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OUR PAVING DENOUNCED
BY GAYINOR'S COMMinEE
New York's Streets are Worst in
the World Is Gist of Most
Exhaustive Report.
STAMPS CITY UNCIVILIZED
Blames Conflict of Authority Be?
tween Oity Departments as
Chief Reason for
Defects.
Tha report r>f th? Movor's committee on
ravrman?- aubmltted to tlM Ma\or to-day.
1? an ep??? of vitriolic vituperation and "
i ornpendtum of ill thai la disgraceful and
ursati.?-fH<~torv in the condition of the atreei
I a* envois In thla Cll Vh?- committee Wa;?
? ippoiated by Mayor Gaynoi Ihm October nt
the peajue I of ? ir,iiif -somtnltto? represent
irg Hi? Chamber of (Toamnetoe, the lier
rh^nta' Association, the Hoard of Trade
and Transportation and the Automobile
? Mib of .AmTlra. to Investigate the present
condition >f lh? pavements in the <-it>. (\
?mine into the m?thode used In their eon?
truoHon and repair and make au*h rerom
meudatior.H ?? ih?1 fa< ta might warrant.
la summing up the preaent condition of
tr* pgvementa the committee says:
if ?up condition of a city's pavementa la a
fair gauge it itn clvitlaatlon, as hna been
maintain"-! by high authority, Near fork
n?uet rank loa in the c nir. That Ita pave?
menta ?!?? an unmistakable evidence or pro
vindallani there can be no doubt. Ihe
pavementa of the city are and probably al
wav* have been verj Inferior to those ,,r
lit? nrn ' lana cltlei of lha Old World. How
i, noceasarih bad ihey are at th< preaent,
i me can onlj he full) realised by one who
haa carefully ompared them with the chief
cltlea nf Europe, and notablj thoee of Eng?
land and < ierman .
Th? commlttw furnlahea a Hal of Ms?
uni reaaona why the pavementa are ?-.n
ba?l. pointing "ut particularly that on?* rltj
department haa ?o nterfered with another
atriel work, and Ihe reaponalbillty ha*
?"-ii ?o divided, that there i? no reaponai
Mr head over public worka In any of the
w.rough>. and the work ha consequently
brrn sorely neglected. Bpe? lfivationa and
methods of pa ins aie defective and antl
duated, and Um workmanahlp slovenly and
caresses, and there is an entirely Inaut
f>< ient aupervialon of the ?oik. the report
? . The committee auggeata four s?pa
rata ?mendmenti to th? city charter and
whatever furthei lecisiation 1? neceaaary to
carry taw recommendation? of the eoanaalt
tee into Mfect,
The principal recommendation, with an
amendment to tlio rharter to make it ef?
fective, provides for the establlehment of a
"pacing hoard," consisting Of the chief en?
gineer of |be Board of Eatimate and Ap?
portionment (who shall art a? president)
and th? engineer In charge of highways ef
rarh of th" boroughs, whoae duty it shall
b? to rtandarlatf specifications relating to
nil work which has to do with the pave?
ment" throughout the city, to determino
the quality of the materials need and to
e'tahiish such atandarda of workmanahlp
and methods of construction as may stem
to them best calculated to insure pave?
ments, of the greatest ultimate economy
and the most satisfactory service to the
fertile.
While the committee feel? that sub?
stantial tnasarovetnent will follow from the
Immediate adoption of its recommendatloaa,
much In matters Of important detail still
remajnn to be considered, the report states,
and. therefor?, the committee asks to he
continued in erdet to make auch uth'r re?
ports as may lie required.
Reason for Bad Streets.
The report offers a seneial reason for the
pn aent disgraceful condition of the pave
men's, as follows.
The conditions ps enumerated have rome
about partly through Inheritance and parti v
through the general lack of apodal knowl?
edge of paving, and the scant attention
which haa been paid to this Important aub.
*fi i by our technical achoola. Habit, too,
nas plaved an Important part. Our people
are used t<> pavements of the kind we have,
and few of them naliro how far behind
i < reel Of Ihe world we are in this respe, i.
Our engineer? aie not altogether to hlume;
city ofltetai* have often dlaregarded their
civile. ?n<i assay ra? ommeadavuona for Im?
provement made h) them ha\e yield* d no
fr'iit for thai reason
In further let ins of general rondemnation
the rejKirt state?
Many of our pavementa, and especially
thofte which are much uaed for heavy
trdeking, are in a condition Injurious allk?
I ? (e.iiih and eronoml? welfare of the
community; they ;re rough, uneven, oftcTi
broken an.i obstructed. ean?rnelve to cleai
??id impoaaible to clean properly; ihey aie
Ini-or.venient lo use. exc?ssivel\ costly to
maintain, and are altogether ' a sertou".
handicap on ?he proa perl ty of the city. To
continue the building of niore of the same
kind would he most unwise and wasteful
Ifnong the other reasons for th? present
condition of the pavementa tha committee
rites the followinir
'.ack of co.operation heiween the ritv
and railroad oawipaaiea in icgaid to that
pail of il.t pavements for which the latt? r
a.? reaponalble,
Dala) In makinr repairs and in .-los|rg
atreei openlngi
Lack of a properly >iuallri??<l force of in
spectois and assistant to th-- ?ngin??rs In
chai Z' "f pavi ment
v.i little knowledge among our engi*
near* of tbo moat approved modern m?th
oda of paving, a? carried on In pla.ee out?
side ?if (he Inlted States
The v)?teni of Ions -tarantee?, for th?
maintenance of pavement a by contractors.
Whlcl hindera pro mot repairs
An almost complete lack of traffl? sts
tlatics upon whi.li to ba?* an Intelltge I
??Miniate of th? value of the various kind
Of pavement UBed
No proper system in for?? for determir.
ing by test? ihe \alue of many of the m?
tenais iiaed In paving, and notably so a-"
resaid? granite and asphalt
Restrictive specification?, espsclsiiy aa r
gards asphalt, which haa prevented g?nu
[lie '??>mr""tlon and given to r>n? InterSSt a
iv,r.nopolv In the making and repair of as?
phalt pavement! In Manhattan
Too much license given t?i? haltfgra to th*
uae of lb? street in fruit of n?w rondines
which r?sultai mi greal hindrance to nam?
