The New York Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1869, Page 11

L Rr OUR CITY RAILROADS. REVIEW OF THEIR PRESENT CONDITION. ‘Their Inadequacy to the Popu- lar Demand. 'Statisties of the Year, Profits and : Earnings. RITORMS NEEDED AND SUGGESTED. ‘The vast proportions to which the street raftroad interest in the State of New York has developed are Dest exhibited by appeal to historical data and sta- tustics. ‘In 1866 an organization of fifteen compantes for the operation of street railroads was eiected; ‘n 1807 over a dozen put in an appearance, on paper at least; in 1868 there was no abating of the epi- demic, and in 1869 the movement 1s as restless as ever—making an aggregate of about fifty strect rail- roads, involving $26,000,000 of capital within the past five yeafs, The year 1840 seems to have been a peculiar one in the lilstory of the State, in that it af fords no records of addition in this way to the facilt- ties for public travel. In 1852, twelve years alter, the Sixth Avenue Ratlroad was opened; in 1854 the ‘Third avenue was begun; in 1859 the Ninth avenue track was put down, and thenceforth New York was gridironed with ratlroads, new bars being added tothe gridiron annually, until af present the amount of capital engaged tn the operation of street rail- roads 18 something over $35,000,000, The peculiar anatomy of New York city renders the development of means of transit a simple matter within certain limits—the long direct aveuues leading nortuward in almost paraliel openings to the country. ‘The dis- tance from the ceutre to the suburbs complicates the problem, however. When Fortieth street was out of town, tostead of scarcely up town, as is the case now, the time consumed in making the suburbs from the business quarter did not necessarily exceed thirty minates; while at present the great problem is to lessen the consumption of time in transitu from nome to business and from business home again, The old proverb, “Time 13 money,” 1s one which applies to this fast age with pecuilar intensity, ‘and hence the increasing dissatisfaction with the present means of egress from the centre in the di- rection of the circumference. A collation of the tabies of the several roads exhipits this difficulty in @ nutshell, taking the several lengthwise routes tnto consideration:— City Hal to foot of Tenth street, by street and Fulton ferry cars....... . 80 Average time of Broadway and Seventh ave- nue from City Hall........ . 35 Enghth avenue from City Hail. 82 Nunta avenue from vity Fall. aT Second avenue from City Hail Bixth avenue to Fifty-niuth street ee ee ‘Third avenue... - 20 faces avenue. a 6 . 30 Dock and Easi Broadway, per mile, . 10 Averaging the speed at a mile In ten minutes, it is obvious that in the present organization of facilities for transit something more than an heur is needed to gain the suburbs in any direction northerly. For instance, the time from City Hall to Hariem is one hour and twenty minutes; while, by way of Second avenue one hour and ten minutes is required. On the west side the Fort Washington tract is accessible by a ride of one hour and thirty mimutes by way of Highth avenue, or in one hour and thirty-dve minutes by way of the Seventh avenue and Broadw ay road. Kor persons engaged in business, therefore, esp eciaily for employed persons, residence as iar. north as 150th street is impracticable on account of the consump- tion of time in transi‘u, anu hence the over-crowd- ing of the lower parvof tae city. Hence tov, nigh rents for tenant houses; Hence too, the poverty of spects for the working or employed classes, who, ‘on account of the time consumed in transit cannot afford to live out of town, aud on accouut of high rents can as little afford to den themselves in the heart of the metropolis. 1t 1s one hour's ride to 1ovth street, and ordinarily the employe cunnot really af- ford two hours a day for travel to and from busi- ness, 80 that it may be taken for granted that, gene- rally speaking, the majority of salaried persons must stop this side of the line, ‘Transit to and fro, to meet the wants Oi this class must be reduced to less than an hour per day, and ought noi w in- volve an expense exceeding six cents. It may, therefore, be concluded that horse rairoads, though adequate enough in 1855, wien the Park Was out of town, are now quite inadequate to ‘the daily needs of popuiar travel, and must m the Gevelopment of the metropolis northward be super- seded by more rapid and rather less expensive means of transit, In fact, for the benerit of te em- ployed classes, passengers ougat to be taken up in the central portions ol the city and delivered at iar- Jem bridge m fifteen minutes at an expense not ex- ceeding three cents; and the same facilities snould be in operation on the west side of town. Whe solu- tion of this problem has stimuiated invention some— spociiation a great deal—and various pians aud ects have been proposed, none of which have Been pushed into practical operation. There have been underground railroad seasations and elevated ratiroad sensations, and some pretty hames, as tor instance, the Arcade Ratlroad, have been juvented, with no great benefit, however, to the impatient travelling public, whatever have been the resuils in point of nowenciature. There have not been wanting those Who adyoouted the multiplication of horse railroad facilities, though 1 1s diiioult to understand how. @nything more can be eilected in that direction with a View to the solution of the probiem; wut tue ob- Jection applies to the horse railroad system with data! forcc—it 18 Inadequate in two ways. First, it 1s Not rapid enough for the long distances to be‘ tra- versed; secondly, it 13 inadequate in point of accom- modations. What is needed 1s the train capable of carrying passengers by the 100 or 600, and not the singie car, capable of carrying its tweaty-five, or hhait a dozen more than that provided they (vhe last half dozen) Wil consent to stand. ‘The RELATIVE CAPACICY OF THE STRERT RAILROAD prppst as compared with other means of propulsion . Is fatal to the pretenstons of the former, ettier for large accommodations or for distances exceeding three miles or thirty minutes; and whoever shaii first soive the probiem of the combination of rapid- ity with adequacy amd inexpensivences in gain- ing the suburbs will in @ certain way earn is to be ranked as a Mra lic benefactor. The conditions are ten miles in thirty minutes at three cents, with accommodations for the transit of 100,000 per hour—conditions by no means difficult to answer at the present stage of engineer. ing science; and between the means of transit iulili- ing these conditions and the street railroad there is really no competition, since they are relatively adapted to very «different purposes; the jatter for short distances will aiways hold its place; for long distances it is inadequate and must yield to popular necessity. In connection with this topic it 1s necessary to en- ter into an investigauon from data, The pressure for means of transit is limited practicaily to four hours of the day. On routes principaily vevoted to the carrying of the worsing classes hours of pres- sure are from six to eight in the morning and from tive to seven tn the afternoon. ‘The Dry Dock and East Broadway, the Second Avenue, ‘ihird Avenue gud Ninth Avenue raiiroads represent this class of travel mostly; the Kighth avenue and Bleecker street routes partially. The midtown routes, on the other hand, have their hours of ers from eight to ten in the inorning and m four t six in the afternoon. Keaily, in the case of both classes the exceedine pressure 1s limited to @ coupie Of hours per day. ‘The tormor routes are taxed to their utmost ity from six toseven in the morning and trom five to six in the afternoon; the latter, inciadiug the Sixth avenue, Broadway and Seventh avenue