The New York Herald Newspaper, May 10, 1876, Page 5

¢ S33. pti ai ” RUBENSTEIN'S DEATH Sudden Demise of Sara yan Ss Marderer, Last Moments of the Un- SCENES IN HIS CELL = fortunate Convict. | j Country since 1871. Sar POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION, Death Caused by Diseased Lungs and Lack of Nourishment, Pesach Nisan Rubenstein, the convicted rurderer of Bara Alexander, died in his cell in the Raymond Street | Tail, Brooklyn, at ten o'clock yesterday morning. The Qrat information of his demise reached the outside | world Afteen minutes after the apirit of the miserable | | | man had fled from its wretched tenement. Engineer Brundage, of the jail, hastened to the office of Sheriff | Daggett, In the County Court House, and informed him | of the occurrence. Word was'alao conveyed to Police | Headquarters, and soon spfead like wildfire from | month to mouth, Many pereons received the announce- | ment wish an incredulous remark. Half an hour alter | the receipt of the news a representative of the HxmaLp | ‘Visited the jail, where he found Dr. E. E. Brown, of the | City Hospital, who had been summoned to examine the | body; Sheriff Daggett, keeper Stinsou, Assistant Dis- ict Attorney Snell, Chief Clerk Walkely, of the District Attorney's office, and one or two other officials, Per- mission was asked to see the body, which the Sheriff granted, remarking at the same time:—‘Well, I don’t know whether I am doing right in letting newspaper men see the body, as they may lay to iy charge its Qthy condition.” The writer, incompapy with Captain Wogiom, of tho Fifth precinct; Captain Rhodes, of the Seventh precinct, the jailer and others, were then | tshered into the lower corridor of cells and along whence to the lower end, where an tron-barred | floor separates & space of about fourteen fect {rom ‘he remainder of the corridor. There are two cells opening into this subdivision, In No. 13 1s Andreas Fuchs, the murderer and butcher of Simmons, | and in the lower one, No. 14, on opening the heavy iron door, was seen the body of Pesach N. Rubenstein, the condemned murderer of the Russo-Polish Jewess, Sara Alexander. Tho corpse, which was still warm, | lay upon a straw pallet, covered with a musty blanket, | On the head was a“ black skullcap, Tho featurcs wero | Bshrivelled, emaciated and somewhat contorted, and the | expression was not such as the eyo would seek long to | fest upon, “Who first observed that Rubenstein was dying ?’? | inquired the reporter. “I did,” answered a tall, stout, middle-aged man, who proved to be Deputy Koeper Howard. “I will tell you how it was, Ihave been assigned to the duty ot watching ‘Ruby,’ and this morning about ten o’clock I | looked in at the cell to ave how he was getting long, | found bim lying on the steam pipes there in the cor- | ner, leaning forward in a most uncom{ortabie position, He made no reply to me when I spoke to him. I then called to Harry, the hallman, to get two other men and come and help me to lift Rabenstem on his bed. Harry brought the men and welified him up and jaid him down on the bed. No sooner had we laid him down than he bogan to froth atthe mouth and his eyes turned | glassy. He gave one croan and died.” “Whep were hus relatives here to sco him Jast, Mr. Howard :”" i “Well, they ain’t been hero a great deal of late, His brotner Jacob, I think, was here to see him on last Friday and on Sunday.” t “How did he take the action of the Court in refusing | to piace argument in his case down on the September ealendar?”* “He took that mighty hard.”” Who told him of it ?’” “His brother, 1 believe, was the first to mention it.” “You said his brother had not beon here to sre him ; ince Sunday. Tho action of the Court to which I have reference was had yesterday. How could he have learned of the failure of the offert in his behalf trom his | brother?" i Mr. Howard then said that it was the action of Judge | Pratt in denying tne motion fora stay of prosecdings. towhich he had reference when he said:—"Ruby | weakened so that be bad to sit down to keop from fall- | ing.” Since the exocntion of Dolan it has been remarked that Rubenstcin Las been really very weak and debili- | tated, and he has been under medical treatment by Dr, A. Warren Shepard, the city physician, He took his medicine regularly, accordiag to the report of his | keepers, but grew vory reticeat. Hewas aever much | given to cgnvérsation, but within the last two weeks he | has rarely or ever spoken, He cooked his white fish in | sweet oil, ate unleavened bread, ouions and apples as usual, but partook of the peculiar diet more sparingly | than bad hitherto been his wont. In his devotions he was as zealous as over to all external appearances. On Monday might he was treated to a bath, his last on | sarth, He never was partial to water, and his un- cleanly habits and condition were common subjects of disgust among his fellow prisoners. After the batn he | partook of some fish and oi) and exchanged a few words with his noxt coll door neighbor, “Freneby.” Fuchs, | While the writer was in the corridor yesterday he en- | feavored to engage Fuchs im conversation as to what Rubensiemn had said to him, but Fuchs said he | wanted to talk with Captain Woglom about his | own business Orst and then he would speak of others, | The Captam, be said, haaa trunk belongmg to him | which be wanted sent to him at onco, Captain Wog. om told Fuchs shat he had no trunk belonging to him, and that he, “Fuchs, would not need such an article avy more” Fuchs, who was much annoyed, turned | pale and lit his pipe, He sabsequently said that Ruben- stein said to him last night, avout twelve o'clock “They will not hang me here. They may hang me in | heaven!" } VISIT OF THE RELATIVES TO THE Jatt. ‘The Sheriff sent word to the relatives of the deceased of the death of the prisoner, and soon after Israel Rubenstein, his daughter, Mrs. Rachel Sommet. and Jacob Rubenstein visited the jai. Betore entering the cell door the old man prayed aloud, after the Hebrew | form, ina high key, and the woman sobbed, Israel | asked permission of the Coroner, who was present, to , cover the face of bis son, and the request being granted | be drew the blanket over the features He lighted a | tandie and placed it atthe left side of the body. Ho | aoxt clasped the checks in his hands, and held them so | foratew minutes, The old man then cried out, +My | fon dies as pure as the sun, How could he be im New | York and at East New York at the saine time?” This afternoon the body will be surrendered to the relatives } for interment. } THE CAUSE OF DEATH. Dr. Shepard gave it as his opinion, before holding the post-mortem, that voath resuited irom exhaustion from low dieting. His time bas boen passed in jati be- tween praying and fasting. ‘Re post-mortem was held a tour o'clock the wastroom of the jail by Dr. Shepard, assisted by Dr. Norris and several other phy- sicians. There were no través of poison, The boly was very much emaciated, There wus a swelling of the lower extremities asin dropsical complaints, The \nteroal organs indicated a lack of nourishment; other. | wise all the organs, except the lungs, were ivnnd normal. | The hoart was thin and weak, The kidneys were once | fm serie ha they Were in good condition at the Lime of | death. In the upper lobe of the left lung there was a cavity at its apex and tubercular deposits fi maming portion. The brain, though healthy, wi It was of medium size, of death was exhaustion and inant the diseased jung Di give his Stee hes at (he inquest, whieh is to take