Telegram-herald., 1888-05-20

ORE than year ago the rzLx
N" szAz-HxaALD snnoancsd thai
liz an.na Rapids would very 'ooa
= 4S have splendid ns~ anioa depot
pa. .anouncsmsns vas scotisd Al. Just a.
,..nx ether prsiicnons Of this Journal In
-.s.r.oes 10 shs growth Of the city have
- This morning am happy 70 tell my
-..a.r. that ths Grand Rapids q Indiana
railroad Company wilL within is"
~.~ks sssin work on structure which -
A. es.s ses0. 600. Tho plans for the new
s,fIa.nx have all been mAtured- IL IS 20
.xt.pa from Island-st. 10 CherEy-st.. cover
- a. .o.es between Ioniz and Alny.
ia. company nov has al the property. and
"A. onlx n ficaity IN the way Il 70 secure
shs permission Of the Council TO close up
oak-ss. from Ionia % Amy. This should De
granted without obisction- The new
baildine. I understand. |. 10 Do
usodslsd after ths Chicago, Alwsukss
81. Paul depot at Milwaukee. IL VIII De
Of rsd brick with stone hcings. with an
immsnss turret IN the csntre. The eisnI
tracks when viii coms into the depot wii
Be covered by ons mammoth she'd, extend
i,x from Iouia 70 the further side Of Army
sI Thsrs will be no hopping over trains
hx passsnsers 10 get TO their car; trains
soand north will back In. and trains bound
xsuth wiil back in. and there viii De
sp.es Of thirty feet bssvesn the two. BY
"a arrangement with the Michigan Central
The south track Of the @. r & L viii run
str2ixhs into the depot The new Union
Depot viii be . great eonvenisnce for
Grand Rapids. azd ths G. r & l. should be
accorded al praise for its enterprise.
7 4 I
Just TO think of III That Joseph Pulitzer.
sc. Louis journalist. should 90 to New
York and buy the world snd from paltry
cirsulas Of less than 20ooo. in Eve years
make il The most widely circulated paper
publlshsd In the English language. and
the most powerful and influential nevsps-
per Ia he world. Last week it celebrated
sA- anA anniversary OF the present pro-
pri.,orship. and ia arss page was devoted
20 pictorial jubilee referring 10 the event.
A haromstric chart showed It's wonderful
growth from q circulation Of 1850 70 29s.-
80 copies. The Herald. ths great buxsooo
Of al New York morning papers. psled be
fore IL three years ago. the World having
csptursd its want ads IN that brief time,
.ad nov the World having distancsd all It's
contemporaries. purchases French's Hotel
site and sin erect thereon ajournslistic
palace. within which viii be en-
ploysd more persons than many
country villages contain that trY
20 support two newspxFs. few
days alfsr the anniversary Number was out
got one printed all in red ink. am
hsppy 10 inform Managing Editor COckerill
thar was the Hrst person IN America to
print q daily paper IN red ink, the frst 20
print one In blue ink and the drst to print
one a1 n rks1se Perhaps / may N vel
tell the remainder Of me story. After the
r-d INK paper was printed thers was row
sno "a the stockholders snd bad TO gei
cut: sssr the blue ink Was printed the
paper Busted" then little 1O-years'-old
Lady " hom knew very well wrote ne the
following
Dxsa Errroz-You printed The .Tossrua
IN rsd and vou wss pat out OF Il. You
printed the rimcs ia blue, snd now II i
dead think you Better stick to black
I have no fear that Tks W6r II win ever
de. bat all The same challenge it to print
swhsls paper in rhyme-"sds" and ali.
In speech IN Congress The other dsI
Mel Ford spoke of Philadslphis ss -sr
ovsrxrs~n counsry village" and one Of th'
ousksrs Of thst quaint city TOOK it up sns
invited cur liStle man over 60 Phllsdsgphis
10 visit him. And then he went on to n,
length of column telling him what h
would show him when he got there. Mr.
Ford replied 10 his letter very courseously y
but didn't axs anything back. He said b.
meant that Philsislpaia vas . country vii
l.xs Sv comparison With New York. Both
l-stsrs wsrs published in the Philadslphi'
Leis-.
Speaking of PhiladelDhls and is Ledge
Geo ". Chilfs bir.A1sy vas celebrated bv
tAe rvposr,Dhicsl Union lsst saturday and
Of course glorious nne vas bad. Anlc'
J Cummings. sx-msnsEing efitcr Of tbs
New York Szs. new ~ Congress- made I
sp~~ch IN which be ssi,t
~Who ever knew = country printing offics
that va net hsRntef by some Qusin
srrhin eager "a l-srn the mysteries af n.
-asef Sometimss be e awkward AMI an.
conth. oftennmes ae = barefaoted. Frs
auentlv his hsnds sre - dirty that fbs7
lcek hke tosds' hacke. Occasionally ~
hss freckisd tace and rei bead. Azsir
Ne irvelops = peculiar rstfcence thst -
tokens rpstl leesnese Ard smhifion. " 1stael
retiring ard reserved Or whether Elskstlv'
scd fr.i - 6fe. the princnz ofire hss I
secular charm fer am. fou ~til ana aiE
riCkirG We from ths sveepinxs e ~
esfce While On his wsv ~ srssei Yet
~1ii 80 nm forcing Al imprint fror0 90
trpe upon The heDk reses of rs scnco
eooks. The c0nntrv esfiicr e. IN 8ss sFes
zTsstsr nan then fhe rlfrsi pafson. Ee'
tcF hss io1giDg lcok e. BE gkzes st "a
ofics- u = intfcst.ve 81 he oae desire o
his hesrt-ttsr 81 presi.ii1g ever tae hei
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rusf af pr1rpTs devil Harsce Greeie'
waikNi tTslTe nafsx r.rorzis tne sra~ 3
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az ne germs 1f ei,terisl 1fp. Wsferef -
the fews sf oprert1nilT sud werEnei b'
The suns ~ prcsreFitg. theY evenr1slig r1l
en- the esiiporf.i fFfrcd
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rsibrs afe IN the CsFksSilie 6~orzs
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