The New York Herald Newspaper, September 11, 1873, Page 7

CHEAP TRANSPORTATION. Meeting of Merchants and Traders at the Cooper Insti- tute Last Night. HEW YORK COMMERCE THREATENED A Free Canal, a Merchants’ Freight Road and the Fonding of the Canal Debt Ree- ommended as Remedies. WHAT THE BALLOT BOX CAN DO. The Credit Mobilier, Corrupt Legisla- tion and Monopolies Vigor- ously Denounced, SPEECHES AND RESOLUTIONS. ‘The crypt of the Cooper Institute was last night nearly two-thirds filled by representatives of the mercantile interests of the city for the purpose of considering the prominert question of the day— namely, cheap transportation. The meeting: which was presided over by the Mayor, was very earnest in its character, and the speakera were extremely practical in the presentation of the subject to an auditory, that caught every Pertinent point with a more than ordinary readiness, Several passages of the varieus epeeches that were enthusiastic in calling for action that should be determined and united elicited hearty and loud applause. Shortly after the speech of the Mayor, and while Mr. Tennie was speaking, the Senatorial Committee on Transportation,—namely, Sen- ators Windom, Sherman, Davis, Conkling and Norwood—entered, and on advancing to seats on the platform were loudly cheered. Senatos Conkling received avery hearty reception as he took @ seat to the right of the Chairman, with whom he very cordially shook hands. lt was an- mounced that to-day and during the week the Sen- ators would be at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and would receive delegations trom merchants and others who may be interested in the question of cheap transportation. ‘The practical result of the meeting was shown at the close, in the formation of an association jor the carrying out of the objects that it sought to promote. The meeting was calied to order by Mr. BENJA- Mm B. SHERMAN, WhO moved that Mayor Have- meyer be the presiding officer. The motion was received with applause and carried with una- wimity. THE VICE PRESIDENTS. Mr, B. E. BAKER read the following list of Vice Presidents, which was also adopted :— William Moller, George W. Lane, P. Van Valkenburgh, William J. Peake, as M, Bates, William C. Browning, H. Ware, Charles Cobb, rthur B Graves, John Hecker, Henry Bentz, A. KE. Kent, Henry W. Brook: Franklin Woodruff, . W. Floyd, Samuel Polzate, John L. Mot John Dwight, O. Le Koy, Joel D, Hunter, Sok Jewet 8, Doty, leorge Asse | alter Carr, John Vaght, P. Ezra Wheeler, 4H, K, Thurber, &. ¥. Ockershausen, Btephen Brush. SECRETARIES. ¥. B. Thurber, John Cladin, John H. Kemp, James Haines Drake, John J. ‘Walton, L, Tilesten Bryce, @ Tt Christensen, Samuel Davies, XK. M. Murchison, John McClave. The meeting having completed its organization the Mayor rose to address it and was loudly cheered. MAYOR HAVEMEYER’S SPERCH. FELLOW CITIZENS.—It is with great pleasure that I meet you here to-night, because tt has been patent to me for some time past that the numberless evils from which our commerce was suffering, would Sooner or Jater reach proportions which would grouse the commercial community to @ sense of their danger, and compel them to take the neces- sary steps to arrest their progress before the ruin they threatened was consummated. "Your presence here satisfies me that another for- ‘ward step has been taken in the work o! sustain: the honor and o! re-establishing the supremacy an‘ dignity of this most favored ef the cities of the Continent. The first move, which has engaged the intelligence and the integrity of the city in a ter- rible struggle for the past two years, was to drive trom place and power the “bold, bad men” who Drought us to the very brink of financial ruin nd social disorder, aud by the use of the mil- Mons plundered from us, polluting the community, debai its morals and driving integrity and honest industry from every place among- ‘us; and, while og pie you upon the mea- sure of success that has attended the struggle ior the purification of our local affairs, I greet you upon this inauguration of another advance move- ment for the maintenance of the commercial pre- eminence of this city by the adoption of such measures @8 may be found necessary to counteract the schemes that are on toot to aasail it. As is fit, Ishall, but only briefly and generally, allude to the subjects which are to engage your at- tention this evening. They are of vital consc- quence to our city, and therefore to ali our citi- gens, New York ig the great bazaar of nations, for our Union is a union of nations, prominent among the entrep0ts of the commerce of the world. The ave- nues of approach to this city, trans-continental, trans-oceanic, by the land and by the sea, by the river and by thé lake, must be ample, adequate and unobstructea. Her advantages by nature for the work of the exchange of the products of the world are universally conceded and cannot be ‘Guestioned. It ta in the means of artificial communication de- vised, executed, and being executed by the energy and skill of man, that we discover the magnitude of the efforts that are being made to rival our favored position and natural ‘antages, and it is to consider the measures needed to counteract these efforts that tuis meeting ts called. It is, to me, full of encouragement to see again that enthu- giasm which I witne: once before, when the Erie Canal was finished, and the first boat intro- ducing the products of the West to the commerce of our city arrived inour harbor, and from that time Yo this the current of trade thus set in motion has steadily remained with us. The interests of the roducer and the merchant are identical. The voice of New York city is to-day in periect unison ‘with that of the ¢ farming an jucing in- terests of the in the demand for new and more capacious avenues of traffic between the interior and the sea. The of the people all over the country are awake to the neces- sity of cheaper methods of transportation be- tween the Kast and the West. The charges for freight upon breadstuffls amount alm@st to anembargo upon their shipment. The producer ia deprived of a market and the consumer of his food by the exactions o1 the rajlways, and it is time that city and country unite to render them hereafter impossible. It true we need more avenues of trafic with the interior, but we want which now exist so regulated that their dividends shall amount to a fair return on actual cost. The people, pro- Qucer and consumer, hav Durdens of tne gigantic and demoralizing wa- terings of stock that have been going on right bdefore our eyes, and sometimes with the sanction of corrupt legislators, without attracting @ pass- ing notice. No man here should desire to deprive those who have invested their means in railroad enterprises of ao far return Of profit, but the day of watering stock and of railroads corruptly influencing legislation has, I pope, passed forever. it all works against the in- ‘erests of the peopie, and from the cry which comes to us from the East and West it is evident the people are moving, and all political parties in