The New York Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1873, Page 8

tof "PREASURES IN THB SEWERS The Waste of Cities as an Ar- ticle of Commerce. The Filth in New York Sewers Estimated Worth from Five to Eight Million Dol- Jars for Fertilizing Purposes. The Createst Gold Mine Ever Discovered. How Solids and Waste are Utilized in Eng- land and the Immense Profits Re- turned to Stockholders. ___ How Epidemics May Be Avoided and a Large Revenue Accrue tothe City—The Deposits of ‘the City Will Give a Profit of Nearly Four Million Dollars Per Yoar if Utilized and All Odors and Gases Be Obliterated. SANITARY SOLUTION OF THE SUBJECT. ‘The article recently published in the HERALD ex- mibiting the condition of the sewers of the city 4nd the deadly deposits of the reeking filth that are Jocated under the streets and houses has attracted ‘widespread attention at the hands of the sanitary ‘@uthorities and caused much uneasiness among Our people. The facts there given clearly show the eriminal neglect of the authorities in the construc- tion of public sewers and an utter disregard of the Jawa of health by house owners. They also show thas we are living over ACRES OF THE VILEST FILTH that the mind of man cam conceive of; yet New York claims to be @ model city and aspires to lead those of the world in all movements looking to cleanliness and health. The article referred to has dispelled the illusion, and upon its appearance our people awoke to ® realization of the fact that death lurks in our sewers, in our kitchens, in our parlors and even in ‘our bedrooms, and that in matters of health we shave yet much to learn. That article was intended to point ont the evils existing rather than to suggest a remedy or remedies. The subject having been thus promi- mently brought to the notice of the authorities and the public it is a pertinent question to ask, “WHAT ARB WE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?" Certainly we cannot afford to reinain inactive, when sewer deposits, by the hundreds of thousands of tons, rot under the city and iced cholera, yellow fever, smallpox and a dozen other diseases. The health authorities may spend money lavishly in KEEPING UP A QUARANTINE ‘egainat the importation ofdisease aud for street cleaning; but it will be money thrown away if they deave undisturbed these festering deposits that breed in our midst the very diseases we take so much care to quarantine inthe lower bay at the expense of commerce and a large outlay. Several suggestions have been made as to the ‘best means of CLEANSING THE UNDER SIDE OF GOTHAM and keeping it clean. Among the most feasible at first glance are :— First—To utilize the waters of the rivers in flood. ing the sewers once or twice a week by means of hydraulic pressure, and carrying off the solid de- Posits into the bay. Second—by reconstructing the sewer system and giving them the proper grade, and Third—By tue adoption of some means to secure and utilize the solias before they pass from the house closets to the main street sewers. Regarding the first proposition, engineers do not Qgree upon its feasibility, Some claim that it could be done at a modcrate expense, without ma- terial change in the present sewers, by pumping the water from one o/ the rivers into an immense reservoir, to be constracted at the highest eleva- ion on the island, and then FLUSHING THE SEWERS FROM THIS RESERVOIR, Grave doubts exist in the minds of many whether safficient force could be given the water to remove the compact mass of deposits now in the sewers, This plan certainly presents other difficulties. The diagrams given in Monday's HeraLp show that there are hundreds of house sewers of a lower grade than the street main sewer. The flooding of the sewers, a8 a matter of course, would make the condition of the house sewers worse than they wow are. The flow of water would lift the upper crust of the solids of the street sewers and force it back into the house sewers, which would become elogged with the filth, there to remain, a perpetual wource of annoyance and disease. It would require ‘the tearing up of probably two-thirds of the house Sewers of the city, and placing them at a higher @levatiom than the street sewers, Thls would in Many cases be jound an utter impossibility, as the basement floors of many houses are now lower than the street sewers. This would entail upon ey geet owners the destruction of much property, and consequently the plan will scarcely commend itself to the authorities. ‘The second plan—the reconstruction of the street sewers--would be an immense werk, the cout of which would doubtless run up into the muillions, as miles of sewers would have to be torn up. Besiaes the expense, business and travel ‘would be seriously impeded by the breaking up of the streets and the changing of the grade. ‘The third plan is one that tor years has attracted the earnest attention of sanitary minds, and the Problem sought to be solved is, “HOW CAN THE WASTE OF CITIES BB UTILIZED for the use of man without creating offence or en- dangering health?’ This has excited the minds Of medical men and inventors of both heimi- | Spheres; but, so far, those of Kurope seem to have come hearest to the solution of the vexed problem. In sanitary matters we are a century benind Europe, atter whoin we pattern, notwithstanding ed woe for inventive genius we have aired. It has long veen known that the excrement and eat solids that are jound in every city are of great COMMERCIAL VALUE AS A FERTILIZER in the reclamation of exhausted soil; yet the dif- Acuity has ior ye been to discover some means © collect this material and work itup into fer- tilizera without producing offensive odors. Varions Paar contrivances have been called into being by é genius Of Men Who saw in their pet schemes FABULOUS PROSPROTIVE FORTUNES; but in this country all, or nearly all, have failed in the accomplishment of what was sought by their creation. All of the most learned chemica! authorities of Europe agree that the solids coliected in the cities and towns, if the ammonia is fixed and phosphates or bone dust added, produce a fertiizer more valuable than the best Peruvian guano. Agricul- tural chemists have written volumes upon the sub- ject, and scientific minds have been active in devising a chemical process for the collection of tuis waste material without allowing the ammonia to evaporate into the air and escape and TO PREVENT THE ESCAPE OF ODORS by Sane solids in the closets, It is only recently that tné dream has promised to be rewlized. It is the result of twenty years’ experi- ments in England and France. The Eurepean Scientists and the press speak of It in very lavor- abie terms, and already companies bave been formed with large capital im England to solve the Plan. For two years it nas en in successful Sveration in Bloxwich and Ohurchbridge, Eng- id, and the stockholders are realizing large gents Works are now being erected in Sheffield, Po aay Bromwich and the borough of Poole, in Dor- t. In those places, where it has been tested, the profits to the stockholder average ‘about $1 25 per euch inhabitant, and reports made by Sanitary Commissions appointed for such purpose state Wat Ho lors are allowed to escape and that the ex- Periment has proved to be a success, That the tn sada of this country may better rs what progress is be Jug- Band, the following” veing ‘made iz Hug: 4 EXPLANATION OF THIS PROCESS, which is highly commended by Baron Dumas, of ‘aris, Dr. Phipson and Prof. Manning, of Londofi, and Prolessors Sprengel, Liebec and Houssinguule ib &:von. Baron Dumas, the celebrated rence Chemist, deciares that this is the only right system o! “treating icecal matters and the waste of towns od Cities, Notwithstanding that the question has Pecupied the attention of the chemical world for 400 years,” and that he believes “wherever this proves is adoptea the OUTBREAK OF EVIDEMIO WILL BF IMPOSStaLE.”’ By this process all the refuse o ts, kitchens, £e, re removed ip herme teaily clo wharged into | rinelically coved evaporat hambers, aud evapor. | Bed w diyvens, tie deleerious gases, We goot aud | effective ‘measures will bility of nuasance. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY gaseous, prodnets of the coal employed in manufacture ith, che'vapors being drawn om irom the evaporating e r by & powertol exhaust, and discharge ian. mode of collec: the di rized contents of the cess pl Seieemceets cm pasts rometric system be! which, in halt- an-hour, the work of the stents ,¢ ny the old bucket system, is effected without noise, dirt, or bad odor fang. nature, aud, under prover without the sli When the iron cylinder, or bai and dinntfected or other receptacles of fecal in some measure on circumstances, reater part of a night under ‘ulations, rrel cart, with the beep be. conveniently employed, ‘equally Hy revent the possi- Pp ac into the empty pit as prevent the fermentation of the urine, which commences within a few hours pale position, and will entirely fix the ammonia, and re’ ightest disturbance (o the in! hose cannot ‘until the Pit will require to be re-emptied. ’ The termen- urine converts all the ammo! Lo solid and fluid excretm into nature, bas hitherto te fe the weetnts erto escaped 60 ral in the pitsin' the air, to the detriment Or public and loss to that in less one year it has been found that nifty cent of that valuable salt bas bee: 73, ut ration of this pyre the of the ammonia will preserved for benefit of agriculture. The carta are then drawn to the works, w! uid be erected at such a distance the tewn as not to offend the most delicate suscepti- from te’ bilities, though, in tact, nuisance of any nature is dered sbsoluc im possi! atte trom the © pack: ‘conducted hermet- The excret# ure then disc ed ‘vaporating chambers, from thirty or longer if necessary; six feet ve feetten inches high, * * ®* e evap oration of the excretw to dryness is effected by means of one or more furnaces or fires, so arranged that the heat Paso up the side: under the arched roof of thé chambers and over the surface of the liquid to be Sveporena, all the soot and gaseous products ‘of the coal employed in the manufacture of the manure being drawn over the suriace with great rapidity, in combi with the vapors from the fluid portion of the excrets, by means of @ powerful exhaust and discharg: fore stated, which is made to rotate with great velocity by means of a steam engine, 80 as to supersede the necessity of a enimnney shaft, and Keep all the gases and vapors under pertect contro), and Leveeterpe from coming in contact with the atmosphere he vapors and pe are then conducted or discharged with considerable force intow large iron receiving tank, surrounded by water for the condensation of the vapors, when the carbureted hydrogen gas and the heed er air pass off by an ascension pipe on the top of the ceiver into a gasometer, or otherwise, tor turther tre: ment, as may be deemed necessary, the ammoniac: ases from the coal consumed in all operations ot the jactory, being conducted into the same receiving tank, are rétained therein, and form with the water of con- densation a weak solution of ammonia, commonly called Smmoniacal liquor, which is subsequently drawn off into a large cast iron ‘still, and converted, in the ordina: manner, into sulphate of ammonia, which is added to tne manure to increase the percentage of that salt therein, or may be sold separately as an article of commerce. From the above the intelligent reader will be able 60 judge of the character of the operations now going on in English towns to utilize the waste and solids of cities. That IT CAN BE DONE WITHOUT OFFENCE or ena geeing, the health of the inhabitants seems tohave been demonstrated. But the next ques- tion, and the moe important after the preservation of sanitary purity, is one of expense. In this city, instead Of the solid matter being a source of reve- nue, we pay $62,800 per year to the Lodi Manufac- turing Company to rémove it from the Island. There is no reason why these solids should not be A SOURCE OF REVENUR instead of an outlay. Hstimates made by English companies now engaged in working this pian show @ profit tothe stockholders over und above ex- penses of from sixty-two and @ half cents to jour dollars for each inhapitant, according tothe population, The main expense is in the collection of the solids and fuids, In a sparsely settled town ais is very great; butina city like New York it would be small, and the pro- fits to the contractors. would be probably $3 or $4 for each inhabitant, or, with our present popula- tion of abouta million, the profits would be, per- haps $3,500,000 or $4,000,000 per year, and there is no reason why ghe city should not receive a reve- nue equal to One-half the prolits, or coreuoh eS bureau ior this purpose, and, working up the stuff, realize the whole proiit. Huropean chemists esti- mate the amount Of solids at 1,200 per person per year, and with phosphates added the product is worth in England $69 per ton, or $10 more than Peruvian guano, Qn tus basis the English com- pany ESTIMATE THE PROFITS on 4 city of 100,000 inhabitants as follow F Dry manure produced (tons) per year. 3,829 Add phosphate ton for ton 3,629 Weight ot chemicals used 7590 ‘Tons of manare per year, equal to guano. 48 Value por oM......6eseccees & “£13 £101,504 Less cost of manufacture, chemicals, salaries, &c., at £3 per ton....... s sorasaes {ON Profits per annum to each 100,00 inhabitants,. £78,080 Or in dollars... sheeee $390,400 Profits of 1,000,000 inhabitants, $3,904,000 ‘This shows the value to New York in a com- mercial pvint of view of the deposits that are now removed at an expense Of $62,800 per year, or de- posited through defective sewers, where the life of every citizen 18 emuangered, and where it must forever remain APERVETUAL BREEDER OF PLAGUES AND EPIDEMICS, ‘The only point upon which Bngiish engineers and sanitary authorities have any doubts is the etd of the machinery now employed iu English towns TO EMPTY THE ALREADY CLOGGED SEWERS. In the emptying of water closets the success is complete, but the removal of the decayed deposits of the sewers is now attracting attention on the other side of the Atlantic, and the latest imtelli- gence irom there reports that this last diMiculty is about being overcome, and that an apparatus has been devised which cam be introduced into the sewers and the contents pumped out through the manholes, If this be a fact science has uccom- plished a great boon tor mankiaa in a sanitary sense, Persons familiar with our sewers estimaie the vaiue of the fwcal matter and other solids buried in New York sewers, tor fertilizing pur- poses, all the way from FIVE TO EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS, If means can be found to remove this and con- yert it into fertilizers there is no reason why ina few years the