The New York Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1875, Page 4

4 THE POST OFFICE. The Vast Edifice Thronged with Curious Spectators. —_—--—_—— CONTRASTS. BETWEEN THE OLD AND THE NEW. er IIT, Accommodations that Will Suilice for Thirty Years to Come. ' THE FIRST FAST MAIL TRAIN. ‘The opening of the new Post Office to the business | public of New York was the great event of yesterday, Rarely in the history of this city of business palaces has the opening of any buikting been attended with such @ tremendous crush of visitors as surged in copi- us streams through all the corridors of the new Post Office yesterday, If any one felt even no curiosity to inspect our new palace of jetters—and the name con- weys no exaggeration to him who has seen it—it was well worth seeing the crowd—a bustling, curioas, tu | quisitive and rather wonder-stricken multitude, who ied into every hole and corver and desired to know ‘what each little coutrivance was for, and expressed in the end great delight and wonder at the maguiticence wf the structure and its admirable adaptation to its pe- mliar purposes in its hundreds ofdetails. There was a vonstant renewal of this stream of visitors all day long, lor with truly American hurry and impatience the in- spection was always sharp and quick, and every ten minutes a new “sea of faces”? was to be seen. AL VISHPORS, iriosity seekers were evidently i probably just arrived, had heard of the go: » new building and hastened fown town to see it, There ts no doubt that for some time to come the new Post Office will be one of the “lions” of New York, and will be included among its principal architectural sights, uch as the Sub-Treasury, the Custom House, &c. Toa visitor from Boston it affords also an interesting com- parison with the magnificent structure now rearing in the “Hub,” and which greatly resembles our own Post | Dilice in style, and the luckless Chicagoan will no doubt | yaze at it with a twinge of envy when he remembers | dow unfortunate his own city has been with its costly | new United States building. The writer was rapidly | passing a crowd cf Westerners on the ground floor yes- | terday when he heard one of them say, Damn that | Mullett, why aidn’t be give us a building like this??? | That man must have come from Chicago, THE REVOLUTION IN THB CITY TRAFFIC, It probably has been noticed by many that quite a umber of restaurants, lunch counters, barrooms and othér similar accommodations for a hungry and thirsty public have recently been opened in the vicinity of the | sew edifice in anticipation of the vastly increased | jraffic which always follows in the wake of a post office | tentre, It is a noteworthy fact that already yesterday | | A good many of the tural visitors who | this increase of trailic was perceptible, while the dead- | hess round the old building was rather dreary to wit- ness. In the one place all had been silent hitherto, while it now was @ perfect hive; in the other all had | been life and bustle, and had suddenly given way to a gloomy stillness that must have appeared most strange to an old resident of that quarter. That many bitter regrets followed tho removal of the Post Office nobody will doubt who realizes the serious loss resulting to so many restaurateurs ‘and tradesmen from the diminution of their traffic. These regrets were only cquulled by the keen delight with which the denizens of Park row and the corresponding portions of Broadway and neighboring streets greeted She opening of the edifice which brings them both profit tnd convenience, and which is by many regarded as | only the centre structure of a magnificent array of busi- ness palaces to be erected on both sides in the not far- distant future, A STRIKING CONTRAST. Nothing could be more striking than the great con- ‘rast between the old Post Office, as all New Yorkers have seen it on a working day, and the new edifice, as | % appeared yesterday. There ali was old, dingy, mouldy, faded. The mildew and rot of time were upon every window, every door, upon the lop-sided furniture, upon the rusty hinges, upon the bleared and dismal aspect of every part of the old church. The very air seemed to be heavy, as though it had been contined too long in the narrow, contracted old place, and would be glad to fet out of it. Here what a decided and pleasant change. Everything new, shining and beautifully clean; werything basking m the abundance of sun- whine and fresh air. Wide corridors, spacious spartments, lofty ceilings and splendid furniture delight the eye at every turn. The men employed in the Post Office all appreciated the delightful change, from the Postmaster down to the letter carrier. They literally Tevelled in the abundance of space, air and light, many of them having suffered much personal hardship by the tramped proportions, the bad ventilation and the poor light in the old structure, The latter, more especially, has impaired the sight of more than one old Post Office smployé, so that the change had a considerable sanitary significance for them. WORKMEN STILL BUSY, The public at large, of course, regard the building as entirely finished, but although it is in working gear, so Jar as the Post Office and the courts are concerned, much by way of finishing touches remains to be done. Accord- ing to Mr, McAfee, the custodian of the building, its formal custody is not transferred to Postmaster James until to-morrow, September 1. Some 250 laborers, masons and carpenters were still at work yesterday in the new building On the | Park row side they were at work on the surgeon’s room on the mezzanine floor (where the phys- leal fitness of all applicants for positions in the Post Office will be tested, putting up partitions and putting in the furniture. On the ground floor they were still busy fastenings on the iron doors and shut- nd floor a number of men might have ing the windows, whose enormous size forbids the employment of women for the purpose. On the third floor # large number were putting down car- moving in furniture, Whether this work is to be suspended to-morrow for a time or to be carried to tompletion without any interruption it yet remains for Postmaster James wo say. WHAT REMAINS TO BE DONE, One of the most conspicuous wants in the new build- Ing is a directory to the various rooms. Everybody who had business with the officials naturally looked for ft on entering through the great portico, Mr. McAfeo said that this important little feature is to be added to- morrow. ,It will be very welcome to the public, wd not less #0 to the officials, who were yesterday overrun with questiouers. Then the en- tlosures round the general delivery and postage stamp windows, the wardrobes, where the carriers of the dis- trict have to leave their uniforms on quitting duty, and pther small portions of the great work have yet to be | wompleted. The proper labels on the various windows ind doors remain also to be furnished. Superintending Architect Potter suggested at one time that the letters be painted on the trausuins, but the ogra A 1s that they will be emblazoned 1m golden color on the door, while for the screen windows handsome metal plat with black letters, are to be used, in place of the pre: tnt printed posters, which are only temporary make: sbifts (ill the others are ready. Then there are the na- merous anvunciators and speaking tubes, which will