The New York Herald Newspaper, August 27, 1872, Page 8

THE BONDED IMPORTS. Glance at the Public Stores and Sample Office— How Affairs Are Managed in that Burean— Figures on Resulte—What Smokers Are Taxed—Rates of Public Cartage—What “Marble Contributes Toward the Rev- enne—The New Bonded Marble Yard and Its Appointment— Fabulous Amounts of Goods on Storage. Intimately connected with the Custom House are the public stores situated on New Church street, hav- ing a dimension of 124 feet lu inches on that front and 125 feet on Greenwich street. The former has five stores, cach sixty-five feet deep, and the latter also five stores, averaging ninety feet in depth, ‘The buildings, six stories in_beight, are provided with three steam elevators. ® Notwithstanding the monster size of these storehouses, there is not suMcient room to accommodate one-half of the eonstantly increasing tramic, THE PUBLIC STORES and sample office connected therewith form the eighth division of the Collector's office, and are un- @er charge of Deputy Collector Daniel H. Tomp- kins and Mr. W. H. Broome, Chief Clerk, who has been in service nearly twenty years. The force re- quired for the working of this division 18 very ex- tensive. The Labor Bureau contractor alone em- ploys at present from eighty to one hundred men. The clerical help numbers about seventy. As the goods are discharged {from the vessel the packages are accompanied by checks signed by the Customs Inspector, and delivered with the tickets at one of the doors on Greenwich street. A clerk stationed here checks the package and designates the floor on which to store the same, The tickets are hereupon entered ona blotter, to which im- porters and others have free access the next day for the purpose of ascertaining what becomes of their goods. The recording clerk then receives the tickets, who makes regular manifests of tne marks, Bumbers, condition of package, &c., on sheets which ere passed to the general bookkeeper, who Teeor.is the goods under the names of the various ‘vessels, Another clerk then compares the entries with the checks to see that no errors appear. Goods are delivered from the Collector’s Depart- ment, and the receipts from the merchant and an- ether from the carman are pasted together when returned, filed, entered on the book, and the ac- count is closed, The cashier takes these tickets, makes out and pays the cartage to the regularly appointed truck- men. This, however, applies only to goods ordered to be sent to the Appraiser for appraisement. Another oor on Greenwich street is used for the transfer of other goods, On the arrival of merchandise and after being examined the packages are corded and sealed. Acclerk calls off the marks, numbers and the des- ignated warehouse to which goods are to be sent. The annexed statement of the receipts at the New York Public Store will show how largely the busi- ness of this division has augmented. The increase im four years has been eighty-one and a quarter per cent. For the four montns ending April 30, 1572, the increase has be¢n ninety-five and a quarter per +@ent over a corresponding period ending April, 1809, and 125 per cent over that of April, 1868. The increase of subsequent months will show even a larger ratio, During the month of April, 1872, in ae working days there were received, examined and delivered an average of 1,000 pack- ages daily, and nearly every package had to be comied and sealed an The business done at the Public Store may be set down as simply enormous, as will be seen by the following figures :— 1868—Number of packages received in Public Store and Sample Office. “ 137,457 | Amount of cartage paid by the |. $62,948 Average per package, 45 61-100 cents,” 1869—Number of packages received in Public Store and Sample Oftice..... see J Amount ot cartaze paid by the load...........$79,539 | Averaging per package 46 8-100 cents. 1870—Number of packages received in Public Store and Sample Office... J 200,461 Amount of cartage paid by package.. $74,100 Average per package, 5696-100 cents, 4871—Nuinder of packages received in Public Store id Sample Office me ois rec SAOND: unt of cartage paid by package. + $78,213 Average per package, 54 60-100 cents, mS Thus it e seen that in 1870 there were received $8,595 more packages than in 1369 and 25,609 in 1871 more than in 1870. +. The number packages received in store fsom May 1, |, to May Were 236,831. in July, 1872, for incidental ex- ‘4 portion of which Department, was $1,180 08, ‘The amount expende nee. such as twine also used by the Appraiser ‘The number of pac tion last month was 1 Correct receipts desi ages received in store for examina- 244. made out at the pubhe store vaste On permit and orders Transferred to warehouse. Number of orders issued on correct invoices Kawes recel' le Otice . Packages deliv sample Ofice Packages transferred from Sample Onice to public store 63 The chai labor, ges paid in Sample Office for Juy, 1 THE CIGAR INSPECTION of imported stock likewise comes under the Eighth division. This traffic has become very extensive, averaging about four million cigars per month, which are stamped before coming into market, The labor connected therewith is considerable, very box has to be taken out separately, on which an import and internal revenue stamp has to be affixed. The former are furnished by the govern- ment, for which there is no charge; the latter cost $5 bee each thousand cigars, and are sup- lie the importer after purchase from the In- Eernal venue Bureau, The charges for certificate that the cigars have been properly stamped sre twenty cents per thousand. ‘This item throws off a revenue of about $350 per month, received by the Inspector of Cigars, who hands the amount col- lected every month to Deputy Collector Tompkins ‘whoin turn pays the same to the Auditor, takiug his receipt therefor. The fees received from this office about pay the expenses of running the same. ‘The rent of the public stores and Appraisers’ De- partment, which are under the same roof, is annu- ally $64,003 25. It may appear odd to have $3 25 attached to such alarge amount. The actual rent ts $55,000 a year, but on the widening of Chureh street the government agreed to pay fifteen pe cent on the suin for the improvement, which makes $11,003 25 ayear. Hence the total rental foots up She first mentioned fig! The most thorough 8: haracterizes the ad- ministration of the pubiic stores, otherwise the immense amount of business doue here would be a ‘Wass of chaos. THE RATES OF CARTAGE on all goods sent under general order from piers in New York and Brooklyn to designated wareliouses are fixed by regulations as follow All gaugeable goods in packages of Per, load of 6 packaxes All gaugeable goods in packages o allons oF less, . : . 50 1 g p All gaugeable goods in'pac 3 more than 10) gallons, per load of 2 packages. . All gaugeable goods in packages of over 100 gallons, per gallon... All dry casks, stich as Sugar, tobacco, & 2 pinds... seeee 5 asks, every additional 100 pounds over 1200 per joad of pouds..... oal per ton... Coal per one-hail chaidron : rtton per load of bales (American) Coon per 1 3 bales (hast India Bal bushels 200 pounds. udise not above enum The rates of cartage from piers on the New J aey side is as follows:— From Cunard dock, Jersey City General Order store, From White Star line General Order st Fron designated inciuded., to the designated tuded $1 00 Hambur MARBLE IN BOND. It may sound harsh to the general reader that suit stone imported froin foreien countries be bonded, nay, even subject to a very tari, Yet such is the case.