New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-01-01
YEAR OF GOOD OMEN
GREATER PROSPERITY
THE PREDICTION.
Leading Men of City Look for
AdrGnce tn Ali Directions
ON EUe of 1910.

THOMAS P. FOWLER. president OF the
New York, Ontario & Western Railroad
The new year presents many peeplexing
problems for the consideration of the man.
ayers and directors OF our railroads The
radical elements in Congress and various
state legislatures seem determined 10 con-
'rol the operations of the railway. instead
OF regulating them. Operating details are
being placed IL the hands OF commissions
created by the general or state govern
ments- The functions of directors, if all
The measures now proposed are finally
adopted. Will be confined TO the somewhat
oifncult task OF providing the necessary
FUNDS for carrying the operations of
governmental commissions
Indirectly government control is gradually
being assumed without the expenditure Of
dollar. or the slightest responsibility for
financial results. TX is somewhat difficult
TO draw the lire between the demands of
tho radical elements and actual confisca-
ron. and, finally. notwithstanding many
Migrant abuses in the past the manage
ment OF railway corporations as a whole,
mas been tar more successful. efficient and
henest than the government of our munich
apallties, or the state or general govern
ments administration OF public affairs.
" c. BROWN, president New York Cen
trsl Lines-Every visible indication points
TO return Of general prosperity, and 1
: nsiisRe in this respect 1910 will exceed the
record or any previous year. look for a
general and material Improvement and de-
NelopIoent Of the railways of the country
There IS at present no indication of any
large development in the way OF construc-
ton OF new railroads. There have been
Few years in the past in which there have
moi been developed inventions of some
character that have added 70 the safety OF
railway travel, and such inventions have
been promptly adopted by the railroads.
II seems probable that improvement Of the
present system of block signals may he
devised which viii automatically stop
trains where engineers disregard danger
signals, Until something OF this kind is
devised the human equation cannot be
eliminated. and long as men are fallible
end make mistakes accidents will result
from such mistakes
PLLNY FISK, of Harvey Fisk & Sons.
hankers-You have asked me to put in
few words some OF the thoughts that come
10 me al the ending of the old and the
beginning OF the new wear I have found
as expressed by Nine. de Stael that there
is no greater happiness than conscious
progress in something worth while An
other thought occurs to me for the new
year. embodied in the words of Ed
ward Everett Hale: To look up and not
Gown: 10 look forward and not back; to
look out and not in, and 20 lend a hand
WILLIAM HARRIS DOUGLAS. presi-
cent OF the New York Produce Exchange
a thoughtful comparison cannot but make
Americans proud OF their country and
should make them contented with their let
Europe still groans under her vast military
system. England and Germany do not like
each other; the came is true of Italy and
Austria. France and Germany, Germany
and Russia. America has no such disad-
va1tages. The worlds civilization for hun
Greds Of years viii be centred in the Amer
tcap continent.
BRYAN l. KENNELLT. rea, estate
broker-I look for wonderful changes in the
real estate Of this city this year changes
that will in q measure transform the face
OF business sections Lower Sixth avenue
~iil acclaim the McAdoc tunnel as a bene-
FACTOR. Seventh avenue will become entirely
business section. due to the entrance of
the Pennsylvania line as 3od street Watch
The real estate movement this coming wear
and sec how the city is. growing CONNER
cisIly.
JOHN NOBLE GOLDING real estate
broker-islo seems 20 me easy to forecast.
There is abundance OF money for f,a-
NestTnent. for building loans. for permanent
mortgage loans. The population is increas-
ing in marvellous way. and those peone
must be taken. care of. New subways must
be built.
JOSEPH P. DAY. president Real Estate
Board of Brokers-Amang real estate men
generally there is a feeling of great
optimism about the coming year Aiding
the active movement Of real estate are the
settled conditions of business. the activity
in the manufacturing and jobbing fields.
the settlement Of the tariff question and
the resumption of the normal scale Of
wages.
WILLIAM @. MADOO. president of the
Hudson q Manhattan Railroad Compsny-f
imagine that Father knickerbocker would
rather have few first class subways put
into his stocking during the year 1910 than
anything else. The problem is becoming so
acute that a solution Of it must soon result.
What is needed is an agreement among the
coordinate departments of the city govern
Inent On the plan itself. that is, the scope
undertaken, and then determination to
execute that plan
WILLIAM LOEB, JR., Collector OF the
Port Of New York; look forward TO the
New Year with hope and satisfaction. IT
ought 10 be prosperous in the customs
service here and elsewhere, IL the present
increase in the volume of business con-
finues. and rhe indications are that IL will.
the New York custom house is now on
an honest and efficient basis. and the
chance OF q recurrence of past conditions
has been mininized. If not entirely re-
moved.
WILLIAM r. WILCOX, chairman of
the Public Service Commission-The new
: year opens with every prospect pleasing for
the people Of greater New York Prosper
/. Sly has returned, and indications point TO a
continuation of the good times which
marked the closing year. ] believe that
r the new year viii see a. marked improve
snent in the progress of transit develop
nent The skies are brighter than ever
before for the development OF a compre-
hensive rapid transit system think