New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-04
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE TROUBLES OF LONG ISLAND CITY.

vet Amounted the successors OF Messrs Aris lvias
and Williams who recently resigned from tine L oico
Roard. Commissioner Notary is the sole remain.
ING member of that body. and he cannot tran l
any business 10y hSn. me nay sre "" at hunters
Point on Tuesday. The lawlcSsncss prevalnng q.
Hunters Point is spreading. There were Two neho'
YESTERDAY near the Ninety second Street rerIy
tween men employed at the Government woi ,o a.
He'll Gate. One man was badly cut Win i,ca
beer glass No arrests were maze py sno pnntv
Two of the workmen had prize-hght IN an o ~.
slaughter-housc "Wednesday evening" ros
rounds were contested. and one OF 'he nrn va" 80,
badly beaten. The police profess 10 oe e ~ tho
Law and Order Society are merry al away A viz
city on their summer Vacations ,.,,.l .lo rof,s,l
,ey comnlication has arisen through the reluSai
nj t1tv Treasurer Morris TO receive warrants III pay
,nent of taxes The act recently signed ny governor
Cornell to facilitate the eoiee'99s ~ aoaaS %
provided that city warrants should De received Nv
the Treasurer for money. Mr. Morris states that nc
will not obey the law until he has got written en-
validity Alderman L. j. Gleason declares that nc
Will adopt measures to compe! the treasurer 10 re-
cove the warrants as soon he can procure sul-
Gent number of the Aldermen 60 have meeting OF
The hoard An attempt was made To hold meeting
ON Tuesday, but Alderman Reilly disappeared Just
before the board was calledto order ana ieittwi'n
ndSe Cullen, of Brooklyn, decided recently that
the Health Commissioners appointed by the Con,
mon Council were the only legally constituted
board and directed that the old Police and Heaith
Board should give up ali books and papers belong
ing TO the department to the new organZation;
Owing 10 the virtual dissolution of the old board
the new commissioners car not serve Inc ordei on NC
court upon any one properly quallned 10 IeceN9 ~
and they are unable TO act Ill consequence Inc
bone-bolling and fat-renderng establishments are
5akiuc advantage of the situation and are DONG
prOhtabic business.
WHY MIR. LANE GRANTED PERMIT.
Fonr policemen instead of one now guard the
Battery Park and such OF the territory poIoeIlng
as is undcr the control of the Park Board against
poSsible invasion by the forces of the Manhattan
Railway Company. The employees OF that company I
RECENTLY began excavations IN the night In Battery
place for the foundations OF an elevated statlon
The woramen claimed 10 act under authority OF
Park Commissioner Smith +. Lane, ana Ihey aso
showed permit signed by Commissioner IiuDerV
o. Thompson, of the Department OF Puolc WORKS
when stopped by Park policeman. A TRIBUNE
renorter YES er1ay sa " Commissioner Lane at MS
isy Office No I45 Broadway When spoken to III
reference to the excavations at Dattery-piace ne
said: &" / gave the company written permit 10
huid station in Greenwlch-st., at Battery place,
II il only matter OF courtesy to ask permission OF
the Park Board The station is great pubic con-
yenience as there is an enormous amount OF
travel 10 and from that point, and station nearer
than Rector-st. or the ferry. station should nave
been built there long ago; II IS paDnc necesslty y
The statement that 1t Is great robbery is untrue
4 he law of 1873 gave the Park Department the
control of streets within $50 feet OF all pubhc parks
rs 10 erections, projections ana oDstructlohs anu
1hev conid order ali such to be taken down. The
RAPID Transit Act of 1870 modified TINS law,
and gave TO the elevated railway companies the
rioht Ia build within $50 feet of any park II nee
essarv The companies did this at SlXth-aVe
and fnirtv-third Forty-second and fifty-elghth-
A. law gives TINS rlgnt, tneTe Is no ueCts-
sity. as can see for the Park Department to give
IL although | think 1t Is more prudent that IL
should ne asked for permission. There was DO In
tentiOn OF any trlckeIy ana no conceaImehI on my
part in the matter. IL the company has the Tlgnt
under the law and chooses to exercise 1t, nave
noibInn 40 saw and think it has the right. All
that Commissioner Thompson did perfectly
proper the streets are paved by his department,
anu il is necessary TO get his PERMISSION TO arg up
the street although Ii is within 800 feet OF puDc
park The station is TO be in a street, and not
within the line of any park, The stairways, as
planned, are TO come uo~h IN Vfeea a vi
either side refused to consent to the hrst plan pro
posed-to have them descend on the sidewalk al
Battery Park and said should vote against 1T. 1t
is not the intention TO build spur down Battery
place TO the iron pier The streetas hundred feet
WIDE, and the station will not obstruct it" - >,
Commissioner Thompson was not at bus ONCE all
day yesterday
HOW TO PROVIDE FOR SURPLUS GRAIN.