and Fourth avenue, froin eit to nine 1p te morning and from four to five in the afternoon. ‘or the remainder of the tweuty-four hours travel 18 mostly sporadic and local and fewer cara need to be run, Kxcluding the Ninth avenue, wiich rons smaller mumber of cars and need nov enter into the caicuia- on, the vaine and capacity of these route: busy hours inay be esti The presen: average 18 a8 follows daring tne busy part of the day with the several routes :— Fighth avonwe............. Broadway and Seventh avenue. Fourth avenue. ‘Third avenue, Broadway, mostly for foal see +6 seen BOO ‘ ‘er street and Dry Dock a: pm Broadway routes. both of witch nave w intwe Horth are sq waller through travel, tie routes direct = fo ta to have an hourly capacity of 260 Senter Ng 6 500 persons, and reall, carrying pro- pad man are i minor cont eration when peopl cod @ harry to get nome—abbut 10,000 per Hich 18 one-third more than they can carry com fortably, Putting ine five wreat arieries on oir ULINOBL CApACILY—say ninety cars an hour, in he pn 1h 00 et 11,260 ether inadequate to tin domany ieee four to six tb the alternivon, me seer tmeroiorey that th ate 18 11 nl ita uimost y, And oasinoe beat net irene = © in the Bulution of the queation o| ag ulation Of the metropoils comt tnexbebsivety housed ont of town with oll teou Tor NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. transit sufficient to render out of town residence not ‘Similar reat ‘and conclusions accrue from inves- tigation in a di al ‘and from wctual sta- tistics, Last year the passenger carriage of we routes named Was:— Broadway and Severfth avenus 12,182,097 Vighth avenue. + 12,701,000 Second avenue seeeee o 7,087,573 ‘Third avenue (estimated). ... 2 000 Fourth avenue and Hudson River (éti- mated). asivhens ence Shasencgeees coos MMT Total.......+ srrossaeasececes cae OO421,876 This affords au average of 1,000,000 u week, or about 160,000 a day, hall of which is local and timited to the riding of a few squares, and more than a third of the remainder of which must be distributed through other than the hours of pressure, A car- riage of about 50,000 1s leit (o be distributed through the four hours of pressure at the rate of somethuag more than 12,000 an hour, and haif of this 12,009 15 representative of the number that Jail to secure seats, ‘The railroad year ending September 20 for the isk e 1868-9 the judginent of experts must be taken, roads above named claim tis year: Broadway and Seventh avenue BKighth avenue Second avenu ‘Third avenue, Fourth avenue, Total ‘The averaz) per day. Of course, a3 to the question of Jocal adequacy there is no dispute. ‘Ihe allegation 15 that the sys- tem 15 not equal to tire wants of through travel either in accommodations during the hours when accommodations are needed, or in rapidity of trau- sit or in Inexpenstveness; and until the day comes when passengers can be delivered at Hariem bridge In thirty minutes at the rate of three cunts no great relief to the tenant house districts can he auticl- pated. Even ab seven ceats the tremendous yearly earnings of the Third avenue road are suilicient to demonstrate what might be under more favorable circumstances, when the ratiroad system shail have been ‘subjected to wiser, less inte- rested and more practical legislation; and heuce it may be worth tie while to suggest attention to General Viele’s plan of elevaved rauroads encircllug the city and propetied by steam power, The under- promat prospect seems to be at present tmpractica- le; the elevated track is generally admitted to have failed, and reaily invention may consider itself at liberty to reduce new suggestions from any quarter to experimental form. Geologically speaking, New York has littie flesh of aliuvial deposit on its ribs of rock, and cannot, therefore, tunnel its ways mole- like ‘with the same ease as London and other large cities. A Just measure of the wants of tne city de- monstrates the bday) pecuniary success of any roject successfully vo estabdlish new and rapid out- lets; and there is really no risk in reducing prospects looking to this end to immediate practice, MO matter fat What cost. Means of travel equal to the convey- ance of 50,000 per hour late in the afternoon are needed, and would not materially mterfere with the receipts of the several horse raiiroads—might, ‘per- haps, save them a little jamming and crowding aod @ great deal of oficial swearmg. REVIEW OF THE BUSINESS OF TYE YRAR in detail afforas further interesting statistics. The routes of up town or iongitudinal travel baye been thus far discussed, Taking the city railroads as re- presentative of the popular circulation the subject presents a new phase, Omitting the routes men- Uoned, the carriage of the remaintng routes repre- sentative of local circulation was:— Bleecker street and Fulton ierr; $4,906,055 Central Park, Norta aud Hast river 9,026, 950, Dry Dock and Basi Broadway... 10,421,074 Forty-sccoud street ani Grand streei..... 4,03%,2! Ninth avenue: on oe 1,501,915 +» $31,089, 127 s ) that the car- riage of these roads will equal $35,090,000, which ‘will give an aggregate of more than $10,000,000 as the passenger carriage of tne city ratiroads for the year current, with receipts from this source of $6,000,000—an amount equal to one-third of receipts for passenger car- riage of railroads operated by steam in this Stave, ‘fhe total popular circuiation by steam cars in the State 1s aALoOUt 18,000,000 yearly, or about one-sixth of the locai circulation by street car ol the stugie city of New ork. In fact, that the vast figures of the Third Avenue road represent local cir- culation largely is evident from the fact that its northern contmuation, the Harem bridge, Morris- ania and Fordham road, represents a passenger busi- ness of less than a million; proving that the greater roportion Of passengers stop this side of tne Har- em river. ‘The road in reality 13 not actualiy repre- sentative of more than 00,000 individual crossings of the tiarlem bridge per year—a fact which proves in its way tie paucity of people who, doiag business in the city, K out-of-town lodgings by this route of The whole passenger trattic between Mar- rdhwin, includiag intermediate villages, Wiil not this year exceed oue iniilion, and 1s largely mauve up of way passengers. Yhe Fourth Aveaue Raure (continued by tire New York and Harlem Ratiroad) represents, 10 fact, a larger transportation of business people to suburban situauons than the Thnd Avenue road: the Mudson River iailroad than ali the west side through routes put togetuer; and these are facts which point to the in- evitabie Conclusion that, 1i tere 18 (0 be any general or even pariiil emptying of the population of New York into the suburbs ior purposes of residence, that end will be compassed by the introducuon of steam or some other means (to be developed by invention) equally rapid and extensive to its accommodations. "Poe receipts ol the city rauroads tor the year form @ natural appendix to Re heading of business. For the jast year Uey sum Up as subjuined:— Passengers. Total, Bleecker strect....... + $293,776 = $208,778 broadway and Seveathavenue. 670,961 687,432 central rark, N, und 4, it. ya 681,915 Dry vock and &. 3. 574,479 657,581 Highth avenue... 762 09+ 792,673 Forty-second street, 295,994 300,988 Ninth avenue. 90,095 92,672 Second avenue. 453,945, Sixth aveaue. 568,163 Third avenue. 1,241,282 Fourth avenue (estimated), 680,005. Total. ....ssseee $5,280,418 $6,305,204 Receipts other than for passengers are made ap from tke Baie of Lorses, manure, old iron, eed and other f.ems, and lorm an average of seventeen per cent of the whole, The broadway and Seventia Ave- nue pays on dividend annually from $75,000 to $80,000; the Dry Dock aud Kast Broadway about $125,000; the Forty-second Street ita five per cent annuaily; the sixth Avenues ten per cent; the Taird Avenus twelve per cent, or aboat $150,000; and others 1 uke proportion of percentaye to earniays. ‘The geueral reiativa of expenses to earmngs may ve gathered trom & single exhibit, that of the Thira venue road:— Cash receipts. $1,241,282 Operating road 903,122 Malotaialag ruad. 56,600 Wied cassis ea ceoes $062,722 Balance of receipts over expenses. ........