New-York tribune., 1885-01-04


nation was offered he said that the travel bad ex.
ceeded his most sanguine expectations" Consid'
erine the Inadequate railway facilities thus far az
fordcd, aud the high tolls charged, Mr. kingsleys
expectations could not have been raised to very
exalted pitch. 1t is apparent that there was grave
oversight on the part OF the BrIdga man
ayers in not providing ample room for switchlns
trains at this end of tho structure. Inc
oxtension across Chatham aud Centre sts. seems to
have been virtually an after-thonght; but unth
this is built, hope of carrying all the people WHO
would naturally make constant use OF the cars
mast be abandoned. Mr.. Ottendorfers tooiish III
junction still stands in the way. Mr.. Kingsley re-
port contains some interesting figures. IL covers
the period from December, 1888, to December
1884. The receipts in that time were So33,ooo'
and. of course the bulk of Si26.402-came
from the railroad The largest receipts were In
October last, but on the whole, there Is Rradoa'
and gratifying increase from month to month Slr'
Kingsley is painfully silent Oh the subject OF cx-
penditures although he is at great pains to JUSTIFY
the employment of large police force
The Pennsylvania Company, 1t Is now stated
does not agree to the new allotment OF coa' per
centages and will not bind itself TO conform to the
understanding of the other companies. IL has al
ready issued new circular Of prices. in which
reduction is announced on some qualities OF coal,
and announces that il will continue to make It's
own terms in the future as il has in the past, IL
does not follow that the combination will be de-
feated, or even seriously interrupted In It's WORK
ing unless tho Pennsylvania Company shouid un-
dertake to put out a great deal more coal In the
future than it seemed able to do when all the COM
panies were working full time in October last.
Now is the time for retrospection. The year OF
ho
nails as the year of earthquakes, business failures
and Democratic National victory. Let the tin
horns tOot.
General Gordon's note estimates the Mahdrs force
cat from twenty to eighty thousand men," We
don't want to run the Generals campaign exactly,
but It might perhaps he good thing II he were to
find out definitely whether the heathens number
more than seventy or less than thirty thousand.
That fact might have bearing on the result OF
an encounter.
As a general thing the French know how to load
on the tariffraes pretty well but there Is one much
agitated reduction that commends itself TO
favorable consideration. Petitions are being circu-
lated for n reduction of the charges on corpses
designed for transportation into Italy for crema-
ton As matter of revenue we should scarcely
suppose it would be necessary to tax dead men.
and the fact that no harm be done to the corpse
industry by competition with other nations makes
the tariff unnecessary for the protection OF tho home
market
Bradstreet's annual repOrt ~ by no means reas-
suung. II discovers the alarming fact tnat the
business failures and embarrassments OF the year
which has just closed have been far more numerous
and distressing than those of any other year since
the Resumption Act went into effect The one
primal cause of all this disturbance in trade IL dis
trust and apprehension. And just so long as the
governmental policy which introduced relief and
which made effective and successful tho Efforts OF
capital is being menaced just 50 far distant Is any
genuine business prosperity.
III il really is ex Commissioner Hubert q. Ihomp-
sons intention to organize expedition in search
OF the North Pole we hope he'll think better of 1t.
This city would never send Greedy party TO bring
him back.
The accuracy with which the conductor of the
City Hall branch of the Elevated Railway calcn-
lates his time for starting from Chatham Square Is
almost phenomenal He waits till the crowd from
tho down train of the Thirdayc line is rushing
frantically over the bridge. and the advance guard
has almost reached the rear ear. when he pulls the
strap and slams the gates. The victims stand
shvering on the exposed platform then sit i'm
patiently in the until the next crowd is almost
over the bridges when their misery finds the
proyerbal alleviation of seeing others as miserable
as they.
II IL TO be hoped for the sake OF the feelings OF
the Tammany chiefs that the ministers Of the
churches which they will attend this morning will
refrain from giving out the hymn,
Grace, tits a charming sound
Mr. Cleveland having been heard from on the
Civil Service and the tariff, 10 is understood that
the National League for tho ENCOURAGEMENT OF
Sample Rooms Will forthwith proceed to address
hnn pointed letter inquinng whether his return
of that cask of Blnghamton rum Is TO be construed
as "a bid for the ST. John vote. or what.
TALHS ABOUT TOWN
ADVANTAGES OF THE PROPOSED NICARAGUA
CANAL.