New-York daily tribune., 1851-08-01
CITY ITEMS.


day the new Law for the more eIectual suppression
/ OF GamblIng-morc commonly known a the tntl-
I Gambling Lave mes into operation. II WIS pu3-
hshed IT, Tr.btuf OF the l9ih ui ant t!cr>
are probably familiar with IL details Il seems broad
enough II ~ lrovIs.onS h 7, ach aay ease OF gan
bling, and severe enough It's penali.C, 10 preren,
/ repetition Of offences We hol tho vital clause "a
- thai which declare, a heavy penalty agcnsi any
/ sheriff Ponce Officer. Constable. Prosecuting or
District Attorney VINO shall refuse T. inform against
/ ard prosecute any person whom they know 10 bc q
! gambler. II lhese gentlemen should refuse to use
/ the kIowletsc which ihcy possess, they WILL hat
/ hundreds c. citizens who are determined TO clear
our City Of gamblers v no VIII refresh their memories
I and msist upon The performance OF their duty. We
have no doub; that tie Police Of ih,, City could,
within sX hours, point out a thousand professional
| gamblers without the risk OF a single mistake. vii
| they DO II VIII they break up The two tRd-slx-
penny he.ls Of Church. 81. and the fashionable dens
/ OF Park place Will they DIVE from their Ex-
| change burrows The sleek rats who have grown
! rich UVon the proceeds of lottery policies We
trust that they VIII DO 50. boldly and without dois
/ ing II would be a great mistake 10 suppose that
this law will be allowed TO pass into a dead letter
/ the men who framed 1t and urged it. adoption
not the sort of people to showed aside without
| fair trial OF It's provisions II may be too much 10
| suppose that al gambling VIII be stopped there
those who would gamble on their fathers graves If
! 10 other place could Re hai but the well known
haun,s OF the fancy" the old dcns where they do
! their business almost as publicly IS their kin the
| mock auctioneers must Be broken up. Let the PO
! hce DO their duty promptly and fearessly in this
matter. give tho law far trial, and II there
/ are defects IN 1t have them remedled
next Winter The policy dealers have spread the
~. ,rfte ms limo Nltnta
and deal alto. o.cther IN tickets 1t Is doubtful ftcket
selling can be reached by this Act but the law which
suppressed Lotteries IN this state made 1t penal
ofonse to sell the tickets of lotteries Of any other
state within our borders. and many convictions have
been ms ade IN this City under this provision so they
will hardly escape by that loop hoc. II Is more likely
that they have spread the report for the purpose of
hood mixing the authorities, and that they will 60
on with Their policies usual. The people not only
ask bu demand of their public servants the thorough
execution OF this law and nothing short of prompt
/ and energetic action IN regard to those gambling
| houses, which every Police Captain knows exist
within his District. viii satisfy this demand. We
shall see # our officers are equal to this imperative
duty
Locomotive Force or THE Erie RAIL
! RoAD-A correspondent of The Farmer and Ncchon'r,
wlo has been employed to collect facts concerning
the engines IN use FOR the officers of the Ncw-l ork
and Ere Railroad says that there arc, at the present
time IL locomotive engines belonging TO the compa-
, ny. while nearly 90 more are constructing at the
various shops with which the company have contracts.
The length of the center road Is AZ miles, divided,
for the running of engines, into -four divisions The
first, or Eastern Division, extending from Piermont
TO Delawar Is a miles long the Delaware Division
/ nolau as 81
to Susquehanna. Pa. l0i miles the Susquehanna Dl-
vision extends from SuSquehanna TO HornellSvllle
Ny I3q miles and the Western Division, extending
from IIornosylc to Dunkirk is l21 miles long
The Eastern md Western divisions are quite
undulating and uneven, the grades reaching, IN
many places 80 feet per mile The SuSquohama
Division IS very even and regular, having no
grades sufficient to check the speed OF the TRAINS
while the grades on the Delaware Division do not
exceed Is Get per mile, except for few miles AT the
summit" in Lanesboro, Pa, where the ascent in
some places is steep a IS feet per mile OF the
IL engines employed, were built by Norris, Of
Philadelphia II by NJ ". Baldwin. of Philadelphia
, by Ross Wnans, OF Baltimore 81 by Rogers,
ketchum & Grosyenor, of Paterson, \. J.. - by
Swinburne, smith & Co, of Paterson, \. }. 90 by
the Boston Locomotive Works by the Taunton
Locomotive Manufacturing Company, at Taunton
Mass and by the Amoskeag Manufacturing Com
pany at Manchester, y II. Anang ng the machines
according the size OF cylinder, there are engines
Of VI inches diameter of cylinder | Of II inches
1 Of 10 inches , OF II inches of ID inches Of
H., inches Is of lG inches Il of Il inches of Is
inches and OF 10 inches diameter. The dinen-
sonS OF of the firstcass passenger engines are
seventeen inch cylinder, twenty inches stroke,
four drivers of SIX feet diameter, and four trucks
Boiler forty-four inches diameter and contains rs
tubes /, inches diameter and II inches long, %
SQUARE feet Of tube surface g. square feet Of fire box
surface, and - square feet Of CRATE Weight, m
running order, 10000 lbs The freight engines Of the
lr> class have lslnch cylinder, 90 inches stroke.
drivers ) feet diameter. and trucks Boiler T.
inches diameter, and contains l9- tubes. j. inches
diameter, and - feet long, lle' square feet of tube
surface = DO. DO. of fire box surface and II do
DO Of crate Weight, IN running order, $1,000 lbs
There are two engines employed at the summit
which weigh each 1890 lbs, being probably the
heaviest locomotive, in America. The weights Of
engines IN this statement does not include the
weight Of tendcrl Upwards Of leo Of the locomo-
t,es owned by TIN, company have been placed upon
uo read since May eis. 1t Is anticipated thai this
read viii require, when IN full operation, IA cqup-
nerl Of more than geo locomotives.
AS IMPORTANT DEcIsION.-ln supreme
Court-pefore Mitchell, Justlce.-obai.a1 Ne'r-
ccHb. Jr. against Eugene hefeites o5,d hairVa h's
,r,f, Jaies De D,oa and JaRe ms 'rie. ald ofhlrs
w >illiman, for plaintiff George Wood and {.
Bainbrdgc Smith for defendants This action was
brought for specific performance Of covenants IN
leases executed by the Executors and Trustees ap-
pointed by the VIII of John Gardner, deceased. 10
pay for certain dwelling houses 10 be erected on the
lots leased at the end of the first term Of 81 years, OF
10 renew the lease. The te>tator at hi- death
was the owner Of about one hundred vacant lots
iu The thcn nnper md nnimD rorel nart. of TIC Cv