The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-24
City Intelligence.


FRAUDULENT DEEDS ON CENTRAL PARK PROPERTY
CAUTION TO PROPERTY HoLDERB AND TIE
COMMISSIONERS.
There reason to believe that unless great used
By the Central Park Commissioners many fraudulent
claims property will Be allowed, and ~ their decision
FINAL all doubtful cases submitted t. them. injustice
may be done to the real owners and perhaps much It'll
ation will ensue that viii benefit but the lawyers.
ease to light few days since that shows how
these things msy be DONE Henry A. Kerr, Esq., Of this
city, bought sixteen lots Of ground for trae On Ninety.
sixth and Ninety street. Seventh avenue, IN
The year 1885, Since that time he has held the deed in
his poesesssn and had well nigh forgotten whether he
owned the Cfound not On looking through hh papers,
however, ecenty, he found the deed duly
In order that they night take the necessary steps
Of get the award Of the Commissioners. On making
inquiries at the Registers, Office. Hessrs. Sterling
sssd had been recorded On April 10, 1855
claiming the ownership Of ninety eight lots the
th street Including the land for Which Mr. Kerr had
des Subsequent to this date. twenty tive lots OF th
may & that Il: claim Of the party to the
lots IL all right enough, Mr.. Kerr's title has the
appearance Of b.ng detective yet it would 30 an easy
In this manner indeed it is opinion Of the officials in
he Regstsrs ece that many false deeds have besn thus
SoDsrs Properly holders should zee to Their deeds
immediately, Tor should the Commissioners make the
to the wrong parties, II VIII 10 almost Impossible
for them to get their rights Strange TO say there are
some lois that have clamants, the original owners
having died out and their heirs, If they have any,
entirely ignorant Of their claims the city treasury
TIE DUST NuIsANcE-The weather we have enjoyed In
New York for the last week has been superb Old Sol
has never appeared to such advantage, smiled 80
pleasantly and the foliage in the public park has rich,
freth decstely green hue mos. grateful to the eye.
Bu. Notwithstanding all these advantages, it is In
toersbe to walk block in any part Of Broad
way below Grand street owing to dense cloud Of villain
GUS dust that fills the air obscures the face Of the sum-
and the grass in the Park the appearance of dirty
white Indeed the atmosp here may be defued Is one
part sunlight and nine parts DUST with Just enough OF
breeze stirring to keep the singing, mAdiening par
toles, that SEEM TO be saturated with acqua-
FORTS. IN perpetual motion, and drifting them
into the ears, mouths nostrils and eyes Of the
happy pedesi,ians. There were few Watering carts
out, but tho did but little good, much Of tho dust
from the old buildings in the process of
This floating pest es no little injury TO the goods in the
thorites instead Of BY private enterprise Indeed the
city deters rather than helps the Watering Of the city, by
charging two cents per hgshead for the water used
The Thermometer yesterday noon stood 1T 50 degrees,
tho highest point II yet this year. Straw
berries white hats, mint juleps mosquitoes and lager
bier win soon be among our permanent institutions.
ERu RAILROAD DAGRAM.-We have reserved from E. HI
Henshaw, civil engineer and draughtsman diagram
presenting the plan Of organization of the Erie
Company exhibiting the division Of administrative du-
ties, and showing the number and class Of employees
engaged in each department from the returns of Sept
1856. 1t was designed by D. G. McCallum, Esq, the
general superintendent of the road 1t Of the most
Ingenious things Of the kind The npany
employ, Of all classes Ills men, The diagram 10 quite
an ornamental engraving and will be useful to all per-
having business with the company We do not
know where 1t 10 for sale.