The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-01-14


citizens nov who have experienced while in London
the great benefits Of what 10 known there to be tbe
greatest success In railroad enterprise 10 be found In ell
turn for the M r months Of The wear lust ended were
10, 3oS.3o5 On the 2iss day OF May from morning I'll
evening, the line carried lo4, 7o7 persona
John Bishop Hail. writing from Syracuse as TO the
various plans proposed expresses his opposition 10 both
the elevated" and underground railway schsnea
He Gays A@~w.r- A
II the aerial gentlemen must have ''elevatsdn
railroad let them construct the roofs OF the houses
skirng Broadway, and let them screw the people up
and down with the elevatng and lowering screws Or II
the dggers viii dig let them employ General Butler to
spoon out big Dutch Gap cans under the street. 0ut
DeS" ,ne sewerage gas and water PIPES ana on e,e,
people 10 and fro in steamers. But seriously, VINO
desiring 70 go few blocks would wish TO climb upa
pair Oh stairs In order 10 be conveyed over railroad on
ss and then be under the necessity Of walking down
another stairway or what person wishing 70 60 short
distance would be willing to walk down flight Of stairs
into suoterranean cavern where the air must be
less impure and where nothing could be bat the
dingy walls and then compelled to walk up another
stairway in order TO reach daylghtf Let either both
OF these plans be adopted and you will still have the
inevitable omnibus and crowded sidewalks. What we
want 10 get these cogging. Gathering vehicles, with
their noisy drivers, out Of Broadway, and then keep
them out and at the same time furnish easy cheap and
rapid conveyance for passengers and freight
Mr. Hall then proposes a plan to effect the desired
obect-which he styles ''my pan''-and consists In
laying double track 10 Broadway and one IN street
TO it. The in Broadway TO be for the conveyance
Of way passengers and the one In the other street for
through passengers and freight Each train on the
Broadway road TO consist OF 1t least three cars-oDs
small one for smokers one for arstocrats and one FOR
pebeians The fare on the last named TO be az low as
possible and the other two TO be at least double
Each train In Broadway should be capable OF accommo
aatng nlty or necessary hve hundred persons a a
and gradually increased TO ten miles per hour and one
70 pass every ten minutes The through passenger
ana freight train to run at speed OF i've miles an nour
IN the lower part Of the CITY, be gradually increased,
as II reaches the suburbs to fy miles PEI 0onr, and
give ample time for pedestrians and vehicles pass Al
the crossings and 70 50 from one side OF the street TO
M Han processes also to have discovered q new
motive power by the use Of which he propel the
without the aid Of horses dummies. wire ropes, air
engines, windmills, or any heretofore known means,
with any necessary force and at any required speed and
each train shall be perfectly under the control OF is eng
all the railroads Of the city Ny proposal may appear
visionary, but believe me, do not belong to the casa
fence BY the straps Of their boots can convince any
engineer mechanic Of ordinary capacity that my plan
Ia In all respects practicable"
The Proposed Bankrupt Law.
correspondent assigns his reasons for opposing the
proposed bankrupt law as follows
Many Southern debts will be collected which
would be otherwise colectabe Il Is easy for men TO
step behind such enactment and to satisfy their con-
sciences II not their creditors Experience with regard
to the operation Of the last Bankrupt act In 1880
promised in spite Of the relief offered, 70 do some
thing wholly forgot their promise when legally released
I have 70 learn yet Of one single man who
paid . single dollar; but ! do know Of some
who Afterwards became very weathy-iar more %
than many Of their dcfrauded creditors. etill none
remembered their obligations. Wealthy friends at the
North In the South will often willingly pay twenty
i've per cent for example, In order that their friend or
know OF many In which this has been done Now
tho government steps In and tells them, "Fends you
need not trouble yourselves; We viii pay your debtsi
We will mako their collection forever Impossible; w
fsm you Of the North al the pFupsTy claims and
tell the Southsrner probably rebsi) 70 20 eat tree
do net know of nuis respectable Southern merchant
Who failed Obtain easy terms and liberal sSAsusi0n
upon communicating with his cseditors Therefore the
government ought not 10 sep In between the creditor
and hs debtor but leave them 70 settle - their inter.
ests dictsta
with respect 70 this same subjecs u J. T., d PhiiA.
delphia asks cowtdive "Why mot abolish ~ avs 70
collect debts Of every Description except those aganA
immovable and nonconvsEtble security, such - 70.
corded morgngss Tssl estate ground rsnts end 10
the State diss al debts due By the States and
the United statesfn
Good Chance for 'sthe Fenian Menu
city correspondent puts the following query which
10 deserving Of oonsideraton:-
In view Of the heroic though Intellectual struggles Of
the people OF Crete 10 shake on the Mussulman yoke
would II not be good move on the part Of the Fcnans
Having now both men and means 70 spAre) 10 mako
common with their brethren In misfortune against
that anomalous barbarian which 10 their common foe
Compared to the prospective OF such an enterprise ~
this the possible independence Of Ireland appears but
dminutive tem hardly worth the sacrifice necessary to
attain H.