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New-York tribune., 1902-01-11

count Of the honor conferred him. and predic.s
for him successful experience on the Special Ses
sions bench.
The Mayor announced the appointment himself
and said that he had appointed Mr. Mayer, but
would not swear him in. as custom called sor his
taking the oath before justice Of the Suprems
Court.
Mr.. Mayer Is a member Of the firm Of Mayer
Gilbert, OF No. IS Park Row. He lives at Me- SI5
West One-hundred-and-twenty- -third-st., and has
been resident OF that neighborhOOd for twenty
five years In 1894 1895 and 1885 he was counsel to
the Excise Board. and in 1881 and 1883 counsel
10 the Buildings Department
Mr.. Mayer born in this city September d
1866. and graduated from the old Hebrew
Grammar School No. S.. and from the College q
the City OF New-YOrk In 1881 He was admitted 70
the bar in 1sSe after finishing course IN the Co
lumbia Law School.
He Is a member of the Republican Club. ths Har-
lem Republican Club the Phi Delta Theta Club the
Sterling Club. the Educational Alliance and ths
Hebrew Technical Institute.
A few hours after the announcement o. his ap-
pointment Mr. Mayer appeared in Special Term
Part III. of the Supreme Court. and took the cstn
of Office administered by Justice Beach.
The new justice of the Court Of Special Sessions
was congratulated by the lawyers and Justice Beaca
on his appointment and left the courtroom az once.
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THE ENGINEERS RESPONSIBILITY.
DEVICES THAT WOULD MAKE SIGNALS AP
PARENT IN THE CAB.


To the Editor OF Tho Tribune.
Sir: Anent the apparently needless and awful
loss OF life and manning of limbs AID bodies in the
Harlem tunnel wreck has it occurred to the public
that the despairing cry of the engineer 1T was up
to to make up lost time has more behind IT
than at first appears? Upon pretty good authority
it is asserted that railroad engineers "docked
marked against when they come in behind
the schedule.
OF course. the rules of the company are all right
but is 1t fair to the engineer, who has hut pit
tance when compared to the tremendous trust
posed in him. to have that pittauce reduced be-
cause he risks in order that mo kick" shall
be "comng"2
man who has been I'm practical railroad busi-
stalled last night in the tunnel ct Sew
second-St. He got out OF the train and walked
the track, and he says that, even walking, he
could hardly the red light forty feet away!
But the engineer Is in a swiftly moving cab; he
must not only keep his eyes on any signals but he
must also look after his gauge cock. In going
through the tunnel II is almost impossible know
whether the pct cock or the gauge shows water
steam unless it is looked at and in that one In
slant Of looking the danger point may be passed.
But the engineer had a distant" warning Re-
mombering what has been said above how natural
for him 10 get as close the home signal as possi-
All of this hinges on the personal eouation
Taking away the tunnel will avail nothing IL sig
eliminate smoke; but how about fog? on a West
cab Is lighted red soon a danger zone is en-
tered The tunnel. IL it must remain. could be
nghted every nifty feet with duplicate line OF arc
iShts-red TO show occupied block. white a free
block In addition to the above. a bell could be
made TO ring In the engineers cab when a danger
is entered.
device has also been tried whereby the steam
is shut of outside the cab by a danger lever To
those OF us who care more for life and limb than
Tor the saving OF a few moments OF time, II seems
that all possible. practicable devices (no matter
what the cost in expense and time consumeil
should be applied. Is II better should reach our
offices few minutes ahead leave sa few MANNED
ana dead behind? GEORGE MARTIN HUSS
No. l,2S5 Broadway New-York Jan 10 1902
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II. G.. DIMON.

tingencies which may arise. The Railroad Com
missoners have the power Of recommending GER
tain legislation. but the Railroad Committee has
nothing TO do with such accidents until some meas
ure has been introduced and referred to that COM
mittee.
AssembIyman Beden, chairman of the Railroad
Committee of the lower House. said:
I have not heard of any specific bill which is
likely to be introduced. a result of the Park
tunnel wreck. Several measures which have
heard mentioned in a general way, and which
would properly come before the Railroad Commit
tee include the following First to provide that the
tunnel be illuminated with electric lights; second
that exhaust fans be established to draw off the
smoke and steam; third, to limit the speed Of
trains in tunnels in the city of New-York, and
fourth to remove the covering from the tunnel. I
doubt. however, that the Legislature can have any
intelligent and comprehensive measure presented
to it until the result OF the present investigation
is learned.
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A USELESS JOURNEY AFTER RECORDS
THOSE Of THE OLD BUREAU OF MUNICH
PAL STATISTICS WERE IN THE CON-
TROLLER'S HANDS.

