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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. NEW YORE. MONDAY. JUNE .18. 190G.

MISCELLANEOUS. BUNKER HILL'S ANNIVERSARY. PACKARD CAR WIEliS' 11 ECONOMY TEST lluElf PICKS LEADER FDR HEARST IN EACH 0. ffl NEW BRIDGE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED on the Democratic ticket. Over in Manhattan the Tammany men say: "We will not permit the nomination of Hearst, but we are not doing anything.

They are very busy over In Brooklyn and Judge Gaynor will take the field in a short time. See McCarren." Senator McCarren says: "I have noth-In to say about Hearst. I have nothing to say about Gaynor or Ccler or Hrr-rlck or Jerome or Aflp.m or anybody else. You may say from me that there are no personal considerations which will prevent the Kings County organization from supporting any man that the convention may choose. We are for the success of the Democratic party." It is that the "Belmont people are hard at work up the state," but when the question Is asked where they aro working and what they are working for, there is no answer.

A boom for District Attorney Jerome was started by one of the morning newspapers to-day. Analysis shows that tho boom is based entirely upon a remark made by Mayor McClellan at Union College, a few days ago, that there was a disposition to find fault with Jerome for not accomplishing the impossible. This was taken to mean that tho Mayor thought well of Jerome. No one could be found to-day who Knew of any substantial backing for Jerome for the Democratic nomination. The situation as' regards nominations for the Justiceships of the Supreme Court to be filled at the fall election Bhows no change.

With the Increase of the probability of a three cornered fight, It Is believed by (he lawyers Interested in tho problem that the chance for a fusion Republican-Democratic Judicial ticket is growing stronger. The Democratic nominees on such a ticket given only in strit-est confidence for the four places which may be allotted to the Democrats is something like this: 1. Ex-Judge William B. Hurd or Assistant Corporation Counsel James D. Bell.

2. Luke D. Stoplcton or Samuel S.Whito-bouse. 8. John D.

Clarke or William J. Carr. 4. Surrogate Noblo or some other man from Queens. The brackets in each Instance could be made to Include two or three other names.

Every attempt to name the Republican nominees on the combination ticket requires brackets too largo for publication. HIT WOMAN IN STOMACH. LARGE MEN. IN a stock of ready-to-wear clothes it is impossible to meet every extreme of figure but we believe our stock comes closer to fulfilling that condition than any other of which we have knowledge. The large man looking for summer clothes will almost surely find here not only what he needs, but what he likes.

ESTABLISHED OVER cjTy Extensive variety in large sizes up to 56 inch chest. ASTORPLACE-AND 4AVEN'Y BROKAW BROTHERS JAFFRAY COUSINS MARRIED. Arthur Was Once Husband of Laura D. Shorter, Formerly of Brooklyn. He Spent Fortune.

Arthur W. Jaffray, formerly the hus band ot Laura D. Shorter, of Brooklyn, Is once more a married man. This time he has wedded his first cousin, Mabel Jaffray, daughter of Howard S. Jaffray, of Irving- ton-on-Hudson.

Miss Jaffray left her home at Irving- ton last Saturday, after ber parentB and brothers had pleaded with her not to marry her cousin. Her brothers followed her to tho station. and there was an Interview there that no Interested person cares to talk about. It ended when Mabel boarded a train with ber stalwart cousin and came on to New York. Last night she telephoned to ber parents at their home, Sunnyside: 'Arthur and I are married, and are very happy." The bride and groom are living at in Murray Hill Hotel.

Jaffray and bis wife are both grandhildren of the late Edward S. Jaffray, founder of the Jaffray family's social position and wealth. Arthur Jaffray surprised his friends and family In 1899 when he married Laura Shorter, then well known on the stage. Miss Shorter was the daughter of John U. Shorter, former assistant district attorney In Brooklyn.

She sang in "Wang" and other popular operas. Jaffray had Just received his portion of the Jaffray estate, and he and his wife started in to spend It, and succeeded. After most of the money was gone they settled In Denver and Laura got a divorce. Her husband said her love cooled when all the money was gone. Since that time Jaffray has been leading an adventurous career.

He worked a year in Cuba as a dock laborer. Later on he enlisted in the army. Family influence got him out, and ho went to Mexico, and engagVl in the mining buslnoss. Two weeks ago he received a letter from his counsin Mabel, saying she was slightly 111. He came In haste.

Now they say they have been in love since childhood. Jaffray will not go back to his mines In Mexico. BREACH OF PROMISE SUIT. Miss Bachel Kanter Demands $25,000 From Dentist V. C.

Bell for Damaged Affections. Dr. Victor C. Bell, a prominent dentist, of 699 Madison avenue, Manhattan, author and lecturer, and authority on dental matters, Is the defendant In a suit brought by Miss Rachel Kanter for for breach of promise of marriage, before Justice Hascall and a Jury in the City Court, Manhattan. It was at Bath Beach that the couple first met.

This was in 1891. The plaintiff then lived in Chicago, and the doctor, while on lecture tours, visited the Windy City and Miss Kanter. According to the complaint, the Chicago woman declares that the dentist. In June, 1903, promised to marry her in October. In August of the same year, she declares, he married another woman.

Dr. Bell denies that he ever promised to marry the plaintiff, and he further denies that he was ever married. Charles A. Wick is attorney for the plaintiff, while House, Grossman Vor-baus are for the defendant, with Max Steuer as counsel. Miss Kanter, a handsome brunette, was accompanied to court by two women friends.

The complaint says that the name of the woman whom Dr. Bell married In August, 1903, was Lillian Richardson. Although cards announcing his marriage were sent broadcast among the friends of Dr. Bell, the dentist denies in the most emphatic terms that, he ever heard of a woman named Richardson, let alone making her his wife. The doctor says he does not know who sent out the marriage announcement, and hints that it was done by his enemies for the purpose of bolstering up the plaintiff's suit.

