The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1898-08-04
NEW YORK LETTER.
Special Correspondence.


cities, notably Paris, but have never
succeeded in gaining any popularity
in New York. The new open CABS are
Hike those in Paris, and In most par
ticulars resemble the Paris fiacre, diff
fkrfng from this vehicle chiefly in the
matter of color They have been in.
troduced here not by the private com.
panies, but by one of the railroad cab
companies, and will not therefore be
available for one of the uses to which
they would ordinarily be most fire.
quently put. They are especially
adapted to park driving, and for that
purpose would be found more suitable
than the nansoms, which are just now
the most popular vehicles for that
purpose. 1t remains to be seen II
these little equipages, which have
never been popular here in the past
can be made profitable, or whether
New York is in this respect more like
London than Paris and prefers the
hanson to the fiacre. The automobiles
seem to be making little or no pro.
gress here. and the number of them
seen on the street to-day appears no
larger than 1t was when the first of
them rolled up and down the avenue
In London they are saiS to have
grown popular enough to arouse the
enmity of the cabbies, who are so op
posed to them as to threaten all kinds
Of damage. But in spite of that the
automobiles are said to prosper still
They are not easy to upset and their
compact form makes it easy for them
TO hold their own In occasional en-.
gagements with hanson drivers. The
most decided effect they have had is
said to be the proposed introduction
in London of 12-cent fares.
The New Century,
Among the new features in journal.
ism is the theosophist organ called the
New Century. AS the Theosophist So.
eiety claims to be a universal broth.
erhood it is of course opposed to the
present war, and with very good rea.
son too, for the war is killing all such
petty publications. Now is the time
indeed when the big fish eat up the
little ones. Some of the Theosophists
may remember that this idea Of uni.
versal brotherhood was the pet fad OF
the unfortunate Cloots during the old
French revolution. He called himself
the "orator of mankind" and to teach
the brotherhood" he marched q pro.
cession through the streets of Paris
dressed to represent all nations, and i;
was received by the convention with
great approval. CloOt's motto was
pour genr. hUmain." and ne uttered
this when 4G voted for the death of
the king, but very strangely he also
became one of thp/victims of that day
of national madness and was guillo.
tined on the same spot with the king.
If the TheOsophists read the Bible
they will find the brotherhood doctrine
SO clearly established that there is
hardly any need of a new organ.
Resorts Within City Limits.
Municipal consolidation and electric
railroad development have brought
within the limits of the city of New
York and within easy reach of all OF
its inhabitants, at the lowest rates OF
fare, series of summer resorts such
as no other city In the world contains
New York is unique in this that it has
within its own boundaries the advan.
tages of both city and country, of land
and water. of farm and seaside. The
whole territory has now been knit to.
gether by systems of electric and ca.
BILE railroads that will, indeed, soop
transform the acres of potatoes and
onions into town lots and pretty VII
las, and which are giving a new de.
veiopment to the water resorts. The
trolley now runs to Far Rockaway.
which, by the way, is within city linn.
Its. Rockaway Beach, Coney Island
Bergen Beach, Canarsie, North Beach.
Fort Hamilton. Bath Beach, South
Beach. all of these are now parts of
New York. All of them, with the ex.
ceDtion of South Beach, which is on
Staten Island, can now be reached
from the ManhattaV end of the Brook.
yn bridge, most Of them without
change of cars and for single five.
cent fare.
Pulitizer's Paper Mill.
Pulitzer is using such an immense
quantity of paper that he has projec.
ted mill at Beaver Falls, Penn. He
also Is interested in a paper mill liz
Maine, but evidently intends to have
a double source of supply. Since his
return from Europe he has united
with the Herald in the effort to obtain
war news, and in this manner he Is
trying to hold first rank. 1t is said