piace at the jail eloven o'clock this toreaoon ba the same propos ion LO Assistant Keeper Julian. ‘When he found that all effort to rogain his liverty — fatied he tesvived to commit aniende, and offered $2,000 | to Deputy sheriff Cullen to got him some poron, Bince the Court gramied hima stay, however, he has | pot renewed there offers. THY MURDER OF MARA ALEXANDER, The rime for which Pesach N. Rubensteis ras tried, | Some ruwdies and killed. | The tollowmg day, Wednestay, December 14, Coroner | Simms caused the remains, which had not up to that { of Stmon, who made the »: | conveyances between seven and eigut o'clock on the | of religious | oid jaw, ‘he would be beyond $0, death before the F sepa amtemtamaa tt ter a Feece Judge Pratt, County Ji Meore Associate Jus- tices McKibben snd Woltort, was one of peculiar atrceity, and, though ingen! ned and executed to avoid like other crimes of that atrocious nature, to the lash of human justice by cireumstan guided. Never a case of stronger ‘cemstantial evidence been t in this country, and e energy and zeal of District At- 1 Brittom and Detective Zundt were rewarded The who was a frst c eo werdict of guilty found by the jury. trial elicited the facts that Sara Alexander, ju ofthe murderer, and who was Dorn in the sathe district in Russo-Poland, came to New York about eighteen months befure her death. She had at the time a brother, who is a pedier, and an elder sister residing in the city; but they were tn very Povr circumstances, and Sera iound ahome and em- cones. the house of Israel Rubenstein, No. 83° yard street, New York, where she lived tor nearly | one year, In the spring of last yea! ‘was occupied chiefly ursing and attending ich N. Rubenstei: who was Pesach Was a married nan, about thirt: three years old, and bad one ebild, but they were on the of side of the Atlin hehuving been in this , Who was of comely features, was be wenn more of ago and fully turmed, though rather below the medium heights She was a strict und regular attendant at the synagogus bad a great | reverence for her invalid coustn. is regard he used for a base purpore, it the theory of the prosecution is |* correct, as she became Romesk In April or May she Jett Rubdeustein’s household and worked as a talloress in the Bowery. She was regular in her habits, resid- ing with her sister ani brother, and had no male ac- quaintances, She visited Pesach frequently, but no i ihett intimacy was suspected asexi Sunday, December’ 12, si out to callat No, 83 Bayard street, there remained till hall-past four ‘0 left. She was not again seen alive sister, Search was made fer her on Monda} day, Pesach taking part with the anxious other and sister im the institution of inquiries for tho missing gitl. On Monduy evening h that ‘Perhaps. Sara uggested to P, N. Alexander | wo been taken away by | On Tuesday affernoon, betweon twelve o’vlock, a laborer at work on the Wessel! eorntield, about one mile up the Jamaica plank road, | found the body of a young woman lying ina hollow | + of tho field, about 500 fe from the roadway, hind =a lurge stack of corn, The body was lying I is ally on the right side, and ‘about j the nead was collected a deep pool of blood, which had flowed trom three desperate cuts in her face and turoat, ‘The eyes and: mouth were opon, aud the right arm was rawsed—and had frozen stiff in that position—as if warding off a thrast from the lace. The lett hand was clinched, while the ap} ‘anco of the ground about, | hidden a4 it was by the previous night's snow, indi- | cated terrible struggle for lie which had tuken 1 place. the right cheek, extcnding trom the lobe of | the right ear to the mouth, was a gash three-quarters | ofan inch in width. From the right esr to the gullet | the right side of the throat had been hacked to tho bono. The side of the throat was sim- ilarly cut. There were in all sixteen incised | wounds on the face, neck, hands and arms. time been identified, to be removed trom the East New. | York station house to tho Brooklyn Morgue, The | morning papers contained a description of the body’ | and clothing, whicn led P. N. Alexander and his elder sister to visit the Morgue, in company with Israel Rubenstem and other Hevrows. It was while waiting the arrival of the remains at that place that the first | clow was optained to the murderer, <A couple | of reporters questioned the party as to the manner and bavits of Sara Alexander. Jarael, tho lather of Pesach, told the scribes’ that bis sou had | dreamed on the Monday might provious tbat Sara had come to him and vad guid, “I dreamed that Sara was murdered eight miles away from’ New York.” How that she said, “Come, Pesach! Posach, come and bury | me!" The writer communicated the circumstance of Uhe remarkable accuracy of the dream to Superin- t Campbell, of the police, and the dreamer, who | was subsequently convicted of the crime, was arrested | at No. 83 Bayard street that samo afternoon, and taken | to the Morgue. It happened when he arrived that the | surgeons had just comploted thy post-mortem examina. | Lo! ich had revealed the fact that a double murder bad been committed, deceasea being enceinte, A cover | was drawn over the body and the prisoner was con- fronted with his lifeless and mutilated vic. tim, His hastly appearance and — territied howl as 10 ry away irom the dissecting table will " not be forgotten | by those who were present at the time. But perhaps | the most convincing evidence of bis guilt adduced on | trial was the showing that a sharp and blood- { stained knife, whieh was found in the corn stack by the side of which the body was discovered, was proved to have been purchased by the prisoner a week prior | te the murder in a small hardware store kept by Gus- knife, whiets | tave Simon, at No, 13 Division street, was sold to Rubenstem lor twenty cents, was’ untin-. | ighed, tho handle being cracked, and the litte daughter | was clear and most posi. | tive in her identilication of the man. Several wit- nesses aiso testiled to having seen the uccused und | the deceased crossing on a South Seventh street ferrybout from New York, to their having ridden o Broadway and East New York car und ubghting ni the scene of tho trugedy, They were seeu in thes fatal Sunday eveniog, aday which was remarkable for | its warmth aud sunshtue, though snow fell on the fol- | lowing day. A chemical analysis was made by Protes- | sor Eaton, of Packer Inste » of shreds which were found on the shank of Rubenstein’s boot, and these shreds were found to consist of fibtes of corn, wool (sueb as compared with the texture of the murdered Woman’s shaw) and bloud, Spots of human blood | were also fuund on the sloeves of iis coat, i ‘The detence, which was conducted by Measrs. Beach | and Mott, labored to prove an ali. The jury, after a brief absence, returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. The prisoner took a solemn oath, | aiter the Hebrew form, that be was innocent ot the , crime. He was sentenced, after a trial which lasved for nearly two weeks, to be execated om Friday, March | 24, Judge Moore passing the sentence of death. Of | the public appeals of his relatives im his be- | half the readers of the Hxwatp are familiat. A : week before the expiration of the period allotted for ( his execution Judge Brady gras awtoy of proceed: ; and on Monday, before the Supreme Court, Gen- ‘erin, Judges Barnard, Gilbert and Dykeman, sit- ting at Poughkeepsie, an cifurt was inaie by his coun. | sel to gain time by having the hearing of the motion for a writ of error set down for the September