The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-10
More Charters for the Me-
trOpOlis.
Reformers Of All Sorts from New
York and Brooklyn.
"A Very Comprehensive Commission for
the Port Of New York.
A RAILROAD FOR FIFTH AVENUE.


The city is full OF "reformers" 1t must pay to
be ''rerormer." 1t is natural to suppose 80 from
the manner OF men who have become so suddenly
Interested In the progress of reform. For instance
Brooklyn reform is represented by such men as
S. B. butcher and B. F. Tracey, Internal Revenue
Collector and United States District Attorney
respectively. Then they are "heeledn by q
crowd Of revenue and Custom House on cials.
who also serve as aids to those admirable reformers
and modest high toned men OF the Custom House
New York General Committee-Opdyke and Charley
spencer. II New York city should or could be re.
formed completely so that there would be no thieves
or murderers or criminal Offenders, what would be.
come Of Spenceri His mouthings would be heard
no more, and he being sucn modest man would
retire to the shades Of some unknown region. Then
rs TO Opdyke. Well, he and Spencer are here with
charter in behalf Of their gang, and II II be any.
thing like the gentlemen who have brought 1t here
1t must be peculiar document Spencer's part
would be all WIND, and Opdyke's all mush. A good
thing Is told Of Opkdke, which will bear repetition.
General Nye was one day accosted by
superior and moral young man In
this city on the subject OF Opdyke and
was diatng on his good qualities. The old General
interrupted MIN, and said In his Old blunt way.
"Youpg man, did you ever notice Mr. Opdyke par
tlcularlyi II you did you must have noticed that
he wears
NUMBER FIVE HAT AND NUMBER ELEVEN BOOTS"
Opdyke and Spencer expect their charter to pass,
OF course. Then Tom Stewart and a number
OF the Greeley republicans are here with char
ter to suit themselves then again q
number OF others are here ready to lend hand to
help anything or any project that may suit them
and their peculiar ideas. The reform Aldermen are
expected to have charter up here next week.
and when that arrives there will be material
Of hNdno
that may be good enough for the city
OF New York" All these conflicting interests
seem, however, to have tendency 10 help
the charter OF the Committee OF Seventy, and that
Notwithstanding the "log-r0lling by the willy Til.
den who has done nothing else during the past
three days but lobby against the Committee Of
Seventy and endeavor to turn his nose inside out.
THE MANHATTAN ACCOMMODATION COMPANY
bill was up yesterday In Committee of the Whole,
but was referred back to the Committee ON
Cities. This bill, 1t is said, Is intended
to benent the Vanderbilt interest," and will
hurt materially the business OF livery stable
keepers and coach owners in the metropolis. Blair
spoke against the BILL ana said that there was now
a similar company In New York, and that it proved
to he as great swindle as any OF the old systems
which 1t was supposed to remedy.
THE LEGISLATORS HEALTH
was made subject Of talk to-day In the Assembly.
Mr. J. d. Brown, lately in the employ OF the Evening
Journal OF this city, offered resolution calling upon
the Trustees OF the Capno! to have the furnaces in
the building removed and the system OF heating by
steam pipes introduced. The resolution failed to
state what particular steam pipe establishment
Brown was interested In, and ne put his argument
the speciOus ground OF the heath OF the members
and blamed the air OF the chamber for the death Of
snarp side thrust from stranan about The fow Of
pxvgen IN MS 0rati0ns, winch was certainly damag
G 20 those IN Inc c Se
ut him, and general expression OF the sentiment
seemed to prevail that II he felt SO badly he ought
70 retire. The only people who would miss him
would be the printing thieves OF the capital and the
bigots who depend on him to stir up sectaran
discussion In the Legislature 1t is scarcely prOba-
pie that the resolution Will pass. as everything this
Brown has introduced 80 far mas been killed by his
CRACKED BRAIN SCHEME
was to-day introduced by MIR. Twombly. 1t Is to do
craon and ane and Harbor Masters ana
MAKE Board ,,S Of to S consist tos Of
but they are to mold office for ten years,
and have full jurisdiction over the commerce, regu-
Which to noaae the counties q New York west
CHESTER Kings, queens and eRichmond Twomby,
provision for the tugboat business that when his
friend Hanky goes out o. the Police Board,
him up the river. he may have ofrioe go into
under the "reformn government provided, Of
course, the bill should become o law.
Mr.. Pel introduced to-day by request o bill pro-
vlding for
RAILROAD ON FIFTH AVENUE.
with Robert Taylor, George Merritt O. W. Cod
dard, Edwin P. Smith, &. s. Halsiead, sylvester
NJ. Pye, Bernard Casserey 9, r Mallory, James
Diver Holden as incorSoraaors. the route IL from
the foot Of Taentythird street, East River, west
and easterly TO fifth avenue, across Washington
Parade Ground, South Fifth avenue. West Broad
way, College place. Robinson, Washington and Cort-
afr In fhn r.lsuy
lines OF Sixth and Eighth avenue roads on College
place, through the blocks to Fulton street, to New
South street, to Burling sip, John, Dey. New
Church. Church and Reade streets to West Broad
North River The cars which GO to Cortlandt stree
ierry return over same route to foot OF Twenty
LOTTERY AND POLICY DEALERS
are soon TO he brought 10 the mark as Mr. Cook, OF
New York, is now perfectlng bill, which he viii
iually prevent the sale Of lottery and policy tickets
in the several cities OF the state and to prescribe the
THE coMPrRoLLER's BILL.
The bill amending the Audit act got through
sSS HS Sy the a Ssverno r SS 1 seS %
ntes after fasr, ITS passage. he having been
Possed. ~, 10 as TO what the
Board OF Audit desired made TO II. When it was
called u!p IN the Senate by MIR; Palmer ne
hind the scenes which none OF the senators were
aware OF when The s was under discussion ,,I,
Tue Gay ocioic. Mr. RAINIER stateu hat tnc Dill
introduced by senator Benedict was sent TO Albany
BY special messenger from Mr. Greei. Jbe same
afternoon he got BY mail the manuscript copy OF
bill signed by the members OF the
Board OF Audit a. having been adopted
Benedict vas then IN the hands Of the COMMITTEE
on Cities. Not knowing at the time that there was
any
pfrYsRrScH BETWEEN the rwo Bills,
the one Mr.. Palmer reported upon aud the one
introduced BY Mr. Benedict shortly after the
rebuns II got In Committee OF the Whole and after
wards IN the Senate. wnep t was pressed 70 Q vote
end failed TO get through, Mr. Palmer discovered
that the oil sent up 10 MIN by mail offered mate
rally from the one they had all along been dis
cussing. IL was quite natural under the clrcum.
stances that Mr. Palmer should feel rather indignant
at being made catspaw IN advocating as siren.
uousy rs ne did the Benedict biii inasmuch a. the
Board d. Audit would be led 20 believe that he and
his friends were opposed 70 the bll they had sent