The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-16
PROPOSED PLAN TO ABOLISH SNOW STORMS.

] the aboiishment of snow have happened and should 1t come to pass only those l persons whose offices are above the | tenth story could ever expect to see q
 snowstorm.
 New York came close to finding itself 1 actually a part of Long Island last
 week when during the gale and bliz. | gard which descended upon the city the wind from the north practically blew away the East River which divides l, Manhattan and Long Island. The con-
 tinuation of the gale at low tide left the river so nearly dry that travel by | Terry was practically suspended.
 So much water was blown out of the river that it took on more the appear
 ance of series of puddles broken by what appeared to be flats on which
 were stacked practically all the ferry. boats on the river and a number of
 smaller craft. One ferry line was put
 out of business by the running aground or every one Of its boats, most of them. h too, at points where there was ordi-
 narily enough water for any sort of
 commerce. Black wells Island, where
 Father Knickerbocke confines his un-
 desirable citizens, added temporarily
 nearly three acres to its small area and
 buildings ordinarily situated at the
 edge of the water found themselves for
 nlAt0nH0 removed from the river
 With the subsistence of the gale tha
 water gradually resumed its formar
 level but for time 1t looked as though
 the East River was going to be en.
 tirely blown away and New York Citv
 lnVoluntarlly annexed to Long Island.
 The late panic has served to hr,,o
 to light in a striking manner the carf Iessness of the average New Yorker "A regard to his money
 The largest institution in the city which was forced to close its doors after run, and is now attempting to reorgantze, is seriously hampered in its eHorts to secure the necessary sane ton Of Its depositors to the plans mapped out on account of the fact that there are more than 500 such deposit ors with deposits of more than half A million dollars. who are either lost strayed or stolen and cannot be found
 When the Depositors' Committee be- gan its work of securing consent for the scheme of reorganization which 1t decided upon, 1t early discovered that half thousand depositors seemed to have forgotten all about their money
 Two. whose deposits were over S2O,- 900 each. were only located after weeks of search and much expense and both were very much surprised to discover that they had tnlS money on deposit since all record of 1t had escaped their minds. That anyone should forget a matter of $2O.O00 cash seems unbeliev- able. vet tho records show that more than 500 persons have done just this In regard to sums in varying amounts.
 In one case a now wealthy man had deposited $l2.000 in 1884 and had for gotten all about 1t. He was there- fore very much surprised when in- that he had at present nearly s25,000 standing to his credit. Stiu ftigther evidence of the New Workers in regard to money is in- stanced by the fact that in the care of this single institution there are more than 100 accounts standing in the names of persons deceased whose fam Ilies or executors have never even ob- tained letters of administration.
 In view of these figures it sems prob able that good many million dollars are lying in New York banks whose owners have forgotten about them en- tIrely.
 New York is likely to have no less than three entries in the race for nom nation honors at the Chicago conven- lion next June. It is well known that Secretary Cortelyou is tine principal lark horse candidate.
 It is already settled that Governor Hughes will be the States favortte lon and will receive the votes of the