sewers of the city may not be en- tirely purged of the accumulated filth and the capi- talists who attempt the work realize an immense profit. Indeed the profits, based on the above kngiish estimates, would be fabulous, and the working of the sewers and closets of the city would be MORE PROFITABLE THAN THE BEST GOLD MINB ever discovered. The annual product of night soll in New York alone is over thirty thousand ton! and a local company formed here could add that o Brooklyn, Jersey City and adjacent towns and annually utilize, in one central factory, over two hundred tuousand tons of iwcal matter that is LOW & dangerous source o1 epidemic, Estimates made tn England of the PROFITS LIKELY TO ACCRUB from the manufacture of the night soil and other Waste lnatver Of American cities are as follows. This does not include the present sewer de- posit Cities. New York. Philadelphia Brookly bt. Louis. Annual Profits, $5,904, Population, 1.0)),000 300,000 100,000 100/000 Washington .. Newark. Louisville, Clevejand. Pittsbu: Jersey Detroit... Milwaukee . Albany... Providence Rochester. Allegheny City Richinond New Haven Gharienon Portland...) Columbus. Wilmington Total profits 43 cities, This estimate is based upon figures rather under those of English towns where the matter of work- ing up the waste of cities had been demonstrated and as it will be seen that the population is placed lower than the actual number of inhabitants, it is sufe to say that in the cities named above TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS IS ANNUALLY LOST by the failure of means to make the dévris asource of commercial value. The subject of such utilization of the waste of Cilies is bot only of commercial and sanitary im- portance, but, agriculturally considered, it ts of in- Dnite importauce. All chemists agree that ib Makes a leruiizer more valuable in the REGLAMATION UF EXHAUSTED SOTL than the best guano, and us much of our land is running out and the supply of guano ia quite lim- ited, its value to agriculture is incalculabie, ‘The above facts carefully, collected from the most reliable scientific and sanitary reports, are worthy of the eurpest attention of American civic authur- ities, and especially of tose of this city, which suffers so much from the impure odors thai escape from house aud 6 tsewers. If > EUROPEAN GENIUS, COMBINED WITH LOCAL CAPITAL, can relieve the city of these reeking sinks of de- cayed filth, and make it benelicial to agriculture, same snccess would attend the work here. While our authorities should vot consider the cost to pre- vent epwlemics, ii they can realize a good revenue at the same time there is a greater incentive to an | earnest effort to rid the city of the unheaithy gasee that were so {ully explained in the HeKALD a few days ago. re AR THE SRATE PENCIBLES OF PHILADELPEIA, The Horfs Simon Cameron Association of New York are toventertain & company of the State Fencibles of the crack regiment of Philadelphia on eee Y evening ot gbe club rooms, 10 butte streey, | glor, | bemg opposed, while the adjacent The amendment was rejected by ‘| the experiment should be tried; and judging trom | precedents on the other side of the Atiantic the | | report opon tue recommendations sertatim. A very interesting letter was received by Mr. Julius | Bien, from the United States Consul, Benjamin F. | SLEIGHING AND SKATING ON SUNDAY. The Outdoor Sports and Pleasures of Yesterday— A Burst of Spring in Mid-Winter—Sport in Central and Prospect Parks. People who delight in open air recreation must have been peculiarly well suited with the extra- ordinary beauty of sky, atmosphere and earth yesterday. Not alone in the parks and great Pleasure resorts, but even within the limits of the interminable brick and mortar which make the physical bulk of the metropolis was the charming, revivifying effect of the mild, clear and beautifal Weather felt. It was indeed a prelude to the full harmony of Springtime, and the great cause for wonderment was, how it got pushed so far in ad- vance of its usuaty looked for position in the scale of nature’s seasons, Everybody who could enjoy the day seemed to be out from early morning until Past the set of sun, and sleighing, skating, driving and walking found THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS to partake of the grand opportunity for exercise. It was just such a day as makes men think this world a pleasant place after all, and glad that they happen to be init. During the early morning the atmosphere was clear and delightfully invigorating, but about eight o'clock a thin vapory film of cloud overspread the sky and dropped a light white Sab- bath morning robe of snowy gauze upon the earth. Even this added in some degree to the other at- tractions of the day, for it made the surface of snow, where otherwise undisturbed, white, fresh and beautiiul, A littic later appeared rifts in the film along the eastern horizon, where the bright, great sun, Girt With song and flame and fragrance, slowly lilts His golden teet on those empurpled stairs That climb into the windy halls of heaven, All through the middle hours of the day the at- mosphere was soft, ambient and delicious, and the result was that Central Park, as well as all the great promenade thoroughfares, were thronged by thousands of people in.search of whatever enjoy- ment was attainable and desired, On Fifth avenue and in Central Park the display ‘Was especially fine, of course, and it was noticeae that there were TWO DISTINCT CLASSES OF DISPLAY during the day on the former resort—*‘the ave- nue’’—the fashionables of the devotional world and the devotees of the fashionable world. The first, not a whit less vain or ostentatious than the latter, had the range of the avenue until nearly two o'clock on their way to and from church, It was of course at and about one o’clock that they made their most imposing appearance, when the Vast congregations of the aristocratic churches were dismissed, and the members, by devious ways and in brilliant groups, slowly and with due f{; ionable dignity slowly promenaded to their home: ‘Then from two to five o'clock the more numerous and not less brilliant circles of worldly fashion- ables took possession of the thoroughiares, and made them twinkle with real gorgeousuess of attire and “turnout.” SLEIGHS, CARRIAGES AND PEDESTRIANS were all moving in panoramic procession, up and down, here and there, and, of course, there was a reat tendency Park-ward. The sieighing im the Park was very good, and was amply enjoyed by a humerous company of pleasure-seekers in all the of furs, Jast horses and tintinnabulating belig, On the skating ponds there seemed to be the most hearty enjoyment, and, at four o'clock, there were not less than tive or six thousand skat- ers, hilarious in the giddy whirl and dash of that glorious and inexpensive pastime, Whata pity it 1s that skating canuot be made more universal. It is heaithiul, graceful, harmless ane cheap. NO ONE EVBR HEARD of a bank cashier uavaga delaulter through the allurements and extravagances of a skating pond and lady companion. But it would be very tiazard- ous fo Bay that of all the handsome sleighs and fast at with the cet} men und lovely women, who whirled through the Park yesterday eujoying these luxuries, no bank or countin, house would have to pay the smart one day with a sensational fight to Europe or a tragedy in- stigated by exposure and remorse. It was mdeed