Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-04-16

WIRES IN
BAD TAhCL[
Recent Fire In New York Sub.
way Demonstrates Need of
Better Arrangements
EASTER COLLECTION
House Owners In Metropolis Pni
Up Rents From Ten d Twenf,-
rive Percent

and inaignlgfcant Dre III Inc wood
work 81 the uncomplcted subway On
on Broadway and yesey street dis
closed an appalling lack Of sound
Judgment In the method Of conducting
The underground Wires OF the various
telegraph. telephone and messenger
service companies, md, II ID to DO
hoped that II has taught the authori
ties In charge Of the wire conduits q
Lesson. II seems almost Incredible that
anybody. supposed to be an expert In
such matters would conduct such i'm
portant wire connections 80 careless
~ that 90 slight an accident as d trifl
ing fire In the woodwork Of the sub
way would destroy those wires, and
Tor more than d day practically isolate
tho principal business part OF New
York from the outside world. And.
yet such was tho case. The wires.
which included the main cables from
and 70 the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph headquarters. the telephone
wires, the wires Of the District Tole.
graph company and the gold ticker
wires, had been Installed In the sub.
way conduit ID such d careless am
Q and with Sc little protection. that
4 few minutes after the breaking out
Of the fire. which was caused by the
explosion OF q gasoline blower, every
single wire was put out OF commits.
sion. The main Offices Of the West,
ern Union and Postal Telegraph com.
panles were cut on completely. the
connections with tho call boxes OF the
District Telegraph company were In
~terrupted. the telephone service all
through the business part OF the city
fas paralyzed and the gold tickerf
were cut on and remained silent all
day. That 80 trivial an accident could
cause such serious trouble could only
BIO due 10 extreme incompetency OF
negligence.
II does not often happen that The
total amount OF the Easter offerings
In any church surpasses the expecta.
tions Of tho minister BY 100000. Yet
that was the case on Easter Sunday
az Grace Episcopal church In Brook
lyn. What makes this surprise even
more remarkable Ii the fact, Tint The
expectations OF the pastor Of ihs
church, the Rev. pr. Wrlgley. vert
BY no means distinguished for theii
moderation. He had asked for and
vaguely hoped for 100000. but thu
total of tho days contributions reach
cd fully $4,000. II Is believed thai
this Is the largest amount ever col
lectcd In any church on d single day
Well. il ii not without reason tina
Brooklyn is called the city OF church
es.
The labor situation IN Now York Il
becoming moro serious every week
The prospect 81 q compromise be
tween the employers and the workmei
49,.
In the building trades Is exceedingi.
small, although all hope Inns not ye
been given up. The action Of the I'm
ions. in flagrantiy violating thei
agreement with the employers organ
ratIon Ii strongly condemned and III
sympathies OF the respectable classe
are with the employers. The NOR
conservative elements among ~
strikera are not quite satisfied wilt
the situation. but they are powerles
against the leaders, who seem 70 hay
reasons Of their own for forcing thi
strike upon the builders. The In
mediate result OF the strike is the con
plete tying Up Of all building operi
tons Of importance. The shuttin
down Of building operations will na'
nrally affect many other trades. q
lied TO the building trades and u
probability is that many thousands {
men Will be thrown out o. emplo'
ment by the unscruplousness and stu'
bofness of the strikers.
Madame J~anauschek, the yctcra
tragedIenne. who for more than n Sc
Grafton delighted a~pprcciatiye aud
ences In nearly every civilized couI
try Of the world by her mastery pr
sentations Of leading characters
classical plays. has formally applied
the Actors fund for the privilege |
spending the rest Of her days Ia u
Actors Home In Staten Island, Ma
anne J~anauschek, who has the distin
tion Of being the greatest actress VIII