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4A T1IE DAILY STANDARD UNION: BROOKLYN, MONDAY. JANUARY 5. 1C03. i ofTiTP All Cars tio direct or by Transfer to Our Doors, 1 NO POISON Baa evarbaea found laths suunalot Agate Nickel-Steel Vate. The BLOB LABEL, TrotsctM rf pp isi in of I Overwhelming Crowds at Our ExIrav.ordina.ry White Sale.

From the opening hour this morning1 the people have been swarming in upon us, eagerly buying of the most wonderful offerings in Undermuslins and Household Linens. It seemed as though all Brooklyn and its adjacent territory had waited for this annual event. We knew the enthusiasm that this sale would arouse, and eo we eupplled ouraelves with quantities Targe' enough to satisfy every woman In Greater New York. Clean, crisp, well-made goods only Afe here, and all are guaranteed made'uuder perfect sanitary conditions. Gqwns.

lfaeonville Muslin, neck, yoke of large and email hemotitched tucka cambric, hemstitched ruffle on nock and eleevea value too Muslin, neck, yoke on fine tuckt and four Hamburg Inssrtions, hemstitched lawn ruffle on neck and eleevea value 85c Maeonvlllef Muslin, ettuaiw neck front two tn- eertlone across front and aidea hemstitched ruffle on neck and sleeves, value Maeonvllle Muslin, high neck, yoke of large and email tucka embroidered ruffle on neck and eleevea value $1 Cambric, square neck, hemstitched tucka back and front hemstitched ruffle on neck and aleeves, value $1 THo Masonville Muslin, neck, yoke of large and small hemstitched tucka embroidered ruffle on nock andjsieevea value $1 1 New Linens for 1903 That Every Thrifty Housekeeper Should See. 1 heavy lbamasks for every day use and fine weaves for exceptional occasions fresh from the foremost makers -in the world, and marked for the January Sale at lower prices than generally prevail at any other time of the yearv i 50 pieces full bleached Irish Damask, the regular 60c. quality, per yard 50c -50 pieces extra fine Satin Finished Damask, the regular 89c. quality, at, per 75c 75 pieces heavy Double Damask, two yrds wide, in a wide range of new and beautiful designs, the regular $1.10 quality, at, per 85c 50 pieces Unbleached Damask, the quality usually sold at 40c. 't iand 50c.

per yanl, at, per yard. 30c. and 35c 25 pieces extra heavy Unbleached Damask, the regular- 60c. Quiiityi at, per yard ga4e4tffa, soc 50 pieces Silver Bleached Damask, the tegular 69c. "quality, at, per yard 250 dozen all linen Napkin 5-8 size, usually sold at $1.25, at, per dozen 4, 200 dozen very fine al) Uneq 5-8 size, usually sold at' $1.50, at, per dozen 250 dozen Napkins, medium dinner size, usually sold at $2-25, at, per dozen 200 dozen Napkins, full dinner size, the regular $2-50 to $4.50 grade, at, per dozen $1 98 to $350 500 dozen heavy Huck Towels, hemmed, worth $2.00 per dozen, per dozen $1.50 250 dozen extra large, figured Huck Towels, worth $2.50 per dofen, ar, per dozen.

$2. (jo All linen Hemmed and H. S.Huck and Damask Towels, worth from $3.00 to $4.00 per dozen, at, per $2.25 and $300 All our better grades at similar reductions from usual prices. A full line of Panfry, Glass and Kitchen Toweling at Special January Sale prices. Household Linen the importance of this annual occasion In out Linen Dept, and thus It happened morning were one animated scene from end to end.

these Linens, too, that makes them irresistible. Just a few hints; Towels. At instead of 16c Extra Heavy Linen HUCK TOWELS, white and colored hemmed ready for use, 21 inebw wide, 56 Inchee long At 16 Instead of 10o German LI, Datnesk TOWELS, hemmed ready for use, 10 inches wide, 58 inches long. At instead of -All-Linen Knotted Fringe Damask TOWELS, white and colored borders, 20 Inches wide, 44 inches long. At 25c Instead of Jifle -All-Linen HEM-stitched Damask TOWELS, drawn border effect, 22 Inches wide, 40 Inches long.

At Instead of 30c. Extra Fine Quality Hemstitched HUCK TOWELS, with satin bioche border effect on towel, 22 Inches aids, 41 inches long. Graham and Flushing A'Venues. New Embroideries. yA fine showing they make, the new Embroideries for 1903 Cambric, Nainsook, Swiss and Bastiste Edgings, In sertings, Flouncings and All Overs in a profusion of the new-, est designs, and at remarkably moderate prices.

