New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-20


During the closing days of the Cleveland Ad-
ministrntou even some Of the Mugwump papers
were forced 10 confess that the Railway Mail Ser
vice had been scnndulously misused 20 provide
places for Democratic workers" One Of the
FIRST acts Of the new Administration was 70 TO
store Mr. Bell the highly efficient Superintendent,
to the place from which he had been ouSted. and
be has been working hard ever since 10 bring
the service back 20 its former efficiency. To do
this, 10 has been necessary 10 remove many In
competent Democrats who were appointed, and
many OF the old and tried Republican employees,
including chiefs OF divisions, were reapponted.
And now these same Mugwunp papers talk about
the guillotine7 that is hard Mt work in the
Railway Mail Service Office. Consistent
"The Albany Argus" Is sad because this Legis-
lature has passed neither census bill nor
bill providing for q convention to revise the
constitution The Legislatures time is too valu-
able 70 be spent in passing bills which Governor
Hin Is pledged 20 kill at sight with his little
veto.
Some $50 residents Of the city Of Somerville,
Mass, are petitioning the Railroad Commissioners
TO have the blowing OF locomotive whistles at
various crossings stopped. The railroad is will
ing, but under the law has no authority to take
the initiative. There is one way out OF the
difficulty that does not seem 10 have occurred to
the railroad company or 20 the people OF Somer-
vile. That is, 20 abolish grade crossings, doing
away with danger and with the necessity Of
whistling az the same time.
John d. Jennings. Chicago millionaire, who
Is Just dead. has made 1t practice for more than
thirty years TO give ninety -nine-year leases for
bis land. The practice OF first excited astonish-
ment In Chicago, which lives prominently In the
present and with rush that takes little account
OF what viii be o century hence. Business friends
demonstrated with Mr.. Jennings, on the ground
that he was resi- gning large part CT the revenue
that might be expected with the rapid increase in
the value Of the land Ills method of reasoning
was, however as follows; lie never bought ex-
cept IN times Of depression, or at bargain He
would thus secure for 100000 lot worth, say,
$4,000 lie would then offer 10 lease this lot
for ninety years, at q rental of per cent
on $3.50 900, without o revaluation, provided
fine building shodld be erected The fnct that
the lease would be made valuable by the rise OF
the property simply meant TO him that the lessee
would he better able to pay the interest which
would be per cent on his investment, and would
continue ninety years, with superb security.
So be saw his lenses sold Mt profit Of sometimes
SIS, 900 with entire equanimity, because he cal
eulnted that he or his heirs would be drawing
from to / 0 per cent on the investment at time
in the future when the rate OF interest had fallen
10 figure very much lower.
The mercury climbed higher yesterday this side
Of the Mississippi River than on any other day
this spring; and there are indications that thc
general warm wave will be even more strongly
felt hereabouts to-day. At Pittsburg yesterday
the maximum temperature was "a degrees in this
city, only n. Rarely does the Thermometers req
ord get into the eighties here in April, although
this occurred once sss tS7 degrees on the 29th)
and once in 1887 tS2 degrees on the 10Th, which
was Easter Day.. 1t would not be strange il IL
happened again this year. There are eleven chance,
before the month goes out,
II the Senate bill for the construction of light
bridges across streets and avenues In New-Yorls
for the use OF pedestrionsp Is intended as Senator
Ives supposes, to permit ferry companies TO help
their passengers 10 cross West-st. without danger
OF drowning, petition about mile long in It's
favor could be secured without the slightest diff
Guilty.
Tho arrival Of the Helvetia without the DAN
marks passengers dIsposes OF the most promising
theory which could be formed respecting the safety