The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-03-28

Correspondence Of tie -Na1lttosecc PtLo..
New YoRk, March 81, 1872.
l suppose there is no metropolis in the /
world which so thoroughly represents the |!
heterogeneous character Of nation, and /
absorbs the products Of It's genius and in
dustry, as does the self-same city Of New
YORK. Il Is impossible for any ob=ergant
man to walk down Broadway and not be
interested first, in the number Of "noto-
rieties " who will be pointed out as "lions'
of the town; and secondly, in the curious
obstinacy with which nature appears to
preserve the peculiarities of people from
different portions of the world. 1t is
equally impossible for stranger not to
fell that while in New York he is a mere
nonentity: that whatever may be the ponp
and circumstances Of his surroundings al
home, he is here only mite 10 a mighty
cheese: vet withal SO independent that h c
can explore where he may please, and no
man, woman or child viii be the wiser.
He pays his money and he takes his
choice"
! If religiously inclined, he may enjoy &
! Methodist brother Of the good old school;
| or on the other hand, may see the Almighty
worshiped dramatically with all the adiuncts
except the foot-lights. and preached at by
/ fashionable parsons who part their hair in
the middle wear the latest sacerdotal uni
/ form, and look as well satisfied as if they
I had fat contract with their ar.st0cratic
/ Pr--;-h nnnrs ia drive thnrr, r. IL =
/ last convenient moment IN coach and
four If a lawyer, he can step into court
and observe John Graham perform legal
/ gymnastics before the bar, and now and
then bushwhack the Judge on the bench.
If an artist he NAV visit the Studio, on
Tenth street. where fftv of his fellows are
working fer dear life on every sort Of pic
ture from a small-slzed bumble-bee to
Girnoux's last sketch of the Rocky Noun
ta.ls. If he would like to gamble a little,
was he has only to step around the corner
| in Wall street, and be accommodated by
any number of spruce young gentlemen,
fresh from the Fulton street PRAYER meet
inc. and frst-class members of the Chris
tan Association, who in fifteen minutes
will take him in and bring him out of a
stock speculation that viii leave him a.
clearly picked as canyass-b back duck ready
for the spit As an idler, he can lounge
on Broadway, where fashion and frallty
are the Siamesc twins Of the sidewalk
and if his tastes are not too refined, a Pc
hceman will show him Indebtedness enough
in five minutes walk from his hotel to make
a series of unauthorized Nightmares that
will last for Efe-t time.
The practic' man will be attracted by
other things. He will sec in New York the
: genius of his country in nutshell; ana
. how, "a every department, machinery l.
taking the place Of muscle. He Will 90 tc
, bed in Il machine which five minutes be
fore looked like a magnificent bookcase
he will be gently turned out III the morn
ing-by machinery; he goes down stars
, by machinery; his head viii be brushed il
! tue barber-shop- machinery; his c.uthe'
! are made by machinery, that gives employ
meut to hundred thousand working
women; and he may COO, u bachelor break
I fast on stove that Is its own servant, an,
'tUlh. re may even make books by MI
E, chinery, for tie Journcymen Printers Of
New York have formed a Cooperative
Association ut No. 80 Deckman street, il
which every member is a cos-wheel in l
system that has reduced the price of every
KIND OF printing at the same time that il
turns out with rapldity the most superb
styles of work. 90 where you please, III
fact, and You Will lind every species Of de-
wee cOnceEabIe that can serve a usef4I
, purpose as an auxiliary to human comfort,
from pocket twine cutter to a cotton ga
or steam cnguc.
They are even battling railroads BIZ ma
chinery, and under its magic villages are
sprnglng up with Il speed that recalls thu
fairy work Of A!aIdin's lamp. 1t is ouly
the other day that \. I. Stewart purchased
eight thousand acres Of land on Long
Island, ana 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 sto-
rle> high, Is in process Of construction, be-
sides many brick ediGccs.
Five months ago there was no communi-
cation between the north AMI south SIDE
Of Long Island save by the oli-fa.h.one
dirt road, Yet before the flowers bad in
May, twenty-five miles Of rail viii be laid
and no less than twelve beautiful villages
will be brought within an hours ride Of
New York city. BY machinery, the work
Of three years Will be compressed INTO about
seven months. A portion Of the way lies
+ through rocky spine or ridge, which at
drst seemed a barrier almost insurmuun-
table. But at this juncture weIl-Anowu
! railroad contractor, Mr. James \. Smith.
I Of Brooklyn, stepped forward and said,
Gentlemen, that Till is only mile and a
half across; I'll guarantee to 20 through it
in ninety days" 1t was thought to be au
impos>lbility, but they let him try. lie at
once put steam excavator at work on
either side and commenced operations
With ton Of coal day, they have per
| formed the work of three hundred men,
and are now within few rods of each
other, putting and blowing while they
hurrow deep into the heart of the noun
tain.
l drove oat the other day to see these
monsters at work, AMI the first object thar
attracted my attention was the six foo.