The New York Herald Newspaper, July 19, 1875, Page 3

RAPID TRANSIT. Earnest Efforts to Solve the Problem in the City. HERALD ILLUSTRATIONS Plans Presented for the Consider- ation of the Commission. THE KNOTTY POINTS FOR THE BOARD TO SETTLE. ‘The property owners and capitalists of the city Bave made irequent efforts to (nd a solution of the rapid transit probiem, but owing to the oppo- Bition of the horse car lobby every well deflucd scheme submitted to the State Legisiature for four years was defeated. All classes of our population joinea property owners in demanding better feciities for quick transmission between the Upper and lower portions of the city. The press, foliowing the lead of the HERALD, have vigorously advocated the movement, and, with the annexa- tion of Westchester as an additional reason why we should have it, the clamor became so great vhat our Albany law-makers dared no longer trifle with the subject. The last Legislature, as all our readers are doubtless aware, fielded to vox popult and passed a law providing for the appointment of Commissioners to select routes, plans, &c., and take the prelimi- Bary steps toward the organization of a company to oulld the road@ Messrs, Mott, Brown, Candas Delamater ana Seligman, the gentiemen selected by the Mayor as Commissioners, are known as practical, common-sense men. Hence the en- Ure community are watching their deliver- ations with great interest and confidence tn their ability to devise some plan to secure the long de. ferred railway facilities. As yet they have not fairly begun their labors, !ast week having been tal up im arranging plans, models, drawings, &c., preliminary to Jormally taking up and ex- mining each individual plan presented, with the aid of am engineer, whose services they will call tn, ‘ THEIR POWERS UNDER THE LAW ere very nuiold, lt gives them thirty days after organization to determine whether one or More roads are necessary; within sixty days they mast select the route, and shall have exclusive power to do so through or across streets, avenues or places or lands, except in Fifth avenue, Broadway and Fourth avenue; within ninecy days they are compelled to select the plav, 1x tue time within winch the roads or portions of the same shall be constructed, together with the maximum rates to be paid for transportation and conveyance, and the hours at which special cars shall be run at reduced raies; within ninety days they shall also fix the capital stock and prepare articles of association for a company; when the capita stock is subscrived tae Commissioners sbaii give ten Gays’ notice of a meeting for or- gauization of the company and the election of directors. The act makes 1t obligatory upon these gentlemen, who are under $25,000 bonds each, to do all the things above set fortn, At Wii be seen, thereiore, that tnese gentiemen ha great responsibility put upon them from ‘Which most persons would Shrink; but tney all seem hopetul of achieving success and giviug the eople What they so much desire—quick transit Between ther homes and thelr Places of onsiness. Already there have been filea with the Commis- viouers about PORTY PLANS, MODELS OF DRAWINGS, oui all o: these gentlemen are not competitors who Qexire their particuar patents or schemes Ruopted. Many file taem merely for tue informa- Hon of the Commission. Amoog these are Messrs. Richard Buel and Samuel Buel, Jr. The lam presented by these engineers 18 quite volu- minous, and is accompanied by @ map showing the routes, designs ior coaches ana depots, and & Btrain sheet of th ated way. Tnis communi- cation ulffers materially from most of those sub- Mmitted, in tuat tne writers consider pot only tae form of road, but all the details necessary jor making the system accessible, c! safe, com- fortabie and convement. ‘Ine features essential to the success of a rapid tru scheme are de- fined to be accessibility in tn nse of contiguity and facility jor use, low Jares, and saiety, com- tors and convenience. ACCESSIBILITY 18 secured by due attention to the gauge of the tracks, the positions of termini, the dixtance be- tween depots, tke speed of trains, the location ol u routes and by a system of cross-town suriace railways, which has the effect of reducing tne number of main lines to the least possivie, the gement at the same time being such tual & of the city wishing to reach Hail, Grang Ventrai depot, Har- Au ville, Or ano! the infinite number res Or necessities may sug- gext, will always find the nearest ine (which is note than five minutes’ walk) a@ id the rate of fure et er may be the direction of THE RATES OF FARE tre fixed as low as in the present street car sys- Consideruole space is devoted to an argu- ment in favor of these rat Oi jare and of the Getails of construction and operation which tend to render their adoption possible. THE LOCATION OF THE ROUTES is Axed by the considerations that the number of main | ould be the least possible in cousist- ence with expediting circulation and furnishing tue requisite capacity; that they suould be sym- metrically urranged with reierence tothe con- formation of tue island; that they should toliow the line: “ travel, and be, in connection Wito their jeeders, within five minutes’ walk of any part of the city situated between their termi- nai points. In deerence to these principies, with the aid of the necessary data, the location is worked out after the manuer of a mathematical robiem, and it is found that, for the uppertpor- 1D ui the city, two" lines will answer—one in Third and the other in kignth avenoe—while be- low Fourteenth street the main lines are brought a8 Cluse a8 possivie to Broadway, and a loop line Is added upon eacn side of the city. SAFKTY, COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE are insured by proper attention to th sign of nd locomotives; the radii of curvature, ter of track, the despatching of trains, of collecting tares and number of em- ployés required. THE CHARACTER OF STRUCTURE is determined oy a consideration of the foregoing oetalis in connection with possiole revenue, ana {ti found that an elevated road, with a free right of way, 18 the only method o! Whose cestis nos pruhibitery. ‘levyated way a: mext considered, toad being fixe 8,000 pounds per lineal foot of track, With @ Jaclor of six; the minimum spans for curpstone support, 30 ;jorr port, 40 leet; the minimum clear head and the ase of flour beams, cross “through” bridges being disupprovea, as to vvstruct light and supsmne, and ice. moisture. 