The New York Herald Newspaper, April 29, 1877, Page 8

RAPID TRANSIT. Discussion on the Scheme for Un- derminirg Broadway. GILBERT’S ATTACK. Passengers from Harlem Via the Pop Gun. HORROR BELOW. of Dr. Hayes on the Joys Lightning Speed. tee Aunaxy, April 48, 1877. In the Assembly this morning nearly two hours? | is | time was occupied tm the discussion of a bill intro- duced early inthe session by Dr, Isaac I. Hayes, to | change the uame of the Beach Pneumatic Transit Company to the Brouaway Underground Railway Company, and to exteaod the charter for five years | from the lst of May, 1877, The debate was participated in by Messrs, Gilbert, Ecclesine, | Hayes, Rockwell and Spivol and as the subject of rapid transit generally was gone over the principal speeches are given below. Spinola was the only one of the speakers who cane to the rescue of Dr. Hayes, but there were no new issues | raised in his remarks, The franch expires on the 20th of next month, so that unless this bill is passed it becomes vacated. The bill to-day was progressed, us Dr. Hayes was afraid, on account o/ the sl!mness of the house numerically, to move to have it ordered to its third reading. REMARKS OF MR, GILBERT. Mr, Cuarmman—When this matter was under con- sideration before I gave two reasons why, in my judg- ment, this bill ought not to pass. Tho first reason was *that no underground railroad ought to be built under Broadway. I did not then undertake to say whether it was foasible or wise to build an underground railrond; but 1 did say that under a great pational thoroughfare, 1 might fay, an underground railroad aught nob to be con- structed, The second reason that I then stated was that if it ought to be built this company should not be entrusted with the work, and if the members of this | committee will recollect some reasons which I then | gave I think they will be satisfied upon that point, When the bul wos passed in 1874, extending their powers, and tore particularly the time within wiich | je work was to be done, it required, ax f | en called yours attention ‘to the tact, the | mpany to give | ae bond im the sum of Bico.o00 that’s the —s first’ section of _— this work, trom Bowling Green up to Forty-socond street, | ould be constructed within three years trom its | passage. That bond was never given, and when the | committee inquired why it was not given we were gravely informed that their attorney intorgned wus | company that they Were not obliged to execute that there was po power to compel them obey the In Another thing, ‘They were to | completo this underground railroad irom Bow. | ling Green up to Forty-second to within three years from the passage of the act, and those | tree years will expire upon the 20th day of May next. | T asked the genticmen who appeared for the company, | “if we were to-day in New York, what could you | “Well,” he | | show us that you buye done?” guid, “we wouldn’t show you anything at ail, absolutely nothing.” Prior to that time, toy be sure, there was a4 tunnel built, perhaps 250 feet under ground, whieh, ‘I aim informed, is now used for a sbooung gullery, but 1 don’t know | that itisso. atm intortued by Mr, Keclesine, of New York, that it is used, for a shooting gallery, ‘and that remimds me to call attention to what the bill was for originally, & matter of gigantic importance, 1t {s pro- posed to pot an underground railroad under the greatest thoroughfare upon all this Continent, M not upon ull this great glove of ours, and yet it is proposed to shut off debate ’ altar The original object of this company was to construct a sort ol “popgun’ running through the city and uny der the river to Brooklyn and to Jersey City. This i fiye or ten minutes upon this proposition, 1 have stated that no underground railroad, in my judgment, | should be put under broadway, { bave stated that im | my judgment, if it shouid be done, it should nos be | doue by this company. I now proceed to a third = propositiou—viz, that we have no right to extend their powers, In wy judgment there is a constitutional prohibition upon this whole matter. Now the time within which this company 18 to operate must expire on the 20th day of May next, I will, however, go back to my first propo- Bitton, as my time has been extended indefinitely, and dlscass tata little more deliberately, and in a’ new igh DANGERS OF THE UNDRRGROUND ROAD. Ihave some of the very best authorities that any underground railroad constructed for miles under a great city 18 fraught with great danger to health and | Wo life, Ibave two very long and elaborate letters here from Dr. Harris, Secretary of the American Na- lional Medical Association upon that point, and | may say without exaggeration that be maintains that an underground rauiroad runoing for miles ander Q great city, with its sewage aud the natural cralnage, | ish thing fraugot with great danger to health, Tho pasrengers are excluded trom light; they are excluded | rom iresh air, und what air thero is 18 vitlated. [ am reminded that in road is not nearly so an outlet, their atiention Matter of health. I will retura now to the constitu- tonal argument. Unless we pass this or some similar bill that company can do nothing after the 20th day of London, where their long before coming to 18 being called to this { REMARKS OF MR. fully | | so much about it, NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 1877.-QUI effect of passing through this tunnel. Where is the good air coming (rom? BRKIOUS QUESTIONS, Where is the air at all coming trom? Way, thore are to be openings here and there tor people to go down through, When you get down there you are shut of from t, except gusiight. You are sbut off from the good air, becanso these people aro contin- wally breathing st and there ts very little opportunity for % to escape. That is not all, There must be & vast amoont of impuriti m the ground of a great and populous city like New York, it may be that this will be excluded by the walls; but these walls have to be periorated, as 1am told, and through those openings the bad air and ‘bad water are continually passing. Dr. Harris suggests that you are not only excluded from the light, and subject to this bad air constantly, but the noise and jar of the nervous system lis very bad ‘I auticipate that wo shall | bave a very elegant and very admirable specch in & short time irom Dr, Hayes, of New York, who bus charge of this bill, He will show us the great need of rapid transit, and I undertake to say that thero is nob man on this floor but will join with him on that point But how shall’ it be done is the question? He will make an elaborate argument, | have no doubt, in favor of the under .ground Tailroad, but | apprehend that when he comes to this matter of health he will be puzzled to find how to exclude bad air trom thls continuous tunnel, and | bow to remove it from the operation of there ob- jectionable elements which necessarily enter into tt 18 1T A LIVE CORPORATION ? Now, these are the three reasons which I now offer against the passage of this bill, Gentiemen, 1 have no faith im the projectors of this tunnel; 1 bave uo faith in the project, There is no Ife in the corporation. It thing that ought to meet its death atthe very earitest possible moment; theretore I hope the enuct- ing clause of the bill wil bo stricken out go that it will die. ROCLESINE, I suppose it will be conceded without very much elaborate argument that I am in favor of any decent, honorable and reputabe scheme that will ge 4 rapid transit om the elty of New York, wf did not know that this bill was a bill created for the purpose of defeating in that erty I would not bul? It is not to