, 1869-05-27
Mercantile Opinion Of Boutwell's Finan
c;al Administration
mr, A, r. Stewart and mr.. Bout
:, well Three Months After
Inauguration.


the Isle Of Doxs, below London, q With the fon-
TN rpa1shes below Rome. Now 1t Is filing up
With factories and factory villages; and so many
1ailwn.s c1psa and recEuas It thas their numerous
ttans make ii almost ner11 place to see- Alas
70. the boy notionA Of authorship used 10 have,
OF making this huge swamp pen OF desperate
csiminalA, hiding and ahldtng here There Ia
locomotive now for eyerJ bloodhound projected;
1 steam whistle for every +'deep-mouthed bay"
and town for every tugitise- Back On the
Grange Mou Mains towns. with sentimental 1ames4
are sp1ingtng mp: Montclair, Engiewood, AID
Q1herB, hkcned In name and poaition to tho
suburban towns Of London and PArii real
estate Agenk Baid TO me that hundred Thousand
New Yorters tired IN ScW 1essey. Tney arc
building Villages and parks Of viila1 on the adea
of the Palisades and up the rocky prectplees Of
RAmapo. Within few yeaEs the price Of rents
iu Eew YORK and the improved love Of country
rfe and agriculture have driven New YoEters up
Into ,the country clouds and down into the
suburban tunglea The Old prejudice thai
rseEi to exist agaInss New Jersey has been broken
through for It proceeded, n the beat, from dslEe
OF the tAme and ms7csnaty serftuty Of that Stsfe
TO railway corporation, &nd frorl dislike OF
pruyinciallsro, Itself provincial A big mind IN
lz city has no tuakneAs to recognize snasn neigh
borhood defecsa- New Yo1r; talking Of the "prov-
tpce4," h then herself e1emp4fJtng the village
tpt.tt, nrd Boston Is farsheat from the refinement
Of Athens Y hen ahe names het7eH 10. I an re-
minded, when sec Two growing towns or Ms-
t1trts tantzllzinE each Other, Of the tltoe SN1a
towns Of Bsie and Klein BAsc1, which used to
make the faces In their stceple clocks leer Aeross
the river In mutual absurdtry.
INV ToRx suHukB1S LFI.
After had passed the North River and entered,
within two da51, other suburban d1t11cta Of
the great city, became impressed with the
extraordinary growth Of tnl1 outlying Eta and vll-
1aee lie. Like every great development OF mans
emigration, It nrose rom need and drean
The need VILE for home toF ones sell, away from
mixed and msinna3e association. The dream WHs
OF garden and spring, wife at The gate walt
Ing, and q piece Of green ground that one could
cali bis own THIS need and this dream made
Salt Lake and Plymouth Rock alike Fifteen Jeats
ago The native New Yorker hid hard work TO get
from the country to hiA bus.neas- Mountains and
noode tuterTened. TIE Ice IN tho winrer cIogged
the bAy and, often the year ruund, steamboats,
we're lost IN the losl l hare myself heen Beyeu
bou1z III the fog between staten Island and New
!. York. Then Ill but q few railways nt,out New
York were unable for many 5ears 70 pass the
rocky walls encloanSlt Bergen tunnel twenty
Jea1x ago, was greater undertaking than q now
the tunnel through the Alps. At last the rural
talika5B bare ttnmphed over nature, ADD
twenty 1--we lines now rAdlate fron the city, solno
Of them piercing for vc1J sh0rt distance to some
embryo suburh. The most valuable railway stock
In America Is said 70 be that OF the little Staten
Island Road, sixteen miles long, but all owned By
son Of Commodore Vanderbilt With the OPEN
ting Of these roads, and tho steauy rise In city
real estate. cooperation has been At work to
found 8nb-ciIeH, aud z[cul1tlop In suburban lots
Is Cow one Of the rita! features OF New YORK
btElEeH. In tho space Of year
! have heard Of more than thirty new
towns formed on both sides Of the
Sor.n River, some on Long Island, many On the
lower b! and the ocean ode. Wild untictpa-
uons n1e lndulgcd In as, Of suddenly shifting the
seat OF commerce from Manhattan to Staten
Iatand, Of opening vast docks and piers on Harlem
River and bulldlnR Firth Avenue Hotels at Kings
| Hridgc- The loner hay u to become the Zuyder
| Zee, and the present hay = mere Lake OF Harlem
perhaps rotttF bottom 10 grow peas and ta!irs
| under The Level Of the sea aPp1ehend that tcw
OF these dreams wifi come true, but still there arc
steady changes and distributions going On Ia the
regimen Of the city which will materially attrae: and
repel population. Fntladephtan SAID to ne, With
! some disgust:
| "Ai1nost al our tonnage Is in coal vesselA The
| New Yortcts hAre tapped the coal region and zun
e.al down to Enzabethpoft and the Rar1tAn hay.
