The Savannah morning news., 1902-02-09

eidIely. "A sort lV cTdNln come over
for his refusal to give up his opera
box. By the way, he must have felt
himself stabbed in the house of his
friends by the editorial reference in
the Sun, of,which he was until recently
a stockholder and editor, to "the partic-
ular phase of snobbishness which is
ever anxious lest it evipce too much re-
gard for rank and station
Until the violation of the precaution-
airy law brings some terrible sequen
tia1 penalty, the public and the au
thorities wink at it, provided it has
the sanction of usage. Had not the
tunnel explosion shaken New York,
physically and morally there is little
doubt that dynamite and other high
explosives would have been stored in
definitely in Illegal quantities. Indeed,
It is pretty we'll known that Immediate
iy after the catastrophe there was
great hustling on the part of various
sub-contractors and foremen to scat
ter the dynamite under their super
vision, so that investigation would not
show large Accommodations OF 1t in any
one spot. In spite of this lesson. an
ether great peril to the public, which
the authorities are trying to obviate,
Is being maintained in defiance of the
law. This is the filing up of theater
aisles by the standing room only"
patrons. Fire Commissioner Sturgis
has given notice that he intends to
enforce this ordinance. A few man
ayers, among them Weber and FIELDS,
and Oscar Hanrmerstein, who are real
ly heavy losers by H-have quietly
acouiesced, and are refusing to sell
tickets except for seat. Many other
houses, however, announce that they
will disregard the law and sell admis-
sion tickets as before. They say as
usual in such cases, wen have to
close our doors if we are prosecuted in
this way. We can't afford to keep go
ing" 1t is pretty certain, however,
that there is no theater in the city
which depends on its admission tickets
sales for support. Yet most OF the
newspapers being controlled by the
Theatrical trust, side with the violat-
ors of the law. One of them defends
the filing up of the rear of the theater
by saying that in case of hre those
in the rear would get out carry anu
would not delay the rest, plea SO
ridiculous as to be almost pathetic.
It may be that the managers will find
a way of getting around the law. In
that case the crowding will continue
until one day there will be a panic In
some playhouse and when the crusneu
and trampled dead in the choked aisles
are encounted up the public will come
TO it's senses and there will be heavy
reconing for somebody. But there Is
always one defense-"the managers
need the money"
Until the terrible explosion of last
week the tremendous work of tunnel
ing the city for the Rapid Transit
road has been carried on with nota-
BILE absence of serious accidents. Many
small mishaps there were; in fact
they were of almost daily occurrence.
Sometimes il was the blasting, which
shook up the unwary passerby or de-
posted the unexpected boulder upon
the festal board, via the dining room
window: sometimes 1t lured the va
grant and irresponsible automobile into
its ill-guarded depths, to the grief of
the owner and the disgust of the toll
ers below who had to send the remains
I'm to the surface of the earth hv der
rick: more often it was the automo-
bile's rival the horse, that sank gently
70 rest in the tunnels capacious broom.
while the driver cursed and demanded
damages, and the Rapid Transit
EQUINE Rescue Corps composedly
shipped the terrified animal back in
sling, all charges paid. Now, OF course
ali these possible varieties of life near
the tunnel have returned, for the un-
dersround must be built. Again there
are the chances OF fire. and water
mains that burst, flooding the vicinity,
and leaky gas pipes that ignite with
out due warming. Altogether IT is far
from being a monotonous life that the
toilers of this underworld live; yet they
contrive to escape intact at the end OF
the days work and the great hole pro-
crosses with almost magic rapidity.
Walking along the brink OF the eX-
cavation is like viewing panorama
of gnome life. ] stopped, one day. at
the noon intermission, to join a crowd
looking into the deep cut on the Bou-
levard Fifty feet below circle of
workmen sat around q fire of odds and
ends at the edge OF q pool On the fire
was a big pot of coffee. Some of the
men were toastinR bits of meat or
cheese on metal rods. Others were
warming their hands at the blaze.
over at one side, under an overhang-
ing rock. a man was washing his face
I'm a spuntle OF clear water that gushed
from the solid side wall. Another man
was singing and his voice rang and
reverberated sollowly in that rocky
cavern. II was a strong spectacle In
the midst of bustling city. One felt
as II the top had suddenly been re-
moved from one Of Grlmm's fairy
mountains. disclosing the little folk Of
the darkness busy about their secret
concerns.
In these days Of publicity. being very
rich has NJ various and sometimes un-
expected disadvantage. The most
recent victim if President Charles ~.
fchwab Of the Steel Trust How M
Schwab dnilied Win th' banks ~
Monte Garlic. aud had the bad luck 90
Win SEQ 600, and y front pare notice ln
most of the newspapers ~ thia r9nnr
~, h now history, The tact mat he