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.7 THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE. XEW YORK. ST7XDAY. SEPTEMBER 19. 1909.

MISCELLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS. pf' MISCIXLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS. TROLLEYS HOW Ml NETHERLANDS CliTTEE BRADBURY PIANOS The new designs are especially attractive in appearance and pleasing In tone.

Before making a decision Iu purchasing a piano, you should examine them. Excellent bargains In used pianos and discontinued styles. WRITE OR CALL FOR OCR SOUVENIR BOOK. F. C.

SMITH, Man'fr. BROOKLYN SALESROOMS! 134 Fulton St. 774-7SJ Fulton St. 1227 Broadway. N.

T. Balaaroom: Factories: 113 Fifth Av. 774-782 Fulton St. Bklyn Leominster, Mais. I I.

Headquarters for Flags, Original Hudson and American, all sizes. Our Original Hudson Flags are Brooklyn's Leading Tailors, Our $18 Overcoat Made on the Premises xatr. reproductions 01 ine one unaer wnicn nuuson haiieu 1609. Note letters V. O.

OPEN EVENINGS $25 Suit or Overcoat Equal to Any until 9 0 clock every night this week. HOFFM AN-CORR MFG. 5S-57 While Street, New York. purchased elsewhere. 36! FULTON STREET, Ot'P.

BOROUGH HALL OPEN EVENINGS. i 't. tt 1 would only be Interesting to a technical mind, but the following conclusions which he has reached based upon that report will be understood by every layman; Structure lives Up to Specifications. "The foundations of the main towers are good and sufficient and appear to have been constructed in a first class manner and in accordance with the specifications. "The foundation of the Brooklyn anchorage Is good and sufficient and appears to have beeu constructed in a first-class manner and in accordance with the specifications.

"The foundation of the Manhattan anchorage could have been Improved by driving Inclined piles in the foundation, but since careful observations ol Its behavior do not develop any appreciable movement during the last sixty days, I consider this foundation as safr and sufficient. The masonry of the towers and anchorages has been constructed in a first-class mannor and to all appearances in accordance with the plans and specifications. "The pressures and internal stresses in. the masonry are within the limits of good practice. "The inspection In the mills, foun-' dricB and shops has been thoroughly and conscientiously performed, the material END OF THE IS DUE HERE TO-MORROW Hudson-Fulton Cedachtenisvier-ing Coming on S.S.

Nieuw Amsterdam. TWO DAYS FOR SIGHTSEEING. Banquet to Be Given by the Holland Society, Wednesday Evening-, at the Waldorf. The members of the Hudson-Fulton Ocdachtenlsviering, or Netherlands Hudson-Fulton Committee, who will represent that body at the presentation ot the reproduction of the Half Moon to the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission, and be the guests of the commission dur ing the celebration, will arrive to morrow morning on the steamship Nieuw Amsterdam, of the Holland-America line. They will be met down the bay by A.

Glpes, the representative of the Nether lands Committee in this country, and by Tunis G. Borgen, representing the Half Moon Committee of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission. Those In the party are: Mr. and Mrs. W.

F. van Leeuweu and two sons (Mr. van Leeuwen is Burgomaster of Amsterdam), Mr. and Mrs. J.

T. Cremer (Mr. Cremer is the government's representative. He Is president of the Netherlands Trading Boclety; former Secretary of States for the Colonies and vice-president ot the Netherlands Commission); Mr. S.

P. van Eeghen and Miss van Eeghen (Mr. van Eeghen Is president of the Chamber of Commerce ot Amsterdam); Mr. and Mrs. H.

P. de Mouchy; Mr. and Mrs. K. van Reea and Miss van Hees (Mr.

van Rees is treasurer of the Netherlands Commission); Mr. and Mrs. J. Heidrlng; J. Rypperda Wierdsma, one of the managing directors ot the Holland-America line; Mr.

and Mrs. C. M. van Ryn, Professor J. Baron J.

d'AulnlB de Bouruill, professor ot the University of Utrecht; Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Stoop; S.

Alsberg, Jonkneer O. Reuchlln, a director of the Holland-America line, and Mrs. Reuchllng. Mr. N.

