Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-03-16
GOTHAM SAVED FROM
FLOODING BY TIDES
Mighty Ebb Carries off Slushy
Seas Brought Down by
the Hudson.


depths is now saving New York City
from a flooding as serious as that OF
Paris. according to reports Of special
engineers who are finishing hasty
investigation OF the record thaw tides
that are sweeping down upon Man
haitian Island. Each minute millions
of gallons of the turbulent deluge
from mountains of melting inland
snow are piling up on the northern
shores of this insular metropolis, 1t
is declared. An the slushy seas that
the swollen Hudson has brought forth
from its gushing water sheds are
nevertheless proved TO be steadily
and surely drawn away by the mighty
ebb tides of the harbOr. No force
of food from inland can ever even
reach the rim OF this rocky island,
the experts have concluded, and New
Workers are relieved as they watch
the sea swallow freshet floods that
might otherwise sweep away their
city.
Fad For Footwork.
With Edward PaysOn Weston strid-
ing across continent toward this city
and Mayor Gaynor doing a constant
heel-and-toe marathon between the
City Hall and his Brooklyn home, the
greatest craze for long distance walk
ing that New York has ever known
is taking hold of the public here to-
day. Clubs Of boys, business men,
girls, matrons and spinsters are De-
ing organized all over the island with
no purpose but to wear down shoe
soles by pounding the pavement day
after day from one end Of town 10
the other In each body of Spartan
strollers. the walking mayor is en-
rolled an honorary charter member
and his services as pacemaker are
being sought for many mayoraity
marathon. Leather and liniment are
having tremendous sales in cOnse-
quence of this universal fad for pc
destrianism, while chiropodists and
masseurs are reaping rich harvest
from the results. For all the funny
side of this apish following of con-
spicuous example, New Workers be-
lieve great good in stiffening wind
and limb against the inroads OF me-
trOpolitan life may come OF such
spread of outdoor exercise.
Boston's Bluff.
Seeming a New England scheme
to draw away from this port as we'll
as the whole Empire State fully one
fifth of its valuable freight traffic
from the West, merchants, shippers
and business men here are today pre-
pairing to protest against the use OF
the Mohawk Valley as a through
chute for Eastern States to draw
away much Of the trade that now
flows through the Southern, Central,
Northern and Hudson River sections
of this State. For years Boston has
been plotting to sieZe more than her
share of the freight that is now car
ried to the seaboard here through all
this State, these shipping experts de-
clare, and over the additional through
line that is now being sought from
Buffalo to Troy, she is attempting to
steal away the goods and grain that
maintain the facilities of shippers on
every one of the present railroads OF
this State. Even such a city and
such a State as New York must feel
in every commercial fibre the drain
OF the proposed pipe line across TO
New England if ever il is allowed to
be put through for the benefit of Bos-
ton. it is agreed. Gotham has seldom
had to worry over her trade; but with
the interests of every merchant in
the State involved, her shippers seem
determined to fight New England on
this issue.
Budding Baseball.
Baseball blood is boiling throughout
town today as the first reports OF
team try-outs are beginning to come
up from the professional training
grounds down South. For five long.
cold months the faithful fans have
sustained life upon the meagre ac-
counts of the possible trading OF the
big league players whose hot weather
performances engross their every
thought. Now that bat and ball are
at last brought out and real box
scores decorate the sporting col
umns. all Gotham is agog for the
opening of the season Of the sport
of the nation. Preparations to &C
ccmmOdate additional thousands OF
rooters at both ball parks here IN
town are now under way and there
is every indication that New Workers
will follow their favorites with even
more than usual enthusiasm in the
coming days OF the diamond. Since
racing and pugiIism have been under
the ban OF legislation hercabouts, the
sport Of baseball has steadily iacreas
cd in popular favor and following.
Rats. rather than reform. are today
chiefly worrying the city workers
who arc assigned 90 the crumbline
corridors Of the new but graft-buil'
Hall cf Records. liOrdes Of rodents
are boldly nibbling every bit Of on
cial parchment and paper that Is not
entrusted to steel vaults in the -.
GOO. 600 structure Whole squads Of
fair sicrogrsphcrs have been routed
from their desks TO chair seats b,
the constant Sortics Of the rat rcci
ments while even the holder msls
ofIiceholders are losing ground before
the hungry host. Poison. pokers and
,,fuca have hccu used in dcgOcrafc cf