Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-07-12

observations are confined to the resi-
dental section. for people who found
it impossible to get away to the coun-
try resorts in June ~endeavored to
leave as early in July as possible.
Therefore the stores and fashionable
thoroughfares are somewhat deserted.
Business in other quarters, however,
seems almost as brisk as in the fall or
winter and contractors are reaping a
harvest of money owing to the demand
for handsome new apartments, hotels
and business buildings all over the
city.
The United States would find the
city government a ready purchaser If
it would only consent to erect a new
and adequate ~postoffice building up
town, as has been suggested. The city
needs a new building badly. The pres
n city hall is too small for it's needs,
and yet cannot very well be enlarged.
The city departments, therefore, occu-
Ply rented apartments in several Office
buildings, and the city pays over $780,
600 a year in rent. Mayor Low and
Comptroller Grout are figuring the cost
of a new building.
The democrats are trying very hard
to find a big man to nominate for gov
ernor next fall. The democratic gov
ernors of New York have almost with
out exception been men prominent in
the public eye, and a small fellow will
not do in such perilous times as these.
The names of Van Buren,, Marcy. Sey-
mour, Tilden, Cleveland and Hill are
national possessions. Even the last
a op,aor,tia npx-orpnr ID ID F1ou-nr al
though not a statesman OF the same
rank as these, possessed a strong in
d~ividuality and was his own governor.
When the democrats have nominated
somebody else's man for governor he
has always been defeated. The situa,
ton this year calls for a candidate of
such conspicuous mental and moral
strength, that he a carry on al Of
fensive, not defensive campaign.
BY the special enrolment certifl-
Gates filed with the board of elections,
Tammany has increased its enrolled
membership to 10000 and the repub-
lican organization in Manhattan to 49,
600. The special enrolment aggre-
gated $4,000, of whom 6,475 were re-
publicans and the rest democrats.
State Senator Tim Sullivan is undis-
puted boss of the BoweTy and in the
opinion of many he is now the strong
est individual force III the Tammany
organization. The senator is still an
advocate of the nomination of Bird s.
Coler for governor, and so the ex-
c~omptroller's gubernatorial boom has
had a revival.
FTAA ea,.;,n. lo,lI aud tho S4afo
comptroller are having a controversy
over the imposition of the l per cent
tax on surplus. The comptroller con-
tends hat undivided profits shall he
subject to tax as surplus. The State
Savings Banks association will contest
the ruling in the courts.
Disputes seem to be popular. One
has broken out again in the board OF
education over the selection of educa-
tors from outside of New York city for
prominent educational positions in the
city school system. New Workers oh
ject ~strenuously to having an outsider
fill important city positions. claiming
that there are enough men in the city
from whom to make a selection. No
doubt of this, but there is certainly an
advantage of getting in new blood from
outside once in a while, therefore the
appointment of ID. A. Bardwell, of Bing-
hamton. to be district superintendent
in this city mas created quite a commo
ton.
The aquarium at h battery is one
Of the most popular resorts Just now
on account of a real sea serpent be-
ing there. The sea serpent has been
. I Il -. lAs.v N Oh nnnY,nrrR0n n
Vittata. 1t is only four feet long, but
il is sufficiently ~ferocious in aspect TO
warrant the idea that it is the baby OF
a sea serpent. 1t is an exceedingly
rare specimen of animal life in the
ocean. 1t is striped with yellowish
hands AGAINST a background of brown
ish tint. mas a snakelike head, termin-
ating in a bill, has neither scales nor
fins and it's general boa constructor APP
pearance is only dissipated by an eel
nike tail.
Certainly no city in the country has
had more attention attracted to ii this
year than New York on account of the
large number of large charitable be-
quests that have been made by differ
ent wealthy persons here. The recent
iy founded "Winifred Masterson Burke
Relief Foundation" just given by John
NJ. Burke at a ost of 81, 900 600. for
the relief of intelligent and respecta-
BILE men and m who in conse
quence of sickness or discharge from
hospitals before they have regalned
strength sufficient TO earn their liveli-
hood. or in consequence of other mis-
fortune, may be in need of temporary
assistance" is one of the grandest
philanthropies of the decade and has
brought forth many touching express
siOns of appreciation.
Charles NJ. Schwan's plans for his
fresh air charity for children at Rich
mond Beach, Staten Island, are on so
large a scale that ii will not be posi-
bile to open the place this summer.
A steamer is being built to convey the
children back and forth, and other
elaborate preparations are under con
struction. Mr.. Schwab desires, if pos