$278,500 For tue year eaciiay Sepiviabver w cae Get profits of the Third avenue road Wii 206 fail beioW $426,000,and will porimps exceed One-titrd Of a mL iva, equal'to twenty-five percent of tie cash receipts. In general, it giwy be stated thai the profits of the city ratiroads Jor i808 Wil be couxiderably iM excess of those of 1868, The general cost of materials has iesseued somewhat, thus icsseuing the cost oi operating and maintaining, While there haa been no advance in any direction, ‘he genera! relation of profit to earnings \nrougaout the State as pertaining to horse railroads may be gathered from we fo lowing tigures:— Barnings: + $8,490,848 97 Expenses. 6,161,682 77 rene os Pye wed 20 in 80 Ti this interest is concerned 13 tot in excess. Of $16,000,000, nominally representing double that amount, and hence the prottt on the capitat ac- tually invested is equal to fitteen per cent—a Tather greedy percentage, certainly. In fact, an average of fifteen per cent on the capt: tal actually invested is @ fair ge.eralization of the profits of our city ratlroads, in view of which the companies could periaps aiford to abave the extra cent, notwithgtanding the government tax on recer, ‘This percentage of proft 18 true of last year. ‘This year the prospect Of a larger profit is Samant and probably the percentage on capitat invested to be divided among holders of stock will not fall short or eighteen per cont. It will thas be observed that city ratiroading {8 almost as profitaule in the way of percentages as national banking. Tho in way of roiling 8 general equy va little from year to year. The ‘average of horses and mutes to the passenger car 18 about seven, and Lo ran fifty cars the cost of conductors, drivers, starters and the like, exclusive of officials, will be about $1,000 @ week, distributed among about seventy per- sons. ‘The of conductors and drivers vary from two doliars and twenty-five conts per day on one or two of the roads to two dol- jars, whicn {8 the ordinary gure. On one or two of the routes both are employed by the trp. The laboring hours tor the earni pittance are averaged at tivewe hours, Wbagae ne Kone cases fourteca hours pre exacted of the day tion of te rouda in-cats and orsos ae eet ecan a i cars and horses date as follows: — babes Cars, Horses, 66 42 . ey % Broadway and Seventh avenue, Central Patk rr ry DOCK... iid 786. biglith avenue st 850 ‘orty-second street. 65 427 Ninth avenue 50 160 bixth avenue 80 T20 Third avenue. . 18k 1,379 «173 tt ned city cars and tne Fourth avenue are not incinded in the scnedtio, ‘The latter has a little over 109 cars, With avout 900 horwes; the former about fi{vy cara, with 400. horses, The passenger carriage of tlie two Is avout Toone ber year, oF 10,000,000 for 1869, In 1863 1t Was a litle OVOr 9,000,000; in 1867 It fell a few hundreds short of 6,000,000, The Increase of patronage to those laver roads has been more rapid than that of any others to be thentioned, Orutnarily the percentage of aug: mentation in passenger traitle from year to year ‘% about vight per cent; but, owing vo therr connection with stent (ars leading. out of town, these two have mulifiea the ru nd exhibit a yearly tereane of about twice that. Yet, witit all theit trcihties for gee ron Dane and the yearly increase of re- ngers—an ave! road avout $46,000—tue inadequacy of the ayevons HH more and more demonstrable from year to and it is rendered more and more ‘ovlaont mission of the horse car in this age is for purpeses of local circulation in distances irom @ few squares to three miles, or four miles at the utmost; and the time is no doubt at hand when New Yorkers will take steam convey- ance even to the Park. The working ex- penses of the sevefal months vary little frou year to ear, and, it is estimated, will for 166) lati a wife iow jast year’s figures, Which werg:— Maintaining. Operating. Bleec*er street. sores cccove S1R404 $235,697 Broadway and Seventh avenue, 11,709 42 A Central Park _ Dry Dock, Ninth avenue...... Second avenue Sixth avenue. ‘Third avenue Total, Grand. total o- Axia estimated expenses of F and iudson River Ratlroad city cars.... 800,000 Complete tOtAl.......sssereees sere sense $404,690 ‘The reports and statistics of the two latter routes are included under the statistics of the New York and Harlem and Hudson River railroads resnec- Uveiy,-and can only be estimated from thetr passen- ger-carriage, which this x will not fall short of 10,000,000—about cwo-thirds, or possibly — three- Jourtis, of which 18 to be referred to tlie head of local circulation, leaving 2,500,000 to be classiiled as out of town travel and largely representative of su- burban residents. [tis simply a fact that persons living half a@ uille beyond the Harlem bridge for the most part make no use of the Third avenue route, eferring, notwithstanding the. tunnel passage by jorse and the delay at Forty-second street, to take the Hariem Railroad northward instead of the tedious Third avenue road; and this fact implies another fact, to wit, that the suburban towns on the north could almost aiford to build and maintain @ means of transit from tie City Hall to Harlem bridge in twenty or thirty mnutes, with ample accommodations, on ac- count of the advance in real estate 1t might occasion. ‘The inereased value of real estate in the county north would in five years cover the cost and mainte- nance of the road; and this 1s an admitted fact along real esiate experts. However, the holders to the northward naturally reason that the reform must come some time, or New York must suffocate, dic of asphyxia, and prefer not to appear too anxious or too eager, and hence have not moved with any unity in the direction of the reform, There aro, however, some NEEDED REFORMS in the management of the erty railroads which need to be sugwested. One of them is, im view of their dividends, tue reduction of the fare to five cents, the extra cent being an unnecessary imposition to cover (pretendedly) the revenue tax. The real relation of the tax to the old tariff has never been investigated, and may be considered here. Take the Sixth avenue route-as on example. Its receupts Irom passengers last year were equal to $540,915 09, which represents a carriage of 9,015,251 assengers. ‘he amount added to the receipts y the extra cent was therefore equal to $90,000, and will this year exceed $100,000, The United states tax for the same year on earnings and dividends was $17,102, or less than one-lifth of the extra $90,000—the pe oot gaining over their legal tartif ane over and above the tax about $75, (really $73,000), by the imposition of the extra penny. it thus appears that the Sixth avenue road is better off by $75,000 yearly than: it would be if no United States revenue tax were imposed. Tne statistics of gain to the various roads may be easily calculated. For the year 1809 they will stand about as follows ta amounts amassed by the extra penny alter deduct- ing the tax:— Bleecker street.......-..-. + Broadway and Seventh avenue. Eighth avenue.... Forty-second street. Third avenue. Second avenue Total on SiX TOAdS,....++0+..