New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-28

Thus shicea ana an6 sol4 out nv mterest TO my
partner and retired rom the dgoods business s5eE
teen years. but have ever felt deep interest .T IN
as my first love. have been in my my pr9SeIb have wit.
messed remarkable changes p[ qGf to them
will suffice for the present OCCASION
THE GREAT FIRE OF 1888.
In December 1885, the great fro occurrod ana thoso
who were aiding stay its progress can never Ioie
IT, The night was intensely cold the therhono'el
lower than for many years the VINO mg"' "u" '-'
fre-commsncng in some old buildingS-spread rap
idly, The water froze in the nose and the Old
b,pd.enOincs were almost useless; the result was
tbe destruction Of Gls buildings, including the
Exchange and many bank. IN wagsGl s and c tine
Tt ram Bater-st., up Wall to Broad,st., IN
Guiding sIutn William E19hapge'' P csmetsd nj
900 900 Every insurance company in the yity was
an he resi- OF tho CITY was without insurance Busi-
suspended none knew WneIt Ir9 raU"u
ana soon the elasticity of our people heRan 70 manieH
Itself. and the old Foundations were rem9yea, aGa MUM
blocks huldinRssprunR up like magic Before l
bttcr tbai before the IRE. However, from that date
pIt'1 rv - o,ds business loft Pcnri-st. driven
out burnt district never to return and since mas
becu gradually wording uptown ana now mas DO ohe
sransG as 1t may fn5 t Of "e was 9r 20 Tor Securing
hnRty fortunes introduced, ana priOre Ile caP
or the city had recovered from the LOSSES oI c hr' l7
credit cXtendrd and speculation ran WIN tn'tSi
tEng wHr advancing, and tile penlt were Iut2N'Gn.tt
AND wldasliead ruin followed which has mad" that year
one OF the longto-he-remeubcrrd eochs oil Ne"A"tE'
| OCEAN LINES, RAILROADS and NE TELEGRAPH.
In the sprlng Of So al event happened which was
10 Inaugurae an entire change IN the mode ~ ocean
| communication. The little steamship Sirius suddenly
made it, appearance IN Larhor from Lycrp"ol mo
| fist which had ever crossed Inc Aua't''
and thousands OF our ciiiztnS cToWlrH W ''o
her; she was soon followed by the Gi'"'
| Western Captain Matthews, which became go pom
nj II
["W ~ o,,1 sn. II rnc si.Id steam % tla
dav from ana rWu III ports ui Eiroir, aiI i N"Ya-''
aGlS our entirc coast. have lDt " N. ~. ,.
fuIG Tor pcrsUus - ths ccrai C%er" iei ,'''
ANA still lCs- common TORTOISE lOl titnt ga"
to visit rs. There ne more sing 10" 10 "t'' THAN
Iic asj iorjy yeas have Witnessed The eA,,, nsl
sums Of mcrcy invested IN thaT con.nhcli,n havg,
,iic, MIL glouE toit iic-, ana tie rapd GROWTH Of
oar grca. Wet. orr city has by the Iar'itit,
finance. Cincinnati. st. Lout and imc'Eo ere POW tIac-
tical!y nearer han PhadrIp.' A,h"h' OF l,!"" " ~
~ 4aa- H. 49, gi,eri,,ui was H. WpuyllrC mlc'
tEan Ii Sen nrcsdy opened in s5Q III 1910
th,re %Gi co 3sQ y, m .n q , me cc Of $50
tn~rr will he nearly cocoa mics ,,...n.
Nn, ;Hulliar with tr uficu'lcs connected Win u"
dirrc,ion for Twelve wars Tie lIa cort was to So
cure Subscriptions f"r tdre millions 70 tne -"at I'm
the three millions it bad nd'aEcrd Tn road '!'s %gs
, ' =.
meetings were hcd. committees OK ingighaMt'
went nom store 10 store Tor Su.,; ,i ,
chants who cli that a direct connection van Dc lakes
aLs",@y pee ssary to cure " W. ~ i9., II
was completed 70 nunlTk by iho, rcr-cNc.ine
fn ,, III 81 t6 ,c"ipg %rs ci.brat.d 10y nrsr
prty Of citizens md gI.d snr1t, aa,oaS T 3,a
bcrs % the Csbnc, and ngny d,,,aRGi.H H,n.,''S
Fc Daq,r wei scr ard IIrnry Ia{ NJ NJ; an %yr ,
Of vas Interest IN The CITY and The N,Sl lhr au was
cost, sr,ils to have impossible. What orr rIy aud
contry owc % ihG y"st InoSn sH,,n -" 'lI I,
go s 40 ,c Which doubt net VIII be
fo.e tic close Of he c"utnTy. -
ie tclosrh 9nas 81! a,rl1 Of our own , esGqiFy 5
world, hns OomY".ey cinn5.d the cur, o. rqmn
played out" - the h0's F"Ei i%%r NOV on" ONLY
are goods or;cr 4 from ~ parts 81 "mc own h
oy arSSemCS TO pSy eitaiu sum in London Is mnde
; here aud cop-nmm"ed IN lev nome tnII%ut4 III
,yS ON ine SANE DAY One of urr old mcrc'rui- died
eet month IN small nlGiGr Town Mini m @ ~ was
8 mn ouncced IN our evening Journals.