pleasing to watch the really exhilarating ex- ercise of the skaters as they swept over the ice in @ thousand mazes of motion and direction, all cheerful, cosey and bright, with the warm blood tingling in their cheeks. ‘he ice was in fine condition and everybody was good- natured, and even the small boys had become so inspired with tne essence of good nature and confi- dence which prevailed that they were on the best of terms with those gray-clad terrors, the Park po- icemen, TOWARD FOUR O'CLOCK the fair weather which had prevailed all day looked as though it was to be superseded by a period of snow. The atmosphere became somewhat chill: and @ veil of hazy cloud overspread the whole arc of the heavens, It seemed to have cast into a grayish, sombre shade the bright transparent at- mosplere into which all day @ miilion eyes had peered, IN BROOKLYN the day found a proportionate number of pleasure seekers intent on availing themselves of the pleas- ant weather which the day afforded, though there was noticeably not a proportionate amount of sleighing. Prospect Park and the Coney Island road were in excellent order for sleighing, but there was no pretence to the same general enjoy- ment of the occasion that was noticeable in Central Park and in Harlem lane. ‘The Prospect Park skating lake was largely patronized, between two and three thousand persons participating in the Dieasures of the ice and steel, All was orderly and Pleasant, and the presence of the Park police, as in our Own park, Was by bo means disturbing to the army of urchins that held the position, SPEAKING OF THE POLICEME! iy by the way, recalls the fact that the Prespect Park Commissiouers seem to have been guided by singu- lar good judgment in selecting uniforms for their police. The uniform in ali seasons is a dark blue, With @ hat of the “deerstalker” pattern. The Win- ter overcoat is @ large, loose-litting garment, of excellent material, belted in at the waist, and pro vided with a hood, or capuchon, which can be drawn over the head in stormy or windy weather. A Prospect Park policeman, in his snug, warm cos- tume, would look “just as on gf ew @ big sun- flower” in weather that would freeze a Central Park policeman so as to look like agranite statue. THE HEBREW ORDER OF BNAl BRITH. sinbioilliiinin Annual Session of the Grand Lodge— Flourishing Condition of the Urgan- ization. The Grand Lodge of the Order Bnai Brith, or “Sons of the Covenant,” the grand body of sub- ordinate lodges, numbering upwards of six thou- sand members of the Hebrew persuasion, met in annual convention yesterday morning at Irving Hail, remaining in session during the entire day. After initiating the new representatives an election for grand ofticers for the ensuing year was held, re- sulting as follows :— Mr. Morris Goodheart, of New York, G. N. A, Mr. S. Sulzberger, of New York, Dr, M. Schiesinger, of Albany, . Mr. George Marks, of New York, Grand Treasurer. Hamburger, of New York, Grand Secretary. seph Levisobn, of New York, Grand War- S den. Mr. Julius Bien, the President of the General Or- | der in the United States, instalied the newly elected ofticers with the usual ceremonies, A number of amendments offered to the by-laws of the Grand Lodge were acted upon. One of these, proposing to empower one of the representatives of a lodge to cast the vote of all the delegates to which said lodge is entitied, instead of the existing mode of procedure, where every representative en- Joys the privilege of acting according to his mature Judgment, elicited protracted and eloquent debate pro and con, the city lodges as a a, | ang lies favore: the innovation, an overwhelming Vote, as weil as others that were propused, An immense amonnt of business was transacted, bné the Grand Lodge had not concluded, and ad- journed until this evening, Yee retiring Grand Oficer, Mr. Joseph E. Falk, read a@ lengtiy and highly interesting report, in | which he gave some valuable statistics, In regard to the progress of the District Grand Lodge No. 1, he stated that since 1871 the order in this district, comprising New England and the States of New Yerk and New Jersey, has increased by six- teen lodges, representing 1,585 members and $25,604 27 In capital. District No, L numoered, December 31, fiity-one lodges, or 5,432 mem- bers, possessing $154,600 01; December 31, 1872, fifty-8ix lodges reported 6,096 members, with @ cor- responding tucrease of capital. During the past year there ocenrred forty-three deaths among the members of the Order, Which 18 @ encouraging fact, a8 it 1s not even three-fourths of one per cent. | The Grand Lodge counts 206 representatives, ‘The ex-Grand Officer strongly recommended the erection of @ hall and asylum with the large fond now ip the hands o/ the Boai Brith Benevolent So- ciety, outsideol the city, ior the shelter of the aged aud indigent of the Order. The report was reeeived and referred to a select committee, Who were to Peixoto, dated Bucharest, Roumania, December 31, Isiz, thanking the Order for the liberal and timely donations to the persecuted suferers of that country, amounting to $3.500, and giving some in teresuibg particulars of that noted locality. PIRE IN WILLIAMSBURG. At eight o'clock yesterday morning @ fire broke | out in the glass cutters’ milie, Moa. 184 and 186 North Eighth street, evusing a damage of $1,000, | Jusured ih Various tureign companies far $25,000, FUNERAL OF THE MURDERED PFEIFER. + An Immense Multitude in Attendance— Scencs in and Around the Church— Simple but Impressive Ceremonies— The Sermon d the Last Rites. The funeral of Charles H. Pfeifer, the man whom Nixon murdered, took piace yesterday afternoon, from the North Fifth street Methodist church, Williamsburg, of which church the murdered man wasa member. The funeral had been announced for two o'clock, but at one o’clock the church was already densely crowded, and no more seats could be obtained. From one end of the block to the other, up and. down Fifth Street, there was extreme diMculty in find- ing @ passage. As for getting into the church, that was not to be thought of, At halle Past one about one hundred and filty men be- longing to the order of Red Men, and some fifty be- longing to the Truckmen’s Association marched up and were provided with seats at the expense of many who had taken such particular pains to re- tain them beforehand, Shortly after two the coffin was borne from the house of the dead man, in Eighth street, and con- veyed 1n the hearse to the church, accompanied by the widow, the father and mother and four little children prettily dressed in blue and ermine. The little ones seemed to be quite happy and not at all to realize the awful position in which they were placed. They came jumping and smiling out of the carriage and entered the church. The widow carried one young child in her arms, and the black vell was thrown over both her head and that of the babe, so that her face could not be seen. The coin was placed beneath the pulpit, and the widow and family occupied the first pew nearest the remains, The service was a protracted one. Ahymn was first sung by the congregation, and then the Rev. Mr. Hollis offered up prayer, after which Chaplain French made the funeral address, which was extremely alfecting, Mr. Hollis then gave a brief sketch of Charles Pieifer’s life. He told how, when the country needed good men, the dead had entered the navy and how after- ward he had twice enlisted in the army, on each occasion receiving an honorable discharge, " After the service all those in attendance passed round the coffin and viewed the corpse. The casket was of rosewood, with a silver plate bearing the inscription— PON COLON OCI NIONENOTETEDOLE LOEDE TO OEOE: g CHARLES H. PFELFER. 