The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-24
City Intelligence.

CRY IMPRovKsnrs-WDESMa OF BElKMAN STREET
The trade and general business of city have
to such extent that in this the lower part
Of the town. private interests and personal comfort
forced to give way before the mperious demands for
commercial convenience. Even the ordinary May day
moving has been antspated in order to hurry up ths
projected improvement Of the widening and leveng Of
Beeimsn street This received the Of ths
Common Council some months ago, and 1t directed
that the work should commence after May day
The tearing down Of the houses from the north
nert Gold street will consequently begin in about fort
night and oil the tenants must leave great
number Of very respectable boarding houses already
broken up to the particular discomfort Of many young
men employed IN Nassau Wall, South and the neigh
boring trading streets. The sudden disruption Of no
many social knots at the tim the engaging of lodg'
Crystal Palace the increase of rents and the unver-
sal strikes, caused commoti0n anon rst the pro-
ended in such a rise Of charge that we fear the
clerks viii have to follow the churches, whether they
Ike it or not and all 60 up town During the past week
nations to Brooklyn Fourteenth, Thirty second street,
trying momert' which found them
Standing alone beside the desoate hearth
Whilst all their household gods lay shivered round the
The religious tradtonary renembrances which attach
short time the p, nicely money changer merchant will
transact business upon the razed site Of its ruined cham
eel As the quiet the domestic hearth has been nvad
cd in the have already mentioned the silence
OF the tomb Is disturbed in the matter of removing
DOCTOR springs church. some graves opened to-
ward the cote of the past week. and the remains of the
persons deposited in them taken their friend to other
resting places When the work Ia finished 1t will be
great improvement notwithstanding the present roubs
which 1t Causes Another main artery will be opened,
through which the coDgested amount Of trading in
tercst flew in current from the neghbor
ing wharves of the Fast River. We Informed that
about feet in breadth will be added to the street.
and that the ruts and hollows which disAgure IL
much, will be filled, until the road is made perfectly level
MELANCHOLY AND FATAL ACCIDENT IN VEsEY STpEET-Yes-
terday evening about o. clock, th paint
ing the outside of the houe No IL vesey street. occu.
pied by Mr. Rcorbach, bookseller, the scaiiolding
| which they were standing gave way, and preciptated
them to the ground One of them whose could
not ascertain. it not having been known his
plcyer. was instantly filed another, named George
HutaAinoD, had his skull fractured and the third
named Michael Kennedy had his right ANGLE broken They
taken to the City Hospital The was occa-
stoned by the breaking Of rope which the scafod
mainly depended Several persons who passing at
the time narrowly escaped injury-one young lad
particular, whose dress touched by is IN
| fell f. ON the fourth story Whs~ - -Ausr which
| the erection and embef- rin men engaged In
more attention --..,mens OF buildings learn to pay
| useful ~ matters which depend the lives OF
1en' We would strongly impress upon mechanics
engaged Mt work OF this nature The peceaitv OF looking
sharply to the security Of platform before they venture
upon it.
WosAEs RIeHIs.-Miss Lucy Stone aarrisonian aboli
tio- MS turned her attention TO womans rights and
has announced u lecture to morrow night. What pity
that so interesting Young sho1d go about the
country preaching isms, for want of good husbandp