The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-07-30


aldermen. There is also a strong reel
ing that the new plan will give the city
some new men in power AS it is now,
certain members of the board of alder
men, by system of combination, are
practically sure of denomination and re-
election each year. The people want
change.
If you have relied on reports that have
been given currency, and, as a result,
hoped to take a ride through our cele-
brated subway this week, You should
postpone your little excursion, for the
iioie IN the ground is not open TO public
travel and may not be for some weeks
I'D perhaps months to come. The AAief
cause of the delay is to be found in the
fact that the method of treating the
walls and roof has proved defective, and
it may be that the commission will be
compelled to take off the present finish
and try something else. If IT, is con-
Guided to do this, a month at least Will
be required for the work. as the West
End is averse to starting its cars through
the tunnel while the change is being
made, as the elements of danger would
be greatly enhanced.
It is one thing to dig the tunnel, but it
appears to be another and more dlthcult
thing to find material to cover the
walls that will not be affected by the
dampness and soon peel off. The pres
ent coating is already coming off, and
this, in spite of the fact that the COM
mission, after an almost endless variety
| of experiments, decided it to be the very
best thing submitted to them for the
purpose. The commission had two pur-
poses in view when dealing with this
matter, viz, durability and effect. The
latter was attained, but it would seem
that the former is far from being real
lied. Perhaps it never can be realized,
and that the walls must be left far from
as beautiful as desired. If there is moth
ing more serious than rough walls, we
shall be happy yet.
Are you going to KlOndike? Although
we are many thousand miles from the
new gold fields, this question is heard
many times daily on the streets of Bos-
ton. Not only that, but there are peo-
! pie who actually will make the trip. In
one large office eight young men have
formed a combination of a novel charac-
ter by which all expect to become rich.
They are all ambitious and healthy, but
poor. There isn't money enough in the
joint capital of the eight to take all to
the new Ell Dorado, so four are to go to
the Yukon country and WOO fortune
while the other four work at their desks
and divide their earnings with their part
ners in Alaska. If the prospectors make
@ strike the wealth thus obtained is to
be equally divided. That is practical
cooperation and let us all hope it will
win fortune. .er
The Hub has another mystery I'M the
death of Alice Barrett a trusted and
confidential clerk and bookkeeper. Sui
eide or murder? That is what no one is
| able to determine. The police think the
young woman took her own life, While
her friends and employers say she was
murdered. 1t must be admitted that the
police have by far the most tenable
theory. There is little or no doubt but
Miss I3arrett purchased the revolver that
ende5 her life, and it is developed that
the firms cash book was burned, de-
stroying all evidence of her care or lack
of care of the firms finances. Who had
eny object in putting this book out of
the way and with it the young lady?
Suicide is the most reasonable solution
of the mystery yet offered.
New York is trying hard to get the
trade that naturally belongs to Boston,
and yet our merchants do not appear to
be alarmed. There are certain things
which appear to be beyond the reach of
the New Workers.. One of these is the
wool trade. Boston wool dealers express
not the slightest concern at the an
nouncement just publicly made of auc-
ton sales of wool to be held by the wool
exchange of New York in August, Sep
TENDER and October. This new depart
ure has been known in Boston for weeks
through the efforts of the exchange to
induce Boston dealers to send their wool
to New York to be auctioned off. How
little they received is shown by the fact
that probably not a pound of wool was
diverted from this, the natural wool CEN
ter of the country. The same thing was
tried in New York about Is years ago by
Walter Brown, Sons & Co., and it proved
a disastrous failure. London is the
greatest wool market of the world, and
fixes prices, and Boston is next. SO
things will remain for years to come; at
least so long as New England is the
home of the great wool consuming fac
tories. New York must try some other
scheme.
1t is amusing to note the prominence
given the news that Manager Davis will
present standard plays IN the middle west
with a company of sterling players and at
popular prices. Ii is minated that with
the exception of the stock companies
on the Pacific slope he will be the first
to introduce such an innovation. Bos-
tonians have rightly concluded that they
have been enjoying that same class of en-
tertainment at the Castle Square theatel
for many months.
Andrew Mack begins his first starring
tour under the management of Rich q
Harris early i'll Setember in AN Irish
Gentleman" a new comedy by Ramsay
Morris The scene of the lay is laid in
ireland, and Mr.. Mack will impersonate
a young Dublin man. refined and well ed
ucated
In the visitors register at Keith's J.
McKinstry of Cleveland, o., has written
the following: See Rome and die; see