the way must join the mighty caravan or be de- stroyed. As things have been, if you should seek to effect results with existing roads you will be met by a horde of ree aud lobpyists and bribed Senators and Assem| yore retained and paia to perpetuate railroad extortions, You will all re- member. the scandalous developments in the in- vestigation of the Erie Railway last winter, when At was shown that it was habitual to pay the Bar- bers and Tw jo eeds annually enormous sums to and to perpetuate our disgrace. sting it is very easy, fellow citizens, to meet here and talk and resolve, but you cannot accomplish any- thing essential without effective organization. lay the bargains are going on by the rotten hacks of political parties, who are un- mindful of the new things that are upon us, to Duy men into seats at the next Le ture. Every man who is offered as a candidate for the Senate and Assembly should be questioned on the subject, or, what is better, none but known men of character should be suffered to get into the lature, Above all things, do not forget that ld rafiroads or # ship canal—to make a great four-track freight line of railroad to the tar West, or dig & canal around Niagara, is & matter of time, and considerable time. These or the other schemes to an increase of our means of communi. perhaps, the radical, but for that very Feason the remote, remedies for our evils, What can we do now, at once? is the question for us to consider. We confess that our maim evils anse Som bad legislation; bad legislation axiace trom NEW. YORK HERALD) THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER Il, 1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET, bad, corrupt and lgnorent rou snould see to it that every man who will be sent tothe oid barmouy with Jour views-aot ct ear shall WeDo the ‘Class of loafers and political Traders and tricks- ters of whatever party, Who, on the one hand, sell for pay to the railway companies franchises and rights they shouid not have, and on the other hand, by threats Of inierierence with them in their legit- imate and prone functions, extort money in ree amounts from those corporations, who, in th extort it from you to re) the sum of which they have been robbed, ery dollar ex- pended by our railways in the shape of a bribe is so much additional expense of the roads, to be col- Jected in tolls from those who use them. Through you, it may be hoped, the farmers of the State will also learn to discharge their political du- ties, 80 that while, on the one band, they will not send to the legislative body Senators and members of Assembly who are in the direct and immediate employ 01 the great lines of railway, they will not, on the other hand, send men who hope to earn an independence in one year by the introduction of intimidating bills whith are not expected to be- come laws, It 18 curious that almost all men seek for remote remedies, rather than those which are at hand, to overcome any evil which afiicts them. How often bave you known some chronically im- pecunious friend Who constantly attributes his Want of good fortune to some remote chance which he thinks he has lost, forgetting that the cause of all his misfortune ts because he chooses to Get up at nine in the morning instead of six, and vy aiways too late for the cars? Thus, with us, we are suddenly disheartened by the fact that our commerce ig slipping away, that our rights are invaded and that a great colossus has taken posses- sion of our legislative halis, and we naturally look to the most remote remedies as the available and eMcacious ones; but the true remedy is very simp! tend to the political duties which we re be eee make up for lost time by increased zeal, act in accordance with the princt upon which our government is based, to wit—that there ts no governing class, simply because such men are expected to give en: ernment, and the wi ly tended to be that class. You know that honest and true-hearted republicans are with you in your work, and to that party I belong. I know that the mass of our democratic fellow eitizens are Od friends of relorm, and to that party I also long. But you know also that there are certain cliqu: called the ‘Custom House” and Rings, which are now on the alert to use these masses each in its own personal interes both as you would a pestilence. We know what the Tammany Ring accomplished when in office and power, and you can anticipate from the signs of the times what you may expect from the other gang, {from any cause you should suffer either of them, from apy inaction on your to suc- ceed, Select your candidates for office ym the true men of both parties, and with the necessary organized efforts oursuccess is assured. It must not be understood that in your efforts to right mee wrongs you intend to attack the vested rights of Capital devoted to so great a ice to humanity as our system of railroads; but solely the existing abuses which in the progress of time have over- rown it, in your efforts to accomplish this, as in he solution of every social problem, you will have @ task before you which to accomplish will require the strength of a Hercules guided by the wisdom of a Solomon. Fellow citizens, the future of our city for weal or for woe is in your own hands, and it is for you to determine whether that future shall be your monu- ment or your grave. SPEECH OF A. W. TENNIE, The Hon, A. W. TENNIE said that many had been the questions discussed in tnat hall, but none were 80 important to the Republic as this question of sheng transportation. 1t was especially important to the mechanic, who ought not to pay more than $7 a barrel for flour instead of $11. They also ought not to pay more than $6 a ton for coal, instead of $9 or $10. The cost of these things was iargely increased by undue freight charges, The labor of the hands of farmers in the West was rendered unremunerative by these very heavy charges. What was wanted was that every branch of industry should go shoulder to, shoulder with each other in the great national questioa. The rich are now growing richer, the poor are getting power, and once more the city of New York takes its old place with the people in endeavoring to correct wrong and re- ress the evil. (Cheers.) The friends of cheap transportation did not war with the ratiroads themselves, but with the abuses that had rawnl cue of the system. While railroads iad brought = blessings = they had also brought evils. There is no dangers from monopolists so long a8 they are obedient to the will of the people. Neither is there with corpora- tions, 80 long as the State is more powerful than corporations, But there is danger when the! = control legislation, and when they coquet wit! States Legial jatures, then is it time to put on the \d say that there is “danger anead.” must reformation begin? Why, at the ballot- box; that is where it has always began in this Republic, We must send legislators who cannot be bought like meat in the shunbies. (Cheers.) We want ratiroads that are built honestly and conducted honestly. If there are railroads which don’t pay, itis the result