Inv pEFSs AND rDUCt71ON.
The newspapers woud be considered very stale n
they DID not contain quotations Of h" mnrk'I- IN al
trc ,rinrfpaI ri.-s Europe for the cane day AEd
b,vv truiy marvellous th" advance IN urm'r and "ron
lat on OF our va.ius u"w-pap't' ant f,"dIcal " "'
7 change IN printing pres O.. paper aud tyr'' N'rc'
IN have Iairs Ser Tc, Co-cIl and C's,'M idtrESfT.
|
sdcr tie present number ar0 y"r'ty " d"t ''"'7'
r crnployina an army OF editors and rcp"ri"r' the
Il | yatir5y of our v, Ny. w"u,n'y and quIu.rf ~
d,uls fHvcty -ty!c 80" pHtIny Wr' H't' neon '"t
J. IHni.. IarG W. snail Is tho. almost all H." cFar
" u,br ANA religious so 'irt'. ." ;i 90 hur'"r no
I. .,urI IL lIrIu-r 'Ai, u Itv 800" '.s-ihr t"a h"a"'
u to our ccs have BAL ,hrir b'sn'i"t within t"o past
i ~, ~ NE ,c %, oar pub re- -c,ola hay co'pe
q to occupy ucst w%rn'n' ro.u, - "l" ar +
e q, To- -rcur,. common cducIiiou ,n' these a." lr
q H,y now ar, popular m-,,tut!o'~ w'.'rc t.c
c cndren Of all cll'NH cln oman 81 nN,l,
y been 80 grrat To adrcc growing ilne mt while
e tlr state should SECURE 10 aii 5000 common gl1a "
'g ,,rc s no nru,rl,ty IN fasrr tue public suc
:. costly and higher advtniasrS "~ 40" are IurHHh"I
e. IJuriuZ tnc past thirty yrar' th"re linz "''n -
y schools In IA stgte NE sum Of Sl9%Il7Qn3
ii As now LOOK back to NV cohnecl"n VIII rea'l 4.
~ ana think OF those "ho thcn were th" ~H""
sale erenEm5t oGC"P9k iInt F'r md 'S % 1a
e. Nth lie cxcopton 81 The names 81 llaslcd, iaiucs
I, ; 3 "i:. or t'f away f. seems Ike Il dream.
1s have confined my references cihly to PCail.si.
y. | but 90 hack half century ana call 10 NINA the mrl
I'd %" tb Of Their high ana noble cxinnc
s. sucb men us tne Griswolds. Ilowaud> GIN
ia nrls A,Iinwalls StlrsS' hmaTS NIi,on ,Lt
IT. ney, James q. King, phGnix aud hundreds others
~, These mostly gone from u.s. they occupy th
ur foundation IN 1898 Hud wnosC silent tnnrtry nov
nj numerous than wa3 lhe %hoe p'pu"ton OF Ne"
OF The oOibGscs we're first introduced by Asa HAL 70
The accommodation 81 ihG ItblutblbOi WHAT WIZ int
20 Greenwich village. Ills singcs cnch hOrr. III
70 broadway line OF A. Brewer startedfrom the
II,ulstOn-Rt., then quite upt'wn Then III
'1 street railways. now running to all parts q
nd thlS, cuS 1l HrI,c 10 tond 90 ,,ol"
10 changes than the sanGulne ina gnatiYn
ce tlClpate
ut GROWTH AND FUTURE or THE METROPOLIS.
Gh The growth OF Ncw.Ynik and Brooklyn meanwhil
Las been remarkable. When l commenced
clerk New-York had q population Of less tha
eh 100000. ana Brooklyn was n mere town; now the
nu arc virtually aud contain not less than l,7O0OU
his 81. I,,o ,,c s,rru,,dtr, corrtry Nrds boncs o.
ut many thousands who do business In The city I'll