, 1875-11-03

lh's4k uf that, y GciI. NIItier! MIat b1pH"t
urstog,acy VIC clIo,ii i,ayntn ts afro If Win re-
tshttn ttlr hufplI;F, Rn'l N'nlnnH's, MIL
tAnpjH t. haze col'eGo '!irlnna,. nnl tn Iraru
their PARTICULAR hll-ihtsa beforehand, and tn b.
G1n1Hftu,
;ntto multiply words nj cIsil-aotvtn rnfnrtu,
VIII tnnnlnn tiat Huycrnmcnt management nj
fnlwast. tetegfaDlsr etc, oil tho Ghitii'nt,
Arn,A to ba not 0t'y Hnccr1Atu1 b,lt rnI,crlvr til
itt r"la1lts tn Wiynto management othur IN thp
limited StAt's nr III EnglAnl n'!+t ro4feh.
That. III Way Of tho rCun6ur. Regularity. lsnpar-
t!atr, public rAtrfactioi,, and frecdoni f1uM ac-
erl'l'tn WI'ici. cl,araeinrizc Uosernmnnt railway
management I'll tho Continent, tim tlnetrins of
httssss jdur. hs applied to thus tutGct. has tc-
ceiycd a eovoro Bonk IN my lniul. Tho history
IT railways IN tho United Rta.oa teaclcs tl,at II
thrso IL an,tin:: Tint ltiynto cpitoratst'' CALI
'nt do or cannot bo depended IN 70 IN, it IL to
manage rutlway no TINT tho BIochlnh1efs A,all
mt bo cheatctl or tho public outraged. 1olug
back to tie Schuyler frauds MI tho New York i;
Iatcat t;resl,t-,Iobilier Job tho lot.rr law, nml
tho financial criAiH. what drama il IT, Bel
aha%zar's fcaHt, in four acts. with thu torcll Of
Cyrsls In tho fifth!
There AIc noYtrat forms and grades OF Govern.
mcnt control Of
nAifiwAYs on TNK CONTINENT,
varying frnH1 nero HuEerytnltni 10 AEHulntn own.
esahip. Thu tenteroy of tiIingH IN tierinany.
a1pl, think, III thoH. 1f tho countries Uf
Western Inrnpc, Ia TO Government nwbership.
III England thrro IL n chronic controversy ho-
ttncn tho advocates nf Government pnrcl,ste anil
tho lai.Ms fur" economists. had opI,ortun,ty
to attttll nectin. III London WlIetn th;H 'Iues-
tion War dscnseod by suue Of tl,n mort e,llr,cut
N en Ia tho county. inciulng 1'ror Stanley
JoyonY md Afr. ". .iowmarcla, both Of wl.on
took Btt0ng ground ngnlnst Government lur-
clIhsa. Tic other side Of tho question. too, was
ably and rather llotiy Hnprorsod. Ny Impression
at tic time was, tlat tho opponents af G0vetn.
i1eM modelling had decidedly The Le.t OF tho ar
gnme't, hut having seen tinco tl,cil tho nctnaI
st,tt. ~
strongly inclined t5 .llo orinion tllat.
in country w1,crn tho pubic service
! iH administered with syatcmatic fidelity
and military ptccia1o,,, rs i appears to lo III
: France. Belgium, Holland, Gcrmany. and Suit-
zerlaild, not only 0ovcininc,,s s1.prrvrion, but
Government ownership, III desirable. 1t IL ccr-
tain that railways aro operated in tteAa conu-
ssica moro 10 THO ratisfhction of tho rcnp1e and
England Or tbs United States. Greater ccon-
oniy Ut management IN effected also. 1t II uorI
lcss to eay that 4 Government Which cannot dis
bnrHe money 10 tho llHlinna. or s'ulhl cshton.-
| uoube III ChigaEu, Or collect tax OH whisky, Or
duty On silks, or rtpair canal without loeI.lg
heavily nt every ttlt. would he speedily hwnmped
hit wcro to assntno tho further job OF managing
| 45,oDu miles of railway. throw out to the per-
| right when they demAtd uovernmenk manage
n,ont Of rawnvs. Tho other liaf Of their },rol,-
| 'on III 10 get q Government cnrablc Of managing
| tllrH.
| u kHH SlulH III QDlHl phttlHl1h8 OnR-
lie!t of her railroads for az many dollars' wost1.
| Of
ooop w3oos-noAps
both the farmors aud tho railway
stockholders would ha nuch better OF
| than tloy are, travelled twn DAYS bv stage
coach through the Hack Forest III Dadon, not
long Aiucc aud can allrn tint tho poorest peco
| ar toad SAN III ths Whole distance WAS lctt,r
than auy Btrcot in Cttca;o. rcrhapa tho SoMt!i
| Park Boulevard will stand comparison with tho
| ort1ir,nt3. !. 0f RSt7nrjnun tfhy, +
doubt II it will rroyo ns durable II il long
days journey, with relays Of horses, from ALT
dorf tho homo Of William Tell to tho Khon o
Glacicr--t journey through mo,snsaiu-sorges,
| hcruRs raging torrents, and over tito
highest Of tho Alpine, paascs. 1t is
| through such country this that
| tho little Canton Of Uri has constructcd Mt its
OVID cxponhc road as Hsnpoth and hard ~ tho
| hest park drive In the State of 1lllnuis. And
this iH only ono Of the monumental roadn Of tue
Canton. GALLERIES cat in tho face Of tl.o solid
rock arc frequently me. with, both M tic wagon
roalH and on tho bridlc-pnthB. II is true that
| tho Canton OF Ur!. Ut MI tildeHeudcnt 6tat' II
about 450 years ul1cr than Illinois: but that II
hnrdy to tho rol1t. Wo arc cilecknroa with
railroads thnt don't pay. and with wagon roads
that, at least twce In syory ycas, arc isnpaBaa-
tlo. INe fight tho railroads III tho Legislature
and tho courts. asld wo fight our roal sa1eB and
travel In tho 1asts "Tho roint Of tlns hero oh
aes,ation,a Capt 1}unsbY says. "llcs ii tile
scriutiun Of tnc ro-cajioI ''@' '''O
r,ri,xsrgr sryI,E ~ srn.rr PAVEMENT.
consIstlng OF brolsel, stone lid in certain eny
and rarllncd down Tor founda,ivt1. WITH q layor
| Of Hand oyor that. md thon ,noro stont. LrJEau
into % finor nIeses l, ans, rolled down With heavy
iron roller and ra,l scattered into tla crssices
| 11ring tho trocc.s. 1 happened about tho snlno
wIoro % souo iabofers W weIo dirrinr tLru,,:.L +.
section OF a 1oad, and It struck me that tic
seycra1 utratn of vhie} It was comnosco vera
surnrjnincly lila Tic imfIortant Kochcstcr
uoyojty uf winch had bcon reading, Without
makiug yory critical comparison Of this road
vIth tie ptIutcd descrpt,ou Of lie othcr | be-
canlo snts!lcd TINT ii Chicago should adopt thas
style Of paycmout elo would have streets u
good AZ tlle ordinary wagon roaslh of western
Eurpie-nEu that VIII 10 no atnall thing to bDaat
Of. before d'cidinE 70 important q
work ID lilo ro,aylng OF Chicago woul,l
i. not to we'll u roud h competent
and trustworthy commission to tho chlof cities
of tho Old World and ret thu benoft Of thoir or
peslcuco? !? 10 casual observer II appears that
tho pavement most relied upon in lLese c!tirH
CONSISTS Of granite bucks, y orr inches wilo
mud Or Inches long, laid In Htralsht liaeB rt