Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-22
i BRASS STATUE AND A
% FREE RIDE. 81

What Admiral Fisk has co SAL
about Grants Status : What ths
Adnniraf Would Have Done Il
Grant Had Refused % Pay HI.
Fare ON the Erie Road. ~
4 San reporter visited Admiral Fisk In
his gorgeous apartments in the Erie Rail
way Company's magnificent building I
day or two ago. The following CONVEX.
sation took place: e
Sun Reporter-Col. Fisk, Mr.. MeCul-
Tough, (the Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati E1q1tirer) has asserted that
you and Mr.. Gould together with Gen.
Butterfield, were at the head of move
ment TO get up q brass statue of Gen.
| Grant to be- placed ~.
Admiral Fisk Gnterrupting)-Well, If
anybody deserves a big brass statue, it's
| Gen. Grant. , ~
Reporter-It is asserted that this statue
was either to be placed in the Central
Park or in Washington. Mccullough says
that the project fell through after the
Black Friday in September. Is there any
truth in the story?
Admiral Fisk-I suppose there is.
RepOrter-Wil1 you give me the par
| tieulars of the story - -
Admiral Porier-I don't know anything
about it. l remember something about il,
but have forgotten sll the particulars.
Reportcr-Didnt you put the brass
statue on its legs2
The Admiral lighting cigar)-Mei
Oh, no. All that Irecollect is that some
fellow came in here and wanted me 10
come down 20 the statue; of course I
came down.
RepOrter-Hew much did you come
down2
The Admiral can't recollect. It's
too long ago.
RepOrter-Did you come down heavy
The Admiral suppose did. I gem
orally came down pretty heavy about
those times.
Reporter-Did Gould come down, tool
The Admiral Laughing. Yes; Gould
came down. Everybody came down
about those times.
Reporter-Can you give any further
information about this brass statue bust
ness? - s--
The ral-Ican'trecollect Scratch
ing the back part of his head with the tip
of his little finger,) have told you all
that | know.
Reporter you see that Grant re-
fused to pay his fare goingup the Hudson
river road to Thomas fnnerall
The Admiral-No, didn't see that.
Here, boy, shouting to one of his at
tendants, bring me the Sun, quick
The Sun was brought, and the Admiral
read in it the extract from the Pough-
keepsie Press about the refusal of the
President to pay his fare.
Reporter-What would you have done
on the Erie road if Grant had refused to
pay his fare2
The Admiral-What would have d
Throwing himself forward in his chair,
with his hands clasped over his chest, and
shouting at the top of his voice., Ruckerl
Rucker Here. Ho, Ruckerl
Mr.. Rucker, the Superintendent of the
Erie road, rushed out of his room at the
Admiral's call
The Admiral continued
''What would we have done if Grant had
refused to pay his fare on the Erie read =?
''Put him off the train," quietly re-
sponded the Superintendent ''Our con-
ductors understand their business. They
wouldn't pass any One-President or
King-without written pass from this
office. Any conductor who would break
this rule would be discharged"
Reporter-Supposing you had been the
conductor of the Hudson river road, Col.
Fisk, when Grant refused to pay his fare,
what would you have doDeg
The Admiral-Td have switched him off
at Yonkers, and let him and his Cabinet
set there as long as they pleased Suddenly
starting forward mo, wouldn't either;
I'd have taken him on to Sing Sing, and
switched him off alongside of lumber
pile, and told the fellows there: 'tHere,
here's something that you want" I'd just |
like to have been conductor on that train |
just one night. What? Pass him? I'd |
like to see him get down to Long Branch |
this summer without paying his fare. II
the captain of my boat passes him, thatl
be the last time he will take that boat
down to Long Branch. You can save your
soul on that. I'd discharge that Captain
quicker than lightning. Grant can 60
down on the boat if he wants, but he will
have to pay hiS fare like any other civilian.
Here some visitors saluted the Admiral |
and the Reporter retired.