Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-12
ROUND ABOUT NEW York,
Ripples on the Current of Life I'm the
Metropolis. III.

Metropolis.
The Passaic river on the Jersey side OF
the Hudson Is esteemed the strongest water
confined between banks in this country.
Comparatively speaking, the famed CHI
cago river Is a stream of sweetness ana
light. Possibly the harbor OF Milwaukee
on busy day might crowd the vocferous
Passaic for first place, but for steady. sus-
tained power the Jersey river Is unrivaled.
In the good old summer time excursion
boats use the river as means OF reaching
Newark stirring the fragrant energies OF
the water. On one occasion an Omaha
Jerseyman went out with the boys on
Newark excursion. The party was away
all day and well into the night. Returning
the trip was tedious and tired bodies sought
repose. While thus slumbering the steam
boat ran into a streak of atmosphere whose
pungency was unmistakable. As soon as II
reached familiar lungs there was an awak-
ening. A dozen members leaped TO their
feet, shifted the air to make sure, and
exclaimed In unison: Home again. by
heavenl" The steamer was In the Passaio
sure enough and Newark was near by.
Former residents of Jersey will be inter
ested in knowing that efforts are now being
made to cleanse the river. dilute its an
pie to live without noseguards within It's
reach -
There is always something new TO be
learned in the hotel business" said the
proprietor of one OF Gotham's most fash
ionable hostelries TO a correspondent.
There are tricks in all trades, but have
been in the hotel business a quarter OF a
century and l don't know one-half of the
strategic end of It. i have been studiously
trying to find out, though. That's why
I'm bald. TWO weeks ago ] resolved 10
operate the hotel on more economical
basis and 1 started out to do my own
marketing. OF course, prior to that time
my steward was getting big rake on from
the butcher and grocer, like all stewards
do. Well, found that was saving money
by doing my own buying and that I was
getting better food. Just two days after
started to do the buying every blessed
guest In the house began to howl, They
declared that The tender iifet steaks and
rib roasts and fine sugar-cured hams.
which had purchased with extreme care.
were tough and UNFIT to eat. also no
ticed that the meat was tough. / COM
planned to the butchers. but they VOID not
stand for It. j invited the smoked meat
man and the butcher TO come to the hotel
and sample the meats. They did and they
could not eat 1t. They both declared that
the meat was being doctored In the kitchen
by the steward. employed a female de-
tective and gave her position as a
'hasher' in the kitchen, and she learned
that every piece of meat that was sent to
the dining rooms had been made tough by
the steward and his cohorts. She learned
that he was boiling the hams in salt water,
rendering them tough and salty. He also
had some preparation with which he doc
tored the meats. or course, fired every
body employed in the kitchen, but the new
steward is now doing the buying. 1t Is
better in the long run"
The Henry Hudson memorial bridge is
now under way According to the quar-
terly report OF the bridge commissioner a
contract for diamond drill borings in the
river bed at the bridge site is being pre-
pared. The commissioner reports that II
the Municipal Art commission approves
the elaborate plans for the bridge, with
the masonry approaches. the work can be
put under, contract early this fall and the
bridge completed IN time for the Hudson
| tricentennial celebration.
The Hudson bridge will be a permanent
Hudson memorial and will be an important
link between the upper section of Man
haitian and the Highlands further up the
river. Its completion will open a drive all