Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 31, 1872, Page 3

W S, — THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1872 AE FiFTHAVENUE HOTELFIRE ‘}s Chicago Architect’s Letter | on Hotel Protection. wostigations on the Spot-- "hat an Eye Witness Has to Say. 7:e Ceneral Subject of Security of ings--Iir. Boyington's Obsez- vations in Boston. siter of The Chic Ta g0 Tribune : omments have Leen made in the thefire, itz couse, its se-ious resulis, construction of buildings, tar and gravel is, bad mezagement Ly the proprictors, cte. I amived in New York tho day the firg, emiered my namo books at Fifth Avenue Holel, se. That evening I visited friends st Newark, N.J., and stayed all I returned to the Lotsl early next morn- found thero Lad Leen o serious fire in great loss of life. Iat once o informed me tlat he reomed on tho or on tho side and near ihe origin of Zre. Veat once got o permit from Mossre, Lrg & Griswold, to go about the premiscs of burnt axd damaged porion of the hotel, “hich was unders ttrong guerd of police. I fered it araro opportunity to investizats 5 of afivo g0 successfully controllal proventives might havo been ally applied in iis original con- Ieam satistied that ut the time that ax crocted €omo twelvo yewrs oge, it Ze thoroughly buils than any building of iz this country. Teclaim o havo some in tais particular, as I was_engag>d ding severnl first-clas3 Lotels about the e tine, end have since end am now con- 2 gome of the largest hote!s in the world. in of the Fifth avenue fire it is 5%, Tiz., citlier from superhested steam over tue laundry, or the carelessness crvsuis in lighting tho gason tho landings of ioo stairway, which exposed closets of . Which ever it was it Lrought the firein imity to the gervice stairway and eer- stor, both cf which extend from the wadiv to tho attic in a_direct line. The o cies in thess channels either at bot- or widway up, an alarm could hardly be efore the wwhols height from bottom to would be enveloped in tames and emoke. Of 2. these £0 channels would burn extensive- Lefors spreading much. In this caso the firo > oneo extended to the attic story and thero The room in which the unfortunate nts were found suffocated and burn- was undoubtedly whers tho fire cpread mfter reaching _ the o, Their rcom was near the landing of the vice stsirway. Tho smoko having iirst rish- ¢d up this stairway and elevator must havo ted snd emothered thoso unfortunates before re reached them, 28 the corridor door to r room waa within their reach snd on the ciler side from tho approaching firo, which first wenc up into the roof and spread between the rafters that formed the ceiling of these ser- =agin pot having built the brick the corridore betveen the rafters. Thero ware heavy brick valls carried up to the roof, I sadge, overy twenty fect, bub did mot extend overbead thecorridor bobween the rafters. Had this been dono, in all probability, the fire ~ould have been confined to the first.section tatween walls, whero it first originated. As it \vas, the fire tun along Detween theso rafters :nd’ eprend between the scction-wells 2 rin- ally in the roof or ceilliny of these ooms., Some of tho nowspaper notices in Now York stated that the firo spread rapidly as soon as it reached the tar and gravel roof. xt that point I wes very particular to observe its working. 1 know from my personal inspec- tion that tno fire did not spread one inch on the comporition nnd gravel roof. The roof was firgely burned underncath whore the gravel <2 “composition was as sound as ever son top, - Whero the Toof entirely buru- §53 ‘ont below, or whero holes wore .:guc throngh for the purposo of getting at the e, showe just whero tho fro stopped on the Jomposition, s it spread not st all. The roof .{v\ns ‘covered with tin when first built, and has ‘ecently becn covered with & heary coat of com- ion aud gravel on top of tho tin. This kes the most thoroughly fire-proof covering tcanbe put on to a wood construction. Grom my observation, tho Fifth Aveuue is tho Jost thoroughly built botel of any in this coun- of its nga. It scems to have been well pro- €A with water stand-pipes and hose connec- Hons, and force-pumps reads o operate. Al of hich was brought into immediato requisition “efore a goneral slurm, The mansgement of the ‘oroprietors in preventing an alsrm which should Produco o panic among the gucsts was Tost commenduble. Everything seemed to aes off eystematicnlly. Even the wife of ono of our citizens, who has been very ill and une- tle to leave her room in tho hotel for soveral moats past, 1 vsa told by her husband, the'day Deforo the fire, that sho was improving, but very weak and mervous. Things were managed &0 Edmirably that ehe wes kept sufliciently quiet to 3 not leavo her room. None of - the guests of the houso were injured in per- con, but somo few decidedly fri htencd. T ‘was informed by Mr. Rice, who was present throughout the fire, that as 1o the story that fnere was no adequato alarm given, the City De- ariment had o hose up through the building fore AMr. Darling, ono of the propriotors, could be summoned from his _private reeidence just adjoining. Ar. Griswold was on tho spot nd had paesed over the stairs where tho fire oc- curred twico within thirty minutes. The guests were called threetimes byas many mesgengerscent euccessively o every room in the house. Even Tiad not the Fire Department been prompt,—and 3r. Rice saya there were four epgines on the €pot Lefore Lie couid dross,—tho fire department of the house was competent and thoroughly or- ized, and made the first attack on the fire, ccping it to the place where it broke out. Gritwold was mnong the forumost and most ac- £ivo in this matter. As to the unfortunate girls, <he fact that their bodies were found on the mat- %resees ghows that they were sutfocated by the rush of emoke. ‘The effecliveness of the doaf- ening of thefloors of tho Fifth Avenue was shown by the fact that the great flood of wator thrown by eleven steamers into the upper etory, only slowly penetrated tho floors below. Mr. Rice's room in the second story, directly under tLe fire, was not invaded by tho water for two houre 2nd a haif. Now & word