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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YOHK. KDNKSDAY. MARCH 0. 1001.

SPECIAL ADVERTISEMENTS. SPECIAL BEST'S BRIDGE SCHEME INJUEIFS TO THE ILLINOIS. uthoiltiw Fer Battleship's Shaft It Twisted. Special inM ructions havo bwn received EIDER'S BILL TO MUZZLE INJUNCTIONS CURIOHCRY'THErREOFT SHOCKED THE DETECTIVES. They Stood in the Presence of Six 'Phone Operators Who Spread the Gtad Tidings.

he siree'i. two of the tracks being arall-ahle (or elevated railway trains and two for ur ee or trolley ears running to and from Krooklya over one or all 01 the three bridge. Now the Williamsburg Bridge is to have six effective tracks: the Brooklyn Bridge has) four tracks, and it has been proposed to reconstruct it with six tracks, while the Manhattan Bridge Is to have eight railway tracks. I submit that it Is simply absurd to expect four tracks on any structure, ami least of all In confines of a tubway. which minimizes me possibilities of intertrack exchange, to satisfy the reasonable requirement for a railway destined in the near future to connect all of these bridges.

I believe that two such subways of four tracks each will be. all loo small for this service. The Martin plan provide for four tracks frr. the Brooklyn Bridge to Canal street, and two tracks for the remainder of the distance. There certainly should be four tracks on the Delancey street elevated railway, and yr.

plan provides for four tracks over the whon-line. "The subway plan will require a grade from the Brooklyn Bridge under Park Row, which, while practicable for trolley cars, would be dangerous for elevated trains. "This plan requires that two of the tracks SORfiSIS The Lost Shoe for Women. Exhibition of Spring Models. Showing many novelties of design.

Some of the latest Sorosis shoes nnd Slippers aret Tan, grey and black snede Sandal shoes. Plain, patent leather "pumps" with "pump" bows nnd Cuban heel. White Canvas Shoes. "Court" or Gibson Ties, fastened with three eyelets, made gf Canvas, Suede or Leather. White, black, grey, tan, champagne, and fashionable colors to, harmonize with the latest fabrics.

Hand-made "Custom" Shoes $5.00 per pair. Jioots, Shoes and Slippers. Made to order in accordance with any design of any suitable material. POROSIS SHOE STORE roRxun of fcltox and iioyt streets, B1IOOKLYX. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR ran 0 Absolutely Pure IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH from Washington by both the steam engin-I eerinjc ami construction and repair deport- I nients at the navy yard to make a careful i and thoro'jfch examination of the battleship Illinois when she reaches the yard.

The department probably anticipates that the vessel's injuries are more serious than a first supposed. If, as one report had It. her shaft is twisted, the yard authorities will be confronted with a difficult problem. The steam engineering force would And it a hard proposition to handle the shaft and it is possible that a new one would have to be ordered. In that case the Illinois will be in dock for some time.

SURRENDERED BY HIS BROTHER. Counsel Claims J. A. Farley, Accused of Obtaining $20,000 by Fraud, Wa Illegally Arrested. Joseph A.

Farley, contractor and builder, of 64 West Seventy-seventh street, with of- 'an, was locked up in the lorkville court prison to-day, he having been surrendered "is brother. John T. Farley who qualified as his bondsman yesterday. Farley was ar rested yesterday on complaint of Andrew Thompson, cashier of the Fifth National Bank, at Twenty-third street and Third avenue, Manhattan, who charged him with fraudulently securing a loan of $20,000 on commercial paper which. It is alleged, is practically worthless.

After his arrest and examination before Magistrate Crane, in the YorkviUe court. Farley secured ball in $10,000 by his brother qualifying as bondsman, giv ing as security the residence at 3 East Fltty-first street, valued at $325,000. The firm of Cantor. Mclntyre Adams of 25 Broad street was retained as counsel for Farley. This morning the defendant, with his brother the bondsman, appeared before Magistrate Crane, although the examination had been adjourned until to-morrow morning.

"On advice of counsel, John J. Adams," said John T. Farley, "1 wish to surrender my brother." "What for?" asked Magistrate Crane, surprised. "Upon advice of counsel," was the answer. "Very well." the court replied.

Chief Clerk Fennelly was notified and the proper papers were made out and the defend- ant was tken down stairs and locked up in the Yorkvllle Court Prison. John T. Farley, when questioned about the case, said that Mr. Adams had advised him to surrender his brother on technical grounds. He said that counsel held that the arrest was illegal and was made without a warrant.

MC LAUGHLIN A WITNESS In Homicide Case in Flatbush Holmes Held for Killing Devine. John Holmes, 17 years old, of 543 Maple street, was held this morning in the Flat-bush court to await the action of the Grand Jury on a charge of homicide in having, as alleged, caused the death of Patrick Devine, 42 years old, of Mldwood street and Albany avenue, who was struck on the head with a stone on the night of February 23, during a fracaB between factions of a "Pigtown" gang in that notorious section ot Flatbush. Devine' skull was fractured, and he died the next day in the Kings County Hospital. Holmes was arrested the night of the assault, and when taken to the hospital with three others was positively identified by De-vine as the thrower of the stone which caused his Injuries and subsequent death. It was solely on the testimony of Precinct Detective Fallon and Patrolman Heslin to this effect which resulted iu Holmes being held this morning.

