New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-23
gEyEFI1IYG TIE L4BORING MAN.

ANOTHER TALK WITH MIR. HUGHES.
Els plANs MORE IN DETAiL-THE ELEVATED ROADS
MISUNDERSTANDING MORE ABOUT THE SET
YLYNENI ~ TENNKssfr.
Thomas Hughes and his frienas remained at the
F,fth Av ME Hotel most Of the time yesterday.
passing very quiet day. Mr.. Hughes was found
by TRIBUNE reporter the afternoon in las room.
talking with the other members OF his party ana
waiting Tor dinner 10 be announced
Il have been very ouies to-day" he said. " This
morning went down town to look after my lug
gage In doing so | took a ride your wonderful
railways. What grear institutions they are-sO
much more comfortable than our underground rail
roads They are splendid to travel on. but | am
astonish.d thlt they were ever allowed to be built
II was aa outrage Oh the rights OF the property
holders
Has the heat affected you unpeasantly, Mr.
Hugh ?"
40. No. What wonderful cir this Is, This heat
il London would De perfectly unbearable. don't
mind Il much here. though"
Have you decided when you will leave New
York;
90. Tuesday night. think We shall go from
here to Newport, where shall meet some OF our
co-workers from Boston We shall only stay there
a day OF tWo-just long enough TO do our work. !
came over here 70 work, and not 10 hiarneY around
ard have good time. From there we shall go 10
CINCINNATI. where We VIII meet Tue oHttlS OF
Cincinnati southern RAILWAY. We have some Ols-
ness with them, which VIII take about a day. Ihey
have built a station at our settlement, you
know. We have been building ROAD 10
tins stat on. which ought 20 have been nm
ished bY tins time, bus IL isn't 1Jr some
reason or other. We all wanted TO go 10 ToneY
Island TODAY bat we couldni get off hope shall
be able 10 do so before sad tor England After l
CT through with nv WORK IN tennessee am goln z
around 10 see my friends and have good une.
Until .lon however, shall keep quiet"
a. l. youI settlement getting along wei y
Yes. indeed. You know tins IL, 10 a rtaln ex-
tent, an American ploiect: three years ago some
gentlemen ND Boston formed Board for enc euraging
eIniura non from tire Old centres OF population IN
rms country to the fertile uuoccupied lands IN the
West ana South. Ims was purely "a p.ilian-
thrOpic scheme and w1s adopted rs the most nope
ful mean. OF relieving the cesiliu1on among tne
laborn- classes az thai {imf of financial d pressiOn
Members of MS Board made four excursions ID
1878 40 the Western STATES from Iowa 10 leXas IN
Gliding Kansas. Nebraska and Arkansas anu also 10
the upland regions OF tie eltiaI STATES. 4neH Sc
lrcteo present site OF the So cement as tie one
best adapted 10 their purposes. some OF the genCe'
men VINO now form the Engiisn boald were MAXI I
similar inquiries, and one of them. Nj BOYLE
visited tins country abo inspected lhe ZEN
nes-ce plateau. The two Boards in Eng
land and Boston were finally aWaigaIn2ted
The present company is registered IN and
governed from England. but il has an Once IN B0S
toll, and the Boston Boar IL retained as part or me
organ cation. lie ANA CANA 'io mas sIei sOnele
The company good dea, and viii contribute nnch
10 the successful development Of the enterprise
Our progress las necessarily oeeh SLOW, hO"tNOt'
For instance. nearly year was occupied IN scfuti-
nzing ties ana dealing with sqnatters, and the nrsl
purchase Of the Board was not made qntl
early tins year. In addition to the land
winch h., been already bought a tract. OF
100000 acres adjoining the settlement has been
Bonded. Cyrus Clarke, TIE present manager lot Inc
Board on the plateau. has made very iaVorao Il
terms us il ever desire % purchase II ID 'he
future be pIice Is 81 20 an acre; % per cen
payable The time of purchase and the re-. III IL
stalmcntS extending over three wears. me com
pany can Ia Sc the land IN such quantities as IL e
sires. IlIs arrangement VIII enable us 70 1eNoiOl
tn who'll territory without haste and under con
difious favorable 10 tue building up VI = simple
healthy anu cul iyaied lis."