Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-06-09
BATH TRUST LATEST
COMBINE IN NEW
YORK CITY
TO CONTROL ALL
BEACHES NEAR GOTHAM
Metropolis to Have Fourth of
July This Year; Railroads
Raise Rates as Result of IN
crease in Wages,

Especial Correspondence to Morning .Iournnll
New York, June 6.-plottlng 10
control every inch OF sea beach about
this port, an ambitious b%athhousc
trust has today been discovered "a he
nerfecting plans to levy ribute on
every ocean dip of the people OF this
city. Scores of miles of the sandy
Ftretches OF Concy Island n a dozen
Vthet resorts ~ the summer crowd
arc now known 10 he quietly held nv
the promoters OF this seashore ring.
who have just declared that they viii
contest To the highest courts the city's
recent attempt 10 establish a free
bathing pavilion OF the coast. Thou
ana OF the swcitering poor here sus-
tam the hot season largely by floeking
freely to plunge in the cool brine OF
the nearby ocean. and from each Of
these the cunning creators OF this new
trust hops to eNtor dimes and nickcls.
Every effort Is now being made by
the city authorities To rout this crew
of b%athhouse pirates who are al
ready strongly intrenched in their
plans to prey on victims of the com
ing summers heat,
Eirclc~s Fourth.
Games instead of gun powder are
today arranged to absorb the energies
OF the youthful patriots of this city
for whom the mayor has decTaed a
~fireless Fourth of July. Races. pase-
ball matches, jumping, wrestling and
tugs-of-war are TO be open to every
urchin all about the parks and squares
according to the program which
athletic leaders are busy mapping out
while free shows, paradcs and picnics
being further relied upon to wean
the youngsters from all thoughts OF
fire crackers, rockets and bombs. New
Workers are watching this new at
to establish u c~rackerless
with kee interest. for never
have explosives been barred
On this island. If the rising genera
tlon can be induced to give up its
punk and powder, life and limb as
well as property, Will be saved in n
measure. according to the fire
department and hos pital experts.
Costs Climbing.
With some hundred thousand
suburban commuters clamoring In
against the general raise in rail-
way rates that has Just followed an
advance in trainmcn's wages, New
Y orkers are today beginning To real
the many sid ID grip which the in
cost of living Is taking upon
The traction enterprises as wen as
lpon themselves. Not only the pantry
md check book OF every household
n the town, but the treasures OF the
y"rentest corporations OF the metrop-
Ills are feeling the skyrocketing of
il is being shown. Besides an
idvance OF almost 70 per cent in the
.ost of labor within recent years, the
ailroads are proving that their cost
" living has increased 70 per cent for
rack tics. A per cent for rails. ~ per
cnt for timber and YER 80 per cent
or rolling stock. The same spirit
hich actuates the overtaxed house
Older to 20 out ana earn more has
nade it imperative for them TO ralsc
Tres under these circumstances they
xplain. Though the street railway
are struggling with this same
Use in their living cost, the ear rare
ickel still stands here today as abou
he only relic of the good old days
the expenses Of living began
, burden everyone.
sullivan Subducd.
seldom since the days when his
SITS frightened all corners has John
/. Sullivan excited more interest IN
lis city than is today focused upon
lis veteran gladiator, who has JUST
turned from abroad exulting in the {
ills Of matrimony. With all his
wealth OF bass believing. the
married Jchn L.. Is singing the |
Tvs OF his state to all corners VIM
ron In at his old haunts TO LOOK nm
YER. The buxom partner of his az |
r life has apparently tanned the spirit
the old fighter who would never
Init a nan its master, y nc - TAX q
the count with vociterous chIvalry' |
NV Il quiet command from his wire
m now stop sullivan from disturDms
by his paeans OF praise OF
10 ~bencdict's life.
Scorning showers.
t-ndismayed ~ the dampest days
mt hpve ever spoiled late spring I
ire. scores of roof gardens V TO- Il
~ opened their skyward strctches {
on metropolitan schedule n
In the flimsiest of eVenlhs =
WINS and the wstiffest Of straw hats y
nj shirt bosoms. crowds OF women q
M their escorts are Drawing the v
owerv heavens on these roof re- q
rte. Never have the summer SHOWS a
'cned with more courage or more 81
'vetv and no one seems to have been Il
Tered from this stock form Of nor n
amusement by n streak OF not II
that would discouras &C u
toos ~ much more serious pursuits. II