‘ articie comes to these shores fromm known as Parian marble, worked in t es of Carrara. A small quant sof stone comes from Spain, but r nessee inarble in color, and ts not so vich in after cargo 1s landed here by , Palermo and Genoa, and it wud sight to see the acres of ground covered by tos merchandise, which brings au imme rev cuue to the United States government. He toc all the marble discharged was at a y ituated at the foot of Corlear street on th t River, 0008 properly enclosed and secured with goveri- | ment this yard, or rather the owners | thereof, have neyer complied with the required regulations, althongh repeatedly ordered to do so. Messrs, Sater & Williams, who also have a six story bonded warehouse and general order store in Water street, extending over one hundred square feet, have obtained from the government the custody of vonded marble. These gentiemen, failing to in duce the owner of ti have the ground properly enciosed, entered into an agreement with Messrs. Walsh Brothers, who own the property adjoining, to fit up a proper place ac. “cording to the requirement of the These geuticmen at once entered upon th prise. Being the owners of the property directly across the street of the present yard, Where the marble lies in an exposed condi- ton; they enclosed the entire block of 250 square fence twelve feet high, and crected e tramway railways, upon which they ean lt and transport fifty tone weight from @ ves- se} to any spot within the enclosure as easily as car- rying ten pounds, This system of railways is arranged on beams running in three rows, each beam having tracks u} which tracks are pro- pelled, bearing the weight suspended on wire coils, Across these beams are tresties, likewise supplied with rails and trucks, which shift the load and carries it in an opposite direction, A steam boiler of eighty horse power supplies the motive power, not only to the wamway road, but serves also to discharge the cargoes of two vessels at one time. The dock facilities of this monster yard are 500 feet water front, capable of accommodating five or six vessels at one time. All who have seen this receptacle for bonded marble pronounce it as the very acme of perfection, anda long needed improvement over he old system, Marble, unlike other imported goods, was allowed to be virtually outside of gov- ernment custody, Heretofore it was only con- structively in bond. This new yard will obviate the difficulty, and the expense to the importer is only one half of previous rates, The duty on marble is heavy. At first we have @ specific of fifty cents, and an ad valorem tax of twenty per cent per cubic foot. Some of the blocks imported are of huge proportions, welping from five to twenty-four tons. In the new yard these pon- derous weights are {ted very easily, while under the old system of horse power it took probably ten two horse teams to hoist the block, and as man more to drag it toa resting place. ‘It usually took three and four weeks to discharge a cargo of marble, With the new machinery a large vessel is discharged in three or four days. The cost of the fitting up of this new enterprise was upwards of eighty thousand dollars. Last year 256,000 feet of marble was measured and inspected. Besides im- ported stone there is now in storage at the marble yard of Messra, Baker & Williams a monster cable Weighing twenty-one tons; also an anchor, both of which have been lost by the steamship Wyoming, of the Williams & Guion line. ‘This cable and anchor were fished up by the schooner Lisser. Not having the same entered on ner manifest, both ar- ticles had to be transferred to the General Order store. Since the deposit there the crew of the schooner have made a claim for salvage, and the United States Marshal now keeps a watchman at the yard guarding the cable and anchor at a large expense, The government exacts a duty on these appendages to shipping tackle, and if not re! by paying duty in the prescribed time will sell t! according to regulation. UNITED STATES BOND! from Hunter’s Point, on the East River, to Leroy and West street, on the North River, including the Jersey City and Hoboken warehouses, comprises an area of some fifteen miles, There are nearly one hundred bonded warehouse proprietors. Each one has a United States store- keeper, who, according to law, opens his place of business at seven o’clock A. M. and closes at sun- The storekeeper receives a receipt for all d goods and delivers the same on the proper “permits.” The warehouse “circle” is divided into five districts, each one of which has a designated pt officer, whose duty itis to visit every day handled a number of times. | Although the Customs regulations | re imperative in having places containing bouded | avove mentioned yard to | store within his precinct, gather up the returns of the previous day’s business, correct all errors, supervise the work of the storekeepers, and make all necessary verbal and written reports regarding his district to Mr. Samuel P, Russell, the superintendent of the Warehouse Bureau, Jn Bureau No, 4, Third division, or the Bookkeep- ers’ Department of the Custom House, is kept the record of all goods received under general order and all goods in bond in all United States bonded wareliouses. have to be stamped hi nd recorded in the Looks of the department before final action can be taken on them, The returns from all bonded warehouses are also Kept on tile in this Department. Accounts are all kept by vessels. Each veyage hasa separate folio. Any person, by giving the name and the voyage o1 the vessel can at once be informed of the ; disposition of the cargo. Mr. A. C. Hinton, an old employé of the Custom House, is the chief clerk of this department, while Colonel T, B. Thorpe, an old literateur, is chief clerk to the Superintendent of Warehouses, We have already alluded to the extreme hard | labor performed in the Liquidating Burean of the Warehouse Department. The same applies also to that just mentioned above, The storekeepers and clerks have more hours to labor in and on less pay than any class of men in mercantile pursuits. ; BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN. ere The Sunday Music Question—A Spirited Skirmish Between the Members for the Credit of the Movement—The Resolution Adopted Without Amendment. The Board of Assistant Aldermen met yesterday. Atten minutes after the hour named there was not a quorum present. Mr. Strack asked the Clerk to call the roll. Mr. Kravus—The President and five members are down stairs. They will be upinaminute. I hope | the Alderman will wait. Voices—Call the roll. The Clerk called the roli and @ quorum was not present. Mr. PinckNry—Mr. Clerk, there not being a quo- rum present, I move that Mr. Haley take the chair, and send the Sergeant-at-Arms after the absent ; members. The Sergeant has been after them, but they refuse to attend, At this moment the President and other members entered, and Mr. Pinckney resumed his seat. A letter was received from Commissioner Van Nort relative to the paving of Second avenue from Forty-second street to Sixty-first street, which was ordered by the Common Council and approved by the Mayor December 13, 1870, and also the pav of Fifty-niuth street from First avenue to avenue, passed