Edward Green, custodian OF the records OF the
Board of Aldermen. acting under opinion of the
Corporation Counsel of the last administration,
went yesterday TO take possession OF the records
OF the old Bureau of Municipal Statistics DIR. John
T. Nagle was in charge of the bureau Green found
that the furniture of the office which Is TO be used
for the Bureau of Incumbrances hereafter had been
removed. incidentally. it was learned that the Con-
troer desires possession Of the maps and docu-
rnents of the Board of Public Works il existed
prior its consolidation with the Board OF Public
Improvements. Both the Borough President and
his Commissioner OF Public Works will oppose this
scheme as they declare that they should have pos
session of those records.
Later in the day it was learned that part OF the
furniture had gone President Cantors Office. part
Commissioner Livingston's and part to that OF
the Tenement House Commission. The records have
already been turned a representative of
Controller Grout, the direction OF Mayor Low.
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NONAGENARIAN A SUICIDE.
pocToR SAYS BROODING OVER TUNNEL AC
CJDENT WAS PARTLY RESPONSIBLE
FOR HIS ACT

Suffering from senile dementia Christopher Miller
ninety wears old hanged himself from drapery pole
in the bathroom on the third floor Of the hathouse
No. 80 West e-hundred-and- nd-fourteenth-st, where
he lived with his son. William Miller. yesterday.
Miller had been connected in various capacities with
the Park and Street Cleaning departments He
was active until about six years ago, when, on
Of old age. he compelled TO cease labor
Recently he had become childish. His condition
became so serious that he was always watched
week ago he learned that sister-in-law had died
at the age Of eighty and he seemed TO brood
over II. On Thursday morning granddaughter
found the old man lying the floor OF the bath
room in half dazed condition. He said he had
fallen and could not get up.
The same granddaughter found Miller hanging
from the drapery pole between the bathroom and
the kitchen yesterday. The family physician said
that Miliers death was probably due to seniie
dementia and brooding over his sister-in-la Jaws
death and over the tunnel accident of which he
had heard the members of his household sneak
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THE INJURED DOING WE'LL.
INTEREST IN THE HEROIC MURPHY'S
CONDITION - COMFORTABLE
AFTER OPERATIONS

Less than score of the persons who were IN
tured in the wreck were remaining in the city
hospitals yesterday, and all except four of them
were considered out of danger. The case of
Peter Murphy. at Bellevue Hospital. con-
sldered the most serious, but the surgeons there
said they expected that his splendid nerve would
enable him to recover
Murphy's cheerfulness under the terrible in
juries he received has astonished every body at
Bellevue. There never has been more popular
patient at the hospital. All day long there
have been constant inquiries from all sorts of
people by telephone. telegraph and the mails
about Murphy's condition and chances for
covery. Mayor Clarke OF NewRochelle at
the hospital yesterday TO inquire how Murphy
stood the operation Thursday night. He
told that the patient had rallied we'll after the
amputation of his left leg, and was comfortable.
Several OF Murphy's relatives and friends
msined in the hospital all night A committee
OF the knights of Columbus has a member in
the hospital a all hours to report Murphys
condition The members OF the surgical and
medical staff OF the hospital all show a deep in
terest in Murphy's case.
Albert Wadlelgh who had both legs broken in
the wreck said to be doing we'll at Belle
Hts daughter was at his bedside much OF
the time.
At the Flower Hospital the condition of George
d. Winter and that Of Winfield Schultze
said TO be critical. Other injured persons there
were said to be improving steadily.
Arthur Whitley was the only one OF the injured
at the Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled. He
suffered from external burns and had inhaled
steam. The surgeons said his condition
still grave, but he WAS only eighteen years old.
had a robust constitution. and had a good
fighting chance for recovery.
At the Roosevelt Hospital the New York Hos
pital and the Presbyterian Hospital 1t said
that the injured persons taken to those institu-
tions were believed to be recovering.
STRENGTHEN THE HUMAN ELEMENT.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The accident in the Sew-York Central tun-
pel Wednesday last has naturally aroused in
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JOHN A. MASON OUT OF THE RAIN.
THE PEACEMAKER OF THE STATE DEMO
CRATIC COMMITTEE GETS JOB.