16 is recomme Periments ve made to ascertain tue effect of placing supports im the roudway, and that this jorm of construction be adopted im th pessoas obstruction will not be cause peci J Ol average cost, sheet and aiagram of parts, ALOUt $450,000 pr t Messrs, Buel sugy Commission ti the exact deta of the several forms of elevated way required can bext be de- termined by projessiona: briage ouuders, and that no occasion exisis for the use of PATENTED DEVICES, i fonbie track, cr used tv Lurnish approximate estimates of cost, and bat the corporation created be anowed, in tue; flealings Wita bridge builders, the utimest latitude pors:bie in consistence With the general require- ments, which are specified ut lena te. EKiaborate es imates of construction, equipment And Operaung expenses are Ext given, lolowed by deductions as to the practicability of tne ay: tem, 1ocluding an anaiysis of aud Comparison the operations of existing Jines, nud * demons’ won of the method of determining tie pum ver of persons who, traveliing im any even Would save time by employing tee propused eans of transit. The vewonstration o the Onancial pracucabliity of the system consatein snowing that 1 offers superior advautages of | cheapness, safety aud comiurt Ww @ Duaoer UI per- 80n8 Teauily avcessibie WuO WomG Save Laie by its use, 1d Whore patronage i obtamed woud render it remunerative. 118 pointed out that a Mere EXact «uswer to che question ‘WILL RAVID TRANSIT PAY f'! Is not possivie. In conclusion the Messrs, Buel give their reasons jor preierring Iccumotives to Oxea eugines, treat of independent routes fur turouga Iravel, discuss the question of transit by f, Abu show how their system muy be wade avie for a local Merchandise ousimess. Trey Biso explain Why they have not souna it advisable to recommend the use of existing rapid transit nes--tue imeapacity of tae New York Elevated Kullroud to lorm ‘part of a compronensive Watem of transit being treated at iengtu—ana, | ander the head of “initial construction,” deting the cunditions ynder waich ; ortivns of the aesign diay be, irom tine to time, carried out, to form tn | Lueunsi.VOs at each stage @ harmoniwus paral | byste: nd eventually to deveiup tuto the periect | y should capital hesitate to undertake the | whole work simultaneously. finally, they arate that it 18 necessary to the best success of ine sys- tem that it should al! he carried cut under one | which screen the passing ttsins trom horses in ¢ NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 19, 1875.-WITH management, and that, since this will create a gi- gantic monopoly, very carefully framed RESTRICTIONS MUST BE PRESCRIBED. Ninety speciications are suomitied (of which thirty reiate to thé location of routes and depots) which completely define the system as to construc- tion aod operation, and, enforced, will prevent any flagrant abuse of tne pubdite rights. This com- munication embodies the results of iabor extend. ing over # period of several years. The writers submit to the Commission t thoir treatment of the subject ia comprenensive and consistent, and Jee! that their conclusions should noc be lgnored or set aside without demonstration of the fallacy of the arguments adduced in «heir support. One of the Messrs. Buel stated yesterday to a HERALD reporter that they are pot parties to the request (said to have been made to tae Commission by some of the persons suomitting desixns) tha: any- thing connected with the subject should be with- hbeiu from the public. They believe that it is only the part of consistency for any engineer woo claims to offer the best design jor rapid transit to court tor nis scheme the widest notoriety and most searching criticism, KOHLER'’S PLAN. Mr. J. William Kohler, civil engineer, has sub- mitted a plan worthy of careful attention, of which we give an illustration. DESCRIPTION. I propose, in the centre of the roadway, to erect at given distancos (in general at distances of fifty feet) on solid blocks of granite inserted in the ground to a depth suMicient to seoure perfect Stability, three sets of cast iron columns at sul- ficient distances from one anot.er to permita track for horse cars to run between. These col- umas, tested to more than the necessary crushing registance, can be decorated to suit the taste of the city authorities, in the general drawings, Jorwardea herewitn, I have selected an inexpensive, and, at the ten, time, decorative style which gives amicient elegance to the Construction to ovviate any obje: tions on the ground of disfiguremens to the thoroughfares, On the inner sige oi the two outer columns, and firmly bolted to tie centre one, I propose to place two cast iron girders to prevent outward lateral movement of the columns, av4 also to prevent osciliation generally. 