New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-04-25
WILLIAMSBURGH ITEMS.

fIREMEN ELECrIOS.-lne 1OnOWlng are tne naues
the gentlemen mated for the offices of Chief and As
sstant Engineers
CTief Engincer-Chas C. Talbot and Benjamin W
Stinman, regular nominations Benjamin Du Bos inde
pendent.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Du Bots Peter G Brennan, Rich
ard IL Harding Dennis Strong and James Green regular
nominations; Daniel Lindsay, Grant ID. Lane, William
Mcekes Andrew llnman and John g. Barker are the indie
pendent candidates
GREEN PoINr-Ths thriving village will soon be ben
Gifted by several important improvements Messrs VOL
Leopard Allen erecting gas house for the manu-
factory of coke gas capable of holding 10000 cubic feet
1t will be completed about the middle of July when the
entire viage to be lighted with gas Mr.. Charles VOL
colt Is about contracting for the erection of twenty story
brick houses Flushing Turnpike the ferry landing
Mr. It, Noco has under way and nearly complete, hye
brick houses fronting the above turnpike, adjoining the
life boat mandatory The ferry landing on the Green
point side complete with the exception OF ferry house.
The Company intend placing small steamer the ferry
to make regular trips and after the first of next week
The line of the Flushing and GreenpOnt Plank Road has
been surveyed and laid out the distance of four miles Sew
er hundred men are now engaged in digging away and
leveliiIg Bliss Hill to grade with Flushing Turn
pike The Wilamsburgh Plank Road is TO be cut down to
grade with the turnpike and road The former
plank road is TO be 3 feet wide laid with 10 feet plank and
Is feet gravel 1t will be completed next fall and will
not less than $4,000. The turnpike is to be evelled
graded and paved from the GreenpJ Ferry landing even
with the road.
New B0ATs AT GREEN PoINT.--Messrs LuptOn
4 McDemud have under way steamer, - feet on deck
% feet keel % feet beam and feet hold for the Ocean
port, IN u 81 ana NtW Ofk Uiur Nle VIII De READY
launching in about three months Her engine is TO be built
by Messrs Pease Il Murphy, of New York Messrs l.. &
Med shortly lay the keel of trstc steamer for
the North River trade which Mr. Crooker's patent
elliptic wheels to BE- tried She is TO be 235 feet long
= feet beam, and feet hold
In Mr. Eckfords yard, frstcass tow boat for the
HarbOr trade and ferry boat for the Hudson River Rail
road Company to run between Albany and Greenbush
being built The former la feet deck, feet BEAM
and IL feet hold The latter is l35 feet deck - feet
beam and feet hold They will be completed in about
eight weeks.
Messrs. Williams Il Son have each vessel under way
In the yard OF the former clipper schooner Ia the lat
ter a pilot boat for the New York Pilots
In Mr.. Sncdens yard the steamboat Connecticut IS
hauled out the ways with her boilers and machinery all
in She is undergoing extensive repars-such rs being
rclaukcd caulkcd, She will be ready TO resume her
trips about the first of June.
SFNrEvcED-On Saturday morning, Justice Boswell pro-
nounced the sentence upon Furnan Sweed who
charged with assautng named Morris on the night
of the 4th Of April H. is TO pay fine of s!0 and endure
confinement OF five days in the County Jail and N
of deaut in the payment Of the fine to have sixty days
IN the County Penientary
C,yPHESE ExPLosIoN.-AbOut 10 o'clock on Friday
,erpg a man named Charles Donaldson, who resides ~
F0b - had his hands severely burned by the explosion OF
a campbene lamp His wife, whose clothing took tire
rOwy escaped injury.
NoSyy FouSp-On Friday evening last Officer Cal
bonn nick ed up 90 bill in Grandst He is anxious that
the owner hall call and relieve him Of his burden