El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-14
SEA MONSTER
PUZZLE To
new YORK
Weighs 20 Tons and Is Not
Like Anything Ever Seen
In Atlantic Waters.
NEW YORK PROVES
AN EASY VICTIM


OF Jonah, has just come to light her=
with the arrival of 20 ton inhabitau.
Of southern waters which VIII shortly
1e placed on exhibition. 1t is unique
among fish, for IL is unknown TO
sclence and followers Of Isaac Walton
VINO visit this city viii soon have an
opportunity to attempt TO identify this
20 ton monster. the classification OF
E1lch has SO far banIed science
Fought for Five Days.
Al other stories of big catches
shrink into lnslgnlflcance when COM
pared 10 that of this 10000 pound mon
Aler. which did not get away, and ar
rived from the south on q cOastWlse
S'eamer- The particulars Of the catch
which are thoroughly VOuched for,
state that 1t was captured after 80
nour fight in which five harpOOns and
-7l bullets were used. 1t required five
GAYS TO Kill it. 1t lowed a 10000 yacht
sometimes as fast as 40 miles an hour.
IT IS - feet long 1t has several thou
sand teeth Tt has no scales, but has
hide three inches thick.
Other piscatOriaI exhibits shortly to
De put on view include many rare
specimens, which have Just arrived.
By lar the most important are the sea
elephants and sea leOpards. the latter
being an extremely gamey fish and
particularly vicious when attacked. Of
course these two viii have TO take
second place TO the nameless leviathau-
anyone who is able TO identify this
new fish VIII be joyfully hailed by To-
cal scientists.
City Easily VIctimIzed
That father knicSerbOcker is just
about the easiest victim on record
when IL comes 10 a real estate deal,
and that the condemnation proceed
lngs by which the old man acquires
land for public improvements are
very expensive luxury are the two
most important items brought forth by
an INV lSauou now going on OF the
requirement OF the land necessary to
The great new water supply system.
In brief they show that the city has
paid in this connection Sl40OO,O00 to
acquire land worth at liberal eSti-
mate 100000 For the land itself
the city paid SS,500,000 or only about
three times its worth But other items
il now appears brought the cost up to
nearly five times the real value. An
additional 100000 has been paid out
IN fees 10 special counsel. commission
ers OF appraisal and real estate eN-
perts. Another S2,500,000 represents
the amount paid out in interest on
awards. for property taken by contract
without condemnation proceedings and
for incidental expenses, salaries and
the like
The cost Of counsel and engineering
experts has been greatly increased for /
the city by the provision Of the law
requiring the city to pay not only its
lawyers and engineers in the proceed
1nES incidental TO CONCERNING prop
erty for the waterway, but the lawyers
and engineers Of the property owners ]
also. The city has thus been placed IN
suits against Itself as well as putting
up the money TO defend those suits
Moreover there are damage suits pend
ing against the city for milliens OF
discovered unsupported water power Z
Development possibilities on their /
More Than 1000 Graduates.
rrn@r-
educational institution has there been
such a ceremony as occurred this week I
at Columbia university at its l5Stn ]
commencement when ZlSl students J
completed their courses and received q
their degrees and diplomas.
In addition TO breaking all records [
this commencement marked the gradu- .
alton Of the first class. nine IN num- ]
Der from the new school Of Journalism I
with the degree of bachelor Of htera- 4
ture. Incidentally a good deal OF ]
amusement was caused in connection I
with the requirement that a student 10 ]
receive his degree shall among other I
physical requirements satisfy the I
physical director Of his ability to swim 4
According TO the story one student /
who had passed in all other require I
ments, but had never learned to swim, z
approached the physical director with /.
the explanation that he suffered from !
a skin trouble which was greatly aE- !
EraVared by cold water The director, I
bring a certificate from his doctor ]
certifying to this the matter could be 4
easily adjusted. The student returned &
with a statement to the effect that he (
was suffering from carnoanserlnusab- I
metu. which afflictiOn was greatly az 1
grdvated bv cold water The physical I
director having never heard of such I
disease took down his Latin dictionary I
and after some hunting discovered that /
the imposing word when literally trans
lated means flesh Of the geese from 7
foar-that it, in plain English, goose
flesh caused by being afraid Of the wa
ter. Even the novelty Of the excuse
IT is reported, did not serve to get the
sufferer his degree.
New Monopoly Discovered.
Monopoly in its most horrible form
question OF its right to force man
daily to climb and descend 81 flights
OF stairs carrying five gallon water
bottle IS soon to be fought out In the
courts.
The opening OF the WoOlwOrth build
Ing however the highest office build {
Ing in the world. has put a new aspect
on the question. The company Operat-
inE the building has given the eXclus-
i've right OF supplying water 70 us
tenants TO one certain company Some
OF the tenants, however. believing that
they have the right to provide them
selves with any kind OF water they
choose get it from other concerns As
= result these concerns have been for
hidden the use of the elevators. hence
all the water they sell TO tenants in
the building has TO be carried up by
the employees, while the one holding
the monopoly goes up on the elevator.
According to the court complaint 40
tenants buy from other concerns and
every drop Of the water has to be car
ried up from two to 81 flights Of stairs.
The longest trip Of the water carriers,
that to the 3Sth floor, it is alleged,
takes one hour. Anyone who consid-
ers this an easy task has only TO pro-
vide himself with a five gallon bottle
Of water and carry it up and down
his own front stairs 81 times to be con-
WINGED OF his error.
Horse Cars to BE Abandoned.
After many reports that New York,
the most uptOdate transpOr-
tation system in the world "a claim at
which thousands Of strap hangers have
scoffedl was finally to see the last OF
its antiquated horse cars, the state
ueut is now authoritatively made that
The last Of these prehistoric vehicles
Is soon 10 vanish. Thus viii vanish
the last vestige of the first evidence
Of the city's rail transportation SER