The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-13

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proposed by them would be black.
ballcd unless their names were witN
drawn.
This state of Boycott applies to
the London Clubmen and no such q
feeling is shown toward visitors OF
the continent. There. for years. tho
American clubmen have been hos
pNably treated.
Owing to official negligence in
the failure OF borough presidents to
certify proper assessments to the
Board CT Assessors, this city during
the last five years has paid out
more than $l0,0OO,0OO for the lay
ing of sewers and grading of the
streets which should have been paid
by property owners. This is an as
tonishing condition of affairs which
has uist been revealed through an
investigation by the Corporation
Counscl's office and the Commits
sioner of Accounts.
The commissioners have found
that 405 contracts has been paid
for by the city which. with interest,
made n total outstanding debt un-
collected from property ownrs of
s10,77l 900. There were 200 such
contracts paid for by the city and
not charged to property owners in
Queens and 235 in Brooklyn some
CT the contracts running back to
1902. The proper procedure IN such
eases, the report says. is for the
city to employ contractor and
pay him the amount due under his
contract, which amount. with Incl
dental expenses, then is certified
to by the borough president and
the certificate forwarded to the
Board Of Assessors in order that
they may levy on the property ben
cfYea.
Money spent for this purpose by
the city, the report says, might
be recoverable from the property
owners benefited, provided the
property owners do ot raise objec-
tons. y
During the past few years the
importance of New York not only
as an art center but as an art
market has vastly increased. Its
art auction rooms have become the
commcn meeting ground of collec-
tors from all ever the United States
including both buyers and sellers.
A few nights ago mixed collec-
tion OF some eighty valued paint
ings by French and Dutch artists
and few by early English paint
ers, were sold. They came from
three private galleries, one in Mil
waukee, one in New Haven, and
one in Baltimore and all together
brought $lSo,000.
Another large auction I'm January
when the collection of IL. S. Hen
~ of Philadelphia was sold, real
izeI 1852 900 for thirty pictures.
An Important figure at all these
sales j. ex-senator William A..
Clark Of Mcntana, who, during the
Last three months, probably has
spent $250.0O0 FOR few master
pieces for his new Fifth Avenue
|lranslu. From the Henry collec-
iion alone Senator Clark made
lthree purchases tggregating $780,
200.
Other art treasures disposed of
during the past winter included the
Starbuck-Macy sale of colonial fur
nitue and china which netted up.
wards OF 100000. Then there wa;
the auo.ion Of the Drake collection
81 brass and copper articles which
brought $4,000. Added Importance
has been given to these sales OF
pictures and art objects because OF
the frequency with which the Met
roroli.an Museum is figuring. as a
bidder.
Three German engineers of inter
national repute now are here from
Hamburg to act as special ccmris
s>ners to study American method.
Of tunnel engineering in order what
data they may obtain in the con
struction of the mammoth harbol
Terminals in Hamburg.
Otto iStcckhauseli is the commits
sioher from Hamburg municipality
and Is the chairman of the visit
ing committee. the others beine
Paul Rheindorff. @who has bull
many tunnels in Europe; and Ed
uard Meyer, who is the chief en-
gineer ff mechanical instalatior
al the Hamburg Harbor. Nh. Mey
Ter's special duty Is to study th'
system of electric elevators in thi'
country, for the tunnel sto be lait