Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-14
Bronchial Catarrh.

country within the next year. At a
meeting of the executive committee of
the society held at the end OF last
week. one hundred new members were
admitted. among them men of such
national prominence as Hon. Cornell
ius " Bliss, E II. Hartman, Jacob H.
Schiff, and General Baron Kuproki.
His E,xcellency Viscount s. Aaki, ia
panese ambassador to the United
States. was elected honorary president,
and Admiral Dewey, General Fred
d. Grant. DR.. Jokichi Takamino, and
Jacob II. Schiff. were elected honor
airy vice presidents. Altogether il looks
as If the question, Whose Lake is the
Pacific?" might, during the warm
weather at least, be safely classed
with that other vexing. but unporfit-
able problem, How Old is Ann?"
The sagging of the central span OF
the Brooklyn bridge a few days ago,
which resulted in tearing asunder one
of the bic steel bands which clasp
tightly the giant suspension cables
from which hang the steel suspenders
unfolding the roadway. gave rise to
the usual series of summer rumors to
the effect that disaster was impend-
ing which would be certain to occur
during the morning or evening rush,
when the structure is loaded with hum
dreds of electric cars and thousands Of
passengers. As a matter of fact. If the
span had not sagged, it would have
been more alarming, for it is built to
sag in summer and rise with the con-
traction OF the steel in winter. but
there is always an alarmist ready to
start the report that il threatens dis
aster. Even with the relief aforesaid
by the new Williamsburg bridge. the
New York side of the old bridge has
become the greatest terminal in the
world. From it nearly a thousand
trains a DAY are dispatched. besides
200 trolley cars. During the period
OF greatest congestion, something like
$4,000 people. 500 cars and an unnum-
bered procession of trucks pass over
it every hour. To guard against the
slightest possibility of disaster, four
inspectors are kept busy all the time
watching the bridge and reporting to
the engineers for direction in the mat
ter of repairs. In this way it is kept
in splendid condition all the time. and
during the first part of summer, when
the steel expands and the passing
Brooklynite comes two feet nearer the
East river, the adjustment of the
structure to the changed conditions Of
temperature is made safely and easily.
The news of the Fifth Avenue hotel
the Madison Square Theater and ad-
jacent buildings must soon disappear
To make room for a great twenty five
story office building: will interest peo-
pie all over the world who cherish
memories OF old New York There is
but one other hotel in the city. and
that the old Aston House, where Dick
ems and Daniel Webster rested from
their travels, that can surpass the
Fifth Avenue in "reminiscences Of the
past half century. When in 1859, at a
cost Of :2.000,000. the hotel was COM
pleted on the site of a famous old tav-
ern, Madison Square was little more
than an outlying pasture. For aim lost
forty years il has been center of af-
fairs of wide importance to the city
and the nation. Men of note from all
over the world made it their head
quarters when they came to the met
ropolis, and financial deals Of vast I'M