of the means taken to et them or the expenditure is too [aan in running em. There is not a railroad in the land which, if carried on in the same way as a successful mer- chant carries on his business, that will not yield a dividend of fair proportions. As the practice now 18, dividends are paid to stockholders and to rings of Orédit Mobilier organizations, What we want are laws upon our statute books that shall prevent men speculating with funds from ro! banks and trust companies, (Loud cheers.) We want legislation, too, that shall pa leg the leasing of one railroad to the other, for yy that means competition is destroyed. We want also an equal rave established over the whole length of the line. Short distances have now to ay for the cutting down of freight charges in long distances. We want also legislation that snall prohibit watered stock. The amount of railroad stock issued in America stands at five hunared thou- sand millions, while the actual cost of these roads has. been computed to be only two hundred thousand Millions, The first sum is larger than the national debt. But while the demand is made for cheap transportation it is also demanded that there shall be safe traesportation. It is impossible now to move the traffic from East to West in pro- ortion to the needs of our commerce. What was he remedy? The enlargement of our rivers, the gene Bis canals and the Mediate J of double Ti Tailroads, entirely for the or freight. the valley of the eee to the towns in the East and New York, the carriage of freight takes eight days. The rapid transit of products from the West to the East will prevent ‘corners’? in grain, The principal cause of the stringency in the money market was found in the locking up of Rae in the West. If the railroaas were to juilt by the general government let them be built in honesty. We want no more land grants, no more Crédit Mobilier grants, which has brought disgrace on the country. Then let us eater as one people upon the great work of the future. Do this and America shall enter upon a career of grandeur in her industry that she has never yet seen, and be the freest and fairest land under the surface of the sun. (Loud cheers.) RESOLUTIONS, resolutions were then moved by adopted with enthusiasm py the The followin; Mr. Finch an meeting :— Whereas the productive industries of the nation are not only the sources of our collective and individual wealth, but also the clements eb which our national au individual existence depend; and whereas all materia roducts are the frait of labor and eapital, and as neither labor nor capital can continue prot yield ae employed without a just equivalent; and where: national industries are only sustained and prospe: by the interchange of the products of ome section of country for those of another; and whereas the exist- ing rates of transportation for the varied products of the Union from one part of the country to another and to joreits. countries, as well as the transit cost of the commodities required in exchange, are, in many in- stances, injurious and to certain rests absolutely destructive, arising in part from an ipeameescy of avenues, and in Re from the defects and abuses of our Uiecare ‘system df transpor al eat and material wants of the nation to- transportation; and whereas New York natural outlet for the products of a Continent; and whereas @ material diversion ot her commerce is threatened; therefore, Resolved, That it is our duty as merchants and citizens sociation toster the interests of the the nation, im connecuon with the jortation. ved, That the production of the country, both ag- ricultural and manufacturing, has increased much (aster ‘thi the tacalities for transportation; that additional venues of cotamunieation. with the West and the South immediate necesmty: that the polic; that our great producing interest pending fiereca should not be left to the rations which, by virtue of combinations a1 jation: ve become monopolies whose tei override and subvert the rights of the y ot Cor ‘consoli- ming is to fatem of inland tion there exist 0 € and abuses which should recetve caretal ‘that all interests Jeg! ation, in order justly treated and harmonized. Resolved, That the production of the count creased that double track railwaysexclusively tor treight are a necessity, and that business men will net tolerate a delay of ten or twelve days in transporting goods a thou- sand miles. when, with a Food devoted. xclusively to freight, the same distance can traversed in about four days at one-half of the usual expense solved, That the abuses in th nt system of ratl- way management must cease, The watering of stocks, the reckless and unprincipled financial management, the nside “rings” of contractors, the granting, of special privileges to numerous “fast freight lines,” the lavish and exiravagant expenditare in controlling elections corrupting legislators all tend to prevent the transporta- tion of freight at reasonable rates. Resolved, That the irequent and arbitary changes in freight lines constitute a serious derect in the m: ement of our railway syste ing to prevent buyers (rom coming r} Q market, be- m4 ity per cent in a eir ireight may be advan single ds made it is desirable More anitorm and permanent rates should be maintained ‘Resolved, That corporations created by the people, and by them endowed with privilenes, owe the prone corresponding duite ana at these duites vould 1 to proper a fies or ine public, aewell ne the privil of corpora- ‘de maintai: nd pera ax tot M ape ion lor the transportation of may be has #0 in- e the products o re \ilding of American s should paveralved, That the peliding of anon tke eadoual for such legislation as will restore our com- Tercial marine to its former status in the cartying trade of the world, the ant Hosolved, That the magnitude of | “ pty? rks as government the mali f the supremac: ‘ork Non trepot® of the ‘Continent ‘the futare growth ros. Bice she hizosa ig ataand as heoeghee ik + oh We Ft of Our State afd maniet- Op omnpuy removed sid the aang ad eo: shipping merependive: arriving on , ether oy st duced to the lowe: Y i Resolved, That we hie with the producers aud we sympa‘ P merchants of the West in their movement to obtain cheaper transr ion, ai pledge our hearty co ‘operation in all just and’ reasonable effurts to that end. SPEBOH OF MR. F. D. MOULTON. Mr. F, D, MovuLTon said that the merchants of New York of late years had their attention called to this question, not because they were philan- thropists, but because oi the necessity of the case. The policy of the State of New York had been greatly detrimental to its commercial progres and he illustrated this by the Congressional an State legisiative action as to the duty on sal the action of the latter driving the trade West It costs about $12 to transport merchandise trom Chicago to New York. This charge can be reduced $4 a ton by adopting the changes in the canal Tecommended by the Canal Commissioners, What we want is a free canal. There was @ good bill for fandi the canal debt, which Was passed through the instrumentality of Senator Hardenverg, and it was passed without the cost of cent, because the merchants of New York were in earnest. (Cheers.) 