+++ “++. $370,000 It 1s Gemonstravly true, therefore, that the six roads enumerated make neatly $409,000 by the im- poston of the extra penny, over and above retin ursing themselves for all government taxes. Half a million would not cover the whole net profits of the whole number of city roads through this imposi- tion; and yet no legislative doger has been pointed in this direction Keally, gentlemen of Aibany, here 1s an excellent opportumity to pub a quarter of & million in your purses at the next session, The companies can afford ic; and, if they will not reim- burse the people, there no reason why they sitould not be made to reimburse the people’s representatives. Agitate it at the next session, gentlemen. There 1s money in it, at the rate of a quarter of @ million a year at Jeast. Of the $600,000 by whict receipts are thus in- creased five-sixths are net profit to the companies; the tax really adding less than one-sixth of # cent to the legal tariff, This, however, is an old question, Patrons, if they will, can buy tickets at the depots of the companies and save a trifle, So say the companies. Really there ts no reason why any addition shouid be made to the tari atall, since there 18 no reason why corporations as Well a3 individuals should not carry their just share of government taxation instead of shifting it upon the shoulders of a good-natured public at the rate of a penny head. As it is, however, the tax is made the source of a net income of $500,000 to the corpora- tions, by which taxation 1s dexterously turned to profitable advantage in swelling the income returns and yearly dividends of the city railroads, ‘The people are good natured, however—the Ameri- can people are especially so—and seldom qu 1 about a penny. Ifthe companies could be indfced to employ a better clads of men as conductors and arivers at better wi by being permitted an extra penny’s tariff nobody would complain. For two dollars a day first class men will not work, and the consequence is that conductors and arivers are not of the best ciass, The want of courtesy and abso- lute boorishness prevalent among the former has become a proverb, and 18 likely to become a nul- salice to be systen.auically abated. In dress as well as manners these people are frequently offensive and slovenly—so decidedly so that passengers unl- versally remark it. They steal enough, pro- bably, Dut then there is the need to avoid tie ‘appearance of stealing, mud hence they must avoid betng too geatlemanty either in- dress or manners. Two dollars aday 18 not suflicient pay eyen for the practice of courtesy, and if one 1s not navuraily courteous will not pay for the culture. The Fourth avenue is probably the best: managed of ail in ums respect; the Tiiird avenue perhaps the worst. Yhe cars of the former are also cleanly kept, which cannot be remarked of those of some other routes. is desideratum is attained by hav: relays of mating and cushions and by frequent inte. The © nce is that the matsaré generally clean and inhale wone of those unsavory odors which render 30 mauy of cur city cars oiensive to people elther with eyes or nostrils, The east side routes fre especially open to criticism in this respect, though, thanks to the activity of Mr. Bergh’s ageuts, there has been considerable reform within the past two years in the feeding aud treatment of the horses, The system of feeding in the stables now compares favorably with that adopted in livery or ee etane fh stables, especially at Fourth avenue depot, where ventilation and other details are scientifically car- ried out The practice of soling the hoof of the horse with thick leather before pat om the shoe has als» been considerably Introdu though it is to be regretted that the unjoiuted shoe 1s still popular herve; wiule in Paris, London and other European cities it 18 passé altogether, and esteemed a relic of varbarism. The shoe jointed at the point is ost esteemed, and 1s so simple that it seems almost barbarous not to have adopted it long since. The effect of the iron shoe now in use on the foot of @ horse ig quite analogous to that of a hard, tight boot upon a man’s foot, and may be set down as a most fic cause of hoof atseases and diseases of 18 to recommended aw @n effort to reform the popular horseshoe. An iumediate convention of horses and @ vote of thanks to their benefactor might be immediately anticipated, which, with tne sublime sense of having done his duty, would pay horgh for his trounle, e Next constderation for reform ts the crowding of the cars, though this reform would naturally fol- low the creation of other and suficient avenues of travel, and evon the popular feeling would tolerate nothing in this direction at present. When a man is in a harry to get home it is a pity if he cannot be permitted to stand, provided he cou- sents to it; and, hence, auy statute looking to the pronibttion of carrying more passengers tian can obtain seats would receive more opposition irom the public than from the companies, and would bo eer nullified by both, 1t has been proved that he present carriage capacity per hour of uptown Toutes is only 6,500, which ts really about one-erguth of the demand for means of northerly transtt trom four to Six 1m she afternoon. On this abuse criticism may be deferred, therefore, until other avenues of wravel, with anger scoommodations, shail Nave been opened, Which problem must, in the nature of things, be Pushed to a solution witnin the next three years, Then twenty-six to a. car may be mude the Tule by statute, with advantage to the public at large, Uneil then it would uperate oppressively, mterfering with the public convenience, with which no further interference can be toierated—the com- panies interfering therewith samiciently already. OF NEW IDEAS IN TRANSPORTATION No space remains to speak here, and the discussion thereot m: postponed jor @ separate paper. Room enotfgn there certainty is anent this topic for athree column article without exhaustion of the supject. he need of new ideas to be put i praci- cal orm has been proved, and tho next need is their Mmoubatton th te heads of practical engineers, SHOCKING TRAGEDY IN MICHIGAN, One Man Killed and Another Wounded by a Lunatic, (Muskegon, Mich. (July fa correspondence Chicago } Information is recetved here from Whitehall, in this county, that about ten o'clock Thursday morn- tig.as Joshua 7, Platt was comin, iby street, dud when opposite the louse of Snow, he was snot aud inacantly killed by Willan B, Sm Watchmaker ahd jeweller. Smith double-varretied shot gam No diticulty had ever existed between Piatt and Smith. Alter shvouny Plait, Smith went to the house ey te 44 aud in- to aout told they juired Where his iamuly were, ¢ er Mr, Si wa GOED. OD he Lip rey, made his esca ag treren down ve street, Ware merchant, he polated iis gun at him, tole ibgi nim wotorn his Mr. Morse, atter vatni tying vo wrest the gua from win, burned us a8 directed, whereupon Smith passed street. While on his way he pointed women and children, telling them to run; did he kept on nis way. When opposite the store of Wolf & Geis he pointed his gun into the store and fired, oitting G. H. Hopking in the arm, Smith was then arrested and taken to jail. mr. Platt leaves a whe and small child. Smith 19 evidently @ lunatic. When arrested it was found that he had a dirk kaife with him oud the gun, one barrel of which was loaded. Vive buckshot wounds were found in the a Piatt and three in the arm of Mr. Hop- Ls. down the bis gun at when they The Senson at Santinge Park--Ball at the Holsman House~-Fashionable Throng and Brilliant Scene—The Grounds and How they Locked~Gloom and Grand Reflection, The Passatc river Nows gently past one of the most charming spots within a radius of fifty miles of the city. In fact the quiet stream moves m harmony with the place, leisurely, pleasantly and with- out a@ ripple. A more celightful. shade never so successfully defed the burning raya of a sultry sun, and the cool and refreshing breeze which ever ruatles through the luxuriant follage of Santiago Park adds much peace and contentment to those who chance to stroll (hat way, Just five and twenty ery ago the foundation of a sptendid mansion was aid on a beautiful and picturesque emimence in this