Special for Tuesday. 800 piece Cambric Edgings and Inserting, worth 8c. and 10c. Dr vard offered at, phr yard ouerea bi, jper 150 piece Carfibric Demt Flouncing. offered at, per ixtfe Ftays, 20fE-fo ZkWmt.

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BURNKB IN TMtt ABE SAFE 1 OhMis. DEMOLISHING THE OLD HALL OF RECORD. am in ii mi Under the direction bf Assistant Superintendent of Buildings John. L. Jofflan work' on the demolition of the old Hall ot Records, In City Hall Park, Manhattan, was begun this morning.

The old structure will make way for ttje underground City Hall etntlon of the subway road. Superintendent of Buildings Stewart ordered the rasing under a precept handed recently In the Supreme Court. FEp HORSES ARSENIC. i police of the Brownsville precinct have received notification from Bernhard Hochman, proprietor of a stable at 496 Stone avenue, that some unknown person who mixed arsenlo with the feed of flv of hls workhorses some time during th night Is responsible for the death of four of the animals. The fifth animal le under the cere of a veterinary surgeon.

The owner was enabled to learn the character of the poison by having the -veterinarian perform an autopsy upon each animal. HUGE ELEPHANT KILLED Bl ELECTRIC CURRENT Man jn Charge of Coney Island Power Station Nearly Electro-cuted at the Same Time. Topsy? Also Swallowed Quantity of Cyanide of Potassium. After swallowing 460 grains of cyanide of potassium, and while a current ot 6,600 volts of electricity was passing through her huge bo'- Topsy, the man-killing elephant, rolled over and was at Luna Park, Coney Island, yeatefiday. At the same moment Joseph Johansen, superintendent of the Edison Electric Station, received a similar shock, and sustained only severe burns.

That be, too, was not fatally electrocuted is regarded as almost miraculpus. Johansen was In charge of the switchboard at Coney Island yesterday to turn the switch that should send the entire voltage through a single wire and end Topsye life. le turned It the moment he received the signal, but the current had performed the feat known to electrl-oians as "short circuiting." It made the whole current enter Johansen's right arm. It darted down hls right side, and emerged below the right knee, burning the skin at the points of entrance andegress, and partly paralyzing tho man. He dropped to the floor unconscious.

On the arm was a white spot some three Inches long, and on the leg a spot round and large aa a silver quarter. Tha doctors say Johansen will be all right In a few days. -Topsy killed a keeper at Waco, In 1900; and another keeper In the same year In Paris, Tex. On May 28, In Brooklyn, she killed J- Fielding Blount, of Fort Wayne, for feeding her a lighted dgagette. When her keeper, "Whitey" Alt, left tne employ of Thompson Dundy, the proprietors of the park, last Friday, Topsy broke loos, and for some time made thing lively In the thoroughfare of Coney Island.

A nobody else could handle Topsy, and as the animal's vicious temped did not Improve, It was thought best to kill her. Several hundred spectators were present, and Mr. Grace, special agent of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Aanlmals, with a number) of men, was on hand to see that the execution was humane. Topsy wes led from the elephant house at 12:45 oclock by Carl Goliath. She was lit chains, and lumbered along clumsily until she neared the place where It was proposed kill her.

She tried the little bridge that led to it, and, apparaiftly thinking It unsafe, or scenting danger, refused to go any further, and slowly turned about She was coaxed with apples, carrots and hay for nearly two hours, but would not cross the bridge. "Well. said Goliath, if cant lead her to defcth, then we ahall have to bring death to her. Electricians strung Out the wires to the feet of the waiting Topsv, electrode were brought and chained to the feet of the beast, and the big hawser was tied about her neck. In case of accident a man with an elephant gun stood near.

If Topsy understood this new move aha didn't betray It. Once or twice aha objected to the fit of the electrodes, but finally they satisfied her In thla respect and then she stood perfectly still. Not until all wad In readiness did aha seem to grasp that her enemies had dug a pit for her. Then she glanced nervously around, trlhd to shake off the electrodes and failed, tugared at b-r chains and sawed the lr with her trunk. -With everything In readiness, two Carrot filled with the cyanide of potassium, were handed to Topsy, and In a trice were swallowed.

Then the signal was given to the man at the switchboard. Topsys four legs were braced strenuously against the ground In response to the shock. Her tail shot out, and her trunk was tied In knots. A shiver ran over her frame, and then all was still. She died Instantly.

