Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1877-09-26

2 WILL TROUBLES-THE RIFLEMEN-TH
5 NEW TEMPERANCE MovEMENT-BEECH
, ERs B0OKS--A NEW SAVINGS BAN
wINDLE-BUsINEsS.
NEW YORK, Sept. 90, 1877.
TWEED ON THE STAND.
Tweed's testimony is making about TIN
havoc among the great and small politi
clans OF the city that charge of bird sho
does amonga flock of pigeons at short
range. The old man is very frank, an(
speaks Of his operations without reserve
He has no squeamishness about names
The cause of the flight of Oakley Hall is
no longer q mystery, for Tweed impli'
Gates him in the ring robberies, and it was
the dread that he would make full con.
fession that impelled Hall to jump the
country. And then there are Il parcel oil
republican officials who are implicated,
and any quantity OF democrats, who were
distinguished for the lervercy of their de-
nuncation of the old man,-after he fell
into disgrace. In fact, it seems that those
who were the most fervent in denouncing
him were, as n rule, the most guilty: Of
course they all deny, and every one of
those whom Tweed has implicated has his
documents all ready to prove his inno-
cence, but it won't do. They can't ac-
count for the houses they live in, the Car.
riages they ride in, the yachts they sail, or
the money that pays for all these things
These fortunes are too large for honest
accumulation, and no one in New York
doubts that Tweed has told straight I'M
vanished, and true story. The old man
seems determined to 60 clear through it,
whether it does him any good or not.
RAPID TRANSIT.
Thank heaven there are courts to which
the people may appeal, against the monop-
olists. The means of going up and down
town are and have been for years, shame
fully insufficient. Night and morning the
cars on the lines north and south would
be crowded. hundreds and thousands of
weary people on them unable to get seats,
and the platforms iammed with people
hanging on in all sorts and shapes. Then
to get to any part of the city where rents
are within the reach of laboring mans
income required full hour of time-two
hours each day-which is an enormous
per cent of what is better than money
taken for nothing. Companies were Or
ganized to build elevated railroads the
whole length of the island, and one of
them, under Il charter granted by the legis-
lature, did build about mile of u road. |
Then the horse-car companies interfered, |
for the mine was too rich to be given up.
They got out inunctions on the elevated
people, and every possible method of re-
.arding the work was rcsolted to. Yes
-erday the final decision was had, and it
was against the monopolsts. New York
will now have rapid transit The elevated
'oads are simply platforms supported by
strong pillars, on which narrow gauge
racks are laid. The cars are long, with
, seat running lengthwise on each side,
Zach holding perhaps sixty passengers,
rhe engines are small and noiseless, and
he rate of speed is twenty miles an hour.
As the tracks are up to the level of the
econd story, and are used only for the
,ars, there can be no danger whatever on
hem. The work on the Gilbert will be
pushed to completion at once, and it is ex-
)ected by the time winter sets in we shall
nave two lines running the whole length
If the island. This will do more for New
York than any one Thing that has happen
ID for years, for it will relieve the pres
ure on the oyer:crowded lower part of the
:ity, and give the poor better and cheaper
homes in the upper part.