The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-05-31
rser~ Censsrtabis FeeIlnE in AIS Lilac. ~ Busine.s-wan street. Renewed Actlvity-New Transit Problem Fer csty--Maa Dos Scare Brins. out New piseass--vsusel Lsunehea in New vsrK strsst--Aetor Army Back to nialto.

New York, May 3o--For the first time slnce the october panic there ls general agreement here that the pros perity which has been so much dis- ctsssed and SO eagerly watched TOT is actually returning.
 The error which too many ot tne eager enthusiastic have made hereto fore has been in expecting the wheels of industry to resume their interrupt cd revolutions at full speed immediate 1vs This of course ie impossible but 1T is evident to one who goes about the city that there is a feeling of encour- agemcnt in almost every line of ousi- nesA Wall Street shows this influence plainly in the upward trend of prices and Wall Street Is pretty accurate barometer of general conditions.
 Undoubtedly there has been uanipu- Ia4fon by big financial operators to encourage the rise. but the very fact that they have selected the present period for these operations shows that they consider the time ripe for the be- ginning of the upward turn.
 The excellent prospects for good crops throughout the country and the fact that the situation in regard to the ' presidential nominations ia becoming more settled are regarded by the Financial experts of the downtown dis arfet is factors aiding the return of confldence.
 That New Forks streets and street cars will always be over-crowded is the hopeless conclusion of Mr. H. F. Strong. a transportation expert who has been studying local traffic condi- 1ions. Apparently his conclusion is well founded for each new bridge, tun- mel or subway that is opened. while it may lesaen the overcrowding at 6 cer- af af fo1 oxfN &f Mestfon.
 Ths openix of the Williamsburg bridge across the East River did nor put an end Go the daily Brooklyn Bridge crush. which Governor Hughes has called the most appalling spectacle in New York It did provide, however. another crowd center at tte Manhattan end which new holds the undesirable rank of the most dangerous spot In the city. The building of the subway did not lessen appreciably the number of Nfr8phangers on the elevated trains but tts own cars are packed to sufeocation as the morning and evening rush hours.
 Now a new problem confronts those who wrestle with transportation diff faculties in the Metropolis in the an- ncuncement by Vice President Rea Of Ahs Pennsylvania Railroad that upon tha completion of the tunnels which Aie road is building under the North and East rivers. 200,00 passengers win be dumped down every day at the new 4efminai at Thirty-third Street. He yrants to know what the city authori- Hes propose to do to carry this army of daily travellers to their destinations and suggests that a new subway is needed for the purpose. Nobody aues- Hons this but the cfty's debt limit has already been stretched several times to provide for necessary Improvements and there is not enough money in sight 70 care for the projects that have been undertaken. to say nothing of new onea
 The truth is that New York is out growing it's clothes faster than 1t can buy new ones. Ten thousand persons. enough to form a f1ourishinE city bv themselves are added to its population every month while the army Of visi- tors increases in size all the time and ssich expensive requirements as sub ways and tunnels cannot be provided fast enough to take care of this fn- crease comfortably.
 Perhaps when airships become as commonly used as automobiles are now q comfortable means of getting about Manhattan Island will be developed l Until then apparently New Workers