3 Dirp JANUARY 21, AGED 35 YEARS, ANON AO LNO NSO NE TODD OOLETE NE DEDEDE DD, The casket was then borne out of the church, the widow following. As it was being placed in the hearse and the mother and ier children were en- tering their carriage the scene around was very disorderly, The crowd made a@ rush to catch @ glimpse of the lady, and the police had to use their Clubs in some instances to keep the people back. It was at a late hour in the aiternoon when the funeral procession cook up its line of mareh for the Cemetery of the Evergreeus. The white horse that Pfeifer was riding when he wasso ruthlessly shot foliowed the hearse. He was caparisoned in black, Next followed a@ carriage containing the widow and four orphan children of the murdered man, and the tribes of the Order of Bed Men, of which he was @ member, fell into line as follows:— Mohawk, Cherokee, Montauk, Wyoming, Mendotuh, Metamora, Manhattan, cumseh, ‘Tuscarora and Oneida, of New York; Hoboke, Mohawk apd Wee- hawk, of New Jersey. Conspicuons among the mourners were the following-named officers of the Order:—T. D. Jenkins, Great Sachem; George Noely, G. 8. 8.3 John Brown, @. 1. S.; R. B. Titus, Great Chief of Records, and William Twiddy, Great Keeper of Wampum, MRS IM ron AID FOR THE WIDOW OF PFEIFER. Generous Contributions of Money Flow=- ing In. The following notes from readers of the HERALD tell their own story of generous charity for the poor, impoverished widow of the murdered man, Charies Pfeifer. A SHARP SUGGESTION AND FORTY DOLLARS. NEW York, Jan, 26, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— Herewith please to receive $40 for the benefit of Mrs. Pfeifer. As depicted in one of the illustrated papers we observe that ladies of this glorious metropolis are condoling with and offering presents to the mur- derers now in the Tombs! Can you not instil into the minds of these good people that it would be much more appropriate to visit and stretch a help- ing hand to tue widows and orphans of the mur- dered? Yours truly, H. & W. FIVE DOLLARS’ WORTH OF GROCERIES, Another gentleman (a@ grocer) writes as fol- lows:— To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD: Please to find enclosed ,the small amount of $5 in my order for groceries for the widow and four children of Charles H. Pfeiter, the trackman who was shot in Chatham square, by that cowardly assassin, RO. FB The foHowing {s the order referred to:— “I will deliver to Mrs. Pfeifer or one of the family, groceries to the amount of five dollars. R, O. FROST, No, 373 Third avenue.”’ THE RED FLAG RAMPANT. A Stirring Mecting of Internationals and Their Extraordinary Propositions About Cuba—An English Republican Speaks— A Petition to President Grant—Strikes in Italy. A recent tameness of International meetings ‘was relieved yesterday by an uncommonly interest- ing and exciting reunion, The most attractive feature of the Internationals’ gathering yesterday was that almost every order of rebels and insur- gents who rose, periodically during the past cen- tury in various parts of the Old World, to under- mine unpopular forms of governments, had a rep- resentative at this meeting. A VERITABLE ENGLISH REPUBLICAN absorbed the sympathies and aroused the ap- plause of our cisatiantic reds by an elaborate de- nunciation of the so-called right divine assumed by crowned heads, He all but apostrophised Sir Charles Dilke, whom the British Internationalist | styled ‘a fearless and great defender of the people's rights; a gentleman who sacrificed friends and personal interests to uphold measures which he felt were based on justice and truth.” (Loud ap- plause.) The cause of Cuba was represented by Citizen MacGreoor, who said that by the refusal of the Spanish government to listen to the voice of all civilized nations praying for the abolition or modification of the curse or slavery, she has ior- feited all claims to the protection of the law of nations. The following resolution was presented to the body by Citizen MacGregor, and rejected We, the Federal Council of the North American Inter- national Workingmen’s Association, do earnestly appeal to our ‘ellow cittzens in the name of the solidarity of the le, to assist in wi ved in the race of liberty. And in virtue of the jore- golng considerations do Z Resolve, To appoint a Revolutionary Committes, with power to add to their numbers, to hold secret sessions, to 3 nals and other bodies, &e. ; to recelve subscriptions, to enroll volunteers, to collect stores, &c.; having for its object the liberation of Cuba from the rule of Spain. ‘THESE ULIRA-GENEROUS PROPOSITIONS of Citizen MacGregor were placed at the disposal of the members’ votes. The result was a tie, and the Speaker, having the deciding vote, gave it | And thus | against the extraordinary resolution, did Cuba suffer yesterday the loss of a brave and seli-sacrificing International army. Citizen WEST, & Venera dle septuagenarian Com- munist, arose to upbraid Mr. MacGregor for his preposterous suggestions. The old revolutionist indulged in youthful fervor when he drew a picture im words of citizens MacGregor, Halbert, Banks | and MacMeeken parading Broadway with Nannting | lone stars and rolling drums to attract recruits for | Cuba. Citizen West said that his remarks were satirical only that they might in some measure restrain the over-exuberunt loyalty to | Internationalism evinced bv the younger members | of their order, and that he would retrain from men- tioning the word filibustering in connection with the deceased yesolution and out of respect for tts upholders, Citizen Banks piteously exclaimed, “You have hurt my feelings, West,” alter which citizen Banks gathered up a large bundle of papers, donned his hat and leit the hall, Communications were read from many parts of the world and from severai states of the Union, A lengthy communication from Italy stated that strikes are taking place all over that country, and the priaters of the Kternal City have Ueen for con- siderable time without working, but several of the papers have complied with their request. LETTER TO PRESIDENT GRANT, ‘The Internationals of Philadelphia submitted the following letter to the Council, which they sent to President Grant. It 18 a6 lollows— Tis Excelloncy Unysses ® Grant, President of the States :— Hoxouxn Sin —At a meeting of Seetion 2, 1 W. A, North American Federation, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted and were ordered to be tor- “Whereay’ onthe Isth inst. a bill entitled “An aot to quiet certain dand titles in lowa” was passed by the iiimer the title of this bill we find that it contains an appropriation of ueariy one hundred thousand acres of to f railroad corporation, In 1456 this company received & grant of six sectiongto the mile, In Is4, on application, the grant was increaged to ten sections to the mile. After, the road had been long futshicd and its siogk ougted in the market trom iy vo 27, 1873.