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4 ———— and models, but being allowird ono m termine upon ‘iotailsof structure and to be built we have not yet decided u, consiruction. We have been attended persons who presented their views | ——- oth mtr tode- | the higid of road yon any plans of uemmber of selec tion of & foute or soutes, Int UA. them them some whose interests a Por to require protests. agaist, hi ne pre Of certain streets und avenues: |W ‘tow as under scribed by law we lave select othe great all the cireumstances, seemed to ms 10 unit D least injury veneral public with the toes siaasons ‘and most chances for enlisting the con ce of capltat utes of our proceedings, a printe. 1 ¢ opy of hi "4 ceompinies this report, will inform , You more pavars q the imvestigations . wd dts. cornin ‘ ch have taken place; and appended bi ‘Teto lutions, which give an exa,7% ites fixed and determined by vas ac jar Cussions whi are copies of the ignation of the ro cording to law. The fourth section of the Rapid Transit act gives to | ite. OF sive authority to locate the Board © " titan of a steain railway of railways over, wide". Through or across all streets or places. exewpe ewrtal 0 erein named, and public parks. —— ‘avenues 80 forbidden to us, which have bees herevofore legally designated for routes of suv rai ways, aro Hroadway and Fifth avenue, below Fitty. ninth street, and Fourth avenue, above Forty-seconw oct. We were met at the onset by the facts that oen- tain of the MOST IMPORTANT AND AVAILABLE STREETS 4 for the location of such roads were already designated), and by Jaw appropriated to one or the other of twor companies, known respectively as the Gilbert Elevate! Railway Company and the New York Elevated Raitrow: | Company; and that those streets could not be evaulerb ‘of by us except by consent of the companies alfec ‘The law also provides that no new railway shall be | operated or constructed in a street, even after location | by this Board, except upon the previous consent of the local authorities haying control of the streets, or such portion whereof as was intended to be occupied; and aiso the consent of the owners of one-half in value of all the property bordering on such streets, or of the Supreme Court, i | ofthe section referred to gave rise to language doubts as to whether such consents must not be ob- | signation of streets u by this Board prior to any ve of whethor ‘tuat consent would be in time if fiven only prior to the actual constraction of the rail- ways. Beivg desirous TO AVOID KVERY TRCKNICAL, ODsECTION ‘ to our action, we thought it prudent to apply through ‘on to the Common Council in advance of amy selection by ‘us of rontes (which selection, as we were advised, epnstituted the legal location which we were by law directed to make), and, accordingly, we requested you, on our behalf, toask the Common Council for the pas- t sage of a resolution in the terms of the statute, gyri us the same liberty which was given by the Legisiature to inake our selection freely and at large from alk streets and avenues Which might seem to us appropt’- a We desired this permission also in advance of the se- lection, since all the time permitted to us by law was’ required to form a sound judgment, and because we might, even at the last day, tind reasons for making changes in routes already contemplated. It was: evi- | dent that great difference of opinion might be enter- ‘ined on this question, and that, if our specitic selec tion of streets was necessarily to be subtuitted to dis- | tussion and veto by still another official body, after we | should have acted, it might happen that such differ. | ences would prove irreconcilable, und that nothing | for the accommodation | would be finally gained of the people. We are now officmily imiormed that the Common Council, after full consideration of pur request, hes thought it not consistent with their dense of duties to allow us the larger liberty which we | thought would have been conducive to the public good, | ‘and have requested to be notified of specific locations as soon ax made. We have to ask, therefore, that you | will comsnunicate to that body the result of our Rction, and request from them their consent in the manner provided by Jaw to the location, construction and operation of steam railways over, upon, along, ‘across or under the streets, avenues and places, and each of them fixed and determined by us for routes of such railways, In view of the danger that DIFFERENCES OF OPINION, f which may honestly exist between the Common Council ud ourselves, might lead to a total failure to establish any legal route, we have, upon receiving their commu- nication, been ‘in a degree practically shut upto the consideration of routes for the use of which municipal Ponsent is not necessary, aud have been correspond- ingly shut out from consideration of other routes, the merits of which and the high respectability ofthe parties proposing to build upon them commended them strongly | to tavorable judgment. We have, therefore, adopte routes which throughout neariy,’ though dheir entire extent may, under the conditions of the daw hercin explained, be occupied by the New York Ele- vated Railroad Company or the Gilbert Elevated Rail- way Company without consent of either local authori ties or property owners. In the cases of the two com- panies above mentioned existing chartered rights, conlerred prior to the adoption of the recent amend- ments to the constitution, | and unesl bi PERMITTKD THEM TO BUILD upon certain important streets. Rapid Transit act provides that whenever any route determined upon by this Board shall coincide with the Toute or routes of an existing railway company, such company may, upon compliance with requirements and conditions to’ be imposed by us, have the first | Fight to build upof routes then owned by them the structure prescribed by us. The latter part of the sec- tion also authorizes this Board to fix and determine rontes for connections between any existing elevated steam railways now in actual operation and ferries and other railways or depots thereot. tioned evidently refers to the one elevated st way in the city, belonging to the New York Railroad Company. railway over, along, upon or across Broadway or Fitth uvenue, below =‘ Fifty-ninth street, ef- fectually prevents us, periaps, from making the most important connection needed by that road— viz, with the Grand Centrai depot, at Forty-second Street—-by any short route, and at any rate the doubt as to that route of connection seems conelusi make the longer counection from the Battery’ terminus pf that road by way of streets ou tl city, connecting with South ferr Thirty Grand Central depot and the ferries on the Hariem River and stations on the New York and Harlem Rail- Toad. In making such connections section 36 provides that the railways therefor may be constructed subject only tosnch conditions of the amended constitution gs are applicable to such railways. The amendments Teferred to (section 18, art, 3, amended eoustitution) prohibit the Legislature from passing any act authoriz- Ing any strect railroad to be constructed or operated, except upon the condition that the consent of local Fulton ferry, authorities and property owners ig first ubtained. st ‘The term et railroad,” as we are advised, has a defininite iegul signiticance, distingtushing those ratl- ways in general use in streets of cities by means of borse power from those other railways, wherever focated, which are propelled by steam, and which are legally und technically known as street railways. Upon this distinction as to the meanin “street railroads” :t has been urged upon us that terms of the constitution relating to strec ds do not apply to elevated steam railways I of the New York Elevated Railroad, and that need not apply fer the constitutional consents in building lines of connection located by us. But, whether or fot the