Westerman, also ot tho Netherlands representatives, 1b alroady here and will Join the party In the city. The party will stop at the Plaza Hotel In Manhattan, and devote Monday and Tuesday to general sightseeing, and on Wednesday, at 11 o'clock In the morning, Mr. Bergen will call at the Flaza aud escort the entire party to the yacht Commodore, at the foot of East Twenty-fourth street. The yacht will make a trip around the Bay and up Into the Hudson River, returning to tho Brooklyn Navy Yard at 2 P.M. There they will go aboard and Inspect the reproduction of the Half Moon, which was built by the Netherlands Committee and will be presented by it on September 25 to the HudBon-Fulton Celebration Commission.

After visiting the Half Moon, the will be the guosts of Captain O. P. von Hecklng Colenbrander, on H. M. S.

Utrecht, R. D. and will then return to the Commodore, where a luncheon will be served. On the Commodore the party will be the guests of the Holland Society as representatives of the old Dutch settlers. On Wednesday evening a banquet will be tendered the visitors by tho Holland Society at the Waldorf-Astoria.

It is expected that General Stewnrt L. Woodford, president of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission, will be present. Former Justice Van Wyck will make the address of wolcome. It Is expected that General Woodford, Mr. Borgen and members of the visiting committee will make short addresses.

The Hudson-Fulton Celebration Commission announces that contributions of money for the general fund, made up to September 15, amount to J231.447.S6. Since that date the following subscriptions for the fund have been received: Charles Pratt Sl.Ouo; American Express Company, $500; R. Fulton Cutting, and Lord Taylor, each $250; Mollenhauer Sugar Refining Company. Charles Lanier and B. F.

Yoakum, each J200. The sum of $100 has been received from the following: American Bank Note Company. George F. Baker, J. E.

Bristol, Robert J. Collier, G. Schirmer, Ludwlg NIs-sen, Horace E. Andrews. Henry B.

Harris. Greenewlch Bank. Edward Holbroock. John B. McDonald.

Parker, Wilder and Company, S. B. Chapin. William B. Dana, H.

H. Benedict and John H. Meyer. BALLINGEB TO JOIN TAFT. Secretary of Interior Leaves for Denver Will Meet President There.

Washington. September 18 Secretary Balllnger of the Department of tho Interior left over the Pennsylvania Railroad at 5:45 o'clock this afternoon for Denver, where he will Join President Taft ou his Western trip. Unless the President urges him to do so. the secretary will accompany Mr. Taft only as far as Seattle and return here toward the latter part of October.

Mr. Bellinger is anxious to complete much unfinished work in connection with his recent Investigations of the various reclamation projects and the national forestry reserves before the convening of Cou-gress. and In order to do so he will be obliged to return to Washington in October. The secretary was accompanied by his private secretary, Don M. Carr.

LOST HIS RIGHT FOOf. Brooklyn Man Nearly Killed Under Train at Penn Yan. (Special to the Eagle.) Penn Yan, N. September 18 While attempting to board a New York Central freight train at Dundee yesterday afternoon, Jefferd Harney, who resides at 447 Court street, Brooklyn, with his parents, fell underneath the train and his right fot was cut off at the ankle. He had presence of mind enough to draw the other foot clear of the track.

He was coming to Penn Yan with a companion to work at harvesting grapes. He was taken to Geneva City Hospital foi treatment. (a CUCE FOR PUPILS TO The Eagle Purchases 2,000 Seats to Make Success of Concerts Certain. TO 60 TO PRIZE SCHOLARS. Professor Hooper Delighted With Interest Taken in His Project.

A series of five symphony concerts exclusively for young people between the ages ot Ji: ana years im mnireil for the coming winter by Pro fessor Franklin W. Hooper of the Brook lyn Institute. These concerts are to be given on Saturday afternoons by thf New York Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Walter Damroscb. Some time ago the management I the Brooklyn Daily Eagle received a letter from Professor Hooper to the effect that the bucccbs of tho proposed series would be guaranteed If the Eaglo would purchase scats. The Eagle took Professor Hooper at his word, and It now has 2,000 of the best seats in tho Academy of Music to distribute among the young people of Brooklyn who are Interested in music of the higher class.

These 2,000 scats are not to be offered as prizes In another contest. The Eagle does not desire to divide with school curricula the attention of young people who are striving to acquire an education. These seats aro going to be awarded to 2,000 high school students who excel In their studies. Just how the awards will be made has not -yet been decided. The details will be left to the principals of the six public, high schooln iu the borough.