The witnesses produced by the police, while testifying to having seen the stone thrown which struck Dovine, denied all know-ledge of the thrower of the stone. Hugh McLaughlin, one of the witnesses, testified that Devine had chased him with a pistol and had afterward caught hold of Holmes and started to beat him. McLaughlin admitted throwing a stone which struck a saloon door. He then saw a stone thrown which struck Devine, but said that he did not see who threw it. HEISLER DROPPED HIS CASE.

Sensational Ending of Damage Suit Against City Will. Have Sequel Before Grand Jury. There was an abrupt ending to the trial of a damage suit against New York City yesterday afternoon before Justice White in Part IV of the Supreme Court, and an investigation by the District Attorney's office will follow to learn whether or not George Heis-ler of 164 Somervllle avenue, Evergreen, L. the plaintiff, entered Into a conspiracy, the purpose of which would be, if successful, to mulct the city In heavy damages by false testimony. The plaintiff, an iceman, sued the city for $25,000, alleging that, on July 23, 1902.

his wagon was overturned at Stoney Road because of the neglected condition of the highway, and that he was thrown out and severely Injured. When the testimony took a turn against the plaintiff, the latter whispered to his counsel, thereupon, dropped out of the case. The dramatic incidents in the trial came after the plaintiff had much detail and with every appearance of truth, the way he had been Injured but when the city came to present Its side, Asslstaut Corporation Counsel Hughes summoned as a wit ness, Mr. Jacker, the wife of a hotel keeper at Crescent and Jamaica avenues. Mrs.

Jacker testified that, she happened to be on the veranda the day the accident happened, and. it was caused, according to her. by a broken harness which caused the horse to run away. Instead of wagon being overturned when the plaintiff said It had been, Mrs. Jacker said the horse took a turn at the Long Island Railroad tracks far from that point and Hclsler was thrown out.

The plaintiff was plainly surprised at, the appearance of this witness and whispered to his counsel that she was telling the truth. This caused the lawyer to withdraw from the case after explaining the situation to the court. Justice White Immediately Interrogated Hclsler and the latter confessed and threw himself on the mercy of the court. Justice While at once send word to the District Attorney's office and Mr. Elder responded.

When he was told, he asked that the minutes of the testimony be submitted ti him. The question was then taken up as to the disposition of the plaintiff, pending the Investigation of his case by the Grand Jury, and Justice White decided to parole him to await the action of that body. The nlaee where Holslnr HnelnroH fceived his Injuries is sometimes known as Kill Path and Is part of the boundary line between Brooklyn and Queens boroughs. It is said that there is a dispute between the officials of the two boroughs as to the responsibility for its care and that It has been allowed to get Into a very neglected condition. HAVEMEYER'S CHAUFFEUR FINED Emit De Veau of 230 Bast Forty-first street, Manhattan, chauffeur for Theodore Havemeyer, the millionaire sugar refiner of 21 West Thirty-ninth street, Manhattan, was arraigned In the Yorkvllle police court this morning, charged with operating an auto mobile at an Illegal rate of speed in Central i-urft jesieiijnj.

ne WB UJlt'O IU. A GUEST FROM BOSTON. Captain Charles Furlong, marine superin-teudent of Hie Boston Ship Company, Boston. is the guest of his brother, Magistrate Henry J. Furlong.

The genial captain last night attended the entertainment and reeep-1 linn given by the Twenty-first Assembly Dm-trirt, of whlth tho magistrate Is the head. nJ to-day occupied a eat on the bench the Gates avenue court, where his brother presides. In All Cases of Violence From Strikes It Would Prevent Quick Restraint. JUSTICES ARE OPPOSED TO IT. lawyers Think It Would Destroy Essen-tlal Value of Injunctions in Labor Controversies.

Wheft Asscmblymnti Samuel Prince of Man- hattan introduces legislation at Albany il is usually well worth a cartful examination. Prince la nominally a cigar packer, but In reality he Is a labor leader and the usuul sponsor for the legislative measures are tacked by the labor unions. A good many of these measures been ferreted out and destroyed. Of late they have not hun so frankly couched as was once the custom and "jokers" bavo been a frequent occurrence In this kind of legislation. Assemblyman Prince has just put a new bill before his confreres at Albany, which Ir receiving the limelight of publicity.

It is No. 140 and colloquially known as the anil-. Injunction bill because of the end it seeks to attain. Jus'ices of the Supreme Court who casual ly examined the text of the measure this morning said that its effects were sweeping and revolutionary. the measure would practically nullify tho existing protection given plaintiffs was generally admitted.

