The New York Herald Newspaper, July 9, 1873, Page 5

% ) pee “fine time. It MONMOUTH P. Second Day of the Races at Long Branch. Beatrice the Winner of the Half-Mile Dash; Katy Pease, of the Two-Mile Heats, and Wanderer, of the Two and a Half Mile Dash, A BRILLIANT DISPLAY. The Sommer Belles of Long Branch in Their Glory. A Deautiful day greeted the second one of the meetings on Monmouth Park. A flerce July sun, with his heat tempered by a steady Atlantic breeze, shone brightly, except when light riits of clouds obscured his rays, The crowd that left this city for the racecourse was attracted mainly by the great two and a half mile dash, for which some of the best horses were entered. AT THE COURSE the scene before the stand for the first racing was quite exhilarating. Carriage alter carriage from Long Branch and the cottages drove up and de- posited their loads at the grand stand. Here and there were dashing teams, guided by ser- vants in brilliant hvery, a iour-in-hand or two mingled among the less brilliant equipages, and the heavy omnibuses of the hotels rattle up every instant with their democratic loads, The beautiful women of the Branch came in groups, and when the first bell rang the ladies’ gallery of the grand stand shone forth quite bril- lantly, Un the ground before the stand rapid pool selling was going on, and the men who love the horse were buzzing about in pursuit of the honey of heavy stakes. The races were all inter- esting and exciting, and at the conclusion most of the crowd there assembled returned in the cars ‘gain to New York. We may add, few readers of the HeRatp who have not visited Monmouth Park are aware of the jolly excursion to Sandy Hook, of the brief but Pleasant delay at the Branch, and then of the Derby-like drive to the course and of the exhilarat- ‘tng pleasures of the race. The fun begins the mo- ment the passenger is on board the boat, which, steaming away from the toot of Murray street, bears out into the stream one of those CURIOUS NEW YORK THRONGS bent solely on pleasure. There we have the prim and spruce looking olerk, with bis year’s salary on his back ; the serious, solid capitalist, who, if dress were the indicative, is a gentleman oi modest poverty; the stout, unmistakable sporting man, im whom you fancy you see the /eatures—and if not the features the something-about-him—of the horse; the solitary widow, who goes to the Branch to enliven @ monotonous chapter in her life, and there, too, that well-dressed, high-toned, it might be said ELEGANT COTERIE of fashion and style, going everywhere on every occasion, It is not to be supposed that you are ever wearied in such companiouship as this, Even Uf the cargo were a cargo o/ mutes, the gorgeous seenery down the Bay, the picturesque views of life in barges and on board tugboats and the merry scramble for the cars would deight the care-worn Tuan with his quill belind his ear and iourteen rows of figures torturing his eyes. We will omit the cars, not because the ride to the Branch along the breezy Atlantic shore is not a delightful one, but because riding on the cars at all timesis a positive bare. We arrive ate the Branch in ten Tawiutes, and are af our chosen hotel. A surf bath braces us for the day’s sport, and tnen, not being spendturiits, we charter oue place in one of THE HOTEL “OAKRYALLS” and drive through the beautiful country to the course. This drive is a feature of the day, for you are generally sandwiched in between @ pretty wo- man und a yood-natured man, who have made up their minds to dispense with jormalities and be jol.y. Every sign, passin: dog, urchin and toilgate monarch must stan several volumes of chaif, and the passengers them. seives give @ iooSe rein to their wit, which is a part of “the day.” Deposited at Monmouth Park, you are as much delighted as surprised that you are not to be victimized by a crush, not to be stowed away behind tail beavers and SUPRRFLUOUS CRINOLINE, Not to be prevented irom securing that very sight which you have gone to see; but, in leu of all these inevitable concomitants of an ordinary Tace, you can bhuve just the seat you wish by paying for it, and i economy aye “No money,” then you walk into the ficid au come @ democratic Ovserver, only paying im civility, The horses are started, the fleet animais speed on their errand of rivalry, and, with every perceptible advantage to the favorite, cheer upon cheer breaks uver the green sward. Is it necessary to amplily on such scenery as this? Does it heighten the picture to put action and repose ot this royal character in cold wo.ls alone? Is it not enoagh to that one day ai the Monmouth Park aon 18 @ day never to be forgovten in a man’s e THE RACING, The most fastidious turfite had nothing to com- plain of yesterday at Monmouth Park. Tne track was in capital condition, the weather was genial and the field of horses that contended in the sev- eral races were all in fine order for racing. What more could be desired? Three events were an- nounced to take place, the first being the Hopeful Stakes, the second two mile heats, and the third race was for the Monmoutii Cup. ‘The Hopeful Stakes had twenty-four entries, eleven of the youngsters coming to the post in was a half mile race, and every one seemed abroad in their calculations as tothe winner. Mr. Belmont, from the reputation his fine breeding estabiisnment has, is always sup- posed to produce the best two-year-olds in the country, with Kentucky, the monarch of the stud, besides having the matured experience of the great trainer, Ben Pryor, for his horses; and when- ever this stable has entries inarace they have been pretty generally the favorites. The honors of the call in the betting, however, yesterday were divided with Belmont, Morris commonly being the favorite for dash races for youngsters, as he has been very succersfal in the past with the get of his stallion imported Eclipse, Morris had a full sister to the well remembered Ruthless as a Starter, and Mr. Morris thought wellofher. He was pot mistaken in the racing capabilities of the filly, but she was slow in getting away when the drum tapped; still she ran through a very fine lot of young ones, and finished a capital second, The race demonstrated the nicety to which backers of horses have arrived. Belmont and Morris were the favorites at even money before the start, and when they (Beatrice and Regardless) run aga they will be the favorites over ail that start again: them, no doubt. The second race was two mile heats, and the starters for it were as fine a field as could be de- sired. All of the horses had been tried and tested, with the exception of the one that proved the win- ger, which was a three year old filly, How much she put us in mind of some of the old-fashioned