New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-10-30
ABOUT TOWN.

Il wish" said a tired. disguised man az the
Grand Central Station the other day. that women
would at times give up that charming indefinite
ness OF theirs. Now. my sister wrote that she
wished me TO meet her on her arrival in town. She
put down the time she would get there and the
exact corner OF the station she would wait for me
H. II should happen to be late She even wrote
spot her from distance. But somehow Il didn't
she is travelling and don't know where to send
s Letter for more information I guess I'll come up
The Brooklyn Bridge is receiving its usual au-
tumn coat of paint just and the half dozen
painters 20 whom Is allotted the ticklIsh task OF
coating the cables furnish all day show for the
crowds which tramp akross the bridge. They move
about on the wires at a dizzy height Ike 50 many
moneys Each man has a swinging seat to which
They start in at the top Of the big cables and
loss OF time Tse seats on the piatform about tine
bridge towers are well filed with the curious. who
never tire Watching the dangerous work.
Contracted with the man killing affair on Long
Island the auto race in a Broadway window
is, OF course. 4 tame and bloodless contest. but
It certainly serves its purpose. for all day long
II commands the attention Of e changing crowd OF
observers The contestants are Roosevelt and
Parker" each In the drivers seat OF a miniature
machine that gets its momentum from endless
0elt beneath the mimic course. and, while a piano.
IN the background Is an example of perpetual mo-
hon WIN us nlechanicai inspiration cut OF slgnt
onlookers 70 expose their partisan sympathies.
closes Democrat and Roosevelt is W5nning,.'
tells in show of eager interest that a Roosevelt
rooter is in the crowd.
81 wonder who viii be the biggest squash in
Noveraber-Parker or y" is the inscription scarf
fed in the rnd Of e squash that gets attention
from hundreds of pedestrians who pass a restau-
rant on lower Broadway. Other sduasheS and
pumpklns-au of tremendous SIZE and grown at
Esopus. the Hudson-bear the handicraft Of the
jackknife artist who did his work before the rpen-
ing season was at hand. The wounds are healed
but the marks remain as apparent freaks Of
fancy. "Isnt fortunate don't grow on tress7''
two 5hf huaed t 59nnd eOnS that exceeds
when was young explains the irregular proper
olons OF one pig squash while another bears an
pIiP It5 on us surface in the lords. 7 may be
Hundreds Of pedestrians have been halting every
day of late for moment at the corner of Sixth
ave and Forty-second ST. as possibly at other
points In the city to inspect new item of street
furniture the purpose Of which is universally COM
geld eJtered deseTa ton On ha i'm Of the b,si rs
Thich Is east metal affair eliptlcal in form and
5G or f9er nc B62 6 seee to be made for
be unable TO read the sign on the basin
Concerning the reiteratlou OF positive instruc-
tons that conductors must enforce the rule Of
no smoking on the rear platform Of closed cars
II was noted one evening recently that the rear
platform Of an Arsterdar nave. car was entirely
occupied by smokers or those who like 70 smell
me smoke The conductor called attention 20 the
RUE 6ut he d II in such mellow tones that the
se1sl6HteS OF the smokers brigade were IN
enveloped in the narSotfc aroma ~ four cigars and
cigarette. all in vigorous commission.
Edward P Mathers. F G. s. F R G. 8. Of
md
who arrived in this country in September returns
TO England on the Baltic MI Mathers was q
newspaper man in Natal Cor ten years. ending in
lS68 and the year following. his return to the
British capital established the weekly publication.
South Africa" Of which he is both editor and pro-
prietor. Seen at the Hotel Manhattan Mr. Mathers
said America is a and OF big things and the
same may be said OF Africa Besides the gold ont
put Of the Witwatersrand. which is greater than
that Of all the mines IN the United States. Africa
Is great IN the possibilities u future development
The rail- heads Of the Cape to Cairo road have
now reached the south bank OF the Zambesi and
the material is on the ground for the great rail
way bridge that is to span the river below Victoria
Fails. 1t is notable that when the bridge is
thrown across the gorge il would be pOss bic 10
span and leave head room 6GS Of i6ryeght fee
built from Alexandria 10 KhartoUm oy way Of
continent and with thai Between tI he Gaze ana the
Zanbesi there remains gap equal TO about one
structed II is my belief that seven or eight wears
will see it completed. Since the end of The 'Boer
war enterprise has beer retarded by the difficulty
n securing tns IA Dor necessary TO do the work IN
oy TIE inpoTtato1 Of Chine5e abor The-e aTe
now IN the Tra7sYaal o. or shipboard bound for
with this labor the mine owners are developing In
Of the coqntey OF course there has bssn relge-
Chinese. but il should be understood that II is
British brain that supplies the element OF progress
IL South Africa The DISPOSITION OF the BoeT Is to
hold the land. grab the gold and keep the English
aud the country is tie threshold Of an Of
unrivailed prosperity. The Americans are con-
sLantly improvins ths.- commercial relations with
the country Since tEe end OF the war two ship
ne-ts. agETegating . 900 p'CuChs. from the
United States and Texas has furnished p go head
Of cattle TO the Transva7l. The annual trade Of
the United states in South Africa has reached an
aggregate Of Sl5Ct0010. And the alertness OF the
So soon. said MI liathers 'as the lovai Dutch
Plus The British in the Tr3nsvaal haye the balance
OF power there VIII oe fully responslole government
established in the colony and federation in South
Edward NJ Brannick Of Portland Ore. at
the Hotel Manhattan a few days ago. Mr.. Bran |
nick Is president of the Oregon Irrigation Associa-
ton and a member Of the executive committee OF |
the National Irrigation Congress Before return !
ing TO the Pacific Coast he will attend this national
meeting to be held next month in Fl Paso, Tex. |
Being an active worker behalf OF the Lewis and
Clark Centennial Exposition and Oriental Fair. |
which opens in Portland next May. Mr.. Brannick |
will endeavor 70 have the congress at e Paso Sc
Iect Portland the place for the next years meet
ing. 7 expect said Mr.. Brannick that the
gress will accept our invitation and fix the time |
Of meeting between May Is and October l. the dates
between which the exposition will be open. Oregon |
is deeply interested in the subject of irrigation.
she has within her borders GO0eO00 of ir- |
rfgable land which is a larger area Of arid terri
tory than can be found in any OF the other arid |
states with the water available for the purposes |
OF recamatioD-that is territory larger than has |