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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-20
After Sixteen Years Work
Building viii BE Too Small
When Completed.
STARTED IN A SCANDAL.
New County Officials Have
No Places in Which
to Begin Work.

The Bronx Court House ceased 20 b,
an incident In the busy life OF the new
county many years ago. II has be
come . chronic ailmcnt Sixteen year,
ago they started to build a 5000, 00t
Court House at One Hundred and Six
ty-arst street and Third avenue. !,
isn't finished yet II has no elevators
no floors and no stairways. II needs
windows. ceilings. door nttings and
furnishings. Most OF all. IL needs
accommodations for tho new
county board OF officers. who begin
their terms Jan. I. 1914.
Hronx residents have only taken their
cosrt house seriously since election.
They've GOT ~ hne . bunch Of young.
ambitious-probably capable and en-
cisnt-ohicers - a new county ever had
10 begin with. but they haven't any
place to put them. When they started
building a court house. Bronx auton-
omy wasn't thought Of.
NO DESIRABLE OFFICE FLOORS
IN THE BRONX.
There isn't a desirable ONCE floor
In the Bronx. these newly elected ON
GERS win tell you. II thess 10. they
haven't bean able to md II. They all
want to get IN the Court House-when
rs finished.
accidents Of ne Dron1 want 70
kAow-Y&st, when the builAln6
A 4oiuR "a - roaAv. ana nAooaA.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-20
TICKETS SOLD TO AGENCIES Al
A LO9S

John Brown. business controller OF
the Metropolitan Opera Company, told
of the agreement by which seaso tick
cts had been sold to Tyson 4 Co. and
four other agencies In past years. He
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-20

poison from the bowels. A Cascaret to
night strai CITIZENS You out by morning
lo-cent box from any druggist keeps
your Stomach regulated. Head clear and
Liver and Bowels in fine condition for
months, Don't forget the children.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-20
Pole Kills Football player.

CLEVELAND. Nov, 2O.-Morty Marx.
aged sixteen. died to-day OF injuries re-
ceived In football game last Friday.
Playing with an amateur team he
plunged head hrst against . telephone
DolA .ssA 80
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-20
CASCARETS TONIGHT! IF BILIOUS,
AEADACHY. C0NSTPATED 10 Gents

Cascsrets make you feel bully: they
Immediately cleanse and sweeten the
stomach. remove the sour. undigested
and fermenting food and foul gases; take
the excess bile from the liver and carry
off the constipated waste matter and
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-20

Art Society had no authority 10 change
the provision Of the special act.
The building stands to-day
Aftssn feet below the street level
and nearly scirolsd by an III" line,
despite the protests OF the Art
Commission and Bronx oitissns
generality
From 1897. when tho building was au-
thorixed. until 1909 not move was
made. although the special act contem-
plated the completion of the court house
In 1890! Then In May. 1902. $25O.OoO Ia cor
porate stock was issued. this being
$5O.U0 moro than was thought necessary
to build the structure. This was only
the opening wedge.
Borough President HafYen set his
trusty right hand. Mike Garvln, Tam
many leader OF the Thirty-third. the
borough achitect. to thinking about
plans. Mr.. Michael J. Garvln. Archi-
tec'." thought and thought. and the
more he thought the higher the figure
grew. How well Mike could think WINS
brought out in Hafren's trial when
Garvin was a witness with a View of
learning Mikes knowledge of the tech
nical details of his profession. Com
missioner Mitchell asked what he
thought was a safe load ON granite per
square Inch. Garvin protested he
didn't carry them details In his head. -
would you be surprised II It was
1900 pounds" asked Mitchell
ITS unfair TO ask them questions OF
me-" returned Garvin.
The plans OF Oscar Bluernner were
submitted and II was found that about
$4,000 would be proper figure for a
court house A five per cent. arohi-
tect's rake-off meant $4,000 In fees
This was more like 1t. So Haffen got
the plans through and the next thing
was another issue OF corporate stock
to the amount OF $55O,oOO on July l..
1901. With the 32j0.oO appropriated two
years before and not touched. the $500, =
900 WAS rounded out nicely,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-20
WORK NOT BEGUN UNTIL
MARCH, 1905.