The measure greatly interested the justices of both the Supreme and Appellate Courts, and while the ethics of their position Kept them from expressing any opinions on pending legislation, yet the matter Impressed itself strongly upon them. The Manufacturers Association has taken the matter In hand and has organized a protest to Governor Odell against the measure which It intends to make into a forcible appeal up at Albany. It has had Its expert counsel look Into Prince's little bill and they have reported the antl-injunctlon bill, if enacted, would place a premium upon disorder and riot, substitute confusion for law and order and take from the courts the power to restrain crime by the issuance ot Injunctions. The measure Introduced by Assemblyman Prince follows. The part which Is printed In heavy black type is the new part of the section, which has Just been added.

It is tho nutshell of the thing and the clause which promises to workuhe mischief: "Section 1. Section C03, Code of Civil Procedure, is hereby amended to read. as follows: "603. Where It appears from the complaint, that the plaintiff demands and Is entitled to a judgment against the defendant restraining the commission or continuance of an act, the commission or continuance of whirh, during the pendency of the action, would 'produce injury to the plaintiff, an injunction order may be granted to restrain It. When such nctlon In browtlit to restrain the dolnic of in act or acts aliened to hinder.

Interfere with or dts-tnrb any employer of labor in hl tannines by Ills employes actively en-Knxert therein, or dlfielini'Ked therefrom, linvlim been previously employed therein, the men ciiuuned in a Mtrlke, or to restrain any act or nctfc by labor onions or associations so actinic la concert with such person or persona so previously employed rilMrharu-ed, lin Injnnetlon order stahll not be itrnlited except npoll sneh notice an the eonrt or mine inny direct. "The case provided for In this section Is described in this way as a case where the right to an Injunction depends upon the of the action. "Section 2. This action iq take effect September 1, 1904." In order to get the full benefit and protection of an injunction it is under the present code in practically all cases instantly obtainable upon application to a Supreme Court justice. In that way much damage and loss may be prevented by the court.

The other party In the action haa the protection given by succeeding sections of the code, which makes it imperative that an argument be given upon an injunction without delay. In these ways an equitable protection is afforded the warring parties. Under Prince's amendment, if enacted, the plaintiff might be loft without protection and in the. time gained by the ''notice of injunction" order that it contains, local lawyers and Justices see how much damage could be It omy lakes a moment of theoretical application to show any one the position In which a plaintiff manufacturer would be placed by it when ho sought to enjoin some ot his striking employes from picketing, boycott or even worse attack upon bis business. He would be forced to give a notice of intention to his -opponents and the argument would, as a matter of actual fact, hinge upon the granting of tho preliminary injunction while incalculable damage was continuing to his business, It would make ar argument upon a motion to vacate an injunction such as ie now provided within a few hours of the granting of the order an obsolete and unnecessary proceeding.

Local attorneys to-day were bitter In their denunciation of the measure and were more outspoken than the bench about it. "Down In Washington they are trying to abolish Injunctions," said Frank Harvey Field, "and this Albany measure appears to be completely in line with it. It Is an outrageous suggestion and its enactment would completely nullify Injunctions. In the theoretical case that the measure suggests the defense would have a plentiful protection in Sections 626 and 627 of tho code, which provide for an argument Immediately following the granting of the preliminary injunction under a bond given by the plaintiff. "Such a measure would practically abolish injunctions," said T.

Ellett Hodgskln of Wlngate Cullen. "It is an outrageous thing and should be promptly killed. I. Imagine that this man Prince has Introduced it not only at the behest of the labor leaders, but because of the hot fight that is now pending between the non-union and the union employes or tne tntted states Printing Company, an Important, phase of which Is to be argued before the appellate division here on Monday next. "The simple protection that the law has given us so far in that well known matter has been effected by injunction.

If Prince's measure were enacted, that protection would be take.) from- us. I cannot believe it possible that the State Legislature will enact any such amendment to the code." The opinion was prevalent among the legal lights to-day that even if the bill were enacted that the courts would declare It unconstitutional. It wns held to be both better and easier, however, to kill the thing before It was enacted than to hove the lighting and delays that. would follow afterward. CARRIES 8500,000" IN GOLD.

"The Prince Line steamship. Egyptian Prince sailed yesterday from the Bush Company stores, for Montevideo. Buenos Ayres and Rosarlo. Beside a large general cargo the ship takes out half a million dollars in gold to pay for goods exported from the Argentine' Republic, which Is cutting a wide swath ns an exporter of wheat, hides, hair and other products of the River Platte regions. FLYNN GETS DIVORCE DECREE.

The jury that has been hearing the evidence in the suit for absolute divorce of William J. Flynn against his wife, lo which Lewis Martin," a mounted tpoltreman, was named as co-respondent, returned a sealed verdict to Justice Clarke In the Supreme Court, Manhattan, to-day. In which It finds a verdict for the plaintiff. Quickest and Cheapest if the Actual Net Cost Is the Thing Considered. TERMINAL BUILDING USEFUL.