President Haffen OF The Bronx has I'm a cour-
teous fashion extended the political umbrella over
the unprotected head OF John A. Mason. secretary
OF the Democratic State Committee. and Mr.
Masons friends happy. Mr.. Mason has been
a faithful worker for the State Committee. and
has acted peacemaker between the Hill and
Tammany factions for the last three or four years
There has been plenty of honor and work in the
task, but IT has not been lucrative TO the last
degree. When President Hafien and his new Su-
perintendent OF Buildings found that they could
induce Mr.. Mason to become secretary to the Su-
perntendent of Buildings, they glad get
him. and appointed him forthwith, a salary OF
s., 500 a year. Mr.. Mason will now wait for the
political clouds TO roll by in the Democratic camp
and owe nothing TO any political boss Mr.
Haffeu and his Superintendent of Buildings. and
Mr. Haffen is not regarded a boss at all.
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SAYS USE THE WEST SIDE ROUTE.
JOHN BRIsBEN WALKER THINKS THIS
PLAN WOULD SOLVE THE TUN-
MEL DIFFICULTY.
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The real difficulty involved in the Park-ave
tunnel arises from the immense traffic thrown
through this narrow channel and the CONSEQUENT
short headway upon which trains are operated
This involves criticism OF the railway The onIy
wonder IL that system perfect as 10 pass such
innumerable trains through the tunnel could ever
have been devised
There Is, however very simple and compara-
lively inexpensive solution of the problem TIL.
New-fork Central owns right OF way along the
banks or the Hudson. which an occasional
passenger train Is now far as Thirtieth- ST
Ihu was formerly the main entrance to the CITY
Tor ths Huason River Railway. This double track
Is used now, however. almost entirely for the en-
trance OF the immense freight traffic There are no
engineering difficulties I'm the way of widening IN,
present roadbed so that IT would hold four or FIVE
tracks between the point where It leaves the main
line OF the .New-York Central at Spuyten Duyvil
ana -hundred-an twenty -fifth-st There are M
streets which crossed at grade and trains NAV
make, up 10 this point, any speed. Near one hun
ored-and thrteth-st elevated structure could he
begun and carried to the present freight wards oS
the New-1o orS Central, which are below CanaJ-st
rms would remove the thirty or forty suhurhan
trains from the main line or the road and So re-
eVe Inc present congestion while at the same tfme
II would carry passengers at thirty miles an hour
RAPID transit facilities along the entire length OF
the West Side or the city %
,u, - JOHN BRISBEN WALKER
lrvlngton, N Y. Jan. TO- 1902.
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oretically they do not burn soft coal In the tunnel
Practically they do. and they often emit in that
tunnel dense volumes OF the black smut smoke"
characteristic OF such fuel. 1 speak with the
knowledge of observation, for have been a COM
muter of those roads for many years. I
have frequently ridden through the tunnel behind
engine which all the way poured a cloud
of smoke black any that from
Chicago chimney. l have often looked back from
the rear window of the last OF my train and
seen the tunnel behind filled with smoke and
steam that a signal light would he absolutely In
visible lengths away. Cherchez la fumee
Messrs. Investigators. but don't let the good work
end in smoke. j. z. w.
New-Yorl. Jan. 10. 1862.
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FUNERAL OF EDWARD C. HINspALE.

The funeral OF Edward C, Hinsdale was held at
the home Of his mother. Mrs. Charlotte A. Hinsdale
No. as Madison-ave.. last evening at o'clock The
services private, only the relatives and imme-
diate friends OF the family being present There
many floral tributes. of the largest pieces
being the gift OF the employees OF the Morton Trust
Company, who attended tho services in a body Ex-
Governor Levi p Morton was also present coming
with the young men from his firm where Mr.
I1insdale had occupied a position OF trust for
number or years.
The services conducted by Father Van
Rensselaer, of ST. Francis Xavier's Roman Catholic
tnurch IN West Sixteenth-st.. who made a brief
address Father Van Rensselaer, will celebrate a
Solemn requiem in ST. Francis Xaviers Church
this morning. After the the body will he
taken to Greenwood Cemetery for burial. - -
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LOCAL BOARD HEARING ON TUNNEL.