Then a start was made. Work wac
actually begun March Is. 1906. three
years after the first stock was issued.
when the Century Construction Com
pany was awarded s33.500 for the
foundation. Then came rapid dis
trtbution Of contracts-all Of them still
running. except the first. Brady. who
dsfaulted after two years work. The
list follows:
Thomas J. Brady. general contractor.
$500. 900.
John T. Brady. general contractor.
Sn4.s4O.
Van Dorm Iron Works. $4,000.
Western Electric Company. electric
Installation. s24,G04.
James Mccullough. plumbers, $27,s32.
But the 100000 appropriated was IA r
from enough to meet the $l5l,5N paid
for the site. the SSo.67l.65 drawn down
by Architect Garvin In fees and the
various contractors who had to be paid
something on account. something for
long delays and so on.
A report OF special committee Of the
Board of Aldermen made recently dex-
terously juggles the responsibility for
the hftecn-ycar court house from one
TO the other ana leaves tho blame I'M
placed. hut II makes clear the fact that
almost 100000 has already been paid out
from completion.
With the additional appropriation
OF $4,000 furnished by the Board
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-20

President of TysOn & Co. Has Judg.
ment Against Him.
Richard j. Hartman. President Of
Tyson a Co.. has other troubles. In
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-20
PUBLIC OFFICES sCATTEEED
ALL OVER THE NEW COUNTY.

Bronx County and city offices are
scattered over the new county's forty
square miles. Every locality has some
sort OF official headquarters. A mile
away from tho court house In the Bor-
ouEh Hall. at fremont and Third ave-
nues. a great barrscks-like building
WITHOUT a nre escape. Here are the
Borough Tresidents Offices and high
ways. sewers. and park depart
ments. Back of the building. which sits
up on a hill. In the Bergen Building.
shot up seven stories In q few months
to accommodate five other depart
ments.
From here on rs q search. Any man
In the Bronx who can tell you where
all his courts. departments and officers
are located now. without considering
where they will DO after Jan. !, 1914, II
entitled to wear tho crown on New
possible to md them all In q days
search.
But Just Mt present the new-its old.
weather beaten and well nigh obsolete
already-courthouse Ia In tho limelight.
II In a reminder Of the city building
incompetency. For Its niggardly ca
pacity It has a national record for de-
lay In construction. When II 10 finished
Il will become white elephant l. .camss
Of Its expensive operation and wretched
accommodations. Yet It Ia fifteen years
since a commission was appointed to
acquire tho site.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-20
Bronx Court House as 1t Looks
After Sixteen Years of Work

s::ss:s:s: 1890. 800: 90:
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" PAID St61,674 FOR A SITE
ASSESSED At St7,soo.

The building was conceived In scan
dL. In June. 1898. Chief Engineer Nc
Lean. In the Corpora ton Counssl's of
nce. looked over tho site specified In the
special act OF the year before and said
II WAS worth S43.7J0. The N.G.. square
feet In the irregular site was then as
sessed at $17,t00
During this exact time the condemna.
ton commissioners. George NJ. Van
Hoesen. Patrick II. Whalen and Joseph
Freedman. with their two land experts,
Charles A. Borrian and Charles w. Tar
box. were engaged In u seemingly ariu-
GUS task Of fixing proper purchase
price for tn, city. They succeeded.
Their inquiry lasted a long time--every-
thing good In Bronx does-and they
nnally reported the plot worth 3l%6.356!
This was three times more than
Engineer Mclean said II was worth! To
this these Commissioners added G.2lS
for their services. bringing the total Of
the land cost up TO Sl5l.B7% And this
report was filed In the Supreme Court
Jan. %. 1900. two years and three months
after the commission began Its 'delib-
erations" Corporate stock was issued
instantly anu tHo pTopeTty thheu oNeT,
VIII owned the land that u special act
OF the Legislature forced the city to
take7 We'll. the record shows that
Father Knick's &i5i.57i went these ways:
owner. Awarded interest
Caroline o.
Hsttanssr 80. :. $4,000 r.sls.eo
Louise ana 10
ssphins Hammer. 7l.s3o lo.7oe.s4
Noise 0sasman ..... 1000 9o2.0o
Total .... go. lat ,23o lS.lae.8A
GRAND total .... lts.36s.sA
TO experts and
oommissionsrs :. s,als.oo
what city paad.... 1sl,674.sA
Engineer Mclean
valuaA n n M
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-11-20
UNFINISHED COURTHOUSE
HAS COST BRONX 100000;
FIRST PLAN WAS 100000

