Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-07-09
NEW YORK GOSSIP
WEEKLY RESUME OF
MEN AND EVENTS

Especial Telegram to Evening Teller.)
NEW YORK, July 9.-The date for
the formal opening Of the subway has
finally been set for September l. The
completion of the enormous undertake
ing has been delayed so often by vari-
Gus causes, that the public finds 1t
hard to take the announcement Of the
management seriously. 1t seems. that
even the management does not feel
quite certain Of being able to keep Its
promise and make the announcement
in a conditional form. saying the SUBJ
way would be opened on September l.
provided no strikes would interfere
with the work Of completing the task.
The work IL one Of tremendous magni-
tude and Importance and will not Oe
fully appreciated until later on, when
It IL in full operation. Very few peo-
pie in New York have clear idea of
the extent Of the undertaking and of
the enormous difnculties which had to
be overcome. Up to the present time
the citizens have only become ac-
quainted with the disagreeable features
OF the work. the blockading of streets
in consequence Of the excavations nee
essary along the route of the subway.
1t is safe TO say. however. that they
will soon forget these petty annoy
ances, when they begin to reap the
fruits of the enormous undertaking and
rapid transit becomes more than a
mere dream of the future.
The unusually great number Of sui
cides. committed In this city during the
past few months has attracted the at
tention Of the authorities and a move
ment Is under way. to enact such laws
as will make at least one method of
self-destruction more dificult to ac-
complish. Statistics show that during
the year 1908 no less than s37 persons
committed suicide with carbolic acid:
next in number came l63 who ended
their lives by shooting themselves; 1s1
died by asphyxiation. 81 by hanging.
Is by cutting their threats, 10 by
drowning, each by Paris Green and
morphine. There seems to be a kind
OF fascination In carbolic acid as
means OF self-destruction and even the
most narrowing reports in the papers
about the agonies suffered by persons
who had selected the carbolic acid
route to the great beyond. do not seem
to have any deterring effect. The
principal reason for the preference
which Is given carbolic acid, consists
undoubtedly in the fact. that the poison
Is cheaply and easily secured. Any
child can 90 to almost any drug store
an" chta'- ero~gh carho,sc acid to kin
= f'l1 gown rerron. The statistics
for the first quarter of the present
year show a startling increase in the
number Of suicides by means Of car
bolic acid and the health authorities
viii demand the passage of an amend
ment to the statutes. which win place
restrictions upon the sale of carbolic
acid.
The work on the new East River
bridge. which will be the third to con-
meet Manhattan with Brooklyn will be-
gin In "a short time. The new bridge,
the cost Of which Is estimated at about
$iS000000, will connect Pike Slip,
Manhattan. with Myrtle avenue,
Brooklyn. On the Manhattan side the
approach win practically extend to the
intersection of the Bowery and Canal
street. while ON the Brooklyn side Il
VIII begin somewhere between Gold and
Prince streeta There are many new
features In the construction Of the
bridge. which was deaigned by Carriere
Z Hastings Steel construction win be-
the predominatins material ana even
The towers win not b Of solid mssonry.