—TRIRLE SHEET. ping away the reproach of having | N19 the: before the Congress, and under very” 8 isc " al appror sp riat of the sbor ber of acres. And whereas the artien who e settled on these lands are ‘mostly sol- era who have suffered much to maintain the integrity ort ; ther esclved: hut legislation 90° unjust to the men who spre’ Bo untry to ‘and who, by thear labor, increase i mania teen an ens a oat |, is in our estim: ‘that will bri jation to contempt, and will, without doubt, cre condition of antagonism that will en aneee our institutions, & ved, That Your Excellency is most earnestly Feguested to thterpase HONE Tato to prevent this coe OU i Ly Jegningus Fobbery of the people's property The Treasurer read his report, showing the finances of the Counci) to be tn a bealthy condition. Several members of trades unions who were pres- ent, then asked questions relative to the workings of the assoctation, after which being answered the meeting adjourned, THE SUPERVISORS’ GUILLETINE. What Is Said by the Supervisors About the Recent Decapitation—The Sup- * pressed Minority Report—Cost of the Cleaning, Watching and Warm- ing of the County Offices Double What It Was in the Time of the Tammany Ring—$90,000 Spent—Can Be Done for $15,000—Reform Economy. The action of the Board of Supervisors on Friday afternoon in resolving to dismiss all persons em- Ployed in the care, watching, warming and clean- ing of the county offices caused great excitement next day around the Park and was the topic of general conversation, Areporter of the HERALD had an oppertunity of meeting several of the Super- visors on Saturday, and was enabled to gather their views in reference thereto, and inasmuch as the resulutions passed at the Board meeting on Friday were not discussed the opinions of the leading Su- pervisors in relation thereto will doubtless be read with interest. « Supervisor Van Schaick, who moved the resolu- that was adopted, states that it is premature suppose that all those whe are virtually dis- missed will not be again employed by the county. Tt was needful to turn over a new leaf, and, there- fore, all had to go under the headsman’s cleaver. Several of these will, he thinks, be reinstated in their former positions, The Board, he said, had determined to cut off all who re partially sine- curiste, There were those on the pay roll wno never came near the county offices, except to re- ceive their pay, and employed others at a paltry Salary to do the work. That would not be allowed tocontinue, In selecting the cleaners women who had lost their husbands in the civil war or in the service of the city, especially fremen’s widows, would have the preference. As to the positions for men, qualifications, and not political creed, would determine the selection, Supervisors Ottendorfer and McCafferty, who also membors of the Committee on Count, Oftices, were’ interviewed. Their views are state: in the minority Sa ae given below, but which was not allowed to be read at the meeting of the Board. Supervisor Ottendorfer stated tnat he had taken great pains to inquire as to the cost of clean- ing, watching and superintending the warming of other hy uildings, and the janitor of the Park Bank has said that he was quite prepared to do all that the ett required in this respect for $15,000 per year. Both these Supervisors claim that the cost of last year’s cleaning, &c,, was about double what it was in the time of the Tweed régime. This talk of economy and reform is, they claim, only talk, and that the new executive is now determined upoh, and is largely in the interest of Senator O'brien, . : ® MINORITY REPORT. The undersigned, 1 members of the Committee on County, Ontics inable to Cat with the views 01 their colleagues of the same committee, beg leave to present the following minority report:—The matter under consideration of the Committee on County Oflees, and op which we could not agree, related to the care, el@aning aid heating of the county offices and buildings known asthe new Count} Court House, the Hall of Records, the old County or re sandstone Court House, the upper part ot the building on the southwest corner of Chambers and Centre streets, occupied by a branch of the Marine Court, and the apart- ments occupied by the Qourt Special Sessions my RE T a The new County Court House, which yy the million’ squandered in its erection will stand a monument of pronigacy, by the instigator of this public robbery not yet closed its sad history, The same spirit that prevaiied in its erection is still active in its care &nd maintenance, ascan be seen from the following st tement — Amounts expended for thé care and cleaning of the seupty, offices aNd buildings in 1872 and during the pi 88. sete Jonr'$23,767 2% 1871 $50,065 00 88770 g 1872. + 65,620 40 in n it may be remarked that among the offices for which the above suins have been pxpente are three, the County Clerk's, Register's and Sheriff's offices, ‘whose heads, according to reliable informasion, receive from the fees connected with their positions oat, income of respectively 000 and $100, The reason usually assigned in justification of the enormous receipts of these ofttvials is that great responsibilities rest upon them by reasow of the care of public docn- ments of vast importance, and the consequent nece: ot maintaining a large force of responsible subordinates. If this apology has any toundation in fact it involves the consequences that all persons connected with these offices, in whatever capacity, during, as well before and alter, the office hours, must selected and ap- pointed by the heads of these departments, who, recelv- ing the emolumenis of the position, have alone to bear ‘the responsibility for the valuables entrusted to their care, A conscientious County Clerk, Register or Sheriff— and we have no doubt the present occupants of the offices are such—will never allow that even @ watchman or cleaner whe is not of his own selection shall be appointed for his office; he will preter to bear the expenses tor cleaning and watchin jis premises himselt, in order to secure the unrestricte control over all matters connected with his affairs, and will indignantly reject the imputation to serve as a screen tor corruption by permitting one of his employes to be paid from the county treasury. Several persons bear on the pay roll as attaches to his office who never or seldom are seen near his office, as has occurred, if ramor is correct, at least in one instance in the past. By the ap- pointment of a large number of janitors, assistants, Watchmen, women and men cleaners directly through the Board of Supervisors, nobody has control over them; all responsibility is evaded, and it ts therefore not as- Denes | that, in spite of the enormous sums expended for that purpose, many of the localities under the charge of in an unclean, the county authorities are , desolate condition, and the want of a strict superintendence is desirable on every side. This condition of aifairs sone members of your Committee on County Offices are willing should remain so, and may hope to mitigate the public indignation that may be aroused by reducing the number and amount of some of the salaries of the employes, so that according to their Proposition the expenditure for cleaning, heating and watching the gounty offices for the present year shall amount to $45,300, The it would show that if the evil from which” such not eradicated, that is, if the pRroinement of the employes py the Supervisors, and the distribution of the positions as a patronage of this Board is not abandoned—every ex- pectation ot retrenchment is delusion, Even our prede- cessors, the