Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-15
ROUND ABOUT NEW York.
Rippies on the Current OF Life In Z
Metropolfa.

a building material may be had from the
statement that Il is being used in 600 build
inss now under construction. The fall in
the price of brick has Appropriated 80 per
cent. The Sun regards the change from
stone and brick to concrete as promising an
early reduction in the excessive rents now
exacted, baslng its hope on the greater
economy OF the latter material
Speaking about the altitude OF New York
rents, the Press says. Owners of apart
ment houses in New York have adopted
apparently for all time the renting plan OF
sky-touching Office structures in the COM
mercial and financial quarters. Inquire OF
the agent OF a scraper. How much rent?
He may say. Five dollars foot He
means s. a square foot, so that an ONCE
1oxl5 will cost you $3.50 a year. Until very
recently apartments were rented 'en bloc
as we would say In Paris. So much for
this fat. so much for that. But. bless you.
while we have not yet arrived at matter
OF square feet in the hire Of a domicile. II
Is put to us by the up-to-date agent OF
janitor that we shall pay so much a room.
You want a seven-room nat. oh, very
wen. The price is $40 a room each month.
or $3.50 a month for the apartment.
Never speak OF a fashionable residence
In a pigeon box as a nat Nothing over
SIS a month is a fat. Up among the elect
we say apartment" To speak Of ten
ement' in high life is to refer to a sort Of
morgue in the University Settlement, where
wealthy heiresses with nothing else to do
to while away their time make acduaint-
ance of poor young men with an eye to
windward and finally marry them willy
nilly to startle the world with their sanity
o.. l. faorlxy
popular, particularly among those who like
TO shup up shop in the summer and free
as a bird fit to the mountains. To several
thousand people in this city from 5000 to
5000 annual rent for an apartment is
mere bagatelle. They get the equivalent"
West street. in New York, presents net
work OF piers and docks for It's whole
length, says Leslie's Weekly. Most OF the
great steamship and railway transporta-
ton companies have their pier terminals
there, and other steamship companies have
built their terminals on the New Jersey
shore opposite: so that all transatlantic,
and a large share OF the continental trav-
elers must cross West street In coming
to or leaving r1e city. When one considers
the great number Of short-trip travellers,
including commuters, who daily make their
way in and out Of the metropolis across
this busy thoroughfare, faint idea OF its
Importance may be gained. Manhattan
island has thirty-two miles of waterfront
and the city OF New York derives. approx
imately, three ana one-half million dollars
yearly in rentals from its docks and fer
ries. OF this great revenue the West street
section, from the Battery to and including
the new marginal street which extends
from Gansevoort street to Twenty-third
street. Yields almost two-thirds. In this
section the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany alono pays the city more than S2ZS,OoO
a year for the privilege OF maintaining It's
freight and passenger terminals. The White
Star Steamship Company is paying $4,000
apiece yearly for two piers.
Greater New York drinks a million and
a half quarts OF milk day, drinks milk
shipped from six different states, milk
that comes from farms as far as 400 miles
away. almost on the border Of Canada,
and Il takes the cows Of 1900 to 10000
farms 10 supply II all. The milk that
comes from a, distance OF 400 miles Is
practically the same as that that comes
from Duchess county, New York. because
the milk from the far point Is shipped at
Q o'clock one morning on milk express
train and reaches there for use the next
morning.
II is the milk OF the morning Of the
shipping and of the night before. The
milk sent from Duchess county 10 shipped
at night ana is the milk of that morning
and often OF the night before. The con-
sequence lie that there is practically no
dirference OF the the age OF the milk from
the two places when IL arrives in New
York.
with every year the Department OF
Health grows more and more strict in its
care of the citys milk supply. This year
Il has doubled the number OF inspectors
in its employ. and is carrying on a much
more vigorous campaign than ever. before.
Perhaps for that reason. or for that coupled
with the other forces constantly at work
10 look after the needs Of the babies OF
the DOOR there has been a decided decrease
In the rate Of infant mortality during the
summer.
The New York police department is to
enter new and imposing headquarters
within the year The big building is al
| ready so far constructed as to give an Idea
of what It will be like when completed.
To Judge from photographs IL should be the
finest police building in the world, and
thus suit the familiar but not always de-
served title Of the New York force. The
building extends from Grand TO Broome
street, is seven stories high and is built in
the Georgian style of architecture with
base OF Barre granite and superstructure
Of Indiana limestone. Such a structure
ought to Withstand the reverberations OF
Commissioner Bingham's "damns" and In
eidentally add to the pride and self-respect
| of the force.
The death of Russell Sage brings into the
financial world a new figure. He is Charles
w. Osborne, a quiet, transformations. little,
old man, who was years Sage's cashier on
salary OF 5000 a year. AS one Of his
executors now he will get fees that will
run In the hundred thousands. and as
executive head OF the money-lending bust
\ ness OF his money-hoarding master before
him, he will have hnanciers kow-towing to
him daily.
He IL now in his 9th year, a rather slen-
der man OF about the average height. His
head lie surmounted by an aureole OF snow
white hair, and he wears a mustache,
which has also taken on the frost of age.
But his complexion is rudy and his eyes
have a way OF sparkling. None who knows
him ever remember to have seen him when
he did not have smile and pleasant
word.