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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22

many workers engaged in running these
markets of prostitution we met here the
same concerted opposition that we had had
from the "hang-outs or the gangs IN
gambling houses. A regular corps OF Pc
iitical lawyers was employed. which grew
in political Importance as the value o. the
enterprise increas ed. For instance, IN the
case OF the Goldsmith dfsorderly notel on
Third ayenue-one of several enterprises
OF Matthew Coldsmith-he was represented
I'm court by Henry J. Goldsmith, VINO mas
been the law partner OF Alderman Il, y
Sullivan the present Tammany leader OF
the 36 Assembly District.
In the defence of the two most notorious
and omen markets for prostitutes IN the
city--wulfers's. in 14th street, kept py
Larry Hart, an election captain OF the
"a Assembly. District. and the German
Village. on 10Th street. kept by an ex-con-
Wet Archie Hedden-the attorney for the
defence was George H. Engle, formerly also
q member Of the law Arm OF the leader ot
the "a District, and now special counsei
Tor Thomas Foley, Tammany leader OF the
"a District and sheEifr of New York
County. -. -
After our men had raided the vilest en-,
terprsse In the city, a market for unnatural
crime kept by an Italian named humbert
FIlgagy IN Blocker street-one OF the eiec-
lion captains of 'Dan" Finn, the city mag
EXTRAORDINARY Ceffrey, the state SEN
ator appeared as Fugazy's counsel IN one
Of the customary suits OF oppression that
followed our raids on this type of place
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
SEES HEyDAY FOR GAMBLERS.
After the Election of Our Next
Mayor, Mr.. Gaynor," Finn Saws

Magistrate Battery Dan" Finn. sitting
In the Essex Market court yesterday, in
formed two detectives who had brought IN
three prisoners ON a charge OF gambling
that after the election OF our next Mayor.
MI GaynOr, who has studied all these bet,
ting issues, he will define the law In the
interest OF the public at large" In con-
sequence. the magistrate said, the polica
would not have TO make arrests where
there were no violations OF the Law. He
discharged the prisoners.
/ guess IN have TO go to baltimore
where they don't make arrests for betting
on the ponies" added Battery Dan. /"
I'm not sure life is worth living with the
peoples personal liberty taken away. Law
Is law, and must be Obeyed. but Il is vet
a question: as To whether all betting is a
crime. And until this issue is settled /
think the police might stand still"
The detectives made the arrests In re-
sponse TO complaint made to Captain
Day. of the Eldridge street station. As
evidence they offered two sheets bearing
names and prices conforming To Wednes-
days races at Jamaica. and slips which
they said had passed among the prisoners
In poolsellin. and bOOkmaking.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
LAUD TRIBUNE YORK.
Business Men Commend City
Finance AnaLUsis.

work of great benefit to the city has
been undertaken by The Tribune in its Sc
ries of articles Analysing the financial
transactions Of the city in recent years,
according to Anton A. Raven, president of
the Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company.
THE Tribunes article OF this morning -
he said yesterday. shows that there has
been gross mismanagement in the financial
affairs Of the city. The people should be
told about these things, and am glad to
see The Tribune do it; and after the people
have been told and understand what has
been done with their money they should
rise against the persons responsible and
throw them out of office. The people
should see then that such persons do not
get into Office again. 1t will do no good
to turn out one bad lot and put another
bad lot in their place The Tribune is
showing them what has been done in the
past. 1t viii be their own fault il il
happens in the future
f. Seymour Barr, of Herrick & Bennett
who make a speciality of New York City
bonds. said that the series would be most
valuable. educationaIly, to the people Of
the city.
The article this morning" he said yes
terday, shows the people what the city is
on IHe bTIIlk OF under the present financial
mana cement. 1t is heading right straight
for bankruptcy and a per cent tax rate
unless there is a change. Many Wall
Street houses that formerly bid eagerly for
New York City securities will not touch
them now. In both of the last two offer
ings Of city bonds there were from two to
five houses that had long been in the habit
of bidding that did not come into the mar
ket at all.
The Tribune shows the existence Of a re-
markable state of affairs. and one that the
people should know about. The misap-
piication of the city's funds is little short
of criminal. There have been hints OF this
before. but The Tribune is the first paper
to come out boldly with the facts. The
paper should be in the hands of every
taxpayer, and this series should be read
and considered with the utmost care
When paper of the standing of The
Tribune makes the statements that it does
1t Is matter of vital interest. What The
Tribune publishes can be relied on. 1t
does not publish hastily compiled and III
considered articles. The publication OF lis
articles this morning has made a sensa-
ton in the Street and among bond houses.
especially those handling New York CITY
bonds. think that 1t will do immense
good
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
OLD COMMITTEE HANGS ON.
Hudson County Republican Organize.
ton Won't Give Un Building.

