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New-York tribune., 1905-11-26
Description of Which the Nation Will Rear IN
the kartyred Presidents Home City

that will be the natural approach from the heart
of the city to the memorial
This approach from Linden-ave. to the plaza
will be about 1000 feet in length. 1t will be
10 feet in width the plaza and 90 in width
at Linden-ave. with a waterway, or long
water in the centre, running from the plaza
$40 feet southeasterly. this waterway being 50
feet wide at the base of the plaza and 90 feet
wide at it's southeasterly extremity. Flanking
the 'long water will be four rows of trees
parallelfng driveways. two on either side or
the waterway, thus affording the visitor an
unobstructed view of the main approach and
the mausoleum from the most southeasterIy
oint of the associations property. In a word.
a person standing at the junction Of Linden
ave and the mall viii be- in effect. at the base
OF the monument
The trustees of the association have been at
great pains and much expense to secure the best
talent and artistic judgment available The Jury
appointed to select the architect composed
OF two architects-Walter Cook. Of Nsw-York,
and Robert s. Peabody. OF Boston-and one
New-York tribune., 1905-11-26

proceed with the building OF the men1orlai'
trusting to future contributions to supply the
endowment fund.
The association has purchased and OWES IL
fee simnIe about twenty-five acres of lana ao-
Joining Westlawn Cemetery, in the western pa
ton of Canton, Ohio, including mound soih7
seventy feet in altitude, thought to pe pa -
larly appropriate for the purposes iIlte"uN
Upon this hill will be built mausoieum o.
rink Milford granite. circular In loi"l' ,oo
feet in diameter at the base and ABOUT ioo
feet In height from the foundation
structure will be reached by hignt VI az
proach steps so Heet in width. IN lour us'
with wide landings between. constituting
of 55 feet in all. The hill Will Dc teiia
to conform with the landings on the stan case
presenting on the whole terraced mouno' sur
mounted by the structure proper. AT the pase
of the staircase there will be built plaza
200 feet in width. lying transverseiy -
axis of a mali or main approach, fuiiiiiis
through the property belonging to the associa
tion In a southeasterIy direction TO Lanoeh-A'e'
New-York tribune., 1905-11-26
MOST LIKELY PLACE TO BE HURT.

Twelve per cent OF ali the accidents to people IN
cities happen on the streets Statistics show that
the average citizen. II he should meet with ono
hundred serious mischancss his walks abroad
would slip the ice. and fan down under other
circumstances sixty-eight times: he would get k1rt
ten times In boarding dismounting from ears:
he would be knocked down. otherwise Injured,
by horses and wagons six times he would be Bit
ten by dogs four times and he would step dlsas-
trously upon banana peels twice. The remaining
1nstaps would be miscellaneous. and might includs
one or two collisions with motor cars. which have
taken the place of bicycles perils - tAs psdss
trian.-(PearSon's Magazine
New-York tribune., 1905-11-26

about 100000 of the city's money mas
mo- o.+e5 in the Hall of Records is the con-
oeea -, reached by committee Of representa-
-. business men who have just MADE an IN
'N..uo+ion of that building. AS one OF them
said: z,+o hos cos+ al
&c 100000 1t is still unfinished. II erected
.-eS n-,vate enterprise it would have cost be-
- W s5 100000 and S6,OO0000. And it would
-. baen ready for use two years ago."
60, the last contract for the Hall of Rec-
.-,s came before the Board. of Estimate anu
.--,-4,onr,ent recently and 1t was made known
-. an additional sum of more than mllllon
.sa,o-s was needed for the completion OF tHe
S.,,s,,, the Board of Trade and Transporta-
- authorized its committee city affairs 10
-, vhv the structure was costing so much
,r.a members Of this committee are William ID
Gibson P. s. Tflden, Ludwig Nissen, F. B. Thur
her John A. Sleicher, F. B. Green, William T.
D.5aeld 7 r T. McCarron and John I. Barry.
r.-or, the Controllers office the committee op-
,o,rsa figures for the various contracts, Wmch
- ~+udied with care. They showed not only
.ha+ contracts overlapped each other so that
.s.rb,a nrices were charged for many items. but
.,,o that the Tammany architects, Horgan q
catterv. were taking extra profits out of the
tobs. It was also discovered that the sum OF
sess 326 had been lost because Of the dilatorness
~ the proper authorities in paying bills. this
aroount of money having been required for
,z,srest on the cost OF the site. which was ST.
sTa o27
New-York tribune., 1905-11-26
,ness of the New Hall of Records Shows
Lacko of to Give the Taxpayers
Full VaIu for Their