Members of the Produce Exchange representing
the grain trade met Yesterday 10 consider propO-
sition for grading the crop of corn and to take
action providing for the storing OF surplus gram
when the RAILROAD elevators become iull Whlch VIII
be the case soon 1t is anticipated The motion 10
make No. 2 new corn good delivery on sales OF No.
old corn lost and 1t was decided to defer the
grading of new until later III the season.
George C. Martin, chairman of the grain committee,
reported that proposition had been received from
the RAILROAD managers to store the surplus
grain in brooklyn warehouses; If the merchants
Will waive their claims for tree hghterage and
make The warehouse the place Tor nnal delivery.
Mr. Martin said that this arrangement would IN
yoIye TO the merchants an additional expense of
from Il 10 Il OF cent bushel for extra handling
OF the grain beside loss OF ten days OF Tree st0r,
age Under these circumstances the committee did
no. think it wise to accept the proposition OF the
railroads. 5. X. Lane Henry L; Kneeland, David
Bingham, Charles H. hickoX and John Allen were
appointed TO with the Grain COmGll.lee 10 euect
compromise with the RAILROADS.
MEETING OF THE BROOKLYN ALDERMEN,
The August meeting of the Brooklyn Board of
Aldermen was held yesterday afternoon; COM
municatiOn from Mayor Low was read setting
forth that the contract for tue new pumping engine
at the X dgeW God Water station had been executed
but the engine would not be ready for i'll a
YEAR Meantime provision would have to be made
for a temporary increase Ill the water supply Inc
was nearly 100000 gallons while the
minimum flow from the CONDUIT was
3lOO0O00 gallons. The Mayor therefore RECON-
Inended that the Water and Drainage Committee
OF the board be instructed 10 confer with nm IN rel
erence TO the matter as TO present at the Septe-
Der meeting report providing temporarily ior an
increased water supply The matter was referred
10 the Water and Drainage Committee. L ne speclai
committee appointed TO investigate charge that
bribery had Influenced Alderman Casey 10 secure
the lease of building for pubic uses III the Tenth
Ward reported that the testimony was cOnnlctlng
and asked 10 be discharged.
EXPLOSION OF GAS IN a BANK VAULT.
An explosion of escaped gas occurred in the Me
chanics' National Bank, al No. 80 Nal-st:. about
a. III. yesterday and Charles H. Wright, the second
teller, was slightly burned. Mr.. Wright was gong
TO the vault, the first door OF the bank, to open
the principal safe. Two heavy iron doors bar the
entrance 10 the vault. Upon opening them and ell
tering the vault Mr.. Wright noticed a strong odor
OF gas He however, imprudently opeued the
door of the inner vault where tht
by which 10 see the combination lock OF the door
The moment that door was opened the hght oil tue
candle gnIted the gas with when the apaI'niseih
was filled and loud explosion occurred. MI
WrighPs hands were slightly burned and his race
was singed, but no serious hurt was sustained 10y
hiD. He went TO his home in Bay side, Long Isl
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