Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-01
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speak Of one day as sscool7 and another
- '.hot,r but TO the out Of town man HI
times alike would seem almost unoeara-
bly oppressive. On every side great
masses of iron and stone and brick absorb
from morning till night the rays Of me
sun under the payements thousands OF
miles Of hot steam and gas pipe add srti-
fetal 70 the natural torment. wnile
almost all circulation Of al. Is prevented
by the great height 10 which modern
business structures are carried People
pant for breath OF fresh air, and eager
Nv rush 10 the beaches and 70 the thous-
and country resorts near By whenever
thew can snatch themselves for q half DAY
from their occupations.
me New Conveyance.
The great athletic club houses with
their costly collections Of gynlnastie ap-
parztus are 100 expensive as means OF
exercise for any but persons OF inde-
pendent means, rowing on the rivers and
The bay + out of the question because OF
the great number Of steam vessels plying
In every direction, and ball playing 10
NOT suited 10 all tastes, hence the bicycle
ia proving itself blessing 10 Iaultitudes
OF Young men who are confined 70 the
CITY the year round. An extensive BUS
iness ID done in supplying machines. and
riders are TO be met in throngs In the
parks and smoother streets not only I'm
mediareIy after business hours but far
into the night. For wheelman who can
obtain occasional leaves Of absence the
portion Of New Jersey Just across the
hudson is the favorite resort. There the
roads are so level and so little eneum-
bered with vehicles that the accomplished
rider easily travels fifty or sixty miles IN
a day.
Bssr ard Ciims.
The beer gardens are heavily patron
lied at this season. One Of the larger
ones, like Lion Park, often contains fif-
teen or twenty thousand people. Most
OF these assemblages are quite orderly
The beer business, however, as a whole,
is a terror to all good citizens. IL EN-.
ploys millions of dollars OF capital and
exercises an enormous influence for evil.
ANY person who can find favorable To-
cation and has sufficient personal iniiu-
ence to secure a license can obtain from
the brewers the means to fit up and
furnish liquor shop. Thus the num-
her of the rum dens Is constantly Kept
up to the very limit of the demand for
drink, and new canters OF influence for
the LIQUOR power are continually being
created. The beer interest, TOO.
often interferes directly with the
execution Of the laws. few days
since good. looking, well-dressed man
was found dead in q vacant space 10 the
middle OF the city. His head showed the
marks Of blows, and heavy hammer
Law by his side. But because the body
was near the walls Of a great beer gar
den. and publication of the facts would
lnjure the business OF the place, not only
were no particulars given by the police
TO the newspapers, but, so far as can be
learned, no effort was made to detect and
punish the murderer, and people living
in the vicinity state that another similar
circumstance occurred in the same local
ity few months ago.
ovsrcrowdsd Cars.
The uptown development of this city
ia completely at a standstill by reason OF
insufficient means of transportation. The
elevated roads carry each day number
of people greater than the entire popula-
ton of the State of Maine, and in add
ton many lines Of horse cars are crowded
to their full capacity, yet thousands of:
business men who would gladly live
in town are compelled to make their
homes in Brooklyn or at near points
in New Jersey because they cannot find
seats in city conveyances. At the same
time the district west Of Central Park,
the choicest locality for residences on
Manhattan Island, and only four or five
miles from the center of business, CON
tains scores Of elegant houses that
have never been occupied, and hundreds
of vacant lots that could be bought at
reasonable prices. Relief from this con-
dition of affairs is promised in the form
of an extensive underground railway
system, but five years at least must pass
before such a work can be constructed.
The elevated roads, though rendering a
indispensable service at the present time,
are to be regarded as temporary. The
obstruction of light and the dust and
noise that they cause will not be en-
dured when better method Of travel
shall be developed. So unpopular are
they that even during the present suf-
fering from Inadequate accommodation
Mr.. Gould is able to lay third set OF
rails for express trains on the Sixth
Avenue line only by deceiving the PUB
lie into the belief that he is making
turn. outs" for the present tracks.
A Wise Suggestion.
The association of the name of An
drew D. White, with the governorship,
gives great satisfaction to all those who
desire a clean administration Of public
affairs. Mr.. White represents the best
qualities and abilities Of American man
hood. As president of Cornell Univers-
ity he was very successful, and the
position of minister to Germany
he filled with strength and digni-
ry. He is a member of many useful Or
and is active in every move
ment for the moral improvement and
development of the country.
In politics he has always been reform
err, acting within the Republican party
IL elected Governor he would make as
complete revolution in the manner OF
the business Of the state as
could be effected by any one individual.
1hs Ways OF Hsmmsny.
The secret society of foreigners that
sOutTOls tllc etltdsulf VI this Ivy 49,
not now, as in the time Of Tweed,
take money directly out OF the
Golfers for its own enrichment,
so far as is known. What it does is to
provide from the public funds the larg-
EST possible amount of employment for
its followers, and this operation is
almost as expensive as the other to the
taxpayers. For instance, a street In
new quarter is to be covered with a bed
Of gravel and asphalt. First it will be
surveyed three or four times, then will
come the contractor, and after him will
follow a long series of inspectors, and
the total cost will be so great that a pro-
perty holder having frontage of hun
dred feet will be obliged to pay an as
sessment Of fifteen hundred dollars.
Another Side OF City Lie.
II evil is ever present here, so Is good.
In no other place have | ever seen as
much activity in religious and philan-
thropic circles. Men carry into church
and benevolent work the same earnest
ness that they find necessary In business,
A social meeting is rarely dull or con-
tribution box empty. The poor quarters
Of the city are constantly canvassed by
scores Of relief agents and missionaries,
and every worthy cause in other parts Of
the country and abroad, when presented
finds ready supporters.
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