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Show NEW YORK SENDS SEVERAL TRAINS WITH SUPPLIES NEW TORK, Dec. 7. Several special trains provided by the New York Central railroad were speeding from here to Halifax Hali-fax tonight with every facility for supplying sup-plying aid to the stricken city. They carried car-ried (Sun men, together with S15.000 "worth of tools, 5150.000 'worth of lumber, 1000 portable houses and twenty-five motor trucks. The party includes a special salvage sal-vage corps under twenty expert engineers, engi-neers, who will restore wha tever houses can he saved and direct, the construction of temporary shelter. The train is expected to arrive a!. Halifax Hali-fax about o o'clock Sunday morning. Dr. Thomas Da rlington. longer health commiFPioner of New Tork ritv, who alfo is on his nay to Halifax, has been placed in charge of thp temporary housing problem?. He will co-operate with the health department of Halifax in maintaining main-taining sanitary renditions throughout the devastated district. On board the Red Cros? train whih left here late lodav in charsv of YAUs Russell were Captain A. L. Boyce. who had char.se. of the forwarding of Christmas Christ-mas gifts to soldiers in Fra nee ; Capia in Goodwin of tlie medical corps at. Governor's Gov-ernor's island, and Miss Jessie Forbes, a nurse who had lived in Halifax :yid eeen service on t he European ba ttlefields. The following- article?, valued at more than ??0('i.00(, were carried by the train, 4130 pairs of scks and SfS4. pairs of bed socks. 10.0S" sweaters. 15.12 pieces of men's, women's and children's clot bins:; lii.nno blankets, cases containing 100 gallons of disinfecting fluid, 20,000 nonndu of bandage?, 406 cots and a carload of foodstuff?. |