racers, when such three-year-olds as Betsey Ransom, Trifle, Ariel, Lady Relief, and others were called upon to fun even as far as four mile heats, Betsey Ransom fan four mile heats before she was two ny and nine months old, on the Union course, ng Island, in 1828 She distanced Count Piper and another on the second heat, neither of which reached the homestretch when the winner passed over the score, Ransom at that time be- longed to Henry Elliot, who afterwards married Mme. Celeste, the gi French dansteuse, Kat; Pease, in her running yesterday, put us very muc! im mind of the wonderful little jour-mile filly Trifle, whose lustory makes many nt 3 iD the snnals of the American turf. Katy Pease won her race “hands down,’ as some of the Southern turfmen are apt to say, and which, no doubt, means with the greatest ease, good second dackers and friends, Eo! uit badiy in the second hei having made little running in the Orst. John Merryman did not seem to be at home on this ground, yet he made a very respectable race, The Pimlico track at Baltimore, with the brave fellows of the Maryland Club to back seems the place for him and his owner. John ca peg , however, and was next to Stock- rood at the brush. Lolus was dis The thisd and ras distan: race of the day was for the Monmouin can wore suuieen . NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. entries for this event, but when the owners or the horses were notified to name their starters fi Cot ie tie lar about his pedigre: he was the winner of this race) ; M. He San tara'e b horse Preak Lexington, dam Bay Leaf; b, chestnut colt Hubbard, by Planet, Minuie Mansfeld; Jonn F. Chamberlin’s bay colt Survivor, by Vandal, dam by Lexington; and D. J. Crouse’s chestnut colt Business, by Re- Yolver, dam Syren. Wauderer was the favorite in the race, and won it like a race horse, dashing away irom his adversaries, after two miles, in Manner that astonished every beholder. Thi! horse Wanderer showed yesterday that he will be the leading card in all tne contests ta which he is tered [oF cups, and his backers will not Be éatis- perl irrer foparchist or Harry Bassett can beat him until the thing is done betove their one. Preakness ran in second, at the finish, to Wan- derer, and Hubbard was third, All the favorites won yesterday for a wonder. The iellowing are the details of the running :— The First Race, Horervr Staxts, value $600, added to a sweep- stakes of $50 each, play or pay, for two year olds; the second horse to receive $100, and the third $600 out of the stakes, hall a mile, A. Belmont’s b, 1, Beatrice, by Kentucky, dam imp. Bernice (EVans) ............+0+..eeresees F. Morris’ b, f. Regardless, by Eclipee, dam Bar- La Beg) steee cesses sersseceseees * A. B. wis & Co.'s b, f. Vandalite, by Vandal, dam Vesper Light (A. Lakeland) .....+.-++.-+ A. Beimont's b. f. Theodora, by Kentucky, dam Camilla (H@DNOTE)...,.0++-+eserseereereresrene John Coftee’s br. {, by Leamington, dam Jassa- mine Porter (Cantfel) ......0..0-seeeeeeeenseee H. P. McGrath's b, c. Aaron Pennington, by Tip- perary, dam Lucy Fowler (Swim)........-.-.++ John F. Chamberiain’s b. c. Visigoth, by Asteroid, dam Vandalia (Birbee) ... presses H. P. MoGrath’s ch. f. Petty, by Tipperary, dam Greek Slave (EK, Harper)........-.-+ see J. Camp, Jr.’s, ch. c Dublin, by Kentucky, dam Mca eset rel Aone ea oR . . Ayer’s ch, ¢. Erastus Corning, by ning, dam Nora Creina (Robinson) ...........+++-+++ 10 D. J. Croase’s b, f. Persimmon, by Revolver, dam by Daniel tae Prepuet (Hay im cetaannr oO Bw ) eeeeeee TlO «430 500 ml «400 620 3860 175 200 220 115 = 110 105 40 80 60 200 235 165 185 THE RACE. After several breakaways the youngsters were despatched to a very lair start, Vandalite leading, Aaron Pennington second, John Coffee’s brown filly, by Leawington, third, Beatrice fourth, Erastus Corning fiith, and the others so closely bunched that it was impossible to separate them. They ran Tapidly around the jower turn, and as they came on the homestretch Coffee’s Leamington seemed to be a trife in front, Vandalite second, Beatrice third, Regardless fourth, the others still ina group. The qoungatare ran rapidiy up the homestretch, Mr. elmont’s Beatrice coming to the front and win- ning the race by nearly a length, Regardless sec- ond, @ neck in front of Vandalite, Theodora iourth, Coffee’s Leamington fiitn, Visigoch sixth, Aaron Pennington seventh, Petty eighth, J. Camp’s Dub- lin ninta, Erastus Corning tenth, Persimmon elev- enth, Time, fifty-two seconds, The Second Race. Purse $900, for all ages; $750 to the first, $100 to the second, and $50 to the third horse; two Du McDaniel & Co's ch. f Katy Pease, b: . Me! .'8 oh. y Planet, dam Minnie Mansfleid, 3 years Old. (W. ClaTK) «0.00. sesecevereseescoesreonse L D. J. Bannatyne’s ch. bh. Stockwood, b; asteroid, dam Alabama, 5 years ol (HAZAI) ..0.ceeees severe veeennne ie dats F. M. Hall’s pb. b. Jolin Merryman, by Eugéne, dam La Rose, 6 years old (PALMET) 6... .0erereeereeceeeees nee 4 Thomas W. Doswell’s b.h. Eolus, by Leam- ington, dam Fanny Washington, 5 years Old (J. HEMTy) ........cecesescceeceecevseensee SAIS THE BE: . 500 140 120 50 810 100 of THE RACE. * First Heat,—Eolus took the lead with t! he the drum, John Merryman second, Stockwood t Katy Pease fourth. Going to the turn Stock Tan to the front, lending one on ed John Merry- man second, a length ahead of Eolus, who was four lengths in iront oi Katy Pease, the latter under a hard pull, At the quarter pole Stockwood led two lengths, John Merryman second, one iength in ad- vance of KEolus, who was six lengths ahead of Katy Pease. Goin down the backstretch all ‘the horses closed up the daylught between them except the filly— Stock wood frst, Merryman second, Eolus third, the latter four lengths in front o( Katy Pease. At the hall-mile pole Stockwood was @ neck ahead of Merryman, tue latter the same distance in front of Eolus, who was four lengths in advance of the filly, ‘The horses ran nose and tail along the best part of the lower turn, but Eolus then moved up to second pe At the three-quarter pole Stockwood led alfa length, Eolus second, one length in advance of John Merryman, the iatter three lengths ahead of katy. The horses improved their pace up the homestretch, an@ when they under the string, at the end of the first mil itockwood led by his neck, Kolus second, one length in advance of John Merryman, who was two lengths ahead of Katy Pease. the latter, as she passed around the upper turp, ran up to the others, and when the horses passed tue quarter pole Stockwood led one length, the other three being parallel. Going along the backstretch the filly made a dash for the lead, bat Stockwood Ee tal to keep it, and he passed the half-mile pole with his head in ‘ont, Katy Pease second, one length ahead of Bolus, the latter being a length tn advance of John Merryman, Katy Pease showed in iront as sie run around the lower turn, Stockwood sec- ond, two lengths in front of Eolus, who was one lsngth in advance of Merryman. At the three- quarter pole Katy Pease led hali a length, Stock- wood two lengths in front of Eolus, the latter a length ahead of Merryman, Stockwood stuck to the filly closely up the homestretch, but she beat him haif @ length under @ pull, Stockwood wasa dozen lengths ahead of Eolus, the latter two lengths ahead of John Merryman. The two latter, however, made no effort to overtake Stock woo and the filly after they entered the homestretch. ‘Lime of the heat, 3:44. Second Heat.