Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-09-16

these lines. Ii * no uncommon thing
for trans Atlantic steamship lines To
bring in 5000 persons i'm one day. In
fact considering all these items the to-
tai of 100. O00. 000. 900 miles is probably
too small What the handling of these
travellers me, rs may be seen from the
fact that at the Grand Central station
this week 200 men have been employed
To do nothing but handle baggage.
During the week at this one point
alone more than 100000 pieces have
been handled. running as high some
times as $4,000 in one day.
VIII the tunnels be safe? That is
the question which many New Workers
are asking today concerning the great
tubes being run under the North and
East rivers. Unfortunately the dis
oovery of alarming structural weak
ness in the tunnel from the Battery to
Brooklyn has postponed 4 practical
answer To this question and given pes
-mists ground for argument. While
il was promised that this tunnel would
be opened by the end of next month.
New Workers. who now travel on the
surface of the river by ferry will now
have To wait until next summer at
least before travelling under it. Ever
since the era of tunnel construction
opened in this city. there have not
been wanting those 10 assert that they
would never be foolhardy enough to
risk their lives i'm the tubes. Riding
complacently on the ferryboats far
above the course of these tunDels they
have pointed triumphantiy To the
''Seysers" in the rivers. as the large
masses Of water lifted above the sur
face by the compressed air escaping
from the tubes far below are called.
Now it has leaked out that the Brook
lyn tunnel from the Battery will have
t. be practically made over although
completed except for "A few details.
The engineers in charge of the con-
struction have been extremely reticent,
but it has been learned that orders
have already been issued for lining
more than 1000 feet Of each tube with
concrete No sooner was the work
finished and the interior air pressure
removed than joints in the big pipe
began To leak and plates To start.
While some engineers believe that
safety can be achieved by concrete
lining. others hold that il will be ne
cessary either to envelope the present
steel tubes in others. an enormously
expensive job. or 10 abandon the work.
Meanwhile New York's first taste Of
tunnel travel is Indefinitely postponed.
The eleventh assembly district in
some respects one Of the most corrupt
in New York. promises to produce a
real ld-fashioned New York fight for
its Tammany leadership. While Gov
ernor Hughes continues To preach good
government and clean politics. The
eleventh" is in a fair way to show that
il does not know much about either.
Not since the years when the Tam
many tiger roared corruptly unres-
trained has there been such situation
in New York and one 50 typical Of the
worst side Of the City's politics. Boss
The McManus Of the eleventh dis
trict. having incurred the displeasure
Of Boss Murphy's orders at Albany. il
now confronted by former Boss Plum
kett. newly arisen from the political
grave To which he was consigned by
Tammany three years ago after a rec
ord in the legislature So bad that the
organization really could not stand for
IL. At that time on account Of his
record a republican defeated him for
reelection in the heart Of Tammany's
domain. But now that Little Boss
McManus. commonly called THE" is
in disgrace with Big Boss Murphy,
Plunkett has suddenly returned To- life
In the campaign which he has Just op-
g l.
asserts that there are l7S5 reasons
why he should be elected. The 'rea-
sons in question begin with SEQ street
cleaners and 400 policemen and run
down through II janitors and two
bridge keepers Certain unkind per
sons say that reason" in this case
simply means Job" and fear that with
this number skillfully given away
Plunkett may be elected and later
bring a republican leader to the IA
nous eleventh once more.
According to the latest figures just
prepared at Albany. New York state
continues to lead all others in the num-
Der Of automobiles in use within its
borders. While the number Of acct
dents lately may have caused some
people to suspect this, it nevertheless
comes as a surprise to find that the
Empire state has in use within its Dor
ders 1924 cars Of which the value
may be roughly placed at 500. 00O. 00O /
The great majority Of these cars, Of
course, are found in the city e Greater
New york. but in spite Of this fact, |
this city takes second place to Los
Angeles i'm the number of cars in use
in proportion to population. the Cali |
fornia city leading all others. OF the !
100000 machines in use in the United
States. however. New York has nearly
90 per cent of the total with its 1900 |
cars. New Jersey comes next with
about $4,000; Massachusetts is third |
with $4,000; while next in order comes
Texas with 1000; Pennsylvania with |
5000. and California with 1000. In
this state at least the tendency is to-
ward medium priced and medium pow
cred cars as compared with the most