Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 3, 1874, Page 8

RAILROAD. NEWS. Important Mecting at the Pacific Hotel Yester- day. 7he Leading Western Lines Unito in ihoe Abolition of the Com- mission Systent Paper by J. M. Goodwin on the Pre- vention of Accidents at Rail- road Crossings. Mfiscellaneous Items. IMPORTANT RAILROAD MEETING. The commirsion and sealping systom which Jins beon o curgo and & drawback to the railronds jn the country seews to bo doomed at Inst. Tho railrond managers are in full carncst. Thoy tried to abolish tho system Inst winter, but thoy failod, becauso two of the Enstorn trunk linos, tho Erie aud Baltimore & Olio, tofused to sign the sgrdomont which had then boon signed by all the other reads in the comntry. Bat things have considorably changed siuco. The teunk lines, which then stood ont nnd defented tho cunsummation of n roform 8o neeeseary Lo tho welfare of tho rail- roads in this country, have mitco metat Now Youk City, together with the Now York Central and Pennsylvania Ralironds, and decided to AROLISIE TIE COMMISSION BYSTIX on their lines,regardless of what tho othor roads whould do. At tho Baratoga Convention thoy went still furchor, and tho comminsion systom on all the ronds enst of Chiengo wns abolished, and the tickets from all outside ofiices with- drawn. The managors of the nbove-named Now York ronds have sitico sent circulars to the man- agors of sl tho Western and Southwostern ronds roquesting them to join in this much-necded re- form. In complisnco with this requost tlo munagers of all the Westorn and Southwestern roedsmot nt the Grand Pacitle 1lolel, in this city, yoaterday morning at 10 o'clock, . _ _THELE WERE PRESENT tho ITon. T, D, Cox, of tho Toledo, Wabash & Western 3 W, R, Artbur, St. Louls, Kansas Ciu & Northern ; 'L B, Blackstone =ud J, O, McMul- Jin, Chicago & Alton; E. F. Flint, Clovoland, Columbus, Cincinnatl & Indianapolis; A, N. Giwyateo, Ohio & Mississippi; W. ‘T, Reynolds ond'J. 8. Day, Louisville, New Albsny & Chi- cavo; F. 11 Bhort, Cincinnati, Hamilton & D fon; Goorge H. Nottloton, Atchison, Topola Suntr Yo ; L. W. Towno, Hanuibat & St. Juseph A. Mitehioll, Illinols Contral; Chaclos Becolier, Springticld & Himois Soulheastorn; J. L. Simp- B, é‘ Louis, Vandalia & Torro Hauto; ltobort 1larris, Chicago, Burlmgton & Quincy; . W. Hmith, Indisnapolis, Bloomington & Westorn; ¥, M. Drake, Missotri, Towa & Nobraska; B, 8. enning, Missouri, Forb Scott & Gulf; G, R. Buchnngn, Quincy, Missouti & Pncifle; A, A, Talmago, ' Atlantie & I'acitlo; F. E, Hinckloy, Chicago & Paducal; Willinm Green, Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Minnesotn; B. D. Coopor, At- tantic &, Great Western; J. 13, Martin, Evans- ville & Crawfordswille; 1L L. Merrill, Cniro & Vincennes; W. II. Conger, Toledo, Toorin & Wursaw ; . Groy, 8t. Panl & Sioux City; L. Pourson, Chicago, Dauville & Vinconnes; B, ¥, Dlatthing, 'aris & Danville, 'he Hon, J. D. Cox was olected Chairman and 2r. J. H, Haymond Bocrotary, Tho sction of tho . Saratoga meeting,—the sbolition of com- missions for tiw salo of Eickets, aud tho fxing and maintepance of rafcs for passengers and freights, were thoroughly discusécd, and finally TUE FGLLOWING RESOLUTION was adopted : Resolved, That, 58 soon o the Commissioners for thio West, sppointed at Saratoga, shall put in operation roles and reguiations for abalishing commissions on passunger buwineus for tho maintenance of ratea on 1hio lines west of Clikenzo nnd_the Mistlasippl, wo will lieartily unito in & complete overthirow of the suld sys- tem of paying comminnious on pusscnger Luskiesy, lu the mainichaneo of rutus, and in tue other reforms which thie Commissloncns miy propose. Uho mocting thon adjourned until such time a8 the proper rules and regulations shull have boen dotormined upon by the Commigsioners, aud the Seevetary weu justructed to call another meeting at that timeo. TUE SCAVPERS, or the Genaral Hnilivuy aud ftoamubip Tickot Agents, as thoy stylo thomsolves, are grontly alarmed at tho nuited action lately taken by the managors of the various roads n this country for tho abolition of the tickot-commission sys- tem. ‘'o countoractand thwert tho action of the railrond managers, tuoy held a moeting st Now York City a short time ago, and rosolved that the; would neroafter soll tickots only over the New York Contral, Luke Shoro & Michigan Southern, and Chicaro & Ruck Island Ronds to the West, and the Noithwestorn Rond to the Northwest ; also, for tho Piedmont Air-Lino to tho Soutb, and to exclude ndvertisemonts of every description ex- copt for tho ronds namod. They also announco that 1o extra charge will be made (or ticket aund steoping-car acconimodations, making & slrong n,)]mal to the public for one yenr's Bupporl. Theso gcalpors cluim that their receipts last vear from this suuree alone amounted to over $2,000,~ 000, and, by throwing this large Influence in favor of o fow hnes, they expect to compel tho others to guceumb. To countorbalanco this action, the Wostorn managers propore to make an srrangement by which the tonds thub receive this large patron- ne will bo roquired to divide the surpis oarn- iugs received from this sourco. ——— SAFETY AT RAJLROAD OROSSINGS. Aun adinirable practice was establisbed some vears ago on the Lake S8horo & Michigan Bouthern Railrond, in naccordnnco wherowith monthly business confovences (at which the at- tondance of each of tho Division Superiutendonts and of the Goueral Master-Mechanic, General TMustor-Carbuilder, nnd Superintondent of ‘Fele- graph of the Roud, is roquired, aud at which the Chief Engincer of the line or onoof hisag- sistants is usually present) are hold at the oftico of tho General Superintendent of the line, The General Buperintondent s ex-oflicio Chair- mun of the meatings, and the Supeiintendent of Tolegruph acts as Seceretary, Mattow allect- ing the coudition, discipliue, and business of tho Jino are st theso conferencos tukon up in & proxcribed order, and fully and freely discussed. Buggestions, by whomsoover mndo, are, if thoy relats to mattors within tho jurisdiction of the meeting, considered and acted upon, or disposed of in nccordsuco with tho sonse of tho meeting. T'he five or six hours dovoted monthly to these conforences aro usuaily vory fully and profitably aceupied, and tho ‘boneficinl influonco of the gatheringy, extending in various direotions and affeeling tho socint as woll as the businoss rola- tions of the persony attending thom, is quite marked. = WHEN 3R, DEVEREUX rerigned his position ny General Manager of the Lako Shore & Micligan Squthern Railrond and accepted n liko position on tho Atlantic & Grost Western Ruilroad, he established on {ho lnst- unmed roud this practice, tho good offosts of which ho hnd seen on the Lake Shore. At the timo of tho establishment of these meotings on the "Aj!nnt\c & Great Western the quostion as to what i TITE DEST BYRTEAC OF RIONALY for nse at 1vilrosd orossings st prade was promi- neutly brought before tho ollicers of . the lino, und wos guito thoroughly diseussed, Tho fol- lowing is & summary of & paper read hy Mr. J, 3L, Goodywin at one of these meotingn, and which is roproduced in full in ono of the lato numbers of the Jealroad Gazells: At nlmost overy point in this country, says Mr. Goodwin, whoro the track of one railrond crostes another at grade, there are special means provided for the purposs of rogulating tho move- mont of traiug, so that. collisious hetween the traing of : the respectivo rouds shall not take nco, H Al onch such crossings thero i¢ commonly majutained A HIONAT, BTATION, nttended day nnd night Ly watchmon