The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-03
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IeCepuOn OF patients. Dr. Jonas Preston ap.
propriated by will the la ger portion of valu-
able estate to the founding of an hospital in
which INDECENT married women of good moral
character, residents OF the city and county of
Philadelphia, and county OF Delaware, in Penn
sylvania, could be provided with suitable attend.
ance and comfort during the period of their
confinement. AS the income OF the estate Is
now sufficient to provide for as many patients as
can be accommodated in the large building of
the Retreat, the Managers have made all arrange
ments for opening the house; and patients are
now occupying some OF the wards. Application
tor admission should be made to DR.. William
Goodell, Physician in charge, at the Retreat
Hamilton street, between Twentieth and Twenty.
first streets, who can furnish all information in
regard to regulations for admission, etc.
JOHN NJ OGDEN, President.
A MEETING OF the stockholders of the
New ork Middle Coal Field Railroad and Coal Com
pany was he at the office of the Company on Tues
day, at l24 O'Clock. Mr.. Adam Warthman was called
to the char. and L. g. PechIn appointed Secretary
Inc Object OF he meeting was to act upon the sup
plemenG passed at the last session of the Legislature
and which is as follows:- "
supplement to "An Act to Incorporate the Ne,O Yort
and Middle Coal Field Rai,0ad and Coal Com.
pdng"
sectlOnl Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives OF the Commonwealth of Pennsylva-
MIA in General Assembly met ano it is hereby enacted
Coal Field Railroad and Coal Company shall @ be U eIt
thousand eight hundred and seventy two with the rgh
Greek such other line as The Directors NAV seiec to
the Delaware river and branch 10 the Junata rom
a with OFycso Of at e the S9sS no ha
% S & % 3to oss S qd 7H any in
cons Tucted that may hereafter consruc ed lead
Wser Tor ali either said S the the com
pany are hereby authorized to use all the powers and
privileges granted III their original charter and its sup
Section That the right shall be conferred upon the
tlonal amount of stock necessary 10 the construction
such terms the directors may deem needfu; or It
10 be said az T9% not time
ceedmg eight per cent per annum, and its bonds
hundred Dol each and may secure the payment of
nS or OF Its lands i'm
Section o. That the right be conferred upon the said
by sections OF 1--WE more miles, and operating eacn
raj Railroad law OF this COMMONWEALTH.
Ihe President OF the Company, Mr. Mcclellan.
explained at length the provisions of the bill The
surveys for Two routes have been fully made-one
hOm Schuyki Haven to Lizard Greek, 81 miles;
and the other from Tamaqua to Lehighton about Is
miles. BY either of these routes coal can be carried
to New York, from Schuylkill county from 40 to 80
miles less distance than by existing route The
resolut on to accept the supplement was adopted,
and the following Ieso uten unanimously adopted:
Resotred That the Directors be requested to slb-
to sell majority OF the stock, not less than ten
cents per share, to any parties who will agree to
nish the money necessary 10 build the road 1t Is
the intention of the Company to shortly commences
the eIecton OF alhrst-cass col iery upon the land.
THE CITIZENS ASSOCIATION OF PENN
sYLvANA.-For benevolent and reformative pur-
poses, the Legislature has incorporated an assocla-
ton bearing the above caption, its specific object
being the reformation of nebriates and the moral
and social elevation and Improvement of the ignO-
rant and the neglected. ThH association Is In the
hands OF a number OF gentlemen whose names are
full guarantees tOr the character of trust They
are John Albright, John 81 Maris Wistar Morris.
George MllIlken, Jay Cooke Samuel Parrish, M d.
s. Morris Wan, Joshua WooIston, Samuel A.
GIozier, DR., Caspar Morris, Archibald Campbell,
The Legislature has alrC ady incorporated the Asso-
citation. Official authority makes it a body poht1c,
having power to purchase and possess lands to erect
buildings tor the custody and care of the intempe-
rate, to open emp ent Offices, to examine into
and take statistics OF lntempeTance, Vagrancy and
CRIME, ana IN act, TO exercise unlimited power for
the prevention of evil
1t is proposed by the Directors to open and esta.
blsh branch otnces in the VARIOUS counties of the
state and all parts of the Union. The initiatory
step, the opening of a central office in this city, will
be speedily taken. THIS will be the great heart of
the work and the agencies OF the ASSOCIATION work.
ing through a hundred arteries, will soon be In
active operation in all quarters of PENNSYLVANIA,
The State will be divided according 10 the present
judicial districts, and the Association will carefully
labor to create public sentiment IN favor of Its WORK
by the discriminate distribution of facts and status
tics OF Vagrancy, crime, and intemperance At pre-
sent any information re ative to the ASSOCIATION
be procured at The Freeumen's Relief Commission
rooms, No 424 Walnut street The officers of the
Society are :-Presldent, DIR. Joseph Parrish; and
Treasurer, Joshua WoolstOn.
A LARGE BUILDING.-By June 1st will
De comp eteu, at tno FRANKFORT Arsenal q building
that will probably equal, If not excel, anything of
]i character existing elsewhere. 1t will cost the
Government about $500 600. 1t is O copper and
trass rolling mill 1t is 225 feet long by 90 feet deep,
with two wings, each OF 120 feet depth. joan
Frazer, the architect the work, has devoted
a vast amount of attention. he building abso
lutely freplo oof that even the gutter pipes of
copper In the whole structure there IS no hing
that is possibly infammable. The exterior OF the
building is handsome The base Is of dressed
granite; the superstructure Is brick dressed with
brown stone. The same architect Is erecting at the
Allegheny Arsenal, at Pittsburg, q military store
house, made fre-proof bv corresponding means.
The Government Is expendtng upon 1t ABOUT
S15O000 Ii is 225 feet long 40 f0et Deep and three
stores high. Like the siupendous building at
FTankfOrd, 1T will be at least ndestructible by fire.
LOSSES BY RECENT FIREs.-The losses
and insuTances by the fire ON rwentY-frst street,
above CGesnut, on Monday mornlng root up tnus -
John ID. Jones, on bui ding SIS 600; on mate rial
and machinery, $25 G00-insurance $4,000, in the
Royal, Franklin, Glrard, ana LycOming Mutual
Tie other occupants were Adams & Kern, manutac-
tureTs, loss $4,000 no insurance.; james Cameron
machnist, loss 500 no insurance; james BAR,
stair builder loss $50O0-no insurance; Willis Co.,
sash and bind shutter makers loss $80J0-insurance
$1,000; j. CoulstOn, carpenter uud builder loss $500
no Insurance; q Latourneau, turner, loss S22JO-
street, belonging to DR.. j. steward, were damaged
in the Insured in the FIRE Association and
Franklin Insurance Company.
The loss of II FageanS, owntr of building 20 142
Dock st eet, burned the same morning, is S2500,
upon which there is partial insurance. Messrs.
BARKING Schultz, the occupants, lose about $450O,
and are also partially insured
PETROLEUM IN THE CITY.-There having
been great deal of discussion about the storage oil
petroleum IN the city OF Phi adelphia, an act was
passed at The last session OF the Legislature providing
that Samuel L. Evans, 5 L. corner OF Front and
Reeo streets Jacob 5. Fry, w corner of hirtieth
and Hamilton streets; Logan Lloyd, s. e. corner
of Wentieth street and Washington avenue; Wilson,
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