?and damage to the pavement"
I The hio.-k--?.lini; 01 cumbering ?f t'r
streeti by Other privat? inter??i?. and b
; anow. which und?? the present ayatsrn n
removal carniot h? dlspoacd of raptan
Suggests New Policy.
j Thora are twenty saparate racommenda
Itlona Th? report recommend? "a ?ompiet?
?reversal of th? poMcy of the city in regato
I to pavamente, end ?bat ultimate acenom)
rather than chaapneaa be made the gov?
erning ronsMeratJon In th?ir conatructlon
and maintenance.'' it recotnsrtenda that the
city make its own purchases of all material?
ueed in paving direct from ih? producei.
and thO? obtain better prie?? and a better
quality than it now gata" Th? engineers
in charge of ?trcet work should he sent
abroad to study the paving method in use
in tli? principal cities, and adopt those
methods found lo have given th? best re?
sults, as far n? practicable. All 'l?ad ami
unnecessary tiacks should b? removed from
?th? street?, and the street railroad compa?
nies be governed by tlM same rubs which
apply to Individuals In the opening Md
eloping of pavements. All repairs should
be mad? by the city and <i~h borough
should have an adequate repair plant.
More stringent regulations than no? ?xtst
ar? recommended for the use of the street
by contracto? for the atorage of building
material, by th? transportation companies
for the storage of merchandise and by th?
pushcart met: in peddling then war?a A
trial of tha use of the s?w?rs for th? re?
moval of snow, without the use of cart?,
and the rapid extension I that system, if
found auccagaftil, is ??commended. A trial
of tli? French method of flushing out th"
gutter.? daily with a view to its general In?
trod tir t ion here, should be made, the report
s iggeata.
Th? report? of \arlous suh-comm!tte?s.
which point out specific findings and de?
tailed remedies, dealing with Hie kind of
|pavement? which are mosi desirable in dif?
ferent parts of th? city, etc., ar? attached
to the general report. The report Include?
numerous photographs illustrating the bad
condition of th? pavement? on Broadway
and many other streets.
A. R. Bhattuck, of the Automobil? Club
of America, is chairman of th? committee
Ernest Flagg, of the Fifth Avenue Associa
tion. is vice-chairman and I'. R. be Berard,
of th? Marchanta1 Association, is secretary.
The other m?mh?rs of tli? committee are
J. o. Bless, of the Chamber of Comineros;
Jacob A. Cantor, former Horougn President
"f Manhattan; L. Barton Case, West End
Association; Robert (?ricr ?ooke, Fifth
A\enue Association; Joseph [.. Delafield.
v\ ashington .s?iuara Association? Thoraaa
DintOtid, Dtmond Iron Work?; John c.
Earn??, Merchants Association; Stephen
Katteliy, Americas News Company; Will?
iam H. t?ibson. Board of Trade and Trans?
portation; B. Carman Harriot, Fifth Ave?
nue Association; <'hrrl?<- R. Lamb, Mu?id?
pal Art Society; ?;. Howland Leavltt, Rich?
ard W. Hand, W. W. Nlles. William 11.
Paga, Joseph K. Orr. president of the New
York Team Owners' Association; Henry
Sanderson, president of the Automobil
Club of America, Aaron c. Thay?r and.?
F. Welbusch. of the City Club.
ELUDES NURSE AND DIES
Attendant Clutches Robe as Man
Leaps from Mt. Sinai Window.
Micha?! siiei.ik, who was in the Mount
Sitial Hospital being treated for heart troii
ble and under ?be ?-are of a ?pedal nurse,
?jumped from a window on the third floor of
'the Inatltutloi yesterday, ?md wa? killed on
tha stone flagging of the court >ard.
shciak mis an iron worker, thirty year?
"Id. Hti.l hve.l at No. 1174 1st street, Brook?
lyn, tie was admitted to the hospital four
?eck.? ago. At noon yesterday thelak was
apparently asleep, and tha nurss left the
room a moment. When he returned he aw
his patient astride the window alii.
The BUrse rush.-d for Shciak and caught
his night io. e. ? Mrh tore away as th? man
fell.
WILL "COME BACK" APRIL 1.
John W. Smith, Ihe veteran director of
the ?'entrai raik menagerie, will be back
on the Joh this morning after a three
j month?' vacation. It was th? first vacation
? taken In twenty yeara, and the aped dire? tor
?evill allow conclusively on April fool's ?lay
that hs i? one of the exceptions to the
"can't COme back'* rule.
Fascinating Paris Fashions
Ready for Easter Week
at
"Variety Is the Very Spue of Life,
and Lends It Half Its Charm'
Close by historic (?race Church, with its fast greening
gras*, the old gray .store of John Wanamakcr holds within
its four walls an assemblage of fashions unsurpassed in all
the many years since its doors were first opened by A. T.
Stewart to New York.
To-day we pr?tent new fashions in diamonds; we open
the Kaster Exhibition of women's gloves; from new Paru
hat boxes just unpacked we present the latest models by
Suzanne Talbot. and exclusive millinery by Marcelle Demay,
11 Rue Royale, Paris. The Little Gray Salons for young
girls bave been opened only for ten days, and thev have
already Matured a large clientele. The little French Shops
will show the latest arrivals of exclusive blouses and lingerie
from Paris.
On Tuesday and following days we shall pr?sent the new
Paris fashions in costumes, wraps and millinery.
All this besides special exhibitions of Kaster dress fabrics
and Summer linens; new
blouses for women and
fOUng girls, new styles of
silk petticoats; the new laces
and necktixings, the latest
Paris pe r f U m c I. For
women who motor UK have
received direct from Eng?
land the new Fond?n hats
and coats.
Old-Fashioned Luncheon
Served for the < on venienre of our
customers.
Eighth ?lallery Restaurant
. I :;i? to |:Sf n'cio.-k
1 'i emu of Spinach
Roast 'llhs of He^f
Mashed Potatoes Stowed Toislosg
?"herry Tart or
Pencil lee Cream
Tea Coffee Milk
JOHN WANAMAKER
Pormerly A. T. Stewart A Co.
Bioadway, Fourth Avenue, Eighth to Tenth Street.
