Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-08
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p ON the c~urrenf os Life In the
Metropolis.
me pre-eminence Of steam a. . motivs
power In New, York City IL about to re-
ceive 2 finishing blow from electricity. The
new YORK Central railroad has decided to
substitute the latter for the former a. the
propeling power Of all trains within a "a
dius OF thirty miles Of the Grand Central
depot. n. ~ ~
The proposed. change IL the Immediate
outcome OF the tunnel disaster Of last win
ter. That accident FASTENED the inevitable
Ever since the Metropolitan elevated a.
cided to substitute electricity for steam. II
was only a question OF a short time when
steam would be obliged to abdicate in favor
OF the noiseless and smokoless monarch OF
municipal transportation.
The cost Of the undertaking IL estimated
at $4,000 900 and the time required TO carry
II out at from two to three years. The
CentraTs plan involves the equipment with
electricity on the main line from Croton to
Forty-second street and on the Harlem line
from White Plains to the same point. sig
power stations viii be established, each of
100000 horsepower. Large yards will be
built ct Croton 81 dfwhlte Plains. which
stations win be made the terminals Of the
steam trafic Of the road. A large three
deck union station will be built in the Dor
ough OF the Bronx, which will serve az a
connecting point for the Central lines. the
1nterurban Railway system and Manhattan
Elevated railway, and will be a great clear
ing house for suburban trafhc. The Grand
Central station will be used exclusively for
through trafic. M
Suburban trafic VIII be operated by third
rail-; through trains by electric locomotives
to Croton and White Plains. where steam
locomotives viii. be attached. The Park
avenue tunne will be lighted by electricity
and the number Of trains running through
1t reduced by so per cent. The capacity OF
the yard at the Forty-second street station
will be doubled.
Andrew Carnegie 10 not the only rich
man who fs determined not TO die wealthy.
There is Francis W., Dunlop. q bachelor
of Brooklyn. who has avowed hts inten-
tion to follow the Carnegie example. ex-'
cept that he will not give his money to
found libraries. but TO his relatives. IN his
lifetime. He has tnree nephews and q
niece. They may not have been waiting
for the decease of their uncle and in fact
there fs every reason to suppose they have
a strong. disinterested affection for him.
To make sure that they shall not have too
much reason 70 hope for his death h
has just given all hie real estate to his
nephews and q large sum in cash to his
niece The nephews are required to pay
their uncle $500 a month as long as he
lives. He is about so now and it may be
thai the apportionment Of his property,
relieving himself Of all worry over II. Is q
shrewd business move.
II is generally supposed that a woman
Of average strength and size can control
a p-yeaF-oid boy unless he Is abnormaily
powerful and vindictive. but Marie Bentz.
a g~overness Of New York, says otherwise.
She has entered suit for $4,000 against
young Harold Hartshorne. son Of = wealthy
resident Of Madison avenue. for an al
legged assault and battery BY the boy when
he was . years old. in 1900. In her bill
Of complaint she declares that Is conse-
ruuences OF the lads attack upon her she
has suffered and win continus - suffer
from ~hystsria. ahastasia. abosia. para
phligia. partial paralysis. inability to walk.
dizziness, twitehing and oramps IN face.
legs and other parts Of her body, head and
limbs. dineulty OF speaking, sensory dis
~turbances, intense emotion, irritabiiIty and
other distress" She charges that the boy
knocked her down. beat her n jumped