The evening world. Newspaper, December 28, 1903, Page 3

: “MORE BRIDGES” TO SE BESTS POLICY Newly Appointed Commissioner De- clares He Will Try to Avoid Over- crowding and Extend Facilities for Communication Between Boroughs, A Little Early to His General Idea Talk of Plans, but Is that in Passenger ‘Traffic Arrangements One Cannot Look Too Far Ahead. Interviews with the New City Commissioners—No. 2. “New York needs more bridges, and those to be built in the future and under construction now should be so arranged that there will be no overcrowding. Every effort should be made to bring the boroughs closer together, boroughs to reach Manhattan. many unnecessary miles, There should be every facility offered for workers of other There should be bridges so that the popu- lation of Manhattan may reach the seashore without having to travel | “In arranging for the traffic of the future between the boroughs we should guard against the mistakes made in the past and build for the traffic of the futurc.”—Statement by Commissioner George E, Best, newly appointed Commissioner of Bridges, George E. Best, the selection of Mayor-elect McClellan for Bridge Com- missioner {is one of Tammany's old- young men. In the organization, from the viewpoint of the worker within the ranks, no better appointment could have been made In Tammany It is looked upon as a reward for party work elong accepted lines, Mr, Best has been before the public since the Gays of Mayor Grant. He has held minor offices and important ones. In his dealings with the public he has made thousands of friends, His present position ts one that will tax his capac- {ty more than any he has ever held, but his friends are oonfident he will fill it to the satisfaction of the citizens. As to his quailfications for the office Mr. Best himself is modest. He prefers not to discuss plans specifically until he ig more familiar with the office than he is to-day, “It 13 a little early to talk of plans," wafd he to-day. “So say that I have any would be to speak too hastily but not untruthfully. You might not call them plans; they are rather ideas that will have to develop and work them- welver out. Not Opened Properiy. “The new Williamsburg Bridge ques- tion 4s filled with problems. The bridge thas been opened, but not in a way that H should be. It 49 all-right to-day. tor vehicular and foot traffic, but the great problem 18 to get the people over it in gare, a, trolleys or others. ace iatever ine done as to bridges in y of traMe agreement wit rall- jhould be done with a view to the increase in traffic. Had any one Leen able to see a complete union 1d cities of Brooklyn and New York and tne—areat growth of Br ney the @hances are that there wi we lttle bridge crush to-day. Dt would ave Deen provided for. But awe didn't ivegtrolley cars, and we difm't expect Batu at he outlying districts of Brooklyn ould be Drought within @ few minutes aegh ‘ity Hall by electric the forming of plana for the con- ng of new bridges and the methods to be employed for t nsporuing of seenger trafic 1 do not think we can too far ahead. We have seen Br grow and pour its hundreds of thousands of workers. inte. Manhattan every day, and there is every reason to believe that this will increase propor- tonately as the years come and the union between the two old cities be- comes more complete. We should pro- vide for that increase. To Relieve Congestion, “The congestion at the old bridge should be relieved as much as possible, so that all may travel in comfort from Brooklyn to Mavhattan and back. A person who has watched the bridge situ- ation must have noticed the Rew on Sunday cee to the rush, ot ns—I am speaking of the summ ™months—to the seashore, oie m ‘The new bridges to be built should ‘be so connected with phe traffic-carryin roads that in the future the man wit! his family in upper New York who de- sires a day at the seashore will not have to gv down to Park Row, but by jusin any of the bridges to get on sland be able to make connections athe Will land him at one of the t ‘beaches, ness connec! tw York and the othe, borough Se becunte Ing closer all the time. The wagons of one part of the olty are seen in all the others. is think the problem that ts present to a Bri Commissioner iaothe one with which others have wrestled, and ‘that is the handling of the trafMle be tween the boroughs so that there ma. de no crushes. I have no detinite plans ‘beyond the general one of seeing that the work on the new bridges is pushed ag rapidly as possible. “I shall always be open to suggestions from the public, from engineers oF from any one who may have a plan to reduce the crush. Agere “I wish to so conduct the office Lo one ‘Will be able to criticise amy et in tt. and at the aame time I wish to'so conduct it that it will be an aggressive office—one in which there will be somes . 