The evening world. Newspaper, April 18, 1908, Page 10

e | Incidentally Delay Has Meant Blt TENEMENTS, Profit to the Pennsyl- —— vania Railroad, | Three Men Believed to Have eee Been Thieves Seen OFFICIALS’ = PROMISES. | reccrreen erat en) | Near Cine They Declare It Will Be Fin-| ! jshed by Next January, but OIL AND PAPER USED. : ae This Is Denied. Second Blaze Starts in Duimb- waiter, and Little Damage | yisccwers Is Done by Either. 1 The Bridge Commission 1, 1908. he Rudolph Horak, an engineer em- ‘The Fire Marshal to-day began an !n-| ployed by the Committee of Forty, yeatigation of a mysterious blase in the | which was organized to give impetus wellar of a five-story tenement at No. 311/to the work and protect the property- Zast Forty-eighth streei, just before | owners affected by the new structure, midnight. Mrs. Amelia Balbi, returning he bridge cannot possibly be fin- | home, heard men’s voices, and then| ‘shed in less than two years | ta ‘els were smashed | The work on the Blackwell's Island muelbarernent docr pan | Bridge was started 1901. The con-! tn. | trast calleg for t - ‘Three men had been seen about the [: @oor, and when the woman saw smoke | (2. ‘He comin te eeues COpEES @fter hearing the volces she set up a! the contract time. The Committ ery that soon brought the twenty faml-| Fony want to know Mes pell mell down the stairs, some car-/ will pay his fine and t! wtying as many of their household effects h ns mot dbeon forced t @s they could grab. A number fel! | Gown the steps and several were tram-| E. T. Bragaw, J. 8. McDone BLACKWELLS JSLANO BR/DGE., pled, but no one was hurt seriously. | Andrews and R. A. Letining: Mrs. Balbi and others organized a|clals of the Committee of Fo A DISABLED SMP @ll-soaked newspapers. There have been Which will be submi' to ———__ @ number of other suspicious fires in officials. For ten thely have b the neighborhood of !ate. No clue to | laboring in beh the brid the three men has been found. They | despite thelr eff @re believed to have been thieves The five-story brick tenemeht-house | at Nos. 74 and 76 East One Hundred and Fourteenth street was the scene of a| almost given up. @mall but suspicious fire late last night. f Patrolman Gorman, of the East One Ue Veod Mah GD CY Hundred and Fourth street station, dis- covered the blaze and roused the tenants, ‘The firemen found the flames, starting from the bottom of the dumbwaiter had eaten their way through to je Toof and the shaft -vas so thor- eughly burned that the origin could not | “I examined the Long Island ~.ty ap- be discovered. It will be reported to the proaches very carefully.” said Horak, Fire Marshal for investigation. “and I do not think the work can be Benjamin Bernstein, who lives on the | finished in two years.” @round floor, is the owner. “We have been after the city off!-|* cials for a number of years,” said J. S.| "5, McDonald, recording secretary of the ae Committee of Forty. ‘We have tried to give the city every possible assistance. | ; ‘This bridge will mean a great dea! to the people of Queena, as well as to the peo- | ple of Manhattan. We all want to|’ see the work finished, but he have f] 5 been greatly discouraged.” At the office of the Bridge Commis- sioner to-day, it was sald the bridge would be open for traffic on Jan. 1 Cleaning House Statement) soup fo" att on 2 | JAMES McCREERY & GO. Shows the Gain This Week | Yenson was out of the city, but one Several days ago it was announced | tro that the bridge would be open tor in November of this vear. T heels of that announcement | Horak reported to the committee they would have to wait for two tea or more of his engineers said the work < are as $0,707,750. practically completed now that the cen- rd Street 34th Street J : y. tre span was in place. The Official Promise. | r 5 seen ‘This week's tatement of the Clear-| “In bridge bullding,” he said, “the | SILK DEPARTMENTS, 1n Both Stores. §ng House issued to-day shows that