There are 14,000 young men and women attending these six high schools. This means that one out of every seven students will be the guest of the Eagle at the five symphony concerts which will be given during the coming season. The distribution of the 2,000 tlcketi among the six schools will be based upon the registration of Btudcnts In them. The larger Institutions will receive greater numbers of tickets, so that the chances of all will be equal. I'pon such a pro rata basiB the number awarded to each school will vary from 360 to 450.

The Eagle is Interested In the success of the new Academy of Music. It worked hard to bring to a successful culmination the agitation for a new academy, wntcn was started shortly after the old academy burned down. The success of the Ort season of grand opera in the new academy last year was helped by the Eagle'B opera contest, and the Eagle was a potent factor In enabling the academy directors to procure large premiums for boxes and seats at last year's auction Brooklyn, as a music loving center, has already attracted outside attention. Adult music lovers have always been more or less well taken care of here; but now the Eagle is going to give the adolescents an opportunity. Professor Hooper Is jubilant over the Eagle's prompt response to his suggestion, and he gives ungrudgingly to it credit for the success of the scheme, and the Eagle here in return JUBtly makes acknowledgement of Professor Hooper's part in it, for had it not been for hi suggestion, the Eagle management might not have seen Its opportunity to be of service to the young music lovers' of Brooklyn.

Professor Hoopear's original letter Is herewith appended for public perusal: "The Institute has received the names of between sixty and seventy women In Brooklyn who are Interested In having a Berles of Saturday matinee concerts for young people given next year by the New York Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Walter Damrosch. conductor. Brooklyn will be well provided with evening orchestra concerts for adults next season, but there have been no symphony concerts for young people given In Brooklyn since the destruction of the old Academy of Music.

For several years previous to the Academy Are there were such concerts conducted successfully by Mr. Frank Damrosch. "The question of having five concerts on Saturday afternoons for people between the ages of 12 and 22 Is receiving favorable consideration by our department of music, and an association will be formed of those who have sons and daughters whom they wish to have the advantages proposed. Moreover, there are hundreds of students in such Institutions as Packer Collegiate Institute and other Institutions of academic grade, who would no doubt avail themselves of the opportunity that such concerts would af- park- 3 i Mii 'irr rt Regular Service Inaugurated at 8 P. After Night of Preparation.

SERVICE A REAL BOON. Primitive Transit Arrangements Give Way to Cars Operated on Two-Minute Headway. Late last nlcht a gang of men, under the supervision of the Bridge Department were busy laying a spur to connect the Fifty-ninth street cross-town tracks In Manhattan with the tracks leading to the Queensboro bridge. This connection had been mnde at 1 A. permitting the ten cars which are to give the municipal trol ley service to be taken on the bridge.

This morning at 8 o'clock the regular pas senger service on these cars was begun over the bridge. The cars, which are rented from the South Shore Traction Company, wer. tem porarily stored In the barns of the Third Avenue Railroad at Fifty-ninth street. The municipal trolley service over the bridge would have been started by Bridge Commissioner Stevenson last night, only for the fact that there is a heavy volume of taffic on the East Side lines on Saturday nights. For that reason he selected the early morning hours to-day to bring his cars over to the bridge.

The traffic is light then, and during the early hours of the evening the laborers laid the connection spur between the bridge and the tracks of the cross-town road. This required quite some Ingenuity and skill, and Mr. Stevenson was glad that he had made no promises to start the trolley line early last evening. The commissioner's orders yesterday af- BRIDGE. Made Heady for Vehicular Traffic by ternoon before he left his office were for the motormen and guards wno are to man the ten cars to report at the Manhattan side of the bridge at 6 o'clock this morning.

The commissioner's instructions were that Ihese men were to make trips back and forth over the bridge until 8 o'clock, the time set for tho first passenger trip, to give them an opportunity to get used to the roadbed and the turns. No conductors are employed on the cars. The rate ot. fare is 3 cents, and two tickets can be purchased for 5 cents. These tickets are dropped in boxes on each side of the bridge.

The fact that it was an early hours on Sunday morning did not prdevent a large number of people from making their first trip over the bridge in a trolley car. The cars on the Manhattan side started from the well-appointed subway terminal, which is brilliantly lighted and well ventilated. Only one loop is used. The passengers buy their tickets from a booth at the top of the stairs. The ticket box in which they drop them is located Just at the foot of the stairs, which lead to a slightly elevated island platform, from which the cares are boarded.