It came to light to-day for the first time that notices of Miss Kanter's marriage had also been sent out. These notices were mailed at Liberty, N. last summer, and announced that Rachel L. Kanter and the Rev. Jacob L.

Levy had been married. GARDEN PARTY POSTPONED. The garden party of St. Ambrose R. C.

Church, Tompkins and DeKalb avenues, which was to have been opened to-day by Deputy Police Commissioner O'Keeffe, has been postponed until tomorrow night. M. O. Voters Are to Have No Control of Independence Organization. NO MORE COUNTY AUTONOMY.

City Committee to Dictate to All Bor oughs Some Little Dissatisfaction Felt. The Hearst managers in Brooklyn have resolved to put the Municipal Ownership organization out of business, and to appoint directly from the top the men who will represnt Mr. Hearst's Interests here. From an affidavit drawn by a leading Hearst man In the East New York section it would appear that the Municipal Ownership people are resorting to measures far more despotic than the politicians of the older parties would permit or attempt. In the first place the county committee, organized here by Robert 8tewart, Colonel A.

8. Bacon, Register A. J. Boulton and Deputy County Clerk Bela TokaJI, Is to be repudiated. No county committee will be formed to take Its place, but Instead a city committee, made up of sixty-three men, representing the entire City of New York, Is to be the governing body of tho entire movement.

A committee consisting of Max F. Ibm-son, M. G. Palllser and John Ford, has charge of the scheme of reorganization. The members have been holding afternoon sessions In the Gllsey House, Manhattan, for a month past, summoning to successive meetings the more prominent Hearst men in Kings County by districts.

An affidavit made by one of the men selected to run the new Twenty-second Assembly District furnishes ample proof that the proposed organization will be run from the top, and that there Is no Intention at all among the Hearst managers to permit any election or freedom of choice among the citizens comprising me municipal ownership constituency. The affidavit recites that the man who made it together with Coroner John Kennedy, Joseph M. Hazzard, Assemblyman Frank Harvey, a Mr. Cullen and one or two others called by appointment on Mr. Ihmsen and his two colleagues in the executive management of the Hearst movement on May 29.

The visitors were told that they had been called together to organize the Independence League In the Twenty-second District, and, according to the affidavit, Mr. Ihmsen took a book from his pocket and read off the list of names of the men who were to run things there. It was first explained that, In future, county committees would not be recognized by the triumvirate, who run the Hearst machine, but that Instead a city committee, made up of one man from each assembly district, or sixty-three in all, would look after the administrative end of the Hearst movement. Coroner Kennedy was picked as the city committeeman from the Twenty-second district by Mr. Ihmsen, who also announced that Assemblyman Frank Harvey is to be president of the district association; Maurice M.

Young, vice president, and J. T. Collins, secretary. An executive board of nine members Is to control the dlBtrict, and of this Josenh M. Uazzard was made chairman.

It was also arranged that Mr. -de Young was io name inree na (Joroner Kennedy two. Apparently the three remaining were to be the choice ot the free and untram-meled Hearst voters. Although the visitors bad all been made tjie beneficiaries of Mr. Ibmsen's political bounty, one or two of them told Mr.

Hearst's representative that they could not accept office In the way he proposed. According to the affidavit, Mr. Ihmsen set out at once to find out the men to whom his programme was agreeable, aud gave the others until Thursday of last week to make up their minds whether they would agree to his terms or not. "What'll happen if we don't?" one of the visitors asked. "The places will be filled, then," Mr.

Ihmsen answered. He also took occasion to tell his auditors that there was nothing of a temporary or tentative character about the organization as It was being fashioned. On the contrary. It Is to be the machinery with which the Hearst fight for the state is to be conducted from this time on. It is said that already six Assembly districts have been organized on this basis In Brooklyn, and that the work is being carried on every day.

DEMOCRATIC GUESSWORK. Full Realization of Crisis, but No One Ready to Outline Any Policy. Efforts to call a special meeting of the Democratic State Committee for the purpose of ousting Cord Meyer from the chairmanship appear to be the private property of one Maurice Mlnton, the alleged press agent of August Belmont. Not one of the seven committeemen from the Kings County organization has even been approached on the subject. The committee across the river are in the same state of complete ignorance and there Is yet to be discovered a single one of the nameless 26 who Mr.

Minton says have Joined hands to call the meeting over the head of Chairman Meyer. The situation locally in Democratic circles Is a curious one. Everybody speaks In awe-struck whisper of the bigness and Importance of the crisis which has been reached, but no one is doing anything except whispering and all the men who would naturally be expected to take active parts are waiting for some one else to begin. There Is not a single man of supposed political influence in Brooklyn or In Manhattan who desires the Hearst candidacy TOR emergency's sake lay in an extra supply of certain Summer necessities before leaving town. You are positive of the exclusiveness of our styles and the reliability of our goods and can't afford to trust a chance out-of-town dealer.

We'll give instant attention to a rush-order, of course, but how much better to have the extra box of veils, neckwear, lingerie, ready for instant use. Men, too, will do well to look to their glove, cane and hat supply. BALCH, PRICE Fulton and Smith Streets, Brooklyn, N.Y. the cables at the top and are fastened the roadway at the bottom. And so It Is on thi-sc suspenders that a good deal of the direct weight of the roadway falls.

