New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-29
CITY ITEMS.

ACCIDENTS AT THE STONE. ST. FfRE.-A serious
accident happened an active young fireman, named
Thomas Price. of Hook and adder Company No
4. While working on ladder against one of the
buildings he fell from the third story and landing
upon truck in Soonest broke one of his legs and
received severe internal injuries He was con
yeyed home by his friends
A fireman belonging to Engine Company No
AZ was badly burned about the face while endeav.
oriDg to check the flames on the roof of the
building
The eastern wall fell upon a small shanty occu-
pied as a blacksmith shop, crushing it TO the
ground Other parts Of the walls fell or were
torn down toward night. but no person was in
.iured.
This store had narrow escape during the great
fire in that vicinity in 1916, and it was the same
store that stopped the progress Of toe conaagra.
ton in that block. Mr.. VerpIanck of Newburgh
and not Mr.. Lawrencel owned the store TWAS
insured.
FIRE.-Nov. 28, 3, P M-The store No. 40
Broadway, fancy goods we believe was somewhat
injured by fire, and more SO by water. Loss not
ascertained.
Observation-Disclosures months of the year will be
gone tomorrow, and in all Of this period we can.
not recollect single day in which Broadway has
not been DISTRACTED either by the operations Of
sewefing, paving, Or building. The Russ pave
ment necessarily slow work, took up great por
ton OF the Summer; various sewers were drag
ging their slow length along at the same time
some of them occupying ten weeks where fort
night should have been liberal allowance; and as
for building, there never was half as much done
in Broadway before in one year Save during the
restoration after the last great fire. Of the paw.
ing we do not complain that was fairly done, al
thought might have been hurried little But
the sewer.makers and some of the house.buders
have earned the indignation Of every person who
had occasion 10 use the street. Thank fortune the
season of draining is over for this Winter; and
we trust that before it recommences the Common
Council Will make some law which will put
stop to the scandalous waste of time which has
been so oppressiyely notorious. A liberal period
should be allowed in all cases. and then, if con.
tractor blocked the street day longer, let him
give good reason or pay a heavy penalty. But
the sewers, bad as they have been, have not
caused half the obstruction that has been wanton
ly made by builders. One fragrant instance de-
serves especial notice; aud no man will be at
loss to find the locality when we state that the
tearing down commenced soon after the LIST OF
May, and that Broadway has been INSTRUCTED in
that particular spot ever since, and still more
there is very little probability that the nuisance
will be abated this year And SO, on smaller
scale in fifty places generally the most obstruc-
ton where the building was of the least conse-
quence If all the builders would work with the
energy of our friend Trimble (who put up Genin's
large store in less than one month, and Trpler
Hall in about three there would be very
little complaint OF course heavy stone fronts
must go up slowly; but then such work
should occupy much less of the street, Stew
arts great building caused very slight obstruc-
tom AS it is, we see no way OF securing
TO the people the right to use Broadway except
by stringent enactment that there shall be no
stone, brick lime or lumber yards therein or, as
the mayor has recommended that building materials
shall be brought in small quantities, as required for
immediate use. The cry about obstruction by
vehicles is generally humbug, Fifty thousand
carriages could pass up and down Broadway
daily without obstruction or collision; but when
great pile of bricks or lumber stretches across
twothirds Of the space it is certain that not two
vehicles can pass each other. AS last night,
where some one had dug a trench Opposite Me
chanics Hall which reached so far that only one
carriage could pass at a time, and so hundred
vehicles on either side were stopped at once.
Such a trench probably for tapping the CrotOn
pipe might be made and unmade in six hours
and when men refuse to do such job as
quick as possible it is the business Of the
Common Council to make them do so. The AL
dermen license stages, carts, hacks, cabs, &c,
with the understanding that such vehicles shall
have the use of the street for consideration;
they allow anybody and everybody to use the
street for storehouse, and fine the men who
have paid for it for obstructing it. And the JUS
ice-loying Public, with unsee1nly clarnor,
shout and scold about crowds and men run over,
and crosswalks unpassibIe, and at the same time
wade around brCk.pyramlds and Chamber over
heaps of dirt and fall into pits and get bespatter
ed with lime and dust without a whimper OF COM
plant Let US see if the Common Council will
make these crooked paths straight.
F1REMESs REcEPrIoN-The Engineers and
Foremen of the various Fire Companies incur City
held meeting Wednesday evening at Firemens
Hall, in Mercer-st. for the purpose OF completing
the necessary arrangements for the extension Of
proper reception to the Waterman Fire Com
pany of B Baltimore, who are to visit their brother
fremeu of New-Yo1k on or about the lst of next
January We learn that lremen will make
grand ball on the coming occasion. The
"W atchmen Boys are the ones who extended
such magnificent greeting to Hook and Ladder
Company No. Of NewYork, when they visited
the Monumental City last winter.
ANOTHER LArscH-The Caribbean built in
the yard of Mr. Thomas Collyer, foot OF Twenti-
eth-st will be launched at o'clock on Saturday
morning. The launch will have to take place at
the above early hour in consequence OF the con-
dition Of the tides. When launched, the CARR
bean will be towed to the Phoenix Foundry to re-
ceive her machinery The keel Of another vessel