On the Queens side of the bridge the open plaza servos as a terminal for the cars. The tracks run within half a dozen feet of the lines of the New York and Queens County Railway Company. A tentative schedule has been arranged, and during the rush hours a two minute head, way will be maintained. This will be changed to meet traffic requirements. WOMEN MOB STORE Seeking Bargains in Bay Ridge Calls Out the Police.

Tempting List Drew Throng Who Sought to Take Advantage of Opening at Cut Bates. They almost had a riot down in Bay Ridge yesterday when six hundred women stormed a new 5 and 10 cent store at the corner of Fifty-eighth Btreet and Fifth avenue. Tho proprietors had advertised throughout the district a tempting list of bargains and the women were on hand bright and early to take them at their word. In the windows of the store there was a fine array of cooking pots which, it was claimed, usually retailed for 35 cents apiece. They were offered for 10 cents, and the bargain-loving women Just seemed to dote on those pots.

"They would come in so handy, you know!" they exclaimed. The proprietors had said that they would open their doors at 9:30 o'clock, but long before that hour hundreds of women bad crowded the entrances and the Bldewalk in front ot the store. And when the doors were finally opened there va. a grand rush to get Inside and get the choice of the barglnB. A plate glass window was broken in the scramble and the reserves of the Fourth avenue police station had to bo called out.

The reserves number four men aud they were well-nigh helpless in their efforts to stem the tide of skirts. Acting Captain Alfred W. Thor of tho precinct and the proprietors of the store finally evolved a plan whereby congestion at the entrances was avoided. Those within the store who desired to get out were compelled to go by way of tho cells'-. CHILD DANCER HURT.

Seven year old Mary Farrell. one of the children who was to have taken part fn the dancing in Do Witt Clinton Park, Manhattan, on Children's Day of the Hudson-Fulton celebration, October 9, fel yesterday afternoon from the rail of the pavilion in the park, a distance of about 20 feet, and fractured hr skull. COURT MARTIAL OF LT. WARO Temporary Insanity May Be Plea Interposed for Him. Health of Revenue Cutter Officer Said to Have Broken Sown From Service in Arctic Regions.

Second Lieutenant William O. Ward ot the United States Revenue Cutter Service Is being tried by a court martial on the revenuo cutter Mohawk, off Tomp-kinsville, S. on a number of serious cbarges. In fact, the allegations against him are so numerous and of so grave a character that his attorneys have concluded that only by pleading temporary insanity can he escape the severest penalty for his offenses. Lieutenant Ward Is charged with having been drunk while on duty on tho Mobawk, at Tompklnsvllle, on July 16.

An additional charge is that he was ab sent from duty after his leave bad ex pired, thlB occurring on August 10. A third charge alleges conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman, In that he was arrested in the Eighth Precinct, at Rich- mood, S. in August last. The charge of scandalous conduct Is also made, tend ing to the destruction of good morals. The alleged offense waa'intoxlcation, also at Richmond.

The court which la trying Lieutenant Ward IB composed of Captain D. P. Foley, Captain H. it. Broadbent, Chief Engi neer Spencer, recorder, and Chief Engineer Root, Judge advocate.

The trial has been under way for the paBt ten days. An adjournment until after tho Hudson-Fulton celebration was yesterday obtained by Ward's attorney, George Hiram Mann and Arthur B. La Far of Brooklyn. Most of the officers on the court have special duties to perform during the coming festivities, end when Ward's attor neys asked for a delay in which to od-tain further evidence, no objection was made. Lieutenant Ward is the son of a well- known Washington physician.

He has served three years In the Arctic region, and is a member of the Arctic Brotherhood. His counsel will probably put In a plea of temporary Insanity and mental irresponsibility, due to a Dreanaown ui his health resulting from his arduous service in the frozen north. It will also be shown that a year ago Ward was In hospital at Seattle under treatment lor temporary Insanity. SOLD OUT TO SPECULATORS. Park Commissioner Smith Revokes Permits for Hudson-Fulton Reviewing Stands.

