New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-16
TOWN TALK ABOUT PERSONS IND rHJyc,
POLITICAL, PERSONAL AND PRACTICAL

POLITICAL, PERSONAL AND PRACTICAL
THE STOCK BOARDS OPINION OF ITSELF" Tho Ala,
ton OF Mr.. Hatch is a reflection the rejected ~
Dickerman-nothing of tho sort The muchahrsos
stock brokers are Jealous of the reputation OF tb.
Stock Exchange and the election protest Of an
emphatic sort against the proposition, suspected in
tentOn If you prefer to restore to membership broker
who had been expelled for obvious fraud TWAS that
and nothing which the majority over 200 for ,b
Independent ticket expressed" This was an opinion
could hear generally uttered financial circles
yesterday.
IMPROVEMENTS UP AND Down TowS.-No ono with
observing eyes who has aston to go abo, m,
city can have failed tonOce that the improy nentsmak
ing may be said almost exclusively the northern
and southern extremes OF the city Little work OF any
sort is going in the central district CT the cy-say
from river to river between Fourteenth yfourtb
SITS The changes in this district along Broadway even
OF less Importance this May than they for
many years past. There is not single alteration in
Union Square the offs many radical chan tho
past decade. stuyvesant Square has had cbangesn
years and has this year In Gamercy Park only
notable change with the exception OF those In Mr. Til
denis house, the substitution OF nine story fiat build
ing In the place OF the Gramercy Park Hotel IL
is TO be called by the name but IT will practically
be d" fiat" house. The changes in Booths and on tho
old Park Theatre site the only other Of in
the district alluded to. Tho explanation would seem
be that trade centres toward the City Hall and Wall
Street while the fashion is 20 1--we as nearly as possible,
with Central Park front-lot"
ELECTRIC LIGHTS on FERRY BoArs-The order Of tho
United States Steamboat Inspectors that the gasomeers
on ferry boats be removed from the holds OF those
vessels will probably lead any ought to lead
to the Introduction electric lights these vessels
Some OF tho excursion steamers already this light
and they all have the motive power for generating the
electricity 1t must be cheaper than gas as well
much safer and far more brilliant method Of illumina.
ton. AT the time Of the Westied explosion IN 1871,
THE TRIBUNE exposed the dangerous character OF tho
gastanks board the ferry boats, and precautions
AIRY were taken by the companies to guard
against the consequences OF leaks. But the present
order which makes necessary change in the tanks
ought 10 effect their entire disappearance.
WHY DID THEY ArrESDl-One can readily understand
why Tammany Hall should be filed with an intelligent
audience to witness contest Of skilled experts such
a fascinating game billiards. for not only pas.
time requiring ingenuity and fine Judgment, firm neryo
and the most sklu -eght-ofhand tOUch but is gane
IN which the combinations of shots curious and
as limtess the moves IN chess But who
anayze the motives which lead to the filing DIS
comfort OF such a vast building the Madison Square
Garden by men of almost every grade Of Intelligence
well Of character, to witness exhibition of boxing
an essentially brutal and practically vaueess
display OF human power and endurance Curl
osity Hardly, since the exhibitions no longer
novel aud are commonplace well az common. Admit
ration OF pu sisuc skill Yet OF the boxers Mon
days Affair admittedly has little skill. Admiration of
brute force then Bat there can be genuine salts.
faction in seeing the brute force Of pittcI
a sans that Of another admittedly weak puny by
comparison. Patrousm National pride no longer OBJ
tans satisfaction III this sort Of rivalry except among
the lowest aud most preudced classes. The passion u
gambngl Bat it Is notorious that most Of these exhbi.
tions simply swndle evously arranged rob tho
betting people Is It then possible that the vast mass OF
all sorts and conditions OF humanity present Monday
night towach the contest OF sparrng by Mitchell against
smuggling By Sullivan, actuated by the expectation
Of seeing somebody killed or at least, hurt
SUBSTANTIAL ARCHITECTURE. - Robert l.. Darragh
& CO.. the masons engaged in completing TIE
TRIBUNE Building arc now just finishing
soidly substantial seyen-story building in Forty
second-st for the Lincoln safe Deposit Company. This
structure is absolutely lire proof. not OF wood
being found in any part OF it, Two OF the elevators
large that loaded furniture wagons to be placed
upon them and moved the sixth and seventh
before being unloaded. The walls OF the building
three and half feet I'm thickness. sight OF the
vaults aud safes would burglars at the top OF the
profession to cut their throats in dependency Fire.
proof sates within hreprOof vaults in such rsproOf
building will doubtless escape till thclat great conhagra
ion, when the clements shall melt with feryent heat
Room AT THE Top OSLr.-Another batch OF twenty
I've law graduates has just been ground IN this ety.
The alarming growth Of barrary In the cities Of Brook
yn and NewYOrk, consequent upon she overcrOwleI
condition Of the legal profession TO indicate that
here Is for these annual recruits only at the top
WHY TWEED DID NOT FLY.-It Is probably an error
10 say that OF his female friends flsc-
lated william VI. Tweed that she kept him IN
he country when he might have fed in safety as
onnOy andCoOk and Field and the Swoenys did On tho
OntIary both the rival school achcrs whom Tweed
ayished fortunes urged him 10 leave the country. Ole
Y them finally departed with Tom Field. aud Gao
till shares his exile and extreme poverty IN Canada
he other tried 10 induce Tweed to 90 Francisco
nd take steamer for SOuta America, like Harry Meiys
ut his sickness terrifying to him that he
urned with the woman by the poto0at which took OF
he hsrbor pilot He had intense horror Of the sea,
nd suffered agOns in his trip Cuba at later date.