The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19
Stray Topics From New York

of servants. They are old men. quiet, digniled and polite. The service ren~ dered is satisfactory and in such strik- ing contrast to that usually given in New York apartment houses that the plan is attracting considerable atten- ton.
 The manager of this particular apartment. in his effort to combine charity with good business. took the men from various homes for the aged scattered through the city and as the work is light and the men have more freedom and get good pay. the scheme bids fair to be most successful.
 Mayor Mcclellan believes there should be some regulations for auto mobiles besides those applying to speed. He would put many restrictions on the use of the machines. and if the aldermen adopt his suggestions the ear splitting sirens will have to go the glaring head lights will not be al- lowed within the city limits and every auto will have to be provided with adequate muffiers. And the mayor al- so would allow only ten seconds for starting the engines. and after that no smoke draft should be allowed to come out of the exhause pipe. If the may or.s Ideas are carried out. the siren
  ment to signal the approach of the fire apparatus.
 The recent death of William Rhins- lander, one of New York's wealthiest men. brought to mind to many older members of society the disappearance of his Json. William Copeland Rhine lander. who was practically disinher- tied by his father in 1876. The im- laHf Qaf nf fha fot .~rfc [ was the sons elopement with Maggie McGinnis, a servant in the Rhinelan- der home. After that his career was spectacular. First he shot his fathers lawyer on the ground that he was try- ing to get his servant wife to leave him; but the lawyer would not press the charge. This was followed by an inquiry into young Rhinefander's san ity. He again came into public notice by leaving his first wife and marry ing a waitress in New York restau- rant. The son again attracted atten- tion by a scheme for breeding pure white horses. and alsho varied the mo- notony of his life by being arrested on a charge of grand larceny. For many years his family knew nothing of his whereabouts. No mention of his name was made in his fathers will which disposes of an estate of about s50.uOe.- 900.
 The stranger arriving in New York is expected to find much to interest him but he is always surprised to find that a street vender, even with an old invention. can attract a big crowd the same as he could in q country town. Only recently a man took his stand on Broadway. just below Times Square, with nothing newer to sell than gy- roscope tops that have been spun for years. Theif application to a system of monorailroad was new, however, and the mere suggestion of 300 miles an hour railway traffic, which was printed conspicuous1y on a card, at tracted big crowds.
 That it is giant undertaking to sup ply New York with good pure water. can be best comprehended by a glance at the estimated cost of the new Cat. skill plan for furnishing sufficient wa- ter to keep pace with Gotham's con- stantly increasing population. The new system will cost in excess of $780, 100000 and involv ethe construction of twelve reservoirs, an aqueduct sixty miles long and tunnel under the Hud- son River. The city will then have at it's command five hundred million gal. Ions of pure water daily.