?ALASKA TURNS FROM
ROOSEVEirS PROPHET
Instructs Its Delegates for Tait,
Despite Gifford Pinchot's
Earnest Efforts.
IS SOLID FOR PRESIDENT
? Developments of the Week Show
Continued Drift Away from
Rooievelt East and
West.
? ,m l ???,,? Burean T
Washington March ?] Although th? t?r
rttory of Alaska will have only two d?i?
gatea In the Republican Sstlonsl Conven?
tion, both of whom have heen Inatructed
to worh for I ie renomination of Prealdenl
Taft the action ?>f ?be territorial votera al
; th? primarle mean more than th? adding
of two more rotea t.? the Taft column, s?
rordlng lo ihe analysia of th# altustl ? i
msde ?' thi Tsfl bureau t.. <ia\.
it is regarded a? a defeat for Gifford
Plnchot, one ..f Colonel Rooaevelt'a mosl
active campaign proph?te, In the territory
which hi regarded as hla own dominion
and in whlih hi fOughl hard against the
administration. Following Ii the etatement
of the Taft bureau:
President Tsfl ?ill have caei foi him ibe
votea of hie two delegatea from the terri?
tory of Alaska In the Chicago convention.
The algnlflcance of this result lies as much
In the iiiethn.l by which Ihe delega!? ?'ere
chosen as it does in the tfctual rcault Itself.
For tic purposes of the territorial con?
vention Alaska elects delegates by Judicial
districts, there being foui such dial
each having lift, etc. in the convention.
The district delegates wen chosen al masa
: primarles, in which ihe vote cual waa ap?
proximately 71 per ..ii| of 1 ? vota esst
at the Isai ei. .-tion for territorial delegatea
In Congres? This Ii b) fai the highest
percentage of \?>t>-- cast In anj primar) yei
lield, and the Indorsement of the Taft ad?
ministration and ihe iiisini.ti.-ui ..f dele
I gates f->r Pr?sident 'l'ait by a standing, vote
iln the convention are on? of the hii
I tributes he ha.-- yet received.
Mr. Fi5her"s Trip Important.
The outcome m Alaska la Important trun
simthri point ol view Laal (all the lerrt
! toi> -ne. visited bj vYaltei I. Kisher, Bee
! retar) ol the Interior, ??? ho explain???! i"
I Alaskans in town meetings th? policy of
the administration 10wai d the territory.
I Certainl) 110 one la mor? Intei ted in Alas?
kan aiTaus than Alaskan- themselves, and
i In view >'f what followed llieae meetings of
Secretary Kisher, the result Is important.
I After Secretar) Fisher luid left Alaska
j Gifford Pincho! the leader of the right
against the T ? ft conservation poll. 1? ,
? companied by Senator Miles Poindexter,
a Plnchot-Rooaevelt-La Follette follower,
! visited Alaska They also spoke at public
meetings and did all the) rould i" Iln? up
] Alaakana against the administration In tha
1.xt campaign The outcome is hi "
told in this telegram, f-Mowing tlu Aluaka
convention v. atsrdsv:
Please extend t-. th? President greet-?,
Inga from the first unanimous Republican
convention ever held in Alaska. Convey
to him the following resolution, which
ha* just bean unsnlmously adopti
atanding vote
Revolved, That we herein, iinainniouslv
Indorse th?- administration; we i*ummen<i
bis wise, progre slve, economic and pa?
triotic course We commend the friendly
Interest of the Presiden) In our problems.
We instruct the delegates from Alaska to
tha national convention t.. vote foi ind
do their utmost to secure the nomination
of President Taft
Q BO ROE R WAI.KKR.
L i' BHACKLEFORD,
CHARLES HERRON
Control of the Vermont State convention
and probable control of the Missouri con?
vention by the Taft forces are assured, ?<
I cording to reporta received at the Taft
bureau to-day. in Vermont tue frisada of
' the President dominate tha altuatloa and m
Missouri th?- progresa ...' tha Paasldsni has
been accentuated by tha victory of th? Tall
forces ?n Speaker Clark's own diatriol
Situation in Both States Analyzed.
The situation In both atatei li described
a.? follows b>- th<- Tafl bureau:
?alendM prnjrcsa la th? Tafl cerapslgn
in Missouri fs Indi ated In a dispatch Just
received from that atste, following ih?
piimarles In ?, doten COunttCa In that state
yesierday. Acordlng to iba repon Preal
dem Tafl carried ?? er; county in the it h
Congress District, which is the home of
Speaker Champ Clark, "no of the Umn
cratic candidates for the nomination foi
President. Ha also carried Randolph Coun
ty. in the M dlatrlct, and Monlfeau and
Osag? counties, in the Mh dlatrlct, M?o) Ver
nor. County, in ih? i.'.tn diatriol The ?? ? 11
com? materially Increased the probability
that President Taft'a friends will control
the state convention in Missouri. ?l?s[>it<
the opposition of ?Jovinor Herbert lln.ll>-v
and iimnv of th? offlcehokiera under th?
stat? administration,
Th? outcome In th? prlm.it les Ir. Vermont
yesterday virtually assured President Tafl
a solid delegation a' Chicago from that
stale. As ha?- been tin custom in all I lie
New England Btatea for many yeara, it la
highly probable thai no delegates from that
Section to the chl. ago ..invention will be
Instructed for any candidate, but the indi
vidual views of the delegates to nil of the
conventions in Vermont are altead] known
and the outcome of th? primaries Is indi?
cated b) ih? following telegram
Tan will have ? majority In the state
convention of at least IM) The l"t dl?trlet
convention will give Taft a majority of
1?7>; the M district ba? elected ltiii del?
gates pledged I" Taft, II" ol?dK?d to
Roosevelt and thirty-two unpledged and
unknown '
After th? striking result, of last week
there will be an interim of ojuiel In tha
choosing of delegate?. Only a handful of
delpgates will be chosen tbil week, but tbo
we?k following will be unusually u'ttv?.
Conventions and primarle? In New York.
Chicago Bt Lotus, Vannent, Kentuckv.
Pennsylvsnl? and ?Isewher? win bring th?
president's convention strength to fully 490
vote?, it Is estimated, with 530 necessary
to nomination on the first ballot.
