The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-05-06

relays. three men can work in the space now occupied by one. and the growing congestion will be relieved. If such day ever arrives, the city will really have three separate populations. one of which will be wholly nocturnal. The three will have their separate news papers, different amusements, different
 interests, different outlooks upon life.
 While one shift is breakfasting. an-
 other will be dining; while one is sleeping, another will be at the height
 of its daily activity. But the fmagin- ation fails at the state of mind of the housewife whose husband and sons
 would be scattered. through the three
 relays and whose whole life would be a
 tumble of conflicting breakfasts and dinners and sleeping hours.
 Scarcely week passes that some
 new foreign uniform does not brighten New York's streets. Last week the
 men of the Queens Own Regiment. which came down from Canada to at tend the military tournament at Madi- son Square Garden. were a familiar sight in their neat dark uniforms and | little hats cooked rakinshly over their ears. A curious feature of their stay
 was that all street car conductors and ticket sellers on the subway and ele- vated roads had been hoarding all the Canadian dimes that came to them. in order to pass them out to the strangers | in change. This week the tall, rangy l Englishment were succeeded by the dumpy little French sailors from Ad-
 miral Campion's fleet, which has been visiting the port. The French tars wear dark blue uniforms with a pro- | fusion of red trimmings. When the first installment on short leave reached the landing near the fleet anchorage in the Hudson River. they accosted the policemen on duty with the query; Were ezz za Bowery?" On receiving
 the proper direction, they immediately
 headed for the thoroughfare where sailormen can get the largest schooner
 of beer in the world" for a nominal
 payment of cents. Next week Orien-
 tai uniforms will be the treat. for His
 Highness, the Maharajah of Baroda,
 will arrive with an extensive suite.
 The Maharajah owns the only gold ar
 tillery in the world, and is said to have
 jewels enough to fill two flour barrels.
 If he is wise, he will not visit the Bow cry unaccompanied by Central oflce
 detectives.
 The news that the Senate had decid- ed to begin to vote on the Hepburn bill amendment this week and would move steadily toward the passage of some rate measure. has been follow
 ed by a sense of relief among the wor- ried business interests of the metro polls. The general belief is that the power of the courts to review the find ings of the Interstate Commerce Com mission will not be taken away, as the debate of the past week has shown that this would be a serious departure from the form of government laid down by the founders of the nation. But. nevertheless. banking circles, rep resenting small investors and holders of railway securities. realizing that the placing of abritrary power in the hands of an executive tribunal might result in serious financial disturbance, will remain uneasy until the question Is decided. It Is pointed out that the Hepburn bill Is the first bill ever pro- posed which does not provide for court review and even the most active agita- tors for rate legislation, including members of the Interstate Commerce Commission, are on record as favorIng court review as is shown by state ments of the members of the Commis- sion recently published in the Congress sional Record.