The evening world. Newspaper, February 6, 1906, Page 3

i i» 2 a eT St ty talk PR a ca THE WORLD: TUESDAY EVENING. FE BRUARY 6, 1906. | STUPENDOUS SCHEME FOR SOLVING PROBLEM OF NATIONAL TRAVEL TO NEW YORK Railway Companies Erecting Mammoth Stations Costing Millions of Dollars, with a Centre at Harrison, N, J > Great Distributing Point There for All but Through Traffic — Con- nections to All Sections of the City by Tunnel‘ and Subway Included in Plan. ‘After years of planning. scheming and fighting among themselves all the great rafiroad interests have at last harmonized their differences and New York City will have the most perfect syste of railroad terminals and traffic @istribution in the world. Thirty years ago the first rallroad timnel from New Jersey to Manhattan | Island was projected and begun. It was! completed Inst year, and will be open; for traffic next year, In the meantime} ether independent interests — always | fighting each other—pianned three other) tunnels under the North River, and/ these will also be open next year and the year following. | It has jus: dawned upon these war-| ring interests that ail their plans, taken together, have by ratural process) evolved a great harmonious soheme| which, ag a whole, forms a most per-| fect systen for distributing traife of| every cl: Will Get Together. | No one of them can claim any credit for the combination, but they have all seen it, and jumped dt the chance presented. To do this the hilt dozen big terminals on the Now Jersey shore of the Hudson will practically be abandoned, and a great common dis- tributing depot established at Harrl- gon, which lies of the meadows adjoi i Nowark. There all the great) Unes will take r millions of pas- sengers, and from there they will be taken thre hree great tunnels, and possibly f to the street railroads and subways, !f they nre to stop In Manhattan, or through by tunnel and serface without change {f their destina-| n is beyond, or Long Isiand, nd States or to the this eight great si ttan will recetve the In any one of those a passenger may take the first westbound train to Harrison, » for his des! on, just as | now after the ferry at Jersey City If he !s going by any great trunk Ine he can take a through train @t one of tur great lucal stations and go without change. Backbone of the System. This Is the backbone of the whole system. It connects and harmonizes the whole. The tunnel starts under the fiats west of Bergen Heights and passes under the North River to Manhattan Island, coming to daylight under the Breat arched skylight of the Peansyi- vania depo: proper. ' This, covering four great elty block _ West (of Seventh avenue with 7 wecond street as its o will Rreatest raiiriad termial in the world. It will be connected 01 the cast Ww another grea: stati the Me. nel station occupying with Vania connections almost diock bounded by Sixth avenue third and Thirty-second siree. enth avenue, Further cas: two blocks the ‘Thirty- thind s.reet tunnel intersects the xreat | terminal of the New Hiven Railroad. to be built at Fourth avenue and Thirty- third strecg. Downtown's Great Depot. | Two other main lines wil! ba fol. | owed tn distributing trac in Manhat- Mn. One enters the i 1 ley the North River by the McAdo> tunnel at Cortlandt street. with a great termi station at Church street. between Cort- | ng Dey street. | and occupying two whole blocks from y® level of sixty feet below the surtare to twenty-three stories above the aur- | face, comprising. in addition to an im- nse de e » bul ding | mense depot, the larges: office bul ding | an- connectini y at Nin suet ac et and clevated sines wil b ened di- rect, and crosstown lines will reach the Williamsourg Bridg Manhattan Bridg gommodious, outlet t to Brooklyn 4s connections | y ands : The fourta cunt River has no: y ; enced, bit the operating ¢ tee) Incor= porated tn Albany. Delaware Lackawanna and Railtoud Company has dec tention ty builé at once, } NEW GRAND CEN, we 3: itt: ka 2 2, = z ae ary j a Bry ” aH Wie a} | a | a | STORY 1S DENED No Truth in Story that Wo- man. Got Away