President Cantor Of the Borough OF Manhattan
said yesterday that he had doubt the Board of
Aldermen had power to compel a change Of motive
power in the New-Yo-k Centrals tunnel. 1.-The con-
froi of its highways has always been reserved by
the city,, he said. The State has right TO inter-
fere with that control. / have not decided about
sending any message to the board. but Will talk
the Mayor about it. Something has to be done.
Whether the engineer in charge of the train the
company is responsible for the accident. the fact
remains that the smoke in the tunnel contributed
TO the danger Somebody will have to DO
shing. Electricity for motive power IS longer IN
experimental stage 1t should be substituted
for steam in the tunnel
Last evening Mr.. Cantor announced that the
local board of the Murray Hill district would give
public hearing Monday at IL a. the tun-
mel question. The committee railroads OF the
old Council held a hearing late in the autumn
the advisabity OF substituting electricity for
motive power in the tunnel and Il was largely
tended, many prominent citizens urging the change
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entire case sent to the District Atto-ney ana :,
to Police Commissioner Partridge. sisc
The boys were charged with being princfn.i.
teaueIs % IN pIlzensht III stdoie. Wiegand sais
he was assaulted when he tried to make a--sic ssic
and he called in Flynn. Ses
Ambrose Purdy counsel for the defendants.
MS law clerk the stand. and the latter tea,ss
tnat while talking in the Criminal Courts R,,Ys
ing some time to one of the Cuocos Polica,.l-
Wiegand had come to CuOco and said: Aso
1ou gave Flynn $40. Where do / come tn,n
Wfegand and Flynn deny the charges
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CONSIDERING MANY TRANSFERS.

The Civil Service Commission was In session yes
terday for about four hours in the rooms at No
346 Broadway. Commissioner Dykman said that
the time had been spent in considering the ques
ton of great many transfers. and that each
had TO be considered separately the work had been
slow and tedious. Corporation Counsel Rives has
not furnished the commissioners with the opinion
they asked for to the legality of the promotions
OF policemen and detectives TO the rank OF detec-
tive sergeants, made in the last days of the Muir
ply regime at Police Headquarters.
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tense public feeling. and will probably precipitate
some action that will result in radical change In
the condition and operation OF that section of the
railroad Pending the results of official investiga-
ton it will be well for TO consider calmly the
facts before as that may try to learn the
true lesson OF this horrible event
Mayor Low is quoted saying that electric
power ia the remedy for the present dangerous
con"'tions In the tunnel. and editorials the daily
presA concur in this opinion. Mr. Crimmins saws
the trafho is too heavy for four tracks, and the
citizens OF New-Rochee want the tunnel abolished.
submit that there is nothing in the facts made
public to warrant the belief that any Of these i'm
provements would have prevented the accident of
Wednesday, except on the theory that the engine
orlver or the Harlem train was physically
come by foul air and incapable OF handling his
engine. All the evidence far is that he ran into
a block at high speed either In the face of the
danger signal or without seeing any signal. and
considering the nature OF the section of the road
the error was quite as bad either way.
Automatic mechanism has its limitations Beyond
these there is always the human element and in
the case before US at 1t the latter that
failed Just 1t would have failed had the loco
motive been electric and the tracks many II is
worth considering that had the fireman had the
means and the authority TO stop the train in emer
gency the accident would have been prevented
must have been in i'll health. and more care Of its
men by the railroad company might have dscov-
1t does not seem probable that any new facts will
Sitatiy 10 cIldnSe the case, and 1t
stands II points in the direction OF reinforcing the
human nan eiement IN In every possible That the
handled by electric power is unquestionabie. 1t is
the most difficult problem in electric railroadno
ever contemplated. but 1t is certainly a question of
time and cost, not of possibility.
II would be vast Improvement, and the soonar
II Is done the better for the public and probably for
the company. Every effort should be made to get
this Improvement introduced soon as possibla
and do not wish 70 be considered as attempting
TO assist the New-York Central to stave OF ths
issue, but simply desire to point that IL In orr
excitement and indignation use this terrihIa
accident only as a means of forcing the railroad
COMPANY TO precipitsts action in changing its mo-
should come from this sad experience and to eara
the real lesson or this particular accident
,,, ,,,-, 1.,, ". HENSHAW
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MAYER JEROME's SUCCESSOR
MAYOR Low APPOINTS HIM AND N
TAKES THE OATH OF OFFICE