1 propose on tne capitals of each setof columns to piace & wrought iron girder on the la:tice priu- cipie, thus giving space for two tracks, an up and down line, the dimensions of which, a8 of the sup- porting columns, varying with the span (as already stated, ‘he drawiugs svowing @ girder jor a fitty loot opening). Above the lower Manges of these girders, ana firmly bolted to tae perpendic- ular webs, | propose to place continuous L irons to support small wrought trou girders, upon which are laid for each tack three balks of tim- ber, two of which carry the chairs, in which are inserted double-headed steel rails, on which the locomotive and cars run. 1 also place a salety rail of wrought iroo, of double 'f iorm, to act as & guard rail to prevent the carriages by any chance Jeaving the track. The way | propose obtaining tnis uesideratum is to fx beneath each track a couple of strong wrought iro crutches, with steel rollers, Which, without touching the centre rail, are bent under the upper flange, leaving turee- quarters of an ich pisy on the under siae and also on either side of the rail, 1t 18 obvivus if the cars jump or meet with an obstacle on the rails the ends of the crutches will come tn contact with the under side of the upper flange of tne said rail, and thus prevent the cars being elevated any higher off the rails. Op the centre girder (on the upper member) I propose placing @ Track for insulators, of sucn a eight as to carry all the city telegraph lines of Wires Tanning in the Same direction as the rall- row ‘rhe height of the line of raiis 18 so adapted that the floor of the passenger cars is exactly level with the top of the two outside girders, and 1 propose placing @ continuous platform, extendin; the whoic leugth Qf the ratiroad, on either side o! the viaduct, Jor the up aud dowa track, four feet wide, with neat hand rail, so that, in case of any stoppage, the passengers can walk in perfect safety to the nearest intermediate station. in order notin any way to inconvenience pas- sengers on the sidewalk 1 propose, lor tue ar- rangement ol the intermediate stations, to adopt the jollowing plan:—At any point where it may be necessary to estaolish a station { throw a light double wrought iron lattice girder irom the main girder (supported at its junction by two light iron columus) to the secoud story of the Rearest house frum the sidewalk; a staircase leads up to the second floor, which is planned out With ticket office, ladies’ and general waiting Treems, javatories, &c. At tneend of the gallery @ pair of gates shut off the communication with the continuous platiorm, which extends alongside eitmer track. On tie arrival of the train the con- ductor opens these gates, and the passengers en- ler into the cars, and the arrivals pass along tne gallery to the waiting rooms and thence to the Street below. 1 propose to adopt a locomotive working at high and low pressure (Alien’s patent), which ex- hausts its steam without noise, #0 as not to irignten horses or inconvenience the public. Be- low the asnbox 4 swinging tray is fixed to catch any ashes or sparks which might otherwise fall on the horse cars anderneath, ‘the whole irame work, girders and tension rods under the tracks 18 leit open, 80 that snow may not accumalate, HANNAHS'’ ELEVATED RAILWAY. Another plan that nas some merits has been submitted by J. M. Hannahs, civil engineer, of Chicago, of which we give an illustration. DESCRIPTION. This is designed to be placea (double track) on single columns in the middle of the wide avenues, or on transverse girders spanning narrow streets, or a single track on each side of business streets, It ean be curved from one system to the other with perfect ease, The leading recommendation of the Hannahs plan is not only its apparent, but (if of approved strength) its reality and assurance of safety This feature may be described as follows:—Tne longitudiual girders, two to each track, which are sixty feecin length and thirty-six inches deep, rest at either end on the columns, or the tran- girders, as may be. The plate and angie iron, . the upper stiffening brackets all being on t a. leaving their Loner sides smooth and free from obstructions. These girders are connected across and under the bottom with light iron | beama Between the giraers on these I beams are piaced oak stringers on which are the ratls, Thus is formed an iron enclosure within which runs the lower part of the car, only tne Aah, upper part of tne car being above and in t, Hence the car can never leave the track, and, even with a broken wheel or axle, there would be mo shock or danger, The gauge will be narrow, the bottom of the car running within two or three inches of tne ratl and its swelled sides reaching over the gird- ers, The cars Will be a little longer and narrower than horse cars. There are many important points concerning this railway which it will be impossible to men- ticn here, but which will undoubtedly be auly considered by the Commission. Mr. Hannans further claims that no otmer railway can occupy less space, nor can be less an obstruction ina street, nor can equal strengtn be given by any otner with the same weignt of iron; and as there are Bo extraordinary snd costly shapes of tron in its construction that none can be built so quickly and cheapiy. Mr. Aannabs in bis detailed description recom- mends three lines of railway ali meeting at tueir extremities. The middie route ne proposes to lo- cate io Elin and Marion streets, tunneilin; through No. 39 Chamvers street, into City Bal! square and through buildings the other way into Lafayetie place. He estimates the cost in narrow streets ut $230,000, KITCHEN & HATFIELD'S PLAN. Kitchen & Hatfield, civil engineers, have plied the following plan to the Commission :— es, wil DESCRIPTION, To relieve the pressing need for more rapid | | transit it Is proposea to construct this eievated railway in the broad w# es of our city. This system comprises a continuous bridge resting UON posta, the whole batit of iron in the strongest mauner, with ample sirength for the severest se viee to Which It may be subjected by steam-driven trains high speed. The sioes of the bridge atrest, afford tho requisite height for framed girders of gteat longtn, obviating the necessity he posts more freqaently than one im y- rer, Or Taree posts to a block on each side of ine by A 1 Of heavy timber on the ou will prevent the wheels irom leaving the trac and thus ihe transit te made sate, The aavantages claimed for