—All the horses cooled out nicely be- tween heats, and when the bell rung for them to appear atthe score they seemed in fine trim for another heat, At the tap of the drum Eolus jumped away first, John Merryman second, Stockwood third, Katy Pease iourth, Going around the turn Eolus led two lengths, John Merryman second, one length ahead 0; Stockwood, who was four lengths in front of Katy Pease, the latter adopting the “wait and win’ system practise in the first heat. Eolus cut out the work and seemed inclined to do some running. At the quarter pole he id four lengths, John Mer. Tyman second, three lengths in advance of Stockwood, the latter six lengths in front of the filly. Going aown the backstretch John Merry- man ran alter the leader and ciosed ap well with him at the half-mile pole. Kolus was one lengtn ahead at that point, John Merryman second, eignt lengths in advance of Stuekwood, who led Katy Pease jour lengths. Solng, around the lower turn Eolus led haif a length, John Merryman lying up close to him, six lengths ahead of Stockwood, who seemed to be wailing on the filly. Alter tarning into the homestretch Eolus put on steam and dashed up towards the stand several lengths in front of John Merryman. Daylight was largely visible between all ot t horses, and as they passed under the wire at the score Eolus led four lengths, John Merryman sec- ond, four lengths ahead of Stockwood, who was three lengths in advance of Katy Pease. After leav- and and entering the second mile the an closing and the race was then in e nest, At the quarter pole Eolus led half a lengtu, and it was evident to his backers that he was ig them. He made a@ very feeble effort afterwards and then succumbed to the superior bottom of better horses. John Mer- ryman was still second, hall @ length in advance Of Stockwood, who was one length ahead of Katy Pease, There was @ general ruffle among the on the backstretch, and as they passed the hal ule pole Stockwood was a neck in front, Katy Pease second, @ length ahead of John Merry- man, the latter one length in iront of Eolus, who was then quitting badly. Going into the lower turn Katy Pease went to the front, and all doubts about her winning were in- stantly put atrest. Atthe three-quarter pole she led half a length, being at the time well in hand, Stockwood second, John Merryman third, Kolus fourth. Katy led up the homestretch, and won the heat and race by @ length; Stockwood second, six lengths tn advance of John Merryman; Eolus dis- tanced. Time of the heat, 3:45, The fractional time in both heats was as fol- lows :—First heat—First quarter, 30% seconds; half mile, 68 seconds; mile, 1:58%; two miles, 3:44, Second beat—First quarter of @, mile, 31 seconds; half mile, 58% seconds; mile, 1:53)¢; two miles, 345 The Third Race. Mowmovrs Cur, value $1,500, added to a sweep- stakes of $60 each, play or pay, the second to re- and the third horse $150 out of the two and @ half miles. Race & McCormick's ch. h. Wanderer, by Lex- ington, dam Coral, 6 years old . M. H. Sanford’s b. h. Preakn dam B: years old D. McDaniel & Co.'s ch. c, dam Minnie Mans6eld, 4 years old {hee J. F. Chamberiain’s b. c Survivor, dam by Lexington, 3 years old (Hug! ° D. J. Crouse’s ch. ¢c. Business, by Revolver, ‘dam Siren, 4 years old (Swim) .... . Time, 4:34). AB B veaeses8O0 1,100 one we Wanderer. Hubbard was first away, 5' vor second, Preak- neas third, Business fourti, tacerer fith, As the horses ran around the lower cura Business ‘Went to work at his best pace wn opoucd a gap of four on Hubbard, the jatier ve wg two Joogsha fa ackanae 0 DALyVor. Who Jed Wanderer One length, Preakness haif a te behing. Bust- Ress then was given his head for some purpose, and he ran like a scared dog the home- of pervines tl arene ae ie me TORE of ir a ne Preakness, who was half a length ahead of Hub- 8 in advance of Wan- we neral closing er As derer, Leavin; ing rapidly and a juarter pole Business was six len; 88, ne latter being a neck tn advance of Survivor, who was one leugth ahead of Wanderer, Hubbard flith. Going down the backstretch Busi- ness seemed to make @ last effort to get away from the others for some miscluevous purpose; but he soon collapsed, and bis de: ‘Was not nademnieos. Business was twelve len one at the half-mile pole, Preaknes# second, & madvance o1 ertger who was a length ahead of Hubbard, eat change took Nace along bol fa tirn. Wanderer went to ront and show is head in front at the three- quarter pole, Bestness second, half a length vance of Survivor, who was one ahead of Preakness and Hubbard, who were running side and aide, As the horses came up the homestretch and under the stand Wanderer led a Survivor second, about the same distance fn advance of Preakness, the latrer being one length ahead of Business, Hub- bard fifth, One mile was now beiore the Norges, an m and speed were the requisites for thy finish, Leaving the stand, Wanderer went away rapidly from the others and led around the upper turn four lengths, Sarvivor secoke, one lengtn in Jront of Hubbard an Preakness, wh were head and _ head, ten lengths in advance of Business, who had by this time entirely suspended operations. Wan- derer now began to run in earnest. He opened the gap at every stride and ran like a wild horse along the backstretch. He had all his horses beaten at this point, He was etght lengths in advance of Hubbard at the balktalte. por le, the latter being halfa length in advance Preakness, who was four lengths ahead of Survivor, the latter being ten lengths in tront of Business. Going around the lower tarn Wanderer led twenty lensths, Hubbard second, two lengths ahead of Preakness; and W: dercrcame on, apparently in hand, and won the race by twenty aed sae 4 Preakness second, one length ahead of Hubbard, who was twenty lengths ahead of survivor, the latter far ahead ot Busi- ness. The time oj the race was as foliow: half mile 545, seconds; three-quarters of 1:24; mile, 1:51; one mile and a half, 2 miles, 8:39, and the two miles and a half, 4:34. The