whosa solo duty it I8 to look out for trains approaching the crossing, and Lo munipulate cortun nignals, luiting engines know whothier or not thoy can proceed without dengor. The oxiuting rules and regulatlons roquire that avery enging or traln sbnll alwayn Loforo paeriug the erossing come to a * Ml niop,” and 1hot fu no caso shall any train or enguie uttompt zn pubs oxcopt whon the signal is “right” forit 0 pans, )y komne codes tho englueer is requlred, whons ] over ho cannot cloarly ace tho elgnal at tho | crossing, as in caso of fog, or from nnr CRUBD, to sond hia firoman forward to tho crousing, and 1o bo nbaolutely sure thattho way ie clonr be foro procoeding. AT GRORSSINGS, JUNOTIONS, AND BWITCIES, and at all points and nnder all clroumstancon ab which or by which gpeclul caro in the handling of trafng lé mada necoseary, wo must sccure, in order o bo thoroughiy guatiad senint dimnstor, an oxact dischargo of a thorougl uy-nmlomlumi duty by intelligent, capnble, and conscientious mon. Tho signala nt croesings, ag woll as those nsed elsowheoro on Amenean rallways, ore of as many forms, slmost, as thero aro nllwnyn; and the rulon for oporating thom are by no means uni- form thronghont tlio country. Spacial attention 18 called to tho nocensity for UNIFOIMITY IN BIGNALS, and for tha adoption by thoruads of the conntry of nomne systonr ipon which their rulos affecting piguals shall be based, Signals by motions of the hand, by motfons of haud-lnmps, or of flags ; by varintlon of tho positions of targots of many kinds, or of balls, or of lamps: by sound, ag by whistles, or bells, or gones, or tor- pocoey 3 aud by varintlons of color, as of balls, argets, or lamps,~nare in universal use; bub thoro Is no uniformity in the sovoral sots of rules governiug tho manpilation of thess things on tho soveral roads of thocountry. COLIIBIONS AT CROSSINGS oceur quits froquontly, and in most instances cause mitch damage, When passongor tramng aro 1nvolved, loss of fife gonoratly follows such col- listons, Al aollisions of thin kind are invariahly the result of somo obscurity or insnficioncy i the rules intonded to govern tho signal-men and trafn-mon 3 {6 i8 not always the fact (hat ouly the Superiutondenty r.umccli; in chiargo of & croeiug arv rosponsdble for such insufliofancies of npprratus and injudicious sclection of men. Very often bad apparatus and inforior men aro Liept at such crosaings in_spite of the offorts of wsuch Superintendonts, The Superintondents in chargn ave, howover, to o lield_ rosponsible for tha umvlauner of thoir_rules, and for the mnclY- fino of thefrmen. Inmoving traine on n rail way wo should not rely npon signala addressod to the eyo alono. TITK FOLLOWING RULES for opornting sigusls at crossinga desorvo special cousideration : (@) 'Thie rules generally requires tralna to stop with- n o certuin specitied dlstanco of the croasing, a8 “0\yithiin 00 fect * on oo roads Lrains ato required fo stop at kome point* not more than 800 foot nor leas than 200 feot from tho crorsing,” The engmeer shonld bo requiired to hring his engine fo'n atand-still oxactly opposite a cortain post sol np, preferably, within 100 feet from the nmlnlnfi. ‘Tho Poat. should bo sotat a pont from which the view #cross o the stopping-post on the opposing road s ontirely wnubstrncted. No latliude shonld bo allowed (he engineer 65 to his atopping-placo further thau this : that ko may stup { Lusora be seachen the post, provided it s necossary to do #n an order to o sure of slopping at the post when ho reaches i, The ovder for stopping opporlto | the post and biefore passiug it should he unequivocal, Tho intention I this drrangement s to niace tha stopping-post 80 near 30 orosslng that, fu tho space Delwern the pest aud the crossing, train canuot gatlier buyetus cnouph to prevent the immedinto toppiug of it by the hekes fn cago of necessity, Whak that necessily noy e ho in can say, and wo must have our fraink tnder control ot theso points, (B) When wa find a rulo apezifying thue whon traing of liko clus nroatn crosslug the tndn of the elder road shall have precedence, snd that when tinins of Wifforont clunses aro waiting {o crows, the train of superior clasn klnll take the road aliead of {ho other, wo understund §tns_intonded to gulde Mo signul-man at the croseing, whenever thera §s sitch a signul-man. Engineors at o crossiug whera thoro 16 u sfmal-man hould bo governed by 1ho signal, regardiess of any rule ootabliching precedenca; nnd'tho nian in charge of {ho cronstng-slgnal rlould ot Lo hawmpered by any rile requiring him to dircriminato between traing sce cording to clans, or nge of road. Tho conacjourness of tho oxfstence of sueh o rilo muy cattso him to hesitato gowme thme when hesitation will juvolve disaster, 1l should bo funtritcted o givotrafus tho roxd ccurding fo the cireumatunces affccting them respectivoly, and Dhoshould boa mant ablo to decide promptly and in- telligenly in any queation of tho rights or necessitioa of trains in the premises, (e.) No crosalng should be operated without com- petent signal-men stationed at it. The following very propor rule hesbeon adopt- ¢d by tho Lnke Shoro & Michigan Soutbern Rail- road, and should be euforced by evory live in tho country ¢ Wiienovor one passonger train fs o meet another passenger train at o station, whetber at 8 regulir meeting potut or upon an ordor from the tralnedfs- patcher, Uoth trains must come to a full atop between tho ewitches t the placa of meeting. intended to guard against aceidents of the kinds catsod by mispluced switehes, which orlors that no train may pass auy station without coming to o stop, unless a while signal bo shown ot the on- trance switeh ; and all traine must approach tho antrance switch under the full control of tho en- gineer. Under this rulo only trains not earded to stop at o certsin station need be white-flagged at that station. On somo ronds expross trains aro not limited aa taspeod when passing the entranceswitch and the stalion, provided they are white-fiagged at the entranco switeh. baTLhB more cautious practice is undoubtedly the k. (r.) At some points this slgnal indlcating that “ no truiti may poes ” 4s always wob Immicdintely after tho 3340 of & rain on ojther lino, and remnis na o lock elgual_until after tho succcoding train has arrived and stopped noar tho crossing. At otlier points it s ysed only when somo point on tho roatl beyond tho sigual-post fn tho _dircction in which tho tral signalled le moving 18 blocked—ss when o draw is open, or the like, (/) Where s crossing s approached by n heavy do- gecniling gradient, 3 telograply siguulentation sliould Do eatabished on or boyond the gradiont, at & distance of a mila or moro from the crossing ; then when the man af tho crorsing wighes o paes ' train of tho ine tarsocting road hio will telograph the man at the station aforesaid, who will block the lino at hia station untll ho recelven sigmul thit the crossing clear, Whenever a train npproaching the crossing pasees the signul-station, the operator slutioned thero will notify the man at tho croksing, who wilt of course then refuse tho crossing fo the intersecting road nntil ufter ho train of which ho has received notice stiull bavo ur- rlved andstopped near the crossing. Under the oporation of the semaphores. now inuee on tho Atlantic & Great Westorn Lino, thoy ar0 as freo from nccidonts ot erossings s8 any rond in the country. Attention s called to A MECHSNICAT, CONTRIVANQE, by tho uso of which the appronches to the crosgings on either rond are offectually bloched whenever the apperatus is set for passing a trmn ou the other rond 3 ¥o