this system over ed, at a, k, Tt can be con- of any of the un- ground roads. Third—Greater comiytt to passengers, im the enjoy- of much better 4 and light than can possioly be ment had in any underground system. Fourthsaiety. “The shortvess of the spans secure « ig structure, which Hs sone 43 ult to obtain or ole uppe ing ean drop to incommode or per- his is one of ae main Saseres of the Lid a ded is extreme! arsing beneath. ie in this system over he curb line is jaugerous for ther ava posts at Figth — Ano! the forty feet between “ints ren ering it less objectionable to occupants of buildings slong the line, HENRY BARNES’ PLAN. Mr. Henry Barnes has enomitted a model and plans of an elevated roadway to cost not more than $200,000 per mile. We give an iiustration:— ‘This plan 16 to support the track upon cast-iron girders, strutiea (one foot deep by six inches face), the girders to rest upon holiow cast-iron columns, one foot in diameter and sixteen feet high from the street grade to the base of the top girder, and. passing four and a half feet below the suriace, resting on a three-foot deep brick founda- tion, laid in cement and joined to a horizontal girder, to cross the street at right angles four and @ half feet underground and joined to the opposite column. The span from curb to curb will, 1s is claimed, be safe at not over sixty 5 jorty feet apart, thas trong, without obscur- bP irom the lower stories of the 8. This pian of road is essentially differ- all others, as 1egards mater! used in constructions. As itis almost ail of cast iron its manner of bractng renders it very strong. peculiar bracing consists in iameter Wrought iron bar, passia; hollow base of each girder, the said serted while red hot, a J rders to y Of wrought iron angle piates and boits and ; also lips or projections cast on columns, 50 KOHLER’S PLAN. as to form a bed piace for each girder. The lower or base girder is Tad four and one-half feet ander ground and joined to tne upright columns. Ths girder is Dot strutted, as it is not required to bear any Weight. Its use ts to form @ periect square ofeacn individual section, thereby pre- venting the oscillation of the columns and to sup- rt in part, by its leverage, the columns, 80 that in case Of breakage of water mains, caving in of sewers and the consequent sinkage of the three Joot brick foundation, the upright columns would not sink, but be held in position by the aforesaid base girder, and by the slight vibration locate at once the Weak piace, The same could then be repaired by shoving up the column, causing no interruption to trave, The road longitndially would be Very stable, and its square, sectional form prevent any side oscillation, A centre rail—broad-laced—is to be laid between ‘b track (there being two tracks), and broud-faced heavy flanged ceutre wheels, with Independent axies, snould be placed front and rear on each car, and the game raised half an inco from t track, There would be no wear upon these wheels or axies except in the case of the breakage of the regular wheels or axies. In such am event tniey would take to the centre rail and prevent the cars bemig J the track, Yo deaden sound the rails would be laid on wooden cross-ties, the thea to rest on rubber pads, both wood and robber being securely lastened to the centre girder by bolts and nuts. The means of ascending and descending would be by spiral stairceses at avout every five biocks and a parrow causeway to the cars, ‘there 13 to be smail ticket offices at each station, and passen- gers would pay there and receive a ticket with ‘the street Name upoa it. Un leaving the cars these tickets would be collected by acollector, By this means ail money paid would be received by the company. This road, Mr, Barnes claims, could be put up very rapidly and very cheaply. After the sur- veys were all made the iron work could be cast | and all ready for adjustment as fast as reqoired. ‘The business of any street through which the road passed would not be interrupted, and the water and ga8 MAINS and sewers would not be dis turbed. Pneumatic tuves could be laid along the line of columns or track lor mali delivery as well as tubes to enclose the telegraph wires so as to poorest breakage from the accumulation of snow and ice. ‘ Another very important feature in this plan would be that in case of lire in apy street through which the roau passed, and the falling of a build- ing on the road, the delay caused would be only temporary, as @ light, movabie bridge could be kept at the end o1 the raiiroad, and the same quickly run to the place required ana by simple mechanical means made to span the vreak, thereby not suspending travel while the repairing of the break could proceed. ‘Ine columns could be made very useful as awning posts, vhereny giving @ very pleasing appearance to the Street, im place of the hap-hazard sort of structure now in use, They could aiso be used as lampposts. All the iron work under ground could be thoroughly coated with matertals which would render them almost rustproof, thereby making them very durable, and all the work above ground rendered very pleasing to the eye by ornamental castings, kept well painted. The propetling power could be by flreless locomotive, compressed air or dummy engines. The cost per mule, ail finished, wil not exceed $200,000. There are several other plans before the Com- mission, many of the features of which are unique, ingenious and meritorious, The more im- portant ones wiil be fully described hereafter. THE SWISS FESTIVAL, The Third Swiss National Festival was com- menced yesterday at Jones’ Wood Colosseum. The people began to assemble shortly after noon, and finally marched to the {i two P. M. ‘The Ninth Regiment Band ished the music. The attendance was not so good as was unticipated, but still the receipts will probably afford @ handsome addition to tho benevolent fund. The programme ef the exer- cisea Was as follows :— PROGRAMME, jur- rat . Grand march, ‘Schiller’... Se 2 Inaugurai spece! the presidents of the 3 National hymn, ein Vateriand."