Evening star., 1937-06-27
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star
Queen Victorias golden jubilee was
being celebrated in England so years ago.

DCillS NSloDtdlCd IIi w oSo.
~, -. The Star of June
Golden Jubilee. Queen Victoria,
fifty years a ruler,
is to be congra tulated upon her empire
and that empire will be congratulated
upon the personal attributes OF its
Queen During Victoria's reign the So
cial political and material progress of
the mass Of her people has been marvel
GUS. The Queens domestic virtues, her
unselfish desire for the welfare OF her
people and her wise abstenslon from at
tempts to check the growth OF repre-
sentative government have endeared her
to most of her subjects and won for her
approval from the world. In the eyes OF
Americans the skeleton at the jubilee
feast. to remind the great empire and its
virtuous Queen that they are falllble. is
Ireland. But citizens of this country will
heartily tender congratulations, to our
neighbors across the sea for material
growth and good deeds accomplished in
the past so years and will add best
wishes for future well-doing and pros
perity. justice and mercy to dependent
peoples and pleasant relations with the
United States"
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One of the great perils of railread ding
so years ago was the use Of stoves in
passenger cars for
eodl Sso'es Ill heath ng purposes.
Railway Cars. The Star OF June %,
1887 thus notes a
move toward the abatement OF this dan
ger:
Gov Hill has signed the bill prohibit
ing the use of stoves for heating pas
senger trains In New York State. This is
more important step in the direction OF
reform than at first appears: for the
railway connections between New York
and all other parts of the Union are init
mate and whatever affects that State
affects all her sisters more or less di-
rectly The tendency among passenger
railways is toward consolidation. and the
company which can advertise the great
est number of trains between two given
points without change OF cars prides
itself vastly upon the showing. OF course.
all this encourages the hope that when
the railroad commissioners of New York
have made it apparent that no passenger
car will be permitted on any pretense, to
traverse that State with stove for its
heating apparatus. most OF the through
trains from New England to the West
and South. all those which have their
starting point in New York City. and a
large share Of those bound to westward
from the Jersey shore will have to sue
cumb and use some of the more modern
devices"
1.-The necessity of constant resistance
to the extension Of the pole -and-wire
evil In large cities. !"
UVerneao wires says The Star Of
emph lied not
only by the Disagreement suffered oy
the streets and by the destructive and
murderous part which the obstructing
wires play in almost every great fire, but
also by the difficulty encountered in get
ting rid of the nuisance when 1t has once
twined itself about city. Three years
ago the New York Legislature passed
law commanding the companies to bury
the wires in New York City. This COM
mand was disregarded. Then commits
sion was created and trusted with the
duty of putting the wires under ground.
An attempt OF the commission to act LED
to decision by the court. appealed to
in behalf OF the companies. that the
action of the commission was Invalid.
A bill passed at the recent session OF the
legislature provides for the resumption
and prosecution OF the work OF this COM
mission. It has not yet been approved by
Gov. Hill and the time within which he
may sign 1t will soon expire; II approved
1t must run the gantlet Of the courts"