sbout points to bo guarded in modern construction of hotels, to provent n epread of fire boyond the sectional wi lls within “which it first takes, In theso times of preat fires, wo should lean not to construct any elevator shefts of wood, or allow them to bo cased up with wood. Wo should not allow sieam. gas, and water pipes to bo carried up in Tood boxes or partitions from cellar to attic.in one straight line. All thero should be in brick oncasemonts. It isnot & gaod plan to bave ser- vice gtairways caried up in one con- tinnous line from cellar to attic. Thers chowld mot bo allowed any continuous Ssod partitiors or wall furrings from story to story witbout brick filling at the inter- section of all tho floors. There should be girders 2nd beam filling between the joists at the cross- il intersections of all floors. Also from ceil- iags to_ roof, which, together with thoroughly Geafening 2l ihe ficors throughout the building, and the system of stand-pipes and hoso connec- ] tions in several places on cach floor, fogether with ample reservoirs = and force-pumps, fire should not be a allowed to get out of the room or section firsk Giscovered in. The modern application of automatic fire-alarm telegraph should be applied %o every room in a botel, with signals at the office which operate st any degrce of lest re- quired, sud give positive andcontinued alarm From the room until the fire is subducd. With this spplication, no part or_compertment of the house can get on fire without instant notice of the same at the office. _ All“stairways and corri- dors should be amplo, direct, and simple, leaving Do portion of the building ‘without more an one way of escape in cazo of an alarm. All of these modern improvements have been care- Tully studied and spplied in constructing the Grand Pacific Hotel, Sherman House, and other otels under my supervision. In the Pecifle wo have sbont 40 places for attechiug hose of & Jerge sizo, and plenty of stesm foroe-pumps and reservoir power to supply thom. In tho Sherman there is somothing Taoro than Llf vumber of places, with swple power, together with positive _fire-proof comstruction for all oxtra-hazardous places where firo or super-heated steam pipes can be used. These matters ara of greatimportance for tho travelling ublic to understand, now whilst this country at arge is thoroughly aroused to the subject of oxtensive fires in largo citios. The recont great firo in Boston ks demon- strated that it js mot altogother tho so-called frail-built wooden citics that are the only ones that aro subject to general destruction by fire. o be sure. w0 had & good many {rame buildings in the portion of our city that burned but with all the substantial buildings that Boston was supposed to contain in that particu~ Iar section burned, therowasnots sirslo in- stance where tho walls stood as well as_thoso of our formar Pacific Hotel, snd many other nota- Ule instances in our city, whoro the salls have Deen largely used in rebuilding. _Tha areatness of the Boston buildings consisted - inly in their itaposing granite fronts. Their aivislou walls were much lighter than our former modorn buildings. I obscrved very maay walls whero thero wero _five-story buildings with only 12- inch brick walls down to b collr bottom, whilst 16-inch dolae artition walls _wero the thickest. n these particulars I was very much surprised, 1 have no doubt that in recofixmnung nrféy Wi build » hundred por cent better walla. We aro adding about fifty per cent to the former con- struction, which is sbout equal to theirs with the Dbundrod dded. To demonstrate this fact, I Bave plenty of photographs taken fron: tho ruins of both places immedintely after the fircs, which speak the truth as thoy were desoletely sxposed to the storeoscopic viow. I might say much more in regard to the safety of our menner of construction n what is torned the fire limits, ea compared to Doston and New York City. I faw buildings in both citics in process of construction, which would_be hooted at hero as extra and oxtraordinsrily hazardous. For instancs, in New York, up town they sre Duilding tebornaclo in smphitheatre form for Rev. Mr. Hopworth, which, in tho main, i< & baloon_frame covered with falvanized iron fr3m ground to turret and dome. To be sure, they hivo some very strong brick piers built up and a rexr wall to support. tho jmmense timber trusses of the roof. With fhie I have esid suflivient to shuw that we aro rebuilding our city much better thun any Eastern city. Still, thereisopportunitytoin.- prove our firo ordinaues, which should bo done, WL W. BoYINGTON. Cmicaco, Dec, 29, 1672 RAILROAD NEWS, NEW ROUTE TO PEORIA. e understand that the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railrord Company are compicting ar- rangements for ranning s through line between this city and Peoris, via tho Chicago, Pekin & Southrwestern Railroed, mow in operation to Pekin. The now lino will cross the Illinoia Rivor at Peoris, and run to Pekin over tho Peoria & Springfield Road. Thence it will fol- low the general line of e Chicago, Pokin & Southwestern Road, passing through Washing- ton, Groveland, Morton, Bureks, to Streator, where it will strike tho Fox River branch of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Road, over which itwillran to Aurora, and from there to Chi- cago, over the main line of the C., B. & Q. The diftanco to Peoria over this route is said to be but fow miles greater than by the Buresu Val- ley and Chicsgo, Rock Island & Pacific route. The nes line will probably bo opened the middlo of next month. DON'T WANT TO INCREASE. The President of one of the prominent railway Tines of th city, recontly received a notice from the Sccretary of the Board of Warehouso and TRailway Commissioners, informing him that bis Tond must bereaftor chargo 53¢ conts per mile in pussenger trafiic. This privilege would have Tory much gratified the President and othors in- ferasted in the road, bad it been possible for them to havo used it. But, unfortunately, vari- e cirownstances had led them to ostablich 81 centa per milo iz passonger traflic o their road, and tho rate could not bo changed. The Presi- Qent hes irformed tho