? Full chortis, accompanied by orcnestra, Meyerbeer Testival. 4 Overture, “Juve! . Weber 5. Waltz, “Fairy Palace’ jodtre 6% “Uperatic Remintscen: Verdt i mois Hunter's cous. Executed by Mra. Muciier and Messrs. Hofacker, Kuaor- siciner, Mueller and schiatter. 8 La Noce du Village, by “iaurent de stillee” #xecuted by the Urpheon Francais. rant Ul. Prize singing. Judges: Meesrs. Wm. iracger, Leader of the “Beet- hoven Macnnerchor.” and fr. Krueger, Leader of the Allgewoiner sacngerbund, L ir yrvessen dich uu Land"...... . Huber Executed by the bey, Mucnnerchor, Williams: tt Abschied yom Vaterland bxecuted by the Gruetli Ma S “Will ich cinmal recht lustig sein?”..... W. Tschiroh Executed by the Helvetia Maennerchor, Newark, 4 “Das einsame Rooslein im Ihal... B. Hermes Bxecuied by the Alpina, Scaweiz. Chor, & “Hier senlaeft der Bar.ie ia Reiter Bxecuted by the Helveda Maennerchor, New Yorx, 6.“ Apsetiea von Vateriand vanpeeeeeGe Holm bxecuted by the Jura Maennerchor, New York. 7 “ bidgenossen senirmtdas Haus” Kucken ork. bxvcuted by the Gruetl Verein, ew PART th 1. Le St. Hubert by Laurent de ittlie. Executed by the Urpheon Francais, “Alpenteden.” Chamois Hunter's song. Execuved by Mrs Mugiicr and Messrs, Hofacker, Kuersteme: jueller vod schiacter, “Trittst im Morgen eT. Awissig xvetted by all Rossint © me Pe Quick Step * Kuiakany A Downing ihe evening Dramati¢ Re preventasion or ti he Hero ! M stor the lioerty of switzeriand, exhiduing three 7 ux vivants—Winkelried freedom; sotach sutfers the de Mequiem to all the offerings; executed the Gruetli and Turnyerein, Text and direction by Mr, Jacob Kelerabend. The inaugural speeches were made by the Prest- dentand Vice President, The former spoke in French and English and the latrer in German. They alluded to the mutual interests of tne two Repadiics, and how the Swiss fought valiantly ior liberty 667 years ago, as Americans had done a | century ago. greater part of the alter. | noon was devoted to the prize singing by the different socie The singing as a whole was fair, In the evening the stage was occupiea with some tableaug vivants that were represented in a rough and crade manner. To-day the mem- | bers of the society will compete for some $800 werth of prizes in shooting, gymnastics, Ac. The business o! the day will commence with a salute of twenty-two guns in honor of the twenty-two cantons of Switzerland, FUNERAL OF A VETERAN OF 1812, The funeral of William H. Brown, & veteran of | the war of 1812, took place from bis late residence, No. 35 Second avenue, yesterday aiternoon, The remains were encased in @ plain rosewood casket Tne floral offerings, though few, were pretiy, conspicnous among them velog & wreath of white hes with the word “Favher’’ in biue yioleta, There were six other veterans ot the war of 1312 present, tour of whom, with Gen accompanied the corpse to Vypres: ‘Tne Key, Mr. Wilits, of the Seve! dist church, read the Method: Piscopal service, NEW JERSEY STATE PRISON, Yesterday the New Joracy State Prison con- tained €43 convicts, thirty-Ave of whom are em- | ployed in the weaving department and about twenty tu the bakery and culiwary cepartmenis. Ali (he others are idie in consequence uf the suce coutract having eu relinquished month ago. ‘IwentY-eight of the maies, the smailest number ot Was incarcerated in that jnstitubic back. ‘The Jersey City bank rovvers—Denai Folsy and Proctor—are kept unde: C.ose vigilave ‘They are allowed one bour each day for exercise in the corridors opposite their celis, Foley ana Proctor ure in the vest Of health anda spirits, and beur the:r confinement with hopeiul resignation. Denning is getting poor neaita, being sudject to dyspeps.a, lie 1s not us hopefal or cheeriul as his associate felons, Kienen and Hamiiton, of Hobo- ken and Jersey Uuly noturiety, are confined in separate Cells and are anemployed. Livnie Garra- brandt, the Paterson mucderess, is quite com- posed. Sue takes tiimgs easy and is nopetul of the future. Matters in tne institution be: bre appearance, to cousequence of tue vory not being in operation, that sex that ever asom- about one | onvicts ure fe. | for years | | of June J had some firecrackers with me. | for @ long time after; the reat | felt very bad, for some of them cried, purticutarly | | the girls ; bat shen, as they are tne weaker sex, [ | them Charlie. | thing else which | pave sorgotten, @ lac. | é SUPPLEMENT. POMEROY, THE BOY FIEND, He Retracts His Previous Confessions and Pleads ‘<Not Guilty.” TELLS SOMBTHING OF HIS SCAPEGRACE- ‘LIFE, The Hangman’s Rope Waiting for the Young Reviewer of a Remarkable Trial. Boston, July 18, 1875, The case of Jesse Pomeroy, the young fend, ‘who has murdered no less than two or three chil~ dren, and tortured and maimed for life a still larger number, is just now attracting considera- bie public attention. The officers and the courts have done their duty in detecting, proving and amxing the proper penalty jor his offences, Tnis penaity, it is scarcely necessary to add, 1s nothing Jess than hanging, and the Executive Council! has voted in the affirmative on the question of whether the young brute sball suffer the death penalty or net, and all that now remains to be done 1s for Governor Gaston to sign tho fatal war- rant which shall autnorize the Suffolk county Sheriff to extingaish the vital spark in the system of Jesse Pomeroy, and thus add to the general safety and protection of juvenile society. POMEROY’S LIFE, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF, Since his confinement in the Boston Jail young Pomeroy has devoted much of his time to reading and writing, and the fact that he has a taste jor iiterature 18 an explanation of the interesting account which he bas furnished, He has been several months in preparing it, and the most of it—as the story