Office Space Would Fay the Interest on $9,000,000 New Legislation Is Desirable. Chief Kngineer Nichols of the Bridge Department to-day submitted to Commissioner Best a report dealing with the various plans for connecting the Brooklyn and William-burg bridge with particular reference, however, to the plan for an road on Baxter street to Dclancey street, which Is the scheme of the bridge commissioner. The report was prepared at the direction 01' the Rapid Transit Commission and Is to be presented at the meeting of that body to morrow, along with a report from Chief Engineer William Barclay Parsons on the plan for 50 connecting the bridged by means of a subway. On the strength of the reports of Mr. Nichols and Mr.

Parsons, the Rapid Transit Commission will probably decide which of the two plans providing for subway connection or that calling for an road on Baxter street is the one that should be adopted by the city. In his report on the subject to-day Chief Engineer Nichols says that in bis opinion neither the Martin plan for an road on Centre street nor the Parsons plan for a subway between the bridges will meet the requirements of the situation, nnd he again urges the adoption of the Best scheme. Various details as to cost, time of construction as requested by the Rapid Transit Commission a week ago, are given in Mr. Nichols' report to-day. The report follows: "Hon.

George E. Best, Commissioner of Bridges. "Dear sir Referring again to the extension of the Manhattan terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Bridge Connecting Elevated Railway, and attempting to furnish an estimate of the cost of this extension and railway and the time required for Its construction, as requested by the Controller at the meeting of a committee of the Rapid Transit Commission on Thursday last, I submit the "There are three tangible propositions for connecting the East IUver Bridges, numbers 1 and 2, and all provide in some way for future connection with Bridge No. 3. A.

The so-called Martin plan for an elevated railway through Centre, Grand, Essex and Delancey streets. B. The plan of the Committee on Scope and Plans of the Rapid Transit Commission for a four track subway through Centre and Delancey streets. C. Your plan for an elevated railway through and over private property to Delancey street, extended to Mulberry street, and thence over Delancey street; and including the construction of a station office building on private property as an extension of the present Brooklyn Bridge station.

"Neither the so-called Martin, nor the Subway plans provide for a considerable increase in the Brooklyn Bridge Terminal station, and to this extent both of these plans will, in my opinion, fail to provide material relief for the present congestion at this station, or provision either now or ever for an adequate City Hall station for all the bridges. "Such a station your plan does provide, and this is so essential a feature of the plan that it cannot be easily separated from the railway of which It forms an Integral part. "The cost of the Martin plan may be taken at $3,000,000, iocluding damage to private property, estimated at This plan ctTnld be executed within twelve months after the legal rights arc secured. "The cost of the subway plan may bo taken at $5,500,000, and for this I have taken Mr. Parsons' figures, which I believe to be reasonable, of $4,500,000.

for a four track subway connecting bridges 1 and 2, and added thereto $1,000,000 for connections at the two bridges, the major part of which will be required for the connections with bridge No. 1, for I have accepted Mr. Parsons' method of connecting the subway with bridge No. 2, and admit that the cost this connection. If made as he proposes, will be very slight.

This plan would require about four years from the present time lor construction. "The cost of your plan may be' stated as follows: Real estate required to Broome and Mulberry street? nnd not Including the cost of property required for the widening and extension of Delancey street Cost of Station Office Rulldlng and alterations In present bridge terminal Cost of elevated railway between bridges N'os, 1 and 2 $8,000,000 3,500,000 1.000.000 Guii. wo Total estimated cost The earning capacity of the station building for public office purposes Is taken nt which amount1 Is cent, on 0,000.000 Tlie net cost nf the bridge connecting railway on which an operating eom- piiny should pay rental Is sii.goO.OnO "This plan will provide relief from the congestion at the terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge within six months, and the connecting railway can be operated before the station is completed, and within twelve months from the time when the real estate 1b secured. "Without enlarging on the advantages of your plan for a connecting railway. I will state some of the objections to the othe plans.

"The Martin plan has every objection which pertains to an elevated railway iu the public streets, and the station could not. In my judgment, be made sufficiently com modlous and convenient without greater en croachment on private property than has been assumed. "The subway plan assumes the construc tion of a four track subway built presum ably within the effective limits of the pub- INDEX To Classified Advertisements in To day's Eagle. CLASSIFICATION. PAGE Amusements 3 Auction 8-1! Assignee Notices 17 Bank Statements 20 Boarding U-15 Business Notices.