that o collislon on the crossing of trains of the intersecting ronds is a physical imposeibility. Bub T wonld ot stronit= ously ndvacate the uso of this contrivancoe (which would bo costly in construction, though inexponsive in operation .when once bnilt), bo- cause I boliove that by the use of proper, inoxpensive means we may svoid accidents, Lot the for or suow bo ai thick unit may, ovory oxperienced engincor knows, withiu a fow hu- dred feot, whore ho 8 approsching n crosging, and can (excopt in omsos of brenkage or Insufliciency of ongine and tenin apparatus bofore spolen - of) coms up to the stopping-pnats, cstablishod ns befora suggoatod, with his train !u]li undor con- trol. "If we put brillirnt lights on tho stopping- posts at night they will be discernible at a con- sidorablo distanco’in the thickest woathor, Thon, tho rulo being in_forco thint ovory ongiuo must stop at tho post, Iadviso thut the watchmon at tho crossing bo roquired to go to cach engine in turn sud to get on tho ougine and pilot tho ongineor over_tho crossing; and that no on- gino ba allowed to pass thie cronsiug unless with the duly uniformed and badged watchman on nrd. 1t will bo mnecessary, porhaps, to modify the goneral rule 8o as to adapt it to use In yavds, but the pilot should always bo on or with tho cross- ing engino. ‘I'ioro neod bo no loss of time undor this ar- rangemont. The watchman will biavo less than’ 100 feet to walk from tho crossing to tho engine, aud he will loave tho engino nu soon as it is over tho crossiug-plnte, and remain st the orossing until the trsin attached to tho engine Las pogsed, R S MISOELLANEOUS, THE OREEN AND KANKAKEE FREIGHUT LINES have irsued a now tariff to Southern points, which will go into offeot to-morrow. Tho rates are somowhnt highor than thoso charged loro- tofore, aud to the principal points are now as follows ; JDetween Chicapo and Nushville, 70 & .64 § .08 § .88 J08! LB0) 1,20) B9 T4 1,4 S T e T B {7 Vilmington, i : VAUt U T Neaufort TIE YOIT WAYNE ROAD, The rofrigerntor line of the Pittsburg & Fors Wayne Iluitrond 'is- now dolug u good bus~ inesn m the transport of oyators, W'hgpo onr~ loads arrived yestorduy by the regular paksongor train, and thoy wore ny fresh umd well presoryed us AF thoy hind Just heen taken frow tho soa. GAZETILER OF RAILWAY HTATIONS, “Tho Guzottoor of Nuilway Bialions," mb- lished by the Nutional Raway Publieation Com- any, of Philadelphia, i o volumo whtch cone [llnu such vuluablo fufurmation, Tho flret Soveral Amorican ronds have adoplod a mlo, THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1874, pages ave dovotod ton ' lisk of tho rallroads in the United Btatos and Dominion of Canada, with t1o nnmos of the expross companios delivering and rocolviug on each," a **list of old and now namon of ronds,” unmlni{ over (00 titlos b which cortain ronds wero formorly known, with their proper deaignation b tho ‘present timo, Thin last is a forture of no littlo importance, Forming tho main body of tha book 18 n list of all tho “rallway stations in the United Btales and tho Dominion of Cannda,” {dvlng thoir loca- tion as to county aud Btato, and lino of railway, aud dosignating Ruch as liave post, monoy-ordor, oxpross, and tolograph oflicon atiached to thom. Not the loast important featura of this portion of tho book is n very full statomont of tho popu- Iation of the povoral towns—much fullor than can bo obtained from tho cenaus of 1870, Fol- Towing this is an ** Express Divectory * of Wolls, Targo & Co,, showing how Lo ship to all pointa on tho Pacille const, and roveral tablos of river distancox, towns, otc., with the same dotailed , infurmation that Js givon in tho list of ratlway towns, NATIONAL RATLWAY LOBLIcATION Co, No, 219 Houth Fifth' streot, Philadelphia, Pa, GIIICAUO 4 BOUTH ATLANTIO. Thoe commenceinent of work upon the Chicsgo & Bouth Atlautic Ratlroad at the Mouotain Paxs, noar Spartanburg and Ashrille (completing the sliortest through lima betwoon tho Northiwont and South Atlantic const), will bo insugnrated on the 10th diiy of Hoptomber, 1874, al Spaitan- Durg, 8. C., with & grand railrond mass-meoting and barbooue, Thoe Hon. C. G. Momminger, President of the Spartanburg & Ashvillo Rail- rond, Robort Rae, L6q., Vico-Prosident of the Chichgo & Sonth Atantle Totirond, wth many other gontloman, will bo prosent and deliver ad- drouses on the aconsion. OIEAP FREIGHT-BAILWAY PROTECT. MouNT VEnNoN, O., Sopt. 2.—A Itailroad Con- vontion, under tho enll of tho People’s Froight Tailroad Company of Potnavlyauin, issuoed upon n cireular of tho Now York Choap ‘Fransportation Asgociation, metin this city to-dny, Tho objeor ,of tho Convention i8 to porfect an organizatlon in onco of the Statos of Now York, Pennsyl- vanin, Ohlo, Indiana, and Tilinols, to push for- ward tho Burvey of tho best Lino for the construc- tion of acheap freight-railwny betwoon the At~ Tantlo sesbonrd and the Mississippi River. Delo- gotos woro prosent from nll the abov Btatos, and tho Convontion was organizod by clecting tho Ion. IL B, Curtie, I'res.dont, and WIlL A. Covoter, of this city, Seerctary. A commilttea was appointed, consisting of the Hon, Colnmnbus Delano, of Ohio; Gen. Denjn- it Domblazer, of 1llinols; H. M. Hamilton, of Now Jersoy ¢ Jamos Bu{; and Judgo David Ttichiards, of Ohio; and W. G, Pattorson, of Tili- nois, «o report the order of businoss and pro- pare proper resolutions, Tolograms woro recelved from differont points in the Wostern States promising aseistanco, On tho recommondation of tho commibteo, through their Chatrinan, the Hon, G. Delano, comumittacs wara appointad for each State to so- ficit subscriptions to defray Lhio oxpanses of pre- liminary survoys of tho entiro route, with a Uon- tral Committes at Pittaburg, to which the other committeos sro Lo report. 5 A certificato of incorporation for tho People's Froight Railroad Company, Ohlo Diyieion, was oxeented, with fivo iucorporators. The Dresi- dont was authorized toappoint, uponthe approval of tho local committce, ono attormney for oach Btate, to preparo_papors and perfect tho con- wolidation of the five companics into ono, to bs called the Peoplo’s Freight Raitway Company. Charles G, Quitil, Into Lngineer of the Woxas & Pacific Rnilrond, was appomted Chief Engineer of tho proliminary surveys, with headquartors at Dittsburg, ra. JTho Convention adjourned to meot at tho eall of the Contral Committee. T'hore was a fall attondanco from the different States, aud & full interchango of views was had, and eonsiderablo inerest manifested. From the character of tho gontlomen vpresont, succesa soems reasonablo ot no distaut day. SUIT UNDER TIE 10WA LAW. DEs MoINEs, In., Bept, 2.—A tranacript from tlio Clinton County District Court, in the case of the Chicago, Towa & Nobraska Railroad ve, 'Fho Chicago & Northwestorn Railway, was filed yes- terday in the Clerk’s oflico of tho United States Cirenit Court in this cil P'his is an_nction by tho plaintiff, who, owning_tho rond-bed from Clinton to Cedar Rapids, Ia., loased the samo to the defendant for 3714 por cont of tho gross earnings. 