Supervisors of 1872, have excelled the ma- PSSA Ang your committee in good imtentions. At their ecting in June, 1872, they designated and appointed employes for this work and fixed their salaries at about $35,000 rannum. Kut immediately efter and in neariy every following month the appointment ot a new watch- man, fireman, man or woman cleaner, Was proposed, so that their salaries at the end of the year atnounted to over Lint per annum. This is not astonishing, for itis the nature of rings that they grow more greedy by feeding. It is to be feared that a repetition of these trans- actions is to be brought about ifthe employes are to be Sppointed by the Supervisors, and the positions are to be distributed as spoils among a majority of the Board. With ‘ture the same causes must the necessity of alaw of generate the same rewalts, and if you, in accordance with the recommendations of the majority of your committee, commence in January with an expenditure exceeding that adopted by your predecessors in June, then you must be prepared to reach in the course of the year a sum enough the reputa- tion of the much-abwsed Supervisars of the past years. We admit that a superintondent#with some assistan: should beappointed by the county authorities, who shall be in constant attendance in the buildings, make the ne- cessary requisitions for the necessary repairs and keep a watehful eye over all the property and interests of the county contained in the county offic nd Huildings; but all the manna! labor should be performed by persons en- gaged by a party’, who. while giving sufficient security for the proper fulfiiment of the Work, will undertake to do It at the lowest price. he following resolutions were added to the above repo t and submitted by the committee, esolved, T of the county offices and & keep buildings shall be ‘appoluted by the President of the Board of Supervisors, who shall receive a salary of $1,300 per anpum anda domicile in the new County Court House, and whose duty it shall be to make and keep an inventory of all furnfture and utensils which are the roperty of the county contained in the county offices and ings, to make the requisitions for the nécemary re. rs, to be in constant attendance and to see that all the works under the contract. for cleaning the county offices and buildings is strictly performed. He shall appoint three watchmen, with a salary of $800 per annum, for each of whom two shall be employed in the new and one in the old County Court Honse, to watch these premises during the night. All the above salaries to be paid monthly by the Comptroller from the appropria- trons made for that purpos st. Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed, whose duty it shall be to prepare specifications for 4 con- tract by which the cleaning and heating of the county offices and buildings—with the exception of the County Clerk's, Register’s and Sheriff's offices—is to be nd to invite by public advertisements proposals tin such work under the regulations aud specifiy cations prepared by this special committee, so that che Board may order a contract to be entered thto with the lowest bidder, who gives sufficient security ior the proper performance of the duties assumed, The undersigned {eek after. careful inquiries, confident that by these recommendations the Jabor and work in question can be erformed In 8 much more efficient manner tlan hereto: ly expenditure of from Oe OF eat Y eae WALD OTTENDOKF ROBERT MoCAFFERTY. , A CRUEL CRIME. A Poor Widow Outraged in Brockiyn=— Arrest of the Accused. Mrs, Noise, a poor widow, who occupies a small house at 69 Hamilton avenne, in order to get some- thing towards her support, let a furnished room to ® young man named John MvCandrew. At a late hour on Saturday night McCandrew took Edwarg Devine, a companion of his, to the house, and they went to the bedroom of Mra, Noise and, as alle; committed. an outrage on her. Mra. Noise al tempted to give an alarm, but one of the accused, she held het while the other out- raged her. They made their escape and stowed themselves in the engine room of @ steamboat at the Atlantic Dock. Mrs, Notse notified the police of the Third precinct, and Roundsman RKorke and Officer Reinhart, after a diligent search, found them and locked them ap to swalt Cxaypinatios. REAL ESTATE MATTERS. The Industrial Exposition to Become a Settled Institution—Property Enhanced by Its Estab- lishment—The Estate of the Late E. K. Collins Cat Up Into City Lote— Sales Past and to Come, It is scarcely worth while to take a review of the real estate transactions for the past week while business has been so exceedingly dull, not alone on the Exchange, but with brokers and dealers.. Very little can, therefore, be said on the few facts that have happened. Everybody, however, is satis- fled that real estate matters will assume consid- erable life in a few days, and where a dearth of activity exists now a hum of business will soon be apparent, EXEMPTING MORTGAGES FROM TAXATION. Our argument in favor of abolishing the tax on mortgages —published in these columns on the 20th instant—has had a most beneficent effect. Every- body speaks about it, and the bills now before the Legislature touching upon this topic stand a first rate chance of becoming @ law very shortly. As 800M as this act becomes a fact capital will fow to: New York by the thousands and tnd invest- ment in property, instead of being unpreduc- tive. The possessor of means will not invest’ his riches in mortgages, which only net him an income of about three anda half to four Per cent annually, while United States five- twenty bonds bring him almost seven per cent clear, without any taxes to pay. It is no wonder, then, that New Jersey and other suburban property is held at very high rates, because the arbitrary laws of our county and the high taxation generally compel investors to go elsewhere, THR COMPTROLLER AND. HIS DUTIES, Furthermore, pur real estate operators are com- piaining very bitterly about the tardiness of Comp- troller Green in not paying the bills of the city promptly; and this fact has likewise @ great tendency to make business dull. Numerous com- munications on this subject are addressed to this office, and, in justice to the many property owners on the line of Broadway and Riverside Park, we publish the annexed interrogatory, put to Comp- troller Green for his auswer. Our correspondent— an extensive property owner on Broadway—writes as fellows:— ‘To rz Eprror or raz Herarp:— ‘Will you permit me, an old subscriber, to direct atten- tion to what, in my judgment, is a very grave mistake ow the partot Our worthy Comptroller, who should be care- tul not to lean backward im his effort to stand straight. It is, in my jocgmisns fully as important to be just as it is tobe honest, ‘The cily ot New ork should pay ali its just and honest debts, ahd pay them at once and Without ‘a day's delay—just as Mr. Green himself or any other honest maa would discharge lus own obligations. Now, in the matter of widening Broadway the owners of pro erty taken have been en titied to their awards for a long time (since July last), huve waived all objections, and only ask that they be tes and that this grand They on troller, Why? Would he act so individnal matter? Is it just? ‘Che loss to the owners ot interest and the damage caused by she delay to their im- provements are immense (the interest om the awards. alone ts over $150,000), and