Among th? developments ?if th? w??k
Just ended Is th? continued drift of Re?
publican sentiment toward Mr. Taft In Iowa,
which promises his ft lends control of (he
rtate convention on April 24, and which, be
yond the four districts that ha\e already
Instructed for him, even now assures ad?
ditional Taft delegates from the 2d and 6th
districts
Mlehlgan. the horn? of r;o\?rnor Oaborn,
continues to report Taft gains and Instruct?
ed Taft delegatea to th? state convention
iM.d brings rumors of (?o\ern<>r Oshorn's
desertion of the colonel's cause In Mis?
souri the campaign 1= progressing mor?
than satisfactorily, with recent gains Indi?
cating Taft delegates from several districts.
In T> xa?x ihe -late will? It Cecil l.yon pro
faaasa to have In his pocket, the first coun?
ty executive committee meeting, that ,.f
Iiallas County, resulted In a vote of II to 1
for President Taft. Dallas polls more Tie
publican votes than anv other county In the
?late, and the action of the committee fore?
shadows the ?lection "f Taft delegates from
that district and reflects the general politi?
cal s'-ntimeiit of the state.
BETTING AGAINST SOCIALISTS
Municipal Election in Milwaukee To?
morrow Awakens Great Interest.
Milwaukee March II.?Intsrsat ?n the
Milwaukee city ele? lion on Tuesday next
between the t.on-pat tlsan and Socialist
tickets and the contests throughout the
state for delegatea to Ihe na'ional polit?
ical convention? is probably n.? gt?'at as
that attending any political contest in the
history of Wisconsin.
In Milwaukee a non-oa rtisan ticket,
made up of Republicans ?md I'emociats. la
headed by in. ?lerhard A Hading. Mayor
Km 11 Seldl is seeking re-election ?11% the
Manda ?if th? Socialists Keiting "ii the
Milwaukee ?-i?, non i? largely in favor of
'he non-partisan ticket.
In the Presidential pilmaiy tb? chief
.'itilesls are between the Tafl and th? La
Koiieii? farces on th? Republican side, and
Wilson and t'lark adh?rents on the D*MM
cratlc tide.
SiWIE MIE MS
BEFORE COURT TO DAY
Supreme Tribunal Will Consider
Most Important Question of
Present Term.
WHOLE COUNTRY AFFECTED
i
I ?
Laws and Orders in Missouri,
Kentucky, West Virginia. Ar?
kansas and Ohio Depend
on Court's Decision.
Washington. Marri, fj Their hulk and
j Importance rank the group of atat? rata
c?sea to be <ak?n up for consideration to<
i morrow hv the Rupreme ronrt a? the most
I important catea to mm? before that trlbu
nal thlf? t?rm
S'ate rate laws and orders In Missouri,
Kentucky. Weal \*irslnla. Oregon. Minna
sota, Arkansas and Ohio ?111 Pfand o- full
bj the decision of the rourt. Hiate rat?
ordert In practically every state of the
i ilion uiu he awept nut of existence if the
court find = that the orders and laws now
in question burden Int?ntate commerce.
The record In th* Missouri cases alone
euer.? in.rnri vnsec Thli represents more
words than have heen uttered In both th?
House and Senat? during the pr?sent C*
aion of Congress. Tie justices ara each
supposed to digest i hi?? record a"d th?
thousand pa?ses of briefs besides.
Tue Minnesota, ?asea aie hImo.st as bulky
and have leen referred to as fh? most com
prehenshre. The validity of practically all
maximum freight rates In the State, sa well
as ihe iwo?oent iiH.ssenaer law. la Involved
Two Mk questions are hefore the court.
The fii."!, likewise arising in cases from
ihe othei i-ix stales, i? whether the reduc?
tion ef state rates would require 'he raii
roada Id reduce s'mllar Interstate ratea and
If sii.-ii reduction of state intes a*ould be a
burden on interstate commerce. The Minne?
sota federal court held thai It Mould he
auch a burden The other question is
tvhethei ihe late? ??onfis?at" the property
of the railroads.
in answering the tatter question In Ihe
affirmative th? lower court adopter! th?
"reproduction <n?t new" of the railroads aa
showing their fair value The slate hold?
thai aras a wrong h,i?|s. The slate also oh
|e. ta ?o the use of the grosa sarnlnga .if
the basis r?>r dividing the value between
Interstate and Intra-state buslneaa and he.
twepti passenger and freight business,
f'i the Ml sourl tases maximum fieisht
and tli? two-Cent pas.? liter lawa are in
VOlved The federal COUn In Missouri held
the rates roufJacatory, but nol a burden
on interstate commerce. The controversy
over valuation was avoided by an i_: ?
? to regard three time-; the taxation
i aluation ?< the Tali \aiue '
The Kentucky case Involve th.> r-onetltu
tionalifv of the Ktate railroad commission
set and the validity ol red.d rate, on
distiller) supplies from Kentucky cities on
the 01 !?> River to Inland Itles. The rail
p mis lost <n both point! In the lower fed
eral rom is
The Weal Vlrglala rontroversj tei4te'
in-ill;, io the valldit) of the two-cent pa ?
aenger law The Bupreme Court of \\. ??
Virginia held !t did nol burden interatate
rommerce ind was not conflecatory. L*n
aucceasful attacks arere made on the law
because of it-- penalt) clause and Its ap?
plicability only to steam railroads, and not
to ? h 'irle ratlroadi
The ( iregon cas? i ??? t Identical
with Hi" Kentucky cases The coastttutlon
allty "f Ilia state railroad i ommrasion acl
and the validity of rates from Portland to
othei orejen dtie^ in th? eastern ami
outhern paita of the state .n? involved
The lower I dens' court upheld the ?aw and
the ratea
In th? Arkansas rase the ma nimm
freight ?aw- ano! Ihe twoceril ps aenger lew
were found by the ferlerai district court
to be ronneeatory. The valuation ? ?
;''???! el iuii ? il? taxation valust 01
in the Ohio cases the ont) question In
volved is in- validity or h atat? rate Bxed
iij tl ?? Otue Railroad Commission, on ateem
< oal from Kastern fdilo to l-ike Kric Pitts?
burgh vein operator! obj?*ct?sd to the rates
. h the Wheeling & Lake Erie, The ral ??
contends that the freight ii interstate com
merce tranaahlpped at Cleveland and Huron,
Ohio, for lake eitles In Other statr-. Th.
lalltoad ?on belOW
FAVORS SHORTER BALLOT
Wadsworth, Before Congress
Club, Urges Other Reforms.
