Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-28
JUDGE ABBOTT
TELLS Of THINGS
SEEN IN FLORIDA
CONTINUED from rage Two.)


c,aim $40. 900 is available for harboi
,sork aud that leads them to think
and sneak of Miami, which now has q
nannlation of about $4,000 as ''anoth-
az Los Angeles" Really, Colonel
callers-I mean him Of the "Gilded
Ace and not his prototype Of Albu-
nIeroue-would not seem at all an ex-
acgeration in Miami. The cause OF
his greatness, present and perspect-
I've theg say is, first of all, eli
mate although the harbor and the
tribntarv agricultural region are
eredted with helping. II is true that
at other places N Is not believed, or
al least admitted, that any amount of
expenditure will give Miami a harbor
for vessels of much draft, and they
saw the army engineers have SO re-
norted and that II is sure to silt up
az often and about as fast as cleaned
ant But what is talk against the
actual money of an appropriation?
some Mosquitoes.
II is said. too, by critics, that mos
ouitoes abound at certain seasons, and
noticed some piazzas were screened
IN hut | saw no mosquitoes. and
friends of mine who spent the winter
there said they had seen almost none.
There is liberal sprinkling OF MINIS
Of Miami. one whose treasure comes
from "Prestolite" has bought an is
land which he has connected with the
main land by a trestle wooden bridge
Two and half miles long-the long
est wooden bridge in the world"
which he is now operating as q toll
bridge and Is preparing the island
has prepared much of it--for sale in
house lots. The public authorities
are building a causeway through the
shallow water to the same island by
pumping sediment from the bottom
of the bay. and over this causeway
the trolley cars will run. The method
Of humping from the bottom of the
bay has been used to fill low swampy
land in proximity TO the water, TO a
large extent and ii the United States
uses that process it will serve a good
purpose even if the resulting harbor
proves but delusion and snare for
Uncle Sans easy money. There will
AT least be. ! suppose, a harbor to ac-
commodate the MINIS yachts, and
that is the case now as to most of
them.
Another man CT national notoriety
for wealth, who Is laying out mill
lions on his private buildings and
grounds at Miami, is one of the Har-
vester company Deerings of Chicago.
Adjoining his estate Is that of VIII
liam Jennings Bryan. The highway
passes these places and others of that
row, some distance 10 the rear of the
houses. which face the bay, also a
considerable distance from them.
Bfyans house is hidden from the
view Of any one passing In the road
by thlckets of small trees, and the
only way open to the public to see II
is from the bay, as there is no road
passing in front. The Deering house
is similarly hidden from direct view.
but a side view may be had from a
point in the road further on. 1t is
said he is bachelor of about SO, and
why he should build huge palace for
himself in the woods, many would
like to know These words appear
one on each side of the gate al
Bryan's rear entrance, villa Serena"
Probably no reference to our Mexica''
assaiant was intended, although the
letters in the words are weather
worn about as they might be If they
had been put out when the Fox OF
the Sierras" seemed to be in favor at
Washington.
How Negroes Are Treated.
Whenever | am in the south l no.
tice-and. indeed, can hardly avoid
noticing what is happening to the
colered people at different places
where / go. At Miami / was inform
ed by an acquaintance, without ques-
tioning on my part. that negroes We're
not allowed run auto cars there, even
If they came from the north in the
employment of the owners of the cars
they wished to operate. | did not
hear whether that was the case at
any other place where | was, but it
may have been. | do not recall see
ing colored chauffeur in Florida.
There is no law or ordinance against
It, but the white chsuffeurs notify the
ear owners and the wouldbe chauf-
feurs of color that it will not be al
lowed. In like manner they are not
allowed to work as mechanics, but as
helpers to mechanics only A colored