Amende Honorable—A Heavy Wager Offered on Tom Bowling. Lona BRANCH, July 8, 1873, Mr. McDaniel, the owner of Springbok, has Written a letter of apology, retracting the charges he made against B, G. Bruee, who officiated as starter in the Jersey Derby. Mr. McGrath has formally declared that if Springbok and Count D’Orsay will start in the Ocean and Robins Stakes he will bet $25,000 that Tom Bowling will beat them both. ‘This is for those who are dissatisfied with the Jersey Derby. LONG BRANOH RAOES TO-DAY. The Events and the Probable Starters— Pool Selling Last Evening. This is the third day of the first Summer racing meeting at Monmouth Park and the programme of amusement presented is of a capital nature. The free-admission system to the grounds has been found to work very successfully, bringing together hundreds of the substantial people of New Jersey, who have viewed with much satisfaction the vari- ous contests on the card. There are four events to be decided to-day, the first on the list being a hurdle race for all ages, two miles, over eight hurdles; welter weights; purse $500—$400 to the first, $75 to the second and $26 to the third horse. The starters in this will be George West and Shylock. Next will come a selling race, for all ages, one and a quarter miles; purse $400, the winner to be sold for $1,000; if entered, to be sold for $750, allowed five pounds; for $600, allowed ten pounds; any surplus over the stated selling price to go to the second horse, This contest will bring to the st Bingamon, 109 pounds; Utica, ninety pounds; chu, bere rete pounds; Carver, eighty-five pounds, and Wheatley, ninety-eight pounds, The Monmouth Oak Stakes follows, value $1,000, added to a sweepstakes of $50 each, play or pay, for fillies, foals of 1870; the second to receive $200 and the third $100 out of the stakes; dash of one anda hali miles. In this there are thirty-seven fillies engaged, of which number there will come for the word representatives from the followin ntlemen’s stadles:—H. P. McGrath, D. McDanie .. W. Cottrill, August Belmont, Thomas W. Dos- well, R. W. Walden, W. M. Conner and H, W. Sear. Last on the programme is the Mansion House Stakes for four-year-old colts and fillies, the foals of 1869, dash of two and a half miles; value, $1,000, added to a sweepstakes 01 $50 each, piay or pay; the second to receive $200,and the third $100 out 01 the stakes. Of the tweive engagements in this race there will start :—D. McDaniel & Co.'s bay colt Boss Tweed, by Asteroid, dam Alabama; W. R. Babcock’s chestnut filly Kthel BERD by Jack Malone, dam Vesper Light, and M. H. Sandiord’s brown coit Mute, by Australian, dam Mattie Gross. Pools were sold on the Hurdle race, Monmouth Oaks and Mansion House Stakes last night at the rooms of Mr. Chamberlin, No. 1,146 Broadway, and the roliowing quotations will give an idea of what the betting iraternity think of the several entries :— HURDLE RACE, George West. vee $50 15 50 Shylock... 30 25 Cottrill’s entry.. Beimont’s entry. Sears’ entry. WITHOUT MATE. e Narragansett Steamship Com three boats this morning from pier No. 28, foot of Murray street, ior Sandy Hook, there connecting with cars direct for the track. These boats will Jeave at a quarter to seven, twenty minutes to ten and haif-past ten o'clock. As on Other days of the meeting, the arrangements will be such that the crowd, however large, will be returned to the city beiore dark. The Poo! t Long Branch. LonG Branca, July 8, 1873, At the sale of pools to-night for the races to-mor- row the folowing were the averages :— FIRST RACE—HURDLE RACE. George West, Shylock.. a BBEls $8 ND RACE—SELLING RACE. $1 THIRD Cottrill’s stable. Conner’s stable Waldon’s stable. Beimont's stable. McDaniel’s stabi McGrat! stable. sB rir ‘The most interest race. ‘There was an exciting runaway on Ocean avenue to-night, but no one was hurt, COMPTROLLER’S RECEIPTS, Comptroller Green reports the following amounts paid yesterday into the city treasury :— BUREAU OF ARREARS. From arrears of taxes, assessments Croton rents and interest. ee oS 11,963 COLLECTOR OF ASSESSMENTS. From street improvements and openings and in- terest, a1 From Croton water rents and penaities. BUREAU OF CITY REVENU! From market rents and fees, house rent and inter- est on bond and mortgage. . otanremmenene 2 MAYON'S SEOOND MARSHAL From licenses and fin “7 86 CORPO! J From penalties and costs In suits on account of the poration of New York. sseceeecoess 018 THE OASE OF KENNEY. Commissioner Van Nort seeing the statement in yesterday's HeraLp of the arrest of Michael Kenney for personating Joseph Powers on the payroll of the Boulevard laborers, requested a report from Engineer Kellogg. That gentleman’s investigation shows no fraud beyond the personation of another party. Powers was a driver for a team owned by Lynch, and left the work previous to the pay- ment of the roll. The usual check was given to Lynch in @ sealed envelope, directed to the pay: master o1 the Department of Finance. Lynch gave the check to Kenney. The time for which the check was made was actually worked and the on! irregularity was the presentation of the pay by @ person other than the one whose name ap- peared on its face. MONHEIMER'S MANDAMUS, Deputy Sheriff Curry yesterday visited Comp- troller Green and served upon him an order from Judge Daniels, of the Supreme Court, returnabie Loaeetentf mandamus should not issue to compel 1 to pay the of Supervisor Joseph A, Mon- helimer tof Lg A June. This is a teat issue raised by Mr. jimer, it decided in his favor, the other visors likely follow Md Supe: x The law on the subject is somewhst example, o oie OUR OBSTRUCTED STREETS The Way Builders and Contractors Defy the Street Powers That Be—Entire Blocks Taken Possession Of and Travel Impeded, WHERE IS THE REMEDY? The Commissioner of Public Works and the Duty that Devolves Upon Him. It would seem ag though the proper authorities who have the power to prevent our public thor- oughfares being unnecessarily obstructed have been fast asleep since last Winter. The streets were never before so ruthlessly taken possession of as they have been of late by contractors, build- era and others who, in buiiding a house, fixing a sower pipe or making some repairs to the interior of @ dwelling, have boidly taken partial or full pos- session of an entire block by crowding its surface with brick, stones, piles of lumber and other ob- structions, It is true that in a majority of instances these parties only use @ portion of a street, but, as A general rale, they manage so to block the way that where the thoroughfare 18 not absolutely ren- dered impassable travel is at best rendered very | dangerous. Not only the streets are seized upon, but even the sidewaiks are turned