Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-12-16
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| 6'e@s importance " the cN1xens Of New York
One Of the principal a these is the Butchers Mar
ket or Meat Law. We have repeatedly shown up
the in'quity and oppression Of The present meat laws,
and we sincerely cope the Common Conncil will see
the necessity and the justice Of repeating the whole
Of them, as they at present exist Abolish all those
Infamous ordinances that press heavily upon the
poor, BY rendering the necessarcs Of life twice as
expensive as they ought 10 be. Meet the evil bold
~, by passing law t. allow any competent persen
to establish butchers shop in any part az the city,
without any ,rictions whate that Of rot
selling bad meat. Sosner or later this must he done;
and why moi do il at once! So odious and unjust do
we consider the present monopoly Of meat selling
that we hesitate not 10 prsnounce every Alderman
aid Assistant who supports it, a fool or knave;
| they may choose which horn Of the dilemma they
choose &c settle upon Once for all, thsn, abolish
the monopoly in butchers meat.
A second grievance to be redressed i the extreme
inconveni nee and ineiIiceRcy Of the so csileo &C
commodatons in all courts ol justice, for report
ers, lawyers and the public; particularly the former
Reform 4 Is altogether
The third and next grievance to be rcdressed, is
the hackney coach and omnibus system. The.e We
hcles ahould have thorough oyerhauling, together
with their drivers and inefficient regulators. We
perceiye that The Astor House has applied for an
nibus license; let be granted Grant all the hotels
licenses for hacks end omnibuses, a. then shall,
have the present dissraceiui system somewhat
liorated. Pass an ordinance granting privileges to
induce spirited and enterprisng person 10 es
tsblsh cabs, similar to these Of London and else.
where. One or two cities in this country have them;
let not New York be behind any in this particular
Granting licenses 20 the hotels to run omnibuses,
would only put them par with Boston; and
al. -st..
the insolence aud imposition Of the hackney and
pbus drivers, who at present intoerable nui-
sance; insolent imposing and brutal scoundres, four
hfths OF them. Reform the hack and omnibus s IS
tenn.
FourthIy-let tn fathers of the city pay little
mere attention to cleansing the streets of the cjty
if for other reason for the sake the many be au
tiful women whose comfort would be increased
thereby and the continuance Of whose health and the
bloom on whose cheeks d'pend upon their having
facilities for walking out every fine day
FIithlv-look into the city prison arrangements
and ascertain why so many escape from confinement
by the aid Of death, and many by the aid Of some
body else.
Sixihly--let all the Aldermen come TO the resolu
tion like honest men, have their votes on all ques
tions of approprating the public money, published,
that their constituents may see who votes away
their morey, and how it is expended.
Lasily-iet the locofoco fathers Of tie city, who
hold all sway in both boards ifthey have any cen
cy left, hch is doubfu set pattern BY their be.
bavior 10 the conscript fathers Of Washington how
TO conduct the public business and particular how
TO conduct themselves. special edct Obey,
EXTENSIVE CoSrLAesrIsS -Abouf ei, ht O'clock
on Saturday night fire biokc out n store No Is
Cedar street, which proved very Il struciivs Tao
large bu ldings entirely destroyed and several
m tcrially damag d. het tai loss variously es,;.
mated 70 b from 100000 % sou 900, only half cf
VIII CHI is covered By insurance. II YEA eau ca by an
ncendia-y, is supposed, as oafer was seen pr,wl
iag abo 4 there by the Waterman a short time be-.
{ re. When III doors OF the store ere burst fire
vas discovered in several parts of building at the
same time. When ioaiers seen king about in
q dark night il is the duty of the watchmcn q look
open TO them. large portion Of the watc hmen Of
this city, however. NOT worth fig.
Buildings, Nos IS and ~, were totally consumed,
and the walls are down fiat. he former, in which
the fire TO X, occupied. in the three upp r sto
ries, by William Il. Bend an inpor' er and az nj for
English manufactures. He had very large stock Of
dry goo s estimated To have been worth $50 O0O
in ipally owned Eng and, and insurea there for
about SSO,c00 All destroyed. His books aud papers
were saved. Ihe lower par of the tu iding was GO
cupied by Dawson, Van Pelt Il Co., dry goods Job |
beers Their stock was valued at $4,000. The build.
ing was owned by Dawson and Van Pet, and worth !
about $50, 900.
Store No. Al was occupied in the lower part by l..
e. " Kirby & Co, iobbers, and the upper sto
ries by Patton & stewart importers, who had goois
10 the value Of $50 ooO. entirely destroyed. The
stock az Messss. Kirby &c Co valued at S25,- I,
Co., They saved only ABOUT 81 600 NOR h. Neither
were fully insured. The building owned BY l.. |
& w. Kiruy. and cost them, six years sgo, nclrl,
$4,000. u was then new, and was considered |
me be BIB ny store in the rect
The adjoiag building No. ~, occupied by Ja1ges,
Skidmore & Co. and Jsncs II. Hayt, vas much in
jured, and he gools damaged BY water The stores
in the vicinity injured by the IA ling
of the walls. Those directly opposite, occupied
Poet and Mains, John Fslconer, and Wa riner, r.
ter s. Co.. several times took fire, but were, by the
exertions OF he 6rcr en-, fortunately saved.
Asorngn FiRs-Yesterday . ont III o'clock q
fire wa discovered in the second story 81 the build
ing No. I6l broadway, occupied by Hatfield & Pier