The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-03-19

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suppose there is no metropolis IL
the world which so thoroughly repre-
sents the heterogeneous character O.
a nation, and absorbs the products o.
its genius and industry, as does this
self.same city Of New York. 1t is i'm
possible for any observant man to walk
down Broadway and not be interested
first, in the number of "notorieties'
who will be pointed out as "lions o
the town; and secondly, in the cnriou:
obstinacv with which nature appears tc
preserve the peculisrities Of people from
different portions Of the world. 1t is
equally impossible for stranger not to
ieel that while 10 New York he is a
mere nonentity; that whatever may be
the pomp and circumstance of bis sur
roundings at home, he is here only a
mite in a mighty cheese; yet withal so
independent that he can explore where
be may please, and no man, woman or
child will be wiser. "He pays his
money and he takes his choice"
If religious'y inclined, he may enjoy
a Methodist brother Of the good old
school; or. on the other hand, may see
the Almighty worshipged dramatically
with all the adjuncts except the foot
lights, and preached at by fashionable
persons who part their hair in the mid
die, wear the latest sacerdotal Uniform,
and look as we'll satisfied as if they mad
fat contract with their arstocratic
parishioners to drive them to Heaven
at the last convenient moment in a
coach and four. If lawyer, he can
step into court and observe John Ora
ham perform legal gymnastics before
the bar, and now and then bushwhack
the Judge on the bench. If an artist,
ne may visit the Studio, on Tenth
street, where fifty Of his fellows are
working for dear life on every sort OF
picture, from a small sized bundle bee
TO GlgnOuxs last sketch OF the Rocky
Mountains. Ii he would like to gamble
a little, why he has only to step around
the corner in Wall street, and be &C
commodated by any number OF spruce
young gentlemen, fresh from the Fulton
street PRAYER meeting, and first class
members of the Christian Association,
who in fifteen minutes will take him in
and bring him ont of stock specula.
ton that will leave him as Clearly
picked as canvas backed duck ready
for the spit. As an idler- he can lounge
on Broadway, where fashion and frailty
are the Siamese twins OF the sidewalk ;
and, il his tastes are not too refined, a
policeman will show him wretchedness
enough in five minutes walk from his
hotel to make q series Of unadulterated
Nightmares that will last for life time.
The practical man will be attracted
by other things. He will see IN New
York the genius of his country in a
nutshell; and how, in every depart
ment machinery is taking the place o!
muscle. He will 90 to bed in a ma
chine which five minutes before looked
like magnificent book case; he will
be gently turned out in the morning
by machinery; he goes down stairs
bv machinery his head will be brushed
in the barber shop-by machinery; his
clothes are made by machinery, that
gives employment to hundred thou
sand working women; and he may
cook a bachelor breakfast on a stove
that is its own servant, and times the
condition OF the hot rolls by clock
work. He may even make books by
machinery, for the Journeymen Print
ers of New York have formed a Co
operative Association at No. 30 Beck
man street, in which every member is a
cog-wheel in a system that has reduced
the price OF every kind OF printing at
the same time that it turns out with
rapidity the most superb styles ofwork.
Go where you please, in tact, and you
will find every species Of device con
ceivable that can serve useful purpose
as an auxiliary to human comfort,
from a pocket twine cutter to cotton
gin or steam engine.
They are even building railroads by
machinery, and under it's magic villages
are springing up with speed that
recalls the lairy work Of Aladdin's
lamp 1t is onl v the other day
that A: 7. Stewart purchased ight
thousand acres OF land on Long Island,
and already twenty-five or thirty miles
of streets are graded; shade trees are
planted, blocks are fenced in, and a
large hotel, six hundred feet long and
six stories high, is in process of con-
struction, besides many fine brick edi-
fees
Five months ago there was no COM
munication between the north and
south side OF Long Island save by the
old fashioned dirt road. Yet before the
flowers bud in May, twenty-five miles
of rail will be laid and no less thau
twelve beautiful villages will be brought
within an hour's ride Of New York
city. By machinery, the work OF three
wears will be compressed into about
seven months. A portion OF the way
lies through rocky spine or ridge,
which at first seemed a barrier almost
insurmountable. But at this juncture
we'll known railroad contractor. Mr..
James n. Smith, of Brooklyn, stepped
forward and said, Gentlemen, that hill
Is only a mile and a half across; III
guarantee to 60 through it in ninety
days" 1t was thought to be an i'm
possibility, but they let him try. He
at once put a steam excavator at work
on either side and commenced opera
tons. With ton Of coal aday, they
have performed the work OF three hun
dred men, and are now within few
rods of each other, putting and blowing
while they burrow deep into the heart
of the mountain.
drove out tn e other day to See these
monsters at work and the first object that
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