New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-18
BROADWAY NOTEBOOK.

MEN AND THINGS. THE COUNTRY ROUND. |
THE PERSONAL NOTES AND NOTIONS OF BROAD |
WAY LOUNGER.
James d. Fish, president of the Marine Bank, |
who has purchased from Oliver Ames, of Boston. the |
Booths Theatre property is native of stonngton Con-
necticut, thereabout and came to New-York City |
when boy, and has reared large family OF business
and daughters of the latter acting "a his aman-
uensis at the bank while he wdower, resides In
one Of the upper stories of the bank building amid
books and articles of veru. In the Booths Theatre
property city lots % by 100 feet each making
front Twenty -thrd-st OF 1874 feet The price was
little under S55OOOO There will probably be any
alterations made until spring has fully opened and
meantime 1t will be deliberated whether art COM
merce shall prove most remuneratve there. II seems |
clear building Is not to much west of Sixth
ave. the shops beyond that point do not attract and
one or two successful bazaar stores Eigthave have
been nervousy anxious for time to up to Sixth
ave. and have been negotiating for Booths property
Mr. Fish is in no hurry to rent his property doing all
things phiOsophcally.
A prominent Western man lately said TO me: Well,
am going to deliver my stock to-day in the Kentucky
Central Railroad to c. p Huntingtons attorneys.
That man." he added is the great raroad-buyer Of
this country. lie is ne selling never getting out of
anything but always taking something ill., and be makes
no fuss about it, but is just doing it. while you and are
figuring and wondering"
Said celebrated artist to me You didn't hear Sey-
nour IIadeni did. / pitied the for not knowing
how weak he lie began to show the difference be-
tween engraving ana etching. He took pad and put
plate on 1t and with the left hand began to turn the
plate and with the right to work with his burn or en-
gravers tool felt like crying out: Which hand are
you going hold your glass inf For you know we en-
grave by masnlder and the left hand for nothing
I,rt that hxr he MIA md
plate often nail fast and always secure In my judg
ment Mr. Haden man engraye. unless It was
on n coffin plate cutting letters In soft metal. HIS ego
tsm about the vast superiority Of etching to engraving
folly. Etching is no more than sketchng with lead
pencil it is sketchng with the needle on an easy sur
face Engraving is conscience, fidelity, steady applca-
ton reverence and regular growth You make etch-
ing I'm citing; great engraving in whole year do
not deny that Haden's personal etchngs pretty
imitaor Of Rembrandt and has got good many
points from Turner; he achieves much better than he
talks"
scientific man in the employ Of the PhGuxville
Bridge Company told me that American bridgebuilders
would be ashamed Of nearly all the modern bridges Of
EUROPE We have had such vast country to adapt our
work to that since close Of the last century have
steadily growing. and such piece or work as that
over the Tay. which could not stand high wind. we
would be Incapable Of" He said that Captain Eads was
rot an endnccr who could work out his own problems
but was engineering fnancier
Mr. John NJ Kirk long the passenger clerk for the
Inman Line informs that their new steamer the city
of Chicago will be launched next month and will be run
ming on the Atlantic IN June, I'm time for the full
passenger The City OF Chicago will be OF 5000
tons and have three cylinder engines Of 5000 horse
power straight stem, four mass two tunnels, and Will
he 49, feet long feet BEAM and 33i9 feet deep with
her saloon and stateroos amdshp forward OF the en-
gncs she il guaranteed to make sixteen knots an hour
by her builders j. and G.. Thompson, OF Glasgow, and
being put together at COrnelps yard Nhitench
on the Clyde. The Inman Company will receive full
damages for the sinking OF the City OF Brussels by the
steamer Kirby Hail. and lost nothing by surrendering
the City OF Rome good case was made out against
her builders and Is said that steamers hereafter to
be constructed for the company will all be named for
American cities, the next probably to be the City Of Gin
cnnau
A few days ago the ex-NIlnlster to Mexico and to
Russia General Foster, said: anticipate that the Re-
publican party will break up the tariff question II
there IA to be compromise about 1t. The Mexican
Claims Commission has shown the superior energy OF the
Americans in constructing imaginary damages, "a all the
caihs fled before the MeNcans assented to a commits
sion amounted 10 about $3.0000O0 and after that they
ran p to the sum Of Si75000O00 or enough To bank
rllpt that whole country, and when they were tried
about per cent. 1900 O00 was allowed nearly half
Of which has been since proved perfectly fraudulent Al
though unmpeachabe evidence exists OF perjury in both
the wcie and the La Abra claims IS very doubtful
whether the money will be- refunded which obtained
from the Treasury by means partkng OF the lobby and
not cent Of which has reached the widow Of Wee
the plaintiff the whole being absorbed by go-beweens
and aim lawyers OF them Congressman. Meantime
the Mexican treaty Is being fought by all who expect TO
profit by these claims Member OF Congress" said
General Foster told that although he satisfied
the two claims mentioned false, he should oppose
returning the money because a deceased lawyer got
some OF II whose WIDOW his friend. Senator said
that he knew the claims were bogus but he was opposed
TO giving any money back to those greascrs.'
A. General Foster was in Russia when the Emperor
was assassnatcd asked him hat view he took OF the
Russian Governments calamitlcs said he: The royal
family must give up its ngrained pretension OF ruling
without law which have doubt 1t exercises upon some
religious ,uperston-that the Romanof- the fathers
Of the people The exercise OF army prerogativcs III
time Of peace and especially the deportation OF subjects
from one province To another, make the Government
thousands OF enemies. who led on TO Socialism ana
Jncobni.m The only salvation for that people. as
have heard Russians frequently say Is Constitution
which the Emperor well "a his people must obey.
The present Emperor Is coward lie is hardly up 10
his fathers standard philanthroplst He loves his
wife The Russian people have no idea OF secession or
schism from their common country Externally they are
"A united race and ut present dislike the Germans more
than any nation in Europe They could not whip the
German Army. yet think 1t would be fatal to Germany
ever to invade Russia with the object Of breaking her up
as the two greatest captains OF Europe Charles the
Twelfth and Napoleon. not only were driven out of Rus
sin but the Russians followed them home. Finland IL
the only part Of Russia which now has true constitu
tonal government and the Firms are the ablest people
in Russia because they have experience In sefrulc.
They do not Ike Russia yet they see no way to escape
from her thradom, and accept the situation The Prot
lfnfrp hnr la han
! and most OF the Baltic provinces are SUCH"
Mr. Cramp the Philadelphia iron shipbuildcr recently
said: We maintain that British steamships built
out OF poor material and that they are not equal tC
Annrcnn hnit iron shins and that the frelnent calam