New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-29

papers as speaking Tor the WaSe-eaihers VI ''N
East.
Mavor Body is IA lirhtning-change man. oa
Monday he appeared as the good citizen. resolu'ey
unboldinp the rights of nrODerty-owners agalnsh
orosning corporation On Thursday he assumeu
tho character of a mere agent Of the ring, ana
n,ecklv retractcd his utteranccs at the behest oi
the politicians who made him
Tho blockade OF Bangkok has more pciItlcai
than commercial significance. The commerce OF
tho mort il not great hut it is chiefly BRUSH
In 1891 for example, the latest year Tor WHICH
fu1I re.urns are at hand, the total entries anu
c,oarances were GIL vessels Of 445.034 IONS
and of these 81 0, of 3S7697 tons, were brts' A"o
railroad from Paknam, at the mouth OF the river
TO Bangkok; is also practically BRUSH properly !"
is evident therefore. that the stoppage OF thi' co
morco and the enforced idleneSs of the raiifoau
will bc felt by England in one OF It's moso
sensitiyc parts-its purse-and will intensity leei-
;no ,o,inst France. not only among the empire
extending LIMOGES, but among the tradesnen ana
sbipowners of Birmingham. Manchester ana LAYER
pool, as well.
August is almost here. but stu thc sea
cannon. sbrinks from the public gaze. what Is
summer without vision Of this monster OF the
deep?
That the new Street Cleaning Commissioner mas
requested an official examination OF MS pfc"e'c''
,ors ,ocounts ia not necessarily reflection upon
u Rr.nn,p's administration. 1t is admitted that
Mr. Brennan before his retirement had spent h''e
than the propoitionate share of the appr pFia'io'
for the year, and naturally Commissioner AN
drrws wishes 10 know just where he stahuS' I'D
the examination by the Commissioners ol ~
counts was promptly ordered By Mayor "iiIoS'
this action is construed by sonr politicians a.
unfavorable to Mr. Brennan. Conslueri"s '"'
rcpcated storms Of criticism when inc eA-Ooi'
missioner has safely weathered, he VIII ho' re
inclined TO reckon this a serious matter.
Mr.. Chamberlain is old enough TO kno" oe''ei
tlan TO fool with the Grand Old Man
Tho Long Island Railroad. Company has taken
= stnp which calls for hearty commcndatlon In
making ARRANGEMENTS for widening the luhhci
bv which the Manhattan Beach Rlilroad passes
under the Ocean Parkway at farkvilIe' As was
cyncctcd the Park Commissioner OF brooklyn
has offered no objection to the propo-c1 cha"Se'
all hc desires is that the grade OF the PARKWAY
shall not be altered and that the work siia'i
re done by the railroad in such way as h"'
70 interfere with the continuous use vi '"'
ho,,lov,r5 -both reasonable conditions. 1t was
-, account of the "intcrlacing' of the tracks az
,his mint that the recent slaughter on the MAI
ha,,o, Roach road occurred Not often are tho
.,gocstions Of the Railroad Commission III thc
dircction Of reducing liability of accident on
railway so promptly needed as in this case
Now that Mr. Gaynor has gone 10 EUROPE VA
the ring politicians and rascalS in BROOKLYN prca,hc
morn freely. But he will be- back Ill ie"
works as determined rs ever to wage war upon
all that class of men in behalf OIL hohes' c''iN'"'
ship and clean GOV eminent
Among the principal events Of IN" present
month Ina, been the completion OF the Ioflh.h
Canal. which was begun. in the first place. eieh-
teen centuries ago, under the reign oil the Roman
rr,.ror Nero Even five hundred years pre-
vious 10 that era scheme Tor cutting IL 'ai'i
acros, the isthmus was put forward ny lFtlanocr'
but was abandoned on the advice OF the fy'lia VI
Oracle of Delphi, who declared thai any such
rroioct would entail the anger OF the gods, slllc"'
If Zcus had wished to make an Island oil III"
southern portion of Greece, lie would c'rtolhi'
not have left intact the strip OF territory 'hd'
connects il with the mainland. IL was not, ho"
oyer until after the successful opening vi "''
Canal that the Noth VI P.'i'ih5 wv '''''
,y,s resumed under the direction of the Hun
rarian patriot and revolutionary leader "cheia'
,r,,r married to a sister of that Lieutenant Bona
part, Wysr, whose name lis 50 closely assoc,.''"
with the unfortunate Panama Canal undertakings
General Turr began operations in 1s>@, ana al
,hough thc canal il only about four miles III
,o,gth vet. owing to the failure Of the first com
many formed for It's construction ana 10 tnc u,'"-
entity Of obtaining the necessary FUNDS IL Has
,L,n cIovcu vrats 10 bring the work to compile
,ior II WAS on July that the waters oil the
Gulr Of Lepanto first mingled with those OF the
Aegean Sea, although the official opening OIL 'Uc
canal did not take place until more than Tort
pight later The voyage between Cephalonia ana
,,he,s - NOW reduced nearly two hundred mites
h,. ,hc new waterway, besides which the vessels
will be spared the dangerous rounding Vi ''o
southern hcadands of Greece, when from 'iino
;mmcmorial have enjoyed most evil reputation
among mariners.
PERSONAL.