Julius NJ. Mayer, chairman of the law comp,,s..
OF the Republican County COMMITTEES in the unavo-
atty campaign. was appointed by Mayor Low y...
terday to succeed District Attorney Jerome a,
justice of the Court OF Special Sessions NJ.
Mayors friends were exceedingly pleased On A.
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presentment OF the grand jury that the tunnel
was nuisance, and he replied: THE fact that
there was such presentment Is not sufficient
90 substantiate crime. It would take more evt-
dence than that now in hand"
Coroner Scholer had left his office before the
announcement that Wisker might be admitted to
bail was made, and It said that probably
no application for the release of the engineer on
bail would be made before to-day. In the after
noon the coroner announced that he would take
great care in the selection of a jury to investi-
gate the tunnel accident. He said he would
have the jury assemble next Wednesday and
go TO the scene of the collision in the tunnel.
A careful examination of the signals would be
made, he said, that every man on the jury
should be familiar with the situation and under
stand the testimony to be presented at the in
quest The District Attorney probably will have
a representative with the jury in the tunnel to
make explanations. The inquest will begin next
Thursday morning, and is expected to continue
TWO or three days.
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EXTRAvAGANCE UNDER MURPHY.

Mayor Low yesterday received from William Hep
burn Russell and Edward Owen. the Commission
ers OF Accounts. special report on the extrava-
CANT administration of the Police Department
under Tammany. The report calls the attention of
the Mayor to report sent to Mayor Van wyck
April p. 1901. which recommended the abolition
of the auditors office in the Police Department
The commissioners hold that the law with refer
ense TO. to the Police DEPARTMENT which became
operative on rebruary ~, 1901 made the Controller
the nscai on1cer or the Police Department thus
making the auditor unnecessary ~
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CHAPMAN'S ASSAILANT SUSPEvnrn
PATROLMAN SAYS QUININE AND yvF51sxv,
WENT TO HIS HEAD

Police Commissioner Partridge announced W.
terday that he had suspended Patrolrnan H.,,
of the Mercer-st. station without pay for atter,.
ing to shoot Captain Chapman on Thursday n,,e.
Healy was arraigned in the Jefferson Mart..
court He said he sick. wet and cold ~
Thursday night, that he had taken some auin,rs
and whiskey, and that IL had gone to his bs.S
Magistrate OlmSted suspended sentence savs--
afterward that Healy would get enough from fs
Police Commissioner. Healy has three Children
and lives at No. 81 West Undergraduates Es a.
clined the aid OF a LAWYER and conducted his casa
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JEROME "BLACkLfsTs" BoNDsMEy
POLITICIANS NAMES SAID TO BE IN Tvs

POLITICIANS NAMES SAID TO BE IN us,
HE SENDS TO COURTS
District Attorney Jerome has prepared a .s,...
list of the professional bOndsmen in this copr,
and has forwarded copy of 1t to every nols.
court in this borough 1t is said that the list ccr
sists of go names. and that several politician. -
included in them. The District Attorney ss,, -
list 10 Chief Clerk Block of the City Ma gstr,,.ns
Court who duplicate list 10 the CHIEF cIs
of the police courts The names were all placss
the ''black book which is referred TO whensvn N
bondsman presents himself.
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MAYOR Low SENDS SYMPATHY.

Mayor Low yesterday sent the following letter TO
Mayor Clarke Of New-RochelIe:
= In the name OF the people Of the city of New
FORK beg 70 offer 10 your stricken city our heart
felt sympathy IL may well be believed that an
accident such as has thrown New Rochelle into
mourning IL deplored by everybody. The duty re-
mains with the living 10 to II that the lesson of
so costly disaster shall not be lost
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TO MAINTAIN WINDOW GLASS PRICES.

Marion. IND, Jan. le-Indiana window glass man.
nfacturers went TO Pittsburg to-day TO attend the
conferences which will be held between the officers
OF the American Window Glass Company, the Inde-
pendent Window Glass Company and the Fedora
Don OF Jo-operatives. to perfect agreement for
the maintenance Of prices and the establishment
* Joint selling agency.