New-York tribune., 1879-02-26
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,,u,cr,,rxrs OF THE ALDERMEN.


ruvY RECEIVE WITH Favor ANOTHER SCHEME
ron pRo,pwAY RAILROAD. AND ovERRULE
WITH GREAT REIIsH SEVERAL OF MAYOR
CooPRRs VETOEs.
AZ the meeting Of the Board of Aldermen
Vac, ,rcck President Mott ruled shat required two
,birls vote 10 pass an amendment offered 70 resolution
before the Board the eect that the work auhore"
lie done ny days labor instead "t 10y contract
on appeal from this decision the mal"r WIS
laid over. Yesterday letters were read from speah''
Randall O, the House Of Representatives and speaker
Alvord OF the Assembly stating that according 10 par
uamentary usage such an amendment required ohIy
majority vote although tho resolution itself might re-
Ouire a two thirds President Mott reverse" '
decision. ,.
Alderman Morris introduced preamble ana resoIn
t,op authorizing street railway IN Broadway Inc NV
auIe Uas the sameas that given as preface sbhr
scheme at the last meeting o. the Board Inc resoI"o"
gives permissiou 10 August Belmont william H. HPPc
ton Heron A. Johnson George j. Forrest ana Hach""
Jaques TO operate Broadway, from south fcrry 10
severtecnth->t horse railway ~ narrow or regular
gauge and nat Crooved rail-, win S"""
nel,ce cars seating not more than fouFt'eh
uasseuger- and equal in style 10 the CARS now ~"
ON the Metropolitan Elevated Railway. In coh>'ocr-
alton for this permission tho company shah pay 'emr
annually TO the city per cont OF the tro's receP's
The paycmcnt required To he kept IN good repair h"
tbc snow removed every twentyour hours. There are
a number Of conditions attached, providing that 10
more than fourteen passengers shall be carried on any
car al one time fourteen seats 10 he dVded as on
The elevated roads the faro not TO eHcecd cents e
road to be built within years; cars to he run under
directions from the Mayor; and penalties nameu IoI
apv violation Of these conditions.
A motion 10 refer the subject 10 the Committee on
Railroads Was amended 70 make 1t Committee on Streets
which gave rise 10 lively debate. Alderman Roberts
denounced tie reference TO The street Committee as
rcdection on the Railroad Committee. Alderman SaueI
thought the remarks of Nj. Roberts were personal
know wna: personalities arc Wlih0I lEslueti01s non
Tie Alderman" tartv replied Mr. Roberts 1es' @ I'M
douhicdly Won do" responded Alderman Sorer inc
matter finally referred 20 the Committee on streets
4 number OF vctoes were presented fiou Mayor
Cooper, IN reference TO permitting slEi7 H,loSH !ue
streets etc. ana also one dis9p%SIaE ROY oI Lnc %
be by DAYS labor and not by contraCt me Mayog o
encSS" sncS rec rcsontdS TGo Board then oyerned
several of Mayor Coopers vetocS relating to
yF ncTartmcni Of r1ac Parks to clean the sov and ice
of the walks in the parks was overrnl nv NolcoI
sustained the Tayof. The evident ggSio with which
the vctocs oyefrulcd indicated that Mayor Coopcrs
opinions hot held In great favor by TIE members
oi the Board
TWENTY YEARS FOR A DIAMOND TlIl.IT.
DAVID TENDERS PENALTY FOR STEALING AN EAR
RING IN FITTH-AVE.
Contrary to all expectation DAVID Pender
and John Flynn arrested Tor robbug Mrs DE- Bary Of
diamond earring IN Tfth-d7c, in broad daylight chose
10 stand trial rather than plead guilty and elected 10
be tried separately The Disric attorney decided 20
trv Pcndcr frs. There was some private talk about
accepting q m'uor plea. oler which was absolutely
refused by Assistant 'strctAttorneY Bell The
crime has had such notOricy that there great diff
Guilty in obtaining jury but one was obtained BEFORE
recess. After recess the 1a was short. The circum-
stances already detailed in THE TRIBUNE as 10 the ROB
berry, and tue fixing it on Pendcr ana Flynn
were given In evidence and after brief addresses by
counsel and short charge by Judge Gderseeevc the
Jury went from the General Sessions Court room at
O'Clock. They returned in about half an hour wlth
verdict of robbery the first degree.
Nj Bel NJ once moved FOR sentence The prisoner
said he had 10 trade was eighteen years old and his
last residence was No % Forsyth-st Mr. Be SAID that
the prisoner had been convicted when only fourteen
years old of kindred crime. ,.,, 49,
In passing geDencc Judge GilderscoYe sad tuat inc
evidence against the prisoner was MI and convincing
aud he dd not how the jury could have come 10 any
other conclusion. He Uhc prisoner) appeared 10 be
criminal Of the worst class without regard for the law,
Gsyoa OF human sympat6y efG M e0H S ond &
ncent ohersthe full penalty OF twenty years
Fender accepted his sentence very oCmpcsedly and
was removed at once by the officers.
AIDS IN RAPID DELIVERY OF LETTERS.
SOME SUGGESTIONS OF POSTMASTER JAMES WHICH
ARE EASY TO FOLLOW
Postmaster james in conversation yesterday
about needed and suggested improvements IN the Post
Office which directs, spoke disparagmgy OF the re-
form which a morning paper lately suggested in the
form Of addresses upon letters 1t was said that The
work Of postcl employees would he greatly lcsscned
II letters WcTc directed af'or this general method;
Kcntucky,
Louisville
Samuel j. Reform.
u Cpberalley.
Mr. James said the notion was an absurd All the
lractiscd distributors in the employ of the Government
would have unlesrn all that they had learned They
are now trained the bottom of the letter for
the state and city OF destination, and TO reverse the
form would simply compel them TO change The habit OF
the eve which now naturally turns to the bottom line
Besdes the change would have To be BASED upon gen
rral intelligence, which many who write letters do not
possess and double ~ stem would cause confusion and
delay.
a much more important improvement" suggested
Mr. James and which any person Of intelligence can
carry himself Is the direction Of letters 10 tine
station numbers Of the district in which his c0rre
spondent resides, New-YOrk merchants lawyers and
others with large daily correspondence from all parts OF
the country greatly facilitate the delivery OF their
letters by requesting ali correspondents TO ada the sta
lion number or e;ter their addresses" ln usIe-
chants DONG business In adjon ng houses one gets his
1naII AN hour before the other ana the latter
complaint examination It Is found that ono has al
letters directed ONLY tO his number and street but
,sn tn mo station i'm which he do3r business. The oticr
does no' nave his letters directed The consequence
that the formers letters delivered directly at the
.Ifiop and tbcn promptly sent 10 the store The OH
crs letters 20 The main Office thence sent 60 the
station, finally 10 the store. NJ. Gayl lor, serin
nt Of the cy delivery further suEscsted that the
Icrs of tho postal stations that persons could know
district and IcQuest their friends 10 addI, tner
IttcIs tp Them.
CONSULTATION OVER SICK CATTLE.
General Patrick was in consultation with
the Board Of Health of thi, city yesterday afternoon
The question how far the authority OF the board
could extend IN aiding the General carrying the