approval of Horgan & Slattery, as it did not
permit them to collect any architect fees upon
these items So they to it that all the
furniture for the Hall of Records, the drapery,
the rugs and the sweeping machine were items
in contract, for ali of which they collect 5
per cent fee.
AL these extras were contained In Con-
tracts and D. the former for that part of the
building to be occupied by the Department of
Finance, and the latter for the remainder of the
structure Contract No. called for partitions,
file cases, gas and electric fixtures, furniture.
ETC.. for Department CT Finance" and it was let
at SS17O0 Contract No. reached the pretty
total Of 81 .32S 426 and it's items are follows:
New-York tribune., 1905-11-26

for S1OO0OOOO, which would not only be amply
conmodious but possess great artistic beauty.
Ludwig Nissen. another member of the Board
of Trades committee. said;
''At the present time the city pays In rents
understand. about 100000 a year. of which
$3.50 600. might be saved by a central building.
At this rate ii would cost no more for the city
to erect a great building for S1S5OO.OOO by fssu-
ing i per cent bonds than to pay such rents. AS
a matter of fact building could be put up
for S1OOO0OOO, which would not only be large
enough for all the central offices of the city de-
partments but beautiful we'll
New-York tribune., 1905-11-26
SAVE THE RENT.

The great expense of the Hall of Records. the
many delays in its construction and Its present
state of incompleteness have convinced many
citizens that the prospect of housing all the
municipal departments in one or more structures
of similar architectural grandeur is far distant
They urge, accordingly. that until New-York is
able to house all of its Offices in buildings be-
coming so great and rich a city it should erect
a temporary structure of the ordinary office
building type commodous and practical in
every detail. By doing the city would save
about $4,000 a year in rentals, enough to
pay for permanent structure in great length
of time.
The city's rent roll at the present time amounts
to SS94,960 I3 a year. This will be cut down
when the Hall of Records is opened but only
to a comparatively small extent The only
municipal offices which will be housed in the
Hall Of Records are those of the Law Depart
New-York tribune., 1905-11-26

Contract No. was let under Mayor Low, and
II simply provided for marble in the upper
stories. the same ss had been put in the lower
Stories The original designs had called for
plaster in the upper part of the building. The
additional marble cost S250,064.
dayor Low went out and Tammany came in,
and it was discovered that the former con-
tracts were not going to complete the building
ny any means. The Tammany architects imme-
oistely began TO clamor for more money. They
found, for example that the Tigers dearest
any, the Gas Trust, had not been reckoned
With Although the original plans provided for
lighting the structure by electricity, and an
electric light plant had been installed at cost
ot $4,000 as may be seen by glancing at Con-
tract No. 2, yet the gas pipes had to go in the
1ammany architects also contended that the
former electrical work was inadequate. and
mat more money would also have to be spent
On thar
New-York tribune., 1905-11-26
OVERLAPPING CONTRACTS.

