under
the mean Waterline in the middle of
the river. 1t Is expected that the work
of construction will take three years
to complete.
Millions Needed for Schools.
Registration of all the schools in
| Greater New York was completed yes
| terday, and the total increase over last
year is 3S,S77-the greatest gain yet
| made in any one year.
| 1t is conceded at school headquarters
| that the unexpected result of the regis
| tration makes the abolition of the
waiting list a harder question TO deal
| with than ever. Reckoning 1000 pu-
| pills to a school 'building-which re-
| quires forty rooms-almost twenty
| buildings of the size are necessary to
keep up with the gain since Septem-
Der, 1901, to say nothing of the number
| then without proper accommodations.
c. B. J. Snyder, superintendent of
school buildings, calculates that it
costs the city 5000 pupil for erecting
new schools, not counting books and
other supplies of that nature. at that
rate it will cost $7,775,400 to build
schools enough to furnish each new APP
plicant this year with a full days edu-
cation.
New York is already about fifteen
schools behind time, so that to catch
up and insure to every child full
day in the class room about thirty-five
new buildings, at cost Of nearly $14,-
| 100000, should be erected within the
next year.
To do this Is almost an impossibility,
and the only thing that can be done Is
to build as many schools as are now
projected and rent enough property to
establish sufficient part-time classes to
do away with the waiting list.
Automobile Endurance Test.
ThiYty-six automobiles have been
named to start in the reliability ruin Of
the Automobile Club Of America from
New York to Boston and return, Oct.
to Is. The motive power of twenty
two Of the nominations is gasoline and
of fourteen it is steam.
An additional entry fee Of 10 per cent
of the original fee will be charged for
subsequent nominations up to the final
closing of the books, on Sept. 20. The
committee expects that there will be
more than 100 entrants by that time.
There were eighty-five last year for
the endurance run of the club to Buff
falo.
The entrants are divided into classes
by weight, without regard to motive
power, though the latter is considered
in the rules applicable to the contest
Class A is for vehicles under 1000
pounds, Class B for vehicles from 1000
to 1000 pounds, and Class C fer We
hicles more than 1000.
Race for Gold Cup.
drivers OIL TOdQ nOTSOS III AIlSIlSei Of
last have a chance to find out who
owns the real champion light harness
horse.
Mr.. G. X. G.. Billings has contended
that, behind The Monk, he could beat
any amateur driver in America, while
Mr.. Smathers has assured his friends
that while holding the reins over Lord
Derby he never would have to take the
dust from any man.
So warm has grown the argument be-
tween these two gentlemen as to the
merits of their respective champions
that the Empire City Trotting club
has decided to settle the question once
for all, and offer gold cup worth
$4,000 for the winner Of the best two
mile heats out of three.
This race will be decided at the
grand circuit meet, which begins at
the Empire City track next Monday,
and as owners will drive their own
horses the result will settle the ques-
ton of the amateur driving champion
ship of the United States.