Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-10-22
NEW YORK NEWS LETTER.
Evidences of GothRm's Violent Strug-
glc--Niinisters French against Dowic
brand Opera.


New York, oct. 1s.-A visitor riding upon
| the street cars of New York these days
would know that there existed here a
| violent political struggle without reading
| the papers or hearing the coming cam
paign discussed. In the strenuous man
ner in which they go about everything,
| Gothamites interested in the municipal
elections soon to be held are advcrtis-
| ing in the elevated and trolley cars and
one can look up almost anytime and be-
hold vote for Low and a clean demon
stratlon:" or "Notc for Mcclellan, the
choice of the people" 1t all seems new
| and novel to such a great extent, but for
the past few years advertising has be-
come an important feature of both state
and municipal political campaigns.
Mr.. Low is entitled to warm commen-
dation for at least one great benefit that
, the city has derived from his admins
| tration. although. of course. there are
more than one. This has been the i'm
provement of the conditions that surround
the tenement house life of the metropolis.
When the new tenement house law was
! passed it was predicted that all buildings
| of tenement houses in New York would
| cease because of the radical changes
made by the law but the records show
that last year something like 900
was expended for new law tenements.
while the amount to he expended this
year will be over $40 100000. The new law
tcnements have proved successful from
/ the tenants point of view at least, be-
cause many tenants for the first time
| have been able to get apartments with
/ light, air and sanitary services The
! landlords, too have prospcred. because
/ they have been able to keep their apart
ments occupied at remunerative rents.
One of the chief arguments against
Subways is that they are always damp
and for this reason unhealthy. The sub
I bora bownNor when nlptcd Will
! be the only water tight work Of its kind
! in existence and the air in it will be
practically free from dampness In the
construction of the work thus far more
than twelve miles of sewers and forty
miles of water and gas pipe have been
reconstructed. About one and a half tons
| of dynamite have been used daily since
the work in the subway began and 500
000, 900 of the $4,000 600 called for in the
original contract has been expended.
There are those who confidently pre-
dict that Richard Cookers return to New
York now depends solely upon the result
of the elections to be held on the third
of November If Tammany wins. then,
| it is said by many, Mr.. Croker will ar
rive in New York not later than January
! first If the wGwam should lose--woll
/ that is a different matter. but his hand
will probably be felt in the administra
ton of the organizations affairs. If Tam
many should he defeated the blow will
come largely from Dcvcry. who though
he can never he elected. is growing
stronger daily and will be able to offset
| the votes of the wigwam's followers very
apprccially and to the dismaY of Tam
many hall.
| Already the ministers have begun to
preach against the evasion of New York
! by Alexander Dowie. Every Sunday con-
gregations are urged not to flock to hear
the self-proclaimed prophet out of curl
| ositv Whatever may be said AGAINST
! his doctrines Dowie has "A certain amount
of personal magnetism that will prove
| irresistible to a great many and even
| though he should fail to win converts
| he will not doubt go back to the West
with a goodly number of New York &
dollars
The new Williamsburg bridge is about
completed and the announcement that
il will be thrown omen to the public on
| December 1 with great ceremony comes
as welcome news to the business people
of New York and BROOKLYN
! The announcement that Richard Cam