goes—was sent out of the jail sur- Teptitiously in his dirty clothing which he sent to lus mother to wash and tron, His motner says that she has received the subjoined story in frag- ments in this manner ever since her son has been in jail, and she would not now make it public ex- cept for the fact that its concealment wiil be of no earthly advantage. ‘The whole of 1t was written by himself, and the original manuscript of the young criminal is in the possession of the HERALD correspondent, Pomeroy opens his narrative with details of his early life, showing he was born November 29, 1859 at Charlestown, Mass., entered a public school at SIX years Of age, Where he got the rattan pretty freely, and played “hook Jack’? whenever he could, He was pupil in the Winthrop Grammar School in 1868 until 1872, where he paid more at- tention to his. studies. Im 1868 and 1869, he Says, my father had leit tne Navy Yard, and was working im Boston driving a horse and wagon for Mr. Hayden. We had also at this time moved trom Lexington street to Bunker Hill street, No. 78; 1t was nearer to school and better im all re- spects than our other house. In 1870 we moved next door, toa better house than we haa ever lived in before. Charies (my brother) and I joined @ base ball club, and he was elected captain; he was a splendid player. I was captain one year. One day Charlie ana { went fishing down on Cnel- sea Bridge; we went on to the first pier of the left nd side going toward Cheisea. We had caught @ lew fish and Charles was just going to throw the line out again, but as he did so the hook struck and caught my Jace, nearly going into my left eye; 1t baried itself deep right near the bone under it, We went to Dr. Bickford and he took it (the hook) out. A cURIOUS FacT, Now, the reason toat mention that incident is this:—That though the pai was great and hurt very much, | did not show any feeling at all, either when it was in there or when the doctor was taking it out; and now what strikes me as curious at this time is that it might furnish a clew as to why 1 do not show any feeling now in regard to this case, Though I did not at this time show aoy feeling it was no sign I had none, and now if I do not show any in regard to these cases it is Not to be supposed that Ihave none, But with regard to my feelings, I will comsider that by and by. About this time (1870) I had contracted A GREAT LOVE OF READING. Iused to read some novels, but mostly good, Solid books, and now while I have been in here Icantruly say that I have read a great deal that—if it is not now—will be to my advantage m the fature, and though Ido not teel any hard. ness against the ones who put me here, I do think that they were rather hasty in their deci- ‘sion against me. One day I went to school bent on having some fun, { met one of my chums named Atwood there, and as 1t was near the i7tn Weil, £ propesed to Atwood that we should have some dun by firing them off; he agreea with me that I was to fire mine first, he afterward. Well, in School that afternoon, at about hall-past three, I fired mine off, You ought to have beon there to see how astonished the boys and teacher looked, I guess they thougnt the building was ialling down, for they looked fright. ened enough, It was very laughable, but the laugh was on the other side when the teacher called me out and gave me a good licking, and alter that was over made me stand up by the stove witu @ dumb bell in one hand ana a stone on the top of my head; she told me if I dropped either of them or made any noiso she would give me anothgg thrashing, and I believe she would, As you sge, my fun aid nof turn out 80 Well as 1 thought i$ would, and that was the last time for a long while that I tried to have any fun tn school, Atwood, the mean fellow, got so | scared that no did not fire Ris off ai said he would, so I left of bemmg bis chum; but after a while we were good iriends again, But you must not think I was always bad at school; I gave my teacher trouble enough I am sure, but as @ general thing I was what is commonly called a good boy, But I have forgotten to mention before that I WENT TO SUNDAY SCHOOL every Sunday when [ lived on Lexington street, and part of the time on Bunker Hill street, { Went to the place called Mission Hall, That is the first place 1 ever went to. It wasavery food piace. Lliked it very much. I went to that place about six years. ihey used to have splendia picnics there. ine last one | went to/from that piace Was ia 1870, We (the Sunday schoul) went | to Walden Pond, had & splendid time, stayed all day, had a gooa dinner, went in bathing (those who wisheu), rowed on the pond, had some fun In the swings and got sick wn them, ana, in fact, thoroughly enjoyed ourseives. | nave not men- tioned half of the gvod times we nad, but to wind up, when Wwe Were goitty to Boston on the cars a man was sllled vy the cars, He was walk- ing on the track, Was rather deaf, 8o did not hear the cars, and the consequence was that the engine hit hun, «og Woen the irain was we. the men 0. the engilfe picked himup dead. Poor man! to be CUL Of so Suddenly, Almost without warning, it Was too bad. I Know tt mage me feel bad tie rest of the night, and I could not help tanking of it our company sappose that Was all right; Ut we arrived in Boston withou: jurther uectaent, As I have stated, lwent to the Mission Hail tor some time, then | leit tuere ana wens to Mr. Barnara’s church on Edgeworth street. 