Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-28
FREE MUSIC THE
MASSES BY THE
MANHOLE ROUTE
CURIOUS CONCERT FOR
THE BROADWAY CROWD
The Most Difficult Book in the
World to Publish Just Bought
Out in Gotham.

Ntths NtN ipih : SllttlS nave never
been noted particularly for theil
cleanliness, but as %purveyors of tres
music for the masses by the manhol,
route their success, judged by then
first accomplishment, is undoubted
The first discovery OF this subterran-
can melody was made by two negroes
who, while strOlling along Broadway
were surprised To hear music pealing
from a manhole near the corner o.
Twenty-siXth street. 1t was a ringing
cornet solo, rendered with great spirit
and the two Immediately Eel. into a
violent discussion as to what the
player was doing under the street.
ana how ne had gotten there. Before
they could decide to call the police a
large audience had collected and
when the solo gave place to the
strains of a full brass band the APP
plause was enthusiastic. Further APP
plause at the end of the selection
Jailed 10 produce an cor but when
someone dropped a nickel down The
manhole, as a contribution TO the
band, supposedly concealed beneath IL.
with others following suit, the music
suddenly began again continuing en-
Enthusiastically through MAN. hours.
Eventually members of the traffic
squad had to dispense the audience Of
music lovers which was completely
blocking the streets. Meanwhile with
occasional pauses the music contin-
ued through the night To the delight
OF thousands, and not until the fol-
lowing day the cause brought to light.
Then II was discovered that there was
a leak I'm the electric wires over which
music Is sent by a company which
transmits ii from a central producing
station to hotels, halls and private
residences. 1t was one of these wires
which had short circuited, thus Civ
ing Broadway a free concert, a mNs-
tory and "a ennGuffpn all at nnna
-
New York is now to out-rival the
splendor of the ancient Roman baths
of Caracalla, famed as the most
sumptuous the world has ever known.
Father KnickerbOcker's effort IN this
kind unless the whole department
hardly be called for service of this
line. however, is to be in the equip
scene of the fire ready for dynamite
duty. but they. of course, would
ment of a barber shop de luxe, which
will really merit the much abused
name OF "%tonsorial palace" The new
regal hair-cutting and shaving estab-
lishment is to be installed In one of
the great railway terminals now being
built. The whole construction Is to be
of marble and glass. Each barber
chair will cost the tidy sun of $50
and will be surrounded by a canopy
and velvet h%angings. There are to De
ten shower baths, all finished In mar
BILE. and each m%anicurist will have a
little glass apartment all her own.
Marble benches like those in the
Roman baths will line the walls, and
each barber chair will be directly in
front of It's own marble washstand. 1t
will undoubtedly be the costliest and
most splendid barber shop in the
world, but II is not yet known whether
the finest suggestion Of all to the ef-
feet that only mutes be employed in
Il will be adopted.
Fol the first time I'm the history OF
the New York fire department the
much talked of, but never used, fam
GUS 'three-hve" alarm was rung in
his week. This is the call for sap
pers and mines, to be used only when
"A conlagration has gotten so far out
of control that dynamite must be used
to stop the flames. The call Itself
makes Il incumbent only IN the lieu
tenants of each fire company in the
district designated to rally TO { he
were fighting the fire. The general i'm
preston when the call was received
was that a building had fallen, en-
~dangering the safety Of others New
York, however, was spared the nor
rors of such a confiagratlon as the
three nves" would indicate, for the
whole matter was merely a test on the
part of Chief Croker TO discover now
the fire department would respond TO
an alarm which not one of its mem
bers had ever heard rung In. A lieu-
tenant was on and with a stop watch
and a list of the men to check them
of as they arrived, and the results
showed tina while New York Is not
anxious for a repetition Of the san
Francisco cataclysm, her firemen can
be depended on for very prompt ac-
tion If the necessity ever arrives
The inheritance Of the fall edition
of the New York telephone directory
has caused some Interesting facts 10
be brought to light in connection win
this publication. one is that II IS me
most widely circulated bOok In the
city, not eXempting even the Bible
and the city directory, which are its
nearest competitors. Another Is that
the growth in the use of telephones
in New York has caused the Bell com
panies to build al a publishing de-
partment larger than that OF many
prosperous book houses just to han
die the preparation and delivery OF
this single volume. Something like
200. OOO. 900 pages are required Tor
ZACH edition OF the book ana N an
the copies were placed In a single pile
they would form a column seven ana
> hall miles high or about two miles
higher than the lOftiest mountain IN
The world. The popular novelist VINO
could secure such a demand TOT ms
works as exists for the telephone DOCK
would be i'm the Rockefeller class IN
The matter OF income. That an enorm-
Gus bill for printing and publishing
forms one Of the items in the cost OF
furnishing telephone service u "a
thought that probably never has oc-
Cured to those who daily consult the
big directories. II L. said that on ac-
count OF the endless changing OF ad-
dresses which Is going on all the tlme
in New York and the tens OF thou-
sands Of new names that have 10 DC
added for each edition. this Is the
most difficult book in the world 20
edit. print and publish.
The most novel invention To come
20 the metropolis in many moons mas
inst arrived in the shape Of what -
French designer calls a "canOt-kOl-
furer Translated into every day
American thla IL a can0e-car, q the
new machine Is just what its name
IMPLIES. that Is a combination Of au-
tomobile and auto-boat, which actu-
ally run both on and OF water. a. me
rase NAV be. when RUNNING on lana
his strange craft or car has much me
-appearance OF a rOwboat partially
deeked over. OF thai of q small tor-
pelo boat mounted on wheels. Ike
IN. ordinary auto u has four wheels
vhfch a. the new creation + intend
80 80 ~ HALHHA .