Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-13


 ing. has been successfully completed, thanks to the enterprise of Frenca capitalists, the work on the structure, which, when completed, will be the highest office building in the world, is to be pushed with tho utmost rapidity. The building will occupy the entire Broadway front on the west side be- tween Barclay street and Park Place. covering an area Of about 39. 300 square feet. The building proper win be twenty-nine stories. high and vii be sarmoUnted by a tower Of twenty-six stories. The total height of the struc- tUre is to be 750 feet and it is 10 be completed by the fall of 1912.
 Saving the Babies.
 Health Commissioner Ledelie re- ports the efforts of the health depaTt nent and of the allied organizations have succeeded this year m establish. ing the lowest July record since the consolidation of the torousEs. la July Of this year 1,522 infants undtJ one year of age died in Greater New fork, which is a saving of i3l over 1910, When 2.25S died Previous to this year. 1909 had the lowest record for July, which was l,757. he low fgnce5 for themonth just passed are pagtic. ularly remarkable in view of the iac: that the weather conditions durinz the month were extremely Unfsvorable. During the greater part of the month excessive heat prevailed and the ha- midity vas unusually great The dis tribuuOn of clean and pasteurizcd milk is believed to have beeG m a large measure responsible for the low rate of infant mortality dTins tLe past month.
 Old Landmarks Go.
 The tremendous Increase in the val ue of real estate in the lower and O. Manhattan has gradually brought about the disappearance of the cnia- parativeiy small and therefore un- IluiJ.s.s lui'Slnss erected ia that part of the city some fifty CT more years ago. One b. one 0f these 70 ] IandEarks were torn down 70 be re- F.accg by neGern ssysc.s.U's. .sl'a- ciaas enough 70 make them J prJiii able .n3Ssftlsnt One Of th, ilst uf 3Etse old Ilfui.cs, that etacssl lS ihe Mutual Lie lnSgrlnCe cc-Haany E iSgi 0n tle southeast uOT CT | Broadway and Liberty street, is now in the hands of the wreckers and will soon be replaced by a new building which the Guaranty Trust company ie going to erect fer it's own use The ground was purchased by the trust company a short time ago for nearly g., 2,J00, ,000 and in view of the high price of the ground it is rather sur pr.sing that the new building is 10 be only i've stories higa
 Police Have Trouble.
 The job of a policeman in New York City, contrary Go the belief of many unthiuking and unqualified critics, is by TO means a sinecgre. Constant changes in the heads of the police de uartment with the resulting changes Of policy keep the men in a constant state of uncertainty as 10 their duties the manner in which they were ex- pected to fulfill them, and their re- responsibilities SoMebCdr is always meddling and tinkering with the police department. aud in every session of the New York leigislature one or more measures are introduced, puTpOrting 70 be intended Tor the reform or the l department, iu reality, however. only adding to the confusion already ex lstlug
 There are, undoubtedly. men on the police force who are a disgrace tC that body, but the majority of the men are efficient and honest The everlasting criticisms of the police force by public officials and the pub lie press have had the unfortunate effect of undermining the confidence of the public in the integrity of the i force and have misied the rabble intC the belief that the bluecoats were ths natural enemies Of the people and that the latter had the right to combine against the police officers. Never before have policemen found it SC difficult Co do their duty and almost daily enc or more policemen ars mobhed for no other reason than tha' the mObs invariably side with the Of ! fen6ers whom the officers try to ar rest
 Strange Hermit Dies.
 Manuely Martinez, a wealthy and ec ! centric Spaniard dled here the othel day at the Broadway Central Hotel