in 1871, The Commissioner states ets were not paved, as the Courts ments for paving done and passed during 1870 and 1871, for non-com- eR. alled up the resolution to provide | mus ntral Park on Sunday afternoon, and the opening of the Museum for two hours on | Sunday aiternoon, | Mr. Kraus moved its adoption. Mr. ROBINSON moved to strike out Central Park | and insert all the parks of the city. Mr. Strack advocated Mr, Robinson's amend- | Ment. He wanted musical concerts on Sunday, but @ workingman couid not afford to pay seventy or eighty cents for cay fare for his family, If the con- certs were given in Washington Park or Tompkins square the poor man could attend without cost. This movement was in favor of swelling up the r ceipts of railroad companies, and he had no doubt some of the Aldermen were interested in these rail- . CONNOR was in favor of having music down town, and therefore he favored Tompkins and | Washington squares. Mr. STacom moved in amendment that the words “Central Park, Tompkins square, Washington square, City Hall Park and the Battery” be in- serted. Mr. Rontyson withdrew his amendment and ac- | cepted M acom’s, Mr. Kravs declared that this woald kill the in- | tention of the original resolution, which provided | that it must bedlone without extra expense, Mr, Gris thought the argument that it would cost | poor men too much to go to Central Park was all gas. Most of them wanted fresh air, and they | naturally go there for that purpose, and the Board ; should locate the music where it could benefit the greatest number. Mr. Svacom withdrew his amendment, and Mr. ON offered the following as a substitute : red intisic to be plat ton Park, Thompkins and Battery place on Suntay P.M. And soas to avoid ‘4 0 omit all of the music entertainments now on week days in three of the other parks in this city. The substitute was lost. Mr. Connon moved to lay the whole subject on | the table, Lost. Mr. Sreack moved to adjourn, Lost—5 to 12, Mr. SracoM moved that the original resolution be made the special order for next meeting. Lost— . Stacom, Robinson, Kraus, Connor. Cu- ind Geis all took the'foor. A p nd motions fo M, and the yore at music be ys, between the hours of Itwas carried by the fol mis lam of speeche Chair divided the ques upon the first part, vi | in Central Park on Su | four and seven o'clock. | lowing vot | Costello, wz, the Messrs, O'Brien, Healy, on, Cumisky, McDonald, D kK } Nay Messrs, Fole Stravk, Wade, Conne | On motion of Mr. Geis, the second part of the resolution, relating to opening the museum, w. laid over until the next meeting. The discussion, Which lasted about two hours, showed that the | who were most violet y opposed to having music in the Central Park were evidently doing so toc trol the votewof the workingmen in their res | tive district’, The Board adjowrned until next Monday. PASTORAL OF BISNOP ODENHEIMER. tacom, Robinson, Coddington, In response to a le! Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, in Lon- don, England, Bishop Odenhelmer, of New Jersey, doa pastoral letter oO the clergy and laity of the diocese of New Je * in which he re- dis with is whole heart to the sug- gestion of recommending a day of inter- cession for increased supply of — mise sionaries. points December 20 as the day, and rhe want of godly and well- fully and to maintain sue- and kingdom of the incarnate | Son of God oppresses the heart of the Church of ; Christ, longing to preach to every creature under heaven the everlasting Gospel of Christ crucified, | the only Saviour Of the world, The want of suf- | cient laborers to reap the worid fleld, white to the harvest, 18 the ominous cry that s{artles the Bride | of Christ as tls dispensation of God's grace draws to its close, The want of able-bodied, able-souled | and able-spirited ministers to prepare the | deemed sons of men fr the aecond advent of thew King and Judge is the direfal anti-Christian fact that depresses every department of mixstons, diocesan and domestic, as well as foreign, and hides the life and tight of God from the 700,000,000 | Of heathen peoples, There is but One who j help us in this dismal hour of our lukewarm! and self-indulgence aud of the world’s great | spiritual necessities."* r from the Soctety for the | All deliveries and transfer permits | | had 3 | the salaries should not aggre r re- | | | would not-ac | any up the cudgels on his own beball, showed that | THE COURTS. Interesting Proceedings in the New York and Brooklyn Courts. peli tas CoS The Sellers of Immoral Books Brought to Bay— The Salaries of City Officials—Judge Quinn Demands His Pay—Decisions. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Raid Upon Sellers of Immoral Publica- tions, Before Commissioner Osborn. The United States vs. H. Cameron.—The de- fendant is charged with dealing in immoral books and pictures, He hasan address nominally at 146 Bleecker street, but he has been for some time in the habit of receiving his letters and communica- tions from a box in a@ grocery store at 106 West Houston street, Yesterday Deputy Marshals John Robinson and D, H. Crowley, armed with @ warrant, went in pursuit of the defendant, whom they found after he had just got his letters. They captured him at once. He had in_ bis possession a black hand-bag, which was filled with packets of immoral prints and books made up, stamped, sealed and ready to be deposited in the Post Office. Some of these pack- ets were addressed to parties in this city, includ- ing one or two women, whose names, in all prob- ability, will be published as soon as the case comes to be sn yeaoiee by the Commissioner. The de- fendant was held im $10,000 bail to await an ex- amination, General Davies, the United States Dis- trict Attorney, has expressed his determination to use all the force of the law at his command for the suppression of this vile traffic and the severe pun- ishment of every one who may be engaged in it, The United States vs, Charles Mackay.—The de- fendant is charged with having carried on the busi- ness of selling immoral books and Centre street, The particulars of 1 peared in the HERALD of Sunday. Yes missioner Osborn heard some testimony in rela- tion to the charge, but the evidence for the prose- cution has not closed, Counsel for defendant made a motion to reduce the bail, which had been fixed by the District At- torney at $10,000, He claimed that the amount specitied was entirely disproportioned to the punishment which the law would mete out to the defendant if he were proved guilty, Counsel ad- mitted that the sale of immoral books and pictures was an abominable crime; yet he claimed that the defendant should not be harshly dealt with; his liberty should not be unduly restricted, General Davies made a spirited address, com- menting severely upon the debasing character of the offence which, he said, was growing in the city. He was sorry to have been informed that books and prints of a most indecent character had been introduced into seminaries and schoois and private families to the detriment and ruin of young boys and girls, The man who would be instrumental in circnlating this vile and abominable stuff through the community could not possibly hope to expect TieNy, or consideration from the Court. He op- posed any reduction of th The Commissioner, after e able length on the enormi: il. ‘patiating at consider- ity of the onence charged, said the surrounding umstances took it out of the category of common crimes. It was not only a crime against the law, but an Guirage upon the decencies of lite and the vir- tue of society. He would, at the next hearing of the case, announce whether he wouh! feel justified in reducing the bail. He should, however, now say that the bail must be such as would secure the at- tendance from day to day of the defendant pending the examination. For the present the defendant must remain in the custody of the Marshal. ‘The United States vs. E. M. Grandon.