Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-04-28
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Special Correspondence.

AOhhs a piih AOf
A bill has just passed the Senate. in
which the great grand children of the
present generation may feel an interest.
The Statutes gives permission to cut
tunnel under the Hudson river between
the point at which the principal railroads
terminate at Jersey City, and suitable
place on the opposite New York shore.
New Jersey feels that something must
be done to offset the elevated railroad
attractions in favor of the upper New
York, and the one great thing is to
abolish the ferry between shore and
shore. The project seems to have STRAIT
ed more in the freight than the passen.
ger interest, but if men find that they
can take seats in the cars at New York
without the tedious transfer made ne
cessary by the ferry, they will not wink
long over the danger of sub-river pas
sage.
Barnum has come up smiling and
happy again.
| | forget the count of the years through
which that broad smile has beamed.
Lions have demolished the human frame
of too con6ding trainers and are no more
tigers are lying in unforgotten graves,
girafes have persisted through many
feet of sore throat, and confding os-
triches have succumbed to too many
parasol handles and spectacles, but Bar
mum still moves on. He did it last
Saturday, and the small boy of domestic
and imported parentage beheld and wor-
shipped. There were the carts and char
lots blazing in the brightest paint en-
phasized by the shiniest of varnish
there the animals in all the glory of
holiday foreclosures, while the far
away backs of the elephants and the low
down backs of the ponies were occupied
by the Mons. and Nine. Ito say nothing of
the Mlle.), who come so near breaking
their necks that twenty-five cents ad-
mission is nothing to boy who thinks
of the delightful possibility of their do
ing so. In the excitement of writing
about it l forgot to mention the steam
musical instrument with a very long
name, which occupied one of the wag-
ons. It's a desperately unkind thing
for me to do to mention one feature Of
this steam blower Shades of Orpheus
forgive me for calling it thatD as this
letter may come under the eye of some
one unable to leave all and start at once
for this city, but duty to my correspond
ents compels me to give publicity to the
fact that this new feature of the process
sion is capable of turning out noise
equal to that made by one hundred brass
bands No one need question these fig
ures, for l have them straight from
Barnum's own posters.
A season or two ago, Messrs. Jarrett
and Palmer thought that it would be an
excellent idea to run their boat "Ply-
mouth Rock" direct to the beach at
, Long Branch. There being no pier in
the surf, excursionists have always been
obliged to make the latter end of the
journey by rail. The proprietors of
plymouth Rock made preparations to
r build wharf at the principal spot,
e speaking from hotel point of view. and
4 had the structure pretty well under
? way. when big wave or two quietly
r rolled in and took the whole thing with
+, them when they went back to sea. This
e year the attempt has been renewed by
D a company of capitalists, but it seems
= they need more than financial bottom
i to make success of the scheme, as the
t iron shafts already sunk will not stop
y sinking; and China is hereby cautioned
to stand from under. Engineers have
been invited to propose remedies, and
believe things are looking brighter. A
: fat plate is to be attached to the lower
end of each of the iron piles, and after
= driving down these supports till they
s cannot we'll be driven farther, it is
J. thought that the surface presented by
d the plates will prevent the sinking Of the
IS upper structure is added. The success
n of this scheme will guarantee increased
e prosperity to one of our most delightful
e and fourishing summer resorts.
Pinafore still RACES. One of our prin
h cipal morning papers devoted over {
}, column to the subject one day this week.
e going into the secrets of the extraordi
a nary success of the opera. At thu
e Broadway Theatre it is sailing on ;
e prosperous voyage, manned by the ia
= nous ''church choir" chorus, and officer
ed by soloists whose success must keel
9, the .spurser" loaded down with the sub
W stantial evidences of a prosperous voy
.. age. The stage of the Fifth Avenu
>. Theatre is also occupied by the sam
w good ship, although next week Suppe'
r. great comic opera ''Fatinitza' will tax
ID its place. RADIx.
l.
~ Among all the talk about Queen Vic