The New York Herald Newspaper, March 20, 1877, Page 5

THE HEART OF AFRICA, Mr. Stanley's Explorations---His Latest Letters, What He Has Accomplished and the Work Before Him. The New Fields Opened for Trade and Civilization, ‘The special despatches {rom London, published in the Heratp of the 12th inst, giving a brief outline of ‘thé contents of another parcel of letters received from Mr. Stanivy, in the beart of Africa, and dated Ujiji, the ‘Tth, 10th and 13th of August last, we aro quite sure $mparted the pleasure of good news to all our readers interested in the progress of science, commerce, etvilization and Obristianity. We are eure of this, Decause of the nuiversal public interest which has been drawn to all these explorations in the savage Wilds of Africa since the thrilling discoveries in the ‘Nile basin of Speke and Grant, and of Baker in 1861, ‘1862 and 1864, and particularly {rom Stanley’s narra- tive of his successtul expedition in search of Dr. Liv. Apgetone, with the accompanying letters {rom that la- mented chief of Christian pioneers in the previously unknown countries of that benighted continent. Be- Jieving that the readers of the Heraup have received the intelligence of Mr. Stanley's safe arrival at Ujiji as mews trom a friend engaged in a good work and beset ‘with constant dangers trom a deadly climate and sav" age tribes, we think that a brief reviow of his jatest reported adventures and of tho general field of tho great Nile basin may here for the public information bo profitably given. ON STANLEY'S LINE OF TRAVEL FROM THE VICTORIA TO THE TANGANYIKA LAKE ‘we have a stretch of country equal to that between Long Island Sound and Lake Erie, with more of the perils to the white man than those of the Yollowstone Mountains infested by tho warriors of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. From tho telegraphic outline of Stan- loy’s report of his journey to tho Tanganyika Lake, it appears that tho Kageera River, flowing into the Vic- torta Lake on the weat side, is a much larger stream than the Shimeoyu, which is discharged into the lako at its southern extremity, These two rivers—the one rising near tho third and the other near the filth de- gree of south latitude—are, os far as known, the ut- most sources of the mighty Nile, From its beginning in the Shimeoyu it flows through thirty-seven degrees of Jatitudo, equal, as the crow flies, to the distance from Bogota, in South America, to the city of New York. Between the head springs of the Misstasippi and tho Gulf of Mexico there are twenty degrees of lat- fiude, Thus, in length, the “Fatber of Watera” is dwarfed, and the Missouri, from its sources in Mon- tana to the Gulf, is surpassed by the grand old Nile, ‘This fact is established from Stanley's explorations, ‘TH LENGTH OF THE KAGEERA RIVER Mr, Staniey has not ascertained; but as the dividing ridge between the waters of the Tanganyika Lake and the limits of the basins of the Albert and Victoria Jakes, southward, are well known, tho Kageera cannot bea long river, Its great volume ot water is due, no doubt, to some group of mountains near its head, on which the equatorial rainfall is very heavy. It must be a short river, because it flows into Victoria Lake from the west, and less than two hundred miles from the lake, west, lies tho basin of tho Albert Lake, ‘THE EQUATORIAL DRAINAGE OF THB NILE comes trom three great basins—the basin of the Vio- toria Lake, that of the Albert Lake, and that of the great Nile tributary, the Bahbr-el-Gazal, which has ‘been only partially explored, and of the true sources of which nothing is known, The basin of the Victoria Lake extends ovor an urea twice that of New York, shiefly to the east and south, The peninsula between the two lakes is mostly drained into the Victoria, the Wdivide” being.close.to Luke Albers Tho basin of ‘this jake is limited, the mountains and cliffs encircling it being close to its shores, The lake is nearly one hundred and fifty miles lohg and from twenty to fitty Miles wide, and it lies some eight hundred ana fifty feet below the surface of the Victoria Lake, We have something of this difference of aititade of two neighboring lakes of the same system, in Erie and Ontario, the surface level of the former being over 300 tect above that of the latter. A natural terrace, which, from the Ontario looks like a mountain ridge, rises botweon the two lakes. You ascend this terrace from Lewiston, and instead of a mountain ridge, you find that you are on a higher lovel ot the continent, which imperceptibly has an ascending grade westward tothe head of the St. Lawrenco basin. It is the cut- ting through this terrace by the outflowing stream from Erie which givos us the rapids and the falls of Niagara. By the same processes the Nile, from the Victoria Lake and its higher basin, has cutits way down through the rocks to Lake Albert, And hero, wo daro say, toat in making this descent of 850 feet, from the one lake into the other, there are in the Victoria Nile, or main river, in addition to the Murchison and One or two other falls mentioned by explorers, OTHER SPLENDID FALLS AND RAPIDS, and which no white man has ever yet seen, because of the impossibility of ascending or descending on foot or ‘by boat the rocky gorge or canyon of the roaring river. Speke, Baker and others in exploring this section of the Nile struck in here and there at an opening, but iad to leave the river trom point to point to get round its projecting rocks and clifly. At ali events they have not accounted for its descent of 850 feet between the ‘two lakes. ‘THK FIXED FACTS OF THESE HQUATORIAL LAKES are these:—The Victoria drains a Li extending southward to a divide” nour the fifth degree of south Jatitude, This is the utmost southern ascertained limit of the Nile, The Victoria lies on a terrace trom B50 to 1,000 feet above Lake Albert, and drains nearly the whole peninsula between the two lakes, The **di- vide” between the Albert and Tanganyika Jakes is near the third degree south latitude, and the Tangan- ika, sume three hundred miles south, lies over a Rundrea below vhe level of the Albert, This tact getties the question that Livingstone’s great system of interior lakes and rivers, to which the Tanganyika belongs, has no connection with Lake Albert. But Btill it is not an established fact that Livingstone’s great river, Luulaba, is the Congo, LIVINGSTONE VB. CAMBRON. Livingstone died in the belief that bis river, Lualabs which includes all bis system of interior lakes an Tivers, is the main stream of the Nile, At the point ‘where he was compelled to halt, over a hundred miles beyond Nyangwé6, the stream was heading north, If there 16 a valley running northward and lying weet of the mountains on tho west side of Lake Albert, and on a lower level than that lake, then Livingstone’s river may be the Bahr-el-Gazal, which comer into the Nile in numerous branches tome hundreds of miles below the outlot of Lake Al- bert. Schweinfurth, however, has settled {t that for 200 mites west of the Albert Lake there is no river flowing northward, but that th: Streams from that dividing lako ridge is westward to the Atlantic Ocean. Still it is possible that Lt Btone’s great river may lie further west than Schr turth’s line of travel, and yet in a valley tributary to tha Nile. Cameron left the Lualaba at Nyangw6, satisfied that {tis the Congo, But he lett