term of that Court, Tho eflort was not successiul, and the argument was to have been heard on Friday, and had the Court denied the motion tor a new trial Rubenstein would have been resentenced to undergo the (ull penalty of the law. Iv ts, therefore, somewhat remarkabié Uhat tho reverse of his ardent expectations of a new , tenure of life should be followed by sudden dissolu- | ten, mg: ert IMPORTANT SEW TESTIMONY. \ The motion tor a new trinl was set down for argu- } mont on Friday next before. the General Term ot the | Supreme Court, in session at Poughkeepsie, and, mn | the event of its being granted, District Attorney Brit. | ton had recently gathered new and convincing testl- mony which would have made a conviction almost , certain. One’ witness was found to testify to the fact | that Rubenstein visited Evst New York in company | with the mardered girl on the day previous to the mur- | der and negotiated have been found o saw them on the and sanotber who saw them together he car, | ‘The most important teatimony against hin is the ex- | istence of proof that he offered the girl $100 to go | away, but that she dechned todo. #o lor less than $30u | There 1s other evidence going to show that Rubenstem eudeavored to bave an avortion performed on her, and that the party e ited declined om account of ber ad- | vanced condition of Lage gv 9 | ‘Uue curious theory of the killing of Sara Alexander | which bas found ite way into priut, ts that she was the willing = vicwm of her assassin on account fanaticism. Since he was ar- | rested tor the murder of the girl Alexander, Rubenstein, so the report rau, made an agreement with | poor pedier, who was a fellow countryman of his | a coreligionist, that, for a certain specified amount | of money, he would undertake tosufler in the next | road lariff; but the evils of ‘ | world, mstead of Ruby j might Commit within ein, forany sins the latter nionths from the contract. ‘The agreement was duly signed and the mou and this bargain was held, if a fair one, to transi punist-ment Rubenstein might cail down upor to the other party to the coptract. The wite ot } ler, on being informed of the facts, objected to the | rough her inflaence her husband sought | from it, The religious authorities ac- | ce by this people wad, | it eae, nullified the compact, on the ground that, as the sins were not specified for the probable risk taken, the amount of money paid was insuilicieut. The murder, it is claimed, took place within the six months — in question, { It ts Known that the girl had committed what is with | the Jews among the worst of crimes. She was not married, and she was about to become a mother. Under the strict letter of the Jewish law her punish meut would have been death. Robenstein’s crime, on the assumption that he was a pariner in ber gail would have been still greater, his punishment wou have beeu the same. The wife of the uccuxed was about to join him irom Europe, and “iscovery and ex- sure of the illicit connection seemed to be inevitable, jt is assumed that at this point the fanatic, Rubenstein, submitted the case of himself aud his partoer in sin to Teligious authorities as fanatical as himselt. If their Judginent was that scandal might probably be prevented | ‘and exact justico—according io their creed—intheted by compelling Rubenstein himself to be executioner of the | girl would bave sutterod death, while Rubenstein, in beng made an instrument of God's wrath, would have complied to answer for tne crime of murder im the next world, while being obliged to kell at once the woman he fibettly loved and his own | imputed ofispring at (be sume time. : ‘he Concurrent testimony of all the witnesses who | awear they saw them togetnerin a Broauway car ix | that they sat together gloomily and abstraciediy, There Was DO conversation between them; there was nothing | | Tesembhug amorous daliauce. Rubenat paid hes | ir He gotout of the car first; d he did not offer to assist her. | Both went gloowily, silently and suifenly to the tatal spot, Rubenstein was armed with a koife which had purchased nimeelt, pre and in his own neg! burnood. 11 actuated by a guilty purpose ho may be | suid to have taken po steps to prelude detection. Was | it because he felt tat when the kniiearas disyovered | inishment at man’s hand: ‘Again, the Woman was the stronger is uo evidence of a prolonged and Her cnes were heard, but she m: mutder, She called tor ‘hell from me"? Th she was a Wilting sacrifice, rather th surprised victim. Agaim, the prison performance ot every rite of his religion in 5 were sutistied he viexerved God's special i Taese are the facts speculations advanced to sus- in was Hot a murderer in that word, but that he ‘Waa thn as aecree, promulgatod by the authorities among bis own people. rate siraygl ho outcry of | ife is going | j such as board jor her there. Two others | the railroad ‘compat Trybuat + ireighy of trom thirty to forty per cont, were enabled vous Of special qualities at the sume | THE RAILROAD WAR. THE SITUATION STILL UNCHANGED—THE ACTION OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL FAVORING NEW YORK COMMERCE—A REVIVAL OF TRADE LOOKED FOR—NO MORE SPECIAL CONTRACTS ANTICIPATED, The disruption of the recent tariff compact be- tween the various railroad companies carry- ing freight out of and to New York from the principal citles of the West and East still con- tinues to be the must absorbing topic of discussion among merchants of every class and grade in this city. For the moment the general opinion ir, undoubtedly, that the existing controversy cannot but inure to the Deneft of shippers generally. Whether the benefit eball be lasting is a question somewhat more difficult of solution. 1t would appear, however, so tar as the exprey- sions of leading merchants, jobbers and shippers can be ascertained, that the impression is steadily but surely prevailing to the efect that the time for a dis- crimination on the part of ratiroad companies in favor of any partioular localities has passed, Jn uct, tho idea now seems to be universal among the business men of New York that the interest of all the railroads having termini in this vicmity must naturally be, un- der exiating circumstances, to afford every facility toward fostering the centralization of shipments and exporta in this eity. That any combination on the part of the different ireight-carrying _ liner, has existed in the past, will posstbly be brought about for the reason that such companies as the New York Central and Eric have long come te the conclusion that in order to serve their own interests it has become smperatively necessary for them to cultivate and sustwn the New York interosis— that és to say, the trade of Now York. The lute move- ment, or rather abrogation of the combination of roads instituted by the New York Central officials, under the direction of Commodore Vanaerbilt, is looked upon simply asa move in the right direction, and shows tho foresceing policy of the Commodore in being able to diseount the future and his ability and desire to matn- | tain the prestige of the Central road independent of all | cabals, ‘This new departure, judging trom the expres- sions of opinion by the leading men in every trade having to do with shipments, either as merchants, cousignecs, shippers, jobbers, exporters, importers or Otherwise, is looked upon but natural sequence to the agitation that bas long been made against the monopolies and arbitrary action practised for so many years by tne railrouda, They have, it is agsertod, been | at Inst brought to a proper reahsation