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

island has srpt Nv the shore of the sea Tue Dutchm"n
aud the Dutchman went; the Eng,hlnaRn SIiu.
t!onary drove over u but ala not ui9tIp "
The continent awOke to its new young me- t%o
hour struck; the foreordaned hero ,appearehi
he comes flying upon tine wings OF steam ne nf
hand the prince OF the Baltimore ana Ohlo Ialso .
sleeping princess to share his dominion. MS rt t
and ms power Applause. do not SEQ, gchiiruien'
that ali OF us have neen rejoced by this awakening
Douglas Jerrod you remember es W. Oh omi Of
re- pect for that venerable INSTITUTION t1e boTe
moon Well noT , %e o oa moon, suppose we
try little of the new; and also C we nnEr
said seventy 1--WE years ago, that undoubtedly
every plausible argument might be made Iol
but that canals the true means OF comhunlcao
staten Island has travelled always hitherto in every d.
rrction Ivy canal. and having arrived nowhere III
uar she springs her feet with joy to hear the wn'se
of The locomotive, and she proposes TO Jump on n
travel at the same rate with the rest OF the -
doubt not that there are staten islanders III tne oo
who have ght here Arcadan seclu@ion they arc
who naturally do like the matca u, Oh M ps
Dent because they feel that Improvement az Iii
time to the devils tattoo. A man may WEI,
dislike the march Of Improvement when ulPpooehnentS
marches his lawn when 1t orulnDeS ms IeHe I 3
10 the waterside when il streams under his WINDOW,
when tdashes through ns room am not 10 rs say sav
the behalf OF Staten island am Dy no eahs W
that ns OF s@4s and sy out
girt with a hanging belt of fire and smoke. II does
disturb the Arcadiau secluson Tell me then gehtIehe
what American with American blood N nS acnson
American has right to expect Arcaulhh soIu''
within twenty miles OF the Clty haII aPpI" friords
remember very well when our irIeho Us
upon the North River dreaded the approach oa
ter so noble series of those that bordered
the river Ed ward Everett certainly MY years az"
to Albany. argued specially upon this gron Yorl
that the sole transportation from new oe fonr
months in the year the water was closed ana tn'
for these months, of course, Boston would DO
Laughter | presume that Mr.. Everett remembered
the witcism of the Boston wit-that gnOd boSIon!hns
When they die go to Paris ara SO ne her tade in
tne to bm Won see that NewYoK would have
two strings to her bow. When she laid nor Secon 1
string you remember what rural peace That I tSsn
W So"n would have that road unbuilt Who
would restore that especially sylvan
stage coach with the winding horn Which of us would
now seek to to Albany 10y the soop taking a week
" Often So as have seen this road gradually creeping
along our shore have remem IuGro,
River Road darling from point to point as unused upon
the iun that lovely retirement have heard tns ra
OF tie steam whistle which seemed to be answering my
thought Better ffty years Of Europe 'H nan grn m
more aud more Now, gentlemen, we are 10 see IhIs
magnificent traffic pouring along our shores ies
Inconvenience. with less ANNOYANCE .ndn u, ip Kind
has attended The building OF any great roau o! t NM.
III the country think naI II amy St.Tn m me- sees
the rising tide OF that rreprcssibe enterprise Whc M
Ills the protest Mrs Parthgton against
the Atlantic Ocean. You remember the stoI!, ~ 10
Ill
nops that she riused Of salt waor she pushed oaoh
the Atlantic Ocean vigorously the n' xas an MAJ
equal contest aud the Atlantic beat MIS- harrington"
Vel Gentlemen, next week as I remember those
OF US who are the sons OF the fhritahs are
going to celebrate the great New-Engand annvtr'aH'
the landing OF the Pilgrims Does any son of the ~,
grims I'm this room recall the first sautat.oh when
was received uDon this continent IN tAe. -, u"
into tic settlement Of Plymouth alone. lie looked
around, he confronted the corners, ana nc s"u
lishmen." Now Mr. Wiman cannot claim doSpito
those ell.tae snow-drfts upon nv cheek ana Io'rt
the ucredulity OF of Staten Island iI''hN u'
before ne, cannot claim l." De th1 h'I'sI'S -
staten Island laughter; ana yet, 'H n corners
understand when | say that. as that ln1ian nh' on
sciGnSy welcomed to tHis coht@Gn' t' tb prsctic
genius which should transform TINS Whdein"'' nv"
garden of prosperity we today welcome the com,nS
OF our guest at whose right hand have th'
honor to and those other guests our friends VINO ht
company him. lApplause.l We welcome th't CONN., ,h
as the dawn Of the great development ana , in'
great prosperity Of staten i'.tHL , hhc
hy no means, gentlemen, although tu'y
come and ne comes. LAYING tracks among ~ upon Sitir
Islinl-by no means We disposed To look up" h'H
a. colportcur-, tos"th'rl may
saw as philanthrnpists. They mean business. lAP
plausel so do ON Staten Island They cam" mere 10
ind their advantage IN planting their tcrninus We OK
pcct to Mud our advantage In having their terminus
the tnaton for us islanders gentlemen f. precisely
that OF the Yankee boy when he WIS tod that ciitu-
coming " town Good gracious! y %" "on 1'}.
