New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-02-24

rights Of the foot -passenger VIII alleviate 'heSf
irregularities The American notion that every
man Is to look after himself cannot be applied III
Discriminatory to women and children lhere -
an old maxim of English law. when is also Amer
lean law bidding you not to use your rights 10
the hurt Of another. II seems TO he at times io'-
gotten There is a note Of recklessness III 'he
public life Of cities or Of some cities 'ih
perhaps Chicago certainly If ali Chicago stories
are true.
And there * an impatience which seemed to
me unrcasoning. Has nobody in New-forA ever
a second to spare? Nothing struck me more than
the mad rush to catch trains on the Elevated
Railroads. The tra ~ run every minute or two
II cannot really after to any human being
whether he gets "a board the first or the second
Rut he flies up the stairs. and tears across the
nlatf,rm and filings himself headlong through
the closing gates as IL his life or fortune or both
denended on his travelling down town or UP ny
thar particular train think anybody who takes
note Of the death-list in the Paris Herald must
be impressed by the Increasing number oi deaths
reported as due to heart failure. Diseases OF the
heart are far more common than they were
They are aggravated II not caused by this insane
hurry Il Is disease Of the nerves hrst; then "f
the heart the action Of which is very directly de-
ncrdcpt on nerves and controlled by them or not
controlled as the case may be. No DOUBT the
scramble for seats even places In these cars
may at certain hours Of the day explain some oi
/ this hurry.
Some day we shall have law prohibiting cars
from carrying more passengers than they nave
seats for: law with penalties Tor us Nio'd"oh'
and possibly even officials who VIII enforce Such
law ! nope / am not too sanguine. The present
ovorcrovdirg is perhaps evidence OF an early
stage OF social growth. Other considerations than
comfort or safety or decency are paramount In
Young community: and especially in community
where the ordering Of municipal life has 50 long
ben made subseryiont to mere politics. ana cor
rupt politics al that. There will come day
when our descendants will find ii hard To believe
that a million and half of people submitted 80
long to the infamous sway Of Tammany Hall
With al the competition Of elevated and sur
face roads there is still believe. good ieid Tor
cabs If the service were good ana the tarin
reasonable. How long has that rickcty imposture
called hack nourished in New-loFk! We
accuse the English of being the victims Of prece-
dent and tradition. yet e'en In England nothing
mouldicr than the hack survives 1t has nothing
to recommend IT, yet it survives; IKE the FOUR
wheeled cab in London which has not many
titles to respect but at least carry luggage
on its roof 1t seemed to me that the docks and
p'e'9 an" t''''N ,.,,,. g.,
nam ." - ''7 W. NJ, a ,,,
Ncw-Yorker ever hire one ~ these conveyances?
Their prices have come down lite. can t.
member when anything from s. % t. so was de-
manded for any distance. and a drive To Central
Park from hotel cost 81 80. II may now. for
aught know. But on the White star dock ana
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LONDON '
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:, xo,-vort ,u.o noss.ncers and luggage 80,
London ditto ditto .... ~
n,c.re,ce if, ,,vor Of Iondon . 81 ~
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cents IN LONDON l. ''"'S' ~ US VIA" ~
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miles. but that does not ihH'h ""''' "' "i""-
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are NOT "'''s "S"' ''h"' - '''' -" "''''' YUM
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don charge, out oi Nhlcn some l-VuV drivers ana