60 that the public will know ee that is not content renee which every effort is being wade Coben ery effort ts bein, ys cee Ghee 1 made to bet: “If a man In a public office keeps the interest of the public in view, and so shapes his policy that he will endeavor to carry out the wishes of the people, he cannot go far wrong, The public dcesn't, go Wrong. | ‘The people know what they want, and any me @ party or a set of men in a party fact, the public shows tt not fore His eyes are falmy sharp and dark are expressive, and he is an affable talker, smiling at times, then boing se- rious when he feels the’ welght of some proposition he Is advancing. The new Commissioner was a clerk in the Surrogate's office when Mayor Grant made him his confidential clerk. Under Gilroy he was an assistant to the May- ors Marshal, and was held in office un- der Mayor Strong as a Deputy Tax Commissioner. Under Van Wyck he Was an assistant to Commissioner Kear- ney, of the Department of Buildings, Laghting and Supplies. He left there to ‘become a Deputy Park Commissioner in the Bronx, At present he is associated with, Daniel F. “McMahon Jn business. retary of the Narragansett lub-and the Heutenant of McMahon in the Seventeenth District. He {s_mar- ried and Hves at No. 332 West Fifty- sixth atreet. Mr. Best is about fifty years old, but looks about forty. There ls the faintest trace of gray in his black hair and none in ‘his mustache. He is popular in Tam- many Hall, f the | ge Sir, Best 1s a convincing talker. ee et THe WORLD: MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 28, 1909, open eee SSige BRIDGES AND TUNNELS ALREADY CONSTRUCTED, THOSE $OOOOOGHESHO9OOO90090H 9002 BEDE $900000O0066OO $OOG09G9O 444960990 00OO4 ooe-8 WiLelAMSBORC ZRYOGS RENT BEVELED PROPOSED BRIDGE TO GOVERNORY I AND PUBLIC PARH y HAY NO BETTER, WILL GO SOUTH Secretary Will Leave Washing- ton for Georgia Next Month, His Assistant, Mr. Loomis. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—The condi- ‘The mild climate there has helped the Secretary before, and it {s hoped may again prove an effective cure. Unless a decided and unexpected change for the better in Mr. Hay's con- dition occurs within the next few dayr Mr. Loomis, as Acting Secretary of State, will officiate at the breakfast on New Year's Day to the diplomatic corps ‘at the residence of the Secretary and Mra, Hay. Mr, Loomis also will be present at the President's reception in the same ca- vacity. THREE GOVERNORS FIGURED IN CASE Murphy, of New Jersey, Sought Extradition from Odell for Prisoner Charged with Desert- Ing Wife in Mosquito State. Gov, Murphy, of New Jersey, cannot ave Jacob Zipf, jr, at the hands of toy. Odell, for, it being ascertained that the Governor of Iowa, Lawyer Charles Goldzler and Assistant District- Attorney Gray are of one mind against the validity of the law under which Zipt locked up Dee. 7, Justice Scott. to- {fay discharged him from custody. } ZipC ls a roofer, He lived in Newark. ‘Dec. 7, as recited by Mr. Goldzier, e'was arrested and sent to the Tombs default of $1,500 bail on the request ff Gov. Murphy, for extradition for misdemeanor, | The New Jersey law says that “a man who refuses to maintain his wife ‘and shall depart the State shall be held gullty of misdemeanor.” “Now, Your Honor,” said Mr. Gold- ler; “It is not a erime to desert your Afe jn New Jersey, but it is a crime lo leave the State, jerefore the crime Js not completed until he has crossed the line to another State, Therefore, he rommitted no crime in New Jersey, and eyen if he had committed a crime here ne’ could not be extradited to New Jetsey. f “I-am glad to learn that unbeknown © the Governor of Iowa has come {to the same conclusion that I came to unbeknown to him in a case exactly Iike this, and has retused extradition ada prisoner. The Governor of Iowa Ver agrees with m Nika heel is sealant very ecyaitante vy i ve By to the Governor of lows Scott, suavely. “And, Your Honor," said Assistant District-Attorney Gray, “I don’t seo that