'Iho vpotition sota forth that tho charges for carrying freight aud passongers aro Just and reasonnble, snd thot by o atatute of the Btato of Iown the ratos for oarrying passengors and freight are 1oduced about 40 por eont; that the defondant is about to conform to the ro- quiroments of that statuto; tuat, if ho doos so, tho receipts of #hio rond will not be suflicient to pay its Tunning oxpouses, nud therofore the plaintift will not receive any rental, which, it al- loges, is its only source of income to pay interest on its bonds sud its dividonds to tho stockhold- cors. Tho prayor of tho bill is that tho dofondaut bo cujoined " from nccopting_the provinions of Chap. 18 of the Laws of the Fiftconth Gonoral ArsomDly of the State of lows, and from adopt- ing tho rates of compensation for the transpor- tation of freight and pnesengors proseribed thorein, and from operating said roilroad undor ond in acoordance with suid rates; also, praying that tho snid Obap. 68 may bo held snd” do- clared unconstitutionul and void. WASHINGTON. An 01a Lnw Applicable to Present ime—~Liforts to Displace un Incore hie Officer. Special Dispateh to The Chicaga Tribune. ‘Wasnixaron, D. €., Sopt.4—In overbauling tho rovised statutes to-day an eminont lawyer liere on business found, a8 by sccidont, the fol- lowing law, which was passed in 1790, which seams to posaces peculinr significance just now. The extract is Hec. 1,796 of the rovised statutes, sud may bo found iu Youl. 1 of thio United Statos statutes, page 130, and ronds as follows : All offices attsched to the ecat of Government shall Do excrelred in tho District of Columbin aud not clie- where, exceptas othorwise pravided by law, T'he Presidont has been in Washington but twice or three timos sinco tho adjournment of Congress, snd yot the routino business of his oftico hns gone as though ho was at the Whito Iouso all the time. 'Tho postal treaty with Franco was sout to Saratoga, whoro it received his oficin} signature, while the commission of Postmastor-Gon, Jowell was signed at Long Branch, and tho commirsions of hundreds of minor oflicers have been migned nt differont galnls. from tho Whito Sulpbur Springs to tho [artha's Vinoyard camp-meoting. In brief, & vory inmgniticant part of the oflicial business portainiug to the oftico of Prosident hoy boen transncted ot the seat of Governmont, while no part of it bus beon authorized by law fo bodona elsowhera, It 18 hokl that nono of these ofiicinl acts aro legal ; that thoy are all void at law, It this construction of tho Inw should be put to tho test and oo sustained, it will involve l{;u Excol~ loncy to n vory embarrassing oxtent, AN INCORRUPTIDLE OFFICER. Quite a protfy littlo fight 18 in progross hore, eaned by the determinstion of tho Prosident to rawove Kenuott . Cobb, Supervisor of Intornal Tovouuo, and put ono Wallley, of New Orleans, Inte Clork of tho United States District Court, in his placo, Cobb i n brothor of Clinton L. Cobb, member of Congrosg from North Curolinm, an Tina suporvision of the Statos of Kentucky. North Caroliun, Alabumn, Tenunessoe, Mississipni, and Touisiana, Ife lins novor beon regardod as s firat-class ofiicor, and an offort was mudo duiing tho Grocley campaign to get rid of lim, but’ he bluck like a burr. As his brother was thon a candidate for Congress on tho Republican tickot, it was dcomod best by tho Administration not to remove him agninst bis pratost. Now, however, an opportunity offors, and, as his brother was defoaled for Con- gress at the fate clection, ho will bo sot afloat. Ha is making a vigorous fight, backed up prinei- pally by the brother and Gov, Kellogg, of Louisi- ana. It appeats that Wallley iy a Pinchback politiciun, aud this suddon veoriug indiontes thnt Pinchbaoi’s turn Las come, Cobb alleges thut tho offort to romove bim originates with tho distillors at New Orleans, 1o snys that thoy ollered him $5,000 n mouth to allow thom to”do un illicit business, but when they found that he was incorruptible they beenme en- raged, and sot_about to soruro his romoval. 1li statomont docs not recoive that oredence that ho dosirea in oficial oirvlos, Ilowover, Cobb has boon o vory tirilty ofloor, aud hos had his wifo Lorno on the rolls of big oflice ag & clerk ot 81,500 a Joar until quito recoutly, but it loaks now a4 though he would have to go w work for o living, (Tothe Associated Pre AVPOINTMENT, WasimnoToN, Sept, 2, ~—Sumuel Bloomor lins Leen appointed Gouger for the Hocond District of Miunesota. —_— NATIONAL BOARD OF STEAM NAVIGATION, Burrato, N. V., Sopt, 2.—Ahout soventy-five dulogates_woro present at the dossion of tho National Board of Htoam Navigation. this aftor- noon. Steam-vessol proporty to the amount of 100,000,000 was reprosontod, Ioports from variaws committoos were prodonted and diu- cussied, To-night George B, Hibbard, admiralty Jawyer of this city, nddressod the Board on tho llubilltlou of ownors under the marine laws, The Tionrd adjourncd untit 9 ‘o'olock to-morrow wornmg, ———— DIVIDEND. . New Yonx, Bopt, 2.—The Directors of the Westorn Unlon Tolegraph Company to-day de- clared & quastorly dividond of 3 per oout, HYDE PARK. Satisfactory Trial of the Now Water- Works, 3 Comparison with the Chioago Ea- gines, Joy of the Villagers. The Villago of Hyde Park was all aglow yos- torday. Jt was goucrally known by tho resl- donts that n tot'of tho wator-supply introducod by tho Holly Water-Works Company would bo mado, and that, in order to make it completo by tosting ita offeclivoncss as compared with the uso of sleam-cvgines, two Chicago u;u-ung(nns would bo on tho ground, As the fullest protection against firo and an abundant supply for domostio uses are guaran- ood by tho Holly Compnuy,—such gharanteon as aro caloulatod to allny the foars of tho proporty-owners, and bring gladness into overy kitehaon aud Jaundry whicl can claim to bo within tho villngo-limits,—it is ot onco mscon that tho trinl posscssod no ordinnry interoat for the rosidonts ; that indeed their peace aud comfort woro intimatcly rolated by tho success of tho trial. Also, bocause of its allegod suporiorit: ovor the fire systom of Chiengo, the Hyde Park pooplo ware inclined to take & prido inits intro- duction, snd in a sympathizing mauner somo wore hoard to speak of the Chicagoans ns o bo- nighted, old-fogylsh crowd. Tt was, therofore, rogarded to bo the duty of everybody in tho horough to bo presontat tho toat, nod join in tho gonoral jubiles ovor tho succosy. . 'THE RESIONSE ovory wny sentiafoctory, for a8 apponrances indicated overy blessed soul —men, women, nand chi Idrou.—-—ncnttorad avor ita broad extent sattompted to crowd thomsolves into the quadranguiar spaco at Cot- tage Grove nvonuo and Thirty-ninth strect at 8 o'clocic yestorday sfloruoon. ~ Liucs of vohicles strotchad nlong Egan avenue, Oakwood avenuo, and tho adjowning stroots; tho house balconics bore a conridorable weight of humanity; spoc- tntors lined the sidowalks and ocennied much of {he roadway, and, in addition to the city ropre- sentatives, onch streot-car arriving out botween tho hours of 3 ana b p. m. doposited mauy sight~ soors, was in THE CONTRACT, The ITolly Company entered into a contract with tho Village of 1Iyde Park to supply it with water having such forco that six streams of wator simul(nnouunl&' can ba projected from tho hydrauts, through 50-foot hoso Daving inch and a'quarter nozzles, to a hoight of 100 feot, and maintained at that altitude for at_lonst 20 min- utes. DBy this monus it ia intonded to avoid tho oxpense of & firo dopartment with its costly on- gines, and other expousive appurtonnuces (in- cluding Comunissionors), for evory bydrant, by ronson of tho great pressuro of wator oxisting at it, I8 itself equal to a steom engino, and, at tho trisl, proved moro powerful. Atbp. m. TIF, WATER WAS TURNED O from the hydraut on tho corper of Egnn and Costaggo Giovo avenues. During the twenty minutes® tast tho groatost height nttained out of a 1-inch nozzle, and with an aversge prossuro of 145 pounds, was: _'Top of jobs, 165)4 foot; solid stroam, 95 foot. It was ndmitted that tho re- quired nltitudo could bo reached, only that the high wind ecattored the column of