Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-06-14
NEW YORK LETTER..
Wealthy New Workers Go in for
Palatial Country Homes.
MANY INTERESTING NOTES.

New York. June 14.-In many quar-.
vances of Flag day are being held by
the various patriotic societies. A few
weeks ago the American Flag associa-
ton issued an appeal for a more gen
eral celebration of June IA as Flag
day, it's being the anniversary of the
adoption of the flag by the continental
congress of 1777 and as a result to-
days ceremonies are more elaborate
than any previously performed.
There is every sign of the hottest
fight for the control of Tammany at
the September election that that or
SANITATION has ever known in all its
long history. According to current re-
ports, the Carroll-Van Wyke faction is
raising a big sum of money for use in
the primary campaign, but the Muir
Observation-Disclosures triumvirate will
raise dollar for dollar and present man
for man in the approaching battle.
There has been something of an
exodus from New York since warm
weather set in and those who cannot
shut up their homes for a length of
time and go to the country or seashore
are taking advantage of inducements
offered by the trolly companies to
form trolly parties. A book has been
published on the subject OF trolly eX-
c~ursions giving all the best routes
around New York. and a leading news
paper is getting up trolly parties, ar
rying such of its readers as care TO
go, in special cars without transfer,
over an immense stretch of country
in a single day.
For several evangelical
meetings have been held in a big tent
at Broadway and Fffty-SiXth street,
and many of the best known revival
lists of this country have spoken there,
including the late Dwight L.. Moody.
This tent church has now opened for
a twenty weeks summer campaign,
and there is promised not only a num-
Der of celebrated speakers, but ia
mou singers as well. Already the
Tennessee quartette, composed of
four Tennessee clergymen have sung
there with great success.
Wealthy New Workers are going in
for palatial country estates on a larger
plan each year. The latest millionaire
or multi-millionaire to join the Long
Island summer colony is William n.
Vanderbilt. who has acquired 500 acres
of land at L~akeyille, near Great Neck,
Long Island. on which a magnificent
country home is in the course of cree
ton. A one mile automobile race track
is to be one of the features of the es-
tate and there are other innovations
contemplated which will cause an
eclipse of all the other great palaces
owned by ~millionaires on Long Island
Since the death of the famous "Sil
yer Dollar" Smith his no less famous
business has steadily declined, and
now the old saloon directly across Els
sex street from the police court is clos
cd. When Smith opened his resort
some years ago he studded the tessel
ated marble floor with bright and shin
ing silver dollars, also the chandeliers
over the bar. Silver was not too plen
tiful in the neighborhood; gold wai
scarcer and when Smith made a center
piece in the marble floor of doubl,
eagles and several IS gold pieces in tn,
form of an American star all Essel
street maryeled. The wisdom of hi
u plan was soo seen, however. The sa