with | $10,000 in Jewels. Superintendent Hyde, of Tiffany & Co,, gakt to-day the story thal the firm had| seen robbed of $10,000 worth of jewelry! by @ woman was untrue. He denied thet any theft hai been reported to Pollce Headquarters. Ths story was to the effect chat a woman hdd called at the store and asked to look at a collection of jewels, Bhe had made a serevtion, giving the name of a prominent society woman who was a customer of the firm. When the clerk had asked for some means . fdentification she had produced letters’ and cards bearing the name of the woman whose identity she was assum- ing. The clerk vad then wi the, jewels, and the woman had «left the @tore. Several days later the lady whose name had thus been used callod was discovered, much dis. ratand,' sald he, “how pped up], FINNS ARMING FOR WAR AGAINST CZAR Men Being Drilled for Action When Russian Rebels Give Word. ST, PETERSBURG, Feb, 6,—The N voe Vremya to-day continued itsrevela tions in regard to the Importations o} arma into Finland, ‘The paper declared | tf had evidence that the Radical organ- lzation In Finkind was preparing for open war In support of the next out- | break of the Russian revotutionists, Not only were well-armed tnfantry forces being drilled, but horses were being tra! d for qivalry and artillew service and shells for “feld-artitiery were being Imported. ‘The statements of the Novos Vremya vodonbtedly correct, so far es the Finnish Extremists are concerned, but the Natlonalists and even the Social Democrats’ organiaition disclaim any connection orveven sympathy with vio- lent measures, ‘ The appointment of Gen, Langhoft, the nerve to invent such former Commander of the Semlonovsky There ts absolutely bery: a t] land, the connecting link between Regiment, to be Btate Secretary of Min- aid inlandaoe’! Ae sun.’ FDUR ROBBERIES CREDITED TO tM Police Believe They Have Flat-) House Thief of Upper West Side. In Joseph Fauer, a muscular young man, arrested to-day In his home, > 1483. Avenue A,» Deiective Sergenn Stranetty and O'Farrell belleve they have the thief who been looting West olde flats ‘and houses with Indus- try and profit ever sinze the beg'nning of winter, ‘They ‘have placed four rob- beries to his credit alread, Fauer has no police record. A short tHme ago: he was frightened off while at work {n a house at No, 9 West ninth street, and In making his escape by way of the roof left his overcoat be- hind, Papers in the pocket of the coat gave the detectives a clue to his iden- uty and they obtalned a w: nt for him, He: Is charged with robbing a house ac Soventy-fifth street und 1 avenue, another at Columbus avenue and Six:teth street and the residence of G. M, Plymptou, at No. 31 West Fitty- second stroot. His method was to enter # flat-house HANDS CRUSHED, HE MAGIC BOOTS CASE DIED OF LOCKSAW Sent Home from Hospital Ai- ter Treatment for Injury Man Suffered Fatal Attack. PATERSON, N. J., Feb. 6.—After sut- fering from lockiaw for a week in St Joseph's Hospital, John “A. Peake died early to-day in agony, ‘The man was Injured some time ago while at work In the shops of the American Locomo- uve Works, in this city, when a hea fron vasting fell on both his hands, crushing them, He was removed to the General Hos- pital and treated there for about weeks and“then taken hon dition becashe wor however Wed day last he Joseph's Hospital, was done for iim, but he failed to jot of pawn-tickets in his pockets, and dn a, block of private residences, make his way to the roof and then to the Se zesisenge rope He enters the peanes EERE lis Sitges th ioten AGAIN DELAYED Many Victims in Court, but Proscuting Attorney Is Unable to Attend. The Jefferson Market Court was jammed with the halt lame and giherwise afflicted to-d: when the “magle boots’ case came up for a hear- '§ before Magistrate Pool, All the ith and oid age compelled to bear the cross of deformity were packed lnta the tribunal walting to tes- uty nat Matthew H. Hilgart and Whitehouse, who conducted vsiment at xth street, » also in the throng these Uwe dated pa uds tue mothers of chi wor Lav