Omaha daily bee., 1906-10-16
RouSD About NEW ronK.
RIppIes on the Curreat OF life In the
Metr0nolTa

/ Rippies on the Current OF life In the
Metrepolia.
| Ambrose Boulevard IL what the
marines call the new Ambrose channel
short cut through New York bay. winch
the government In dredging. writer Ia
the Technical World Magazine says It will
be veritable lane OF light. which will lead
the big thirty -seven-foot draft ocean grey
hounds into the harbor OF the Metropolis.
In 1897, the ocean-travcling stranger APP
/, preaching New York at night will be
treated to a scene OF beauty at once strik-
ing and startling-a picture which will re-
duire but little Imagination to place Il
among the Kaleidoscope cyc-feasts OF the
! Arabian Nights or Beilamy's dream OF
/ Looking Backward" lie will see a bright
boulevard formed by red lantern buoys
and nanked by the harmonious illumination
OF Coney island. Manhattan, aud other
beaches the right, while to the left an
endless stream OF lights show the vessels
passing between the observer and the row
OF white lanterns standing out in bold re-
lief from the contrasting gloom at Sandy
Hook or the Staten island shore.
The main ship channel now being used
by most vessels at the great gateway OF
America, is 80 narrow and tortuous that
with varying currents It Is a difficult task
for even the most expert pilots to guide
their floating charges through in safety,
particularly at night. In addition to the
dangerous turnlngs OF the old route, the
channel is only thirty feet deep. and the
new Cunarders now being build will draw
thirty-seven and one-half feet. so that II
would be impossible for them 10 enter New
Yorks harbor unless this new way. which
will be forty feet deep, was provided for
them. Thus in making this new path. the
government is only relieving a very pross-
ing obligation TO marine interests and the
1 country at large.
Don't talk to me about moonshlning IN
Kentucky" said the internal revenues
agent. quoted by the New York Sun.
There's more moonshinlng going on all
the time in little old New York than could
be done I'm ten Kentuckys. In the crowded
sections OF the east and west sides stills
spring up right along and for a while con-
duct fourishing business in the low-grade
| whisky they manufacture.
You see, II doesn't take much trouble TO
equip a still with corn and yeast and start
! in to make the mash which is finally turned
! out as n pretty poor sort of whisky. The
great difficulty Is In getting rid OF the
peculiar smoke and odor from the stills
without exciting suspicion. This is usually
! attempted by running the still In connection
with a dye-shop or some other chemical
enterprise blind. We keep watch on
all such establishments and have the town
well covered by sharp-eyed and sharp
nosed agents besides.
I'VE are constantly arresting these small
moonshiners and sending them to Jail. But
enough spring up In their places for you to
say with safety that, as say, there's more
moonshining going on I'm New York City
right along than there could be In ten
| Kentuckys."
IT'S true saying that the folks In New
] York do not even know their next door
neighbors. One might die here and the
other fiat jewellers IN the same house would
be none the wiser No Grape is hung
on the outer doors OF the apartment houses
when one Of the occupants has crossed
the great divide, because 1t would be dis
turbing to the other tenants. And so
there are parts of the town which you may
traverse and never see a Grape. People
die here, but It is no longer the custom
to place the Grape on the outer door. In
| some parts OF town, in houses of many
tenants, where IL is desired and where
II Is sanctioned by custom. undertakers
place a bit of Grape at the outer door. I'm
! such cases tying a black ribbon to the bell
pull or to the name plate of the family I'm
| which the death has occurred within; but
In the many fine modern apartment houses
II is not the custom. The black insignia
OF death is still used in the old way in varl-
! Gus perts of the city given to private
dwelling houses but here, too the custom
is beginning-has. in fact. begun. to fall
Into disuse Flowers with the crane or
flowers alone may be seen on such houses
and there are fine avenues and streets in
which the outward display OF any death
emblem whatever has been largely IL not
wholly given up. They know. and their
friends know; and why should they make
their grief public?
During the automobile races on staten
island in lSe a big car. fiying at a speed
OF 100 miles an hour swerved and ran
through a crowd OF spectators. killing
several Of them and injuring many more.
The races were held under a special ordi-
nance permitting the contest. Miss Louise
johnson, who was one OF the injured sued
the city and secured verdict for so
damages. The court of appeals has set
aside this verdict The court holds that
while the ordinance permitted the races TO
be held. II did not authorize the contest
ants to exceed the legal rate Of speed. and
l that Miss Johnson. by her presence. cpn-
/ tributed to the violation of the law This
utSAeioh may StNt ANt CITY many tnNuSHFOS
of dollars damages in the cases resulting
| from the disastrous explosion Of fireworks
with which Congressman William r. Hearst
| was celebrating his election four years ago.
| II may also apply 10 the cases Of injuries
received during the Vanderbilt cup races
| on Long island.
The gigantic smokestack Of a manufac-
tory that forms part OF the sky line serves
double purpose; q not only performs the
functions intended by its builders. but Is
used as = weather prophet by travellers
across the East river. Constantly there
issues from its throat a broad hand OF
smoke and vapoT which Is exceedingly
sensitive TO each change In the direction
Of the wind. As the upper currents veer
Il veers and the weatherNise commuters
who make frequent trips across the river
cast an anxious eve toward the smoke
stack as soon as Il comes into view and
straightway make their atmospheTical pros
nostications for the next twenty-four hours