To understand more clearly how the city's
money is said to have been wasted by the con-
tracts overlapping one another one should CON
Tast the items of all the contracts, with the
exception Of contract No. /. which was let
under Mayor Strong. for the excavation, the
foundations Of the building and the shell This
contract amounted to s2.O03, $50, and did not
overlap any other contract. Contract No =
was let under Mayor Van Wyck, and sup
posed to complete the building, except the file
cases ard the furnishings, such as carpets, fur
niture. drapery, or whatever else any tenant
would expect TO install in order to make bare
Offices habitabIe. This contract amounted to
Sl9G9, Coz. and its items were as follows:
New-York tribune., 1905-11-26
ARCHITECTS FEES.

The fees which Horgan & Slattery have been
taking out of the city treasury illustrate in
oniv another way how Tammany takes care OF
its own This firm obtained the job under
Mayor Van Wyck on the death of John H.
Thomas the original architect of the building.
At first they charged ~ per cent for their ser
vices and their Tammany colleagues went
around saying
Morgan and S1attery are going to save the
city lot of money. They are not grasp1ns
They are reasonable men. Just look at their
self-sacrice. They only charge 212 per cent,
whereas their predecessor charged 31R per cent
Yet this was only blind. AS a matter Of
fact Horgan & Slattery charged l per cent more
instead Of l per cent less than Mr. Thomas. On
the first contract, which amounted to 5000
S59, for example. Mr. Thomas obtained his fees
in two instalments. the first at So per cent for
practically the whole contract. and the latter
at IL per cent for only a part of the contract,
or 1861. .SSS 10 At this point Horgan & Slattery
stepped in, and they thereupon put in a bill on
the remainder of the second instalment, not at
IL per cent, Mr.. Thonas's rate. but at 2Ia per
cent In this way they got fee of SO. 900 so.
On the second contract Horgan & Slattery also
took an extra 1 per cent out of the city tax
payers This contract amounted to 81, ,969, GOT.
For the first instaiment a 312 per cent fee on
the whole contract had been given the original
architect, and had Mr.. Thomas lived a second
instalment OF IL per cent would have been
paid Horgan & Slattery. however. got hold of
the contract and charged 219. The sum they
got by such mathematics this time was S4S,975.
On subsequent contracts Horgan & Slattery
have charged per cent. and their fees altogeth-
er have amounted to S15S. .9SS 60, or about $4,000
more than was paid 10 the original architect
the man who designed the building. who
draughted its plans. and whose ideas Horgan &
Siattery have simply followed out.
New-York tribune., 1905-11-26
AN IMMENSE RENT ROLL.

That one may the reasons why the Board
of Trade committeeman urge building which
will house all the central offices of the city de-
partments now in rented buildings. the follow
ing rental list is printed. The figures were pre-
pared for The Tribune with considerable pains
by the Controllers office:
New-York tribune., 1905-11-26

such volumes. The entire cost of this splendid
structure. exclusive of the land was S5,762OO0.
The land cost s585, 600
Prices of land in Washington and New-Y ork
of course vary, and do not quote them in this
case for the purpose of comparison, but the cost
of the buildings themselves may well be COM
pared. The Hall of Records is considerably
smaller 1t covers about one-sxth the area, ana
contains about two-thirds the room. Whether
it is inferior in artistic beauty, do not say as
that is beside the point. In cost, however. the
Hall of Records overtops the Congressional
Library by more than 5000 000''
New-York tribune., 1905-11-26
EXTRAS ON ALL SIDES.

The plumbing of the building was provided
Tor in Contract No. p but Horgan & Siattery
SAID there must be more plumbing. Contract
40. : provided for steam heating system; but
'he Tigers architects found it insufficient and
demanded funds for ..amplifying" it. Although
more than a million dollars had been spent for
marble, yet it was declared that more
marble was needed. A large amount OF bronze
work was also said to be NECESSARY Tor screens
gates etc. And for fear perchance that the
1aInmany caretakers of future generations
would have too hard task keeping the building
elean $4,000 sweeping machine was asked 1or:
The file cases had been omitted from Contract
NO. = and of course money was needed for their
construction. Men of the trade said they wouia
COST about S150o00. Horgan & Slattery, how
ever, figured IL out that they would cost nearly
sseV1OVD. Furniture and carpets are generally
Dtpght by the city at the order of the depart
.s aehts that need them This method. when ap-
11aeo TO the Hall Of Records did not meet the
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-02-16
coMERFoRp OUT.
Illinois. Honse by Vote of 121 to 13
Expels Chicago Member.