create roads in the city of New and erpphing rapid tran: oppose there, What is thi a system of underground rail York; tt is not a contest between elevated and unde: rouud railroads tm that metropot:s; but it 1 to take a ‘barter which has been forfeited by nop-urer, which has ben forfeited by mot complying with the original terms which the Legislature iinpoved upon the incorporators, aud to breathe som nd of Ife into this galvanic corpse and give it an opportu: nity to further annoy the cotamanity, inste cently burying {t out of sight~burying it under ground, Now, then, this corporation comes here ask- ing for an extension of their charter, not having complied with the terwns of the ort having built a quarter of a mile o: their road; having been able to induce any capitalists to pub a cont’s Worth into the construction of the road; not be- ing able to accomplish that purpose now; not honestly intending to accomplish that purposc now. This corporation had the impudence i to go before t Board of Aldermen of the exty of New York 1 lay last week and serve a notice upon them that they would hold auy person in damages us trespassing upon their chartered privi- leges who attempted to build any other system of un- derground ratiroad in the city of New York. Ut this bill becaine a law you would have this condition of aifairs; you would bave a charter which no capitalist would’ ‘touch, and if any capitalist did touch it it would be to his own ruin; you would have & charter to legalize what has been proven to be aa impracticable scheme; you | would bave a charter in the possession and control of inon Whose interests are identitied as being adverse to that of aay system of rapid transit in the city of New | York, aud you would have a charter which ¢iaims ex- | clusive privileges and would exclude all other peuple from building an underground railroad in that city, lor tbat 1s what they claim in their notice that they have served upon the Board of Aldermen of the city of New York. A DEVICK OF THE BNEM Does anybody on this floor believe that the chi emanating from the source it does, is advocated hero in the mterest of rapid transit? Does anybody who remembers the vote that was taken here a little wale ago, wud knows Who it was that opposed that propost- tion and knows tho Influence that was behind that opposition—does any one credit that this is a bill in the interest of rapid transit? It is only adevice of the enemy. It is only a Trojan borse—outside fair to behold, but fraught insive with destruction to the peace of the city. “1 fear th Groeks bearing offerings.”” 1 recognize im this meroly a cover for tho secret enemes of rapid transit, Being 1 once within the limits of the cy and you will have destroyed | that grund interest forever, ‘The original bill ought never to have been passed 10 the first place, Locanse It was impracticable, 1 there Was aby question af to its practicability that queetion has been amply decided by their unsuccessful cfloris 10 obtamn any capital to put into the road. If their honesty of intention was eo questioned (hat has also beon sus at rest by thetr fa ure to comply with the terms which the Legisia- ture imposed upon them—viz, that they shouid fio % certain bond. And wow at thin stage, when they have shown their bands im tt city of New York by attempting to **bulldoz.”’ the alder- men (row giving the privilege to build any other un- derground railroad, I think it is preity plain aod manifest to this House that they do not intend to build any railroad, and only seek to have «ch ri that they can flaunt in the eyes of anybody else who does attempt to build a railroxd, DR, HAYES’ SPEKCH, The House will bear me witness that | have not | hitherto trespassed largely upon their pationce, however, to-day that time may be given me bey: the cstablished rule of five minutes, Unani- mous consent being ren for unliunited time, Dr, Hayes proceeded as follow ‘The = will bofore the Houso mm ope of great importance to the city of New Yorx, [tis one involving Various Intercats; it is one in which to a greater oF lees extent every one in that city, rev and poor alik directly or indirectly concerned, It is one about which @ great deal has been suid favorably and unfavorabiy, A great deal has veen written about it ip the saine spirit. Tt ts the never ending subject of “Rapid Transit.” Now, what 18 rapid transtt that we should hear I have beard 1t said on the toor of this House, I have heard it on tbe street, | have road it in the newspapers, that in capid transit is involved the tuture prosperity, the growth, may, even the very existence of the metropolis of the Empire State, and people are very serious about it; every body bas an opinion about it; every body has’ a theory about it,’ and every body has a plan for its consummation, 1t is well we shouid inquire a little into it. PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES. The city of New York is a peculiar city. Its harbor is the finest in the world. The city is surroun every side by navigable water, Tho tnest ri May. Lthink that will be conceded. Now, the object bf this bill ts to extend this charter. They wish to pass | this ill to extend the life of this charter beyond the 2018 | day of May, Now, my proposition ts that that can be done under the consutution, The constitution says that II not pass « private or local bill ng cases.” Une of them 1s tuis:— | “Granting to any corporavon, assuciation or individe | nal the mgbt to lay down raiitoad trac The tirat question which controuts us bere is, i (his a private | or wiocal bil? Tf not, this does uot apply. CHARACTER OF THIS Hilde | Bat I take it that there is no lawyer upon the floor of the Hoase who will claim that this is aot a ical and & private Dill, It does not relate lo the | 14's coutined to a particular lucarity. | Its w local bill | Second, 1 is a private bill, It isa bill proposing to Conter upon a corporation certain powers. Now, what | are these? Why, to lay down a railroad veack, is it uot? Well, the constitution says that that cannot be dune, One otber provision. The Legislaiure cannot grant to val any ate ver. Now, this bill proposes to confer upon this corporation | of laying a railroad track under bro Does any ove say that there may be che tubuel under Broadway? | Why. it isexclusive. It is anexelasive privilege. ‘It | ie Wn exclusive [ranchise, Bul, some ou suys tb they bave # charter iv lite to-day, aud 1 was troubled | with this argumout somewhat mysetl; but alter a good | deal oF thought and consideration | have come to this | souclusion :—It Logistatare does noting, this company can Wing afer the zor day of What they wont us wo do is to give them power | to operate after tbat ti Well now, thea, are we | Bot coulerring Bpou Luem exclusive power to do some. thing? Qo dillerenee wherbor that power pegs 4 os in one day oF ten days, on the Bot of M stot May, We pro, ose to confer upon th y the exelusve power to jay | & Weck iD that great ciy, under roadway. Now, 10 my Judgment, that cannot be d without | vivlating the pinia Of the covstiinien stitution whieh tury years mbout ready to provision of the consitouon than November, Isi4. We Dt Whe people ae expressed In Blule, prov ons wud the ce pty or and ure Ht against a plain | SO YOWRE To EXTEND THR CHARTER. Mr. Laxoumiw—Do i understand the ¢ Bay that ihe Legislate wer Ww jeman to extend the charter of this ander groun company? Mr. GiLnaht—I say prec 1 way shat unteas | Wo pase this Dill {hey Cun do noting aller the Lub day of May, They ask ‘us to oxtend ther charter so that tuey may do sometbing ufter the 2u6h # May. 1 say that grating otbem What the constitucion » we canner