company must secure those consents before operating or constructing their connecting railways, we are advised that we are authorized to make such locations of connecticn for that company as seetn to us proper to serve THK CONVENIENCE OF THE Yentic, without the necessity on our part, prior to such loca- tion, of obtaining the consents above mentioned. © The exemption claimed for th ww York Blevated lroad Is, however, not understood to apply to any clevated Steam railways locateu by ue oth hau those which are connections for that company This distinction above referred to arices upon the terms of the act, by the fourth section of which it provided that for all railways originaily authorized by us, to be organized by us must iirst be obtamed the | eotioned consents. ‘This obligation, therefore, new railways of new companies ar force of the terma of the statute, solely witho from the amendments to the ‘constitution, Legislature, while speaking of such railways already built and in operation, does not repeat the 4 ditions above mentioned, except by a re ty the constitution itselt, and then only to the extent that such conditions of the constitution are by their aid own express terins applicable to such railroads. Thus two kinés of routes secured are open to ction and approved by us, viz. :— First—Routes existing before wary 1, 1875, and yhose within neither the statuie aul Second—Routes for ‘‘steam railways’? not covered by the legislative prohibition of the fourth section, nor ‘Within the terms of the constitution restricting legisia- lion as to otreet railroads, The routes of the two companies above me had been arranged and designated by other ( Sioners, apparnted av we were by legizlative av who, at the tine, were feze to locate routes accor’ their bost jadgment, After corsideriug the same ob fect, we are of opinion that those selections were well of the constitution; mae, and, though we think they might, in some Yeapeets, have been better, yet, upon the whole, they are likely to meet the approval of the greatest numucr of divinterested persons. These opinions, wo which we have come after careful and laborious study of the sub- lect during the past sixty days, - ity for w practical determination In themselves almost sufficient to de THY SELECTION OF THE which are heroby repor: 1% added ww (hese was nis and to bring us to 4 unannncus Iv is this:—During the past fifteen y ho subject has occupied the public attention to a g degree nh that of provwing means transit in this city, and yet, at tho passage of the Kap ‘Transit act, although humerous charters had granted by the Legiviature, it did not appear that, ex- eepting the road of the New York Elevated Railroad Company, any progress whatever had been made to- ward the desired result. The difficulty seems to have been, either that the plans proposed wore tos expensive ide us in favor of DUTRS, One other consider- © control our or ‘that the rouios sel were uot such && to induce capitalists to venture the investment, We Waerefore made it our first duty, as praceal mon, to wseertain from al! persons who solicited action favorable their views, either in the adoption of plans or in th Wlection of feutes, what means they possessed or wh pron existed for supposing that | aid obtain renuisite capital, With moxt of those to whom we bi ven bearings this question has proved unanswer In the case of the two companies named we were met with far and business-like explanations, and we have deen satistind that persons of suilicient wealth and of well known character are committed to the building hose roads, provided that certain existing sitticult wn be removed by the action of the board of Cominis- doners, Tn the case of THK GHMERT KLEVATED RAILWAY COMPANY, ihe route which it possessed, aud which could uot des- | not quite, | Section 86 of the | The clause last men- | The prohibition to us to locate any | yin favor | of that construction of the law which allowed us to | st side of the | rth street ferry and others, and reaching the | The | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1875.—TRIVLE SHEET. it was, in most respects, entirely sat- the structure which it admirable, and isfuctory to capitalists; but was required by its | that after three years of effort the company had been | to procure the money to erect it, That eom- the opinion that if by us, under y-sixth section, to build upon its route a sufficient for’ the public wants, but less than ‘that originally intended, it Would be to carry on the work. Having the “plans by which the two propose raise capital, and having pany wa: the thirt structure pstly bled investigated nies ely gentlemen Whose names were put forward as {at nishing the financial guarantoc, we were satistied that the location upon their chartered routes of ick | transit roads under this act, accompanied by the con- render success certain. | We are in the highect degree gratified to add that th | representatives of the two companies, having met to- gether, have entered into amicable arrangements to | are located in common by a union of their joint funds, uring double strength wo the common object With this explauation you will at once understand certain apparent anomalies in the routes selected y ; as, for instance, we have located w route trom the Battery to Uie Harlem River, prii the Third avenue aud the Bowery, 25 counee the New York Elevated Railroad Company; and | another from the Harlem River to the Batiery, by s | ond avenue, as a route coincident with that of’ the Gil- bert Elevated Railway Company. ‘That upon the Third avenue is located as @ connection between the Battery terminus of the New York Elevated Railroad and South ferry, Fulton ferry and Grand Centrai depot, and with Other ferries atid depots, and with railways in the northern and eastera parts of the eit made special locations of routes over the same grounds, under the fourth section of the act, wh charter to build was socostly | s personally conterred with and tnterrogated | - | thence over and across the Harlem River, cont litions above mentioned, would, humanly speaking, | anda ye also | to, be taken away from it by any action of ours, was | and Hartford Railroad Company, and from the intersec- | River; thence over and along t tion ‘Ossi along th East Forty-second street and Third avenue, it Forty-second street, hird avenue to East Ninety-second er, through and along East Ninety-second and ing with the Astoria ferry, and m the intersection of Third avenue and Kast Nin second street, crossing East Ninety-second street over, through and along Third avenue to Kast 129th street (there connectigg with the ferries having landings at or © the Harlem — Bridge); thence over, through and along East 129th street to the inter- section of Kast 129th street and the Harlem Rive over and along the Harl with the depot of the Portchester branch of : York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; and from the | intersection of Third avenue and East 129th street over Third avenue and over, through and a : | 129th street to Lexington avenue; thence over, thro and along Lexington avenue to River street and the | larlem River; thence over, through and along River st build certain important portions of their lines, which | and connecting with the railway of the New York and Harlem Railroad at Fourth avenue; \ WITH A BRANCH AND TURNOUT from the intersection of New Bowery and Chatham square, over, through, and along Chatham Chatham strect; thence over, through, and alon ham street to Park row; thence over, throu: ulong Park row to Tryon row (there to connect with the railway to be laid over the East River Bridge for cars to be operated or propelled by steam); thence over, through, and along or in front of and around Tryon row to the jsirk; thence along the park and over, through, and along Centre street to Park street; thence ov through and along Park street to Mott street, cross- jug over Mott street; thence