New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-18
SCIENCE AND ART.
American Observation-Disclosures Associn-
tion-Rcsuinr MEETING June ,, b. ID.
Thlmnn, req. prrsiding.
mPRovLMEST OF BROADWAY.


The CHAIRMAN Offered some considerations
the feasibility Of improving the grade Of Broadway.
Tho sicepest grade this great thorongbhre. after
leaving Bowling Green Is between LeongId and Canal
strscts. II considered unsafe put down the Rus
pavement this pi,on ~ the street. and the smaller
trap rock block Known as tie Brgian substituted.
These sinoB stores ahout incLes squsrc IT,
facc give the horse better foothod. bit they do not
prevent ~, slipping md falling. Such blocks Oh
irr,lotntie t.tarse they carud rrsis The rounding
iA~y receive rum heavy rrhcleS the! thg"9n "u
IL place their edges re Clipped or mud the surince IL
rounded ~ ihii Il CObil-sune The pOvrest pave
mcnt On Broadwsy j.. without Doubt the Belgian. hi
Is used because larger blocks cannot b. made safe
90 step crude.
To tie query now presented. Crn Til, evil Pc obvi-
n,cdi Ills irpy ma, be made From I.eoaard STREET
Ia Duane ncsr l. descent ~ several f-et 1t this
sruuit on ether aide 81 LeonHd strec b. cut down
that there hal lie 10 'shsr line thnn Duane street
lot the grade b. sfafus ssc-nt for Duanc :" Canal
street and m obvious d. feet TIE eaf thofougffc
yin be rrwcdisd. TIE proposed improvement osn DO
made whpti ujnTy 10 private rights. ti II rcnnrk
able. fact that high La.e1cuts broadway command in
many iLsanc.s almost 10 high rent ~ lie Iert st'fr
nbote. Tie d,mnhd fnF iifh hnsouctis has Of aie
bsrn great thar TIE brown stone buildings huit IN
the old style have s.cn taken down during the post
yrnr and odiLres have been erected ~ thcir pircos
which have lopFs rgnnly accessible irn the sirrt
IL scem. that Ito Increased rcnt received from such
bnsrnrns III more than pHy the interest On The
n bnildiug The lOgcr,rg II tho grrde pro-
pfsri VIII secure 10 tho buihgs either side of the
strrct and on either slide 81 the for the
distance Of one block fIum BradWny hiah b'rciarbts
which can be finished In the usual without Altering
the main structure. Thu, all toe arsir,d l,noit- viii
be grinc1 AID the necessity 81 rebuilding obvi'isd. The
increased rent. IRON tie high baseu would pay the
Interest e2ov,ooc; tbs -nm mny therefore express
the Increased value II tho Foal estate IN the ,ichy Of
tho proposed imIroyemenL
Nr j. BULL observed that however advantageous a
change In tho grade of Rrondvay far sgds the
morc general Introduction ~ high Easements {" tie
buildings already erected Is cunccri ed ihcrc appci red
"a him strong ELECTIONS to the proposition. No
one who Is at all familiar vita the present stylr II
buildings on the low es paIi Il Broadway eau fJi
msnt dome nat high Easements are regarded with grcnt
Litur fp ciy b; tc landlords. Influenced peihnps in
dcerce b, TIE iabu'ur prices winch these base
mcnts command. In illustration al b., IDEAS ,e
referred tn that beautiful structure erected num,wn Il
recently ty pr. PaImny - tho cufhrr 81 Maiden IN
and Others 10 that vicinity now IN the process " enc
ton. But the widening Of Worth strret aud the rstsb
lishment Of eradr III that stiert east o lrunGwny.
basrd upnn the present established grade 81 ant over
crowded thOfoughfarc. presented practical objections to
the proposition that seemed to Linn insurmount.r, tor
the prcaoni at loast.
Tie subject elected some further discussion amor
which tie following notes OH recent scientific ohservh.
tnns and experiments were rcnd by the ,hhrmtn. L.
which We have added somc 81 tie Comments made by
meinbors
coSIcAL HAIIsTosIs.
Hnls'orcs fc,l ut Paris on tie gylh Of March let
having an absolutely corical firm. The base oI t,e
s.ghty c"ncayc. and the side, were oughcncd
~ minute sA b!tfu ihn> frAt piinNlN iflAft u
ward TIE base. some p!rnn Ids rl,o emerged fro tie
bnsc. The weight VI these cunes varied iom leo n 30
mi grnMH. Tho dinmCtrr oi the bus. Nrii'd from :
to 10 niiilimricra and ihs hight nom 10 g. H. MILL
frrtcrS I no minimum temper turr ni tho WIS 80
lnh. Rain. bail AID sL0N had .rn dul ing thr NOM
lag and ut O'clock ?. ~. icll tho oc1c'ioru.od hail
stones.
Mr. MAYSAED spoke Of severe hail storm which
occurred at tt city In August r62 10 extended 80
n saith iaud street d" picked mp has DOM
stones IN the forn Of n bays mail aud he distinctly
r-collecled that others gathered b. hin bad o"i'c
al,pc.
Ir W GowyLL remembered the storm alluded To;
the shape of romo u the hail stones when i-si III
iiceoSor street nas peculiar resembling '"''"'u'
rough oyster she'll
Mr. L NJ ko,T remarked TINT he had Witnessed the
mosl severe hnilslorm probably on record /. occs'd
boat the Oth u Jumr l-l. on the great plins some
90 mcs east of Iot Laramie NeDi"sf" icilh"i!.
Il re o! the siocs hch cl! nj assured ui trr iEch"r
In ,rcumfrrcBca. JLOy we're con posed oil fvii lee.
about tho sixs of henri egg. with smaller porire nd
them. lie noticed at oir oil th'sr haS!onrr
OF oonica form and only about tNir 'rchrs ~ err
culn,eronoe Several persons Ia his psry we're lnlued
In this sofn ono haaths skull Fractured. uivth.
or Lis arm broken The shiDs of animals eIpo,c we're
cut through Tho covers II their Wagons Sustained hy
Llckvr framework twv Inches thick cULld ni rrs;si
TIC force Tho hail storm lastgd from toll IL lfisrn
II would DO inferred nom the further debate that
haigtoncs OF eouical form were Lot novelty IN this
county. - -. -
Mr. JAaLn tlOLi, III the ANY nuuDc. oi he Pliic-
-oplieni Magazine directs attention Ia the sXicihLL,s
al ar Junls which mu,rd mat tie JGhLtity 81 cold
,odu,rd b, the Application Of toision a. solids Vas
Sci sibly ruual a. tie Leaf evolved by it. removal.
and nrther tblt ia. trtula ~, ct were proportions,
Ia the weight employed. Tie probable cAprhaiiou
gwen b, Nr. troll is this " Tie m"h.u'es OF hHy
arc Lell together W any foico, oi Whatever nature