Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-07-27
AROUND IN GOTHAM.
sune or THE SIGHTS TO BE SEEN m
THE GREAT METROPOLIS.
Onnponfui Past and preseut--F1agler and
Rosks6sller to Become Newspaper.
Meu-Sight-Seeing.
Uursspondsnos Of the Richmond Dispaschl
Nxu Ynnx Inlu o. 1890.

gOuth and fortune. Where nave occ"
that fscey Something of the farmer about
II and something of the butcher. No.
have not the honor Of a largo acquaint-
apce in either confraternity, 30 try again.
Bcaming couptcnance, just dasn
of disappointment weakening It's ma
tive jollity. perhaps a. trace OF
going the pace" or 10 m,ny h UI,d
and a sailor like roll in walking, surely ne
must be some skipper one has sailed WIN
aomewhere, No. that face is perfectly
familiar all the time, yet where to place IT.
fhat's the puzzle. A newspaper-man
Certainly not, there's too much OF the
Sroubadour in the make for that; An.
troubadour-a happy hit-a wandering
minstrel he is. o knight OF romance n Ss
long AGO veritable king IN the
realm Of the stage, for 1t ~ no
p.her than Campanini. Was ever a
loye-lorn operatic tenor so unhke
The part In the daylight? Perhaps our
monarch has hidden long farewell TO all
his former greatness. He looks IT. inere
was a Campanini concert given IN CHECKER,
Ing Hall q few weeks ago. ana IL was wen
attended, but il does not seem ~ though
the once-adored tenor Will ever again De s
Able 10 thrill the sons and daughters OF
fashion with bis thrills. or replenish ms
depleted pockct-book with the supersoun-
dant dollars of yore.
NEWSPAPER HoSoroLIsrs.
One of the most exciting rumors which
have from time to time rippled the steady
current of gossip o. Newspaper Row IA the
story 10 the effect that John ii. Rockcfel-
Ter. Henry Vi. Flagler, and other OF the
Standard Oil macnates purpose starting q
newspaper. What these gentlemen, want
of daily newspaper IN New YORK CITY
just at the present iuncture is not ap-
parent. The somewhat flmy talk tha' IL
- TO be run in the interests of antl-saioon
temperance is secuted by the best inform
ed newspaper workers.
When Henry NJ Flagler built his st. Au-
Rustine hotels on the bed Of the old Mara
Eanchez creek we were told that be was
doing 1t for fun, that he wished TO own
hotel as another rich man would his yacht,
but then that hardly explained the fact
that the Standard-Oil Trust. or individual
members of that corporation; are the
largest real estate owners in Florida. the
money invested there by them representing
considerably over two thirds of the entire
Value of the State. The motives for the
Floridian investments have developed
themselves TO those who have carefully fol-
lowed the moves of the great corporation,
and those people especially, are unwilling
90 believe that the newspaper IS to be start
cd for the qualification OF fad.
A company which. with It's members. re-
presents over $500. 600. 900 could. of course,
Afford TO start paper even on the extrava-
cant lines which are mapped out Tor the
proposed daily, and. with caoable newspa-
per.rnen in charge and such financial back
Ing, it could simply crush out opposition.
THE PROPOSED STAFF.
The Standsrd-Oil Company, or the lead
ing individual members OF that corpora
ton, are moving toward the establishment
of daily morning newspaper IN New ore
CITY. IL is to be GREAT newspaper. with
very large staff Of the very best men that
money can command. One feature which
seems to lie definitely, settled. ana Tor
which there is much circumstantlal
evidence. is that II will employ a
larger staff of special correspondents all
over the country than any newspaper N
the United States. 10 Is quite possible
that in this way il will be Independent OF
the services OF the regularly-organlzed
press associations. II will be IN readiness
TO start about the last of September. and
NAV quite possibly utilize the present
Vorld building and plant rs soon as the
Word moves into it's new building. VIII
II be a success? With the shrewd mana
GERS of the Standard-Oil Trust and bill
Hon dollars back Of IL? The billion dol
lars is ell right, but with the Standard-Oll
Trust in the newspaper business the result
remains to be seen.
INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL.
News has Just been received here an
nouncine that the British football team
which is to play the famous teams OF
Princeton. Harvard, and Yale has been
relected, and that the men will sail for
New York within the next two weeks.
r., r Id &c "a. IA
captain. The Clydes are the crack
foot ballers of the tight little island"
and there has been great row among
the Scotchmen on account of their best
PLAYERS having been enlisted for the Amerl-
can trip. leaving the club so weak that II
will 90 hard with IL to maintain It's supro-
macy at home. Half dozen Scotchmen
who came over several months ago will be
retained as substitutes, leaving only the
eleven players and captain to he drawn
from the three home teams. the Lanarks,
the Queens Park. and the Clydes. The
international team will play its first
game in New York on Labor-dav, after
which it will respond to challenges from
teams in Connecticut Rhode Island, Mas
sachusetts, New Jersey, and elsewhere,
where teams are ready TO play the foreign
ers. The announcement that Princeton
will play the Britishers has given lively
satisfaction TO the managers, as such
match ia almost sure TO be followed by
games with the Yale and Harvard elevens.
They regard Captain Poe as the greatest
football strategist in the country.
RIRp's EYE VIEW OF GOTHAM.
II our country cousin wants to take in q
hird's-eye view and just conception Of
tho big metropolis.he can easily do both
in an easy DAYS tour. The street-car Is the
best point of vantage.
Now. suppose we start from the Central
station, in Fortv-second street. and
take the short car ride &c, the Wee
hawk ken ferry at it's west end. Here we
board tho West-Side Bedtime car, and
our Sightseeing begins with view of
the densely- populated region around
the gas-woTks near Tenth avenue.
Miles of houses TOWERING towards the
thunder-laden clouds. Every house q
barracks and every room nursery for
The propagation of the Gotham.te species
Here are breweries. factories. foundries,
lumber.yards, and Industries innumerable,
chief among them being, apparently, the
consumption of beer IN he swarIning ga
looms. Hark! The fre-bell! Quick rs
fash the face Of the broad avenue changes.
A moment ago you saw house-fronts: now
you can't see the windows and doors for
the folks that poke through them, crapins
their necks till you dread lest their whole
bodies will come out too. You
can't see the sidewalks for bulky
matrons and squalling babes. nor much of
the roadway for the myriad imps that mob
tho cars. all reckless of life and limb, IN
their enthusiasm 10 race alongside the
tearing engine as 1t strews its trail of fire
among the crowd. This is the height of
bliss for young America up Tenth avenue
way. Ii you want TO know his sport on
vet evenings. take the same line after dark
and count how many dabs of mud you get
in your eye in a short mile.
OTHER CURIOUS SIGHTS.
When We have duly admired the array of
big ocean greyhounds. such as the majestic
City of New York and City OF Paris, which
al stand in q row to be gazed at like ballet
beauties at the Casino. we are whirled past
the scarcely-less majestic white boats that
sail the sound. This ia the Puritan, and
that the Pilgrim. each carrying passengers
numbering up in the thousands. charm
ing panorama is this OF the great North
river, with its Kaleidoscope display Of
every sort Of craft that sails on river or
sea- Now we are at the battery, with its
matchless water-picture and exquisite bit