Bot be in working order for some days. All these, of sourse, are merely minor features, the absence of which will not impair the efficiency of the department, but only cause temporary inconve: ce, WHAT THE POSTMASTER THINKS OF THE CHANGE. Postinaster James was found hard at work yesterday At at his private oflice in the new building. © was all Jay long the recipient of y hearty congratulauons from friends and other officials who came in large num- bers to admire bis handsome new quarters, and perhaps | it was they who furnished the profusion of towers, His private room is modest enough, but as regards bis | public office, which adjoins it, the general opinion ex- pressed was that it was by far the finest office in the eity. ‘The office of our Mayor certainly makes but a | poo owing compared with it. It is expecially the | immensely lofty ceilings which impart such an effect of | | seoerted to the rooms in the new Post Office, and this | strikingly manifest in the Postinaster's room. “Llik@our vew quarters even better than I antici- that I should,” Postmaster Jarues suid, in reply | the query as to how he liked the change “I was somewhat afraid that we should not have light enough owing to the immensity of the structure, but I now tin that the light is perfect, und that, you know, is the Vital poimt in a building like this.” ACCOMMODATIONS YOR THIRTY YEARS, ‘The writer asked for what length of time the present quarters, would, in bis opinion, probably euffice. “1 thimk our present accommodations will suffice for Mr. James replied, “despite the crease inthe postal goreyeh, | | \ is only one department which will probably outgrow its | fesxent accommodations in a rieter i allude tu the Money Order Department. In toy experience there are comparatively few people ‘who realize the marvellous growth in that department of the Post Office, That growth is so rapid that even wo- day and with the Jon ‘4b 1 safe to predios | the companies fullll their duty. | gramme, and considerable interest was manifested, trom NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 381, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. modations in five years. TI base this prediction on the fact that the business of last year in payments and re- coipts aggregated no less than $34,000,000, But it is an exceedingly valuable feature of this edifice that its accommodations for the posta! department are capable of great enlargement,” THE PRESKNT YORCK NOT TO BK INCKKASED. “I wish you would state in this connection,” the Postmaster said in the course of the conversation, “that the removal into larger quarters does not imply & corresponding increase of the working torre, for | am fairly overrun with applicants, for whom i am utterly unable io do anything. The present force is, in the main, guiticient for all our wants, and the appropriation does not allow of an increase.” When asked how the foree had behaved in the arduous task of the re- he exclaimed, “They are the best men I ever yall wo with a will, and fam sure that if the pablic or the press have any complaints to make they will meet with the heartiest desire on the part of as also of myself, to remedy the evils to prevent, as far as possible, the pilar grievances in the future. TEPROVEMKNTS IN VUE SERVICE. Now that the Postmaster is settled in bis new quar- ters he aiso contemplates some useful improvements in the service, The system, of course, will remain un- | changed, and so will the hours of work, &c., but there will be some minor changes worthy of note. ‘There are now thirteen collections per day in the city, the last be- ing at nine P.M. In view of the introduction of the Jightning train to the West ap additional collection will be made at twelve P. M., so that letters dropped in be- fore midnight can leave at four A. M, on the fast train. Mr. Gayler, the Superintendent of City Delivery, bas the question of establishing a new downtown postal sta- tion under advisement It should also be mentioned that the pivewey twenty-four feet in width, at the northerly end of the building, will soon be enclosed with a handsome tron fence, eight feet and six inches in height A switch will constructed from the Fourth Avenue Railroad into this driveway, thug bringing the rai! cars directly to the aoors of the Post Odlice, and greatly facilitating the receipt und delivery ofthe mails. Mr. Gayler says that there has been & marked improvement in several of the city stations, but that a still 1urther step toward greater efficiency could be made by connecting ali the branch statious with the main office by telegraph, The Postmaster Geucral has the matter now under consideration, and it is to be hoped that he will oon be able to make the necessary arrangements in order to effect this reform. With direct telegraphic communication an error such as the sending of a bag to a wrong station could be quickly remedied and no time lost in inquiry. Mr. Gayler thinks that an increase of the force of letwer carriers—there are 426 now in the regular force and thirty substitutes—would greatly enhance the etli- ciency of the city service, but nothing can be done in this direction until Congress meets and increases the appropriation. ‘THY FIRST PAST MAIL TRAIN, it is now announced, will leave this city at four A. M., on Or about the 16th of September. The time and route have already been announced in the columns of the HewaLD, but the above is tho first definite announce- ment of the day when the tirst train is to leave. The | Post Office authorities regard this fast mai! train tn the light of un experiment only, but if it should prove 4 suc: cess they think it will naturally be followed by other fast trains going tn otter directions, ‘One great diftl- culty we have had to encounter,” said Mr. Jackson, Su- perintendent of the railway nail service for the Second division, which comprises the States of New York, Pennsylvania, New Je: aud Delaware, “js that the passenger trams are now overloaded with Pullman pal- uce curs, &e,, 60 that the railway manugers are unwil- ling to give us postal cars and regard them as the feather Uaat breaks the camel's buck. It is tor this reason that we have never been able to obtain a postal car in the eight o'clock train of the New York Central and Hudson River road and the corresponding eastward bound train, the Atlantic express, which is due here at seven A. M.” Mi. JACKSON'S DEPARTMENT can also boast of some improvements. Among the books now kept in this department is a record of the arrival of all trains bringing wail matter to the city. ‘These reports are made by the local ageuts of the Post Office, and serve as checks upon the railway companies, Mr. Jackson can tell at a glance by these reports how Another advantage in- cident to the keeping of this record is that it serves as acheck upon the agents who convey the mail matter from the depots to the Post Office. Mr. Jackson, by comparing the time of arrival at the depot and that at the Post Ollice, can readily judge whether too much tme has been occupi@T in the uransfer. A very useful feature in this department of only recent date is the mail route tnaps Which are to be famed for its use, They show every post office and every mail route in the division, and all the changes ordered from Washington ure noted daily with great care. This remarkable pre- cision of detail renders them extremely