Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-01-01
THEN AND NOW.
some Interesting Changes Noted By


Some Interesting Changes Noted By
New Yorker of 81.
In my play along the b:..iks Of the
Hudson, writes Charles II. Haswell,
first chief engineer of the United States
Navy, in the New York World, 1 have
seen, as boy of Z, Robert Fulton
steam vessel, the Clermont. making her
trips from New York to Albany, a dis
tance of IDS miles, which she accom-
plished in thirty-rwo hours. l think
that nothing shows the advance of the
last ninety years so greatly as the Inn
proyements in elfpropelled craft.
Compare, for instance, the present
method of reaching Boston by the sound
steamers with the method in vogue In
1916, when the trip was accomplished
by the steamer Fulton. which required
thirty-eght hours for the trip. In the
same year the Chancellor Livingston,
running to Albany, accomplished the
distance in nineteen ara one-half hours,
and henceforth enjoyed the enviable
reputation OF the Skinner of the
River"
"A New York and Liverpool line Of
packets was established in the same
year, selling on the first Of each
month. The trip was of varied
length, according to the weather, but
the advertisements Of the line claimed
twenty-three days for the outer pass
400 ond forty far tba spnor rho -
rival of a vessel In that year was her.
aided as bringin news forty days
later from Europe"
The foreign postal arrangements were
very different from those cf this time !;
the bags for European vessels were
kept at Tontine Coffee House, on
Broadway, where rate of % cents a
letter was charged.
or the more intimate, everyday things
of life the changes have been more
than remarkable. In 1920 q young gen.
tleman of this city, son Of we'll
known and respectable resident, return
ed from a brief trip in Europe with his
upper lip adorned with mustache.
This was the first display of a mus
tache by an American In this city, and
1t was so singular and exceptional that
1t occasioned much comment and criti-
cism. So great was this departure from
the customs of our people that it was
not until 1886 that such exhibitions,
as they were termed, were even toll
Grated
The early use Of ccal was confined
almost entirely to parlor CRATES, the
people keeping to the old style fire
place for cooking purposes About 1920
coal was discovered in Rhode Island,
and an enterprising concern in New
York sent samples about the town re-
questing testimonials as to its value
One Martin S. Wilkins sent in the fol-
lowing certificate:
Il am willing to certify that under
favorable circumstances this coal is ca
pable Of ignition and am willing to
further certify that If Rhode Island
is underlaid with such coal, at the
general conflagration which our min
listers predict 1t will be the last place
to burn"
The use of Ice, except for the pur-
pose of making ice cream, was I'M
known, and even the latter confection
was served at only one place and was
unknown to the masses.
Cabs, cafes and hotels, az we know
them to-day, supplying every known
want, were unknown up to the sos,
although several good taverns, such as
the Washington, which was on the site
of the present comptroller's office, sup
piled guests with what at that time
was considered sufficient for all the
needs of man.
Perhaps more interesting than all
these changes Is the fact that a per-
son should survive long enough in that
city of strife and strenousity. to have
seen and noted them