New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-03

fabric TN It anows what duty win be nHed BY the
p pot T' wsiss S sH chang.
4 the aS Srs.S 90 Of Hfy works such
wnat Will be the experiences OF the country atter
By sss 81 Tsers 'f Is only ruin and
In the OF there viii Re 70
ment REPUBLICAN,
PRACTICAL PIILANTHROPIsTs IDEA.
To theEditor Of The Tribune.
Sir The present appalling distress. misery and
sunerlngs OF the working classes and the inbabi-
tants OF the tenement houses in general naturally
suggest to every humane person the great prob
lem how TO alleviate the sunerngs OF his fellow
linen. Every aiiuent man or woman. the million
are in his luxurious mansion. the tradesman
merchant In his wel-appointed home, surrounded
by his elegantly clad and weIi-fed family. should
not need TO blush at the knowledge that In the
midst OF plenty in Il land abundantly supplied
with Gods and natures blessings there should
actually be such restitution. driving men TO self
destruction at the sight Of the misery and suffer
ings Of their beloved ones and innocent girls to
traffic their souls and bodies TO clothe themselves
and satisfy hunger.
How little IL would take from what the affiuent
could spare to do away with the greatest portion.
II not all, the causes of crime and misery Is
astonishing,
our Chief Magistrate ex-offcioNme,nber thereof.
the city should give necessary space In the squares
of the tenement-hou district to erect one-story
iron ornamental structures. say twenty-five by
seventy-five feet to which every clean ana SOBER
person (naking these the only credentials neces-
sary) should be admitted and served with bowi
Of coffee and bread In the forenoon and plate
Of good SOLID meat and bread in the afternoon
such places to be open the whole year aro Tha
between the hours OF a. m ana d,,,d D. no excenS
5000 each Eight such places would cost about
$4,000. The food and service OF eaG IN p er .,1n
a day making a total cost of all eight free food
establishments less than 100000 year ana wnat
sd s%fn tk Ra. sns sp 70 would
it would save the diminution of robberies hefts
paSSrty to person n and property the savings in
procedure and pSTe cssses to- hoS
out against working for starvation wages the
incentive would give to cleanliness ana
that no one need perish for the want OF Ordinary
Out ""o'e'o"'e MAURICE KTINKOwSTEIN.
1862 East Broadway. New-York. Sept. J. 1885
HOPES TO SEE THE HARLEM CANAL DONE.
TO the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Although the proposed Harlem River Canal
was planned by the builder OF the Erie Canal, the
great political economist Dewitt clinton ana
though It had been legislated upon continuously
since 1896 and although there had been surveys and
r, surveys and charters granted ana anhuieu not
a dollar had been appropriated for II either Dy the
city state or General Government until the writer,
by the request OF large bodies OF commercial men,
stepped into the Harlem arena. He obtained con-
gressona grants of 100000 therefor and by the re-
ouest O, said commercial men rendered to the
Government on October q, 1875 the right OF way
free which the Secretary of War had not been able
to obtain This gift was coupled with pro-
posa to build the Harlem Canal entire. In accord
with the United States Engineers survey plan. for
the sum of 500 O0 to be completed In 1850. In con-
trast to this the United States Engineer had an
nounced that the cost OF the same would be
60 3Gs and. moreover he actually caused that the
right of way should cost s23s 900. The said United
States Engineer Corps was frantic with rage at
The writer's proposal. and declared that the far-
lem Canal should not be build on such an economi-
cal basis.
Their desire has been carried out. While nearly
a million Of dollars has been appropriated, the
work is only about one-third done. Yet the SAID
engineers have succeeded in auarrying out much
marble for residences and also for merchandise
besides which they have allowed sharp curve to
be built, which will be OF serious detriment 10
passing comm Moreover. they have allowed
the excavations Of the canal prism to be overlooked
with water. the damage from the last overflow be-
ing about 81, go more. What IL more. a portion
of the work has been improperly done 1he Ioho"-
ing extracts from an article which appeared In
1893 are quite suggestive: Saturday. June H. was
the day set for the opening OF the Corinth Canal.
in Greece the construction OF which was begun by
the Roman Emperor Nero In the first century OF the
Christian Era. 1t had been projected long Deiore
the time of Nero, but he it who in the cutting
of IT, first struck the earth with his PICK IN
short time the work on 1t was stopped on account
of the uprising in Gaul. and more than SU years
ma ssed before It was resumed by the Hungarian
revolutionst Gen srd Teck under concession ful,
tho Government: OF Greece. The canal follows the
ht, | =
about the same breadth that was required 1or the
passage of the Roman galleys IT can be crossed
in less than an hour. 1t IL one Of the most m'er
es,inq publc works of our time. ProJecteu SIX
centuries before the Christian Era it has been con
structed i'm the nineteenth century OF tnat era.
pagnn when Greece was held by Roman legions 1t
is Completed after the Vicissitudes or ages when
Greece is an Independent and constitutional mon
archy." o o,so ,,,,s, ,,o;,
Is II possible that our commerce also must wait
an indefinite time that the United states Eng,-
neer Corps can get fat pickinGs? The Corinth
Canal i'm Greece IL not OF greater importance 70
tho commerce of the world than the Harlem
Canal will be when completed e,ro,.o,,ro,-
" CHARLES STOCGHTON
New-York July II. 1885,