Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1873-03-06
philadelphia.
OUR SATURDAY LETTER

THE CEyrENNIAI, AND ira MANAaER-Bus1NEss
IMPROVEMENTS ON NCnRsTNUrsrnRET-THE COMING
BASE BALL srAsoN-THE NEW PROF EssroNAL CLUB
MISS ETHEL AND THE "supDUED' STYLE OF
ACTING, ETC. .IFJ ..
So.c;,l (,o,,esnonsence of the Commercinl. .
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PHILADELPHIA, fep. ]o'
No subject comes home with greater force, to
yraater ,n,,bor NJ ,s,,le i, anv community. than
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thAt OF IAxauon. IL 10 ono OF o'recp H'eroe' W
any person Of means, whether those means be
great or small. and IL ia of especial interest to
MI. ,.,..,.: ~. ,,,..,;,,,, ,,-,.r.,.
tm'aae,phSns' VINO nave .ne p'oss'i's pfo'pe's
ahead OF them, In case their taxes are made any
heavier, or indeed IL they even remain at their
nr.san. sa,,ra q, soe;no large norton Of the
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capital OF the city sock other places ior invest
ment. What is tho remedy3 Evidently, Re-
tranol,ment and Economy on the one side and
a., ;r,ro.ao =, p.,,or, ,,;,,,o,, ,,,r...o ~ tho
ah i"'ieAse VI .se'o."o ".'"o.' '"o.s-o y. ,,o
Tax rate, on tho other. And how to ehect this
increase? In part. at least, by largely reducing
a.. u.. -, rxaro,,;.s .xam,t from r.x.,;on
..' '''' y, p.oPoA''o" - -,
Ihe amount thus gained, IL IL d'o ho' iuihiSn Ill
the money needed, would 20 long way towards
ao;,n .,
''"e so' p,,u.,.,-,,,
AS .he case stahasin fhi'auepnlh eIea. ueAl
OF vnnaoe pfopeity' eyes no.n'ns IN se..n I, 'os OF
privileges onloyea. VI course greH. ~. aeai OF
IA
pAIeht rAtiler IMAM real; nBe poI'loi, VI y
tot example, consis.s 0, tne free schoos snu
ohef puoic propeIy "nion !. Mou.u 'oalooy ~
WI Wol.n ~. wiino W va, DoeiiS ns. .no ..onHy "
pay ."e iesies co,nes o"' ~ 'na .loasuy npaa.
from these ciasseS VI PtoPeiW, nvwever
% .heae a.e cnu.GheH, ;as; III Iu Ior ,a.s,
oieht ana charitaDie assoeiat1ohs, All lor nearly
an exempt omtsxation. non Inere 10 no reason s',
why .ney sDonld Dc. lne s.ronses. P.ea c?u;u y.
DC made Tor the assoclatiohs pue even tnere u u
the fact that tnose concerns are eseaoiished 1y
people luily abe 70 pay taxss. as .eeaIas
cnnfehes atd cemeteries J. Is 9,nicut 70 see wnAt
pretehse can Dc mahe ior cemanaihs sucn
lLisNese. any Doay III men noio o.. ~ eieUS ".;.I
churci' OF any meh ape W lay ous puiIAi
ground and buy lois therein; are aole 20 pay
something 70 the state 1or the pteserVatlon OF
cohuuoh OF CIVIC peace wIich
alone alone makes their properly I" saiue.
Ahere We come 70 INC ceht,s vi lue
SOCIAL iuea' II = lnAh hves py nuisnH ~ VII
aerhess, ne heed Pay. no taAes.Sout II ABrees 10
JON other men anu form society he Must nelp
pay LOT the protectloh ana general weii oa'ns OF
the whole poiy. Chufches anu cetheierlos are
part OF societgs care as much as oWehlae
iiouses. society agrees 70 protece such prpper,,y
from outrage anu destruction, ann @ socaety @ snouu
DC PAID. Ihere are over SAo,ooo,ooo Mortn oi
Gxempted properly oi the apoxe uesorip..9hs 81, IN
fhhadeiphia, from Wnich, IN an reason auu JUS
ice, half miiiioh OF money ought 70 % paiu
every year ihto the City treasury. II we over
GET the nsht klnd OF Legislature perhaps 'he
present ioonsn pohcy may pe cuaueea'
inc Centehhiai mass meetine was iair SUI
cess. With the music and the hurrals,it seemed
70 DC pretty Dig thlnS, put II mas PSssen ahu
the matter Is again on deaa leveh 1neIe
seemed to be nothing behind the meeting. ~
ieft no echo. lhere arc nol many cerIantles ~
the world, put l may put tnis Gown ~ one Oh tne
sure thnss,-tbat. II the Centennial "a 70 ps run
throughout Dy the fresident OF dne 1. M. ". A.,
Twill specify run INTO nothns rms gen!iehah
proposed recently IN pnbnc that fhhaueiphia
goods oi you II yon persist III opposing tn's
scheme. Ihat l call higb-tonea anu 80 on !