into DEPOSITORIES YOR LOADS OF STONE, BRICK AND hj LUMBER, and whenever a property holder in the neighbor- hood remonstrates he is always treated witn con- tempt, if he does not get openly insulted, Now, the authorities who have the power to keep the streets FREE FROM OBSTRUCTIONS should at once eee to it from this out that there be no further ground for the same kind of complaints which are now so general. Everybody concedes that it is very dificult to build a house on any block without making ase of a part of the strect for building materials, &c., but this necessity does not imply and ought not to be construed by the Commissioner of Public Works as implying that the traveiling public must, be inconvenienced seri- ously, if not prevented from travelling on certain blocks altogether, to oblige the contractors and builders, A H&RaLp Commissioner made a tour through the city yesterday and took note of those blocks where the obstructions seemed to be the most no- merous, and during bis travels found that the plaints of property holders up town and people who do not want to walk ten or twelve blocks where they need only walk one ifthe authorities do their duty, are based on good grounds, Several of tue men at work on buildings who were encoun- tered during the tour were greatly astonished when asked how it was they TOOK POSSESSION OF THE ENTIRE BLOCK, or, rather, effectually impeded travel on it. They laughed very heartily when it Was suggested thac the Commissioner of Public Works might pounce down upon the contractor and make him get his traps out of the ol; “Why,” said @ builder, dur- ing a conversation the reporter held with him (the contractor not kuowing that his interlocutor was & HERALD Coinmissioner), ‘‘why,” said he, “what's the use 0’ talkin at biockin’ up the streets? It's got tobe done. We know some opie will com- lain, but what do we care for that? We get used it in time. It amuses them, probably, and i$ doesn’t hurt us. When want tim- ber and brice and stone I set it right down where I am goim’ to build and go ahead, If t’ve got a lot of stuifI use all the street necessary jor it, and if that make opie and Wagons go round to some other block that’s none ol my business, The city authorities ain’t got uo power to prevent me from putting up any buildin, that’s all right, ana I've got to get my materia! sot down somewhere, If I can’t put it on the street, where can I put it? I’m used to hearin; people growlin’ about these obstructions, but don’t care a fing forit. It’s an old story, and WIL put my stuf just where I piease, no matter what @ny city oitictai has to say about tt.” it will be seen by this plain talk of the contractor that he aad his kind CARE VERY LITTLE FOR PUBLIC OPINION and that they have an idea they can obstruct the streets as much as they please eituer in building or alter they have done building; for, said another contractor to the HERALD Commissioner, when the lat.er asked why it was that so many piles of stone, mortar and rubbish generally were leit in the streets alter buiiding operations were over, “That's the city’s business, It must get rid of them the best Way it can.” Under all the circumstances of the case itis nigh time that the city authorities should exert themselves and show these obstruc- tors that they cannot do as they please and that there is @ power in the city that can make them do as tue city ordinances demand, Now then as to the obstructions noticed yester- day by the HERALD Commissioner :— in xington dvenue, pear op Prec street, there pile of sand and pricks that prove quite an obstruction to carriage travel. Between ‘T'wenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh streets, on Fourtn avenue, the two Qiocks are ren- dered almost completely impassable with stones, bricks and piles of luypber on both sides of the rail- road tracks, placed tHere by parties who huye the contract to demolish the old depot buildings and others who are doing @ little in the building line tz the same vicinity, ‘Twenty-third, Twenty-second and Nineteenth streets, near Broadway, are also disfigured by iles of brick that extend way out into the street. there is @ similar condition of a@airsin Twentieth street, near Lexington avenue. in Fourteenth street, nee Lexington avenue, there ls @ mound of stohe brick in the carriage way. Between Third and Fourth avennés a pile of brick, rubluish and building materials extends very nearly across the entire block of Thirteenth atreet. Near the corner oi Third avenue and St. Mark’s place buiiders have, as an evidence of their labors on @ near-by building long completea, lett a pile of stones that, in the dark, might cause @ serious ac- cident to a passing vehicle. A pile of bricks isin the way on Fonrth street, Rear the Bowery, and another is opposite 255 jowery. A huge sand bank, high and long, proves a serious obstruction to travel in Centre street, near rd street, near the Tombs, is also obstructed With @ pile of bricks in the carriage way. Worta street, east of Centre, is distigured by a ile of briek and stone that is likely to remain here for some time to come. There is a quantity of barrels and brick piles in Chariton street just west of Hudson. In Leroy street piles of lumber and brick ob- struct the free thoroughfare of the street. Barrow street, east and west of Hudson, 1s orna- mented (?) witha mound of lime, bricks and build- ing mate: Gnristopher street, west of Hudson street, has also its particular heap of bricks and lime, Corner of Hudson and ‘tenth streets barrels, brick piles and bailding materials take up @ good side o! thoroughfare. Near Eleventh street, ou Hudson, there is a pile of stones which no carriage could ever pass safely with a car on the track near by. At the crossing of Fourth and Hudson, there is a pile of dirt and stones, Near Kighth avenue, in Thirteenth street, the block is rendered almost impassable with trucks and carts left in vacation. Between Seventh and Eighth avenues, piles of bricks and stones block the way, out into the mid- die of the street. Bricks and mortar in heaps obstruct the block in Sixteenth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, Seventeenth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, is So aaa blocked with bricks and build! 