Durango semi-weekly herald., 1905-01-09


II is proposed to erect from on.
side of Broadway to the other, a
the south side of Thirty.fourth street
a raised escalator way. or, in Other
words. moving sidewalk on bridge
Il is pointed out as one advantag,
of the plan that II is cheaper thar
depressing one street below another
and is declared TO be more adaptable
| to changing conditions than the lat
ter method
| W. c. Muschenheim, proprietor oi
| the Hotel Astor. will have TO pay -.
per cent. duty on the great ornamen
tai wine casks which are to from part
| of the fittings OF the new hotel. The
casks are imported in ''knock-dowr
condition" for convenience OF ship
ping-that is, the slaves and ends
were packed separately in bales and
| boxes. The ends We're elaborately
carved in allegorical figures The
l.casks in this condition were assessed
as manufactures OF wood at
" Socj., /. Mr.. Muschenheim ap.
" lining they ought TO pay
dury iaves" at 10 per cent. The
Board OF United States General Ap-
praisers overruled his protest and de-
clared that casks are casks. whether
knocked down" or not.
The report issued by the directors
of the Port Graduate Hospital for the
year 1904 contains the announcement
that more than two-score poor per
sons have been cured of consumption
at that institution. These patients
have been treated free, either in their
homes the dlspensary, or in the in
stitution proper and although they
have not had the benefit OF mountain
air. by improved sanitary and diet
etic methods in conjunction with the
best medical treatment, the efforts OF
hospital stan have been attended
with success
The case of William Rockefeller,
of the Standard Oil company against
Oliver Lamora. the old soldier, who
has been striving to maintain legal
rights to fish in public waters in the
Adirondacks. has just been tried
again in the county court at Malone
and decided technically against La
mora, for the sum of IS cents. He
probably will appeal
This case has been in the courts
previous trials at Saranac Lake. but
each time the case, on reaching the
Appellate Division. was sent back
for a new trial Several years ago
William Rockefeller, through an agent
purchased about $1,000 acres OF wood
land, around which he posted warn
ings moi TO trespass. Through these
woods flows the st. Regis river and
well-defined trails lead TO the river
The law provides that trails in use
without protest for more than twenty
years shall be public highways to all
purposes Lamore. disregarding the
posted notices warning him of
the rails. was arrested, arraigned
before justice, and acquitted But
that decision made no difference. for
the case was carried from one court
to another until decision was rend-
cred in favor of Mr.. Rockefeller The
point effects all who hunt or fish. as
the streams are stocked by the state
at public expense, and the wild deer
belonging to the state roam through
the woods, while every year 5000
is paid out to protect fish and game
In their endeavors to make trouble
for the watchman recently. several
boys who had been skating on a pond
in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Set nre to
an old house which was used as a
shelter and candy booth No help
was at hand and the house was burn
ed to the ground.
A hundred years ago the structure
had been farmhouse. Thirty years
ago. when Charley Ross was kidnap-
ped in Philadelphia. the house was
unoccupied. When Ross's alleged kid
nappers were shot in one OF their
series of Bay Ridge burgaries, Doug
lass one OF them. stated on his death
he that they had made their head
had kept young Ross there The po-
lice at once searched the house. It
contained evidence OF recent occupa-
ton. but Ross was gone II was be
lieved that confederates had carried
him OF again.