CITY has furnished no offices How are
Register Polak's seventy clerks going
To ind desks and chairs?
Tho Court House was originally
planned for the Magistrates. Municipal
judges and Coroners' Courts. with
prison pens. clerks Offices and judges
chambers. None Of these city function
aries Will get space In the building.
As outlined by AN architect on the
premises to-day tho arrangement con
tcmplatcd follows:
oround Floor - County Cisrt's
ofnces.
1irst 1loor-County Judge and
County 0lerk.
Second Floor - Supreme Court
snd Justices chambers.
Third Hloor-0urrogats'0 ofacss.
Third Floor and Ass1o-District
Attorney.
Each Of the new county oficers has
tabulated demands for moor space. None
OF them will get what he wants. The
new Borough President. Douglas Math-
ewson. says all county offices should go
Into the Court House. Retiring Presi-
dent Miller says all no wants Is 10 see
tho building finished.
PUBLIC OFFICES SCATTERED
The Detroit times., 1913-12-03
Which DO You Beat,
the Boss or the Clock!

II your time for getting 10 WORK ID
9 o'clock in the morning, you know
the boss. who has made his pile.
doesn't get to the Office until $3.50 or
Q o'clock. Do you just slide In ahead
OF him. thinking you are putting
something over" and cheating the
boss out of half or threeQuarters
OF an hours time each day? Or 40
YOU beat the clock each morning by a
few minutes, full OF pep" and ready
for any question the boss might ask
YOU about the business, when he does
come in?
It's always easier to sleep Few
minutes late in the morning after that
game of pool or poker the night be-
fore. thinking, "Oh, l can skin into
the ONCE before the boss gets there
and he won't be WISE" But the boss
is wise-or he wouldn't be the boss
and when promotion time comes. you
will find you have been beating no one
hut yourself; also that the thing
worth beating in the business world Is
the clock. and not the boss.-Memphis
News Scimitar.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-03
BOOKS

This volume OF j. Rufus Wallingfort


This volume OF J. Rufus Wallingford
stories Is written with all the vigor Of
expression. spice of humor and racy
vernacular which characterized its
predecessors. Apparently there is no
end to George Randolph Chester's
ability to turn of tales OF get-rich-
quick schemes; to invent ingenius.
impossible but plausible methods OF
loosening the other fellows grip upon
dollar.
In this new series, Blackie Daw,
Wallingford's bosom friend and side
partner. comes to play a more import
ant part In the schemes OF hts wizard
chief. AS usual. their biggest coups
are pulled of In the most unexpected
quarters, where they already have Civ.
en- themselves a reputation for crook
ed dealing by their shady transactions.
One of the most amusing chapters
tells Of how the two get revenge upon
q Monsieur Perigord. who has had the
effrontery to sell Blackie's wife. Violet
Bonnie, a $4.98 walking suit for $S5.
The book OF 400 pages is published
by Bobbs-Merrill company. OF Indian
apolis. Ind. In the uniform edition IN
which all of the Walhngford stories
are now printed. Price. 81 net.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-03