the river at shat point (a bundrod miles and more short of the point reached by Livingstone on the same stream) aud, in a southwest direction, he crossed the country to the Atlantic coast, Cameron, therefore, has not scttled 1+ thas Living. Stone's Luaiaba ix the Congo, WH MXPROT ATANLEY TO SETTLA THE QUESTION ether the Lualaba is the Nilo or the Congo, or an independ od | the Atlantic orth of the Congo, or into some great interior salt Jake, tho fresh water drainage into which passes off by evaporation. In our next letters from Mr. Stanley we expect the setticment of this problem, not Irom alti- tudes and calculations, but from actual observation, for in such questions to see is to know, LIVINGSTONB’S GREAT PLATEAC of lakes ana rivers, though on a macn grander acale, toay be compared with the plateau of Minnesote. On shis elevated flat we have a thousand lakes and streams Interiapping, some the head waters of the Red River of the North, flowing into Hudson’s Bay; some the Sources of the Mississippi, and some tho extreme Western sources of the St. Lawrence, On Livingstono’s great interior African plateau of lakes and rivers, in- cluding the splendid Lake Tanganyika, wo have the sources of the wild and rushing Zambezi, flowing into the Indian Ocean, Interlapping with tho tributaries of the Lualaba, which is the Congo, or some oth iver, flowing into the Atlantic, or into a desort; or it is the grand old Nile. North of the Tanganyika Lako wo have the two oqua- torial reservoirs and basins of the Nile; the one trom 800 to 1,000 feet above the other, and draining a vast extent of country eastand south. Both those gr lakes have been circumnavigated, and trom the “divide”? on the south, and the Joity mountains on the wont side of Lake Albert, wo know the limite of ite drainage But with all these discoveries MUCH YRT REMAINS UNKNOWN ot tho arainage of tho Nile. We know that Baker, from actual observation of the eweilling flood, has wettiod it that the annual inundation of ‘pt comes: down from tho N! Totty mi Moluging. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1877~TRIPLE SHEET. tains snd bigh table lands. {But from Abyssinia south- ward indeGaoitely, and Froamg monocaliy paralle| with She Indian Ocean coast line, though varying in ite dis- ‘ances of from 50 40200 or 300 miles trom the sea, the 1a a great chain of mouptains, aud the drainage fro: u in ‘she west sides of these mountains from Abyssiniadown to the Saenor flows across the country 400 or 500 miles to ‘ile or 18 lost th intervening deserts, But al! this region remains unexplored, Some 400 or 500 miles east and southeast of the Vic- torio Lake rise the loft: Kenio 18,000 feet an snow crowned crests of Mount ja Kilimanjaro 20,000 feet above the sea, from wi on the east side, several considerable rivers fiow into the . Indian Ocean, Tne western drainage from these lotty mountains, which must be very heavy, ie given con- Jecturally on the map—first, :n the ‘Lake Naibash, n0 Outlet,” and next, in a supposed river trom Mount Kenio, {ng ‘through a great lake, called Baring: Ofty mil west of the Victoria Lake, and thence in! the Asbua River, which empties into the White or Nile, 100 miles above Gondokoro. Next, same great chain of mountains, betw the sourth and sixth degrees north latitude, we havo the sources ot the large river Sobat, another Nile tribu- tary, but its sources aad 118 cou re traced by guess work. re ign field for profitable exploration; how do we know but that in Mount Kenio and Mount re eid may be founa the ancient gola mines of iF ‘On the west side of the Nile we have much to learn of its tributaries, including the Bahi Gazal, and some affluents turther down the main stream coming in from Soudan, Sapposing, however, that all th: work on both sides of the river is accomplished, the question still recars WHAT 18 ALL THIS WORTH ?”? We apewer that within the equatorial rain: Africa and that vast extent o! country Soudan, there are 40,000,000 or 50, 000,000 of | Just as they are, want only araiiroad to the navigi Nile or the sea coast, to give t! uiside world a trade of many millions of dollars. Tne explorer and the mis- sionary bi repared tho way for the diplomat and the complete abolition of the Atrican slave traffic. ‘This work bas so tar progressed that the railroad builder may as to his surveys, In England they are talking of arailway from the mouth of the Congo into the rich countries of the interior, and the Egyptian Khbedive is building a line into Soudan, The heart of ‘Africa is mostly @ region of grassy plaing and hills, Shouacing in cattle, and capable of supplying all Europe ‘with salt beof and leather, to say nothing of corn, cotton, Sugar, coftee and tobacco. Inu word, those African ex- plorers are the pathfinders for now markets and new settlements for the civ: Dations of the earth, and this 18 the work in which Stanicy is engaged. SOUTH CAROLINA. belt of nown a8 POPULAR SENTIMENT ON THE POLITICAL DIF- FICULTY—-OPINIONS OF A CONFEDERATE COLONEL, Conusuia, 8. C., March 17, 1877, “We don’t want any recognition of Hamptonas Gov- ernor, from the Presidont,’’ said an ex-Confederate Colonel with an empty sleeve, “The President,” he continued, ‘has no more right to decide or ‘recog- nize’ who is Governor of South Carolina than he has to decide or recognize who is the Comptroiler of New York, All that we ask of the President is to take the United States soldiers out of that State House and let the people here regulate their own affairs.” “With the troops out what would you do?” I asked, “Simply enforce the decisions and mandates of the courts by means provided by law. Governor Cham- berlain would not resist the order of a Court, and we fool satisfied that if the troops are withdrawn he will | peaceably surrender the Executive and State offices to the parties lawfully entitled to thom.’” “But if he should refuse to obey the order of a Court and should resist, what then?” “Proceed still by law and compel him by peaceable methods to yield obedience to the laws; but as soon as the troops go out Chamberlain is too sensible a man to remain a day longer in the State House than is neces- sary to pack up his private papers and leavo.”” “Some people tell me Chamberlain intends to ‘stick’ even when the troops aro withdrawn?’ I sug. gested. “Well,’? said the ex-Colonol, “let him ‘tick bat,” he added, “I am satisfied that the duration of his ‘sticking’ would be exceedingly brief. He would then be deprived of bis only existing support and would be compelled to abandon what ho has known all along to be a hopeless contest,’> “How do you regard the compromise suggested by Senator Patterson in the shape of a new election?” “Nobody but a tool or a knave,as Patterson iq would bave made such @ propositiun. It would not bo tolerated or submitted to foran nstant, The white people having rescued tle Stute from the clutches of the thieves that Patterson repre- sents are determined that they shall not be deprived of the fruits of their victory. Peace good order, security and tranquillity have only been re- tarded thus long by the use of the military. The agony of suspense and the terrible stagnation in all branche: of business can’t last much longer. The people are not able to stand it, arf the President must act very soon, We want no new election, will abide by no com- promise, and we ask no recoguition, Ali we say to the President ta, ‘Hands off! and let us peaceably settle our own affairs.’ ’* THE PRAVAILING SENTIMENT, This brief couversation gives the sentiment and feel- ing of the average Carolinian of tatelligence on the situ- ation, except that it fatis to illustrate the uneasy and growing restiveness that is daily becoming apparent owing to the delay on the part of President Ha; nd his Cabinet jn arriving wt the only peuceabio solution possible that can be had here. A sort of irritableness and sullen discontent is observable that is the result of long suspense and anxiety verging on despair. Hope deferred maketh the heart sick, ana the of this State certainly almost hopelessly the disastrous condition of affairs here tor past four months Whites and blacks alike, but the poor negroes, comprising laboring class of the entire State, suffer the most. All ‘rift, enterprise, or even the most ordinary prepara. tion for the new year’s crops is suspended, ‘atil Hampton ts duly acknowledged, and exercises without the interposition of the United States troops the func- tions of bis office, a thorough paralysis of all kind of business will prevail. At such a juncture a new elec- tion would be sheer madness. When the admi tion realizes these facts it must act, and the a they are realized the better. The most ultra repuoli- can, who cares anything for tho negro, should urge upon the President the immediate withdrawal of the ‘troops, I have instituted inquiries throughout the St: ascertain and feel the public pulse as to the proposed new election, The jocrats are a unit upon the sub- ject, and denounce such a policy as ruinous to the best interests of the country, subversive of all right and justice, and in no way tending to produce that peace and [ee 80 necessary to the prosperity of the country. They claim that the last November olection ‘Was conducted fairly, and that it resulted in the over- ‘throw of radical supremacy in this State, They base this claim upon the popular vote then cast, the judg- ment of almost the entire Circuit Bench of the State, the solemn decision of the Suapret and the impartial reporta of Congressional ing committees. I hi conversed quite freely upon the subject with leading lawyers, legisiators, prom- dnont politica: \d jargest taxpayers, and they most earnestly protest against such a gross vielation of their constitutiontial rights and counsel the most stubborn rosistance to such robbery. They are opposed to any compromise, in whatever guise it may come, and stand squarely upon tho popular verdict render: under most untavorable circumstances | OPPOSED TO A NEW ELECTION, ‘They say that if the national government is not sat- iafled with the result then attuined, and ts disposed to set aside the voice of the le and the judgment of the courts to perpetuate jupremacy of @ political perty diroctly at variance with the best interests of the tate, thero will be no use for another election, for tho precedent thus established will be held to cover all sim- ilar future emergencies, Leaving out of view all ques- tions of law and justice thoy claim that a new elec- tion at this time would completely ruin al tho material interests of the State, The farmers are bu: with their crops, and the labor, time and expense 1 cident to a political canvass would bankrupt the coun- try beyond the hope of recovery. They also claim that the same necessity that would thorize a pew lection for State officers would likewise wathorize anew election for President: lectors, and that, while thus attacking the rightial authority of the democratic offi- cials, the leaders of this movement would at the same time dispute the legaluy of Hayes’ title to the Pr dency. Tho democrats are opposed to anything like compromise in their governmental affairs, They stand squarely upon the record as it has already been made id are resolved to support the H. jh thick and thin, Th obeyed. They with their lives any attempt he would make to collect taxes or enforce nis authority, and ciaim that he can be in no other way sustained put by the combined forces of the entire standing army of the United States. This 18 not “gammon.’"’ Many of the most conserva- tive men say that they will not or one moment submit to the authority of Chamberiain’s government uniess backed by federal big Soy The republicans do not have much to ‘hey await ‘‘developm: Fy &@ prominent member of that party said to-day that he did not see the necessity of a new o nd that, while it might effect somewhat diffe ent It in Edgefield and Laurens counties, it would not alter the democratic majority in the Stato. He thinks that a new elevti this time would be di trous to the State. Let the troops be used to suppress mob violence; but Jet neither political party base its claims to popular support upon the military arm of the goneral government, HASTINGS—AN OLD JOKE, To tam Epiron or Tax H¥nary:— Mr. Hugh Hastings, of the Commercial Advertiser, in @ speech to his friends, published in the Henao of to-day, tells a story of what be hoard a Dutchma: @ay. Tho yarn is takon from Dr. Ayer’s ‘Almanac, ph vt A Month, though it is not very nicely quoted, Laboring jer the impression that editors never aly so my: eg ela ie ase bh ag 1m, in place e's pi 0 hu: Manos, 1a DUTCH DOCTOR, OUR COMPLAINT BOOK. 4 HAPPY THOUGHT, To Tax Eprron ov THe HxRavp:— Allow me to congratulate you cpon the happy thought that prompted you to open a complaint book in your columns. Sa means of reform and education the measure cannot be overestimated op that score alone. | feel prompted to w: the Hsxaup long life and prosperity, expecting to occasionally avail mynell of the privit 0 show some abuses und bad habits io their true light, FREE PEN, THE BROOME STREET CARS, To tux Eviror ov tue HekaLo:— Allow me to disagree with ‘Another Victim” andthe correspondent “Justice” in regard to the allegea swindle of the Broadway line of cars, Those which run to Broome street are painted red on top, with the words “Broadway at Broome street’? in large letters. In addition the words ‘*Broome street” are on stained glass over each door, and the pa: t each end of tne car aro painted red 0, Os er distinguish! mark. Guardians wi blue glasses ehould be ap- pointed for these idiots. CONSTANT RIDER ON BROADWAY LINE, THE FORTY-SECOND STREET LINE, To tue Epiror oy tux Heraup:— i wish to make a complaint against the East Side apd Forty-second Street Car Company (green cars) Every morning in stormy weather these cars are from five to ten minutes behind time, and are so over- crowded that it is impossible to get on them, Their time ts also very slow ; it takes them half an hour {from avenue B to Fifth Avenue Hotel On Saturday morn- ing 4 waited -half an hour for car, and when it did como it was 80 overcrowded that It was impossible to be on it, and I had to wait until several passed before could get on one, Is it becanse this i the only line runot § up town on the east side that the directors pay 80 little attention to the needs of the public? PASSENGER, A THIRD AVENUE CONDUCTOR. To tux Epiton ov THe HERALD:— + Last Saturday atternoon 1 was a passonger on car No, 6, Third Avenue Railroad, on its downward trip, and the conductor, whose cap bore tho figures “29,” acted very unruly to severa! gentlemen who were standing on the rear platform. of the most boisterous and rude character, Ing reprimanded by a gentleman, the young ruffian