4 Business Opportunities 16 Business Personals IVtstwlse. Steamships c'prp'-rallon Notices Death Notices Dentistry Dividends Election Notices Financial For Exchange Furnished Rooms Help Wanted Horses and Carriages Hotels and Resorts Instruction Legal Notices Loans Lost and Found Manhattan Amusements Marriages Meltings 22 16 16-17 5 0-11 21 21 20-21 15 14 16 16 15 21 2-3-6-7 16 1 17 1 lo IB 14 2: 16 li Miscellaneous '0cea steamships Pu'pnta Post Olflc Notice Proposals Public Notices Railroads rienl rotate KpjiI 1-oflnn Hfilfilous Not Ire SltuHtlons Wanted SpfM-lfll AtlvprtlrjeniPiUS Nntlrs Piamboatf To 1.ret ami For rial Wanted THEN THEY CENSORED NEWS. Bald Comedy in the Thomas Jefferson Building Ends in Police Court Discharges. There was an opera botiffc raid yesterday afternoon by the of the Adams street station on the of the offices, of "The Brooklyn Borough Sporting Information Bureau" in the Jefferson Build-in. mt vn i street.

This nlaee is the it i said, of Information that goes to certain other center, for the dissemination of news from the rare tracks h.H hook men and others who arc bolder It, their methods than (h. humble bookmak- ers who have their offices in their hats. The Eagle some time ago called the attention of the police to the place and indicated that, while it was the central station for the distribution of information about the races, there was no actual bookmaklng going on there. And the lessees or the three rooms which constitute the office have defied the police to Interfere with them, for had they not been assured by no less a person than District Attorney Jerome, of the Manhattan end of the town law enforcement, that there was no law against sending out race information? Detectives McLaughlin, Murphy. Mahon and Marion of the Adams street station went to the place yesterday, resolved to do desperate work in the way of raiding, it need be.

It may be that they had axes concealed about their persons, but there was no necessity for their use, they had them. They were also provided with open sesame of the shop, three short sharp dans at the electric push button. The progress of the sleuths upstairs was most stealthy. Tlptoeins their way to the door they got there, as they fondly hoped, without any clatter of noise. The detective with the steadiest nerve was assigned to the duty of giving the signal at the door bill.

He did it with wonderful success lor, presto, the door opened and they were ushered ill with a warmth which took their breaths away. Andrew Gray, aged 30 years, of 3uC Eleventh street, who is reputed to be the man in charge, was the person who opened the door. He knew the detectives, of course, every one of them, and he knew what their misHion in the rooms was. "Come in, gentlemen; indeed, you are quite welcome," said he. suavely to the four desperate men.

"You will see that there is nothing here that is unlawful." There six telephones in the hop and there was a man at every one of them. The operators all wore headpieces and were 1'cmarkubly active, so busy, indeed, that they did not notice the entrance of the policemen, but went in. uninterruptedly, with their work. Each had in front of him a card wkh the entries of the day's racing at New Orleans, one of the cards that form such important exhibits at raids on bookmakers' places. The men at the telephones were calling off the results of the second race in the card and the detectives listened breathlessly while they heard what seemed to their minds evidence against the place that was most damning.

"They're off!" shouted the men over tho 'phones in rsuch a simultaneous chorus that there was no question at all of the fact that the headpieces were giving the information to each of the operators at the same moment. "Josette in the lead," chorused the sis operators. "At the quarter Carl Kahler by a length. Palmist second. Josette third." The sleuths gasped and looked at each ot her.

"At the half. Carl Kahler by half a length. Palmist second. Caterpillar thirl by a head." The detectives strained every nerve at attention. "At five-eighths.

Palmist first by a he-id, Carl Kahler second. Icicle third!" yelled the telephone men in unison. One of the detectives seemed to be particularly excited now. but he did not look-so interested when the 'phone men sang out lustily: "Carl Kahler wins. Palmist second, a lenttth away; Neither One third.

The time 1:13 4-5." The cards and the language used and the presence of the telephone all gave the police the idea that they had information that deeply damned the operators and Mr. Cray. There were no more races called off from that shop yesterday, for the officers took everybody in sight to the Adams street police station, with a mild protest from Gray that they were interfering with his business and that it was perfectly legitimate. The detectives carried along with them, triumphantly, the car'ls from which the men at the telephones found the correct names that came over the wire and these were stowed away as exhibits for the future. Magistrate Tigho came around after a while and took bail for the prisoners who were Gray, Richard Mealy, aged 30, of Washington street; James Ballin.

aged 32 years, of .100 Putnam avenue: William J. Ferris, aged 34 years, of 418 Seventh avenue' Edward Flynn, 1 years, of 133 Fifth avenue, and William Sievers. aged 40 years, of 29' Park place. When the prisoners got out they went back to their rooms to think the thing over, and the worst part of It all was that they seemed 10 consider the whole thing a huge joke. This morning they were all in court expecting, naturally, to be discharged.

