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THE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE PICTURE AND SrORTIXG SECTION NEW YOKK CITY, SATURDAY. MARCH 2S. 1014. PICTURE AND SPOUTING SECTION BETWEEN THE LINES Walks and Talks By JULIUS CHAMBERS. THE BACKSLIDE By WILLIAM C.

HUDSON SPLENDID pert is to be reopened in the old kingdom of Granada, In the province of Almeria, about midway between Malaga and Almeria. mm UK morning papers of Manhat t.in of yest.rduy tell of tha recent sale of the propertf formerly occupied by Lord mm Taylor, on the corner of Broadway and Twentieth street. Tn sum fur which it was sold is not given, H.t it is giics-jl at being greater than the assessed valuation of last year, which was it appears that Since the days of the Phoenicians, the roadstead of Adra has offered serious obstacles to landing merchandise; but since the Conquest, It has been famous for its lead mines. Adra is a city of 12,000 inhabitants, still Moorish In character, but it never has been connected with the rest of Spain by rail and, as I have said, it has been worthless as a port, notwithstanding its deep water. At present Cadiz is the only Spanish port of any value on the southern coast of the Ilyrian peninsula.

Gibraltar belongs to Great Britain; Malaga Is on an open bay; Almeria Is hardly better, although small vessels can find shelter. Adra has the natural advan the records show that only so rar nacs as ISC' this same property was sold for to Henry Hadeau, who used the small building on It as a grocery store. This land has never passed from the hands of the UadeaU heira until now. It was held by the firm of Lord Ac Taylor under the lease, and it erected the building on it in which for so many years before that llrra weut Into Fifth avenue, it did business. tage of deep water that none of these cities on the Mediterranean possess.

When the ground lease terminated, and the firm did not retain the place, tha building the tlnn had erected went with Since the American trade with "the the ground. If the Hadeau heirs were not rich until this sale was made, they arc now, and have become so by holding on to the property for seventy-two years. This is one of the romances of real estate. There is even a greater romance iU tho history of the tlrm of Lord Taylor, though 1 grtatly doubt whether there Is connected with the tlrm a per. son of tho name of tho firm participating.

Somo eighty years ago or more, Indeed, there was a machinist of tha Bea of All Antiquity" has assumed auch vast proportions, the Spanish government has seen the commercial advantages of having a port at which the largest steamers could touch. It Is within 76 miles of the dream town cf Granada, where is the wonderful Moorish palace of the Alhambra and the cathedral containing the bodies of Ferdinand and Isabella! The route by which Granada is now reached from Gibraltar is long and tortuous, and the time occupied in making the trip practically embraces 24 hours, because one has to cross Gibraltar Bay to Algeclras on the previous afternoon and sleep there. The train name of Samuel Lord, who was employed in the works of a wealthy foun-dryman In England, near Manchester. This Samuel Lord had the audacity to lift his eyes to a daughter of tha foundryman, and, indeed, found favor In her Hut his suit was denied hv the father of the girl, and so tha pair slipped nway and were married. There was a row, and the stern parent.

pulls out for Ronda, Bobadllla and 1 Granada at daylight. True, there is an xcellent new hotel at the old Spanish town at which the Algeciras conference, over the Moroccan dispute was held but loss of time in a Mediterranean voyage is a serious matter, As long ago as the Arabic invasion of Spain, a sea wall existed at Adra, giving partial protection to the port; but it was allowed to fall into disrepair, like nearly every great work the industrious Moors left In Spain. Adra degenerated into a fishing town of no throwing tho man Lord out of his employ, said to his daughter that If sha would agreu never to sec her husband again there was a good home for her In his house, but It site would not so agree, she could go with her husbaml, and ho would have nothing more to Ao with her. About this time there peared an Englishman, who had emir grated from England to the United States, of tho name of James Wilde, and who had established a factory for the mnnufuctura of broadcloths and shawls, and was In want ot a ma commercial value to the nation. Of late years fruits raised at Adra have been hauled to Almeria, about 65 miles, over the roughest of.

roads, much depreciated in value on reaching market. The oranges of the province are famous, almost rivaling those coming from Tangier, across the Strait. Work was begun on the new break chinist to tako care of tho machinery he had bought in England and to his factory in Dloomfleld, N. J. Ha offered the place to the discharged ma water In 1915 and 600 feet thereof have been completed, at a cost of (543,000.

this is a large sum for Spain, but chinist, Samuel Lord. It wns accepted, American Congresses dump an equal uru into Goosecreek Inlet or Sheboy Ban Creek without giving tha matter cerious thought. To complete the Adra breakwater, fully as much more money will be required. Sums sound large in pesetas and the Spanish newspapers dwell upon the fact that 3,000,000 times 18 cents have been spent at Adra! A railway but not until aftur Lord had arranged with his wife that sho was to go to her fathor until he could, in America, earn sufflciont money to send for her to coma to him. This ho did, and when sha left England she broke with her father entirely.