valuable to the department, ‘THE OLD PURNITURE, What will be done with the furniture of the old Post Office is 4 question that seems to puzzle a good many people. Well, a good deal of the “working furniture” in the letter-box, carriers’ and newspaper departments has already been brought to the new building, and is now being adapted to the present enlarged quarters, The furniture of all the executive offices is perfectly new, with the exception of the “regord room,” attached to the Assistant Postmaster’s ollice, where all the records of the Post Office are kept aud which is fitted up with'the old iurniture, It is needless to say that the effect of this room is not so handsome as is that of the others. What will be done with the furniture which still remains in the old Post Office and is unlit for further use has pot yet been decided, but the proba- Dility is that the government will sell it at auction, THE CLOSING HOURS. The Post Office rooms are to be railed off at four poiuts from the other portions of the building, amd these gates ure to be closed after office hours. Ove will be at the toot of the stairway leading from the mezzanine landing w the second Hloor; the second will be atthe en- trance from the lobby to the stairway at the southern end of the building, and the other two are to be placed on the second floor, one on the Broadway side and one at the Park row side, As for the hours of closing, they will be the sane us heretofore, with the exception of the Postmaster’s office, which will close at four P. M. in- Stead of three, and of the Register’s department, which will close at half-past six o'clock. Thesé hours, it is thought, will be acceptable to the public and afford ample (ime for the transaction of all business, A MERCHANT'S COMPLAINTS, New York, August 30, 1875, To Tue #prror ov ruz Herarp:— I wish, as a merchanf and boxholder of the splendid new Post Office, opened to-day, to enter my protest against the cake and soda water counter now in opera- tion, and taking up so large and valuable a space in the most prominent position in this magnificent edifice, ‘This arrangement is not for the benefit of the merchants, who never think of patronizing it, but is solely sup- ported by a lot of urchins who are runners to the Post Ollice and elsewhere, and who take up a large space by congregating around the counter eating and drinking. There is not the slightest necessity for it, as there are Luandreds of saloons, beer and cake shops, immediately surrounding the new Post Uilice, to which all can resort who are hungry and in need of refreshments. No doubt the proprietor of this stand pays a very valuable con- sideration for the right to occupy it and vend his wares, and if 80, who gets the consideration? Is it not the Postmaster ¥ And again, why are merchants compelled to pay $1 for keys to the new boxes when they have to pay $16 per annum for the use of the boxes? I ask again, who gets this, amounting to something like $6,000 In old times Post Otfice boxes were free, or $2 per annum in place of $16. Yours, | MERCHANT. A FATAL FALL, At half-past one o’clock yesterday afternoon, as Peter Alson, forty-five years of age, residing at No. 9 Norfolk street, Was at work on the topsail yard of the vessel Wil liam H. Marcy, lying at pier 19 East River, he accident- ally slipped aud fell to the deck, receiving fatal injurica, He was removed to the Park Hospital, wl he died soon after his arrival, The Coroner was notified and will bold an inquest, PIGEON MATCHES. CHALLENGE MATCHES AND HANDICAP SWEEP- STAKES AT THE NARRAGANSETT CLUB GROUNDS. Newront, August 30, 1875, The following matehes, in addition to the one pub- lished in yesterday's Hzwatp, were shot off at the grounds of the Narragansett Gun Club on Saturday, and created considerablo interest. The first was between E. W. Davis, of Providence, and J, P, Grand, of Phila delphia, The following is the - con ane. Namnacaxserr Gox Civ Groups, August 28 — Challenge match between J. P. Grund and “Ww. Davis, handles 4 birds each, $100 a side, avi ard$—1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, Pad FA y 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, Grund, 30 yards—o, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0-12 killed. sik bebadiadbichage ‘The next was a challenge match. The following is the summar, Same Day--Handicap challenge match, between J. P, Grund und E. W. Davis, $50 a side, 10 birds each, Grund, 80 yards---1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1—6 killed, Davis, Sod farngamen 1,1, 1, 1,1, 1,1, 08 killed, . Mr. Grund at once signified his intention of baving another trial, and, as the following will show, with one yard less to shoot, won the match, but ouly by shooting off the tie: — SUMMARY, Same Day—Challenge match between J, P. Grund and E. W. Davis, $50 side, 10 birds each, Grund, 29’ yards—1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, O—6 killed, Davis, 28 yards—1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, ‘1-6 killed, ‘The tle was then shot off and it resulted in favor of | Mr. Grund. | A handicap sweepstakes was the next on the pro- the fact that the first bird that was missed counted out. Mr. Grund, us will be seen below, was unfortunate enough to miss his first bird. SUMMARY, Day.—Handicap sweepstakes, $5 entranco, 10 birds . first miss counts out, E, W. Davis, 29 yards—1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, Out, J. P. Grand, 90 yards—o—Out, ¥. P. Sands, 28 yards—1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0—Out, Van Buren, 20 yards—1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1. nu Buren killing bis ten’ straight biras was de- clared the winner. BASE BALL, Syraccex, August 30, 1875, Au exciting game of base ball was played here to-day by the Champion Amatour Fiyaways of New York aud ~ gg of this city, The Stars won by » score of 3 | the race for double sculls. THE NATIONAL REGATTA. The Oarsmen at Their Practice Work on the Laureate Course. THE DAY BEFORE THE RACES. Teor, August 30, 1875. Everything promises well for the third aunual re- gatta of the National Association of Amateur Varsmen, which takes piace over the Laureate course on Tuesday and Wednesday, weather permitting. All of the best scullers in the country, allof those who took part in the international regatta, with the exception of Frank ‘Yates, the Western oarsman, will again try their skill at the oar here. Courtney, who for the past fow days bas been suffering intensely from « felon on his thurnb, will again meet Riley, Baiubridge, Lathrop, and all his other antagonists of Lake Saratoga. He will be the favorite, notwithstanding the disadvantage under which be will get in bis Doat. Bainbridge ts in better condition now than Le was four days ago, and little Roache, maddened with his cruel defeat, will make a strong endeavor to make up for the past. Im fact all of the men are determined to do their “evel best” on the Laureate course, Feel- img with each runs high, and determiation to win is strong in the minds of allofthem. The field of scullers here is almost the same as at the International regatta. Courtney will not have it so easy, because the course is shorter—only a mile and a half—and he is much better at w long than a short distance. Many argue from this that the other scullers will have a better chance. Randall, the Potomac man, who