locality, Tne buiider, Mr. Hoisman, did not live to see his work completed; but the family which he left to mourn him long enjoy that which his taste, judgment and lavish expenditure had con- tributed to raise. Full wweuty years rolied by when the son of tie deceased jumped spnghtly into man- hood, and at twenty-two Duniel Holsman was Speaker in the Legislature of New Jersey. The mansion was disposed of for $72,008, but the purchaser, being & man of real estate propen- sities, found a noble Cuban who owned it, having piumped down with his natural determination just Goulhe the sum his predecessor had paid for it. Vainly did the sweet scented roses diffuse uneir delt- cious odors, the grand old trees afford their delicious shade, the Norway pine, hemlock, hard old hickory, spruce and wide spreading brancies of the great oak coax a host of heaith seckers, For long five yoara the mansion was deserted save by the birds that were wont to warble over its aspiring roof. It was a healthy place, to be sure, but stili the thick cluster of the trees hid 1t trom the vultures of real estate, Of course, the good old waters of the Passaic flowed on as usual, heediess of care, of time, of health or brokerage, wealth or suburban happiness, The Holsman Mansion is now a good hotel. In unison with the growth of te widely extending branches wings have been added to the mansion, and Santiago Park is now adorned and beautified with @ handsome rural palace, Capitan Isaac Her- bert 1s a gentieman who scems in some measure to appreciate the poetry of nature, Which, by the way, has done more for the place than either art or science, The natural beauties of the park have, however, been appropriaiely augmented, and throughout the entire range of 200 acres surround. ing the mansion taste and judgment are everywhere displayed. Facing the hand- some piazza of the hotel charming walks have been neatly cut out, while on either side a lovely Bp Sai ba of native gems sprout up most charm- ingly. Down, down the thickly wooded lull and then we have the placid river fowing at its ease, intent on not disturbing a single craft at anchor, and a lovely fleet oi leasure boats are moored convenient to the banks. he surrounding scenery is truly beautilul; perhaps not picturesque, but pleasing and romantic. A hundred guests are quar- tered at the mansion, Whose rest 13 almost recrea- tion, so pure and bracing is tie air, and whose drives extend around the Park, where every after- noon spanking teams trot merrily along. The chil- dren gambol in the charming grounds the live long day, and now and then their elders enjoy an Sprig ating plunge into the stream or strengthen their muscies by a strewuous pull, In fine, the Park has iis own attractions entirely pecultar to itself. Sinco the former occupants of whe Hoisman Mansion its dunensions have been largely increased by Captain Herbert, who has not failed to display a considerable amount of taste, discrimination and experience in the manner in wincn the interior fttmes and arrangements of the establishment have been carried out, Altogether the Holsman Mansion at Santiago is a very enjoyable locality, aifording a wide range for the romantic, a lovely solitude for the fatigued and a charming and exbiarating resort for the community at large. ‘Thursday night was truly a gala one at the Holsman Mauston, Though only the first season at this resort the beauties, advantages and comforts of the estab- lishment have been largely appreciated, Since Jane the guests, chiefly from New York and Brookiyn, have rapidly congregated together. Moreover, being a8 sembled for mutual enjoyment, a ball was gotten up—the very first since the hotel was opened, it Was a brilliant success; in every respect it was a most creditable and enjoyable aifair and retiected great credit on the arrangements under which it was conducted, The attendance was exceedingly numerous and fashionable, and the harmonious affair passed off remarkably well. The spacious pariora were Lrtl- Mantly lighted, and an excellent band beng im attendance the terpsichorean were thoroughly roused, and a Jected programme was commenced most } fully and continned with vigor, The rich forest surrounding the hotel was brilliantly Hiumi- nated by myriads of the most variegated Chinese lamps, which, moved by a gentle wind, swayed to and fro like so many pendulums, Ip was a pictur- esque and pretty sight, and added not a little to the hee effect of the entire display. The toilets of the ladies -were very tasteful, and it is aimost needless to add that elegance and beauty were among the prominent characteristics of the ball, ‘There were present, among others, Mrs, Still- Well and Miss Stillwell, Mrs. H. Manning, Mr. Bell and Mrs, Bell, Miss Emmorel, Mra. Hillman, Miss Anthony, Mrs. Robbins, Miss Herbert, Mis. Cobb, Mrs. Charles Burwell, Miss Wise, Rucker, Miss Wallace and others, while the e. itive committee consisted of Messrs. J. Anthony, Jr, J. C. Emmons, ©. K. Hill, A, F, Robbi W. 3. Wall the floor committee, C.K. Bell, C. H. Matght, ©. D. Burwell, and the reception comuitiee of 0, 8. White, A. H. Cobb, J. S. Hillman, Captain isaac Herbert and C. B. Chapman. At midnight the company adjourned to supper, after which the festivities were renewed aud ear- nestly maintained tli an advanced hour. Alio- getier the first bail at the Holsman mansion was a complete success, NEW propensities se- well HAMPSHIRE. Meeting of the American Institute of Tnstrace tion—Oftivers Elected for the Ensuing Year. PortsMmoutH, August 6, 1869, The American Institute of Instruction held its fortieth annual meeting at Portsmouth, com- mencing Tuesday, Augast 9, and ending Thursday evening. The meeting was largely attended, sev- eral hundred leading educators being present from various parts of the country, Maine, Massachusetis and New Hampshire were heavily represented, while delegations from New York, New Jersey, lowa and other States ‘might have been seen” among the crowd, ‘Ihe topics discussed embraced a wide range; but the question of how {ar oral instruction should supersede the use of text-books in our coim- mon schools drew out @ particularily warm debate trom the respective advocates and opponents of that modern innovation. The institute was pre- sided over by Mr, John Kneeland. ‘The following is & complete list of the oMicers elected for the ensuing eari— Treader Sainuel 8. Greene, Providence, R. I. Vice Presidente—William Russel), Lancaster, Mase. ; Henry Barnard, Hartford, .; Ariel Barish, New Haven, Conn, ; George B. Emerson, Boston, Mass. ny, Hor aniel Leach, Providenc ‘Zaimon my D. C.; John W. Bulkley, Brooklyn, N. Y.$ avid N. Camp, New Britain, Coun,; John D. Hui, Crosby, Saiém, Masa. ; Ebenezer Hear B Sawyer, Midtio- a igeport, Conn.; D. B, Salem, "Htone Portiand, Me.; John 1, Boston, Mass; B. G. Northrop, New Haven, Conn; T, W. Valentine, Brooklyn, Yes J 5 Heneld, | angor, Mei, Joseph White, Wil Mass.;' Charies "Hammond, Monson, Mass; Abner J i John W, Oickinaou, Westieldt, nm, Providence, R. T.; Eibrilge Smithy, Samuel W. Maton, Boston, Mans. ; A. Miner, Boston, Maxa.; Albert Harkness, Providence, R, Charlen V. Spear, Vittaneld, Mass.: Haid Crosby, ‘Nashu 3 = N. H; Wiliam P, Atkinson, Vambridge, Mass, ; 1B. Shi ‘don, West Newton, Masa. ; Homer B, spragae, Ithaca, N.Y George 1. Littlefield, Charlestown, Mass.; ‘J. P. ‘Avertil, Northampton, ‘ Barrows, Hartford, Conn, mM Boyden, Bri Warren Johnson, Augusta, Mo.; A.M. wh, N. H.; James &. Burrell, Lewistown, Me.; James A, Page, Koaton, aus, Hecoriting Secrtary—D. W. Jones, Boston, Mans. Assistant Recording Secretary—C, O. Thompson, Worcester, Seeretaries—W itttam C, Collar, Mass. 4 Masa. GurmoreJ Be Hort, Brookline, Mees t ‘Si Boston, Man. Henry J. Hardon, Honton, Mess SA ‘ensoy e—OTal }. Putnam, ton, Mi C. Goodwi Clavie, Boston, Masa, ; Edward Stickueyy Newton, Mase ‘Connaeliors—Charies