they increase each day. Now, it does seem to me that this is of vastly more imporiauce to voth the city and to us tham the question as to whether Mr, Palmer shall appoint his own clerks or the Com| troller, and surely would not occupy as much of histins Tam a warm driend ot Mr, Green—no one is more so. - Lea sett brah ola rts tor rm he myit. Dot lorget justice and right, ‘ery respect be 7 FeePeRUBSCRIBER, It is only about three weeks since Mr. Grecn, in an interview with the writer of this, stated that he was preparing to pay tue awards for the above named imprevements at once, and as this jact was pooeenes by authority from the Comptroller he is ound to make good his promise. THE INDUSTKIAL EXPOSITION, On Friday night next the agreement made to urchase the site upon which the “Industrial Ex- bition’’ is to take place wili have expired, ana it by that time the full amount of the purchase money is not paid the property reverts back to the owner, and iS is @ matter of copbE whether there is a plot like the one now eng: for yarpose m Manhattan Island. But Mr, William HB 105 No. 5% Pine street, where the downtown er the corporation is Jocated, informs us that there is. not the slightest ‘doubt of a suillclency of funds to: make go she purchase, a8 there are private parties who ready to advance the amount needed in cage gt necessity. » According to this statéiicnt we accept the establishment of a crystal palace by 1876 as a hs | tainty. The eight blocks of land ineluded in thi jurchase are eminently worth all that is asked for hem, and can at moment be sold at an ad- vance of at least twenty percent. The solid men leading the affair, including Governor Dix, Gencral Diven, William B. Ogden, D. D. I. Moore, editor of the Rural New Yorker, and other well-known and spirited citizens, are guarantee sufficient that the preject in their hands is sure to be prosecuted to a successful issue. THE RESULTS OF THE ENTERPRISE, It is easy to deduct the résuits acc’ from the establishment of this laudable enterprise. Real: estate for miles around will feel the effects, which’ can only be for the better. Property of all kinds must appreciate in value, the vacant lets in the vicinity must built upon, business places will spring up like mushrooms all arow and order to accommodate the great influx of strangers who will arrive fer the purpose ef witnessing the exhibition new hotels will have to be erected up town. Thus almost every branch of industry be more or Jess affected and business of all kinds be improved in proportion. In anticipation of the constraction of the Crystal Palace, alse to fill an existing want of such an establishment, a company is now form- ing to erect a first rate second hotel on the ten lots. located on the southwest corner of Forty-second: street and Park avenue, with an entrance upon. Forty-first street for tae reception of supplies and exit for the help. The location of this hotel is ad- mirable, and if properly conducted must earn @ handsome revenue to the proprietors, RSTATE OF THE LATE E. K. COLLINS. A number of years ago, when it was the privilege of ar American citizen to point with pride tor the noble steamships Atlantic, Baltic, Arctic and’ Adriatic, the spirited President of the company, E. K. Collins, resided in luxury on @ beautiful spot fronting on i Ree Sound, which has become quite famous. ce the decay of the American line of vessels and the death of its chief owmer this Westchester property hus passed into the posses- sion of a few genticmen, who organized them- selves into a company, with Mr. Silas C. Herri as President, Charies {1. Murray Vice President, Joun Fowler, Jr., Secretary, and Mr. Thompson J. 8. Fiint, President Continental Bank, Ireasurer. This company, possessing ainpie means, intend to carry out their undertaking, which is to provide a suburban residence for those who desire a home in the country where economy and respectability are combined. The name of “Larchmont Manor’? has been bestowed upon the late Collins tarm, a very fine depot erected, at which eleven trains of the New York and New Haven Railroad stop daily, and te reach the sea shore, which is a little over a mile distant from the depot, the company have constructed a horse railroad, which has been in operation since last Summer. Some ten or twelve elegant cottages are already occupied by the owners; besides, the old Collins mansion, now fitted up as a first class hotel, is filled up in Suminer to its utmost capacity. A park, an immense stable for the accommodation of residents of Larchmont, and @ number of other attractive features form only @ portion of the improvements in this elegant locality. The entire tract owned by the company amounts to 280 acres, all of which is laid ‘out kn batiaing Plots of various dimeusions. Want of room precludes a more lengthy descrip- tion of Larchmont Manor, which must be seen to be appreciated. PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SALES. Several private sales have been reported to us.* Among them one by W. H. Raynor, four lots on the north side of 113th street, and four lots on Lidtn street, 200 feet east of Tenth avenue, between that and Morningside Park, to L. 1. Phillips, for $33,000, By B, W. Traitel, 117 Broadway, one lot on east side of Eighth avenue, 100 feet north of 117th street, 25x100, for $6,250, .Pabiic sales for the coming week promise to be very brisk. The most important will be that of the Post estate, to be sold by Muller, Wilkins & ©o., on Wednesday, the 29th instant. Tne foilow- ing sales will be held at the Exchange:— MONDAY, JANUARY 27, Lot of land s #. 68d st, 125 ft, w. 9th av.;R. P. Hope, referee; James M. Miller, ‘auctioneers bit. Lotot lands. 8. of Water st, 67.8 ft. e of Montgomery st; W. M. Hoes, rete ante auctioneer ; 2.8%,0.4 ft TURSDAY, JANUARY Dwelltng and lot No, 635 2d av,, between 20th and 30th +. P Snuth, referee; E. H. Ludlow & Co., auc x65 feet. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, Four lots land s. s. 75th st., 200 ft. w. 2d av.; RC. Beamish, roteree; James M.’ Muller, muctioneer: sx 2th Four st. b. 8, 0, & Pearl st., No. 119; 19.11 tw. Ban over st., 20x68. 10x20x06,1 rt.; BH, Ludlow & © Nos, 6 Hanover st, 16 Exchange place and 69 ver st. 5 granite block, Post Buldings. Five st. brick & 83 Maiden lane; 3st. brick h. and 1., No Pearl’ st. Nos 69 and 71 Cherry st., and 43st. brick houses and lots | n. s. of Monroe st, about 43 it, w. of Jackson st, Nos. 287, zé aud 271), all of the Post estate, and to be sold by EH. Ludlow & Co. House and lot w. #, Lexington av., 89 ft. n. soth st.; C. A, Jackson, referee; H. N. Cainp. auctioneer; Wx8ift THURSDAY, JANUARY 30. Lot and building s. 8. 54th st. 155.8 1. w. Lexington av. RC. Heamsh, referee; J. M! Miller, aucuonver: Ian 100.5 Uoneers FRIDAY, JANUARY 3 Lot and building 199 Church X75 ft eree; J. M. Miller, auctionee: sagonpay, FRNRUAKY 1 Three low ns aid st., 825 ft. w. 1th ave; ©. q referes; J. M. Miller, auctioneers Tsamery: © H Pholvs, Three loia® 9 44th’ st, $25 fw. 1th ay. C. H..Phelps referee; J. M, Miller, auctioneer ; 75x200 (t, i Two story brick house LW Duane st.; G. Irvine head, reteree; H. N. Camp, auctioneer; 25x75 11. \ A brisk inquiry prevatis among the brokers for! perty in the vicinity ef Mount Morris ig veral good offers were made for improved ur ‘animproved land in that locality, especially in Lise! street, between Fourth and Fith avenues, W. M. Howland, ref- White-/