Illinois Honse by Vote of 12l to 13
Expels Chicago Member.
As convicted slanderer, Frank D.
Comerford, by vote of 121 to 13, was
expelled from the House of Representa-
day evening. The title which the people
Of the Second Senatorial District of
Chicago gave him last NovTmDsr
taken away by vote of his colleagues,
and at the short and peremptory request
of Speaker Shurtleff he picked up his
papers and walked out of the hall, the
first Illinois Representative to be depriv-
ed Of the rights given hin, by the voters.
A bitter fight of over four hours on the
floor of the House preceded this drastic
action. Comerford fought his adversa-
| ries every inch of the way until they
| had him down and had voted to unseat
! him During this fight all the ordinary
rules of parliamentary debate were for
| gotten Comerford shook his fist in the
| faces Of his enemies and called them
| liars, and his enemies shook their fists
| In his face and called him liar. Efforts
to temper the punishment handed TO the
| accuser Of the Houses morals were fu-
| uie. even WEen IL was pioposeu " w
the tempering with buzz saw and sub
stitute measure almost as severe az ex-
pulsion. Sentiment against him among
his associates was so bitter, and there
was such a demand for immediate and
satisfactory revenge, that he never had
the slightest chance of making headway
against it. although he talked with bril-
lance and defended himself with some
logic. Sentiment against Comerford ha;
been strong ever since he has been II
Springfield and particularly since he be
gan his crusade against the General As
sembly as IAN auction block where spe
cial privileges are sold to the hiGhes
corporation bidders"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-02-16
Silent Men.

Washington never made speech. In
the zenith of his fame he once attempt
ed it. failed, and gave it up confused
and abashed. In framing the Constitu-
ton of the United States, the labor was
almost wholly performed in committee
of the whole, of which George Washing
ton was chairman; but he made two
speeches during the convention. which
were of few words each. The con-
vention. however. acknowledged the mas
ter spirit. and historians affirm that, had
it not been for his personal popularity,
and the thirty words of his first speech,
pronouncins it the best that could be
united upon. the Constitution would
have been rejected by the people. Thom-
as jefferson never made Il speech. He
couldn't do it. Napoleon, whose execu-
tive ability is almost without parallel
said that his greatest trouble was III
| finding men of deeds rather than words
When asked how he maintained his in
fiuence over his superiors in age and ex
perience. when commander-in-chief ol
an army in Italy, he said. by reserve
The greatness of a man is not measured
by the length of his speeches or theii
| number.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-02-16
ADMIT TWO STATES.
AND NEW MEXICO
TO ENTER UNION.
Senate Passes Statehood Bill Admitting
Oklahoma and Indian Territory as
One State and New Mexico as the
Other-Arizona Is Left Ont in Cold.