sruer mugle be wor € ag! Alpe: wished to s for the: win said ik MUNL. SOF Tese Holidten was au ceetoly by the deat with whieh the boots” Wer saturated that he may die, Elis mot: he gathered that | CISE TRUMPED UP 006 DROVE HIM ~ IW RUSSIA, HE SAYS Felix Gaidsis Makes Novel De- fenses Against Being Sent to St. Petersburg. Fellx Gaidsis, a Ru vietained at Ellis {si quest of the Russian dycenski. wi yeome @ineni, vo-day e through . Posenshal, before U missioner Shields. Gald: the Russian Government war o Ke Petersburg and force Consal-¢ of the revolutions The charge agains. Gaidsis 1s that be was valet to a prominent man in St Petersburg, and while occupying that position stole 4,200 roubles with which Le Med to this country, He had £300 when he arrived and the money is held iy Commissioner Shields. he charge of robbery," said Mr. tosenthial, “is a change trumped up against this man in order to get him vack to Russia. He Is wanted there as a revolutionist and for this land of the tvee to send aim back would be s dastardly outrage. “Galdsis was Laman- sky, woo 1s tussian rey important uny imporian ected Dy spies, many nd performed sions. He was det managed io esc.pr Some traitor told the Gov sestination, and he wid art Arrival on. this false chars “I was forced esoin ge of my accv ity | If this caarge | to will enable th= an Government to trump up false but trom the country nis heft charges ugainst any refugees liv Ing_in this eouacry, and take them bast | to St. Petetrsburg.” | Counsel for the Russian Govern: offered to furnish proof in two we toat Gaidals was a thief. Commiss.one Shields adjourned the hearing for may length of Ume. ———— CATTLE SHIPMENT A SUCCESS. SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., Feb. 6,—The Atlantic Transport Mner Minnetonka, from New York, arrived here to-day | with a cangzo of Hvestock, this being the first attempt to bring t) Southamp ton part of this traffic, in which Depi- ford-on-tre-Thames heretofore largely had the monopoly. ‘Che local quthorities were much pleased with the Success attending the new departure. DEAD MAN RODE ON ENGINE’ PILOT Probably Struck by Train at Corona Body Is Found When Flushing Is Reached. the Port Washington train out of Long Island City pulled Into the station at Flushing to-day and none of the train crew knew when or where the man had been struck and Killed. ‘The body proved to be that of Loul Furber, eighty-two years old. of Nv. 17 Cambridge street, Corona, about four miles west of Fiushing. ‘The theory {s that he was about to eateh a train for Long Island Clry and tr nt of the he ishing n rushed past the crowd on platform man, noticed what looked Hke a bundle of the track in at Corona, w ran cro: was on t this led to the subsequent arrest of| Mra. Hleanor Lubbo. will one of the three pawnbrokers—James Miler, of | chief witnesses against toe sellers of No. Liss Second avenue; Frederick Tay-| the ‘magte boots,” lisek, of No. 1806 First avenue, and| ‘Though the case has already had sey- Dominik Nudera, of No. 423 Bast Sey-| eral adjournments it was put off again enty-first sireet.’ Magistrate Wagie In| to-day, as Ohamp, Andrews, counsel for Yor! ie Fagiice Court remanded Faure] the defendants, was engaged in the Su- to Police Headquarters and held theforeme Cour’. It js hoped It may de Pawnbrokers in $1,000 bail each @ tried before Magistrate Pool on Fri- shonme af day. for which date it was set down. rags on the piloi. ‘Nhe first person to realize what had happened was John Maher, the gateman. Dr, Parsons, of the Flushing Hospital, was summoned and said that death had probably been inetanianeous, | be deem {him In the pos With a body lying across the pilot | COP PREACHER 10 LEAVE THE FORCE Sergeant Charles O. Sheldon Makes Application for Re- tirement on Pension. 