Some Of the members of the old Hudson
County Republican Committee asserted
yesterday that the committee still had a
legal existence and announced their deter
mination TO bring the question before the
courts after election. Under the recent de-
cision OF Justice Swayze the incorporated
county committee. that is. the old one,
was a separate and distinct body from the
one chosen at the recent primaries.
Lincoln Hall, in Jersey City, which is
valued ct $4,000. is owned by the incor-
porated committee, and the members of
this committee. it was said, would refuse
10 turn IL over to the new committee unless
directed to do so by the courts II II IS
decided that the old committee still has a
legal existence, Il is said to be the inten-
tion To hold the election Of members in
December as of old.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
HEARTACHE FOR TAXPAYERS


In his Academy of Music speech. in
Brooklyn last week. Judge Gaynor said:
When came here first began in the
town OF Flatbush, then of twelve thousand
infa bitRnts, and after a few years | moved
into the city of Brooklyn, and shortly after
! moved in here saw once az the City
Hall a sight which has never left my mind.
1t was the first day for the payment or
taxes-and you know the saying Is that
there are two certain things in the world.
death and taxes-and tax day always
comes around, and from the door of the
extending out around square was a long
line OF people, thrifty people, some OF them
poor people, people who had all they could
do 10 bring their children mp and make
both ends meet from month TO month and
Their bony hands and their misshapen
bodies and their anxious faces showed their
life Of toll and their life Of anxiety, and
yet they were there prompt to the day to
pay into the government the tax which was
20 rI;n the city which they had boarded up
from month 10 month with the difficulty
and the anxiety and the anticipation that
only people like that know anything about,
and as / saw that slowly moving line,
standing block. going up to this window
to deposit the years tax, l said to myself:
ne people VINO VII seek oillcs ana geo
people and squander and waste and even
steal their money-the money of their
neighbors and fellow citizens-are guilty of
a crime as awful as any conceivable
crirne"
made covenant then that every year
of nav life ] should devote some time TO
the VindicatiOn OF those people. No year
of my life has been passed since-and 1t
has been a pleasure TO me to do it, al
though the struggle was sometimes hard
in which ! have not done something to de
stroy corrupt government, and to destroy
those who corrupt government and steal
the peoples money.
In connection with an extensive inves-
tigation Of condemnation commissions
the Committee OF One Hundred ascer-
tained the foregoing facts concerning
the lucrative employment of -Ir. Block
at the expense OF the taxpayers of this
city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
MR.. MCLUREs ARRANGEMENT.

In opening his review OF Tammany's ad-
vapce in the organization OF crime Mr.
Mcclure says:
This fifty years Of struggle to degrade
the standards and guarantees OF ciVlllha-
ton in America has come ABOUT Iafsey
through the populations or clues. ti ia..,. -
American cities have contained great
masses of primitive peoples from the farms
OF Europe, transported 70 TINS couutry as
lehoreFg together with considerable pro-
norton of negro slaves liberated by the
Civil War. To this body OF people-aoso-
iutely ignorant in tradition or practlce OF
the development and operation OF civil
izatfou by f-government-was suddenly
given the domination OF American CITY IRE
by manhood suffrage From the beginning
OF the shifting of power INTO Inese un-
eyftabIe 60 this class of population since
and before the time OF Rome has been In
progress.
and. through them. the entire population
of American cities: in the mean while they
have been kept IN control by their eX-
ploiters through systematic largesses or
public wages, charity or entertainment. In
this ample field for their enterprise nave
sprung up organizations for the profitable
debauching of populations. such as nave
rarely. IL ever, been equalled in the history
The Oldest and most Infamous organiza-
ton in America for exploiting this popula-
ton is Tammany Hall. OF New YORK Whlch
the great classic historian, Professor
Guglielmo FerrerO recently compared to
the very similar organizations that were
formed for exploiting the city OF Rome dur
ing its decadence. For fifty years and
more this body has perverted civilization
In New York, using the great politically
unframed population for this purpose.
Mr.. Mcclure closes by offering as rem
edy for these conditions the system OF
governing cities by commissions made up of
high class men. method being adopted in
some Southern and Western cities.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
Please Make Comparisons of This
Cachemire De Sole at S1.55 a Yard
BLANKETS from Austria