Hutehins Boston, Mass.; George N. ass. Correspon li Boston, Muss. ; w. i. ps Bigelow, Brooklyn, N. Ysj.J, K. Brad \ Retomty, Proviiehos, Halts Nek Gaetan eee fork 5, W. Webster, Boston, Masa: J, bly, Charles Nass, Higgins, Brooklyn, J. N. Uainp, Burliag ton, Vi. T.W. bickuell, Providenes, K. Le; 3. ks Buger\y, Munchoster, N, A MOCK MARRIAGE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES, An Untawfal Husband Has His Wife Arrested for Larceny. (From the Nashville Union, July 27.) A rather interesting case was brought before Jis- tice Wilkinson, acting Poitce Commissioner, yester- day morn The derived from the case are as follows:—-About three’ years ago a man named dames B. Tierney married & woman named Barbara Statford. They lived pretty happily togetuer, ubont seven miles” irom the city, unti yesterday, when his wife, needing some pocket change, thered some corn from the eld and orought it to, the city yesterday and dis; Lot it. Her husband came to the city and had her and another woman named Salile Duncan arrested on a charge ol larceny. ‘Toe case was taken betore the Commissioner atid some very starting facts were developed. . Tne un- Jawrul husband swore that she was not his wile In a legal wiy, Other witnesses testified that tue mar- Maye wis & mock Marriage; that Tiernoy employed @ person to officiate as a priest, and that tucy were Mharried upon & sham license, After # full investi- guvion of the case the two women were discharged, aod a warrant was issted for ‘ferney charging mun with en i ee ne een He was Fig Over in 4 att $500 18 appesrance at the DEX term of the Criminal Court oe | fact a8) MORMONDOM Laterview with Brigham Young—His Personal Appearance—The Status of the Negro— Views Upon the Indian Questio (Salt Lake Cuy galy 20) editorial correspondence Washington Star.) : BRIGHAM YOUNG AT HOME, Mr, George (. Vannon, editor of the Deseret News, Who has Kindly aided us to see the principal objects of interest in and about Salt Lake City, took us yes- terday to see Brigham Young. We were received in his private ofttce, opening to the right of the tithing office, and situated between his two residences. known as the Lion House and the Bee Hive House.” ‘The ofiice ts a spacious room, divided in the middle by @ railing aud carpeted With imgrain, and with furniture of Walnut, scroll patvern. upholstered in browa reps. ‘ihe front part of the division, used apparently a8 an audience chamber, had chairs and loutiges, and in the centre a stand holding @ vase, a foot high, with an mamense bouquet, built up in the shape of a Spruce tree, of open alr flowers, doubtiess from his own gardens. On each sive of tue muer room was @ desk, one occupied by Brigham and the other by his secretary. The furniture seemed to be mostly of pine, with some pretentions to carving or cabinet display. The desks were pecuiiar In shape, the tabie being supported by what appeared to be verd antique pillars, but really Wood patuted in imitation of that stone, All tue furniture is made here, it being the policy of Young to use ouly home mana- Jactures, On the walls, near the ceuimg, were sus- pended portraits of leading Mormons including those of the present “Quorum of Twelve Apusties, * the post of honor being oceupied by the pictures of Joseph and Hiram Smith. ‘fhe portraits were evi- dently painted by native artists; the likenesses being fur, but the execution of the sign-board order, Lower on the walls were pictures of Andrew Joln- son and Ben Halladay, of stage-lime Jame, sent to Brigham Young by these worthies. FRONT VIEW OF 4 MODERN PROPHET. The wante of Joseph Smith fell upon Brigham Young, as all d Mormons believe, and conse- quentiy he succeeds to the tile of the Propiet. When we entered the Propet was seated in we rear of the room, and he rose to receive us, Nutural, we took a scrutinizing look at the man who has oc- cupiea so mucir of the public attention for many years. AsI have mentioned adready, he 16 more in- significant m figure than pictures of him would indi- cate. He ls about tive feeveight and a hall inches, bucis said to stand an inch shorter than when ten years younger, His head 18 pear shaped, heavy at ‘the bise alu narrowing lowards the top; and the re- semblance to that fruic ts consideraply heightened by his Wearing is saudy hair in the form of a roacti. He has a full beard ranning below his mouth, the lower part pretty gray and nestling in his capacious neckeloth, His eyes are a grayish biue, cold, small and more than half velled by drooping eyelids. ‘They are badly maied orbs; for when he unbends to tell a Jocose story the riglt eye lights ap with con- siderable humor, but the left, perhaps from some aefect of the nerves, utterly refases to ovey the heim and remains as unsympathetic as a glass eye. A seain voross is face, taxing tue place of lips, ai- vides @ pau of massive jaws, and, when opened, discloses u set of imperiectly ftved faise teeth, the workmanship, probab:y, of a Sait La blonde hair, tair complexion and light clothes were all in a “concatenation according,” He wore yellow Russian duck pantaloons, whice duck coat, white Marseilles vest, black neckerchief, and a heavy haw watcn guard, trom which was suspended a number of charms, made mostly of hair, the most prominent of Which Was a Woman's gaiter shoe, fasiuoned of hair, With a golden sole, beaeata which was a tiny skate, also ol gold. A pilfbosomed shut, fastened by sub stantial pearl buttons, and heavy cailskin boots com- pleted the costume of tits latest of the ilue of pro- phets and patriarcls, A PREE TALK WITH BRIGIAM. Brigham Young does not dote upon newspaper men, and there Was an ominous Compression of Ins lipless mouth a8 one after another of our party was Introduced to him as connected with the press, “Weil, dir, Young, we fintt you here not quite so black a3 you have been painted 1” Brigham (tartly)—“It is you who have painted us!” In the conversation that ensued Brigham com- plained that correspondents had come to see them and pains had been taken to show them everything, and they bad gone away ana utterly misrepresenied everything they saw. Some had treated them fairty, but most of the correspondents had utterly misre- presented them. ‘But,”’ said e are used to abuse aud it does not harm us. e mountains that surround us*—with a lofty wave of the hand—*are so high taat the douse aimed at us goes above them far over our heads)? Apostle George A. Smith, First Counsellor to Brigham Young, Who was present, complained phat Fita Hugh Ludiow, in his iancilai narrative, lad set hin down as uttering rebel sentiments m an address delivered by him at the Taberuacie in isy8. The as the address was purely of a historical na- thre, based on the Book of Mormon, giving a sketca of their early history, and had nothing to do with poliues. Some complaint was made of the state- ments of Richardson, of the New York 7rioune, bat they held that he was fairer than Bowles, of the | Springtiela Repudtican, Visit of Colfax, Bowles, Richardson aud party wa make political capital by a crusade against the M mons. ‘The report in the Chicago 7rvbune of the 1u- terview between Senator Trumbull and Young was | referred to more than once, and it was all that | it Was a distorted and mischievous account of hat took place. Altogether the Mormons seemed to have worked themselves up toa state of pretty hard feeling to- wards the newspaper fraternity, but having vented their grieis, tie conversation took amore cheerful turn, and Brigham, descending from lis stilts, be- came quite chatty in discour-ing upon the condition of affairs in Utah, Much that he swid was the iteta- tuon of views heretoiore expressed by lim and which have appeared t print. He still Holds to the sensible *opinion that the prosperity of Uiah has been due largely to thelr poucy in declining to jom in the hunt for gold, put he seemed