New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-30


SEVENTY-EIGHT APPLICANTS YESTERDAY.
AN UNPRECEDENTED RUSH on THE BANKRUPTCY
oFFICE-A LONG LINE OF LAWYERS WAITING
THEIR TURN-UNUsUAL NUMBER OF HEAVY
FAILURES.
There were scvcnty-cIght Applications III
bankruptcy filed yesterday, the largest number ever
remembered to have been filed in day i'll the New
York office since the Bankrupt Act went into effect
That there not more applications was only because
there was time 10 take Of them II was queer
scene in the Bankruptcy office between and o'clock
in the afternoon, the last hour in which the Office was
open In the earlier part OF the day, Mr.. Marshall the
calendar clerk had been able TO take care Of each case
as it cane; but in the afternoon applicants began to
crowd closely upon him. Finally TO avoid confusion
he had form the lawyers IN line The first eight or
ten soon swelled to fifteen twenty until the file
reached the door, The lawyers were impatient, but
each had wait until his predecessors had gwen in the
necessary particulars OF their and the s62 80 OF
fees had been deposited in each case or this amount
the Register Bankruptcy receives $50 and the clerk
Sl2 80 that they, at least are not left without some
thing Offset being thrown out OF employment by the
repeal Of the law.
At 3 o'clock the doors were locked but as each
going ont would unlock them, another lawyer or two
would creep in that the we've not finished IN until
4 clock. To-day and Tomorrow 10 be still Dusier
days. and there To be prospect that the clerk
who bet that 100 petitions will be filed Tomorrow will
win his wager
James E. Mallory president of the Pleasantvilc Land
Company, at No. Pine-st, has gone into voluntary
bankruptcy TO get Of real estate Liabilities mainly
The total liabilities $4,000, of which Sl043 are
secured Among the secured creditors are Susan NAL
lory $26,7lS Abram d. Stephens $l4,63i. The assets
mclue real estate Maspeth. Mount Pleasant AMI in
Brooklyn, valued at $4,000; mortgagcd for $5726s
81 shares in the Plcasanre Land Company pledged,
and salary president, ~, 0G9.
n nayto IN W m W
liquors. at No 10 Beavers have suspended. 1t is
Of the oldest houses the trade having been in busi
ness forty years The liabilities estimated at from
$50 600 $4,000 They have good assets, consisting
of stock and outsandngs which were estimated at
$50, 900 III June.
voluntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed by
Christian Schwartz late director of the German Up
town Bank and proprietor OF the Empire Laundry His
liabilities amount to $4,000 aud his assets to $4,000.
of the Manuact and Builders Bank, S297l5;
ceyer OF the German Uptown savings Bank. 81 $50.
hanEr@pcy on behalf Of israel F9fjcon brother OF the
novelist u. l.. Farteon. The liabilities OF Mr. FaIjcon
amount $4,000 principally contracted i'll the jeweTy
business and he has assets Among the creditors are
| T. L. Farjron S4Sts; Greenbanm Bros Co., SlO,O9j;
Josiah Cohen 1929; Henry ROsenburg, S2l45 Bessie
a voluntary petition in bankruptcy has been filed be-
merchants, late Of Nos los and ITO Chambers-st, to
get rid OF liabilities amounting to $4,000 They failed
in 1876 and compromised at 20 cents Oh the dollar but
| only half was paid
A. BemcnStlre ncu aVOluutary petition In Dank
ptcy yesterday behalf OF Edward Rowe aud against
d. Bernard. CONFUSING the firm OF c. Dord Co.,
liabilities amount 10 S2o5,oOO, and Mr. Rowe has ind
vdua debts OF Si5,5oo secured Among the creditors
Fischer Frercs, S3l OG4 The firms assets consist Of
stock az cost sl97.l79; bills receivable Ss9,O65.