There will not be any "overfloor" stays on the Manhattan Bridge, as there arsj on tho Brooklyn Bridge. TheBe "ovr floor" affairs are those cables which, starting at the top of the towers, spread themselves out diagonally across the suspender rods, giving to the old bridge that web like and symmetrical effeot that has caused so much admiration. It appears, that they were put in the old bridge to help out the stiffening trusses, but stays have gone out of fashion In bridge work, even as they have In feminine attire. The strengthening effect ot Btays Is secured In another way on the Manhattan Bridgo. And after the floor Is down ths tracks aro laid and then begins a row as to what terms the railroads shall pay for the ussj of tho bridge.

Following that, oomsB an endless discussion of. means to make things better. And so will run the story of the Manhattan Bridge, the biggest baby, in the world. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQ THE REALTY MARKET? tsoaoooooooooooooooooooooa MONDAY, JUNE 18. By George Herrmann, at Heal Estata Exchange.

Monron ntreet. north sMn -t Ralrjb. avenue. 16.R.h1ii0: Sheriff' l. all rlglit, title, which Peter M.

Schult uuu uu 4, jaD, ana scptemocr 23, 1891, or since; Michael J. Flaherty, Sheriff, Sold to Conrad Sundheim for $1,000. Fl II fl i fi.van.iiA wmit aMa A south Boeram street, 60x20; Sheriff's sale 01 an rignt, title, etc, which Morris NfflnnRnn harl nn Antlf A IdftA n- alnnA. Michaol j. Flaherty, Sheriff.

Adjourned to TUESDAY, JUME 19. By James L. Bnimley, at Beal Estate Exchange. Rockaway avenue, northwest corner Somers street, 100x115, vacant. Seventy-ninth street, northeast side, 220 feet northwest Twentieth avenue, 20x100; Harry H.

Sonnenhill against John Cottier et al. Mahlon A. Freeman, attorney, 100 Broadway; Qeorge S. Billings, referee. By William P.

Bae, at Beal Esrtat Exchange. Parcel of land beginning at a point Twenty-first street and 300 Third ave-nuc, runs siWxneoOxs 260.4 76 130.2 26 65 63 1512 to pier line, to a point 30 Twenty-first street, 1205 to beginning; the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn against Annie L. Rogers et Dykman Carr, attorneys, 19 Montague street; Albert E. Richardson, referee. By J.

M. Ghauncey B. E. at Beal Estate Exchange. Fulton street, 2128, south side, 300 feet west Rockaway avenue, 25x100; vacant.

Operations of the Bureau of Buldllngs, Borough of Brooklyn, for the week ending June 16. 1906: Plans filed for pew buildings 2 BBtlmated coat $1,954,400 Plana lllfd for new buildings 80 Estimated cost J160.4SO Plans fllod for Estimated coet 1108.01ft HulhliiiU' slin permltB Issued TO Estimated cost 17.627 Hay window permits issued 41 Estimated com 112,176 Plumhlnd slip permits Issued Estimated cost n.iwi Unwtfe CH36B filed Violation cases Hied Fire, escape cases filed Unsafe- nntleeH Issued 7 4S 1 7 4 I Violation notices Issued Klre escape notice." itMued Complaints received Operations of the Bureau of Buildings, Borough of Brooklyn, for the corresponding week ending June 17, 1905: Plans filed for new bulldinffs brick Estlmuted cost Plans filed for new buildings 'if Estimated cost Plan, filed for alterations 79 Estimated cost 102,151 BENNETT-HAL10CK BEALTY CO. The first meeting of the Bennett-Hallock Realty Company directors was held at 215 Montague street recently, at which the following officers were elected: H. C. Bennett, president; John C.

Vaughan, vice president; R. H. Bennett, treasurer; H. H. Starrctt, secretary.

Tho above, with Edward V. Ilallock, comprise the board of directors. SOME RECENT SALES. By: E. A.

Konter. Bt'SHWICK AVENUE No. 1471. three-storr double frame flat; Theodore Aubke to Schaefe and Etzel. wfLouoirnv avenue, n.

9117 and sen, four-story double framo flats; Peter Meyer tor Alexander Wjllker. HAKT STKKKT. Xo. 1S4, 2'4-9tory brown-etone house; Paul Oruendler to Julius Pearson, RICHMOND STHKET, Nos. 2M and 232.

two-family houses; Mis. tMellng to Mrs. Pufahl and Mr. H.u k. LAW TON KTHECT.

No. 2A. house and shop; M. IMnKee. to M.

Itienan. DHKALH AVENUE, near EyerKreen avenue, plot; M. Adelmiinn to Christ SVhnelrler tlUl.l, riTHKET. No. 2m.

three-story double finnf-' lint. M. Keirhert to Theodore Kubke. AVE.NTH No. 1171 two-story, basement, fiame two-family house; Mia.

to Mrs. Caroline Helehcrt. IIUSHWICK AVENUE, corner Dodworth street, two-story, basement, frame house; M. Dlnffee to Louis Cohen. By Arthur J.

Kinsman. ELEVENTH 8THEET. Xo. 632. four-story double brick flat: M.

Itnuland to client. TWELFTH STUBET. No. 511. four-story double brick flat: M.

Kuuland to client. By James H. Wood. BAIN'TIItlDGE STREET. No.

two-story and basement dwelling; Charles W. Church to lnyestor. OATHS AVENUE. No. four-story brown-none flat; John McCulluush to a Maine Investor.

MADISON STREET. No. 7W, two-story and basement brownstono two-family house; P. E. Sothcron to client.

By Eickert-Finlay Eealty Co. DOUGLAS MANOR to John Kavanafrh, two lots. to Thomas Belrne. three- lota to Miss Aor'elia C. Pearce.

three lots, J2.1O0; Alfred three lots. to Andrew N. Peterson ten tots, $3, ')''; to James P. Mack, two lots. $t)0: to Mrs.

