New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-08
Constant Reader Tells What He
Missed in Last Weeks Papers.

-,eu wear of work ana worry 0
Man. approaching the desk OF ms ifieii' o''-
slant Reader.
YES. was the reply. "one powerful motive
= f.,,1ies hack to the city before the sec
=, ,,o,5av If September. That is the neeo OF
-, the children ready to start In schooi
~, +ta orening of the new educational year
:. ,,sed to be the first Monday In the flonui
,ha- the schools began, but since DapoI lag
rss added TO the list of state holoaS
,,oxy we have no national one hot even ',
r-o,,rtb of July-the opening or the CRY 9e'i0
.ss reen deferred a week In the county
-. the schoolhouses were open for regular
sessions last Tuesday. 1t was suppoSeu '"a'
re, the time for opening the city schools was
- g. tho Monday following Labor Day that
~ s;e7o,,ltv in regard TO holidays had oeeh oo-
- hat the school authorities found llls
-. that they had struck another one 1or 'i'
,5 Monday of September this year IaliS
IN the Hebrew new years day Rosh Ha'A0''
nah. q movable date. marking the oesiiiiiiiie -
+ba year 1868 Of the Jewish era So II was ue-
c,5ed that all children of Jewish parents couiu 70
excused from school for that day september O.
Another feature that is unusual TINS ye0i iiA
connection with the opening of the schoo4s 10
- tho Sunday before they open has been nade
G dsv of prayer for educational ihs'ltuti0
There will be an army of over six hundred thou-
September in the schools Of this city 10 receive
+be instruction which is intended 10 make lneli
sood citizens of the greatest country OF inc
world Nearly twice as many new slltiiiss "'i4
he ready for the new pupils as year ago, Du1
still there will be many thousands VINO III tih We
onlv mart time instruction, the claSsFooiiis O0
ing occupied by two sets Of children IN the Gay
time and some OF them q third time III INC
evening when the night schools resume their
work
..Anone the lessons that the rising generation
"a, learn 10 the greatest advantage are those
inspired by the memorials OF the great men anu
heroes NJ this land and Of the world In the
las, week several such memorials have oeen
dedicated. and this month will see others NO
better reading lesson could be put in the hands
Of every pupil in the public schools than the IN
sniring address made by Governor Hughes on
Thursday at the unwilling of the monument 10
President Mckinley in Buffalo the city where
this last of the r1artyred Presidents fell by the
bullet OF an assassin Extraordinary precau-
tions were taken py the authorities Of Buffalo
70 prevent any misguided crank or zealot nav
ing an opportunity TO add the chief executive
OF the state TO the list Of martyrs. little later
~ the month President Roosevelt is to speak
al the dedication of the great Mckinley monu-
rraent at Canton. where President Mckinney ana
his wife lived and now lie buried side by SIDE
While Il has taken only six years for Buffalo
10 rear a monument TO the President VINO oled
IN that city. Il has taken more than quarter
OF q century for the residents along the North
Jersey coast 20 decide to erect memorial 10
PresiGen. Garfield. who died at Eiberon in 1881,
after he mad been shot IN washington Inc
cornerstone OF the Garfield monument will bS
laid shortly. In the last week a tablet was
unveiled a. Portsmouth, y H. on the second
anniversary OF the pesCe conference which
marked the end Of the Russo-Japanese clash OF
arms. AT Goshen, il this state. memorial was
unveiled last week in honor OF the men OF the
ORANGE Blossom Regiment (Which went out
from Orange County in the Civil War; who
unveiled 10 Leon Gambetta. once Premier OF the
French Republic and OF the men who aided
in establishing the Third Republic, which
ceeded the Second Empire"
Have they found out what made the great
bridge at Quebec topple over?'
mo. The engineers are divided In regard 10
the possible cause OF the disaster. which carried
down fOurscore men and nearly many thou
sand tons Of steel In point OF fact II pos
sible that some hitherto unknown element in
engineering calculations would hereafter have TO
be reckOned with Ii predicted even by
some careful engineers. before the erection Of
the New York and Brooklyn Bridge that K
would not sustain its own weight in addition
that put upon II when 1t should be in use. but
the ROeblings father and son. had faith which
was justified by their works and went ahead
with the great enterprise. II has since been
weighted far more heavily than the original
calculations provided. the structure itself being
considerably heavier than il first designed
TO be, and it has shown no sign of weakness
that can be regarded than superficial
Since ii was put in use the great Williamsburg
Bridge OF about the same span. but thirty-two
rect wider ana therefore far heavier, has been
safeiy erected and put IN use The Quebec
bridge is not only greater than either OF these
but also than the Firth of Forth bridge in Scott
land. built the same cantilever principle
which involves different elements in the con-
struCtiOn and P greater strain in some
parts while the bridge is building than il would
have TO sustain after completion The report Of
q crack IN portion Of the steel work which
appeared some time before the fall of the struc-
tu-e into the St. Lawrence River would indi-
cate some structural stress or weakness that had
not been provided fer in the careful calculations
Of the engineers It is possible that the limit in
the erection Of gigantic bridges has been reached
and that halt viii have 10 be called.
But If our water structures In question
what shall be said Of the tunnel from the Bat
terry to Brooklyn. which in the course of its
checkered career Of construction is now said to
be I'm need Of reinforcement in order that 1t
may be put TO use many months after the time
IL was promised 10 be ready This tunnel shows
that IL a public work is contracted for at less
than fair price the public will pay for il in
the end BROOKLYN interests have already re-
ceved black eye from the failure to have the
tunnel ready for use by this time. and
one can tell when II viii be ready how safe II
viii be. The interests in control of the original
subway from the bridge TO The Bronx desired
TO keep the monopoly and to secure at least
the portion of the extension under Broadway TO
the Battery. and so put In a rfdiculously low bid
for the Brooklyn extension TO underbid the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company interests.
which sought 10 secure 81 The latter bid a fair
figure. and il probably would have been far bet
ter for the interests of the general public If
It's figures had been accepted, just IL prob
ably will be for the municipal advantage If the
action OF the water board in accepting fair
bid for the work the Ashokan dam is
tanned Meanwhile the revelations in regard TO
the merger OF the Interborough- Metropolitan
Company bid fair to bring the action taken into
the courts. and criminal charges may be made
before the grand jury If the District Attorney
finds evidence 70 warrant an indictment While
the man who calmly admitted that he sold the
important records 10 junkman as old paper
to be destroyed cannot be made to suffer. lie
Is a privileged witness. the men for whom he
dummy director and able 10 put through