was absent from the fleld in Saratoga, will try what he can do here, He is @ good oarsman, has a fine record, and those who know him best say that “he will make things lively” for some one, He bas been out on tho river faithfully twice a day since he got here, and the scull- era who have had a brush with him say that he is row- ing very fast, Riley is also making good use of his time, and is in splendid condition and “as brown as a berry.” Bainbridge rowed over the course this morn- ing on time, and is satisfied that he will do better than he did at Saratoga, and Rozche, Lathrop, Ackerman, Orr and the others are all hopeful, even with the great odds against them. So much for the single scullers, IN THE PAIR-OARED RACE the Argonautas and Beaverwycks will be the only con- testants, aud the chances are that the Argonautas will repeat their victory at Saratoga, Yot they will not enter ipto the race as “well fixed’’ as they were on the lake, from the fact that Edred and Smith will have to row in the trial heats of fours, which precedes the pair” oared race but a short time. The Beaverwycks will also have to perform the same task, but the Albany boys are larger and heavier men than the Argonauta crew and are capable of standing much more fatigue. THE DOUBLE SCULL Rack will bring Courtney and Robinson, of Union Springs, again before the public. Owing to the felon on Court- ney’s finger they have not been able to do any practice in the double. Robinson, however, has boen out faith- fully twice aday singly. Riley and Leffman, the Nep- tune men, will pull in a new boat, which suits them much better than the one they have been rowing in. ‘They say she is lighter and travels faster. She is built on the same model as Courtney’s, and appears to be a much lighter boat than the one they rowed in on the lake, ‘The Beaverwyck’s double isa good one, and Lathrop and his partner are rowing in better shape and faster, to all appearances, than they dida week ago, Another thing that has to be taken into consideration—they will row over a course with which they are thoroughly familiar. The Potomac's entries will not row, Randall feeling that the strain would be too great for him after rowing a hard race in the singles, THE FOURS. Speculation is rife about the resultadn this race. The knowing ones are as much at sea ag they were at Sara- toga. The Beaverwycks and Argonautas are spoken of well here, the Atalantas, even with their recent victory to sustain them, not being so much admired. The course is a short one, and the powers of endurance will not be called into requisition to as great an extent as if it was a longer race, The Mutuals will not be so far behind this time. It is a pity that the Mutuals and Beaverwycks were not drawn in the same heat. Had they been so drawn there would have been very hot work. The two new crews—the Friendships, of New York, and the Quakers, of Phila- delphia—row well and will make a good showing in the race. They will hardly prove as formidable rivals as did the Duquesnes and Buffaloes at the International regatta, Still, the crews pitted against them will have to row hard for victory. The Argonautas have made a change, and they will not row the same boat as they rowed on Lake Saratoga. The boat they will row in here is an English built boat, and the men like her very well; but a change of boats at this late day is questionable policy. One thing, however, in their favor is that they have rowed in her before, so that it will not appear like get- ting into a new boat. | PRACTICE WORK, All the crews were out this morning taking their practice, The day was terribly hot, not a breeze was stirring and the water was as smooth as glass, The Philadelphia boys attracted considerable attention by their clean work and quick, nervous stroke. It lacked neither life nor strength apparently; the men all swung together and in good form. They are in the same heat with the Beaverwycks and Argonautas, and ifthey “get away’? with these two crews their chances for bringing a cup home are good. The Friendship crew, of New York, were out in the morning, with Phil Biglin pulling at No. 2 in place of the other member of the crew, who was taken sick last Saturday, and who is now taking a rest, In all probability he will not again take his seat in the boat until he gets in torow the race. The Ata- lantas went out twice this forenoon, to compensate, as it were, for the loss of yesterday's work. They are rowing strongly, but lack unity in stroke and recover. They cannot be looked upon as rowing in good for m. Each man in the boat soems to pull a differont stroke. Eustis sets them good work, but they appear to act upon the suggestion of “Got her through tho water ax best you can, boys.” And thoy do, The Beaverwycks and the Mutuals were not out this morning on the Laureate course. There is little fear of their missing their fore noon practice, and in all probability they did their work below the dam over their own course. HOUR OF THE REGATTA. The time fixed for the races to commence is at half- past two o'clock. As there are six races on the first day, it would have been much better if the hour named was earlier, Any delay in getting the men into position will throw the last of the races mto the shades of even- ing—a decidedly bad arrangement, Boat racing on @ crowded river is bad enough in daylight, but to attempt it at dusk will play the very mischief, The following is the order of races for the first day, with the positions oc eupied by the boats, numbering one on the east shore;— VIRST HEAT YOR ¥OUR, 1, Atalantas, 2 Friendships. 3 Mutuals. BRCOND MEAT YOR POURS. 1, Beaverwycks, 2 Quaker City, %& Argonautas, TRIAL MEATS YOR SINGLNS—PIRST, 1 Young. 2 Riley. 3. Randall. 4 Ackerman, SECOND TRIAL HkAT. 1, Orr. 2 Lathrop. 3. Maxwell. THIRD TRIAL HEAT. 1. Courtney. 2 Roache. 3 Bainbridge PAIR-OARED RACK. 1. Beaverwycks. 2 Argonautas ‘THE SROOND Day's RACING will embrace the final heat for fours and singh 4 Ackerman. and In the last named race the will be only three coutestants—the Neptunes, Beaver- wycks and Union Springs; the Potornac not being in condition to row will not be in. Their positions will be | in the order written, comsencing with the Neptunos at No, 1, off the east shore, PROSPECTS. If the weather is fine and the water smooth, and the chances are in favor of both, the regatta promises to pass off very successfully, RACING AT HARTFORD. Daring to-day and the three following days the second annual meeting of the Connecticut Stockbreeders’ Asso- ciation will take place at Charter Oak Park, Hartford. Premiums to the amount of $40,000 are offered to the successful horses in the several racing events, and the entries contain the bames of many fast running and trotting horses, which will insure good sport, Im ad- dition there will be on Thursday an auction sale of pure bred stock, co tawold sheep, Ayrshire cattle and horses, (A large attendance is anticipated THE CASK OF CHARLEY Ross. WESTERVELT PLACED ON TRIAL IN PHILA+ DELPHIA FOR COMPLICITY IN THE XKIDNAP- PING—THE PROCEEDINGS—TOUCHING SCENE IN COURT-—GREAT INTEREST IN THE CASE. e PurLapyiraia, August 90, 1875. District Attorney Sheppard has put off the trial of securing futher evidence to throw light on the dreadful mystery of Charley Koss. He was obliged to proceed to trial to-day, however, under an old law which demands the release