.Inmes W. Wadsworth, formerly speaker
of the Assembly, addressed s large sudl
enre, which iiniuded many members of
the ?'ongreas Club, el the United ?'on?r?
gationa! Church, In Wllliamaburg, vesier
day afternoon On the auhject of "A More
Effective I ?em? i acj "
?m?- of the greatest evlla noa fa< ?d by
the people in their attempts to get ad??
quate representation at the polls, said Mr.
Wadsworth, aras the present system of
voting II? suggested Bs a remedy a
shorter I ?Hot, and said that this could
easiiv he secured bj a cbangs in ihe state
elective and appointive offices).
fin the same principle aa that on Wbleh
the President, elected to Office, selects hie
own Cabinet, composed of the men who
h? helieves may liest help him in hi* ad
ministration, the ex-Speaker advocated
?
the cutting down of the stato elective or
flees to three those of Governor, Lieuten?
ant Governor and Controller. The Con?
troller would act. he said, aa an affective
check upon the generous tendencies of the
Ooveinoi, and the tilling Of the other state
offices by appointees would place all re
sponalblllty directly nt the door of th?
chief executive
Mr. Wadsworth made a h||ef reference
to the recent elections, and gave If as his
opinion that the direct primary would re?
quire considerable reconstruction hefore
It became a servtcrahla system.
PINCHOT'S DEMOCRATIC TALK
Advocates Policies Enunciated
by Bryan Fifteen Years Ago.
I prom The Trlauaa Ban >n l
Washington. March 31.--Glfford PlnchOt,
speakine In behalf of th<- candidacy of
Theodore ntoosawelt for the PrVaMency, ad
dressed in audience in IforgantOWn, W,
Vs.. last Monday nlxht. "The New I lomln
ion," ihe Democratic newspaper of Mor
gantoWBJi in it? Issue of Tueoda] inornlng,
March ai saya:
Mi PlnchOt made the hc.-l I >? iiioi-i atii
speecfa heard m Morgaatown In man) reara
and with ? \ei> jew. ir any. exMption?
? ont? nded .strongly for the pollcl?*a and prin?
cipies enunciated by Mr. Bryan twelve or
Aneen years ago. His remarks were la t<
1> in tin- nature of s scathing arraignment
of the Taft administration und the Taft at?
titude on public questions. ?|,. Mw ll()
virtue whatever In the policy of ?in- F'reai
dent. and declared thai be would prefer a
proamasive Danaocrat aa Preatdeni m pi,o-.
of l*re.sid"-iit Taft, provided, of course his
friend and patron. Colonel Roosevelt, Van
not he nominated and elected.
Mr Pincho) was verj clear and positive
on this point, and did not besttat? to make
his position so plain thai none ?an misun?
derstood it He ?a unalterabl; opposed tu
tin ?lection of another Preatdeni of the
Taft type, no matter with what ticket his
name is coupled, ills deelaratlonn in favor
of reforms were so clearly In line with the
contentions of Mr. Hrvan thai the Demo?
crats in the audience wire moat frequently
stirred (o applause.
?
SUNDAY'S NEW-YORK TRIBUNE
Mailed anywhere in the United States
fcr 12 50 a yssr.
fNEW HOiMDURAN LOAN PLANS
( Offer of Southern Bankers Radi
j cally Different from Morgan's.
Washington, March 21.-The state Depart?
1 mfnt announced to-day th? terms of a pro
, posed new loan lo the government of llon
! dura?, to le tinanoM by th? Whitney 1 en
! tral Trust and Savings Bank, of New Or
j l?ap'', Instead Of by the Morgan group in
j New York The department nffV ?als claim
' that tb? objectionable feature of th? Mor
! can proposition 'o?s been eliminated by the
: Southern bankers, and they are again nrg
! i"g th?> Senate to act upon the llnnduran
1 lean convention, whleh ha? been before the
Foreign Relations Committee for more than
I a year.
Th? offer of a |tt,?JMM loan hy th? Mor?
gan group recently vvas withdrawn Tha
Southern bankers. It Is Announced, have
, made a t?i,der .-.f a similar amount under a
: new and radically different contract They
j propoee to limit the tli at isfuam-e of bonds
I to }(5.<vxi,n?vi nod will requlr? of Honduras
: f:*)vn one, n year to meet the service of th?
! loan, as compared with ?lM,<v?1 a year
nnd?r tb? form?r centrad
? Th? official announcement of th? r.?w loan
?Issued to-dav by tli? BUU liepartment
j ?nvs, |n part.
The Southern hankers limit the ii*?s of
I their b>an escluelveiy is 'be refunding or
the Mcnduran foreltrn debt and discard the
proposals of th? Vegan group to promote
railroad building and other Internal lm
t rovementa ?nd to settle Internal drhts and
claims |i?n'llng aRmn?t the llon-luran fOV?
. rnmsnl
With the general public m Honduras the
.-?? uthern xank?r? rind tha meal vea handi?
capped bv a Widespread prejudlr? toward
j loans In anv form, and sav that I hla oppo?
sition has undoubtedly b?en augmented by
tb? feiler? of tli? ficnat? to ratify th? eon*
vin loti.
I Th? new Offer, as described by Ac'lng
Secretary Huntington Wilson, la for A
? -i lo,.n. payable in forty years, with
Interest at th? rat? of I per cent and with
,. sinking rund ?'ter live years of 1 per
. ?lit. The bonds are lo be secured by the
luetoma revenue of Honduras, collected, as
provided for In th? loan convention, hy
Imerlrana appointed bv Honduras with the
approval of tha resident of the United
States. Connected with the New Orleans
?Mikers la tha firm of William C. Sheldon
.< Co., of New York.
Tha Southern banker.? imv* already mad?
con idsrable headway, th? Honduran Coa*
bavin* accepted their tetma fur s
prellminsry le-.n of $<vio,nfv\ off?red to meet
the pressing need? of that government.
