The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-06
NEGRO IN FLAT;
BIG RIOT .ENSUES
Whites Overrun Building, Tear
Up Carpets and Dump Ashes
iii Railways.
TROUBLE FOR NEW TENANTS.
Man Says He Has Been Robbed
More Than Fifty Tiines--The
New York Subway.
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NEW YORK, May 5.--As an expert.
ment in municipal ownership, the sub
| way seems to be sorry failure. When
the scheme was first put forward, it
was offered as an objection that the
amount Of money required for the ven.
ture was greater than capital would be
willing to put forward. For this reason,
the city undertook to finance the cnler-
prise on the understanding that the city
only loaned Its credit to the enterprise
In financing tho affair. That Is 10 say,
| the city borrowed tho money and in
turn loaned It to tho operating company
| According to the general idea. the In
terest from the Subway Company was
to be the same as paid by the city, and
paid In the same ratio. BY this agree
ment, the city would be nothing out Of
pocket. while Its portion OF the earnings
of the underground, 1t was thought
would make substantial additions to the
sinking fund. Now that there arc some
definite figures, the result Is far from
pleasing.
"a Up to the LIST OF April the city had
spent In interest charges on the $780,
900 OF borrowed money more than $200N.-
0Oo Against this the city has just re-
celved the first check from Mr.. Bel
mont, which, allowing the interest on
the slo00,ooo permanent deposit carried
by the company with the city amounts to
1856 900. From this It will be seem that
tho gross amount coming to the city was
$4,000 This lenves the city $1,490,0O0 to
the bad on interest charges alone, on
account OF the subway.
800
The determined efforts that have been
made by some landlords to place negro
tenants in their flats resulted In a small
riot on West Ono Hundred and Nine
tenth Street this week. In this case,
tho landlord Is a woman, who had just
purchased the property. Following her
purchase, she raised the rental OF all the
flats Sc per month. This resulted IN the
departure OF all but two families on the
first OF May. The agent Of the owntr
then appeared ard displayed n Sign call
ing for good negro tenants.
The sign did not remain more than
ten minutes, and with he removal OF
the sign there commenced a riot, in
which not only the two remaining families
participated but about half the people
that lived on the block. They went
through the house and tore up the hill
and stair carpets; they threw stones
through the windows OF the unoccupicd
sIlatS. s!auJOlnlHS CelIuTS were Vlslteu, una
barrels OF ashes brought forth and dump
cd In Railways and flats.
It required the efforts Of hHf aSdozen
policemen to restore order, and when
the news came that one OF the flats
had already been rented to negro,
the riot almost broke out anew. Tie
people who live In the block affected say
that they will give the negro 4 warm
reception when his goods and chattels
arrive.
Samuel Kasker, manufacturer OF
cigars on the Bowery, enjoys (O the
unique reputation OF having been robbed
more than fifty times. According to
Kasker, he has suffered from burglars
on an average OF three times q year
for nearly twenty years past. Ills last
robbery occurred last week, and he Is
the loser Of 1855 BY II. This. added to
past losses. totals up $4,000 that Ilasker
claims that he has been despolled OF IN
twenty years
In only one case out OF the fiftr odd
times that he has been robbed has any
one been arrested. This was about five
years ago and came about through kas-
ker catching glimpse Of tho burglar.
The man was arrested, and Kaslter pos
itively identified him. Despite this. the
man proved an albi that was satisfac-
tory to the jury and was ACQUITTED TO
add to the irony of Kasker's situation.
a store two doors away was robbed
about two years ago Of $4,000 Of mcr-
chandlse. These robbers were QUICKLY
captured and convicted, Speaking OF this.
Kaslter Remarked: II cannot understand
why the police never can. make an ar
rest in any of my cases, while they
capture without difficulty the men who
rob my neighbors.'
The remarkable increase in the use OF
automobiles in this country Is shown IN
the custom house records for the month
or April In the course of that month
a year ago, there were imported into
this country motor cars having q value
OF So, 900. During April Of this year
the Importation of cars totaled up the
Immense sun Of $22S. 254.l3, or almost three
times as many as q year ago.
It is probable that the number OF ma
chimes produced in this country during
the same period was LARGELY IN excess
Of the import figures, which soes TO show
tho Immense sums Of money that have
within very short period OF time been
lied ZIP in what Is to most pulposes
p,rely an amusement, Certainly IT can