of a prisoner if he lies in jail without trial for more than two terms of the Court. Westervelt 1s the brother-in-law of William Mosher, alias William Henderson, the burglar who was killed at Bay Ridge on the 4th of December, 1874, and he is Jointly indicted with his wife, Mary Mosher Westervelt, for complicity in the abduction and concealment of the boy, At ten o'clock to-day Westervelt was brought into the Court of Quarter Ses- sions before Judge Kleock, presiding, and his trial began, The never ceasing mterest which the people of this city take in this sad case had drawn a large erowd into the close room, and the prisoner surveyed the throng with haggard features as he was brought in. He has been four mouths tn close confinement in Moyamen- sing prisen, and he looks like a strong man broken by constraint. He is about forty years of age, of middle height, has a grizzled full black beard, of strong frame and an unpleasant face, of a Jewish mould somewhat, THE CASE CALLED. Immediately after the calling of the case Mr, Joseph T. Ford, counsel for the accused, asked what had been doue with his application for # bill of particulars before Judge Pratt, and was informed by Assistant District Attorney Hogert that the rule had been discharged. It did not appear on the record, and Judge Eleock ordered That it be entered. Mr. Ford then read the affidavit of the prisoner and what is te: tir lly called the “suggestion of death” of William ‘i ver, allas Henderson, and John Douglass, alias J jurk, and the identification of their bodies at Bay i.e by the prisoner on the 14th December last. Cy vusel said that they were codefendants on the indictny 4: aud he desired to have the record correct. Distrc Attorney Sheppard informed Mr, Ford that the persons alluded to had not been indicted, Mr. Ford replied that they had and that their names ap- peared in the indictment jointly with his client. The prosecution disputed this, but the suggestion was fled, Mr. Ford then called attention to the absence from the back of the indictment of the name of the prosecu- tor, cited the section of the Criminal Code infringed thereby, aud demanded such indersement. Mr. Hogert replied that tho indictment was what 1 known as ee es Attorney's bill, sent to the Grand Jury upon @is oificial responsibility, aud that no tn- dorsement was in such case necessary. Judge Eleock so decided. A SCENE IN COURT. Suddenly at this ume there was a commotion in the court room, and Mrs. Westervelt, the prisoner's wite, accompanied by their two children, a little boy of six and a girl of eight years, came quickly into the room. The wile ran to the dock and threw herself into her husband's arms, bursting into tears and kissing him affectionately. The prisoner manifested much emotion and caressed his wife and children tenderly, Seats were furnished them in front of the dock, and through- out the day they remained by the side of the accused man. : A PAITUPUL WIPE. After the sensation that followed the scene had some- what subsided Mr, Ford rose and said;—May it please the Court, Mr. Westervelt being about to be arraigned, his wife jointly indicted with hun, now presents herself voluntarily and asks to be tried with him, Mr. Hogert replied that this was the first time Mary Westervelt had been within the jurisdiction of the Court, und her appearance was a surprise to them, The District Attorney was not prepared to try her. Mr. Brown, of counsel for the prisoner, said, that he had notitied the District Attorney, and he repeated the demand that she should be cither tried or discharged, Judge Elcock said that if the District Attorney was not’ready he did not see how she could be tried, further arguinept on both sides Judge Eleock decided that the trial of Westervelt should proceed alone, The prisoner was then arraigned and pleaded not guilty, The work of securing a jury being then pro- ceeded with, a panel was obtained without much diff. culty. The following were chosen:— THE JURY. Elijah Hammond, brickmaker, No, 2,017 Federal street. Peter Dildine, grocer, No, 319 Fairmount avenue. Edward R. Wiluams, carpenter, No, 1,809 North Tenth street, John Buckley, blacksmith, No. 411 South Twentioth street, William Price, merchant, Franklin street, Twenty- second ward. Morris Aal, gentleman, No. 914 South Seventh street. Samuel Kessler, manufacturer, No. 2,030 Pemberton street, John Hasson, carpenter, Abbotsford. Benjamin H. Brayrian, chuirmaker, No, 22 South street, John B. Gross, tobacconist, No. 1,546 Frankford road. Edward K. Shelmerdine, clerk, No. 832 South Tenth street. Jacob Herner, manufacturer, No. 972 North Sixth street, ‘An adjournment until one o'clock was here ordered. ‘The District Attorney wanted to adjourn until to-mor- row, but Mr, Ford’s strenuous opposition gained the day, OPENING THE CASE, On the reassembling Mr. Hagert opened the case for the Commonwealth, He told tue twice-told tale of the Kidnapping, and accused Westervelt of knowing the movements of his brother-in-law. The following sen- show what the prosecution will ende; —"Westervelt put himself in communi with the police authorities of New York, and professed to desire to assist them in the recovery of the child, He was from that time until the death of Mosher and Douglass almost every day in their company, giving them information of the movements of their pursuers, thwarting the police and deceiving them, when he could have given such information as would at once have led to the arrest of both Douglass aud Mosher, On one occasion, when Mosher, Douglass and Westervelt hui yone from New York to Rondout to commit a burglary, the three posted a leter from Rondout to Mr. Ross, saying that unless the sum ‘of $20,000 was paid to them his son’s life would be taken. Mr, Ross failing to meet the appointment these men wanted him to make, they desired to change their plan, and one night in December, at the house where Douglass lived, these three men held # consulta- tion, and it was suggested that one of them should go to Europe and wrie aletter wo Mr, Ross from there, They were to meet again within two or three days, but in the interval Mosher and Douglass were shot at’ Bay Ridge while attempting to rob the residence of Judge Van Brunt. Had this man Westervelt upon leaving the house of Douglass, after that last interview, gone tu the police authorities’ and given them that “information which would have led to the arrest ot Douglass aud Mosher, they would not have been now in bloody graves, but would to-day have been in this court, answer- ing for this crime, and little Charley Ross would have been restored to his parents, The child iw yet in the custody of these men or ir friends, or he is dead, Certainly, when the burglars met their’ death at Bay Ridge (he conspiracy into which this prisoner had en- tered wus in full force, and the child was then de- tuined ulive by them, He had been in wt from the first, | and if the uliegations of this prosecution were estab: ished the prisoner was as guilty of the kidnapping as the mew who were slain at Gay itidge.”” MK. KOSS ON THR STAND, At the conclusion of the prosecutor's opening Mr. Christian K. Ross, the suiforing father of the lost child, Was culled to the stand. The time for adjournment ar- rived before he had reached any matters worthy of note, his preliminary statements merely repeating the little that is known in the tamiliar