Semi-weekly herald., 1911-07-06
STRAY ToPicE FROM LITTLE OLD
NEW YORK.

Seventh Avenue and Thirty-seventh
street is to be twenty-four stories
high and will cost more than $4,000
COO. Tnc ground, to be occupied by
the hotel, was recently purchased by
syndicate for 81 $4,000 and adding
to this sum the cost Of the structure
49, total win reach the respeca5ie
sum of about 81, 100000. 1t Is scarcely
necessary to state that the hotel will
be strictly up 10 date in its arrange
ment and equipment, According to
the plans mapped out the hotel will
contain zoo rooms. about 200 more
that the Waldorf-Astoria, and every
room will be provided with bath.
rhe hotel has already been leased to
prominent hotel man for $35O,000 IL
year, the lease to take effect when
the building is ready for occupana ay,
which is expected TO be some time IN
| the rail- of next year.
During the coming month there Will
| he a wholesale naturalization OF aliens
in this city, in preparation for the
coming fall election. There are near
| ly three thousand Of these aliens,
who have taken out their first pa
pers' some time ago, to be made inso
| full-fledged citizens and, to accommo-
Ito them special term of the SUI
urt will be held during the
month of July, which will devote prac-
tlcally its entire time to the natural-
Zation of aliens.
The dismissal of C. Grant Ferge.
| the architect oil the Cathedral OF ST.
John the Divine, now in course of con.
struction, by the trustees of the
| church throws an interesting light up
on the peculiar methods employed in
the erection of that great church edi-
| fee which Is to crown Morningsi.a
Heights. Mr.. La Fargo and his form
er partner, the late George l.. Helms,
were the architects who made the
| original plans for the church, about
| twenty years ago They were in
| charge of the work OF construction
ever since the work began, until Mr..
| Helms died. Then Mr. b. w. Morris
| Joined MIR. La Fargo in the task OF
| superlnten the construction &C
| the church. II appears that the orig
| inal plans, which had been accepted
| by the trustees of St John, were
never followed Uuon the request or
| demand of the trustees changes Were
made from time to time, which ma
| terially modified the original con-
| ception of the cathedral's architect
ure. The trustees, of course, are of
| the opinion that the changes suggest
/ ed by them are great improvements,
calculated greatly to enhance the
beauty and grandeur of the structure
architect and not trustee. disagreed
| with the trustees or whether he was
considered TO slow to act upon the
| valuable suggestions of the trustees,
that the trustees dismissed Mr.. La
Fargo and supplanted him by another
architect. 1t seems to be their plan
| to pay no attention to the original
plans, but to continue the work re-
sardless of plans, making alternatons
as the work proceeds and as their
fancy may dictate. Architects are be-
ginning to wonder what the cathe-
dral viii look like when it is complet-
ed, but that will not be for more than
fifty years.
AT last the police authorities of New
York City have decided to begin a de-
termined war against the numerous
gangs of toughs and criminals when
nlest and terrorize various sections
of the city. Heretofore these gangs
have had things practically their
own way. They committed hod-ups.
burgalies, robberies and murders and,
being well organized, with plenty of
spies and helpers among the toughs
of the localities infested by them,
they enjoyed immunity for many
| years. Recently these gangs have
| become so bold, that Police Commits
| sioner Waldo has decided upon Wig
orous campaign against the gangs 1t
| Is sincerely hoped by the law abiding
| citizens that the war of extermna-
tion against the gangsters will be car
ried on to the bitter end, but it is
also realized by them that the task
awaiting the police authorities is
nerculean
Tho war against the street-car row.
dies is also to be carried on with great
Vigor and persistence and the magis-
trates are bravely helping in the good
work by imposing severe sentences
OF Imprisonment upon these rowdies,
whenever they are brought into court.
II the police should succeed in break
Ing up the various gangs, in suppress
ing the car rowdies and in driving
out a considerable part of the Italian
undosrables in certain localities Of
Manhattan and Brooklyn, New York
would be pretty safe place to live
in.
Some police magistrates in this city
ilnguished themselves recent
ly by giving evidence of almost hum |