honorablo Board of tho condition of things, and has askod that his Com- pany bo allowed to retnin tho old rato, 8¢ conts Por milo, rather than to increnso it to 5] per milo. INJUNCTION DISSOLVED. Tho injunction issued &b the instanco of 3r. Cailo Macon, restrainiog the Chicsgo, Colum- bus & Indiend Central Railway Company from lnying their tracks across bis property, fronting on Carroll street, and from occupying that streot, was dissolved yostordey morning by Judge Farwell. The petitioner moved for an a] poal, and offorod to_ give all bonds rwyquired, Which Judge Farwell, however, deniod. Thig affords the railwsy company the ‘much-desired opportunity of laying thir tracks ovor tho prop- orty dezcribed, whioh thoy will doubtless spoed- fly improve, and leaves Mr. Mason tho alterna- {ive of taking the metter into tho Courts to have it edjudicated upon its merits. NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILROAD. . A bill has been recently introduced into the ‘Houso of Bisfeaentutives ot Washington, Ly Genoral Averill, to charter the Northern Central Railrond. The bill contemplstes the construc- tion of a road from a junction with the North- ern Pacific, at somo point west of range 34, in a southwesterly direction, via Otter Tail Lake and Torgus Talls, through’ Dakotn, to & junction Withs the Union or Central Pacific, at somo point Detween the 105th and 113th meridian. The firet meeting of the incorporators is tobe held in Miunespolis some time soon. Thirty-five mill- ions, in §100 shares, have been already provided for. 'Work is to be commenced within two years, and not less than t\\'snti ‘miles per year is to be built thereafter, and tke entire road must be comploted as early as July 4, 1890 PERSONAL. < Mr. Webster Seymour has boen appointed Su- porintendont of tho Lower Division of tho Tlli- Pois Central Railway, with headquarters at Cen- tralia. AMr. Seymour has becn connected with the Company for many_years, and has been pro- rnoted from the least important positions to one of much responsibility. H. B. Lodyard, Eeq., has beon appointed As- sistant Superintendont of the Chicago, Burling- fon& Quincy Railroad, with ofiice in Chicago. The appointment has met with the heartiost ap- proval of tliose intorested in the road. —_—e———— ASPHYXIATED. A young man by tho pame of Jchn Ballance, +who has been in the employ of E. Haskin, Exq., of Evauston, for the last year or moro, before retiring on Saturday night, took into his room & Kettl of coko, which had been kept in tho celiar uring the cold weather to thaw out the water &nd gas pipes, snd not knowing what disastrous 1 result it would have, closed his door snd fell asleep, with the firc still burning. On Sunday morniag Mr. Haskin noticed thot ¢ Jobn” did ot got up to do hie work as usual, and went to This room to accertain what tho reason was, 1o found tho door locked, and upon forcing it open eaw that tho room was completely filled with tho gas wnd emoko which _the burning carbon Liad gonerated during tho night, and £he poor unfortunato man was laving on his bed in & kuffocated and dring coudition, Drs. Davis and Jowell were called upon to mid in Testoring the man to conscioueness, but their O ota eoro all in vain, for his blood had becomo £0 filled with poisonous gas which ho had been inbaling during the entire night, that it was im- possibls to revive him again. His brother, who P eides in Chicago, waa sent for, and was with Him when ho died, which was at half-past 12 on Mondsy morning. aftor having passcd tho en- tire day and night of Sunday in apparently tho most intenso sulfering, Ho wasa_faithful and hard-working man, and will bo much missed not only by his employer but by all who kuew him. RELEASING PRISONERS. The Judiciary Committes of the Common Council yesterday sgreed to report recommend- ing the passage of an ordinanco governing tho question of relensing prisoners st the polico stations cn bail bonds or epecial deposits of money. The ordinance, as recommended, pro- vides that prisoners may be roleased upon o bail bond with good and sufiicient _surety, or, in the gbeence of this, the prisoner may deposit with the Police Captiin or Sergeant &n_smount of ‘Tmoney aqual to tho maximum fine which may bo imposed for tho offenco committed, provided that the prisoner shall exccuto and sign & writ- ten agreoment, suthorizing tho officor making {he arrest to plead guilty for him at the exam- ination in tho Polico Court, in cage of his fail- Qre to appear in person, and also that in such 2ase the full amount doposited shall be forfeited %o the City Treasury. Itis probablo, howorver, that the ordinance will be amonded by striking ont the clause rolating to bail bonds, ‘as Mayor Medill has ascertained that, under a decision” of the Supreme_Coust, the amount of tho Lond cannot bo coilectod unloss the prisoner Was rog- ularly arrested on o warran Pdons e —The Missisquoi Valley Hotol at Sheldon, Vt., o well known 88 near the Missisquoi and Shel- OUR LAKE MARINE. A Review of the Year 1872---What Lake Commerce Has Done for Chicago. The Past Scason of Navigation a Prose yereus One for Vessel Qwners, Suggestions for Shippers and Others Inter- ested in the Development of the Norihwest. _ Tous, hero in Chicago, our lske marine has interesting suggestions and reminiscences. It turne our thoughts back many years, to the timo when Chicago was a hamlet, when our now commodions harbor was 3 emall stresm, and at its mouth could be epenned almost with & step or two, to cross it. Lale commerce firet turned the emigrant towards it, and lako commerce, coupled with our great net-work of railronds, has been the chicf aid to bring our city forward to making it primarily the greatest produce mar- ket of tho world. And so overy one living here is interested in the prosperity of the commerco of Chicsgo and the Great Lakes, and, for that Teason we may ask, What is tho present status? Has it paid the present yeer? and What are its prospects for the future ? and in enswering these inquiries, let us tako & rotrospective view of the past and present listory of the commerceof the Great Lalkes. Before the advent of the great grain trade of the West to tho