Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-24

nipples on the csrrent OF Life In the
Metropolis.

are nearly ss60oo,oOo annually. Chicago.
Philadelphia, St. Louis and Boston COM
bined. pay less than t6000o.o0O a year TO
the public servants. New Yorks popula-
ton is roughly equal to that of these four
cities together but its salary list exceeds
their aggregated salary payments by more
than one-thlrd. New Yorks population is
only double Chicago's. but its salary charge
Is more than triple.
Mayor Mcclellan IL being urged to scru-
tinlze new appointments and increases of
salaries closely. the more particularly that
they are being made in violation Of legal
restriction. Vacancies are fliled more than
once, II is declared. appointments are
made in evasion OF civil service rules, and
various salaries are paid for similar duties.
In other words. there IL already effective
certain sort OF municipal ownership
that is ownership OF the city's resources
by bureaucracy instead OF by the cleo
torate.
Many OF the giants Of the force In the
uptown section OF Broadway are shedding
their blue coats to so into trade. The de-
partment stores are absorbing them and
the hoor walker Is making serious inroads
on the ranks OF the trafic squad. Within
few weeks two OF the best. known men
In the shopping district have accepted
posts in the big shops. The latest OF these
deserters was the Ryan called Big to
distinguish him from q dwarf of six foot
two, who stands a little further uptown.
He was as familiar by sight TO women
shoppers as the Worth monument, for he
has piloted them for years across Broad
way at Twenty-frst street. The proprietors
of the big shops find that the preparation
OF the Broadway squad makes the men
especially adapted to the duties Of a floor
walker and some OF the most conspicuous
Of the crossing cops uptown have ac-
cepted these profitable indoor posts.
Statistics of the street passenger move
ment in New York continue to show that
II Is the elevated lines which suffer from
the opening of the subway system as was
to be expected. But such Is the general
growth of trafic that the elevated system
Is rapidly recovering the loss. During tha
three months ended June 80 the elevated
lines carried over 100000 passengers,
compared with $500. ooe in the same pc
riod of the previous year and 75.7o0,o 900
in the second quarter Of 1904 before the
hold their own--carrying 10l $40. 900 pas
sengers in the past quarter, against 3d.
100000 in the same period of 1906 and
1oo,ooo,ooo in that of 1904. The subway
increased it's traffic from 26,st2.300 last
year to s7,161, 900 in the quarter this
year. 1t thus appears that the trafic
taken on by the subway Is nearly equal
only to what It has created itself plus
the addition from the growth Of the city's
population.
Eight of the large surety companies
doing business in New York City will lose
their charters II an action begun before
the attorney general this afternoon proves
successful Kenneson, Emley & Rubino,
lawyers, OF 15 William street, appeared
before the attorney general and made
application for an annulment of the char
ters Of the eight companies under fire.
The companies threatened with loss Of
their charters are the American Surety
company. the Fidelity and Casualty COM
pany, the United States Guarantee COM
pany, the American Fidelity company, the
Bankers Surety company and the United
Surety company tl ~
The charge on which the annulment Is
asked is that the eight companies have
formed an unlawful combination in re-
strsint OF trade and to prevent competi-
ton have organized a trust, which 10
designated as the Excise Bond trust. The
price of excise bonds has been trebled
by the trust. according to Mr.. Emley of
the law nrm bringing action.
Again the plant 10 made that the drug
gists Of New York City are selling adul-
terated drugs, which are used in the com
pounding OF prescriptions 1t is declared
that reputable physicians all the city over
are complaining bitterly that the situa-
ton has become SO grave as to become
| criminal. and that the practice is jeopar-
dixinR the lives OF many Of their patients,
in whose treatment the use of the purest
drugs is of the utmost Importance. These
physicians place the blame for this grave
state of AFFAIRS largely upon the shoulders
of the wholesale druggists, who sell the
adulterated article to the retail dealers.
who. In turn. NIL the prescriptions with
their spurious drugs. innoeently, of course.
and the harm is DONE
prominent Wall street banker hurry
Ing out of his ONCE suddenly stopped
upon noticing a man across the street
ana tipped his hat very respectfully The
man was carrying a sandwich board en-
blazoning the merits of a nearby quick
lunch parlor, and looked altogether seedy
A friend of the banker, who had observed
the momentary performance, started to
guy him. who's your friend" he asked.
He is a man have considerable respect
for" was the reply. HE was once a
prosperous citizen down here, and worth
several thousand. He lost everything and
finally had to come to this. Even the
best OF us are liable to go the same way.
you know, and that is why am not afraid
| to be respectful to a once brilliant man. -
! Plans are drawn and contracts signed
1 for the erection of over $4,000. 900 worth
/ OF buildings on Manhattan island in the
next twelve months. This 10 a huge
figure, and the only way TO realize it's
magnitude is by comparison. The assessed
realty values OF the whole Of the states
OF AriEona. Nevada and Wyoming agKre-
gate about $40, OOO. OOO-s5 200, 900 short Of
what New York will spend for new build
| ings In one year. The area OF Manhattan
island is 21.s5 square miles; that OF the
three states above named is S21.sIO square
miles, or 1852 times as large; yet in the
smaller area there will be erected in one
/ year new buildings OF greater value than
now stand IN those three states
For skysorapers alone there will be
! spent about $4,000. 900, including those
already partly Constructed. Excluding all
| except those to be begun In the tnu,adta = =