—The de- fendant was arrested at his place of business, 41 Liberty street, by Deputy Marshal Crowley. He is charged with dealing in immoral publications, and was held to bail in $10,000 to await an examination. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, Pay of Sheriff Marshals at the Court of Oyer and 'Terminer, Before Judge Barrett. As is well known, the judges of the Supreme Court holding Oyer and Terminer have the power to appoint the officers in attendance upon the Court, and in case of their failure to do so the Sheriff makes the appointments. The juages, how- ever, have failed to exercise their prerogative in this regard, and thus this duty for years has de- volved on the Sherif, and in fact has come to be regarded as a part of the patronage of the latter's office. It wasa good thing for the appointees, as | the duties were light and the pay good. Everything rined went on smoothly until Comptroller Green ob custodianship of the city finances and as such re- sisted payment of the men thus appointed. ‘There are, including appointments by Sheriff's Brennan and O'Brien, ninety-three men claiming pay as offi- cers ‘of the Oyer and Terminer. A test case has been prepared, the relator bemg Thomas Smith, and $321 the amount of his claim. A few days ago, as will be remembered, application was made at this Court for a mandamus against the Board of Audit and Apportionment to compel its payment. Meantime, pursuant to the request of the Board, Mr. O'Gorman, Corporation Counsel, wrote an opin- ion in the matter, setting forth the entire legality of the claim and the obligation of the Board to audit and allow it. At the last meeting of the Board Mr. Van Nort moved to audit and allow it, but the other two Commis- Upon this action of the sioners voted against it. Board, application was mandamus against the B and allow the same. The case was argued at length by Mr. Charles W. Brooke tor the relator. He showed the legality of his appointinent; that the s ces required had been rendered; that a certificate to this effect had been properly made out; that the claim had been passed upon by the Board of Supervisors as aI claim against the city and county; that the Board of Audit by statute had no power to annul or aer or change the claim as thus allowed, and that all the latter Board could do was to audit and allow it. He cited varions authorities on the subject in confirmation of his ar- gument. Mr. O'Gorman said he had already committed him- self in his written opinion sent to the Board of Audit. He had advised them that the claim was legal, and should not resist the present applica- tion. Judge Barrett stated that the law wa: on the point, and that there was no ¢ urse jor him under the findings of the Courts than to Gree & peremptory mandamus to issue, whic! he id. Similar mandamuses will 8. ery clear issue in the remaining 1 is a perfect outrage,” sal the Comptroller should purs: in this matt 4 “How 80?" asked a gentleman of inquiring mind. “It ig an Outrage on the men, in the first place,” answered the former gentleman, “keeping the men sv long out of their money, and an outrage on the people, in the second place, because these manda. muses will cost the city $50 each.’ “And this 18 What you calla muttered a third party. “For are geyting about enough of it. Salaries of Clerks in the Corporation At= torney’s Office. The clerks of Thomas C, Fields, Corporation At- torney, are having trouble about their pay. “There are ten of these clerks, and their salaries, including 4 gentleman, “that 1. form government,” ny part, | think we course be does | that of Mr. Fields, roll up an aggregate of $35,000 | ayear. The Board of Audit and Apportionment, in reguiating the amount of annual appropriations for the various departments of the city and county go nment, fixed that of this bureau at $21,000, Disvegarding this cutting down process, the pay roll was kept up, and the result has been the re- fusal of the Board of Audit to audit and allow pay- ments of the salaries as thus kept up. The clerks, accordingly, sued for their salaries, The answer was that the amount asked for exceeded riation. was demurred to, and the me up yesterday on for the cl 1 atute fixe not been changed, and th: d no business to fix the appropriation under this amount. Mr. O'Gorman urged that hoard of Audit had the right to determine wha hould be the amount appropriated for an and that atnount. «a held ke the quired tor p: Comptroller pur- t the Comp- i that the same soard of Audit Judge Ba t sustained th appropriation less than the sum ment of salaries as fixed by the suant to a prior enactment. Jadge Quinn Looking After His Pay, Jndge Quinn holds judicial reins over the First District Civil Court. Ue claims nine months’ salary. ‘The dispute is as to the amount to. which he is entitled. Under an incre Supervisors he claims $10,000 a ye Comptroller is willing to pay only $6,000 salary, The matter was brought to suit and judgment by default entered against the city for the fali amount claimed, Motion was made yesterday on behalt of the city by Mr. O'Gorman to have this default opened, ile insisted that no judgment could be entered against the city unless on motion before a Judge of the Supreme Court, or npon a verdict by a jury. He claimed that the judgment was irregulas. It was, in fac ase by a “snap judgment,” although he se Ind Quinn With wishing to take advantage. Judge Quinn, who took unfair he had taken no advantage,’ but that he gave prompt and ample no! f every legal step taken on his side. He did not wish to take any ad- vantage, but was willing to have opened.’ The case was one, he contended, that should not come before @ jury, but waa simply a question of law a8 to the amount of salary he was entitled to, After hearing the argument the Court granted the motion, opening the default on condi- lion that the question should be argued before the Court on an application for & mandamus directing payment of the fuli amount claimed, Decisions. he demurrer. | the Board of | while the | the default | Thompson vs, Langadt. the vlaintiat may take. | riages | through Prospect Park. an order, if so advised, opening the avenue and win the “Matter oF thé “Application of Augustus Von Cortland et al.—Report confirmed and order granted, Shatter ys. Nobel et al.—Application denied, ShatMer et al. vs. The Atlantic Gramt Powder Company et al.—Same. ‘The Hercules Mutual Life Assurance Company of the United States vs. Monaheimer et al.—Same. BROOKLYN COURTS. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. The Special Tax. Before Commissioner Winslow. Two retail liquor dealers, Henry Deal, of No. 760 Park avenue, and Stephen Stickle, of Winfield, L. L, were before the Commissioner yesterday on the cherge of carrying on business without paying the Special tax required by law. The hearings were set down for the 30th inst. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. A Dispute Betwe Lawyers—Action Against an Ex-Corporation Attorney, ot New York, for Legal Services. Before Judge Barnard, Daniel J. Walden vs, Theodore E., Abby E. and David Tomlinson and Thomas Winser.—The plain- tiff isa New York lawyer, Abby E, Tomlinson is his sister, Theodore his brother-in-iaw and David their son, Walden claims that when Theodore was appointed Corporation Attorney of New York in 1847 there was an agreement between them that if he (plaintiff) attended to the attorney business of the office he should receive, in addition to the salary paid by the Corporation, one-third of the taxable costs in all suits in Courts of Record which were prosecuted or defended by Theodore as attor- ney, by virtue of his office, or by other employment of the city, and alsoin all actionsin which Theodore should be substitated in place of the attorney for the Alms House Department, Subsequently a res- olution was adopted by the Common Council transferring certain actions pending in-Courts of Record in which the city was interested, and which had been begun by the Attorney for the Alms House Department to the Corporation § At- torneys office, Theodore being substituted as the city’s Attorney, Walden says that all the Attorney’s work in these suits was done by himself, and also the greater part of the counsel business and the taxable costs amounted to $21,129. In August, 1859, recovered a judgment of $32,256 against the city of New York in an action brought for that amount and counsel fees. The Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment and last June the on aid the amount. It is now claimed by plain- tif! that he should have been paid $14,290 20, the amount of his share of the fund under the agree- ment entered into between him and Mr. Tomlinson in 1847; but Mr. Tomlinson, who is insolvent, pre- tended to have assigned the judgment to the other defendants, and in order to prevent the money being reached by his creditors, and the peut of Mr. Walden’s share, the money was taken, and is now in the custody and possession of Mr. Tomlinson and the other defendants, but subject to the control and disposition of Theodore KE. Tomlinson, Mr. Walden desired that the amount due him be ascertamed, that the defendants be enjoined from disposing of the money, and that a receiver be ap- pointed until this action should be determined. Judge Pratt granted o preliminary injunction and appointed the Brooklyn Trust Company re- ceiver of $15,000 of the amount. An appeal was thereupon taken to the General Term. The case was before the Uourt yesterday on a motion for a stay of proceedings, as far as the receiver taking charge of the $16,000 is concerned, Decision re- served, The Lee Avenue Railroad Trouble. Frederick Greis and others, property-owners on Lee avenue, have brought suit to restrain the Wil- lamsburg and Flatbush Railroad Company from laying tracks in that thoroughfare. The plaintifts claim that the company has not compiled with the act of 1866, and obtained the consent of a pela of the property-owners before laying the racks, The company, on the other hand, say that they are laying the tracks under the general Railroad act, and not under the act of 1860. All thatis nec- essary under the general act was to obtain the consent of the city, which had been done. It is also claimed that the plaintiffs had no standing in Court, inasmuch as their deeds do not give them any rights in the street, the property being bounded by the street line. The ed ferent for the injunction was heard yes- terday. Decision reserved. Decision. J. H. Elmore vs. The East New York and Jamaica Railroad Company.—Motion to continue injunction denied, with $10 costs. BROOKLYN AFFAIRS. James Kurson fell from a tree in front of No. 85 Hunter street, last evening, and fract ured his skull. Joseph H. Bagner was drowned yesterday, while bathing at the Erie Basin, South Brooklyn, His body was recovered. The apartments of Mrs. Butcher, No, 91 Main street, were entered by a sneak thiefyesterday and robbed of $95 worth of jewelry. John Carrol, aged twenty months, fell from the third story window of his parents’ house, corner of jad ana Washington streets, and was fatally in- jured, The corner stone of the new Catholic church in course of construction at Flatbush will be laid, with appropriate ceremony, on Sunday next. The edifice will cost $30,000, and will be under the pas- toral care of Rey. Father Dougherty, Sergeant Cain, of the Second precinct, last even- ing effected the arrest of Thomas Flaherty, aged nineteen years, on charge of being one of the principals engaged in the recent robbery of $400 trom the office of Blees & Co., sewing machine fac- tory, corner of John and Bridge streets. The ac- cused was taken into custody in East Broadway, New York. Mr. Farrell, an undertaker, is going to test the right of the Park Commissioners to prevent car- returning from funerals from passing Mr. Farrell contends that the only chance many poor men and women have to see the Park is when they attend a funeral of a friend, and they shall not be denied the pleasure if he can help it. : Renndsman Martin Bauvan felt the weight of his own club, during arow on Sunday night, in Van- derbilt avenue, near Pacific street, He attempted to suppress a fight, when the panes attacked him, took his club from him and beat him with it over the head severely, Three fingers of his right hand were broken. Christopher Sinnet, one of the as- sailants, was arrested and locked up. An inquest was held yesterday by Coroner Jones over the body of Dr. Allen T, Beller, at his resi- | dence, 286 Washington street. The deceased arose | from his bed about one o'clock on Sunday morning, and in some manner fell from the third story win- dow of his residence into the’ yard. He died yes- terday morning from the effects of his injuries. ‘The deceased was fifty years of age, and leaves a wife and family. Coroner Jones held an inquest yesterday over the body of Margaret Jones at the St. Peter's Hos- pital. It was shown that the Sisters of the hospital | had found her in a room at 429 Hicks street, lying | upon the floor and exhansted from neglect,’ They | removed her to the hospital, and she died shortly after she had been admitted. The jury censured | her husband, Thomas, for neglecting to provide for | his wife and not calling a physician when she was ill. Some little excitement has been occasioned by | the turning up of the bones of the dead who were interred in what was known as the ‘Mount Pleas- ant Cemetery.” An act was passed to extend Douglas street and Buffalo avenue through the | cemetery, and the trustees purchased a large plot in the Cypress Hills Cemetery for $25,000, to which | bones were to have been transferred. This er vas done, Public notice to remove the dead was given by advertisement in several newspapers for a period of over six months before the strect commissioners commenced operations, and during | the Fall and Winter of last many persons re- moved their dead from the’ cemetery themselves. Now the bones of those left in ihe cemetery are being dug up and thrown away. | A meeting of the special committee of the Board | of Supervisors, appointed for the purpose of secur- | Ing an equitable valuation in the apportionment | of the State tax in Kings county, met yesterday, Mr. Richard P. Bishop, who has been engaged in an | investigation of the valuation of property through- the State, both last year and this, with especial | view to the facts in the case, stated’ that he had made an xamination of eight counties this year, | outside of those made last year, and he finds the average valuation :of* property in those counties to be six per cent, while the valuation in Kings county is 66 4-10 per cent. A communication, prepared for presentation to the State Assessors, was read, and it was concluded, after considerable conversation, to proceed to Al- bany and request an equitable reduction of the valuation of Kings county, and if the request was denied to at once appeal to the courts for equal and exact justice, and in no account to be satisfied with anything less. ‘Tne committee will also en- deavor to ave the $800,000 of the $1,800,000 laced in the Kings county State account of he canal deficiency debt taken of this year if } at the possible, this NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1872--TRIPLE SHEET. 