New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-09-24


t-ing forthcoming nothing hss been done. HE
,izr ,,atu. Of Franklin stands over the doorway Of
the PHILADELPHIA Library cut IN Pennsylvania mar.
be the only elaborate testimonial ever erected
here OF late wears new interest IN his memory
bas been widely excited. Numerous strangers on
their visits 10 this city desire 10 visit BIZ grave
But il is helnned in from visitation by high Drl'h
wall. aid no access can De had without Gaining %
the sexton who j. hunted up with considerable dii-
hculty Hundreds 60 away gngrstlfi-d because Oh
this ,exatous Necessity. and It hiss long been me
subject Of public and private complaint. lie r.
cent Geographic Juror has excited new interest I'D
the subject and the demand for easy sccess 70 the
grave become exceedingly urgent. To grat1'y '.i-
demand the ye-try Of hT1st Church have JUST a.
trr1nircd TO take down portion 81 the orcA
wall in front Of IN. grave. and insert a
neat iron railing. through which the public might
look ard view the spot, which il "i'hlh
few feet Of the wall. The busy throngs no"
-hui'ie by unconscious that he lies 30 near. ne
wires of the telegraph are stretched within si-h'
of his rest and the element with which be hr.t
experimented on the Commons Of PhIadeiPhla IS
now harpe.sed for the indispensable u-es Of entire
nations. Where Franklins body rests, or, at least
oil around IT, was but sn open common when he
sent gp hi. Kites into the thunder cloud, and DIRE"
down and identified the subtle force at all times
20 terrific but now vital 10 the civilization OF
the world. Tradition has identified. with toeraoie
certainty, the very spot on which his periiou. eA,
periment was tried At the corner of Broad and
Spring Garden streets, there is transparency
erected bearing this inscription, This IL the
first locality where DR.. Franklin drew the cleo
"tricity from the clouds. Old people used to
say that there was, in ancient times, an open
she'd on that common, under y hleh Franklin shell
tered himself from the rain while watching Tor the
spark whose appearance was 70 solve the mlghty
problem. Posterify should perpetuate the memory
&c. l.t hv inc me
uoratiye shaft upon the spot Penns Treaty Tree
prostrated BY the tempest, has been replaced by 4
monument. Plymouth and Bunker Hill, already
conmeuoTated BY colossal memorials. not more
deserving Of Immortality. II may be- that the pub
lie feeling is rpening for monument, either to the
philosopher himself, or To the great PhI!osophicdi
triumph of his life.
The grea; Mechanical Bakery still lives and flour
ifhes II has not yet superseded the hand bakers,
as most Of them unprecedented, and has consequently
not effected any revolution IN the business. Yet II
works mp some fifty barrels Of -four daily, and is
gradually finding it's products more extensively
/ consumed This enterprise was incorporated with
1 capital Of $500 600, and was organized with two
of Berdan's automatic ovens, having machinery
sufficient 10 knead and bake 800 barrels of -four
/ daily. Though the average of our bakers consume
only about FIVE barrels daily, yet there are some
few prominent ones who dispose OF thirty barrels
per day. The Mechanical Bakery, at It's inception,
eco coo people each requiring, on the average, at
least one loaf daily for every two Of them. This, at
five cents per loaf involved 81 annual outy exceed
ing *, 600 coo. The demand thus appearing to be
almost unlimited, and the capacity Of the machinery
for supplying il being almost equal, il was reason.
able to suppose that an immense sale might be- de-
pended on. The private bakers certainly were
spprehensiye that The sale would be great as TO
ruin them. But the enterprise has thus far not
proved 10 BE- the great monopoly in bread.n,akDg
that was anticipated 1t is not supposed to be
losing business but why its bread does not SUPER
sede all private baking is curious question. 1t IL
beautifully white is baked in the best manner,
possesses a delightful flavor, which many con-
sumers prefer ard is sold low az any in the mar
kct. The question is worth investigating by poltl-
cal economists, with whom the bread supply il
generally the leading topic
The insinuation that Owen Jones will pocket
slice Of the profit TO be made by sending TO Scot
land for 5000 tuns OF iron pipes for the Washing
ton Aaueduct has mp 10 this writing been met by
no public denisl. Another Government contract
recently awarded to one Of our citizens is begin
ming TO attract some attention. \ manufacturer
received a contract for furnishing 10000 felt has
for the army at 81 10 each. Now, good silk hat
can be had for that price. One OF our city papers
says the actual value Of the felt hats 10 BE- supplied
ia only 81 80 each But we know the public mo-
ney must 90 somehow, SO long rs the Sham De.
mocracy holds the purse.
1t would seem that while one set of men are
trying to confnc the yellow fever within your
Quarantine limits, another set are more lndustri-
ousy engaged in lahors that may possibly diffuse it
among many populous cities. Goods are now
landed in some way from fever ships at your Quar-.
sntine, then put on boats which pass through the
Delaware and Raritsn Canal TO this city, where
they are reshipped by sea for New-York, thus at
some reduced cost escaping Quarantine detention.
This new traffic has been detected here, and
stopped whenever clearly ascertained. But may
lot coniaeion be- thus introduced into the heart of
your own city if it be continued When yellow
fever desoated this city in 1893, the deaths re-
corded, amounted 10 $3.50. OF these only So5 oc-
Cured in August, while in September there were
I,li2, and in October, 1893. Very near the SAME
proportonate mortality occurred in 1877. On the
last day of October Of that year, four deaths by
yellow fever occurred. In the visitation of that
year some l,2;f2 persons persisted OF whom ga
died in September and October. IL Is, therefore,
great deluson for the large cities to suppose that
the laeness Of the season viii justify some relaxa
ton of Quarantine strctness. We are all deeply
Interested in having il enforced with the utmost
rlgoT.