After blanket woven, Mapped That gives the fzzy
surface all blankets except these from Austria These blankets
closely that only quite smooth vevety surface is
possible.
only single blankets they
of
green. blue lavender with wide white border
Wide white binding all around
do
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22

fish cadets were found TO be present In
hundreds in San Francisco at the great
IA the rottenness that preceded IL; they
We're strong in Los Angeles before the
disclosing OF conditions In their line OF
business changed the administration there
a year ago; and two of the most noto-
rious dealers of New York's East Side
were prominent figures I'm the political
Louis.
To-day they are strong IN all the greater
crues; they swarm at the gateway OF
me Aisskan frontier at Seattle; they in
fest the streets and restaurants OF Boston:
they flock for the winter 20 New Orleans;
tnsy faften on the wages of the govern
melt isborers In Panama. and they abound
IN the South and Southwest and in the
mining regions OF the West.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22

RGr7tH0 E1csp-
irons Incident TO
Hum1g FGiliras
Ali5aVs Correct
able.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22

gregates $4,000, will be more that $780,
600. Some OF the entries are as fol-
lows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
BLOCKS SOFT JOBS

Continued from FIRST page.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-22
ACTION BY LEGISLATURE.

This was one of the conditions which
existed when the present Controller came
into office in 1906. The constitution of
the state determines that all revenue
bonds issued in anticipation of the col
lection OF taxes that have been outstaud-
ing for a longer period than five years
shall he regarded as part of the city's
funded, or constitutional. debt An act
of the Legislature passed in 1906 gave
the Controller the necessary means OF
rescuing the city's finances from the
state of chaos into which they had fallen
by authorizing the issue of corporate
stock TO fund all obligations and debts
represented by uncollectible taxes of
levies prior to January 1, 1906. The
amount required for this purpose was de-
termined by the Board Of Estimate, upon
report submitted by the Controller, 10
be S36.0O0,O0O. At the same time the
Legislature passed another act which
amended the provision in the charter
authorizing the Board of Estimate to in
clude an amount in each years budget
not to exceed 3 per cent of the levy, to
provide for losses I'm the collection of
taxes each year. This amendment au-
thorized the Board of Estimate to in
clude in every annual budget an appro-
priation large enough to provide for any
deficiencies. no matter how large, from
uncollectible taxes of levies after and
including 1905.
CONTROLLER METz's CHANCE.
Controller Metz almost at the very be-
ginning Of his term OF office had thus
equipped himself as no other Controller
had ever been equipped with the neces-
sary legal and administrative author
ity 10 thoroughly clean up the
city's finances. All that now re-
manned him TO do was TO call a halt
In the reckless issue of corporate stock
Ostensibly for permanent improvements.
sell the $36.OO0.O00 of these securities
already authorized. redeem the old reve-
nue. bonds then outstanding against un-
eolleetible taxes OF levies prior to 1905.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-04-03