of the situation, and are disposed to join with and consult the interests of their customers, principal among whom are the commercial men of this city. » The late depreciation im the shipments of all kinds of freight we aud New York has, it is claimed, com- pelled the principal roads to consider the situation, and at Iast has forced them to realize the necessity ot assimilating their action and rates to suit the times. ‘Thas, although the Krio road, through its recotver, Mr. Jewett, Jointly with the: presidents’ of the Pennsyl- vania aod Baltimore and Ohio roads, signed the letter to Commodore Vanderbilt, yet the fact cannot bo dis. guised that the Erie road had previous to this been in the habit of making reductions in ireights fer the transport of grain to this port in order to sult the exi- gencies of the tima In fact, the present rupture among the companies 18 not looked upou as arising 80 much from disagreement among themselves as to the apportionment of rates for freight to be allowed to each, but rather as a desire on tho part of the main nes whose sole proat lies with the prospority of New York commerce to protect that interest with which they are so intumately allied, and without which they must themselves collapse. The abrogation of the combinations heretofore existing, whether they be wermed “conference. pool or cuntract,”’ is looked upon by all as a inove in the right direction; tor it ts thought, as it undoubtediy will be, that there will be greater rivalry manifested between the com- panies, and that the system of making special con- tracts W¥u certam large shippers tothe detruvent of the smaller houaes will be done uway with, ard a gen- eral low rate of freight, more unitorm in character, will be, 48 it bas been already, brought iwto operation. Competition, it 1 said, will trom this time forth be the rule, und as u cousequence the public interests will be subserved yo far as commercial relations on the part of York merchants with thuse of the East aud West are concerned. THR PREDICTION is made even now that within a short time dealers in Chi- cago will beable to ship cargoes ot grain direct to Europe through New York as cheaply as can be done through | ™ , any other American port. ‘Yhe discrimination tatterly existiug im regard to special contsucts mado with sev- eral large sluppers have in every branch of commerce considerably militated against the interests of New York merebants—so much so that many large dealers YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY. huve, us bas already been indicated im (he Hxnavo, | ostablished branch houses in Baltimore, irom-and to which city, mregurd to Western anit Eastern ship- | ments, a nargin of profit on ireight can be obtained as compared with New York, Tue theory advanced by the Hrranp tn previous arti- cles on this subject, as also by the Now York Central road, as expressed in Commodore Vanderbilt's reply to the Jewott-cou-King letter, tbut there is no policy in the lines having direct conucetion wits New York and the producing States of the West supporting the sub. | much larger percentage of sidiary aud nepecunious roads with wuich it may have | connections, is everywhere met with favor. ‘The arguments in favor ot a dissolution of a cluso amalgamation of the various lines are pumerous, and Many reasons for a competitive action on the part ot the railroads engaged in the freight carrying business have already been Jeadings merchants that have been published. opinions im thy regard have been sought, and there ts Dut one opinion expressed on every the commercial men, of New York, no matter ia what branch they are engaged. This opivion is that by throwing open the yarious lines ty competition and the dommg away of she special contract system, the business future of the city well be greatly nmproved; the provavility bemg that the supremacy held vy New York for so long os the great centre and entrepot for every class of ‘The tendency bitherto has been to- ward lding up of a tew large houses herp the establishment we of more large jobb.ng in the principal towns and cities in the diffe where these jobbers, owing to the facilities wies in the jorm of reductions in to offer lines of Fate as they into consideration the cost RETAI wed in New York, taking DKALERR, | who otherwise would come to New’ York to make pur- | chases, hi thas born Kept away; for they could soe, 'y jobbers, w saving of by buying of these ¢ their «: in form of hotel viils and travelling expenses, Thix, spparentiy, was | ® saving; but they mace a saving in some lines of staple gouds, yet when they came to lay In stocks of ey articles the prices have been ex- ceodingly high aud greatly more than they the late centralization of bi ness in the hands of the few has not only been there, but has ceen peculiarly ilastrated in this cr the numoer of siores now Vacant and the datly fai! and retirements from business thats are annow ‘The continuance of an open competitt therailroads, it is cont this tenaency and bi about a revival of business for then the country dealers will be bruaght tere to purchase their patcels of goods, knowing they can buy ‘At the samo rate as tne local jobber, whose only profit has been the difference 10 sreight on some lines of mer. chandise and a large advance pa the rates of other auxil- lary articies which the retailer must have to make his stock complete aud meet tbe wants of lis Customers, So Ine as the railroad companies are concerned, the situation yesterday appeared to be unchanged, None of the Imex have #0 far manifested any desire or m- tention to make a concession to the other, and so tar West | ae the New York Cenmtrot and Erie roads are con. cerned in the een carrying trade, no pol is iikely to be made with the other lines. Frey the same nominally, but favor contracts can readily be obtained, bow for present aud forward de- livery. In fact the manifestation on the part of all the Ines is to accommodate shippers and secure business, even should they accopt lower rates than their nvals, In all other re there i BO change from the facts qvoted in Sunday's HERALD There was no seduction ade on passenger rates by any of the lines yesterday, and, as far as can be ascer- tained, no such Action i» contemplated. Presi t Jewett, of the Erie Ratiway, accompanied by the general superintendent and other officials, siarted on Monday morning to make @ general inapec- tion of the road, Mis journey bas ne connection with the existing freight troubies, AN UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, THE BROADWAY COMPANY WORK--THE PLAN# AND ROAD, ‘The corporation formerly known as the “Pnenmatic Despatch Company’’ having obtained the necersary legislation at Albany intends to begin the work of cou- ucting a steam failroad under Broadway. When the y first obtained its charter st did not contem- pinte the carryitg of passengers, but freight, similar to the Pneumatic Despatch Company of Loadon, Mr. Beacn, the editor of the Scientific American, however, 11 toextend the work, and the charter was so amonded that steam might be used if necessary. A tunnel was made under the roadway between War- 6 d Murray streets, and, as is generally known, an experimental opr was worked on the poean atic prin- ciple very euccessfally. Thir section cost $68,000, and ‘was baiit under the personal superintendence of Mr. ROUTE OF THE transport alter purchase. | irs. in the interviews with the | Further ) and and among | Merchandise will be regained | led by | MAY 10, 1876.