This Samuel Lord was the founder of the house of Lord Taylor. For a number of years Lord worked in the Wildo factory, but having a desire to enter Into a commercial llfo ha bought a business In Catherine street, which, at the time, was not much more than a thread and needle store, being assisted til the purchase by his employer, Wilde. The biudnosh thrived, adjoining storo after storo was added as the business was enlarged. I 'crimps it is now forgotten that Catherine Btreet was at that time, a shopping center and particularly favored by the good women or Brooklyn of two generations ago. At nil events Lord und Taylor's route directly over the hills to Granada has been surveyed and the rails will be laid before long subsequently, lateral lines will be run to Almeria and Malaga.

Catering to American travel, a new route through a heretofore unvisited portion of Spain will be opened. It Is a region gorged with battle-grounds An American who goes that route next year will do well to have read his became one of the notable shops, Lord having taken Into partnership with htm I-'i escott, Mendoza and Irving. If Adra a brother-in-law, of the nuiiie of Tay has piers to which large steamers can go, the port will assuredly become the point for fruit shipments from all An claluzia and Granada. It3 railways will open up the valuable fruit regions of Laujar, Dalals and Berja, where much of the crops rot upon the trees and vines. Silver zinc and quicksilver mines of worth exist in the vicinity of lor.

Finally the business growing, tha tlrm erected a largo brown stone building in Grand street which was considered a palace at the time. It was tha boast of the town. SI 111 It thrived and Lord and Taylor spread out again by erecting a marble building quite as large on the corner of Itroadvv.iy ami Grand street, coming Into sharp rivalry with A. T. Stewart Comnpny, at the eoinor of Broadway and street.

In the meantime Samuel lxrd bad become one of tlin solid citizens of New York ami a very rich man for those times. And, about that time his father-in-law, in England, now an aged man, failed In business and tho fln house he had built ami which ho hsd occupied for a number of years was put under the hammer. At this auction I hern was a mysterious bidder who would not be denied and the property was knocked down to him. The bidder was Maniuel Iml. Adra, but they have not been worked to a profitable extent because of in-acessibilily to a shipping point.

Poor as the facilities for export are, 9,937 barrels of grapes were sent from Adra to the United States last fiscal year. The city of Adra mentioned by Strabo was built upon the abruptly sloping hill back of the bay, but the new city lies bolow and is often inundated by the Hiver Adra, which runs rampant In the spring and overflows many of the best business streets. A dyke will be raised to restrain the swollen river and marshes in the vicinity, breeders of ague and mosquitoes will be drained and filled. respect and today his railroad and min splendid art collection in this city, it made In urging the claims of this burls only a few years since you and 1 1 ough for proper representation on the commission. ing interests literally stretcn across the entire country.

A list of tho cor porations with which he is connected would till half a column. Mr. Huntington possesses tho keenest used to visit the "Metropolitan Museum of Art," which was then in a quaint Moorish structure on the south side of Fourteenth street, between Sixth ami Seventh avenues. Amid such humble surroundings, chiefly supported for the rare Hispano-Anierican treasures he possesses. Only scholars and students have adequate appreciation of first editions.

Naturally, the British public does not relish the depletion of Its resources In art and literature. The London Standard takes a philosophic view, however, and admits that American buyers have an accurate' knowledge of what they desire in fields they have. invaded. "It tion to the poor service on the Lexington avenue, Myrtle avenue, Broadway Dekalb avenue and other lines patronized by Hie section. The matter was referred to a commit tee.

Cornelius M. Slieehan, in a vigorous speech protested against the present day triiiMit facilities, more especially as they exist in the Eastern District. The also nipped Public Service Commissioner George V. Williams for Ills failure to live up to promised relief of present conditions. The purchase, for something like of the rare hooks contained In tha Duke of Devonshire's library completes a cyclo of art and literary trans judgment regarding rare books.

