Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-05
Snecial to The Herald.

NEW YORK, March 4.-From
| the latest inventory of the es-
! tate of Charles I. Yerkes, it appears
that the great hospital designed by
him for the Bronx will dwindle into
a rather small affair. The plan was
to make $S,5000O0 available for the
work, but the entire estate appears
| to be considerably less than that. The
whole enterprise looks dubious, Not
until the death of Mrs. Yerkes- Miner
will the money be available, nor Will
one stone of the structure be piled upon
another; and not until the death of
his son and daughter and the attain
ment of their youngest children to
the age of 81 years will the rest of
the Yerkes millions complete the hos
ptal endowment fund. So complicated
are the provisions of the will pertain
ing to the hospital that it is necessary
to study them with care to under
stand how uncertain is the time when
it's founders wishes will be fully re-
allied. In providing that the hospital
shall be built in the Bronx, Mr.. Yerkes
not only showed his confidence in the
growth of this city, but he met real
need of the northern part of New York
At the present time the Bronx, al
though it contains 100000 persons, or
about the population of Newark, N.
j., has only four hospitals, all of com
paratively small size. These are the
Lebanon, Lincoln, st. Joseph's and
Fordham, the city hospital. The ex-
penditures of all four amount to con-
siderably less than 100000, or three
fifths of what the ultimate revenue of
the Yerkes hospital will be. st. Joseph's
spends 100000 a year; Lincoln, $S4,93O;
Lebanon, S63,773, and Fordham, $3O,2O1.
The Bronx contains room for pop
II, hn Cd n
haitian, which would be about 100000
people, for 1t has an area of 4065 square
miles, whereas Manhattan has only
21.93 square miles. The subway and
the extensions of the elevated lines are
helping to build it up faster than ever
before.
Carnegie's Little Joke
Andrew Carnegie likes his little joke,
according to this story told in New
Rochelle. The members of the First
Methodist church decided to get
a new $1,000 pipe organ and some mem
Der of the congregation wrote to Mr..
Carnegie for a donation. Mr.. Carnegie
replied that if the congregation would
raise $500 he would see what could
be done. This response was encour-
aging and the money was soon pledged.
Then the church people notified MI.
Carnegie, who in the meanwhile had
investigated the needs of the congre-
CATION. Today the deacons received a
letter from Mr.. Carnegie who, instead
of sending his check, said that he mad
found that the congregation was TOO
small for a $1,000 organ and that one
for $500 would answer the purpose
very we'll Inasmuch as they had col
lected this amount there was no need
of any help from him. member or
the church, who knows Mr.. Carnegie,
has been appointed to wait on him and
convince him that Il $1,000 organ is
needed.
Waldo a Worker
Rhinlander Waldo, the young society
man who occupies the post of deputy
police commissioner, is disappointing
his enemies by showing capacity for
hard work in his new post. He ar
riyes at the office at a. m. and sticks
to his desk until 5. Then he makes
an evening tour of the city to IA
niliarize himself with the actual work.
,ings of the department. He has peen
on the LOB" now for a month, and he
has made no mistakes. The men on
the force no longer regard him as a
dude millionaire, but as competent
superior officer.
Keep Off; Get Aboard
A heavy automobile truck, loaded to
tho rails with beer barrels. rolled down
a Bronx street yesterday afternoon.
Painted on the back was this sign: