Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-09-30

should have bought ground and not have
taken up the public roads. They have cot
possession of the Emmittsburg road for a
mile or two. This was a part of the Read
ing railroad scheme to absorb ALI the bus
mess OF the Gettysburg battlefield, which
has come to be very large i'm the spring
summer and fall The trolley was TO be
run ia connection with the Mcleod system
When that went to pieces the trolley fell
back upon the hands of its promoter a
rather shrewd fellow from the Harrisburg
region"
Il observe. Mr.. Mcpherson. that your
turupikes are not being extended. as be-
fore the war, and that some of them have
rather been neglected"
We owe that" said Mr.. Mcpherson. Ito
a redundant railroad supply IL is "a great
pity that the railroads of the United States
have been built without reference to any
general law or supervision by the general
government They have paralleled the
turnpike systems so that our roads are not
supported, and when turnpikes are not
Travelled of course they must go down
one result has been that farms immeii-
ately by the railroads have appreciated in
value and those only a few miles distant
have relatively declined, and as the rates
fall on the hauling to the stations becomes
harder. Thus. the farming population has
abandoned the natural highways OF the
land. while the railroads have been built
recklessy, involving three times as much
debt as should have been made. Our rail-
road system has been built to SELL or built
TO make money out of the building of it,
consequently, / think We shall return to
the path Of good times very slowly. The
people have been taught that the govern
ment should stand off and let them do as
they please. and therefore our young ma
ton Is loaded up with railroad debts while
our common road system is going to
waste
Said ], what a magnificent addition TO
Gettysburg battle field that New York state
monument Is. rising right beside the old
Battle monument. to a height OF something
like hundred feet, with the beautiful
statue on the summit OF II, seen all through
the surrounding country
Gen. Slckles and Gen. SlocIm, said MI.
Mcpherson, took charge of that appro-
priation and put 1t through the New York
legislature. 1t cost SSO1D. They did the
thing first rate. They had an inspector
down here, and every stone which was prof
fered which would not nil the requirements
was thrown aside. That monument, there
fore, ought to stand for generations.
1 told Mr.. Mcpherson that l hal once
heard an engineer in Washington lament
that the Washington monument would be
so short-lived. He said IL would hot com
pare in duration with the obelis6 which
stood in Constantinople, and some other
monuments. Thinking that ii was going TO
fall soonI asked the engineer IL ii would not
stand a hundred years. Good God" said
he lit will stand four hundred ,ears. OF
course" Well" said ], you cannot raise
any tears in this country over monument
that rs going to fall -Four hundred years
hence"
The case of Robert Br9ckinridge's gray
haired and silver-tongued son was noted,
and Mr.. Mcpherson, who is Of an cid Pres
byterian stock, like the Breckinridges said
Il never was taken aback by any case
as this one. Why, Breckinriise SINE time
ago came forward as an official representa-
tive of the Presbyterian body. He was one
of a selected band to represent original Cal
vinism."
John Browns Signature.
Mr.. Yingling. who keeps the Eagle Hotel
In Gettysburg hauled out an old book from |