For ten seconds the current was kept on. When It was turned off the dead body of the huge beast swung gently a second or two an 1 then sank slowly to the ground. Topsy, the man-killer, was no more. To make matter sure, the donkey engine, to which was attached a tig hawser that encircled Topaya neck, drew the rope taut, so that any remaining life In Topsy might be strangled out; but the effort was unnecessary. At the first contact of the electric current Topsy gave up the ghost.

The carcass was cut open by Dr. N. J. Brotherldge, official veterinary surgeon; Dr. of Tingle-wood, N.

and Dr. Baker, of Union, S. C. TIt was said that th stomach would be sent to the department of biology of Princeton University, and that th hid would be tanned by Hubert H. Vogel-stein, of 811 East Fifty-ninth- street.

Topsy was thirty-five years old, weighed five and a half tons, wna ten feet tall, and measured nineteen feet and eleven Inches In length. tUCY NELSON FOUND. Lucy Neison, IT years old, of 1471 Herkimer atreet, who ran away from home laat Monday, and for whom the police have been looking ever since, was arrest (Continued from First Page.) bondholder This contract counts (or nothing, so far as the bondholders are concerned, for city bonds not protected by this contract sell as well, as the bonds that are. The letter the contract, on the other hand, has heretofore Involved a heavy burden upon the taxpayers. The greatest credit Is due to James W.

Stev enson, the Deputy Comptroller, tor devising a plan which will enable the city to keep this contract In its letter, as well as In Its spirit, while at the same time relieving the city permanently of unnecessary. taxation. The same law of 1878, htch makes It necessary to assign specific revenues to the Sinking Fund, makes It also lawful Invest these revenues In obligations of the city at the time of their Issue. These revenues heretofore have been Invested lit bonds issued for Improvements more or less permanent' In Character, Mr. Stevenson "proposes that the Legislature should authorize the issue of a new class of bonds, to be known as general fund bonds, In which the surplus revenues of the sinking fund each may be Invested, the proceeds of which shall be paid Into the general hind for the reduction of taxation.

These general fund-bonds are to remain as assets of the sinking fund until all the obligations of that fund are met. Then, and not until then, they are to be can-. celed. The citys credit will thus remain pledged to the sinking fund for the amount of all Its assets, as the law of 1878 contemplated, so long as any of the Unking fund's obligations remain. In addition, the law provides that In the event of any deficiency In the sinking fund, In any year, that deficiency shall be made good by taxation.

It Is clear, therefore, that no bondholder can suffer by the adoption of this plan, while the taxpayers will he greatly relieved. It Is, of oourse, an essential part Of thi plan that 'wo much of the revenues of the sinking fund as is necessary for the redemption of debt, as It falls due, shall be kept at command. 'The plan, therefore, complies both 1th the spirit and with the letter of the contract of 1878. This plan has been submitted by Controller to thegirln-. clpal buyers of city bonds, to the savings banks, to the Chamber of Commerce, to many of our leading financiers, to the former Mayors and Controllers of the city, and to many others whose opinion upon this Subject would be of value.

Many lawyers, also, have beep asked to give their opinion as to the lgallty of it. With substantially no exception, the opinion of the lawyers Is that-lt Is legal; and the opinion of the financiers thpt It is financially sound. The Controllers presentation of the matter to the public has left nothing to be desired. A bill to authorize the adoption of this plan willl be presented to the LegisbyWW at an early day. This bill shouffi have the hearty support of every one who wishes to reduce the city's taxes.

8o much for the first branch of the city's dilemma. The working capital that the city needs, or, to put It in another way, the larger credit that it must have. Is to be secured by the very simple process of assessing the city's real estate at full value, according to law. Heretofore the real estate of the city has been assessed approximately at 67 per cent, of full 'value. By Increasing the assessments of the standard fixed by the law, the city will Increase its borrowing capacity without affecting in any Way, by that fact, either the amount of its tax levy or the amount of Its debt.

As a matter of fact, the tax levy of 1903 Is less than for 1903; and, if the Smktng Fund bill becomes a law, It will be 810,000,000 less. Many objections have been urged against the policy of full assessment, but I am persuaded that It will prove to be one of the most desirable reforms aver effected In the city of New York. No taxation Is so unjust as unr equal taxation. As a result of a reassessment of all the real festate of the city, property has been found to be as-th'essed all the way from 7H per cent, to 180 per cent, of Its full value. Except for the systematic reassessment of the citys real estate, whlch has followed the de- termination to enforce the plain requirements of the law, many of these variations would never have been discovered.