de. Mr. Laxseusty— Whether to the interval in m now nti the 20ta oF May, ibis © hnot lay vown rujlroad track# and go ov bull rod? Mr. GiLwxt—That t* 4 good question, | vay yes; ¥ Ue law © ther wi not only that, ut they must is tue under wuieb they are acting, Li they com) Froud before whe Buh day of “May, 1977, trow Green to Forty-xecoud street, | beve nothing wo evo pay, exceps that it Would be 4 great public exlaniy Ti the gentioman thinks that Whey cau com) lev it in Jess than a munth they have the power we du it LIKE SHOOTING THROWEN A FOrGUS. They propose to vaild an undergr running under Browtway and under (ne Fv New Jersey and Brooklyn, How dia they} operate inf Why by they Would puta mun V4 throug under the ety Hrookiyn—a man starting into this jong por rociure | over into urpone to Why bun . be get come out at Hroot in HVE, ben oF fTteen ¥ ‘ wanted bo yu over ve pond inte tht pe Jernoy, Thor aver the present pe % we tad ar bul & ® health te 40 Muper i " matter to enjert Shy oF os 44 vl prople—lor Luey Contempiaie the ‘atiou of ny people even for a ehurs w we aibitg Of the bad air, Which veneve Wuas wall be Lue | wt matter, It bol mercial metropohs of this Continent, and one ot the tamed financial cities of the world. | It a8 less than a century sinco it prac- | ana | ‘The surveyors who laid out the city pever once im- | soutn. | cupplaut the turnpike road to Albany, oF that, with | that the fowness of the streets lengthwise of the island the continent drains to it the agricalvural wealth of the State, and by the arm which it throws out to the Weat through the Erie Canal it draws to tt the vast treasures of the West, To the Nast Long Island Sound invites a cousting trade unequaliod by that of avy city in the world, The island on which it stands, i# not above three miles in width | at any point, and, while averaging less than two miles in width, Is seventeen miles loug. It ts not needful to recount 18 eurly history und growth antl it bas at length obtained the proud pluce of being the com- ically began to take {ts rse m that direction, (his rise bud scarcely been begun nearly Feventy years ago when it was determined to lay out the whoie surlace of the island on which this city stands in streets and highways. At that Lime the trate was almost Wholly across the island, from river to river. ‘Trade cume to the city wholly by water—by the East iver, the North River or from the sea, With the country beyond the isiand there was but one princinal line of communication—the ove great highway, that great monument of early engineering skill Which, beginning at the Battery as ‘Grou a extended through forest and dale, thpough he and waste places, through rocky — fustnesses meadow swamps (to the town of Albany. agined that avy considerable trade would ever come to d, ‘The pack horse and wagon wore then the ig ot land transportauion, The Krie Canal uly dreamed of. Steam asa motive power bad not been invented. [noland commerce was whoily con- ducted in clutusy and slow sailing sloops which coud barely stem the tde, And thus it came avout that y laid out the city With many streets ranming cast nd west und with but few streets ravning porta and TIMK'S GREAT CHANGE, Little did they imagine the great revolution that was to take place in the course of trade, Little did they | tink What au iro road would sun parallel with and others following, there would pour'into the upper | cud of the island @ vast amount of trat- which would make communication between the | upper and Jower ends of the island a matter of business and notot mere convemence or of pleasure to in- dividuals. Then it was that the multiplicity of streets across the ishund ceased to be important. Then it was came to be recognized a8 the great mistake of the original playuing of Ube growing city. People pushed thew way up town, Centres of business changed. Qusrters once fashionable became nearer collections | of stores, aud such was at lengih the pressure up jown tu this great city, Whose growth stands un in history, | what the oman of busin found himself miles away from bis counting house, from his store, from Ins | banking house, ‘from the Post Office und from | the money changer’s haunts; aud now, as ingenuity a+ 8 ready to supply & naturel want, 60 We ucceediug another th the way of ‘inven and every one being devised under the hue and ery jor “rapid traugit, lumbering stage coach went out ot ox. the omolbus in with a flourish of irunipets, aod Us in was sue by the borse ratiroas ; wid Wis, nee of Less than twenty years, Is prelaimed to b arous prod. an aueront time, aud the people ery aioud that little ear with its inking bells and itd slow plod. | ores Shull make way for the shriekibg locome- the rumbling Wheels of « heavy train, And thie i Pajud (reneit as We call (tL now. {ALD TRANSIT 18 WANTED Aud Why do the people wantit? There aro many reas te distance bas su morehapt’s howe and his use the telegraph, They featly widened toe be ‘ ave made men m7 petient heretolore, when ‘ “ aut | the rooma’ above arrival of slips wk and pot by the hour; when | eat event and the ander. a solemn parting between oy want it because tne litied vs ehouper and more acuessible the Aslan The merchant, after a lew ’ walk, found Dimself on board a comlortable Waking Ww ly and friewds, red for boul } say that Tum ip iavor of an, te away ten or twonty miles into the foreign land of the Jersey, was at uls bome a sborter space of time and with greater couvenience in getting | than to go to the Central Park; or in iike manner he found himself on Staten Isiand, at with all the world about him, breathing tho salt sca air, or on Brooklyn ts regaling bim- self with tho continued og of the church bells of that good city, And so it came to pass that everyone cried out witha joud voice that we must have rapid transit, quick transit by steam, clve every- bouy would tlee the island, The grass would grow grecn in the untrayelled streets; the, houses of the city would crumble to decay; tue commerce of toe port would be driven to Brooklyn, Hoboken and Per! Amboy, and Macaulay’s picture of the wild New Zoulander standing oo @ broken archway of London Bridge sketching the ruins of St. Paul's would be — jerrod to the smouluering walls of Stewart's cash use, . INGENIOUS INVENTIONS, Various were the expedients devised to meet the great emergency. Invention rau rint through community, Men’s heads bursting wih new made schemes, Newspapers were enlarged in order that the public might be accommodated with their plans, A spirit of disinterestedness never betore Manifested in the bistory of mankind was dis- pares Every one was anxious to wave the city, and to immolate himself upon the altar of her great- nesa, Whileone man would dig down into the eurth and mako o treuch another would run pell-mel! through the houses; another would bestraddie the etreets with tron sttlis; another would blow the people through the air or undergrouud, as the case might be, im @ great tube, while still avother would swap a “dummy” for ‘a pair ol horses aud get tbe people up town oy osrhmne gs ~ Now, 1 wiil not pretend to pass judgment Which was the | best or which was the worst of all these contrivances. In all of them there was perhaps something of good. In all of thew there was something of inconvenience to somebody, In all of thoin there was certainly ning objectionyble, question occurs, Is any ono of them practi- cable? There 16 no old couplet—L think it i from “Lhe Traveller?’ —which runs after this fashion :— Experience tells in every soil, And those who think must xovern those who toil. LONDON’S UNDERGROUND SYSTKM, Now let us think a ittle while the toilers after “rapid traneit’? are at their work, and wuile thinking Jet us gain something by experience. We tnd itin London, a city where “rapid transit” began belure we even’ thought of horse railroads in our great city, ‘Tho great heart of London ts called the “Metropolitan Diswrict.”? ts boundaries are well defined, and ‘thus far no tarther,” saith act of Parlament, shail steam transit xo above the ground, On that boundary live you find all the great terminal ations, which concentrate in thateimmense city. ‘They sought vo enter the ballowed ground, but only in one insiance was the privilege granted. A road Was allowed to croas the city near the old Temple Bar. The company was, however, required to purctfase the right ot way. ‘Thirty Jeet on citber side of the track was condemucd, The road cut through the plocks, ut while tlre property was condemned it was not confiscated. It was by process of law, through the instrumentality of the courts, bought and paid for at its full market value, Damage done to property hot within the condemned belt was iikewise paid for ws determined bya jury, The road was built It 1s called a viaduct road, It isot solit masonry, When completed the trains running over {t made so much noe that people tiled the neighborhood as Mt a pestilenco bad come among them, until finally, by another act of Parliameni, the company Was compelled to take up their rails and lay beneath them two feet of cinders in order to deaden tue sound. And thus ended elevated railroads in tuat “city. A more diificult and expensive expedient was tuen resorted to in order to meet What had vecome a public necessity, I'hey tunnelled beneath the ground, aud thus made a road to connect the great ratlway Stations, And now an underground road about eighteen miles, In extent encircles tho city, bey aro even «now extending = at-— underneath the famgus London docks, and in that gaslit tunnel wo Und rapid transi; in dead earnest. The rails are of the heaviest metal used for such purposes, ‘The locomo- tives are sixty tous weight, and so heavy and power- ful are they that within the iength of a tram 900 leet Jong a speed of twenty miles the hour can be ob- tained, Between the stations, which are from a quar. ter to hall a mile apart, they’ may reach a speed of sixty miles the hour, and come to a dead stand wituin the train’s length, THM COST OF TUNSELLING, Now, the cost of this tunnel, which runs underneath houses, public buildings, streets, parks—anywhere | and every where—costs nearly $5,000,000 per mile, and | yet so great is the travel througn it that a fair divie dead is made on the investment, I trust tho commit- tee will pardon me for this digression, We havo secn that an elevated road, buitt ou solid masonry, wus con- demned in London as a public nuisance, on account of the uoise mage by the passing trains, aud was not al- Jowed to continue -runuing until that nuisance was in some measure abated, We have seen them go there uuder ground, The bill velore the commitice pro- Vides for tis sume thing. What are the opjections wgainst it? In the first place it is said that 1 will 1a- jure the streets; in te second place it will tnjuro the ‘adjacent property; in the third place it will tnteriero with the sewerage, also the water and gas pipes; in the fourth place the money cavnot ve collectod to build it; 1m the fitth piace nothing has been ac- comphsted although the charter has been in existence several yours; ud lastly = my friend from Franklin (Mr. Gilvert) caps tne climax of objection by declaring the bill Whcenstitu- tonal Ifany of these objections were true in fact I would bethe first to condemn the measure, But they are wot true except in this—that the company has done nothing. They have raiged po money, They ave issued Ho certilcatws of stock as I am intormed, ractically the scheme stands where it did in the be- ginning. “But they have faiicn on evil times, Embur- ruwments have beset every interest during tho past three years Very few enterprises here met With encouragement, and their excuse is Valid, This bil ly eXtends tue charter, [t gives them another chance—another lease of lilo, 60 to speak. Lb gives the public auother hope tor real rapid transit, Solid and substantial. AS to the coustitutionanty of the measure | have only to say this—thaut lam pot a wyer, While my frievd trom Franklin, Mr. Gilbert, is; wad yet I can tell bin what, as a lawyer, he ought to know, aud that ts that the Court of Ap- onl have, over and over again, decided that to extend a charter already granted 14 not to tall within the cone Mutioual prolibisions, And this statemeut no lawyer this floor will question, As for tojury to the street, 1 think it bas eeu well suown that noting of the Kind would take place, fnere would not cven be the shght- est laterruption to travel while the road was being cou- structed, If such interruption cuuld possibly occur, or, rather, 1 should ay, not certainly provided agaist, 1 could hardly venture to tuce my con- stituenis, among whom this great highway raus, alter advocating tuis measure, Lat ihey do not oppose it. No remonstrance comes to us trom the property holders in the district I represent, nor in any other touched by the Broadway ine, so far at Jeast as lam aware, I never yet heard aby one ou Broadway seriously object to 1. Property in Londva ¥8 not injured nor disturbed by the uoderground rail- Ways, wor will it be by any Such roud iu the city of New York, where, 1 cousequence of the tewness of the streets ruoniwg up and down the iland, we must, When We get real, solid, rapid transit, either go underground oF cul a solid roudway through the biocks Tuere ts no complaint about injury to property along the line of the Fourth avenve improve- ment above Forty-second sircet; there is no com- plaint against a somewhat similar structure ia the city of 3t, Louis; there is no complaint im London, aud alter examiming the found of the toftvest band. ings on Broadway con ave decided that no barm would be doue even to the grand old Walls aud majestic spire of Trinity Church, . NLY TMK ASKED, Now, Mr. Chairman, in couciusion, I have only to Fepeat that the projectors of this railway came hero only to ask wn extension of time wherein to tail thoir obligations, I believe they came tu good faith, They asked mo to present their petition to the As sombly, and f did 50, alter carefully inquiring into the feasibility of such & project. 1 way be mist but L think the work can ve doe, wad thut will earnestly and iaiviy try to . Gtve tb chance. The Senate bus already passed Wie bill by a vote of 20 to 1, und I do not see, nor buve | yet heard, | any sailicient reason Why We shoulda uot tollow tue | example. | ‘A word more and I bave done; and I say this word because my position with regard to the matter of rapid | transit has been somewhat misunderstoud. 