1 Between Seventh and Eighth avenues, in Nine- teenth street, apparently avandonea carts have everything their own way, and vehicles in Mew along the block have to huve an experien driver to escape accident. In Eighth avenue, between Twentieth and Twen- ty-frst streets, bricks and sandbanks and general rubbish irom building materials biock the wi In _ Twenty-fourth street, between Highth and Ninth avenues, there are large piles of and building materiais. in Twenty-fitth street, near Ninth avenue, piles of bricks are nicely arranged s0 as Ww reach way across the street. Two heaps of building materiais and bricks en- liven the monotonous appearance of Twenty- ‘} make up quite an attraction for In ‘rnircy-ninth street, near Ninth avenue, there are bricks in a goodly hea: Near Seventh avenue a pile of bricks and stones make a nice obstruction in Fortieth street, Forty. it street, near Ninth avenue, is also jorned with its heap o: bricks, Brick heaps block the way in some degree in Ficlith avenue, neat Forty-second street; also in Forty-second street, between Kighth and Ninth and ‘enth avenues. Piles 01 brick and butiding materials and stones Strangers hear Forty-third street, On the block on Eighth avenue near Forty-fourth street there is a pile of stoned. Near seventh avenue, in Forty-tourth street, Stones and bricks in heaps block up nearly the en- tire thoreughfare. Forty-Hith street, near the same avenue, is in the saine predicament. Stones, sand and vuilding materials take up most of the destrable width of the block on Kighth ave- a near Ferty-sixth Vion e HuIMe AY be said of the block adjoinin, Forty-sixth street itself. “ vag Corner of Forty-seventh street and Eigth avenue the thorouzhfare is almost completely blocked with plies Of urick, On ~ mighth Sanus between Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth streets, all one side of the biock is biocked up, 80 that no vehicle can possibly get by Withous taking tue railroad track. Forty-ninth street, near Niath avenue, has its particular and exclusive heaps of brick and stones, that make the bluck quite @ contrast with its neighbors, Between Eighth and Ninth avenues, in Fiftieth street, lime barre.s, stone and brick piles block the way baying ri ty-third street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues, and also between Ninth’ avenue, is adorned with a leap of stones. Near Ninth avenue and Fiuty-seventh street the entire block ts nearly all occupied with obstructions ol various kinds, Between Seventh and Eighth avenues in Fit third street bricks, stones and pbuilding mat make a buge mound in the middle of the block, The bleck neur Ninth avenue in Thirty-seventh street is completely blocked with bricks aud other obstructions, Seventy-tith street, between Madison and Fifth avenues, 18 partially biocked with obstructions. From Eighty-sixth to Eighty-fourth the Harlem Railroad tr: forms @ barrier across each block, and from Seventy-third to several blocks below there ts no means for anybody, with or without & Vehicle, getting across tue “cul” now being made in Fourth avenue, both sides of Madison avenue, between Fightt- eth and Kignty-first streets, is bordered with stone and brick heaps, Im Sixty-sixth street, between Madison and Fifth avenues, there are piles of huge stones, and altiough the street is nicely paved and graded, these stones, with piles of dirt, have been allowed to remain se long 4 part of the neighborhood, that grass is already sprouting all about on the heaps. Sixty-firse street, between the same avenues, is about in the same condition as the above in cer- tain places, In Sixty-eighth street, between Fourth and Lex- ington avenues, heaps of stones block up the way, aud rightin the middie a pile of wood and the remnants of a shanty rear their fair proportions te hig Sixty-fourth street, between Madison and Fifth avenues, is almost impassabie from all sorts of ob- atructions, Madison avenue, between Sixty-fourth and Sixty- fifth streets, is lined with building materials, stones and biicks on one side and big iron pipes fill up the other space on the side of the tracks on the other side of the street. There is actually no fhocgughiare on the block except over the car racks. Sixty-second, from Madison to Third avenue, is made alinost impassable trom all sorts of obstruc- ons. From Sixty-first to Sixty-seeond the obstructions are all that the most neghgent of street inspectors couid desire to base a good report upon. Big pipes go te adorn what tae other obstructions tail to Taake attractive. The block on Madison avenue from Filty-eighth to Sixtieth street is in a miserable condition; ob- structed most thoroughly except where the car tracks run, Fitty-seventh and Fifty-eighth streets, near Seventh avenue, are also seriously obstructed in certain places, ‘The block between Madison and Filth avenues is almost impasswble, Mortar aud brick heaps occupy even the middle of the street, \ ‘There are obstructions in the way of brick and stone heaps in Forty-8ixth and Forty-filth streets, between Madison and Fifth avenues, Madison avenue, between Forty-second and Forty-third streets, on one side, 18 littered with bricks, .stones and building materiais, and down Forty-second strect to near the depot, on both sides of the way, there are building material, brick aud stone obstructions. Many of the uptown streets have been rendered almost tunpassavie (J the negiect of contractors to periorm thetr work. The sidewaiks or several thoroughfares have been for week: and months blocked up with piles of block stone which are to be latd in the streets when 80 it pleases the con- tractor. These sidewalk obstructions are not only @ nuisance, out they are dangerous to limb and life, The passage through the piles or alongside them is generally only about a foot in width, and very often this passage is littered with the stoues Which fail from the heap, rendering a pedvstrian’s chances for life at night time exceedingly slim, In tue remedying of this particular nuisance the Commissioner of Public Works should move at once. li contractors thus block np the streets on he plea that they were not paid for former con- tracts let their present contracts be revoked and given to somebody who wili do the work quickly. On the east side of the town, where extensive building is going on, there are on many blocks serious obstructions also; but the above specified biocks, where travel is necessary and constant, will suMice to indicate the nuisances which buiders and others make of themselves to the general pub- lic by not oveying the city ordinances, It is nigh time there was some method adopted to bring them to their senses, ey atreet, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, hth avenue, between Twenty-cighth and Twen' mth streets, is also blocked partially by brick piles, Thirty-second street, between Seventh and Eighth aveaues, is blocked half way across with carts and trucks that have a permanent lease of the block to all appearan: ces. ‘Thirty-fourth. at near Ninth avenue, near the Agr hasa lot of flagging standl 7. on end ‘ding out into the street make two teams have & ‘jam’ in order to pass by one etree Between Pairy-etxtn and Thirty-seventh and ‘Thirty-eighth 2 = nny § 01 