there is really any answer to this argument." “As the District-Attorney also agrees with the Jearned counsel and the Gov- ernor of Iowa in this matter,” said Justice Scott, taking up his pen, “I don't see that there is anything for me to do ‘out sign this writ and, discharge the prisoner from cu: Everybody laughed ‘Dut ZioF who failed ito apreciate the joke which has kept him in the Tombs just three weeks. LADY MOON GOES WEST. Will Sell Her Ranch Near Fort Col- Bt Colorado, + The Atlantic ‘Transport Ine steamship Minnehaha, which reached the Hook too late to allow her to dock on Sunday night, came up to her dock at Houston street and the North River to-day Among those who arrived on her was Lady Cecil Moon, Lady Moon 1s inter- ested in ranch property in Colorado, She said that she was going out to that State to dispose of a ranch of 3,100 acres near Fort Collins. She said her venture there had not been very suc- cessful, and that she was «olng to sell out. Lord Moon, she said, was a member of the All England cricket team, and that he did not accompany her, as he wished to play in the matches against an Australfan’ team Jee AEA MRS. WASHBURNE’S CHANCE, Minstrel Man's Wife Not Likely to Obtain Divorce, After listening to the tale of Leon Washburn, the minstrel man and once of several “Uncle Tom's Cabin" troupes, in which the famous showman denied his wife's charges of cruelty, Justice Leventritt to-day dented bee pe application for alimony and counsel f Said Juatice Leventritt, inde denying the application Aha ere ist chances of enone Ce notion seem to be * put in Justice porting: ‘The cause of ‘ction. i I» evius the een cates 4s gren, nine of DEATH MYSTERY FOLLOWS A FIRE Inventor Blaze Declared by Doctor Dead Some Days. BOSTON, Dec. %.—After firemen had extinguished flames which had caused $15,000 damage to the three-story brick block No. 148 to No. 1 Court street to- day, they foumd the body of John Mar- shall in his room on the third floor. At first {t was thought that he had been suffocated by smoke, but a doctor who examined the body said that he had deen dead three or four days. He was known as ‘Professor’ Mar- shail, an Inventor, who ‘had long been at work on models for airships in the apartment where his body was found and which gerved as both home and ry hop. He was seventy-five years old, Patrolmen. Merritt ‘and Lane, who knew that Marshall Hved on the third floor, rushed up the smoking and flaming stairs, but were driven back by the heat before reaching his doo! MRS. WM. M. EVARTS DEAD. Widow of Famous Lawyer Expires in Windsor, Vt. WINDSOR, Vt., Dec, 28.--Mrs. Helen W. Evarts, widyw of William M, Evarts, of Now York, died at her country home here yesterday, in her eighty-fourth year. Mra, Evarts was the daughter of Allen Wardner of this town. She was mar. Hed on Aug. 2, 1810, and since the death of her bu tye in’ Feb: , 1901, had Hyed In her native place. i had twelve ohil-| The Duchess w: Yas married to the Puke four sons five'of Cumberland Dec. 21, 1878, Copen- bs tera—are living. ‘oagen. y 2 15 Wad ah Sim : a ears a) 2 7 Leaving State Department to} ton of Secretary Hay remains un-/tts Inst meeting to-lay in the ICE |manic Chamber at the City Jall. changed, Contrary to the expectation hon the lester routine netrers were of his physiolan, the Secretary's bron- ian neon: of see sain AeA chial trouble has not yielded readily to | ty asre a if With ‘Timothy treatment, and Mr. Hay will leave | [tinwy vid Leas i renoming: Neinoayy x speech was V Nvsshingcon ses rly gn ven for der, Ie diana Breese Fornes for ‘Thomasville, Ga., for a visit to Col. Oli- reposed in. him ver Payne. rat due to the uniform © Supposed to Havelps Been Suffocated During the}; ALDERMEN OF 1803 HOLD LAST MEETING Final Session of the Present) Board Devoted to Farewells; and Handsome Gifts to Offi- cials from the Members. | ‘The Board of Aldernen of 1908 held dccorded to, him by the other members of the board. On motion of AWlerman Doull it was feckled to have the Vice-Ghalrman's words printed in the of thel ting. ‘This resolution, offered by Alderman edi n, was adopted by a rising vote: oR ‘ed, That the members of the Hoard of Aldermen for the years 16e- ereby officially eecord their ap- honor- Vices of as President men, and the minutes of the Hoard ot Ald sald members Deg to assure’ President Fornes that they will ever remember him with feelings of pleasure and gratitude. Dhen rman