Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-12
GOSSIP FROM GOTHAM.

ihOrnc dispute
from our own Correspondent
NEW YORK Nov. 3
1t was to only one solitary individual, II
rollickng Jack Tar, that Nancy Lee
evinced her special interest in the song;
"See there she ands and waves her hands
Across the SCa"
But TO all mankind is greeting offered
by the tender hearted, high -souled damsel,
whose colossal bronze figure now stands at
the y rial of the Chlet harbOr OF the
American continent Already i'll the col
minis # the FREE PRESS have the enur
nous SlZe aud the general appearance of
this mighty statue been well described.
And yet II is doubtful if one who has not
ac,uallv seen it can realize the serious
diguit, and art site worth of this piece of
hnndiwark Il certainly improves on &C.
quairta cp. II Is related of one of
IhHrt cray entertainers, when that ia
nous novelist visited New York, gen
er.tio a4o, that in driving about the city
mnch ingenuity was praCtiCed, ana some
q ub irH~s tnvut experienced, i'll showing to
the VI-itur the heau'ies OF the streets,
squares and parks, without letting nm
discover eel tam specimens OF monulnen
tai brohZe tIat would sadly dlsCredlt
American taste in the eyes OF any dis
Grim mating foreigner A long chapter
might be written Uuun the unSlghtllueoS
of most OF New Gork's out of-door stat
ueS But the most fastidiOuS kuicker-
bockrrs need not he ashamed of Bar
thuldr- "Liberty.' And, aside from the
fact that 1t Is the product of foreign, not
Yankee, tt~te, it is certainly worthy
piece Of work from a severely aesthetic
point of view. This, together with the
sentimental interest attaching to the gift,
the lofty idea embodied, and the immense
proportions of the statue, renders it pro
Dablt that for long time to come, 1t VIII
bea serious rival of the Brooklyn bridge
Grants tomb, CIeOpatra's needle and the
Stock Exchange with sight seers in the
metropolis.
This suggests curious phase of human
nature Hundreds, if not thousands of
Americans, on visiting Boston, hurry out
20 Charleston TO see Bunker Hill mouu
meut; yet, even among mature, intelli-
gent, patriotic residents of the Hub one
constantly meets people who have never
seen that historic shaft. So, too, here in
New y urk, | find that excursions have
come % or 90 miles expressly to see the
pedestal ana statue, while yet both are
incomplete whereas Il small proportion
of our own citizens bothered to run down
the narpor for that purpose Not less
than fifty thousand visitors came here, de-
spite the ram, to witness the dedication
ceremonies last week and | doubt If
many more of our own people turned
out TO attend them. But the blaze Of
glory in which tins international episode
endcd-lhe magnificent pyrotechniCal
display Monday night-was enjoyed al
most exclusively 10y metropolltans.
~
1t begins to | pok as i the forest of tele
graph, telephone, and other wire bear
ing poles which disiigure TIE streets of
New York would soon come down. There |
has been Il long agitation, not to say, |
fGht, over this matter; but the end |
seems to be IN sight. Having larger in
teresuo at stake IMAM any other corpora |
ton, the Western Union Telegraph com
pauy has been more conspicuous than |
any other in resisting the popular move
ment and legislative aGgresslons but it /
claimed (no doubt truly that 1t bad Civ |
en- more careful study to the scientific |
difficulties involved in underground tele-
graphy than the noisy agitators, and was
going slow only to ensure the best solu |
ton Of these problems. The Western |
Union has certain legal rights to bury its
wires in COlduits of ITS own, which ii |
could insist upon If crowded too hard {; |
but ii win probably agree to use the new
subway which was recently begun in this
city. At first il WAS alleged this work .
was controlled by y company inlmical to
Western Union interests; and if the com
empowered by the legislature
going into that one subway, Western
Union might be mHliCiOusly VictlmZed by |
@XturtiOnHte rents, and that, too, for I'M
aat slactory service; for grave doubts ,
were entertained at one time OF they are |
not now as to the durability and inouiat-
ing qualities Of the material used in the |
sub way. But within a few days, rumor
mas il, negotiations have been effected be
tween the Two corporations looking to hal-
mOnlous relations and increased conf |
lience is felt, as the result of recent tests,
in the scientific value of work already .
done. Not more than half II mile of The
subway is thus far finished, and cold .
weather will probably interfere with pro
tyress, ere long, so that o1hiug more than
4 start can he effected this fall. Still, the
proverb says: "Well begun is half done"
~
The subway consists of two rows of
huge tile, laid side by side, in trench,
upon a cement foundation, and then wall |
ed Up and over with brick mas )nry. These
JlleS are made of some sort % tar compo-
sitIoI, each three or four feet long, and .
contain l. two inch tubes running
like the iiue, IN IA locomo- /
tive boiler. a dozen little thmbles
connect the tubes of one length with |
those of the next in laying, and /
hot asphalt is poured down between |
So as To make a water tight joint The /
Two lONS ol llllu4 lIluS dllOlu lOUf par /
allel pipes, each Of which can carry a /
cable make up OF from to 80 wires AT |
short iuterVals-3O "a the mile-the sub |
way opens into a br ok well Ut manhole, |
and then resumes Its way. To get the |
cables into the pipes Il single wire is first .
showed through from one manhole to the /
next; then tins is used to pull heavy |
rope through and the rope, in turn, is .
to the wire cable, which is I'M |
cooled at the starting point, as it disap- .
pears into the pipe. spices need to be .
made at each mauhole. Until the sub |
way is ready for use, the Western Union |
mas received permission to lay two or three |
cables along the Elevated railroad. More /
than a hundred wires can thus be put |
out Of sight, and the poles be removed. |
Oue cannot Dut wonder why that arrange /
meut would not be more satistaCtUry-b /
cause more economical than the subway. |
IT.
Edwin Booths temperance on the |
stage here Monday night for the first time |
1his season, has been regarded with |
peculiar interest in view of the unfortun-