East, stcamers and vessels were scarce and few, employed principally in moving omigrants with their effects, and the transporb of food and merchandiso from the Eestto feed and supply their wenta, About 1840 the whole thing was changed, by small beginning first, to tho present great proportions of enormous trade. Veseels have changed in size and build, from the small eraft of 100, up to 2,000 or more tons, and again, during that tiwe, the railwaya have o rovolutionized things that the besutiful ride wheel steamers (that years ago mado tho trip ncross the lakes 80 cnjoyablo and plensant) have been driven by the railroads belting both sides of the lakes away, and out of trade. Somo of the cngines of theso have been teken outand are driving stesmers now navigating tho rivers in China, somo are now in steamers on the At- lantic, and wo have in lien of the side-wheelors tho largo fino propellors used mostly for the carrying of produce and goods; and with the march of time, new trafic was opened for the employment of lako commerce, that was once only used for direct produco and merchendise trade. The great iron and copper trado of Lake Superior, made available for commerce by the St. Mary's Canal, tho building of large cities making the great lumber trade a matter of so ‘much importance to commerco ; and theoil and stono trade, all help to change tho very naturo of tho original commerce of tho lskes. And again, the immenso facilities offered by increas- ed railroad lines, stretching now from ocean to ocean, hias mado the commerce of the lakes quite o different thing from what it was years &go in its early and continucd development. And yet it hs lost none of its influence or in- terest, 28 it has, to-day, more to do with tho ma- terial prosperity of all tho dellers around tho shores of tho great lakes than ever. It has had its ups and downs, many supposing;at times of depression, that it had reached it cilminat- ing point, and then with o bound, and taking meny by sarprise, it hes sprung back with in- creased vigor and action. The year just closed i8 one of those cases, For a few previous years, on an averago, no money had been made by ves- scls, for various reasons snd from various causes. Combinations of produce dealers, locking up largo amounts of grain for speculativo purposes in elovators and warehouses, when it should have been moved forward to market as it came into the lako port for shipment ; tho opening of new routes ond lines of railroads; buliaing of oo much tonnago, and various combinations of & Lindred character, have tended to produce pros- perity and sdversity, alternating with our lake ‘commercial marine. ‘But takoe it all in all, those who have followed it various fortunes, as ownors of vessels, through all these changes, have, on the average, Imado money from the trade, and probably more wealth has been made and Selained, in the hands of vessel-owners than from any other brauch of the business, if we except elovators. Bteam ropellers for carrying, and_clevators for hand- o grain for commercial purposes both, had their origin upon the great lakes, created a8 it ero hore to meet tho wants of our great snd owing commerce. The yoar 1872, now closing, 58 been one of great proaperity for vessol-own= ers. Grain and produce, 08 it came into tho Iake ports, hias been shipped forward to market 18 it came in from the interior country, snd it has impsrted a healthy, vigorous tone £o all con- nected with it 3 and it 18 to be boped this system will be allowed to continue, for it is the ‘great Dar to prosperity to hold by the producer, or at intermediato ports of shipment along & route of trado, grain and produco. It invarably makes great lomses to concerned, —loss to the producer, tho banker who advances tho monoy to buy and move it, and to the carrier or vossol-owner, because it is all based on an unnatural and ficti tious valuo, and it 1o better to sell and movo the products when Tipo and resdy for markot, for market value. It Joaves more money in hand on the averago, and it is healthier and better for all concerned. The yoar 1872 will, on investigation, fally demon- strate this fact. The vessel trado has taken new impulso and profit from it, and tho merchant re- ceiving and handling tho produce is bottor off this yoar than for tomo time past. Many new vessols aro in process of coustruction,—nob more than are_nceded,—for wo predict that tho ants of inland trade and commorce, if allowed o Bow naturally, will requiro all the facilitics b can furnisk of rail_and water transportation. Tho yoar just closed has boon quite s Tomarka: ble ono, ot only hore upon tho lnkes, but all over the world. While a portion of the time tho Svather has been mild and pieasant, at other limes it has been very tempostuous and nnnsv::miv; stormy ; ave great and sudden ales provailed; tho losses of fo and property have been largo; tho old worn- out vessels fitted out us barges have been prolific of 1oss to both life and property, and the good, fiont, staunch vessels have not been esempt, many fino craft heving foundered, drowning hinlo crews, from the sudden nod violent gales thet have provailed. All these things Lavo their tenchings, to avoid in many casos a Tepetition of them. W should study and proflt by tho wotk and deductions of the past, All craff, upoa tbe Stability of which humsn lifo depends, sbould bo of the best in construction and equipment in evory respect; all others elkould bo discarded and drivon out of the trade. By public opinion and the want of employment it is in tho ‘power of tho community to at once correct all the evils rosulting in loss of life and property from theso causes, and it is_their duty to do ‘so, and the public’ press_of tho country, by constantly Galling attention to tho crrors of tho past, can Correct them, and in tho Interests of humanity they showd do so. The water of tho lakes and rivers has been for somo timo at & 1w stage, causing, this year, groat losses of roperty. ' Vessels aro built too deop and to Trens too much water ; this should bo avoided in tho future, for tho greater cconomy of handling vescels in all things connected with them, the cater the profit or wealth reccived from them forall concornad, for, all lossca that can bo avoided from known couscs and forethought, fho savings becomo ar addition to_the world's Wealth. While many owners of vessels hero upon the Iakes keop them well up in repairs and appointments, good sails and good rigsing (and theso are the owners that make the most money from them), other owners run_their vessels too close, with 01d sails, etc,.