Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-03-12

NEW YORK. March 12-Judging
from the statements that are published
in most of the New York papers day
after day there is one thing that seems
to puzzle the New Workers. more than
anything else at the present time, more
so even than the Mary Ann problem
ever mystified the general public. 1t
really down tight. or whether it isn't
There is not the least doubt that the
Mcclellan administration has made
some energetic efforts to close down the
lid and to keep it down, notwithstand-
ing the fact that the opponents of
Tammany did not have much conf
dence in the seriousness of the mayors
intentions. The keepers Of gambling
other knowingly, when the thumscrews
were turned down tight at first, as IL to
say: That's all right, it's only a blind
to make the public believe that this is
going to be model administrati ton, but
it won't last: just wait a while. A
large percentage of the public shared
the opinion Of the gamblers and dive
keepers and their surprise grew as
weeks passed and there was no evil
dence that the screws holding down the
lid were becoming loose The recollec-
lions Of former Tammany administra-
tons were still too vivid in the MEM
ory of the New Workers to allow them
to have confidence in the apparent
good intentions Of the present admin
istration. The newspapers ever on the
alert for new developments in the po-
litical situation have kept the general
interest in the question awake by pub
fishing articles from day to day. point
ing out violations of the laws in various
parts of the town and trying their best
to discredit the earnestness of the may
or's intentions. The question is still
asked: How long will the lid remain
down?
In the mean time Mayor Mcclellan
continues his vigilance and does his
best to make the police department, the
gamblers. divekeepers and the general
public understand that he means BUSH
ness and that it is his intention to
screw down the lid so hard that the
offensive sporting fraternity will find
1t advisable to seek a more congenial
atmosphere. Seconded by district at
torney, Jerome. the mayor is keeping
up an energetic warfare against vice
and it may be said to his credit that
he does not mince matters when 1t
comes to impressing upon the police
department that the lid must be kept
down, regardless of the feelings Of GER
tain influential political ward tyrants.
Real estate men, who have watched
the development of New York city care
fully during the last twenty-five years,
are inclined 10 believe that the city is
at the turning point in it's development,
or rather, on the eve of new epoch in
its development For many years it
has been fully appreciated that the
condition of the lower part of the town
Is altogether too congested to be toll
Grated for any length of time and that
something would have to be done to re-
lieve the pressure in some way. The
location of the city, between the Hud-
son and the East river is favorable to
many plans of securing relief by the
formation of additional centers along
the main artery-Broadway = which
might, with propriety be called the
spine of the city. 1t Is believed that
the erection of the new post office near
the proposed Pennsylvania railroad
terminal and Of another post office,
near the proposed Pennsylvania rail-
road terminal and Of another postoffice.
near Grand Central station, will have
a tendency to favor the formation of
additional business centers, which
would undoubtedly relieve, at least to
some extent. the high pressure in the
lower town. The completion of the sub
way and the new bridges to Brooklyn is
also believed to be an important fact
or. as it viii have, a strong tendency to
divert considerable portion Of the res
idence population Of Manhattan to the