The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-11-23
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
(FFom o,W olOn Correspondent

New YORK, Nov. 16, 1888
I saw Mr.. Roberts, the President of the
Postal Telegraph Company, few days ago,
and ascertained from him that the company
intend to submit a proposition to the Govern
ment, whereby it offers to transact all the
government telegraph business for five cents
a message, limiting the number of words to
figure not yet decided upon. Mr.. Mackay
the California millionaire, who is associated
with Mr.. Roberts as CO director, has great
hopes of the success of his proposition. " 1t
is merely question of year or SC" said
Mr.. Roberts to me, when the government
will have to adopt some such measure. The
volume of business is so large that the
government will have to do one of three
things either to build line Of its own, or
to acquire the control of the telegraph wires
of the country, or to avail itself Of some
such scheme as we propose"
When asked recently by Senator Blair, of
New Hampshire, at what amount the West
ern Union Telegraph Company estimated its
plant and franchises, DR.. Norvin Green, the
president of the company, replied, AT
500, 900, 900, sir, and the same rights and
property could not be procured for that
amount to-day These significant facts
show how the wind is blowing.
The hard, keen spell we have been having
these last few days reminds me that the
winter is upon us. The working population,
am afraid, will have an unusually hard time
of it. Only two nights ago a family of two
adults and seven children were discovered
huddled up in the back room, or, more cor
rectly speaking, the back cupboard of a
crowded tenement, with no fire, and scarce
ly rag to cover them. What sad COM
mentary this is upon our boasted civiliza-
ton
And yet one scarcely knows how to dis
criminate in the giving o. aims. A g blind
beggar" who drives a thriving trade was ar
rested the next day in saloun, where he
was found drinking whisky and reading
newspaper before stove. These are simply
two of the many queer features of New
York life.
Notwithstanding the energetic protest
recently made by the city authorities against
the importation of pauper immigrants, the
influx of Irish families of this class con-
tinues. The last installment of these people,
however, does not come from Ireland. but
from Canada. whittier they are to be prompt
ly returned
The subject of forest preservation is
again coming to the front, and various are
the suggestions for preventing the wholesale
destruction of the Adirondack region by
speculative lumbermen. At the rate at
which our great forests are being cut down.
it is estimated that unless wholesome and
stringent protective me .sures are provided,
the present merchantable timber supply
will be exhausted in twelve years.
Madame PATHS threatened cold,' pre-
dIcted in my last letter, has come sooner than
l anticipated. She did not sing on Wednes-
day, greatly to the disappointment of a very
large audience. 1t is not many artists who
can afford to lose S., 500 in one day-all on
account of cold.
The residences of DR.. Morgan Dix, NJ. C.
Marvin and number of other prominent
have been operated upon this week
BY an organised band Of negro sneak-thieves
who have reaped harvest, valued at 81 500. |
consisting of sealskin sacques, cloaks, hats, |
dresses and umbrellas. Six of these colored
gentry are now IN the hands of the police |
Among the captured articles were three en-
Velopes erammed with pawn tickets, and |
'ilk dress worth $500. 1t is not surprising
hat New Workers find it necessary to secure |
heir door-mats with chains and padlocks, in |
rev of these raids upon hat-racks and bed |
looms.
much regret to say that the annual observ-
nee of the evacuation Of the British from
New York will be sadly married this year in |
consequence Of the death on Wednesday,
Id David Van Arsdale, who has for ma
ears hoisted the Stars and Stripes at
Battery on former occasions. He died at J