1t was unfortunately lost when it went before the peo} in consequence of the treacnery of the meanest creatures that God’s sun ever shone on— he meant Mr. Nathaniel Sands and Mr. William Tweed, There were votes evough passed to carry is in Kings county an Erie county, it these people of While the trade of New York had only increased, since 1856, fiity-seven TS, cent; Montreal had increased 256 per fon St. uis 254 and Philadeiphia 232 per cent, Those figures were positively startling. This must be stopped, policy is to be continued on t ptt of New York we shall lose our trade. Mr. Moulton said he would give way for Mr. Husted, who had done great service for the Canal Funding bill. SPEECH OF MR. JAMES HUSTED, Mr. James Husrep. said that the problem of cheap transportation was the problem of the hour, What 4 would recommend would that there should be a merchants? ireight railroad built; such @ road must be built. There never was @ fatlroad monopoly that did not work with @ canal me A_ railroad could only be built for the people by the merchants of New York. The next thing to be attended to is the Funding Bill, which bas been lost, as Mr. Moulton .said, by the treachery of pol- itictans. There could not be amore important measure passed than the funding of the canal debt. Every friend of the canal shonid Ld it his support, and every merchant 5 In view of the fact that Congress had appointed a Senate committee to consider the building of aship canal from the lakes. In view of the fact that there is also a State commit- tee in reference to this transportation question the merchants should at this meeting appoint a com- mittee to go beiore the joint commitrees. When these at works were accomplished then, tn- deed, thts conntry will be the country we had so long’ prophesied she shall be, (Cheers.) Then justice will be done to all. The right 01 ail will be protected. The umited efforts of the Leg slature ‘will hasten sucha result. If you do this in earnest your legislators will carry out your wishes, and give you an opportunity to carry out your plans. (Loud cheers.) SPEECH OF MR. PRINCE. Mr. Prince, Chairman of the Legislative Committee. on Canals, was the next speaker. Me believed there was still in existence a copy of the Newport Mercury of a number of years ago, in which it was stated that, if New York continued to prosper for a few years as it had been, then New York might begin to cope with New- port. At that time there were many cities im the Union that had larger popu- ulations and better trade than New York had, Since then, of course, New York had taken her Lene, as supreme, but why? It was on account of er opportunity to co-operate with the interior of the country, The great, noble river, which ex- tended for 150 miles without an obstruction, gave to New York the first impulse that made her pre- eminent. Population went further west, out to the prairies in the end, and then DeWitt Clinton saw that an artificial -mver was needed to procure the necessary communication. Those were penny wise men then who opposed the Propel aa but fnally New York merchants found hat such a project was needed, and the canal was built. Then followed the great day of demonstration of which Mayor Havemeyer had spoken. On that day New York became supreme. In the first five years afterward we oatstripped Philadelphia, and each ear succeeding there was a continued increase. This control of the transportation to the mterior, and the return business which followed, were the cause of this great prosperity. It was found, when the Erie Canali was originally finished, that it was not suficient for the trade. It became necessary to enlarge ita capacity, and this enlargement made it suffielent for the transportation at that time. It is true that everybody was aware that this proleos was the cause of our prosperity, ut we needed to be reminded that we must be kept abreast of the times, No city could afford now to stand still, nor to continue to use apphances that answered formerly. The simple jact was that the means of tr rtation to New York city had been outgrown, and this was due to the extra- ordinary growth of the West. Philadeiphia, Chi- cago and Montreal had been for some years past increasing in facilities for transportation with ater strides than New York had been. Fiitadetpnia or Boston could not compete with our canals so easily as Montreal. Measures were to- day in progress to enlarge the Welland and the St. Lawrence canals, the means used by Montreal to secure her superiority, and ‘estern) = men did not care what spot on the sea- board should be their janding tis but we should take care that this c should be the particular spot the freight should come to. Every increase in charges, or in transier, or in brokerage, came off from the original price, and hence the farmers felt the additional expenses aiter their grain had left them. There were many competitors ior transportation, but we had three superior routes here, the like of which were not in the country. The Senate committee here to-night were to inspect these three routes, but to us, in this city, the question was simple; for New York was the end of each. Nothing could be more untrue than to say that the canals were a burden upon the pees It was the lateral canals, whose usefulness ad expired, if they ever had any usefulness, that caused the burden. It was in the support of these thatthe canal money was spent. ip off these laterals and spena the money on the great water route itself, A year from now the sale of these lateral canals would come before the people. Nature had fixed the route from the Great West to the Atlantic by New York city. But New York merchants should not sit idie while Western men were seeking for @ route of transportation to the seaboard and other cities were seeking to accom- modate them. There should also be a freight Tailroad from the Great West to this State and before the road was finished there would be more business for it than it could do, for the Great West ‘was still only in its infancy. The speaker concluded by complaining that there were not proper facil- ities in this city for storage. The shores on this island, on one side of it at east, id on the iormey side and around Staten sland = shoul: ined with large store- houses. The present facilities were ridiculous. In summing up the speaker said that we needed five things—First, the enlargement of the canals from the Hudson to the lakes; second, a double track freight railway, with the lowest possible Tates; third, improved terminal facilities in New York; Jourth, an honest administration of rail- road Got st rela that the people should pay only just dividends; fifth, honest legisiation. FORMATION OF AN ASSOCIATION. The following resolutions were then read, and, on being put to the meeting by Mayor Havemeyer, were unanimously adopted :— , That in pursuance Oo” the spirit of the resolu- Resol tot ROOptod at this, meetings we hereby sort an assvel ‘ation, to be eulled The New York Cheap Transportation ciphien. “AWonofved, That we proceed to the selection dent, three vice presidents, a secretary, a tre: thirty directors, who shall constitute themsel of managers, with power fill vacancies which occur and to make such rules and bylaws as may be 1d best calculated by them to carry out the pur- ses of the association. Resolved,That all merchants and mercantile firms who have signed the ci jor this meeting, and such others jay subscribe to se resolutions and pay the membe! ip fee ot be considered members ot the association and entitled to its benefits and privileges. The Chairman, having been called on to name the officers of the new association, announced the {ol- lowing :— Prentlent—B. B. Sherman. Vice Presidents—H. P. Baker, H. B. Claflin, Franklin n. ‘edary—¥, B. Thurber Frearurer—dohn F, He iy. Directore—W. 8. Fairfield, Franklin Woodrof, Charles Pratt, Joseph W. Patterson, George L. Olark, 0. 