1 nad a fit of sickness and it was . | very bad; am told I was crazy for nearly & | Week, but I got over it. After that motner thought 1 needed @ Caange of air (L thougat so tne moat of | any, and 50 did Charles), 50 mother pucked us ol, bag and baggage, to Maine; or more properly Bat ana Georgetown. Caaries and | started @t SIX O'CIUCK wt Might, on board the steamér Star of the East for Bath, It was a very good steumer, easy going as could be; but aitor we had passed UC OL Hoxton Marvor a goud many of the passen- gers bad to pay (ribate tu Neptune, and among As ior me—weill, 1 vad bevter We made a desperate grab hot be tov voastful. for tne sid@ of tae boat every me it lurcuea, vat something was bound to go, and I thought my Whole imsides was to, bub by shutting our moutns keep tase as often as We could, Wo manuged to nd have found them serviceable ever since. ni to bed About eleven or twelve at night; Charies Was bound to stay up, and he did. When | woke up it was three in the morning, and the stvainer was jist going to the Bath wart. We had to nurry and get ont; we got our bag- tuen we stopped at the dining room newer eilroad and had some oysters, and some- rhea we staried tu find our aunt's house, and after a great ceal of reurching we Jound 16 Her litte voy, who first saw us from the window, cried out;—'Mother, here comes some rovbers,’? EXVERIENCES IN MAINE. Aunt was very glad to see us, We stayed there Gay or two, at tae same time hunting up the | | | 3 Cook family; we founa them, too, After visiting une emmcine’ paces 10 Lath, we started in tu Steamer for Georgetown. On our way to & re our steamer Was overtaken oy @ squall, an did blow awfully. It was as much as we could do to keep our jootIng and prevent ourselves from being blown overvoard, We arrived safe. however, at Briggsville, ana nired a boy to row us over to Uncle McFadden’s house. They were reai giad to see us, and we then. Pomeroy gives a long bistery of nis experiences in Maine antl his return to this city, and nis career a8 a newsboy, He minutely details hig movements on the of April, when @ smail boy was murdered on the South Boston Marsh, an Suspicion fell upon hum; his arrest, eXamimauort ‘4 The station-house, and the means resorted to ta force a contession from Dim, Which be denounces 4s “a lle trom beginning to end.” THE KATIZ CURRAN MURDSR, There WAs discovered, On Saturday, July 18, @ body in the cellar of a ‘store No, 327 Broadway, Supposed to be the remains of Katie Curran, We Were the last to occupy part of that store an as | was under arrest tor a murder the police al rested my mother and orothee on suspicion, bag Way they did taat and let the gentieman’ tha kept the next part of the store ana the family up- Stuirs go free | hever have tovnd out, nor WAY 1% Was supposed to be the body of Katie Curran £ don't see. Of course, suspicion fell on me, eimuly because I was supposed to have killed HH, Mile jen, That same nigat, at about cight o’clock, MT. Savage ana Mr. Twombly came tosee me, ior they did hot know buc what 1 ought contess to taem, ‘The chiet said, as I came into the room, “Do you know me??? | sald “yes.” “Whoaml?” “onset of Police Savage.” ‘hen he asked mei | did not know what he had in view in coming to see meg 1 toid him, “1 suppose it 1s about my ease.” Then he said, “fhe remains of Katie Curran have been discovered in the cellar of the store jormerly oc- cupied by your motner. What have you to say?” 1 told him that | did not think mother Kaew or did it, He said, “Your motuer and brotner have vecn arrested for supposed comp icity im the crime. What have you to, say?” 1 wid him as before, £ did pot think mother aid it, or thit she Kuew anything about a ovdy being in tne cellar. He axked me why I thought so. “I cold nim that she- would not do such a taing, and ut she had know} the body to be there sie Woula have given inioré mation to the proper parties. Then he said that iwas seen and heard to inquire, when first ar- rested, about tue reward offered for the discovery of Katie Curran, thereby indicating thas knew sometming about it. Ldeciared ail such reportm lies, and that the proots thereof couicd mot de ad« vanced. He also suid that 1 nad veen seen iw company with the girl the day she disappeared, 1 said, *‘Toat statement Peoweruing tuat has zoe to pe proved.”’, ‘Ine other gentieman (Mr. James W. twombly) siid about this time that ‘the girls head had been ssvered from the boay,” and asked me ‘df it looked like mocner’s work?’ 1 told him I did not veleve sae did it, assigning tue sume reason lor thinking so as before, Mr. Brad- ley was prescat at this interview. Ltlasted fifteen or twenty minutes, Asi was goimg back to my cell Mr. George Monroe, the night ofMicer, asked, “What is the matter?’ I told him tat it wag supposed the body of Katie Curran Was found in the cellar of our store, and that mother and Charles had been arrested. 1 guess he did now quite unuerstand me, jor alter he had locked me up he came back again and asked again, and | told nim the same, HE RESOLVES ON A FALSE CONFESSION. 1 feit bad that they were arrested, and I re« solved to du ail Lcouid to get them out, so I kep: in mina that proverb, “One may as weil be hanged for steallug a Sheep as for stealing w«, Jamo ;’? altering 1t lo suit my Case, “One may at well be hanged Jor killing two as one,” &¢. Soin} the morning | had resolved to say 1 didit, but ut conlessed one [must the otuer, I said to myselt but, however, as 1 said, [ Kept im ming thal proverb, and as [ knew Well enouga of the tac of one case, I set to work to think out how could give the testimoay of killing the girl, aadi make It appear 80. Ll need not stop here to give) tue thoughts that came up in my mind, Suiticieny” to say, tbat 1 traced out this pian of my con< lession:—Tuat moraing she came iato the storal aud asked for a paper, and 1 told her thera Was @ store down stairs, ana I jollowed* her and cut her throat. The reason, 1 saia she asked for a paper is this:— At the time she disappeared it Wus supposed she was last seen in Tobin’s store, aad Tovin said a girt wao looked like her asked for one. | ‘The nex poins I considered was the date of her disappear- ance and what was done with the body alter be- ing Killed. I was getuug puzzled on it when, luckily for my plans, Mr. Goodwin, one of the night officers on duty, came arouad to me and ald, “30, they are ab you to-day, are they?” C