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New-York tribune., 1905-02-22
GET TOGETHER.

Ihe water supply situation is one which calls
aor conclllauon and cooperation on the part of
The State and city authorities 1t is no time
3or anybody 10 try to put anybody else 'in the
hole Governor Higgins in his special mes
sage convincingly shows the need of State Sill
gervision and at the same time comedies the
sity's right. under proper safeguards. to draw
upon The rest Of the State for a supply and 10
manage its own operations There is no gain
saying the truth OF what the Governor saws
about the adjustment Of conflicting claims. and
The city should get over the notion that naonIa
IN the rural districts because they are compara-
tlTely few In number, have no rights which II is
pound 10 respect The apportionlnent of water
sheds IS properly State business. and the re-
sentiment shown by some local officials and
newspapers at what they are pleased TO regard
as the interference" Of the State with tho
citys home rule" prerogative TO do what #
pleases IN other peoples homes is ridiculous
AS the Governor points out:
With the taking and destruction of the far
tory on the watershed the store nav Lose 4te
customers, the church its worshippers and the
village It's population; values may thus be de-
precla1eo without compensation where there is
no actual taking Of property by the cjtv The
local opposition TO the extension Of the citv's
water system into a community is therefore
natural, and not unjustihsble
Thus 1t is necessary that some authority shouId
etai4u ieaut 10 protect the communities from
which water is taken while permitting no oh
structlon 10 the work Of extending the cf+v's
supply. The Mayor complains OF the difficulty
OF securing immediate extension by the aid of
Il state commission. The emergency which he
faces must convince him OF his Tremendous
error last spring in falling TO secure the Dutch
ess County supply on reasonable terms II he
Lad done so, the work might now be under
way to bring here speedily all the water need
eo Tor number of years. and the larger work
OF conserving the waters OF the State To SUNNY
Tor all time the needs of all its people ,,rban
and rural might be undertaken in statesman-
Ike fashion. Governor Odell gave the civ "a
chance TO modify the Smith bill and take all
The water needed from Dutchess County If 81
would only bind itself to protect the local reo.
pie and their Industries by a system of con.
seryation such as il professed an intention 70
Install All that was asked Of the city was
that IL would do justice and protect those who
would otherwise be collaterally damaged with
out any claim TO compensation. If an extra
session Of the legislature had been called, pub
lic opinion would have secured such relief as
Governor 0dell promised TO recommend but
the Mayor and aldermen thought IL good poll
Tics 10 present the comedy Of the city abused
by the country, and the result is the Dutchess
County barrier and the professed inability to
ward of immediate danger OF a water famine.
The incident should teach lesson. Trucu
lence Is not the proper attitude for the city
It asks people in other communities 10 accom-
,nodata it with zGater to which they haye ths
New-York tribune., 1905-02-22
PARKS AND RAILROADS.

Al the hearing before the Assembly Railroad
Committee to-day strong objections VIII De
urged against the Ellis BILL which provides that
no railroad shall be built in public park IN TINS
CITY without the consent Of the Mayor and three
fourtbs of the aldermen It is represented that,
while ostensibly designed TO protect the parks,
the bin really exposes them TO danger, for the
reason that the Rapid Transit act in Section 4,
explicitly prohibits the construction OF a rail-
road in any park. But that is not an exactly
accurate statement OF the case. The Rapid
Transit act does contain that prohibition in re-
spect to any corporation to be organized under
its provisions but we do not understand that 1t
is operative outside the special Jurisdiction OF
the commission.
1t does not follow, however, that opposition
TO the Ellis bill ought TO be withdrawn. lnas-
much as it contains the customary clause repeal
ing all acts and parts Of acts inconsistent with
itself, the bill may be supposed TO permit the
Rapid Transit Commission, with the approval of
the Mayor and three-fourths of the aldermen,
to make a contract involving the occupation of
a park-a thing which it now has no power TO
do While we do not believe that the necessary
consent could be secured in defiance of public
sentiment there seems to be no good reason for
weakening, however slightly, the present de-
fences of the parks. Moreover, the bill, which
may be well intended, is said to be somewhat
mysteriously supported, and that is always a
suspicious circumstance Possibly it will be
shown at the hearing to possess merits which
are not yet apparent, but unless a clean case
can be made out in its favor It ought to be buried
in committee.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-22