the| main thing is the shop work. Ther Danks hold $49,973,4% more than the re-| was greet delay on the bridge becaum “MeCreery Silk” quirements of the 25 per cent. reserve| the shops did not turn out the steel. | rule, This 1s an increase of $6,707,760 in| But now all the steel 1s on the ground Exhibition and Sale of Summer the proportion to the cash reserve as That means thet the visible work on | Si "i @orapared with last week. The report | the approaches will soon be sufficient | ilks, the latest weaves and colors, ‘was as follows: to satisfy the most exacting. The peo- ~. : iy Loans, increase... -- d8axz1o9| ple who own property on the Manhat-| Rough Shantung Pongee, Rajah, Egyp- cinerea: ‘i Qasr aus: Ehreulation, decrease aor oan | teen abe on cae eee ae tian Bordure Foulard, Satin Ondoyant et vandkram increase! 3 me anxious because there are not . crease. visible signs of progress, but they will Crepe-de-Chene, Chiffon Cloth and be satisfied. re Bargius, ‘Insrense e have just let the contract for the | Marquisette, Ex-U. 8. deposits, increase. | paving and for the laying of tt ‘The percentage of ac serve 0 i r 0. dou of business yesterday was 29.26, | year. ‘ - The statement of banks and trust! “There were two obst ; April the 20th and 21st companies of Greater New York not| caused great delay. The p Members of the Clearinig-House shows proach was delayed by the that these institutions have aggregate | tion proceedings and then by the @eposits of $819,710,500; total cash on of the wreckers to get the old Amand, $55,008,000, and loans amounting to out of the way. The work or $908,372,200. | Long Island City approach was 4 On Monday and Tuesday Sale of Ten Thousand yards, White Japanese Habutai Silk. 27 inches wide’ 45c¢ per yard, GOELET AUTO HELD up. | getting a 1 foundation, But n | foundation !s set and the work over- head will be pushed. Shakers Cerrics| Name to Sistinn | "in! Traine ihe charge that no efort| WASHABLE DRESS GOODS, Infeth Stores, in His Own Machine ana Is Bailed Oat. Charred with breaking the speed laws, , Jean B. Gmlhemolonia, of No. at West ¢ Fifty-fourth street, chauffeur for Mrs. Ogden Goelet, was arraigned in ¥ ville Police Court to-day feur with the unpronounceable ; Was driving Mrs. G fn Central Park wh & Mrs, Goelet gave b ance, offering her house at @venue as security. On Monday, April the 2oth Silk and Cotton Fabrics, Various patterns and colors, including a large range of floral designs on plain, check, iO iad plaid and figured grounds, Self dots, aonahtantinng ie checks and figtires in all colors and W rk has bee: more we five lyears prior to “What is the value of the property 2 eae s white, ivory and black, —19¢ per yard, f say It te 35.000 former price 50¢ nswere Mrs, ‘. fe: White French Dress Linen, Dry T here’s a pleasing ee finish and water shrunk 7 inches surprise in the chorus 5 : . 47 inches Lee aN of ‘THEY ALL LOOK Don’t Bury Your Savings wide. 55¢ per yard g =6ALIKE TO MARY,"* the Pla t The value S5¢ song that made the n Ir 1 White Embroidered St, Gall Swiss, New York Theatre fairly Efi c. 2 ring with applause Where They Will Grow Various size dots, 25c¢ per yard when sung In Ziegteld's value 40e ‘Follies of 1907,” By special arrange ment with Maurice Shapiro, publisher, the On Monday, April the 2oth Words andMusi n usic Sale of 2,500 yards, Black French of This S all wool Voile. Crisp finish, 43 inches Will Gs it e ven BLACK DRESS GOODS, in 30th Stores, q wide, 7 a . 