Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-07-18


help us! But the Commissioner made . funny
movement in order to get out Of this scrape They
have come down upon the contractors and said,
"Ysu Tom, and you, Dick, and you, Harry 'tis true
YOU can get all your work finished in few months.
but we won't let you; we have Numbered about the
bridge and II you get your work done before the end
of lS4l the outside contract time, the discrepancy
between your work and the bridge will be great
that shall be exposed and laughed at ncapables
for after!" One in point occurs to
Mr.. Carmichael has section finished all but 300
feet and this being in principal street in Sing Sing
village, they compelled to let him complete it
| Immediately. He has another section which is also
finished all but 800 ieet this he could complete in
two months, but they will not allow him to finish it
before Oct i, 1910; and thus his hands tied up
from undertaking any ether great work (for which
he is so eminently qualifed) for year to come.
In self Defence the contractors came down to New
York, held meeting drew up memorial, and pre-
| sented II to Aid. Tallmadge, demonstrating against
| the conduct of the Commissioners. Aid. Tallmadge
begged the Contractors not to ask him to report upon
il, but to let the matter lie till after the fall
election because he said the wings would seize hold
Of it, kick up row, make political capital out of it,
and perhaps gain the city by It, "Therefore, gentle
men, says Tallmadge, 'ct it rest little while, and
| I'll talk to Stephen Allen about it, and what
do by personal persuasion; he very obstinate
man, and would rather die almost than give up
opinion, but when he il is for the good Of the
party have no doubt he'll back out and let you 60
rate must not report let il be known, for ii
would be rare handle for the wings.
And the remonstrance sleeps in the tomb of
the Capulets; meantime the contractors, backed by
the country banks. and some moned men, deter
mined to stake the p0ns bty' and go 18th the
work as fast as possible, and set Stephen Allen and
Saul Alley at defance for they say that after this
dreadful blunder, their public career is over for
ever.
And so the great game Of jobbing, and laundering,
and scheming, and roguery goes on. All this delay
Is party job, for political purposes The locoocos
in the corporation are making great noise about
economy and retrenchment in the salaries Of few
poor DEVILS and cutting down the pay for the ardu-
Gus duties Of Chief Engineer; saving few misera-
BILE hund reds, and squanderng thousands upon
thousands without remorse, or prospect Of return
All the corruption and venaty is removed from the
corporation and placed under the care OF the Water
Commissioners, who are growing fat upon II. Mean
time the public suffering the comfort and health
OF the citizens curtailed and injured multitude
suffering for the stupidity and obsinacy Of two or
three old women in breeches. Let the contractors,
by all means. finish their work as possible
and let $50 900 "a sufficient sum) be appropriated
for temporary bridge to carry the water over
as soon as it reaches Harlem river. The pipes
are all contracted for, and we have seen many
of them already cast at MIR. Kemble's at Cold Spring
they were Intended for the low bridge, and to
be used on the high bridge; the same pipes will do
for the temporary bridge; this could be completed
| in year, and would the interest from being
expended go 900 900 for dead property for three
years, and would answer every purpose whilst the
then could have stream from the Croton River
play ing the cupola Ct the City Hail. from Of
our splendid fire engines, on the LIST day of October
next year, whilst peans to the Almighty would be
poured forth from the lips Of beautiful young girls,
who would lave their lovely limbs from the same
stream in their chambers, before getting in between
their snow white sheets the evening of the same
LIST OF October, in the year Of our Lord 1910, TO
whom be all honor and glory for ever and ever, from
the hour we get good water to quench the thirst OF
the wings, and to wash the 6lth from the locofocos
tJ- VINCENT NoLTE, the celebrated cotton ope-
rator, Of New Orleans, has been in town several
days, and puts up at the Globe Hotel His
has been very extraordinary one. He is man OF
some talent-great mercantile imagnation-consi-
derable taste-and quite a gentleman in manners.
We shall give his biography in few days, together
with account Of the causes that prevented him,
last winter, in New Orleans, from making fortune
Of three millions Of dollars. He probably will yet
come out worth half million. He docs not appear
in Wall street. We beg him to 60 to Doctor Skin
ner's Church next Sunday with Mr.. Wilder. Heaven
is open for ALL whatever the price of cotton may be-
Dt- The UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT took place
yesterday in a church somewhere in Mercer street,
but where cannot tell. We spent half an hour in
the neighborhood Of Prince, endeavoring TO discover
the church-tut could not. Several groceries we
entered and asked "where is the church in this
street," No one could tell me-. " 1 suppose" said
l, "if wanted glass Of grog, or assignation
house, you could inform me-" They stared and said
to another don't speak to that man-he's
crazy" Isuppose asked dozen fellows in Mer-
Ger street where Is the church herel" but no one
knew. Mercer street is great street, only they
want little Of the schoolmaster there.
o. A serious accident occurred on the New Jer-
sey Railroad the 10th inst II appears that in the
morning two Irshmen, both intoxicated, were reel
ing along the track in quest Of work. whenthey
told to move oft or they would be run over. They
did not mind What was said and in attempting jump
upon dirt car fell between the cars and directly
across the track. Hugh Murphy was run over, which
mangled his leg that he was obliged to undergo
immediate amputaticn. None Of those attached to
the railroad or water works are to blame.
A RAILROAD FROM PORTLAND TO LAKE CHAM
PLAIN is contemplated. Two routes have been ex-
amined and surveyed. The northern route passes
towns and villages containing a population Of $780,
co., and will cost S25 las per mile ga 9s6 23 for
the entire road The population the southern
route is 00O0 and the road will cost 81 996 s
go, $50 per mile.
90 The John w. Richmond and the Neptune
now form the opposition line to Providence. They
pass Hell-ga Don't fall in. Room enough for
all