Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09
AN EASTERN TOUR.

Michigan Central, Great Western and
Erie Railvvays--New York-The New
Court House-Neyv Haven--Commenee-
ment at Old YaIe-Hartford-Roc L-
yiIle--Belding Bros. * Co.-saratoqa
Springs.
NEW YORK, July, 1871.-Competition for the
carrying of passengers between the East and the
West has become so strong that the different rail-
way companies spare no pains or expense to make
the transit as comfortable and agreeable as possible
without disparaging any other route 1 may say
have found the route the Michigan Central and
the Great Western, for speed, safety, prompt
nections, perfection of road-bed and equipments,
cars, passenger and eating-houses, attentive
ductors, and gentlenanly officers the most pleasant
and desirable one. 1t is the only route from the
West connecting directly with Niagara Falls which
| can be reached from Chicago in nineteen hours
From that point there two through routes to New
York, the New York and Erie Railroad COMPANY
having extended their track from Buffalo ria Niagara
Falls to Suspension Bridge. This is great public
convenience, they many trains a day between
Buffalo and Suspension Bridge, and passengers are
now not obliged to lie over, miss connections
either at the Falls Suspension Bridge, or Buffalo
as formerly. Passengers are now taken ON the fast
train from Suspension Bridge Buffalo in thirteen
and half hours, making the running time between
| Chicago and New York, over Michigan Central and
New York roads, but thrty-two and a half hours
This new connection is mutually beneficial to the
| public and the New York and Erie railroad Com
pany, large portion of Western people prefer
that route for the comfort of its broad-gauge cars,
and the unrivalled beauty of its scenery.
| NEW YORK
is the same Babel as ever teeming with life whose
| pulses reach all extremities of the Union was
there just before and just after tie riot OF tie 10Th
| inst The demonstrations Of the press and people
of all parties against the pusillanimity of the city
officers and in favor of law and order, and in COM
mendation of the police and military for their firm
ness and promptitude in suppressing the mob
proved that the great body of the people, are in
| favor of good government.
] THE NEW COURT HOUSE,
which has already cost ten millions of dollars, and
which will absorb five six millions more before
It's completion, is progressing slowly, and will bf
as long in builplng as SolOmon5 temple, while two
thirds OF the money appropriated for it is stolen by
thievish officials and contractors.
NEW HAVEN, CONN.,,
is celebrated for its college, elm trees, and pretty
women. I attended commencement exercises here
and met my class after absence of twenty-fou1
years. The history of its members recited
Four of them have been Judges of the Supreme
Court of New YOrk-two of them still are-LarneG
and Barnard, some members of Congress, quite
number of them professors in colleges, a goodly
number minister's one-Curwen, of Pennsylvania
Superintendent of Insane Asylrims, several of then
authors-among them IKE MARVEL donald G.
NitcheI9-a few doctors of laws grandfathers anG
| editors. Sixteen out of class of seventy-eight
that graduated thirty years ago, dead.
THE COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
were not marked by any peculiar originality bril-
liancy. few pieces of superior merit and wei
spoken most of them commonplace enough
and several We're quite ante-diluvian
: The Alumni meeting badly managed, and
most OF De the speeches dreary enough The chic
points OF interest were the retirement speech o
President Woolsey, after presiding over Yale Col
lege twenty-five years. and the speech of the ney
President, Noah Porter indicating the future polic
of Yale There is strife between Old Yale ant
Young Yale, and the Alumni meeting showed tina
at present the old fogies have it.
HARTFORD, CONN,
the wealthiest city, of its SIZE in the Union excer
Providence, was clothed in the Hveliest green, tn
houses in some streets being shaded as to darke
5 them. The women-many of them-look as
= brought up without sunshine, and have pale an
sickly appearance.
= sixteen miles east of Hartford, Conn., a manufactu1
ing city of 5000 people with water-works gas opera
house, banks, churches, schools, etc. has every as
pect OF Astounding life and thrift Schneipsit Lake
raised % feet, and covering 800 acres is the i'm
Inense reservoir of motive power for the nachner
OF sixteen manufactures grouped within 5000 yards
whose annual product is s., 900, 900.
BELDINe BROS. & co.
have added large amount of new machinery I
their sewing silk factory here, under the manage
meht of A. n. Bedding, to increase its produt
to S50O,O00 year. and the three mills they contrC
: in Mansfield will produce as much more, tina
: ULey by far the largest manufacturers an
wholesale dealers of sewing silk and machine twis
IN TINS country. Their houses are managed, at 81
q Broadway, New York, by NJ. NJ. Bedding and C. L
: Wood at 20 West Fourth street. Cincinnati by /
| W. Belding; and at 90 and SO Wabash avenue CHI
cago, by III. 81. Belding, w. A. Stanton and G. A. A
L len Their sales have largely increased the pas
n | year. During the past eighteen months they hav
i distributed to their retail customers 5000 {
S their unrivaled patent silk casesfor the display
o various colors at cost of $4,000. They are no
| running newly invented machine for cleaning fiji
ished silk and making it perfectly even and gloss,
, From nothing, in twelve years, they have grown
be the controlling silk house in the Union, by con
bining enterprise, perseverance and skill, with tn
infexible rule of making all their goods perfect an
n warranting all silk with their LABEL to correspon
with its mark in length, strength and weight The
motto is the best silk is the cheapest the publ
s say Amen.
SARATOGA SPRINGS
was filling up rapidly, this week, when / was Their
9l5 guests being posted as the number at one hote
which accommodates 1000 at the OVERLOOKING season
: when 10000 health and pleasure seekers crowd tn
old watering place. 1t must be dreary place
: spend a long time in, and yet some people, who's
chief occupation is to kill time do conrive to pas
three or four months of the year here. A wee
> here would be a penance for me- But those VIII
] live simply to dress and show themselves cour
this Paradise B.