Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1875-12-23
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"PArxNr PAVEMENT" .Ps0gEoT-THn MOODY.
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. II, 1876.
The Centennial Congressional Excursion "
the all-prevailing topic. People have hardly
talked or thought Of anything else In public
way, to-day. At this writing the downtown
streets are full Of plsasurable excitement and
there 10 manifest intention Oh the part OF
borhood OF the Continental Hotel and the Girsrd
House. There IL great strangeness IN the idea
of having In the midst both HOuses OF Congress-,
tho President and Cabinet, the supreme Court,
and variety Of other distinguished guests In
cluding OF course highly numerous 'newspA-
per-lnsn"-and altogether, such Al sssemblsge
has never been known in cur history. The in
terest In the event is thus seen to bo twosided I;
in the fact Of the extraordinary meeting, and 10
the hope Of good things to which 1t will lead.
the expected party and toe best rooms IN the
ssCouIueutai" aud "Girard" have, ~ far ~
possible, been secured for their accomusOda-
hou. The President will be the guest OF Mr..
ChildH, and Col. William McMichael. Mr. A.
Z. Bore and other lesding citizens entertain
some Of the cabinet officers aud supreme Court
Judges. Soine OF The senators and represents
tives will also be privately entertained, but the
hotels named will receive tho greatest bulk OF
the excursionsta, no that 9th and Chestnut be-
comes the Capital for the time being. Chest
nut and Walnut streets are Illuminated. and
there IL evidence on every hand that citizehs
appreciate the exceptional nature Of the occA-
sion.
kl,- knuk
brought TO bear upon them from every quarter
relaEive to tho '' improved pavement which It
10 proposed TO lay on vArous approaches to ene
Park. 1t IL matter of common knowledge that
there is powerful combination here Interested
in putting asphalt pavements on those thorough
fares. The pavement haA been proved by COM
mon observation in New York and elsewhere to
be worthless, but still the speculators concerned
have gone ahead with the job aud have now sp-
parently succeeded. There is, TO be sure, =
terday declares that the Mayor, the Chief Com
Chief Engineer aud Surveyor, must
select the material to be used, and there
IL some hope that Mr.. Stokely will not ALLOW
asphalt to be chosen. But on the other hand
| the paving Ring evidently having the power to
pass their project would not have let it go
through Councils In thus shape without the clear
understanding that the restrictions imposed did
not Interfere materially with their measure. The
assurance OF the event. A variety OF heating cart
| ing and paving apparatus OF an original and Ok.
| psnsivs kind reached the city weeks ago, and all
| Ia in readiness TO 20 at once TO work. AL this
organization would not have been effected mn
| less there had been the best assurance that the
outlay would not be wasted, ~ it wonld be II che
discretion seemingly given to the officials mem
toned should result In the choice Of stone
pavement At least give You the two sides and
you can draw ~ correct conclusion =. can any
1 - il ff mar
. handful Of operators here. specimen blocl
| Of what sarcastic people call poultce," or the
+" molasses candy" pavement was laid week OF
| 90 ago on 9Th street opposite the Court House.
Special care was Of course taken with this show
piece, and the freezing weather has also beel
good to It. but with all favoring conditions 1t il
apparent that the asphalt has no capacity fo
hard wear
The Revival meetings continue to attract
great throngs Of people. aud to do, II is yeril.
more particular than this to say, for thu
meetings are naturally repettions. there being
no design to do but the one thing, and tina
over and over. There is nothing dishsarteninl
in the degree OF success attained, but 1t il
rather amazing to note the depreciation Of thi.
great effort on the part Of many people o
J | whom we had expected other things The bod
Of intelligent interest in the subject settle
down to this, that the number or urgency OF tht
| Conversions" Ia q matter of little account com
pared with the getting Of men to show, by the sim
pie fact Of attendance at the meetings,A desire h
> lift thsir tnnsr lives. The number Of pronounc
I'd " oontl1B-' LSs bsen small, but mot enc q
, l the hundreds Of thousands who have gone Il
the meetings but has reaped some benefit
though perhaps at the time unfelt. This is on
: way OF looking ut it it may not be Mr.. Moody
, or the strictly orthodox way, but men hay
builded better than they know since th
certain views in opposition to the Revival ~ 81
pressed by Lucretia Mott, and have thought
strange that 30 many sided . person - Mrt
, Mott should have failed to see the real point o.
