The chronicle=news., 1913-07-22

New York. July c:.-Ncw York
city now has under way In subway
system construction work to the val
ue Of 3si i.OoO.0 900. Twenty-ssvcn
miles OF this underground railway
are under construction. and ~ near.
~ all OF II will have four tracks this
means that about 100 miles OF single
track arc being built. Tho work IL
beinG done by fourteen different
Contracting companies. who are en-
ployinE on the average daily about
5000 mon.
Here arc somc more figures con.
rcrninG tho big city. Last year New
York paved little more than :at
miles Of street. In addition to the
actual placing Of the roadways on =
permanent basis the municipal en-
Gincess have had to consider the
psoblcms connected with regulating
grading. and laying tho sidewalks
and curbs Oh tho streets In the newly
developed sections OF the city,, Thus
In Brooklyn alone forty miles OF,
street were, improved In this way last
year. Within the city limits there
arc now 1900 milcs Of paved thor.
ouGhfarea. ...,.,
A, company eooeosed Of reprcscn-
eaaive. Canadian hAalaes men have
lsaassl the, 0rAeA Ccatral. Palace for
the last ,two weeks Of next January
for the purpose of holding an All
Canadian .cxposition..s 10 II. is planned
,iq. have the first iIooh during the
axposision devoted cn,irwx to the
displays Of the products Of tho soll
and mineral wealth Of the Domin-
lon. while on the second floor the
business interests and various sub
divisions will have attractive booths.
This is the first attempt tina, Cana
da has made 10 bring itself In per-
aoual contact with the New York
public by ocular demonstration.
After waiting twenty-five years
for word that her fiancc In America
was ready to marry her. Miss Re
Mann Of London. England. Is expect
ed to arrive here next week. In time
to bc married on August : 10 James
Russell Ross Of lsitp. l.. I. In the
twenty-five years that Miss Mann
had hecn waiting the word from he
married another woman. who died
some time ago. Rosa. while little
more than n hoy. living In London.
became cnEaE Ech to Miss Mann. Then
he decided to como to America. Five
years later he married New York
woman. Mrs. Ross died last Janu-
ary. and her husband, left alone.
communicated with his forgotten
love in London. She had never mar.
ried. The long postponed wedding
will take place, In 1t. Marks church
At Islip.
No matter how big or how bulky
tho tag on a hotel key 10 II seems i'm
possible to prevent come presonsfrom
fogettins to ieave'it behind. One
finds numeous instances OF this kind
at the hotels In New York where in
some Instances . iocksmith Is kept
busy turning out keys to replace
those which patrons take away. Some
Of the guests are thoughtful enosgh
to return keys to the hotel BY mail
but the vast majoity Of those that
are carried away are forever lost.
Naturally one must wonder at the
capacity or the architecture Of a
pocket which. beside key. will hold
q flat slab nearly seven inches long
and an inch and half wide 40 COM
fortably that its owner will never
think Of the key when he pays.
A, famous tragedy Of fifty years
ago was brought to the minds Of
some old Now Workers. recently by q
court proceeding involving the estate
of q man who made large fortune
tn the tobacco business. here. The
tobacconlst was the employer Of
Mary Rogers. q beautiful girl. who
was killed In Sibyl Cove. near the
Eiysian Fields. In Hoboksn. In
those days "the fields" was a resort
similar to Coney island, except that