New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-03

pany John F Langdon. CromWel y. Macy WI
ton e. Dalton. the contractors TOT the eAcaNa',o"
G. W Barney and w. b. Martin. OF the Puohc
Works Department: Bernard Bign. Major G. H.
Southworth, James G.. Cooper. Howard fa!aoh
Wilds Judge L. ]. Conlan of the City Court "
l.. L. Seaman Colonel H. W. Sackett. Richard van
Colt and Judge ODwyer
When the laborers in the employ Of the company's
contractors had removed some Of the cobblestones
Mayor Strong seized a pckaxe. loosened the art
with a few vigorous strokes and then took up
spade and made beginning OF a trench by throwing
the loosened earth aside. Several persons IN the
crowd cheered the Mayor He was advised by by
s,ander rot to swear and he replied: Not this
time"
a man who can lay pipes well ought 10 be
Mayor OF the Greater New-York." said one of the
Mayors friends, admirngly but the Mayor made
no reply 10 that
THROUGH THE FORMALITY OF DIGGING.
Mr. shallenberger followed the example Of the
Mayor in the use of pickaxe and shovel and Post
master Van Colt and Mr.. Milhoand also went
through the formallty of digging
After the trench had been opened most Of the men
present went TO the Aston House. where luncheon
had been provided by the officers of the Tubular
Dispatch Company Mr.. Miholland presided and
introduced the various speakers, who made brief,
appropriate remarks. General Coils spoke for the
local administration. Mayor Strong being unable 10
leave his Office long enough 10 partake of the
luncheon. The General spoke as an advocate Of the
system. - believed that the work undertaken
one Of the most important for the city's interest
that had marked the administration of Mayer
Strong He spoke highly OF the contracting com
pany which he said was the first corporation vol
UNFAIRLY to pay the city for the franchises which it
had received One per cent of the companys total
receipts this year will go TO the city: year 1a
per cent, and thereafter 2 per cent
General Coils followed by Postmaster Van
Colt and Mr. Farchild. Then Mr.. Shalenberser
called upon to speak for the National Admins
traitor. His remarks were followed closely, and he
applauded vigorously by the business elements
represented the table. He declared the absolute
confidence Of the Postoffice Department In the
pneumatic tube system. II was. In his Judgment
destined to revoutonize the mail service in ell the
great cities, and to prove of ncaculabe benefit TO
the service throughout the entire country. This as
he pointed out. would arise from the fact that the
chief revenues of the Department derived
from the large ctes-New- York. Chicago, Philadel-
phia. Boston. st. Louis San Francisco and the
rest. Everything that tended to increase the re-
ceipts Of these great city offices enabled the Post
Office Department to carry out reforms In the coun-
try Offices and those in the smaller towns. The
sirable result in New-York and everywhere else
where adopted because the receipts for special de-
NverieS were bound to be enormously increased
When letter or postal card could be delivered
district messenger the great mass Of people would
use the mails 70 an extent never dreamed Of here
vice would prove one of the best Investments ever
made by the Government, and he predicted it's
He urged the company push the work with all
vigor. He received satisfactory assurance on that
IN SIMILAR STRAIN
Postmaster Van Colt spoke IN a similar strain
He Endorsed Mr. Shallenberger's speech and de-
clared that the sooner the service was extended
above the Harlem River and throughout every sec
ton Of Greater New-York the better lie had adj
vocated the system when in Office years ago. and
he regarded 1t Of the most enjoyab BILE expert
ences OF his official life that he could participate In
YORK a''uai work Oh beginning the 'Ys'e" IN New
Mr.: Fairchild spoke es business man So did
ton and Mr. McNe Al Of the Sefo other D speesSes
H aae 'e Charge Ms Of s Work of
ss hand, the of he 5s +
performed by c j. Ryan & Co Mr. Ryan is s. one ne
" With Mr. Ne
ssare one o 81 the s IN the
ohio tunnel snd has been actively snxassS
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from sey out ct ne syf@ o.
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TnTs w e Of yn
Gers twenty,four inches long and Weighing twelve
Sfess In three and ons;hali minutes forced by an
CELEBRATED 1t is estist ted that about 80 900 letters
fostofice authorities say that tpy 70 per cent Of
the present mail transportation by WAGONS can be
sent through the tubes. The Board OF Trustees Of
the Brooklyn Bridge viii receive 81 00o year for
giving the privilege OF laying the tubes across
lie Bridge.
BETWEEN HERE AND BROOKLYN
There will be a double line Of tubes between the
postofices In this city and Brooklyn. and eight
similar lines radatng from the New-York Post
once TO points uptown ard downtown. One line
will extend TO the Produce Exchange and another
10 the Branch Postofice station IN the Grand
Central Palace AT Forty fourth-st. and lexington
ave This ine will be laid under Park Row.
Thlrd-aye.. Forty-seconi-st. and Lexington-aVe.,
and will have intermediate connections at several
points along Third-aye
The two circuits from the Produce Exchange to