The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-04
City Intelligence.
MEETING or THE COMMITTEE or THE BOARD OY
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| COUkCILhRs ON RAILROADS.
This Comn'tiee met ysstsrday q tho CITY HsH
ffsse.s, Asssrs kimbAIk, D. Youog aud 4. s-s
az , nhsK the ohairuan of the com mttes prssssted
tne Following communications, which he had ro,ev06
upon the subject Of railrosds
petition from George AcDonslt aud otherz for prs
venting the use OF steam below FIT, ninth strset q
Ine hnoson River RAiIoNa presented to the Bosrd q
Cosnclmen ON the alta OF FebruAr, last
resolution presented to ,bs b ard Of oo.n,ucs. IN
tne iIth o. Fs'iua last calling Upon the Third Avsnus
70 apaoy 70 take up ono Of their tracks fron
petitiop, presented BY p Port. aud otho,, 10 ts.
Board Of CouI cimen, ON the l3h Of rsoruary s. r.
quring the + ghth Avenue Rsilroaa Comoanv to -
tnsr cars to Fifty ninth street Ths ran tasl,
cars only to Fifty drst street. sasr track il Is
rasss papers the most important of ssyse., unoo
the suoJecs Of railroads. whioh from rms 3.
tine presented to the Board OF Coanciiusn. The som
mittee bAvs them now their CONFEDERATION and
win report soon After readpg the various com muuca
tions, the committee adjourned.
CRY BImz socrErY-An adjourned monthly meeting al
tbe b ard OF hAnAs held at their rooms No n
Park plsotiass evening, the President Warren Csrte
E.q, In the chair; 0. MoCorn,ick Jr Secretary Ia:
Application Committee recommended that Bibles be appro
prtaec for dis BY the ooporeurs Of ths soctev
oommtes ALSO reported that some twenty ak OF ths
Tor their BY resolution Of the Board passed 81 ee
ing hsit in January and that Of hgaIy iassr
letters had been receive from companies air ADV
supplied BY the society letter from the Rutgers Hoce
Co. No 70 was rad The aromen to fss very kindly
toward the City Bible socsty or the nSeraty extsnds3
for the month OF February ~ipE receipts Of aost
sl92 49, expenditures ssi Reports were Drss.ntsS IS
two Of the coporteurs Of ths society Mssss Lana" ~ y
harchsn NE latter labor among the sesmen vi.,ti,~
this port Tho number Of ssamen supplied with IT,
scriptures BY the latter lenan very arsc At
his hbors seem TO be productive OF much good After
tranracting several items of financial business ths Board
adjourned {, the nrst Thursday in April.
ACCIDENT ON TIE Third AVENUE RAILROAD -Mr Hs-
Homage, residing the of Third avenue ~
Forty street. while riding through the Third Avn.
Fifty first street, Thursday night last drew
his wagon into deep rut BY the side Of the Third
railroad The wagon badly broken, bat fortuusteI
Mr. Horp.gs escaped .nnjursd. Accidents 81 tn psss
re 30 punerus that they excite but little wondnrs
snouic not . man trap like this be done away With
TEE WINNIE or THE PzRHAM arTr FARM-vhs lucky
man IN 70 the psIh.u lottery is Franklin Nay, who hss
city, Who purchased osst No $3.50 which YEA s.rds, sI
& s,s. q III:
dslphia IRA D5eKTAR. Jr ohsi:aa1 @'
Mr. Nay was offered slz 900 for hs price as soon a. hs
Was reported to be the winner bat this su hs has r.
and the oou ,istee sent 70 examine II some tim. ssn
ported :, % worth that This young man viii 10
doubt now pprssste the old ataJs 1T better 70 -
FREs-Thursday morning Gro ven discovered issun.r-
from the roof CT honse No. 56 second street. -
Mr. Aph Huosend Mrs Matthews dwsnius Tds assr
In tie attic and under fus2cious crcu usts
stances The roof OF the said house estrsly burr
nf together wiia the upper attic STORY. Dsmaxs =
Thnrsdsy night about IL O'Clock dre was dsoovered p
the Bedford streeS Methodist Eoisco Church. corper e
Bedford and Morton streets Some persons entered fro
the iear and Alter brosking two Of tns book oos
set hre TO the library beonging the Sunday School,
The library stuatto undsr tho stairs b~ongog TO he
main body Of the chsfch The flames we're cut ont bese
much dam aga had boon DONE
6re broke out on friday morning about nine oolock
Ia the four snry building No. 65 Wall street The Ars
originated In the ONCE Of Mr. Genet oounssIIor.et sv
who occupied one OF tho upper stories TnS lower sey
occupied b. tho Reliance Mutual IosurAnoe Compeay
and the three upper stor es were engaged BY lawyers
The fremen were prom pity the ground but before
flames could be snbdued the upper part Of the buiId
Was c,mpetey destroyed The Insurance oHRos bsleV
flooded with water. NesWs Horace r. Clark Chsrlaa
A. PApslo John Rankip, Mr.. Genet and W. A. Leonard
were among the lavyo.s who were burned out TAsre
some valuable horsrles In the Off these es
tlemen, which we're mostly saved The oss cannot In
far short Of $40 ooo sai to BE- covered By nsurssS
The buildng Was owned by Mr.. Gulsn D. vsYplank,
which understand is not insured. It impossible -
what would have been the extent Of the ns
the 6renen been 30 energetic In thsh action NotWitA-
standing the condition Of the streeta and the deuIN
ard labor OF drawing the engines through tbs mud
noticed No s8 This being heavy maehina threv =
large stream OF water, which Rooa told upoa the fsme
FRn GRAND STRxr A Gre broke ont last neht IN ~
dry goods sters Of Lord Taylor, Of Grand 81
ChrJ site streets Tho 6re occurred one Of the s0V
windows, caused By some Of the goods display coming
In contact with the gas burner. The are was soon =.
tinguished, but not before t had burned the oopt
dsmses done to the stock about S3oo0-fuy osvs.
ed BY insurance.
Military vEur-we understand that the Light Guard
Edward Vincent contemplate visiting the oity q
PHILADELPHIA the occasion Of the oonsoda Hou Of that
city and county.