The nermits for the erection ot review ing stands for the Hudson-Fulton cele bration along Central rant west uv-tween Seventy-second and Seventy-third streets, Manhattan, were revoked yesterday by Park Commissioner Henry Smith on the ground that the holders of the permits had broken their promise, made to the commissioner upon application for the permits, that they would not to sell out to speculators three ot If five sections to be erected. These Hire' sections, containing quite a number of seats, were to be sold to the public. The commissioner requested at the same time and received the promise that the seats in these sections wquld not be sold at more than a day, and not more than J5 for the three days for purchasers who desired to retain their places fo. the whole time of the festivities. Yesterday the commissioner heard from a man that tne ucneia uu IU were S008- cnaseu Dy mAnd- Ing $5 for one day and 10 for the whole period.

Commissioner Smith Immediately ordered an investigation of the charges made He detailed one of the clerks of his office to Investigate the matter br giving himself out as a speculator and attempting to purchase tickets from the of'th. permit J's was done and the result corroborated fully the state ments made by the complainant. iue man Thane It the reviewing stand refused to accept an offer of $6 a seat for one of the stands, a total offer of U80 for the 231 places available in one sec cannot sell for less than J1 500 the stand." he said, "but perhaps you will be able to get better terms from the boss Go and see John M. Delaney. at Park avenue, be is the man to see if "o'u nkt "get'a reduction in the price I have strict orders to stick to tho first ierk reported to park com- uvain miailoner.

who v- brelch'offaHh --tied sumclent taueu, uj fh antnrnr se. messenger to tne the commissioner ueimiej, ailed upon tne to Delaney's address ana to aemauu return of the permit TENDER WITH THE TRUNKS. 'Here'" shouted the railway official. "What do you mean by throwing thoso trunks around like that?" The norter gasped In astonishment, and several travelers pinched themselves, to make sure that it was real, men tne official spoke again. "Don't you see that you're making big dents in the concrete platform?" Tit-Bits.

$zteXt filling In for' the burying EHOajtatf ford. There are altogether some 14,000 of these students In Brooklyn alone. "Because of the interest which the Brooklyn Eagle has taken in opera for adults, and in the work of the music department ot tho Institute In general. I am led to write to you with regard to tho plans under consideration. If the Eagle will purchase tickets the success of the series will be guaranteed.

It Is my Judgment that a very practical and public-spirited piece of work may be done In educating the rising generation to appreciate good music." HOBLEY TO FACE CHARGES? Report Sheriff Will Be Hauled Up for Racetrack Violations. Another Rumor Credits Bookmakers With Receiving Protection at Rate of $1,000 a Day. No substantiation could be secured last night of the report that certain "big rasing interests" connected with the Sheeps-head Bay and Oravesend tracks are receiving "protection" from the authoritlcJ iit a consideration of $1,000 a day. A report to this effect was printed In an aftejnoon. daily yesterday, supplemented wlih the announcement that Sheriff Alfred T.

Hobley of Kings County and a police inspector would probably be examined In the matter in the near future. The facts in the case, it was reported, might also be placed before Governor Hughes for his consideration. An effort was made to see Sheriff Hob-ley last night, but without avail. No arrests were made at the racetrack yesterday, although there are still twenty warrants to be served. In the menawhile District Attorney Clarke, under the stimulus of a communication from Goovernor Hughes, -has been exceedingly busy leering that there are no violations of the antl-bftting law.

Several of his detectives were at the Gravesend racetrack yesterday, as well as seventy bluecoats, not to speak of thirty deputies under Sheriff Hobley. District Attorney Clarke's recent roundup, In which some of the best-known racing people in the country were arrested, has convinced the racetrack people that he tueanB business. The matter has also been taken up before the Grand Jury and developments are expected. Mr. Clarke believes that the evidence collected by his men will be sufficient to convict those whose arrest he has already caused.

LEADERS IN QUEENS CO. FIGHT Named by Sheriff Harvey P. J. Mara Sticks to His Statement Against Cassidy. Sheriff Harvey of the Democratic gen eral committee of Queens County, who Is leading the fight against Joseph Cassidy end Joseph Bermel, announced last night the leaders in the different assembly districts.

They aer Patrick S. Lahey, Herbert S. Harvey, Borough President Gresser aud John P. Adikre. Patrick J.

Mara said lest night con cerning his statement made In the Eagle of Friday and denied by Mr. Cassidy in last night's Eagle: 'Friday's Eagle contained the names of five prominent men who were present at the time the Cassidy offer of $15,000 was made to me for my support. Cassldy's denial fails to contain a statement cor roborating his own story. Those who were present when Cassidy made this offer to me are now his friends, and the people of tho Borough of Queens will not believe him unless he produces affidavits from them. Cassidy doesn't care what he says, but the people- of Queens Borough are wise to him." BANK TRUSTEES ON AUTO TRIP, Guests of President Warnock of Jamaica Savings Institution.

William A. Warnock, president of the Jamaica Savings Bank, yesterday afternoon treated the trustees of the bank to an automobile ride from Jamaica to Port Washington and around the country In the vicinity. The party left the Jamaica Bank about noon, and after an exhllaratl-Ing trip, had dinner at Bradley's Hotel, Port Washington. The trustees ol the bank are: Stephen Ryder, John E. Backus, T.

Tyler Watts, William A. Warnock, Charles Downing, Leander B. Faber. William W. Glllen, Robert W.

Hlgble. Georgo K. Meynen, Willet C. Durland, Martin S. Rapelye, Henry A.

Monfort, William L. Wood. Henry A. Van Allen and Phillip M. Wood.

You May Not Need to Change Now But when the necessity of a change is pressed harder on you by the action7 of coffee on your nerves, heart and stomach, of course you'll be farther down the hill. Coffee may act slowly in some cases. It does act sure in 4 out of 5. When you get too bad off, quit coffee and use POSTUM "There's a Reason" Postum Cereal Company, Battle Crwk, Mich. READY BY DEC.

16 Continued From Page 1. tractors, was $800,000 lower than the bid on the contract which he had set aside. I Hostility on Part of Construction Companies. i But the victory was not won. The bridge companies which really control the steel trade, were stiil hostile.

Mr. Stevenson finally gave them notice that if they attempted to tie up the steel markets against Ryan Parker, he would secure the steel from Europe, if he had to send a corps of engineers over to supervise the fabrication. It broug'it them terms. Through the intercession of the mayor and Commissioner Stevenson the rhcnlxville Steel Company agreed to manufacture the steel necessary In the onnruction of the bridge. The long-drawn-out delays in the con- The Block Between the End of the tructlon of bridges during other administration were uppermost la Commissioner Stevenson's mind.

If the bridge was to be built quickly It was necessary to have the steel on the ground as soon ns it was fabricated by the Bteel company. With this idea in mind Commissioner Stevenson hired a plot of ground In Bayonne, N. where all the manufactured steel parts were stored until they were needed. Then he went after the Roebling Company, which was to be th. BuhnnnfTanr fnf tho mn nllf RC turft Of the wire cables.

They, too, hustled things along, ana tne uayonne yara who used to store the things which they turned out. A Year's Work Completed in Four Months. Commissioner Stevenson then took the Carbon Steel Company and the Glyndon Contracting Company, who were to place the cables in position, into his confidence. Jn their contract they had one year in which to finish the work. They did it in four months, a record which has never been achieved In the history of bridge building.

Ryan Parker, however, were losing no time. Their contract required them to have the bridge completed by December 15, 1009. It was a stupendous task. Nobody thought they would make good, but the arrangements of Commissioner Stevenson for the manufacture and do-livery of the steel is undoubtedly responsible for the success they achieved. The report of Consulting Engineer Alexandor Johnson is interesting in this respect.

Mr. Johnson, on behalf of the Bridge Department, supervised the tmlld-ing of the bridge. He reports to the oommisslon that, with the exception of a few minor' details, the bridge itself is practically completed. In his report to the commissioner he says: Bridge Now Practically Finished. "The Brooklyn anchorage is now about 98 per cent, complete and the Manhattan anchorage about 86 per cent, complete.

The steel towers and cables are fully completed, while the suspended spans are completed with the exception of a small amount of riveting In the side spans. In the structural approaches tjiere remains only the completion of the erection of two spans on the Manhattan side. A considerable amount of the material required for the railings, pave-nients. track and electrical equipment has been fabricated and some of it is already at the bridge site." Mr. Johnson then goes on to Bay that rrpid progress is being made In lowering the Second avenue elevated structure in Division street, on the Manhattan mSe.

Then he continues: "The bridge will be available for vehicle and pedestrian traffic toward the end of the current year. The efforts of the department and the contractors are all being directed to this end." Bridge Department's Hands Tied in Completing the. Plazas. There are two things -which Mr. John-enn makes no promises about.