aoe avenue, a are gi wa ade AA at Near Seventh avenue and also near Mghth ave- i Thirty-cighth etre a riobs And poomee: ft ans SANITARY MATTERS. An Important Meeting of the Board of “fith Held Yesterday—Washing:on 4 Pet and Its Filthy Booths—Re- ports om Strect Cleaning, Mortality and Cellar Lodging Houses. At ameeting of the Bo. “of Health held yester- day afternoon—President Chandler in the chair— the following report, from Dr. E, H, Janes, Assist- ant Sanitary Superintendent, upon ti condition Of the streets of the city was received, and. copy ordered to be sent to the Board of Police:— \ To tum HonoRasie THe Boarp oF Hxaura the honor to submit the following roport, cote densed irom tue reports of the Inspectors, upon the cou- dition of the streets for the weer ending July 6:—In- Spector Judson reports no improveinenis in the streets of the First, Ihird aud Fourth wards, nor in the gutters of this district since last week. They are dangerous to lite and detrimental to health ‘and in @ condition favorable to the pritegacon, of zymoue diseases, He par- ticularizes ie followi blocks :—Washingtoa Fulton Cortlandt street; to Greenwich. He reports deposits for which the occupanu of jos. 173, 1/9, 1s, and 190 are responsible. Che Anspector of te Second nnd Fourth wards reports his street in Seekers clean condition, excepting James, Koosevelt, Hague and Clit streets. The Inspecvor of the sixth ward reports his streets as in @ cleanly condition. The inspector of the seventh ward also reports his streets {in as food condition as, the nature of the pavement permit, with the tollowing exceptions :—Corlears, ( Now'3i and 33; Division. between Bowery and Uhrystie, and Birmi n street its whole lenguh. These thorough: fares are heaped with rubbish and dirt The Inspector of the Eighth ward reports the condition of the streets in his district as better than last week, an improvement due to recent showers. The Inspector of the Ninth and Fifteenth wards reports Carmine street, below Bediord and Downing streets, as dirty, fro: accumulation of garb: ‘The Inspector of tle seven- tSeatt ward reports the streets in his. discrict omen ages, good condition, exce, ad Nortolk ts, between Kast streots. In these places the pavements are very bad, and bay ‘amount of sweeping practicable could preserve them nues O and D; Twelfth street, between avenue © and ry Dock; Kiv- ington street, between Pitt and Ridge, and third street, beiweem avenues C and U, as filthy with the accumula: tions of slops, garbage, rubbish and mud, much ot which is due to imperfect paring. The Inspector of the High- teenth ward reports that his streets are in an excellent Lin exceptiot nd Fitteenth streets. The Inspector of the femth and Thirteenth wards reports Cannon street, between Rivington and Delancéy, fithy reet dirt; sheriff, between hiving- 1¢ seme condition; also Delancey, nd Willett; Pitt, between Kivingwn and Broome; udiow and Al- Jen, be'ween Oanal and Grand; Chrystie, irom Canal to Riving:oo; and Rivington between Chi ystie and . Khe Inspector of the Sixteenth wari treets im @ cleanly Sih ne in the gutters @ the following streets :— ayenues, from Twenty sixth to Thirty- a et ee ninth, * ty-second, Thirty-third ani , streets, from Second avenue to the Kast River; whiny sich street, from Third avenue to the River. ‘The Inspector of the lower part of the Treen recent. ‘ward reports favoraviv on his streets, but complains of the pavement on Forty- Orat street between Teuth avenue and the North River. ‘The ea aeeeemiaaen part of the Nineteenth ward Feports his streets ag cleaner than last week, but, the fol- 10" are more than there is a necessity for venth street, between pesinane and First a pap Big By od First’ avente, between. Forty and, Forty rat, be rt tote MAG eee stom Second to Third aren between sheriff and Grand; Attorney. between Delance: Suffolk, between Delancey and Broome; No Wadwon avenue, are'very Richy ich tall. Yom he ive material to the chest, stpoate be dusinfoctoa, ee are eam ered aa ta ces irat renoa: Bi ‘inth d ieee: “ha Nage Sof at Been ward rie th awenues mreet, exco| of 1 avenues, which ls strewn subm) tm the cellars was ‘ | ll also handed in from racated is dwoliumes, and that the & ; et PR Ret m ossible, fully submited. Britt TANES, MDS In his report’ om Washington market, Dr. Janes said tnese premises are bounded on the north by sey street, on the east by Washington street, on the south by Fulton street and west by West street, Connected with the South market are seve: ral sheds or booths tn a condition detrimental ta health, jor the following reasons:—These booths extend from the curbstone to the sidewalk toa distauce varying from three to fiiteen feet toward the miadte of the street, as follows:—On the north side of the market for the entire distance from Washingvon to West street there is a row of booths extending from the curbstone to a distance of from three to six feet towards the middle of the street. On the west tor the entire distance from Vi Fulton street there is @ row of booths exter 1 from the curbatone to @ distance of fifteen towards the middle of the street. On the south for the entire stance irom Washingion to West street there is a row of booths extending from the curbstone to a distance of five feet towards the middle of the street, On the east side, near the corner of Vesey street, there is a booth extendin from the curbstone to a distance of five fee towards the middie of Washington street, ‘These several booths are occupied by marketmen for the sale of meats, vegetables, fruits, &c., and by thelg location they materially Oostruct the proper ciean- ing of the respective streets. Several of the gutters underneath the foors of said booths were found to be very filthy, while some ot the booths were so loaded with market stores as ta render the removal of the floors for the time being impossible. The external sides of said booths were very filthy with the most offensive kind of liquid and ovher filth, and the pavement adjoining therety was LITPERRED WITH MARKET REFUSE in a state of decomposition, poois of filthy water and street filth which adhered closely thereto, much of it finding a permanent lodgment in the angles formed by the pavement and the sides of the booths, I regard these booths in their present position as not only detrimental to th, bat as a serious obstruction to business and travel, particularly on West street, where they occupy fifteen feet of the carriage way. On this street there is a double rail track, the cara of which are often detained by the growd of cars and wagons endeavoring to make their way through this obstructed thoroughiere, to the great hin- drance and annoyance of large numbers of per- sons, There are also similar booths