The entire case was presented to the complaint clerk, who said that as they had seen no bets taken, had made no bets and found no record of bets, that there was nothing unlawful about the goings on in the rooms oc-mipied by the prisoners. He toid detectives, for their information, that the distribution of news about the races was no violation of the law, and he took voluminous notes. In the way of an affidavit, from Detective Mahon. of all that had happened in the office of the Informal inn bureau hile the officers were there. This Information was filed away with the archives of the court, in order that there should be no "come-back" and that the police could not say.

if they ever meant tn do so, that sufficient care had not been taken 10 get all the information in the case. On the strength of the detective's affidavit, which did not show that the law hnd been vloluted, the prisoners were all disehirged. While the mt ti of the Adams street station are trying their best, if they are to be sin cerely believed, to break up the handbooks in the precinct, the men under Inspector Wiegand arc goinj merrily on with their mere is a bunch of new complaints and Magistrate Hooley will shortly issue warr.i.us agaiiif.l persons who are engaging in the business. It is understood that in 0110 instance the Inspector's men have Information showing that In one place at, least a handbook luan pays a lent of $fi a day for the privilege of operating In front of ih? Bar. This is the usually given by the members of the biumbook industry.

It is uudersi.ooJ. except in places where the business is brisk an I where it Is carried on on a most rrcfltable basis. What nspculor is that he has heard, in Instance, thai the saloou- keeper who permits garmbling tn go on In bis place has oonsted ihat h3 Is not a bit afraid of interference fton the pre. Inrt men. OBSTKUCTED A TRQLLEY CAE.

(eustav Feldman, a Russian driver, was arrested this morning for delaying and Interfering with progress of a street car. Officer Selgort, who arrested Feldman. said that lie watched the defendant, and that the latter persisted iu keeping in front of a Myrtle avenue ca for three blocks. The conductor rang the-ill a number of times and Seigert ftave the man fair warning to get out of the way before arresting him. All stiat Feldman did In response was to smile and continue in his course as an obstructionist.

Magistrate Naumer fined Feldman $1. on the Williamsburg Bridge now designated for trolley service shall be used for elevated railway trains, and that the present elevated railway tracks shall be used for local service only. This. I submit. Is an unwise disposition of the tracks on that bridge.

There are about twelve surface trolley lines now-reaching the Brooklyn terminus of the Williamsburg Bridge, and only one elevated railway line: to apportion the six tracks so that four shsll be used for elevated railways and onty two for trolley lines will be a distribution manifestly disproportionate to the existing conditions and fraught with dissatisfaction, disorder and disgust for the neer future. Moreover, the clearance at the middle of the bridge does not permit the safe operation of elevated and trolley cars in the space provided for the narrow trolley cars alone. "A subway built under the rapid transit act between bridges 1 and 2 or from the City Hall to the Williamsburg Bridge would naturally fall into the hands of those prepared to build and operate it conveniently to themselves, and they might not bo able to give adquate accommodation to Brooklyn trolley cars and might not Indeed care to do so. The plan indeed seems designed to favor restricted construction and operation and the period for which it must be operated would preclude a re-adjustment of these conditions during the term of a long lease, or. say, for fifty years.

It would be extremely unwise to tie the connecting railway up to any definite system for so long a period without the possibility of change or re-adjustment, when we know that the conditions In Brooklyn are such as to require re-adjustment perhaps within three to five years from tho completion of the connection. Whichever plan for a connecting rail way is adopted should be built under provisions specifically exempting it from the limiting conditions of the rapid transit act, as to term of lease, or Indeed from the similar conditions ot Chapter 712 of the Laws of 1901. The connecting railway should be as free in this respect as the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges with which It connects, and any legislation on the subject which may hereafter be procured should place the three bridges and the railways connecting them precisely In the same condition for use or lease to the end that these structures shall not be tied up In a conflicting manner, but be left so free that the leaseholds may be made sufficiently brief to provide for changes in operation corresponding with the changes in conditions of the public requirements. "I am far from contending that your plan for connecting the bridges is sufficient for complete connection for all time. do contend, however, that this plan will satisfy the demand for Immediate relief at the Manhattan terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge and for the accommodation of the elevated railways to and from Brooklyn for many years.

Some provision should. In the near future, bo made for trolley connections over the bridges. It Is not probable tha. the surface ears, either of Brooklyn or Manhattan, will soon be extended over a great district In the opposing boroughs. There is not sufficient concentration of travel from Brooklyn to any one district uptown In Man hattan, or of travel from Manhattan to any one district in Brooklyn to necessitate definite provision therefor, even If the com panies could be induced to make the long runs required for a single fare.

"mere should, however, be provided as speedily as possible some connections by which cars from Brooklyn could run further Into Manhattan, and certainly across town directly in line with all the three great bridges. Your plans for the future anticipate the construction of an elevated crosB town lino from Manhattan Bridge, through Canal street, to pass over and transfer to all the uptown lines, whether elevated or subway, but this line cannot be made effec tive for several years. The trolley cars from Brooklyn should be able to run across town over the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges, preferably through a trolley subway, which would form a connecting railway for the trolley lines on the bridges with a dozen or more stations in Manhattan for discharging and collecting Brooklyn passen gers. The centre street station projected on your plan would furnish one of the larger of these stations, and the vexatious trolley terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge might well be transferred to the basement of this building for the purpose of removing the present trolley terminal at this point and preparing the way for such a trolley rfubway loop in Manhattan. "To.