water. On the second trial, with a 194-inch nozzie, the jots wore sont up to 169 foot, but the solid siream did not appear to such adviutage as on tho flrst oxbibition, 'his trisl did not last more than ten minutos, ne some of tho hoso-couplings beeamo dotached, a part of the hoso ripped up, and, bofore the water conld bo shut off, the hose, snake-like, coiled, and twisted and wrig- glod about in overy direclion, pouriug out its contents in a lavish nud indiscriminato mavuor. While the hoso was wriggling around, tho silo- walka nnd roaduway and balconios becamo wud- denly deserted, but not before many of thoir oc- cupants were well dronchod, The Ligh wind hore also provented a fair tost of the projoction. About 4 p. m. THE TWO CITY ENGINES, supplied with wnter out of tanks filled by the Holly Works, were brought into play. Threo huudred foot of hose with 1i-inch nozeles wero attached to thow and etrotched along Oakwood avenue. The top of tho jots by the Biluby engine moasured 115 foot from tho ?round, and from the Amoskeng engine 105 o0t As o compariaon botsween the workings of tho two systoms, it must be noted that the bydrants in Hyde Pnrk are suppliod by 8-inch mains, and that the distauce from tha scone of tho test to the works at Sixty-olghth street and tbe Inke shore is about 5 miles. Six hydranis wore at work at the same time, n# roquired by tho con- tract, and yot s higher altitude wus nitained by ihent under the disadvautage of drawing from tho long distance thau was reached by tho stonm enginos drawing from ndjncont tanks. ‘I'he city hydrant at Thirky-ninth atreet showed pressure of only 8 pounds per inch—not sufli- eient to foed ono fire-cugine in case of fire. T'ho trial was doclared TO DE A BUCCESS, and Fire Commissionor Sheridan was henrd to say tha the Holly systomn,which he hng long ap- proved of, must oventually supersede tho use of the stand-pipe in vogue bere. The Trus- toes seomed to be in ocslnsies with thoir new plaything, and hinted archly to tho ~City Firo Commissionors that moro water, aud a8 puro and clieaply supplied, was noadod in Chicago. THE FOLLOWING TABLE shows the time of discharge from each hydrant, the altitude of each strenm, the timo roquired to Il and discharge the tanks of tho Bilsby and Amoskeag angines, the measuromout of the di- ameter of nozzles, tho prosaure of the gauges, ag taken by Col. J. Foster and Frank Foster, civil onginoers, and T. . Young, engineor for the town of Oicoro, who conjoinily took the ob- sorvations : ‘Water turned on at 2 p. m,, 25 deg, 52 min,, for an altitudo of 100 fect ; averuge Pressure, 143 pounds ; 1~ inch nozzle. Tmo , [l)tfl. M nl Feet, {Bpray 41 not reach 100 feet, ruu reachied 100 fect. .. Solld stream. Sol{d ptreun U 70.10 160,00 Qouplings detached. The intorests of tho good people of Hydo Park wers looked afier by the Board of 'frustees, which counsista of J. I DBonflold, Prosidont, Dowuer, 12, Ryaq, J. Morgan, S, Faulkenor, and Moriam Church, all of whom wera prosent falth- Tully to tho trust roposed in thom. Messrs, Ryan and Bonflold were very energotic in assist- ing in the eagy aud graceful porformauce of overything that was neodod ; indeed, so recklcss- ly daring was Mr. Ryan thot, when upon one accasion o hoso burst, Mr. Ryan was complotcly dronchad, Wis white vast sutforing particulnily, As usual, tho crowd choerod as If Mr, ltyan did not require rathor nfmp\\thy thnn mockery., Judge Higginy, of lyde Vark, also way couspicuous for Ius intorost in tho trial, and wherover ho moved, as tho play of the hoso ro- quired now nod a_tmm, ho was' tho contre of & crowd of follow-villaggers and others, who de- aired to be informed upon the oxcellenco of the Holly system over all othors, and the Judge way equal to the task, ¥ i cunm.\;m‘wu n%{;ms\:l;:mn by Fire Commissionors Bhoridan, Klokke, and Rehm; Firo-Mowsbnl Donver, Mr. Shoridan conversod with Judge Higging, and oxprossed much satisfnction at tho result of the trinl, Dr, Willinms and Mr. Keofo, of the Iolly Compauy, attonded the working of the hydrants, — e NEW YORK, The Stock and rendstuffs Markoty Youtorduys Special Disvatch to T'he Chicave L'ribune, New Yonx, Sopt. 2,—Thore was u more aotive atock market to-day than for soverat davs past, aud, ns & rulo, prices aro bottor. ‘Fhio market opoued at an advanco upon tho closiug quota- tlons of yosterday, and remalned strong il well into tho aftornoon, whon thoro was n wol-back in prices, caused probably by o pressure to csll. Union Paclflo was the strongost ntock upon tha list, rising from 205¢ at the opening to 803, and fnally closing at 803¢, The roported Iargo trannactions in converting tho remaining ingouen 1nto tho now mortgagoe 8 por oant to-duy no donbt gays * sid and comfort” to $ho stock. Wostorn Unlon was also strong on tho sunounce- mont of a 2 per cont quattorly dividend, payablo on tha 16th of October, and advanced from 7727 to 783¢, but finally went off again to 7134, and olokod nt 78, Erlo was aclive, and flistuatod betwoon B4 and 8536, Tho strcot la Jooking anxfonely for the decisfon in the North~ wostarn aud Bt, Paul’ fujunction caso, and the stocks immodiatoly interosted romnin quict. Tho flour markot is dull, and for shipping grades gonorally woak and lowor to woll, Iome trade aud ehippors ave hold- ing off, whilo sollors are. moro anxious to ronllze, ospoolally on winter whoat extras and trade brands. Wo r{uotn: Westorn ship- plng oxtra, #4.90@5.05 3 Minhesota oxtras, coni- mon to fancy, &6.00@8.00; Minnenota ‘Now T'rovess,” ©5,90@0,75; Olio, Indinna_nnd Tili- noln_puporior, $1.80@5,10; Ohio and Michigan, €6.26@0.00 ; Bt. Lows ixiple oxtra, $7.70@8.50, Wheat dull and wonk for tho low grados of nptings, Including No, 3 Chicago white. For No. 2 Milwaulico thero is & shipying demand at 1,23 bid; holdors ask 8124, - Chicago I8 offored at %117, without bids, The markots closod ir- rogular and unsettled, with a decline of 1@2c on white wheats, which rn in excessive supply i whils Chicago No. 2 and inferior #pring wera 1o Jower, and No. 2 Milwaukeo 1o higher undor a domand to fill froights, PREVENTING FIRES. Letter from Joseph Bird Ex- plunatory of His System. The Use of Fire-Walls, AN, NIND'S FIRE-PREVENTIVE BYSTEM. To the Kditor of The Chicago Tribune: Bir: ‘The people of Chicago know but too woll the horrors of counflagrationg—shockiug death to hundreds, flnancial ruin to thousands, and everything in the world swopt away from tons of thousands of homes, Even the lust great firo brought misery and distrosa which no people, however humane, no money, however froely givon, could wholly repair. The quostion of quostions, then, to the people of Clieago is, ** How shall we provent the dread- {ful fires which ocour in this city " As briofly as pousiblo it Is proposed to answor this question. When two women, near the last gront fire, saw the flaines, thoy were not 8 foet in diamotor, With a Johnson pump those women conld have dasbed it out in half A minute, and with almost as little work a8 to bave run to the door rud cried * Firo!” The question then oceurs, *¢fow could thoy bave bod the Johuson pump and the pail of watar ?” Thoy shoutd be placed in every parto? the city so noar oach other that ono could bo used upon any and evory firo within oue minuto of its discavery. Under tho charga of tha polico thoy should bo hung in noarly the samo placa in each house, and two pails filled with water should always stand under them, "I'hoy should nlso be in every business houso in the city which from its natura might bo tho cauro of sudden fires, stores whore inflammnblo oils, rosin, tar, or sitnilar merchandiso aro kepb or