With A resolution introduced by Duvld Hirschrleld, In favor of Brooklyn iiuto-imiiiy was unanimously adopted. The following committee was appointed to look after the matter, havid Hlrschlli chairman, Morns Adler, Charles Muel-ler, secretary of the organization. Charles liuubert and Jared J. Chambers. Several of the speakers called atten by those two lovers of art, Henry in the past three years, beginning witn the Hoe sale, he lias spent much more than $3,000,000 In rare books.

Ho has fers from the old world to the new. The movement has been In progress for them In his residence, on Fifth avenue The discarded daughter then presented herself to her father and said that with the authority of her husband her father was not to leave the house but fust occupy It so long as he livid. This brought about reconciliation. I.ord nnd Taylor continued to thrive nnd us business crept up town it obtained ft lease of the ground and erected the building lust sold. By this time Samuel Lord had amassed a fortune of una, his fatlier-ln-law hud died and old age was falling on him.

So turning his business over to his sons he went back to England to occupy the house of which his wife was duuglitor and from hich she hail I driven because shn had married him. And there lie lived with his wife In peine and comfort for tunny years. It was while the house of Lord and Taylor was at Broadway nnd street that the business nssed out of the hands of the Lord family by profitable sale Surely this Is romance of the business life of New York. The Brooklyn baseball team ha vine survived the raids of th Federal League and the snows of the sunny Manhattan, but what the future dlspo-! is curious." says the Standard, "how more than a generation, If I may eS' peclally refer to New York City. sitlon of them will be is a mystery, i many magnates or American nuance Mr.

Huntimrton is hard I likely to give land commerce possess the keenest Marqunnd and John Taylor Johnston, the proudeal possession of Greater New York was born. Tho Metropolitan Is today one of the wonder-shops of tho world! Thoso who do not visit it at least once In every three months will lose track of its progression. In Egyptology, for example, It Im the equal of any colectlon In the world, except that of Iiulac, near Cairo. In buying the Devonshire library en them to the Public Library, where tho 'judgment of mntters they might be bloc, Henry B. Huntington has prob ably secured the richest private collection of books in the known world! That little expected to understand.

Thisalll-a nee of bottomless purses and shrewd judgment threatens to drain Europe of its treasures." Recurring to the progress of the general render would not appreciate them. Tt Is thought he will follow tho example of Archer M. Huntington, and build a literary retreat for them, similar to that which the latter has created Is saying much, but when one stops to jiTmTn consider that it embraces sixty-three Shakspcare volumes, Including, first of all, a copy of tho first edition of litis fallen ami Hi "Hamlet," dated November ID, 1607, or "1 do It because 1 like It!" I time. Once night This Is all the explanation that Itor- baiioueteers begin to least and ieel. HYLAN AFTER P.

JANITORS. Transit Faults Also Aired at Allied Trade Boards Meeting Speaking last night before the allied Boards of Trade and Taxpayers' Association at Us meeting, held at Gates avenue, Magistrate John F. Hvlan. the president of the organiza ouli Pi'csid'Mit II. Pounds will Si when he is asked why after -dinner JOHN JOHNSTON.

Sciiih have begun their tour of exhibition games ending In about ten days at Ebbet's Field. All of which is warning that the baseball season is upon us when the figures of the morw tablv of grandmothers will increase. then Mr. Pounds forsakes the triviality of being Borough President to assume the importance of sitting on tho toast-master's right uud being called on for "a few remarks." From associations lo old ladles' homes, Mr. Pounds dashes clad In a i luw-huiinitcr day and sent In my card to him.

After a greeting I reminded him of his visit at Hlnghamton, and ho then gave mo a second cordial welcome and asked tion, bitterly assailed what he termed I think that most or Mm Brooklvii funs have absorbed th idea that llm i. resent team much stronger than it me to take a seat, keeping me fully an the "Janitors Tmst" In the public The first famous man I ever met was General Wlnfirld Scott on his return from the war with Mexico In 1849. I was a schoolboy In an ocademy nt Blngliainton, N. Y. on poll-1 bus been stronger than last year when third on 'the team kept up its rec.nl of losing and a top hat.

speech tics, one there on religion, schools. Thespcakcr declared that a closer accounting should be niade of fifteen years prior to the appearance of tho first folio In 1G23. Only one other copy exists In all tho world, so far bs known! It Is In the British Museum. This Devonshire example Is far more perfect than tho other and Is easily worth $100,000. Incidentally, Mr.