story of the tragedy. He will resume his testimony to-morrow movuing. The prisoner's counsel will this morning insist that the Dis- Wict Attorney be requested to choose one count inthe indictment on which w wy Westerveilt. TUK WITXESSES. The young men who killed Mosher and Douglass, and other residents of Bay Ridge, have arrived and will soon be examined The secret letters of the abductors, | about which there has been so much mystery, will also De offered in evidence. Among other witnesses to be examined are Walter L, Ross, brother of Charley, and who wus with hia when stolen; William V. McKean, managing editor of the Public Ledger; rge W. | Walling, Superintendent of the New York police; Cap- tain Helus, lute in charge of the detective departmen of this city; Captain Charles W. Ward, late « detective m this city; Francis D, Lewis, ap uucle of Charley Ross and brother of Mrs, Ro: The oificers whose names have been mentioned are those who were enyaged im investigating the case, aud Messrs. McKean ana Lewis assisted them, expeuding Jarge sums of mouey, and being acquainted With all the details of the case, REQUIEM FOR FATHER M’KENNA. A solemn requiem mass was celebrated yesterday in | St. Audrew’s church over the remains of the Rev, | Laurenco McKenna, of Croton Falls, who died at the residence of Father McGuire, in Irvington, New York, The Rey. Father Curran officiated as celebrant; Father McCreary, of St. Stephen's, as deacon; the Rev, Kd- wart J. Flypn as sub-deacou, and Father Kearney as muster of Ceremonies, ‘Yhe church was draped in mourning, and there was a large congregation in attendance, Un the leit were a e number of clergymen and friends of tue deceased, aud | | on the right sat the orphans ol Prince Street Ruman Catholic Orphan Asylum. Au cioquent funeral sermon was preached by Vicar | General Quinn, | The body wall be interred in Calvary Cemetery. | EDITORIAL TRAVELLERS. On the 1st of next month the Texas Press Association will start on an excursion whieh will bring them as far North as this elty, The party wil number about sey. enty-five ladies and gentlemen. They will come North through St, Louis, Chicago wud Butlalo, wud return by Philadelpuia, Ae ington, Richmond be ies edge route whieh wi ‘@ thom a good opportunity e | toa anf resources of @ large portion of the jaiom, William Westervelt as tong us possible, in the hope of | Detective Sellick, of New York, aud | | mall coaches THE HERALD LIGHTNING TRAIN. NEN (TH AND LAST TRIP TO NIAGARA FALLS—SUC- CESSFUL TERMINATION OF A GREAT ENTER- PRISE. The Hewaxp lightning express train made its ninth and last trip to Niagara Falls and Suspension Bridge on Sunday last, under circumstances of more than ordi- nary interest, the people along the line of the New York Central Railroad seeming to be disposed to make the occasion memorable by an ovation in honor of the train aud the representatives of the railroad being evidently impressed with the idea that they should outdo all their previous efforts, The clock in a neighboring church tower chimed out the half hour past two in the morning when the wagon, containing many thousand copies of the Sunday Hrnatp, drove into the Grand Central Depot, and nimble and ready hands soon transferred them to the baggage car, where the folders were in readiness to recetvo them. Above was a clear, starry sky; around, the myriad lights of the great city. Engine No, 84, Arclje Buchanan in charge, was apparently in a state of great excitement, puffing away and whistling a warning to late-comers, like an impatient steed eagor for the signal to start. There were two passenger cars, a Wagner drawing-room coach, and the baggage car in which the papers were stowed away. So great was the demand for tickets for this trip that {t was found im. possible to supply all who applied; for * standing-room only,” although allowable in a theatre, would scarcely be agreeable when travelling at the rate of sixty miles an hour. Representatives of twenty-two New York and Brooklyn journals, who were invited by the gentle- man in charge of the train, were promptly on hand, and Dr. Moshier, of the Health Office, was also there with many amusing anecdotes. y Tho engine whistled a farewellas the lantern of the conductor was swung on the platform as a signal to start, tho snorting iron steed rushed through the Fourth avenue tunnels, gathering fresh spirit and in- creasing in speed every moment until the long line of gas lamps, as we neared Harlem Bridge, seemed to be blended into one ray of light. The clock on the engine indicated that seventeen minutes sufficed to go from the Grand Central Depot to Spuyten Duyvil Creek, and the speed of the train was still being gradually in- creased, Through tunnels and rock cuts and over bridges and trestle work the black steed, throbbing with the force of the imprisoned giant that pulsated within its iron bosom, sending myriad sparks from its smoke stack and illuming the track ahead with its bright lantern, on rushed the train, the stations, miles apart, appearing to be brought into close neighborhood: Bundles of Heratps were dropped at each station with a dexterity that can only be acquired by long practice. At last a speed of sixty-five miles an hour was attained, and when the first stop was made at Poughkeepsie, seven minutes ahead of time, Archie Buchanan and his engine received the congratulations of the passengers, who realized in the fullest sense of the word the mean- ing of “rapid transit.” Arthur Irish, with engine No, 20, made a magnificent ran from Poughkeepsie to Al bany, and Rueben Allen, with 280, reached Syracuse in due time. At Schenectady a number of passengers left the train for Saratoga, HeRavp stages being in readiness to con- vey them across the country to the American Spa, James Wood, with the acknowledged prince of engines, No. 110, took commalid at Syra- cuse, and although he lef that city nineteen minutes behind time, he soon made it up, and reached Buffalo at 12:50, running, during some portions of the route, over a mile a minute, From Buffalo to Suspen- sion Bridge, Engineer Clarke did some tall running, ar- riving at the Falls at 1:30 P, M. At every station the train was ahead of its schedule time, and not a single mishap occurred to mar the pleasure of the trip, The scenes along the road were very exciting, thousands of people lining the track to see the Heratp train flash by for the last time, Now and then a cheer from the admiring crowds was borne to the ears of those on the train, and from many a win- dow handkerchiefs were waved by fair hands. A very large proportion of the passengers were ladies, and they seemed to enjoy the novelty and excitement of the trip with keen relish, Too much praise cannot be given to the officials of the Hud- son River and New York Central railroads for their efforts towards making the Herp train a suc- cess. Mr. William H. Vanderbilt, Vice President, and Mr. J. M. Toucey, General Superintendent, spared no pains in placing on the road every Sunday the best ma- terials at their disposal’: The®crack engines and most experienced engineers of the line were selected and en- tire safety as well as speed was assured, The steel rails of Woth roads—Hudson River and New York Central— bore the lightning train without a single mishap for nine Sundays. Mr. George W. Burroughs, Superintendent of the Western divi , and