It Is evident, of course, that individuals who have been favored by the old system may have to pay a larger proportion of the city's taxes than they have been paying heretofore; bit this fact, so far from being an objctlon to the reform, is the strongest argument in favor of Jte neces- flty, because it la the demonstration that Justice In taxation has to that extent supplanted inequality. 1 That the real estate Interests of the city as a whole apprehend no Injury from the change of system is conclusively demonstrated by the fact that In New York and counties the conveyances of real estate In the last six months, since the change of policy as to assessments was made public, are substantially 8,000 In number in excess of last year. Plans have been filed for 2,208 new buildings, only 155 less than a year ago, notwithstanding the coal strike, the high price of building materials, and the high rates for money. It is Inconceivable that such figures could be presented If the policy of assessing at full value were seriously felt "to be dlsadvantageouft to the real estate Interests of the city. They amount.

In fact, to a demonstration that, whatever may be the giounds for criticism of this policy, In detail, the advantages resulting from It overwhelmingly outweigh the disadvantages. I should summarize the advantages In this way. First, It makes for equality and justice In taxation. Nobody can reach a percentage of full value, such as 67 per or any other percentage, without first determining full value and taking the percentage of It. When, however, there.

Is no standard for the percentage to be taken except the whim of the deputy assessor, Im-" mense variations In the assessments are inevitable. Incapacity and dishonesty both tend to aggravate the trouble. Nobody has a right to fix a standurd other than the standard fixed by the law itself, and that standard Is full value. It Is not contended that so great a work as reas-, sesslng the city as a whole can be without mistake; but It Is absolutely certain that, after next July, when the new assessments go into effect, there will be no such lnequab itles of assessment, under the require-' irent to assess at full value, as are rep-jefented by the present assessments, which range from 1 per cent, to 130 per cent, of full value. Each year, also, ought to help to remove such Inequalities ss may still exist.

Full value Is something upon which the courts can much nore readily form an opinion than they an upon questions of comparative value, tuch as have heretofore been presented them. The second advantage of assessment at full value Is that It makes Ihe city, by increasing Its credit, master it Its own fate In the matter of public Improvements, while enabling It to provide adequately for such essential needs of Its rapid growth as schoolliouses and hospitals, police stations, fire engine houses, dock Improvements and the like In particular, at this moment which Is evidently the psychological moment for Improving our rapid transit and Inter-borough communications it makes the city the master of the situation; able to s. co-operate where Its co-operation Is de-X slrable, able to act where action by the city Is essential. other words, It gives the city command of the larger credit that it needs. It is quite as Important for a city to use Its credit wisely as It Is for a man; but It Is no more an advantage to a city to be without credit than It Is for man.

The Ramapo water scheme was urged upon the city because It was claimed that the city could not afford to supply Itself with water. So, at every turn, where the city cannot afford to do for Itself what It ought to do. It has to purchase what It wants by arrangements not In the public Interest. It Is only when Ihe city te financially strong, ami i arable of enforcing such terms as It pleasca, that the public Interest can be 1 roperlv prelected. This administration found the city with almost no command Corset Covers.

Cambric. French front, hemetltehad ruffta on neck and value 19a Cambrlc.V naek. wide embroidered edge; valoe 1 Cambric, French front, tucka and four Torchon lara insertions down front, lace edge on neck and arm'a-aya; value 45o Cambric Frerteh OOR8ET COVER, two Torchon laoa Insertion! acroae front, with ribbon: lace edge on neck and arma-eye: value 05o 4H Cambric French CORSET COVER, one Torchon lace insertion, back and front, with ribbon: laoe edge on neck and arma-eve: value 75c Cambric French CORBET COVER, two Torchon' laoe tusertlona on front with ribbon: lace edge on neck and wrm's-eye: value T5c Cambric French CORBET COVER, Valenciennes leee Insertion oet In to form a yoke, lace edge on neck and arm'a-eye; VAlue 76c 5Me Annual Every good housekeeper know that the aisles and counters here this Theres a price magnetism about Na-pklns. At JMto per doaon. Instead of 50c.

All-LIrmn Fringed DOILIES, damask pattern with colored borders. At fl2c per dosen, Instead of 85c. Extra Quality and Hise of Fringed Damask DOILIES, with fancy colored border effect. At 7(to per dosen, Instead of All-Linen SUver-Blearhed German' NAPKIN, damask patterns, 6-8 slxe. At Ell lO per dosen.

Instead of $1 40 Full Bleached All-Linen Irish Damask NAPKINS, 10 inches square. At SI 89 per dosen. Instead of $1 60 Extra Heavy Weight All-Linen Scotch -Damask NAPKINS, 21 inches square. Broadtvay, of Its destiny. In a single year, by adopt Ing the policy of asseseing at full value.

