The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-02
WARSHIPS OF FOUR NATIONS
 NOW IN NEW YORK HARB0R

each. Directly over the turbulent flood of Hell Gate there will be steel arch span more than 1000 feet be- tween abutments, which in turn will be monumental stone towers. dividing the bridge proper from the. steel .ia- duct which forms the approaches. This new connection will save an hour and half of time and much trouble in crossing the city: but until 1t Is com pleted trains must. as heretofore. con- tinue to be carried down the East Riv- CT and across the harbor on floats.
 In the shabby stone building at the corner of Wall and Nassau Streets. where the United States sub-treasury is located, eighteen experts from washington and dozen laborers have just entered upon what might well be considered most monotonous task. They are counting the 2.350 tons of gold and silver coin which constitute Uncle Sans present suply of hard cash in New York. There are nearly quarter or a million sacks to be checked. many Of which remain as they were sealed up at the last counting, which took place four years ago when Hamilton Fish, who has just been reappointed Assist
  New York. succeeded the late Conrad N Jordan. Only very small propor- ton of the gold and silver currency is actually located In the hands of Un- cle Sam in Washington. the greater part of 1t being distributed throughout the country in the reserve centres. Of which New York is the most import ant. Although it Is only once in four years, or as often as a new Assistant Treasurer comes into office. that an actual physical count of the two hun- dred millions of Government funds stored here is undertaken. there are. of course. periodical examinations cs the sub-treasury books. accompanied by a careful checking up of the vault stocks and the cash of the various tell CTS; but on such occasions the sacks of coin are counted as marked. and no attempt is made to verify the con- tents. The present Is the most hercu- lean piece of money-counting work on record. inasmuch as the stack of coin has increased by about $20,000.000 in gold since the last counting took place.
 It is not often that the work horse gets a show on Fifth Avenue, from which he Is rigidly barred by the na- ture of his calling; but this year New York borrowed from London and Bo5- ton the idea of a work horse parade, and on Decoration Day more than a thousand teams took advantage of the opportunity to see what the swell street of the town looks like to the occasional dock-tailed specimens which find their way into the ranks of the workers when age or infrmity have impaired their appearance and stam- ina. There was no appearance of in- firmity, however. in the parade which lined up in Washington Square at the unfashionable hour of $50 a. m. for the march up Fifth Avenue. although in the "old horse" class there were veterans by the score. Old No. 27. a big dapple gray who has served be- fore the beer cart week in and week out for fourteen years, carried off high honors in this class. as did Char lie and Dick, the star team of ten entered by Ninth Avenue ice dealer. Docktailed and cab horses were rig idly excluded, as were all in any way unfit for work; but almost every other variety of work horse was represented In force. while the city government was represented by entries from eight departments, the mounted police and the fire department the most conspic- uous among them. The parade was or ganized by the Women's Auxiliary of the s. P. c. A. as an inducement to owners, drlVers ana pubic generally to take more interest in the welfare of work horses, and the prizes distribut- ed. including ribbons. badges and money, amounted to several thousand dollars.
 For the first time the aristocratic exclusiveness of Fifth Avenue is to be invaded by the plebian flat, and great is the concern of Gotham's 400" thereat. For years they have been protestingly retreating uptown before the advance of business, but even this has been aristocratic--high priced mill linery art goods. jewelry and silver ware too expensive for the purses of hl1f tha xIran1fh1x I