first claim. It should. therefore, gladly oher
enforceable guarantees to protect their rls nus
We think that the pressing necessities OF tniS
city are such that a city commission shouio oe
allowed Immediately to proceed TO enlarge tne
supply and that the restrictions on nelghOorihs
wateSsheds should be removed, subject TO Inose
safeguards TO local industry which Governor
Higgins suggests and compensation Tor COL
lateral as well as direct damages. IL need pe,
a State commission appointed at once could
be instructed to pass Immediately upon einef.
gency plans without waiting TO evolve grano
scheme The question of detail IS not drhcult
if the parties in interest are sincerely oesirous
of cooperating instead Of trying to escape
the blame for doing nothing. The city authorl-
ties should give their cordial adhesion 10 the
nIon for a State water supply system, while or
fering reasonable scheme for municipal enter
nrIse pending its completion. The State au-
fhorities. on their part, while taking long views
for the wise and fair distribution of the state
waters should stand ready TO make ample pro-
vision for the early needs of the metropolis
New-York tribune., 1905-02-22
PANANA LEGISLATION.

Two measures for reorganization OF Canal
Zone affairs are now before Congress. They
differ considerably in some respects, but each
has some admirable features, so that between
the two the prospect for benefcent legislation
should be good. That there is need Of legsla-
ton is not TO be doubted. The need is urgent
The sanitary interests of the zone demand some
system that shall afford greater f1exibility and
promptness in dealing with emergencies. The
work Of canal construction calls strongly for a
system better adapted to it's rapidly changing
conditions The period Of diplomacy and theo-
TiZing is past and that Of action has begun, al
our scheme of control should be adapte5~fo it.
AS for the Panama Railroad and It's steamship
line, there is obvious need of a reorganizati tion a
readjustment Of rates and other measures cal
culated TO make that small but important trans
portation line worthy Of its estate as piece OF
government property.
In neither bill, We believe, is there any pre-
scription concerning the kind Of canal TO be con-
structed, whether high level or sea level IT
may be that 1t is yet too TO decide that mat
ter, though we should think the official inspec-
ton made in November and December last and
the reports presented by the chief engineer.
would afford sufficient data for its determine
tion. Certainly it must be decided soon. unless
there is to be deplorable delay in the construc-
tion of the canal. Some work can of course be
Is
will be necessary under any plan; but we are
getting close to the time when large propor-
ton of the work must be executed with direct
regard 10 the kind of canal that is to be made
1t viii not do 10 have engineers and workmen
stand idle while Congress debates the question
OF dam at Bohio or one at Gamboa, and ii will
certainly not do to have lot of work done on
one plan and then abandon it for another
II must be realized all around that this conn
try has undertaken the greatest engineering lob
In the world. Moreover, it is q job which an
other great rich, enterprising and skilled coun-
try has twice undertaken and has twice failed
TO accomplish. There is entire confidence that
we shall not fail; but If we are not to fail and
are not TO meet with delay and needless cost we
must learn from the experience OF our prede-
cessors and must avoid the errors which proved
fatal 10 them. Some of the provisions of the
pending bills are intended to guard against some
of those errors. They ought to be enacted.
Sons measure must De enacted. since the exist.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-22
4cAIysT UyLInITED FRANCHISES

