The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-02-02
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TWO cents for telephone call IN
New York. was the prediction made
recently by President - A REYNOLDS
OF the Great Eastern Telephone com.
pany which is fghting The Bell mon
opOly for foothold in this city. He
expects 10 see the rate fall 10 that. he
said. before the fGht Is ended There
Is more net profit he said, in a two.
cent telephone rate in New IoiG than
there Is ia a fve-cent faIe on the
traction lines In the CITY" The p.O-
posed reduction 10 hve-ccnt Iate an.
nounccd by The New York Telephone
company was entirely due President
Reynolds said. 10 the entrance O! The
Great Eastern into the f.!d
A bitter rate war has also begun be.
tween the New York. New Haven 4
Hartford lailToad. which controls the
Sound lines TO New England points.
and the Metropolitan line. according
10 local trade journal. The cordial
relations that have existed for more
than score Of wears between the two
companies. II says. Will shortly be
broken in the att'mpt Of each 10 Sc
cure control of freight TRANSPORTATION
The break has resulted IL is said.
from the acquisition by he Morse in
tercsts, which now control The Met.
ropolitan line, Of the Eastern steam.
ship companys lines from Boston TO
Maine and New Brunswick ports. thus
threatening 4 monopoly uf ffcirhts
east Of Boston.
And 80 the Bronx H. To have hos.
piial. and IL is To bear tho name OF
YerkeS. New YORK has only one
hospital bearing its founders name
the Rooscvclt-both founded bv rich
men who had bat little good of their
money except 10 give II away. The
third hospital built by solitary effort
is the PRESBYTERIAN, which was the
work Of James Lenox The peculiar
distinction which will attach TO the
Yerkes institution is that IL is due to
were natives OF this city. while Yer.
kcs was 4 Philadelphian. But what.
ever be- its source. the Nsrkcs hospi-
tai Will be a great thing fol the Bronx
In this CITY money Is the requisite
TO social rsnk and TO hold 4 frst-class
position il now seems necessary that
an Adirondack camp. q cottage Al
Pa i'm beach, a box in the opera. and
also shooting box in The Carolinas.
all OF which form suitable adjunct
TO Fifth aNcnue palace or 4 splen.
did house in Central Park west And
there is a goodIy number that can
make just such lordlv showing.
The social centre OF the city travels
upward at the rate OF two blocks a
year, forced by the iBrOads of busi-
ness which have ALWAYS been master.
Many can remember the time when
Fourteenth street was the socia! cen
tre, but now it is Fifty.seventh street. !
IS even now questioned how long |
"millionaircs' row" will hold ont |
against that invasion which has alb |
sorbed the lower part of Fifth avenue. !
Down in the lower East side. no /,
other than Cherry street, i'm fact, on !
the site of his old residence, stands |
today one Of the abutmcnts of he |
Brooklyn bridge, undesigncdly there !
rs a monument to Samuel LCggett. |
one of the pioneers of the gas indus |
try in this country Mr. Lcggett's |
house was No Cherry street. a pre-. |
tentious red brick dwelling at that |
time. 1923. in an aristocratic neigh |
borhood. and IL was in that house that |
gas was first used in New York City |
for the purposes of illumination But |
a stones throw from Mr.. Legectts |
house. and at No. | Cherry street, |
George Washington made his New !
York residence after his Inauguration |
as president in 1889. Samuel Leggett |
was the first president of the New |
York Gas company, corporation that |
was oreaui2ed in 1923. and the gas |
product at that time was derived from
resin, for i'm those days comparative !
~ little coal had been imported from
Liverpool into the United States. and
only in 1920 had the first regular shin. |
ments OF coal from the PENNSYLVANIA
mines been begun. but resin. however.
gave an excellent quality Of gas at
that time, although not comparable /
with the quality that is now being
supplied as the result Of enrichment
by expensive oils.
This city contains a large and pitt
able crowd OF musical students (hoth
seNesl from all parts of the country
each ambitious and CXpectatnt Of bril-
liant success. but struggling with
poverty and disappointment Musical
education lis CNpcnsive-that is. for
the best-and from Two Ia FIVE dollars
rs the rate per lesson. sad history
could hc written of these aspirants
who i'm So many instances are com
PEELED to return home burdened by
costly and painful experience What