New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-16

did not think the stands had been properly appor-
toned, or that the Superintendent understood ms
business. He complained that the superintendent
not civil in the treatment OF standholueIs'
TOO BUSY TO GIVE INFORMATION.
A special meeting of the Dock Commissioners was
held yesterday afternoon. Some time ago the Com
mssioners received communication from - H.
Douglass, secretary of the Merchants Fire lnsur-
of piers and bu .kheads the North and East
Rivers, together with number of steam boilers on
The piers The Board replied that lie was too short
and time too valuable TO perform such an aruuouS
task unless the clty's employees were TO be paid
for the work of answering those conundrums; but
that the rec rds and maps OF the Department were
open to public inspection at any time. A reply 10
that reply was received from Mr.. Douglass yester-
day and read to the Board. The letter said:
Your communication declining to give me the running
Rvers and the number of steam boilers upon the piers
IN each river is received NTH non snrPriSe asa mem
Board OF Fire Underwriters and as an ofheer
Information Tor presentation to Mayor Edson's
Committee on Water supply tomorrow lotnl al
fully occupied that they can't fnd time to the
quies made in my letter and am forced to tue cOncu-
dealcauons that aud then seem to surround some
branches of your Department. which much regret
announced in the newspapers OF this date.
the information asked for very important to property
than at preseL will again request that you give me
answer officially before II tomorrow II can be an
swered with but little labor or trouble
When this letter was read there were CALCULATIONS
of surprise from the Commissioners at the modesty
of the request and several illusions their part
being equalied u only by his egcism Then the
Comml sloners settled down TO routine work. Mr.
NOorhiS. the new treasurer, moved that George o.
b ach be appointed TO assist the treasurer at sal
airy of 81, 800 per year. Mr.. Beach was appointed.
THE FAMILY OF THE HEROIC ENGINEER.
"E. NJ s." sends to this Office $25 for the family
of Joseph A. Seeds the engineer who lost hs life in
MA Railroad train October %, 1882, and asks If
any steps have peon taken by the passengers the
train OF by the railroad company to provds for the
family of the man who died to save the lives of
the passengers and the property of the com;
pany. The facts are these: Up to February of
this year the total amount of money sent to Mrs
Seeds from far aDa near was 1888. Only small
part OF this was sent by persons who said that they
were passengers on the train which Seeds saved
No meeting held by the passengers to raise
money for the family otherwise provide for their
future. and, so far as known. no large number of
them have shown any interest III the matter But
the train was local Sunday train which left jersey
CITY at l:l5. III was crowded with people-nearly
six hundred in aIl-but it 10 we'll known that the
majority of persons Who fill local Sunday trains III
the vicinity of New York are not of the class that
responds readily to appeals for aid OF any kind.
This 1t Is thought may account for the failure of
mJ.t OF these passengers to contribute for the relief
OF the Seeds family AS TO the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, the officials say that more has been done by
the company for the Seeds family than it
letter of "a. NJ. NJ" was published in The
TRIBUNE last Sunday, describing the needs of the
family and appealing to the travelling public to
raise fund for them by subscriptions of 81 or
more contributions amounting to 81 - have been
received at this Office. The following have not been
previously acknowledged: Morris X. Jesup, S25
"A. W. $40; "W. NJ" Orange, y. j.. 30; " Sol.,"
So; A b. So Z" s. J. w ;" 81 al r." 81; Arthur
Stanley Hutchinson, age fourteen months 81.
FORTY-SECOND-ST RESERVOIR NEEDED.
James NJ. Smith, contractor aud a member of
the firm that constructed the Weehawken tunnel,
gave his views TO the Water Commission Yesterday
In regard TO the proposed aqueduct and dam. ..
foot tunnel, he thought, would be- economical
than II feet In diameter The 12-fOot tunnel |
would cost 5000 per mile and the 10 feet in
diameter would cost 100000 per mile. The pro- |
posed Quaker Bridge Dam, he estimated. would cost
S3,09O,O0O. j. l.. Douglass. of the Board of Fire
Underwriters, asked that the commission recon-
mend that the FOriy-secOnd Street Reservoir be
filled with water. He said that the Fire Depart
ment was unable to put out the recent fire in the
top story of building in Spruce-st because
there was Lot sNhclent pressure in the water
mains.
The commission unanimously adopted The follow
ing resolution:
Resolped That from the testimony before II is the
judgment Of this commission that the entitled
pertaining TO the removal OF the FOrtyecOnd
Reservoir III the city Of NewYOrk should be imIne-
diately repealed and that such shall TAKEN
without delay, by the city authorities and necessary
by the Legsla uTe shall the said
Immediately MED kept filed and in the greatest posi-
bic OF efficiency for putting ont fires and such fur
ther shall not interfere with its efficiency such
purpose.
On Monday the commission will visit the Croton |
dam.