New-York tribune., 1866-12-26

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20 secure Matrimonial Companion"
RELIEF Poa BRoADwAY-PROPosED WIDENING OF
BEEKMASsTJhe advocates Of the Underground Railway and
those OF the Elevated Railway in principal horoughfare
will go to Albany in strong force tho Legislature
gets house order and prepared TO receive company and II
may Judge from present appearances Kilkenny tight they
will have d T. The projectors Of the elevated road wasnrc
the Legislature that after bearing the cost Of tunnel
ing Broadway directors Of such road must Of necessity
establish tariff Of fare high specifically to exclude all per
of moderate from their while the friends Of
underground scheme will enlarge the danger OF fun
ming heavily vehicles heads rails which
pecbanee e snapped by iros And so hey may wear oN @
session and are without OF trans
poration the City Hall and Hdem Bridge and in
undertake tO from the Park 70
the Ast0r ut noondy Meantime the endless caravan Ia Broad
way viii assume larger and yet larger proportions until at
length shall become next to impossible to get either across or
through the street
Until some measure of relief shall be devised the glus in
Broadway must be- at the intersection OF fmonst ana not
the Of the POOce 10 the OF the Park and
the consequent withdrawal u much travel which now goes be-
low the Astor House can OF itself remedy the e' But TINS
connection Of permanent relief has been suggested
Eyerbo remembers the Common Counc resolution Of about
to tho head OF But the Commissioners Of Sink
ing Fund assuming the barren mail o the Park TO be worth
something mall nterpOsed the objection that the
Park had been pledged iore payment Of the c debt anu
the Common COunc Committee had nearly finished the
grading OF the street NE sinking fu bhaneers restored te
Park raGgs and stopped the work Since that time nobody
dreamed Of extending Beekmans st. through 10 Park place
Now 1t having been settled mat the new Is 70 pc
built the southern extremity Of the ParkOn the identical
spot where ~ STOOD nail century ugObu
ceded that the city may dispose Of rs real estate there TINS
project revived with tho proposal that the 'front.' 0 the new
Post Office be thereon raUis 10 the City Hall with TINS
project carried into effect tho tide Of travel would naturally
how down through the wlde straight handsome Beekmanst
and Fultonst might be very seBsby relieved whle Annt
might iemain-whnt mas always Deela mere ae nI 'nc
city railroad companies that have monopoHcd he triangle IN
the Asor House might be permitted to that spot as
downtown union depot
The RBADg LIBEL CAsE.-Mr. Charles Reade has
commenced against the propretors Of The Road
tho hp his
"Purient Pride letter The complaint drawn by his coun
sci Mr. Booh reces the alleged hbes lie asks s2oVO dam
ages for his INJURIES
SHOOTING ARRAY IN SALooN-M about ll5
o'clock Monday night disturbance occurred the barIoom
OF the Essex House at the Of Essex and be-
Peter Tracy Frank Clark George MeCoad and others
While proprietor Peter engaged in attempting
Ggem In s & @ op % ec gaf y S sosos ~ Of BoWe we
causing shght wound Inc matter dd not iaGh . eaIs o
Police until several hours aeOi course too late 10 arrest
the party Clark and MoCoud are cxmembers % the
Police force having been dismissed from the Department On
charges preferred against them
LAPAYErrR LODGE ELECTIoy.-At the stated meet
ing Of Lafayette Lodge No. g. f. and A NJ, on Monday
evening the following named gentlemen elected officers
for the ensuing year j. w Bel NJ; A. B. Fiske, s W. g.
r. Crane j. W j. 4 PhlgSon D C. NJ Cmcaden Nd. >. d.
Adams See aud w NJ Negus treasurer trustees Messfs
Adams, George S. McWaitcrs and Berry
THE CHRIsTY WILL CAsE.-The will Of Edwin b.
Chsy has rejected by the Surrogate for want Of proper
execution he having failed the time OF its execution 10
declare that his viii This is the Of the Chfisty
whose viii has been 50 long before the Courts
ESCAPE OF CONvICTs.-TwO cOnyicts from the
Pcnitcutary BlackWes Island made their escape Mon
day night hy Jumping nom the boat In which they
poyed convey passengers to and from the Island One was
recaptured next morning; the other is yet OF large
PrcKPocKETs on THE CARs.--Mr H. +. Dougherty
tbo of Iuhff
relieved him OF wallet containing sl0O in greenhaeks and
papers representing COO while riding ia Greenpont
about clock Monday night. His empty wallet after
ward found the steps Of the Farmers and Citizens Bank
Firstst Brooklyn L. ID.