As ~ .rd,dsts gibson GARDNER
The legislature also must soon think
about the question. for the constitu
ton now provides that the senator's
of each state "shall be elected by the
people thereof" and that "the legis-
lature OF any state may empower the
executive to make temporary appoint
ments until the people fill the vacan-
Giles by election as the legislature may
direct" In other words, there must
be q new law In New York providing
for the election of United States sena.
tors by the people In conformity with
the amended Constitution Of the
United States. This Is true also Of
all states having senators to elect. but
It is of particular interest to those ~
states which have senators whose
terms expire on the same date that
Roots expires.
The legislature might pass law
providing for nominations by dirert
primaries or II might authorize party
conventions to nominate. and thus
offer the people merely choice be-
tween party candidates. Either way
would probably comply with the cor
stitutional requirement for election by
the people. II the latter way Is
adopted In New York the nomination
would be made by the Democratic o.
ganization dominated possibly %
Tammany, while the Republican nomi.
nation would be controlled by Boss
Barnes and the Progressive nopina
ton by Roosevelt
There has been a suggestion tina:
Roosevelt be nominated as the Pro-
gressive candidate for the senate. but
this suggestion does not come from
Roosevelt's friends. who profess to be.
lieve that this might divert him fro ii
bis part In the national campaign to
which they look forward.
In sending DR.. William Bayard Hale
to Mexico to secure information as to
the condition of the revolution, Presl.
dent Wilson follows a precedent So
in 1850 when President Taylor sen. al
unofficial agent to Hungary to report
upon the condition of the revolution
airy movement there with the intec
ton of recognizing the insurgent gov
eminent II there were sufficien.
grounds for doing so. In that case,
however, the agent arrived only tn
find the revolution crushed. A pro
The Detroit times., 1913-12-03

son without concluding that intel
lectually he Is all that Burke was,
and as an administrator. II not a.
spectacular as Chatham. he Is as great
as Chatham. He has his way, not by
jamming things through like Thad
Stevens. but by convincing his fel-
lows that his way Is the right way.
John Sharp Williams told you what
sort OF a man Wilson IL the other day
when he administered that deserved
rebuke to Senator Cummins OF lows.
And the people understand Wilson.
Wilson carried the elections the other
day. II was the faith the people had
In Wilson that made Walsh governor
OF Massachusetts, and Fielder govern
or OF New Jersey.
And let me say besides-the Ameri-
can people are resolved that woodrow
Wilson as president shall have fair
trial. The Democratic majority In the
sixty.fourth congress will be greater
than in the sixty-third, and We VIII
elect 90 of the 32 senators to De
chosen.-Savoyard, in the Houston
Chronicle.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-03
States Must Amend
Their Election LQ,US

test was made at that time by Mr..
Hulsemann. the Austrian charge
d'anaires. who complained of the al
ministration's course. and later Daniel
Webster. who had become secretary
of state. replied to this note In sharp
rebuke. Webster's letter set forti,
strongly the right OF the United State,
to recognize any de facto revolution.
airy government II might choose, and
to seek information In all proper ways
to guide its action. II was at the same
time that Kossuth and his compatriots,
who had fed to Turkey. were brought
to the United States In an American
frignte. and the Hungarian hero was
received with burst Of enthusiasm
which, by contrast. suggested the hos
tility accorded that other rebel. Elm
incline Pankhurst, when she Landed At
Ellis Island.
: In this city the inspectors have au.
thority to destroy spoiled vegetables
or meat when offered for sale, but
they are not authorized to seize in
fected milk or to prevent It's sale ex.
cept by slow, legal process In the civil
courts. There are 81 milk shops In
addition to the numerous lunch coun.
tiers and groceries which sell milk. and
which consequently are unregulated
and uninspected by reason of the anti.
Quated laws. Congress Is responsible )
for the government Of the district; the
people have no votes.
In his lecture on Manila, Burton
Holmes shows how the United States
authorities have drained the swamp
lands. and built a sanitary and beau.
tiful water front on the water side Of
Manila. Within three-quarters of q
mile from the capitol building, thers
are swamps undrained. pestilentisl,
ugly. and uneconomic. to which con
gress has never given any attention
The reform which begins at home docs
not seem to extend to the District OF
Columbia.
The Democratic party Is IN power
owing TO the division of the opposition
caused by the existence OF the Pro.
gressive party. McCombs, chairman
OF the Democratic national COMMITTEES.
gives out an interview saying the Pro.
gressive party will soon merge with
the Republican party. II is eviden.
that McCombs has been 30 far dis
tracted by this business OF getting
married that he has forgotten the
rudiments OF his politics.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-03
"A Hutch I'm Building for Her viii Look