over and through the block to Doyer street, crossing over Doyer street thease over’ om saiwenn the Maik Ga Pall sires, crossing over Pell street, over, through and along Pell street, and intersecting the route hereinbefore fixed and | distinguish thea from the already ‘existing chartered | determined; over, through and along the Bowery ; and { routes and “coanections” therewith, may be called ‘COMMISSION ROUTES." We havo taken this precwition in order that, should thers be any failure v inaintain these routes, under the special authority adove explained, as railway section of the law, they may hereafter be built as ‘sconpiection”’ roads by such companies as we may or- ;univa_under the gezieral provisions of the present }tupit Transit act, “It may nat be probable that roads in both the Second ani Third avenues will ve built a the saine tine, or. perhaps, as all; but various o sideragions persuaded us lo’ make the two location leaving it to the influence of principles and the competition to determine wich shonld be first built. Be fore amaking these locations, — however, — we required from cach of the two companies satisfactory bonds in the su: of $250,000 tor each company, the completion of their roads within certain periods tixed; and we also required their consent, by formal resolutions of their boards ol directors, to, among other | things, rates of tare specitied by ua, and to a system of trains to be run between the hours of half-past tive und } half-past seven o’clock A. M, and five and seven o'clock M.—special trains at half rates of fare, in order to of the companie accominodate that class of the population which desires | their duily vocations within those to go to end iro: | hours. These trains, sitnilar ‘to the trains which are | yun upon railways in England for the accommodation | of laboring people, at jow rates of fare, during certain hours, and known as “parliamentary” trams,” have, in the arrangement above referred to, been dis- tiaguished irom ordinary trains as “commission triuius”” We sincerely hope that they may serve the lovg suffering laboring population of this city, as we | have intended they should, in enabling them to place | their tamilies in salubrious and convenient homes, away | from the crowded tenement houses of theeity, but still with m convenient distance from the business by which their bread 1s gained. | follows:—On the east side of the city, for any dis- tance between the Sattery ana Fifty-ninth | Street, mot to exceed ten cents; for any distance not exceeding tive mil not to exceed ten cents; and not to exceed two cents ad- ditional for every additional mile or fraction of a mile in excess of a mile; but ne fare tor the entire distance (or for any part of it) from and between the Battery and the | Harlem River shall exceed fifteen cents; and no fare for | the encire distance (or any part. of’ it) from and | between the Battery and High Bridge shall exceed | seventeen cents |The fares on “COMMISSION TRAINS '? | and cars, being special trains to be run on the east side of the city from half-past five A. M. to and until half. | past seven A. M., and from five P, M. to and until seven P. M., at half the above rates, are to be, not to exceed five'cents, seven cents and eight cents for the above stat déstances respectivel, ‘On the west side of the city the fares are to be as fol- | lows or any distance from and between the Battery | and Fifty-ninta street, not to exceed ten cents; for any distance, nut exceeding five miles, not to exceed ten not to exceed two cents additional fi | cents; and for | every’ additional mile or fraction of a mile, And for “commission trains ”’ o cars to be run } on the west side of the city, from half-past five A. M. to past seven A. M M. to { and until seven P. M., the fares are to b aif the above rates. The times for th mpletion of the rail- | ways of the Giltert Elevated Railroad Company are as | follows:—A section of the line of that company, not | Jess than three miles in length, and running south from | -second street (on either side of the city as may tred by the company), is to be completed } Within ten months from October 1, 1875. The remainder } of the railways of that company is to be completed at | the rate of not less than tive miles in every twelve | months after the expiration of the ten months above | thene | mentioned. ‘The New York Elevated Railroad Company is to | compiete their connecting railways between the Bat- | tery and Fifty-ninth street before or by September 1, 1876, from Fitiy-niuth street to the Harlem River before Wy dune 1, 1377, and from Ninety-se mt | Ninth avenue to high Bridge beiore or by June 1, 1578. | Yhe bonds, the resolutions of the companies and | other p | relerence until the final adoption of plans of construc | Won and detinite settioment of conditions relating to them wil be retamed by us autil the completion of our ‘ork. They wili then be deposited im your olfice, be subject of the extension of rapid tran- sit routes into the wuewly annexed — dis- tricts (Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth — wards) i was duly cussed by the — Commissioners, | but it Was con ed advisable to defer the location of | routes there until # future commission may be ap | pointed for that purpose. The time and labor expended in laying out the routes to the Harlem River prevented | the Commissioners from giving thes jon to the ' routes i the annexed districts wi given cureumstance e that the law s another commission to be ap pointed at any time on the petition of fiity property owners, we have considered it proper to conine our attention to that part of the city upon Manhattan Jsiand. The routes lixed and deterinined by the Com- nuasioners connect with ail the existing steam railways in the annex cts, and will give rapid transit to that territor: and along railroads, Other routes to be, determined as required at a future time. We have been in | day of the last two months, There hay nt any meeting of the B four occasions, all tive of ‘the Com- sent. ether with entire harmony, and ich the routes 2 Unanimous. Uur next duty, under the law, is to consider THE NUMAROUS PLANS OF STRECTUR modeis and drawings, They have all killed and careful study and imvestiga- | tion of the well known civil engineers above named, When, aided by the advice of these gentlemen, we shall have decided » ns of structure suitable, un- der the eircumstane © routes selected, we Shall make that action a Subject of future report to Your Honor. Unti winch time we remai spect, your obedient ser gone U SEPH SELIGMAN, LEWIS B. BROWN, CH. DELAMATER, JORDAN L, MOTT, ©. J. CANDA, joners of Rapid Transit, conded by Mr. Brown, resolutions were upani- , 1875:— ated Railroad Company, Ihrectors, im meetng duly convened, and adopted « preambie and rin a communication from Leviapany to this Board of Commissioners addressed, and in te as follows, (The communication 12 he quoted at h). Now, the ration of 1 uke etipulations, eovenany ntsof the said the New York Hiev and 1m reliance upon and consid Juldiiment and performance by the sad th ailroud npany, its euece aid stipulations, Covenants, contracts an rd Of Commission That in pursuance of the powers and d upon us by chapter ¢ wa of te resol ration of the New York . of tix and dete the’ route or » New York Elevated Railroad, an Vated steam iway wow, and at the time at law senacted, in actual operation, may eor with s thereet, & tthe inters with 18 1 along the ed bail street; thence et to and eoneet- ue ferry jon of Whi and tte Whi Hitetail st Hw with the South ferry Staten Island ferry; and tro stree hitebail stre rani street to Front street; thence over, tlre at street to Coenties slip; thence E along and across Coentics shy to the interseetion of Coontics slip and Pearl street; thenee over, throw and along Vearl street to Hanover square through and along Hanover square and John street; thenee over, turongh and Viton © inte tt street and Burling slip to over, along and xeross South street to aud connecting with the Fulton ry; and from the inte jon of Ji street and Pearl street ossing John stre over, through and along Pearl streev and Franklin square to New lowe thence over, through and along yw Bow ery and Chathar »' ty the Bowery; thenes over, through and along y tothe Third avenue; 4 Third avenue to Bas the over, thro Thirty -tourth street; th ver, through and alow, Kast Thirty fourth street to and connecting th tae ‘Thirty ireet ferry, end trom the intersection of Kast Thiety-fourth street and Third avenue, erorsing Kast ‘Vhirty-tourth street over, through and along Third avenue to Bast Forty-secoud street, thence over, through and = along — Forty-second aivect to and across Fourth avenue to and conneeting with the depot known as the “Grand Central,” occupied by the New York Gentral and Hud son River Kuiiroal Company, the New York and Hu | tem Railroad Company, and the New York, Now Mayen ‘scomeiding” | or “connecting” railways, under the 36th orainary business | for | | tofore ascertained, d | with a “siding” for a turn around, commencing at the | intersection of Coenties slip and Water street; thence over, through and along Water strect to Whitehall street; thet over, through and along Whitehall street to and intersecting the route hereinbefore fixed and de- | termined at the intersection of Front street and White- hall street, and also a route of connection beginning at the intersection of Ninth avenue and West sine! second street, ever, through and along West Ninety second street and Eighth avenue, thence over, through and along Eighth avenue to River street and the Har- lem River, thence over, through and along River street and over and along the Harlem River, over and crossing the Harlem River at or near the High Brid to, connecting with, the New York, Boston and Montreal Railroad, or the depot thereof, and to and connecting with the Spayten Duyvil and Port Morris Railroad or the depot thereof, betore fixed and determined crosses a street, avenue, place or lands, such route includes, and is intended to include, and siiall be deemed. to inelade, such crossing and so inuch of said street, avenue, place or lands as is there crossed, so as to allow and enable the construc. tion of contiauous and connected lines of railway along the route so crossing. THE GILBERT COMPANY'S ROUTE. On motion of Mr. Canda, seconded by Mr. Brown, the following preamble and Fesolution were unanimously adopted, September 2, 1875 Whereas the Gilbert Elevated Railway Company, by its Board of Directors in meeting duly convened, has taken proceedings and adopted a preamble and resolutions, which appear in a communication from said company to this Board of Commissioners, addressed and in terms as. follows. (The communication referred to 1s here quoted at length.) Now said stipulations, covenants, contracts and agreements of the said the Gilbert Elevated Railroad Company, and in reliance upon and in consideration of the fulfiment and ‘The rates of fare tixed are as performance by the said Gilbert Elevated Railway Com- pany, its successors and assigns, of said stipulations, covenants, contracts and agreements, each and every one of them, it is hereby, by this Board of Commis- sioners, Resolved, That in pursuance of the powers conferred upon us by chapter 606, Laws of 1875, we do hereby fix and determine upon the route or routes of a steam rail- way or railways, in the city of New York, as follow: Beginning on the south shore of the Harlem River, at Kingsbridge, and proceeding thence by a route the same as and coincident with the route and routes here- gnated and established by the Gilbert Elevated Railway Company, under and pursuant to chapter $85 of Laws of 1872, chapter 837 of Laws of 1873, and chapter 275 of Laws of 1874; and as the sa route was ascertained, degiguated and establis! by the two reports of the two of Commissioners, appointed under the two acts first above mentioned (copies of which reports are now on | file in the office of the County Clerk of the city and county ot New York, and the originals of which reports | are in possession of the Gilbert Elevated Railway Com- pany), and by, through, along and over all ‘streets, | avenues and places included in and covered by said | route and rontes, andthe connecting lines and exten- sions belonging to the same, to a point cotermmous | with the route and routes of the said the Gilbert Ele- vated Railway Company—the route and routes hereby determined upon coinciding with the route and Toutes covered by the charter of the Gilbert Elevated Railway Company, and existing corporatiot formed for the purpose provided for by chapter 606 of the Laws of 1875, The route above fixed and de- termined upon begins, continues and determinates as folloy Ce River, at Kingsbrid thence along River street to Fighth avenue; thence along Eighth avenue to 110th | street; thence ‘along 110th street to Ninth avenu aiong Ninth avenue to Fifty-third street; thence alon, y-third street to Sixth avenue; thence along Sin nue to Amity street; thence’ along Amit Street to South Fifth avenue; thence along Sot avenue to Canal street; thence along Canakstreet to West way; thenee along West Broadway to Chambers ; thence Phambers street into Ci and Mari et to the inte! nce southerly along Chi street, thence southerly across Morris street to a point on the Morris street; sixty-live fect from the south ner of Greenwich and Morris streets; thence 6 THROUGIC PRIVATE PROPERTY, parallel to the easterly line of Greenwich steeet, a dis- tance of thirty-live feet; thence curve of 180 tect radius, intersecting the building line on the westerly side of Broadway, 202 feet fro the southerly corner of Morris street and Broadway, to Bowling @ of the westerly line of Broadway, to aud around B ing Green Park, into Beaver strect; thence along Pearl street_and } sion street; thence along Division street to Vhence atong Allen: strect and First avent y-third street, along Twenty-third street to Second avenue; thence along Second avenue to Harlem River: thence along along River street to Fighth avenue, Also AC STING LINB through and along Chambers street from West Broad- way to Chatham street, thence along Chatham to Di- Murray with Church street; rch street to N: g Ni h reet to and rly line of | vision street, sion during almost every week — gtrec never been less | rd, and, ex- | tend: ‘Also an extension from the junction of Fifty-third street, through and along Sixth avenue to Fitty-ninth Frovided, however, that this resolution is not im to apply, and Shall not be deemed to apply, to uny street or part. thereof upon whieh this Board of Commissioners is not authorized by chapter 606 of Laws of 1875 to fix, determine and locate a route or routes of | railwa, with great re- | was by its charters authorized to construct the sam \ and mode of coustruct | | Resolved, That the Gilbert Elevated Railway Company, in availing itself of the rights and powers conferred by chapter 606, Laws of 1575, is hereby required (with a | which have beeu submitted tor our examination Of | vie so to cheapen the cost of construction as to enabie said company to carry passengers at the rates of fare which ha ibed by this Board of Commis- sioners, and by solutions of the Board of Directors of said compan: agreed to, and as acondition of the determination of the route above determined) to construct the railway of said company, with such modt- fications of the original plans upon which seid company to make the same correspond with the plan or p n Which shall hereafter in course be decided upon by this Board of Commissioners for such route. GEXFRAL ROUTES. Upon motion of Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr. Mott, the following preamble an utions were unaui- mously adopted, fs Whereas it is considered by sioners desirable for the public convenience to fix and determine the route