New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-14

and other streets. by piling the snow 1plh ea'h sly,
of the tracks, 1t frOz, there during the rfceht e" 81
snap and is now Iii ult of moY1I. ana ohe-haIi
| Of the street is III this way clos ID to travel
AN ENGINEERS DREAM OF GkEAl Mss.
| ruE srorY or ruE IMAGINATIVE swI1CHNAN WHO
noAX D HIS FELLOW EMPLOYEES.
| "w.E don't inst ike To say why made such a
fooNoi hn" said Frederick stone, ia" Swlt il
| Jersey q tv WhO led n fellow eWploFe !" pr''r
| that he had been a appointed general manager oi 4
| railr0a J. to a TRIBUNE reporter N,6'G u"N. ~
lell the truth it was becau>e wanted 10 &c, eNcm
with him Several months ago ! was einpIoN Ell u, i
thc same engine with Gage, ana II was tITou-n niu
| that wos removed. waited Tor an o1porf unliy 10
reverg, myself. At last hit upon plan, Ont u u
not fIIie as Re ported that did not pay my Doaru
| promptly began by limiting t. he women OF ino
| nouse nat | was well aCq janted win Two OF luo
| directors of the New-YOrk City and Northern huI-
road and That the matter OF appointing Tiso i ,,"a
| ag,r was under consideration. fins wa9 last Ju"e
| 6" Well this waS not long in reaching ny iaHu.
| lords ears and he pressed me 10 use ~ w W1n
| enc. had to secure him the appointments, wen
| told him that | would he becahe c0nple'ely au
sorbed with the idea and would taIK Oh no,Hth TX
else As matter of fact did not know any Va 'no
| directors, nut invented TW0-ono utsCiIoo t o.
living m Ffth-ave. and the other In certain street
in Jersey City. In the course OF lew weeks no oo
came 80 confident of the position thlt ne az IN -
| m he some preliminary arrangements for hllIng IL.
II would be necessary to equip the ROAD Wtl elg"S'
| he argued. Aud so one day ne pioposca 'ndC We
shonld 90 TO Philadelphia and find out II any ar
raupenepls could be made about engine lhanuIac-
tnreS there You zee. had told him that nc was 10
he nprneuuent of motive power as wei dS geIl-
eraI manager. At his expense On, ot course nero
was no chance of getting any engines at Ph iadcl-
mia the works being full OF ORDER for year ahead
so we made a subsequent trip t. Paterson. SeN"IaI
trims were also made to High Bridge Tor
the purpose of asccrtanng facts tlat WOMB
be useful when the manager would come INTO
his position. always went cEeeriully. III was nee
essry, you see To carry ON the deluSlol SheSIloh
mef rather think 80. But always had an an
swer ready To bolster hlm up with; Ills cOhhdence
increased Notwithstanding the delay on the part or
the directors and he began TO select his rltnus Tor
the subOTomate nOltlOns. a tIa-dl>pa'cnef eu-
nloved ON the New Yprk, Lake Ere aud Western
Road named lie Sis, was promise the position Oh
general superintendent, ana another man ny INC
name of Romans made happy by Oens prom
isrd that he would be made general freight AGENT.
They wer- as cIedulous as Gaze. Lewis also made
trips 10 High Bridge Sunday, ANA figured on the
cost If telegraph poles and wire. SOM times Gage
would begin to lose confidence, hut his 1rltn"S
wouid restore his faith by ng MN that IL was
not posslolr for one man to put M such lob"
Here the speaker broke oil III his narrative am
laughed at he idea OF 80 much crednt on the part
of his victims. When ne had recovered himself TIC
took up mis- story again.
sometime during rhe holidays Lewis came INTO
the possession of elegant gold watch ana cham
didn't near him say II myself, but heard that he
remarked, patting the cham, mat = what comes
of being a general superintendent. Yes, suppose
those who maze the present had the future
III mind BIZ at length concluded that
the farce pad better be brought To- an
end Gage thought that we were losing much time,
and ClaInured cor to urge the directors 10 Is
ulflnent OF their promise FIRST began by tell
| hun that one IF the directors mao neeh TAKEN
sick and that appointment could 20 made until
he recovered. hen in few days killed him oil.
| The disease was Pneumonia. Alter TINS Ndgr was
somewhat discouraged, and began TO suspect s0re-
| Ting Just what | wished, vOu see Bnt all hope
was MT gone yet, SAID. ne other director couId
make matters all right. few days later reported
the death of he other dircct0I-tnc Tsey CIiy one
!hs was a hard blow, but, nevertheless some 81 ne
asirants for posi-; on the new road RED 10 ana
the dead directors house. As II nad no, nce e..