day by Albert t. Aubrey on behalf Of james Fettrich
builder at No. 2l7 East Tnrtleth-st His liabilities
Among the secured creditors the NewYork Life In
haitian haitian SAVINGS Institution, $4,000; john FsI-
Thomas Sullivan SIT, 800; Isaac Hartman, $50,
ooo La a Kanny sSSoS rraas 6 oda H HsSs
Insurance COMPANY, $4,000 East River Savings In
Henry Buckmg, late OF the firm OF Buckng & vroom,
and the Buckng shoe and Leather Company, oI No. 33
Register Ketclnm His liabilities amount to $4,000
as Tar known, but many claims are not stated the
Among the creditors Charles j. Osborne, $4,000;
estate OF James NJ Bllings $4,000; Alvin Higgins,
$50; benjamin Dletz. IS. s62; First Rational Bank,
OF Bare, S546i; George b. Nichols $5,OOOE Henrietta
Douglas sloane 1913; estate OF A. A. Patterson, 3d.
925 ii. Herald, $3.50.
James Blackhurst, builder at No. 22j West Forty
eghth-st., has gone into voluntary bankruptcy before
Register Dayton, having Liabilities to the amount OF
SIP 900 OF which $4,000 are secured His assets con-
,t Of real valued al 900 and mOrtgaged for
$4,000 The principal secured creditors are Alfred L.
Stone 81 u, 900: Joseph Smith. $1,000.
LOUIS Karl, wealthy real estate speculatOr, but
now "A shoemaker at No. 1913 Nussau-st has gone into
voluntary bankruptcy before Register Little His llabiI
ties amount S29jOOO OF which S2J1 900 secured
by bond and tgage His assets consist OF pew III
the Ffty-fIh street synagogue, worth 1900 The prn
cpal secured creditors are the Newly Ork Ife Insurance
Company, SO3.500; Citizens Savings Bank, $4,000;
Jonn III. POwes's estate. 1000 Henry j. Burchell.
81 900; Dry Dock savings Institution, 1000; A. L.
Nosser, $500; Bernard j. Fry, $4,000; Mary Mckee,
50 900; ". II. kssam. $500; John Jastree, $1,000;
Joyce Van Slclen, $4,000; Philip j. Lister, $4,000;
John y. Young $4,000.
Henry +. Enkn, banker at No. 80 Nassau-st.. filed
voluntary petition i'll bankruptcy yesterday, before
Register Alien having liabilities OF Sl5J,OOO nearly all
secured HIS assets consist of Boulevard ots valued
100000 mort gagged for Ss4,7OO debts due notes etc,
s37 The principal secured creditors Thomas
Eakn Co., S6970O; Amos H. Enc. $4,000 estate of
CuuItlandt Parker, 1000; NisCOntcsS de None,
$1,000 Eliza NJ. Bailey. 5000; Mary l.. Thebaud,
~, 3.j3 estate OF J.. L. Marshall. $500.
voluntary petition III DahkIupy Was filed yester-
day by ScwtUn n FInGcy, nf No. 1OJ SiXth-ayr. His
iubes S7S,94i, OF which >Gl 22J secured, and
ne assets. AmDBg his creditors :. l.. NJ.
Barlow, e23,OOO receiver OF Henry Cews So, 900;
Ketclum d HartI dg,. Sj,5lJ.
Samuel d. Clapp. Of the late firm Of Fcoms, Holmes
bankruptcy, before Register Dwight. His liabilities
amount To $4,000 anu he has assets. Among the
the National citizens Bank -l2 200 Bank
OF the Metropolis, 80 I04 American Optical Com
pauy, $500; VI. L. Baldwin, $500; X. \ hell.
SJ3 500; sir. Cockcrot s. 49, ). MOckridge SiOJi
sciah T. Carl Is bankrupt before Register Allen,
having liabilities 10 the amount Of 100000, and has
s22 900 Fulton Bank, 10000 Il. H. Carl. NJ 900
Amanda q. stewart $4,000.
An assignment for the benefit OF creditors nled
Yesterday by George GroeDcke ~ Richard l.. Plain.