The evening world. Newspaper, February 27, 1907, Page 11

7 traln_atseventyotive miles an hour on a —___"Would the wear be eny greater ona _THE EVENING WORLD, WEDNESDAY WILGUS ADMITS CENTRAL'S TRACK SHIFTED IN TEST Electric Train Caused 2-Degree Curve to ab Twist. ALL AN EXPERIMENT. nt Admits Cent gon api—t known.-Country. Whitlam J. vice-president and New York Central yom Asmlstant D trict-Attorney, Sinyth intimated was an fiaportant’ person tn. connection — with the terrible wreck at Woodlawn Brides Wwas the firs: withicds called by'the State \Rallrond, Commission to-day at the con- tinuation of tty tnquiry chic Redinad, the fornia. when Mr. Wilgus was dn, C the wreck urred. When he‘heard of ft he startet immediatoly- tor the east. Heoarrived: mh Hefut-onco Vintted’ Aur , tA personal at- ‘torney. Mr. Fox accompanied Mr. Wile us to the inquiry to-day and watched his client's | clouely Two-Degree Curve Shifted. Mr, Wilgus told of running an electric two-degree curve of the practice track ‘When -the whole-track was shifted. It was moved through th roadbed, a forting the cury fail-with .tho-stoctric motor than with a | steam - locomitiveT’askea — Mr. qkdedges—"'T do- tot think #0," Wald the yaltness. “Is there a greater lateral atress with @n elecirical locomotive of the type you @re using than with a steam Jocomo- Uve?" asked Mr. Hedges.” - “I do not think sc Was the reply, Q. What would be a dangerous speed to take that curve “where the wreck Occurred? A. That would be a matter of conjecture. I would not care to ‘sald to have state, I have been around a three-ce- Gree curve at the rate of seyenty-tve miles an hour. z Mr. Wilgus when questioned by Job Hodges said that he had been connected With the New York Centrak for thirteen years. He said that the commission ap- pointed to Install the electric service, of which he w: irman, {\rst met in December, 142. The men composing the __commission were recommended by Mr, Wilgus and appointed by the directors and. Mr. Newman, President of the road. “Who were these —men,—and—why—did- you select them?’ asked Mr, Hedges. electrical. and. mechanical. ongineer—et-+ Bational repute. Frank J. Wayne had been president of the ‘American Inst: lute tf lectricay Engineer known as tho ‘father of the electric Failroad’—George Gibb was known to 7 me as aman of great mechanical skill, Ue had been conneoted with the West- Wnghouss ajsteni. ~ Taese three men composed the outside members of the ocnintssion, Others. of Wide Experience. “Tlie “other “tw AY Waite, the superintendent of motive power of the Central, who held the postion but a snort iplace was taken oy J man of great present supertt “Mon of “the The Btt6 ws my! Jor, Wiigts stat Venture ito tie gineering Was Hwan a ventur tnknorh country. Y Deen, a who Is ag lecttie trac~ isted anywhere cle in the United | prates. Si WY iigus-—testined the ectricn) engine. Was bough fee een nada Tees ned . Oct 27, IW tWo years alter the frac tnesting of the commission, ide maid that ie. firey formai-test-of tle motor was made on Nov, li, iwi At that dime a train of ning Pullman cars wan GeaWa with: twer exse at a” mpecd” of fv-sevett miles an four, Mr. Wileua ited —that-Tre heiress ths Melos | himsedf at a speed -of eighty-elght miles ‘jan hour, The speci Os, he sald, called for a xpewd of seventy-five miles "et leas’ To Save Public and Employees. “Why was the Under contact Used?” “Mr Hekgiea = wt Wor-thesatelyof-our-emplaseea,’! foplied Mr. Wilgua, 0 New. York Central also ts tmuch—troubled the public: walking on Its tracks,” sald the Witness, “and We wanted ‘to protect ven them." r. Wilgus teld about an oeciliation which was observed In the (rials of the \_mptor which caured a sit Of the gauge, which: made It nooessary £3 douple spike the road at such pomta, Ho. overcame these by friction plates nd side springs on: the locomotive, CONRIED GETS BONCI FROM HAMMERSTEIN. when his} 1 spreading | Bonet, the Italian tenor who waa MORGAN HAS PUT $20 00,000 INTO ABT WORKS Seven Van Dycks Latest Additions’ Reported to Collection. By Alice Rohe. rumor ,thkt J.’ Plerpo. EMO) to hi aires fons Of att treasures, 20,06 z 4 The seven now pictures of t patnfer ‘which: Mr of Cattaneo. ‘The—reportor the. paintings,cwhleh,-le-anld hs fending for the Metropolitan Museum has been given an of Art. The. C collections ofthe Dutch’ painter's can- vases In the world, originally owning | peteve fourteen Found Rare Treasures. aintings. Since J, Pierpont Morgan frat started | Silb-Treasurer out on his original -art collecting | announced that Deputy Assistant, Treae- | Qi, urer Bantz had completed his examina- |Next tlon of: ‘the books of Teller, Fitzkeratd, | and had proven beyond a doubt that the methods, he_has picked up rare treas- ures that have caused foreign museums to look upon the acquisitions of the rich American with envy. Governments have taken steps to prevent’ his carry- Ing rare works out of thelr country, and mitogether~ the bids—of Mr; Morgan ror art treasures hava made his colleotion one of the most Interesting In the world. 5 Only recently the finishing touches wore..placed upon _hls_privaie- museum: at Thirty-sixth street and Madison Avenue when $300.00 worth of Oriental ruk* were placed on the floors. When Mr, Morgan's plans are per- fected the private museum will house the most costly and artistically valu-| able private collection of rare books, paintings of the old masters and artivts of modern schools and tapestries In tha world. All of the wealth tn art treasures pos- sessed by Mr. Morgan Im not, however, in this country. His London home con- tains at least $10,000,000 of valuable works. ‘Here hangs the famous stolen Gainsborough,” the Duchess of Devonshire, for which Mr. Morgan pald. $150,000, z Valuable Collections. Among tho many valuable works, Mr. Morgan has added to his artistic pur- chases, the following are especially In- teresting: —The~ Gartana—coltectton of i Chinese porcelain (in the Meirop at ftan Museuin-of Art), $1,000,000; -eoliection of + etchings by Rembrandt ‘an other tamous-mastors, -mezzotints, prints and engravings, $600,000; Kunz collection of cameo, tee, im of Art), value not estimated; on-of Greek -gGidemiths and se" ers’ work (in the Metropolitan Museum » Value not estimate ancient oa Cn the Cooper Union Mu- $200,000; Mbrary hought from ‘e Irwin, of Oswego, $200,000; o: set of Dicke: $190,000; ‘collec- Uon of e fonta, urna and fountatns,~ 350,007; nth “céntury Mumi- nated Bible, Titan's “Gtorgto De $12, “ust and Schaeter's Imarum Code: $28,000; manu- tof Hook One, AMllton's “Paradise Pectin) “Golden Gospels,” presented by the Pope to King Henry VELL of England, $12,00;° No. 1 tm. perlal edidon of the Old Testament, ii- lustrated by Tiisot, $4,000; manuacript of the “Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," $4,000. These treasures,which— are-in~ Mr, Morgan's museum, are aientioned as tl: lustraung: the wide interest the Wealthy fnancier takes tn picking up. rarities fur his artistic belonging: Some of the most_valuable~ worl art have b Kept out of this co try on account- of the duty, wh Mr. -Morsan—does— not desire —to pa: Amonk the many Interesting treasures in England are tha following: The TregoNAtA ~ putiels, $L0,00; of Morris's collection, $71 Gutman’s collection of old) “wllver, $690,0004 Haphusis “Madonba. of Bt Anthony of Alnsborough's 000; Bir Tuber 126, 000; the’ Mazarin. tx Ow; Collection ofsold:China;-toaine;- Mannhelm collec: on of miilatures, }40,00; console by Gautler, $260,000; ". Marte’ ‘Antoinette dressing table and commode, | $259,000; five-Roso du-Barry vases, $25,000; lands scape by Hobbema, $110,600; two busta Houde $i0w,000;"“Burenard — coll. ly Norman c Pfunghst-collection-of-bronzos, 00} —-Pruntatealisction of bronzes, QW; manuscript: of Ruskin's “Seven Lamps of Architecture, $25,000, To Put In Steel Vaults, . * In the magnificent museum where most of Mr, Morgan’a treasures willbe housed when ‘tho tariff laws aro shaped to his views the steal vaults are atructed to hold the valuable pos- sessions, Mr. Morgan can enter his museum from hle house a the way without going outdoors. In the vaults Is am) tipt, Omar Khayyam—al- most pilccless. On shelves in one vault are parchments of old Grook origin, Several of them are earlier than the Christian era. There are ol Latin manuscripts of the various periods— Roman antique, Meroninglan, — Lo} Dardian, Carlovingian and Gothle, In other Vaults are old English and French parchments. Ono of the rarest Drough> to this country by Oscar Ham-| manuscripts js Chinese, ‘The treasures