Mr, Tillinghast, Superintend- ent of the Easter division, also contributed much to- ward the success of the enterprise, Mr, Norman L, Wagner placed ove of his palace cars at the disposal of the Hxnatp on Sunday last, The rolling stock on every division 18 of the best kind and can scarcely be equalled in any part of the world. Before reaching Buffalo an informal meeting was held in the baggage car by the invited guests and many speeches were made, complimenting the Heraip on the success of its lightning train, A meeting of the jour- nalists also took place on Sunday evening, at the* International Hotel, Niagara Falls, at which similar resolutions were passed, also a vote of thanks for the pleasure and excitement afforded them during their eleven hours trip from New York to the Falls. Every one enjoyed the trip to the fullest extent and re- gretted only that it was the last of the season. THE ENTERPRISE OF THE HERALD. [From the New Yorker Journal, August 30, 1875.] ‘We have before now repeatedly called attention to the fact that the Heranp occupies the most prominent position of all tie daily papers in the world by reason of its brilliant enterprise. With characteristic modesty it rarely calls attention to the good work it has done in promoting the general welfare and progress of news- papers. We avail ourselves, therefore, as a repro- sentative German paper, of the opportunity before us to sound its well earned praise, This opportunity is furnished by its “lightning trains,” the last of which was despatched yesterday from this city to Niagara Falls in the incredibly short time of eleven hours. ‘The brilliant idea of sending extra “lightning trains,” at an enormous cost, to the most distant cities of this State, simply to accommodate the readers of his paper, could only have originated in the braim of such an enterprising man as James Gordon Bennett. Woe feel sure that the Postmaster General, when he gets his projected lightning mail trains to the ‘West in working order, will acknowledge that Mr. Bennett was the first in the field with his praise- worthy effort at rapid transit. Should he not ac- knowledge the obligation he would conjure up against himself a very storm of indignation, as so intelligent and discriminating a people az the American is ready to endure anything rather than a slur upon distinguished merit. Furthermore, the public have grown to be proud of the Heratp, for they know that at the very point where the enterprise of the other papers ceases ‘that of the Heratp may be said only to begin, No other paper pays sucli fabulous sums for news by tele- gram or by post as the Heratp, Events scarcely born from the womb of time are found next morning fully developed, baptized, nay, even confirmed, in this “newspaper of newspapers;”” and even men in the | busine old hack journalists, who certainly ought to know how it is done, ask themselves, as they read its latest cablegrains, which as arule no other paper has, whence it has obtained so interesting and valuable a “bit of news.”’ The staff of the Heracp holds the same relationship to the personnel of the other papors as tho “lightning trains’? of our day to the old in which our poor grandfathers and grandmothers had to travel. The Seventh regiment is acknowledged to be one of the most majestic in the | world; it would be thrown entirely into the shade if Mr. Bennett's stalf were to march out in its full strength, The high order of intelligence which characterizes the whole staff of the Henao has exercised a most excel- lent and wonderful effect upon the compositors of the aper, Who are enabled to set in type in the German guage telegrams and correspondence with the same | ¢ase aud rapidity as if they were in their own language. By means of \ts special telegrams from Germany the HERALD has surpassed even the richest and most widely circulated of the German-American papers. No wonder it isso emine y popular among ail Germans, The better class of German-American papers have repeat- ci ntion to the fact press in the untry” not active enough; that its cable de- itches are tov meagre and that it frequently reports | L evonts as late as eight days alter they have | wd. A thorough reiorm i, therefore, much by them, und we wish we could prevail upon Weuned to send some members of the stuif of the Hagan to Germ: ens the descendants of Her- aoe the Oheruskead proper way to publiah news. XO MONOPOLY OP TELEGRAPHS, The Atlantic and Pacific Wires Not Yet Trans- ferred to the Western Union. A LEGAL’ PROVISION IN ‘THE WAY. President Cohen, of the National ‘Telegraph Company, on His Way East to Bid for the Line, No actual transfer las yot been made of the lines of the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company to the Western Union, nor can such # transfer be made until September 10, The efiort to depreciate the value and importance of the Atlantic and Pacitic Telegraph Com- pany for the purpose of inducing the stockholders to aceept such consideration as the Western Union people please to pay for the lines is likely to fall through. The Atlantic and Pacific lines are working well, and there ts still a probability that the National Telegraph Company, recently organized in California, will become the own- ers or lessees thereof. Mr. A. A, Cohen, a gentle- man of wealth and position in San Francisco, and the President of that company, is now on his way here to buy the Atlantic and Pacific Company’s lines, He 1s prepared to make such terms as will be agreeable to all parties interested, and the Natioual Company promises that the tariff will then be reduced between San Fran-_ cisco and New York to $1 per ten words and under, and 15 cents additional per word after ten words, The tariff is now $2 50 for ten words, and 17 cents per word after ten words. Should the Western Union Company succeed in getting control of the Atlantic and Pacifle lines, it is understood the rates will be raised to $5 per ten words, and 35 cents per word after ten words, The ‘Western Union managers are trying to make the publi¢ and the stockholders of the Atlantic and Pacific Com- pany believe that the National Telegraph Company is a myth; but the story will not hold good, The National Company {s a bond fide institution, representing a cash capital of $25,000,000, and incorporated under the laws of the State. The following is the certificate of the Secretary of State giving the terms of incorporation, and showing that the provisions of the civil code of the State have been fully complied with:— Stare oF CALIFORNIA, DePantMeNt oF STATE, SackaMENTO, and Y, 1875. I, Drury Melpne, Secretary of the State of Califor hereby certify that @ copy of articles of incorporation w: filed in this of arsuant to [pec eriyt of the eivil code, on the Sth day of duly, A. D. 1873, containing the following statement of facts :— Firet—That the name of the eorporation is the National ‘e scrap ‘Company. ‘Second—That the purpose for which it ix formed is. the con- struction and maintenance of a system of telegraph lines ta of the United States and Canada, place where its principal business is to be re acted is in the city and county of San Francisco, Cali- " ru Fourth—The term for which it is to exist is fifty years. Fifth—The number of its directors or tri es is seven, and the names and residences of those who are jointed to until the election and qualification of other: Reese, residence San ‘tateo county: Ce residence San Francisco; James residence Franciseo; Faxon D. Atherton, residence San Mateo count} William Sharon, residence Virginia City, Nevada; William Burling, resid ; Alfred A. Cohen, real- county, Sixth—The amount of its capital stock 1s $25,000,000 and the number of shares into which. it is divided. is 250,000, Serenth—The amount of capital stock actually subscribed is $7,500,000, being $100 for each and every mile of said con- templated telegraph Hines, Also the following other facts :— First—That the kind of line intended to be constructed is a common telegraph line. Second — Shak the place from which and to which it is in- tended to run is San’ and New York, and it is in- tended to connect with these lines all the principal cities of the United States and Canada, Third—That the estimated length of the lines is 75,000 miles. Fourth-—That at leaat ten per cont of the capital stock scribed has been paid in to the treasurer of the corporati and that the person: and thete associates und assigns ure a body politic ates porate by the name above designated. ‘Witness my hand and the great seal of the State Office, in the city of Sacramento, Cul., the 9th day of July, A. D. 1875. DRURY MELONE, Secretary of State. An affirmative vote of three-fourths of the stock- holders of the Atlanticand Pacific Company will be necessary to carry into effect the plan suggested by the Western Union committee last Tuesday, and the law requires thirty days advertising to the stockholders before a lease or sale can be effected. The Conterence Committee consisted of ex-Governor Morgan, Mr, Durkee and Mr. Frank Worth, on the part of the West- ern Union Telegraphic Company, and Messrs, Sidne; Dillon and J. A. Syms representing the Atlantic Pacitic Telegraphic Company. Mr. Syms objected t the whole proceeding, and would not countenance the propositions made by the Western Union managers, which were as follows:—That the Western Union Company should take the lhmnes of the Atlantic, and ‘acuic Company and pay for them $2,500,000, 25 per cent of this sum to be in cash, the rest remaining on interest at the rate of percent. Mr. Syms is the First Vice President of the Atlantic and Pacific Company und thinks they can get more money for their Property, The Western Union managers have given the public to understand that the National Company does not exist, but despatches from San Francisco say that upon Mr, Cohen’s arrival here he will prove that it does exist and some ricli developments arcexpected. Mr. Orton is too shrewd a financier to talk. He is playing for a large stake, and, with Jay Gould “at his “back, he expects ‘to it. bat it remains to be seen whether his tact or Mr. Cohen’t money will win the day, In regard to the Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Company no dividends have ever been paid by the Western Union, When the line was absorbed by that monopoly its managers agreed. to give to the Pacifle and Atlantic stockholders two and a half per cent of the net earnings of the lines, but a penny of it has never yet been paid; and the reason given by the Western Union managers is that the lines of the Atlantic and Pacifi¢ were in such a bad condition that they had to expend a large amount of money to put them in or- der. If they should get the Atlantic and Pacific lines what excuse will they make for not paying the seven per cent interest on the deferred purchase price? For it is a well known fact that the lines of the Atlantic and Pacific. Company are in as good condition at are those of the great monopoly. The National Com pany have made a bona fide offer to buy the wires of the ‘Atlantic and Pacitic Company, or the controlling interest in thecompany; and it furthermore offers to duplicate the wires of the Western Union Company as soon as they can be built. The Conference Committee, on the Wes- ion Company's side, are hurrying up this matter as fust as they can, because they wish to gobble up the line before Mr. Cohen can get here, but the legal re- quirement of thirty days’ advertising ‘blocks the game, and Mr. Orton may yet find that the Western Union cannot control all the wires in the country. Those interested in the Western Union are trying hard te create the idea that the Atlantic and Pacific Company it insolvent, but the facts do not justify the statement. It has been doimg a good business all along, has built new lines from Philadelphia to Pittsburg and from Buffalo to Niagara Fails, and they are all in good con- dition. Atthe meeting of the Joint Committee held last Tuesday it was well understood that Mr. Cohen wag on his way here to endeavor to amalgamate the AUanti¢ and Pacitic with his own association, and this move on the part of the Western Union is simply a plece of strategy to capture the Atlantic and Pacific lines before Mr. Cohen can get his proposition fairly placed before the officers and stockholders of the Atlantic and Pacific Company. Much indignation {s felt in regard to the matter and Mr. Syms asserts that be will not allow the bylaws of his company to be thrown aside, but will see that they are carried oat to the letter, and so, at least for a few days, the Atlantic and Pacific Company will still exist as a corporation, LARGE FIRE IN WESTCHESTER. San Franci Shortly after two o’clock yesterday morning fire broke out in the business portion of New Rochelle, ‘Westchester county, which, before being extinguished, occasioned losses amounting in the aggregate to about $50,000. When first discovered the flames appeared t¢ proceed from a small two story frame building used by Jamos Watson as a carpet weaving room, closely ad joining other structures composed of like material and located on the corner of Main street and Centre avenue, As the village possesses a very meagre Fire Department the flames quickly extended to the large grocery store of George Ferguson & Co., which was | speedily destroyed. The shoe store of C. Burns next caught fire and was consumed'in @ short time,“as was hry the dry goods store of KE. 0. Clarke, and the drinking saloon of T. W. Murray, This latter building was owned by Alvah Higgins, ‘As it was deemed impossible to save the drug store of William RB. Humphrey the Chief of the Fire Depart. ment ordered its destruction by gunpowder, as the only means of | ng bao a further spreading of the flames. ‘This timely precaution doubtless saved the Le Roy House, a tolerably large hove! in the immediate vieinity. ‘Through the efforts of the flremon and other citizens, why turned out in considerable numbers, tire was prevented from extending across Main street, otherwise the distruction of property would haye been much larger. The losses aro but partial; coverod by insurance, only a fraction of which wil have to be borne by the local insurance company, It Ll egeigm believed that the fire was of incendiary origin. FIRE IN JERSEY CITY. Yesterday morning about half-past three o'clock as explosion occurred in one of the buildings on Dey street Jersey City, occupied by the Messra, Avthony Brothers of New York, for the manufacture of photography inateriils, Before the fre companies arrived sovera other explosions followed, and within half au hour tie factory was destroyed, loss is estimated ut $)0,000 on Which there is no insurance, The urigia of the an t, hot knows, but it le atttibuted to speutaneous emp