7 i PURE WATER FOR JERSEY CITY, Is It Another Montgomery Street Experiment? An Immense Job for the Contractors—Iron Pipe Abolished and Cement Pipe Substituted—The Doctors Disagree—What Happened in Pittsfield and Brooklyn—Econ- omy with a Vengeance. Another great job ts being undertaken at the ex- pense of the taxpayers of Jeraey City by the Board of Public Works. The Committee on Pumping ana Reservoirs advertised for proposals for building a thirty-six-inch conduit from a point near the west bank of the Hackensack River to the receiving res- ervoir at Belleville—a distance of 22,300 feet—trav ersing the swamp known as the Hackensack Mead- ows. At the meeting of the Board of Public Works, two weeks ago, the committee reported in favor of the adoption of an iron and cement pipe, and recom- mended that the contract be awarded to the Amer- ican Water and Gas Pipe Company. After a brief discussion the Board confirmed the report of the committee, and awarded the contract, for $363,303, This bid was lower than that of the iron pipe company by $130,000. The committee in their report set forth the fol- lowing reasons for their recommendation, in addi- tion to the comparative cheapness of the iron and cement pipe :— . The action of Passaic water on cast fron, as shown in existing conduits and distribution pipes, develops the for- mation of aceretions, sometimes designated ‘tuber. cles.” These in thelr early stage are small in size and hemispherical In shape. They are covered with a thin scale, and filled with a substance resembling black mould, slightly moist and of an offensive odor. They appear td increase rapidly in bulk and numbers, until the entire inner surface of the pipe {s covered with them, Their growth not only dimmishes the diameter of the pipe, but affects its stability, as they destroy the metal beneath them, changing its characteristics and tending to render it unéqual to the strain of even light hydraulic pressures. ‘They also taint the water, imparting to It a discernible flavor, The oxidation of ‘the outer surface of cast iron pipes reduces its strength, and experience teaches that coal tar varnish, as applied to cast iron, while a protec: tion, is not a certain preventive against rust. The action of Phasaic water on cementlined pipes is entirely differ. ent. The diameter is not reduced and the face of the lining, after years of use, is lean as when first applied. ‘The sole effect of the water is beneficial, hardening the cement until its consistency equals stone. ‘The danger of rupture in the pipe is obviated by the gauge of the plate- fron to be used. Samples which have been tested, together with the official certificate from the Southwark’ foundry, are now in ous posseasion. They show a tensile strengith of about 52,00Ppounds to the square inch: according to the formulas this iron Ina tube of the required dimen- sions will sustain five times the pressure to which it will ever be subjected—a factor of safety sufficiently conser- yative to allay the fear of even the ‘most timorous. Ob- jections have been urged against its use over the Meadows, tor the reason that its rigidity would render it liable to fracture at the jointsin case of settling. Such ion is scarce valid. A hard bottom underlies the ensack Meadows, ab @ depth averaging less than twenty feet below the’ surface, while the turf, muck and roots form a mass sufclently’ compact to prevent any Interal motion to piles driven in it. The foundation as de- signed consists of two rows of piles, the rows being two feet apart, capped transversely with 12x12 inch timbers, the bents being twelve feet from centres. Five courses of stringers of 8x10 timber extend (breaking jointson the caps) over the entire line on the meadows and are covered with a plank flooring, al being securely spiked down. On this founda- tion a brick’ eradle laid up in hydraulic cement Will be bullt, in which the pipes will be laid upon a bed of cement one inch deep. The cradle will be covered with @ brick arch, the bricks eing bedded so that an inch of cement will intervene between them and. the iron of the pipe. The conduit will then be covered with twelve inches of earth and sodded. Viewed in every light the advantages are with the iron and cement pipe, The quality of the water is not impaired by transit through it, and as the health of the entire population is dependent to a great extent upon the purity of the water this is a vital consideration, and secondary to none other in importance. The permanency of the work Is guaran- teed by the method and material used in its construction, While cast iron pipes constantly deteriorate, the cement lining absorbs from the water elements that'perfect the crystallization of its particles, and by presenting an im- penetrable barrier to oxidation the tenacity of the iron plates ts preserved intact. A So much for the iron and cement pipe. From the day the contract was awarded to the present there has been a very strong feeling of opposition to the adoption of t 8 pipe in Jersey City. Many promi- nent citizens solicited the eee of experts in the matter, numerous inquiries were made, and Mayor O'Neill was requested not to sign the con- tract, Among the objections urged is the follow- ing:—In the city of Pittsfield, Mass., containing a population of 12,000, where twelve or fifteen miles of the iron and cement pipe had been lald many years ago, it’ proved a complete failure. At a town Meeting held last Spr ig it was resolved to take it y and substitute iron pipe instead. It had been laid at a depth of seven feet below the surface and _ the land was firm and dry, so that the failure could not be attributed to the sinking of the foundation. Yet the inhabitants were taxed for continual repairs to such an extent that they at length became dis- gusted, and the result was that the ba was taken up. It is argued thatif such were the case ona hard bed of land what will be the result in a swamp? To this objection Mr. Ferris, who is sec- retary of the company to whom the Jersey City contract was awarded, answers that the iron and cement pipe his COMBAT Bron ogee to lay down is ‘an entirely different one from that laid in Pittsfield, and that the firm bed of piling bricks and hydraulic cement to be laid in the swamp will be equal toa foundation of stone. Mr. Craven, of the Croton Water Board, in an- swer to any inquiries, warns the people of Jersey City ainst the adoption of the iron and cement Pipe. ir. Rhodes, Purveyor of the Brooklyn Water Vorks, gives his opinions in the matter in a lengthy communication, which contains the follow- ing passages :. Long experience has shown that iron water pipes, for conducting water into and through towns and cities, should, before they are used, be subjected to a proof, or internal hydraulic pressure of 300 pounds per square inch, Iron and’ cement pipes are never subjected to such, or, astarasthe writer ix aware, to any proof; because they are so afraid that if placed in a proving Prom they would be destroyed by the pressure Tequired to close the ends sufficiently tight to retain the water at that pressume. To give some idea of what that pressure 1s, suppose a pipe. instead of being placed in a press horizontally, should’ be set vertically upon an iron plate with a shéet of india-rubber inter- Posed, and the upper end covered by anottier iron plate and heet of rubber, and upon this plate a weight which would require @ pressure of 300 pounds per squaro inch to lift, and this weight a cylinder of cast iron—what would be itsdimensions and weightif the plpe to be proved should be thirty-six inches in diameter (the size of those called the Board of Public Works)? Answer, 36 inches eter, 98 feet 6 inches in height and the ‘weight 153 tons. An interesting problem which remains unsolved is, how long a thirty-six-inch iron and cement pipe twelve feet in length, the iron one-sixth of an inch thick, would sustain that welght? Alluding to his experience in the Brooklyn Water Department, he says that the great difficulty en- countered in repairing the iron cement pipe led to its disuse, Several miles of it were taken up and iron pipe substituted instead on account of this great defect. An instance of this occurred on a twenty-inch line connecting with a twelve-inch; it became necessary to take up some fifty or eighty feet of the twenty and about the same amount of the twelve-inch, and replace it with iron pipe, having repeatedly attempted to make nent repairs, failing in Which it became necessary - move it. in building one of the, main the street through which a was iaid, the settlement the changing of | the grade made it necessary to abandon about fifteen hundred fect of cement pipe, all of which the Water Commissioners di- Fected to be replaced by iron pipe: the pipes of cement connecting with this main on lateral’ streets were also re- laced by Iron, so far as the change of grade required. gain, the time required for cement to harden sufficiently to bear the pressure of the head of water after the repair is made is in itselfa great objection. Manufactories are deprived of water, and in consequence theiy business brought to @ standstill for many hours atter the repair is made. On the large district “shut off” fire hydrants are rendered useless, and great danger exists to property from conflagration, The citizens are put to a needless in- convenience for the want ater for house boilers, water closets, &c. In ore! nid, if possible, such ait fleulties ithas been necessary in some instances to re- move the injured cement pipe and replace it with Iron. ‘The only member of the Board of Public Works in Jersey City who voted against the adoption of the iron and cement pipe was Mr. Clerk, who has no faith whatever in its durability, ‘That some improvement is needed for the con- veyance of water to the people of Jersey City is un- deniable. The water passing into the houses in every section of the city proper is so impure at times that it is quite muddy, It is also impreg- nated with ferrnginous deposits to an unusual degree, as’ may be ascertained by the simple test of tying a clean white handkerchief across the orifice of a faucet connected with the water pipe in any house. As far as the cleanliness of the water is concerned iron pipe is not the most desirable, but when a question of change arises the taxpayers are in dread of experiments like that of Montgomery street, Which recently sunk into the swamp and which has already cost the people over $600,000. The foregoing arguments for and against the iron cement pipe Will, it 18 hoped, lead to grave dclibe- ration on the part of the city authorities before they undertake to squander the public money again, twelve-inch of the street A MONSTROUS NUISANCE. Washington Market Dumping Ground— The Air Poisoned by Exhalations from Decomposition for the Benefit of Specu- lators in Manure. Pier 20 Nort River, August 26, 1872, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— You would confer a favor on the public residing in this neighborhood if you will, through the Her- ALD, bring the attention of the Health officers, the Corporation officers, or any and all whom it may concern and who have outhority in such matters, to the intolerable nuisance located at the foot of pier 22 North River. This nuisance consists of a manure pile containing hundreds of tons, The nuisance if permitted to remain under the plea of the privilege of dumping into scows end of the pier. A_ great part of imgiense pile has remained where it now thickest settled part of the city s_ to be com- promised. At Srosente Jarge Portia: of this page late accession is le] undergoing decom! its loathsome emMuvia in ve hundred feet in the direction of the atmosphero the stench is intolerable. On and 21 three men have sickened and died within @ month. To solve the ry the sun, of as with "he fatanty, but A amare that th tion, had more to do with sen them to their long home than the hot weather. Thi nuisance is tolerated within hg feet of the vege- table, fruit and meat stalls of West Was! Market, and the loathsome smell that car pagset gers have often to endure in passing the market can be traced directly to this decom; manure nuisance, and not to epoiled meat and dead rats, ar the blame, Cannot something be done to aba te bi nuisance being hidden from pa Ke i eye by the citizens of New ground is located directh * market from whence is ob’ ties of life, under the eaves of ed the very negessi- JUSTICE FOR THE ORPHAN. Randall’s Island Crucltics Revived 1 Jersey—A Peep Into the Soldiers’ usd dren’s Home—A Boy Six Years 0) Lashed with a Dog Whip—The Keeper Committed tor Trial. A case was brought before Justice Duer, at Tre! ton, yesterday, which reealls the Randall’s Island cruelties, and which will lead to an x oniaren'd into the management of the Soldiers’ Children’ Home, an institution under the supervision and control of the State of New Jersey, ‘The complainant was Mayor West, of Chambers- burg, and the defendant, Holmes Probasco, one,of the officers of the institution just mentioned. Pre-- basco was charged with cruelty to one of the in- mates, Merrick Arundale, a lad only six years of age. Mayor West said that on Tuesday last he wag working in a cellar, near the Home, and heard w# great screaming from the children. I went out te try tosee what it was, and heard the sound of heavy whipping with a lash, I got up on the fence, and then I saw Probasco whipping @ small boy unmercifully with a dog whip, The boy had not anything on but his shirt and pants. [was off about two hundred yards when I heard the screaming. Several other boyd were screaming. Some time ago Mrs. Dayton cama to my house and urged me to send @ police officer, to look after the place. Mrs. Dayton said that the domestics were out at all hours receiving Co ot < The female domestics were in the habit of ing a lager beer saloon kept by a man named Moran. did send a