The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-08-28

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Garden next Tuesday and although it
will attract nothing like the attention
that the yacht attracted. Il will be OF
uficlont moment to cause many vlsi.
tors TO tho races 10 stay In New York
week os 80 longer than they original.
Intended. The distinguishing exhibits
OF the show will be the models by
Worth. FelIs, Paquln and Mayer, the
famous French couttieres. IL viii be
the first tlmo In the, history OF the
country that these dressmakers have
exhibited here.
OF all the methods devised to re-
| lleve the crush at the Manhatten end
OF the Brooklyn bridge during bust.
ness hours which has caused 80 many
fatal accidents, the Poulson plan
seems most practicable and may
eventually be adopted This plan
provides for running the bridge trolley
cars around the terminus on only one
loop in sections Of ave cars. The cars
stopping on the north roadway viii
discharge passengers and then VIII
be hurriedly sent over the loop 10 the
south roadway, where steps viii be
made 20 receive passengers travelling
BrookIynward. The chief advantage
claimed for this method is that II will
serve 20 keep the incoming and out.
going crowds separated and relieve
all semblance OF a jam.
n Tammany succeeds in obtaining
control Of the city government az the
polls next fall, II will receive legacy
OF s10O,0O0,000 from the present ad.
mlnlatration. for despite the increase
Of Slts. 100000 I'm the city's debt limit
Comptroller Grout Is going ahead so
cautiously that not more than $4,000
900 OF the appropriation will be spent
on public improvements. This means
that the new administration Will have
100000. 900 at It's disposal and the
luslonists are using the fact as argu
ment for not intrusting this power for
large expenditures 10 an organization
that has proved 30 rocreant In the
past.
The Merchants Association has
Joined the crusade 20 prevent cab
drivern from overcharglng visitors
who are unfamiliar with the fare reg
ulations. A pamphlet is being dis
trlhuted. entitled legal Rates OF Fare
for Public Hnclu," which gives the
ofhoial rates for cabs or coaches,
whether engaged by time or distance.
or otherwise. II IA alno stated In the
pamphlet that anyone suffering from
an OvorchaIge should make n com
plalnt against the OFFENDING driver
and forward Il 20 the association.
New York. which already has 30
many magnificent public buildinga,
win In tho near future, probably have
the finest police headquarters In the
world Tho Sinking Fund Commits
sion Il reported 10 have IN contompla
ton a hveatory aemisteel skeleton
structure. covering the area bounded
By Grand, Centre and Broome streets
and Centre Market Place. The walls
up TO the third story will be OF bun
Indiana lnlmestcne and beyond that
brick. The whole will be surmounted
BY three domea, the central and chief
dome being l76 fest above the street
level. On the hfth floor there win be
separate prisons for men and women.
The cella are 20 be OF steel and the
estimated cost Ia half a million dol
lara
Much has been written about the
perfect organization of the beggars
and thieves OF New York. but that the
bands OF criminals employ heggara as
advance agents In a new feature of
their methods OF operation. II has
hoon discovered by the police that a
class OF thieves known a. "yegg men
secure Information as TO dwellings
business houses and factories through
the professional bcgEars who 80
ahead. presumably 10 solicit alms. but
really 10 explore the places for future
work by the thieves. The police as
sert that the thlev q and begGara 90
oporate IN a systematic manner. The
work of individuals or dotachments Is
careflilly laid out and regular reports
are submitted 10 the headquarters tat
are maintained.
Mosquito bite remedies are numer
Qua. but people naturally incline "a
Torment IA unbearahle. and such Il
very often the case these niehta, the
lopen trolly car provides a safe refuge
Neither insect nor heat intrudes there
Even In crowded Manhattan the street
cars are utilized nightly by the dwell
en In stuffy apartments and crowded
ltenements. With transfers, two OF
three hours can be spent very cheapn
Ia riding up and down the avenues and
there are some passengers who spend
three or four hours on one car ridini
from one end Of the route 10 the other
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After All Il Ia said that even thoaRl
u we're 10 Be offered him, Secretary o.