Huntington has secured nt tho same tlma copies of tho first, second, third and fourth folios not to mention the most complete collection of Caxtons In private hands with the exception of that owned by the lute Mr. Morgan. Interest will naturally renter In Henry Edwards Huntington. He must not be confounded with the son of the Into Colli Huntington, railroad mugnitta, who has established tha SpanlHh-Ainerlcan Museum and Library at 155th street, Manhattan. Archer M.

Hunt the care of the aged, and a fourth on the suppression of the oiiiiu thus Mr. Pounds enjoa uu evening of lihl nour, inquiring minutely as to my alfalrs of llfo. Just before having I said: "General, tell me tho most remarkable thing that you think ever happened to you as an army officer." "I never was asked that question before," ho replied, "but I can answer it nt once. In 1835 our Government decided to remove tho Indians from Kentilckv. TennntiMen iiml He stopped there on JOrtH johmsto1 games bv one run.

i inniK aiso mm. there is great conddetieo in "Bobbie." the new manager, and that he is looked to to ciirtect those evils which hava made the Brooklyn team near win tiers. The first disturbing thing Is th enthusiasm of the president over hiii team. Wo havo had in the past niiiiiy predictions of tho result of tha grout work that tho team was dolnn in the training country to see thnsn predictions falsified In Brooklyn, thafc their expenditures out of the salaries they receive. Mugltitrato John V.

Ilylan, the president of the. organization, bitterly assailed what he termed the "Janitors Trust" In the public schools. Tho speaker declared thai a closer accounting should be made of their expenditures out of the salaries they receive. Tho meeting was called ostensibly for the purpose of discussing and oonsld- his wuy to New York and was given a reception by the citizens. Ho was received nt the best hotel, and the academy boys were dls- I Newspaper men, It must bo on- fesseil, view President Poumls's name ion a list of speakers with niacin, for no mutter what muy be said as to quality, he Is never lacking In iiiaiiilty.

His Mends tell him that too much speak- In a body and marched down i mlsse to the hotel to greet tho General. Boy ii. Is worse than too much dinuei ington Is a member of the Authors I speaking pun ides such nn ftlon. It wns a long, tedious journey iiftnietl Club and a younger man by twenty years than the purchaser of so many like, I crowded to the front to listen to the speech he made. He dosed will) over z.ihio miles, mi we made but eight, ten or twelve miles dav.

A hat the use of being Borough they nave boon iiiikik tney navo President If 1 ciin't talk a little now and been doubted. So far thorn have been then," Is Mr. Pounds philosophy. no predh lions, only critical notes of- But philosophy, Ncholais tell i. n'tho plavers, until now President Eb- i erlng transit proon-un lovn of wisdom, where is Mr.

I 'omuls' bets oulhusos and talks about tho Held of 'enjoyment lifter a hard day's work in Horooc.h Hull. "Oilier men may have their motor-boats, their poll ponies ami bowling alleys, but for me, an expunse of white shirt fronts, tho blue hn.o of cigar smoko und a clear Held for a fuw remarks are all I sk." That' what Mr. Pounds calls, a guud few days after we had started there was a commotion among some of the squaws and seven or eight of them left the ranks and went behind a (dump of trees. Insldo of uji hour they rejoined the procession, one of them currying In hor arms a newly-born baby. I consider that the most remarkable Incident that over came to my notice," valuable collections In recent, years.

Henry E. Huntington was born In onn-ontn, N. February 27, 18.VI, mid be. gan life as a hardware dealer. Ho wns lumberman In West Virginia In Mxo, when ('.

P. Huntington, who hud ue-quired the Chesapeake nnd Ohio Itnll-road, took Henry Into Its service nnd noon raised htm to the post of super-latandcncy. lia was competent lu every words something like this: "Well, boys, 1 hope thai, whatever you undertake In life, you will all become generals." And, as he snld the last word, he placed his hand on my head. An 18ii3 General Seott, having been retired from the army, was living at West Point, and 1 went up there on.) District. Jared T.

Chambers, president of the Twenty-eighth Ward Board of Trade, mude a brief ml dress In which lie strongly advocated the appointment of a Brooklyn man lis a member of the Public Service Commission nnd complimented The Ecelu tn "f't it had hobby In a line of speech. Someone recently suggested thut tho null President's speeches were sort of an after-dinner mint. That Is quite possible. Speech, according to the old proverb, Is sllwi, vvvu if silvucu Is koMimj. team as a pennant contender, h'x makes us tremble.

Wh shall be qulto, content if Brooklyn Is a runner-up 'it the tlrst division. Thoro Is too much young and now blood In the team t' hope fur contention on the part tit In the world ioiioi..