Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-06-16

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The completion OF the railroad bridge across the
Arthur Kill, connecting staten Island with New
Jersey, ADDS 70 the dOckage facilities OF New York
ve miles Of coast with deep water, and the bridge
is worth many times its cost 10 that city. WASH
ington has been specially interested in the building
OF the bridge, because II was undertaken In order
20 give the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad ter
minus In New York harbor, and has been de-
layed for that reason by the influence OF the
Pennsylvania and New York Central Railroads,
which have encouraged and supported opposition
10 the bridge In New Jersey. new, Independent,
competing line between this city and New York
could not fail to benefit both the political and
commercial capitals Of the nation by cneapening
and Improving the means OF communication be-
tween them. In Baltimore the completion OF the
bridge Is viewed as victory for the Balti-
more and Ohio road OF the kind which
will beneft washington, won In spite OF
the bitter opposition OF the Pennsylvania road
and serious financial endorsements and giving
II good footing in New York harbor through the
jersey Central and Reading roads, with which, IL
Is announced, the Baltimore and Ohio has traflc
contract But IL is possible that, for a time at
least, the benefits TO the capital will be only i'm
agnary. The mysteriesof the details OF the Balti-
more and Ohio syndicate deal are past
finding out but IL Representative Phelps OF
New Jersey. Is as well informed concerning the
affairs OF the Pennsylvania Railroad as the public
believe him 20 be- one effect OF the transaction has
been 10 remove the Baltimore and Ohio from the
Pennsylvania Railroads list OF competitors, and to
make IL o matter OF Indifference to the latter
whether or not the former succeeds In obtaining
foothod In New York. Mr. Phelps. in opposing
the extension OF time for the bridges completion,
said: "During the year which has elapsed since
the Fortyninth Congress passed the bill the man.
agement OF the Baltimore and Ohio road has been
changed The influence OF the Pennsylvania road
aided In making the change. The two great roads
are now worked In such harmony that IL
argues and perhaps proves that the interests
Of the two roads are one. The
Pennsylvania road has now not even a motive
Of opposition. The Baltimore and Ohio road is no
longer Its great rival" But the House granted
the extension. evidently agreeing with MIR. Crisp,
who said: "Whateves harmony may now exist
would like TO put the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
co. In such position that whenever this mar
mony' OF which the gentleman speaks may cease
there viii be competing lines which will enable the
people 10 get 10 great metropolis the country"
And Washington may In the same spirit congratu- |
late itself upon prospective II not upon pres
eut competing line to New York.
Doubts are expressed whether the nations OF !
Europe still ruled by mOnarchs will be disposed TO
contribute anything to the Paris Worlds Fair OF
1859 In celebration OF the centenary OF a popular
uprising for the purpose OF destroying all thrones
on the other hand, it must be remembered that
ridicule was freely thrown upon the Invitations |
sent out by the United states 70 the governments |
OF the old world 20 share In the Philadelphia Gen.
tennial show In 1876; but the sequel proved that |
Great Britain, which had more cause than any |
other nation 10 feel sore over the events CON-
was a most enthusiastic and generous |
contributor Granting. however, that there may
be some feeling among the kings and queens OF |
Europe against helping to rejoice over the decap-
tation OF the unhappy Louis and his Marie
Antoinette, there are enough republics now In ex-
i5rence 70 get up a very presentable fair among /
themselves There are the group In South Amer |
lea, Mexico. the United states Hayti Switzer-
land, san Marine, Andorra, Liberia, the Transvaal
and possibly some others for the moment over |
looked, or which have sprung into existence re-
Gently on Islands in distant seas from which the |
news Is not brought 10 US with the utmost regu-
larity. To these might be added few countries |
represented not officially, but by individual citl-
zens who still cherish hope OF changing their
forms OF government, as England, Germany, spain,
Italy, Russia, and Ireland. There is little danger
that the Paris exhibition Will fail merely from
lack Of political sympathy on the part OF the
crowned heads OF the Eastern hemisphere when |
support is SO promptly forthcoming from other
sources Commercial Europe Will doubtless be
represented II monarchical Europe Is not.
Castle Garden statistics show an increase in the |
number OF immigrants arrived this year over last /
years figures Of more than twenty-one thousand |
Il A tha
for the entire twelve months VIII exceed fifty |
thousand. In general, the superintendent says |
the immigrants who come now are better equipped /
with money and information than was the rule In |
years gone by. good many go directly TO friends |
who have sent them word 10 come and are pre- |
pared TO take care OF them. Others |
bring a little money In their pockets for |
a standby TILL they can get settled |
a thing almost unheard OF several years ago |
Many have acquired at home general knowledge |
or the geography Of the country, and have an idea
or distances and directions when they are bound |
Tor places In the interior. The worst cases TO deal
with are the Italians. They have begun to come |
over again in shoals. Thirty thousand have ar |
rived this year, and more are coming by every /
vessel from italian ports The Eruption can be |
accounted for only on the theory OF false repre-
sentations 20 them OF life In America When these
Immigrants reach our shores they nuddle together
In cities because they have been found worthless
as farm laoorers and In most mechanical pursuits
The suffering among them can scarcely fail TO be |
great next winter. Information should In some |
way be brought 10 these people in their European
homes OF the true condition OF affairs In America
so that no foreigner need cross the ocean In this
condition OF dense ignorance fOreteIng suffering
OF what really awaits him on his arrival
There Is good ground for the optimistic view OF |
the railroad building done In this country In 1887
which represents it as, In the main, reaching out
into new territory instead OF duplicating lines OF
trac already in existence. In the SOUTH the rail-
road building boom has been a natural sequence |
OF the development OF the mineral resources of |
that section. and there the Held has already been
nlled 70 such An extent that future ventures must
Be cautiously undertaken In the southwest there
Is great deal OF territory which not only is not
now ripe for connection by quick routes with the
eastern markets, but whose future Is problemati-
caland must remain so TILL the character and rate OF
wealth OF the population shall be better ascertain
ed AL through the west and northwest, however
The country Is opening up with nne promise OF fu-
lure wealth and importance, and the old rail lines
there are sending out lateral branches as feeders
which In their turn help 70 buila Up the country
BY Offering Inducements 70 settlers some foolish |
experiments have doubtless been made by the /
road-puiders, and competition has driven one /
here and there 70 an unwarrantable extreme OF /
miscalled enterprise; but the bulk OF the building
has been done with a prOper end IN y,evy and q fatr