Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-05
ROUND ABOUT NEW York.
nipples on the Current OF Life in the
Metropolis.

Htpples on the Current OF Lie IN the
Metropolis.
The activity Of housebreakers OF late
brought down upon the police the undi-
luted wrath Of the victims. Every house
holder relieved of goods or cash Joined in
a warm chorus of condemnation, charging
the detenseless cops with lack Of vigilance
and a chronic desire to sleep on duty. The
police resented the charge and proceeded
to show the critics that lack of ordinary
precautions by "housekeepers is responsible
for the activity and prosperity of sneak
thieves. One Of the captains OF the Fifth
avenue district sent seven detectives to
surrounding homes to examine and report
on the number to which entrance could be
effected. The men got into ffty-six houses
in some cases as far as the second floor,
before being stopped by the head of the
house or some Of the servants, and then
the ofhcer was usually numerically be-
rated for his intrusion.
Millions Of dollars worth Of valuables and
enormous quantities of jewelry were within
the reach of the detectives, who could have
walked out with thousands of dollars worth
Of small pictures in William X. Wander
bits home. at Fifty-second street and Fifth
avenue, without being detected. In every
instance one or more doors Opened when
the knob was turned.
Holders Of stock in the woman's Hotel
company have received notice that the
Hotel Martha Washington, the East
Twenty-ninth street hostelry built by that
company for use by women. is ready for
inspection. The capital OF the company Is
$500. 900. The owners Of the shares include
many women, members of professions, book
I'D zNhnrg wvhn aRp
~self-supporting, and business men and per-
sons Of wealth who went into the enterprise
in a philanthropic spirit. Five hundred
guests have engaged rooms and Manager
James II. Case says 100 women have applied
and asked that their names be placed on
the waiting list.
All employees have been engaged and the
furnishings are to be completed by Feb
ruary 10, the date for the formal opening.
'The elevator operators, fronts mail and
key clerk. and the head waiter are to be
men, and the room clerk, assistant room
clerk, cashier, and bookkeeper are to be
women.
This is the age of cheap dentistry in
New York-cheap that is to say in COM
parison with the prices which once pre-
vailed. The visit to the dentist was an
excursion formerly dreaded as much for the
aftermath that came by mail as for the
physical discomfort that the visitor was
certain to undergo. But the increase in
the number of good dentists during recent
years has made 1t no longer possible for
any Of them to charge large sums for ordi-
nary services. Some OF the long estab-
lished dentists, who stand toward their
patients in the, same light as family physi-
clans, are still able to impose the old-time
fees. But their number is small and grow
ing smaller every year. One dentist OF
long standing said the other day that the
fees his colleagues could charge had de-
creased by at least 20 per cent in the last
fifteen years, although there had not been
any noticeable decline in the character OF
the attention that patients received. The
quality OF the work has steadily improved
while the compensation for 1t has grown
cheaper.
J. p. Morgan visited the once OF the New
York tax commissioner the other day and
declared that he was not liable to personal
taxation, but rather than be called a tax
dodger he agreed to pay personal taxes on
an assessment Of $500 900.
'I see that I have been put down on the
tax books for an assessment Of $500, 0OO," he
said. 81 paid taxes last year on $40o, 900
and have therefore been increased 5000 900,
for none of which I am liable"
There was a note OF complaint in the
| miIlionaire's voice, although he did not
make the statement in the way of a protest.
Have you no personal property" asked
the commissioner.
'I have personal property, but 1t is not in
form to be taxable by the city" answered
the hnancier. A my property consists Of
railway stocks in corporations. for which I
am not subject to taxation. 1 own no per-
sonal taxable property"
do you own any railroad bonds? ?" queried
the commissioner.
81 do not" promptly replied the 1nancier.
els your property all in stocks?"
Eyes"
"Is any of your property in bonds and
mortgages?"
mo" said Mr.. Morgan, bluntly.
An interesting question often asked in
Wall street, says the Evening Post, con-
Germs the amount of capital that a large
bank could raise at an hours notice. That
is, how much accommodation could a bank
extend a customer Unexpectedly confronted
with pressing need, or for the purpose OF
/ financing a great deal with. A banker of
international experience is authority for the
statement that Wall streets facilities in
this regard are superior to London's, in
that a large undertaking could be financed
here with much greater dispatch than on
the other side.
Said an ohicer OF one OF Wall streets
most important banks: at is no trouble at
all nowadays to raise 5000, 900 or $4,000 900
within an hour. l have seen 1t done too
often to think for a moment that It would
tax seriously a large banks resources.
Five times that sum. say S25 ,OOO, 900, can be
raised at twenty-four hours notice. II has
been done. OF course, no one bank could
do 1t, but the great Wall street institutions
are linked together in such a way as to
provide almost unlimited resources for the
financing OF any safe deal. The large banks
think little of $1,000, 900 or 81, 900 900 loans
these days, whereas in former years they
attracted general attention, for such large
amounts were released only after consider
able negotiation. But that has all changed
now"