New-York tribune., 1902-08-03
NEwyoRK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY. AUGUST 8. 1902.
THE PASSING THRONG.

The days have passed when to call Chicago a
great seaport used to start smile and New-York
is frequently told TO look to its
LOADING prestige in shipping "All through
COAL IN the lake ports" said Walter S
CLEVELAND. Judson, at the Manhattan yester
day. II have been impressed with
the enterprise shown in shipping. ! don't see any
thing like II here. When was in Cleveland was
especially struck with what saw. We don't have
much shipping to speak of. you know, in Denver,
and perhaps these things impress me more But
compare the way vessel is loaded with coal here
and in Cleveland. Ono of two things is done here.
gtiast pat the S coal in BY The bag they draw uP
ogss Of chain waFf Sncke.s and Sow In IN
the snip sr9s9 Is 6aa Tn rack at es,enSs SSsi down the
the boat And then instead of taking the coal out
II b tRs Ehtp saf the ey car IS smpy fted bod M
hosting machine and upset All the eGi Sute II and
down the hold of the boat. The car is run back on
the platform and then IS eese by yuS Scouting the
car quickly with chains so that It can oe IIFnee
ppSasd ppSFed GGT out have stood on dock there and
timed the operation and foond @ o1y fnaI seconds to
run a car down, secure it. dump IT and send II
bse 1baTe II TeasTed s heR eRe coe aoWn the incline ana
one man to engineer the hosting engins By r3 I4e
minutes least and from three to T0HF SHksfs msn 1I
endless bucket chain won't clean out car IL mas
hysled trapload , can et se t1Tnsd an car0ad
here"
When the cornerstone was laid for the "asnins-
ton house at Mount Vernon-and the date OF build
ing is a mooted point-there was
CORNER nothing monumental in the spirit
STONE AT of the act. In the first place
NOTrNT said Horace Galbraith at the Fifth
VERNON Avenue '1t not built by the
President. and If it had been he
wouldn't have been President when he built H.
He went there with his bride. and 1t was the GIT
of his brother. 1t was his brother Lewis 100 VINO
built 1t and gave it to him, and not MS orotneI
Lawrence. as so many people think II Lewis hau
only been George Bushrod. there woulo Ilo1
have been so much trouble historically. for
the initial L is all that remains on tne coi
nerstone and that might stand for-LaIayettgf: @ f
Idsd sf@S TOO III ntte M pomp 1t Was set brick pillar
in the cellar. and 1t was AZ OF nonSess has rotted
the surface until you can crumoe II on VIII
finger Iae sna 6y the 0t time roa bars
up keep visitors from the celar al .I Io1eh
of the scientific observer, except tne capieaI Te
L beginning the legend For5Hna'e and # IS now
Named TO restore it, The stone Is to De reInoeso
from M the paT 6TeISeI rect ON it. Then the
will be put back in the pillar. oue sur pS VIII the
front front covered 20 cred with glass
1t was Julius Cesar who left his walks nls
private arbors and new planted orchards 70 the
Roman people by his will II was
CaIigula who sent for all the stat
prrTSR1-RG ues Of the Greek gods and had
PARK them brought to Rome that thelr
heads might be replaced with
;.- - h,s o7rn There was man in Pittsburg
who went about such things more sensloly- ohe
NJ the beauties of Pittsburg. said T. Iaoor 'oiti
ston of that city. at the Imperial yes1erdsS + in
SchenIey Park II is situated IN l0FeIy Spot 1 -.
fha pa = End on the way TO East LloSIly-, -
walks and lawns and lanes of trees neea yaeiG 'i? W
no Measure ground on earth And 1t Is the Irul.
OF the Ia6ors OF Park Commissioners Benedict under
whose administration 1t was finally opened Lour OF
five wears ago. Fittingly placed at the MAN en-
trance OF this park is heroic statue OF otoI1s
on massive pedestal OF granite rms W. was 49, 49,
the achievement of the Commissioner ana WIorh
does II Commemorate? Ozymandias. king OF kings
erected statue of himself in the midst or deser
where nothing beside remains and the level sands
stretch far away. But this statue STANDS IN cool
Inviting shades. at the head of green vistas; -,
Not many years ago IL remarked IN this
cfty that there was statue OF Christopher Column
| bus who. as everybody knows sailed up Canal-st
| four centuries before and a monument now graceS
! the city at Fifty -nnth-st But the city of Pitts
| burg has been spared the shame Of finding, aftel
its henefactor shall have gone, that IL has raised
| no commemorative figure to the author OF Schen
| lev Park