cellent surface. Sawdust, tanbark, the
refuse of sugar cane. straw, flax and
swamp grass have all been successful
ly utilized.
In the stone road the process us far
as 1t goes is exactly the same. The
roadbed must be surveyed. graded.
drained, shaped and rolled. In gen
eral, two kinds of stone road are in
use, the macadam and the tclford
named from the two Scotchmcn who
first made practical application of
their principles. In both broken stone
is rolled to a compact. curved bed, fit
tingly drained. The main difference is
that the telford road has Il subpavc-
ment of hand laid rocks, over which
smaller courses of gravel are spread
and crushed. In both cases the stones
must be fairly uniform and angular, so
as to fit together under pressure. To
Iement this mass water and stone
screenings, but never earth or clay. are
rolled into the surface.
The qualities required of CravcI to
be available for constructing Il mac
adam or telford road are. above all.
hardness and toughncSS. stones con
tanning flint or quartz, for instance,
are bad, because, although hard. they
are brittle. Most kinds Of granite are
undesirable, since they de"ompoSe rap
idly, but the darker one containing
hornblende instead of fedspar, are
better. Slate and sandstone are use
less. Some limeStoncS are good but
the best material is traprock. This Is
hard and tough. In enough trap
cannot be got an infer stone may be
used underneath and the trap for sur
facing.
A stone road thus carefully con-
structcd Is an expensive undertaking,
but once built 1t is there for all time
and serves all COmcrS. Over good
road the traffic increases year by year.
The Dutch boy who stopped a flood
by thruSting his arm into the hole In
the dixie understood the principle Of
water wear. This same principle ap-
plies to roads as we'll as to dikcS Once
n channel is started destruction is sure
to follow 4 wheel rut cutting into an
unforeseen soft spot or Il pat h Of loOS-
cncd stones may if unmcndcd be the
beginning of hundreds of dollars Of
waste. Nothing deteriorates so rapidly
as a neglected road. and few things
are so easy to maintain in perfect con-
dtion If slight continual painstaking
inspection is allowed to rule.
In some southern states, especially
those In the valleys f the Mississippi
and its tributaries, burnt clay roads
have been used. The process Is simple.
The clay roadbcd is plowed up and
roasted over open wood fires, much as
bricks are baked. The "gumbo" or
"buckshot' thus loses a good deal of
It's water and when mixed with un-
cooked clay and then thoroughly rolled
forms n smooth and durable surface
William Lcavitt Stoddard in Youths
Companion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-04-03

surface drainage is an absolute neceS-
Sity. Dry roadbedS are as essential
for good roads as dry powder for sue
CeSSful fighting. If water Is allowed
to get mt the foundation of the road it
undermincS, freezes and eventually
looSens the soil Everybody who has
floundcred hub high through spring
mud knows that this is only too true.
Subdrains are in the end inexpensive.
They may be constructed of field
stone, of logs or fagotS of wood or
bundles of brush, of brick or, best of
ALL of tile and stone.
The general shape of all roadbeds,
as we'll as of all finished highways,
should he in cross section, a shallow
curve or else shallow truncatcd cone.
In this respect, as well as In regard to
drainage, lies the superiority of the
modern over the Roman road. The
aim today is to build a hard, smooth,
we'll graded and well drained, water
proof and compact pavement on which
wheeled vehicles may travel in safety
and with speed. One inch to the foot
is successful curve.
The preliminary grading, after the
stumps and large stones have been re-
moved and the general Smoothing"
has been done, IS accomplished by
means of the road machine, which
may be adjusted so as to spread the
earth, shave it away at the desired
angles and roughly whittle the bed to
the required form. BY 1t also the side
bitches are partly dug out \ road
thus "crOwncd." or rounded off, even
If nothing more is done to it, will give
better service than its old fiat, I'M
drained predecessor
The next step is to roll the road
with heavy steam or horse roller till
the surface is firm and hard This
process is slow and expensive, but II
we would keep the water from seepinG
through and prevent wasteful ruts
and waShoutS it must be done. In
some country districts where the ap-
preparation is scant traffic Is now ad-
mitted, and. although this earth road
is the least permanent highway made,
YET it is incomparably better than the
former unimproved, wet and ungraded
wa ;on track Constant slight repairs
will maintain such road In good
shape Indefinitely.
All sorts of materials have been
used in the construction of highways
Where stone is too costly some top
dressing rolled firmly in tends to pro
long the life of the road. Sand alone
or clay alone is utterly impracticable.
When mixed In the proper proportions
and rolled, however, they make an ex-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-04-03
YOUR BRAIN.
Keep It Plastic by Not Overeatins as
You Grow Old.