entirely the proper spirit to snow IN the inausu-
ration OF national enterprise. Donotiess, the
managers OF the iaTs anu ..ei,s VIZ NV to
talked tue same way ana yer what aIe we ~
90 Men OF that strlpe haturaiy push 70 .ne
front, and II citizens or better cahpre nave loss
energy and do aot take the lead themselves they
| must Dear with pelh8 Hisrepresehteu.
| in progress on Chestnut street east OF Broad
| Messrs. Cornelius sons, (late Cornelius " bt-
| kerr, the mahuiaetnfers OF Gas fAtules, aie
altering the residence for long time occupied
| by Mr.. Joseph Bailey, INTO series ol'splehalu
show rooms and Offices This building Mt pres
| ent occupied by the firm, is found to be too con-
tracted for their business, and being forced to
move, they take determined step westward,
| and are to add another to the lofty business pal
aces in the neighborhood Of Broad street. The
growth of heavy trade in this direction. within
the past two years is very remarkable. The
| Bailey Mansion was still house in the most ap-
proved modern style, but it had to make wa,
before the demands OF trade. Ten years ago,
thero was scarcely business establishment OF
any consequence west OF 9th street, while there
are now scores OF such. When Messrs. Homei
S Colladay concluded to build above Broad street
their friends thought them out of their heads
but events have proved tho movement saga
cious one. Mr. Bailey, whom have here Incl
dentally mentioned, was member OF the We'll
known jewelry firm He was a Spiritualist, who
h.a 70 hat
much against his set convictions, by the persist.
ent attentions of brother who had proceeded
him to the spirit land. lie was methodical
undemonstrative kind of man, and the struggle
of his prejudCes with the proof, as he consu
cred it, greatly impressed me when he related
} the circumstances to me some years ago. He liz,
since himself gone the way We must all go, and
has learned by this time whether he was right o
wrong
Its does not look just now as il Base Ball Play
} ing was very near at hand, and yet the number
{ of people Interested in the pastime are alread
canvassing the prospects Of the coming season
The leading clubs are all organized aud gym
nasium practice has commenced by way OF get
. ting ready for harder work upon tho turf. Il
$ this section the interest in the game is likel.
to be greater than it has been for several sea
: ksons. This is owing to the organization o
another professional club OF ambitious proper
. tons, which intends, if it can, to bear away th
crown of victory from the popular Athletics
The new club is styled the "Philadephla, ant
. | its friends claim that 1t was not started iron
| any unfriondly rivalry to the Athletic club bu
in the real interest OF the sport, 1t Is the fac
that except when some of the strong cnbs o
!, neighborins cities visited us last season 1t wa
!: difficult to attract many people to the games
! for the reason that the Aahletle WAS 30 superio
! TO the remaining local clubs that the contest
y were one-sided and embarrassing. Inc resul
y y could always be foretold and no excitemen
attached to the contests. IL IL thought that D
having another local club OF equal strene'
with the old champions the interest can be keI
n up even in the absence of visitors. There
reason to believe that the Athletic men nav
= also come round TO this view although the
% were inclined at first to be rather Jealous o
g. their supremacy .
Malone, catcher Iettlein, pitcher; Mack. i
y base; Addy 2ud base; ieyerle, 80 base Wsd'
a. worth, short stop and Cuthbert, Treacy an
II Beehtel in the out-held. These men, with tn
H. exception Of Zettlein and Wadsworth, have a
g. OF them. at ono time or another played upon I'll
10 Athletic nine, Malone and Cutheert being espt
al cially identified with the Old club. Zettieln a
lie players know as the pitcher OF the Atlantic Gu
on ! OF Brooklyn for many seasons. Altogether IN
b. nine may be termed rs strong one AZ any IN u
in field The Athletic, on the other hand, is not
in strong rs it has been in other years. Mcbride
mt lamp still holds out to burn at the pltcnef
au place. and Fisher, my favorite player OF all II
C. men have ever seen, will stand guard at Seeon
IN The ntelders in addition are sutton, Sd bas
of and McCiesry short stop, both fair players, b'
pt nothing remarkable, and a new conner namt
If Norman at 1st base. upon whom high hopes a
be built Tho out-felders will be selected fro
* McNIullen, Reach, Sensenderfer, Anson al