The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-04-26

New York. April 25.-Another im-. portant step in the vast Se0,oo0.00O
 worth of Improvements that are being
 carried out by the -Pennsylvania Rail-
 road in it's system of tunnels that will connect Manhattan with Long Island
 City and New Jersey was taken last
 week when the tunnel under Bergen
 Hsll was completed.
 After this tunnel was connected 1t
 was possible to walk under ground and
 under water distance of over live
 miles from Long Island to the Jersey
 meadows The completion of this
 tunnel is regarded by the officials Of
 the road as the beginning of the end or
 the great enterprise which Is to- pring
 at least 1000 trains day into Man
 haitian.
 While the tunnel system is far from
 complete. for trains will not be run
 regularly until 1910. still the work IS
 prorressing satisfactorily. over nf-
 teen miles of tunnel have already been excavated, which necessitated the re-
 moval of over 100000 cubic yards or rock and earth.
 The closing of the Fifth Avenue Ho- tel. New York's famous old hostelry. destroyed at one fell swoop the home of many of the worlds most famous men, who have visited Gotham in the
 last fifty years. The auctioning off of the furniture from the rooms that had been occupied by famous men. re-
 vealed long list of noted characters, | The furniture in one room that had l been occupied at different times by Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Harrison and James G. Blaine. brought high prices. The bidding was spirited for all of the furnishings of the famous old hotel l but besides the room mentioned. the
 effects from those rooms occupied by l General Sherman. General Mcclellan | Dom Pedro and the Prince of Wales, | commanded high prices. The hotel realized nearly $100.000 from the sale Social settlements and charity work CTS were given a black eye last week | by Father Curry. pastor of the St.
 James Church in the lower East Side. Father Curly pitched into the house | established by Jacob Riis, President Roosevelt's friend. with special vehe- mencs, and declared that 1t was pau | perizing the children and making graft CTS of the parents. He further de- clared that charity workers among the | poor people of the Ghetto did nothing l but give 1t a bad name, and that nine- l tenths of the money which IS entrusted | to them by contributions is spent in
 supporting the workers in comfort and | luxury.
 The attack stirred up the bitterest | feeling through out the city, because | Mir Riis Is considered as the father | of settlement work in the East Side
 and is idolized by most of the people | in that quarter. For his work there President Roosevelt styled him as the most useful man in the United states | For many years. too. when President
 Roosevelt was Police Commissioner, he | worked with Mir R.s in establishing | settlement houses in the poverty l stricken sections of Manhattan.
 New York has one of the finest schools for crippled children in the world, It Is located in the lower East
 Side, and In addition to having all the | appointments of the usual school oulld- | ing. it has porcelain bath tubs. show
 CTS. elevator, dining room. roof gar | den and a work room. Special chairs and desks have been installed to con- l form to the peculiar deformities of the 1 different children.
 1 Fine needlework. book-binding, bas- ket-weaving and manual training are taught in the school and the work done by the hoys and girls will De sold. Ine | children are to be paid for their work the girls receiving $3bo each week or | five days | For the poorest children meals will
 ha furnished. and free medical attend 1 snce is given to all An omnibus goes | Fron, house to house collecting the chill l dren brings them to school and car ries them home again in the after- | noon.