The west shore., October 19, 1889, Page 163, Image 3

WKST SIIOKK.
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The inont gigantic railroad nyntem yet known will
Ih tin1 new him1 naid to bo now nearly completed under
tlit manipulation of Henry Yillard. With Chicago
for a center it will reach tin Atlantic hy the Haiti
more ami Ohio, tin' pi If, Mexico ami Southern Califor
nia hy the Atehinon, Tocka A Santa Kc, ami tlio
tiorthwent count hy the comtolidated Winconnin Central
ami Northern Pacific. It in even ntatcd that the
nt lieine inclii'leH an extension of the Northern Pacific
up the count to Alaska. A eonnolidution of these linen,
with Vilhird for president, wouM create tiie most ex
tciinive railroad system the world has ever known,
and would lindoiihtedly hasten the formation of simi
lar conihinatinns hy other madn centering in Chicago
or St. Liiiik. The whole tendency of railroad man
agement in in the direction of concentration, of uh
norjition of ninallcr linen hy greater, and the comhina
tioti of thene into gigantic nyntcinn. In the added
powi'r thin given to railroad maiiagern over the com
inercial interentn of the country thin tendency in a
dangerous one, hut wine legislation will iindoiihledly
amply protect the M-ope. On the other hand, the
more economical management thun rendered Hnotihle
ami the prevention of vexatious and ex M iinive "warn,"
will tend to reduce the cont of travel and the rati of
freight and to add materially to the facility, and lenneii
the runt, of the transaction of husinesn. (u the whole
the In'iielitn will far outweigh the tonnihlc dungern, and
the cninhination of the railroadn of the Cnitcd Statin
into a limited iiuiuImt i.f great nystcmn may not only
1m- looked for an certain to take place, hut an a movi-
ment fully in liar iv with the progressive npirit of
the nge in which we live.
That wan a pretty hig profit ion made to (he mi
n rvinorn of San Krancimn ly IMaling ami otln rn,
who oll'. reil to put in a water nupply of :tii.i,iigal
lonn daily for 1. ', ,!". The hnnging of the waters
of hike Tallin', nittiatcd amid the nummit peaks of the
Sierni Nevada, in pi pen to Sun Francisco in hy no
iiientina new idea, and n nurvey and estimate were
made some time ago hy Von Srhmidl, w hi. h showed
that the practicahility of the ncheiue depended entirely
iimiii necuring enough money to carry it out I he cut
of l.uying and laying '.M nulenof pipe wuld I I'11.
i M H i. M H , ami the reiiiaindcr would U- required f-r lt
age rencrvoirn, ntreet mainn, hydrautn, etc A nurvey
of the lake nlmwn that it would r-""ir" ,rnfl "( 1 ''
INN 1,1 Nil I gallon a day for an entire year t. low-nts
nurfa.r one f.s.t, heme the drawing f th" """Jr
nciled would have no clhft H-" it what. v. r Km
ploynient would U given to o,i.n f-r n-arly
thr'c yearn. When Portland wauled to nj-n-l I
UN) o necure good water our '.l' lUigM it
pretty hig propM.ition, hut hrrr comm San Franc...
with one ten timcn an great ami with a U'tter pMnjMvt
of noon mvuring it.
Cnlenn rulen nhall U adopted which will nruiit
one man to oUtruct legislation, the nenate of Wash
iugtou ought to he nhle to do a gn at deal of hunimm
! thin next nenninn With hut one democrat to oppose
thcin the n puhlicann of that Uly are in position to
; emu t any lawn they may ne lit. .el them ue their
: HWer wisely and lrlli ralrlv, Legislation Will he re-
; quired to t arry into clhvt the fumlameutal principle
laid down in the constitution, and. therefore, thin m i
nion will he the most imNirtanl one the new Mute will
j ncv for a long time. For whatever in done, or imt
done, the repuhlicau parly will he held greatly rvsj.nu
; nihle. In adapting rulen of procedure, warning nhotild
: Ih taken of the condition of cmigresn, where the ruh
euahle a nmall minority to no lllihuster an to ntop all
: legislation for wei ks at a time, the most vital interentn
of the country heing often jcopardiicil in the effort to
! ixrure hy force nome private ami iinimHirtant, ami
! may ho vicioun, legislation. It in not wine or junt to
uiiude the minority completely, hut power to oUlrm I
! legislation and defeat the will of the majority should
j Hot lie given it
Itinntrauge what a revolution can U made In a
man'n train of thought hy a surrender of the huh ud
! cut m lion of Inn hrain to the du latiou of theology
I Judge Williamn, who lived a long and um ful life,
ciiiiving the highift iMivition known to the hnr of the
l ulled Slaten, without heing aide to dincover the
truth of orthodoxy hy the tine of hln great reaouiug
jxiwern, Ircotin n no thoroughly iluhiied with it at Ut
hv the nhdii niton of (Iiomi iwem, that lie Voluntei-rn
to defend the mi'iiiU m of the Sulvnlioii Army In their
rlVortn to mniiitnin an aliuont lutolh ralde nuinauce in
the politic ntn-i In Summ- noioe crank nhould under
take to " worship Iiih according to the dn tad-n of hin
own cohMieiice" hy tiring a ennon In the lrnt,
Would lie dill hatlh' for " fredoln of rrl(.Moi Wor'
hip" What would he do if tliK old prn.toe of
n ourgmg m iiiti iiU linked through the nlrn l nhotihl
U- revited t y t ofcraiknl hfniio'd riithuniaul T
Again h the I'liltrd State Uen Ci.li- hi to rely
ii.ii the Knglmli nay for the protirtUn of hernti
ti tin, a..d thin at a lime, (, when certain U in
dividunU of holh IiaIioih nre routillllg the hlotx) miU
on the moon Had It not li n for the prompt action
of the iummaiidant of lh Kngh'h war n am I 'nriin,
in nailing front Jaman to tin Ulaud of ,va ami
ii'iiiaudin( (he r lae of Aiifrl ant In 1 1 them hy iw
gro inuliiiM-rn, tle' iinfortunatu primxiem, alfiidy
roughly lnu ll -l, would hae Inii killed ll I foftu