New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-17
co1TvBTA TO ROW HARVARD.

Atam meeting o. the Columbia COLLEGE Boat Club
on Friday challenge from The la ward diversity
! Cluo for an eigHt-OlTrt rae at Ncw-Luud1I 20 Nt
june was received. The que ,tion a. TO IT'S accept
| ancr was lett 10 mass mcctInt of the s.u lens,
| After mach DISCUSSION it was decided unanimously
! TO accept IL. The secretary of The cluD WAS IL
! s.ructed TO send he following acceptance:
COLUMBIA COLLEGE, December -, 1892.
To the Secretary Of he Harfad t"ircrsiy Boai Che.
| cepts the challenge Of the Harvard Uui-
versty Boat CLUB dated December IL,
ou,ricg>r shells, with coxswans the Thames River,
upon. JOnN X BANGS, secy G. G. Il. g.
The Columbia men will in all Drobabili 90 into
active training at once. The crew vii ne nearly
the same As that Of la,l year J. \. b. Cowies has
been chosen captain. The other probable mem Ue =
are II. Il. Muller, who has rowed IN
the Columbia eghts for two years and
in the touI-OaTed crews representing Column
bia in the Scnuylkil and La4c George regattas
IN 1879 aud 1SSU; A. II. Van Sinderen member Of
the university eight III 1881 and the fOUrs in SO
and 1878: w. T. Moore, OF last years crew d. 3.
Porter, of last years crew and the substitute in
1881; ID. Peckhart of FIRE Shman crew III 1881 aud
the university eight in lSSl and 1852: W. " heller
captain OF freshman III 1851 and member of
last years eIght and IL. FITZGERALD, bow oar in
last years crew. For cOxswan there are many can
didates, the most prominent among whom are j. +.
Walker IT., the hat-mile runner, and III. DOrnet ger
cOxswan of last years freshman crew. The fact
that the crew will be nearly the this year as
last will lend additional interest TO the race.
y.
There was considerable discussion III HOboken
yesterday IN regard to an exciting scene which oc-
CARED in the Common Council meeting Oh Friday
night when the project 10 construct elevated
railroad was under consideration. The North Had
County hallway Company, which owns all the
street-caT lines running out of HObOkcn has found
that 1t cannot accommodates the RAPIDLY increasing
traffic with lis present facilities. IL has deter
mined to build elevated Railroad If the necessary
permission can be secured from the authorities of
nOUOken. The Com non Council met as Il Commit
Tee of the Whole On Friday night, 10 discus, the
matter, aud John II. Bonn. president OF the rail
road npany, gave a full explanation of the pro-
iect. lie said that the read would be 0f the me
kind as winch had been in successful operli ION
IN san Francisco for ten leifs. and winch WAS ro.
Gently adopted IN Chicago. the car. wOud bee az
tached to an endless wIIc cable au. would be url-
PEELED by stationary eli lnes. The iuII Uould De
well finished from an Architectural point OF view.
and the estimated cost Of 10 was .it}.JaN.
Several prominent citizens uIyOc4tc! tLs = Lous
and some OF the cOuucuIen spoke Iu favor of
granting the request. Wine other, warmly uupn.r:
10. Among the latter was Chairman Nliicr v 90 I'D
the course o. his remarks said that citizen La
stated thai If the Council refused To grant the de-
sired permission. the people would cake 10 ~ maud.
THIS, the speaker lntmated, indicated intention
on the part OF tho company 10 gct tie PRIV iicue y
unfair means. If it could be gc Ia no other way.
President Bonn Indignantly denied that any person
had been authorized 10 make such statement aud
declared that il Chairman Miller said 80 no was a
liar He also added " III Mr. Miller gets his money
as honestly as the railroad company get ITS earn
ings he is doing we'll" An exciting scene eusued
Cheers and Kisses mingled with each other, and IL
was some time before order was restored. il was
finally determined % refer tho uatter 10 special
committee OF thee for further investigation.