It has made the city hand-free and foot-free and master of Its own fate. I do not wonder that sales of real estate have been bn so large a scale since this policy was announced and the effects of It have begun to be understood; for It makes all Ihe difference between a city that can keep up with the times and a city that cannot provide even for Its own growth. These great advantages, also, will have been secured for the city, not only without Increasing the burden of taxation, but whlla actually reducing it The Brooklyn tunnel la another transit matter that has been successfully dealt with during the year. Not only was It contracted for at $3,000,000 when It was expected to coot 18,000,000, but the smaller figure was on the basis of an Initial lease of thirty-five years Instead of fifty years, as In the case of the first subway. Advantage was also taken of the Pennsylvania franchise act to amend the Rapid Transit law so as to provide for a readjustment of the terms of payment for permanent franchises every twenty-five years Instead of every thirty-five years, as the Rapid Transit act formerly read.

Negotiations for franchise to use the MoCombs Dam Bridge are Mill pending, but the Union Railway Company has already agreed to pay five times as much a the city government demanded for this franchise In December, 1901. It will thus been seen that the large Interests of the city In these matters have been carefully and successfully guarded. The problems connected with the Manhattan terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge, and with the connection of this Bridge and the Williamsburg Bridge, about to be completed, have been the subject of the most careful study throughout the year. After many unsuccessful efforts, a practicable plan has been devised for adding four additional loops to the trolley servioO the Manhattan terminal of the Brooklyn Bridge, and these loops are now In the course of construction. Th difficulty ti obtallnng material hat caused much delay, even atter the plan was approved.

But these loops, useful as they are likely to be, are only palliatives of a trouble that la deep-seated. Until tHe substructure of the Brooklyn. Bridge Is rebuilt, eo as to Increase Ite train-carrying capacity. It la not practicable to run over It, wtth safety, more trains than are being carried upon It now. Until this la done, nothing la so fan a this bridge Is concerned, but the Improvement of the terminal facilities.

Substantial and permanent relief, therefore, must wait upon the completion of more tracks between Manhattan and Brooklyn, either by bridge or tunnel. In this relation. It la of th highest Importance to determine upon the connections to be made by the train ccming from Brooklyn across the Williamsburg Bridge. Two plans have been suggested for this purpose, both of which have some iberit, but neither of which Is free from aeriok objection. A third plan la now under consideration which may solve the problem bettei than either of the others.

The first plan contemplated connecting the two bridge by an elevated railroad running from the Brooklyn Bridge up Centre street and via Grand and Delancey streets to the Williamsburg Bridge. This Is the plan preferred by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. The objections to It are that It would practically destroy Centre street, to say nothing of the other streets affected, seriously damaging the new Hall of Records and the new Criminal Court Building, and that It would have to fight Its way from one terminal to the other against a practically united hostile sentiment In the Borough of Manhattan. The damages to be paid by reason of Its construction would come to three or four times as much as the cost of the road Itself, and would also equal the cost of constructing an underground connection between the two bridges. This damage would be lasting; so that the construction of such a road Avould deprive the city permanently of a large amount of taxable value.

In view of these facts, It was proposed by Mr. Pareons, the chief engineer of the Rapid Transit Commission, that the connection between the two bridges should be by tunnel, and It was hoped, when this proposal was made, that the problem had been solved. Unfortunately, It appears that It would be necessary. In order to carry the Brooklyn Bridge cars Into a tunnel at Park row, for the trains to approach the station on a four per cent, down grade and on a curve. Th elements of danger Involved In this proposition, though by no means fatal, appear to be so serious as to warrant hesitation In adopting It; otherwise this plan has every advantage, bee use, without Injuring property slong the route, It would give to the bridge railroad as great accommodation as Sn elevated structure, and, In addition.

It would give It better Muslim with deep umbrella ruffle and embroidered ruffle, value 5Me Muslin, with deep umbrella tucked flounce and embroidered ruffla value $1.26. Muslin, with deep umbrella flounce, with Torchon lace Insertion and lace ruffla value $1.80 MHe Corsets. NEMO KOBMO CORSETS, medium bust, unbreakable hip, white and gray, sites IB to B0, value $1.50 W. straight front made of CoutU, trimmed with wide laoe edge and ribbon, white end fray, sites 18 to 28, vaiue'fl 75 PR WARNER0COR8ET, straight front dip hip, white and grayAlsee 18 2d, value 60c 3 (to Embroideries. A very special offering of CAMBRIC EDGES, In at rips of 4H to 6 yards, cut out ready for use, at, per yard, 3c, 8c.

