The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1882-07-15

majestically far above the tallest build
Ings of the vicinity. This gigantic
structure must be seen to be appreciated
no description can adequately convey
to the readers mind an idea of its size
and grandeur. These piers were APP
preaching completion when l was in New
York eight years ago, but the bridge Is
yet far from finished aud several years
more will no doubt he consumed in it's
construction. Some time ago a tempo-
rary foot-way was swung from the sum-
mlts OF the piers, and many people crossed
the river on the airy thoroughfare, but it
has been removed and no one but the
Workmen now have access to the bridge,
The elevated street railways are an
institution which patronized quite lib
orally in making my daily pilgrimages
throughout the city, and had ample oc-
casion to estimate their value to the
people of New York and Brooklyn as a
means of rapid transit. The slow-moying
street cars and omnibuses, whose course
is so frequently interrupted by wagons,
drays and other vehicles, consume any
where from double to quadruple the time
i'll getting from place to place that is oc-
cnpied by the swift trains of the elevated
railways. Having q clear track before
them, these trains rush along at lively
rate and transport thousands of people
to and fro every day whose business or
inclinations make economy of time an
object to be desired. The locomotives
and cars used on the elevated railways
are very similar to those of the West End
and Spanish Fort roads in New Orleans,
but are Of finer finish and much more
expensive.
1could consume columns Of the CHIEFS
space describing the many magnificent
buildings, parks and places of amusement
l visited, but consideration for the feel
ings of the gentle reader and the savage
type-sticker bid me to forbear the effort.
The ta1lest building in New York and one
of the finest is that of the Equitable Life
Insurance Company, and next to it in
height, l believe, comes the building of
the Domestic Sewing Machine Company.
The new post-office is a massive and
imposing edifice, while the number of
leading hotels, business houses, churches,
newspaper Offices and public buildings
which attract the eye by reason of their
handsome appearance and majestic pro-
portions, is legion.
I visited Wallack's new theatre on
Broadway and admired the richness of
its interior appointments. The drop cur
tain is the finest l have ever seen. "La
Belle Russo" a sensational society drama,
was being performed for. something like
the -hundredth consecutive time I
the fiftieth successive presenta-
ton of "The Mascot" at the Germania
listened to the rendition of
Offenbach's charming operetta, "Plighted
by Moonlight" at the Metropolitan Alca-
Ear, and in emulation of the distinguished
example of Brother Talmage of Brooklyn,
dropped in at Joe Aberly's and Harry
HIPS theatres in order to ascertain how
the lower strata of New York society
amuses itself and to estimate Just how
pernicious the influences are which sur
round the young men about town in the
great metropolis. There was free and
easy air pervading these places, but the
audiences were we'll behaved. Aberly's
is cheap theatre, general admission 25
cents, reserved seats so cents, and the
performances are Of an inferior but re-
spectacle order. noticed number of
ladies present, most Of them appearing
to he Of German and Irish descent. Hills
place of entertainment ranks several de-
grees lower in the social scale and is
known as dance-house, but
was edited by the announcement on
the programme that instead of the usual
theatrical performance prayer meeting
is held there every Sunday night Who
shall say that even the habitues of this
den are beyond redemption
when they pause every week in their
career of sin and shame aud moral obliq-
uity to bend the knee in prayer and sup
plication for the forgiveness Of their
And who shall presume
to doubt that they resume their orgies on
Monday with spirits strengthened and
refreshed by their devotions of the previ-
Gus evening? -..- -...--
am compelled to close his epistle in
a hurry III order to catch this mornings
mail, but will resume the chronicle of
my wanderings tomorrow and send you
another instaIment for publication in the
same issue of the paper which sends
forth to an admiring world this hasty
and i'll considered efusion Of
Yours affectonately,
THE EDITOR.
Eighty-Five Dollars Lost.
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