33 YEARS A POLICEMAN, He Known Throughout the Depart- ment as Upholder of Morals Among Cops. TO BANKRUPTCY | Voluntary Petition Followed Judgment for Damages Be- cause of Terrier’s Bite. , ier ‘The terrier bit a boy, an e boy's father brought sult for dam- ses against Lorde. Soon the dog bit other boy and William W. Butcher, torney for Charles Crait, of No. 60 Sorth Eliott place, obtained a jude- svent for $2ii, Lorde filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy after the second suit, and it was afleged he took this action to avoid satisfying the claim. » came up yesterday before Thomas, 1t was charced Lorde permitted the terrier to wander at will, and had not compelled the owner to Keep tt properly confined. ‘The land- lord contended it was impossivie for iim to keep a guardianship? over his tenant's d In his decision Judge Thomas said: @ bankrupt did not own wor had he any contro! of the dog. He did ho power to insist that the owners charged With Its custody and control should re- move the dog from the premises. He could aiso report the event to the public authorities, His failure to do so mus: | negligent, but it did not piace on of a person who was | { maintaining a nuisanc judgmen: (3 diszuargable in y, and the proceedings for the | the Yankrupt should be | i) Remember: Al & SALE AT £OTH The Preaching Sergeant of the Police Department has asked for retirement. | He is Charles 0, Sheldon, a member of | the force for thirty-three years and a sergeant for twenty-one years, known from the Bronx to ‘Tottenville as @ | “preacher” of morals and good be- havior to the patrolmen. For the last three years he has been at the Infor- | mation Bureau at Headquarters and to- | day on returning from a twenty daye’ leave of absence filed hls application | for retirement, It will undoubtedly be | granted soon Sergt. Sheldon was appointed to the force May 15, 1873, and was first ate tached to the Madison street station. | Two years later he won a medal and honorable mention for risking his life to arrest Mark Gill, who, after shoot- ing Mortimer Sullivan, was firing at « lerowd in Park Row, Sheldon grappled | with the man and selzed the revolyer [in such a way that when Gill tried to fire the hammer fell on the skin be« tween Sheldon’s thumb and forefinger, On July 21, 1876, he was made a roundsman and Marca 3, 1885, a ser- | geant. He served both as roundsman and sergeant under Inspector Alex. Wille tums in the old Tenderloin, and became one of the best-known policemen in the jelty, He Is now sixty years old and by the rules of the department ds ene titled to retirement, “LUCKY JOE” HAGAN HAS MADE LAST BET Man Formerly Famous on Ac- count of His Remarkable Plunges Found Dead. “Lucky Joe'’ Hagan {s dead Callahan, a chamberniaid, in th politan Hotel, at Twenty-seventh street and Broadway, found his boc a across the bed to-day in the little room he eccupied on the top ficor. Old ase, hunger and burning the candle at both ends contributed to the finish of “Lucky ‘Joe! Time was when the name “Lucky Joe" fitted the man whose wasted body is now In the Mbrgue. Less than a de- cade ago Hagan was @ prosperous gain- bler, known from one end of the Tens derloin to the other. He was one vf the men who couldn't lose. Keepers of gambling houses hated to see him heir room's. He was a lavish spe and everybody knew his route from the nose he made. One day “Lucky Joe” lost a big b ‘Then he lost another. Afier a time h got so that he couldn't win a bet, It hal been a case of “easy come, easy go" with him, and his money didn’t last Mary, M Friends of better days engaged a room for him in the Metropolitan and made iim a small allowance. ‘The old man wandered around the scores of his for- mor teumphs, bis gambling spirit tm- « him to take a chance with ey ihe should have used for the pur- © of meals, He couldn't win a bet was very last night when de ‘ais way to ‘his lonely t . Derith visited him soon af- er he retired, His friends who looked afier him after his luck flew away will probably give him burial. i5_U2__02_0e_ AR Sample Skirts.§ S500 Spring Models, Wednesday’s Sale, Another of Bedell’s ¢ Great Sample Events. Twelve of the nattiest, latest, most desirable spring designs made ot of the ends o! choice, fashionable suitings emaining in our workroom: —fresh, new $8.50 Skirts for $5. 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