8 10c, 5,000 yard CAMBRIC, NAINSOOK and SWISS EDGINGS and INSERTINGS, cut any length desired, value 8c. to at, per yard JC, CAMBRIC EDGINGS, all well made, cut out ready for use, yard. 3c. to 75e CAMBRIC INSERTINGS, close snd open work, per So. to 60e elimination of the present Public Library, now wholly under public control, by merging it In a corporation whose governing board should be self-perpetuating.

After careful consideration of what was said upon both sides, I reached the conclusion that although there was much force In this objection. If a consolidation libraries was to be brought about In the Borough of Brooklyn, it was desirable for me to approve' this bill, and to use my Influence thereafter for Its modification so as to secure public control of the new corporation. The bill. In due course, became a law; and I proposed, after conference with some of those representing the different points ot view, that the matter Should go forward, subject to an agreement that legislation might be had permitting the Mayor for the time being to appoint. the representatives of the Publlo Library in the new corporation, and also their successor, while leaving (he representatives of the Brooklyn Library as a self-perpetuating elements wlthlrt the board.

The settlement that I proposed would give to the representatives of the public In the board of trustee fourteen out of twenty-five members, while It would assure to the representatives of the private library to be consolidated wtth tha publlo library, the recognition ihat they conceived to be essential to enable them to be true to their trust. This Is the plan upon which the public library of Pittsburg Is conducted, where Jt works very well. Under these circumstances I propose forthwith to organise the corporation under tha act aa It now stands, by appointing the trustees called for therein. This will create a corporation capable of contracting with the Board of Estimate and Apportionment for the conduct of the consolidated libraries, and this contract will provide for such a modification of the law as I have outlined as to the board of manager of tha new corporation. The contract will come before the Board of Estimate and Apportionment In due course, and the whole matter can beSthraahed out bfore that Board.

Any modifications of the existing law there agreed upon can doubtless be had at the present session of the Legislature. 1 take this course because I believe It to be highly Important to the Borough of Brooklyn that these libraries should be consolidated; and I believe It to be simple justice to the other parts of the city, when library property worth a million of dollari If offered to the publlo upon terms that give to the representatives of the public fourteen members out of twenty-five, that the offer should be accepted. If it Is not accepted, the borough of Brooklyn will either have to go without a reference library of great value, or else the city must be taxed to furnish the borough with such a library. To go without such a publlo reference library would be a great misfortune for Brooklyn; to compel the rest of jthe city, to say nothing of Brooklyn Itself, to build up a duplicate reference library for that borough, tn view of the conditions of the proposed gift, would be a grievous hardship to the city. There Is a limit to the taxation the city can bear, even for public libraries, venture to hope that, by pursuing th course outlined, a result will be achieved that will be altogether In the public Interest.

SETH LOW, Mayor. Afteithe reading of the Mayors message "had been dispensed wfai Alderman Mclnnes offered a resolution asking that preparations be made lor a fitting ceie-t ration ot the fiftieth anniversary of the city of New York as a municipality. This was approved, and President Fornea appointed a committee of nine to make arrangements. By a vote ot 44 to 4 the Aldeimen de elded to change the name qfthe Almshouse In Kings Countyto the Kings bounty Home for the Aged end Infirm. A similar resolution changing the name of the Almshouse on Blackwells Island to the New York City Home for the Aged and Infirm, was also approved.

Dressmaker (Mending off and admiring it) Whnt a beautiful fit! Cuatomsn-Tes. snd what a beautiful fit tor hoabend will have whan ha sees tha bill! Chi-cago Trtbuns. SPECIAL NOTICES, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, 'THAT PUR-suant to Section S3 ot Chapter 419 of tha Laws of 190T of tha Stats of New York, oommonly known as tha LUn i-aw, and pm.u.'it Ire heretofore served on Sarah J. Moser, pacing beraa known aa Tha Anderaon Homo, owned by aid Sarah Moser will ba sold at public auction to the highest bidder, on January 21st, IfliM, at 0 o'clock In tha forenoon, nt The Opera Stables, Noa. Ithi-MO Halsey street, tn the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York, to aatlafy lien tber-on tor the wa-d and lodging wild hcisa furnlabed hr the underelsned Liacsl Borough of Hrtr ktyn.

