New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-28
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

Cont of General Sessions Yesterday hl''' 49,
iowls pttention Of the Grand jurors has been caileu
IN an evil existing in the present met :" f Wew
bore cora and driving stages IN the Wy Va oo,,
VIZ as adopted by some of the car and iage ooId
NAMES They believe that the runllls - d;ScIarce
Stages in which one man Is Feg nd driver is based
I'm n false idea of economy ana enuaiIoi' az
lives and limbs of our ctizens that Oh. , M to his
not safely undertake TO do more tllah atleu eT
10. ond NE On the lookout to avoid running over
neonIe having 10 cross the streets. me lT0"r,' ~,
accidents caused by h9rsecarS ana & oHin;"n of
EARNING increase and demands, III the uPIii"n ,6a
3b;s Grand Jury that some action be taken ~ 'iIo
nroner law officers TO compel the aloresalu az
10 have a conductor IN their cars an" sthIo, n in
Stinn 70 the driver That if the laws now IN
existence arc not sufficient to eject ms nd' ~,
attention of the Legislature be cai,em ~ NAV i've
nromptlv enacted as will compel LoiSs-'aI "t "a
stage companies using the streets OF thlS CIV t i
see that their cars and stages arc su'l0'"''
manned to insure safety to the PubIc; a.. ,,,,,ob
license is row allowed by the Poice IN me Side
Ellis are encumbered so as impede the free
Iroyel Of foot passengers Large quahtileSo u nc,
cboudisp are allowed to ROMAN ON the "aiNS Iui
at 1ort of the dav; peanut AMI newspaper Veh-
ers nermanently occupy the sidewalks as II 'itN
had the rights of proprictorshiG; sellers o. uiu
fnrnitnre grOcers and market owners uSlrp hearIy
Tho whole sidewalk with lmpuntY: and interrupt
lion of traffic by slids aud other devices ioT I"a
ing and unloading vehicles IS lhdscrlmih"V'N p'i-
H 1.-The shane of the city makes great tide, Of
travel southwark in the morning ana nHti INWARD III
the afternoon, and the lower part ot tho CIV -
freouentrd during the middle of the day 10y an az
normally large population The cross stree III t'
rorf of the ctv which should in consequence ne as
free and unObstTuc!cd rs possible, are now GroNutu
IN such an extent as to call for extreme V.'lVe III
enforcing the laws. The Grand jurors ua , nrun
Impressed with the great laXitv IN keeping tlc cross
straets aud sidewalks especially those south OF
ChambeTs-sf clear and unincumbered WIN an
increasing population the PreSXst9S ngf 0 more no com
Is more and more apparent. Nothhg j. M I'm
mon than 10 see carts and vehicles cover the cross
ings for foot passengers. Thee abu,eS -, o"i
th0toupbfaTes cause great surprise 10 strangers .
:. The Grand Jury also calls attention 10 the Iaci
that about election periods the practice OF 'oN3 anu
men gathered in large numbers and en@n'
NOT only in frays but insults 10 yonng persons an"
women who may be passing; missiles are uitoL e
loosely handled, both by day and n ght crowns VI
BOYS throwing stones are seen uIio'esIe" anu
bindings have been reported where nearly eV.iN
glass was broken during the snhUer lonInS ~ 5io
absence of the occupants. 1hesf acts ana al uh"
noises contribute to make the city lnIol'raoe III
most cases no vicious intent may cESt sun lnliA
In tine ppace and comfort OF the citizens results from
suoh rnhoundpd license In due time lgwldSSneSS
and disorder will produce their effect, and retro,,
crate movement take place III our population anu
property value. -, -, IL. +
The Grant Jury recommends that the section OF
the law bearing these points he printed ana gwen
TO every policeman aug oiueIs 20 ~ ~ erfnrcei
warning To all that the law is no" 10 ne enioloc,l;
and that all permanent occupation OF sdewa rs ana
blocking of carriagrways and all notouS ana NOISY
The Grand Jury would also call tho attention of
the Court to the great losses accrulng 10 Inc CITY III
the management hitherto OF the DOCK l!Gpart,
no shown by a IepOrt made 10 his Honor the Mayor
NV tbe Commissioners of Accounts ana lhat IL
shoud be the duty of the legal oihcals OF the Guy
to hold the delnquentS to street accouh'ie'il loi
culJable announcement, and IL cases OF uhPaiH
rents 40 prosecute vigorously the persons OWING
the same and t. prevent in future the abuses WHICH
have existed in the management OF the aoch9
whereby many have been rented for very inferior
rentals and other valuable ones used for years
without payment of any rent on the plea OF their
h.;n uGui nd
opinion that the loss 10 the treasury OF the Guy atS
ing from mismaDagement OF IN Dock DeParITn,eut
will amount TO hurdI eds Of thousands OF collar,
and the subject needs vigorous action on the part
of the officers of the city. special attention HeLng
direcred to the case Of leasing Pier No. II North
Inc presentment was signed by Henry G. Mar
Gnand, foreman, and Henry SMITH SECRETARY
The jury was discharged for the term.
TRYING TO INJURE MACYS STORE.
Some time ago an anonymous cOmmunication was
sent to the Bureau of Buildings saying
that Macy'a store at Fourteenth-st ara
Sixth-ave. was unsafe. A letter to the
same effect published in dally paper
Superintendent Esterbrook accordingly sent an IN
epectOT to Xamine the building, although ne was
confident that the statement was Incorrect as me
place had been examined caTeinliy when IL was en-
three times at the Health Department that one OF
the shop-irs employed at Mays had inc SINAI =
pOx. An investigation showed each tme La' '"e
report was untrue. go,
i can't imagine" said member OF the firm yes
terday TO TRIBUNE reporter, VINO II Is Unat o'1i
these stories OF course il is done to inJIe us, hu'
il hasn't succeeded, for our holiday trade has Teen
larger tham ever. We haven't made any efforts TO
find out who it was because we had noclew 70 start
on. think that people have been hired to come III
here and to tell our customers these hes. ADout q
week ago a woman went up to my Wl1e, VINO was
sitting in the largo salesroom, and said: You had
better be careful. This building has been con
demned., Ny wife replied that she though not, as
She would have been likely to hear something about
H. | happened TO hear the woman, and asked
her where she heard the, story, She SAID she
cav il IN The Nelc- York HerGn. l told
her would give a 81 900 if she could show any
sue article. yhen warned her against repeating
fLe story and told her that | would have had heI
arrested if she were man. She went ont or the
store and that was the last saw OF her. made ny
nv mind afterward that she was one of a gang
hired to come in here and tell these stories. III had
thought of it sooner l should have had her to
lowed
WHAT THE SOCIALISTS PROPOSE TO DO
The Socialists Convention continued its sessions
YESTERDAY at the Steuben House, IN the BoweTy AM
at 1 Hall in the evening. : Waldron, OF MIA
delplua. was the chairman. I. Stoddard and /. )
Maguire were Ire secretaries IL was stated thai