1, Raynolds, E. R. Darke lames §. Barron, &. F. Browning, D. jar Bingham, 8. rker, H. A. Boynton, B. @ Arnold, § Satay, Mayer Lehman, i tal, ‘oorgs & Collins, R. P. Braff, Simon Stern, James Vyle, ©. ¥. Wyman, JohnH. Oheever, John W. Stitt, John H. Kemp, E-J. Martin, WH. Wiley, John Dwight. IARKS OF MR, 8. D. MOULTON, SR, As the meeting was about to be adjourned Mr. D. MOULTON, Tequested the privilege of say- word. opinion it would be a ts benefit if the canal were cleared and kept clean, As to the lateral canals the sooner they were got rid of the better. They were of no use to the State and had never patd, so that it would be an advan- they should be soid and e in evel at Pas peo obtained by them applied to the Erie At the conclusion of Mr. Moulton’s remarks the meeting adjourned. ATTEMPTED MURDER IN MEMPHIS, Memrnis, Tenn., Sept. 10, 1878. A dastardly attempt was made at an early hour this morning to assassinate George P. Cobler. reporter for Bradstreet’s Commercial Agency, while he was standing at the back door of his ing house, on the corner of Third and Court ts. Some person at him from an adjoin- tng lot, the ball grazing his tempie, severing seme mall arteries and knocking senseless. He carried into the house and soon recovered. He can no motive for the act, and knows of no enemy who could desire to murder him, APPOINTMENTS BY OOMMISSIONERS OF OHARITIES AND OORBECTION. ‘The Commissioners of Public Charities and Cor- fection met yesterday and appointed Charles yee Mallory and Peter Pr Lies im th itentiary, aud Theodore Van Hon clerk iy the Free Labor Boreas. APOLLO HALL BLAZING. The Unterrified Young Democracy in Council at Irving Hall. ADDRESS TO THE HARD-FISTED Speeches by Mr, 8. G. Courtney, Robert B, Nooney and Others—John Kelly and Oomptroller Green Denounced as the Traitors in the Democratic Camp. Last evening, at about half-past stx o’clock, crowds of men began to assemble in the neighbo! hood of Irving Hall, in obedience to a call of the Apollo Hall General Committee for a meeting. This hah is now in temporary occupation of the foes of Tammany, and the entire building will be in use by them ajter the 18th of September, when the ball room will be handsomely decorated, painted and furnished for the unterrified, It had been rumored that some definite action would be taken last evening in regard to sending delegates to the State Convention at Utica, as a body separate and distinct from Tammany Hall. The basement of Irving Hall, which is devoted to the furnishing of cold suppers at ¢1 50a head to those who find themselves hungry during the inter- mission 6f a ball, was crowded by about 400 delegates, all of the hard-working politician class, with here and there a well-known political leader. Among the most distinguished present were John McCoole, Samuel G. Courtney, ex-United States District Attorney; Roswell D. Hatch, 0. A. Michael, &, Murphy, ex-Sheriff James O’Brien, Morgan Jones, William’ BE, Dodge, Benjamin Wood, John Calla- ghan, Frank Bixby, W. C. Barrett, Judge Spauld- ing, Alexander Davidson and others. In fact, it was one of the best attended Apollo Hall meet- ings ever held of its General Committee, and the name of John Kelly, who was referred to as a despot, & “gilded aristocrat” and a “bloated bond- holder,” together with that of Andrew H. Green, were received with every tuken of disapprobation Possible irom such an assemblage. At five minutes past eight o'clock the meeting was called to order by John McCoole, the Chairman of the General Committee, Alexander Davidson acting as secretary, Mr. Mc- Coole submitted that the calling of the Troll be dis- pansad with, which was objected to by Mr. W. C, Barrett, on the ground that tt was only right that the public should know who were there as dele- gates, and to show their strength, A Voicr—Let them come in and see, as we are not afraid of our strength. (Applause.) Mr. Barrett gracefully submitted to the will of the meeting. feports Irom committees were then in order and Mr. Robert B, xeon, from the committee on pro- curing a hall, ascended the platiorm amid consider- able applause, and stated that he was on acom- mittee to secure quarters for the general com- mittee for 1873 and 1874. He was giad to state that Irving Hall had been secured tor that purpose, and it was to be newly painted and decorated, and he was doubly glad that Irving Hail, the birth. place of the Young Democracy, iad been secured, and that in that hall they would be reaiy unitedly to meet tne issues about to be placed before the democracy oi the city and State of new York. (Cheers). Mr. C. W. Brooke then took the platform, and in a@ few pithy remarks read the following address and resolutions :— ADDRESS TO THE DEMOCRACY, The Generai Committee representing the Reform democratic party of the city of New York, reiteratiny the objects expressed at its first meeting in Apollo Hull declares its policy and purpose to be First—The securing to the people the absolute right of self government in the selection of those who are to ad- miglster end direct the national, State and municipal PYgecond—That such rights can only safely be secured and the interests of the community protected by a tuir and cordial union of all honest democrats, no matter to what tion they may be attached, regardless of the es, Wishes or dictation of insolent and unscrupi lous leaders, and thereby placing the administration such governments in the hands of officers who are com- Petent and fuithful to the interests and welfare of the P¢rhird—The overthrow ofall monopolies, combinations or corporations which look only to the centralization of wealth and power in the hands of « tew expense of ry masses. Tn view of the facts patent to every obrerver of events daily transpiring in our midst—of the incompetency and faithlesemess of many of those upon whom has de- yolved, either by accident or choice, the adininis- tration’ of the affairs of the cicy of New York, and 3M contemplation of the fact that the hopes of those who initiated the retorm ment have been disappointed, because of legislative tments, which removed trom the people the power to enforce their will