to think it pos- sible that they imght yet undertake to develop their gold resources im a businesslike, systematic way. But he awelt with evident satisfaction upon the richness of their territory in useiul mimerals, won especially, and showed us a bar some io! vet in length, worked out with a haminer by aman not a practical iron forger. It was of remarkably fine texture, and too rich to make cast trom from? This ore is found 12 large quantities avout 200 mules south of Salt Lake City, $ In reference to te allegations that the Mormons | dread the approach of ratiroads as inimical to ALor- Thon istitutions, Mr. Young o the fi y as long ago a3 1, cnoy nat sede. Wunigr Jor the CL struction “or a gieat ational centra: rali- Yau TO the Pacilie,” and setting forth as reasons for its constracuion precisely the same arguments in its behalf that have been used effectively ata later date. Be said the road ought to nave gone by the way of galt Lake City, south of the lake, and that the com- pany would yet find their mtsiake m undertaking to run it through the canons north, lable as they were to torrents and blocking snows, The Union Pacitic Company, he said, owed fim yet about a Imiihon of dollars lor work done on the road, and he com- jained, with some bitterness, that they patd every- ody but the Mormons, We hav some curiosity to ascertain how the Mor- mons stood on the negro question, and the following was the resuic of the inquiries propoanded:— “Are there any negroes im your Territory?” Brigham—“A few. There are a considerable num- ber scattered through the ferritory.”” “Are they here as members of the Mormon Church or as Gentiles??? Brigham. hey are connected with the Chuarch,”’ “What is (heir status here in the ferritory 1’ Brigham —“We consider thein and treat them as, Mee the; a ea of oe emt ‘ re they admitted to equal lowship ti Church ‘q Ip in your Brigham—“No distinction is made against them as members of the Church; bat they are fot eligivle to any office, either civil or religious. A good many of them were brought here by Southern brechren when they came from the States. y are industrious and useful members of the community," 7 “How tnany indians have you in the Terricory ?" Brigham.—‘d have no idea. ‘The tribes are migra- tory. Those within tie Territory whea we came have all ated out.” PBronrng you been disturbed as a people by the In- ans ¢ Brigham.—“We have not. The principal difficulty with tie Indians grew out of oureteions commit- ted by passing travellers upon thé Indians, who re- taliated upon Mormon setiiers. If you will wait a moment i will relate a little incident showing our mode or dealmg with the Indians, When our band of 144 pioneers came out to locate a place here for settlement, When we came to the Pawaee country, througl Wluch the emigrant travel passed, the In- dians undertook to levy tWibate apon us, ac- cording to their practice upon — emigrants. We had but little to give them, but gave what we could spare. The Indians were dis- satistied, and demanded more. No word was spoken, but the signal was given to each captain, and ma moment every man had his rife levelled and our cannon Was trained on the Indians. We then started on our way, the ind standing in mute astonish. ment. ‘That has been our policy ever smce in deal- ing with te Inatans, to treat them kindly, but to dictate to them instead of being dictated to by them, and to let them Kaow that we ctiink a litte better of onrseives than we do of them.” The ving with which Brigham gave utterance to ig.views npon the Indian question, and his “ran- tunkerons” expression of countenance at the same time indicated that he 1s & good deal of a muscular Christian, and has no great mith in Quaker Com missions. Brigham had now thawed out, talking with ant- Mation and force. We could not heip neticing the immense vitality of the man as indicated in his figare and action, ihe conversation now drifted into a channel personal to hiunseif, “It pot impertinent, Mr, Young, May we inquire your age !”” Brigham—T am now sixty-nine."’ “We saw your son, Brigham, Jt, at the theatre Saturday, might, aud he looked almost older than yoursel!.’ Brigham (langhing).—‘Yes,. He 18 a litue bald. Baldness is not known in the Young family, but nis on from attempting vo doctor @ wart on his r to We lrave boen told that you suffer from lung dis- t! Brighata (quickly).—"Indeed! Who told you lady who came in the stage with us from Dede+ ret. She said you were not able to preach reguiariy on account of an affection of the lungs.’’ Brigham,.—°No." kag | out His chest.) “My lungs are ali rigs, have some troable with my throat, Dbiging me to take some precaations in speaking, [find some weakness th the mascuiar action of the vocal organs. Those who think the | vocal powers are dependent om the throat aud lungs are mistaken. placing Mr. Simith charged that the | | flannel sleeves They caper upon the muscles of the body” () is is over his Waisibang), Alter some further conversation of a desultory character we took our leaye, It is rted that Brigham Young, in his detestation of newspaper men, is apt, when the door closes upon any visitors of that sort, ta, send after them a pantomimic kick, but we saw no shadow of the prophet’s boot in our rear; on the contrary, he accompanied us to the door and gave US @ parting benediction, saying, “God bless you,” adding, ‘In doing well.’” VOICE OF THE PEOPLE, Forged or Altered Certifiente of Stock. A correspondent, evidentiy well posted 11 the rou- tine of business on Wall street, sends a communica- tion on the above subject, tending to dispel the sup- position of the public that the losses incurred by this means are attributable either to the negligence of clerks or even to their connivance with’ the swin- diers, The time for actual business is very short, All stock must, by the rule adopted, be delivered belore fifteen minutes past two every afternoon, ‘The cer- tidcates are all prinied bianks, olten carelessly illed out, The stock clerk ree, them is so hurried that he has only time to look at it quickly and at the endorsement and to hand out the check. ‘! ‘ule is tor certificates to call for one hundred shares, a less number is the exception. If tite certificate be originally issued for less and the number ts altered the stock clerk has not time to scrutinize it closely and to detect the alteration, Our correspondent, therefore, suggests that ratiroad companies tssuin, certificates for less than one hunared shares should. use diferent paper and different blunks, 80 a8 (0 make them more easily distinguishable. ‘inis sug gestion is not without its merit. The East River Bridge. A “Veteran Observer,” writing from New York und not from “The Beeches,” says that tt is the opinion of many, Mayor Hall included, that the best location for the bridge would be on Foriy-ninth or Fi{teth street, where there Is a solid mass of rock In the midaie of the river, on which a stone pier 150 feet high could be built, and large quarries are ir | the viemtty, from which any amount of stone could be obtaied at low prices. Entrances to the Park. A correspondent complains of the absence of thosa splendid entrances to the Park contemplated in the griginal plans. Taey would be an ornament to the city; especially would that on the Fifth avenue add vastly to the attractions of that thoroughfare. lo understands that want of means is the cause of thelr not appearing. He proposes a moderate pro ra‘a contribution by the Fifth avenue property ownera to the purpose, or, What he considers stiil better, some one of our millionnaires should build it at his own expense, as a lasing monument to his name and fame, Avenues and Streets Up Town. A correspondent sends avery just and severo complaint, in whieh he says that above Fifty-pinth street, except Harlem lane there ts not a single ave- nue fit for travel. Second, Third, Fourth