New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-17

sSyantace Of that canal or secure some anu %
500 Tor freight that would give that city equu lSc
hes In view of this, Baltimore at once realaed Ine
peeessitgy u destTneon which her rivals then
ihTeatenng and she determined 10 nave rsiIoau IN
Is than year from that period that raroAu was COM
NceJ and so determined Its projectors to go to
he font the enterprise was CARED over tne
sssssSned it was constructed The Baltimore and OHIO
was tho first road from the Atlanto 10 Fesch INC
~ az II WAS the first reach Cincinnati ana u.
fonis 10y the prompt formation OF western connecuous
When Mr. john W. Garrett assumed INC presGeneE VI
ope at Wheeling and the other AZ Parkersburg lie at
onee TeazS were to become the business power ana trade
feeder its original promoter contcnplaen ire roauhust
So an and as country developed Mr. Garrett and
E a. sssants carried the road along aud with them
there was stopping place. so no Teachen o1E anu
s1ded The Central Ohio to the system following TINS up
nth landing his own line 27O miles to the CITY OF chi
cag0. .;,ro bo bod socured fhe Pittsburg and
ConneIIsyie and reached the centre OF iron activity
The smoky city of Pitsburg Through his influence wit9
80 nonagcment OF that day, the gauge OF the ONO ana
ssssippi was changed 10 the standard. and he never
he Leading cities Of the West and Southwest
and his trains through without cha1ge from tne A.
antic TO Lake Erie at sandnsky Lake MGhgan ~ Cs-
;ag9 the ONO at T ample for one mans
nSetime particularly large portion OF as done
Suune tho stormy days OF the war; when ne went 10 pea
Al night not knowing how much OF railroad no would
have in the morning. ,,-. q. o ,,,r
Of need were Acknowledged by Lincoln and stanton ana
nv seward and Grant We're the history of the part he
payed in bringing back peace TO distracted country
close friends his name would he honored by new
class admirers, the lovers OF peace ana justice; o
was essentially man OF action WIN unquost.ohSH
nerve and determination of purpose; ana aDoVe an
possessing honesty positively beyond temptation 10
matter in what guse 1t might come. lApplause.
In NAV be truly said, that he had head TO oontVe
nsG se Great Qualities Witch made him so distinguished
In the vocation to which lac dedicated his Va9a3lo
Conservative in all things yet he was man o. az,
enterprise and opinions. To hum. public once, as ef
empied in the management and cOutrol OF tno pa w.
more and Ohio Railroad, was pubic trust; ana he
never pToGted AdOlar in his once th9t s asSoC.avs
did not equally share and me Guy anu one teI tn
ha fh aapup f suC "a
few men, and for father TO have such son is hs'ng
perpetuatiOn Of an honored name lCheers anu aP
Like an successfu men, Mr.. Garrett had an envious
and Jealous element TO contend with. While 1t was
poweress bsfe his great railroad project ~ cOaa
furnish. all notable occasions, cnorus vi i
prophets OF evil the loudness OF "hose ,
from a murmur roar. was regulated by the MARKET
price of the shares OF his road inere %eIG
which many or us rememoer, When nIs no on,tro 80
have been justified in suggesting the famous SATIRE Oh
Swift: "When true genius appears IN the WoIu you
nav know him by this sign That all the Ounces are in
confederacy against HIM" Laughter ,,.N
system 10 western cities, and he who conceived,
natuIed and started the construction OF the me Sast
Would that he had lived to realize the assurance Visible
to-day; that his plans are to be oS Tue g
been acquired here Staten Island The son mas io;
Of the City Of baltimore tonight and
representative merchant OF that CITY as Ne spc1h
tine there was ever that seadssnoss purpose
that fairness of management which enabled me btlu
From It's very Inception the company has paid an AVERAGE
OF per cent per annum on Its stock FOR the guar
ter OF century, during which TINE MI Johh ~ @
was president the average dividend reached above ea
per Gent FPr rem many yen1av nPon s capital stock
Certainly, you will wonder that the city OF baltimore
declines under any consideration to part with I5 stoch
~ the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, altnough
The question Of selling 1t has sometimes been oscusseI