by electing all high city and county officials; in iurther view ot the alarming state of afairs exhibited by the publications ot the head of the Finance Department, showing an in- crease of debt ot twenty-tnree and one-half millions since the Ist of April last, without furnishing any results there- for. ‘We purpose; by a thorough unton of all real democrats, regardless ot individua: pawer or demand, to restore to the people the rights and privileges of which the: been deprived by the manipulations of needy politicians, through the agency of corrupt and needless legisiation, and to make officials ot all grades accountable to the source of Dower—the people—for the manner in which they have discharged their trus e proctaim that we desire no fusion with anv other organization—we intend to maintain this organization— but we desire and ask of all professing the vemocratic faith union upon a common platform and upon a ticket representing the interests and wishes of the whole democratic party. both in the city and in the State. Maintaining these views, we cannot but express our Togret.at the action of @ mere majority of the Democratic Stace Central Committee, at its recent session in the city of New York, whereby such majority retused to in- crease the number of representatives trom each As. sembly district to the State Convention. We cannot but consider such action as ill-advised, inimical to tne interests of the democratic party, and calculated to strengtheu and continue the abuses under which the democracy of the city has long suffered. We believe that an increased representation is more in ac- cordance with true democratic principle anq policy, and will conduee to the suocess of the party, by insparing the People with additional confidence in the candidates suc Vonvention may nominate ; and unless the grave mistake made by the committee is rectified a continuation of divisions in the great democratic city of New York must inevitably follow. THE RESOLUTIONS. become the duty of every demo- roaching election in November in he government of the Empire City trom che hands of thore who now control its affairs, and whose imbecili'y, arrogance and intolerance have outraged the rights and 'impalred the interests of the people. Resolved, That no obstacles should be interposed to carrying into effect the various public improvements caleulated to develop property and afford accommala, tion and protection to the business and commerce of this metropolis, and we confidently believe such policy, adopted with intelligence and economy, would con: trpute materially to its progress, wealth aid prosperity: Resolved, That, while rous to cure economy and accountability in the administration ot municipal ailairs, and resist and punish fraud in every form, we regard the official course of Andrev@gi. Green, Comptrolle: \. just, impolitic and oppre: jad eminently calew interfere with the prosperity and interests of our city. has persistently and equaliy retusel the payment of claims, whather just or unjust—disregarded the solemn decisions of courts and defled the operation of law—op- posed important improvements essential to the interest of capital and the employment of labor—unscrupulously and arbitrarily used the power of his office to embarrass the duties and impair the efficiency of independent de- partments of the city government. Mr. SaAmUBL G. CourtTNEY rose to second the address and resolutions, and was received with loud cheeril Mr. Courtney said that he was giad, nay, gratified, at the feeling of determi- nation he found manifested in the meeting, and which should be and would be universal amon; all true democrats. (Cheers.) The travelle Thane—,Cries of Kelly in the andience)— who presided over Tammany i, has told some of his adherents that Apollo Hall was defunct, moribund and @ corpse. (Laughter.) Well, if he were here to-night, I think he would be compelled to admit that he never met in his travels by the Lake of Como, in the Tuileries, or at the Exposition of Vienna such a lively corpse he would see to-night, and [ am sure he never saw as lively aone in his early perambulations among the purlieus of the Five Pointe. (Shouts of laughter.) It was John Kelly and his bosom friend, Andrew H. Green (hisses), par nobue Jratrum and arcades @ ween whom there was a warmer love than that which existed between Da- mon and Pythtas—who_ were Keeping the democracy asunder; it wi 01 ttl nest democrats of Apollo Hall (Cheers.) We are ready to throw out the olive branch of peace and love to every democrat of the rank and file in this or any other city, and in the words of the Scripture, “Whom God hath joined letno man dare to put asunder.” (Cheers.) Woe be to them, I say. (Cheers.) Mr. Green, the friend of John Keilly, has reported an increase in the debt of $23,000,000 since the 1st of April, and his efforts in that way pale the splen- dor of all the attempts made by Tweed and have Connolly, for they gave us improved arks and streets; but what has Green jo show for this increase of the absolutely nothing, (Cheers.) ublic debt, Noth Sir. Courtney then related the shameful attempt of Mr. Green be He the r irish scrubbing woman, Mary Hanly, of her hard earnings. and he declared that that act was but a bad feather in the cap. The speaker recommended ‘atchiuiness to all democrats who Srp iaae, Mr. MCOLELLAN followed the preceding speaker, endorsing Apollo Hail and denouncing Joha Kelly a9 & “czar,"’ “a sultan’ and “‘a despot.” He also stated that they must go into the districts throughout the city and keep the fires burning, and hoped the Executive Committee would remain in session to finish business alter the meeting closed. The adjournment was then made. A NEW PAPER IW BROOKLYN. The Morning Standard, the new Brooklyn paper, ds to be Jamved on the Ist of October, PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUNDS. Seeond Day of the Fall R: ‘i Meet- mg—The Events on the Entries—Pool Selling Last Evening. ‘This is the second day of the fall running meet- ing at the Prospect Park Fair Grounds, and judging from the entries to the several évents the sport will be of the most interesting character, First on the card 1s a purse of $400, for all ages; dash of one and three-quarter miles; $300 to the first and $100 to the second horse, Entered for this are Coffee’s gray colt, 95 1bs.; Chickabiddy, 111 Ys. ; Utica, 95 Ibs.; Bingamon, 114 lbs,, and Mark Jordan, 95 Ibs Second on the list is a purse of $800, for all ages; two mile heats; $600 to the first and $200 to the second horse, For this there are entered Geraia, 111 Ibs.; Chickabiddy, 111 lbs,; Lizzie Lucas, 92 Ibs. ; Mildew, 105 Ibs.; Mark Jordan, 95 lbs.; War- like, 95 Iba; Maid of Orange, 92 Ibs., and Village Blacksmith, 114 Ibs, . The day's sport will wind up with a selling race for all ages, dash of one.and a quarter miles, purse of $400, the winner to be sold for $750; if entered to be sold for $500, allowed 5 Ibs.; for $300, allowed 10 lbs,; for $200, allowed 14 1bs.; any sur- ge over stated selling price to go to the second orse, For this there will come to the post Bougham’s Camden, 100 lbs, and St, Patrick, 91 lbs.; Liverpool, 92 Ibs.; Hattie O’Netl, 91 lbs, ; Wheatiey, 98 Ibs., and Maid o/ Orange, 92 lbs. Pools were sold on these events last evening at the rooms of Mr. Chamberlin, No. 1,146 Broadway, and at T. B. Johnson's, Twenty-eighth street and Broadway. The following ts an average :— ONE AND THREE-QUARTER MILES. Chamberlin's, Johnson's. . 