Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-03-11
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Qua SATURDAY LETTER.

| 0lN0L8 O0U1CH-THE WALKING &ANA-OPkN-
ING or TEE new Yonx MUTUAL oFgIoks-DEs-
| TRuCTrvE FIRks-rnH HOUhE OF REFUGE tNQUI-
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Special Correspondence Of Ire Commercial.
| PH11ADEIPz1A, March Z.
The report OF the PsnnsylvaniA Railroad Co.
attracted more attsntion than any other subject
this week. It has been published in advance
Of the Annual Meeting, on the theory that
stockholders may digest ia facts at their
leisure aud 60 to the meeting with greater
or lees understanding Of the matter. according
TO their gifts In the direction Of finance and cal
culAtlon, aud according, also, to their faculty In
that science termed "reading between the
lines-" But the idea Of publishing the report in
advance u . SELF svidsntiy good one. 1t was
forced upon the Directors by the repeated de-
mands Of stockholders, but it II none the less
for that good notion. To hear tbs hgures
contained In such An important documsnt a this
ratified OF BY volubls secretary In public mset-
Ing, and thereupon and with the dimmest pos
sibls Idea Of what 1t In ali about, to be called
upon to vote for It, adoption IL to tzavesty the
nghts Of owners, and the present move Ia long
step In the right direction.
Some Of the results reached In this report
posssss the highest interest. Ths earnings Of
the year 1874, aftsr deductipg rentals, Of the
lines east OF Pittsburg are found to reach the
srsmendous figure Of Sl2, SIG, ,se2. The earnings.
simharly valued Of tho lines west Of Pittsburg
M0re sossS just mere ~ the essence o. the
Fennayivaains sIength and WEAKNESS. In ifs
main line, including the natural tributaries Of
'nas i Mno' y vefy SreAt power, Just!y Fanking
Win tns leading monied cohcsrns of me world
But every step beyond weakens " Thus the
found to amount To "a 296 $780, aud Al.
though there 10 stated 70 have been . pfont
OF over three quarters OF o million on these
nnes YET thas SUM y, patty In comparison With
.s sne esrn.ngs 1H o. tae ESonsylvans proper: me
they have grown 70 b. called. feel that the a.
sufed and SAFE part OF their property y used to
bolster up the often questionable ad1uncts OF
the foAd, whlch the amoanon OF Col bcott has
these thousands OF miles OF railway, the major
part utterly unprednctavS, and the depressing
comparison between results east and west Of
the Allegnanles' which make the true well,
wisnsn OF me fennsyivAnia CentIA eontsnd
that the only security fiom future disaster
lies in abandoning the policy Of conquest. and
IN condensin8 of energies upon tho work 70
which the company 10 especially called. It 10
oehnVeo sns Direotofy itseI sees uls - Ast,
for It promises tu this report that there ahall be
no further sxtsnsions. It has bson forced to
say thus BY protest which u cannot mistake,
and unless al the signs fAii, the same conviction
which ieo 20 tois promise VIII before long take
the parallel ooursa Of Annul.G somo OF the ru-
lnous contracts already made
One Of the very beat works done by any
Church In this vicinity, is the Total Abstinence
movement among the Catholios The Roman
Church u fertile III devices for keeping alive
An interest IN congregational Matters and 1t
never engaged in more wholesome labor
than the one under review. The
subject IL made Attraceave TO yonng Catholics
ny tho favors and consideration shown the
temperance societtee BY the Priests. The mom-
bers are uniformed richly aud have bands Of mu-
sic OF their own parades and eocial reunions
are common and everything possible IL done to
make the movement attractive. y has resulted
| in an astonishing and most gratifying success.
There arc IL 600 Of these Catholic teetotallers In
Philadelphia, and the police records begin to
| tell the other side Of the story. The 90
cietiea held their anniversary this week 1t
the Academy Of Music aud 1t was N occasion to
warm tho heart OF every good citisen.
.ThA wsllinR ln41lA - IT y IN N AA1o0k
vtoan1s seg3G ~
| 9apea Pso;s ts.ka1 saeaeF SsaIns1 49,
York sPscnlaton or else was indolgso IN "
| rampanG through the country waea MOVIES, con-
oerning "sndurance' Tests, 90, more Or les pure;
but now t9e walker has settled nfmy aown 70
pusinese' 1Eusn CouPe.s tuo .oMiA .ns' M ctso .
hn:ihess - NOT OF tne most lepntane ,: sol; Ane
walkers ior tne moss pa ssfys , - tne au = u ~ u
trAct1on 20 Daf rooms wnlon tao t.ee IIncn IN
supposed 70 exert over seekers 10, peasuIe.
The thing Will not nave very long me, oht JUST
now ns mamiestatlohs are 10 oe every
where seen. Boys mArch tne ;sroets
with placsrds bearing .ne ie8eno
that the below named "chamWoh IN now VAN Il
ing AgAnst ume iof sum 81 Mouey when ~
the walkers combined YOU'D nha naIu 70
scrspo eoSstnet' NoNny ueOo.Su ~ " ..s.,s suGss
announcements OF hss say osneE soSs !,. Ies.So ~
% them nut tns cotlec. one, ns"eay, sns. .1 G.se
champions are hired 'y the tavern neepers si1- ~
pfy 70 orAw custom. Inc pspess swsE w.sn ~, ~
ysrssmsnss on me % theme ssen seeane sO.1, 20 Ost,
in the declaration ehat Ffotessor someDoay
creep 40 many miles IN gwen humper OF hours.
for stupendoua. wager. paying II ne lost, OF
course. ! nave calico tnsI me clMsA'
and yet 1t II question the enter'
prise Of > tavern keeper ~ Sh ana
Chestnut streets does NOT outsnine Al
the others. This ingenious purveyor OF Amnse-
n,ent has engaged the latest woman Aild the
thinnest woman, respectively, In the world, Tor Z
walking match, and they are now At IT tooth and
nail or rather heel aud too. Highly realistic
portraits Of these ladies adcrn the entrance TO-
tho saloon, snd each has her ooterie OF hackers
among the gsnteel loafers Of the locality
Truly, there are all sorts Of lovely women n
there arc all kinds Of manly men.
The New York Mutual Life Insurance Co. had
its grand opening announcement Of the new
building 1t 10th Chestnut streetA this week
, There 10 more In this than appears. OF oourss
! We al know 1t il fine building even II It WA
built by foreign capital and though Il ID managet
, down the business Of our home companies. i
! would have been plsaaanter to have seen tn
I" Pennsylvania" or the "Girard," or thu
! s Damn mt ~, III At str7lcfura thar Nav Yorl