A. Griffiths, three, lnt tf'OO; to Charles Elteri-'h. two lots. to Charier and James A. lawless, five lots, to Robert A.

'n. five lots. to Richard Liartels. thre lots. to Henry Hartels two lots.

to William Hurka and Fred H. I'eitz. three lots. to fir B. niasuccl.

foul' lots. H.Tilt; in W. F. -Sutherland, two lots. to M.uy A.

Allen, two l-s, $si); Estelle Laker Hill four lots. to Fred Durr. two lots, HELD TJP THOS. HITCHCOCK, JH. (Special to tho Eagle.) Mineola, June IS Archie Robinson, chauffeur for Thnrras Hitchcock, was' hold up by road "ties near Hyde Park, last niflht.

Hitchcock waf in the car, and paid le of $25 imposed by Justice Dodge. Tho same coni'tablos who timed the Hitchcock machine also stopped one containing Dr. Haight, of Manhattan, who explained he was on a hurry call to attend a patient in Hempstead, and was allowed to go on. Boston Celebrating the 131st Date of the Battle. Boston, June 18 Accompanied by the roar of guns, the snapping of firecrackers and the ringing of bells, the celebration of the one hundred and thirty-first anni versary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, al ways a local holiday, began at midnight.

At that hour Mayor John F. Fitzgerald lighted an Immense bonfire on the Charles-town playground. At 7 o'clock city of ficials and invited guests sailed down Bos ton harbor to meet the king of the carnival and escort him to his landing place in tse navy yard. At 9 o'clock the parade was schedule! io start, under the auspices of the Seven teenth of June Carnival Association, and consisting principally of allegorical floats. The United Irish Societies planned to have an independent parade, and an electrical parade In the evening will wind up tne day's events.

Numerous snorting and athletic event3 were arranged for the holiday. The weather was cloudy and threatening. OBITUARY. Joseph Hardcastle. Joseph Hardcastle died at his home, 92 Monroe street, Saturday, as the result of an accident which occurred to him in Man hattan June 8.

He was knocked down by a wagon, but managed to get to his home, notwithstanding his being four score years of age. He was one of the leading expert accountants of the United States, being senior professor of the school of commerce, accounts and finance of the New. York University at the time of his death. Mr. Hardcastle was born at Craven, Yorkshire.

England, on April 22, 1827. He graduated at 17 from the free grammar school of his native town and won the scholarship ot the York and Rlpon Diocesan Training School for Teachers. lie early displayed a talent for mathematics and wag a teacher of that subject In the training school for three years. He then opened a private school at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where he taught for four years, afterward becoming super intendent of schools at Belize, British Honduras, which he was soon compelled to leave because ot the climate. Mr.

Hardcastle obtained the position of first assistant In Grammar School No. 38, In Manhattan, where he taught for about six years. While teaching here he had under his charge the sons of the late Peter Gllsey. A question having arisen in which Peter Gllsey wag Interested, In relation to the Income tax, requiring a knowledge of sinking funds, after vainly trying to find among merchants a solution, one of his sons recommended that the problem should be given to his teacher, Mr. Hardcastle.

who at once solved It, and that solution wag accepted by the Income tax commissioners. This so pleased Mr. Gllsey that he invited the teacher to take a position In his office. He was connected with the Gllsey family for above forty-two years In the capacity of agent and accountant. Mr.

Hardcastle was a contributor to the Bookkeeper, Business and many other magazines of a technical character. These articles established his reputation throughout the United States and were republished In England and Italy. He was a charter member of the Institute of Accounts, In New York; chairman of the commltee on lectures of that institute, and passed some of the best accountants in New York. At the first examination for the C. P.

A. degree in the New York University but three passed, and he was the highest, though he was 70 years old at the time. The honorary degree of master of letters was conferred on him by the uni versity on June 6, 1905. Mr. Hardcastle Is survived by his widow, Catheriner two sons and three daughters.

He lived in Brooklyn for forty years. Fu neral services will be held at his late home to-morrow night at 8 o'clock. Ed-ward S. Hedges. (Special to the Eagle.) Sag Harbor, June 18 Captain Ed ward S.

Hedges, one of the few surviving whalemen of Sag Harbor, died here early yesterday morning, aged 83 years. He made a three years cruise In the ship Camillus when a lad but 18 years old. Subsequently he commanded a number of packets and coastwise schoon ers. Judson W. Holbrook.

Funeral services will be held this even ing by Abel Smith Post of the Grand Army of the Republic over'the remains of one of the older members. Judson W. Hol brook, at his late residence, at 1132 Halsey street. Dr. Price, of the Epworth M.

E. Church, will preach the sermon. The Interment will be in Evergreens Cemetery. The deceased, who was born at Dorchester, May 21, sixty-six years ago, served during, the entlfe Civil War as a member of the Seventh Regiment of New York Volunteers. He lived In the Bushwlck section of Brooklyn for more than thirty years.

He- was quartermaster of Smith Post. His death occurred after almost a year of illness. He Is survived by his widow, Elizabeth; two sons, James and Judson, and three daughters. For many years Mr. Holbrook was In the employ of Park Tilford.

Hugh J. Kelly. Hugh Joseph Kelly, a lifelong resident of the Bedford section and a son of the late Aldennan Patrick J. Kelly, of the Twenty-fourth Ward, died Saturday at his home, at 134 Lexington avenue, of pneumonia, after a very brief Illness. He was In business on Franklin avenue.

He was a member of the Church of the Nativity, where to-morrow morning there will be conducted funeral services. His mother, Mrs. Sarah E. Kelly; two brothers and four sisters survive the deceased. Interment is to be made In the Holy Cross Cemetery.