—TRIPLE SHEET. Charles Gribam, who was the engineer of the London Underground Railroad Company. The experiment of boring under Broadway was successful, bat further Progress was checked owing to some adverse legislation, | IMPORTANT xaETING OF THE BOARD OF ‘The tinal charier authorizing the work was passed In | HEALTH YESTERDAY—REMOVE THE SLAUGH- 1874, and then the company were unable to get to TER HOU on account ef the necessary capita pan. | SRS. 4 a fagncom ies. It was en ee a At the Board of Health's weekly meeting yesterday .000 would be required to complete the road, | 9 hearing was given to a committee representing the und capiialste dil not acom anxious t> ‘pat MORCY IB | ances of stables in New York, who inid before it their views a# to tho best method of removing stable ‘Things have changed now, however; there is a rapid ; | mapore from the city, According to their investiga- | transit fever and money ts plentital for investment in the business. At the late session of the Legislature tions it appears that there are 110,000 horses in New York and a yield of 1,500 tons of stable manure dally. Foremost in tho movement are several members of the Leuisiuture, who own cousideravle stock im the from owners of property wlope the route. Iu onder wo | 2Y Wash, the only exception being the county o! West- get the bill paused he gave the members sioex, or | chester, The present vystem of removal, which has preparing the bonds, which will be on theanarkes in a few days. some dumping ground until it could be removed from the oity, The principal objection to this system is the ton of the railroad is 10 begin at the Battery and teud northward under Broadway to Central Park, bev] which is the compressing of manure. It reduces the cost of transportation and divests it of many of its fotal distance of about five miles. AS stated aboye, the total estimated cost ig $10,000,000, which includes a dumping ground. The committee were Charles fective operation. ‘The work will be pertormed under | = the immediate supervision of a board of enginecr | Jobnson, T, R, Butler, President Sixth Avenue Rail- y x : : : ‘ hey the standing committee for report ata future meeting, plan, though tnore expensive, 1s the only real metho pootor of rapid transit, Underground the trains can by ran at i: Paton enti dima actents Rm PeRNnR: 4 FOG’ aAy:the out of sight. Of course its central location would im- Bure its success, and it would obiain the bulk Of the | aio that the brook be disinfected, SANITARY AFFAIRS. the charter of this company was still further amended s0.as to permit the corporation to issue bonds and begin the work, ‘To remove the same 300 horses and carts and a capital company. At the time Mr, Beach sought for tho { f $500,000 aro required. The topography of the city charter xt Albany he met with ‘a vast amount of oppo- | makes (ts transportation as a fertilizer almost entirely sition, uot only from herse railroad companies, but | promi ed it, Dod por i priders Bee meees, in. <4 | been in operation for years, is that of carting it direct foam ani are willing (0 help.to Guild: it. s year tho | from the stables to the vessels whieh carry it away, or Company wee reotuaniaodand: sho sruatom) Ore WOW | chen prevented’ ty storms oF ie to deponit it from iit be ai riety omrey FLAN OF by her om as of I wi similar to \dery: 2 roads of Lon- Yon, ‘By the provisions of the cbarier the firstsec. | duping for storage within the city limits during Portion of the year, which is unavoidable, Another “ ” paiaak lntanel (oraneh eustuaal, lends Rie plan highly recommended is that known as “baling, street.to a connection with the tracks of the Herlom River Railroad at or near the Grand Central Depot—a disagreeable features, The committee urged the Board the constrnction of tuancla of the atrongest character, | % give both plans one year's trial, and to sot apart a spacious underground stations, solid steel tracks, elec- | place at the foot of Ninety-sixth atrect, East River, as trie siguais and everything complete for the most ef- Ponensmcaberieiga apy _ by the Governor of the | road; Jesse A. Marshall, Madison Avenue Lin . Stato and the Mayor of the city, | Phillips, President Third Avenue Railroad; Wm. Ebbett A HunaL reporter called upou the Presiddat of the t' ir rotor Willen The entire imalter was referred to company, who now feels very sunguine of the succesy | of the enterprise. He cialins that the underground { a high rate of speod, something which wil! never be | 6amitary condition of Mill Brook, betweon 1a8th and obisined nian clevared rosd:with safety, for tno veoh 169th strects, which shows that it is the receptacie be- ‘Uhat the road will never be solid, like that obtained on the carth. Another great potut th tis favor is that it ; SWeen ‘hos polute of two sowars and of the refuse of will not injure the property it passes und if entirely | several browerics, Ho recommended that the brew- eries be conipelled to have water-tight cesspools, and carrying of both sengers and freight in the. city. The Prondert, wa(a ho iad ine | A communication was received from the Department vestel a largo amount of, money in | of Buildings, in answer toa recent resolution of the the enterprise, well knowing that the plan would bo successful, but he could not burld it alone; thererore he waited until the public were educated up to the ne- | cessity and the desirability of the work, The time has’ now come, the plana are all prepared, and the company expects to get to work within a few weeks, ‘THR COST OF THK ROAD, Although $10,000,000 sueras w lurye suin for building | five miles of road, it 18 In reality stall when compared with the cost of the road im London, which exceeded $5,000,000 per mile, About tour-Giths of this wasduo to damages to real estate, caused by cutting through blocks of houses ond tunnelling under vault, On Broad vay no such cost can accrue, as the line is clear through the centre of the therougatare and will not en- crouch on private property. RAILRCAD TRANSPORTATION. Board, stating that arrangements had been mado with the Tammany Society to construct an outside iron stairway from the auditorium of tho Germania Theatre to the ground on the north side of the building. A communication from the Bourd of Charities and Correction, also in answer to a recent resolution, stated that arrangements were in progress to build a gate | im the Tumbs, leading into Leonard street. SLAUGHTER NoUsES, ‘The following report irom the Sauitary Superintend- ent, on the subjects of slaughter houses and the proper measures to be taken to ubate the nuisances jncidental to them, was received and referred to the Sanitary Committes, Ho said:— is In giving a brief summary of the natur tary requirements of this tant branch of indastry | c: been edly said on, previous occasion: convected with the business, may ve conducted, certain unp! THE CHEAP TRANSPORTATION SOCIETY O8 THE PRESENT WAR-—-THEIR VIEWS ON WEST BOUND FREIGHTS--RFSOLUTION OF THANKS render it necessary that. these TO THE TRUNK LINES. | cated us remote as possible from haman dwellings and ‘A meeting of the New York Cheap Transportation’ | {rom important tuoroughfares. The area bourded by Association was held yesterday, with Mr, B, P, Baker, Fortieth and Forty-se hh strects, in the vicinity of ‘tenth avenue, where most of tho slaughter houses on the president, inthe chair, Alter preliminary bust- | the wost side of the city are located, however well ness the Executive Committee, through Mr. J, F | adapted to the business it may have been Heury, the chairman, reported the {act of the mntended | kahab angen. 