! the olse stripped OF the narrowness which ma
! be called unpleasant from too near . view.
,'The "Society" events of the week have bee
i ths "Martha Warrington" Receptions At th
. Academy OF Music on Tuesday and Wednesda
? evenings. Our fashionables have been prepal
: ing for the, fancy dress parties for months The
r were given under the management Of the W.
Q mems Centennial Committee aud for the bene
!. 1T of tho Womens Exposition Fup,
3 and under such An impetus could not fail to
both socially and pecunisrily successful. TIL
J; idea was to have participants, ~ far as possible
. arrsyed in colonial costume, and much care wa
q taken to reproduce the old-time effect. The Ii
i, dies naturally succeeded beat, having , faculi
. Of ''giving their mind" in that direction whic
It is denied to moat members Of the other sex.
v pleasant feature Of the affair wah the assumI
tion Of various historical characters by the lea
i ing spirits in the enterprise. "Martha Wasl
n ngton" each evening opened the entertainer
% by receiving those shadows Of former .gsyet
o | and greatness after which the principal cha
l. acters danced . stately minuet lie Ia coir, SUI
It ~ our great grand parents, many times remov
% Tor some Of them) used to delight in after tn
" solemnly cheerful performance the ball "
" opened to the giddy creatures Of the presen
o The whole affair was ptquante and novel and
It the W0men's Centennial Committee credit
10 Tie dinintereated Citizens concerned in Il
Il "Pneumatic Railroad" project, which 1t is d
" signed shall tunnel Broad street. succeeded
O. having their bill referred yesterday to the Cor
10 mittee on Railroads OF Select Council 'r.
Br erence" means death to measure very ofte
10 but 1t il sadly feared that it does not mean it
r. this instance; 1t all events the friends of t
II measure regard 1t ~ ~ onward step. II is
levsd that Messrs. Leeds, Howell, et. al have
in authorizes, but merely desire to ohtain vAlu
iii BILE franchise which eau hereafter be farmed q
w to well-understood advantage The trick u I
ly . new one, but it seems to work with our inn
70 cents In Councils every time.
t. Another important railway question is I'll
~ raised by President Morton OF the Market strt
d. line. II IL, in fact, . double question. 4
r's Norton presents to CounoilsNa formidable ArI
IN Of legal authorities going to show that the CO
3 pany has right TO cross the Market st. Bird
.. without any special legislation on the subje
ur The argument, in brief il that the bridge is p
At Of the highway, and that having the right to
to highway the railway company necessarily
,st the right Of the bridge. 1t seems hardly po'
re this position. But, again, the Market
on Company makes an offer Of $1,000 to p
w. chase the erclusios passenger railway right
m the bridge, and this call be seen to be very
ow ferent matter. Leg Station will OF course
He needed here, and the general feeling IL that
ar would be very unwise to sell such = privlle
ok The Chestnut st. line, it Is true, bought
is same privilege in the bridge at that street,
two wrongs do not make right, and since
time Of the grant to President Colket we b,
been considerably enlightened OIL the subject
IRe account to be hoped that the Market street &C
pany may not prevail in this matter.
the The threatened revolution In the Union L.ea{
th, hAA come TO nothing. The Bylaw offered by
i 4 Lockwood, enactiDg that any political act
must first be authorized by . majority Of m.
, a bers in formal election,-and that by Mr.. Cl
ton McAIchAel. that the League shall take
the action whAteyer in municipal politics. and t
hs opinions on political subjects shall not
,es, forth. except undor vote Of . majority Of
memben-were both defeated Thus the
der is " Al You We're"
Mr.. Booth has appeared ~ Holsey, but
'oS- well ~ Miss Cushman did it. His recent .
400. dent seems to have had bad result on
Eest playing during the engagement He uses
'eD- left arm scarcely any, and his entire stage
"a meanor 10 leas varied and impressive than
re- are used 10 expect from him. Tho Dioram
Il. Washington At Yorktown" on exhibition Ut
,ber Chestnut Street Skating Rink is fine wor
,ver art and attracts much attention. 1t il . m
moth picture painted in relief and with
arate carved figures In the foreground; the
son is remarkable.-If advertisements :of
may be able to offer you pleasant Amuseu
Elng ;tan, in the navu that olavnr 6rn tic coro,