The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-26
CORBIN q: SCHEME
Items About Business and Several
Other Matters.

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Whether anything
shall come Of Austin Corbin's scheme for a
system of tunneling by which rapid transit
may be secured or not. his plan has attracted
general attention on account of its magnifi-
cent comprehensiveness. 1t is colossa
proposition- 1t is q proposal of engineering
to which the Brooklyn bridge, tue Pacific
railways and that magnificent endeavor of
Henry Meigs in South America, the scaling
Of the Andes with a railway track, must
yield their engineering supremacy. 1t vir-
tually brings Jersey City, Brooklyn and
New York into one community, connected
in all their parts with steel rails laid through
tunnels 100 feet below the surface, and
which are bored through solid rock. 1t is a
plan which contemplates with eGuanimity
the expenditure of perhaps 500, 100000.
lt Is just such a scheme as might be ex-
pected from men of mighty brains at the
close OF the nineteenth century. And the
list Of proposed incorporators contains the
names Of men who do great things and
contemplate enormous operations as the
average man thinks of petty purchase.
The magnitude of the scheme fascinates, so
that in going about from place to place
where men of affairs meet it is easy to hear
them speak in words of admiration of this
proposition, and the faith is that the plan
will be surely undertaken and consum-
mated.
OF course. these men are not considering
glory. For the great achievements Of this
day are inspired by the desire for profit
rather than for fame. 1t is easy, therefore,
to see that these capitalists realize the
enormous profits which will follow the
establishment of a system Of rapid transit
which will make Jersey City, Brooklyn and
New York contiguous, and passage from
one point to another within these limits
easy, safe and swift.
A NEW NEWSPAPER.
The establishment of a new newspaper in
New York Is contemplated. Mr.. John H.
Starin, the millionaire merchant and ex-
congressman, President Knapp, of the Met
ropolltan Insurance Company, also a man Of
wealth, and President Duke, of the great
cigarette trust, who controls millions, have
formed co-partnership for the establish
ment Of daily newspaper here. Its capital
is to be sufficient. Its editor IN chief is to be
Howard Carroll, who is a son>in-law of Mr.
Starin; its price is to be 2 cents it Is 60 be
Issued daily, and the intention is said to
make it of mugwump tendency, although
nominally republican.
II Mr.. Starin and Mr.. Carroll are true to
their political principles which they have
enthusiastically supported always, the pa
per is more likely to be unflinchingly re-
publican. 1t is to be issued in about a
month Whether there is a field or not for
it remains to be seen. Mr.. Carroll, who
was formerly a journalist of prominence
connected with the New York Times, may
see a field or may make one. He has pres
tige and plenty Of money. So that he be-
gins the battle most favorably.
AsToR's MATRIMONIAL PARTNER
There is q large and breezy degree Of lat,
itude In the descrtotions which the newspa-
pere are giving just now of the young
| woman who had caught the most valuable
| matrimonial partner in the world. That is
about what John Jacob Astor amounts to,
| according to experts in such matters. There
are no marriageable dukes left In England,
| and the noblemen of lesser degree are
wound up In debt. Young Mr.. Astor is
endowed with six feet of solid physique, an
imperturbable fund of good nature, excel
lent health and is booked for an inheritance
that cannot fall short of Sl0o, 1000, 900. More
| than this, it Is the sort of fortune which Is
looked upon with envy by the Goulds and
Vauderbilts Of the earth No strikes or flnan-
| cial crises can affect it. As New York goes
on getting bigger and bigger the fortune of
| young John Jacob Astor will increase. Mr.
| Astor should come out with short
| pamphlet of explanation about his fiancee
The public is notindifferent to the bride of
| 100000. 900 in these days, and Mr.. Astor
doubtlessly appreciates it. Three descrip-
tions Of Miss Willing were published yes
terday. The first of them described her as
| a black-haired woman with luscious dark
eyes, slender figure and a stately manner.
| The second paper said she was a blonde.
who recalled the delicate tints of Amelie
Rives' dainty beauty, ana the third de-
scribed her as a "brown-haired, sunny
! eyed young woman who had lived 80 long
In Europe that she spoke with French
accent" A hundred million dollars will
capture a good deal, but there is no girl
who can fit in all Of these descriptions even
at that price.