in front of 145 ‘and 149 Vesey street, and one on the south side of Vesey street, seventy-five leet east of Green’ street, which in every particular answer the de- scription of those above mentioned, and in my opinion equally detrimental to health. There is also in front of Nos. 163 and 105 Barclay street a bridge or floor extending over the street gutter and obstructing the frequent and thorough cleaning of the same, and 1s also detri- mental to health, Last week I had occasion to re- port on the condition of certain similar booths in the same vicinity, situated on Vesey and Washing: ton streets, and recommended that the Depar ment of Public Works be requested to cause their removal, and f would now respectfully recommend that the same Department be requested to cause the removal of the booths mentioned Mm this report without delay. RATE OF MORTALITY, The following tabulated statement was presented by Dr. Harris, the Registrar of Records :— : S| oi |ee?l ef lea? ‘ Sa. : t/a ve we t bg Et | f}Eg | et Z ie 156{ 270] 14.04] 820) 30L.+ Ginsu oy] 124] 6:34] 160] 124 De Ho} ental ne 84. 2 5 4 Deaths by violene “ 25) 22) 1 5} 30. Total deaths for week...| 475) 630; 1,691) 643. Small 3 1 26) 12s Measles. 10) 2 36! 1 Scariatin 16 m4! 2) 1 Diphtheru a 1} 3) Ba Sroup ib 6 6) 4b Whooping cough. 3 5 13) 84 Typhus tever, 1 =| —| 1 ld Typhoid towe 5] a] io] oy Remittent fev 1 3 16) 4) 16 Intermittent er. 2 —| =| 1 Bt Diarrhaal diseases, 62 160] 8.79] 663) 282.6 6 16| BS) 7) 86 65; 69) 3.59) 73, 66.8 picniea aiid serotula. 13| 15] .75| 38] 23.6 ‘drocephalus and tuber: Zular meningltis,.......| 12! 16 Sy] 34 Convulsions. . 9 16 40) 27.0 Diseases of ne! “| 364 2] 10 My 3 18) 13} 10) pt .78) Puerperai diseases. ri || Drowntny | 2 10} 1 i 05, hs in institutions, . 8) 107, 5.56) Persons 70 years old an over. te esenserersees 22) 20) 1.04 Children under’ 8° yeura of age.. ve 233) 350) 18.67) The subjoined report on street spri sent in by the Assistant Sanitary Superintendent and adopted :— FILTHY STREETS, Ihave the honor to report that in pursuance of a reso lution of the Board directiug me to notity ali persons ¢ gaged in the business of street sorinkling to meet me lor thé ur pose Of Col nd adv: to the me best adapted to obviate the objections to street sprinkling Thave this day met some forty men engaged in this eu: ness and have obtained trom them the tollowiug informa- ion :— The capacity of thetr carts varies frem two hundred to six hundred gallons. Am average cart is filled five times in going once over its route, The average number of cir. cuits per diem Is stated as being thirteen, Kach cart clears from five dollars to eight dollars per diem. Tho average weekly charge to patrons is about twenty-five cents per house. The best disintectaat for street #prink- ling, on account of efficiency and Its innocuousness te the carts and to carriaye paint ix believed to be carbolic acid, which, | when quality, will cost two ‘dollars per gallon. It, has been esti- ted that a less quantity of carbolic acid & quart to three hundred gallons of water woud have no disinfecting power, This amount would cost fir cents ir loa for @ Sprinkler’ which, though velow the average, assume in the cal ‘ulation tobe the ordinary capacity acart. Ifeach load were disinfected the carbolic acd would be $82 60 per diem. and, even if but five loads, suf- ficient for a single entire route, were disiniected, it wortd.cost $2 60—nearly half the sum claimed to be real- ined ax sleat profit for the entire thirteen, routes, exc day. I find. atcalling & quart thirty ounces—it being nearly, thirty-two the load of | 300 wo of the strength of six nzinims or drops to @ pint of water, which To not belleve would be of any practical beneat The names of some wn aes aye eres rinklers betee ‘tment ‘ublic wi obtained from the Depisgiment of Eublic Works weere the posnbility of getting an increase ot pay patrons; but said tha their expense would be materially, decreased if the Board of Public Works would during the warm weather reduce the price of water irom five cents pey 00 gallons to one and a half cents, the old price, But tium Would amount in a $00 gallon cart to but $6 83 per diend less than th are now expending, and, {¢ will, no doubt coat a ee committee at the sprinklers vi “ z water {or the rest of the Summer the Board have Ro antee they would porform their duty. Haapgou Submitted, a ig E. H. JANES, M. \D., Assistant Sanitary Superin ‘The following report on the mortality in the \city during the past week was also furnished by DF Harris:— Bonsav ov Viral, Startertct, } Heatran Derartuunt ov rim Crry or New Yoo New York, July 8, 1873, Colonel Emons Ctarn, Secretary. Sim—The increase of mortality last week amounted to only 155 deaths, 48 of which were among the inmates of public Insitutions, The corresponding week of no revious year since as given so small a mortality in this city. Though at the end of the week the heat became intense, there was not such a degree of atmos- to endanger life. Only 6 deaths by heat were reported. hich had remained at a mint- mui in the returns, increased to 16) in the week, but this number 1s 119 below the average for the correspond. ing weeks of the past five years. Most of this kind of mortality was among neglected young children. There was a slight increase in mortality by nervous and convulsive disorders, but the absence of combined high heat and humidity that prevailed in the correspond- ing week of 1372 was marked by the absence of any such moriality as occurred in that memorab’ week. The fol- lowing facts are worthy of comparison in the records of these weeks in the two years:— edited bl! in_the chief cities of the United State to be low, except in those that are being scourged by the filth pestilence. The mode in whic! that maledy progrewes in the Wissssipp! Valley, seems to be precisely the same as tn 1549 and 1864. Stare now, that unwelcome visitor has proved to be a fi inspector of llth nuisances, Respectiully, 'B, HARBIS, The subjoined resolutions were har Havived. That the Finance Committee be and hereby. ig authorized to purchase such ot Ks mine be for th ria ie agente asmay mecessary 1¢ pi rice, delivered at the 4 Do not toe dooti vicvon cous per gallon of twenty: “Eésolved, That thg Hoard of Police be and are hereby- eeu ly requesidi to detail irentys te Pee ine Sump ey On, the, aes se fein Piety third and Forly-sixtn streets Seen een cclees ter eee et tothe Bosra on che quality of salt water for the of sprinkling the 8 oi8 flusmng the Butlers: AB if disinfectant Dr. Vanderpoel paid: not could be hing better. ‘A communication Feceived from the Mayor saying he was licenses to night, ra. President ¢! jafot Board that the directors ap inheaia’ Light Qamnane =*-"* ee ~ ee,