We have excise duties and po1 duties In PnIAdel-
! ph!a. They have none 1t Elizabeth. Enles4 VIC
break up these restrictions, ali Of which be1ong
| to thr general gang Of Ideas called Protection.
| VIC 4hanr see ANYTHING bat = ferzy boat IN the
Delaware River the year round"
New yo,e ro,ne rnder thc tvo he.d. NJ ,ncrra I'D
cn,n,pnnjcs1,c AMI r., ,n-nr-s 1od.nrs T,hr 1.tt1c
sn, .-sn,rea ,s,.na NJ M.nh.,,sn l. soya,nonnIai4f
at tie 1oxcr end, AMI at the upper end completely
absorbed BY Spectators In city lots There Is
almost universal destra expressed tu live cheaply
IN town, OF 10 get safely and exredluously cut Of
! ,uxn. Yet at prescnt there In M cdty in the
xurd which IT Ia no d,ty1enlt 10 out The depots
of ,hr tt..u, r.J1rrnds rbIeh hare the,- snsn,
on the island are three or four u,,ea RON the sea,
of hnstn~.. mn nne norzt.,ni1ro,d t,.yrr.-. thr
xhple 1onat,unInai e1tent Of the slanh These
are The opiJ lam, outlets tor nearly n.l1ion nco
| ph-tvp steam roads and one horse roaa- On tht
1atrr side there arc about dozen reaular ferries;
but 3 re1rE Involves the breaking Of bulk, the
I IL uaers tic city doutly dear 20 nr1y DC,
| ,.,t ~ .,,sa xhn .-o,,,,, o,h..-,.. 49,. .,-n-
VIM ths n-s.s,t t.c,I,,s. nv d,,n. n,stnss ~
,.s,,tn[ -, ~ r..- Ssx yo,~ -. ,r,.t ,,ra NJ.
| rhotca 81 ,h.sa w.. .v,-s,ns c.sas.
! Tie tnr nn1se carr ans, st.nt n, for s,r.z
r,inutc.. soId,nc to 6tJap. t,outsfu1 sl,o2; you1
poctetbook. oporcssed win stencil. Dtsncurs
near dppot. van to II In the d.smal suburb. and
/ stand ,he chsure Of having missed the traIn,
Ca.cn,np tae train stan, mn nerhans aunin- and
.nxnonr- n s,.n,c d.., d-o;. ~,,h ~ ~, ~
| ~,, h,,,. r>otnrnu nn<.ra. =, .r .rri. ~ to,+.,
dra ,D,,r-s s,,d m r.rnvas,nre rntnI ,Ima nm,
| h,x,,,e'. ~ ,.,d 70 hnnr.. ,o,,, cr.r, d,.mat
. n.rexns IN r-,.,nnS ,non xorr -nndrrn and rtre
! IN ..ti.rI and !. rs,ter an1rt R-n-.t mi, Nh
ne1t morning. snd krep Al |, txe,ye ttmes a reef
! . W..k tn a terx down tttsusI atrtrts and
| sou,r,s tI,ronch :. ua,e earring yonr Trans. hsp
race hc AcTns. n. urer 1,snd IN a vsnu ayf
! nan for . .e~t IN th% r.,. st.1d or sis IN ,ht
| cnra a., the ,ottev d,r-c.a and lismounttnp ahon
| drse- sorexher- ton or turntv MITE. G.t,.nt