William V. Bamsay. William F. Ramsay, of 185 Stanhope street, a native of Germany, who was born August 8, eighty-nine years ago, was burled to-day from the Church of St. Brlgid, where services were held at 10 o'clock.

Deceased had lived in the Eastern DiBtrict for many years, coming here from Germany In 1833. He retired from the rigging business about twenty years ago. He was a member of the Roman Catholic Church. His widow, Mary Rafferty; two sons and two daughters survive him. The interment was in Calvary Cemetery.

George K. Fitch. San Francisco, July 18 George K. Fitch, one of the most prominent citizens of California, died suddenly last night at San Rafael, where he had made his home since the fire destroyed his residence in this city. He was a pioneer of California, where he was known as a newspaper publisher and state printer before 1856, when he became associated with the late Loring Pickering as proprietors of the Bulletin and Call In this city.

He retired from the neswpaper business some years ago, but since then has devoted much of his time to local affairs In the interests of civic reform and the progressive advancement of local improvements. He was 80 years of age. Hugh Tcrmey. Hugh Tormey. for fifty years a resident of the Tenth Ward and one of its highly respected residents, died yesterday at his home.

389 Dcgraw street, of heart failure, after an Illness of ten months. He had been near death many times during his I illness, but was kept alive by his extreme vitality. Mr. Tormey was a brother of former Assemblyman Lawrence J. Tormey.

Though active in the Democratic party he had never sought an office. He was born in County Westmeath. Ireland, and came to Brooklyn when a lad. He was a builder, and had a shop at 8 and 10 Dean street. He was a member of Peconic Council R.

and belonged to St. Agnes R. C. Church. His wife, Elizabeth, was the daughter of the late Simon Gunder, long an alderman of the Tenth Ward of the old City of Brooklyn.

He leaves a widow and five sons, Charles, Harry, Hugh, Louis and James. Funeral serv- ices will be held at the Church of St. Agnes, Wednesday morning, at 9 o'clock, followed by a solemn requiem mass. Tile Interment will be had in the Holy Cross, i Towers to Be Erected While the Anchorages Are Being Put Down. CONTRACTORS WILL HURRY.

It Is a Big Job and Hyan and Parker Are Anxious to Make a Showing. "Manhattan," the big baby of the bridge family, which occupies the East River, yawned this morning and began to move abotU. He was rather stiff after five years of slumber, during which time several operations of an engineering character were performed upon him. The work ot bringing him up bo that he may take his place between the two big sisters which now stretch their arms across the waters, and relieve them of the burdens they have been carrying, began in rather an unromantlo way, entjrely lacking In spectacular features. Tho Ryan Parker Company simply opened negotiations for the purchase of Borne steel.

But that was tho beginning. Work had started. Patrick Ryan, head of the Ryan Parker concern, was not disposed to talk much about the work this morning. Mr. Ryan believes that the people have had about all the talk they want and are now anxious to see results.

"That's what we -will try to give," lie added, "and before the snow flies there ought to be some physical evidence of progress. We will get the towers up while we are WToklng on the anchorages and will have them ready together, so that the work of spinning the cables can go right ahead. We will spin the cables from both sides of the river." On the Williamsburg Bridge the spinning of the cables was all done from one side of the river, which la said to be a slower method. The building of this great bridge will bo watched by engineers all over the world, for In point of capacity the Manhattan bridge will be the wonder ot the world. While not the longest or the highest, the Manhattan bridge will be able to do more work than any bridge that was ever erected.

And in putting together the parts of this giant, an army of men will be employes and the stimulation of this activity will be felt in tho veins of commerce throughout the world. For this great contract means the employment of thousands of men, the assembling of vast quantities of materials, the rolling of crude minerals into finished products of Bteel and at every stage the influence of the money that is behind it all will be felt, i The building of the bridge is an Interesting thing- and one of the most ticklish Jobs that engineers attempt. It is likewise a decidedly complicated thing In the detail, and a good bridge engineer can talk more figures to you in five min-uptes than you would care to remember in a year. There aro strains and stresses, moving loads and dead loads, unit strengths, balanced strains and all that sort of thing that the average citizen does not understand and does not care to. But In principle the building of a bridge is simple enough.

Whenever you put up a hammock in the back yard, swinging It between the clothes posts, you exercise the fundamental "rlnciplo of bridge building. The posts are tho towers, the hammock represents the suspended structure and, if you would save the grass plot, you drive a stake in the ground and draw back the post by means of a rope. That stake is tho anchorage. Altogether, you have the principles of a bridge. There Is some difference between a hammock in the back yard and the Manhattan Bridge, but the way the engineers go about it is like this: First of all, the contractors have detailed drawings made of the general drawings on which bids were received.

That Is, they make out plans that can be followed by the workmen in the shoos. When these are all prepared, the contractors let out their coirtracts for the manufacture of the steel and then the blast furnaces In a dozen places roar with the cheerful voice of prosperity. Every Inch of steel that goes into the great bridge must be specially manufactured because when Father Knickerbocker builds a bridge he does not take any steel remnants or bargain counter girders. Inspectors of the city are stationed at the furnaces and they watch every stage of progress, from the reception of the mineral to tho turning out of tho finished product. Every Individual part is tested and, if it Is found wanting, is rejected without further ado.

First of all, the furnaces turn out the steel for the anchorages and the towers. Five thousand tons of steel are sunk In the masonry of each anchorage, and to this mass is attached a whole regiment of eye-bars. Each eye-bar is thirty-four feet long and ten inches thick. These are carried up through the masonry to the top of the anchorage, where they are ready to rocelvo the cables. The lower part of tho anchorage is filled In with concrete.

