Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-01
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ours is moving so fast that
s time for rerospection. 1t
travel and talk, in these days
-etricitv. but even Time itself
ms to run Swifter than ever. A
dead almost soon as born, and
IcOme TO the New cuts very short
rewell to the Old.
ere IS more than mere fancy in this.
lie scientists insist that the years of
"a are increasing in number, it is un-
'SiiOnahly the fact that mechanical in
ltjons and absorbing interest in the in
trial and commercial ventures of the
are putting Time through its most
id PAGES. The issues of every day life
wd one upon another so quickly as 10
1a little opening for sentiment or cere-
nv The year is done: a year has be-
-: and the procession of human actlvi-
oOeS straight on. without an Interrupt
lI 1891 it may he said that it presented
ral particularly gratifying phases of
..nal affairs. The crops Of the season
RI. famous for their Righteousness;
mess in general was good; and the po-
raj features We're such as to inspire
-idence. The one great question of
lection for American industries which
.aatened 30 become q permanent divid-
Inc between Iie Republican and Dem
Etjc parties WGs passed upon favorably
.ome interests in the fail elections; Mr.
mes reciprocity measure put forward
ge promiSins. blossoms indicative of
ssperous frritage hereafter; with the
option of the Chilean imbroglio, no
Nd seriously darkened our relations
g foreign powers. Disturbances of the
ems between labor and capital were
sa frequent through the country in
than in previous years There were
tIaps the usual number of catastrophes
3 casualties; tut fortunatelynO horrors
such an extensive scale as ShadOwed
record Of previous years The grip"
, the only epidemic visitation, and the
llity Of that as not in proportion TO
enormor 15er of cases developed.
'acaliy. was prosperous year for
l-JyHE'S leading industries, though out
Of these there were some embarrasS-
ITS Of undertakings and individuals,
Fly throuCA mistakes of financial or-
tzatons. The strike in the building
ses was also an untimeiy check to Pits
rC'S growth, and the restoration of coal
fuel, in place of gas, brought back once
re the black cloak over our city, which,
le famous in times gone as the trade
X and symbol of Pittsburg's giant in
-rieS. is far from welc9me from the
3pOint Of comfort. But 1891 had also
aad things to offer-chief among them
aomplete establishment Of systems of
transit, making the suburbs easily
's.hie for residents, saving time,
giving an air OF gO-aheadi-
resS tC the city which it
r had before. The demonstration
Pittsburg could 60 back TO coal and
retain its supremacy as a manufact-
.r center ccunterbalanced benefieially
return OF smoke. Another gratifying
me Of 1891 has been the completion Of
raj magnificent new buildings in Pitts
and the projection of others which
greatly add TO the architectural adorn-
. of the city.
trust 1892 viii find everybody in the
munity confident of even better things
be future. There was never time
energy and enterprise so pervaded
0cal air as it does now. 1t is felt that
strides made in past years have but
Ight US to tina threshold of a much
Grand quicker development, in whose
rs ali local interests are bound to share.
4'eoTe, therefore, 1892.