en- deavored to eject him from the car, Oughta repu- table company employ such a fellow on the Bons ur SLEEPING CAR GRIEVANCES, To tue Evitox or tux AsraLp:— Permit mo to add another **Waguer car” outrage for your “Complaint Book.” A lady arriving in this city by car Forest City, on Saturday morning, party played cards for moi evening und used profane language in tho pr the ladies and other passengers, and this was wit- nessed and permitted by the conductor of the car; alsoa man took pozsession of the ladies’ washroom, and the Jadies were obliged to wait for him to finish before they could use it, One lady attempted to enter and the door was quickly shut, and it struck ber over the eyo, making quite a bruise; and then, after the man came out, the floo: #o wet that mats had to bo put in betore ladies could enter. TRAVELLER, DARK TRAVELLING IN THE TUNNEL, To tnx Epiror or tue Herap:— Is there no possibility that the Harlem Railroad Com- pany will ever during the day time placo lights in there cars? During this weex there havo been many ladies travelling by tho trains insulted; sometimes thero is one small light and at other times nono at all. Onthe Underground, in London, you can read a paper with Pperiect epse at all times, Here, to get to Forty-second strect a person is compelled to suffer misery all his way down. To the ladies especially 1 has brought, on many occasions, nervous prostration. it would cost Dut little to furnish a good light, and, at tho same time, would benefit the company by bringing more passongers to their line, ALBERTIUS, REMOVE THE WAGON. To tux Epitor ov Tux Heras Permit me through your valuable ‘Complaint Book”? to call attention to the dilapidated wagon standing in the middie of Washington, near Dey street, It is a public nuisance, and ‘an obstacle to those who have to drive through said street, Hoping the proper authori- ties will have this wagou removed, I remain yours, DEY STREET, THOSE GREEN FLAGS, To tux Epiror ov tax Henato:— Michael Hayes, of Ballinasioo, President Rboddy Hayes’ grandfather, wouldn’s object to the hoisting of green flags on the City Hail on St. Patrick’s Day. If ho was alive now he would be very proud to see his randson Rhoddy President of the United states, though f would be very indignant to hear Rhoddy claimiug a Scotch grandfather. ‘as it Horace Greeley or Rovert Bonner who first discovered that a respectable irish- man should havo a Scotch grandtathor, LARRY McLOUGHLIN, STOP YOUR ENGINE, To tux Epiror oy the HeRaLp:— Please allow mo a space in your valuable paper to say afew words in regard to the sewer they are building on Forty-second street and Second avenue, Cannot the work be stopped at night, as it 1s a perfect nuisance to the neighborhood and disturbs everybody. They are running the engine ali night aud blasting all the time, which not ouly scares the people in the neighborhood. but causes a great deal of damage to the windows and pictures, I am sure a word or two trom you will do something toward stopping this nuisance. 3.5. BIRD THIEVES, To tux Epiton or THE HkRaLy:— Will you have the kindness to give the following warning a place in your valuable columns, ‘Take caro of your pet birds?” Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, two boys made an attempt to steal the birds trom cages hanging in the basement windows of No. 325 Wost Eighteenth street, The windows have bars similar to most basement windows. The working boy, with @ peculiar instrument, throws back the latch on the window, raises the sash, thrusts his arm through the bars, opens the cage, takes out the bird or birds and jeaves. They were not successful in the attempt at my house, being discovered at work, but they have suceceded at other places in the neighborhood, Yours respectfully, JAMES HARRISON, UNDELIVERED MAILS, To tax Epttor or tHe HERaLp:— Permit me a small space tn your valuable columns to state a grave cause of complaint against the manage- ment and delivery of the ma 1 left New York oight months ago on special business, Since my stay hero in Missouri City, Mo., my three brothers in New York have written me several letters of 1mportance and sent me many newspapers. I have not eived one out of | ten of them, Since Januaryl one brother wrote mo seven letters and forwarded me sixteen copies of the Heratp. [got one letter out of the seven, but nota paper. Another brother wrote five letiers and sent several papers, but | bave not received either a letior ora paper from him. Friends in Brooklyn have writ- ten me four letters each since New Ye Day, but I nevor got one of them. Now, aslam the sufforer, I would like to know who 1s to blame, |. SHEA, DECEIVING PASSENGERS, To tae Eptror ov THY HERALD;— Asa victim of the deception in ParisI deem it my duty to the travelling public to expose the deceit and imposition practised upon passengers by steamship agents, In purchasing my passage from Paris to New York it was with the explicit understanding that in case any unforseen cause should occur previous to the day of sailing and prevent my departure I should have | the privilege tu sail on the following steamer, In fact, to use the words of the agent, “No roxpectable com- pany reiuses tocomply with such a request.” Two to the departure of the steamer an un- anticipated circumstance rendered my sailing almost impracticable, and { requested the fulfliment of our agreement. itwas refused, Ithen liad the choi forleiting my passage or sailing, and I chose the latter, ‘These are the plain (acts, without comment or criti- cism, upon which I invite travellors to pass impartial Judgment. PASSENGE A DECIDED NUISANCE, To rae Enitor ov THE HERALD S— Thero are two nuisances affecting tho thousands who pass by your office #very day which it seeins difficult to abate unless you can ascertain Ifa railroad company has aconscience, The first is the occupation by the Dry Dock Company of the Broadway crossing in front of your building a8 a “starting station” for their cars, and detaching and driving their horses amid the crowds endeavoring to reach the sidewalk. The Bourd of Aldermen have resolved and the Legisiature have been petitioned to interfere, but the company sui! erpetuate the outrage, in spite of the public demand. Beconaly, the railroad company, through salting their oredit of our city jathera, Yours truly, trac! in front of your building and the Post Ofc compel every passcr by to wade through the ‘death: dealing," **cold-producing,’’ slushy pool. REFORM, STREET NAMES ON STREET LAMPS, To tax Bviron or tie HERALD :— Will you call the attention of the proper authorities to the neglected and almost useless condition of the street names on our lamps? In many instances these Jandmarks no longer to be seen, and where they aro ip sight they are apt to send the inquirer on a fool's errand, owing to the lamp heads being turned ily around, thus pointing to the wrong street. I ave been misled through this neglect several times, 80 that I no longer regard them as relial Tl COAL COMPANY TROUBLES, THE RECEIVERS’ REPORT OF THE LEIGH AND WILKESBARRE COMPANY—-BONDHOLDERS DIG- | GING FoR Facts, A meeting of the consolidated bondholders of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company was held yes- terday afternoon, President Lownie, of the Bank of the Republic, in the chair. There were about forty persous present. The receivers’ report was submitted and read. It