The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-25
THEY LIKE
LIFE in JAIL
AT Least the Mi1lionaires
Choose It.
THEY WON'T PAY MIMoNY
Building a Duplicate Of Hudson's
Eoat.
THEY WON'T PAY AIMoEY
New York Asking for sI7s,eoe,ooe fss
House Cleaning--A Clock That
Does Everything But
Think.
BY LoNGAcRE.

ably the most curious institution Of IT.
kind In the country Ia the Ludlow
Street jail. known more generally Al
Alimohy Inn. where the wealthy mem.
bers OF the anti-alimony club who .uss
IL as their headquarters enjoy them,
selves In luxury. at the expense o.;
the city In preference to paying alimo.
ny to their divorced wives. Al present
this club numbers seventeen members
the length OF whose visits win vars
from one to six months. To look after
their wants the city employs star
OF twenty -four persons q much larger
proportion than is to be found In any
hotel however. exclusive. The Ludlow
street jail Is maintained only for per.
sons who offend the civil not the cri.
minai laws. II the wealthy man wins
is much better acquainted with thu
divorce lawyer than the stork falls ts
pay the alimony imposed on him b
the judge, he can either migrate II
New Jersey at g cost OF three cents
IL he goes by ferry--or for Ave cents
II he goes by tunnel, or he can enJos
six months in the. Ludlow Street jail
free of cost and in the company Of
his kind. From ten o'clock In the
morning until four o'clock In the after.
noon visitors are received. In the
evenings card parties playing either
bridge or poker are the customs, and
at all times any desired luxury 10 avs
aiiable. In the yard at the rear OF this
building outdoor exercise may BIO TAX.
en-. To afford this entertainment. which
Is furnished free OF charge to the pr.
soners. the city IL expanding at pre-
sent S123 month for each member OF
the wealthy and exclusive colony which
enjoys its hospitality, The latest mem.
Der to join this club did 50 rather than
pay $I25 a month alimony. Like ths
otheFs when he Is released his obliga.
tion win be discharged. Altogethel
this curious Institution furnishes q
cheap and easy way OF evadinng tile
financial obligations imposed by ths
divorce courts and many wealthy men
are glad TO resort to 1t since II in.
Wolves practically no interruption In
their ordinary mode of life. or course
1t Is expensive for the city but no.
body appears to bother about that.
A strange Boat.
Work has Just been begun here on
the strangest ship built In this country
in nearly century. The vessel In
| question Is replica in every posslbis
detail of Robert Fnlton's steamboat
the Clermont, the first OF Its kind In
the world. 1t was just one hundred
years ago that the first steam vessel
travelled from New York to Albany.
now being made will pursue as nearly
as possible the same course next fall
at the Hudson-F Fulton celebration. The
dimensions Of the reproduction OF the
Did boat following exactly those Of the
original. are $50 feet in length and
fifteen feet in breadth, with a draugnt
Of only two feet. As In the first steam
boat to navigate the Hudson river, the
reproduction will have two cabins. ore
forward, and one aft. The steering
apparatus. as In the original. TO the
discontinue of the pilot. win be In tho
stern instead OF the bow, and the ef.-
CINE which wilr drive the curious NJ
teen-foot broad paddle wheels will be
uncovered just as was the case
century ago. The only changes from
the original model will be the atdi-
ton of 8 safety valve to the engine
and the carrying of life pressrvers as
now required by the law. both of whicn
were unknown IN the days of the hrat
steamboat, The Hudson-Fuiton eeie-
bration in which the reconstructed
Clermont will be a feature Is to be on
large scale. More than s1.0o0000s Ii
Is stated will be spent In commemorate
ing this anniversary, OF which the city
has given s250.000. One OF the chief
features will be the unwilling OF q
towering statue Of Henry Hudson.
which will overlook the river at Spuy-
ten DuyvIl near the northern extremi-
ty' of Manhattan. This lofty memorial
which will tower three hundred feet
above sea level IL In charge of a COM
mittee OF prominent residents along
the river, including such well-known
men as George w. Perkins. w. G.
Muschenhelm and Cleveland H. Dodge,
and its cost Will be met by private
subscriptions.
The expenditure OF q mere trifie Of
s1T5.000.00O for the benefit Of his NUM-
erous and expensive family may soon
be undertaken by Father Knickerboc-
ker since that eager spender has dis
covered that debt limit OF the city
has not been reached and that he can
still borrow a hundred and fifty mill
lion dollars or so, The greater part
of this expenditure for municipal
housekeeping expenses, so to speak,
win be for new transportation lir es.
since those already under considera-
ton will cost at least 100000, 900 to
build. Chief among these. as so far
planned. is another great subway in
Manhattan, which would cost at least
$50. 00e. 900. while other similar lines
in Brooklyn and lower New York
would add another 100000 900 TO the
total For ferry service and other
river transportation facilities some
S12, 100000 s needed while for addf-
ttoHal parks in various parts OF tina
city e4VtVVOfVOV may DC 1tAOWCU- Ou~
der miscellaneous expenditures to be
undertaken some such items as $5,061,-
900 for new FIRE alarm system. Sz0.-
600, 900 for a new sewer system. $f2.-
500, 600 for new school buildings, $2.-
10000 for the saving OF Central Park.
and numerous other smaller amounts
to meet various needs.
This city Is soon to acquire the most
remarkable clock In the world. and
/ this In spite Of the famous time-pleces
in European cathedrals which per-
form In all sorts OF ways in addition
to giving the time OF day. It would
take q theatrical troupe. however. to
60 through all the features which will
be combined In Father Knickerboek-
er's new and unique time-piece shortly
TO be installed. The feature OF record
ing hours win be q mere incidental
to its other activities, which would
make q good-sized circus side show.
One Of the most remarkable features
of the clock m that BY tho r. use OF 3
barometer, q hydrometos. q tharTno-
meter and a compass It viii give hour-
~ automatic weether predictions q
day in advance. festure calculated
TO appeal partfCnlarly 20 baseball ems
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