New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-26

OF Mayor Commissioner OF Police, Fire Brigade, Boau
! OF Aldermen and Department Of Public Works. lie
IL equal them all Under his wise administration
prosperity grows and disorder Is unknown The area
Of his municipal territory is nearly 200 acres III con-
tains about cottages large hotel and several pub
| lie buildings and in the height Of the ChautauQua
season shelters the population OF go0d-szcd town.
But DR.. Duncan shares the belief Of the Bishop and
| Mr.. Miller I'm the idea Of oneman power" and ap-
| portions and defines the duties Of every man about
him, that the engine they control moves with the
regularity and smoothness OF clock work The original
governing power is vested in Board of Trustees who
! are elected by a majority OF the cottagers. Under
their they have formulated system Of bylaws
which take the place Of city ordinances. These by
laws forbid all to the grounds during Sunday,
prohibit all noises between 10 O'Clock at night and
| O'Clock In the morning, and give each inhabtant an
increased measure OF personal liberty which all the
Others bound to respect There are no saloons or
dance halls and the pIano-organ Is unknown. Street
cries uncommon d0gfghts or midnight
! brawls, and the British students who were here
! week ago declared that Chautauqua the only
place in America where the scenery Is not dlshgured
| by patent medicine advertisements. The railway
station which used to occupy prominent site on the
lake has been removed without the grounds, and
a special act OF the Legislature passed two years
! ago prevent enterprisng company from running
limo right across the best part Of the town. The
| assembly controls the territory for considerable
distance either side OF Chautauqua, and plot Of
thirty acres on the south recently acquired,
that there Is small prospect that any evilds
posed persons will disturb them by becoming neigh
bors Ground for cottages IS not sold outright, but
is leased for ninetyninc years. There no taxes
beyond the fees for entertainment and admission
the gates: but of business privileges and
boarding hOuse keepers pay the assembly 10 per cent
of their gross receipts against which there Is a re-
bate of oneifth for cash, and as the assembly at
tracts the public here bears the expense OF all the
advertising this eXacon is reasonable enough. There
sewers at Chautauqua and no Sidewalks. SPUR
eIs hop about in the grassy Streets and at times frk
among the congregation in tho open amphitheatre.
The birds tame that almost catch Them
and there arc few TO raise the dust besides
yoke of sleek and placid Chautauqua gets its
from point fifty feet deep in the middle of the
lake, and the lake IS fed from subtenanean sources
There a mineral springs the grounds Oil lamps
are largely used for street illumination, but there is
large dynamo the lake front I'm charge of Lewis
Bxby which supplies the power for 1000 light arc
and lncandescent plant p II. Wdrig is the con-
tractor william Cole looks after the STRENGTHENING
department. J. +. Hunt is the architect and sur
veyor and George Baker looks after the trees and
flowers. f. r. Whteeide IS DR.. Duncans first leu
tenant In the office. The cashier IS c. B. Ellis H. H.
Barrett receives the 10 per cent assessments, Oscar
+. BrOwneI b manager of the hotel a. g. Taylor
attends to the carpentering and repairs George W.
Rowland Is superintendent Of grounds. and Thomas
Parks represents that part Of DR. Duncan which may
be regarded the sanitary commission.
LAW AND ORDER At THE ASSEMBLY GROUNDS.
The effect of this admirable organization has been
10 make Chautauqua the most orderly community In
the country. As DR.. Duncan tersely puts It, 1t rep
resents the liberty Of law. c. @. Herfck, the local
shallow who his unofficial capacity handles baggage
at the dock. tries about year. In exciting
seasons this average IS raised to three, though Mr.
Herck Is lover OF peace and when he can't persuade
ngants TO settle their disputes out OF court IS as
likely as not discharge both parties with caution
The scono of his solemn tribunal IS usually the sitting
room OF his pretty cottage There is no jail nearer
than Mayvlle, four miles away, but the drive Is a
delightful one, and rash offenders. have never been
known TO object The chief OF police IS p. ". Bcmis.
a. veteran of many battles. and old reader OF The
Tribune. G.. +. Dixon, his chief assistant, Is VICE
principal of the Westled schools, and has nothing
fierce about him but his mustachc Their force not
yet thoroughly organized. When 1t Is 1t numbers
| nearly a dozen officers all told W. H. Mackenzie, a
graduate Of Syracuse University. d. r: Favey and
j. j. Munson, of Westfeld and John wilson syria.
cuse schoolmasier Delong 'o SpcpIed rom usng
the ticket twice, or beating their way IN on Oh
Intellectual tastes, and in their leisure moments will
airily explain the Desare system or discuss Darwin
and the origin of species with equal ease
PROFESSOR BoYEsEN's POPULARITY.
OF the visitors here Professor Boyesen has so far
| arhi
teller Speaking OF his acquaintance with Alphonse
D,udet. the famous French novelist. he says: went
TO him IN August 1879, with le ter from Toursenieh
which abounded in superaiiyes, 50 that hated to part
with IL. l had never known before that was so
charming person and / wanted 70 preserve the evt
however took the letter and received mo with all that
nowhere but in France. was much surprised at his
| appearance When he sits down you think he Is
very big man he has such "a large bust; half sus
|
you notice how short he IS, and the effect startling
At his house one evening, de Goncourt and Others
were present and American humof the subject OF
discussion. Daudet SAID he had road story by Mark
Twain which was reputed 10 be excessively humorous,
called lie GrenOuile Sautant The Jumping Frog,
but that he had failed 10 fun In it, De Goncour
! asked me what the story was. l tod 1t and waited
for the laugh, but the laugh didn't Dsudet said
you see. the story is just about who loaded
high frog could jump We'll, / said, don't you
think that's rather funny He said, NO. feel 100
Dir. C. b. Webster, ex-Unlted States Consul to
sheffield, IS OF the most venerable and distinguished
OF Chaulauquas visitors. The fact that he was class
mate with Long john Wentworth at Dartmouth IN
1886 affords some indication Of his age. Whitened
locks and snowy beard frame his kindly, intelligent
face His genlaly time has failed to diminish. and
| nobody talks with him without dvining the secret
| Of his great popularity among the English. Whom
sent to Sheffield by General Grant in 1870 he expected
sTii possesses the gold-mounted tortols,-shen pen
knife which he presented 70 the General al shelle
and which boy discovered three years later lying at
the bottom of creek, The blades almost entirely
Ing unimpaired. DR. Webster tells story OF an Eng
llsh dinnertable expeyenco which apply Mus the
amusing ignorance of America sl to be found even
among educated people across the Atlantic lie had
been speaking Of the of thc country here, when
| bis hostess crel in tone of surprise why. II
things 90 on llko that the Americans WIN soon be
as civilized arn Yes returned the DOCTOR
" we are fast emerging from condition OF bar
bafism' and his statement was received with absolute
gravity. On another occasion an Engshman ex
pressed surprise a. hearing The doctor was an Amer
| can. Why said he, how STRANGE lie sp axis
English a, well as | do7 This is capped by an Incl
don't which occurred here only a week Among
| the university students from Great Britain was an
| Englshman, who expected b. deliver an address
| In the amphiheatre. He's pretty good speaker
said OF his Ihsh companions apOogeically ~ an
American. only he's English, and | doubt whether
| ven be able 10 understand a word he SAYS
THE YALE GLEE CLUB AND ITS SONGS.
W. T. Ewing whose wife. Mrs. Emma p Ewing