New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-08

That menace has vanished and business ought to
revive.
The company which proposes To put bridge
over the Hudson River near sixty ninth-st mas
adopted an impressive plan Next will come the
stupendous task Of raising the necessary capital
"a task apparently. In these times, Of well-ngh
insuperable difficulty.
The buildings strike in this city is foolish and
iIl-advised II interferes seriously with the re-
v'val 81 building operations on a great scale and
with the restoration Of prosperity in the metrop-
oils The who are responsible for II are
committing a grievous crime against the COM
munty. The trolley men in Brooklyn were COM
pelled 10 work an excessive number OF hours
were ill-paid and badly treated in many
ways Tho strikers in iris city not COM
peeled to work an unreasonable nj mber OF hours
and they receive generous wages. 1t Is deplor-
able that these men should listen to the advice
~ wild and reckless leaders who are doing all
they can 10 ruin both the men and their en-
plovers in order 10 satisfy their own selfish OBJ
jects.
Every heart should grow lighter and every
hope should brighten. now that Congress is out Of
the way.
Tho anthracite coal combination finds bank
rnpt Reading a cumbrous and awkward associ-
ate to deal with. Prices Of coal must inevitably
take big slump at early day. Welcome
news for all consumers.
The New-York New Haven and Hartford Rail
road has the unlimited eTrontery to ask the
Connecticut Legislature &c refuse charters II
electric railroads which may seek 10 compete
with the Consolidated system Weakness, hui
mll'y and regard for the public welfare were al
ways conspicuously lacking in the management
Of the Ncw-York New-Haven and Hartford Rail
road
The Tribune Is opposed tn the pensionng OF
public school teachers. II uoes not look on them
as standing IN the sam, relation 70 the COM
munity as policemen and hremcn. II believes in
paying teachers fair wages. SO that they can put
by something for their old age But 1T sees
objection to teachers voluntarily taxing them
selves in order to provide pension fund for the
superannuatod IL they choose to do so. perslon
scheme OF this kind for the teachers OF Brooklyn
IS now under consideration II is proposed that
the Board OF Education should be the trustee Of
the pension fund. As this is a strictly private
matter II would seem wiser for the teachers
themselves to manage the entire business. Again.
the plan is that all present members or the
teaching force shall elect whether or not they
will contribute 10 tie pension fund and be en-
titled to share In Its benefits. but no such option
is to be allowed to those who become teachers
hereafter. This seems unfair and unjust The
scheme II stands is by 40 means free from
objections and the Board OF Education is doing
right in taking plenty of time to consider 1t.
The countries Of Europe continue to pile up
debt at an appalling rate. What Is to keep the
Continent out OF the abyss OF bankruptcy and
population In the twentieth century?
Many business men are dispirited because the
figures OF railroad earnings for February OF this
year do not compare favorably with those OF
previous Februaries. But the calamity croakers
should bear In mind that February. 1895. was
stuffed with snowstorms and deluged by cold
waves There Is every reason to expect that the
railway earnings in March. April and May will
make much better showngs.
The bill to stop sparrng exhibitions ought TO
become a law. These exhibitions are invariably
coarse and brutal and only persons Of crude
habits and rough tastes take pleasure in them.
Pilgrimage still exists in Mexico. as the late
fatal railway accident revealed. 1t Is the only
| transatlantic country in which II has taken root
Some OF its shrines have a background or con-
siderable antiquity. as 1t Is measured by new
World standards. going back almost Tour ce"-
turtles to the days OF Isabella and beyond those
of Elizabeth That Is time enough Tor multi
tude Of sacred associations to gather round
nlace OF worship and to draw pious pilgrims
footsteps to II from near and far year after year
The loss OF life happening to those engaged In a
duty so religious will be a shock to the faithful
there as the loss in the Red Sea OF shipload OF
pilcrms on their way to Mecca was a few years
AGO TO the followers Of the Prophet. Details OF
the casualty import. while they do not assert.
that the engineer. and perhaps other train off,
GERS had taken more pLique than was set
down as their share on the schedules. and In
such cases the pious purposes OF the passengers
cannot always protect them from disaster. AS
the temple OF Mecca shrouded In mourning
| for the lost devotees who were journeying To II,
this Mexican shrine should also for a season be
hung with weeds Of memory and penetrated with
voices OF lamentation. Hardly anybody knew
that such places existed this side OF the ocean.
showing that the social and religious concerns Of