2h nga pal a inns tne we of a large population whose health and nappi absence of Mr. F. K. Thurber, the sceretary, and | ness largely depend on the breathing of a pure atmos- recommended the nomination of Mr. A. B. Miller aa | prensa tho fs Seta sear ‘a mpeae pido ! i ont avenue, the west side ol secretary pro tem., and thatof Mr, Darwin R. James as,; Tenth aver stwoen Foviteih and Forty-aest stress, assistant Both gentlemen were elected unanimously. | and the south side of Forty-tirst street, fur a short dis- ‘The President at this time spoke of tho loss the asxo- | be delgado facia abe agin yond e ciation would sustain in the absence of Mr, Thurber, to | some of these are old wooden structures, saturat whom, ho said, it was greatly indebted for the success | with animal fluiée and animal filth, and notwithstand- it had met with. He concluded by wishing tne secre- dng tho constant efurts of the proprietors to cleanse, tary bon voyage, ‘Tho gentlemad replied in appropriate. | PZ,{icshing, and 8 Mberal use of whitewash, it is im- torms. Dossib! disguise the recking edor of putrid animal Tho Committee on Raliroad Transportation then sub- matter constantly arising from these sodden premises, Others of a better class, and of more recent con- Biruction, have wood floors, and mor Jer mitted the (ollowing report and resolution, which were | Standing’ wood, work, which ‘are dally. absorbing unanimously adopted :— animal. matier, aud aro permanently impregnat ‘To tux Boat or Dinxcrons or tun New Yore Cuxap | With bloody water and tuids dramung from animal "EHANSPONTATION ASSOULSTION :-— | offal and liquid manure. Tho yards, though daily ef- The vo on Kallway Transportation respect! | forts are made to cleanse them, are tor a large portion mere A Sane th eee ria eon frig ope tri ag | of the time filthy with manure, offal an his city hav Mt taken the position that rates to New | Deadl ‘ York from th hall: by ne low ns thoes to amyrorber | Pavements become: afters short time w | pressed portions affording lodgment for piec | and manure, and the surtace drainage being fupted by the uneven condition of tho pavement bloody water and the drainage from manure and offal | collect in pools on the surtace of the yards or in the stones. In addition boxes and rear walls of the 4 seaboard city. This is u concession which the Cheap Trans portation Avsocintion hay long. tmaintulued should be adopted forthe reason that the cost of transportation de creases very raplily In propo the amount of basinoss done, ni n if there w West hound tratic the iin productions uf the West which Pp would entitle her to eyeu a rate than cites from 100 to 200 miles er the The cost of to 200 miles further, when once started small, and, ax abo tered with blood and semi liquid manure, which, dry- ing, leave theo structures cuvered with adherent 100 mated for by th | masses of this filthy mixture, rendering them ene. one Hour and lv stwck, | both unsightly and offensive. These estab. perso rosa ola j Wshments “ull” front on p~blio streets, and relble Fr wever, why New York is entittedtoa | Wavy of — them eens " opposite tenement houses, the occupants of whi as well a8 passers by, 1 10 lower rate shau other seaboard cities is that she furnishox ure daily exposed to the many annoyances inseparably other city, My fartie number of oars from | connected with this business, to gay nothing of the de- How Seth ne ee oe ape emi ty Bes, | moralizing effect the slaughtoring of animais has upon in this respect over eit iiladelphia, or Bos. | $b rising generation, inany of whom are daily and roportion of $ 14 fo eager witnesses to these operations. It seems that the been rec: ond managers in mak- |’ tine has arrived wheu, if over, a decided action should ing up their tariffs, he oor | ve taken by the Beard toward regulating and bringing which has always furnished an indetinite supply of gal under more immediate contro! this ousincss of ees. At lant, however, the fact hus become ay sing: 4 2 uitering animals. Section 184 of the Sanitary sit te, Serena wat treuttices Seite mtmuthig,| Code provides that after July 4, 1870, the business work in ibe re more and Philadelphia have so shail eonducted in abattoirs, at or near the waters’ Jar diverted the commerce which formerly came to thix city } edge, and I seo no reason why the slaughter houses raul ives of Failrond Wexiu te-feel it sarkonal fen the position above mentioned. The above mentioned should be exempted fiom this pro- Vision; and in accordance with taeso views I have inedinte and positive elfect of the most | ; A framlil coutineed comet fai toporme: | jade iny recommendation, | The principal, slaughter Ces oo anmnot fail to perma” | houses on the east side of the elty are lotaed in our city. It is ciaimed that the present rates ar re } the district extending from Forty-third street nerative ty the roads tila; the customary dividends will | to Forty-seventh street, east. of First avenue. be incking If these rates are continued. It shoula oe romem- | Nome of these are woll constructed, and with Fee ae eet eine eae tees | Home alierations and improvements may be made to el to business men huw they could manage to } meet all necessary requirements; others, though well ds at all, The best judges cluim that it the } | Constructed, are badly socated, berng in close proximity ¥ Raliroud outned three per cout uponitsprossnt | to tenement houses, whilo others, both from location outstanding obligations ts will still be earning atthe rate | and construction, are wholly unfit’ for the purposes to of eight to ning per oont on the amount actually’ pald inte i treasury by its atock aud vond holders, and it would, th be less of a hardship tor these xe | which they are devoted. ‘Taken as a whole, wo find | Among them the same objections which characterized | thowo on the west side, We find here the sume faulty city and | Pavements aud fences covered with filth; the samo ffer as thoy hw e inthe past. In- | wooden flvors saturated with putrid biood and rancid in the vpinion of your committer, the wisest possible | jut, and the same neglect im cating promptly tor the fee ond fullzeed mapbpery to tal ie cra be to foxtet,, otal und mavure. It may be added, aso, that fucilities rt linte beer so depressed Which fora number Of | fur gatching tue Llood in many of these piacos are not Snaidoration of another most ims ; adequate. | have recommended that all uf the slanghtcr houses on the east side of the city objectionable either HK MATHS 0 PEND FREIGHT, from construction of location be closed, and that the byt ewig af the reads . x: ast be zeae tp sivervory | others be so altered Spa inepseed as to * L ew! ie 10 “1 uterlot, | meet the requirements of the ordinance about | but to charge the retail mut tue Mr rovulaPeaellt | 10°" sone. efecs. ...1n .. OOF ite samcet.. abe could be | th 1 owl au every branch, many how PREPARING FOR | | paper was reierred to the Committee on Ocean Trans- mn, in some instances, have nent two and sirve ! sanitary requiroments necessary to the interests of | public ‘hygione, and to the avordan abiic aanoy- j ance, the busines slaughtert ue ‘botewale houses, whe trated as mach as pors:dle and conducted within bald sure 0. profit has been the discriminations whieh thoy | ingq eonatracted for the purpuse were able to obtain in thetr rate of freught. This hagre. | 108! 