The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1909-07-14

w ASdlNdfUN, WEDNESDAY,
ting Hood Of humanity in evidence more
than IN the overcrowding Of trains.
Though with every new development
in transportation 1t is predicted that
there will be relief in the overcrowd-
ing. the hope is short lived. The
swarm surges into the new avenue Of
travel. Overruns it. and the situation
Is as bad as before The subway is
but few years old. but already it is
outgrOwn. and the, whole city is clam
Oring for more subways. Apparently
the IL" and surface ears are packed
as much as ever. while the sub is
damned TO suffOcatiOn. The toe tram
pied. rib poked public wants relief,
and wants it quick. We must get to
our offices and back to our hats, and.
as there is not time. even il there were
inclination 70 follow the advice of
weston. the walkist," and tramp our
selves into health and corns. there is
nothing left for it but street ears.
Since there. is not room OH the face of
the earth these ears must be placed
either Oh stills or in rat hole. Now,
people object to the silt proposition
on account Of the noise and the dark
ening Of the Streets so it is the rat
hole for ours. You will see that the
conclusion is reached, by elimination,
which is logical process, and this
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us in the hole. That Is bad pun but
1t is not as bad rs the subway
The passage of the Travis-Kobiuson
bill, which has just been signed by the
governor, somewhat relieves the trac-
ton situation. The worst thing about
it is that it throws down the bars for
private capital TO build future sub
ways. although this evil is modified by
the provision that the city may buy
the road after stated term of years.
this term being brief and the price
being fixed at actual cost of construc-
ton plus interest. Outside Of this one
backward step, the provisions Of the
measure are good. For one thing, the
act adjusts the debt limit 50 that the
city itself may build and makes it
possible TO tax the owners of nearby
property, which will be increased in
value by the new subway, to bear part
Of the cost In the same way that the
owners Of AUDITING property are as
sessed for street improvements. And
now that the legal obstacles are re-
moved We may expect the burrowing
to go forward until Manhattan Island
Is as full Of holes as RouuefOrt
cheese.
The .McAdoo company Is still clamor
ing to extend it's Hudson tunnels into
Forty-secOnd street and the corpora
ton operating the present subway is
still throwing obstacles In the way
o selfishness. thy name Is high finance.
or words TO that effect. II there is
anything in the theory of reincarna.
ton, then the modern trust is not an
artificial being at all, but natural one
that has in it the souls Of all the pigs
that have been slain since the adoption
OF the Declaration of Independence.
And Of all the trusts that persOnify
pork worst is the traction trust OF
New York. That line could be sung
or whistled. but it requires punk
description to fit the subject. The
motto Of the traction trust Is. ut Is
the standing freight that pays" 1t is
worse than Standard Oil for the reason
that its ill gotten gains are spent on
race tracks rather than on churches
and colleges, and it could give the
beef trust points on the packing indus
try.
Another thing that will help in get
ting more subways is the fact that We
are to have new mayor after the
first Of next year. With business
administration run on lines of ecOno
my and honesty there would be little
difficulty in the city financing the prop
ositlon for itself. but where there are
a thousand leaks in the form OF graft
and q thousand more due to unbusi-
nesslike methods no money is left for
legitimate undertakings. Whatever the
outcome Of the election. Mcclellan will
60 out, and the prospects Of beating
the entire Tammany regime are i'm
proving every day. A great independ-
ent movement is now assured, and in
this will be large element of former
Tammany men, The writer happens
to be In position to know Of many
moves that have not yet become pub
lie, and, while he cannot give the de-
tails Of these at this time, he is free
to say that the outlook, which has
been good for month past, is grow
ing brighter. Even though Roosevelt
does not come back from Africa to
add the Tammany tiger to his kills
Richard Cookers old pet is going to
have the fight of it's life.
1t was the killing of little lngevard
Trimble by an automobile which then
ran away that started the present cru
SADIE against reckless driving and ''jOy
riding" in this city. For that reason
the recent conviction OF the chauffeur
who ran over the Trimble boy and