New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-14
THE PASSING THRONG.


THE PASSING THR0NG.
Joseph Letter. ir. who spends a large part OF NJ,
time In this city but who continues claim en-
cago az his home. says he Is noe
LETTER on and has not been FOR a consider
COKE able time involved IN the spsculs-
INDUSTRY tive market. seen IN the lobby %
the Waldorf a few evenings aga
he said: IT DO not think the Chicago specuIators
have been involved 70 any great extent n ths
depression In Steel and other stocks Of that char
acter I think they got out at the higher prices
The Chicago banks are in good condition. their
reserves are strong and the commercial situation
In the West Is about the usual this
season Of the year. The railroads continus busy
and are making money The slump n stocks ot
overcapitalized concerns was no surprtse. y was
the Inevitable that has happened Speaking ..
the activities now taking MS chief attention. Mr
Letter said: Il am engaged Ia the develop
rnent OF large coal and coke Industry n southern
Illinois in the Big Muddy district II Is
about two years since made a test % cok!ny
the coal and using II IN a blast furnace. Tho
result was euinsntly satisfactory We then
bought seven thousand Ave hundred acres u and.
and are not only opening up the coal mines 5ut
are establishing a coke plant OF one thousand
ovens We have two railroads and shall have NO
more The railroad point that marks the site %
our plant is Herrtu. and the roads over which our
coke win reach the market az ST Louis and Chi
Eastern Illinois the wabash and the Illinois Gen.
trail These markets now supplied WIKI tns
we shall have a shorter haul and a freight dirsr-
entail in our favor
Judge Morris L. Buchwalter. OF Cinc:nnati. Is az
the Holland House. He retired from the Common
Pleas bench IN his home city avs
POLITICS years ago after fifteen years %
IN continuous service. and IS now Prac-
CLEVELAND. Using his profession He accom-
panied his daughter 70 NsN-York.
on her way to Europe. and encountered a delay ~
the food that missed the steamer which sailed on
Saturday Cincinnati said the judge. has mads
a spacfaIly substantial growth IN the last TIRES
wears In the matter Of Improvements In the business
section Of the city and n the last year there ha5
been a notable Improvements IN the terminal faci-
ties OF the railroads" Speaking OF the political
situation. Judge Buchwalter. who has always been
a Republican and constant reader % The
Tribune said: "Ohio Repuoncans have never been
more thoroughly united They are working haruo-
niOusly 70 a common end There Is absolutely 70
friction between the two Senator'S. and their adj
herents are pulling Loyalty In one direction Sen
Hanna IS very close TO the people. who have
come TO regard him as something oroader and
land Is the most bitterly contested spot Fl rs
command the strength OF bis party. and with the
Republicans working haIm9niously there can %
ated that the campaign Is being waged as not
mercy an apgIoE ~ 81 $3.50. Pooss
velrs administration"
a guest at the Grand Hotel The captain Is a
native FIorfdfan. whose loyalty 70
THE his native state has detained hin
FRUIT BELT permanently within her borders
OF FLORIDA He has seen the development OF The
railroads in the commonwealth n
the period that the mileage has auadrupled Jack
sonvilIe. said he as thoroughly rebuilt sincs ths
great fire. and notable feature OF the rebuild
ing is the fact that very many whose homes wsrs
destroyed went into the suburbs 20 rebuild that
they might have larger grounds and more shade.
TIE sites they left viii be taken Up BY business
tain said: The iruit belt has been established 4
Ette further south than before The big frost. ous
Of the Stale restored DO not think Florida fruit
may be imported from Cuba or brought in from
Porto Rico. II is OF superior quality and VII IN
North and East regardless OF competitors
Thomas Dobbins Mckay is a name that IS thor
oughIy familiar to tourists who cross the Pacific.
Mr.. Mckay has been identified
HEAVY with transportation Interests
TRAFFIC land and sea for nearly thirty
FROM years. He was for twenty years
ORIENT. established in san Francisco and
since 1894 has had MS headquarters
in Yokohama. Japan. the general passenger
agent Of the San Francisco Overland ROuts and
great American lines for China and Japan By way
Of Honolulu. Seen at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
he said: Il left Yokohama August 3 and
reached San Francisco on September s / shall -
turn Immediately to san francisco. and sail en-
the Pacific Mail steamship Siberia the I'd Ok
the present month The travel this year has
been larger than ever before Oriental lines. and
the booking thus far for next season indicates
will be exceptionally heavy. The japanese W
surprise the world at s.. Louis. They VIII make .
at The great show Asked conceruias the aDprs-
hensiOn OF the japanese OF war with Russia ~.
Mckay said; 1t may seem strSnss. 3lt = ~. -
nevertheless true that there IS more aleSed u
formation in the American papers concerning tas
Japan I don't believe there will De war but 7
cannot really know anything a6ou- Il. Ter ne rsa-
tact don't know themselves. I doubt x anyooSy'
outside the inner political circles il ToSio ana
Petersburg. can conjecture what VIII happen N'"'
any degree OF reliability
Major Ira HOBART Evans. OF Austin. Tex. a guest
the Park Avenue Hotel who has been a Texan
FOR thirty-sevsn years said yes'''-
TELLS OF day; Aus IN Is growing stsadiIyaAa
GROWTH OF substantially. IL has a presen'
AUSTIN. population OF 25Oo The sroWs
between $3.50 and 1870 was rai4y "
per cent Austin IS not a manufacturing e'ty. o--
rather city OF homes and educational centre
II may well be proud OF the University or TeNA'-
than which few institutions stand highrr. u n-s
an excellent corps OF students. fully 1ue-thrd -
whom earn their own way through coliese "a IN
streetcar system. which converted A-S -
horsepower 20 electric about ten years aso eS -t
the equipment is FIRST class In every partcu.91.
our cotton SroD va! DC about one ull.ig9l Ia
snort on account or the cotton pests the We -
boil WeeVu This Is grave matter ana "
steadily spreading north and east az the Ia.s ~
should do anything that is possible stamp u ~
The loss Is not merely local but Affects The 49,
country. as the portion or the crop IS an aus''~
waste OF wealth"
n Pulido. who was Tor four and a half years
eharss d'afaires OF Venezuela at washington. and
who has been first secretary CT 90
SAYS ALL legation for like period. - ~ -