Daily globe., 1879-03-15
HE BEARS UP WELL.

-for Nan SO Frequently Broken Up NJ,
1ttden Sho,cs Up Pretty Yell.
New York Letter in Philadelphia Times.1
For man who, according to his enemies
is broken up and broken down and broke,
crosswise, broken, as it were, all to smash
MIR. Iilden seems to bear up pretty we'll
And IT Tecalling one of the humors of th,
last campaign) he still keeps his money in
paris, then the coopering business mus
nave been pretty good in Gramercy PARK
this past year; for it is currently believed
that in that period Mr.. Tilden has headed
up moro than $1 100000 made from the rist
IN value Of his New York Elevated railroad
stock. Three years ago the New York road
mad IN operation only one line, that from the
battery up Greenwich street and Ninth ave.
nue. to Fifty ninth street. It was single
tracked, trains were run at long intervals
the travel was light, only Irish dividends
were paid, and you could scarcely give away
tne STOCK. Two years ago the company be.
gan the construction of double track on
tne same route, which was finished about 8
year ago. This much more than doubled
the t:avel, and, though it was too far ove1
on the west side of the town, its increased
carrying capacity drew public attention and
patronage, the figures began to show some
thing to the good, and the stock went up to
about II, but was slow of sale at that figure
ana nobody gave much thought to it any
way. But Mr. Tilden, who is one of that
very select circle cf men whose foresight
ls as good as their hindsieht
never let 60 of 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 avenue At GER.
tain hours it can't begin to carry the people
who want to ride, and its receipts exceed the
imagination of its projectors. month ago
the stock had risen to 142, which is about
the present figure, and Mr.. Tilden was q
million dollars richer. Cyrus w. Field is
generally credited with like amount Of
profits.
MIR. Tilden is around attending to busi-
ness as usual, and may sometimes be found
at the Office of the New York Elevated Rail
road company, but oftener at his house in
Grammercy Park. He rides ont 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
PACK OF Printing-House square, where the
leather dealers warehouses are, is known.
Ills health IS about what it has been for the
last ten years. If there has been any change,
1t has doubtless been for the worse, though
ne IS tough old man yet. It was observed
by those who sat near him at the Potter sub
committees late investigation in
this city that whenever he raised his
left arm. his hand trembled per-
ceptibly but still the man who can sit a
horse and guide it through the streets of
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
Tilden will strive for the next Democratic
nomination, and the number of those who
doubt that he will geti is diminishing daily,
and the ranks of those who think he will be
elected are constantly increasing. There is
one curious feature of the Tilden talk, which
is that men are very savagly for him or very
bitter against him, and the expression is
commonly heard that, should it be Grant on
one side and Tilden on the other, the cam
paign would be one of unparalleled energy
and desperation.