FOR SCHOOL CO-OPERATION
Report from Municipal Research
Bureau to Estimate Board.
'i h.? Bureau of Municipal Research has
submitted a report, embracing a booklet
or forty-elg ? pages, lo tha Board of Bet!
committee on school Inquiry, under
th.- heading "Outside t'o-operati.'ii with the
Public Schools of ??r.-.it'r New York " Ka< h
Individual member of the board ba< re?
ceived th? folio .ting letter <>f Uanemtttal;
The m->i ? coai alone of the organized
outside (private, semi-public and public)
help given each year for New- York Clty'g
public s'-lnml children is fully $1,000,000
I'hla meens a capital outlay equal to the
two huge national foundations the |-ar
?n!? Poundatton for th.- Advancement of
Teaching and the Russell Sac? Foundation.
ii is nearl) half "f tin* income of tl-.o ?ien
eral Education Board
Because of the preecnt actual value of
le Intereal In New York's publie
la and tha vastly ??reat-r pot.-ntial
value, we nop" you win personally case to
- ai th.- r?i''?r' *<-nt you herewith
[tiitstd. ' o-operstton with the public
s hools of Greater New Kork." Tbia study
i-, na ? -u ..- ?.' irna from UtJ outside agen
9 ipertntendent'a lejiorts for
'-? ii, the Board of r.ducailon's hi'-i tha
board ol superintendents' minutes for 1**5
ii, and newapapei flies for IM6 '11
\\. are hmlttlng it formal!) to !Ik
Moar.i ol Katlmate'a committee on s.-iiool
ln?|iiiry, with the recommendation on page
h thai ai t in - time, when Its experts ur-<
studying both educational and business h^
peets of school problema, i? cali a confer
- Of or arraiii;" communication with nil
agencies, pul.ii.- and private, which are en
operating with public achoola '?> to eon
l?der questions and opportunltlea arising
from avalla?.le citizen co-operation, ib> n
insider Ih? deslrabllltj and method of con?
noting - central agency which, through
ail othei agencies, ?'all co-operete all th"
t. a ? ii' k hoola In ail boroughs
The reaaona foi this recommendation ?or.
st it ule ihe report Some of the apeeial
things a hlch it s??t is clear to us. a central
mlR-ht ?to f.?r nil other ?K^ncle?. uni
for ihe ..hoois, aie noted on peg? ? 12and tt,
The report la ?inne.i hv two ?llreeto?/a.
William H Allen md Henry Bruere,
loma ol Its significan) facts, bowing th?
1 ,,f , .....p. ration available for the
- from agencies outside the school
s\ Mom Include direct, continuous and
gratuitous co-operation, which is offsrc.i hy
seventy-sla agencie? and many other con?
tributing ? luaai toward the advancement
.1 Ihe schools, Chlefl) through fh? aid of
citlsena ?nd privet? organlsationa
ATLANTIC'S HEAVY TOLL
Shipwreck Causes Death of 121
Persons During Last Winter.
Boston, March 31 nn? hundred and
f wenf.-one persons perished hy Bhlpwrech
and ehrhty-flve vc???cls met disaster off ?he
New Kngland coast or while engaged In
th? NViv England, < "anadian or Newfound?
land trade during the fall and winter sea?
son of Itll-'ll Of the eighty-five, vessels
cast ashore, sunk, burned or Involved In
other mishap?, seven were steamers, two
wer? full-rigged ships, two were harks,
tlree brics, sixtv-four schooners and seven
were barges. The financial loss I? esti?
mated at more than $i,flnn,ooo.
The revenue cutlers vlresham, Arushn?t
and AndroSCOggin, ever on the alert while
at their stations, saved many lives and ves?
sels during the winter months Wireless
calls for asslslnnce were quickly answered
by these three government vessels, and a
large number of disabled or sinking BChOOn
era were, towed to pla? es of safety.
OTHERS WANT MORE PAY
Station Agents Follow Lead of
Engineers in Demands.
The question of making general demands
on (lie RaStcrn raUroad? for higher wages
was taken up yesterday at a conference
in the Grand Union Hotel of representa
fives of th? station agents, signal m?-n.
malntalnera ami others outside of th?
op? rating forces employed hy these roads.
The delegates t ?presented the men in
their respective or?upat|ona in Ins employ
of the Pennsylvania, Heading. New York,
New- Hsven A Hartford, rioston A Maine,
Rutland and other Eastern lines
The general sentiment was that their
. lalma for hitch, r wages should n? consid?
ered before am- Increases wsrs granted by
th? railroad? to their higher salaried em?
ployee The ..inference represented about
three thousand i.illroad ?tnployea
-s
SCOUT GREAT IRON DISCOVERY
Geological Survey Says Existence of
Billion Tons Impossible.
Washington. March M The recently re?
ported discovery of a billion ions of Iron
or?- In Pulton <'"iinty, Penn., |s a physical
and Chemical Impossibility, according to
tin- United ItatasOsoleajleal Survey, which
mad.- public to-night the r.-sult ?,f an In?
vestigation
The .Survey timls that it I lllion tons of
u.in would occupy a volume nearly c.pial
to the maaa <?f th? three lulls In which (he
deposit Wai ?listed t" be touinl The In?
vestigation show? that tiie hiiis probably
...m.in several million Ion- of low grade
i"d iron or? "id inav contais g small
araonni of i"eb grada eros/a on and more
low grade, bruan ore.
WOO MINERS HE;
MAY SOON RESUME WORK
Believed Anthracite Operators
Will.Offer Men 10 Per
Cent Advance.
MITCHELL HOPES FOR PEACE
Soft Coal Workers Expected to
Ratify the Cleveland Agree?
ment and Return to the
Minea in a Month.
Philadelphia, March II, -Tteporta from
all sections of the anthraeite coal region
to da'- Indicate that there will he no at
t?mpt made to resume operations at the
principal minea pending the negotiations
for a HOW working agreement, which Will
he resumed in this city r>n April 1?