used, holals, stables, furniture stores,—in short, overywhere n situations swhere firos ocour. They should bo in the enre of thopolico of tho neveral bonts ; o small stor upon the door shoutd bo tho sign of their location, Btringent Inws ghiould be mado to keep thom in order; o card showing how offoctivo thoy arc; that one porson may put ont a fire of ten rosiu-cnsks, or a houso 10x12 feot and 8 fcot high, when well on fire, in s minutae or two : that the drondful conflagra- tions of Chicago aud Boston could have begn preyented by &eir use, and giving directions for their uso somewhat as follows: ““If a fire Iy in your honso or.near by, take ths ongine and wator io it and play upon it as you would upon any othor work. ~ Keop cool, snd, with your help and that of others who will comb to your aid, it witl soon bo out.” Now lot us suppose them distributed through- out the city. A iro lile that of tho last one oc- curs, and ‘i8. gecn a8 wod that fre. In balf o mipute one of the pumps would be st worlk, and o singlo pail of water would dash it ont, Let us supposo they bad been distributed Voforo the great conflagration. sob firo to half o dozen buildings by sparks. Water could have beon thrown upon ovory little fire, and it would have been daghed out boforo it was a foot in diamelor. The O’Lesary barn " ‘Thus tho fires would hnve beon held until the stenmors arrived and got to work, and that dreadful fire of the worid would have dwindled down to Mrs, O'Loary’s barn, cows, horse, ete. § loss, 8800, Suppose a fire in a furniture storo or manu- factory. In a few scconds aftor its discovery an ongino able to dash it out is sppled, and the dangor over withoutan alarm, Othorwiss But the firc is fn_n stable which is bursting into flames on all sides, and thore sregbuildings near upen which they will soon leap and seb them on firo! Bofors tho telegraph can givo tho alarm to the steam-ongine flromen, & gtrenm of ‘water is on evory exposed place from tho neigh- boring smnll engines, and would keop thom from catching fire, and bold them until the building fally, or the slonmers arrive, whon, having noth- ing to do but fight tho one firc iuatoad of tho balf-dozen shich would have been raging but for the &mmps, they would casily oxcinguish it, and tho danger would bo over. But who would do all this work? Wby, you, reader; would you not, if you saw a fire which you could put out in a minute, or two with a loss of perhaps 31, do it rather than lsve it burn on until the telegraph could give the. alarm, tho ouginos come, got ready fo play, whilo in the meautime the firo lms becono 80 largo that it cannot bo put out beforo your houeo is destroyed 7 Would not evory ona doso? ere is not o man or woman, & boy or gird old enough to be in the grammar schools of tho city, who would not tako tho engines to the firo in thoir own houses or thoso of their near noighbors, and worl them so well that nino ont of ton of all tho firos of the ity would be put out almout withoue loss, while (hey would hold many othera in chock until tho steamors could be got to work, Lot ug supposo one morg ease : You walke up and eco & bright light ghining into your window, A carpenter’s shop in the reur of your houso is in flames, The heat is intonse, and you cunnot staud botween your houss and thoe five, Tho liouse is already smoking as a furuace! It may burst into a flery blnze in 8 moment! Just then your neighbor has arrived with an ongine. An upper window is opencd, and a littlo strenm di- rectod from the window back upon the heated sido of tho house; ond the water, cooling wher- over it strikes, trickles down fo tho bottom, and tho dnugor is over! But perhaps the host is bo- como grentor! You camiot hold out tne pipe! Puke o show) or othor woolen cloth and wet it in the water, and wind it around your arm aud hand, and you rony hold it with perfect eafoty, oven though the windows crack or molb with hont, By tho timo the first stoani-ongine could bo got to work one or more pumps would hinve arrived; another minuto, and thres or four stoamors would bo at worlk, and tho louss wonld Do sufe, and on that sida the fire provented from sproading into a contiagration, With this systom of small engines, such a building might be provented Irom catching upon tho threc or four buildings in dunfizr. whilc ovory spark or flying cinder would bo dashied out the moment it stiuck upon auy building, even if it was amilo away, for they are evorywhers, all over tho oity, and what can bo dono i oue placo can bo dono in evory other, - ¢ ‘At the gront conflugration of 1871, the firo crossed from the West to tho Houth Division, und then again to the Norlh Division, only by sparks, and theso sumll engines everywhoro would have dasuod ous ovory litle firo in a mecond aftor it had lighted into a bluze, This is what {he littlo pumps, united with tho stenmors, will do. Fhey will provent conflngrations like those of Chicago and Boston, 'They will provent nino outol von of the common fires, Thoy will Jenson tho rates of insurance, so that it will no longoer bo a burden, and the insurance companios \vilf;nluu ho pruuflgronu, and always abloto pay the fow losses which may oceuy, ~ Above all, the peaple will aequiro o confidouco, a fooliug of so- curity from fives, which thoy Lavo not known for yoarg, aud what no aystom but o nnion of largo euginos, togethor with great numbors of. chonp but eflicient engines, can provide, “Jut," says some ano, ** the terriblo oxponse.” Lot ua'sco. It would lake abont 12,000 small ougines to protect tho wholo city of Chicago in this mannor, Thoy conld ~ bo_ furnished for $100,000, with two pails with ench ongine, Tnin is about tho cost of the laud, house, engines, horsos, hoso, &o., with the sala-~ ry of iy companics for ono year, of two stonm firo-ongines in the contro of the oityl Who -would ¢ry onl at the expenso of two steam fire- engiues, or four It they aro wanted, for the pro- teotion of tho aily ? Another person obsorves “ nohody would work them." Bo far from that, thero Is not o mau or woman, boy or girl, in Cnieago who would not work thom with & will a4 soon ag they woro Xnown to bo efiolent and ablo to dush oué small firos when well worked, Why, the people in Boston who stole haif a million of dollsra’ worth of morohandise would havoe worked like hoross to hiave provented the fire from burmng into tho olovitor on Kingston ntreel, or from crossing to the Mangnrd roof on Ous strost, by which the fire would hiave boon suppressed, The Johuson pump’ bas beon unnl’nll‘y oxaAm- inod and exporimouts mado with it at Washing- ton, under the direction of Quartermaater-Gon- oral Moigs, by ordor of the Scorotary of War. I'he Firo Commissionora of lloaton attonded an exbibition of this pump, and rocommended la adoption by tho City of Doaton, A Commite teo of the Boston Bonrd of Undorwritors attond- od an exhibition, and recommonded '*a reducs duction of b per cont from the premium on ajl now poliolos, where a snnply of Jolnson fire- pumps in kopt, togethor with axes, sud pails fliled with wator.” A Commiitoo of the Doston Board of Trade #nw an oxbibition. 