The age-herald., 1902-03-30
Pennsylvania's March to the Sea-New York's
 Shipping is Threatened With Ruin

for arson he will have less chance of renewing his exciting diversion. It would be wise to err this time and send him to the state prison for the rest of his natural life. It is better that one "pyro- maniac" should suffer in jail than that hundreds should have their lives placed in jeopardy by his pyrotechnics.
 
 Police officers recently raided a pool room in a fashionable street and were amazed to find the place thronged with not less than fifty well-dressed women who play the races" The love of mon- ey is not connned to sex, and the fair ones believe they can pick a winner as well as any male. Surely women are coming on. Between pool rooms and "bucket shops" it is plain that the Wall street fraternity will soon have formid- able oppositions. They have driven young men out of counting rooms with sten- ographers and typewriters and soon they will become patrons of the turf and man. ipulators of stock certificates.
 
 One of the first great improvements in buildings that can be directly traced to the Rapid Transit tunnel is the Hotel As tor, the construction of which has just been begun. 1t will occupy the block on Long Acre Square, between Forty-fourth \ OIly-llIIn SlreeIS The AStOr estate has been of late heavy investors In these great hotel properties and as the Astors never handle real estate for sentiment, the theory is that they have found this class of property desirable. If so they are exceptions to the general rule, old hotel properties, save the Fifth avenue, have been losing Investments. The facade will be In the style of the modern re- naissance, of limestone and redbrick, crowned with a high curved mansard roof of slate and copper with massive stone formers. The entrance will consist of three great covered arches, three stor- ies in height, which will open outside upon a broad platform 100 feet long, rais- ed few steps above the sidewalk. From this, several entrances admit one to the hotel. In addition there will be ladies' entrance for dinner parties on Forty fourth street. The building will lave two stories below the curb and ten above it, besides several mezzanines in the more mportant stories.
 Now that the engineers of the L" road have failed to extend one foot of floor space of platforms into two which is re- quired by the crowds that jam them the Albany legislators have devised a plan. It is interesting to know what these solons purpose doing. They very gravely state that the conditions complained of by passengers would be remedied if the state board of railroads had Jurisdiction Now this is really delightful. The Park Avenue tunnel has been under their juris- diction for many years, and the recent accident showed clearly how much ability they possessed.
 The New York Geological Park Is de- stined to be one of the finest in the coun- try. Located in the new Bronx Park, 1t has been given ample space and the man agement has shown great activity in se- curing fine animals for it. The buildings are adapted to the purpose for which they were erected, and at the same time the scenic effects of the enclosure were well kept in hand by the architects The steamship Afridi arrived a few days ago loaded with choice specimens. Mir Horn- aby, the superintendent, was on the dock and before the animal collectors and deal CTS in the city had a chance to look over the invoice, he had bought the entire con- signment. With ample means, grounds and buildings there Is nothing to pre- vent the society from establishing a grand zoo. Thousands of persons visit the enclosure on Saturdays. and Sun days,