—a false cconomy, and thoso aro tho ownors that got tho least from {hoir vessels in net carnings, for o good vessol ja well worth_taking caro of, snd & poor vessol people had better be witiont. Last and this Joar tho season of navigation closed sud- donly. Estremo cold weather, accompanied \Vith severo snow storms, came very early during November; cach year vessels wore frozen up at northern points, and about the 18th or 1ith of November this year there was o very heavy gnow storm, chilling the wator, and there was But littlo good weather for navigating after- wards, for the cold was g0 intenso, and tho storms go_froquent, vessels had to soels shelter most of tho time, while many valusble lives and much property was lost resulting from the exposure. Would it not bo much better to do $ho carrying trado by water in o shorter space don lgflngs, was burned, Tnesdsy morning ; loss £10,000. of tima and have sll vesscls lay upin safo har- whioh was recently bors earlier ? Tho year proper for Isko naviga- tion is from April 1"to Nov. 80. Often in April wohavo hed storms, and _generally during all of November, perticularly tho latter part of it, wo have storms, s wo had last and this year. Itis fenorally during thoso tvo months, April and ovember, that tho greatest avorage loss of hu- an life occurs, becsuso if vessels get ashore or founder, thegrateris go cold and chilled that men cannot stand exposure long. Is there not a toaching in this? Wonld it not be economy and a eaving of life and property to have all owners of water-creft, and particularly sail vessels, to arrange to havo them all in_port and moored for the winter on Nov. 307 The high wages paid sailors, tho dotention of waiting for weather, and a chance to move from plices of shelter, the wear and fear of everything connected with & sail veesel in this unnatural ight with the ele- ments, all costs, in & peouniary sense, moro money to the owners, on an sverago, than they get from tho earnings, and when it is added to that, the %:eut risk and loss of human life and property that follows, in one shape or another, is it not in the interest of vetsel-owners to com- bina together and iy up all vegsels as early, b loast, 18 Nov. 80 each year, and they would save lifo ond money to make it as early s Nov. 20. No money was ever made, on the saverage, by running themlater. Tho Joss of lifo 'and properfy is about the samo 8 (an average) for the past three or four years. Some statisticians roaks it larger we think than it really is; at all eventsit is enough, and can bo Fory Tuch reduced in the future if we will only il apply ourselves to profit by the ex- perionco of the past and avoid 1its errors, e look forward to tho future >f lnke commerce with great hopo; the now impetus it has re- ceived from the past year'sbusiness has pro- jected new vessels, and there are now building ut differont leke, ports enougl to more than sup ply those lost during tho curient yesr, some- thing over 130 or 140, and mar; or most of them Inrgo onas, being undor progress of construc tion at diffeyent points, which will add sbout 70,000 or 71,000 tons of new ebipping. ie climatology of the conntry has beon well furnished each dsy during the year by tho ad- ‘mirable Signal Service Bureaa, through the daily papers. We cannot well ap] reciate or gpeak in high enough terms of approbation of tho great gorvice this system has to the nevi~ gating intereats of tho nkes. If properly observed by masters and owners, or if proper attention is paidto the daily news- paper reports, and to the signal stations, by those interested in commerce and navigation, and scted on, the lossof valusble lives aud property may b ayoided. - It is to be hoped that efforts will bo made to still farther extend the sphere of its nsofulness. Our commercial interests are £0 interwoven with that of our Csnedian brethren across the border, that it wounld aid ussll to have gignal stations at each end of the Welland Capal, and along the whole length of the Canadian shores, at all important lake and river ports, and we hope that by an internctional counection tbis ca be done prior to the opering of navigation for 1873. If the peopls living around the shoros of the grest lakoes aro elive to their true inter- ests, and will lond their sid to promote and push forward the natural advantages Wo possess to etill further develop the great resources of fhe Northwest naturally trioutary to us, by & united ghowlder to shouldor offort, sinking all sectiorAl feoling and sectional rivalry into a common interest for tke zood of the whole, lacing theirwork on a substantial basis, avoid- ng fictitious s;;em.ir_tinns, Tctling on what they bavo not got ; Jaying asido the errors of the past from this time forward, wwealth and roal pro: working together of therais no end to the ity to bo attained by the the railronds, the steam- ors, and sail vossels around and upon our great Northwestern lakes, and tributary rivers. Yt is all in its infancy, and there sre thoso now living Who will see in & few yoars the whole thing,— cities and towns, railroads, steamers, and ves- gels doubled and trebled from its progressive ‘prosperity. VESSEL-OWNER. THE LAW COURTS. NOTES OF INTEREST. A very important, slthongh brief, reilroad decision, was delivered by Judge Farwell, yester- day, in the canse, Mason v. The Chicago, Colum- bus & Indiana Central Railroad Company for & porpetusal injunction restraining the use of Car- ol street, between Clinton and Canal streets. The case may be thus stated: The railroad in question, together with the Chicago, Dunville & Vincennes Railroad, the Chicago, Milwaukeo & 8t. Paul Railroad, and tho Pittsburgh, Cincin- nati and St. Lonis Railroad, are constructing & line by which they can come into the city from & common junction, by