New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-09

He had the afternoon off 10 see the changefull
charms of the vaudeville. but when O'Clock arr
rived he was the roll of absentees The hours
CARPET 10 tell of the cause OF his delnQuence the
boy explained that he had simply waited until ths
tain went down
The coIored citizen was before a Harlem mssis<
trate and the question had been put 20 him. VIII
Won s11pport this woman The plaintiff his
wife but the prisoner answered with UndOubted
eruestness -Nevah.' The magistrate then addressed
the turnkey. with the order Take this man %
solitary confinement. and the victim or me courts
displeasure piped the query, "Forevah? The mag
istrate assumed that the prisoners style Of speech
was intended ragtlme contempt or court, ahts
six months added 70 the sentence
One of the many men among the members OF ths
Iron and Steel Institute of Great Britain that met
in this city recently was James Livesey of LOndoa.
an English engineer. Seen the Hotel Astor. no
said: My first visit to this country was tWen'y-
I've years ago. when 1 came over 10 make STUDY
OF American railroads methods a. construction ana
mana cement and l freely admit that To small part
of the success I have secured in my chosen pro-
fessfon has been due what 1 learned while In tho
United States. Since then l have been identined
with the construction OF railroads in Mexico ana
Cuba Costa Rfca Colombia, Venezuela. tnlii PERU
Bolivia Brazil and Argentina. and. IN facI nave
beep actively allied TO the work OF building t"o-
thirds of the railroads in South America On 'He
occasio of the tour Of the country 20 WHEN
refer" said Mr.. Iiyesey. Il not only gaIhereu ~"
fOrQat ton concerning the NdituGo StTN~'-iN
spected but disseminated IT as we'll fer aIter
cleaning one field. every railroad manager 70 whom
thereafter applied claimed the privilege OF scanning
nv notebooks in exchange for the Information ne
Welded concerning the system he controlled II
they found any new valuable suggestion II "aS
noted and so | covered the country. compiling
notes of the things that commanded my attentlOh-
and giving out the fruits OF Investigations un!i
the last railway official with whom / had come IN
contact said 10 m that If the American railway
managers had aided me in securing the intelins-
zion I sought they had certainly been amply re.
paid by the privilege OF perusng my notenooks
Mr. Ifvesey in speaking Of his South American
experiences illustrated the quality IN the Etle
President Guzman Blanco that made MN ne 49,
lutte ruler of the somewhat turbulent NeCezle1ii;@-
"Oue of my most difficult undertakings, Sald "
Iivesey was the construction OF the La quay
. Caracas Railway. IL had been underta ken cIls.
inally by the French. who. after time. ahanGonsu
the work They resumed IL a little later ony -
abandon II again. I subsequently spent SIN rlo1IlS
in the examination of the project. and decided tna
despite the difficulties to be met the cohSt
OF the line was possible II was 0ullt, anu ~ W.
considered that an engineering feat had peeh 81
complshed. As the crow flies the distance y y
tween terminals is only five miles. but the graGe =
one in twenty and the length OF the line Is IWeHyS
three miles Having regard Tor the tact ma A,,t
tariff rates for carrying freight were only aOpu.
OnP-haIf what they had been over the Old Wasvv"
route II was assumed that the merchants would %
prompt to use the road. on the contraIlis,
they ignored II and continued TO patronlze ne ~
route Complaint accordingly made y l-e
railway officials President BlancO, who az onS9
called the merchants Of Caracas together. ana ssu
TO them: L presume you have uneXpired c0ntrt.'
for carrying your goods by the old road, ana
would not think OF being hard with YOU. but WuV,
ever ct the end of a fortnight continues 70 Senu
his goods by the old route viii go 10 prison les
suggestion effective.