Durango semi-weekly herald., 1904-12-22


Point capable of speeding from 60 to
100 miles an hour, and new tunnel
under the East river to give an en-
trance 10 lower New York and the
vaults Of the general postoffice, has
been revived. While there is little
likelihood of the project being car
ried out Immediately. It is known that
steps toward its consummation have
been taken by the Manhattan Transit
company. This company recently ac-
quired a controlling interest in an au-
tomobile line, which runs tourists eX-
cursions about New York city. 1t Is
further announced that II has obtain
ed a controlling intertst in the New
York and Brooklyn Tunnel Railroad
company. The latter has charter to
dig tunnel under the East river, with
a terminus below the New York Post
office, and to run trains. The company
has not yet fully decided upon its
plans, but it is said to be its intention
to put through the scheme outlined
above. If it be carried to success
full conclusion, incoming vessels car
rying foreign mails will be met by
lighters, the foreign mails will be
taken OFF. sent ashore to the waiting
special train at Montauk Point,
brought to New York and distributed
not less than ten hours ahead of the
ocean liners arrival at Quarantine,
where the mail boats go to get mail
under the present system.
Olive Fremstad. the last of the
"Kundrys", has appeared in "Parsifal'
In the most beautiful costume that
any singer so far has worn in that
role Nine. Ternina had her dress for
the second act designed by famous
London costumer Nine. Nodica got
her dress from Worth of Paris. Miss
Fremstad's lovely combination of
color and drapery came from no such
costly designers. She selected herself
in various parts of Europe last sum
mer the materials from which the
dress was made and handed them over
to costumer with explicit directions
as to what the gown was TO look like.
The result has been a costume of sur
prising loveliness at cost which the
ordinary prima donna would pay for a
single detail Of her costume.
Ice" was one of the potent causes
of the overthrow of Tammany in 1901.
and ii appears that gas may oust
the Wigwam from power in the next
city election. When the city admins
tration was attacked by newspapers
known TO be unfriendly to it for the
settling of the lighting companies
IS 900 900 bill and making a new con
tract there was a general disposition
| to uphold the city authorities in break
ing the long deadlock over prices and
preventing costly litigation. AS the
assaults continued, however, it be
came evident that the city's interests
had not been conserved as they should
have been by the alleged secret deal
with the trust; it was shown again
that the city is paying outrageorssly
high prices for its lights. and the city
| administration is now being assailed
from many quarters for its compro-
| mise with the lighting companies. The
The City club, for instance, is de-
manding that Mayor Mcclellan inves-
tigate the settlement and new contract
made by commissioner Oakley. It
points out that the prices paid various
electric light companies in siXty-eight
other American cities for supplying
| these cities with 1000 candlepower
lamps is on an average of $3.50 per
lamp year. while in the borough of
Manhattan the price contracted for
l2OO0-candlepower arc lights is s140
per lamp a year
Governor Odell is among the Re
publican leaders who are so much en-
couraged by the figures of the New
York city vote in the presidential
election that they are talking of elect
ing a Republican mayor. While he
declines to talk for publication. he
has from time to time so expressed
himself to his friends. The Governor
believes that 1t has been mistake
to keep the Republican organization
in the background year after year in
| the mayoralty fight. His view is that
straight Republican city ticket could
win any time when it is what is known
as an off year" in Tammany-when
son that the orgaizaton must be
beaten. He feels the Republican or
ganization-always against Tammany
should then come into what politi-
clans term Its own Mr. Odell may
carry out his plan to name a straight
out Republican mayoralty candidate
but it is difficult to see how he can
succeed in that effort. as the Citizens
Union and Independent Democrats are
unalterably opposed to straight Re
publican ticket
One of the sure signs of Christmas
is the outbreaking of book auctions
in all parts of the city. Vacant stores
are secured here and there and big
stocks of showily bound and catchily
illustrated works are carted in. The
windows are filled up with these the
red flag is put out and the sale goes
on day and night. Thousands of such
books are sold to persons who are
fond of books but don't know much
about them. Uniform sets of standard
authors go at 50 to rs cents a vol
ume-sometimes less, and huge quar-
tos with numerous full-page plates,
fancy bnr1arS and ti1t hipbipuc fato1,