McCall offered a reso- lution praising Vic MeJnnes as follows “Resolved, That of the Board of & years 1902-190; hairman James M. ¢, the membens dermen for th % hereby and herein cord our appreciation of the serv of Hon. James H. McInnes and w dim the greatest m: e of success in his future career. Compliments and Gifts, Complimentary resolutions regard City Olerk Scully and his deput basta jetay on, Chie Cetk Blakes Alderman I McCall and Alderman Ellas Goodman ware Adopted Then Alderman MoCall told President he was an honest and fair de@t- . and presented him with a ay ving cup in the name of Vice-Chairman Molnnes obtained a similer gift. Borough President Cantor Bt a handsomely framed se of resolu- fons, and Leader John ‘T, MoCall ob- tained @ silver tea service on a silver solver fom the Tammany members Swanstrom Praises Tammany. oBrough President. Swanstrom also had ‘some pleasant things to say, “T was told.” he said, “that the Tam: many minority. would all my schemes of improvement for Brooklyn Mr. MeCall, the Hr, BOON undecetved me. ny ata for the improvement of the whole ct sald to me, ‘and to help you with e late that ts for the good T wish to testify that Mr. McCall and his associates have \eot their word @0 me." Mr. McCall told the Board of his gratitude for the gift and his love for the givers, and then, on motion of Al- derman Owens, the Board adjourned. —— KING OF DENMARK ILL. oni Keeps Him Austria, bu Condition Not Alarming. GMUNDEN, Austria, Dee, 2%—'The of King Christian of Den- K is ofMelally said to give no cause | anxiety, although he haa been ged) postpone for several days his depanture for home in consequence of a chil. King Christian, who was born April 8, 1818, has been attending the silver wedding festivities of the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, at Gmunden. The Duchess of Cumberland is the youngest daughter of King Christian BEBO DHD IDS HGS PRE STATIO NEW YORK Fro roanees CITY, supway CONNEATING ALL BRIDeE* ~ PROPOO Aes S BETWEEN OLD CRunce™ THE BIG CONVENTION Railroad Officials, Hotel and Amusement Man- agers Will Hold Meetings and Make Con- tributions to the Guarantee Fund. ‘The fund started by The Evening World to bring the National Demo-! ‘cratic Convention to New York was added to yesterday by Sam Shubert, the theatrical manager, who says that he prefers pledging $1,000 to giving a performance in any one of his four theatres. His' intention is still to give a performance to raise funds for the convention, but he belleves that It is necessary for money to be in sight, and therefore he pledges himself for $1,000. John D. Crimmins, Jacob A. Cantor and Charles V. Fornes, who pwill | head the committee to raise the fund of $70,000 and then present New York's claims to the National Committee when it meets in Washington in} January, expect that the funds will roll In next week. There is no doubt) that a sufficient amount of money will be raised, but it must be raised quickly. RAILROADS TO AID THE FUND. | All of the railroads that run into New York have made pledges that! they will contribute. These contributions would have been made before! had {t not been for the fact that many of the officials of the various roads were out of town Christmas, These men will be in thelr offices this week, | and all of them are certain to begin active work to get the convention to; New York. Fred Thompson, President of Luna Park, large amount of money from tho showmen and business men of Coney Island. The convention would bring 500,000 peraons to New York fram every part of the country, and these visitore would all go to Coney Island. Mr. Thompson says that the convention would mean more to Coney Island and the hotel men of New York than to any other business except the railroads. “Tam doing my utmost,” sald Mr. Thompson, “to get the Coney Island people interested, All of us want to live down Coney Island’s past record, and we realize that the best way to do It is to bring that convention here and show the people of this country that we now have a national pleasure resort. I belleve that a large sum of money will be raised by the business men and showmen of Coney Island.” HOTEL MEN WILL MEET THIS WEEK. W. L. Jacques, President of the Hotel Men's Association, has called meeting of the hotel men this week. These men will contrtbute liberally to the fund, Mr. Jacques says. The railroads that have expressed willingness to contribute are the