Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-11-01

has steadily increased until 4 = SOW ~
proachinx1 61O, 0Oo, 900, the earning? Tor Sne
year ending juno S0sh lsse c&!ug Uut
14O. 900 short OF this amount Inc eross
income OF these roads since 1872 W.:
l87. asa. almost a. large sum - M. 00ulo
has been able 10 sequester IN the e0wsc o.
lifetime OF toll and saving. In tnis
time the number OF passengers carried
has been 1,56s, 6S3, 913, each one passing soS
shining nickel except the desd-neaas. o.
whom there are several; presume IT, ~
nished by Mr.. Gould himself, or at Ieess
by Colonel Hahn, who represents him n
his elevated octopus business. And speak.
Ing Of Colonel Hahn. the general manager.
I am moved to say that there 10 no
man in this CITY who bears enor-
nous responsibility so gracious,y.
He has upon his shoulders ene
transportation Of half . million people
day. Naturally the oversight OF al the
trains incident to this enormous tramc car
ries strain with is but when meet V0I-
onel Hahn in the Aston House occasionaliy
he is as bright-eyed. chipper. and ~ GOOD:
nstured as schoolboy. He loves good
stories. Ho is small, why man. not quite
ffty yet--his hair is just beginning 70
tlnpc with eray-and when he talks no
talks to the point. He speaks IN
quick, decisive way, and with the firmness
which denotes the man of executive aoiii.
ty.5::He was developed tss failroad-man
IN Pennsylvania He Was brought up IN
the old Dutch town of Reading, ana ne
still loves its sausage and scrapple Coio-
mel Ham IL proud OF the fact tnas WINS
the IL ~ roads under his management have
carried millions of passengers not NE
has been lost or human being injured a.
the result of negligence upon tho part OF
the corporation.
JAY GOULD AND TIE EARTH.
II is an interesting fact that che number
of passengers Carried by the elevated rail-
roads in New York since their establish:
ment is larger than the total population OK
the earth. The number OF passengers Mr..
Gould has carried in this time, according
to the above figures, Is 1865, G53, 9l3. and
the total population of the earth, as lately
computed. is l.479,729. 400. When one
pauses to contemplate the maguin-
cent spectacle of every human being
on the face of the earth--American,
Aryan, Mongolian. Semitic, Polyne,
sian. Hottentot, Bushman, clothed
and uuclothed. passing along In procession
aud each dropping \ nickel into jay
Goulds slot, one begins to realize the
magnitude of his elevated railroad bonanza
in New York. And tnink, too, OF the over
shedowing. none-such nerve OF Mr. Gould.
in brusouely informing each and everv one
of these billion aud half OF people, maio
and female, Christian and heather. that ne
or she is expected to step lively" In all
things must we yield TO MIR. Jay Gould the
frosted cake.
THE WORLDS MOST EXPENSIVE RAILROAD.
The most expensive piece OF railroad
building IN the world is said to be the new
Broadway surface road in this city.
While this Improvement consists IN sim
ply changing the motlve-power from horses
| TO the canle system. IL amounts IN TACT TO
the building of q new road, with the ad,
| ditional expense of tearing up the old
tracks and track-bed. lt seems incredi-
ole, but | em told that the putting
down Of this cable system In Broad
way will cost the company $500. mile,
| including the cars and power: IL runs
| from the Battery TO Central Park. DIS
| TANGO of Ave miles, and for this little
stretch of road the cost will be $4,000, 100.
Railroads have been blasted through noun.
] talns. but III no such expense rs this. Per-
| hans not until the rapid-transit tunnels
are built under New York will such extra
| ordinary expense be again incurred IN
railroad building. The expense OF
| moving the network OF pipes un-
| der the street has been very consider
| able part of this cost. This Broadway sur
| face road has been an expensive institution
| from the start, not including the money
| Jake Sharp squandered for it on: the
! Doodle Board OF Aldermen and elsewhere.
At the same time 1t has been goid-mlns
| TO the corporation owning 1t. or this
r.. OOO. 900 improvement would never have
| been undertaken.