The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-01-06
BIPARTISAN GOVERNMENT;
 A NOVELTY IN NEW YORK

neck and neck. One of the vessels was the Swazi, British tramp steamer. and the other was the Marienfels. German freighter. Each vessel report ed severe hurricanes on the trip, espe- ciaily in the Bay of Bengal
 From the time the Swazi cleared from Calcutta on October 23. leaving the Marienfels in port neither vessel caught sight of the other until the day before they came into New York har- bor. As wagers had been made be- tween the respective crews, In Calcut- ta, as to which would reach New York first. the close finish furnished plenty of excitement.
 To carry out an idea of Police Com missioner Bingham for training es- tablishinent for the horses and the mounted men of the police force the oity has closed a contract for plot of twenty-two acres adjoining kissena Park, in Flushing. where the new es- tablishment Is to be located.
 There. according to General Bing- hams plan. the horses and men of the force are to be trained to the minute. The site selected Is to cost the city $105, 900. and when the ground Is for- mally turned over to the Police Depart ment there will be built an exercising track for the horses.
 There also is to be laid out an ath- letic field for the members of the force. There are now 2S0 horses in use in Brooklyn and Manhattan. One of the things to be taught at the training grounds will be how to approach and stop runaways. Here new members of the mounted squad will be taught to do stunts on horseback.
 Instead of making any progress In his campaign to depose Charles F. Murphy from his leadership of Tam many Hall, Mayor Mcclellan seems to grow weaker as the fight goes on.
 A year ago. when Mcclellan ignored Murphy in making his slate of officers and appointed some men who were bit terly antagonistic to the Tammany leader. an intense internal warfare was started. Mcclellan openly declared that he would use the entire patronage of his office to depose Murphy and for a time things looked squally for the lat ter. The tactics of Mcclellan soon brought influential Tammany men and district leaders to Murphy's support, so that, as the months went on, Me Clellan's strength shrank more and more.
 There is no question but that the eleo- ton In NoYember or many Democratlc State officials favorable to Murphy strengthened the hand of the Tammany leader. Tn the reorganization of Tam many Hall for 1907, which has just been effected. Murphy demonstrated the absolute certainty of his control Out of thirty-six district leaders in the Executive Committee only two voted against him. and he was able without delay to unseat three Mcclellan men.
 John B. Mcdonald, the contractor who built the present subway, Is out with new rapid transit plan. He has laid before the Rapid Transit Board a prop osition for a new subway which he be- lieves will solve the problem of ham ding the traff1c between Brooklyn and Manhattan. MT. Mcdonald is ready to bid for the construction of the tunnel he proposes.
 The new subway, as planned, would be eight miles long. connecting the lower part of Manhattan with the most crowded residential section of Brook lyn. On the land sections 1t would be tunnel but the line to Brooklyn would cross the river by the new Manhattan Bridge and the line from Brooklyn would use the Williamsburg Bridge. It is estimated that 1t would cost s10,000, 900 to carry out the plan. but Mir. Mcdonald Is entirely confident that it will solve the problem of the conges- tion of the bridges.
 Edward Statts Luther.