and Eighth avenues are given over to the tender mercies of rail- road compantes and used by those worthies as if the public had not and never could have any interest in them save in being dragged in their overcrowded ambulances, The Sixth and Seventh, with the Grand Boulevard, are in the hands of the “doctor,’? and, of course, in an impassable condition, how long to remain 80 experience aione can determine. We acknowledge the grand necessity o: Improve- ment, but suggest there be some method even in that, Abt least so think, says the writer, the num- berless teamsters Who are compelled to grope their way through the gulites and pitfalls to transact their dally business, laming their horges, breaking their vehicles, and for this juxury paying each successive year increased taxes and privileged at each election to vote for new men who faithfully promise to remedy the evil. Now and then a little paving is _ done on Third ayenue, sufficient to silence clamor for the moment, but no sooner ts it finished than & sewer contractor comes along, the stones are dis- placed, and months, perhaps, elapse before that Uboroughfare is again passable, The Eighth seems to have been selected as the football ior poitticat claptrap and legisiation, and the unfortunate rest- dents and owners of that locality “never are, but always to be, blessed.’”’ It is far from just to those who are barred from entering the Park with their Joaded vehicles, and compelied to urge their tired horses. over unreguiated, unpaved roads in the Twelfth ward. ‘This matter ceriainly belc where—Street Commissioner, Central Par sioners, Mayor, Aldermen. ody 18 responsible for this glaring neglect. W give the injorma- tion? The Grade of Elm and Pearl Streets, “1, O. W.' calls the attention of the Henaun to the grade of Elm and Pear! streets nd would have us request the authorities so to c! as to make It posstt Ke to use these streets with- It is now, he 5 pibus or a heavy laden track to mt these grades, and conse: | quently all traitic goes on Broadway or Cento street. Senshere Bathing Suits. “CT,” taking oceaston of the recent sad drowning case at Long Branch, says that two weeks ago he was at Long Bratch and took a bath opposite tho Continental Hotel. THe tried one oi the bathing suits used, made of flannel, wih long sleeves and long legs to the heels. Being a good swimmer he veu- tured out beyond the rope. being in the water % few minutes, the exertion of the body in swimming brought the pants down stx inches beyond tis fee, and the sleeves began to twist round hrs arms so as to paralyse entirely the action of his lambs, particu- larly of the arms; ‘the sleeves beeame tighter and tighter around them at every eflort he made to swim. He called for help end was rescue 1. * ” remarks that none but. swimmers drowned at these watering places, for those who cannot swim do not leave tle vicinity of the rope; while those wie can go out to sea coufldent of their skill, and many Unnk not of the troubie given them by jong, ip Swimme knees or ed Ue arms 1 motion. and pants, use pants lower than tt ing beiow the elbow; ind tively bare for unhind: tld be en “h WESTERN ELOPEMENT. ce nia Leases His Wife ing to Uhicage, bd luicago Tribune, July 31.) rate place to emigrate from. So thought Louls Hansel, the proprietor of a lager beer Saloon at 1,125 North Seventh street,pia tuat city. Where would he come to, being a sensible and sagacious man, but to Chicago, tne centre of civiliza- Utop, the centre of commerce, the centre of atirac- tion, and probably the centre of g ity? He packed up his new valise, a bran-new second band one, for which he paid $3 currency, and then sat down to give his wife directions fidw to run the machine when he was far away. Jt was a sight worthy of a Ger « sign painter. He dandied a two-yve id faxen- haired baby—the solitary result of their love. lis new pair of breeches. His lurbo circled the pretty waist of his wife. The baby played with a flagon of creamy lager, which the foud parents sipped to aid the mastication of a plentiful supply of Sourkrout which they had engulfed a short time betore, A tear stood in the starboard optic of the hasband, It was therr first parting. “Coming events cast their shatlows before,”‘and there was something upon Louis’ mind, or stomach, which foreboded disasier. The expanstve area of his face—which, when clean shaven, was as smooth asa file—was now rippled and raffled with care. He spoke in tender tones of the business, of the quantity of beer on hand, and of the thousand dol- lars in the bauk, which she was to take such good care of. Like @ true woman and wife she endeav- ored to dissipate the gloom that destroyed his peace of mind. With @ Kiss she assured him that she would be careful and attentive to business, and es- pecially watchful of his hard woncurrency. He néed not be uneasy. She was not. She had no doubt that while he was wandering in the wilds of Cht- cugo everything at home would be lovely and tho goose Would be suspended to an exalied altitude, ‘They fell on each other's neck and wept, as David and Jonathan did onee upon atime. They embraced, they osculated, they took a farewell ylass out of a keg recency tapped, and parted. Louis set out on his pilgrimage, and reached the Mecca which he sought in safety. He had not the good luck to break h@s neck, and realize the amount of a twenty-five cent aecidental policy in which he had invested. He perambuiated the streets of Cht+ cago, ard looked out for a good place to set up bust- ness in, and mduiged pieasant day dreams of future happiness when hus wife, his baby and his beer should be rescued from St. Louis, and he be flourish- ing like a green bay horse. A week passed pleas- antly enough, and be was abour to consummate a bargain. wien he received @ letter from his wife. It Was written in the vernacular of Goethe and Sehil- ler, ‘The following 4s a literal transiation:— ~ Sr. Louis, daly 25, 1860, My dear Louts, the darling of my heart and soul, Lam in great distress; and to whom am I to tiyin my hour of muwery, and fo whom am 1 to confide, If not {a my own sweet Louls. 1 bave no ights since you left, for I hear that Chica ig not the safest piace for a man whose wife Is in St. Loui and cannot keep him in her eye. This is merely preliminary, 80 as.gontly to break the news of a great misfortune which has befallen us. Beer sells well. have not the heart 40 well ‘ou what I refer to, ‘The baby is well, Ohi how can Lbreak he sadn to you? Livm in good health, ‘The fact tw that I drew the money from the bank, #0 48 to have it near mo, and last night two “niggers”? broke inte the house and threatened to kill me if I did not fork 0% Knowing that you would rather lose it (han me, [let them have it, % Ps send me $00 out of what you took with youto or wer? Your imp ecunious wife, WATHGNA. ‘The letter Was a stunner. Jt Knocked Lous! prog pects out of tine. He telegraphed to tae ce nt up the thieves, ‘they hed’ oh robbery had taken pinee, began to smell an enormous rodent, He sent for further particulars. He was informed that. hia saloon Was closed; that the “stock In trade” had been sold out; that his two year old baby wastn the hands ofatriend, and that tts wife had taken the $1,000 and (op He and ran away with both, was the unkindest cut of all. He tjanon ‘i : felt awfully cur he only information that he could the gay Lothario who had wooed and jon fla atthe less frau was that he was young and handsome, He was also informed that, supposing he would return to St. Louis alter hearing ot the Ley hus fickle spouse and her paramour had shaken St dust from their pedai extremities and for this city. In the b of catching” poy Ss and forsaken Lowis placed the case nth ds of detective Schuman, who ls now ing it up, Meanwhile Louis feels bad. He fot mn used to such thi AY from him before, Ho as not sived in Ohicagos ie: