New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-07
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
.rr.CVIvC Mock AUCTIONS.
ACTION TO BE TAKEN AGAINST FRAUDULENT AUG
IroNEEEs BY THE MAYOR.

ACTION TO BE TAKEN AGAINST FIAuDULENI Aoc
T,oNEEEs BY THE MAYOR
Mayor Grace recently sent 70 tno anctioneers NJ
tls city circular letter calling their ATTENTION 20
~ nw rcnrirng that each 8uctioneer, IN MS OWL
name shall give previous notice III one or more CT
tie Newspapers of every auction TO he teld ~ ii,
and bis name Sha N all es't r. r1 nssoe G wbon
~ the tie of the firm under which he trailsac'9
business. This acton Of the Mayer was fsnuetdd.
I've osrsons who have be.n swindied in various WAYS
Many of the places in FJlrtrcnti;-et, Iwenty Euiu i
st aid stree:s adjacent to Broadway srd ne puSl,
ness avenues. where auctions are held daily. are
mere Peter Funk trap, ca'cnla'ea 10 "e nkasn
til. unwary The furniture so,u 1ai h3 70, 'H this
class Of houses, and will fall to pieces IN Jew
weeks sit.r being used. The licenses OF many anc-
tlopeers who have been convicted OF these pcactccB
have been revoked bat the propn tors OF These
swindes procure others, all! tie practices continue
The Mayor proposes 20 make an Example ~ al a.
on conviction. tnc # 500 and lHprNohntnl' Al
the discretion of the Court. net exceeding Elk
norths. Many of these people possess political IN
Guencs: but ION ctlons have been obtared III :he
past and ii tie swin'iiing practices are continued
tess Case Will We made. Policemen rave oecn en-
yareh for sulRe time ia procuring evidence 10 Dc
used against he more NOTORIOUS oi these Onenuers'
Mr.. VANDEKHIL1'S POTATO MARKET.
The troperty ou w'c.i the Manhattan Market
stands was 1urc!.z-d. Saturday Ivy William II.
Vanderbilt for 1919 900 from the New York Market
Company. Cou:tlirdt Il Palmer and .othG;s me
block il hnnu',sh By Eleventh ana Twelfth avoS.
and TDfty -f,uith and ty-iifth"Sts. The market
bnil.!lrg was destroyed by fire last fail. Although
the property is now in NJ. Vanlcrcirs name 1t was
s.ated yestenlay, by 4 man who ID considered good
ufJor.ty. hat the purcliese T.s made III the inter
est Of the Ncw-Y0r& Ceotrsl ana Hudson RIVER hai-
road C0uuauy freight depot is to he punt on
The block aud il is 10 Il. used exclusively for the
local potato and vegetable crops OF tho state. Two
tracks are to Go across the property and na
each s,le of them foar-storv brick sto;e-h0uses are
TO be built These will have frontage of auGlt
twenty feet. and there will be platform ana hos5
TO private persons. but sufficient number Will be
reserved by the Company for general poeiio use.
Ii is claimed that the farmers of this state rtc0g-
njza tic fact that their lands will produce wheat
that will compete in The market with the grain
raised IN the West. That which is now grown is
brought to this city, mixed with superior gram,
ard thus disposed Of In the last few years inany
farmers have abandoned the growing OF wheat and
have devoted Their attention to potatoes and other
vegetables This trade la. grown so mnch that the
railroad company has been compelled to provide ad-
ditionsl storage for these pIodncts and hence the
purchase Of the Manhattan Market property.
TRYING TO ROB POST OFFICE STATION
Burglars ef.ee,ed an entrance yesterday morning
through the cellar Of the building No. rs Fulton
st. BROOKLYN, and Iuade unsuccessful attempt 10
open the safe of Station +, of the Brooklyn Post
OGirc. They drilled hole in the door of the safe
not saceeed il il thought that they did not dare to
use powder for fear of alarming persons III the
neighborhooJ. The Hnrglars then opened few
value anil finding nothing threw them OIL the noor
Thy took nothing away with them but the tools
which they had used! The superintendent and at
tacles of the Office congratulated themselves upon
the failure of the burglars to open the SAFE II
contained large amount Of mODcy, a quantity of
stamps Of al den9minatlYn', and many postal
Cards. There is no clew To the bGTSlars.
EATING WHERE THEY COULD NOT STEAL.
several men, supposed 20 be t~a,nps pried open
onn of the basement windows of tlc honsr OF Peter
Lawson, No. 1877 Van tIorhc-st., Jersey City
Heights Saturday night, and effected an entrance.
They ransa kad the lower part of tie building, but
did not s1cGesd in finding any si.verware or gold
ornaments. They ate "a hearty meal from the we'll
filled arlcr, and alter replacing their worout gar
ments with the clC;Jng nf Mr. Lawson and his sons,
they took their departure. Wien Nj. Lawson's wife
arose yesterday. she found lot of filthy clothing
up N the floor of the diningroom. The house OF
Charles Mellett, near that OF Nr. Lawson. was Gu
tered at the same tine. and robbed ut Two suits Of
clothing.