way of Carroll sircet to Capal strent, apd thenca hy 1o trucha alreads laid, to tho dopot on DMadison streot commonly known as the Pittsburgh & Forb Wayne dopot. To effect this, tho Company, through its solicitor, Mr. Walker, has already exponded upwards of $300,000 in_tho purchase outright of lands on the West Bide. They de- sire to erect on Carroll street a way depot. The tonants of the Company, on_Carroll street, who ato the plaintiffs in this suit, whilst ocoupying one part of_tho strect us tonants of the Com- pany, axe also holders of property at the corner of Canal streot, and thoy bold that by the pro- posod linothsir property will be blocked up and rendered useless. In the ment their counsol relied on last ordinance, tho Eminent Domain act, where it was provided, according to their read- ing, that & railwoy company using any stroet shonld be considersd bound, by the act of use, to pay the same dsmages 8s though they hed formally condemned all the property on it and taken it for thoir purposes. His Honor was of opinion that recont decisions of the Supremo Court had settled that there is no damage in the uso of n strest granted by ordinance of the city Buthorities, and on that ground he dissolved the temporary injunction restraining the Company from tho use of Carroll street, botween Clinton and Conal strects. Counsel for the com- lninonts then prayed for an _sppeal ond, it having been & practico in theso courts for somo time to_grant appeals, and osan sppeal bolds & temporary injunction in forco until the decision of the higher Court thereor (a8 in the case of Otto Peltzer, whero the bill for perg:mn.l injunction was dismissed, but an appeal being granted the temporary in- Junction already issuod remained,) the decision of the Judge on this point was looked for with o littlo uncertainty. His Honor spoke but o Jow words, declining to grant an sppeal, con- sidering the Sugxanm Court decisions 8o conclu- sivo that any other courso is not neceseary, there being no doubt whatovor as to the propricty of tho dismiesal of the bill. The railroad will now bo at onco proceedcd with, Had the temporary injunction not been obtained, the connection Wit tho Madison strect depot Wwould have been comploted by Now Year's Day. Messra. Burton Brothers & Co., of Erie, Pa., suo Becjomin Holbrook, conl merchant, of this Gity, in assumpsit, for $100,000, being on n con- tractto ship the wholeof tho plaintiff's anthracite conl to the defendant, the valuo to be caleulated o the Buffalo prico Lists aud freight lists, and the dofendant to receive §1.50 per ton on all conl sold ont of his dock, paying out of that commission the coat of scroaning, docking, and delivering, and charging sgainst tho cosl de- Jivored, lake freights, hoisting, and such like charges, keeping proper books of nccount, and making advance, payments, proportionsta to tho tgumity shipped snd current prices. Plaintiffa charge that tho defondant hes failed in his part of the contract, and claim, as a matter of form, 08 "o wholo smount_sliipped, namely, 8,000 fons, or £100,000. Besides fhe commission named, defendant was entitled to 50 per cont on ihe net proceeds. J. V. Hedenberg anawers to tho bill of J. F. Nichols and N. T. Fitch, for dissolution of part- nership, that the ‘books show thero has been no profit; but he does not admit that no profit canboe made, and he is willing that an_account bo taken 20d fho partnership equitably dissolved. Ho aluo filog & cross-bill, in which ho goos into tho fransactions of tho firm, showing tho blame, if a0y, of matters not going quite 8o plossantly as arfios wonld have desired, wasnot altogether istributable a8 the original bill might lead one to suppose. Argument took place before Jadge Drummond, Josteiag, o the demurrer contained in part of . Perkin's reply to the revisory lyetitian of creditors praying for_his removal.~ The ground taken by Mr. Smith, for the demurrer, was that {he revisory petition introduced new cause, that is to say, matter mot included in the former petitions, & proceeding which it was not com- petent for the petitioners to take, Mr. Coopor Gustained the validity of the revisory petition, and after brief srguments, His Honor took the matter under advisement. Ta the Cheney case, Judge Williamhs yesterdsy delivercd his decision on _tho points argued by both sides, on the exceptions to the auswer to the bill, and to the report of the Master of ox- coptions. Theso exceptions, and the contents of the Maater's roport referred to, were pub- lished in this column at the time of argument. Fis Honor disallowed oxceptions 8, 10, and 12, &nd allowed tho others. In the suit, Wentworth v. the Town of I;yons, ‘summarized in_this column, ed motlon was yesterdsy made to Junotion, dissolve the in- His Honor, Judge Williams, before whom the motion was argued, denied the mo- tion, a8 woll as_a motion to set asido tho order herctofore made dismissing tho wuit as to cer- tain other defendants. Tho famous rogue * Tip™ Farrcll was yester- aay tho causo of s little’ law_srgument in the Criminal Court. Mis bail, Benjamin M. Mann end Thomas Jf. Thompson, demurred fo the Socire facias in this case, but Judge Rogers over- Tuled the demurrer, giving leavo to filo pleas in- stanter, which was done. Thomas Sollitt brings suit in the Circuit Court against the People’s Omnibus and Baggage Com- piuy for 20,000 damagos for injuries elleged to ave been Teceivod by tho plaintiff, on the 12th of October last, by bing_kuocked down by one of the defendants' omuibuses, at the corner of State and Adams stroets. Ames, Sherman & Co., petition for tho bank- ruptey of John Sims, ciaiming as creditor on an unpaid note of $198.36, and on the debtor hav- ing allowed his goods to bo attached by writ of Justico Seull, st the euit of William Nillan, for 3 Charles G, Ubsller was arrested under a capias ad. res., and lodged in tha County Jail by Johu S. Ranney, Jas. 3L Hopkins, and Richard M. Higgins, on the 2Ist inst.,, on the euit of the fattor two porsons, and now sues ilem for dam- ages, $25,000, for causeless imprisoument. Shortcomings in the bankruptey report, and the non-publication of o petition in the matter of tho