in Mr. Morgan's Lon- meratein and who 18 now singing at tho | aon house will not be brought. to this Munhattan Opera-House, has been country, as he is building A museum, signed by Conried for next season, This} similar to hla American hong of art was announced officially yeaterday at. ternoon by Ernest Goerlits, Conried’s personal representative. The agreoment was signed early yos- terday afternoon. It is rumored that it covera three years. It could not be learned at what figure Boncl had been engaged by the Metropolitan Opera-, House management. Hammerstein | ts ald to be paying him $300 a night ae YACHT NADA SAFE, ‘The steam yacht Nada, formerly owned by John Young, of Atlantlc City, which broke her shaft. and steering gear Monday ¢vening off, Avalon, N. J., was town! by tho United States revenue ‘ontter Mohawk into Delaware Break: “water yesterday after the Itte-waving crew brought Capt. Townaend ashora, | “Wnen repairs are completed the Nada pil prom touching fe her, Wont fan) will engago in tho Hoan ‘coast: there. was madein Scot- land—and pure— if it’s Dewar’s ROOSEVELT TAMES COAT UP BIG ROBBERY “AT SUB-TREASURY Stolen and Calls on Shaw for Report. of Second Assistant Postmaster-Gen WASHINGTON. Roosevelt has uiken organ | 5 Phas purchased seven Van Dycka adda: ; up with Secre! | hog inmked ‘the Secratary of the shortage ‘rece: Tauls Bub-Trenatiry, | } | ternoon & quired have been in the} possession of the family! of the Murquis | which amounta to $3,000, Nha ert Kan with, having pald %00,00 for gérald, are \btrs, Bond paga_ $172,000 Alssppoara idefinite leave of by the autliorltley -of the Bub-} | Cattaneo family, : from whom | Treasi: worka of Van Dyck were’ pur-'| a, had in théir posaession the best! sled so much singe th ht that it was considered best ‘to. him from work until be was in la measure recovered from th» nervous is anid that Fit i shortage oame| pupil of Jearl de Rese Is no mistake in Fitzgerald's ac- and the errot cannot be account ed-for-throegh-any-mistaicetnthe books phony Boldenweak added: 4 “The money stolen was in large bills, ‘programme. and Mr. Fitzgerald was the only man in charge of these largo bills. however, no clew tothe person who weather. took -the money: ENATE 10 BALK HUGHES KELSEY IN OFFICE After Legislative Session Insurance Chief Will keeping. Mr, [trea overture and AND HOLD [Italian baritone, 1a to be solo! i8ymphony 0. jon March 9 and I | to —bes;—beg ie. (in the Metropolitan nee with ther ts on Irading Tegttator toe) who claimed t “will be Superintendent of In} qd Tegisla=7 at the BaLurany, par rnee a ain, ow e evening “Aida,” at popular prices, and| | Xioh the original cast, will be presented, peras |. “La Boheme,” which falis to the Senate stand by im, and after the sctulon Kelsey is to resign from office. ry. 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No tntima- | ion yet We given ot Tis successes Mid-H/eek Doings in the World of Must erd’y e, under nal of sons supplicd_by patronase The programme, con’ readings; way po Wh: com jromitio: inal. ¢ She ting a fectud why of scr audience into her ¢ Jobn Praun, ‘a you Mendel: His teresting Hall, Monda Atamm por jarred at tines by of inagnetism. At the Philliarmonic Soctety’ in Carnegle Hall on Friday 6 and Saturday night, O! play the solo part fn 6 Certo In A tlnor. is ore!! averture No. -3.will make. up th: Bott! Is the latest victim of the] oned to He Is too Indlspo ys the Metropolitan Gpera Hause Ment Tho ttle part in. “Rigolett which he was to sing, will be taken by Hitraceiart. ‘The special performance of “La Bo- heme at the Metropolitan Opera House for the Italian Benefit to-morrow night Societies, will by gin at 8.50 o'clock. “galome” ts to be presented in Bos- Metropoittan Opera a yon Friday evening, April 6, I Strate ibmuell: WIN produce and direct w= jhis muslc-drama in F | ton by Mr. Conrted ‘aris next Ma Sammarco, Mr. Hi: next palr of concerts of the go next n and Isoide Col. ‘Tris! in — | Opera Programme for Mankatian Next Weck. MM HAMMERSTEIN'S programme for nex jin Week, anid” a frat pre Chtauon of Auber’s “Fra Diavolo” on Friday evenii, —with Pinkert, Bon Armond! and Gilibert, There will be a dor Sonnambula’’ and 'Paxitacct Campanini_will conduct all the rn. 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