New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-07-10
NEW YORK.
Health of the City-Aiabama Railroad
Matters Tho Tigress-Cholera-Wa
worth Gone to Sing Sing-Arcidenf on
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Health of the City-Ainbama Railroad
Matters Tho Tigress-Cholera-Wa
worth Gone to Sing Sing-Accident on
the Eric Road.
NEW YORK, July 9-The secretary of the
Board of Health states that no previous
year since 1869 shows a hygienic condition
of corresponding week SO favorable as
that just passed.
The cholera scare has abated consider
ably.
A suit has been begun IN the Supreme
Court in behalf of Joseph Seligman and
others, to prevent mortgage made by the
North and South Alabama Railroad Com
pany from being Cancelled. 1t appears that
plaintiffs agreed to dispose of the bonds of
the road, receiving commission OF three
and three quarters per cent upon the whole
amount, but defendants failed to carry out
their part of the agreement hence the suit.
Thirty of the best and most experienced
men on board the receiving ship have been
selected for the crew of the Tigress. She is
announced to sail positively on Saturday.
The Tgress will carry $50 tons OF COAL and,
if necessary, will get a new supply at ST.
John. BY this evening all the supplies of
| provisions will be shipped. They are COM
posed principally of pork and fatty matter.
A large quantity of pemmican will be
| taken, also canned vegetables and fruits.
The total amount of provisions carried will
| be ratlons for forty men for two years.
DR.. j. Hasbrouck, one Of the physicians
attending DR.. King during his illness, in
sists that he died of cholera.
Dr. Reeves, of Jersey City. reports Cap
tain Sam Decker, of the Jersey City ferry,
| down very low with cholera.
Monmouth Park Races.-George West
won the hurdle race. Time-5:52. Wheatley
| won the mile and quarter race. Time
2:15. Mate won the four year old stakes,
| two and half miles. Time-4:37S "a. Das-
well, grey tilly, won the stakes for foals OF
| 1873. A five thousand dollar bet has just
| been made that Preakness will beat True
Blue on Thursday.
Walworth with nine other criminals, all
luanacled alike, was taken to Sing Sing TO-
! day.
| Arrived-Silesia and Merida.
| The specie shipments for tomorrow Will
reach 81 ,OO0, 900.
| An accident is reported 70 have occurre d
Saturday night at Postageville, on the A.
| tica branch of the Erie railway. A freight
train ran into the rear of the mail train
forcing the latter on to another freight
train IN front and smashing both ends OF
the mail train. The tender OF the engine
was driven into the mail car. the mail clerk
barely saving his life by leaping from the
train.
Four passengers are reported seriously
injured. Their names are not given. Sew
eral others were hurt more or less. The
letter mail was damaged by the smoke anC
water, but was made up and sent forward
The first fresh air picnic of the Brooklyn
poor children came of to-day at Canarsie
Five hundred children participated
The first through freight train on thu
New York and Oswego Midland railroad
will start from Oswego to morrow. Th'
last spike in the road was driven at eigh
o'clock this evening.
II. V. Poore's Railroad Manual for 1884
just published, gives detailed statemen
of 425 different railroads, of which the fol
lowing is a summary: Miles of railroad
7.323; cost So, AZ, 507: cost per mil
SIS, 5,ll6; gross receipts $473, 3,21 .055; opera1
ing expenses; $50, ,4S6, ,682; net earni- &
Si65, ,754 1873; dividends paid e64.4le,.5l
total number of miles IN operation 81 ,l04
of which 6427 were built last year, an
made no returns.
The others refuse information. Total n