1 tact that not one retail merchant now viies | Proved plans. They should be remote from human to buy goods where ten formerly cage, mach to | dwelling nad not exposed to view from the puvlic iment of entioned, RB JOBBING TRADE | that the public may be xpared the annoyance # of which have been driven | jror : a foamed been the stronger oues that he able to sustain this, and even ti have been | driven inte i other branch vi business, avd tt hes onl, | ‘They should be ator » - | that the public sewers may not be defiled with filthy ‘washings und refuse and that the dangerous praciice of a, be pty es ean X- | driving cattle through the public atreets may be avor hange of a lage numiber of smali customers that palit them | remunerative r A small number uf large. cuxtorners | tO animals beng landeu from boa! 1 places of slaughtering. The yards td bring these | graded and paved with I nM pavement, most largely | between tho stones being illed with as) rf otrink | gs ihe ordinary mortar or cement is soon tong te | washed away by the frequent fushiegs of the yard poset yg my uitnt dhe | The floors of the building should be ot some ni are their best customers, and a tetore torecognize | sorbing material to afford of trom the off the fact which would be of the greatest mutual advantage. | odors peculiar to slaughter houses, and to prevent si It in to be hoped, however, tront the spint manifested in our | uration of tho so underneath, which often occurs Kast boubd freight matters, that « bester understanding may | frum wooden, leaky floors Good facilities ehouid le fale adi SB Bd hn iL B for saving utd wham the blondy in onder oking towaed this end, and would therefure respectlully | this valuable sertilizer, instead of being wasted, he foil re: jon: be pet form applied to the nd thus Th ute to the heaithy growth and acevelopme: of our race, All of these recommendations and others I hi Made in the special reports forwarded, and if carried ont | believe the business of slaughtering will be so far improved in its sanitary aspects as to be regarded not wholly unworthy of the improved spirit of our age. In connection with the accumulations of manure in this city, Professor Doremus said to a HemaLp reporter | yesterday that careful attention to the subject had enabled him to say that there are gathered here every Year about 600,000 tons of manure, which, when re- Moval 4s deluyed, is detrimental to the health of tho-e who reside or work within range of the poisonous is nasocta: merchants of this city re ofoar trunk Ines tor thetr recog- tx in rat on East bound freight, aud that we respectfully soll their hands « considera. of the lacts hereinbefore ontiined in rezard to the rates » West bound freight, and viet ger 4 whieh in the past hay resulted so disastronsly te the jubbing trade of thin eity. All of whieh is tfuls; tte: cree TL ORDER, d, SPENCKK TURNER, HARVEY FARRINGTON, JUUN FP. HENKY, B. MILLER, Committce on Railway Transportation. A lengthy communication was then presented by tho secretary from H. F. Knapp, a civil engineer, review. Ing the general hydraulics uf rivers, and combating the theory of Captain Eades, plin for opening and deepen. | efluria cx Dl gna Bg FE ing the mouth of the Mississippi River by the removal ironed for ie | feibetal oF 4 had come to the conclusion that the in the early gathering, chemical vare baling of the retase and its con- the most baruless Jey arate, ‘The paper sets forth though the pian proposed to be carried ») pi s may be temporarily satisfactory, | yet in the end it.will be found to be w failure, The Of and subseqae Veyanee from the city is altogety here, and, perhaps, the most useful to those in tho cy miturad districts, who need fertilizers, and who by | the portation fer action, A communication from the Cin- cinnati Board of Transportetion was next read It process indicated can ure the city 18 asks the co-operation ot the New York Cheap Tran: Fetus the least harm to its residents and greatest | portation Socity and similar bvdies in prepar- | proiitte farms, He said, in conclusion, thut he was ax mg and = presenting # memorial to Con. Hest in Lis desire to removal of the street and gress, requestimg that the additional grants of lund id other privileges sought to be obtained by the Union Pacriic Railroud may be with- betd, Referred to the Commitive on Railway Traus- portation, On motion of Mr. Henry, Chairman of the Executive Committee, tt Was agreed 10 adjourn over the months of June, July and August, unless special meetings should be called by the Chair, of Messrs. Beker, form a# he was for the removal of the gashouse nursance, and wus confident that ifthe means at hand ‘were resorted to evil effects could be prevented, ‘The Western Union Telegraph authorities m Now York anounced as follow? yesterday :— “Av ton minutes past two P. M., Greenwieh time, St Pierre had communication with the repairing ship, which reported that it would be through its work in twenty minutes,’” A committee of com| Robinson and Miller, was then appointed to co-operate with the commutes of tue Chamber of Commerce, Pro- dace aud Cotton Exchanges and other commercial bodies in the proposed conference to be held with the Dock Commission im relation to the dock system of the city. This despatch refers to the St. dere and Placentia The meeting then adjouracd, eable. hauling a. train of } Dullding become exceedingly Althy trom being bespat. | ; streets, The necessity of these restrictions 18 obvious, | valuable | stable fith of the city in almost wholly deodorized | ir “KEEP OFF THE GRASS” The People’s Pleasure Ground in Oentral Park. THE IRON RULE OF THE COMMISSIONIRS, Shall the Citizens Enjoy Their Own Property ? When Central Park was laid ont for a people’s pleas ure ground, aod the taxpayers willingly bore the | burdon of increased assessments, it was distinotly an. derstood that this charming area was to be beantified for the people; that every man who wanted a breathing spot for his wife and children could have jt; ¢hat there he could enjoy pure air and pleasant shade, ramble on the grass, or rest by the placid lakes at his own sweet will, without further restrictions than those demanded for the maintenance of order and the laws of propriety. But this original purpose | of our beautiful Park has been perverted, aad now there is but little moro freedom permitted to its owners, the people, than if it wero a private park, and every inch of lawn, every stretch of meaaow and every stately treo possessed by some rich proprietor who throws wide his gates to the people as a favor, The Park police, acting strictly under the orders issued te them by the department, watcn with jealous eyes every romping boy or toddling girl, and the minute their feet wander {rom the scorching asphaltum wajka to the velvet of the cool grass they are hustled off first, and warned afterward that to “keep om the grasa” is one of tho principal laws in foroe in Central Park. During the last few days, when the atmosphere has been so hot, crowds of citizens have thronged the lovely avenues; brightly dressed children and their nurdes have mado the air ring with Inughter; but it bas seemed very like torture to keop the merry babies con- fined to the scorching paths, the sun's reflection al- most blinding thé eyes, while tho cool re:reate ant grassy slopes on every side were uninvaded, Children sometimes advanced over tho borders to chase a but tery or pluck a daisy, but the dreaded gray coated guardian, with his ‘terrible rat tan, would soon be after, them, and she ominous ‘Keep off tho grass’? would send thom scampering to the hot paths again, ‘Papa, who owns this park?” asked a Little girl of her father on the yesterday. “Why, I do,’? was the answet orybody who lives here in New York owns y “Je you own the treos and the grass??? ase then let me go and play on tho grass, ani don’t Jet that ugly man in the gray coat drive meof ith his cane.’