City ot Maw York, the ftth day of January, 1903 Til MOSER PAUACR CARRIAGE COMPANY, By B. TAGGART, Fraatdant. connection with the municipal subway. IThe third plan, which Is now under consideration. Is to abandon the attempt to connect the Williamsburg Bridge with the Brooklyn Bridge, and to bring the Williamsburg Bridge cars, by tunnel, down to the City Hall, from which point would pass under the bridge Into William street, by tunnel, to Malden lane, connecting with a second tunnel under the River to Brooklyn which, In turn, would connect with the elevated railroad- system of that city at a point to be chosen.

This plan would provide for continuous circulation between the Williamsburg Bridge and a second Brooklyn tunnel; would give to both the benefit of eta-tlons at Fulton street and Maldet) lane; and supply a certain amount of local traffic In Manhattan that would help carry the cost of the connection. It would assure to Brooklyn the completion of a second tunnel In the near future, and give to this tunnel the maximum of value. The choice between these three plqtis must be made at an early date. The chief engineer of the Rapid Transit Commission Is now preparing plans for an East Side route for the municipal subway, with an extension through Jerome avenue, and also for carrying the subway down from Forty-second street to the Battery. In addition, the route for a second tunnel to Brooklyn la under consideration.

The present year, therefore, ought to see the plans consummated for these Important additions to the subway system. The necessity for them must be evident to everybody. lb la a striking fact that the surface and elevated roads of the city gt New York carry more paying passengers, every year, than all the steam railroad of Nortty and South America combined. What this signifies. In detail, was well shown by the statement of Mr.

Bkitt, president of the Manhattan Railway Company, that on Monday of Christmas week hls company carried 10,000 more people than It carried during the immense crush of the Dewey celebration. The present agitation over the Inadequate accommodation furnished by the elevated and surface railroad companies tells, th same story. The street arrangements to be made at the Manhattan end of the Wllllameburg Bridge have commanded a great deal of study from the Board of Estimate and Apportionment during the paet year. It la evident that, In making these plans, consideration must be given, at the same time, to the terminal arrangements for the Manhattan Bridge, which ends at the junction of Canal and Forsyth streets. If la also evident that these arrangementa must provide- for the most advantageous circulation of traffic, up and down town, for both these bridges.

Such arrangements are certain to be costly, but I am confident that they can be bo made as to be. worth to the city. In the promotion of the circulation of traffic upon the East Side, many times their cost. The same problem remains to be studied out for th Manhattan end of the Blackwells Island bridge. With the completion of these' bridge and the projected tunnels, say, within the next five years, there will be thirty railroad tracks between Manhattan and the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, where now there are but four.

Only one other subject calls for consideration In this message. The year 1902 has seen the laying of the cornerstone of the New York Public Library and the opening of the new wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The first Carnegie branch library has also been opened dhrlhg the year, and a number of sites have been secured on which a number of other branch libraries are already In course of construction. During the last session of th Legislature a law was passed providing for the creation of a new corporation In the borough of -Brooklyn, to be known as the Brooktyn Public Library, which was authorised to absorb the present Public Library of Brooklyn and thg old Brooklyn Library in Montague street, which le a private corporation. This latter corporation own a valuable reference -hbrary and olher property, roundly estimated altogether at about one million of dollars.

At tha hearing upon this bill before the Mayor It transpired that a most unfortunate controversy had sprung up wtth reference to the control of th new library corporation. The bill, Of passed, provided for a self-perpetuating board of trustees, to be formed, originally, by the appointment by the Mayor of eleven members1 from the present Public Library Board of Trustees and of an equal number from the present Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Library; these twenty-two men. with the Mayor, Controller and President of the Borough of Brook-FW ex officio, were to be the directing hn considerable element In the 1 ryl-t objected to tha -ointed. 10 Inches wide, worth 85c! per van ,..,....25 YORK. I CORPORATION NOTICES.

ROOM aI Corntfr of park Avenue and Fifty-ninth gireat. Borough of Manhattan, Tha Cltg of Maw B'M OR ESTIMATES WILL BB Ah 8uJrtntwident of School ahov. unllZ Jew noon oa vFOR AXt ANNEX TO ING high SCHOOL EN- rm xZ. LATH KS. SHAFTING, DRILLS, BENCHES, PARTITION ft Oflfi AND nfcMOVINO OLD BENCHES, ln for ths completion of the work and ntrft la 80 daya, drif Aon? rQUIred to mtMn hn, ored dollar ($1,600) on Item No.

1, and flv hundred dollars (ttofl) on Itm No. 2 of wch item reification or wntalnod or hereto annexed by Lfihtoihe The extension muet made and footed op. as the bide oil) tot1 tor ch itm awards lowest bidder on each Item. fo1 nd further information may be obtained and the plane and drawings may be ITunn jfjfhe Superintendent of School Supplies, Board of Education. Borough of Mn-nattan, southwest corner Park avenue and Fifty-ninth street.