Stated that there had not been sufficient time to make atuil investigation into the affairs of their company, and hence the present report must be regarded as a partial onc, ‘There was a large amount of personal and other prop- erty belonging to the company that was not covered by any mortgage, such as railroad and mine locomo- tives, cars, canal boats, mules, tools, piers at Boston, Providence and New Raven, and coal and accounts ro- | ceivabie for coal, The debts to be provided for, however, are, unfortu- nately, greater than this unmortgaged property, The December wages ot the employés had .been paid and partot! the January wage the balance (January) it was hoped would be paid this month. As soon as the debts for labor and supplies had been provided for other claims of indebtedness would be taken up, and the rece,vers would then see how far tbey could be met from the resources under their control. The product of the imines last year was 1,284,000 tons, more than one-half of which was {rom lands owned in fee. In the Wyoming region the company owned over 9,000 acres Of virgin territory, no cou! having ever been taken theretrom. in the same region the com- pany had 2,000 acres under jease. At and near Wilkes: barre there Was a still larger body of the finest con! land, and 4 third large tract pear the lower end of the basin, It was difficult to estimate the value of such a property; but at present little or no protit could be looked lor as a result of mining operations, owing to the depression 1u the trade. WHAT THE RECIRVERS THINK. The receivers are of the opinion that the bondbolders should hoid ali the propervy together and co on with the mines, as heretofore. The receivers hud made a contract with Mr, Charies Parrish to mine the Wyo- ming region and a temporary arrangement with the Central New Jerscy road to couvey the same to market. A contract to mine the Honeybrook property had also beon partiaily agreed upon. The product of these (Honeybrook mines) last year was 409,000 tons, and tho Mmivies Were capable of yielding from 400,000 t6 500,000 tons for a number of years to come, The most valuabie “asset” of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company was tho Wyoming property, The amount of con- solidated bonds vutstanding was $11,000,000, ‘of which $6,000,000 wore pledged as collateral security for loans to the comp and to the Central Railroad of New Jersey for less than haif that amount, The receivers considered that the debis for which the bounds were pledged by the two companies should bo extin- guished with as lituie sacritice as possibie, Prior to tho consolidated murtgugo thore is $2,587,389 of purchase money mortgages still unpaid and $1,680,000 of the sterling mortgages, being part of a original mortgage for £2,000,000, or $10,000,000. ‘The interest on $1,071,000 of these liens was paid by tho receivers on the st of March, and the balance, It is recommended, be paid it matures, oven if the consolidated bondholders bave to be called on to aid in doing it, ‘ DIGGING AFTRR FACTS, An effort was made to get at the amount of the float- ing debt, but it Was squeiched and turned over for the committee to report upon. ‘the following aro the names of the committeo:— P, C, Calhoun, President Fourth National Bank, Now York; Frederick S. Barnes, of New York; Francis A. Palmer, of New York; Thomas Cochran, &. J. Dobbing and William Bucknall, of Philadelphia, ana Warren Ackerman, of Now Jersey. It was resolved that this committee should report at another meeting upon the value and condit.on of the property and the best method of dealing with the same, dr. Ackerman said that he for one should go to the bottom—to terra sirma—in order to ascertain all that was possible with regard to the company, The com- mittee should not be one for “talk,” but to dive into and find out what there is left, aud report accordingly. ‘Two of the Philadelphia commities (Messrs, Cochran and Dobbins) represent a million and @ halt of bonds, and wero selected by some of the best known residents of that city. One of the bondholders present said looked upon the committee appointed as a “put up Job."" He wanted fair play, and if this could not be had he wouid rather see the road foreclosed, ‘The chairman of the meeting assured the speaker that the committee were honorable mon and would act for the best interests of all. Another speaker thought there ought to be some guarantees for the leaso of the coal lauds; the bond. holders should know who were working their mines and all the particulars with reference thereto; the bondholders had rights in this matter, and they must be preserved. The meeting adjourned, subject to the call ofthe chair, RAILWAY PASSENGER RATES, NO ADVANCE AGREED ON YET—-THE CENTRAL'S POSITION, On the 12th Inst, the General Ticket and Passenger Agents’ Association of the United States, then in con- vention at St, Louts, unanimously agreed by resolution to advance tho rates of fares on all the trunk railway Hines to points in the West. The new rates were ordered to be charged onthe 15th inst, and then did take effect so far ag Eastern bound travellers were concerned. Botore the advanced schedule could be arranged, or rather put into force, on Western bound passengers from New York, Mr. Newall, passenger agent of the Lake Shore Railroad, receded trom the Position taken at St Louta, and refused further to de- mand the kigher rates. This action of Mr. Newall, tt is hig "aki ‘was in obedience to the order of Mr. Will- jam H, Vanderbiit, president of that road. Tnus the reported advance is pot yet in operation; but if an agreement can be made between the New York Central and ibe other lines the contemplated increase wiil then at once become general, both to and from the West, The association that metin St. Lonis regulates the passenger fares of all the trunk lines. At the late session there were present representatives from tho Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Onio, Erie, Michigan Southern and Michigan Central roads, but none from the New York Central. The latter, however, brought certain matters before the Convention through the presiding ofiicer, and it was supposed by all that the proposed increased rates would be approved of by its officers, That they are not 1s a surprise, and there- fore the old rates will be continued antti further notice, ag one line will not soek higher prices than another. WABASH RAILWAY SUITS, An examination of the complainant and some of the trnstecs ef the mortgages in the case of Harding against the Wabash Railroad Company was held yes- torday before United States Commissioner Owen, The suit is brought by Edward J. Harding, a clerk in the office of Davies, Work, McNamee & Hilton, who act his counsel, and the complainant asks that a receiver may be appointed to operate the rvad and to receive its revonues. Tho examination yesterday developed the fact that ic Sherman, of this city, and Freeman Clark, of Rochester, aro the real parties who have in- stigated this suit, and that Mr. Clark sold the bonds to Mr, Harding, who js a foreigner, that ho might com- mence it in the United States Court, Mr. Har- ding his note to Mr, Clark for the bonds, and Julian Day: one of the lawyers, indorsed it, The testimony displayed @ great difference of opinion a8 to the valuo of the road and the adequac: of the sevurity, Messrs. Sherman, Harding and Clar holding Views directly opposite to those of Messrs, A. M. White, ». 