'Their roport to tha Board, who adopted it, closos as fin{uwm 1n tho llght of thoso experimonts, 1t was thet the Jolnaon pump wlllrunen ]m)vu'l v‘::: :fl'l‘g::: anplstant in preventing lurge confiagratinns by ena~ Lling u little wator to ba tlirown at the right time and n tho right plnce, when fires are dircovered at an early atage. Thoro must slwsya be some dolay afior the discovery of a fire, before tho Fire Enpnflmunt can wrrive with hoavy apparatus, and a stream of water can bo played on a burning bullding, Lot a mifiiclont ntimber of theso pumps ba placed tn’ onr factories and stores, with axcs ot hand, and buckeis of water always flled, and we hwvo no dobt that thousands, if not millions, of dollars might e saved the owners of property and to the stockhollerw in aur iusurance compantes, Indeed, it would bo & mont prudent act, and » moat economical policy of in- nurance, if every storohouso and evory dwelling in onr oity wero thus provided, ~The Cominittes therefore cordially recommend the Johnson pump, as a stmple and most effectual means of nxthlq\linhlng fires ot thelr firat breaking out in our Luildings, and thos preventing large and disastrons confiagrations, Wo warmly approve Mr, Bird's efforta to haveit introduced 1n all the citlea and fowns of tho country, Prealdent Ellot and Profs, Eustls, Lovering, and Caoke, of Harvard Univerity, attended an oxhibition, and fifty Johnson pumps wora im- mediatoly distributed in she buildings of that in- stitution, which is now, by them and the Fire Dopartmont of Cambridge, bottor protected from dostruction by fire than nny other colloga in tho counlry. ‘Thoy havo also been plnced ln the lioures of thousands of the most intellizent peo- plo of Boaton and the nnl;;hhurlnu towns; and #evernl towns have adopted and distributed thom 881 rflrt of their Fire Dopartment. It s not proposed thas the City of Chleago should adopt them without & eareful trial and axhibition of their ofliciency. A sorios of trials, nlmnln;illmw smnll tires may be dashed out by them ; how thoy may be played from windows and protect tho sides of wooden buildings, and lmolp cornices and all nxpuueadplccun of timborin buildings trom taking firo, and also tho roofu of buildings, ean bo mado for a few hundreddollurs ; and, in the light of what bas been done {o Wash- ington, Boston, and at Harvard Univoisity, is it safo for Ycur citizons to go on a8 at prosont, and ignore what has boen ndo]zlod by such authority ? Tndeod, should not thoy st oncs oxamino, and, i convincad of their ollicicncy, adopt, what may Lo ihe means of saving your olty from other contla~ arations? Josery Binp. Boston, Aug, 38, 1874 FIRE-WALLS FOR OHICAGO. T the Editor af The Chicuao Tribune: 8 : In o recent article published in your pa- per, the writer argued somowhat at longth in fa- vor of the building of firc-walla in and betweon framo ranges in tho Wost aud Bouth Divisions of tho city, and drow from his argumont the fol- Jowing conclusions as to the rosult of sucha syatom Firsi—Gront deoroaso in the dostructivencss and sprond of fires, Second—Restored confidonco of ho East in tho safety of Chicago. Third—Reduction of inauranco rates over tha ontire city. Fourth—Tho saving in woar and tear of on- ginos and hose. Fifth—Extending tho Lenesit of insurance in tho best class of companios lo proporty-owners in tho frame rogione. Sizth—Thd employment of a large number of workiugmen. , 5 Seventh—Tho uso fo property-owners of such walls as party-walls in future buildings. The plan roquires but & moderato outlsy of monoy, and is Indorsed by manyof the best men 10 tho city. Our ox-Meyor Medill, whoso #olid comrnon seuse overybody recognizes, says, in o lottor to the Hon, W, I\ Coolbaugh, ** The truo and best safeguard is that bofore stated, viz,, to compol the owner of each woodon building to incloseit with brick, and coment or tilo covorits roof under ponalty of no further insurance on tho structure or its contonts.” Mr. Medill's plan could bo modified by building such a wall at, say, nvnrgofomux building in » range, which woul not be unnccossarily severe, aud would answer the purposes of safoty. Mr, Medill is in error, howaever, in supposiug tho insurance companies can control this matter, Thoy can in theory, but thoy canuot in practice, If companies should combine for tho purposc thecry of ** mouu&mly." % rings,” aud “oppression” would bo raised, and certain of your cotemporaries would bo likely to dovote to tho companies a column or two about “insuranca insolonce.” And, besido that, thero are always auough of the wild-cat and under- Em“nd companies who alvays decline to com- ino in any movement, however beneflont ita object, and who would thus frustrato any schemo of that kind, ‘Tho city should do the work, and, if nocessary, raiso tho funds noeded by a loan or a specinl tax, No practical man who “will con- sidor tho nchomo can doubt its fensibility. And if our Commou Council will vota the prosccution of the plan they will desorve the gratitude of the ontire city. T. 8. C. Cit104a0, Bopt, 2, 1674, DPRESS REFORM. Natlonnl Conventlon of the Women’s Dress Reform Association. Speciul Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune, CLEVELAND, O,, Sept, 2.—The Nationsl Con-~ vention of the Women's Dress Reform League opened at Painecaville™ to-dey and will adjourn to-morrow. Tho meeting 18 similar in scope and euaracter to the ouo held in Viueland, N. J., noarly a year ago, aud is mado up of those tak- ing the most radical and ultrs viows in the mat- ter of dresss, and nenrly everything elso. In this little circle of forty men and women, noarly every concoivablo ism iy ropresented, and many of their peeuliar viows have been quite freely ventilated to-day, Tho Convontion is too ultra to aflilinte in any measure with the Boston Drees Roform Club, which, though advocating a change in woma n's habiliments, still maintained tont Dbeauty of appearance should not bo wholly ig- nored. Tho strongest mombers of the Conveu- tion declared thamselves ag opposod to any orna- ment whatover, and arguod that uso was the ouly consideration’ which should govern in the solgotion of the fabric and the shapiug of the garwont. Tho Conveution was orgauized in the morning by _tho eloction of Mr, aud Brs, W. N. Allen, of Nowboerry, Geauga County, 0., as Prusidonta ; Mrs, Mary E. illotson, of Vine- land, N. J, as Becretary, snd o man and woman_ from each Btate ropresonted s Vico-Presidents. Along the prominont Dross- Rofurm advocates prosent, and most of whom conformed fn their dress to tho principles .thoy pronchiod, wero Mre, Vibbort, 3L D., of Loaton’; Tary E, Tillotson, of Vinoland, N, J.; Mra. Coriolin Docdin, of Burlington, In.; Mrs. Lopha Canleld, of Nowark, 0. ; Sarah B. Cbuse, M. D., of Cloveland ; Mrs. Kophie O. Ailon, of Nowbor- 1y, 0. aud others from the northern part of the State, Immedintoly aftor tho opening of tho meeting, the Chairman mnde n short address, aud introduced the following resolutions, which embody the platform of thoe Leugue: Witkneas, $he unimpeded action of avery organ of the body in hocessury {0 o perfect dovelopment of tho Dliyeical orgunizntion ; sy ; Witcuias, Auy cuftulluent of the pivsteal powers necessurily ‘useful inovitubly dwarfs tho mental and spiritual forvos; *theroforo, Tienvived, That n dress that crampa oF in any man- ner obstruets the fullest exercléo of any portion of {lie liman eysiem {8 not only a wrony dono fo aurselves, but o tmoral sin ngaiuat our cammon humanity, Itesolved, That tho woxea being formod on (ko ssme auatomical principles, thora is 10 roason in physiology, philosophy, or common sonsa Why wonon should uot &0 clotho Bor body us to allow £t tho samo freedom of actlon s u aufoyod by men., “enolued, Thnt it 1a our boliof that o hor unphysion Toggleal, uutiatuval, aud suleldal modes of dress woman owes her physieal fuforority to man, and that until sbiowa clothes ber hody as o b abls ta compefe with Tier brothor {u tho -world of work, shie cau never risa to a full oquality with tho storner wox and assert and 1naintain tho rights Nature intonded shelshould enjoy, A long dabato followed, in whioh the sponkera amplified