Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-07-30


Pictures of chorus girls ornament
ing the front of DIR. Parkhurst's old
church on Madison avenue, now in
process of demolition, considerably
surprised passing New Workers the
Oher morning. All sorts OF rumors
began to fly about regarding the pos
sible future uses which the property
might be put to, although 1t has been
perfectly well known for a long time
that n big Insurance company is TO
occupy the site. Later on the pic
lures were found to have been so
thoroughly blackened over with prin-
ter's ink that they no longer con-
veyed any hint of their character, ami
this, of course, started another set
of rumors, for Madison Square fire.
quenters have little to do but exer-
else their imaginations. The truth
proved to be that one of the church
trustees. sCandallzed at the sight Of
the posters, and no doubt alarmed
about that DIR. Parkhurst, now in
Switzerland would say IL he heard of
this invasion of his old enemies. had
ordered the pictures to be obliterated
incident closed.
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That New York is four times great
er than London in its available sup
ply of power for manufactures by
electric current, has been conceded
by experts from each metropolis this
week. The story of the stagnation i'm
industrial activities at the British
capital is being told on the arrival
of every steamship from English
ports, and the story of the suprema-
cy of Yankee enterprise in the mat
ter of the supply of motive power
in the American metropolis is being
rehearsed. One thousand million units
of electricity are supplied annually in
New York city alone to turn the
wheels of industry. In London, with
almost twice New York's population,
only a little over a quarter of that
amount is available. The London
manufacturers declare that unless
they can obtain cheaper current and
much more of 1t the industrial inter-
ests of the city will die a natural
death. Nevertheless these same men
are fighting tooth and nail the pro-
posed electric supply BILL which au-
thorizes the municipality to supply
the sorely needed power medium.
Much as they need electricity on a
big scale, the London manufacturers
say they object to municipal trad
Ing" in its supply more.
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The Goddess of Liberty on Bedloe's
Island, which has never had n new
gown or been in any way smartened
up since Bartholdl gave her to the
American people nearly twenty years
ago, is to be generally repaired and
rejuvenated. Congress has appropri-
ated $62,S00 for the purpose and va
rious improvements will be made, be-
ginning with her torch, which of late
so far from enlightening the world
has not even illuminated the harbor
to any noticeable extent. The torch
will be provided with ten electric
lights, instead of five as at present,
and by increasing the power of the
plant the amount of light will be
tripled An elevator will also be
put in to carry passengers from the
base to the torch, the foundations
will be finished off, new approaches
put in, the fort repaired, the grounds
renovated, and the whole statue
painted inside and out. All these i'm
provements will remove the shabby
and poverty stricken appearance
which the goddess has too long pre-
sented and make her much better
exemplar of the wealth and luxury
only a mile or two behind her.
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Three millions for paintings an1
curios-$2O0,00 600 for a single picture
such are Mr.. j. Pierpont Morgan's s
reported expenditures in Europe dur
ing the last three months. The pic
ture in question Is Sir Thomas Law
rence's Portrait of Miss Farren.
which sold for $444 in 1863, and for
| $11,250 in 1897. The enormous in
crease in price is said to be due tn
| the fact that the portrait was owned
| by another millionaire who refused
| to sell for some time until Mr.. Nor
| gan's last offer proved too great a
| temptation to be withstood. The
| Britishers say that Mr.. Morgan
knows nothing about art, but simply
buys the most famous pictures he
can get hold of by the simple process
| Of outbidding everybody else, and
| then packing his purchase away in
! one of several repositories which he
| maintains abroad, neither looking at
| II himself nor allowing anybody else
| to do so. He likes to know that he
| owns such treasures and that other
| people don't. Yet he Is credited with
the less selfish purpose of forming a
vast collection of paintings and an
| tiquitles which he will some time pre-
sent to the New York Museum OF
| Art in order to perpetuate his name
| to future generations. Whatever his
| real plans may be, he has certainly
succeeded in bulling the foreign art
market as easily as he ever did Wall
| street stocks.
| Cooling the subway Is becoming a
| necessity, but the means of doing II
| effectually are not yet apparent. Sew.
| eral plans are proposed and some oi
| them are now being experimental
with. though the work has not al
vanced far enough to show results
The latest idea for cooling the at
mosphere of stations Is to pass al!
forced I'm from the street over coil
full of cool water and then distrib
ute 1t by large ducts all over the
station, the expectation being that tn
temperature will be made from 20 [,
25 degrees lower than that of the out
side air I'm very hot weather. I'm
mense ventilators have been in cours
OF construction for some time past a
various points along the line, bu
they will not be ready for use unit
autumn, at least. In the meantlm
the air In the great tubes IS almos
unbreathable and the heat has to b
felt I'm order to be appreciated; bu
so long as something is in prospect {
improve present conditions peopl
will persplre patiently and hope 70
better things.
Farming In New York city sound
like contradiction in terms, but tina