8. Jesup and Solon Humphroys; tho for- mer exprossing distrust as to its ability to pay under the funding scheme, while the jatter were contident of entire success under that plan, According to the tes- timony, Messrs. White, Jesup and Humphreys were apparently familiar with the road and had beon over it many times, while neither M Sherman, Clark or Harding bad ever passed over it at all. The amount of bonds represented by Mr, Harding And the other parties named is about $350,000 of all classes, out of au aggregate of $17,000,000 mortgages, ‘The other bondboiders, it is understood, are signing protests against the application of Mr. Harding. The heartug takes place in Milwaukee, Wis, on the 23d inst, before Judges Drummond and Treat, NEW YORK THE MEMPHIS EL PASO BONDS, The following information was given to a Heraup reporter last evening by Mr, William Butler Duncan concerning the land grant bonds of the Memphis, EI Paso and Pacific Railroad. The firm of Duncan, Sher- mau & Co, have been the custodiaus for many years of $4,000,000 of Memphis El Paso bonds, nine-tenths of which have been exchanged for lands located on the line of the Texas Pacific Ratiroad. The change has been effected on the basis of 130 acros for a $1,000 bond, The land is uoder the control of the Franco-Texan Land Company, representing the receiver, and tho bonds are reconvertible into the inads at the option of the holder. On the Ist of April adividend will be paid on the remaining unchanged bonds of the Memphis, Ki Vaso and Tacitic Railroad by the receiver in this city, Mr. John A. C, Gray, of No. 9 Pine street, on the basis of 309 francs (about $60) for each one thousand-dotlar bond, The Franco-Texan Land Company was organized for the effective manage- Ment of these lands, which comprise 700,000 acres. The exchange of lands fur bonds was made under arrangements effected by Receiver Gray conjointly with Judge E. L. Fancher, receiver and trustee, The holders of the land are principally French people, COTTON EXCHANGE NOTES, Mr. O. Harriman, a broker on the Cotton Exchange, banareds of people thus thrown out o! ir course, be tmisied on jark, rainy pent u far from pleasant, and does not reflect much to the Wa, Be Be, recently went into bankraptey, and bis seat was de- clared forfeited, Yesterday his membership was sold, Teal: he sum of $640 over and above bis indebied- poss to tho Exchange, | Alleged Existence of a Plot to Blow | Up the Foundries, Is 1T DYNAMITEP|! 2 { Troubles Between the Union and’ Non- | Union Men. j A PERSECUTOR SHOT. Troy, N. Y., March 19, 1877. Tho alleged existence of a dynamic plot has brought your correspondent to this town of tall chimneys and stove rangos, A letter like the following would, under ordinary circumstances, scarcely lead a person to such & dangerous spot—but to commence with the com- municatio: Txoy, N. Y., March 14, 1877. To tas Epiror oy Tue HexaLp:— You will be surprised at receiving this communica. tion (rom Troy, and perhaps more surprised at the intormation it contains, You may not be aware that & flerce struggle bas been for some time carried on ve- tween the union moulders of Troy and the proprietors of some of the foundries, As to the right or wrong of either party I do not intend to say a word in this com- munication, But wish, if possible, to prevent a fear- ful catastrophe, which muy at any moment take place, J am no party to the plot, and as to how {| know ol it, ‘or how | got the information, it 18 not necessary now to state, I know positively that both danimite, or dinatite, and glycerine 18 now scattered, or hidden, in small boxes, nade of tin, in the sand in different places in tbo ton Foundry and other foundries where nun-union men are employed. Those boxes bave been made expressiy for the purpo: d #9 con. Structed that if struck by a shovel, or auy hard instru- ment, they would at once explode and cause feartul havoc to the luckless persons near the explosion. | am positive that more than 200 pounds of such material is now within the walls of the Clinton Foundry, and as there are many honest, innovent men working in that establishment I write this communication, ho they may seo tt in the Henaty, and by that mea adopt such measures 48 wouid be for their own s To sgn my name to this communication would answer no purpose, and might cause ruin to myself. 1 would have sent his to some paper in Troy, but they are all one-sided, and | select the HkkaLy lor its enterprise, and aiso its unbiased advocacy for the working men. Hoping this may be the meuns of preventing a feariul destruction, | am, sir, with truth and sincerity, ONE WHO KNOWS, P, S,—The boxes are covered with sand, which is made to adbere to them, so as Ww decoive the eye and appear like a clod or lump, and would require. break. ing before being put im the flusk, or would explode under the rammer. I have seen them. 18 it “x00 THIN??? On paying a visit to the Chief ot Police, I showed him the above letter. Ho scarcely knew whether to believe It or not at first, stating it was “too thin,” and subsequently expressed his opinion that the thing was impossible, The joundries, ho said, wero under the constant surveillance of spocial policemen and pri- vate watchmen, and are nearly ull walled in, lockod and bolted at night, PROPRIETORS DO NOT BELIEVE 17, Prominent foundry owners stute that, however bitter tho feeling of the strikers, nono of them could scarcely be capable of the insanity of this schome, which would utterly ¢uin them. They claim that the idea of tho writer in sending it to the Henao, in- stead of to a Troy newspaper, was because ho was afraid the local journal would discover the fraud in fifieon minutes; that the organ of tho strikers, if it were true, would be only too glad to use it, and tnat the organ of the owners, the Times, would make the most of it because of the knowledge that any such mad venture would result in crushing out tho Moulders’ Union at once. ‘It was intended to scare the non-union men and boys wo are employ- ing,’ said one ompioyer; ‘but the scheme is badly stated, In the first placo flagks not in use are usually piled one above the other, and any cartridge or othor package of a suspictous character would bo detocted at once, Then as to burying the boxes, wo all know that ‘a man, when he has dried and pat his mould together and banked it ready to receive the hot metal when the Djast is on, 13 not likely to allow any ono to take the work to pieces while ho is responsible. HOW IT MIGHT RK DONE, “Ot course a malicious person might put a box of dy- Damite in the hollow of a ‘core,’ so that it would go off when the metal was poured in, He might, for that matter, bury toem in the loose sand beforo it is brought In to make the moulds, so that the boys carry ing it on to tho floor of the foundry might be de. stroyed, But we hope there aro no such men around, Certainly the non-union men will not undertake any such business, because the man who makes a mould usually manipulates the Indie when filling the mould, and that position would be very disagrecablo in case of a blow up, you know. Union are, for the present, rigidly excluded, Howevor, they will be watched,’’ Thus it will be soen there is a disinclina- tion to believe that any such bellish work as that in- dicated in the anonymous communication {s in con- templation. THE