? This artless litle conversation Wat ithe HxRaLp reporter by a Park policeman whe overheard it, He coutinued:—‘It’s too bad these hot days to keep children off the grass; but wo must obey oruers,”” " A SENSIBLE VIEW, A gentleman who bas traveled all over the continent of Europe said, in reference to this subject:—"We are | governed too tmnuch on this park questiun; the people's | Voice should be heard; itis a vital subject. Inthe glorious Prater in Vieuna there are no such absurd aut ricliousw AS to tho grass; there is absolute freedom, in thia respect in the Royal Park in Brussels aa well ag 1 the Bois de Boulogne and Pare de Monceau m Paris, and yet the grass is in better order than it is here, It is ‘ruc, on the base ball ground there were a few spois worn bare, but these can easily be turied over, This baseball ground is opposite Seventh avenue and was une of the lovenest stretches of meadowin the Park. Lt extends trom Sixtieth to Sixty-li(th street and Has been only occur | pied by players once or twice a week, Now what harm | could bave ensued if devent citizens and their wives and children were permitted to enjoy a ramble over the | grass thore to seck the shade ol the trees out yonder? | Why I heard a man the other day. fairly beg @ police- | man for the privilege of walking over to rest under a certain tree, He suld, ‘Iam a good citizen; I pay my taxes, do not get drunk or fight, and my | feet are fairly bliatered by these hot walks,’ | But the officer, as in duty bound, had to retnse'the eti- } gen’s request.’ Itisx said that when Mr, Stebbins was President of the commission the orders were not so | strict, bat now Mr. Frederick Law Olmstead, wha bas entire charge of these matters, has given ‘orders in comparison with which the iaws of Draco were mild.” CONDITION OF THE HALL GROUND, To show the reporier the present foriorn condition of the ball ground, the geuticman walked with the re- © of the meadow a bare, It had been ploughed | porter to the spot, In pi ploughed Held mot their eyes. twice and harrowed, under the direction of Mr. | Manoing, the. foreman of the Park, and whero | a short time since there was an undulating piece of | green sward, now is a monstrous stretch of groundon which not 4 single spear of grass is growing, “Iv has | been soWn with red top and clover,”’ said the guide, ‘but I will venture to say that it will be two years be | fore it will aysume the beauty that vas beett s0 fool ishly destroyed.” ‘*Who ordered it doney” “dr. Law Otmstead,”’ was the reply, ‘and I am told, too, was imperatively orde:ed even after the foreman (Mi: Bing) protested against it. Ho is said to ban oxperi- euced foreman, and has been employed tor a number ot years here.” “Perhaps tho grass was sour, weedy and needed renewing,’’ was ‘he « gestion.” ‘“*Notat all; it was just like tbts,’’ pommting to about sia eet cf border that had been undisturbed, The gtaay was as green and healthy as any in the Park, } THR CHOQUET LAWN. | _ A visit was then paid to the croquet huwn, which Is sitiated near Seventy-second strect and Filth avenne, Ibis a daiuty bit of God's loveliness, yet tho people who pay for its maintenance and should enjoy st are almost as mooh cat off fram its occupation as if it were situ. ated in the vulley of the Yellowstone, The Fisk as: phait, or rather ihe remains of 1, which covers the waiks near this place, is also another cause of just com- plaint to the visitors; where it ts not cracked and spongy or reeking with tar, it is piemenied and patched out with gravel, which cuts into leather lik nife. Itison such walks as these that chiltret forced to play at the risk of bruises and cuts, while tho safe and smiling lawns invite thom, yet they dare not step ever the borders while the ominous sigue “Keep, off the grass’’ re & menace and a warning, it may be worth while here to quote the secs tious of the act by which the Park Commissioners ure guided in their control of this public property, in order that the people may see that this body bave full power over this great question, us well as to show that THK PEOPLE VAY THE MONEY. By chapter 29 of the Laws of 1871, entitled “An act in relation to the powers aud duties of the Boardrot Jommissioners of the Department Pu Parka, Squares wnd Pinces, and other works ler the juris. | diction and direction of said vepariment in the city of New ¥ "* the Comptroller t ‘ized and directed ! to crente and issue, at such tine: in such umounts and im each manner as shall be deemed expodiant and necessary, a public fund or stock, to bo denominaced ‘fhe City Parks’ Improvement Fund,” to an atnount not exceeding a sum of which the annual interest (at the rate of inverest at which the stock or | fund shail be issued) will be $200,000. The Board of Park Commissioners ts authorized to organize, and, by and through ita president, to ap- int a force to be kuown ay the keepers of Central ‘ark, to consist of such burpber of men as the Board may deem necessary, which force sball he undor the | @xelusive control of the Board, in order to preserve | order in the Park. Each member of the force is to take an oath prescribed by said Board, and to bo allowed compensation. The Board is declared to bave full and xeltsve power to govern, manage and direct #1 said Y | several pablic parks, squares and pices, and all per- sons offending against ordinances established by the Board shall be deeined guilty of misdemeanor and pam | ished accordingly. A, CRICKLTER'S OPINION. bg New Yona, May 5, 1876 To tie Eprtor or tae Heraip:— Tho people of this city have como to regard your journal as the champion and advocate of many ot their rights which are demed to them through tho obstinney oF authorities having eo@rot. read your short article in to-day’s issue, in which | you tersely remark that “the Central Park was in- tended to be for the people what the country gentle- | man’s lawn is to tts owner—a place for amusement and occupation and healthful recreation.” Exhtor, keep it up, and we shail surely gain 5 ‘ think L may tairiy say we are ontitied to. Now, lama member of a cricket club of this city which recently made apphcation for the privilege practising and playing their gamo iv some ‘tion of the Pt sot aside for that purpose, and any expeuse incurred in keeping it order would bo cheertally borne by the members. The application was courteously but firmly declined. T need not inform you that the few cricket clubs we have here are composed entirely of respectable people and free from all rowdy element, and not being | protessionala, bat engaged in datty business, the only tune at their disposal to indulge in Uieit lavoriie pastime the summer evenings or afternoons, Bat it is the rosait? those of ovher cities whose Park Commissionors aro more liberal we sey wnt ped for want of practice, No | all this. could be #emedied if we had a portion of je for this parpose, and, as I cannot if Commissioners have hitherto refused ill venture | ceive that from either obstinacy or stupidity, I say that ifthey will give mo a ten minyien’ interview | LWill give them arguments to convince them and ¢b- | tain their consent. I have in my jon now an | old map of the rark whercon is marked of » ceria | portion designated “Cricke: Ground,’’ For ae | it has not been used lor the purpose originally int pees 1 eannotsay. In Hogizing for upon yoor Falnable ey 1 cannot conclude wil acknowledging the very handsome manner in here g havo offered us | aaa = aaa