Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-01-27
WILL NEW YORK
ABSORB NEW JERSEY
Movement Now on Foot to Make
Greater New York Greatest New
York.-Passing of the Near Sand
witch.

Kew York. Jan. Il Especial Core
spondence Of The Republican, AS
though ii We're not already great
enough and for that matter entirely too
great for its residential and Transport
tation facilities. Greater New York is
now talking of a still greater city
There is no telling indeed where this
Harriman-like and insatiate desire for
growth may lead, the ambitions of not
a few being limited only to the bound
aries OF the United States The pres
ent plan as advanced by a nearby
board Of trade is comparatively simple,
since it only aims AT turning a large
part of New Jersey into a sort Of side
yard for New York. tied to the city as
an integral and cooperative part of a
web Of tunnels and transportation
lines. The now vacant meadows It is
urged could be advantageously utilized
for manufacturing sites and railroad
terminals. thus leaving a little more
room in the city for residences. Pos
sibly under this scheme the man who
is not millionaire could afford to live
in the city in comparative comfort. The
plan would OF course involve a large
amount of work on the estuarics along
which these meadows are found and
also cOntemplates the deepening and
improvement of their waters and the
rivers generally. as Offering valuable
lines Of commerce At a low cost for its
movement. \ few years ago work Of
this sort might have seemed visionary.
but New Yorks commercial bodies.
"A f. Of fna
national rivers and harbors congress in
its campaign for cheap water trans
portation. realize what the accomplish
ment of its purpose will mean in money
saved on freignts. Ii any argument
were needed in addition To this cheap
ening OF transportation charges. not
only here but throughout the country
the inability Of the railroads to handle
the present freight indicates the need
for the Improvement of now unusablc
water facilities Meanwhile if the ex-
pansion microbe continues its work in
New York. Philadelphia may well be-
gin to prepare to resist a future move
ment for its annexation
BY a single decision Of the appellate
division. seemingly harmless. one of
New York's ime-honored institutions
has been done to death. The Raines
law sandwich is no more, and from
Times Square to Coney Island. and es-
pecially in Coney. there is heard tho
sound of lamentation for those relies.
now useless. which have so long done
duty as sandwiches. The Raines law
referred to ruled that after certain
hours and on Sundays certain hotels" (
and other places Of liquid refreshment
should only serve drinks with food. a
limitation which was easily enough |
avoided by the dispensers of liquor by
a few stock sandwiches Of /,
unknown origin and composition. i'm /
pervious alike to the ravages of time 1
and teeth which were served perfume |
torily with drinks. and which nobody |
ever thought Of eating They were !
merely there to comply with the letter I
Of the law But now comes the awful !
ruling that the Raines law sandwich ,
must be ordered in good faith and serv-
ed in good faith. which is taken to
mean that il must be edible and must |
be eaten. The decision came as a hor-
rible shock to those Coney Island re- (
brought out. busted, and scrubbed every
Saturday night preparatory to Sunday
duty. Feeling that they and their faith D,
full old standbys We're going TO the
parting Of the ways the genial and
kindly hosts of the Bowery and the
board walks were moved to tears. This
severing of old ties, this breaking up of
an attachment and affection of years
between the Coney hotel men and their
Will prove a sore trial.
Many OF these sandwiches have inter
sting histories. Some have come to
De regarded as family heirlooms. and
nave been treasured as such. There is
me in place i'm Surf Avenue WHICH
las been known to nearly every visitor
% the island for the last ten years. 1t
S covered with initials carved on it.
md even after So long a service Is still
IN an excellent state of preservation.
For all their sophisticat.on. New
Workers at times rush forward In
manner 10 make angels weep. to num-
Der themselves among that class to
which ii is said one is added by birth
very minute. While the day of seven
eagUe lbOots is past the day or the
magic boots is not as is evidenced by
he trial of one Hilgert, now going on,
Who made this foot gear and sold it
90. for prices ranging from seventy
i've or hundred dollars a pair up into