5c per yard —— iy. 4J BRYAN DUE HERE MONDAY; : Porn with the me rete use spt face we) WILL SREBK'IN THE ERONK _ Fancy Stripe Black English Mohair. SUNDAY > westment security, depends upon their! ROCHESTER, April 18--William Jen. 45 inches wide, 1,00 per yard ost and location. nings Bryan lett Hochester on the former price 1.50 WORLD Re ee ealinn | Metropolitan Express at 8.63 o'clock this Baten for Shia seal Property 's | morning for Glens Falls, where he Sacrifice” prices | sneaks to-night. To-morrow afternoon — World “Real Estate” Ads. every|.ne (gives, ane East 83 JAMES McGREERY 460, ‘THE MORE CAREFULLY YOU READ | goes to New York © : night 70-MORROW => SUNDAY WORLD ADS. TO-! y| Bronx Ofonday, att :; = a THE MORE PRORTABLY YOU. WILL | Ses cok thalr Getta hy at 23rd Street S4th Street THE BEST Mi A 3 eae sea @B-ABLE.TO-INVEST. YOUR MONEY, | 95, Yetneeday be will be THE EVENING WORLD, SATURDAY, | JWOSUSPICIONS |Queensboro Bridge, Already Three Years Behind, |150 STUDENTS IN ‘™ Sat S0' oocx | ARES CLEAR OUT | "#4 Not Be Completed tor Two More, Experts Say fIREPERILAT DAWN “si:"rsc Nass” = APRIL 18, 1908.) and Unloaded. Scandinavian-American u 2 The and Boys Have Narrow) tnitea states was emptted a af cargo at her Hoboken pler tc pes as Flames Suddeniy jiater towed to arvd ck, whe Envelope Academy. | | | | | POULTNEY, Vt., April 18—About 150 | from their | 23rd Street en the struc! d by fire. Al njury, alth Troy Methodist fire occurred. The and is well known among mem- gx12 ft. omination In New Eng- Ss. Sale of Linen Seueeeveenessangcse s = 5 Centre Pieces... ‘Kerkolts Dyer-Kiss Tea Cloths...... +e") which carries with it the unmistakable atmosphere WY of refinement. Violette Kerko. possesses tne tr + stolet fracrance Kerkoff's Vera Stet sason For Sale Everywhere. “TRKOFF Pacis wareet JAMES MsC LEANING 'O} 231d Street new cht when she ce Sale df Oriental Rugs and Carp at about one-third less than usual 5 34 Large Serapi (Persian ) Carpets, 150,00 and <00,00 4 by the Methodist Fipiscopal | 200 Mahal Carpets. Average size 90.00 and 110,00 400 Mosul and Daghestan Rugs, On Monday and Tu April the 20th and Bey Prisha Se Heavy Satin Damask Y A French Perfume PRO) FCS. ooaaocd 60 1558 BYWAY U srlireaneuauzus Illustrated Magazine Articles. EASTER New Works of Art Show Realism and Reverence U~ ‘ted in the Modern Interpretations of the Life of Jesus. NAVY Uncle Sam’s New $10,000,000 Fighting Machine, tho “North Dakota.” Novy’ Building, and the First Picture of the Sea Monster Ever Published; ROMANCE A Love Story That Began When a Plucky Young Engineer Rescued a Charming Miss Far Down in a Dark Mine—A Tale Now Ending Happily in New York. NOBILITY An Interesting Forecast of the Social Conditions that Will Exist When Miss Elkins Becomes the “Cousin” to a King. LAUGHTER Four of the Funniest Situations You Ever Heard Of—A Fat Man Who Couldn’t Get Into His Prison Cell; a Fat Boy Who Couldn't Get Into His School Seat; a Mayor's Campaign Balloon and a Family That Fills a School. PORTRAITS A remarkable Comparison of Feminine Beauty as Seen and Depicted by the Photographer, a Painter, an Illus- trator and a Sculptor. “OPTIMISTS” The Oddest Club in New York—‘‘Smile” is their motto, PHILANTHROPY How a Mile of Pennies Have Been Offered by Lituc Uuil- dren in the Battle Against the White Plague, HUMOR t Another Funny Story by Irvin S. Cobb (The Hotel Clerk ), FASHIONS A Home Page About Easter Hat Styles—Beauty—House- hold Remedies, Etc., Edited by Margaret Hubbard Ayer. OPPORTUNITIES Two Sections, Containing About 7,000 Separate Adver- tisements Offering as Many Chances io Work, Hire, Buy. Rent, Sell Invest, Exchange, Etc. And Other Features Too Numerous to Describe. Ss ss Monte JAMES McGREERY & GO, 34th Street RUG DEPARTMENTS, In Both Stores. On Monday, April the 20th, rices, 10,50 LINEN DEPARTMENTS. 12 Loth Stores, D’Oyleys, Centre Pieces and Tea Clotiis. French hand-made Prin At about one-half usual IDHOMMAHs cag0ceo caods ‘Trimmed with ouise lace. MoeManus must » been in a peculfar- ly humorous frame of mind when he drew the comi¢ **Newlyweds"" page that will appear in the Sunday World to-morrow. It's a “‘wonder’’—one of his very best. No com edian of the footiights can do more toward inspiring along, hearty laugh, Don’t miss The “Newlyweds”’ To-morrow— They are * Ridiculous. 1 ea LINER UNITED STATES hole ripped in her slde on Thursday { with the Ward line y off the West Bank nt Will be patched ft the