Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-30
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| TIE oBnlsrNAs sIAaoN-psuk HOLIDAY Trade
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The recurrence OF Christmas makes 1t neces-
sary for your correspondent to forward his letter
this veek . d.v e.riier than usu.,. It'll to be
presumed thas the perennial "'sohery OF INC
time has long since come upon you. It has
oome unon M, with M ab,taroent Of tho iovous
ns.A n, N. h,,n;... And roo.t prosnerous ys.r..
There ID . standing disposition to regard every
Christmas ~ the most CHEEKY Of them all, and
iii, NIT On an far an IN ..v that tha ap,r,t of
was wv o. -,
cessors, but 1t is certainly everything that Il
bright and wholesome. One important element
n a.. r,...n,. !, ,,s I'm. i. ~. rh.ro,,.,,.,
- 80 p'e.~o =. - ~.,e W., ~ r ."l-A
weather we are experiencing Inc temperature
| 10 that OF April rather than Of December men
| On .bout in the middle of tbe dav vithout ovar
- - M. .'v.,
ooats; WINDOWS are up everywhere. ine E'hel-
| cal mildnoss,' the Poet talks about, has surely
| seldom had stranger setting than
this abnormal resurrection in the dead
OF winter. Pleasant ~ 1t il there IL .
I suspicion Of unhealthiness about 1t. After All
afternoon's walking in these warm winds tho
shopper feels more wearied than from exposure
| to the bitterest weather. But the streets and
| the stores Offer spectacle OH these afternoons
which city life has not given for many = day.
| The crowds are something wonderful to behold
and the gsyety Ia infections. The holiday
business throughout, il better than 1t has been
for years.
The Congressional Centennial Excursion 70
fell ~ to be outside Of any timely comment here;
you have heard otherways OF its perfect success.
The sensation, this week, In tho Centennial
line, WAS an unworthy one. refer 70 the
/ attempt Of the New York World to make
1t appear that tho Exposition
subscriptions Of Delaware and of
what that paper termed Congressional junket-
ing. OF course nothing could be more untrue
than this. wrote you some time before tho
full preparations were published that the entire
expense would be betrayed BY private subscrip.
ton, and this fact the World knew when It pub
lished its false news. Even the liat Of subscri:
the attack is sesn to have been thoroughly
The New York press towards the Centennial
sorrv oommentary mon nsticnsl good fellow
ship ? Must we ascribe il TO sectional ieai-
ousy That seems contemptibly little view,
With the fanta a. thew ara known Hornsy's
Weski. nnlv daions A. This late dsv tn reooanisa
the American Worlds Fair. Until its current
nun,har II hns hsd not the sphteet allusiop to
tba Ernosition for Ill that ts srtists we're offer
ed hsra tIe best subject by long odds thst couid
ocoupv them At present. DO these iournss exc
nsct hv snch an arhihitiop of cold shonldar tn
sno tha efYect Of the great Fair A inteljigent
srent. thsv osr b.rdiv synact tb.t so va .ra
forced to ADMIT that thew merely cut OF their
noner to spte their faces. suite. indeed. appears
to he A. tIa bottom Of il ali. -
PEOPLE are excited over the smart piece of
| bridge building done by the Pennsylvania Rail-
rosd 10 m ina nite 81 the burned bridge At
,ott nieJeeS the comnsnv to have thts YORK
dona bv Ibe lat of Jnnusrv Tbia was Thought
10 be- an eItraysesnt promise. but Instead Of ete
work tskino Longer thsn the time rpeoitied IL
viii he done aome d.v. -,ithip tha limit T. ia
srnsctsI ~. ths b';doo u;ll he onaneS N car
r;.pe and foot travel On Cbristmas Dav. and
.ncS rsniditv Of constrnction hss never been
Known IN thu conntrv, aIcsnt in military opera
Hou"I1hsrs NJ conrus noshinc NJ fha aishnrste.
ns.. IN ha .asn in tha nra.ans vork "a sttsnnt.
| ~ Il has = ~ ssad fhsx ti,e nnsticu, n ~
etrnun1ro Hua11ulI i 1U'Cso Peaaeylyapiau lails
] nunAWaN ~ - SAAfkn1gS n ykos !, ,rI}fN J1AE1q
nnsveru the company'e Temporary purpose very
we'll, thus allowing the builders to give their full
| energies TO the street portion OF the bridge
In marked contrast with this piece Of work 10
tho hating oonstruction Of tho south Street
Bridge which project has become . sort Of re-
prosch to the CITY, At last 1t seems that this
shamefully neglected public improvement is in-
ished-at least it IL to be immediately turned
over to the city by the builders though it 10 un-
derstood that . great many sends" have yet to
| be finished onE-a way Of putting in tiAt la-
dies will appreciate. Il was . "job" In its in
ception, was entrusted to contractors whose
| means we're not equal to the work, and has been
marked through ali ito long ca,~er with susp-
| cions Of trickery and fraud, But ut last it il
done and ~, despite the shameful delays, it is .
substantial piece Of work, the most philosophi-
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as far ~ possible to forget it's melancholy histo.
Iv. Ell rH
| Bridge building brings me to an allied topic,
that of freight trapspbrtAtion which from recent
action OF some Of the main forwarding compan.
les has rather agtAted numerous class Of bus
mesa men. An extraordinary reduction OF
freiphts from tie West to Philadelphis and New
York is announced, resulting In . decrease Of no
combinstiop effecting this change is made up Of
tbo pennnylysna. the New York Central and the
Erie roads. or course the reduction Ia but tenn.
porsry and results, o. all such apparent FREQ
iii ofFsrnus In tho nub ia do. from railway
oomDlicstions and iesiousiss. The melting
csnse in this Instance was an attempt to divert
trade from the Grand Trunk roads 1t may be
seriously doubled il such schemes grateful ~
| thev NAV be for the moment 70 shippers, are in
the real interests Of Trade They demoralise
business, because merchants. used for . time
to miraculously low rates feel when an ordinary
schedule is resumed that they cannot afford the
advance, and 20 order fewer goods shipped.
Thew forget that not long before they were pay
ing the same rates and did not think them ex-I
or6itsnt. It IL said that from the very date
man receives dead head ticket 10 An enter
talnmsnt he is lost to the snowman ~ > paying
the same category. That the condition now
| reached on the rosds named Ia feyerish and un-
naturs ii can be se en- from the one fact that such
business is done for less than running expenses.
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