Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-05-17
TO SAVE 20 MINUTES.
HUNDREDS or MILLIONS WILL BE
SPENT TO ACCOMPLISH fT.
Transit schemes which Take Away the
Breath-A Dramatic surgical Opera
tlon-AgaIn n woman's Hotel.

fCorrespondence Of the Richmond Dlspatch.l
NEw yoRE. May l6.--The number and
enormous size Of the transit schemes now
proposed in New York are almost appall-
ing vixen viewed In the aggregate.
| The elevated railway companies Of the
two cities propose 20 unite their lines by
two additional BRIDGES over the East
rivor, which would cost s2i.OOO.OOO. One
Of these will almost certainly be soon be-
gun.
Another bridge il proposed 20 run from
| New York 20 Long Island City across
| Blackwells Island, ut a cost Of several
! millions.
| A company is Incorporated 20 tunnel un-
| der tho East river at Grand street. The
| scheme Il 10 let the cars slide down the
! slope on one side with sufficient force 90
earry them nearly mp the slope on the
| other.
A unncl is proposed by Austin Corbin
! and his nssociltcs 90 run under the East
| river from the Battery. This would be
| only the lrst step In tho construction of
| complete system of underground routes
| through the whole city and costing some
thing ike a hundred millions.
! A bridge and tunnel are proposed by
| rival corporations 90 cross The Narrows
| 4 huge su pension bridge for western
! railroads is proposed for the Hudson. IL
| would have y span about 2.fO0 feet long
and wide enough for four railroad tracks,
| and would cost some $4,000, 600. There -
every prospect OF a speedy beginning Of
| the work.
Another Hudson-rivcr bridgois proposed.
! but probably only a. n dOg-iu-thc-mangcr
| affair, never 10 bo built
| Tho Hudson-riysr tunnel IL about two
| thirds finished. and a small force Of men
about a hundred. ! believe are digging
away at the Jersey heading. lhecompany
! has been reorganizcd with British capital,
and a couple Of Sirs are b0s5ing the en-
| ginoering work.
! The rapid transit schemes are ~ nu-
! merous rs flies will be next month. jay
| Could wishes and will probably obtain
3 permission TO put q third track on his Gle
! vlted lines. The old arcade railroad plan
| l4 not dead vet by any means. and really 10
! BE- q beautiful scheme which ~ only obiec-
| uauahle because everybody on Broadway
! seems e. ho opposed o. n and because 10
| would cost almost uncOuuted millions. The
! great peoples railroad project for high
! elevated railroad 20 run on the tops Of the
/ houses. through block centres, eleven
| mile. north from the Battery aud on the
! surface nineteen miles further with two
! tracks for WAY and two for express trains,
! w1ud cost another bundled millions ~
moro. Tho line for the route has been
| surveyed. but work has not been begun.
! Ihc-" which have boon named are all
| schemes ~ some standing m tho financial
| world There are many others more chi
marical put'ingall together those which
ar' prophetic uf future accomplishment
with those which will never be carried out,
| probably q sum as great as the national
| debt ~ lbs greatest IL represented 10y the
4 l. d 4 -,
! rrlu- New York businessmen twenty MIN
NE. uotrer 70 their dinners.
BuouGm BACK PROM DFArH.
Such accidents as that which terminated
| Che life Of the Rev. DIR. Boutwell,. Of Brook
lvn. are bv no means SD uncommon a.
might be supposed.
N0t long ago a little girl away up in
Northern New York inhaled n bean, which
| lodged an bronchial tube. precisely as
dii the cork In the case Of DR.. Boutwell,.
Her parents who ara very wealthy, tele-
| Uaphoa % New YORK and q specialist was
sent up. He brought the girl % = hospital
! here. her parents ACCOMPANYING her Inc
child had paroxysms. during which she
/ was scar ely able 20 breathe AZ all. but be-
! tween them was comparatively cpmtorta-
| bile. though certain TO die m time II not
! relieved. A physician SAT by her with in-
struct,ons 10 perform trache'tomy Mt the
! hrst 4rmptOrls Of the approach IT pa
roxysm. A .lrriage stood IN waiting 20
| convey 90 tho spot several assistants when
| needed
The choking ~ came, the carriage set N
NJ gallon for the asNstants, the operating
! surgeon laid the child upon the table and
administered ether An opening was then
! made ~ the windpipo from the front OF
the neck and long, rather flexible rubber
| tube procured and thru8t down the bron-
| chus b. tho point where the bean lay
! lodged. Pressing the end of the tube
agnnst the bean the surgeon sucked at the
| other end until the bean, mach swollen
and somewhat softened by tho interior
! moisture Of the lungs. was drawn into IT,
| Then he slowly raised the tube. just a. 10
| was withdrawn the bean fell hack INTO tht
| oridce. but a violent ft ~ coughing elected
II AGAIN IN two pieces. Then the child lay
breathlcss aud apparently dying.
Tho child's parents hal witnessed tho
! entire operation. At this )uncture the "a
theirs face turned CHASTITY pale and the
| mother shriekod, my child - dead "
But she wasn't. The doctors induced M.
tihcial respiration and sowed up the
wound, and u wasn't 80 very long before
the mother was kneeling on the door with
hands upheld 20 Heaven and tears OF
| gratitude streaming down her cheeks.
There are times when 1t Il grand to be a
doctor.
WOMEN AT TIP HEAD or IT.
And 80 the experiment Of woman's ho-
tel il again 20 be tried IN New York under
auspices more promising than when A. T..
Stewart cOurted failure IN q similar en-
| deayor.
Stewards womans hotel failed for 800
| reasons, more or less. Some OF these were
that the prices were not low that the rules
| were oppressive and meddlesome. that the
lights were turned ont 40 q fixed hour as in
a barrack or prison. that pianos and sew
| inc-machines were taboOed. that the
dinng-room was dreary and the meals not
abundant. that
but enough Of that.
Mrs. Caudace Wheeler and Mrs. Eliza
| beth Custer are the promoters Of the now
| enterprise. They are prominent in the
| artistic and literary professions respec-
! lively. they can command capital, though
themselves not wealthy and they know
what women want, which Is most impor-
tant Of all.
Mrs. Wheeler, who has been LONGEST can
| wasting the plan, IS an expert on interior
! decorations IL s her idea % make the
| rooms a. pretty aud hOmellke a. possible
az comparatively slight expense, and both
| ladies agree that the utmost nttainable COM
fort az n moderate price Is likely 20 be more
| welcome 90 the majority OF the women
wanting quarters than very cheap has b.
house with quarters corresponding. And
there arc 20 be no rules. Do you hear,
ladies'. no rules az all 10 speak Of. You can
bring a piano, n parrot, a sewing-machine,
and a typewriter. and still be welcome.
Wherefore all womankind will wish the
project well.
ANY faint Of eleemosynary intention
would kill the project with uncompro-
missing rapidity, but there Is TO be nothing
OF that sort. The hotel IL expected 20 pay
expenses and a dividend besides, posi-
bic.
PHILIP O. HUBERT.
The success in New York Of The
Witch" In which Marie Hubert Frohman
takes the leading role will be a consider
able personal triumph % Philip G.. HUI
bert, her brother, 90 whom ~ ascri bed a
principal share in the production Of the
play.
Hubert Is one Of the most interesting
men IN New York. He j. a musical critic
of keen judgment. and finds that he must
turn mp IN New York every winter 20 at.
tend the opera much as seals come up out
Of the water 20 breathe. But for more
than half of tho year he lives fifty miles
out of town IN a little village on the
south shore Of Long Island. where
| 10 49,. VHfaFa cabbage.