Two more stars were added to the
flag by the Senate Tuesday, Okla
homa and Indian Territory, joined,
were admitted as one State, and New
Mexico as another. For long time
it looked as If there would be only one
more star. for New Mexico, after be-
ing admitted, was rejected. Then by
some skillful parliamentary practice
New Mexico was admitted again, and
as soon as the House concurs in the
bill as amended and the enabling act
takes effect there will be Al States
instead of 40. No action was taken
as to Arizona. which will remain un-
der territorial government for while
After Arizona had been left out as
unworthy to enter the Union, presum-
ably because of MormOniSm and polyg-
amy within its borders. the Senate
passed the Statehood bill. The bill
admits Oklahoma and Indian Territory
under the name of Oklahoma 1t also
admits New Mexico. BY the terms OF
the bill the sale of intoxicating liquors
in Oklahoma is forbidden for 21 years.
Arizona has her wish and remains
territory instead of being merged into
New Mexico.
There was no contest worthy the
name over admitting Oklahoma with
the Indian Territory annexed, but over
the admission Of New Mexico the
struggle was long and fierce. 1t lasted
for nine hours and the end was reach
ed late this evening and then by the
close vote of 80 to 80 in favor OF the
| admission of the territory.
The fight on the admission Of New
Mexico as a separate State came al
ter New Mexico had been rejected
Mr.. Bard, whose amendments admit
ting New Mexico had been once &C
cepted and once rejected. struck ou
the first sentence, So as to remove TN
point of order against it, and agail
offered it. 1t was adopted. Mr.. kearn
of Utah, who had first voted for tn
amendment and then changed, cause'
the rejection Of New Mexico by IL
vote. voting no on the final ballot.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-02-16
Sparks from the Wires.

Sarah Burley, colored, Is years old,
,vss convicted of manslaughter by jury
IN tbe Baltimore criminal court for the
killing Of James Edwards, also colored.
years.
Justice Warren B. Hooker of the New
York Supreme Court requested the As
sembly in Albany that the charges
AGAINST him be the subject of legislative
investigation.
The American Steel Foundries Com
many Of Franklin. Pa. purchased the in
forests of the Simplex Railway Appli-
ance Company of Chicago. 1t is said the
deal involves millions.
Sensational charges of abuse of author
itv we're made In New York in open
| court against District Attorney Jerome
bv Frank Moss, counsel for Coroner
| Moses ]. Jackson, who was examined
| ON A charge OF attempted bribery. Mr.
| Moss said Coroner jackson had told
him he had been subjected to violent
\ and profane attack by the district at
| torney.
| A meeting of leading Irish-American:
of Ohio at GAINESVILLE organized the Irish
| American National Society, with NJ. J
/ Barry of Columbus president. The oh
ject of ths organization is To defeat th'
pending arbitration treaty between th'
iUnited States and Great Britain.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-02-16
THE COLOR OF SNOW.
Although 1t Appears White, 1t II
Really Delicate Blue.

Although It Appears White, 1t Ii
Really a Delicate Blue.
Science, while it gets at the marrow
and essence Of things, upsets many
pretty deluslons and fancies. We have
been taught from childhood that snow
is white, and the impression conveyed
to our brains through the medium OF
sight appears to settle the question be-
yond the possibility Of a doubt, YET,
though the Judgment Of our senses is
to the contrary, it can be scientifically
demonstrated that its true color Is
blue. 1t is a faint and delicate ceru-
lean tint, to be sure, but decided
enough to make the scientific declara-
ton that snow is blue one that Is posi-
tive and irrefutable.
1t is a we'll known fact that pure
water in small quantities is perfectly
| transparent In large masses it Is dis
tinctly blue Snow is simply the crys-
tails Of pure water. The reflection
| from these is that of all the colors OF
the rainbow or prism, but by uniting
before they reach the eye cause snow
to appear to be white. But you
will say, "the single crystal also ap-
pears to be white" This is true be-
yond question, the reason being that
that which appears TO be single crys-
tai is in reality multitude of micro
scopic threads, prisms, lines and dots.
In spite of their apparent great di-
versity in form and shape, which may
vary from hairlike crystals to perfect
stars of beautiful. delicate and intri-
cate designs, they may be said to be
absolutely uniform in original delin-
cation, that of the heNagonal prism.
The primitive form is that of u
straight needle of ice, radiating from
a central nucleus, always at symmetrt'
cal distances and at angles of either 90
or 100 degrees. What may on casual
examination be taken for exceptions
to this rule are the little disks which
occasionally fall. These on close ex'
animation proved to be si1-sfded
planes, the angle still being 12O de-
! Qre2S
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-02-16
eixen severe Eve rests.


