The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-16
SAMUEL J. TILDEN.
HOW HE LOOKS AND WHAT HE Is
DOING.


| lst. Louis Republican,
For man who, according to his enemies, is
| broken up and broken down and broken cross
wise, broken, as it were all to smash, says O
| New York correspondent of the Philadelphia
| Times, Mr.. Tilden seems to bear I'D pretty
well And II frecailing one of the bumors of
the last campaign he still keeps his money In
bar'ls, then the coopering business must have
been pretty good In Gramercy Park this last
year; for it Is currently believed that, In that
period, Mr.. Tilden has headed UP more than a
million dollars made from the rise In value of
his New York elevated railroad stock. Three
years ago the New York road had In operation
only one line, that from the Battery up
Greenwich street and Ninth Avenue to Fifty
ninth street. 1t was single tracked, trains
were run at long intervals, the travel was
light. only Irish dividends were paid and
you could scarcely give away the stock.
Two years ago the company began the
construction of q double track on the
same route, which was finished about q
year ago. IhlS much more than doubled
she travel, and though it was too
1af over on the west side OF town, its increased
carrying capacity drew public attention and
patronage. she figures began to show some
thing to the good and the stock went up to
about 70, bat was slow of sale at that figure.
ana nobody gave much thought to it any
way. PUT MT Illden, who is one Of that very
Select circle OF men whose foresight is as good
as their hindsight, never let go the immense
block he held. The Metropolitan road went
into operation up Sixth Avenue. The traffic
was enormous. Then the New York road
built Its line, double-tracked, up Third Ave
nue.. At certain hours it can't begin to carry
the people who want to ride and its receipts
exceed the imagination OF its projectors. A
month ago the stock had risen to 142. which
Is about the present figure, and Mr.. Tilden
was million dollars ric er. Cyrus w. Field
is generally ere tilted with a like amount of
profits.
Mr.. Tilden Is around attending to business
as usual, and may sometimes be found at the
office OF the New York Elevated Railroad Com
pany, but ofteHer at his house In Gramercy
Park. He rides out almost every day on
horseback, though he does not repeat his
memorable ride of one day late In the last
campaign, when he rode down the Bowery
and into the Swamp, as the region back of
Printing House square, where the leather
dealers warehouses are, is known. His
health Is about what it has been for the past
ten years II there has been any change it
has doubtless been for the worse, though he
1s tough old man yet. 1t was observed by
those who sat near him at the Potter sub
late investigation in this city
that whenever he raised his left arm his hand !
trembled preceptibly; but still the man who |
can sit a horse and guide it through the |
streets OF q city Is not exactly In condition |
that would lead the average undertaken to |
contemplate him with any great glee.
In this neighborhood nobody doubts that |
Iilden will strive for the next Democratic |
and the number Of those who |
doubt that he will get it is diminishing daily, |
and the ranks OF those who think he would be |
elected are constantly increasing. There is
)ne curious feature OF the Tilden talk, which |
g that men are very savagely for him or very
bitterly against him, and the expression is
commonly heard that should it be Grant on
,ne side and Tilden on the other, the cam
Daign would be one of unparalleled energy /
aud desperation.