said, “Yes, they never let a ieliow alone.” Them he said, im reply to my question, that tue pody wai aiscovered between the water closet and the wal by workmen who were taking down the wall, an that the body was covered With asnes when 1ound) that was all. It wasenough to me, for now could flaisn my plan, Bat still at the same time resolved to make it appear thac 1 dia not remem: ber all the eircumstances attending the Crimes’ and | also Knew tnat my counsel would have make tne plea of insanity for my domg at. After a careful review ol the leatimony given ai the Coroner’s mquest by persons to whom he made his alleged enforced coniession the young murderer sums Up bis reasons jor believing that, THE GIRL COULD NOT HAVE BEEN KILLED THE Wat IB SAID SHE WAS, and also that she couid not have been in the cele Me Jour Months Without being discovered pefor€ she was, First—In my confession 1 stated that Mr. Mit chell’s store was opened at the time I Killed ber.; Now, I! 1t Was and he in there and the girl went! down stairs and Lran up behind her, she would. have screamed before | had cut her throat andi Made some noise alter { bad cut it. There yom no such testimony put in, Sv it 18 saie to suppor it never took place. Second—if I bad killed her in the middle of thi cellar the vloud must Nave taiien on the board: and have been discovered by the first person tna went into the Cellar. Tnere was no testimony, put in to show any blood being found, and the, mere deciaration of the Coroner that the Cnet Police thought so and so, and hits not going to th expense of vetting it, &c., goes to show tbat he aia not think there was any there. Third—i 1 kulled the girl the way I said I muse have got blood on my clothes, and therefere be noticed. i Domeroy next quotes from the testimony given on the trial and ergues that Katie Curran cout not have been killed as ne described in nis en: forced comiession, because tie body would be dis-, covered by the parties Who searched the cellar ab different times between the disappearance ot her , und the discovery o1 the vooy, He says:—"L quote she testimony of the luquest, showing that unere Was nu body there a. tne time it Was searched. John B. Margeson testified :—‘searcne the cellar once to find out wnere the odor cai irom,’ bus he iound nothing. Mr. Nash says, and ‘Mr. Willis went and examined the cetlar the night ef June 24, lifted the pourds in the celia and dug inty the ground with a stick; Mr. Wiiliy sed bis umbrella; did not notice ‘tae ground: loose,’ Now Uthat body was there he ought to have 1ound it, for McGinnis’ tesumony says :—‘Remover a stone and found the body; toe Kead aud shoals ders were not covered With ashes.’ That is to say they were oxpants Again ne says:—‘Pound the ruboers on une surface.’ Now came Mr, Asel Grigg’s mined . He says, ‘Borrowed a lam: and examined fie water cluset; found the foo: 000; no heap of ashes; punched Wisk cane; satis- lied tne place Was solid; heard otner oficers had amined 1%; Moved several stones, and came vat tisted the body Was not there,’ ‘tnat is to al he jiited the very stones under which the dod: was afterward found, and he came out satisile: that the body was not there. Need | go am lurther to show and prove my declaration? | wil g.op now. I have made this paper avout this casi jJonger than I expected 1% would be. 1 have sau enough to convince you that the evidence sao< mitted to the jury way not sufficient to warrant their Verdict; aisoO that their verdict was influ< enced by prejudice, as imparual men ought not t be; ana also that the yiri could not aave bee! killed the way | said she was. Who killed tin girl und pus the remains there and when does not concern Ine now, Perhaps some other time | wii. write about 1t.’? PALESTINE EXPLORATION SOCIETY, The exploring party wader command of Colonel, James E, Lane which left this city last month, re-* port their safe arrival in London, where they re-! main a short time in consultation with the officers, and engineers of the “English Exploration rund” aod other British scholars and scientists, wha gave them a most cordial reception ank much valuable information, As their instru< ments are more safely conveyed by water thaw land travel across the continent of Europe Colonel Lane's party will go by steamer from Enge land via Gibraltar to Alexandria and thence ta Beirut, in afew weeks, it is hoped, they will ba at work on tho hilis oast of the Dead Sea, ang under the provection of the “scars and Stripes’? prosecute Witn vigor the scientific survey o1 bast- ' ern Palestine to its compietion, ‘The ultimate success of this greatest archwological and geo- graphical undertaking of modern times is now insured by the liberality of a number of gentie- men of weaith and culture, resideat in New York and Boston, Whose subscriptions, added to others pledged since jast January, agivunt to $30,000. This gratiiying state of tee treasury is due almost entirely to the spirited efforts and appeal of Mr.. Oharies Stuart Smita, of tis city, who placed oppo- site his OWh HAMe On the subscription book $1,000, and gave @ iriendiy challenge to others oi our prominent citzens to do the same, and Dearly @ dozen v1 them did it, The office of che society been removed to Van Lenuep's, Now 44 Twelfth street, at which Information and pubditca tions cau be ovtained of Rey. 0, 5. St Joan, te financial secrevary A THIEF SHOT IN BROOKLYN, About half-past two o'clock yesterday morning, as Charles M. Thompson, aged seventeen, wad about leaving nis father’s residence, No. 546 Ralph avenue, bent upon a fisning excursion, ne saw a& man emerging from the carpenter shop om his jather’s premises, carrying a bundle of tools He hailed tae teow aud told him to stand; bat ax tie rogue kept on his way Thompson tired a charge of backshot at bim. The mau, who was pba wounded im the left leg, is Thomas Fan- ning. He was removed to tne F — Hospital, ie ‘Thompson bas not yes pe