New-Jersey's State lawmakers are ponuetins
with great deliberation Assemolyman Coloy >
hill prohibiting governing bodies OF muhlclpaH-
+ies from granting franchises for a longer perlou
than TWENTY-FIVE wears. The motive power De-
hind this measure comes from the oranges
where the people have recently Deeh playing
AGAINST the Public Service Corporation III Tue
matter of trolley franchises. East Oranges lily
Council gave the desired unlimited 1rahchlse
for a line on Central-ave., but when IL came u
Getting ner1nission to continue the road through
orange the inhabitants of the latter town simply
dubbed their aldermen into rejecting an un-
limited franchise and the company Wouldh
have ANYTHING else. But the Orange folks are
NOT ouite satisfied that they are out OF the
woods They go to bed o. nights wondering IL
morning won't bring some new scheme 10 sat
isfy the Public Service Corporations demands
regardless of what the citizens may lhlhh'
Hence the Colby bill, which is intended 10 4ocA
the door and seal if hermetcaly.
That corporation is not expected TO reAnquIsu
its determination finally to win an unnlnlleu
franchise for the Orange section of CentraIaVe-'
nor does ANYBODY assume that it will SIT WIN
folded hands and see the Colby bill pass Inc
Public Service Corporation has not many
ayowed friends in the legislature, but there are
a number of distinguished SOlons who nave dls-
covered numerous reasons for not supporting
the principle embodied in this bill. 1t violates
home rule. ties the hands of municipalities and
so on and so forth, and the legislators who re-
cite these objections are apparently aggrieved
at reflections on their seriousness. However,
there is to be a hearing on the bill next week,
and much illumination may then be shed upon
the subject
New-York tribune., 1905-02-22
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.

LFRoM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU-l
Washington. Feb. M--8Iinister from Chill and
Sehora Walker Martinez had as dinner guests at
the legation this evening the Minister from Portu-
gal, Mr.. and Mrs. John ". Foster, Miss Shaw.
Miss Morton. Miss Miller. Miss Cobb. Mile. des
Portes. Seforita WAlker-Martinez. Captain -Four
nier of the French Embassy. Lieutenant Martin,
Mr.. lie Teller, Of the Belgian Legation; Mr.. Pu-
lido. Of the Venezuelan Legation. and Senior Rami-
rez. OF the legation OF Chill
Senator and Mrs Dryden's dinner guests this
evening were the Spanish Minister, Senator and
Miss Minard, Colonel and Mrs. Bromwell, Mrs.
Hobart, Representative Bates, Mr. and Mrs. ].
L. Kuser, Mrs. Gaff Mr.. and Mrs. George Tod
Ford Mr. and Mrs. Hornblower and Colonel and
Mrs. Kuser.
Representative and Mrs Sibley entertained at
dinner tonight in honor Of the Speaker OF the
House and Miss Cannon. Invited to meet them were
the Secretary Of the Treasury and Mrs shaw
Senator and Mrs. Hopkins, Senator and Mrs Hey
burn, Senator and Mrs Fulton, Senator Perkins
Mrs lie Seur Mrs. Loose, Representauye and
Mrs GrosvenOr, Representative and MIS- PAYNE,
Representative and Mrs Mann and Representative
and Mrs. Boutel. -,
Admiral Dewey is recovering from a severe cold,
but is not vet able to leave his nome, Where ne
has been confined for mora than Week
New-York tribune., 1905-02-22
MUCH WASHINGTON IN HIS LIFE.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: I vouch for the truth OF the fouoO,i,r
made I'm my hearing more than once bv a man
well known by me, and who has lived on the same
block with me for nearly thirty years He surely
may be termed Washingtonian Let me give Won
his story IN his own words: 7 was born on De-
eember II. which Is the anniversary OF Washing
tons death In my boyhOod days attended school
at the Mount Washington Collegiate Institute
Fifty years ago. while spending my N,cation n,
RoCklend County, y. Y, my brother and We're
favored one night by sleeping in the same room In
which Washington once slept, and between the
same pair of homespun linen sheets used by him
This was In a house built in l7eO and less than
half mile from the spot where Andre Mas hanged
The year the Civil War broke out ] marched orT
In the defence OF Washington. and Was a member
OF the second regiment which reached Washington
Upon my Return 10 New-York ! married q WOMAN
New-York tribune., 1905-02-22
4 SOUTHERN ooLL1ERT ACCIDENT.