1 nd every scheme of Tupid transit whieh the people way demand, whieh capitalists will pay for, and whieb does not imteriere with the right#l ‘the private citizen, as guaranteed to him by the constitution wud the laws. Mr H. H. Rockwell tusisted that this company | never intended tu build a road, and as Ww the Loudon underground road, it Was no Wore | ke what Is proposed in Une charter than davligut 8 bike darkness, The Londen tunnel rons througt a substantial substratum | ot soll, While this one would run through a palst swampy, aubealthy soil, The Loudon tuunel i wider, higher and more roomy than this one Spinola tol: Jowed at much leugth in favor of the bill, Progress on the bill was then reported. RAPID TRANSIT OPPOSITION—ARGUMENT ON THE MOTION FoR AN CLLON AGAINST THE BROOKLYN STEAM hoav, Justice Gilbert, of the Supreme county, Was oceupied for several ind rt, Circuit, Kings rs yesterday in | hearing argument in the matter of ‘he coutempiated issue prohibiting them irom using steam locomotives on the thoroughiare named, Counsellor Simeon stern appeared on behalf of the property owuers, ‘The coun- set for the respondents was W. C. Hinsdale. legal interests of the city of Brooklyn were represented by Corporation Counsel DeWitt and Jonn Hl, Knoebel Mr. Stern, in opening his address, said that, standing the tact that His Hi poured us counsel Ib arranging the asso ot the Brooklyn and Jamuica Railrowd matter, bo Was satieied that (hat fact would not prejudice His Honor, nor was 1 sufficient reasou jor b to refuse to wet im this cuse, The pring Treason Why an injanevon Was procured at Albony was trom the fact that he desired to huve it heard at a pomt distant from a community whose mind is biased in favor of rapid transi, The Attorney Genera! had at one tine asked the question what advantage there Was in taking (he cuse to Albany lor the purpose of discossing 1, 1 the matter could t divcussed tn thts district, and counsel bad told him that it was injudicious to have a hewring mm & district §=where popular clamor was of such an insensate character (hat It was willing to sacrifice private rights Tho Attorney General then consented to a moditica- seombout, ead ia @ few minutes more Wes whirled tion of tho injunction, Hot that the Felators conceded ire to | | che + | mude au agsinu steam road on Atlantic avenue, Lrovklyn, The subs ject came up on the motion recenty made re quiring the Long Isiand and te Auntie | Avenue Ruilroad companies to show cause why & permanent injunction should — not The i aay of shetp righty Du tap the public good and public travel Judge Gilbert said there was nothing that would justily his withdrawal trom bearing the aiotion, He ‘was conscious of no bias either Way, and any remark which seemed to reflect op the fairness of a judge, he felt, was to be deprecated. Counsel for tho plaintiff, in the suit of Mr. A. S. Barnes, one of the principal property owners on th line of Atlantic avenue, then argued that the Loug island — Railroad =had contracted = with the property holders never to rub steam cars on that avenue, and vhat the act under which the company were to run was a private and local measure, Counsel read several affidavits setting forth og of ranning steam cars on Atlantic avenue . Hinsdale presented his own affidavit, Mating that the fee was purchased vy the ola Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad, and that the Atlantic Avenue Company purchased it under fore- closure, and the former named company leased it from the Atlantic Avenue Company, The part of tho avenue on which steam was not to be used was wincipally between Flatbush avenue and the South erry. The Loug Island Company did not receive any compensation for the discontinuance of steam, they having assented to the action of the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad. Argument was made by the several counsel, after which the Court took the papers and re- served decision, RACING IN ENGLAND, CONGRESS THE WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL STEEPLECHASE AT SANDOWN PARK. Loypox, Apri! 28, 1877. ‘This was the third and last day of the Sandown Park accond spring meeting, the chief event boing the Grand International Steeplechase, a handicap, for which there wis a field of cignt starters. The raco was won by Captain Machell’s brown gelding Congress, by Compro- muse, dum Countess, aged, carrying 175 lbs,; Sir J. L, Kaye’s chestnut gelding The Citizen, by Citadel, dam Beauty, 6 years old, carrying 143 Ibs, second, and Mr. A. Crofton’s gray mare Sultana, by Thomas- town, dam Arab Maid, aged, carrying 146 Ibs., third, ‘The betting provious to the start ranged at 2tol against Congress, Citizen 3 to 1 and 6 to 1 against Sultana, The following is a SUMMARY. ‘The great, International Stospleckare (handicap) of 30 sovs. cach, 10 jorleit, with 600 sovs added; winners of any bandfoap steeplechase ufier tbe weights ure declared (Murch 29, at ten A, M.) to carry 7 Iba. ; of 200 sova., 9 Ibs.; of 500 sovs., 12 lbs. ; of 800 sows, 14 Ibs, extra’; the second to receive 60 sova. out of the stakes and the third to save his stuke; the wiuner to pay 30 sovs, toward expenses; entrance 3 sovs. each to the fund; the only liability if forfeit be declared by noon on Tucsday, April 3; about tour miles (46 subscribers, 27 of whom declared tories). Captain Macheli’s br. g. Congress, by Compromise, dam Countess, aged, 175 108 ....s.cssceseecensees Sir J. L. Kaye's ch. g, Bho Citizen, by Citadel, dam Beauty, 6 years old, 143 Ibs...... cccseee B Mr. A. Croitou’s gr. m. Sultana, by Thomastown, dam Arab Maid, aged, 146 Ibs sa THR WINNER, Congress has been a well-tried horse. He has not been on the turf long, although an aged horse, coming into notice last year and running eight races with very good success, being victorious threo times. His first appearance was at Croyden, in the Grand International Haadicap Hurdie Race of £1,255, two miles and o quarter, when, ina fleld of twenty, he landed seventh atthe fipish, Ho was tried again at Liverpool in tho Graud National Steeplechase of £1,435, nearly four miles and a half, carrying 162 lbs. Ho was next the winner (Rogal) at the finish, with seventeen bebind him. The next appearance of Congress was at War- wick in the Grand Annual Steoplechase for £500, tour miles, Carrying 164 Ibs, he wou, beating Regal, Bhitnal, PathOuder, Lite Tom, Gerard and Hippias, For the Grand Steeplechase Challenge Cup at Croydeu, Congress had a walk over, and he then was taken over to France, and ran in the Grand Steeplechase do Paris at Anteuil, about three miles and three-qui With 176 tbs, on bis back he finished third, Ventri- jogue and Chimney Sweep being in front and thirteen behind bim. Congress then hada ‘et up,’ until at Liverpool, in November, he ran and won the Grand Septon Stoeplechase, about three miles, with 175 Ibs, on bis bak, beating nine others, At Croyden, Novem- ber 80, he started In the Great Metropolitua Steeple- chase, about four miles, and Yinished fourth, the race being won by Pride of Kildare, Wild Monarch second, Lancet third, Congress carrying 28 lbs, more than the winner, Congress tinisbed the year in the Great San- down Steeplechase, about four miles, by running second to Pulm, carrying 175 Ibs, while the winner had but 150 Ibs. on his back. TROTTING IN CALIFORNIA. Say Francisco, April 28, 1877. A Los Angeles despatch says that the match be- tween Goldsmith Maid and Rarus to-day resulted {n an easy victory for the Maid in three straight heats, Tune, 2 2:19 and 2:10. RACING IN TEXAS. GaLvgston, April 28, 1877. The spring meeting of the Galveston Jockey Club opened to-day, The track was in tine condition, THE PIRST RACE, a milo and a quarter dash, resulted ina doad heat bo- tween Ella Rowett and Georgo Quinine; Belle Barkley third, The purse was divided between the two tormer horses. THE SBCOND RACK. For the Oleander stakes, for three-year-olds, milo heats, was won by General Phillips tn two stragit heats. In the Urst heat Methodist came in second and Humbug third. In the second heat Conrad was second and Join McCoy third, Tme, 1:48—1 :45 54. THE LATEST FAILURES, ROBINSON & CO,'S SUSPENSION—RUMORS OF RESUMPTION. ‘The suspension of Messra. Eugene N. Robinson & Co, did not receive a great deal of attention trom Wall strect people yesterday, ‘The checks, it appears, wero secured, and thereafterlittle notice was taken of the affairs of the firm beyond a curiosity to know whether it would resume £oon or what was the extent of tis losses. Neither of theso things