Up to n certain age the brain re-
mains plastic enough so that If an in
jury occurs to the thought brain the
person can begin over again and Gre
ate new knowledge centers in the other
hemisphere.
This has happened in many cases
where young people have lost certain
powers or faculties by cerebral LESSONS
and have afterward recovered these
faculties by developing new centcrs In
the other brain. 1t rarely happens
after the age of forty five, and the rea-
son Is because most persons after pass
ing that age soon clog their brains
with calCareous matter by overeatlng
and destroy the Elasticity of their
brains by filling them with food waste
If all people past the age of forty
five would live on twelve ounces or
less of solid food per day we Should
soon find that one may receive :cw
ideas as readily at seventy-live as at
fifteen. You cannot do it, however, If
your brain Is a hardened mass Of
waste matter. If You overeat you will
be "sot'' in your ways and has-been
at fifty. Keep your phonograph rec
ords soft and eceptive.-Naut.lus.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-04-03
MAKING A GOOD ROAD
Ground on Which 1t Is 10 Be Built
Must Be Drained.
SHAPING is MOST IMPORTANT

That of Finished Highways Should
Be In Cross Section, Shallow Curve
or Shallow Truncated Cone-How
to Grade-MateriaIs to Use
Today Il good road must be surveyed.
1t must circle or wind its way UP hills
Instead of mounting them in defiance
VI the laws of gravity. 1t should not
follow tie primitive settlers path or
the track Of his COW 1t must avoid
creeks and swamps, and everywhere
its grade should be forcSecu with near
ly as much care as is used ON a rail
road.
AS chain is no stronger than its
weakest link. just SO the greatest load
which can be hauled over Il road is the
load which can be hauled through the
deepest mudhole or up the stccp"St hill
on that road. The cost of haulage is
therefore necessarily Increased in pro
portion to the roughneSS of the surface
or the stecpneSs of the grade. This
In time, loss of temper and wear and
tear on the horse Indirectly it amounts
to tens of thousands of dollars.
The ground on which the road is to
be built must be drained. This is va
riouSly done, according To different cir
cumstanccS. but the fundamental re-
Qurement is side bitches. These, be
ing lower than the bed of the road,
receive the water from its surface aS
well as from It's body.
On hills no "thank .yOu-ma ans or
breaks or hummoCkS should be con-
Structcd, but instead the road should
be Slopcd so that the water will run
to the side channels or. if necessary,
be led to them by broad. shallow
bitches cut diagonally across. Under
ground culvcrts from the uphill to the
downhil side of the road should be
built at frequent intervals.
If the highway is through low or
Sprngy land subdrainagc as we'll rs
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-04-03
A STAGE VILLAIN.
His Reputation cIung to Him Outside
tho Theater

An actor in small company was
unable one night to get accommodate
tlon at the only hotel in an English
town, it is said. because its proprietor,
a remarkably slow going person for
such place, recognized him as the
villain in the melodrama who had
stoken a cash box, set fire to house.
killed a detective, damaged race
horse and betrayed the hero's sister.
But something like this really did
happen to George Scott, manager Of
the Alhambra in London. In his
younger days Mr.. Scott was stage
villain Of the deepest dye, and one Of
his favorite parts was that of the
wicked Levison in East Lynne"
After playing the character a few
nights In Blackpool he had occasion
for wishing to change his lodgings
and, knocking at the door of house
in the next street. was greeted by the
good lady who opened it with a shrek
and the subsequent exclamation:
What! It's Levison. the dirty viii
lain. Ye can't ave rooms in my
'ouse! Get out or I'll call the perlice"
London NJ. A. +.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-04-03
New system of Roadmakinq.

A new system of roadmaking which,
it Is claimed, will stand the wear and
tear of heavy traffic, such as motor
wagons, and be virtually dustless is to
be tried on n more extended scale by
the Lancashire county council in Eng
land. 1t has already been tested on
short lengths of road, and after four
years hard use the road shows no
sign of wear 1t is made with small
granite sets. three and a half to three
and three-quarter inches, laid in inter
secting circles. This method of paw
Ing is said to be much more econom-
ical than paving with ordinary gran
lte At the instance of the county
council the system Is to be tried on a
length of main road between Accrlng-
ton and HaSlingden.