staten Island says to The Baltimore ana ONO:
"Wecome! and staten Island nop's 10 n' 'l, IN
sitting down. one word in this company o. staten
Islanders aud Of friends whO have hp doubt
speedily Will become soi ana INA. ~ 70 f.I,
the reat which has been render l." t"' ah'
10y Mr.. WmIn aut his associates VINO t1IoH-h to1l i'
port aud through eva report nave Olo"-' JUS ~
t. It's present az cious issue thrlr sHsary mas Son
the future In ID present; among cV +.
difficult course, 10 name the chiei bui t.H ul'Io
are those who suspect that really the virtue "f Pu'o
spirit is not perhaps the most supreme , ai~3ns
the virtues which We possess hr''I'l -
SSsh h has'f forecast the future and swept
along As the tough old sinner said 10 WHITFIELD the
w@n't he convercd" Bal at last he yielded and CON
fessed thai he had been saved against his Will nave
as busIy engaged in proving tlat this project
never could take place as Dr. l@rduer Wa III
proving that a steamship cOu never cross the Ahnt'
ocean, ana tle Ohy dihcul,y WIN 'io G,p " ~
! mcut that the steamship crossed before he so
/ remember at school brave lhtlo comrad'
| of my own, n brave schoolmate; whose caIrri
utmost ssti,acton and one day upon The playgronn,
he was drawing his bow at mark niue hiSh ltt'
VINO ,aid He can't DO II can't do he can't d
IL he never can do H. Il can't bo done By nso hr ha
doneit O." Well now, gentlemen, you anticipating "OFdH
have friend and hN associates 7urIohhdch W
otncr friends VINO were assisting nlm KIN doubts Will
announcement with ridiCue, with answers III never
car be done They cannot 10 IL IL Is not t. b'
! done but ny lingo Mr. "iman. you and your friend
have done and 10 not forget gentlemen do not orSe
that what they have done IS this: They have taken IL
up into that vas! network mi. OF uu ran
wiich. as Mr. Wiman Ia, VIII said, is a great system .
arteries and veins along which leaps ahd Coufses th'
rec lie blood % American material prosperity. SiGu
YEAR acc Il tiavelli IL OHIO said hat the very nan
| Ohio" sOnndec Ike thai OF savage land, yet nv
wears ago Cincinnati the centre or the population
! Of the Union. do not propose
! gsntlemen-do not be alarmed--to discus
Statistics anG railroad statistics In the preseuce Of th
! potentates wish to remind ne all that railroad
not only material u moral agent road any Wher
is the first sign Of civilization. Good roads are III
spn OF advanced civilization. Where tho rrOt goes
there first 20 Industry. energy, +kl population; thei
follow art science. literature; chen follow the ancni
t- the grace and all line cuurses of lie these fo
low on but these treasures brought by the road tina
| nav 40 freight, hat not weighed oy hind, tha
are not seen by eyes In the old iernan ballai. whc
the traveller crosses the ferry, %hch remuds him
friends who han -seG with him long before he turn
| as he steps ashore and saws 80 thr terrY-man:
| Take q boatman. thrice thy fee;
Take. give II TillinglY
For invisible 20 thee.
Spirits twain have crossed witt me"
| The invisible treasures that they bring, ina
/ this road hat all roads bring mat at tins mOlnci
on all che ono hundred and thirty thousand miles
Onr railway system passing to and fr are be q
| Intelligence q wider sympathy, ful,r knOWedg
A stronger patriotism, noble hmerlcanlsm. al
| ulaussl These the invisible guests TIA