my mind the plan submlled by you to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment on the 19th ultimo is the most desirable of the plans proposed for connecting the three bridges. It lends itself most easily to adaptation to all the conditions ot the near and long future; it benefits the district traversed Instead of injuring It as the Martin plan might: it is better than the subway plan, because it permits adequate accommodation for the elevated railway trains and leaves the trolley service to be provided for in a more satisfactory manner than is possible in the subway proposed; it may be built in a manner more free from in-drances and limitations as to the future than the subway; Its net cost Is not much greater than that of the Martin plan and it can be built on one-third the time and at much less cost than the subway plan; it furnishes an adequate office building, capable of being made an ornament to the lo cality selected, which may he brought within reasonable financial reach and It permits the almost Immediate relief of the congestion at the Brooklyn Bridge terminal. "Respectfully yours, K. NICHOLS, "Chief Engineer." MAY END LABORERS' STRIKE. Confei'unee of Bricklayers With Mason Builders Association to Be Held To-moirow.

Iti looks to-day as if the strike of tho La borers Union Protective Society, composed of the men who serve the masons, stone-setters and the bricklayers iu Manhattan, will be settled shortly wltnout precipitating any general strike. The society is not a party to the employers' plan of arbitration. but their affairs nr supposed to be handled before the committee on arbitration by the bricklayers. At a general meeting of the Mason Builders Assooi.it ion In the Townsend Building, Manhattan, yesterday afternoon, it was agreed to appoint a committee to confer with a committee of the bricklayers to consider the question. The laborers insist that the ultimatum of the association making the maximum rate of pay 35 cents an hour without double time pay for the hours between 7 and 8 A.

M. and 5 and 6 P. which some of the employers have been paying, Is a distinct violation ot a provision of the plan which declared that there should be no Increase in the hours of work nor decrease in the pay for the laborers for one year after the signing of the plan. When the bricklayers asked for a confer- enee with thn MnKnn ni.llriora Aoaneiation. on behalf of the laborers, they agreed to use I tneir goou omces to persuade tho laborers to return to work to-day.

The conference will be held at the Townsend Building to-morrow afternoon. A speeial meeting of the laborers will be held In Turry's Hall, in Kast Korty-sevenlh street. Manhattan, to-night. U. S.

FLOTILLA LEAVES ADEN. Aden, Arabia, Marrh fi The United, States toifjedo boat flotilla, escorted by thm auxiliary cruiser Buffalo, will sail for Bombay this afternoon. The flotilla Is expected to ill nrcii, ACTED IN SELF DEFENSE. Captain Hugh Gallagher Says He Was Obliged to Defend Himself Against Fireman Beaman. Captain Hugh Gallagher of Engine Company No.

122, who was charged by Fireman William Beaman of his company with Jumping upon him with his boots and otherwise violently assaulting him, as told In (he Gates avenue court yesterday, was considerably annoyed at what he termed the fireman's extraordinary statements. Captain Gallagher described the altercation this morning and made the following statement: "Fireman Beaman came to my room and called me all sorts of vile names and wanted to fight. I could not attend to the depart ment business, the way he- carried on. 1 ordered him away and informed him it was against the rules of the Fire Department to engage in altercations In company quarters. Again he came to the door of my room and called me all sorts of names- and wanted to fight.

He kept walking up down the dormitory floor. I had occasion to cross to the lavatory, where Fireman Beaman met me as I was passing through. He made a pass at me and in self-defense I had to clinch with him. Anything I did to him I did with my hands, which were the only, weapon I used. "I deny emphatically that I used my boots, as be has stated.

During this altercation Beaman used threatening on tho strength of which I preferred charges against him in court. The threatening language in-, volved the words that he 'would do "On February 20, at 11 o'clock, I was obliged to call the department medical officer. Fireman Beaman having reported sick. The doctor examined him, detected the smell of liquor and ordered him back to duty. This disposes of the charge by- Beaman that he was denied medical attendance." A FAMILY HORSEWHIPPING.

Maxwell H. Ecchow Has His Wife and Her Parents Arrested on a Charge of Assault. On complaint of Maxwell resident manager of the Albany Trust Company, with offices at 74 Broadway, and who lives at 236 West Forty-fifth street', Manhattan; his wife, Emma Hantsch Bochow, and the latter's parents, were arraigned before Magistrate. Barlow in tho Tombs Court this morning, and charged by Bochow with assaulting and horsewhipping him in his office. The father-in-law.

Warren S. Hantsch, Is 56 years old and lives at 8 Perry street, Manhattan. He was arrested' last night on a warrant at. the corner ot Greenwich and Tenth streets, Manhattan, and the two women were arrested when they appeared in the court room this morning. Boehow's face bore two welts In support ot his horsewhipping allegation, which was not denied by tho defendants, who wero held In $300 ball each for Special Sessions Court.

Boehow's complaint alleged that the father-in-law held him while the two women whipped him. MBS, MAYBEICK NOT HERE YET. The report that Mrs. Florence Maybrlck, the convicted murderess recently pardoned by the British government, arrived hero yesterday on the steamship Kaiser Wflhelm was denied to-day by Lawyer D. S.