Republican Insurance Company, must be overlooked by the indulgent reader, the man left in charge of tho Court having turned out ihe gas a8 the Teparter was at work. Thomas 8. Dobdins brings suit of ¢jectment sgainst Francis 0'Connor from the north one- third of Lot 8, in tho east one-half of Block 17, South Branch Addition ; demages, $500. r. Hogh T. Birch, formerly -of Harvey, An- thony & Gouli's office, was yesterday insfalled as clork to State Attorney Reed. Tho Crimina} Court Grand Jury was sworn in yezterday, Reaben Tuylor, foreman. ATTCRNEYS' RECORD. CHANCERY. TRE Cmcorr COUBT—{Furuclh J)—G. N. 5158— Mason et al. v, C., C. & I C. Tt W3 on hearing motion to dicmies injunction upon bill andafidavits, and hear- ing of counsel, resolved that the injunction be dis- 2olved ; complainant prays an appeal, cnd offers Loud ; prayer denicd. (Witliams, J)— -Sullivan. El- Hicken et al.; referenco to Butler, 659—Seates v, Clnrke et al.; dismisred, portics paying thelr own coste, 735— James v. Mary Jane Gouldon; personal service and Qofault: . couso set Zor Friday. 602—Elyira v. Jeris Holm; service by publication and defanlt, 711—Farrar v. Payne; time for answering cross-bill further extended for 10 _dsys. 437—Calking et al. v. Cheney; exceptions 8, 10, and 12, toanswer, by com- plainsnt, disallowed, and other exceptions’ allowed. BTs—Wentworth v. Town of Lyons; motion to di:~ #olvo injunction and to set aside order dismiseing snit as to certain dcfendants. ‘TaE Surcmion Count—(Gary, J.)—843—Dasis v, Stackpolo; time to make deed estende.! 10 daye. 1,04 —Boyer v, Halligan et al; Ira Scott to mukoe certaln docda, EGIa—Higgine v, Fay et al.; files to bo rostored by fifst day of March term. 1,028s—Munson Y. Princeton Loan & Trust Co.; leave to complainant to filo copy of record from Supreme Court, 633—Mana v, Mann; refercnce chiazged to Magruder. 470—Mose: y. Brrokman; Get for March 28, 1,039—Robb v. Goodenow ; ordered alins summons, —Rolrer Y. Wallbaum } leave to flo petition, snd ordered sum- mons. CONIMON TAV. Tue Cmcorr Count—(Booth, J)—2,005—Greene- ‘baum v. Reynolds ; bail to bo increased to $1,500 by Saturdsy. —Smith v, Younglove Architectaral Iron Compaty ; motion to dismiss uppeal for want of suf- Scient bond. _1,692—Chicago Composition Granite y ¥, Eubl; demurrer averruled; 50 days to plead, 2,304—Stein v. Commoreiel Insur- snce Company; defsult of $1,582.50, 533— Paldwin v. Lambeko ; caso redocketod. 1,692—Clicago Composition snd Grenito Company v. Eahl; de- foult of Georgo Kahl and Louls Cobn, 2031—Drako v, Edwards and ~Brinkerhoff ; Hlme to filo bond oxtended until Saturday, 833—Young 3. Fitzgerald ; new trial granted. 2,758—Bulkley . Davis ; additionsl security to be filed, in $350, by Saturdsy. 901—Federlin v, Excell; demurrer sus- | tained and leavs to amend narr, in five days. 1,52T— ‘Stabbings ; dismissed by verbal stipula- prims v. Hatrison ; motion to reinsteto Qaied, and excoptions, appeal bond 250, and bill of ‘excoptions, 900—Field v. Frory; judgment agoinst First National Bank, &s o on their answer for $200. FRODATE, Tar Cousty Counr—(Waliace, J)—Owen Hani fan; admitistration to widow ; boud $12,000 spproved. ‘Annia Marip Gilbrsuson, minor ; order 0 poy board to thie guardian of E. D. Skyclsorg, Thomas Hoey, minot ; citation to Patrick Walsh, guardian, to restoro files, returnable Jan. 8. Wilham B. Sinclair ; admin- Ietantion fo J, Ramecy Flood, o creditor; bond of $£4,000 spproved. Percy W, Barmer, minor, et ol ‘rder on P, W, Gates, lato guardian; drder to restoro Dles, returnablo in 10 doys, Frank A. Mortin, minor § Bale’ of real estate by guardisn spproved, unless objections are fled by the coming in of Court to-das. Aiina Brown et al,, minors ; same order. JamesIL ‘Akhvuret ; relinquishment of Widow; ndministration to Jus.H. Akburst and Darins R, Mead ; bond of 330,000 apoveved. Anna Maria Gulbrauson, miuor; guar- Mg account avuroved. E i 3 'y accomnt svuael Edwerd B, DUV DB Fakibash ; Bame order to oxocutrix. Christian Robert- #on ; same to _exccutor. Dathew Enowles ; admini- Seration to widow 3 bond of $2,000 spproved. - Mollio Morris ; inventory and appraisement approved. NEW 5UITS, T Userren S1aTes Crmourr Counz—Benton Bros. & Co. v Ben. Holbrook ; assumpsit $100,000, THE GrRourT CounT.—5,335—Adam C. Leech v. Jas. Ingrahom and Mary Ingrahsm; petition for o me- chonic's lien on o marble-front dwelling on_the east £1d6 of Vernon avenue, about 300 _foet south of Doug- Jas Park. 6,336—Edward Fox for use of Jas. C. Hooker and Alonzo Stocle v. Merritt E. Bradley ; as- 500, 5,337—Creager v. Secthoff; sppeal. Dobbins v. Francis O'Connor ; eject- 5,340—Chas. G, Ubeller v, Jobn B. Ran- ey, Jas, M. Hopkins, ond Richard I, Higgine; cise, 5,000, 5,31—R. Fowlor & Co. v. Fruucls Crock- ott , assumpait, $500. 5,342—3artin O, Walkor v, Unit- od btates Express Co. and Hr. Kip: petition for mo- chanic's lien on the defendants’ new building for brick valued st $510. 0,243—Thomaus Sollitt v. People's Omnibus and Luggago Compony ; case $20,- 000" 5,244 Eugene Bartololy sud Edward Huther v, Heniry' Deverman snd John P. Thomn; roplevin, $500. Tie SurEnion Count.—41,845—Georgo Bradley v, Oliver B, Ssusum ct al; potition for_mechanic’s Jen on Lot 25, Block 2, Lyon, Gilbert & Woodford’s Addi- tion to Evanston. ' 41,847—Charles Hilcher v. Willlam Erbe; mechanids licn on Lot 95, Block 27, in Section 5, Township 8. A41,848—Corr:gon v. Cronin; sp- KEW DANERUPT. 2,172—John Sime; on the petition of Ames, Sher- man & Co. ¢ Ned Buw B i1:e’s 7 Arrest 0t St. Louis. From the St. Louis T') Dee. Tt looks now verymuch as if Ned Buntline had Bimself to thri.k £or his ceromonious srrest snd incarcorativa_in Judgo Primm's chambers, on Thursdsy. Itis seid that several nights ago, aftor the conclusion of tho entertainment at the Grand Opers. House, severnl prominent gentle- men dropped into the Southern patlors, snd talked over old times_with the novelist. 