Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-07-07
WIDER STREET
MUST BE HAD
IN new YORK
Equitable Life Assurance
Society Owns Costly
But Useless
PICTURES OF FORMER GANG
Canada Crack Regiment tO|
Visit New York on
Labor Day.

New York July g. fifth avenue
must be changed and wldcnod 90 that
lt will be- made better central road
through the city. u certain city Of
hcials have their way. The proposal
Is that every bushes building from
Washington Square 40 Central Park
must be Withdrawn from the street col
ihe aciual hullding line. SO That the
space allowed for stoup lines may bel
uscd fer sidewalks anu the carriage
road widenod without interfering with
foot trafhc
There q now such q crush thai n is
llnicult for wagons 90 proceed along
The avenue az a fair speed. and 90 the
principal crossings Furty-apcond
street, rhiry.fourin street and TWEEN.
iy-third street delays are inevitable.
with the increased width of road IL g.
assumed that these delays will DO
avoided and that trufic may proceed
10 way ,.iat - now Impossible
ln view of che decisions 10 the
courts with reference to distractions
on the KulckorbockOr Trust com.
pany's building. at fifth avenue and
Thirty .fuurth street. Corporation
Counsel Delaney desires TO proceed
against all similar projections. he be-
lievos the plan for widening the road.
way should be prepared 40 once Ia
order % give property owners sul
hciCnt time 20 make he changes rc.
quired Without unnecessary incunyon.
icnce.
Under tho plan which be- aas pre-.
sentod Mr. Delaney has told the
mayor that the city win recover an
addition of twenty feet 20 The road
way In Fiun avenue from Washing
ton square 20 the Plaza ten feet ON
either side The curb wl. be- put
back ten feet and the removing OF the
| distractions viii leave sidewalk
twenty feet wide running flush with
tue building fronta-hve feet wider
than they are at present.
Department engineers whom Mr.
Delaney has consulted have pointed
out that the addition OF twenty feet
20 the roadway Of Firth avenue would
provide for 40 least three additional
lines Of vchiclos. During the hours in
/ The forenoon and early afternoon.
when practically an q this iramc ls
southwark, or during tho late after.
/ noon, when % moves ln The opposite
direction. Mr.. Delaney believes the
/ tramc squad Will be- able 90 devote
practically an Of this additional space
10 uorihwurd or sOuthward trafiic as
occasion demands.
Costly But Useless Assets.
Hundreds of exponsiyely framed lfe
size photographs Of the heads and
husts of James w. Alexander James
n. Hyde. William " Mcintyre. George
r. Wilson and Gage r. Tarbcll consti.
tute one Of the minor assets which
The Euitable l.ho Assurance Society
has inherited from rs former man.
agement and which q does not know
Whist 10 do with.
Under the old regime it was the
custom, for advertising purposes. a.
send go Equitable agencies an over
the world. these elaborate photo.
graphs OF the societys principal OF
hcers. and they could have been found
hanging on the walls OF Equitable sub
Offices IN almost every civilized cuun
TRY. IN the home once building. In
his city from three To 1--WE OF them
we're displayed on the walls Of most %
the many rooms used hy the sciciy
Another photograph extensively can
ployed ln the same way was that al
Henry y Hyde, founder Of the cor
aOmtion.
OF an these men. Gage y. Tarbel
\ aud George r Wilson are the onlS
two now connected with the socleiy'i
ldmluis'fn iun md anyhow. Pau
10 rnf un h.ilHYH. DOB slenlini
| he ruIrrnu. frF Wuue flf tha' kiul
y Hdverlsuir 40 1cae rIchl
tTamed photographs. therefore. ar'
nov about ls valuable t0 tho cor trrI
as $50 muC1 Junk. lu many OF IA,
rooms in th main building speclmenl
0f them slill decorate the walls o.
mute reminders OF those Who hay,
passed .ut In the headquarters %
he advertising department on a.,
third floor hang samples Of the en-
,tirc set
Hundreds or similar nlcnrea
glazed. framed and boxed for ship
ment, are packed away in the suppho
department In tno Haven building
They were there when the storm
broke that disrupted tae old marage
lmeut and now nobody knows what &
do with tncm go they stay there
. gathering dust and c0hwcbs. ThI
value OF each. gagged hy its cost. Z
said 90 have n1t been less than $40
wholesale. The photographs are ai
hno. large specimens and they ar'
: tauefully mounted in hnrdwoo,
. IRENE nearly four Feet square
Nobby Apartment House.
An apartment house thar Is expect
cd hy Cos designers 20 eclipse al
lo'hefs in tasteful furnishings ani
arrangements Tor The comfort 90 ten
ants, is shortly io Dp erected iu Ber
lem The architects have cndonVOre,
io utilize zoe latest ideas On apart
mtnt house constructor and the plan.
Tor The building indicate chat u Wli
have several features that ere out 70
tnc ordinary in dwellings ~ The kind
The style uf architecture win b..
French Guthic Tho entrance hall d
to be nnlsned Ia Carrara marble. via
sculptures and bronze Wurt From
fho salan ham stone siairCaso Nli
lead 90 a large central court. wnh
pergola. on the aido win be- ston'
settcea and inches Tor atatuary
The building la t0 he Sour mOFio'
high with four apartments ~ "a ol
eiEht rooms on each of The uppol
floors Tho dining rooms are to nav,
oak WainacQating. surmounfed hy
nuich shelf and EngAsh tapestries
Solid oak beams viii Del used ln th,
ceilings. The drawing rooms viii B,
in the style uf louis XIV with mir
rec and silh hanglnEs