Decker of 256 Broadway, Manhattan. He Is counsel for Mrs. Maybrlck. Mr. Decker said: "If Mrs.

Maybrlck had come here yesterday, I think I would- have known dhe fact. Her present plans are to arrive here in July." LOST AND FOUND. LOST 3 RHWAHb-WHITE S15TTKB. BIU1) DOG. with brown marks.

Heturn to WELL.EU, 4 tirace court niu-y. LOriT MON DAY AFTERNOON. EITHER OX Hancock si or Franklin av. a suble BOA. Finder will receive reward and no questions asked If returned to -oi n.mn Lqst-ON MARCH 8.

A PLUSH HAND HACi, containing eyeslasses. latch keys and little money. Finder will receive reward for glasses at run LOST BETWEEN 31 RRKVOORT PLACE AND Bryant and Stratton Business Collene, a small II.VFR WATCH; initials M. W. E.

on back, attached to leather fob, with silver letter N. unon It Kinder will please return to abovo school, STENOGRAPHIC BUSINESS PEBSONALS. GREEN WALI TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN I have bought store at 212 Graham av. Brooklyn. 1 will not be reaponstble for any debts that may hav been contracted by previous owners.

M. GREEN WALL. reliable: Whiskey is as necessary as reliable food-such is OLD CROW RYE Pure, wholesome, and satisfying. All dealers. Sold only in our registered bottles.

H. B. KIRK Sole Bottlers, N. Y. SPECIAL SERVICE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, Church of the Messiah.

Speaker. Rev. ST. CLAIR HESTER. Grand Male Chorus, Men.

Soloist. March 9. J. FRED WHITE. PROPOSALS.

PROPOSALS FOR BIDS AND ESTIMATES FOR THE CITY OF KEW YORK. NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS. The person or pertona making a bid or estimate for any services, work, materials or supplies for The City ot New York, or for any of Its departments, bureaus or otllces. shall furnish the sum In a sealed envelope.

Indorsed with ths titla of the suoolles. materials work or Bervlcs for which tin- bid or estimate made, with his or their name or names and the dale of presentation the President or Board, or to the head of the Department at bis or its office, on dr before the date and hour named in the advertisement for the same, at which time and place the estimates received will publicly opened the President or lioard or head ot said Department, and read, and the award of the contract made according to fa" soon thereafter SB practicable. Kach bid or estimate shall contain the nam and Place of residence of the person making the the names of all persons lnterestej with him therein and if no other person be so Inter-Isil'd it shall distinctly state that fact; al. that It Is made without any connection with any other person making an estimate for the sain purpose, and is In all respects fair and without collusion or fraud, and that no member of tha Board of Aldermen, head of a department, chief of a bureau, deputy thereof or clerk therein, or other officer of The City of New York. Is.

shall or become Interested, directly or Indirectly, as contracting party, partner, stockholder, surety or otherwise in or In the performance of the con-trad or In the supplies, work or business to which It relates, or in any portion of the profits thereof. The bid or estimate must be verified by the oath, in writing, of the party or parties making the estimate that the several matters stated herein are In all respects true. Foch bid or estimate shall be accompanied the consent, in writing, at two householders or freeholders In The City of New York, or of guaranty or surety company duly authorized by law to act as surely, and shall contain the matters set forth In the blank forms mentioned below No bid or estimate will be considered unless as a condition precedent to the reception or consideration of any proposal it be accompanied bv a certified check upon one of the State or National hanks of The Oily of New York, drawn to the order of the Comptroller, or money to tho amount of live per ceiuum of the umount of the bond required, as provided in section 42i of the Grealtr New York charter. The cei titled cheek or money should not be Inclosed In the envelope containing the bid or estimate but should oe either Inclosed In a separutn envelope, addressed to the head of the Department President or Board, or submitted personally upon the presentation of the bid or estimate. For particulars as to the quantity and uuaittr of ths supplies, or the nature and extent of ths wo-k.

reference must be made to the specifications, schedules, plr.ns. on file In the said office of the President. Board or Ilepartment. No bid shall be accepted from or contract awurded to any person who Is in Hrroars to City of New York upon debt or contract, or Vh. Is a defaulter, ns surety or otherwise, upon any obligation to the city.

The contracts must be bid for separately. The right reserved In each case to reject all bids or estimates If It be deemed to be for ths Interest of the cllv so to do. Bidders will' write out the amount of their bids or estimates In addition lo Inserting the same In figures. Bidders are-requested to make their bids or estimates upon the Hank forms prepared and furnished by the elty, a copy of which, with ths proper envelope in which to Inclose the bid. together with a copy of the contract.

Including ths specifications, in the form approved by the Corporation Counsel, can be obtained upon application therefor at the office of the Department for which the work Is to be done. Plans and drawings pf construction work may also be seen tbsr fell li.