Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-11-27

A DARK night gives you better idea
! perhaps of the rnpid growth of upper part
of the Southside, than even q view on cleal
day. To anyone who can remember how II
looked te1f years ago, this growth seems
marvellous. The house lights twinkle from
the Iowland up to the tops OF the hills like
the moonlight on wavetops when there is a
broken sea. What was q barren stretch OF
bleak hillside five years ago is now q thickly
populated district. The growth of the city
has not been confined to the eastern wards
by any means.
Two promoters were discussing a
scheme and q mutual acquaintance-also a
promoter ''You can vouch for his discre-
tion." "Oh, yes" "He is not likely to talk
about this?' "No. think not. He's very
close mouthed. Why you could lend him q
hundred and he'd never mention it even to
yourself"
ONE Of the most important arrangements
OF electrical machinery ever made by the
Westinghouse Company is the plant which
they propose for the Niagara Falls Power
Company, and which is to be inspected
shortly by the representatives of that COM
pany. II the suggestions of the Westfng-
house engineers are accepted it will be
matter of congratulation to them and to the
company.
IT is q matter of fact, which is readily
susceptible of proof, that nearly all the
small alleys in the eastern part of the city
are in an extremely filthy condition. This
is especially true of those which are un-
paved. There should be a thorough cleans
ing of the by ways of the city this winter, in
view of the uneasy feeling as TO the coming
of~ -
harm i'll being clean; if it does come, SO
much the better will the city stand the
scourge.
LIEUTENANT WATKINS, of the Royal
Naval Reserves, of England, WAS discuss
ing the new naval reserve scheme of the
United States with some of us not long ago,
and was struck by the good sense Of his
objections to the present arrangement Of
things. at is capital plan in the main,"
said he, "and one which should have met
with consideration years ago. II goes with
out saying that q trained force OF reserves
capable of manning such extra vessels as
might be built or pressed into service in
wartime is extremely necessary The fault
with the present reserve is that it does not
include such material as the fishermen OF
New England or the harbormen of the large
coast cities. or course, it has some active
seamen and yachtsmen among the officers,
but the rank and file is made up OF drygoods
clerks and other young men who would be
seasick two hours out and of no service
whatever To get the right kind of men
into the reserves and to subject them to
training and discipline requires what the
English service gives in part. There must
be small annual payment to the mon, an
inforced drill to last at least two weeks
every year, during which the men should be
paid for loss of time. The very men you
want in such branch of the service are the
ones who cannot afford to leave their work
to drill or to help others in the working of
ship. Another thing is that your regular
naval officers and seamen have a contempt
for this reserve scheme which is perhaps
natural, but is certainly unfortunate"
"WHERE is Pittsburg now that the Nc
Kinley bill is doomed?" q New York eoml
mercial traveller jestingly asked of a hote
clerk in my hearing last night. you can
bet Pittsburg is still on the map" retorted
the clerk. That reply recalled q story l
heard years ago of b most peculiar affair at
time when Pittsburg was not "on the
map" There was considerable of a town
here-although 1 cannot recall the date
when Colonel O'Hara built sea-going three
mast schooner below the city and loaded
her with furs for trip across the ocean.
She was successfully foated down to New
Orleans with her cargo aboard, and started
to cross to Portsmouth. When about half
way over the schooner was hove-to by "a
British frigate, and subaltern was sent
aboard to inspect the schooner's papers.
They showed clearly enough that she
cleared from Pittsburg, where she was
built and owned. "Where's Pittsburgh de-
manded the young officer. "Ehere's no such
port that ever l heard Of" "It's at the
head of the Ohio river" replied the captain,
"and it's q good sized town." The sub said
he did not like the look of things, and de-
clared the captain and the papers must go
aboard the frigate.
HER Majesty's navy, as represented by
the commander of the war vessel listened
to the story of the officer and asked what
the Yankee skipper had to say. "Im from
the port of Pittsburg," said the representa-
tive of Colonel O'Hara: chats where was
loaded, where the schooner was built and
where she is owned" "Pittsburg! Pittsburgh
replied the captain. "Never heard of any
such port "Well, You'll find it on the
map" retorted the skipper. He was mis- |
taken. The frigate's map did indeed show g. |
tiny black dot at the junction of the Monon- |
gahela and Allegheny, but the dot had no |
name. The skipper tried to explain and |
told his interrogaters that Pittsburg was |
old Fort Pitt and close to where General |
Braddock was defeated. That settled 1t. |
The British captain said Braddock had |
fought Indians in the forest, as everybody I
knew, and 1t wasn't possible for ships to be |
built there. The result was that the /
schooner was put in charge of prize crew /
and taken to Plymouth, where tlIe matter
was laid before the authorities. OF course