'Tests for defective eyesight on all
members OF railroad train crews are
much more severe and frequent than
they were few years ago. remarked
a prominent railway official few days
ago to a representative OF the Column
bus Press-Post. The reason for these
tests are obvious. as the safety or
every moving train depends mainly
upon the clearness Of vision or the
men having it in charge. In these
tests color blindness causes the most
trouble and is a constant menace to
all trainmen, as the Inability to name
correctly the different colOrs at
glance is followed by instant dismissal
from the service.
"a peculiar case was brought to
light recently when conductor on my
road was being put through the test
He had been running a passenger train
several years and never met with an
accident. and was deemed one Of the
hest men on the road. When the diff
ferent colors were placed before him
singly he called them correctly at
glance. but when two or more colors
were presented he was wholly unable
to tell one from another. We were
sorry for him, but, Of course, were
| forced to let him go.
physicians seem to be unable 10
discover to just what cause this affiic-
ton is due. They claim that some per-
sons are born with it, while it comes
upon others without warning at any
time of life and unless put to the test
the victim will never know that he is
so affected"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1905-02-16
DE[z xAEa1ERS

Chieago-Cattls, common to prime,
S4.OO to $3.50; hogs, shipping grades.
s4.OO to $500; sheep, fair to choice, $500
to $3.50; wheat, No. ., S1.1S to SLID;
corn, No. ., Ale to 43c; oats, standard,
29c to 31c: rye, No 2, 73c to Ioc; hay,
timothy. $3.50 to $500; prairie, $500 to
S1O.5O: butter, choice creamery, &c to
sic; eggs, fresh, 21c to &c; potatoes,
26c to 35c.
Indianapolis-Cattle shipping. $500 to
s5.15: hogs. choice light. S4.00 to $3.50:
sheep. common to prime. $3.50 TO Sf.l5;
wheat. No. 9. S11S to S1.20: corn, No.
white. 42c to 44c;. oats, No. > white,
Bic to 32c.
St. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $50; hogs,
800 to $500; sheep, S4.00 to $50;
wheat, No. 2, SLIP to S1.14; corn, No. 2
42c to 43c; oats, No. 2, SOC to Sic; rye,
No. ., 70c TO re.
Cincinnati-Cattle, S4O0 to S4.75;
hogs. $500 to $500; sheep, 500 to
S5 90. wheat. No. 2, S1.19 to S1.21
corn. No. mixed. 44c to Acc; oats. No
mixed, Sic 10 32c; rye, No. 2, S3c to
Sic.
Detroit-Cattle. $3.50 to S4.65; hogs
$500 to S5.I5; sheep, $3.50 TO $500
wheat. No. 2, S1.2O to S1.21; corn. No.
yellow. 45c to 46c; oats. No. 3 white
32c 10 33c; rye. No. 2, Sic to SEE.
Observation-Disclosures, No. 2 northern
1.1O TO S113: corn, No. 3, Ale to 42c
oats. No. 2 white. SOC to BE; rye, No.
SOC TO S2c; barley, No. ., Sic to o2c
pork. mess, S12S1.
| Toledo-Wheat, No. mixed, $l.16 tC
S1.1S: corn. No. mixed, 44c TO 4oc
oats. No. mixed. SOC to 32c; rye. No. 2
sic TO S3c; clover seed, prime. SI.42.
| Buffalo-Cattle, choice shipping steers
81 90 TO S5.75; hogs, fair to choice. S4.Ot
to S5.15: sheep, fair to choice, $500 t.
$50: lambs, fair to choice, Sl5o t.
$3.50.
New York-Cnttle, $3.50 TO S615
hogs. S4.0O TO $500; sheep, $500 L
s5.75; wheat, No. 2 red. S1.19 to Sl.2l
corn. No. Q. 51c to 53c; oats. natural
white. 3Sc to 40c: butter, creamery, 20
to Ale: eggs, western. &c TO Bic.