1tis aluo sgid that Colonel Georgo Knupp, Captain Daniel G. Taylor, and Captain_Ford, of the Southern, engaged in the reminiscence-raising. Finally thoy ceme to_tho riots of 52, and the battlei of tho First Ward woro fought ovor again on the parlor carpets of the hotel. ~Bome ono asked Buntline how ho came out of that scrape. “Oh 1" ho answered, * I forfeited my bonds and my bondsmen never puid up” O coursy this was o good joke, and tho langh went round. After the fenst of memory, Buntline’s remark a8 remombered nud repeated. A friond of Colonel Normile thought it might be & good thing for the yourg Circuit Attorney to mako his mark on, and put him on the scent of the cagse. That oficer consulted McGrath, the clerk, end tho latter, who knows all that is Sorth knowing in the pigeon-holes of the court, remembered the cascs_very well. Ho Lind ecen them several times beforo whilo looking over tho records, and bunted up the papers, Coloncl Normilo said it wouldn't do any harm to got out & capias and seo whether there was snything in it. ‘This was the way it all came about. 5 il oo iy Two Men Frozen to Deatb. From the St. Paul Journal, Dec. 2. Colonel Wm. Hawley, Quartermaster United States Army, stationed at Fort Wadsworth, ar- rived in town yosterday from that place. The Colonel wasnine daysin coming through, and ex- perienced all tho rigors and hardships aitendant Tpon sovero cold weather. He set out on his Journey accompanicd by a_teamster, two Indian gcouts, and a servant. The morcury ranged from 26 to 85 below, and on reaching Lake Toka it was found to be 40_below. Trwo of the party died on the road, and the romeinder were badly frozen. Colonel Hawley's hands and feet are Tow being thawed out at the Merchants’. He Togards his escaps from death by freezing as 08t miraculou: NEW PUBLICATIONS. The Christian Intelligencer. The Christian Intelligencer. CHURCHES wanting an ORGAN or COMMUNION SERVICE, Should sond for **Special” Circular. Auaong the regular Contributorsare: Rev. JOBN HALL, D. D., T. ADOLPHUSTROLLOPE, JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE, Rev. WM. ORMISTON, D. D., Rov. T. W. CmAMREDS, D.D., Prof. TATLER LEWIS, ad others. Terms $3.00 per Annum, In Advance. 6 New Church-gt., Now York. The Christian Intelligencer. The Christian Intellizencer. Second week of the greatest living Actress, MISS CHARLOTTE CUSHNAR, Who will appear oa Monday, Tacsday and Wednesday nights a3 1LADY MACBETE. MACBETH...... MR, MILNESLI Wednesday, New Year's Matinee. MISS CUSEMANT te character of ** SUSAN SIMP- ‘tho Comeds of Sirmpson. e CO., With Mr. McVickor, Mr. Levick, Mrs. Allea, Mrs, My- ersand Stopeall in the cast. "I'hursday, Friday and Soturday, and SATURDAY MATINEE, ‘Shakspenro's Historical play of ICK. Will appea 1n the o 55 55 Gatherine, Quocn of England. Cardinal Wolse ™. 13- Carringo L 70 your seats and come early. MINNIE MYRTLE MILLER. Tectere on “JDAQUIN MILLER, The Poet ond the Man.” AY EVENING, Jen?2, 157, at MICHIGAN. orIST CH av. and rc 13 cormer ) a TURDAY EVE S THUR! Jaa. 4, ¥ BARK CONGREGATIONALCHURCH, ton.st. and Asbland.av. 5, £ conts, Resorved Sea 1 for sais at Cobbl evenge, Mlle, ZOE i ~ight characters. Also hor terrific sword combo A0 15ko ‘stands wnrtvalled, aad which has $o6u roveived ith Tapturuus Appiaase atovery opresenta- s ©'s to,sco UNCLE TOM'S oy, PERA HOUSE. AONDAY and TUESDAY, Jan. 50 and 81, ninth aad ‘Leuth perforniances of THE LANCASHIRE LASS, ‘Which hias proven st .onso hit, thattho manage- 100t Fas be d to prodent it for WO MOFE NIGEHTS! Grand New Year Mai ce, A sur b doubleUill. An Jlegant Cc dy and a T Farou, Eloauny ol ‘ODAY, with JOHN DIL- W Yar's Jive: LON in a yreat puc: ATKEN'S THEATRS, TWabnsh-ar. aud Congross-st. Trery Evening, and Welnsstay and Saturday ‘Hatinegs, Dion Boueleault’s Great Drama, THE LONG STRIKE! With o FULL AND POVIPREUL OAST, Grand Matie nec, X ow Year's Afternoon, at 2. MYERY OPERA HOUSE. Aonroo-2t., botween Dearborn and State-sta. Arlngion, Cotion & Kembles Minstrel, A Hagpy Kow Yoar to All._A Monstor il for tho Holo Iage. ront St d Danco Artists, Mackin and R G T Trisls. A: tire chango of programme. NG VTFFEOE'B'?K:!}:': asxng?x:sofm Treckwill be givon o\ edardag Jossdad of Ssturdays o ey AN NEW YEAR'S MATINEE. ACADEMY OF MUSIO. SIX NIGHTS, NEW YEAR'S AND SATURDAY HATINEES. ENGAGEMENT OF Bobert McWade, Thio grentest natursl actor in his wondortul personation of RIP V.AN WINEKLE. NO ADVANCE IN PRICES. GLOBE_THEATRE. Monday Evening, Dre. 3, ovory night snd Wodnosday ‘and Saturday Matinees, . VL. <. Xy And his boys, Tho Genoral, Mastor Eddio and Littlo Dick. N TEON BROTITERS ‘Bobby_Newcomb, Slies Dora Dawson, Miss Lucy Acsms, Jomu b Eishor, Guyi Liaton, Allss rgxllua Sitt, and the omeds Compny; ia a now aud eboico bill, concluding i o 1o Drama oatitied HE 18 DICK TUR- GEORGE WILL GIVE A PARTY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHTS, At DOWNING'S OLD STAND, Bowmanville. Muslo by NEVANS' BAND. STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING. TNOTICH. ho agnual mooting cf tho stockholc xra of tho Fifth Natiooal Lunk of Cliiengo, for thd oluction of directors for tho onsutow ear, will be held at the offico of said bank, In Cileagd, on Tacsdsy, Jan. 14, 1673, between tho oursof 3and 3 Me _ 1SAAQ G. LOMBARD Cashier. Chicago, Dec, 10, 1813, Stockholders’ Meeting. meeting of tho Stockholders of the any will bo beld at the ofice of Tho reguler annual ZLako View Avenue Ce ‘said company Wodnesday, o'clock 8. . Dac. 80, 187, Stockholders’ Meeting. Tho regular annusl mecting of tho Stockholders of the e e ad Tron Miuing Company will bohold st it O aiior. 00 LaSallost., Ta tho cily of Chicago, oa Bintcsy, Wosin dgy of danmacy, 47 D 185 o'slock 3. T, T ANN BENZE, Scerctars. Doo. 10, 1873 Stockholders’ Meeting. Jar annuc] meoting of tho Stockholders of the 0 Land Company will bo hold at TaSailo-st., in tho cits of of January, A. D. BENZE, Secrotaiy. 80, Lagalle-st.. in tlo cizy of Chicago, on tho st dag of Januarg, & De 1853, it 10 S50 PL E KERFOOT, Scorstary. HOLIDAY CHROMO. Splondid Bolidey Chromo, MOTHER I8 OUT, Glsen to onch AT ATLANTIC & PACIFIO TF 3 3 Torenty3vcon | 2ustomes of thy GRE P OO S, Weer W at, ‘ashington-st. FAIRBANESY SIANDARD sSCALES OF ALL SIZES. o I'ATRBANKS, MORSE &GO €5 WEST WASHINGTON-ST. DR.C. BTGELOW NEIDENTIAL 1iy LCIAN, 464 State-st., Chicago. c?l‘ is Iln)“ k0o by all readers of tho pap that fig. 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