could be ascertained by inquiry at the offices of the firm, During the day stocks to the amount of 14,300 shares were bought and eold under the rule, and whether {rom this cause or some other, prices in the market were generally higher during the day. The suspended tirm forwarded the following notification yesterday :— ve Yausipest New Youk Srovg EXcuancr:~ Wilt you pieune inf @ members of the change that all who have ms aguinat this firm are requested fo send them in gy soon as possible, We are, yours respec #. N. ROBINSON & CO, Mr M. AL Wixtock, Fman i= We lioroby authorise ail partion having oustanding con- tract fh usto close them out under the ruies provided in such eusos. kk. N. ROBENSUN & OU. SOLD UNDER THE RULE, ‘The following is a list of the stocks disposed of un- der the rute;—Kock Islaud, 1,200; Delaware, Lacka- wavna and Western, 3,800; Lake Shore, 6,900; lilimois Central, SOs Michigan Central, 400; St, Paul pre- red, 600; Delaware and Hudson, 100; New York Coniral, 400; Morris aud Essex, 100; Westeru Union, luo. ‘Vota, 14,300, Of this amount one lot of 8,900 shares of Lake Shore Was disposed of for one man, and for auother 1,300 Shares of Delaware and L. wanna, It is not be- Neved ihat tho firm's losses on their more recent transactions will be very large, und itis vagacly stated that they may resume on Tuesday or Wednesday. The stucemeut was generally made yesterday that during the se of business ul the bank tn Some trouble, it was have yrisea In consequence if all the hot been mace good subsequently, but uow tho matter ts considered wholly set at rest, Aloxauder Leslie, grocer, of Newburg, N. Y., bas ttor the benent of his creditors, Liabilities stated at $30,000; assets about $20,000, H#AVY FAILURE IN BOSTON. Bosron, April 28, 1877, May & Co., the largest house in metals and bard- ware here, have suspended, Liabilities, $600,000. The ned by bad debts and general shrink: the pust four years, Their own tnebteds pully ju Penusylvanta aud abroad, LOCOMOVIVE FE NGINEERS. A large and enthusiastic meeting of locomotive en- gineers and f ou Fopresenting the Vagous ratlrouds contring m New York, Jersey City and Hoboken was heid iu (he rooms of division No. 167 in Jersey City lust might, Hesulutions were adopted condemning the res ceut action of the ’hiladelphia and Reading Railroad olligiala, which prolibits the englueers of that road trom belonging to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineors, and guarantecing the support oi the broth eruood nnd vremen in ail legal eflorts to preveat tue suvcerstul carrying oUt Of Lhe OvHOxioUs order by the rulroud company. A private raember of the brotherhood, who arrived from Putiadelpiia last night, stated that a large secret voting had been bew ta rooms of division No, 71, im that chy, yesterday, Committees representing forty «iv ro present wad much enthusiasm prevai weling Was presided over by Grand Chief Engineer Arthur. ‘Another meeting 1s auDoUDced for to-morrow even- ing, 18 Horticultural Hail, Puiiadelpuia, DIARISM, ze ATLEMPEED INCEN Late last aight OMcer Quinn, of the First precmet, discovered a quantity of shavings and chips concealed on the fourth landing of No, 69 Nassou street, having evidently been placed thore fur incendiary purposes. The budding 18 Gcoupied ae ofiices, The police could } obtain By Cie bo (he Would-be iacendiary, NTUPLE S * - DOMINION OF CANADA Flurry in the House of Commons—Mem- bers Threatened with Expulsion. WAR BETWEEN POLITICIANS. Canadian Pacific Railway—Report of the Engineer-in-Cnief. —_-__-— Howss or Cosmons, } Ortawa, April 19, 1877, Durifg the last two days the House of Commons bi been in an unusual state of ferment, more than a usually angry feeling having been generated by the efforts to tmpeach members on both sides, ana, if pos- sible, drive them from their seats, The situation will be better understood if I quote at the outset a section or two of what is known as the ‘independence of Par- liament Act,’’ passed in 1868, After reciting that no Person holding an oilice of emolument under the gov- ernment of Canada shall be a member of the House of Commons, excopt members of the Privy Council, one Commissioner of tho .Intercolonial Railway and offl- cers of the Army and Navy, the act proceeds “No person whosoever, holding or enjoying, under- taking or executing, directly or indircetly, alone or with any othor, by himself or by the interposition of any trustee or third party, acy contract or agreoment with Her Majesty, or with any public oflicer or depart ment with respect to the public service of Canada, or under which any public money of Canada Is to be paid for any service or work, shall be eligible as a member of the House of Commons, nor shall ho ait or vote in the same. t any member hereby disqualified or declared in- capable of being elected a member of tue House of Commons 18 nevertheless ‘elected and returned asa member, his election and roturn shall be null and void. “And Mf any person disqualifica or declared incapable | of sitting or voting in the House of Commons, by the firat, second or third sections, sits or votes therein, he shall thereby forfeit the sum of’ $2,000 for euch ana every day on which he go sits.or votes, and such sum may be recovered from him by any person who will | sue for the same, by action of debt, plaint or tniorma- | tion, in any court of competent civil jurisdiction in Can- ada, if any member of the House of Commons by ac- copting any oflice or becoming a party to any contract oragroement becomes disqualifica by law to continue to sit or vote in the same, his olection shall thereby be- come void, and tho seat of such member shall become vacated and a writ shall forthwith issue for a now elec- tion as if he wero naturally doad.”” STRINGENT POLITICAT, MORALS. From the foregoing {t will be observed that tho Ca- Dadian law rogulating the eligibility of members of 4 Parliament 18 as stringent as language can possibly mako it, and that there is no loophole of escape for any man who bas permitted himself or bis partner or agent to contract with or receive money from tho gov- ernment. The Election law endeavors to enforce sim- ilar purity at the baliot, box, and although thore are occasional imstances of its evasion it 1s a noteworthy and a singular fact that even the purchase of a glass of beer jor a voter, with a view to secure bis suflrage, has been frequently held sufllcient to annul the eiec- tion and make case for the courts, It is under the first named Jaw thut both the government and the op- position aro now engaged in a protracted wrangle which before it ends may result In vacating a dozen or more seats by peremptory dismissal or by resignation. To an American familiar with the machinations of the Congressional lobby and the manipulations o1 a credit mobilier, and not familiar with the safeguards that are here compelled to exist around the honor of every public nan, 1t seems the height of absurdity that bo- cause his merchant partner, without his knowledge, bas received $10, $15 or $20 for an old stove, a bit of furniture, a handful of stationery or what not, a member should thereby jevpardizo dr lose his seat in the Commons, Yet it is oven 80, aud no matter whether tue sum be umong the vulgar fractiuns of a picayune trade or the thousands of a railway contract the principle and tho ressii uresternly tbe sume, For the woment there isa cauure whica underlies this inquisitive search into men’s business relations aud demand to show clean dands. A yearor two Leuce n election takes place Which ia likely to prove ove ot @ bitterest of the kind that bas occurred since Canada became a contederation, aud when the govern- ment will probably be put to its mettle to nuiutain itself belore the peopit, Hence every ellort is being made by the respective parties*to break gown aud Dring discredit on the other, Men whose characters 4 other respects are above reprool, aud who have rved their country through long teruns of ollice, wine ning the regard of oven their political adversaries, are veimg assailed with a yenow and a bitternoss that 1s as disgraceful to political Info as it is contemptible trom a mnoral poiut of view. I have already written concern- ing the endeavor to drag from lis high position the Spouker of the House, because, forsootn, ag the proprie- tor of 4 provincial paper, be took an insignificant con- tract for a part of the pubiic printing. Yesterday, as a retaliatory measure, ono of tue followers of the goverumout brought the charge against the Hon, J, M. Currier, a member of Parliament from Ottawa and « inember of the opposition, tuat nis firtn bad sold lumbeg to some of the public officials. 