There remains little doubt that the explosion
which entrapped more than a hundred men in
a bituminous coal mine near Bessemer, Ala,
Monday was due to an accumulation of fire
damp. Dust has been known to behave like gas,
but generally speaking, it merely aggraYates
the effect, when the latter IS really the prime
factor Moreover the work Of rescue is said
to have been retarded not only by the solid OBJ
stacles which choked the mouth Of the mine
after the explosion, but also by the presence OF
the deadly afterdamp which IS nothing more
or less than carbonic acid gas, produced by the
combustion OF hydrocarbon vapors. In spite of
the previous reputation of the Virginia work
ings for immunity from fredamp, Mondays dis
aster was clearly attributable to that all too COM
mon accompaniment Of coal deposits.
Such accidents are not always attended with
a great loss of life. If the miners who are
prostrated momentariIy by the shock be
removed promptly to the outer air they have a
good prospect of recovery. If egress is not
barred by the collapse Of the roof of the work
ings their more fortunate companions can drag
them out or they can be rescued quickly from
without In the present instance as is only too
often the case, escape was made impossible by
the falling OF rock and timber IN their path.
Those who were not thus crushed to death
Therefore were apparently doomed TO suffoca-
ton.
Upon the manner III which the gas was ignited
the dispatches from Alabama throw no light
The exact truth about the cause Of such explo-
sions is rarely known. Somebody's carelessness
with his lamp or the even more culpable use Of
matches to light a pipe probably explains the
trouble There are few coal mines in which at
least few Of the wOrkmen do not exhibit a
strange Indifference 10 their own fate and will
fully ignore repeated orders. A particularly
fine class of miners is reported to have been
employed at Virginia, but if there were excep-
Der might have been sacrificed thereby. Another
thing which may have contributed appreciably
to the result is weakness in the supports of the
roof. In his book about the anthracite industry
of this country DR.. Peter Roberts says that in
Pennsylvania the miners are not paid for the
erection OF timbers. Consequently they are dis
posed to slight the work. If the same rule ap-
plies TO the Alabama mines, there is an equally
good chance that falls of rock will occur on
slight provocation.
Against the carelessness and disobedenCe of
limited number of collery employees it is pleas
ant TO offset the humanity and heroism of the
many. Those who engaged most energetically
in the effort to rescue the entombed miners at
Virginia seem to have been fellow workmen
temporarily off duty. The undertaking involved
danger well as hard labor, because the mine
was still filed with the poisonous fumes left
there by the explosion. 1t is pity that such
courage was not rewarded by greater success in
saving life!
New-York tribune., 1905-02-22
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New-York tribune., 1905-02-22
THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY SERVICE

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: The press agent OF the Balriulore and Ohla
Railroad Company, in his communication addresses
you published in Sundays Tribune, avoids
touching the principal points raised n ny e.
ter that appeared in your paper over a week ago
concerning the Staten Island Ferry service
He makes no explanation as 70 why his colapa1s
should run the NIddletOwn In defiance OF ne pro
hibiton OF the United States Steamboat Inspection
Service and port authorities. who have forbidden
tho use Of this boat when there 5 ice II the hay
as dangerous 10 life
Nor does he explain the filthy condition q t1s
smoking cabins where the entire foOrs are covered
with expectOration. despite the sanitary avs
against splitting -
Moreover he intimates that the suspension q
the running OF the boats occurs only a-Ler n1L--
night. when the travel is light Last nlSht-tAa-
is Sunday evening-nO boats were run beIWee.-
S and II o'clock. although the ferryho-Ses, ol.1
at St. George and South Ferry. were black Win
people and nlled 70 OverlOwing
In fact, the Baltimore and Ohio Rallroa1 t-I--
pany neither endeavors to protect the lives or re
people who travel by the Staten Island Ferry ~
does it manifest the slightest care for Lhelr cor
venience and comfort. NAFtOC-'E-'
New-YOrk Feb. %. 1895.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-22
GIFT FROM FRANCE TO AMERICA