or routes steam railway railways in the city of New York, and to locate the route of such railways over, along, through or across the streets, avenues, places'and lands in the city dof Commis. That the Board of Commissioners hereby the route or routes of such , along, through or across the os or lands in the eity and county street of New Hattery and State street long the edge of the i thence over, and. State street Whitehall etreet; the over, through and along Whitehall and with the south Hton a and Staten Island ferr: State street and Whitehall street over a hall street to Front street; thence over, through and along Fre to Coenties slip; then , tron: along and across ¢ to the inte jon of nities elip and Peart street; thedee over, throngh and #lon: through and Jobn street street to Hanover sq Hanover thence over, yd Pearl street to jong Jobn street and Burling slip to, jong and across South street, to und connecting with the Fulton ferry, and tr tion of John street and Pearl rh stro er, through and © to the to Third aveny vd Franklin equare te long New Hower over, tl thenee ove ough and along along Third avenue to Kast Thirty-fourth street; thenea | over, through and miong Kast Thirty-fourth street to and conn with the Thirty-tourth street terry; and | from the intersection of Third avenue crossing FE st Thirty-fourth street, over, through and along Third avenie to «Forty recond street; — thence over, through and along Forty-second = street. = toatl along vente, to 4 mnecting with the depo. known as the Grand ( occupied by the New York Central an nid Company, the New York aud H cand the Now York, Ne A trom the ny nd Comps md Btn a ‘ih orty second str over, to Kast Ninety second #t over, turough and along Kast Ninety-sceond sivect lo and connecting with the A toria ferry, and from the rmtersection of Third avenue aniel Ninety-second — street ossing = E Ninety-second — street throw and ale Third avenue to Bast J treet (there connectin with the ferries havin 3 at or newr Hark thence over, thr inters.cliow oF Jong Kast 129th str tu sireet and Harlem throngh, over and | street; | et and the southerly shore of the Harlem River, to, and | Resoived, That whenever either of the routes herein- | therefore, in consideration of the | Boards | mmencing on the south shore ot the Harlem | in Fitth | thence easterly along Murray | it | the county of New York as hereinafter mentiomed; now, | * . | pupils. through and | fast Thirty fourth street and | Harlem iver to First avenue; thence over and across the Harlem River, con- Ling with the depot of the Portchester branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad; and | from the intersection of Third avenue and East 120th street over and across Third avenue and over, through and | along Bast 129th street to Lexington avenue; the | over, through and along Lexington avenue to River street and the Harlem River; thence over, through and along River street and the southeasterly shore of the Harlem River to and connecting with the railway of the New York and Harlem Railroad at Fourth avenue, with | A BRANCH AND TU eT | from the intersection of New Bowery and Chatham square; over, through and along Chatham square to Chatham street; thence over, through and along Chat- hain street to Park row; thence over, through and along Park row to Tryon row (there to connect with the railway to be laid over the East River Bridge, for cars, 10 be operated or propelled by steam); thence over, through wud along or in front of and around Tryon row to the Park; thence along the Park and over, through and along Centre street to Park street; thence over, through and along Park street to Mott street, | crossing over Mott street; thence over and through | the block to Doyers street, crossing over Doyers street; thence over and through the block to Pell street, | crossing over Pell street; thence over, through and ulong Pell street and intersecting the route hereinbe- _ fore fixed and determined, over, through and along the Bowery; and . | WITH A SIDING for a turn around, commencing at the intersection of | Coenties slip and Water street; thence over, through and along Water street to Whitehall street; thence over, | through and along Whitehall street to and intersecting tho route hereinbefore fixed and determined at the | Intersection of Front street and Wiitehal! streets. AND ALSO A ROUTE . of connection beginuing at the intersection of Ninth avenue and West Ninety-second street, over, through and along West Ninety-sccond street to Eighth avenue; thence'over, through and along Eigath avenue to River street and the Harlem River; thence over, through and along River street and over and along the Hariem River, over and crossing the Harlem River at or near the High Bridge, to and connecting with the New York, Boston and Montreal Railroad, or to the depot thereot, and to and connecting with’ the Spuyten Duyvil and | Port Morris Railroad, or the depot thereot, i STREET CROSSINGS. Resolved, That whenever either of the routes herein- | before fixed and determined crosses a street, avenue, place or Jands, such route includes, and is intended to include, and sail be decmed to include such crossing | and so much of said street, avenue, place or lands as is there crossed, so as to allow and enable the constrn | tion of continuous and conaected lines of railway along | the route so crossing. THE GILUERT ELEVATED ROUTE. | Upon motion of Mr. Brown, seconded by Mr, Mott, the following prearzble and resolution ‘were anan- | imously adopted September 3, 1875 | Whereas it is considered by the Board of Commis- | sioners desirable for the public convenience to. fix and | determine the route or routes for a steam railway or | railways in the city of New York, and to locate the | route or routes of such railway or railways over, along, | through oF across the streets, avenues, places uid lands i in the city and county of New York, as hereinafter mentioned; now, therefore, Resolved, That the Board of Commissioners hereby fixes and determines the route or routes of such steam railway or railways and locates the route or routes of such railway or railways over, along, through or across the streets, avenues, places or lands in the city and county of New York, us follows: —Beginning at the south shore of the Harlem River at Kingsbridge and proceed. ing thence by a route which is (except for variations hereinafter made) the same as and coincident with the route and routes here- tofore ascertained, designated and — established for the Gilbert Elevated Railway Company, under, by and pursuant to chapter 835 of Laws of 1872, chapter | 837 of Laws of 1873, and chapter 275 of Laws of 1874; | and except as to said variations as the said route was | ascertained, designated and established by the two several reports of the two Boards of Com- missioners appointed under the two acts first ! above mentioned, copies of which reports are now | on file in the office of the County Clerk of the city and | county of New York, and the originals of which reporis are in possession of, the Gilbert Ele- vated Railway Company, and by, through, along and over all streets, avenues and’ places | included in and covered by said route and routes, and the connecting lines and extensions belonging to the same, toa point. coterminous with the route and routes of the said the Gilbert Elevated Railway Company, the ronte or routes hereby determined upon, except as to said variations, coinciding with the route and routes covered by the charter of the Gilbert Elevated Railway Company, an existing corporation, formed for the pur- pose provided for by chapter 606, Laws of 1875. ‘The route above fixed and determined upon begins, continues and terminates as follows :— THE LINE commencing on the south shore of Harlom River, at Kingsbrid thence through and along River street to Eighth avenue; thence over, through and along Eighth avenue to Ninety-second street; thence over, sthrough