All this time tho towers are climbing into the air. They rest on masonry piers that are sunk under the bed of the river until they touch rock bottom, a distance of almost WO feet in the East River. On top of these piers is placed a series of steel masses, which weigh forty tons each. There are sixteen of these lumps of steel, each one 22 feet wide 9 feet long and 5 feet thick. This is the mass of metal on which the towers re.1t' is paid to these parts of the construction, for It Is on towers and In the anchorages that the greatest strains come, on me comes the force of the material and on the anchorages comes the pulling strain ot the bridge, trying to bread from its moorings.

With these two important elements completed, the work of spinning the ohioa heirtns. The cabins are of hundreds of strands of tough steel wire, locked together by steel bands1. Each individual wire Is subjected to a test of strength In a testing machine before It is nllnweil to eet to the cable, and if the city engineer In charge of the work has the slightest doubt about the efficiency of auy wire he throws it out at once. At the anchorages the cable strands are divided Into five parts, and carried over the eye-bars, which run down into the masonry. When properly secured, the rest of the i anchorage is filled up with concrete, and the bridge Is anchored, so that nothing short of an earthquake will start it.

With tho cablcyswung and snugged, the heavy part of the work Is over. There remains, however, the very Important work of swinging the suspended structure from the cables. The suspended structure Is the part that carries the roadways, the oar tracks and all the parts of the bridge that are of convenience to the citizen who walks or rides. The roadways -n fact, the whole base I of the bridge; Is carried by These are not tv Rind oroinarily used by taxpayers, but consist of four wire ropes, each rope being about five Inches In diameter. These arc wrapped about Why ni-p clergymen and brake-nion alikfi? Because thoy do a great deal of coupling.

And Eagle Ads are like both becarse they bring together so many, buyers and sellers. Per Capita Cost of Eighty-nine Cents to Poughkeepsie and Return. ER AUSPICES OF I. A. fred Wilmarth's Royal Tourist Gets econd Prize Unfortunate Disquali fications Necessary, Ten cars finished ttae second annual reliability and economy test of the Long Island Automobile Club, which started on Saturday morning last and came to an end yesterday afternoon.

The route was to Poughkeepsie, N. and return to Brooklyn, the night stop being made in the first named town. The entire route measured by official survey was 173 miles First prise, a silver loving cup donated by Dr. C. B.

Parker, winner of the economy run of tho club last year, was cap tured by S. H. Burns, who drove his 24 horse power Packard car over the whole route without trouble of any kind. There were five passengers In the party. The total coet of gasoline and lubricating oil was HAS, making a per capita cost for the run of 89 cents.

Second prize, a speed and mileage indicator, made to fit any car, went to Alfred Wllmarth, president of the Long Island Automobile Club. Mr. Wllmarth carried five passengers In a 40-horse power Royal Tourist. Not once did the machine falter in the long journey, which brought some of the worst going possible. No troubles of any kind were charged against the car.

The total coat of the trip was $5.80, making a single passenger tariff of $1.16, against a cost by railroad of $3.02, The other contestants finishing the run In good standing were E. W. Messereau. power Autocar, per capita cost, F. Lamps, 30-horse power Pierce Arrow, V.

F. Parker, 15-20-horse power Locomobile, $1.33, and Dr. C. B. Parker, 24-horse power Packard, competing for certificate only, $1.24.

There is a paragraph in the conditions governing the test which said that the owner of the competing car must drive. This rule was not observed by three machines, one of which made the best showing on the run. The committee was consequently obliged to disqualify them. The new 40-45-horse-power Pierce Arrow of J. B.

Bristol, was first to be effected. The latter In cranking his car recently Injured his wrist, and has not since been able to use It. A chauffeur conse-juently had to drive In the economy run. 3ix passengers were carried, three of them children. The machine made the lowest passenger cost of It also led the contestants to Poughkeepsie, ana Home to Brooklyn.

The 86 miles of the jutward Journey were covered in an actual running time of 4 hours, 45 minutes. Returning with about the same mileage 5 lours and 40 minutes were required. The 24-horse-power Frayer-Mlller, wned by Dr. William Butler, which won second, prize in the recent two-gallon test )f the Automobile Club of went Poughkeepsie on only 5 gallons of gasoline, and used but 4 gallons coming lome. It was unfortunate enough to have wo punctures.

One of these occurred Just jefore the car reached the clubhouse on return Journey. With flat tire the ma-ihtne ended the test, and the approximate for replacing the same. Judged from similar performance earlier in the run, together with the scheduled charge, was idded to the expenses. The tire should iavo been replaced before the finish, rhe car made the per capita record of 10.88, allowing for the estimated time to epalr the last injured tire. Dr.

Butler lid not drive, and It was disqualified. W. T. Wintrlngham, with a 20-horse ower Stevens-Duryea, broke a spring, vhich was not replaced. For fuel and oil ilone his car made a per capita record of nly $0.81.

The 60-horse power Zust of Raymond Healy was not driven by 'the iwner, who remained in Brooklyn, and was llsqualifled. The return trip from Poughkeepsie tlong the west side of the Hudson, rought awful going In many places and or scenery could not be compared with he outward trip of Saturday along the lastern side. The first cars left the lotel at Poughkeepsie yesterday at a lit-le after 9 o'clock A.M. The route lay to iVappingers Falls and thence to Fishklll -and In where the ferry was taken across he river to Newburg. Atter leaving the boat all hands were reated to an abrupt climb of about 20 er cent.

The manner In which this was aken demonstrated the high quality of he competing machines, in fact, the trip VI22fa ot 8reat mer on the art of all. The going on the homeward ourney was wreched in many places, ood pieces or macadam giving way to heavy cuppy mud, left by i of rain the day and night be-ore. Under these conditions it was vondcrful that any car pulled through runout some broken part. Suffera was the stopping place for uu.u. route 10 tnis point, Dr arker had trouble with the clutch of his ackard car and also suffered a puncture 1 W.

