Milford chronicle., 1885-11-27
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ample for our inland coniinerce-and now
with its capacity doubled, there is not room
enough to accommodate the mighty trains
That come laundering into it at all hours Of
the dav and night As stood looking on the
other night. watching the arrival and depar
lure Of the trains, I could not help asking my
self If the old Commodore would recognize
the grand depot, Of which he felt 50 proud
that he asked no other monument Itseemed
as if the whole neighborhood was quickened
bv new and wonderful life. The old-time
gloom lad gone-the interior was MS bright
as dav. there was hardly a part Of the vast
structure that You could not nave picked up
a pin upon the floor. It was not the magni-
fcent electric lights alone electricity was
everywhere there was no bawling or shout
ing or noise; everything seemed to move
with the absolute certainty Of fate. Electric
sails summoned porters and navvies to their
work; solemn sounding gougs warned the de-
parting trains. The instant the hand was
on the dial the monster train began to move,
and almost apparently without warning II
dashed into the gloom Of the night. Even
the hacknian of 1855 is different animal
from the hackdriver Of 1875. In forty-hve
he took you by the lapel Of your coat and
dragged YOU into his carriage, and if you
made any resistance he punched your head
aud taught you better manners. Now, Jehu
stands at the gate cap iH hand, and asks you
respectfully, if your honor wants caniage.
A wholesome dread Of policeman's club,
or perhaps the forfeiture Of his license, has
made him, Il not a more eiYiiised being, at
least more tolerable,
] thought some few years since that the
craze for fats was over; instead Of which,
they are going up at a rate that in very few
wears the old fashioned home will be but a
thing Of the past, unless rapid transit shall
solve the problem by carrying our wage
workers for q nominal rate ont into the
country where land is cheap. See what
thousands are doing in New York today
All our great manufacturing houses are down
town: 5000 Of their operatives use the ele-
waited roads. From Harlem to the lower
part of the city is seven miles; nearly thirty
thousand Of the down town workers live in
Harlem and Yqrkville i costs them ten
cents day to make tile trip Qf tTelYe q
fourteen miles, and the sixty cents for rail
road fare is a heavy tax on girls making
three or four dollars week. Perhaps cleo
tricitv may yet help to solve the problem.
Already we have a successful electric mo
tor on one uptown railroad, and if they can
onlv reduce the cost Of the power, we may
consider ourselves on the threshold OF the
Golden Age. Many of our streets are blaze
OF glory at night One side Of Grand Street
is illuminated with the electric Light for halt
mile. and all through the Bowery night IS
turned into day; the same may be said OF
Fourteenth Street and many Of the Avenues
it seems to be a general verdict that gas must
90. and if that long hoped for day shall ever
come there will be great rejoicing.
Mary Anderson's manager, Mr. Abbey, i'll
k,rins ms that the cash receipts of that lady
have averaged nearly 5000 a nieht-nol
bad for Our Mary. Miss Margaret MatileIs
manager has not yet favored us with peep
into his cash box, but if Miss Mather is not
drawing s.. 600 a night, it is because the
house won't hold it. Miss Mather is testing
the capacity Of her house, and she has made
auch hit in Juliet that it promises to be the
standing attraction for weeks.
But if. as many good people declare, the
gentleman with the cloven hoof is the espe.
cial patron Of theatres, it is evident that he
is not going to have it all his own way this
winter, for the Episcopal Mission, of which
spoke some months ago, has begun and is
already a grand success. Till recently the
Episcopal Church has never favored these
so-called religious revivals, nor does the
present mission partake of the character oi
the old fashioned camp meeting. It seems
to be patterned after the Catholic Missions
and characterized by deep religious feryor
more than loud spasmodic utterauces.
The ministers having the missions IN
charge have come over from England, and
are gentlemen of great experience among
the poorer classes. The idea seems to be tC
get rid Of the impression that the Episcopal
! Church is the church of the aristocracy; but
it is the church alike of rich and poor AL
the resident clergy are lending the good
work their leaItiest cooperation, and up tC
the present time the result has been mos
| gratifying and satisfactory-th thousands of peo
ple filling the missions who have rarely beer
seen inside of a church. The ministers ii
charge are live men-men Of the people
who could run foot race or preach ser
mon, and win both One was the stroke
oar Of the Cambridge crew for years, and the
other during his senior term at Oxford, was
the most wonderful athlete of his class. Re
bust in health, strong in faith earnest il
their glorious work among the poor the
Episcopal Church is proud of them, as they
are proud of their grand old mother Before
the winter Is past, we expect great results
from the work now going on, and it certainly
marks new era in Episcopacy in America,