and along Ninety-second street to Ninth avenue; thene: over, through and along Ninth avenue to Filty-third strect; thence o through and along Fiity-third street to Sixth avenue; thence over, through and along Sixth avenue to Amity street; thence over, through and along Amity street to South Fifth avenue; thence over, through and alongg South Fifth av to Canai street; thence over, through and across Canal street into West Broadway; thence over, through and along West Broadway to Chambers str thence | over, through and across Chambers street into College | place; thence southerly over, through and along College place to Murray street; thence easterly over, through and along Murray street to Church street; thence soutl y over, through and along Church street to New Church street; thence southerly over, through and along | New Chureh street to, through, over and across Morris | | Street toa point on the southerly line of Morris street, ve fect from the southeasterly corner of G thence southerly over through private property parallel to the easterly line of Greenwich street a’ distance of thirty-tive feet thence over and on a curve of 180 feet radius mtersect- | ing the building line ow the westerly side of Broadway, | 202 feet trom the southerly corner of Morris street and to Bowhng Green, west of the westerly line | of Broadway to and around Bowling Green Park into | Beaver street; thence over, through and along Boaver | street to Pearl strect; thenve over, through and along | Pearl street and New’ Bowery to Division street: thence | | over, through and along “Division street to Carystie sireet; thence over, through and along Chrystie street und Scoond avenue to Harlem River; thence through and along River street to Eighth avenue, ALSO AN EXTENSION | from the junction of Fifty-third street over through and | along Sixth avenue to Filty-ninth street, | Also and extension from the junction of East Twenty- ‘third street and Second avenue over, through, and along Twenty-third street to the Third avenue. | Also anextension from the junction of East Forty- | second street and Second avenue, over, through and | wlong Kast Forty-second street to the’ Third avenue, | | thence to connect with the Grand Central depot, | Provided, however, that this resolution is not in- | tended to apply, and shall not be deemed to apply, to | any street or part thereof upon which this Board of Sommissioners is not authorized by chapter 606 of Laws of 1575, to fix, determine and jocate @ route or | routes of railw: PRACTICAL ENGINEERS’ MEETINGS. The third quarterly session for the.current year of the New York Society of Practical Engineering will be | held in room 24, Cooper Union, on the evenings of the | | 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th of September inst., at eight | | o'clock. ‘The lectures will bo as follows:—Tuesday, ‘| September 7, President’s annual address, Subject, “The Relation of Patent Laws to American Agriculture, | Arts and Industries.” Wedns aber 8, “On | the Utilization of Waste Prov dames C. Bay Jes, editor of the Tron Age. September “On the Industrial Uses of Blast) Fur Slag,” by Frederic A. Luckenbach, aL. KB. Friday, September 10, } miscellaneous papers, i “VACATION IS OVER.” The long vacation of the public schools has ciosed, | and yesterday morning at the ust chool hour the | | class rooms in all of the school buildings in the erty, | which have for nine weeks been devoted to silence and uinulation of dust, and which were only dis. | . | Sands hit his bird and | other party undertook bird.” | turbed by the footfalls or voives of the various janitors | and their families, were once more made joyous and | él : iets ecu a ee | quickly. "8, 8. Howiand lit a driver that escaped. MF. per ng the sudden invasion of over 90,000 | Wagstai killed a slow drivcr with first barrol. 1. A. Post | boys and girls, fresh from their vacations, New | Knucked a quarterer to the right over, making @ capi: | York einbruces’ in ite limite—of vourse tnelud- | tal shot ‘a. Post Miled a paMa’ dvivet } ang the nnexed ds, the Twenty-third and | with second barrel, a good shot, Count Castelli killed enty-fo ixty grammar schools nnd | jis bird at the trap with tirst. barrel. G. Douglas also | forty-eight primary schools, in addition to five | Killed luis bied at the trap with first barrel. A. Bel- ed schools, The 114 white schoole, attend mont, Jr., killod a quarte G. | by | white pupils, have had tained, previous to ¥: 117.000 children, and the five colored schoots, during | the same period, had an attendance of about 1,000 i DROOKLYN'’s PULL SCHOOLS, ' The public schools of Brooklym to the number of thirty-five reopened ay morning, after a vaca. | tion of ten weeks, Upward of 40,000 boys and girls re. sumed their places in the schools, Last year there were 79,000 children regis 1 tho schools, though the daily average attendance was onty 45,009, | ROBBERIES, | MORE The robberies reported y wore ap follows. lok ‘esterday at the Central Office | Ja no case was there any arrest :— | Cowangrour, . 423 West Thirteenth street, was robbed of two boxes of cigars by burglars. | Rowe & Post, of No, 50 Mer t, lost. acaso of | | razor etrops, valued at $80, which was stolen by a sneak thief, | itz & Co, of No. 95 Warren street, were robbed | of) of Judies’ hats, worth $150, by sneak thieves, Edward Cook, of No. 432 Pearl street, was robbed of Jewelry, valued at $20, by a sn Aaron Field, of No, 1,166 Seco nine, was robbed of clothing, ue F. Grother, groeer, lost a bag of coitee and a small sum of money, Which were stolen by burglars Frank Quinn, of No, 21 Spruce street, was robbed of a silver wateh b sneak thie John Keller, of No. 13031, Mark's place, was robbed #29 worth of clothing and $18 . who su ded in getting the article: roo by means of a stick with a hook at the Mary Martin, of No. 805 Second avenue, lot a gold watch, valued at $90, which was stolen by asnoak thiek of thi | bi | killed of the Narragansett Gun Club. in a Tie Inning, Newrorr, Sept. 6, 1875. handicap this morning, on their grounds at Middle- town, for a $500 subscription cup, entrance $5, ten birds each, under the English Hurlingham rules, from five traps, one and a quarter ounces of shot, eighty yards boundary, There were nineteen entries, com- prising E. W. Davis, handicapped at 28 yards; Cc. Livingston, 20 yards; T. yards; E, Stevenson, 28 yards, H. 8 Bloodgood, 28 yards; J. G. Heckscher, 28 yards; M. Van Buren, 29 yards; J. P. Grund, 29 yards; F, P, Sands, 29 yards; A. T. Rico, 28 yards; 1. 8. Howland, 26 yards; C, D. B. Wagstaff, 28 yards; BK. A. Post, 28 yards; J. A. Post, 23 yards; Count Castelli, 27 yards; G. Douglas, 27 yards; A. Belmont, Jr., 26 yards; G. B. Post, 28 yards, and P. A. Post, 26 yards, Promptly at the hour called for the shooting to take place Mr. Howland Robins, the referee, called the gen. tlemen to the work before them, and then announced that there would be 2 second prize of $25. The shoot- ing wos remarkably good, After the tenth bird had been shot three of the gentlemen had tied, these being C. Livingston, F. W. Davis and T. Van Buren, They shot off and Carroll Livingston proved the victor, to the great delight of the gentlemen and ladies present—K. W. Davis winning second prize, The following are the dotuils of the shooting :-— PIRST ROUND. F. W. Davis Jed off by killing an easy bird, close to the trap, Carroll Livingston followed, making a capital shot, killing the bird Instantly, 1. Van Buren was next, but his first bird would not fly, and he calied for another. This was a quarterer to the right, whic he killed with the second barrel. F. Stevenson hit a driver with both barrels, but the bird carried the shot out of bounds, H. S Bloodgood killed a quarterer to | the left with second barrel, J. G. Heckscher killed his | bird with the first barrel close to the trap. M. Van Buren knocked an easy one over atthe trap. J. P. Grund killed a slow bird