New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-08


| one day become fashionable to make excur-
sions thither in the stormy season to- see the
ocean in fruyq
The prosperity Of the numerous summer re-
! sorts along the New-Jersey coast has given
rise to project for building railroad skirt
ing the beach, to make, with the roads now in
existence, continuous line all the way frora
Sandy Hook to Cape May. Such q road,
running iii view of the ocean for a hun
dred and fifty miles, and crossing nu-
merors bays and inlets, would be sure
10 Decome popular route for pleasure
travel. One Of its effects would be to
bring those attractive watering places. Atlantic
City and Cape May, within the range of New
York patronage. Another would be to build
up many new resorts in the region between
Sea Girt and Atlantic City The long strip of
clean sandy beach separating Barnegat Bay
from the Atlantic would afford almost limit
less room for the growth of such resorts.
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In the controversy which has arisen between
General Sherman and General Hazen respect
ing the promotion OF non commissioned officers
OF the Signal Service, the Attorney General
sides with General IIazen, and gives an official
opinion which ought to end the matter. 1t is
certainly for the good Of the Signal Service
that the jnducement of commission should
be held ont to the sergeants who distinguish
themselves by their scientific attainments and
by their devotion to the duties of the corps.
General Sherman. it seems, would like to bring
the Signal Service directly under his orders
and TO have its personnel made UP by details
from the Army; but the Attorney General
holds that, like tho engineers it is separate
corps, whose chief has some measure of con-
troll over the appointment of his subordinates
The more this important branch of the public
service is freed from military red tape and
regular army jealOusies the more efficient and
popular it is likely to become.
The Hon. Galusha A. Grow in an interesting
talk reported in another column, suggests a
change In the Constitution in order to relieve
the President of the enormous and grow
ing load of executive duties devolved upon
him. Mr.. Grow would limit the appointing
power of the President to his Cabinet the Foreign
Ministers and the Judges of the United States
Courts, placing the task of making selections
for the subordinate Offices Of the Government
In the hands of tho heads of Departments
Still further to relieve the President, the ex.
Speaker would make the Vice. President n
member of the Cabinet, and put upon him the
duty of deciding a large class Of comparativelv
MINOR questions coming up for executive de-
clsion. This would give the President time
to attend to our foreign relations, and
study important National questions upon which
he has to maize recommendations 10 Congress,
with much more care than he can possibly
give to them under the existing system at
present the Chief Magistrate is an overworked
clerk during perhaps one-fourth of his time
and weary listener to applications for office
during nearly all the rest of his working hours.
The duties prescribed by the Fathers of the
Republic for the President of three millions of
people have proved to be mountainous load
for the President of fifty millions