Washington. Feb. "a bronze bust cf Wash'ns-
ton. replica OF the original in marble b. Dav-
De Anglers which was destroyed in are N w
quarters OF the Library os Congress in 1851 V~
put in place IN the roturda OF the Capitol to-eSs
aud viii bo unveiled tomorrow ar II O'Clock ll.
replica. Ike the original is the gst ef citizens o'
France. II VIII % presented by the French AlI
basSador. J. J. 1usserand, at exercises 10 De a.
after the UnV yelling. ia the Presidents rQoia II u.
Senate wing OF the Capitol The pedestal 81 W..
the bust Is mounted contains a receptacle -
which the French Ambassador Will pltSe PaF~N-
giving history OF the bust. after whtch tAe ~.
ceptacls viii be sealed. The bust arrived at -
Capitol about year ago. bat has just been assigns
q place
New-York tribune., 1905-02-22

The one-hundredth anniversary Of the public
school system of New-Yorll already worthily
noted in the memorial volume prepared by the
secretary of the Board Of Education, was ap-
propriately celebrated Monday evening. 1t
may be doubted If any city in the world sur
passes New-York in the number, variety ana
general excellence of its educational institutions
and the expansion never ceases Within its
sphere the Board Of Education. to the SURPRISING
importance of whose labOrs Mr.. Tiff referred
with Just emphasis. IS anxious to supply all
requisite facilities and is diligent in the per-
formance of its duties and the other addresses
made on Monday night convincingly testified 70
a deep appreciation OF their responsibilities on
the part of the educational authorities. The
problem OF giving the children OF this city
thorough schooling as # becomes more COM
plicated from year to year. is worthy 70 COM
mand the highest talent and the most intelli-
gent devotion.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-22
NO EPIDEMIC AT NEw-RocHELLE.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: In your edition Of February II you discuss
''an epidemic OF scarlet fever in progress IN
Mount Vernon and end your article BY saying
that New Rochelle is also suffering from an en-
demic Of the same disease Kindly allow ne %
correct you IN this matter. We have at the pres
ent time only six cases Of scarlet fever n the whole
citv and all OF these are under strict quarantine
With a population OF more than twenty thousand
inhabitants YOU must admit that this is not uch
Of epidemic
NeW-ROcheIle, Feb. 1S. 1905
New-York tribune., 1905-02-22
RELIANCE.


Not TO the swift. the race;
Not 10 the strong, the fight:
Not 10 the righteous, perfect grace;
Not to the wise, the light
But often faltering feet
Come surest TO the goal:
And they who walk in darkness meet
The sunrise of the soul
thousand times by night
The Syrian hosts have died:
4 thousand times the vanduished right
Hath risen glorifed.
The truth the wise men sought
Was spoken by a child:
The alahaSter box brought
In trembling hands dehled
Not from my torch the CLEAN
But from the stars above:
Not from my heart lfe's crystal stream
But from the depths of love
-(Henry van Dyke, in The Atlantic
In = lunacy inquiry at Ballinasloe Ireland into
the mental condition Of a man his wife stated
that he had the stairs planked over SO that he
could go 20 bed on a bicycle borrowed a con-
certina TO play 20 bullocks. and invited all the
neighbors 20 come and see them dance He was
found quite capable OF controlling his own affairs
however.
The Birth Rate-Myer-It's still true that there's
a fool born every minute.
Guyer-Worse than that. Wall Street proves
that the birth rate OF fools Is now IN twins and
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