PARKFR P. SIMMONS, Suparlntand-nt of School Supplies Dated January 2, IBttl. l-not tTT See General Instrneflons to nig. f- last eolama Pag I .1 thla-. paper.

elevated cars I should consider a terrible nuisance that should be stopped. P- A. W. 1 IT DICE, SITS GISSiDT Borough President of Queens De-dares Employes MustVyork Only for the City. Highways Employe, JVho Ran a Saloon, Discharged.

As a result of an Investigation made by Controller Grout, Tony Parradiae, the proprietor of the hotel bearing his name on Broadwa Igng Islam) City, Is no longer a section foreman In the Queen Highway Department at salary of $4 50 per day. i When the employes of the Highway Department reported for work this morn-jug they were Informed that no man employed by the1 city will be permitted to engage in any olher business. This caused much consternation. Several weeks ago charges were made that Borough President Cassidy had appointed metl to positions In that borough who had stores and offices at which they conducted various lines of business In addition to their positions under the city. Controller Grout sent two sleuths to Long Island City to Investigate.

They secured photographs of Paradises saloon and of the Interior, wtth the proprietor behind the bar. The pictures were forwarded to President Cassidy together with a section of the charter, and Parra-dlse was discharged Saturday. Then President Cassidy Issued a general order about city employes end It was made public to-day. NEW, i ed this morning and taken before Magistrate Furlong, in Gate avenue court The girl claimed that aha ran way from home because her father beat her. The Magistrate will Investigate her story.

POULTRY SHOW WEEK AT TflE GARDEN. To-morrow morning, at 8 oclock, ths New York Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association will open Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, with An exhibition ijjilch shows, In the large number of bird the finest poultry, thousands of pigeons, and a complete pet atock department and a cat show, under tho auspices of the Atlantic Cat Club, that each yeaw Ipcreakea tha value and popularity of their exhibition. There will be many foreign birds In the 4how, and It Is a compliment to New York that a shipment direct from England will attract especial attention with one hundred Orpingtons In the cages, and a bid for popularity of thla bird, aa against our own standard Plymouth Rock, which will be shown In greater numbers than In any previous exhibition. Pigeons will be a strong point, and they are always favorites, aa somehow everybody likes ths pigeons; the rabbits and guinea pigs, now known as cavles, will have their place, and the incubators and breeding yards are also strong points In the show. Fancy birds, of all kinds will be present, and In the Song Bird Department, located In the restaurant, there will be more fine birds than even last year.

The Cat Show Department, In the Concert Hall, will have notable exhibits that have won many prizes, and It Is quite evident, from the large number of entries, that the popularity of the cat shogr In New York Is rapidly making It of the same Importance that It Is held In abroad, especially tn England. The show will remain open until 10:80 at night, and will close on Saturday evening. THE CAR, BRIDGE AND FERRY SERVICE -T 1 To tha BJltoe of Tho Standard Union; Hear 8lr, Seeing In an advertisement In Yhe Standard Union of yesterday a coupon headed "Do You Want the City to Run the Three Cent Fare Service?" I would like to say than I do not believe such a scheme can be worked, even If the whole population of Greater New York should say Yes." There -would be an endless fight Instead of a three cent fare make It six tickets for 25 cents, the tickets to be on sale at all drug stores, department stores, at a email percentage. For those who do not travel much let them pay a nickel to the conductors. The rale of fare on the Bridge, two tickets for 5 cents, Is more than half what It should be; but to be more lenient we should have twelve tickets for 25 cents, which would give us a week's supply.

The price of tickets for the ferries during commercial houra should ten 'bents for twelve, and for other hours twenty cents for twelve tickets. The ferries where three cents la the present price should charge thirty cents for twelve tickets. All boats, north, south, east and west, should be In proportion. I believe If th above Bridge rate were adopted the crush at the Brooklyn end of that structure would cease, and employment he given for a few tloket agents elsewhere. I myself one night was pushed against a would-be gentleman's heels.

I begged hls pardon, but he would not have It. This caused my fern-ter to rise to a fighting pitch, aa the platform between) the stairs will not hold more than five or six people In front of the ticket office. This occurred during a terrific crush. Kxpectoittlon from thp SMna-TW you think nor marriage wtth Mw Lott Onyna, tha holreas, will have a plaaasuu cuiroma Edward can't say but tha this that a trouts aaa to Uia tavooia. BalUnor t-atl.

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