with first barre] close to trap. F, P. Sands knocked over a quarterer to tho right handsomely. A. T, Rice killed an easy one at the trap. S. 8 Howland made a good shot by killing a rapid incomer. ©, D. B. Wagstaff made a capital shot, and killed , his bird quickly near the ground. ©, A. Post killed a quarterer very nicely. J. A. Post killed an incomer very cleverly with second barrel. Count Castelli hit adriver hard, the bird fall- ing just out of bounds, G, Douglas’ gun did not go of, and his bird escaped. A. Belmont killed handsomely a driver. J. B, Post did not have his gun cocked, and thus scored a miss. P. A, Post killed his bird with second barrel, and this closed the first round. SECOND ROUND. FE. W. Davis hit a twister with both barrels and killed it quickly, Carroll Livingston killed a quarterer to the left with second barrel. T. Van Buren made good shots with both*barrels at an incomor. E. Stevenson hit a quarterer to the left and tumbled it over with second barrel, H. 8, Bloodgood brought his bird down at the trap—a very easy shot. J. G. Heckscher killed an in- comer with both barrels quickly. M. Van Buren killed a driver nicely with first barrel, i. PB Grund missed a quarterer to the right. F. P. Sands killed an incomer quickly, A. T. Rico hit a twister, but the bird fell dead out of bounds. 8. 8. Howland killed quickly a driver. C. B. D. Wagstaff killed a strong driver with second barrel—a good shot. EK. A. Post killed an incomer with first barrel. J. A. Post hit a rapid quarterer with both barrels—a good kill. Count Castelli killed a twister close to the trap. G. Douglas knocked over a rapid quarterer to the right with first barrel—a capital shot. A, Belmont, Jr., then made a miss ata driver, G, B. Post hit a driver a short distance from the trap, but the bird carried the shot out of bounds; P. A. Post missed a driver, and this closed the second round. THIRD, ROUND. E. W. Davis led off with good kill of a quarterer to the right in splendid style. T. Van Buren made a cap- ital shot with second barrel at a quarterer to the right. E, Stevenson knocked his bird over close to trap. H. | 8. Bloodgood killed his bird instantly close to ground. J. G. Heckscher missed both bar- rels at a rapid quarterer to the right, M. Van Buren made a good shot at a driver, hitting it bard and then gathering it himself nicely, J.P. Grand quickly killed a quarterer to the left.” F. P. Sands killed his bird quickly near the trap—a good shot. A. T. Rice hada bird that would not fly, and he called for another, Mr. Rice killed this bird imstantly as it quartered to the left. 5. 8. Howland killed his quickly as it drove away from the traj Mr. Wag- staff had a quarterer to the left, which he killed finely. E. A. Post killed a twisting driver with second bar- rel—a very good shot, J. A. Post missed a rapid driver, Count Castelli hit his bird with his first bar- rel, but the bird escaped. G, Douglas missed with both barrels an incoming bird, A. Belmont, Jr., killed his bird close to trap nicely, G. B, Post killed a quarterer to the right with second barrel. P. A, Post killed an casy bird as it quartered to the left, FOURTH ROUND, E. W. Davis led off by killing a quarterer to the left. Carroll Livingston follo’ his second barrel. T. Van Buren knoeke | a quarterer to the left over a few fect from the trap. killed a driver with his'second barrel—a good shot. 8. Bloodgood killed a driver with his second barrel. J. G. Heckscher killed quickly at the trap. M. Van Buren made a splendid shot with the second barrel at a driver, J. P. Grund quickly killed an incomer. F. P. Sands knoeked a quarterer to the left over very quickly. iH. it rose from the the first barrel ai paped. A. E rels. 6. B P, A. Post mi Douglas jit a driver with nd; the bird Imont, Jr, missed a driver with both bar- Post killed an incumer quickly, a good kill, eda driver with both barrels, FivTit ROUND, E. W. Davis killed a quarterer to the,right with first barrel. Carroll Livingston followed by acapital kill of @ towerer. » also knocked a towerer down iy Stevenson missed a quarterer to Jett, IL Bloodgood killed a lazy bird close fo trap, = J. GH her hit a twister with second barrel, and it eircled around the ground in- side of bounds. Mr. Hoe ¢ tried hard but could not gather the bird. M. Yan Buren riddied a quar to tne let, J. ur led a drever quickly. ught bim on the fly, As some © catch the bird it was decided ice killed a quarterer to right very A. F. to the leit very n |B. Post hit his bird with second barrel, and it teil just | inside the bound, P. A. Post missed a rapid quarterer to the right, SIXTH MOUND. BW. Davis od of and killed with second barrel, making ital shot at a rapid quarterer to Ure leit. Carr: on followed with an excellent kill of a driver, n Buren also made a good kill With first barrel near the trap, E. Stevenson hit his bird, but it escaped. ML good made an excellent shot with second — barrel at r driver, bringing it down miecly, J. G. Heeks sed a driver with both barrels M. Van Buren Killed quickly at the tr J.P. Grand hit a driver i wped and fell d . P. Sands killed a qua Hed his bird on the top of @ fence post, er to the right. A. T. Rice to trap. 7, 8 Howland bit his rd With first barrel, but it escaped. Mr. Wagstatt Wis bird near’ the ground with one barrel B.A. Post hit with both barrels, and brought down the bird quickly, J. A. Posi missed a driver, Count Castelli killed” his bird with first barrel at trap, G. Douglas missed a very slow driver, A. Belmont, Jr, was inore fortunate, ad he killed his bird with second Darrel. G. B. Post’ killed a quarterer to lett witht frst barrel, P.O. Post then closed the round by killing quarterer to the left, SEVENTIL ROUND, FE. W. Davis went to the score i i led off by killing a rapid driver with the second barrel, Carrol! Livingston soll and killed his bird elose to the trap. T. Van Bure also Killed his bird as Has it rose from th trap. K. Sievencon kilied fits bird at the trap quie HS. He vd killed aquarterer to the left hand M. Van Buren killed his bird instantly Grund killed quickly bear the trap, FP, Sands killed bis bird with his second barrel, « quarterer wo Uv: At. Ric killed « driver close to the trap, 8. 8. Howlwad made a® good shot with his se |, killing a quarterer to the left, ystatt killed a quarters the Lert with his barrel, FE. A. Post made a apitat th hig second barrel at oa lugh flying quarterer to the —Ieft, bringing it down ina lump. J. A. Post bit the bird with lis velli Drought ‘frst barrel, buy it escaped, Count © PIGEON SHOOTING AT NEWPORT. A Brilliant Contest for the Subscription Cup Carroll Livingston Wins the Trophy E. W. DAVIS TAKES SECOND PRIZE’ The members of the Narragansett Gun Club shot a Van Buren, 29 1 and killed a slow driver with | . Stevenson | A. T. Rice also killed a quarterer to’ the left | rapidiy. 