STOVE TRADE, Tho manufacture of stoves is the leading industry of this town, Overa score of irms are engaged in the business, and the number of men they employ and the amount of money they put tn circulation are both considerable. From this time until May, or in the spring of the yoar, tho making of stoves is most active, Through the summer it slackons off, but ree vives in the fall, to drop away again during tho winter, Tho stove moulders aro the leading class of mechanics in the town, and when a large number of thom are out of employment and their money all gone business and the poor rate feel the consequences. The pay of a moulder nowadays averages bo more than $600 a year, Counting good and bad seasons. Thore was a timo when the stove business was more flourishing in Troy, wuen It averaged $ ; DUL now Uhicago, Pittsburg'and St Louis have entered the liste of competition, and are turning out qui city, which had @ mouopoly of the trade, and it suffers in the rivairy. Prices, of course, have come down; Dusiness has diminished, and moulders and other Mechanics have had to bow to the inevitable. The moulders, however, looked upon it as the last straw put upon the back of patient endurance when it wns proposed by the employers a tew weeks ago that they should submit to a still further reduction. STRUCK AGAINST REDUCTIO! They struck against the proposition and quit work. Subsequently they effected a compromise with a tew of the drms, but the others bave sworn eternal hos- tility to the union of which the moulders are members, and the result is that an unhappy state of feeling pre- vails, The Clinton Foundry of Fuller, Warren, Wells & Co, 48 the principal and largest, It took the’ imitative in the reauction of the moulders wages about three weeks Ago and the union mouidors ieft, bus their places ware s00n supplied by non-union workmen, including many boys, who were taken on to learn tho business. The focling of the union moulders toward this drm is me bitter than toward the others who have employed no union moulders. Colonel Walter P. Warren is booted at on the streets and litte short of bodily violence Eddy, Corse & Co, are employing n so with Burdett, Smith & Co., Bus: , Stove acd hvilow ware makers, M. eon island, and Foxail & Jones. The lat- Filey, ot ter part of February these proprietors piacod their patterns in their shops and said to the men, in elfect, ‘What is the work We Want done and those are the prices we intend to pay.”’ The prices wore wwenty per cent under those of inst the mea consequently struck. They offered, however, to go to work on & compromise basis of ten per cent, aud this was accepted by establishments—Hicks, Woifl & Co, ; J, A. Wager & Co, and George H. Phillips: The rest of the manatactarers, excopt Mr. Filley, say the men cannot return to work with them unless they abjare the union. THE EMPLOYERS APT TO WIN, At the present moment the foundries are doing little, and they can give more tine to teaching the boys that are engaged, so that by noxt fall they will be in atolerably fair condition to dispense with the regular workmen who are uow on strike, ‘The impres- ts that the employers will win, At the start pablic jug Was in favor of the strikers, but a nge has occurred owing to the attacks that have been mado on the non-union workers by, as it 1s generally supposed, the men on strike, This the latter deny, though tow aro disposed to give their dental any credit, Tho President of the union, Mr. J. J. Grace, entirely disciaims, on bebalt of that body, any design to ofter Violence to any parties, and attributes the assaults that have occurred to motives of individual irritation, This strike, he bolas, is no worse than avy other in rogard to the degree of feeling shown by those con- ed in it, Whet men aro out of work and starving they are not likely to be over nice in their language oF conduct whon they mi In the streets those whom they fancy are the means of taking the bread out of ‘heir mouths, The condition of the moulders out of work is wretched, Eotertainments of various kinds have been given for their benefit. The extra cost to tho city to aflord their families relief has been $75,000, ‘The poor rate was twice as large for the past wipier as that of any other city In the country, ONE CASE OF INCENDIARISM occurred in the foundry of Foxali & Jones inst rior strike, which was duly attributed to the strikers, When Mr. Filley placed boys at work in piace of the men who lef ono of the boys was at- tacked by some of the strikers as he wont home ‘rom ork of qm evening, The boy, or rather youag man, } and a t jot the man who struck him, and this render the feeling between thi all the more bitter and intense. Aimost every cases of avsault out of the strike come before the police courts Uniousts he ip wait lor pon- untouists, or they meet casually in barreoms, and fights are almost never ending HOW TO BREAK THB UNION, The Clinton Foundry when running full emptoys about 250 moulders and as many more stove mounters, melters, machinists, laborers, Ac, 0 that a striks & concern so large would at a later period of the sea. son be a serious inconvenience, The idea wih this ot establishments, in or themselves trom such cont im the business, and thus bret fluence of the un‘on, 82 RAPID TRANSIT. ITS ENEMIES THREATENING LEGAL STUMBLING BLOCKS AND MAKING PITEOUS APPEALS— THE UNDERGROUND PROJECT—MR, WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT WIL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. The principal weapons of attack in the courts again: rapid transit are injunctions. Hardly is one disposed of before another, Phoenix like, arises from its ashes, and thus the ball of legat controversy is kept rolliag, The latest Injunction, a temporary one, of course, and in no way deciding the merits of the case at .ssue, was grauted yesterday by Judge Larremore, of the Court of Common Pleas, restraining the New York Elevated Railroad Company from continuing its pro. posed east side track in Front and Pearl streets. Mr, Rufus Story, who makes the complaint, states that he is the owner of Noa 7 and 9 Front etrect, east of and near Whitehall street, and he sooks to have tho con- struction of the road in front of his premises en- Joiued uutil the right of the company to erect the same has been fully determined, He states that his title to the premises referred to is derived through two grants from the city, one dated December 2, 1773, and the other May 6, 177% The premises conveyed by these grants extend trom Dock street (now Pearl) to the exterior water line, He alleges, further, that at the time the property was cov- ered by water, but that the samo was subsequently filed up by tho grantoes, and a streot called Water Strect, the present Front strect, was opened. He says he owns the streot in front of his premises to the water line, subject only to the ordinary uses of a street. He charges that the Rapid Transit act is unconstiiational and claims bis absolute right to restrain the erection of the elevated road, accompanying the complaint there are numerous affidavits describing the ruinous effects upon property from the use of the street for an elevated road, Among tho affidavits are those of James F, Weyman, owner of No, 146 Pearl street; Henry M. Tabor, owner of Nos, 137, 139 and 141 Pearl street, worth $180,000; Fred C, Smide, owner of Nos, 182, 184 and 