The Cairo bulletin., 1907-03-09
HALF MILLION TO
LEAVE MANHATTAN
THOUSANDS TO DESERT STUFFY
FLATS FOR cozY HOMES IN
NEW SUBWAY TOWNS"
LATEST IN new YORK
Is An Interesting Discovery by Theo.
dore p. Shonts-DownfalI of a
Youthful Financier-Ex-
Policemen Get Pensions

c New York, March S--Enogh pc.
y pie will move out of Manhattan tht
8 year to make dozen new citie
d Sites for more than a core Of sue
Q towns have been mapped out alon
f the rapid transit subway lines whicl
will be in operation next summer an,
Z 1t Is est mated tnat 100000 people vii
! grasp the first available opportunity
comfortable and ch aper homes il
outlayins districts.
What is known as The "meuopoi
tan area now extends well up inc
Connecticut. embraces all the acces l.
BILE portions OF Winchester county
the northern half of the state OF New
Jersey and the entire western end OF
Long Island. Last year suburban real
estate operators and builders invested
S6OO,O0O 600 in this territory and erect.
ed 25,000 dwellings and $500 fiat
houses with accommodation for ap-
| proximately 10000 people. So far
plans have been filed for additional
structures to be completed this year
at a cost of $3.50 100000 Yet this
huge outlay is only part Of the bill
lions which are being spent TO pre-
| pare outlying districts for the spr adj
ing activity. Three hundred and thir,
tyeight thousand people, il is estima-
ted will be provided with homes by
the building operations OF the ensu-
ing year at substantial reduction in
rents which now. for the poorer class.
es, frequently average as high as %
or 80 per cent of their incomes be
cause Of the necessity for crowdiDg|
within committing distanc Of their.
employment.
MI Thoodotf r ssfiU1isc nHe ~. mons.
the task Of solving New Yo.k's trans.
por alton problem has been delegated
in his capacity Of president of thJ
marlborough. Ne ropolitan Railway
system. has made the interesting dls-
covery that passengers are being
wedged into the cars 50 compactly
that it is impossibl for them to gel
their hands down into their pockets,
and that hence the company is losing
more in fares than it would cost 10
furnish and maintain adequate facll-
il es. This is believed TO be an argu-
mcnt which will appeal to Mr.. Ryan
and Mr.. B lmont with some force just
as soaa as Mr. Shonts can prepare
the necessary diagrams and drawings
and a few repodts to substantiate the
statement.
In the meantime figures obtained
by a subcommittee of the Republican
cornty committee which has been in
vestigating the matter, show that inI
the first nine months Of 1906 the
company took In II 100000 cash fares
more than for the same period OF
1905. They also show that Will traf-
fee was increasing at this cate of ] i
500. 600 passengers a month, the mum.
Der of cars in service was reduced
until in December but 1875 cars wer
run as against 1850 five years ago,
when 309.3 273 fewer passengers
were carried than last year. In ten
ars the ttaffic Of the elevated ana
surface lines In the borough OF Man
haitian has increased from 49ol52,,90
cash fares in 1897 TO l.00o7 lGl,s33 I'm
1906. and last year showed an in.
creae of approximately Il per cent
over 1895.
Youthful Financier
A little crud of method. perhaps
as might be expected Of "a novice. bu.
displaying promising signs Of devel-
oping into a railroad magnate or the
president of a life insurance company
at the very Last. the career OF XIII
Peters has been cruelty nipped in The
| bud X vi Is Is years old which un'
! fortunate number may account for
his bad luck. Until last Wednesday
when Justice Wyatt Of IN Children s
/ Co,rt .entenced him TO two years in
! the Uew York Juvenile Asylum ey
| clucive resort for young men of tend-
er y ars Kiki was leade- Of the ia
/ nous Whyo gang Of younthful high
waymen who haunt the East Sixty
/ fourth street Businesses.
Like a rue disciple Of Dick Turpin
/ he always led his trusty band 10 prey
upon the wealthy. once and again
/ b led them in daring and success ful
raids upon the gildcd scions Of The
rich 20 10 school in the arlstOrraic
neighborh,od OF West End avenue
1 whence they returned bearing much
{ spoil in the way Of skat hockey
sticks and red sleds. and leaving the
enemy dissolved in such tear a.
! food Wall Street the morning after
Mr.. Hartman has acqrired control o.
a few railroads. But tn third time
/ stern -visaged aFte. in the guise Of a
I fat cop. lay in wait for the daring
I band. and a treacherous bit uf ice