Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-07-06
FROM NEW YORK.
Fire Experimentation Religious
MOVement-EIeRIth of the CiIy-LR-
bOrs of the Health BOard-The
Liquor Question Comfort
Peaches,

III nv MINUTES a VIZ AhA JUL Aoh5 -
fire alarm, by striking in quick success
sion, the number of strokes corresponding
to the fire district; in ten minutes two
steam engines came down the street at q
rapid trot and in five minutes more two
others, and Il hook and ladder truck.
They went Immediately at work and by
| the time Il crowd had collected, a squad Of
police arrived and We're stationed across
the street above and below, leaving q
clear space for the working Of the engines
| and hose. The store where the fire oc-
Cured was a mandatory and warehouse
Of paints and oils. The fire, was therefore
a fierce one, and the steamers played upon
it for three hours and more, combining the
flames TO the two lower floors. With
such precision and skill were the several
hose pipes managed that although the
building is but twenty feet front, l see
this morning no single light of glass
broken in either of the adjacent
stores and not one above the third floor of
the building whose contents were on fire.
There was none of the ordinary tumult of
a fire, but the work of subduing it went on
! as business-like as if the men were at
work in a factory or on board a ship.
A meeting was held last evening at
Rev. DR.. Eells' church, on Beooklyn
Heights, in response 10 q call "fOr Chris
tian Union signed by about seventy
E--n--r1s.a1 11a---r-1r nka l.=T-p rra-
| 10 form a new alliance fol tho spread of
the Gospel and religious teachings, and l
believe it is intended TO begin the work
here at home, where so much heathenism
exists in our own streets and by-ways. A
leading feature Is for the erection in cen
trail positions Of one or more free taberna-
cles for public services, severalOf the rich
mel of New York and Brooklyn having
signifed their readiness to contribute lib
orally toward this object. 1t is designed
that these places Of worship shall be con-
Quoted by clergvmen Of different demon
nations, each using such form Of service
as he may deem best, but not private sec
tional creeds for discussion. If the de-
sign can be carried out faithfully, it will
be a good thing, for at present, while ii IS
true that there are tens Of thousands of
persons here who never think Of going to
church, and wouldn't 60 if they did think
Of it, it is also true that there is next to
no provision at all for the worthy poor
who would attend church on Sunday if
they could do it without violating their
| self-respect. What inducement is
there for a poor man or woman
10 enter the doors Of Trinity or Grace, or
dozens of other city churches. They are
bnilt for the special use of those who ex-
pect to 60 to Heaven in siIk-lined coupes,
with liveried coachmen to see that the
way is clear; and he or she who 90 to
them without being clad in garments Of
the fashionable shade or shape win not
be apt to repeat the experiment. Let free
churches be built-not bare shells without
ornament or the attraction, but tasteful
decorated churches-and let them be
placed in convenient and pleasant spots,
and the results would be worthy Il special
place in the pages of the Home Mission
arg.
IsFoke in my last of The fact that as
yet we have had no more cholera than is
incident to any hot season. Undoubled-
ly, there has been danger of it, inasmuch
as it has been sadly fatal upon several YES
sells which have arrived at this port, and
had New York been left to take care of
itself this year, as usual, we might now
read each morning the dead list instead
Of the pleasantly frequent announcement,
"No new cases of cholera yesterday But
the thanks Of every citizen of New York,
and of the whole country, flor q conta-
| gious epidemic in this city could speedily
infect the entire land, through the never
ending streams of tradel are due to the
Health Board, who have really accom-
plished u great cleaning work. True,
there are to-day many streets through
which you may go where the smell is vile
and the sights filthy, but remember that
this is a vast city whose hundreds of
streets stretch many hundreds of miles.
! Here are some things which the Board
has accomplished: Under its orders over
twelve thousand cellars, c%isterns, sewers,
privies and yards have been scraped out
and cleaned, either by the occupants or
by the Boards workmen; twenty-six
hundred houses have been visited and
renovated, if filthy or if toe closely pack
ed nearly seven hundred stables and hog
pens have been cleaned; over six hun
dred defective drains have been put in or
der; over four hundred piles of manure
and refuse have been removed; nearly
! two thousand new sinks nave been made /;
! over eleven hundred new sewer connee-
tions for tenement houses, saloons, and
private houses have been made nearly
onehundred soap-fat and other ~nuisances
havE been abated two hundred and fifty
odd Gsterns and cess-pOols, regular breed
ers of pestilence, have been filed up, and
about four hundred houses have been
painted or whitewashed. These items are
but a part of the labors done under tie
direction of the Board. and it is by such
works as these mostly carried on where
it mskes no show to the general puDiicl
that the cholera has been thus far kept
away from our city. Blessed be the
Board of HEALTH
The Excise Board has been another
hard working and faithful body IN the in
terest of the city. New York has not had
| so quiet and orderly nights and SUNDAYS
within her borders since the days of the
knickerbOckers, as for the past month.
The liquor dealers and drinkers have ragged
but Superintendent Kennedy's men
have obeyed orders i~nQe1ibly, and speed
lily overhauled every v~iolator of the law
against vending liquor without a ~licence,
or during unlawful hours. Just now,
however, the liquorinterest is jubilant and
expectant, for Judge Cordova has decided
the law unconstitutional, and, although
here is little doubt the Court of Appeals
twill revoke his decision, still, sufficient
time must elapse before the next session
Of that Court to allow many a dollar TO
drop into the tills of the retailers, and
many q dram to wet the scared Threats Of
the ardent devotees.
The weather during this week has been
intensely hot, the mercury ranging from
30 to 81 degrees in the shade from noon
to Z or S o'clock p. m. But every even
ing brings with it a delightfully."- comfort
ing breeze from the sea, and thus far, no
night has been too warm tor comfortable
sleeping. Multitudes are leaving the city, |
but multitudes of sensible ones remain.
Far better than to suffer the deprivstiOns
Of water, gas, good beds and well sup
piled tables by going to the watering
places or into the country, Is it 10 take a
day now and then for some of the many |
short excursions which are daily offered |
on the Hudson or East river, or down
among the Islands of the bay. OF some
Of these L propose to occasionally tell
you. De P.
The sandusky Register aptly remarks
thatif President johnson has given his
to the call for the National john
son Convention, it " can regard it as moth