50 60 100 75 «100 +40 42 32 40 30 45 bd Ed - 4 30 36 18 pig } & os 3 TWO MILE HEATS, Chambertin’s, Johnson’s, +390 200 61 50 65 Gerald.. - 80 28 30 «30 Lizzie Lucas. . - 36 88 30 85 «40 Warlike... 60 86 36 (86 Bagot iene + 40 82 * ickabiddy.... - 3 48 Mark Jordan... $30 bafZ 9 40 40 Village Blacksmith....., 36 - BELLING RACE, Charbertin’s, Johnson's. Wheatley........ ++$100 140 7 105 50 Maid of Orange.... 48 52 80 45 «16 Boughrum’s entries 40 48 20 36 (16 Liverpool... . 32 44 2 % 12 Hattie O'Neill seen 82 44 22 88 16 The Coney island cars via Smith street leave the Fulton ferry, Brooklyn, and pass the Park at short intervals, « Weights for Saturday's Handicaps. The following weights have been announced for the handicaps—purse of $800 and the hurdle race— to be run at the Prospect Park Fair Grounds on Saturday next:— A DASH OF TWO AND A QUARTER MITES. SrconD Race.—Handicap purse, $800; for all ages—second to receive $200. To close and name at the judges’ stand by five P. M. on Tuesday, Sep- tember 9; weights to appear on Thursday, Septem- ber 11, and declarations to be made by five P. M. the same day. Winners of any race (matches ex cepted), after publication of weights, five pounds extra. Three or more to start. Dash two anda quarter mules, aot Lbs. M. A. Sanford’s br. h. Bengaman, 6 years, by Asteroid, dam Bay Leal... seers » lo J, G. K. Lawrence's ch. h. Village Blacksmith, aged, by Vandal, dam Cholera... L D. Buckley’s ch. m. Chickabiddy, 6 Australian, dam Kate Hay: . 110 J. F, Chamberlin’s ch. c. Wheatley, 4 years, by War Dance, dam by Glencoe. ++. 100 M. H. Sandford’s b. g. Mildew, 4 years, by Lex- ingtgn: dam Mildre + 100 M. H. Sanford’s b. f. M. A. B., 4 years, by Aste- Told, dam Bay Leaf, - 8 J. F, Wilson's c. g. Mart Jordan, 3 years, by Re- volver, dam Mattie C.. » % J. Coflee’s gr. c., 3 years, by Lightning, dam Jessamine Porter... tesesseeeseresess 06 J. Donohue’s g. f. Lizzie Bucas, 3 years, by Aus- tralian, dam Eagless.........ss.0e++ 95, ©. B. Ransom & Co.'s b. ¢. Ransom, 3 years, by Asteroid, dam Sanner..... eseeeseerccee 00 L, Lorillard’s b, ¢ Caraboo, 3 years, by Lexing- ton, dam Alice Jone: se - 0 R. W. Walden’s b. c. Utica, 8 ye: by Lexing- ton, dam Kitty Clark stevevseeee BF HURDLE HANDICAP, Fourta Race—Hurdie Handicap Purse $500; $400 to the first and $100 to the second; entries to be made by five P. M.on the 9th of September; weights to appear on Thursday, September 11, and declarations to be made by five P. M. the same day; ouee Or more Lo start; two miles, Over eight hur- Lbs. J. R. Boughrum’s ch. g. Revenge, aged, b: A Le oa A a Yakuswh abeav aes Gel 54 . Donohue’s . Blind Tom, aged, by Star Davis, dam Margravine,..cc sees eee ar 3. G. K. Lawrence's ch. h. Village Blacksmith, aged, by Vandal, dam Cholera, ep eecscons “7 Thomas Jones’ b, h. Harry Booth, aged, by Lex- ington, dam Blonde, + Jonn F. Chamberlin’ b. g. uw by Tipperary, dam Lucy Fowler. SALE OF FANCY STOOK. A Herd of Cattle Sold for $380,000, Unica, N. ¥., Sept. 10, 1873, The entire herd of short horned cattle owned by Samuel Campbell, of New York Mills, was sold at auction to-day. Buyers were present from Eng- land, Canada and all parts of the United States, One hundred and fliteen cattle were disposed of, the total receipts being about $380,000, The highest teks paid was $40,600, This bid was made by Mr. P. Davis, of Gloucestershire, England. Thirty-five thousand dollars, $25,000 and $20,000 were bid for single cows, One seven months old calf sold for $27,000, and another tor $10,000. This sale is probably the largest on record. FIRE IN BROOKLYN. An Arrest for Arson. At abont six o’clock last night a fire broke out in the upper part of the trame building No. 100 Fulton street. It was thought at first the flames could easily be suppressed, but the firemen soon discov- ered that additional assistance would be necessary and @ second alarm was rung, which brought, in addition to steamers Nos, 5, 6 and 8, Nos, 4,7 and 10 and No. 2 truck, all of which soon got to work. ‘The cars froma dozen different lines leading to the ferries were stopped, and the streets soon be- came almost blockaded with crowds of men and women returning from New York to their homes, Sections of police from the First and Second pre- cincts did good service in keeping the streets clear, so that the firemen woutd not be interfered with. ‘The fire, as near as could be ascertained, originated on the floor occupied by Hugh McGovern, who carried on the business of making coverings for horses’ heads, He said his loss on stock was about $3,000, but one of his workmen saiu he did not have $300 worth of stock in nis place. He had an insurance on his stock of $5,000. It was intimated that he set the place on fire im order to get the insurance. The police arrested him on suspicion of arson, and locked him up in the York street station. The third and fourth floors in No, 100 were not occu- picd. The first floor was occupied by Charles Cor- ‘nell as a confectionery. Loss on stock, $3,000; not insured. The buiJding is owned by Mrs, Carr, who sustains a loss of $3,000; insured, No. 98 Fulton street, to which the fire extended, is occupied by J. D. McCiasky as a wholesale |iquor store, Loss on stock, $1.000. The bniiding 1s owned by Mrs. Stephenson. Loss, $2,000; insured. No. 96 Fulton street, owned and occupied by Harmon Goetz, harness maker, was damaged to the amount of $300 by water. His stock was damaged to the amount of $100, No. 81 Poplar street, which is a three story frame building in the rear of No. 100 Fulton street, took fire and was damaged to the amount of $2,000, It 18 owned by Mrs, Toad. It was occupied by three families, who lost $390 each on their furniture, No. 77 Poplar street was & frame stable owned by Mrs. Todd ; loss $150, No. 76 Poplar street was owned and occupied by Benjamin Kyan. It was damaged by fire and water to the amount of $1,500, Mr. Ryan also lost $500 on his furniture, FIRE IN MEMPHIS, Memrnis, Sept. 10, 1873, The steam sawmill of G. M. Venavle, on Wolf River, in the northern portion of the city, was set on fire at an early hour this morning, and was en- tirely consumed, together with a large amount of lumber. ‘The loss amounts to $80,000, against which there is no insurance. FIRE IN PROVIDENCE, PROVIDENCE, Sept. 10, 1873, A fire early this morning destroyed the photo- graph room and one burnishing room, forming the sixth story of the Gorham Manufacturing Com- pany’s works. The main buiiding was damaged only by water. The loss is srom $10,000 to $20,000; Insured for $330,000 in thirty-eight companies, The cause of the fire was probably spontaneous com- bustion in the photograph room, THE QALIFORNIA MINING ACCIDENT. