New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-05-23


Knoxville. Tenn, is to span its river with one OF
the most beautiful bridges in the world built Of
pink marble quarried in Knox County within
few miles Of the site. II will BE- 900 feet long
with spans of arch of 240 feet in length. 40 feet
longer II H. claimed. than any existing arch In the
world and perhaps surpassing any built by the
architects " Rome (, ON the days OF Tarquinius
10 those OF Leo and Brunelleschl IT Is TO be OF
solid marble throughout. flushed Ike primrose
and. while solid as the mason's art can make
II. III To outlast Diana's temple II will span It's
river Ike rosy archway Of dreams as IT, like the
walls OF Hum. II rose slowly to music slowly
breathed. cloud that gathered shape" Knox
Vile io TO be congratulated beforehand upon this
beautiful structure. and II she lives up to 1t after
II Is done she will easily take the shine OFF from
any sister municipality In the State, all OF which
would be the better for some such artistic incen-
tive to high living. though few OF them are en-
titled TO hope for so beautiful a one.
Now watch the Manhattan Elevated Railroad
Company find out that no Improvement in its
facilities Is possible The decision against the
tunnel removes the danger of competition for
some time TO come.
The meeting at Moscow Of II Hung Chang and
Field Marshal Yamagata will be one of the i'm
pressive Incidents OF the coronation. and their
salutations may be tinctured with the faintest
possible absence OF that effusion which Is GUS
tomary In Oriental greetings. 1t Will be hard for
III to feel amiCebly toward the victorious soldier
whose fine strategy compelled him to moult his
peacock feather and laid his land under such a
swinging tribute but he will. no doubt. put on an
aspect or polteness, and AZ he has stuck new
feather In his cap and paid the first instalment Of
the indemnity there need be no particular en-
barrassment In their intercourse
The University of Pennsylvania is In luck
Last week 1t received an offer Of 100000 on
condition that $100O000 is raised within spec-
fed time. and within two days another gift of
100000 was made to II. This is most encour-
aging The friends of the institution have only
to bestir themselves to place the University on
an assured financial basis.
An expert In electricity says that II Is perfectly
feasible to run trains on the elevated road from
the Battery TO the Harlem in fifteen minutes
That electricity can be used advantageously on
these roads familiar with this agent
doubts-no one. that is. except the elevated
railroad people Themselves They never do any
thing for the advantage OF the public until they
are forced 10 do II. With an enterprising man
agement electricity would have been In use on
these roads two or three years ago, and we should
have something approaching rapid transit with
out the noise. smoke. cnders. etc, that are in
sepamble from the use OF seam-engnes
Besides our official ENJOYS at the browning Of
the Car we are represented very handsomely by
the American locomotive which drew him from
the new capital OF his Empire to the old one
where the round and top Of sovereignty has been
imposed upon his line since 1t came into ex-
istence. In all the objects Of interest there gath
cred. from east TO west. 1t is safe to say there Is
not smarter thing or one more intrinscally
worthy OF admiration Standing as the type Of Its
kind. II Ia much more important than the crown