Meetings of all the locals of the T'nited
Mine Workers In ?he region were held to
dav, at which th? officers instructed the
men to remain away from the rolllerlep
I .-<nd warned them of the danger of contre
gating In groups
.lohn Mitchell, who led the miners In
1 f?A2. delivered a lecture to-day In Wllkes
Harre. He met the mine leidere, who
ha\e returned from Cleveland, hut there
was no conference regarding the present
situation He expressed the hone that,
conditions may clear and peace he re?
stored
The operator? of the principal collieries
In the Lackawanna rejlnn asserted em?
phatically to-day that they would make
no effort to operate their mines either In
whole or in part, un'll after the confer?
ence.
Officials of l'ne Delaware & Hudson say
that work may he done in some of Us
waaber.es, hut mine leaders say BUCb work
will he opposed The mine leaders aay
they are willing that the companies use
all the men necessaiv to make needed re?
pairs, hut that If there I? an attempt to
set the araahsriOS or collieries in opera?
tion there will he no delay In calling all
the men out.
No disorder has heen reported and none
I? expected. Reporta from vYllkee?Barra
say that some of th-> companies have
guards at their collieries and mo'-e are
heing rushed to that field, hut the head' of
the large collieries near BcrantOfl *<iy that
If any protection ja needed they will rely
on their under officials and office help to
do the protecting.
The minera also have offered to furnish
responsible men from the flanks of the
union to do guard duty under Sheriff P P.
< onner. who has agreed to deputise them
if they are accepted hy the companies.
He will not deputize Imported guards.
tVhlle the operators refus.,, to discuss
what concessions they will be willing; to
make at the conference, sentiment
throughout the mine regions la that a 1<? per
cent Increase will be offered. Many of the
workers ar? said to favor the acceptarv-e
of such terms, but others want greater
concessions, especially the recognition of
the union.
Indianapolis, Marca IL - No anthracite or
bituminous coal will he taken from the
mines of the country to-morrow hy union
miners, aa a result of the suspension, which
wetit Info effect at midnight to-night, due
to wago troubles afore than l'?i,00ii miners,
about 160.000 In the anthracite tie Id and HO
(inn in the bituminous, will take a vacation,
which probabljr will last only a few weeks.
Different from a. Strike, the minera will
have pump men and others at work to pro?
tect the mines from flooding or other trou?
ble due to a shutdown of the plant?.
The bituminous miners will be out only
long enough foi the wag.? agreement,
reached In Cleveland, to he ratified by the
miners by a referendum vote.
The balloting ?? to iak? place April in
and votes will be counted at ?he headquar?
ters of the organisation In this city. The
result, it Is expected, will be known April
13. though the (i mplcte count will not be
annoiim .-.I until BOWIS ?lavs later. PredtC
tlon whs mad- to-night bj union officials
that the agreement would he supported by
?i H per rent vote.
The bituminous miners are expected to
resume work in a month.
The suspension does nol affect ail of the
mines In the South, as the union Is not ao
strong south of .he Ohio River as it Is in
(he Northern s'ates. The mines of Wyom?
ing. Washington, Colorado and Montana
also will sot be affected, bocauss the union
contracts in those districts do no? expire
on April 1.
It is said the miners will ?nso ji.iwi.wi
every day they remain out. and that the
suspension will cmie? a loss in coal pro?
duction to the country of nearly 42,?io>iii?>
tons a month
No formal order was issued by the presi?
dent. John P, Wime, for the miners to
leave work, as the suspension w?is auto
mafic, since the miners have no agree?
ment to work after mldnl?thf to-night.
when the contri f made two years ago ex?
pires No trouble is expected at any of.
the mines Involved.
MAY RESUME" IN A WEEK
Head of Pittsburgh Miners Ex?
pect* fiiippension To Be Brief.
Plttobu'Sti, March fl The .Vi.?nn miners In
the Pittsburgh soft coal district will h.- Idle
tomorrow. It Is stated to-night, how.
thnt th.? suspension here will come to an
end in ene werk.
The annual convention of district No 5
iPtttoburgb distil--!!. United Mine Workers
of America, which has been twice adjourned
|0 tUftble district officials to attend ihe con?
ferences at cieveimd. will be reconvened
on Wednesday morning. Francis Pethan,
president of the local miners, Is authority
fo- the statement that Ihe convention will
he asked to authorize a resumption Of op?
erations in the Pittsburgh district pending
ratification of the Cleveland settlement.
Should the convention consent to this plan
It Is said the men will be lack at work
one week.
S|?ak:ng of the in. lease In ?su I for the
Pittsburgh district, Mr. Peonan said
The advance in wages Is similar to that
we received two rears .ig". It means li a
ton for mining eoul in the Pittsburgh dis?
trict. Drivers and othei akllled wo-l.e
an Increase from t2 7<> to $2 M a day. Cor?
responding ?ni-r^.'i- ire granted til othei
classes of labor.
BRITISH MINERS APATHETIC
Only About Half the Men Record
Votes Regarding Strike.
London, March II.?The miners ;:re tak?
ing far less Interest in the ballot to ?jnd
the strike than they did in the ballot
which began It. Probably this is because
Ihe result Is a foregone conclusion. In
many districts only about half the men
have recarded their votes This indiffer?
ence ulso account* prohahlv foi the fact
that Northumberland. I.ancashlro and
some other districts arc voting against a
resumption, only the irreconcilable? taking
the double to vote.
However, the aggregate voting is huge?
ly for a return to w,,ik. and the Indica?
tions aie that many men will bave taken
up their tools again before the tlnal result
of the polling I? declared. In not a few
of the districts the men have already be?
gUBj t.? reopen the road' and pr?paie the
miner, for a new Mart at ?he eaille I PBO
m??t several collieries in IPaiwIctaMre
have been recaeued, and probably 10,000
WHERE DO YOlJ
BORROW MONEY?
\y E stand ready to
make any good
mortgage in Greater
New York. Weshould
liketocon8tderyour
application.
IiTlEOTAIUNTiE
AND TRUST C9
Wt*\ . . $ 4,375,000
Surplust all earud) 10,625,000
176 B-way, N. Y. 178 Rem?r SL$??l
380 mitw St.. Jamaica m
non will he weefeBag to-morrow ln the
As the crj.|8 m no*- virtually <n-er. the
King, who haa up to tha r-??T.t da?ineo,
to leave I,ondon, ha? tersad to cam- out
his original plan to apinn Faster at gajjd.
rlngham with the Qu*n an4 thft ?JJ
family. Me proNahly win r-maln there
until April 33.