1 tnay add here par parenthense that Mr. Currier is a New England wan, who cue bere when the city was in its inianey, and’ as it increased im population grew to wealth himself, For thirteen years be bas occupied a seat 1b tue House of Commons, and as was weil saia 10 @ speech by his colleasue, Mr, Alonzo Wright, ‘0 more kindly, atniavle aud hovorable gentieman uever existed, It is unluir tuat the governmeal, alter ib has made a purchuse trom the bovorable member's tirm, without his knowledge, should use that tact as a meand of unseating bim.'’? Mr, Currier promptly met the allegations of the government ferrets in tne \oliow- jug menly lever, which may be commended for 1s honesty and frankness to some of our members of Con- gress, nod, alter reading the same to tbe House, quietiy locked his desk, vowed to the Speaker, aud amid loud applause trom voto sides, retired from the Chamber Without a stun upon bis escutcueon, A writ of election Was immediately issued in accordance with the Jaw and the custom, aad it ts probable that be will be revurned to Parliament by w large uajority. RESIGNATION OF HON. MR, CURRIEK. Urrawa, April 19, 1877. ‘Tue Hononante tik Speaker o¢ Tuk’ House OF Com- MONS, OTTAWA nit-—{ have tho houor to state to you that on the 12th Inst. Lreceived uotice trom Mr, Laurier, & member of thts House, that he intended to make a suatement on the floor Of the Huuse to the eilvct that two rms of which | was a member had eutored into contracts or agreemunty with the koverument or ofivery thereot tor suppiyiny lumber, which tthe hovorwsie member mude {h tie Louse on the aud thereupon thé said matter was relerred to ttee in Priviieges sud Klections. Cuil the receipe of thut coniuunication twas not aware | he business transactions thereiu referred to bad taken ¥ personally took wuy part whatever in or any of them, 1 hay ever, now ascertained, on etreum: hat the tram ot TW. (ot which I Was at that tine # partner, though 1 the 2ist of May, 1974, réceivea an jteutiaries for goods for the St Minounting to BkTIT 10, and paid for in July, & Curcier, of t veral small orders toc hin nt, betweon January, 1874, and bli in wil to BOT, DUL th each Cuoe hee, that T may have, by t my seat in the H visions of the Linde Fe my duty to Hotty you of the facts tor the ine 1 vf the House, and to place my realgnudon ln your bands. FePhave the honor to be, air, your obodiéns servant. J.M. CURRIER, Since the resignation of Mr, Currier suli further re- taiatory tmeagures bave been resorted vo, and as | learn to-night some twenty-eight cases are peading, Woich | the opposition are determined to Press ou the govern: ut ‘The consequence will doubtiess pe, that jor eral days to come an unusual washing of dirty linen will tuke place on both sides ot the House, aud (at some of the most distinguished among the com. mouers will find the Independence of Pariiameut act banging like a mill stone around their necks. THR CANADIAN PACI¥IC RAILWAY. Ky the Kindness of Chief Engineer Mr. Sanford Fieming, | have been*suppieu with an advance copy of his report OL the survey and preliminary operauons | on the Canadian Pacitic Ratiway. It 18 too long to | publist iu Lull, but ibe follow syuopsis will convey | w general idea of the progres ul ihe wor sous meaced in 1571, these surveys have extended over a period Of Six yeurs, abd they now stretch trom the Valley of the Oitawa, west of the capital, to Lhat portion of the Pacific coast lying betwoen Alaska on tho north and the Straits of Sau Juan de Fuca op the south. | Consequently they embrace a field of inquiry oxtenuing over o4 degrees of longitude, limited by 10 degrees of late itude, ‘Tue three regions into whick Nature lias divided the territory to be traversed by the railway may bo designated 43 the woodland, the prairie und the moun- | win regions, and their speciic characteristics are strongly inarked, Most of the central or prairio ro. gion has been repentedly traversed by scientitic ex. plorers and 18 charagteristies well understood; but much of the mountain and woodiaad regions have been Until recently unvisited and unknown. To a great ex- tent both were held to be rugged and impeneiravio, The expenditure for these surveys up to December, 1876, during the 81x years, has beon $3,136,165, ® EXPLORATIONS, the report states that the examinations have not all Leen of the same character, berg dictated accord. ing to circumstances and varied as expediency sug. gested, They tay be claseified thus:—1. Explora ova; 2 Exploratory surveys; 3. Reviwed survey 4. Trial locanons; 6, Location survey vised jocations. quiry into v Currier & Co. 1 ot Bats | Wabash River, Ind. | Ab the commencement of the survey all the sources of information open to inquiry with regard to the passes through the Rocky Mountains were cot ted, and after careful eXamsnation It appeared that the (wo passes known as the Howse and the Yellow Head pos- sessed advantages which, taken 1 conjunctiog with the approaches to them, best warranted further ox- mination, It was morcover evident that the obsta- cles which intervened between the passes and tho coast of British Columbia were of a very serious char- acter, and that the selection of the pass through the main Rocky Mountain range depended on the discovory of a practicable line across whole mountain region, After various examinations the Yeliow Head Pass was for the time selectod. It was farther found that it was possible to reach the coast by the course and out- let of the rivers Thompson and Frazer, tno Ii tor- minating at an excellent barbor on Burrard Iniey Ib was discovered that portions of the route through the Rocky Mountain region would be expensive, yet that the engineering features which govern the cost of operating a railway and transporting goods gave promise of being much more favorable on the Canadian than on the American route, The United States Pacific Hail way attains an altitude above the seaat four diferent points, fully double the height of the great conti- nental summit on the Canadian lino, and for 1,300 con- secutive miles there is yo altitude so low on the rail- way between San Francisco and Now York as tho highest sumimit of the line througn the Yellow Head Pas With respect to distance 1 was estimated that from Burrard Iniet to Montreal will be, 633 miles loss than from San Francisco to New York. THE DIFYERENT ROUTES, It was at the suune time estimated that the Canadian routo would bring New York, Boston and Portland trom 800 to 500 miles nearer tho Vaciflo coast at Bure rard Inlet than these cities now are, with San Fran. cisco as the termimal point of tue Union Pacific, The distance from England to China would be more than 1,000 miles less by the Canadian than by the American line. ‘Ton routes baye been opened for consideration, all of which tertninate on the coast of the mainland ¥ seven distinct harbors, and they all converge to Yci- low Hond Pass, ‘The line is located with sufficient ac- curacy to admit of the construction of the overlund telegraph, In this wi of survey upward of one thousand mon were employed, and the routes explored amount in the aggreguto close on to 46,000 mies, of whigh. 