Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-18
ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK.
RippIes on the Current of Life In th,
Metropolis.


Metropolis.
Land lubbers with a weakness for aquatic
sports, a desire to rub elbows with the
social swells OF New York. and money to
crafty both, are already seeking informa-
ton about leasing yachts on which to en-
tertain their friends while witnessing the
races for the Americas cup. 1t is the
fashionable thing TO do and men and
women who think that money tudiciously
expended are ready to put UP the price.
From present indications the demand for
leased yachts will be greater this year
than ever before and there will be a smaller
supply with which to meet II. Almost
want his boat for himself.
Tenants Of more than 100 residences and
apartment houses in the streets adjacent
to the New York Central railroad yards
have been notified TO vacate the premises
they occupy before June II, when the work
on the new s2O.OOoOOO terminal is TO be be-
gun. Formal notices were served last week
on lessees Of property from Forty-hfth to
Fifty-first streets and extending from the
present car tracks on the east TO Lexington
avenue. and on the west to Madison ave-
nue.. One church and more than nifty brown
stone dwellings are among the buildings
which will be razed.
A New York young woman who has a
sweetheart who is an officer on board the
cruiser Olympia got a message from him
last week stating that he would reach
Boston on Friday, and that he would not
be able to come to New York, so that IL
she wanted to see him she must make the
trip TO Boston She was afraid to make
the trip alone, and a friend suggested that
she engage a messenger boy to go with
her. A messenger was called The young
woman was told that his time was worth
80 cents an hour, not including his ex-
penses. The trip was made and she saw
her sweetheart.
The New York appellate division of the
supreme court has confirmed a jury YER
dict OF $4,000 for a life lost in the Park
avenue tunnel disaster. A boy in the same
tunnel disaster who had both legs crushed
and three ribs broken was awarded $12500.
This was held low by the railroad COM
pany, which had previously offered $4,000.
The sky-biue of lower New York, seen
from the west shore of North river. is
pictorial and enchanting, says the New
York Press. Look upon It on day when
the air is still and clear. Then see some
thing like a white ostrich plume waving
from the top Of every skyscraper. The
feather appears to be about forty feet in
height, and the tip fades away In the
ethereal mystery. One stands straight up,
another leans toward the Battery, another
toward Harlem, another toward Brooklyn
another toward Jersey. All these hundreds
OF plumes are pillars of condensed steam
blown from escape pipes On windy days
they mingle and are quickly dissipated.
On a still day they stand apart, each to
itself, and every skyscraper seems parad'
ing with a cloud pompon in It's hat.
From the Hudson river through a line OF
pipes more than seventy miles long New
York will get its new water supply Il
Commissioner Robert Grier Monroes ad
vice IL taken. Three experts who for siS
months have been going over all water
sheds In the state and surveying every
point supposed to be available have recon-
mended this plan. The cost of the entire
project has been fixed at $20,oooooo. mo-
including a large reservoir. which will
have to be made about five miles from
the city limits. The city of Poughkeepsi'
gets its water from the Hudson and filters
It, and the method has been found salts
factory in every way.
york is jimmied'' is said to be the con
clusion of professional beggars; In othe'
words, begging Is no longer Legitimate
occupation in New York. Nearly all thu
beRgars are said to have been cleaned ou
of the city. ''Only a sad remnant OF th'
old vagabond army remains" says th'
Tribune of that city. II New York can ge
rid Of professional mendicants. and clear
its sidewalks OF sound and abie-bodied mel
and women who pose as cripples, othe
cities can do the same.
You never know how much $1,ooO,o 90
Is until you try to count It," remarked
treasury expert when the count In tn
New York subtreasury vaults was com
pieted. Ten men had been at work oI
this Job since March q. the count bein,
made necessary by the appointment of
new subtreasurer. The amount counties
was $3.50, Al. .25s. This consisted of SCOTIA.
oO7 In gold, 500, ,si3 O664O in silver. sls64s, n
in paper money, $l1S,64S.se in minor coli
and $50, 1856 in other items, such as pai'
coupons, interest checks. etc.
MAGISTRATE Zeller draws the line at ten
weelrs-old sandwiches as a legal meal Il
Raines law hotels. Said his honor, as h
held four alleged excise violators; IF
man orders crackers and cheese, or evel
crackers alone. that constitutes mea
for the time being; but forcing one o
these ten-weeks-old sandwiches on ma
does not constitute a meal. These saloo
keepers are a lot Of fools; they have n
sense at ALL"