The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-17
Talk on Change,

Yesterday another slack day in -four the Niagaras
letters being still Cue. Common State brands closed at
SC Is $50 81. Wheat active without material change
in quotations. Corn easier The sales Of cotton
small ard the mark. unsettled Rice continued firm
with sales Of 1000 bags East India private terms
Carolina sold at 81 25 a 81 SO.
gentleman engaged the trade stated that fire.
quent complaints be been made in New Orleans
cities regarding the of greater uniformity in cotton
quotations. in New York This from the fact tuat
quotations given by each broker for himself without
consultation with others in the business. Thus
one merchant In New Olleans might receive from his
New York broker the quo alton OF 1os. for mddng
cotton Another might have it quoted TO him at 10
and third a. 1899 10hc. This irregulaTity it was
condered, operated against the claims of this market
upon tie shippers of the article from the South
1t proposed and strongly urged that thers saoulo
be established in New York board of cotton brokers',
from whore authority regular reports Of sales prices
should emsnate These official declarations would
iupsrt greater uniformity to the movements in tbs
trade, inspire confidence at dittsnt plscss aid 10 all
probability augment the consgnments.
merchant complained of the want of greater ferry
Accommodations between the upper parts of the city
and Long Island sde and the Jersey shore the
other. Green Point important a place as
Williamsburg was few years since, and the inter
between 1t and the city equired greater ac
for intercourse than existed.
Among other city improvements 1t suggested that
one perhaps needed than any other sAs a more
extensive ard convenient blildpg for the Washington
Market As it stood at present, it nothing but
confused tumble of overloaded stalls amidst which peo
pie were compelled TO be ammed willis endeavoring TO
make their purchases Its outer purlieus dirty and
crowded in most rspulsive and disagreesbe
strike of the Third Avenue Railway Drivers
Collision, etc.
The citizens residing the line Of the Third Avenue
Railway much lnconvenienced yesterday b. strike
of all the drivers employed that line The state Of
The feows-It appears that there thirty.
running on this railway; each has had two
drivers, making ten trips per day The run from
four O'Clock in the morning until two O'Clock the next
morning The drivers have heretofore been paid dol
lars per week and when they worked only part o. the
week they have been paid at the rate Of dollar aud
twenty FIVE cents per day. The cars run on Sundays
The directors of the railway Hly removed OF this
swtchmen, and other wise increased the labor Of the
drivers They then made ruet only three drivers
should be allowed to every two For these reasons
the drvers sixty two in NUMBER ceased work yesterday
morning. untl tSe old regime shculd DO .toed sud
they to receive dollar and fifty cents per day for
every day they worried The business Of the road w.s
interrupted, and down until about ten
O'Clock SeveraI Of this stockholders and officers amoog
them Mr.. John Murphy, drove down. Toe officer.
Of tie line being fearful Of riot. sent for the pocs
Who arrested Patrick Kane ard Eve others OF the naot
active ong the strikers" We could not learn that
,hee men committed any acts Of violence rnsir arrest
rs considered precautionary meaIure and they
Locked up in the r0mba.
A. about eleven O'Clock car No. Il came Ia collision
with freight CIR belonging to the Harlem Railway Con
psIy TIE accident occurred near Sixth street the
crossing near the Bogery aod Fourth iQtsrsss.
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