186 Pear! street, cost $146,000; James W. Murphy, owner of 129, 133 and 135 Pear! street, valued at $300,000, and Fred Meade, owner of Nos. 138 and 144 Pearl street, valued, at $100,000. There is also an affidavit by Mr. Edwin Shepard stating the arrangement of the company to bulld the extension. Judge Larremoro, after perusing the papers which were submitted by Messrs. Mann & Parsons, promptly granted the order of injunction, thus putting a quietus upon the work for some time tocome, Tho whole facta of the case will, of course, be thoroughly venti- lated when brought up for an argument on the order to show cause why the same should not be made pers manent, THE SIXTH AVENCH OURTRUCTIONISTS. Tho Railroad Committee of she Board of Aldermen, which consists of Messrs, Guntzer, Reilly and Cowin; set down two o’ciock yesterday as the time to hear property owners on Sixth avenue in opposition to the . Gilbert Elevated road, and also representatives of the North Stde Association in advocacy of rapid transit, Wheo the hour arrived for the meeting about Atty gi tlemen were present. Alderman Guntzer was the only member of the committee in attendance, and conse- quently the matter was adjourned over for a few days, BEFORK MAYOR BLY, Some of the Sixth avenue property owners pro- ceeded to the Mayor's office, hraded by Mr, G. A, rison, These were the same gentiomen who calied: upon Mayor Fly a short time since to request bis in- fluence in preventing the continuation of tne Gilbers elevated road, on the ground that it would result in the destruction of their property. jterday’s visit was intended as a supplementary effort in same direction, ; } Mr. E. A. Morrison made a fow remarks on behalf of tho delegation. He said that they were not by any means opposed to rapid transit, although arguing against the construction ol the Gilbert ruad. Aa ua- derground road would meet with their approbation, Mayor Ely answered that he bad un cunsidera- tion the resolution of Alderman Purroy as to the feasibility of @ depressed or undergound road from Forty-second street to the City Hull. He (the Mayor) was in tavor of such a project. Rapid transit was already an accomplished fact as far as Forty second \d its continuation for about two miles would down to the City Hall He was under the impression that the undergound road could be easy built, In conversation with a contractor a few days since the cost was mentioned as about $2,000,000, ex. clusive of purchasing the right o1 way. Commodore Vanderbilt had originated this idea, but had been compolied to abandon it by reason of obstructions placed in the way, The practicability of such ap un. dertaking was now under discussion with Mr, Willium H. Vanderbilt, and the speaker thought that some com clusion would be arrived at within a few days, Mr. Morrison and Mr. James y called attention to the depreciation of property in Amity street by roa- son of the construction of the Glibert Elevated road. Mayor Ely aaid that tho road was undoubtedly a great injury to property in that vicinity, the streets being so uarrow. Commissioner Campbell would con. suit with Mr. Vanderbilt on the underground project ard report the result of the deliberation. The delega- tion then withdrew. . MR. VANDERDILT DECLINES, ‘The officials at the City Hall and the poiltical quid- nunes generally were bus; rday morning with @ new rumor which ascribed to Mr. Willkam H. Vander. bilt a nowly guined determination to build, as soon possible, an underground railway from the grand Ue tral depot to the City Hail. The story was Uelieved by some, while others disputed its probability on the ground that the Fourth avenue lice of horse cars was paying 80 exceedingly well that Mr. Vander- bilt could scarcely desire to embark im a new enterprise involving some millions, and which could not but lessen the business of the horse line, In order to ascertain ite truth or falsity personal inquiry wi irected to be made of Mr. William H. Vanderbilt, and that gentleman unhesitatingly gave the rumor its Prompt quietus. Ho said there wae a0 truth in it whatever. When asked whether, during the lifetime ot his father, there had not been an intention to build such a road, Mr. Vanderbilt said there probably was, but it bad buen definitely abandoned. The next query that fuilowed was what Mr. Vanderbilt thought of the prospects of rapid transit generally, but he replied that he haa not givon a thonght to the subject, as he bad other matters to attend to.’ To the ge that many people had hoped be would give the city this much-desired underground rauway, Mr. Vander- bilt gave a reply of the same tonor, indicating that be was too busy with his exte: irs to launeh into such a new project. THR HOME FOR DISABLED RAILROAD MEN. Mr. Vanderbilt was also questioned respecting the home for disabied railroad employés, which is to be established in accordance with the deceased Commo- dore’s wishes, He said “that the will had not been settied up yet,” and that some definite measures would be taken this spring. RAPID TRANSIT IN BROOKLYN. The Railroad Committee presented a dratt of an act, at the meeting of the Brooklyn Common Council, yes- terday, for the action of the State Legislature, in relae tion to the law for laying tracks in that city, The | contemplated act probibits the constraction of enil- | roads in the streets of Brooklyn without the sanction of the Common Council, Alderman Burnett said that, while rapid transit should be encouraged between the city und the suburbs, proper provision should be made for the protection of private property, that tracks may | not be laid without the sanction of the Board of Alder+ | men, upon the authority of the Le; | TESTING STEAM BOILERS, March 18, 1877, New Yor To tur Evitor or tae Herat 1 see ia to-day’s paper an article headed “Steam Botier Inspection,” and that the Logislature is to be enlightened by the steam users of New York and Brookiyn, These gentlemen are opposed to having their boilers tested by what is called the hydrostatic presstre (or any other test, 1 suppose, if they could | get out of it), for they have got their boilers insured, Why need they caro tor the lives of the public? It Will not cost them anything if there should be an ex. plosion, for they bave got their boilers iusured. They say that the bydrostatic pressure injures their boilers, and that the only proper way to test a boiler is to test it with the hammer, and that evory brace and rivet can be tested properly in that way, | would like to ask these gentlemen how maay boilers could be tested in that way? Lt is well known that two-thirds of the w York and Brooklyn are 80 situated mpossible to reach all of theif parts with a hammer of as sinail an article as a piece of sixtocnth. tuch wire; for most of the bosler cutirely covered With brick and masou work and are wo smail w allow @ man or boy Ww get into them for the purpose of teste ing them; and in consequence there 1s no other way © find ali weak spots than by the bydrostatia which the government ages on board of atl sel, I would aivise the Legisiaturo, before any jaw, to look well iuto this mater, as it the most important bills has come betore the House, Every bo ean * a rite man hile is possibie by the asa id these boilers are sit jor the nidewalke of nearly every streot, where thousands of people are passing daily. AN OLD, EXPERLENCED, ENGINEER, | | | | } | | | 4 j ;