DEFINITELY described 10y me, they did not succeed III
Wen. how did tho sccret come ont -
cit was through a wOmal," replied stone, laugh
no ,;It nf tine corners of his eyes. " mad sad that
| the body OF the director who last di-d had bfe4
se + ont of tie city for burial. InIs woman found
ont tbaI no corsr nad been sent thn place named
! ana Informed q ige O. that fact. GAO cane homr
| while / wa calmly eating my dinner saturday
| night should think he was MAJ. lie iuld me
| that | should only have fifteen minutes 10 pck mp
and O.. ! picked up my hat and left immediately
thinking that ihc time allowed was hliSeh MINUTES
| too long f"rnc 10 remain IN that house,
BURGLARS ATTEMPTS AT EAST ORANGE.
| Since the convict ion and sentence Ct burglar
vino broke into the honse OF DR.. iimArih' al taS,
! Orange, n. j., few months ago, H." lC"h ~ n'c
comparatively ire, from the Vsiis oil Burglars uIil
| SAT- rdav, when four attempts wer" i1ad' 10 rnlcr
houses. Shortly after five o'clock SuudIy morning
| the burrar alarm. III the house oi {. i. II dozen
| Star'le the inmates The burglar bad penetrated
| to tie dininG-rOom but ESCAPED without scouting
any plundcr. About The same hour >. ;. alton,
who lives III South Arlington-ave.' htaId some on"
trying to torcc OF the trent pari": windows Not
| att"iulL WAS u IUe on rear " lhboW
when Mr.. Walton appeared AID frightened IN" imci
| Of A piece Of a ill, Wts found IN ou" o. t:r Wiz
! dnws. Sunday night =. II Jones, ~ NNuni--i
| wis awakened by his butgiar dlirm and i"uhi i1'
an attempt had been made to open "ludo" on toe
first floor. sunday uiahi also burglars ricd q" "lcak
| INTO be house of y w. IaylOr, III Wlllam-st, but
| having awakened the inmates o. he rouse re-
| treated.
| A CONDUCTOR NOT TO BE TAMpERLD WILL
| Arund IT, UrnhnrH EMPLOYED on the Broad Wdy
STREET Car Lane. IN Bro lvn was Gpp1o chcu Non
day hv Patrick Moran of N. POI Secpu,-s., Hi""k-
| Iyn T. D.. with a proposition to AXE counterfeit
5ccut nickel pieces To pass tHcm III. Ioidn "d0 10
make them and tGc tWOIrcn womb dIVlhc the Il"iI'
BrIhnes agreed 10 meet Moran aud perfect arrange
! ucnt-. Wurn he of dufY he went u t0u@tabIe
llagaI, OF Past Ne"-ioIk, ana u a'r" Ao."', p''
| Wednesday Bruuncs dad HIgar went 10 MnIHns
| Moran and the coudnctor came on Harar followed
| them aud arrested Moran. lie was laken before
| Justice spencer ia Fast Ne"-IorN. ia his I"s>c'
sion was founi bag containing SIEVE S-i' VI C"uh-
tcriet excl 5ccni pieces and recipe for max hg
| the compound OF n ne, lead aud pewter TO- tier
auuGiclnre. Yesterday Moran was committed to
| the Raymond Street. jail.
The WHIPPING-POsT FOR WIFE BEAIERS.
The Grand Jury Of Essex County, n. j., madc
| q Dr5 sentiment Yesterday recommending the enact
mrnt of n law recurring FIR, escapes factories and
the inspection of steam boilers, 10 prevent such =
amit as he that occurred recently ~ the BAL
| bach Works at Newark. Inc pIcSeh'uehC luiUh'I
| says:
TIE Grand Jury desire say that, in heirOpnOn
the crime wlfc-h ating is seriously "n te increase
that III, INF ctOn OF Imprisonment results III many I'D
stahecs jury the wife an family OF tue aroused
man without any CORES. ending reformation ol me
gn,ty person. The Grand Jury believe that the whip
pingposr would BIZ mode OF pun-hment better calru,
aicd REMEDY the EVIL than the present pnnsncn OF
| fine aud Imprisonment.
Judge d que said that the Court world order the
| pTeschtmcnt file, aud would transmit q Wv TO
the President oil the Senate and Speaker of the House
OFFICIAL RECORD OF SHIPPING.
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