New York Central, the West Shore, the Erie, the Lehigh, the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, the Pennsylvania and the Jersey Central. W. H. Newman, President of the New York Central and the West Shore, is expected to head the list of raflroad subscriptions. All the other roads will come in apumediataly) after he make his subscriptions, declares that he will raise a) The Evening World's 1,000 Dinners to 1,000 Poor Families on X-mas Day. An Acknowledgment from General Secretary Devine of the Charity Organization Society. To the Editor of The Evening World: TT acknowledgments of the Charity Organization Society are due to the Evening World for the Christmas dinners which its bounty has supplie¢ to families under our care. As your readers are already uware, these dinners have been supplied from a prominent and responsible firm, which has delivered them, among their other deliveries, with nothing to distinguish them from others bought in the ordinary way by Individual purchasers. A neat card on the inside has indicated to the family only that the gift came with your compliments. It is only fair to say that the Evening World has shown a sincere desire to respect the privacy of those who received your gift, t any possible disappointment, in quantity or quality, or in the prompt- ness of delivery, and that you have succeeded admirably in making of this Christmas courtesy a gracious and unmixed message of peace and } good-will, Numerous callers at our offices to-day have expressed their hearty appreciation, to preve FPWARD T. DEVINE, ‘and is a sister of i auesn Alexandra, General Secr@tary Charity Organization Society. NOW UNDER WAY AND NEW ONES SUGGESTED BY COMMISSIONER GEORGE E. BEST. SKETCHED BY ARTIST BIEDERMAN. =e HARD | ee See ak ache ay tor i} HOMBEELELD IOI SELDOM gy ee eta oe Suawar S7atoy A oo" a Oo¢ seen -- (BROOKLYN 95-4940948004006000OO@ AT (OT SHE STILL [SA C000 COOK Mrs. Ann Murray Has Promised 5 to Prepare a Turkey for New * |. | Year’s Dinner of Her New | Jersey Friends. ' Mrs. Ann Murray, of Brooklyn, whot is now in her 107th year, is believed to be the oldest person celebrating the! holidays in the vicinity of Greater New York. She is as active as a woman o¢ New and has gone to visit friends in _ . GEORGE E. BEST, » New Bridge Mmisnioners abe ooh for her Jersey ert she was born on St. Y {ldren were born to pes of them are stil living. | Hag Joseph, retired from the Seven youngest son, police force a’ few years ago after @ sete SUNDAY WORLD WANTS WORK MONDAY MORNING WONDERS vice of thirty years. She has ue teen grandchildren. Her husband: in 1869, bat ererereerenerene: Mail Orders Promptly Filled. Adams¢z.Co. 6th Ave., 24st and 22d Sts., N. Y. A Pre-Inventory Reduction Clearance Sale of Blankets «« Comfortables at 14 to % Under Regular Prices. WHITE WOOL BLANKETS, single bed size, at, a p PRICES i 3 WHITE WOOL BLANKETS, double bed size, at, a pai; 2: 79, 3:5 4” 55 COMFORTABLES, in a good }COMFORTABLES, large and quality of figured silkoline heavy, of best quality sat- 98 7: Sie filled with white cotton; \een, in handsome patterns, fall siz WEEE for. meee were $2.50 and $3. °, for ite Coal Stoves Enamelled At Reduced Prices. ee Beds. | Worth $6.00, Worth $3.50, [worth $4.00: with brass wlth brass vanen and. Aye Ul CYLINDER COAL HEATING caps, at peumee 18t STOVES, with shaking and 00 75 dump grate, ornament top, tn { 2. 2. cluding 1 length of ( pipe, 1 elbow and a 2.75 rere $10. 00 mith Trorth sly 00, con? damper. Size No. 8, at ney scroll, design. | with. brass. Gentes Mc Tan's 8 tn, | fancy serell dealers: Epaby creak vE—with rajis and nickel No, side at 6:75 9.95 ~ Mattresses. corron MATTRESS elastic, sOnrbant and vsrinin preh soveret 1B fancy stripe Ucking Bit. size G0) 3 ft. 8 in. site. G15 4 ottosts WSS | 4 ft. 6 tn. size 7125 Pee Seer ee tTuesday’s Sheet Music, 12 By Mall 2c, Extra — in for Each Piece, NO MUSIC SENT C. 0. D. AND NONE SOLD TO DEALERS, ‘i also on joor, grocery dept., where Miss Virtuoso, gives musica demonstraticns every day, ond bs eliza Jani Princeton Tige® March (biewest hit in years), 4 of Paradise (compan. 'o Hearts and Flowers) a2 7:95 setup free in your, ew York City proper. All_stoves home in Cents a Copy. ermezzo (mont | ery ark on Broadway, ery popular) Ynly One Girl t . Wide Worlds A wit Importe 3 WIT, a WASER OF THESE $] 50 SOLID GOLD-CAS ASS CHAIN, WITH HAIRPIN or . HOLDER ATTACHED—SPECIAL FOR THIS SALE