T. Wintrlngham broke his spring ind the cars which had no chains on were adly handicapped by skidding. From iuffern the Journey led eventually to Jersey City and the Annex Ferry brought lompetltors to Brooklyn. The run was In charge of Dr 'arker and W. T.

Wintrlngham. No cars' have been put to harder tests. Had he weather been sunny and the roads rood there would have been a greater lumber of competitors but not half so a demonstration of the high stage reliability and economy occupied at reaent by the best motor vehicles would lave resulted. Summaries of the expense records follow: 40-46 H. J.

E. Bristol en; Brooklyn to Piughkefp.it 8 gal" to Brooklyn. "ad totS 1 plnt 8c-: total' ,2 08; crand total, S4.08; per capita cost, Slfcc. Dis- HiaHfled bejauje did not drive. Sd'.

2V- Burn8' 5 passengers; n'2; to Brooklyn. gallons -qu'lrt', .5: srand total, per capita cost, S9c. Wln-wr of first prize, offered by Dr. Parker Frayer-Mlller, 24 H. Dr.

Wm. Butler. 5 nssengers, Brooklyn to Poughkeepsie, five raDona of gasoline. work on motor. 13c; otal.

1.40 Poughkeepsie to Brooklyn, 4 allons gasoline. SI. IS; 1 pint oil. 2 punct-ires and time, Jl.80; total. 13.0514; grand total, rt.46Vi: per capita cost.

S9c. Flat tire not re-ii cei'. although charged in expense account. Dlsquaiilud because owner did not drive. Royal Tourist 40 H.

p. Alfred Wllmarih. passengers Brooklyn to Poughkeepsie. 10 rallons gasoline. $2.50.

Poughkeepsie to Brook-yn. 13 gal ons gasoline. 1 quart oil. 13 ems: grand total. J.s.So.

Per capita cost, ii.ii. ft inner, record prize Autocar. 21 P. E. W.

Messereau. i passenger. Brooklyn to Poughkeepsie, 8 gallons rasollne. puncture and time 11 30- oil 25 total. $3.75.

Poughkeepsie to Brooklyn. 4 gallons gasoMne. l.o7; 1 quart oil, 15 cents: jrand pr capita cost, $1.15. Pierce Arrow 30 H. P.

F. Lampe. 5 pas-ienger. Brooklyn to Poughkeepsie. 11' gallons rasolme.

12. 60 cents; total poughkeepsie to Brooklyn. 10 gallons gasoline. I nuart oil. cents; total, grand $6.

Per capita cost, $1.20. Locomobile. 15-20 V. F. Parker 3 pas-rengers.

Brooklyn to Poughkeepsie. 6 gals gas-liue. Poughkeepsie to Brooklyn 10 gals, rasoll- rioO: 3 pints oil. 25c. total, $2 75 rand total.

$4: per capita cost $: 33 Packard, 24 C. B. Parker 4 pas-lengers, Brooklyn to Poughkeepsie gals gas-line, $2: Poughkeepsie to Brooklyn, 6 gals, rasollne. quart oil. 14c; tire and repairs, $1.35: total.

grand total, per raplta cost. $1.24: per capita cost for fuel and uhrlcant. 91c Not competing for prize. Zust. 50 Raymond Healy, 5 passengers Brooklyn to Poughkeepsie.

12 gals, gasoline. 3i Poughkeepsie to Brooklyn, 15 gals, gasoline. 13.75: grand total. per capita cost $1.35. Disqualified because owner did not drive Stevens-Duryea.

20 William T. Wint-Ingham. 4 passenger. Brooklyn to Poughkeep-He. gals, gasoline.

Poughkeepsie to 3rokIyn. gals, gasoline. $1 62'V 14 pints ll (entire trip). 12c; grand total. $3 24; per cost for fuel only 81c Broken spring Mrs.

Reich's Condition Is Serious and Peterson la Held. George Peterson, of Fifty-second street and Nintn avenue, was arraigned this morning before Maglstrato Dooloy, In the Butler street court, charged with having struck Mrs. Helen Reich, of the same address, in the stomach with his fist, injuring her so severely that she was removed to the Norwegian Hospital in a precarious condition. He was committed to Jail in default of $1,000 ball, and bold to await Hie result of her Injuries. HER NAME WAS BINGHAM.

Magistrate Iigglnbotham, Therefore, Discharged Woman Before Him. Susie Bingham, 34 years old, of 238 Lynch street, was a prisoner in the Lee avenue court this morning. She assumed a penitent look when called before tho bar. She said she had never been arrested before and if she was lot go she would never drink again. Magistrate Higginbotham said: "You bear a name which is an honor to the Police Department of this great city and which you should also honor and pot drag into the dust.

It Is on accouut of your name, madam, that I let you go, but be careful and not come before me again. Sentence suspended." THE COURTS. SUPREMR COURT.SPECIAL TERM TRIALS, Pay calendar, June 19, Albert 11. Sewell, J. VB.

Evening Jou p'1. vs. Wolfe. ve. Echrodtcr.

vs. tlarrls. vs. Mllbauer. vs.

Greenlan. vs. Corhett. Hawkins vs. Hawkins.

2747--Hlumen0tock vs. Glebel. v. Radlck. vs.

Dudy. l.il4..Neldcrsteln vs. Cuslck. vs. Nasta.

vs. Uutlrr. 2517.. Cartiano vs. Cartlano.

2551. vs. Astoria Veneer Mills Co. vs. Palmer.

