New-York tribune., 1873-01-30
NEW-YORK CITY.

David S. Wandell was appointed, yesterday
Chief Clerk to the Mayor.
The steamer Tybee viii not sail for Samana
until Saturday. She will transport stores for the samaha
Company.
Controller Green awarded, yesterday, $4,000
600 In City Improvement stock bids for which were
opened Tuesday at rates ranging from lOJ TO lO5
The Erie Railway Company announce their
earnings for the week ending Jan % as f7lf7 an adj
OF ts III upon those OF the same week in 1872
The Board of Apportionment authorized,
yesterday the issue OF s25OOO worth Of City Park I'm
provement Fund stock and $4,000 worth Of New York
Bridge bonds.
II. A. Hoyt, formerly Vice-President of the
Gold Room took formal of the members yesterday
afternoon in feeling speech The members IN turn
HIM T I Of & babF M 0ys T
call from Nashville congregation.
The funeral of Major VIM. r. 0berman OF
the Eleventh Regiment, N G.. took place yesterday,
from his late residence No. 1853 Eldridge-st He was
this city lie in the army during the Rebellion,
and was one OF the clerks OF the Board OF Excise.
The Fire Marshal, while investigating the
cause OF slight fire in the tenement No. SO Hudson
ave. yesterday, found two old women and child In one
Of the rooms and almost frozen to death There
fire In the stove and the floor was ankle deep III water
ana e WIN Tca e GSa as mae gpe
TO better apartments
The Depositors' Investigation Committee of
the Market Savings Bank has submitted exhaustive
report OF Of the disposal of the assets
naming bank at the time OF the failure, well
of those collected by the assignee since his appointment
II il announced that second dividend OF OF 10 per
will he paid about Feb. TO- On the afternoon
OF date meeting Of the deposltors will be held at
the First District Court
John w. Brodie, q Journalist, died suddenly,
yesterday, OF pneumonia. He native OF Edin-
burg, but most OF his life spent In London. He
served during the Russian war, being stationed for
time at the hospital at Scutar Early In 1863 he came 10
this country and became city editor OF The Neo YORK
Dispatch In baseball circles he was recognized as an
authority he contributed largely 10 the columns OF
The SPIRIT Of The Times.
Private advices from Washington state that
Attorney General Williams has ordered noie prosegu
be entered in the OF Polhamius & Jackson the
walst stockbrokers indicted for allie ged completely in
the entertainments of LieutCo ]. Ledyard Hodge, the
paynaster who defrauded the Government out of about
Messrs Polhamus q Jackson claim that they knew
nothing OF Hodges frauds, as they simply acted as
brokers in his stock operations and merely executed his
orders,
Commissioner Van Mort, in a long letter TO
Mayor Havemeyer, complains Of the statement made by
the latter In his message TO the Common Council that
the cost Of changing the Croton AQueduct, between
Onehundred thirteenthst and Ninetytbirdst, has
been excessive. Mr. Van Mort explains that his
accession 10 Office he found that $l,34927G 73 had
already been expended, of which sl,2596S0 Gs was
credited expenditures for labor, &c. Tne Commits
soner also shows that during his administration the
rate OF expenditure has been only $40 81 sr month";
instead OF tS3,97S II.