Las Vegas optic., 1912-07-26
new YORK Will
COMPLETE THE
SUBWAY
UNDERTAKING IS THE MOST cI.
eANTIc EVER ATTEMPTED IN
MODERN TIMES

New York, July rs. Coincident
with the report that the city's new
subways are now about is per cent
completed, New Workers. have sudden
" been made aware Of the fact that
this billion dollar system, as it wilI
be when finished, is entitled to be
known as the worlds biggest under
taking. Never since the beginning Of
history has such work been attempt
ed or such an amount spent in an
equal area. Some idea Of ifs vastness
may be realized from the fact that
the building Of the pyramids, looked
upon as oneo the greatest labors Of
any time, becomes insignificant The
cost Of the new additions alone to the
existing system will be greater than
that OF the Panama canal The need
for such mighty system is indicated
by the traffic estimates for 1925 bas-
ed on the rate Of growth in the past.
BY that time it is figured the number
of passengers carried win be more
than S,OO5,OOO,0O0 during the year, a
total OF more than three times the
number of passengers carried on all
the steam railroads of the country at
present. Necessarily the financing Of
this work has proven an enormous
problem, but as matters now stand
the city is to furnish an amount equal
to the investment of the operating
company for construction with GER
tain agreements covering any further
needs for the completion OF the pro-
jected lines The need for such a
costly system is indicated by the in
crease in land values in New York
in the last ten years During that
period the increase exceeded the com
bined output Of all the gold and sill
yer mines in the country by $17O, ,OO0,-
900 and was greater than the divid-
ends paid by all the railroads Of the
country by $27S,OOO.OOO. It is to fur
nish travelling facilities in keeping
with such expansion that New York
is now undertaking the completion
of the greatest job on record.
Political Upheaval Expected
That New York may be on
the verge Of great political upheaY-
al ID one or the most interesting
points now being discussed in connec-
tion with the Rosenthal shooting here,
in which gambler on the eve Of
furnishing the district attorney with
evidence which he claimed would IN
volve the police in scandal with the
gamblers was coolly put out of the
sway IN the heart Of the city. Even
said New oYrkers are forced to adj
NIT the presence here of bands Of hir-
ed assassins who will do anything
with any designated victim provided
their price be paid. The political sig
nificance of the murder is at present
confined to specu1ations as to what
the result will be If District Attorney
Whitman is actually able to bring the
murderers to justice and in so doing
develops completely between the po,
lice, the gamblers and the hired mur
derers. Such result would cause
the greatest airing of dirty political
linen since the days of the Lexow com
mittee and it is believed would make
Mr.. whitman the logical republican
candidate for the governorship of the
state. In this connection it is pointed
out that the conditions revealed by
the LeKow Investigating committee
which laid bare an almost unbeliev-
able state Of corruption resulted in the
swinging Of the state from the demo
cratic party which was then In power
to the republican lists resulting in a
succession of republican governors.
Added Importance is given to the pres
ent situation because Of the fact that
| this is presidential year.
Automatic Newshcys
| The automatic newsboy has at last
arrived in New York, the latest Of a
line Of penny in the slot machines and
as result while it has been attract
ling much attention here it has also
! brought terror to the hearts of Father
Knickerbocker's 1900 human new
sizes" who get their livelihood by the
sale Of daily papers Automatic ma
chimes Of various kinds from those
/ which tell ones weight to those which
sell accident and life insurance are Of
course nothing new but this latest
development in this field may vet Of
feet youthful revolution. Apparent
lly the new machine Is capable OF per
forming every function Of the human
newsboy except that Of yelling "wux-