3164. vs. Schlckllng. vs. Klilrkiing.

vs. Willis. 3420. vs. Brooks.

vs. Townsend. vs. Taylor. 3266.

vs. Murley. Selme. COUNTY COURT, CIVIL CALENDAR Part ix. lor June 19.

1906. Crone J. 1SS4. Smith vs. Walker: 692.

Webber vs. Brooklyn Heights R. K. 717. Noonan vs.

Brooklyn Helshts R. ft. Co, 2163 Furman vs. Dealers Realty Co. 719.

Amador vs. llrooklvn Heights It. H. 727. Sample vs Brooklyn Heights R.

R. 635. Arndt vs. Michaels; 2053. Lyon vs.

Siphon Milk 736 McLaugh lin vs. urooKiyn Heights K. K. 650 Uugxn vs. Arbuckle; 739.

English vs. City of New I or. The following causes If answered rendv will bo passed for the day: 741. Cameron vs Brooklyn Heights R. R.

2209. Welas vs. Rubln- i. soiiuiz vs. Brooklyn Heights R.

Co. i 743. Boyd. vs. Brooklyn Hclehtn rv, 744.

Beamish vs. Dady; 745 Shelly vs. city of New York: 746. Gardlnler vs. Brooklyn Heights R.

R. Co. 747. Erlckson vs. Brooklyn.

Queens v.o. ud. n. ii. i o.

n. uoldslc ln vs. Brooklyn Heights R. R. 749, Mulranney vs.

Nassau Electric R. R. Co. COUNTY COURT. Criminal calendar tor June 19 Part As-plnall, J.

Patrick Sullivan, policy; Henry Os-nmn, grand larceny, second degree; Mary Lawrence, araault, second degree. Surrogate's Court, calendar for Tuesday, held In Ball of Record, al If) o'clock, before Surrogate James C. Church The wills of Connor. Louisa Boecko and Katharine Orgcl-finger; the accounting in estate of Calvin Kline; thp estates of Adora N. Carleton.

Ottj Knlner. Margaret lyneh and Thomas Hart-nett. Contested calendar The will of Eliza A. Jensen: tho estate of Fanny Hunter; the accounting of Lucy Wllklns. LEGO THOMAS.

Although somewhat simple In its de tails, one of the most Interesting weddings of the month of June was that or Miss Edythe Thomas, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thomas, who became the bride of Carl Montgomery Legg Saturday evening. The Rev. Dr.

Hemming, of Jeffersonville, relative of the bride, officiated, assisted by the Rev. Charles R. East, of the Unlversalist Church. Tho bride wore a gown of white chiffon satin and carried a shower bouquet of lilies of the valley and white sweet peas. Her sisten, Miss Gertrude Thomas, was her only attendant.

She wore a frock of white silk mull over pink and carried pink rosebuds. A. R. Legg, brother of the groom, acted as best man. After their honeymoon Mr.

and Mrs. Legg will reside in Oradell, N. for the summer. Among the guests at the ceremony Mr. and Mrs.

F. I.pbk. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thomas, Mr.

and Mrs. Merle Legg, Mrs. H. Edgren. R.

O. Sutherland. E. Mrs. Carrie L.

Cometnck. the Rev. anl Charles R. Knsl, Mips Jennie Vaughan. Joseph Pulvermacher.

-Maud I. Williams, O. D. Dwver. J.

Herd. Osman Williams, Mrs. Osman Williams, George L. TruesdaK. Howard Williams.

John C. Skinner, Mips Mae A. Miss Alice M. Kelley. Ml.s Florence Schlllinger, A.

R. Irik. Miss Gertrude Thomas Mies Annffl Miss inle Davis, the Rev. Dr. Hemming.

Miss Lillian SvLh. Miss Emma Bush, Miss Estelle Lyman Ferguson. Miss Catherine lloniiw. Mr. and Mrs.

Frtd. Stephens, Mr. and Mis. Ira H. Fisher, of N.

Y. Mr. and -Mrs. A. Lott, Horace A.

rwyer, Mips Ella Shieon. Miss Holmes, Mrs. R. Harris. Miss Arma Ilarrl-.

Mr. and Vrs. Holmes. Mrs. Henry Kutz J.

H. Phi William Boettger, Joseph M. Sowarby. EEPAIP.ING STATE CAPITOL. (Special to the Eagle.) Albany, June 18 The last Legislature appropriated the sum of $98,000 to replace the broken stone columns in the Assembly staircasu and also to relieve the weight upon the staircase by removing thirty-two feet of the main stone tower.

At their meeting last week, the trustees of public buildings directed the state architect to prepare plans and specifications for the purpose of securing bids to do this work. FOB A NEW STATE PRISON. (Special to the Eagle.) Albany. June 18 The new state prison site commission, appointed by Governor Higsins. will meet iu this city for ganizatlon on July 2.

it will Belect a site for a prison to take the place ot Sing Sing, and will supervise the constriction of the building. The Best in Telephone Service, "The best Is none too goM" for my business," said the man who is constantly alert to make time more valuable by better equipment. The business day is growing shorter and the demand for more output greater. He figures that if he had a means of Instant communication between departments, rooms, floors, officers and employees the time of his force would be more productive. In his constant study of buslnesB oconomy, tho Bell Telephone Private Branch Exchange is considered and adopted.

A telephone at every point provides for Intercommunication between every part of his place, and a number of trunks to the Company's exchange give a freer outlet for business, which are the two Important points for a business man to consider. The rate for this service is not high, and the fact that most business houses are using the Private Branch Exchange, and are Increasing rather than decreasing their equipment, proves to the subscriber now contemplating such installation that there Is economy In its use. Call our Contract Department 900 Main for further Information. The New York and New JersevTeleohone Co. 81 Willoughby St.

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