police oflicer to watch, and he reported me that he did see visitors there, hanging round, but as they did not make any noise he did no’ arrest them. J have heard of punishments before, being inflicted, and complaints have frequently, been made, George Caldwell testified that he heard the whip. ping and the screams; he was about two hundred. yards off when he heard the blows. ‘The witnesses were cross-examined by General E. L. Campbell, who represented the Institution. On the part of the defence, Mra, Campbell took the stand and testified :—I am employed in the insti. tution, and have been so for three years and three months; Probasco has the general charge and caré of the boys when they are out of school; he is @ steward, and his duty is to mind the boys whe: they are in the ‘ounds; the matron has the punishment of the boys out of school, and th teachers their punishment in the school; ther have been a few instances of punishment b; others; they have been spoken to about it; some the children are utterly depraved; I, think the are 114 children; this boy’s name 13 Merrick Arun, dale; Ihave been compelle@ to punish him; he will scream before he is touched; he has screi at the dinner table, been taken out, ana them turned somersaults afterwards; he has been caught stealing various 3 he has broke locks at the base round; complain’ have been made against him by Mr. Chambers an others; the helps of the institution are not permit- ted to go out without consent, and I have not known them to frequent lager beer saloons, as told to Mr. West; Probasco gets his orders from the Jady man- agers. a Mayor West here interposed, and said that thi children are permitted to run about just as the! lease, and if Mr. Probasco has ct of them, an ets them run about and get into ef, the pun- ishment should be visit upog him, and not upom the children. In reply to the Court the witness said:—The lations have not been Sees since they wer Te; adop ted ; there is no repo! excent the Governor, of the State; the right to punish ven orally byi) the Board of Managers; they gent give us iD 1 get theixt jeder and the teachers of the istructions from the School Committee, and the house is managed by the House Committee. jolmes Probasco, the defendant, testified—A com- plaint was made on Monday morning that the lock of the base ball ground had been broken; on Mony day evening the boy Arundale was out until sever o'clock; I found him and took him to the Hom@ and after that the boy went away again; Mrs. Campbell went out and hunted all around for him and found him at last outside the fence; I had promised to give him a switching, and I think took the whip and struck it across doot 1 so as to scare him; [ gave him thrée or fou cuts and then Mr. West came up; I may have whi ea others at other times; I could not control hem without punishing them; I have tried mil measures and every way to confrol them; it le no an easy thing to do. Mayor West gave rebuttin; tomtemabiy I heart, at least, tweive blows before I got to the place, and he struck one blow after I got to the fence an one after I got on the top of the fence; the childre' were screaming out and were scared; I wouk not whip a dog in such a way as he whip~ ed that child; if [had achild at that institution should take it away directly; I think the State, onght not to permit the employment of those wha, seek to control children in such a way; it was out. rageous; this gentleman and lady here were dow! in the Swamp, and left these boys to ran about a they pleased, and they were coming up with thei ockets filled with apples and other fruit; the ch! ren were permitted to commit depredation: while these persons, who had charge of them, ree mained down in the Swamp. Mr. Probasco was recalled and he testified that four persons had charge of the boys; he admitted the ea out complained of, but it was a little ex~ ception. General Campbell, on the part of the institutio: said that the children are wards of the State, an: just as it was necessary for a father to correct hit children, so was it necessary those children shoul be corrected. He contended that there had no! been punishment that was not necessary. Whil he gave Mayor West credit for the best intention yet, instead of pursuing the course he had done, it causing the arrest of Probasco, he should have made a direct complaint to the Lady Board of Man- ers, Who, with that kindness and efficiency whictt always mark their conduct, would have caused an inguiry to be made. jayor West replied that the institution did not appear to be properly managed. ‘There must t blame somewhere, as the children are dirty ane ragged unless at such times as they are ‘fixed up" for going out or to be inspected. Justice Duer—It seems to ine, from the facts ad- duced that the institution is not properly managed, I think there is a sufficient case to go to Court, am shall hold Mr. Probasco in the sum of $200 to an- swer there the charge preferred of having cruelly beaten the boy named, THE FIRE IN WASHINGTON STREET. A fire broke, sat yesterday morning in the bonded warehouse No. 8 Washington street and No. 5 West street, that caused a damage ‘to the building; which oelonged to the estate of Stephen Whiting, of $1,000 and to the stock stored in it of $75,000. The warehouse was occupied by Gharles Zust, Van~ derhorst, Boegler & Co. and a number of other firms, aimost all of whom were insured. The fire was caused by a workman employed about the building, wh went up to the third floor to get a sample of brandy, carrying a lamp in his hand. His foot com- ing in contact with something just as he was in the actof drawing the brandy, the lamp fell from hig hand and Was broken on the floor, The fam fed reached the brandy, and inashort tim the place was on fire. The man was so alarm that he was for the moment powerless, but ne rushed down the stairs and informed the employ¢és of what had occurred. An alarm was given, and in a _ few minute¢ Engines Nos. 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12 and 29 were on the ground, followed’ by the Hook and Ladder Compa- nies Nos. 1 and 10, By the time the firemen arrived at the warehouse the flames had reached the fourth and fifth floors and were sweeping all before them. The firemen worked so asiduously, however,, that in a couple of hours they were able to get into the building and check the further )progress of the flames. Fortunately the fire did not extend No. 5 West street, which bui ing WAS Savi by being separated from tne one in Washin, street by a yard, The third, fourth and fifth foot were completely gutted, and the goods stored on them destroyed, but the meréhandise housed om the lower floors and cellars wis unharmed, ‘The following is a list of the firms who had I yas —Vgnderhore stored in’ the burned bull Boegler & Co., dealers in win ud hquors, 1 Tailor & Co., wine and Beaver street; Shalty, liquor merchants, 35 Beaver sti ect; William Fret, dealer in champagnes; Samuel Thompson, Nephew Co., of Broadway and Chureh street; Herman Sontag, musical instrument dealer, Malden lane; Louis Degoinge, of 71 Duane street; hartlett, Bury, Reid & Co., diy goods merchants, of ot Broadway; J. 8. Murec! Co., druggists, 27 Cedat Street; Oscar Delisle & Co., imparter® of wine, of 52 Walker street; Zergerman & Co., dealers in guna Frund & Cevero, of 118 Pearl street, Fire Maralal McSpedon will hola investigation tmto whe equses Of the fire to-day,