Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-01-18


haitian rapid transit connection
with Hoboken, and the other under
the East river to Brooklyn, marked
tremendous step in solving the
traffic problems of New York's rush
hour crowds. All along the greater
interest has been manifested in the
Brooklyn tunnel, because the incon-
venience and difficulty of reaching
home quickly has been more exag-
gerated for those who depend upon
the bridge than the Jerseyites, who
took the numerous ferries across
the Hudson. So delighted are the
Brooklynites with the new subway
that tremendous crowd gathered
at Borough hall to greet the first
train that was run on the regular
schedule, and the passengers were
escorted through the streets by
brass band and under the glare of
fireworks and torches. 1t is esti-
mated that about 5000 Brooklyn
/
by using the subway and that fur
Their relief Will be afforded as soon
as the Manhattan end of the bridge
is widened, which is now under way.
The new marriage license bureau
is doing rushing business. Only
since the first of the year have New
Workers who desired to get married
been required to take out a license
previous to marriage, and the result
has been that the city clerk has
found his Office poorly equipped for
this extra work. Consequently at
first as many as hundred appli-
cants at time were kept standing
in line waiting their turn, and it is
probable that if they had not been
very much in love they would have
been very i1l-natured crowd. How
ever, the addition of extra clerks
bids fair to eliminate the long
waits. An Inspection of the appli-
cations showed that many couples
have a queer idea about filling out
the blank spaces. Two couples last
week, in filing out the space set
aside for stating their color, wrote
Blond" while two others who said
they were Russians, wrote "Black."
A comparison of the statistics of the
first week showed that Cupid was
doing most of his work among the
young, as there were very few cou-
Iples past go Russia led all coun-
tries as the birthplace of applicants
for licenses, as fully third of all
who applied were former subjects
of the car.
"Lawbreaking is the easiest and
most lucrative business in New
1 York." was the rather startling
statement made by Police Commits
sioner Bingham in his annual re-
Iport, and that because of the in
Igenious lawyers and the TECHNICAL
ties of the courts that law and or
der were actually put on the defen-
sive. This statement, coming as it
did right upon the heels of the agi-
tation caused by the enormous in
crease in the number of crimes COM
mitted in New York, caused the
Gothamites to sit up and take notice,
and 1t is probable that some steps
will be taken Immediately tn better
the conditions. The addition of po-
lice dogs to the force is an expert
ment in New York that will be
watched with interest. They are to
iibe Belgian hounds, especially train
ed for the patrol duty in the sub
urbs. They are to wear muzzles.
Fer the present, however, none of
the man-trailing dogs are to be
used.
One of the big apartment houses
on the upper East side of Manhattan
| is equipped with the most unusual
corps of servants. They are old men,
quiet, dignified and polite. The
service rendered is so satisfactory
that usually given in New York's
apartment houses that the plan is
attracting considerable attention.
The manager of this particular, in
his endeavor to combine charity
with good business. took the men
from various homes for the aged
scattered throughout the city, and as
the work is light and the men have
more freedom and get good pay, the
scheme bids fair to me most success
full.
Mayor Mcclellan believed there