thelr views, introduced much wholly irrolevant mntter, and declaring thelr indigna- tion that milliners and dressmakocs should hold the women of lie. country under subjection, and olothe thom fu the fashions designed for tho domi-monde of Paris, Mrs, Tillotson, a bright, vivacions lady, advanced in rvcnu'n, wag ouo of tho lcndimi spirits, aud she Mfused her slsters with an onthusiagin which brought thom all to tho platform. Mrs, Vibbort, of Boston; Mry, Chnwo, of Cloveland, and one or two others, mado quite sirong nddresscs and mnny gnml points, but thelr wspocches ~wers o intonso mnd onthusiastio that tho maforily of those who listaned became couviucod has thoy woro fanntical, at lonst in momo pors tlonn of tholr boliof, and that the cauno of Drosse :nform wonld bo botler subsorvad by n losi ox- of thll:‘le nnd vlalonary clags of champlons. One BD ho lady sponkors placod tho importanco of wlr?n;-llalurm abova roliglon, and the anplauso wwl rootod tho romark indivated LhaL thero Totien the Convention & trong oloment of {ufi- mmly. er. Braidtord, a looturor on Darwlnism, lh“n 13 mluz. rambling addross on the advaniagos that \:'ou d acorus to lmmanlty should mon of magomen g0 makod, a4 in tho Gardon o1, Tion; fl'l'hln roturn to primitiva simplicity o nd to promote modesty and virtne al nlnr than othorwike, and mon and women ;m\l d galn idonn of tho'boautiful in sooing nuds ,:;x:ln"yhntmv;m\%\ mh‘\;qylixl-u thom montnfiy ond o 3 dford's fig-loaf w88 not vory hoartily mrlonfi:u, b|nmfl¢l:oi’n{¥:lh; fow disciples, After tho loading lights in the Convantion hsd each addrossod tho mooting & Lialf-dozen times, it wau- docidod Lo tablo tho Kosclations for dto Dronunk, ud so Mo Conven [ 8 not yot atruck a doci ovila of womau's dross, e tloy: attbo MARRIAGES. SR oo ROK_BTRVRNA_AL the residonco of the Dridea N, Jonos, 443 Bith’ Drathorn.st., ‘ag a0 & £ MoChoanoy, Mr, Willatn it, Tra i stbk i O. Stovons, QRURNLor of Maj. Hiovenn. o qss HOOUGHEITY-MOWILSON-AL the Granl Con ‘Pwl. Uhio nbflem. 2, by tho Rev, D, iL. Reltor, A. Aoy Wil Quiarty, Ko of Borricn Horih Mich., and Mew, Marelin StoWilson, of Washingian i, T — 252 x: oA AR At o M Pairick and Jolnnauny., 1o MUhy, son of unoeal froin i ranidonco, 89 Ontarfo-at., Sopt. 3, by SoSalvary Cometury, Friends aro rospootlully’ tne - Sudd Ty addonty, novr Muskomon, ik, on the ‘urtar, agod b3 yosrs. to rowdonco, Wil Fuiton-st., at S day, Hopt. 3. Frionds fnvitod.” Car- WOOD. T, Ghilds, Mt .kq;”?é’:&!;':f“n“ e @ nlica at Tiversiilo to-dny, Thr Telouds ot tho Jacnily aré leviead MWAH”P-'S«M]& 1874, Josoph Swart, aged 6 ) 60 years, hnoral | from lis rusidonce, 810 Duttortiald-at., 469 {T;\anct(hv{n (N Y. FITOHETTE-In thix clty, Sopt, 2 {antum, Joha A., Jr., Tt son ot A o M Fitslietto, agod 4 monthn and 1h daye: =5 Fanoral of Willlam . Wallor from reek 1 fotlior, Elonry Wallor, 150 Aabinnd- Sopt. 3 at L oclok, Eriouds of ths famiy ave iaoen' i attend, GREGORY—Aug. 0, Fy Bl A e e igopsed § oot ) panors ploass capy. and § dayz, aon of TMEDICAL. For Upwards of Thirty Years MRS, WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP ) for ebildren with novor-falling succoss. Tt ;::r:cul?::lzd- ity of tho stawnch, rulioves wind colic, regulatos ho bow. ela, ouron dysentery and , diarrhos, whethor arising from 1eothing or othor causos. An old and well-eled remody. For all Purposes of a Family Liniment, - THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA will ble. Trumodisio toitof Wil Yoo e faulh eaveiot vafh in tho stomach, bowels, or sio; Fiotmatism, Snle colds, ppratns,and brulsey, For lutornaland oxtornal uso: Children Often ook Pale and Siok From no other causo than having worms In the sto BROWN'S VERMIFUGR COMFITS will dostroy: !"“Hl:!)!‘l without injury to the child, boing perfectly WiITE, and {ree from all caloring or other injurinus Ingredionts usu- ally used tn worm proparations. old by al) E canta & hoz. S e ~onr AUCTION SALES, By ELISON, POMEROY & co.” Friday Morning, Sopt. 4, nt 9:30, Qur Regular Auction Sale of NEW AND SECOND-HAND FURNITURE, Parlor Suita, " Rep, Plush, and_Hair Cloth; Sota, with Macblo-Ton Droksing Cascs; {gl\.m\a'un l“nrmhlm&'l.lnulnxu Foas Iyl ¢ Furnlinre, olo., ati, ote.: Now atkd Y [oi, NG BLIEGART LARGYE FIER GLASS ‘ruckory, Gisss and Piatod Wnro, and Gunoral Mars chandiso. ~Also; ous SORRET HORSEK, 7 years old, ‘warranted sound and Xind, ind ono st of Harn . KLISON, POMEROY & C 84 and 86 Jtand VALUABLE Oontral Reel Estais AT AUCTION. Baturday Aftornoon, Sopt. 5, 8t 3 o'olock Wo will soll, o tho ground, Lat8, Blook 41, 8 o Addiridn'to O, bitue & 1. otnos Mathet and 3 Bed-roam R-room and os, Oftics 5, Planos, Jiiforson-ata., [0 foot front on S1athorste Al Biogkc 41, ssimo. Aduitions 00 fost.ront on Delk-ate, bes twgon Jeltareun and llataa.ats. alo paromptory. Titlo pericct. Torus sary Will ho annannced at sle. £LISON, POMEROY & CO., Auotloncors, ' and, By GEO. P. GORE & CO., 68 & 70 Wabash.av. Thursday, Sept 3, AUCTION SALE OF DRY GOODS, Dresa Goods, Ploce Goods, Notions, Hosfery, Undorwesr, ‘White Goods, Embroldory, Linons, Ladies' Folt Skirts, Shawis, Umbrollas, &o. Iints, Onpa, Olothing, and Furnishing Goods, Al full lino Carpota. GEO. P. GORE & CO., 63and 70 Wabash-av, e = On Thursday, Sept. 3,at91-2 o’clock A very attractive spoclal aalo of HOUSEHOLD FURKITORE, Elegant Parlor and Chamber Sets, Marble and Wood-top Tables, Whatnots, Extension Tablos, Walnut_Hodatoads _snd Bureaus, Dressing Onses, Bideboards, Liounges, Rock. ers, Enay Ohairs, Mnttressos, Mirrors, Care pets, Spring Beds, Chairs, Pianos, &c. GRO! I, GORK & CU., Auctioncers, AT T OTMION, On SATURDAY, Sopt. §, t 3 o'clock, 1. T 8 Orates W. &: CROCKERY. Parlor and Chamber Sotta In grant varloty, Black Walnut Bodstoads aud Buroaus, Loungos, What-Nots, Marbl» and Wood Tap Tablos, Drossiag Casos, Rockors, Kxtension Tablys, Hook Ussos, Ottico Dasks, Microry, Show Casos, Pianos, Mattrosaos, ote., oto, Grofiai. gore & co Antones 0 Wabashear. — e bt it WM. A, BUTTERS & CO., AUCTIONEERS, 108 BAST MADISON-ST. (RETABLISHED 18556). Fine Shirting Linens, EDGINGS, BEMBROIDERIES, Ladios' aud Gents' Undorwear, Moslory, ai e R M TR T o Cloths, Cassimoros. Silaclas, Italiau Cloths, Furuishing Gi Knit Goods, Furs, ete., Thursday morniug, ooda, Woo Bupt. 5, at 9k o'alook. “RE1T o100k & fin Tine of neasanablo irt-class BOOTS & SEOES, At 108 Hast Madison-at, WAL, A, BUTTERS & CO., Auctioneers, BUTTERS & €0.'S REGULAR SATURIAY SALE, Now Illd“".llugf:. ul“:luflllinlll Glul"!h. 'i}an:.B“l. Planos, Mirrors, and (oo ciariise, BATURDAY MORNING, Sonts buat 108 st Madisonat, BUTTERS & C0.'S REGULAR SATURDAY. SALE, 0'cLK, BATURDAY MOUNING, SEPT, 5, at §:%0 at 108 Last Madiwniat,, Handsome Medinw aud CommonFrrniture, Nuw ant Socond-Hand Garpots, Planos, doous, T: A T R A A T K A o'clock ‘31" Byle and Caxis Pombroko Dairy Salf, WM. A, BUTTERS & (0, Auctlonoors, UNCLAIMED FREIGHT, Monda mornint, Sept, 7, at 103 Kasy Madison-t, Pare tloulars in Tribute (Hundhyhs uanor), W . I.\U'i"l'l‘.llfi & CO., Auct Snle of New Miscellaneous Bf)oks, MONDAY AFTKRNOON, Bupt.7, atdo'clock, at ong Sulesroomis, 108 st Mudleont, By WILLIS, PLY 105 sud 107 Randolphat, REGULAR THURSDAY SALE, Hopt, 3, 03 Qolack, w, m. Rop and Hals-Cloth Parlor Sote, Marblu sud Wood Ohawbor fets, Carpots, vos, Urockory, G Uutle Matiressos, Bodding, ' Wardrobe: Bhow es, Iuroaus, Washslands, 'T'ab] Ohnlrs, ok e e st Sadges, o) and Pigeod 5 . lar 4 Sundion, RIS WILLIS, FLYNN & CO. i, : Auctiong By BLRUSIL, SON & CO,, alosroom 41 and 43 South Canatat, FURNITURE AND OABRPETS, fll‘m goueral mawnmum.nv. Augtlon, Baturday, Sopt. b ey BRUSIL, BON & (0., Asotlonesrse g