The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-10-09
NOTES or SCIENCE


made in 1900 that within % years New
York would be the worlds first million
/ dollar day city seems likely To be
! fulfilled. The tentative budget for
municipal expenses during the coming
year calls for xlS4.ooo. 600. which is ut
| the rate Of tritle more than half a
million Il day or s2i.00o an hour and
$3.50 a minute. New York has for years
/ held undisputed title to being the
worlds most expensive city. not only
80 far as it's administrative expenses
/ are concerned. but in many other re-
snects. The increase of more than
$4,000, 0o0 over last year, however, in
dicates an expansion in city house
keeping expenses undreamed of be
fore. OF the s1si.00o. 900 asked for next
years running expenses the chief item
( is that of SO. 900 06a la pay the annual
interest on the city's debt. which now
amounts to about $500. 900. 900. In. this
connection 1t has just been suggested
by high official that Central park.
the city's chief playground. might he
| sold tn liuuidate the indebtedness.
| Legal opinion. however, has decide
! that such sale would be impossible,
and so New York seems likely To pay
/ interest ON the greatest municipal debt
which the world has ever known.
Next to this interest charge comes n
demand OF s35. 100000 for education.
and the most important other items
which make up this remarkable budget
include s16524000 for police: ss.6al, 900
for street cleaning: sS.23o.000 for the
fire department, and s3,15S.ooo for pub
/ lie charities. The most significant in
crease in all departments is that
which is asked FOR salaries. and
amounts Ia nearly $4,000. 900. Alto
gether ii seems likely that by 1870 it
will cost at least sl,0ooooo a day to
run New York city. thus making 1t the
first municipality in the world to
achieve such an enormous budget.
Not since the fan of 1901. which
marked the defeat of Richard Croker.
has there been any such indication Of
an organized attemp To overcome the
famous Tammany hall organization as
Is promised for the local elections in
October. The chief source Of anti
! Tammany activities this year is the
committee Of one hundred, but as in
every year of municipal elections there !
are any number of minor urganiza-
ti"ns. But in spite of all opposition
fammany hail seems 10 resemble to Il .
remarkable extent Tennyson's brook. /
in that while opposition may come
and opposition may GO. 1t goes on for
ever. All sorts of bodies have been
getting together for the purpose of de +
nonneing Tammany. and while the con- !
domination Of the organization has /
been loud. even from such organiza- !
tnns as the Democratic union. the j
chances for the success Of the famous
institution whose emblem IL the tiger j
seem To be little affected. Aside from /
any question rs IL whether. or mai
Tammany hail l. ii desirable influence j
IN city politics. Il lacal political leader /
has summed up the possibilities of irs
defeat this fall by the raradoxieal
statement that its strength lies in the
number Of its enemies That this is
true, however, can scarcely be doubted
after an analysis If the many Tam +
many victories IL which the lack of .
unity of purpose among its enemies j
has been largely contributing factor. /
Whether this condition will be re-
neated this year remains 10 be seen,
fact that the -rammany forces /
thts iali seem I" hr more active than /
ever before. A. i result New York is /
hacking forward to one of the liyeliest
elections in its history.
AS result NJ the installation of the
largest organ in the world with one Il
exception, guests at the official BAN
ph"t OF the HudSnu-Fulton celebration
at the Hotel .AStnr next "Wednesday
"iEl he able fer thu. first time on rec
ord literally I" walk i'm music, So ira
mehdoaS Is the organ which has been
'h>e''s"a IN the New grand bail room
Of In" hotel in Which the banquet will
ee heid. that il will lie possible far
guests I" walk around i'll the air chests
from which the pipes varying in length
from = feet L. the fraction at an inch.
receive Their pressure. As this may i
ne o"he Nhti" the organ is playing
PERSONS investigating the pressure
boxes while tune il in progress. will
lie actually walking OH musical airs
The size as well - the intricacy, or
1htS remarkable organ. far sarpassiH
"s "S'd1tea mechanism anything with
which either Hudson or Fulton were
acquainted. may he better understood
ifon It's construction details. Not less
thsan las cables, containing from b t.
100 wires each are used for the trans
mission at the necessary electrical
power More than $40 eIectro-mag-
Nets VIII also he Used To- say nothing
at iia miles Of insulated x,.3ra All thu