though rarely The elder Mr. Garrett set The municipal
itv practical example which We are hbely 10 o.O",
when he refused TO listen 10 the seductive arguments OF
khe old Holland syndicate OF Amsterdam, who sent rep
a. 5@5 Der snare the bar value being 800 per share
flCr he
road fnancer in NewYork offered S25 more pr snare
Surely more creditabe showing than TINS as me OASIS
Of credit confidence, could not be made by any ran
road line in the country. lAp9ause. . oO,o,o,
position, here as merchant ana business ,n "a
TO testify the wise and judicous management OF tHo
baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company aud II Is iDyy
of It's splendid record OF economy ana snvo
administration that is entitled 10 the confidence ana
iTeIeye it to be deserving OF all needed legislation
which the authorities OF these two cities as wei as
those of the States in which they are located can RS
~ also say 10 you a representative merchant ana
I'm the name Of the business men OF Baltimore tL4I We
great commercial metropolis OF the country VIII lnce
railroad rivalry Of nestmabe peGuniari cement 10 to
will extend to all cities aud towns throughout the SCUM
and West which are CONNECTED ~ trade rcatlons WIN
when have named. As understand the Baltimore
md Ohio system II is great National line, knowing
passenger and freight charges wlA he aiIensta on
basis Just equitable 10 the people OF all sections
with which may have Intercourse. The entrance OF
our line into NewYork must necessarily enlist the IN
fprest the people that great commercial metropolis
Tie simple fact OF its entrance will minister 70 the
Guys greatness and viii add adatonn 9he lxo.
10 Its lie. We do not come 70 ask PeCHliHIS lafoI'
but 70 solicit business and to bring H. We propose 10
give you AS much a We take The company no longer
needs hep from anybody; the child has grown up and
can take OF itself; can even exchange hard dow
interest Of baltimore sin with It as or yore The
same enterprise that desired connection wth the great
centres OF production ia the West, and reached them
now desires less TO be connected by closer ties WIN
the mighty distributing centre OF the country destined
mt ugVf he
erce OF the world In ehectng this the railroad mas
nToeced II and realized tho desire OF Baltmores most
Enlightened and enterprsing citizens The city has been
Rf and PaPSEe With it the fruits of splendid
success. The Commencement OF a new and more 9riI-
liant series OF successes as indicated mere ths evening"
ls most suspicious. lAppause
congIauate you ge1tenen upon peinE eay
OF and 90 back to my people TO congratulate
and Ohio Railroad Company our proudes and srandest
offspring. the greatest and the best Cheering and
applause
The next toast was "The City OF Philadelphia" which.
owing to the absence Of Mayor Smith because of illness
was responded to with three cheers and a tiger
PRESIDENT sANGER's REPLY.
Next came 1.-THE City of New-York-
"A city whom plenty hsd fun hand pi for riches
In response President Sanger said
TWAS very fortunate for the future glory Of Manhat
tan Island ola Dutch settlers not possessed
With the sceptiesm ohe laughing philosopher Democr
JUS who put out his eyes with burning glass that h
might no longer be deuded with what he considered
their false Indications 1t very small island, bu
our Knickerbocker ancestry had keen eye to bushes
Ehen they purchased it at the price Of the hide Of al
OK That was a very good stroke for those
aays. fLaughterl They had even at that early stag
learned that here nothing like leather, but the
lived in a primitive age. The times have changed sine
then present century has demonstrated that tner
Is something important than leather in reguatin
the progress nations and that their present develop
ment is greatly controlled by the paramount law o
festny, as Influenced by steam. Hcindrick Hudson
slowly padding up the North River in his ha-bottomc
boat has yeded 10 the genius OF Stephenson, who, wit
bis tubular boil projected the locomotive, and Tn
possibility OF bridging space at the rate OF sixty miles a
hour. Is the great ciyiLer appause] bringin
nations closer together In commercial relation aud
through commerce. regulating the desnies OF the world
civ of New York has become the great metrOpOi