The Cecil Whig., 1879-01-18
NORLgY's LETTERS FROM NEW YORK,
FROM ouR o~s REGULAR coKRfsrospEsr.


past that ali roads IAN u Rome" II Is no
less true IN the :cNei.sh present thar all lu-
tcresis IN America ccniir ia New York
Boston may indeed be The hub arnuud =" h!ch
all New England revolves Chicago and St.
Louis, Philadelphia and New Orleans may
/ Ice the suns around which their respective
systems roll; but neither sun nor system re-
/ fuses 10 traverse IN its turn about the great
North Star towards which the needle Of
every interest, political, social al CONNER
cial, steadily points the longest aud mar
rowest, richest and poorest. most christian
and most heather city Wes, Of The Atlantic.
Who ever saw, IN any county. a ci;y SO
strangely constituted, so oddly inhabited,
80 marvellous, and yet So young Less than
2'o years since he quaint craft of H.ndrIck
hudson dropped anchor IN this magnificent
bay. and We have a city seventeen miles long,
holding a million and quarter people, con.
tanning more freshmen than Dublin, m ,Ts
Germans than Bremen. more Jews than
Jerusalem aud more politiciaas than any
State III the Union-except Ohio.
METROPOLITAN LIFE
Winter life in the Metropolis is So full OF
interest and fascination that one literally
takes no note of time but by"-its sun
days, which, fortunately are not vet con-
structed here on the European PLAN"
otherwise one would find the winter gone
and the trees budding before lie realized
that holiday week was family out of sight.
The theatres are crowded with the best ac
tors at their best roles. till they fairly in.tle
each other oil the stage in the haste of the
managers to give the public something Lew
continually. The churches are open. not
only Sabbalhs, but largely on week DAYS,
aud the pulpit OF New Yo,k. than which
an abler or more Cody cannot be found. is
sounding its deepest thunders in tine
peoples ears, or holding out the
hands of earnest invitation to the un-
saved. The galleries are full of the rar-
est paintings, colors and eugIavings The
shops are blazing with terrible sempta-
tons TO the frugal housewife. displayed by
a depravIty Of skill that makes many hus-
band and father long for longer purse or
i less covetouS household. The streets
ars crowded day aud evening; the elevated
railroads whirl their thousands o.er the
heads OF The throngs below; the hotels are
generally full OF guests; the busy hum Of u
reviving trade is heard on every hand, aud
merchants aud buyers. from every section
OF the Union, exchange daily greetings in
the market places.
And here, III the centre of American life
activity and enterprise you propose To have
aresuiar corr espoudent. Well fyou will
let me, mean 10 depart occasionally from
The beaten track of city gossip, and tell your
readers, now and then, about some of the
many really great and drservedly famous
features aud men of New York: in fact.
treat them as though they were visiting me
IN my uptown French flat, and wanted TO
see what was worth seeing i'll Gotham.
KArID TRANSIT.
II the year 1893 deserves to be memora-
BILE as that which witnessed TIE opening of
The Erie Canal, the year 1873 promises to
bc FAR more memorable in the annals OF
Gotham by virtue OF rapid transit Already
The Third Avenue road is open to liar lem.
ard you can climb thirty feet into the air
at the Battery and be wEirled along on A
level with the second story windows. eight
and half miles 10 Harlem, all for fivs
cents-providsd you go between five and
seven in the morning, or the same hours in
The evening. At other hours you pay ten
cents-and get your moneys worth even
then. Shades of Jimmy Watt, That all
this should have come from your idle
watching OF risky pot lid while you
toasted your s:ins before the fire. Blessed
be the ynungster that KEEP, you out of doors
playing iii your teeth chartered aud your
nose grew blue, He never dreamed how
great a servic- he was doing fol humanity,
nor how the real estate owners at the upuer
call you both blessed. While Rapid Tran
sit is great boon to the clerk aud sales
man who can't pay the big rents down
town. it is a sweeter blessing to the wsary
holder of uptown lots covered knee deep
with mortgages, ridden by hidcous night.
mares and pnTsued hy The avcugiug spirits
of savage mortgages and bioodiess tax
gaiE,r-Is, that iIeeza his veins as lac
witches in their "cuIly saI as - f.czr those
of poor Tam OShaut.r. Jimmy Watt
New York were leaving them To tls, ir fate
MAKING THE CANALS FREE
strong movement Is TO he made this
Winter in favor of making the Erie and
other New York State Canals abso-
lutely free waterways. TEis, il accom-
plished, will be good news to the grain
producers Of the Great West. and will
bring them into closer and more profitable
connection with New York City and trans
atlantic consumers. The schem. for
canal freight railroad will also bc pushed
during the session of the Legislature, ard
there is talk If a huge basin for canal
BEATS on the North River side of the city
to relieve the East River whsives and
slips between Caatics Slip and South Ferry
from the pressure of canal boats: locality
that is greatly needed by West India and
other shipping.
vANpEHBILTs GREAT GRAIN LINE.
Even more important, If possible, is the
new project Of Vanderbilt for cheapcnlng
terminal facilities here for handling grain.
lie has built monster grain elevator at
SiAty-iifth street, alongside which he pro-
poses To run his trains laden with grain,
which will then be discharged direct into
the holds of line of swift sailing iron
steamships bound for various European
ports. lie has just bought fourteen of
these ships and will run them regularly from
Sixty fifth street. They are not expected
To carry passengers, but to be devoted ex.
c!usiyely 10 grain and merchandise The
first ship sails next week and others will
inilow rapidly. This makes sure thing