The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1879-01-18
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Nrorlcyssv Letters from New York.

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wolves; Chicago and st Louis, Philadclphi and
| New orleans may be the suns around which
! their respective systems roll but neither sun
nor s, stem refuses to traverse in its turn about
the great North star towards which the needle
| OF every interest political social or commercial
steadily points-the longest and narrowestrlch.
est and poorest most christian and most heath.
en- cltv West Of the Atlantic. Who ever sawin
any country, city so strangely constituted, so
oddly inhabited, so marve Gus and vet 70 young 7
Less than 27O ears since the quaint crnft Of
Hen5rck Hudson dropped anchor in this mag
nificent Bay and we have a city seventeen miles
long, holding million and a.quarter of people,
containing more Irishmen than Dublin, more
Germans than Bremen more Jews than Jerusa-
lem and more politicians than any state in the
UniOn-except Ohio.
METROPOLITAN LIFE.
Winter life in the Metropolis is 80 full OF in
terest and fascination that one literally takes
no note of time but by"-its Sundays which
fortunately,ar are not yet CONSTRUCTED here on the
=" European plan !" otherwise one would hnd
the winter pone and the trees budding before he
realized that holiday week was fairly ont Of
sight. The theatres are crowded with the best
actors al their best roles till they fairly Jostle
each other of the stage in the haste Of The
continually. The churches are open, not only
sabbaths. but largely on week days, and the
pulpit of New York, than which an abler or
more Cody cannot be found 10 sounding its
deepest thunders in the peoples carson holding
| out the hands of earnest invitation to the un.
saved The galleries are full of the rarest pant
ings, colOrs and engravlngs. The shops are
blazing with terrible temptations" to the fru-
gal housewife, displayed with depravlty OF
| skill that makes many husband and father
| long for q longer purse or less covetous house.
| hold The streets are crowded day and evening;
the elevated railroads whirl their thousands
| over the heads Of the thrones below the hotels
| are generally full OF guests the busy hum OF
reviving trade is heard on every hand, and mer'
chants and BUYERS, from every section Of the
Union, exchange daily greetings in the market
places.
And here, in the centre Of American life, acti.
vity and enterprise you propose to have regu-
lar correspondent We'll II you will lot me,
mean to depart occasionally from the beaten
track Of city gossip, and tell your readers, now
and then, about some of the many really great
and deservediy famous features and men of
New York in fact, treat them as thou0h they
we're visiting me in my uptown French flat,Gn1
wanted to see what was worth seeing in Goth
am,
RAPID TRANSIT.
II the year 1923 deserves to be memorable as
that which witnessed the opening OF the Erie
Canal, the year 1878 promises to be far more
memorable IN the annals of Gotham by virtue
Of IapId transit. Already the third avenue road
Is open to Harlem, and you can Climb thirty
feet into the air at the Battery and be whired
along on level with the second story windows,
md .ulF n
eents-provided you 70 between eve and seven
In the morning. or the same hours in the even
ing, At other hours you pay ten cents--and get
your moneys worth even then. Shades of Jim
my Watt That all tins should have come from
your idle watching Of a frisky pot lit while you
toasted your Sims before the fire Blessed be
the youngster tnat kept you out of doors paying
till your teeth chattered and yOurnose grewblue
He never dreamed how great service he was
doing for hu nanlty, nor how the zeal estate
owners at the upper end OF the Island would
rise up and call you bOtn blessed. While RAPID
Transit IS great boon to the clerk and sales.
man who can't pa the big rents down town, it
is a sweeter bless ng to the weary holder Of up.
town lots covered knee dep with mortgages,
ridden by hideous nightmares and pursued Dy
the avenging spirit Of savage mortgages and
bloodess tax the ers, that treeze his We ms as
the witches in their Guilty sarlSs" fruze hose
of Tam O'Shanter. Jimmy Watt saves lot own.
ers wi hen all the horses in New York were leav.
ing them to their fate.
MAKING THE CANALS FREE.
A strong movement is to be maze this Winter
In favor Of making the LrIe and other New
York state Canals absoluteIy tree waterways
This, II accC mplshed, Will be good nows TO the
gram producers of the Great est, end will
| bTinr them iuto closer and more profitable con.
nectOn with ew York CITY and trans atlantic
consumers. The scheme for a canal freight
railroad will be pushed curing the session OF
the Legislature, and there is tn. * OF a huge bas
in for cana boats on the North River side Of
the city to reheve the East River Wharves ana
slips between Centles ship ana South Ferry
from the pressure of canal uoatsi locality tLat
Is greatly needed by West Iudla Ind other ship
ping.
VANDERBiLT's GAEAT GRAIN LINE.
Even more important If possible is the new
project OF Vanderbilt Tor tie apening term.
ina facilues here for nahd ing grain. II has
built monster grain elevator 1T Sixty fifth ST.,
alongside which he proposes to run his tIalns
laden with grain which viii then be discharged
direct into the holds of a line of swift sai ilng
iron steamships bOunu for various European
pOrts. He has just bought fourteen OF these
ships and wall run ,hem regularly from 65th
street. They are not expected TO carry pas
sengers, but to b. devoted exc usively to grain
and merchandise. The hTst ship sails tins
week and others viii follow rapidly This
makes q sure thing OF low ireights tOm the
West whether by rail or canal,
A BRIGHTER OUTLOOK,
5 Times are better. There is no mlstake about
1t, Every department OF trade feels it more oI
less, Ia my next VIII tell you how two items
OF farm produce are looming up TIL il takes NJ
3 prophet to predict vast profit abe industry il
q each; and they are but two III a hundred. Why
look at one single branch OF manufacturing
the sewing mac Inc trade One would suppose
: he world was are.dy supplied with sewing
machiHes, out the singer Manufacturing Com
pany report sale OF some 10000 machines il
me year just closed IN excess of the number
= sold in 1877 The total sales of Singer machine
e for the year are some 35u,OOt IN making ant
selling which 10 less than 400 persons ana 8,
oOO horses are employed. Think of the mel
DIGGING the oreteIinG and dressing the timber
/ building the wagons, and cars and ships tha
: carry Singer machines to the people, and add
ing chem 10 the forty thousand, we see how
: nightly such an enterprise Affects the who.
) community for good. Mr. Edward Clark tn
OLD business partner Of the original singer, :
President If the Company, a gooi story come
p from Chic'go about the 'SInger" After tn
great fire tne Relief Committee undertoOk +
furnish sewing machines TO needy women pei
mitting each applicant to take her choice iron
! among SIX OF the most popular kinds. Ther
were .,9H machines tn supplied 2,I27 Of tn
gls selected Singer 'uachlnes, and the II
manning 5l7 divided their choice between tn
y Owe otler kinds. The singer raS taken tie iii {
: ptlze over all competitor, more than 200 times
"Art is lonI p but newspaper cor espont
ence mustn't be. MORLEY.
II Letter from Washington.
T. Our Legislature at l0ork again - Depa,te
Congessmen - Hartridge Of George
and Schiiecher of IGrqS the last of ilin