New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-11-12
CHANCES HERE AND THERE

The City Hall terminus Of the Thri-ave. elevated
road Is eyesore and legsore at the best OF times
when IT. to the worst, nearby, as during
saturdays storm, the attractions OF duck pond and
a mud-puddo are added The entrance and exit
gangway, narrow, crooked, and full of angles and
corners is marvel Of everything that such gangway
ought not TO be. Surely It ought not to be thought
necessary or economical for the passengers to have
to thread this by wading through three inches
Of water and two OF mud.
Oliver Dyer's book OF "reminiscences of Great
senator's includes the Of Jefferson Davis IN
the list of subjects Many things have happened
since them A number OF persons still living must
remember Mr.. Davis as Secretary Of War and as
senator, both before and after his service in the War
Department; but OF these there probably few
that ever think OF him as the protector and prime
mover Of the great surveys by which our knowledge
Of the country beyond the Mississippi was enlarged
and defined. as we'll as OF those perhaps more I'M
railway route to the Pacific, nay, OF five routes, was
demonstrated. Curiousy enough, nearly every orcer
,ngascd ~ lhCs, surveys held hSh rank IN the o e
impc. Humphreys. stevens. PaIke. rope, Emor! >
Warren, Abbot And the war built the road
when Mr. Davis left the War Office I'm March, 1857,
to make way for his remarkable successor, ex-Gov-
crnor Floyd, he IN his fftleh year, and IN the
prime OF his powers. As he passed out. for the last
time, through the Chief Clerks room, he stood for
moment the rug before the hickory fire. apparently
studying ard admrlng gold headed cane which
he balanced lightly in his hand. Mr. Campbell he
said presently to the Chief Clerk. "you may be In
terescd TO know the history OF this stick mean TO
present H. sir. to the first gentleman in this Depart
ment. Indeed, might say in the service OF The Gov
ernment7 Now Mr.. Archibald Campbell, who mad
come in with Secretary Marcy was courtesy and
hell bushed like the rose the outer wall as would
blush I'm June. Ring the bell, please continued the
g.. n.ten
was the old cOlOred messenger In the SecIctafys once
probably the Oldest servant Of The Department ana one
the first genteman's stick. and by unanimous consent
deserved it. while the amiabe and accomplished CHER
Clerk added a good story to his cohectiOh'
The old messengct bore, by the way, striking
resemblance lin chdcolatel TO Stuarts portrait OF
Washington, an engraving OF which used 70 hang
within a few inches Of his head Department
messenger in those days at least, was the man who
didn't carry the messages. The person who did that
was usually called labOrer,7 but in revenge he did
no labor ono messenger habitually minded the
"Seckeays do and the other drove the busy carry
all among other things. The Of landaulets was 10
come Of The twelve persons alluded 10, guess how
many are living after these thirty-two years four
Mr. Davis himself, and Generals Pope rsfKe anu
Abbot.
Besides the crowding, another reason for urging
the owners and managers OF the elevated railways to
travel now and them like ordinary passengers. over
their own Ees, is that they may observe the eNaor
binary way in which the ordinary passenger Is oc-
casionay treated by the servants Of the road Amer-
cans are habually the most patient and long-suffer
ing travellers in the world but they do not enjoy and
will not long endure the rudeness and even violence
that seems 10 be permitted at some OF me staoi9 vi,
these lines, particularly on the Third-ave Go then.
gentlemen go often, send your families, and ENJOY
the fun along with d" the blanked public
Among Senator Edmunds's many witty speeches
and crushing repartees. hardly one can have peeh
wittler or more crushing than his answer to some
speech of Senator from Texas. The Texan senator
had Just sat down, hot. exhausted and convinced
Senator Edmunds got up and in his driest manner sent
tbts rustlinr across the aisle Nov II my friend
fnom Teyas has any good reasons for his proposition
I wish he would kindly state them, FMS tead OF giving
us the poor reasons, and keeping the good ones 10 ni
self' so ends.