Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-11-22
SKYSCRAPER ARE
CRUSHING LIFE
OUT Of CITY
NEW YORK BUILDINGS
ENDANGER PUBLIC
Experts Say Subway Shows
Signs of Immense Pressure
Above Criminal Court Build
ing Cracking.


Especial Correspondence 10 Morning Journall
New York, NOV. 20.-Slowly top
ping toward great public catastrophe.
many millions of tons OF building
structure are being foiind to menace
human life today throughout this
congested island. While the great
pile hat housed the criminal courts
is still bending earthward till IFS
walls show fresh seams each day, n
vigorous investigation has just been
organized 20 test the towering atruc-
ture Of all Manhattan. Along the
burrows Of the giant subway mole
the eity's engineers have today dis
covered much more askew and sag
ging than they dare to fully tell. Be
meath the weight of many a huge sky
seraper the anchoring piles are be-
ing reported as alarming to any stu
dent OF pressures. Million on million
must be spent before the building
root OF this town are properly placed.
II Ia assured, ana the test of time is
sure 90 work havoc TO humanity here
unless this In done at once.
Fight or Famine.
With each quart OF milk advanced
to a fun . cents. and cream and but
ter raised TO prohibitive prices for
the poor. the people of this city are
today facing such a fight or famine
in dairy supplies as has been seldom
seen here. Following the rising de-
mands Of the milk trust, all food and
drink products based on dairy goods
are already being held NJ higher cost
In every grocery. restaurant and drug
afnva Ia snupn uFh4fa r4IaUnrnaA In. |
FAINT mortality threatens to scourge
the poorer quarters through the star
walton forced by the milk kings. the
public temper Is rising to the danger
point. strong men may stand the
clutches of the meat trust. II IL be-
Ing urged, but young children, in
yaiids and the sick Of the poor must
suffer hclnlcssly the iron-handed ex-
tortion OF the milk magnates. ON the
farmers of the outlying country the
hard pressed city consumer is today
for the only relief that seems
possible In these trying times Already I
Their. is ak of an independent milk
agency TO fight the trust, =,
and everyone Is looking 10 see this !
talk come true.
Practical Patriots. -.
That true patriotism is not dead In !
this money-mad metropolis IL being
shown today In the start that is be- Y
ing given here to a movement for all "
Americans 10 honor the Inst wish of +
Washington. To the mar who
Is proving still To be first in the hearts 4
Of modern New Workers. il Is pro- 4
posed TO erect a $4,000. GOO memorial c
building ut the country's capitol for Il
III the learned societies of the nation
thus to carry out his most cher :
shed ideals for the promotion OF in
FAR the general spread of :
knowledge Headed by the George
Washington Memorial association and s
by the nations leaders In
art and letters, this new pa g.
project seems today assured OF
he support OF the people in every Q,
ection of the country. Already the
ollars OF many contributors are be- a.
TO pour IN from ali over the
to Mrs Henry 4. Dimock, who n,
receiving this tribute to Washing
memory at No 20 East six %,
street, In this city Though the
of this campaign are count .
w on New York to do its share. they
the subscriptions Of practical =,
atrlots throughout the country are
fair to outshine the gifts OF
city folks.
Horses Hour. ~
Clearly marking the dawn Of the ~
as OF the high-hrcd horse among ~
wealthy classes of this country, l.
annual horse show Is being ~
aund up today with more success 10
1t has achieved here In many ga
That the motor mania is In aN
o way causing the sun to set on the sh
apul0rity OF the fashionable driving VI
r riding animals has been demon az
rated in ,Nrry hour OF this record m
thibit OF their owners and breeders u
illlons ot American fortunes have su
represented about the tan bark rs
while the galleries were com m
antly packed with the palmer p,o. pc
10 HON the horse Is still a prln, 'ui