They are the plazas at the Brooklyn and Manhattan ends of the bridges. The Bridge Department has studied this problem in detail and has all the plans prepared, but imtll the Board of Estimate acts on the applications which are now pending before it, the department Is unable to go ahead because it does not know which of the railroad companies will receive franchises. "But," adds Mr. Johnson In his report. "temporary roadways and footwalks are being constructed, however, on the plazas to provide access to the bridge for vehicles and pedestrians." Engineer Moiljeska's Report Gratifying.

The gratification which Commissioner Stevenson experienced from this optir mlstie report was accentuated when he received Mr. Modjeska's report yesterday morning. Mr. Modjeeka came all the way from Chicago. His report was not only based on an examination of the plans, but a careful study of the structure Itself.

As an engineer and bridge builder Mr. Modjeeka has an international reputation. His favorable report It an impressive vindication of the wire cable bridge as compared to the eye-bar cable method. The lerc-rt a long document, which in BROOKLYN Structure and Nassau Street May Be Time Bridge Is Opened. complies in all respects with the re quirements of the specifications and is of excellent quality throughout.

The shop work Is first class in every respect. "The towers have been constructed and the cables with their anchorages installed in a workmanlike and accurate inauuer, and in strict ac3rdance with the specifications. "The stiffening trusses have been accurately erected, the Joints have been carefully riveted up with due regard to dlinculties attached to driving nickel steel rivets. Estimate of Carrying Capacity Can Safely Be Increased. "The floor has been designed to carry safoly the specified, loads.

Considering that, the unit stresses allowed by the specifications are very conservative and could safely be Increased, the floor may be said to have a margin of strength for a limited future increase in the weight of cars. "The structure as a whole has been carefully designed, and when completed will be amply strong to carry the heaviest traffic which may be placed upon it In the near future, as well as any reasonable additional Increase in the weight of properly regulated traffic It may be called upon to carry for many years to come. Distressing Conditions on Flatbush Avenue Extension. The difference in the grade between the Flatbush avenue extension and the Intersecting streets from Johnson street to the beginning of the bridge structure at Sands street, is now very noticeable. Contractors have been at work during the last few days filling in the line of the extension up to the new grade which leads to the bridge structure, and the people along the line are wondering what will happen in case of a heavy rain.

At some of the intersecting streets, notably Tillary, Chapel and Concord streets, the pile of dirt renders through traffic along these streets impossible. The alley alongside McLaughlin Park, on which is situated the rectory of St. James Pro-Cathedral, is turned into an impasse, and in order to reach Bridge street a climb over piles of dirt and rocks Is necessary. This alley Is to be used as a part nf the line of march of the procession of several huDdred church dignitaries on Tuesday at the consecration ceremonies of Auxiliary Bishop-elect Mundelheim, and it is in very bad condition. As If to make It worse, the Park Department is using it as a storage yard for a big lot of stone screenings.

The Rev. Peter Donahoe, the rector of the Pro-Cathedral, has called the attention of the city officials to this Immense pile of stone screenings and requested them to have it removed. The work could done in a short time with a tew men and a wagon, but the city officials have utterly neglected the conditions. On Bridge street, from this alley to Tillary street, the street Is being filled up on a slanting grade to meet the level of the Flatbush avenue extension. The middle of the street Is filled up with broken concrete, loads of dirt and boulders, and it has been closed to traffic.

The handsome new building of Public School No. 5 is on the corner of Tillary and Bridge streets, and to judge from a view of the operations at present the water from several blocks. Including McLaughlin Park, would inevitably gather right in front of the school, should It rain. Tillary street Is In the worst condition, and apparently no wagons can proceed far beyond Bridge street for many months to come. The pile of dirt which marks tho line of the Flatbush avenue extension is about two or three (e high at the Junction of Tillary street.

VICTIM OF MELANCHOLIA. lamps B. Waters. 68 years old, a retired business man, who lived with his nephew, Joseph Ryan, at 523 East Elghty-ntntn street, Manhattan, a victim of melancholia, according to Ryan, shot himself in the right temple in his room on the second floor of (he Ryan home last evening ina died in tne rresDyisriaa hubjihui inertly after tfari Mclaughlin -n-jA, Lhi-r -VMIimi Extension la Putting the Park Far Below Grsde..