The P. rmmgham <o.por.uton will etart
to morrow in shutting of? tha ?aa ?utrpir
between noon and * oVicck .n the eyening,
to the dlsmav of the sbopkeepere, who
are loudly protesting agaln?t this action.
ENGLISH VIEWS ON LABOR
Harry Phillips Advocates Govern?
ment Interference in Strikes
Harry Phillips, first honorary pregnant
of the i oal Porters" Vnlon of F:ngland.
made a short address yesterday afternoon
io the members of the Voung Men's Chr'?.
lian A ?sr-dation at the Ue?t "M ?treat
branch on the subject ef industrial peace.
.Mr. Phillips, who for vears haa been BJ
i ciated with labor unions of all kind* HI
Kngland. said that there wit? two v.-a\?.
of settling dispute? betwe?n 'ha emplo- er
and the eniplo\ed T,aho'- war, or strlk. ',
resulting in the loss of work to hundreds
of thousands ,,f men, he said, should '>?
atopped and ail difference should be set?
tled peacefully between tha ntaatet and
his men by conference.
?'orp.orate ownership and co-pannerai )p
between an indu ?dual or a firm and the
workers, according to Mr. phtUipa, is the
Surest way of doing away With ?'
This, he said, has been tried ln Kneland,
the Workers havinc a share In the ; ?
Stock and sitting on the board of ??
tors, taking an Int. rest in the work from
which they derived both a salary and divi?
dende on their Investment.
"I reallv believe.'' said Mr Phil i?,
that In the great dock strike In England
last year, and In this coal strike. Um gor?
eminent would have been Justified In step?
ping In when millions of men were nut ef
work and the condition of affairs i rltlcat,
p io ?nylnp: 'Settle this matter anilceM/ t
hr - keep up your business, or w< aill na
i onalise It as we have don? the telegraph?
telephone and mall business, and do i*ny
v:th these differences forever.' "
SECRET UNION IN SURWAY
Agents Working to Organize tha
Interborough Employes.
it became known yesterday thai rVilkam
Ii. Ilahon, ?'resident of the Amaigai .
Association of Street and EiOCtlic Ka;l>\-i/
Edrployes, ililR paid scwral visits to New
York within the last six weeks, and ! ai
agents nt work secretly trying io organise
the guards and conductors i'i ihs lubway
und on the elevated road- Such of the
motormen SJ are organ./.cd lelo. K to 'Le,
I Brotherhood of 1/Komoiive Engin?
; engineer OH the nUam lo< onioi ?., 01 I '?
I elevated roilroada, both lu Manhattan and
Hrookb-n, before electric power aras lotre
duccd on these roads, were menil)e'- e;
the biotherhoo.l, and remained BtewNM
aft" i- t!i-y oecame motorim n. A prominent
union officer, who is in communication with
Mali ii every we. k, ?aid la.-t evening:
The men arc b. mg enrolled in the Amal?
gamated AaoodaUon, on the street and ele?
\ led railroads in both Manhattan slii-I
Brooklyn and In the a?bwa\, *. ? retlv m
Individuals. A corps of oiianu-r- Is at
work, and sometimes men who have it?n
enrolled are working side t y iule without
either know In? that the othei |a enrolled.
I believe half of the men are enrolled I'll?
tin n will cleet officers al a secret. m<
\v!:ic|i will be called whf n the majority ?'*
In the Union, and no demand ml 1
foj >-,.verai months.
\s to Urand Master stone of the engi?
neers, who was alwavs reputed to be refp
conservative. 1 a:n glad to eee tnar h* i
opening his eyes and taking r real lnt^re?!
In trades unionism There were slwaya ?.
punit er of the motormen In hi
hood The organising or the men is g'dmr
on In SUCh S way that If will be a B
own fault if the company know*, he ha?
j"incd a union No demands maj Im ma^e
for several months, in th* mean c me,
organisers are working hard under cover,
Hid in) of them who lets hi work be
known outside Is put on other work.
14.000 CARPENTERS STRIKE
Allied Workers May Join Movement
and Swell Number of Idle to 50,000
Chicago, March ll -It ?; dap ted t'""'
on ano workmen will bf Idle i- the result "f
s strike of 14,001 union carpentei ? effective
at midnight tO-night Members of ?'!' Slll?d
trade unions are expecte?! to lay do?n t;,,''f
tools in sympathy with the carpenter?.
Difference of opinion between the Chi"
eago Carpenter Contractors' Connotl. 'he
employers, and the union eref a new was?
s.-ale brought about the strike The union
demanded 18 cent- an h/>ur pnd toe 'in
ployers offered %Vm ?cms. Tit? fo;m?r
wage a. ale was fia rents.
Contractors say the strike ha? ? ?me at *
nio^t critical time, as work on many Urge
StrU? tUI CI is lieing rushed.
m
INCREASE FOR COKE WORKER?
Friok Company Also Advance? T-ty *f
Miners 71-2 Per Cent.
Pittsburgh, March 11 Twent* 'hnii
sand workmen In Payette, vTsntssorelaad
and Washington counties will go to their
worl Ihe mines and coke evsSM ef 'ha
' c i'nek foke Company to-oaorrew
morning and learn from notices post? I IS>
night that they are to receive a ftf Bgf
cent advance In wagea, beginning April I?
Not one employ?, Il II said, Is anticipat?
ing the advance
The men ba\e been Working under the
former scale for nve years. They srk not
orga oiied
ART EXHIBITIONS AND SALE?._
"Executor's Absolute Sale"
*wmmtm ^?N?W Y0RK-C1TY
THIS (MON.) & TUESDAY
Assssnaans at IdaX
AND THIS (MON.) EVENING
?t a iicmi.
Oil Paintings
Ceramics, ! ?las-ware Silver. Fine \-ai*^'?
Fan?, Hric-a-Mrac. Expensive 1 ??*?*
gltd (lock Set?, Furniture and otl>?'r
Object, M Art and Utility Hook?.
incltidiuR a copy of The Cata*?
Encyclopedia, Vatican Edition."
The ?ale ?i'l he conducted h?
fir. TNOMA1 B. KIKBY, of the
American Art Association, Kanagers
? t. :. d street? MadUon eauare ae?