Omaha daily bee., 1906-09-14

Rippies on the Current OF Life In the
Metropolis.


New York furnishes suggestive clue to
the origin OF some mysterious fires and
places the responsibility on fre infuranee
companies whose greed for business
prompts the issuance OF policies which
tempt the nrebug II was surprised. says
the marshal. "at the many cases TO De
found among the poorer classes where
three or more different persons boarding or
lodging with one family. In the same suite
OF rooms were each In possession OF a nre
insurance policy. They. In most cases mad
nothing outside OF wearing apparel In the
premises. the value OF which represented
but small fraction OF the amount OF their
policy. / was informed that no trouble was
experienced by them in procuring these
policies from agents OF FIRE insurance COM
panies.
Moreover. these people seem to have the
delusion that all would partake In large
| claim II fire occurred on the premises
| This idea no doubt, Is often the cause ot
negligence In causing fires. II not some
times an incentive to some to commit ar
son.
Again. insurance claims are often ad-
justed for fires OF which we have no cogni-
rance. These are generally small hres, ana
II is only when an exorbitant claim is &c
manded. OF a FIRE appears suspicious to the
| fnlnO OF the aheN "NSNSN~'f
| bureau is then notified.
RISKS have also come to my notice which
were decidedly hazardous but not appar-
entity deemed so by the companies, from
| the heavy assurances In the possession ~
! some parties having a IRE II appears
| therefore, that IL some insurance ofhcials
were not so lax In respect to risks ae-
sumed,' II more discrimination was uscd
in the disposition OF claims and the moral
hazard and other features Of risk taken
into consideration, there would be ma
terial decrease in the number of fires"
The forty-one-story addition TO the Singer
building at the corner Of Broadway and
Liberty street in New York offers peculiar
engineering problems and dificulties. The
wind pressure on the twenty-seven-story.
sixty-five-foot square tower, which is to rise
on the top OF the fourteen-story building
will amount, at thirty pounds to square
| foot to the enormous total OF 12S.OOO-foot
| tons. The tower must be built to stand
| against the overturning force and with
margin for safety. The plan Of the con-
| struction OF the steel frame lie to consider
| the tower as being built Of four square
| corner towers and a central tower consist
ing Of the elevator well. with wind bracing
, running through each wall OF each tower
continuously from base to summit. the FIVE
! towers being tied together In lateral planes
| at the various floors. The building will be
the Hottest masonry structure In the world
Its 612 feet overlapping even the WASH
ington monument by fifty-seven feet. The
| engineers of the building confidently expect
| that In spite OF its great height there will
be no perceptible sway even in the heaviest
storm
Above the New York Centrars New York
I train yard there Is to be laid out vista
OF hanging gardens. which for beauty Of
/ conception will eclipse anything ever be-
! fore undertaken In railway parks. For a
distance Of over half a mile. looking north
from the Grand Central station. the gar
dens will be spread out supported over the
| tracks on steel columns.
Fountains will be appropriately placed at
intervals. with trees and shrubbery in trop-
| ical abundance, the whole constituting
| spacious park in delightful contrast to the
present dusty, dirty and unkempt surround
ings With no smoke nuisance to interfere
! these hanging gardens will vie with Gen.
trail park In rendering attractive this por-
ton OF the city. The management OF the
road lie TO be complimented for its esthetic
taste In beautifyins the exterior OF such
a practical construction as train yard.
| fndBnlnCcnt HdTucus Nndt are w ONsI-
hang them will advertise the road to trav-
eiers all over the globe.
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One thing Is sure to result from the CAM
paign that is being carried on for the con-
troll of the Mutual and New York Life In
surance companies-the receipts Of the New
York postoffiee for the year will be In
creased enormously. The international
policy holders committee alone is buying
5000 2-eent stamps every day. It will cost
the companies almost as much TO carry on
their campaign through the mails. The
international committee almost swamped
the New York postofice on one order a
| few days ago and had to wait half day
until the stamps could be gathered up from
branch oftices and repositories.
Tho United States authorities have for
some time considered the assay ONCE on
Wall street, adjoining the sub-treasury, as
unsafe, and steps are now being taken to
| provide q place In which this department
OF the United States mint can be con-
Quoted without danger to the employees
This old building. the most ancient on
Wall street, was built in 1873 for the New
York branch OF the Bank Of the United
States.
When that institution failed Il was oocu-
/ pieu iOt boiiic tltilo iOf pduhlnk purposes
and In 1853 was converted to its present
use.
In this building the precious metals in
the form OF crude bullion. bars, old jewelry
ooin, etc, are received and turned out In
the form OF bars. bearing the government
stamp certifying to their weight ana fine
ness. The greater part OF the work is exc
cuted for private parties. who deposit bull
Hon with the ONCE for that purpose, a
small charge fixed by law being Imposed
for the service. Gold bars or gold coin
are returned for gold deposits. and silver
bars only for silver. The gold bars manu-
featured vary in value from 500 to 5000
and the silver bars from nve ounces TO
! 800 ounces. The once accepts no amounts
Of either gold or silver of less than 900 in
value.
The total arrests made In New York City
las; ear numbered lss. 1856 OF which about
one-ffth were females. There were Z2,E7e
more arrests than in 1904. Nearly 5000
persons were put in custody for alcoholic
extravaganza Two hundred and ninety
actresses and forty-six models came within
the reach Of the law. and 1.T2s errand boys