3, Howlund mussed a driver with both — barr Wagstaf’ missed both — bar- | rels at a driver. FE. A. Post missed an incomer. | JAS ‘t killed his bird close to the trap with the first barrel, Couat cked his bird over the instant | down a twister with sevond barrel. A. Liye killed his bird close to trap, G, B. Post killed @ qui quarterer to the left with second barrel. P. A, Post killed his bird quickly at the trap, HIGHTH ROUND, E. W. Davis again opened the ball by a good kill near the trap. Carroll Livingston followed, and killed his bo- fore the bird few adozen yards, T. Van Buren hit his bird and it was retrieved." E. Stevenson killed an easy Vird near trap, H. 8. Bloodgood killed his bird very quickly. Martin Yan Baron killed adriver near the trap. J.P. Grund killed a towerer near trap. F. P. Sands killed a quarterer to the left with one barrel—a very fine shot, A. T. Rice missed a quarterer to the right. Mr, Wagstail hit his bird with both barrels, but it oxcaped, E, A. Post killed a towerer wickly, Count Castelli killed his bird near the trap. X'Retmont, Je., missed both barrels at a quartorer to right. G. B. Post missed both barrels, he being too slow in shooting. NINTH ROUND, F. W. Davis hit and retrieved a good bird. Carroll Livingston followed and knocked a slow bird all ta pieces by both barrels, ‘Tf, Van Buren made a good kill near the trap, E, Stevenson hit his bird hard and it was retrieved. H. 8. Bloodgood also hit his bird, but it carried the shot away out of bounds, M. Van Buren killed quickly an incomer, J. P. Grund killed a driver very quickly with first barrel, F. P. Sands killed a driver very quickly, Mr, staf killed a lazy bird near the trap, E. A. Post killed a quarterer to the left with second barrel—very good shot, Count Castelli made a good kill near trap, TENTH ROUND. ¥. W. Davis knocked an incomer over very nicely, Carroll Livingston kiiled a quarteror to the left very skilfully, T. Van Buren killed his bird with second barrel—a driver. E. Stevenson killed an incomer with second barrel, H, 8, Bloodgood made a pretty kill of « driver, M. Van Buren hit his bird hard, and it fell just’ inside of bounds, M. Van Buren attempted to retrieve it, but the bird flew out of bounds, J. P. Grund killed his bird very quickly with first barrel. Mr, Wagstaff killed a quarterer to the right, KE. A. Post killed an incomer by first bar- rel, Some of the above gentlemen merely shot in this round to decide bets, FIRST ROUND OF THE TIE, E. W. Davis led by killing a quarterer to the right. C. Livingston followed by killing another quartorer in the samo direction, M. Van Buren hit, but the bird went out of bounds. SKCOND ROUND OF THE TIE. E. W. Davis again Jed off and hit his bird, but the bird escaped, Carroll Livingston followed and killed his bird at the trap, thereby winning the cup; E. W, Davis the $25, second money. Mr, Livingston then re- ceived loud cheering from all present, as every lady and gentleman seemed to rejoice at his success, SUMMARY, | The fottowing’ is tho. summary:— Narracansert Gex Crus, Newport, R. 1, Serr. 6, 1875, —$500 subscription cup; $25 second money; han- dicap distances; open to ali amateurs, Entrance, 5; | ten birds cach, SCORE. Yards, Names. k. W. Davis... C: Livingston, . Van Buren HL. 8. Bloodgood M. Van Buren J.P. Gran P, Sands. . AT. Rico.. ‘A. Belmont, ‘Jt. GA. Post. 8. 8, How J. A. Post. P. A. Post. J. G. Heckscher,» G. Douglas... OOSCHH ORR EERE CPE HH ORE OCHRE HEHE HERE HROHHOC OPER ROFHHEE HR HORE ER HOCH ORME OHHH ORE EERE COMSCORE CH HEH OHH ERE HOR HH OHHH EHR B cone ry Carrol Livingston, 11 yards; kille E. W. Davis, 40 yards; killed, 1, T. Van Buren, 0 yards; killod, 0, Carroll Livingston. E. W. Davis.. T. Van Buren. ern’ THE WATKINS REGATTA, ENTRIES FOR THE COMING RACES—ELLIS WARD TO PULL ALONGSIDE WITH COURTNEY TO TEST HIS SPEED, Warkiys, N. ¥., Sept. 6, 1875. The annual regatta of the Watkins and Seneca Lake Rowing and Regatta Association commences to-morrow and will last three days, Nearly all the entries have arrived and there is a good prospect of some interesting racing. The two Cornell crews have been here some days and are located at the Lake View House. Courtney and Robinson arrived to-day, and their old antagonista in the double scull, Riley and Lefman, are also ready for another contest. TIE COURSE has been laid on the western shore of the lake, and a grand stand with seating accomodation for a thousand spectators has been erected opposite the starting point ‘To-morrow the races are junior, single shells and pair- oar shells, The singles row two miles and the pairs three, All the races are with a turn. THE SECOND DAY. On the second day there are three contests—the senior single sculls, the four-var and six-oar, THE THIRD DAY is for the professional races, single scull and pair oar, The following men are entered for the junior scull B ENTRIES. Charles A. Travers, Cornell Navy; Henry G. Danfort! Riversides; Robert Loman, Neptunes; Alonzo McLet- ferty, Watkins; Nelson B. Eldred, Auburn; James Me- Cabe, Riversides; Robert Clelland, Highland; Robert ML Robinson, Union Springs, and Robert K. Carr, Columbia, Pittsburg. In the pair-oar the entries are:— Ostrom and King, Neptune Club, and Francis and | Lewis, of the Cornell On the second day it is une | derstood that Ellis Ward will be allowed to start alon; | side the amateur senior sculls, so as to test his strengtl with Courtney. A close race'is expected. In. the pro- fessional single scull on Thursday are Ellis Ward, | Powell, of Pittsburgh; Smith, of Rochester; John Biglin, of New York,’and Kilsby, of England, will coine together. CREEDMOOR SHOOTING. The Third brigade of the First division, National Guard, sent yesterday to Creedmoor detachments em- bracing 118 officers and men of the Seventh regiment, | 125 from the Eighth, 128 from the Nintn and 55 from the Fifty-ninth, Of there there were sent back to second class targets from the Seventh, 52; from the Eighth, 63; from the Ninth, 65; from the Fifty-fifth, 19. Lieuten- | ant Colonel Ryder, of the Seventh, acted as field officer ot the day, Major Wylie, brigade inspector, directing the firing. | As the records of the first day's practice of these | forces have already been published it is unnecessary te give now the results of yesterday's shooting. ACCIDENT AT CREEDMOOR. H During the shooting at Creedmoor yesterday a serious accident occurred. One of the soldiers, while running, caught his foot in the bayonet of a gun which had been negligently laid upon the ground, and severely injured | himself, “He was cony in a wagon, | BASE BALL NOTES. { The fifth game of the championship series between | the Mutnals and Atlantics was won by the former yes- | terday in a score of 8 to 2. ‘The amateur clubs of this city will mect next week to select a nine for the great match betweeg New York | and Brooklyn. | PRINCETON'S B REACH OF PROMISE. ¢ ene A HEARING AT CHAMBERS YESTERDAY BEFORE CHIEF JUSTICE BEASLEY. Trextox, N. J., Sept. 6, 1875, The Princeton, N. J., breach of promise of marriage case, m which Alice Noice is plaintif’ and Albert D, | Brown defendant, was up again before the Supreme Court at Trenton, in Chambers, Chief Justice Beasley sitting. The damages are laid at $60,000, Mr. Hageman for the, defendant, moved to discharge | him upon common. bail on these grounds:-—First, that | there was no frand set forth in the alfidavit, and seo- ond, that the breach of promise alleged to have been made was made by a married man to the plamti, she | knowing that ho was married at the tim | fore such alleged promise is void in law as against pub- lie morals and public potiey. | Mr. W. i for the plaintiff, resisted the mo- | thom an such promise Was legal and that there The ¢ | should be plied, as ¥ tirst gi contended th as frand intendes alleged seduction arly, and not 4 the case, He granted the motion on t j 1d, but decided to retain the suit in order that the Validity of the promise might be raised in the Sn. preme Ce fendant Was consequently dis. arged on ‘straw’? batl, is his eonnse! termed it—that is, no bail The cave will bo tried betore the Mercer County Cireuit Court, at Trenton, at the beginning of x path, when highly romantic revelations, cover: | ing the arew of two continents, will be brought to light FIRE IN ELIZABETH, N. J. Betwoen two and three o'clock yesterday morning the spelter works of Messrs. Lucius Hart & €o., of New York, Fulton to East Jersey street, Elizabeth, were dise be on tire by one of the rkmen, partment was summoned and was quickly on the spot, bat the fire had got beyond their control, They therefore confined their efforts te ping it from spreading to neighboring buildings, h they succeeded in domg after much hard labor, The tire is b to have been the work of an ine diary. The state National Bi leased the works last spri to Messrs, Hart & Co. The bank's loss ig about woo, partly covered by an insurance of 000 four New York companies, ‘The Messra, extending from vere in 's loss ty about $5,000, unsecured by any insurance, 4)