11,500 have been laboriously measured, yard by ard, through mountain, prairie and forest, with spirit evel, chain and transit. Inconciasion, Mr, Floming says that although several routes {rom the mountains to tho coast are available it cannot be claimed thut any line has been found upon which, to some parts of its course, no serious difiiculties are met. ‘The inferences to be drawn appear to point conclu sively to a choice of two distinct courses—thy selection of one of tho two routes which first reach the Pacitic waters at Burrard Lulet and at Bute Inlet, or the post- ponemert of a decision respecting tho terminus until w further examination {s made on land and water to determine a more eligible route, From present appearances it 1s believed tat Parliament will be pro- rogaed about the lst of Muy, Members are evidently becoming weary aud inpatient, and as they draw no salary after the first thirty days there is little induce. ment to remain an hour longer than. is absolutely necessary. WASHINGTON. DESPATCHES. GENERAL WASHINGTON Wasiinctox, April 23, 1877, RIVER AND HARBOR APPLOPRIATIONS, The River and Harbor Appropriation bil), approved August 14, 1876, 1 will be remembered, appropriated In the aggregate $5,016,000, but by an order of Pres- ident Grant the expenditures were limited to $2,000,000, Subsequent allotments increased tho amount to $3,800,900, feaving an unexpended balance of $1,124,100, The Secretary of War recently received from the Chief of Engineers the following detter, which was laid before the President, and it has been deter- mined to expend such balance at tbe points mentioned in the letter:— Orricg or THE CureF OF ENcinenrs, Wasutndro, April 24, 1877, } ‘Yo the Hon. GzorGce W. MoCRaxy, Seoretsry of War:— ‘Sin—l'he act makig appropriations for the con- Struction, repair, preservation and completion of cor- tain pubiie works on rivers and arbors and for otaer purposes, approved Angust 14, 1876, contains appro» priations amounting in the nggregate to the sum of $6,015,000, ‘The expenditcres Were limited by order of the President, Septemper 4, 1876, to $2,000,000, Suvsequent allotments huve, however, been made from time to tine, increasing the amount made avail- able up to this date to $3,890,900, leaving a balance still withneld of $1,124,100, The season tor active op- erations in-ail parts of tho country 1s now at baud, and it is very desirable that preparations be made for commenemg work, tn order that all available means may by secured for a vigorous prosecution dur- ing the ensuing summer, ‘Tho river and harbor worka, tho appropriauiong for which bave uot yet been made ayailavle 11 whole or in part, are for the improvement of barbors of channels which are navigable waters of tho United States, and all the improvements are lo a greater or less ‘degree important in their beariy Upon the interests of navigation and commerce, beg eave, theretore, to recommend that those appro- priations, the expenditure of which hus not been au. thorized, amounting to $1,124,100, be now m. ayuilable, A statement 18 appended contaraing alist of the works referred to, with umounts of appropria- tions yet unallowed. Very respectfully, your ovedicat servant, * A, HUMPHREYS, ” Brigadier General und Chiet of Engineer The following is a statement of amounts of appropri ations yet unallotted :— Duluth, Mian., balance... Falls of St. Anthony, balance. Red River of the North, amount appropriated, , Mississippi River, above Fails of St Aathony, amount appropriated... Minnesota River, amount appropriated, Untonagon, balance. Eagle, amounts appropriaed Marquette, balance Chicago, balance, Charlevoix, amount appropriated, Franktort, amount appropriated Manistee, amount appropriated, Lnuington, amount appropriated Pentwater, ayount appropriated White River, balauce... Maskegon, amount uppropriated,, Black Lake, amount appropriated, Sauyatuck, balance St. Joseph, balance. St Mury’s River au Propriated....ees.e Sheboygan, amonnt appropriated. Thunder Buy, amount appropriated, Monroe, amount appropriated, Toledo, baiauce Port Chnton, umount appropris Sandusky City harbor, 0., balance. $9,000 49, 0U0 Lu,vuu Vermilion hurvor, 0., balance... 000 Ashtabula harbor, O., amount appropriated... 5,000 | Dunkirk Harbor, N, ¥., balance, 15,500 Wilson Harbor, N. amount apy 10,000 t . Oak Orchard Y, amount appro- priated. Harbor, N. Potney ville Harbor, N. Y., amount appropriated, 4,000 Great Sodus Bay Harbor, N. Y., amount appro- priated... 6,000 Little Sodus priated.,. x 5,000 Oswego Harbor, N.Y. 60,000 Burlington Harbor, Vt, balance, 14,000 Swanton Mervor, Vi, ainguut appropriated, Hudson River, valance, Channel between Stuten Island: amount appropriated.... se , Buriiugton Harbor, lowa, amount appropriated, 10,000 Fort Madison Harvor, lowa, amount appropri- ted. . . eee 10,000 Dubuque Harbor, Iowa, amount appropriaied,., 18,000 Missismpp!, Missourt and Arkansas rivers, bil- White River, Ark., amount appropriated, Ouachita River, La, balauce, Yazoo River, Miss., balance Obio River, balance, amouat appropriated. Little Kanawha River, W. Va., amount appro- Hiawasse River, Tenn,, umouut appropriated Mouth of Misstasippi River, valance, Chester River, M Baltimore Harbor, Md. Wicomico River, 31d, amount appropriated, Appomatox River, Va, balance... New River, Va, amount appropriated Capo Foar River, N. C., bance... South branch of Elizabeth River, V appropriated... eet Norioik Haroor, amount appropi Pamlico River, N. C., amount appropriated... Perquimans River, N. C., amount appropriated. Nansemond River, N. C., amount appropriate French Broad River, N, alnountappropriated 10,000 Schuylkill River, Pa, balance, 4 6,000 Delaware Kivor, beiow Vetty’s Island, Dalance., 5,000 Bridgeport Harbor, Conu., amount appropriated 10,000 Southport Harbor, Conu., amount appropriated, 6,000 Fail River Harbor, Mass, amount appropriated. 10,000 New Bedford Harbor, Mass, amount appropri ate “ Lite Narragansew Bay, i "1/ amount appro- priated.... +. eee Penopscot River, Me, amount appropriated Belfast Harvor, Me,, amount appropriated Kennebec River, Me., balance amoune appropri Md... ee, Boston Harbor, balanco Kxaminauions, surveys aud contin ances... Total. A NEW COLLECTOR FOR NEW ORLEANS. The contest for the New Orleans Collectorship has terminated in the apporntment to that office of Judge Jon E, King Judge King was a Judge of the Su- premo Court of Louisiana under the Kollogg-Packard régime, aud gave place to ex-Congressmau Spencer, who resigned his seat in the House under an appoint nent from Governor Nicholls to the same position. GOVERNOR AXTELL ASKS TO Tye INVESTIGATED, Governor Axtell, of New Mexico, against whom charges were fied in the Interior Department a few weeks ago, has now been heurd (rom on the subject. He pronounces the charges groundiess and demands av investigation, ARRESTING RENEGADE IMDIANS, Agent Jobn P, Clum, of the San Carlos, Arizona, ine dian Agency, reports by telegraph to the Commissiouce of Indiao Affairs that be will leave tne Hot Springs, New Mexico, on Monday next with 434 of the renegade Chibuahuas, whom be was directed to arrost with bis ndian police aud rotura to the Sau Carlos Agenaye 10,000 ~