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10, 1873, J. Bath and three others of the men who were Supposed to have been smothered in the Lincolg mine, in Nacador county, have been taken oat bilve’ They were shut in the mine thirty-six hours. Two of the men in the mine were drowned while puneo Teach the shaft before the water bad been To 7 ANOTHER — CONFLAGRATION, Baltimore Threatened with Destruction by Fire. HOLLIDAY STREET THEATRE DESTROYED. Fifteen Minutes’ Work of the Fire Demon. THE ST. NICHOLAS HOTEL GONE Valuable Buildings Gutted and Tum- bled to the Ground. ACTORS AND ACTRESSES BURNED OUT Full List of the Losses of Property Own- ers and Insurance Companies. Bavtrmorg, Md., Sept. 10, 1873, At half-past two o’clock this morning @n alarm of fire was sounded, and in a few moments a vol- ume of fame burst forth from Holliday Street Theatre, enveloping the vuilding in a mass of fire. The fiames poured out simultaneo®ly from the roof and upper windows, and belore the steamers got to work it was evident the old Holliday was doomed to destruction, In less than fliteen min- ntes after the alarm was sounded the central por- tion of the city was lit up as by a great light. Up Lexington street to Charles, on Monument square, on Baltimore street, from Frederick to Charles strect, and on Calvert street as far north as the Northern Central depot, the reflection of lurid flame was so intense as to create the im- pression that a general conflagration had begun, A deluge of flaming cinders rotled up from the burning mass, and was borne by @ gentle breeze from the northeast into the very heart of the city to a distance of five or six biocks, over the roofsof the Sun, American and Gazette ofMices, and the Western Union Telegraph offices and the adjacent buildings. Great blazing cinders rained down a sheet of fire. Many awnings of stores on Baltimore and South streets were ignited by the fiery shower of embers, and at three o’clock these streets were brilliantly tlluminated by the burning canvas, thus adding to THE GENERL CONSTRRNATION- In the meantime the steamers began work with’ an abundance of water, andthe firemen worked with a will and determination to quench the flames. The fire had aiready communicated to the roof of the St. Nicholas Hotel, adjoining the theatre on the north, and to the large bank building adjoining on the south, and also to the factory of Frey, Walpert & Co., in the rear of the theatre, The entire fire department was vigorously at work, but all thelr efforts to save the theatre were unavail- ing. Shortly after three o'clock the root fell in, and at four o’clock the bare walls only were lett standing. The theatre and some of the adjoining property was purchased three years ago by John T. Ford, manager, for $100,000, The dam- age by fire will reach about $75,000, on which there is an insurance of $40,000, principally in city com- panies, The St. Nicholas Hotel, adjoining the theatre on the north, @ large four story brick building, W. B. W. Earl proprietor, patronized al- most exclusively by actors and actresses perform- ing at the Holliday ana the Front Street Theatres and the Baltimore Opera House, about fifty of whom were in the building at the time of the fires The rear portion of the fourth story was entirely burned out and all the lower floors deluged with water. Many of the guests were forced to escape with NOTHING ON BUT THEIR NIGHT CLOTHES. Some of the actresses lost their wardrobes, watches, money, jewelry, &c.; but a majority of them succeeded in saving their effects which, with the furniture of the hotel that was rescued from the flames, was piled upin the streets. Mr. Earl estimates his loss at about $20,000, and gives his in- surance as follows :— Pennsylvania, ot Philadelphi: Franklin, of Philadelphia Westchester, ot New ¥ German, of Baltimore 10 The building was owned by Wiliam G. Albert. The Baltimore City College, adjoining on the south, had its roof and upper floor burned, and the whole building was damaged by water. The first floor ‘was occupied by the Board of School Commisston- ers, and the second and third floors by the Balti, more City College. The damage to the books by water is estimated at $3,000, The furniture and carpets were alse damaged. The losses on the books, furniture, &c., will amount to $5,000. The building is owned by the city and is not insured, ‘The mattress and curled hair factory of FREY, WALPERT AND CO., No. 28 North Gay street, in the rear of the the- atre, was owned by that firm, who estimate their loss in stock and damage to the building at between $15,000 and $20,000, Their insurance is not over $3,000, divided among the Queens, of Lon- don, German, of Baltimore, and Aétna, of Hart- ford. The roof of whe yullding No. 2 South street, adjoining the Western Union Telegraph office, took fire trom falling cinders and slightly damaged the upper portion, occupied by Flynn & Charles Homers, who estimate their loss at $3,000; insured for $1,000, The first foor, occupied by Diggs, coa, agent, aiso received slight damage. A number of other buildings were saved by sweeping the burn- ing cinders from the roofs. THE INSURANCE LOSSES. The following is the insurance on the Holliday Street Theatre, including the building, machinery and wardrobe :— American, of Baltimore 280 Baitimore. fi 2640 Citizens, of Ne se: 2640 Franklin, of Baltimore. 2150 Great Western, of New Ori e409 German, of Baltimore op Hibernia, of Clevelan: 520 Lynchburg, of Virginia, 2640, Lycoming. of Veunsylva 240 eiville, ot New Jersey. 2900 National, of | Balsimore 2640 Potomac, of Baltimore. Peal Virginia Fire and Marine td Maryland, of Baltimore 21000 Peabody, of Baltimore 240 4 $40,000 LOSSES OF THE EMPLOYEES OF THE THEATRE. Mr. Getz, scenic artiat of the theatre, loses about $3,000, and many of the company and other em- ployés from $100 to $1,000, Mrs, Linton, who had charge of the wardrobe, and, with her daughter Nellie, aged eighteen, and little son, tweive years old, occupied @ room in the building, and were asleep when the fire was discovered, had a narrow escape, the two children being badly burned about the face. The theatre was opened about four weeks ago for the season, and every night since has beep densely crowded. For two weeks the spectaculay play, “Ice Witoh,” drew the largest Louses ever congregated within its walls. Las aight the ply called “AFTER DARE” was performed before # large sudience. With the’ exception of the Wainut Street Theatre, at Phila delphta, the Holliday Strees Theatre was *“4 oldest in the United States, dating back to 1704, when a frame buliding occupied the present site. Mana- ger Ford says that it will be immediately rebuilt, URNING OF THE ASHLAND MANUFACTUR. e " 9a COMPANY'S MILL, Batttuors, Sept. 10, 1873, ‘The large seven story woollen mill of the Ashian@ Manufacturing Company, at Wetheredville, Baig more county, was barned yesterday. Loss @, buildings, machinery and stock about $50,000; in. red for a8 follows :—$6,000 in the ngenee o london 8 ana Iaverpool ; io ine reat. chester of New Lig tes Y. i in the Lamar of New York, and the ce divided among Balti