permanent, and sing after a while
when you least expect II.
The weather Is proving rather cold
for Gertrude. and I've made some fian-
nelette panties for her to wear over
her legs. A hutch I'm building for her
will look like the state house. There's
q dome on It so the fiamingo can stand
upright In It.
Gertrude Is very tame and sociable
and likes to come into the house. It's
warmer there. She's fond Of oysters,
too; as fond as l am. Still, ! sup
pose I'll be repaid for denying myself
oysters so Gertrude can eat them.
when some day she gets over her
shyneSs and bursts into song.
That's all that makes me feel recon
ciled to boarding this queer bird
which my queer uncle Ignatx sent me.
(Continued.)
The Detroit times., 1913-12-03

So far as my personal observation
or knowledge acquired from books
goes, the administration Of Wilson IL
the first Of our history, since the re-
public was established 124 years ago,
that was not embarrassed by politi-
cal reaction a year after the presi-
Dental election. Republicans sneer-
ingly comment, He Is minority
president" Very we'll; SO was Lin.
coin, and much more so than Wilson.
Had Douglas or Breckenridge been
the only candidate opposed to the
Republican ticket in 1860. Lincoln
would have been defeated. But IN
1912, had either Roosevelt or Tan
been the sole candidate against the
Democratic ticket, Wilson would have
been elected. He would have received
more than SO per cent Of the Tart
vote against Teddy. and for him
would have been cast more than 30
per cent OF the Roosevelt vote against
Taft
The reaction against the first LIN
coin administration was frightful. In.
diana elected q Democratic United
States senator: so did Pennsylvania,
and so did Lincoln's own state of I'LL
nois. The Republican majority In the
house of representatives was cut
down to very nearly q frazzle. The
rebuke of the administration was.
enough to make wig stand on end
and good Republicans. the night OF
the election, despaired OF the coun-
try.
No such showing the other day. In
Massachusetts the Democratic ticket
was first and the Republican third.
The Detroit times., 1913-12-03
r e e. ~.


I'm finding out ever SO many things
about hamingoes. mostly from exper-
fence. l get loads Of advice. too, from
my friends. To hear them, they know
all about fiamingo husbandry. and that
it's as simple proposition as raising
Belgian hares. Only. when you pin
them down. they never were In my
shoes with famingo to raise, and
their ideas are strictly theoretical.
There isn't. when the truth Is told, a
single fiamingo expert in the neigh
borhood. except me-and I'm falter-
ing beginner.
Some suggest that II split her
named her Gertrude-she
will sing sooner. But I'll give her
every chance before l do that. She
may Just have the prima dona tenn
The Detroit times., 1913-12-03
Confidence in Wilson

In New York city Wilson man was
chosen for mayor, and the Democratic
party OF the Empire state was oper-
ated on for cancer. and to all appear
ances the performance promises to
be miraculously successful.
The late William Lindsey, q very
powerful thinker. clear-headed man.
was asked In 1898 what he thought
Of the proposal that Democrats-gold-
bugs and silver cranks-'get togeth-
err" He replied: They will get to-
gether when they think together. not
before" II was q profound truth.
They got together. all right; Wood
row Wilson. "goldbug," and William
j. Bryan, "silver crank" got to be.
and are, az thick as Brindle and
Cherry, but not until they came to
think together. Joseph G. Cannon
and Victor Murdoch may get togeth-
er, but first they must think together.
and, issues being what they are, that
Is "one Of these impossible things"
both being sincere men.
was talking with q Newspaper man
yesterday, . Republican. representa-
tive at this capital Of one OF the
leading political daily papers OF the
country. and he made this remark:
III Wilson can extort from congress
a wholesome currency bill this coun-
try will enter upon an era Of Indus
trial and financial prosperity never
before seen or dreamed of, and his
In 1916 will be unanimous,
like that Of James Monroe In 1890"
No intelligent and fair-minded man