The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-01
TUNNEL IDEA
 AN OLD ONE - It Was Tried Twice Before. TWO ATTEMPTS FAILED New York to Have Aerial
 Christmas. New Ideas are Gaming I.-The History Of Brennan . Criminal--A Gold
 Mine Horse Now h
BY LoNcAcRr,

ing of the McAdoo tunnels under the
 Hudson River. practically connecting
 New Jersey to New York, has been
 generally noticed throughout the scoun-
 try few persons realize that this pro-
 ject was begun more than forty years ago. Like the Panama Canal two
 failures. preceded its successful com- pietion. The man In whose brain the
 plan of the Hudson Tunnels was born
 was named Kaskins. Away back in the
 sixties he came to this city with tho
 purpose of building tunnel to connect New York with the great trunk line
 railway terminals in New Jersey. Has-
 kins had only s300.oo0. and the Wall Street interests to which he applied
 for backing accepted the reports of
 engineers that the project was not feasible and .zefused their supports
 Haslfins. however. was 90 enthusfastio
 for his plan that he started ahead on
 his own resources. Using the crude
 engineering devices of that day. he
 tunneied as long as his money held
 out. No more funds being forthcons- ing, he bricked up the end of his tun-
 nel and quit. At that time the tubes extended about 1000 feet from the Jer-
 sey shore and 900 feet from the New York shore. They soon filled with
 water and remained unused until 1885,
 when an English company took up the plan. Engineering methods had been
 greatly improved, but in spite of thiA
 lack of funds forced another halt af-
 ter 1000 feet had been added to the earlier work. It was only after these
 attempts, corresponding to the two at~
 tempts on the part of the French to
 dig the Panama Canal, that Mir. Mo-
 Adoo, e practicing lawyer. then took hold of the matter successfully. just
 as the United States has taken hold at Tw. 3wsn al
 ever, which have brought New Jersey within three minutes of New York, is the work of no less than three intsr- ests, since the completed tubes have utilized all the earlier work.
 | An Aerial Christnan.
 With the 18th of December still
 nearly five months away. 1t is. never
 theiess, certain that New York wtIl
 then indulge in its first aerial Christ | mas. The old-fashioned santa Claus
 with his reindeer Is passing. and to be
 up to date he will have to come this year in an aeroplane or dirigibia
 balloon. The toys for the coming Christmas have already been planned
 and almost without exception they express the great popular interest ln
 air navigation. The oid-fashioned toys are going and the younEster who peeps in his stocking next December will nu4 there playthings undreamej of de-s cade ago. One of the novelties is an
 aerial policeman seated in an 6eropiane which really flies. while Q still more ambitious toy is the miniature aerc- plane capable of carrying . lay figure in flights of considerable length. One contemplating manufacturer has pro- duced small dirigible capable os carrying "a child and nurse" and it is not Impossible that juvenile aviatfoR may soon become q fad here. Santa N1s.. 4rsIa aAy1 1fn fnn <s= other sf nge toys which arc already being nrGpared. The Roosevelt hunt in iAfricc is responsible for Q preten- tious toy depicting his adventures, fn
 which the shooting of lions only one
 feature. Hyiroplanes and submarina boats will also play an important part in the passing of the old-fashioned
 santa Claus. Altogether 1t looks as
 though next Christmas would reflect to q remarkable degree the scientific advances of the country. Even mfnia- ture wireless outfits may be found. ana while all these so-called toys are
 diminutive inside. they are, neverthe- the scientific tendency of Young America New York now has lost gold mine mot in the shapa of a body of ore in
 the earth. but one which goes on four llegs-thAt is a horse. No more re- markable illustration of the vagaries of horse racing and horse breeding could be instanced than that which has
 set thousands of people searching for
 Q horse which two years ago sold for
 a price of 6 suit of clothes. The story of this frantic equine hunt which iB now going on, Is in It's way extremely
 dramatic. One of the greatest. if not
 the greatest. of race horses h this
 country today is three-year old
 named Fitz Herbert Already this year he has won many thousands of dollars for his owner. Two years ago,
 however, when he was still an untrted yearling, the owner of Morganatic. the
 mother of this famous horse. decided for $40 to some onS, in western Canada. BEennaAss Career.
 One of the most striking proofs in fha history of the city of the old provefbn that honesty is the best policy and that crime does not pay. came Go HEht here this week in the case of 6 crfminaI named Brennan. who has spent ufnc@ toon of the last twenty years in 5aiH under different sentences. and has ob-s tained during the whole period laaa than s1oo as . result of his miraculous of tho law.
 At that. his brief periods of isherky came only as c result of commuAaelcn of sentence. In 1sse Brennan beMan his life of craEne by forging q check for SEQ. He was convfueed and bacnsnm liable to the maximum sentence 0f xam years. He wer however, liberated un- der commutaeSnn of sentence after av4 years. with the understanding thaf 1T he were again convicted of felony, h. would have to serve the remainder nf the old sentOuce as we'll @s the nnw on.
 This Is sxncsHy what AAppenad. as Mn wms 6eEtanceAa for eorgin@ check. khia time cor eae. fsan seneeaoe wea assaas couzuEnsd ia Deosamhsm 1eoa. an khe Bamo basis. Shortly agserWax& h& was agaAn convscAnd oe eslomw amvotvs ang 60 and 1B sslii at gin@ einm. Ns@ to@aG1aF BpeunAn'B known neau1n1znNs 2 have totasied A8s in twenty years. ns < little moro th0n four dollars \ gaar. AZ ordinary labor he could have aaSssAsl -as much by wording two Gays q veRF. although he wou1d moe og coukaa. nsNe Esu1Oyad frne board an4 aoaeanM at tb a e&DeUge oG the SfMte. SVlssch hz hna Sss. toyed tor uiussseA oaSA A1a 9ha ssss