New-York tribune., 1879-05-27
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
EAGER FOR FUNDING CERTIFICATES.


. DEMAND WHICH GROWS MORE PRESSING DAILY.
The demand for funding certificates at the fosV
Office yesterday was greater than on any pre-
vions day The watchmen reported 20 Postmaster
James that people had been hanging about the en-
frances since o'clock in the morning ana that AZ
G O'clock there were'ffty or moro waiting for an-
mission. From that hour the crowd steadily III
creased in number, until at o'clock there were
nearly one thousand Between and 8 9oclock all
sorts of devices used to gain admission 10 'ne
building. Some persons pretended to have business
with the Courts, others wanted to see the Comms-
sioners while many gained admission under preteNt
Of going to the mOney-oTder office. ,
Custodian McAfee when the time arrived lot tne
openng of the sale, had stationed at all the en-
frances and at the foot OF the stalrcases @ @ieaing
one of women and the other of men. and they TOOK
their places at the window. Then the interlopers
made a rush for the floor, but the gulrdlans az
fhe stairways escorted them ont of the build,
ing. At 10 o'clock there were $50 women anu
420 men in line. Many OF the Women 3 ea WI N;oi
Poles and Germans. In the opinion OF the ol1claIs
the Germans may buy for investment, Dut the Ioies
are undoubtedly SPECTATORS. Ihe roles, wu1 are
mostly Jews said Colonel James, may be seIllng
now bnt do not believe they have done so Ihey
know that in a short time the value OF the certin-
% Gates VII nt r Of the money taken in are
drawn from banks, but the rest has been hoarded
Il is dirty and is often covered with vermln'. Ne
peatlng has entirely disappeared as the lenGth oI
the line precludes it, We have had detectives from
thc pohce force on the lookout for pckpockets but
only one arrest has been made. Their chief 9ccuPa-
tion has been in finding good places III the line tor
sbe total amount sold by the Post Office up to
date Is So 164, 600. During the first week the GER
tifcates went of very slowly, but when the bonds
were quoted above par the demand became greater
at the Post Office, $65,00O of which went to the
outlying stations.
LOWER RAILWAY RATES IN NEW-JERsEY.
QUICKER TRANSPORTATION.
meeting of railroad oficers-inclUding represen-
tatives of all the lines which terminate in jersey
City-was held Yesterday at the Office OF the Gem
tra Railroad Of New-JerSey, to consider the matter
of cheaper fares and quicker ansit to places which
are not remote from this city The report issued by
the Committee of Ten on Cheap and Rapid Transit
in New-Jersey discussed for an hour, but no
conclusions were reached. A committee was ap-
pointed to make further examination OF the sub
)ect aud the meeting adjourned until the committee
should be prepared 10 make report.
A member of the committee said afterwa:d
From the views expressed at the meeting judge
that there win be extensive reductions made on ali
lines leading TO or passing through places In New
JERSEY which can be reached by an hours rde from
this city. What the reductions will be 1t is lmpossi-
bic TO say at present. There many interests IN
yolved and many details to be arranged. il will take
the committee considerable time-some weeks. per-
haps-to do the work allotted TO 1T. lhe desire OF
the railroad companies to make fares TO the
neighbOring New-JeTsey towns so low that work
ingmen, clerks aud others can better afford 10 take
theip families there than to remain IN the CROWDED
city. movement Of this kind. however, can De
carried out successfully only by cooperation OF all
the roads leading from jersey CITY,"
NOT AUTHORIZED TO COLLECT MONEY.
John f. Bowling, who was before Justice Kill
breth, at the Yorkvlle Court on Sunday, to answer
charge of dsorderly conduct coupled with the
attempt to extort money from liquor dealers by
forcing applications for licenses upon them. on
further hearing yesterday afternoon was fined $40
and held to bail in the sum of $1,000 to keep the
peace for six months. Not being able to pay the
fine or to give bail, Bowling committed to Jail.
Bowling had said he acted on authority from Ex-
else Commissioner Morrison. When the case was
called there were present ex-Judge Hartmann,
Chief Inspector Kingsland and Inspector Terence
given his decision, ex-Judge Hartmann, who ap-
peared for President Morrison, of the Excise Board
asken Bowling If 1t was not true that When the
blank applications were given TO hlm by the dlIec-
tion of Mr. Morrison, 1t with the under
standing that they were to be used at his Office
which was then opposite the Excise office. and not
in running about to dealers to solicit or urge them
10 apply for licenses bowling said that that was
the general understanding but tnat as ~ was t4e
go about with them, he did so too; When asked IL
he had not been requested, and If he had not prom
ised 10 show his certificate as commissioner OF deeds
and notary public to the Excise Commissioners,
but had failed TO do so. Dowing said that the rea-
son he had failed to show the certificate was that
made and never felt called upon alterWard 10 keep
his promise.
AN ADVANCE OF THE PRICE OF COAL.
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Company has announced for June an advance in its
prices of coal of 10 cents ton free on board at Port
Richmond. An advance of from 10 to 10
cents will be made also in the Philadelphia
and line prices of sizes used for domestic purposes.
The PHILADELPHIA and Reading Railroad Company
WILL a1y
PENNSYLVANIA branch 10 cents ton for June. 1t
Is understood that further advance III the price OF
coal and the of freight Will be made IN July
and August. An advance of % cents for July and
of so cents for August is said to be contemplated.
Franklin b. Gowen, president of the Reading Coal
Company, conferred yesterday with officers OF sew
eral of the leading coal companies. Ii is SAID that
they promised their cooperation win the heauing
Company in its efforts to secure hgher prices lot
coal The conference informal, and Will be
continued to-day. 4 combination between the
companies is said TO be nearly impossible
count of diversity of opinions. While of the
companies insist restriction of tonnage as an
esseptioI condition of the combinations others claim
that the production should be regulated only by the
demand Although formal combination is thought
to be improbable, il is believed that several Of the
coal companies viii unite with the Reading Com
pany in an advance Of prices.
THE FUNERAL OF Mr.. GARRISON.
There were many friends of the late William
lloyd Garrison who called at the WestmOTeand
House Sunday TO talk over the many virtues of the
dead phanthropist and to exchange words of sym
pathy and consolation with his children. Yester-
day forenoon three OF the sons. George Thompson,
William Lloyd and Francis jackson, and the daugh-
Ter Fanny wife of Henry Willard who is IN Oregon,
took the 1 o'clock tram for Boston. AT the Grand
Central Depot they were met by OhvtI Johnson
and one or two other intimate friends OF me late
Mr. Garrison, who accompanied them TO Boston,
aud who will attend the funeral.
At12m. yesterday, DR.. Leonard Weber under
in New-York ON April Is until bis death. made
body,