The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-16
NEW YORK.
the CRAZE OVER THE SIX DAYS
WALKING MATCH AT GIL
MOME's GARDEN.

Road On broadway Dirty streets
TalmaEe's Trial The Manhattan
Rank-Qa rantining Rags-Thc scarlet
Fever-MOre Doctors, Etc.
NEW YORK, March H. 1873.
The great excitement In New York just now,
the one thing that arouses, amuses and de-
lights the metropolis, is
TILE GREAT SIX DAYS WALKING MATCH
In Gilmore's Garden for the Ashley champion
belt. The match was well timed. For months
the papers of the city have been working up
the subject of pedestrianism until 1t has be-
come q mania here. The present affair will
undoubtedly be great pecuniary success to
all engaged in it, 1t Is confidently antici-
pated that $4,000 will be taken In as gate
money. The bar-room privileges of the gar
den have been sold for s25OO, and the pur-
ehasers are coming money by their sale of
liquors In the building.
Two hours before the beginning OF the walk
ing match over 10000 persons were crowded
into Gilmore's Garden. and the streets from
squares around filled with a mob, crazy to
get inside. When Capt. Williams, of the po-
lice, entered the building at 1890 p. M, he
found it perfectly packed and straightway
gave orders that no more persons should be
admitted. This order excluded some 10000
persons, who were waiting at the Madison
Avenue door. When they saw the door
closed on them they became excited and
began an assault on. They pushed for
ward en- mGsse. crowding against the doors
until they began to creak and threatened to
give way. The police were In the mean
while rallied inside the building, and began
constructing q heavy wooden barricade be-
hind the doors. Even this did not avail, for
In few seconds the doors were broken, the
barricade burst down and the mob forced its
way into the building. But Capt. Williams
had not been idle In the meanwhile, and when
the mob got inside 1t was to find themselves
faced by large force OF police who freely
used their clubs ON the leaders Of the mob
and soon drove them back. It was extremely
lucky that they did 80. for had the crowd
forced its way into the building a serious loss
Of life might have ensued; as it was. num-
Der Of persons were injured, none of them,
however, seriously.
1t is impossible to describe the interest
taken in the race throughout the city. Crowds
throng the streets In front of the bulletin
boards OF the newspaper offices to read the
latest news from Gilmores Garden. An il
Illuminated bulletin Is displayed In front Of the
Herald office, and crowd OF several thou
sand persons stand before it from morning
until night and cheer the scores of the contes-
tants as they are posted. New York is wild
over the match, and several hundred thou
sand dollars will change hands on it,
WORK ON THE ELEVATED RAILROADS
fr mid W at bn mr. pf
progress it will not be long before the city is
covered with network of these roads. The
Chatham street branch of the New York Ele-
waited Railroad is now completed and will be
thrown open to the public on Monday. The
East Side branch of the Metropolitan Ele-
waited Railroad is very nearly completed, and
will be finished as soon as the river is open
and bricks, Of which there is a scarcity in the
city just now. can be secured.
The surface street cars, which have been
greatly injured by the elevated railroads,
have found it necessary to change their
schedules 80 as to secure more rapid transit.
The Third Avenue railroad has put new and
faster horses on its line, and thus shortened
their time to Harlem twelve minutes. The
other horse-car lines will also attempt rapid |
transit.
The Broadway street railroad promises to
be : rich and valuable franchise to the city if
the board of aldermen conclude to grant this
right of way. August Belmont and large
number of bankers have, it is understood,
made a large offer for the right to build this
road. Jimmie O'Brien, Ohauncey Shafer and
others, however, claim that they have prior
Eight to this franchise, and offer to give
the city $1,0Oo,0oO for it. They promise to
promptly build and operate the road, charge
only five cents fare put on con-
venient and elegant cars, such as are
RIM on the Metropolitan Elevated Rail-
way. keep Broadway for the whole route
clean, and pay into the CT treasury, weekly
all over 10 per cent Of the net profits OF the
company, whatever they may amount to. The
offer is a good one, and it is not unlikely that
1t will be accepted. Property holders on
Broadway are not as much opposed to street
railroad now as formerly. The elevated rail-
roads have hurt Broadway traffic a great
deal, and they see that some means must be
found to win this back again.
THE STREETS
here. as usual at this time of the year, are in
Abe fiIthiest possible coDdition-masses Of
melting snow, mud. garbage and ashes. In
the lower part OF the city, on Water, Pearl,
Roosevelt and Oak streets, the pavement is
hidden under stratum OF dirty,
frozen snow, covered by mounds OF filthy
refuse. Where the passing vehicles make
ruts In this, stagnant ponds OF inky water are
left which perfume the air for squares around.
Even higher up. on Canal, Grand, Houston
ga 11roov,,a ctrapts the ice has been beaten
down into an adamantine mass, at least a
foot thick, covered with ashes and dirt, In Or
der to enable passers-by to secure foothold.
There is not in this section Of the city single
square that would not yield, il cleaned, 300
cart-loads of the filth!est and most disgusting
mixture ever seen outside Of sewer. In the
avenues the snow and dirt have been scraped
from the streets and piled up in immense hills.
Even Broadway is not thoroughly clean. but
covered with an extremely disagreeable