New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-13
SOME MEN ABOUT TOWN.

SOME MEN ABOUT TOWN.
III nufus " ditbetl Tho engineer who ue''aeu s,os
,opaittan tesa,ed ilailwat, hns herhte''"'l y" ,ta
he'd a, his hasse, No idi West Het'nN -'''' ar
sas uedic, pueetor duing ,he VA 80 w" s'''4"
go, taI, A IN, and tionefn John fhlin't H'l'
49, Nan IN ,h. i,sttrn and Western Mhlt7' AVN wv
Mar ma s,rut several sessions AZ Ah"f 'N"''''''',
,o seeure "A charter Tor ms elevated sNs''h wv " W."
mini his old commander uehethl IVA h'''"' a.,
,hat me- succeodea lie had to part WIN NUS w w,
stock NJ the rond 10 get men hnd moh"S W , -, ,ho
,sbon t was completed he had only about f''' t
stock aud consulting engineers salary " ~ i,.r
for life to show Tor ten ears OF hard' N'A"''o"
Tho Nav rupl and Iron Company was hrSt o'h'"'''
with 70 build the Metropolitan or sixth ANcnu' ''''
the round nsurcs of 100000 m'' LUZ ,,,roo-
.uue when pr Gilbert had something |" say )" ~, ~ -
tory This contract was broken, however '"' ,
aorc Carriso on at the head VI Loan ano iinl
co,nanv huilt the limo NJ cost OF som''u'"N ~,
donbe the rate originally contracted Tor py 'n' ,
land Iron Company. The latter ciah th"' y" ,nn ono
pcr mile they could haveclcarod as prohle "oo'
,,a am, ,ro NOW suing the road for SiOooooo WIZ"
they saw they would have realized II 'h' w. ~,
heen broken | wonder what the actua' P'"'
Ioan and fnproyement Company could nave pe'h'
Same NJ n recent assignments ana rcceN'rs"T, 49,
S'''. , :, o,rous II not suspicious look "lll"ni
g wau,cr 70 whom Ferdinand ward h"'"H ''''e
largo amount OF personal and real prop"'N o.
a, ALLEGED indebtedness OF over T3'oo"''V'' '
Low clerk at $50 per week with ward uhu """''
fcy wears ago into a law firm. Julien l. Da'm'' Wv
,,civor Of Grant Il ward is a law Partner oil N".I'
,ou,os u Fish made two assignments; one Z" ''' W
t,c Flats and O; her property 10 his intimate 'n"
IT wilson who built many of his hon'eS' an" ,'o ''
I, Wilson's mariner, John H. Morris VINO no" mas w"
troll of the BOoths Theatre property
slam told that before their failure Fish ana ""u nv"
Lot mart Of the Booths Theatre property "ou"''''e
about oue-haf the floors at - total rehI ''I'", " ,
no pcr cent on thr of the building ana the
n,. ,c :, oncht 10 be a gold mine in the hands OF
shrewd and careful receiver.
The Professional Assignee" has come TO I've icS""
Institution in New-York city, companion nSu' ~ Wv
referees and receivers created by the courts VIII" '
loss generosity tow ard needy and friendly "yer'' "
~ rc,llcss disregard of honest creditors rights l"ho
the men who shall administer on the debtors '''''''
one man. named Samuel \. Lewis Is occ"S'on'"'
suokcn OF rs the Assignee OF the Hebrr" N"'"'' o."
frequently docs ne figure in that capacity Tor em""l
ras.ed ewi.h merchants. Some men OF prolhh''' Wv
,, lse than act In one or other of these thfcc &c"
pacities and all rich at IT, Scores oil '"@c7 WV
are never seen court make TAT lNinsS rom
cases sent them by friendly judges AreceNer'hp -"
bic insurance company bank badly lnvolVeu7 "S"
snug fortune for the appoinee And in nine cases o'
81 20, these nersons who up bankrupt estates OF NJ
stituons are appointed the application OF oo"H
ade creditors but the request of the relatives u o
bankrupt or the directors of the Institutions
e.o.o- V;ornan duruc the legislative session OF
1888 published "A report showing the enormous Iees P't
IN somc receivers of broken companies IN this city, ana
particularly iustanccd the ease OF James d. il' AZ
that time Fish had drawn none OF the ices que ih az"
ne made an effective To the senators 'Po'' ~
declaring that instead OF receiving large sums - hane
he had not been paid anything for his services tie u
NOT resign the feceivcrshp I'm question until ne ane"
recently II would be interesting to know what amount
he had drawn up to that time and whether or not the
figures sustain the Senator's premature report
The much abused referee system am told. was origin
onv confined to the hearing private OF divorce SUITS
and other scandalous which it was not de'raoe
TO have the public know much about Now almost any
suhiec of action is submitted 10 these chdwper It.
representatives. of the Judges. After time perhaps We
NAV he irving big deaucrs forgers and even murder
IN pryate out of Difference their horror OF pub
Ncty.
Mr. rish su lives in his fine quarters in the Mystic
F1ats They are furnished in "Orienta splendor,' as
the reporters say and loOs directly out upon the Moor
ian beauties of Casino lie is TO be seen nightly on
the roof Of the Casino always accompanying some Ia
generally Miss Saie Rebcr operate procsG OF his
Mr. Fish j. ono OF the nine directors of the Casino so
is Ferdinand Ward. So is Albert Weber jr All these
named have got into financial troubles ana their places
are To be filled next September when the stockhouer7
The real nSnt DttWtcu iNi'IpPH @A'"''''H ''''
John A. McCaul, which has gotten into Varons courts III
yarous forms over the control of the board to be
elected in September OF the other directors = D. Sul-
van OF Adrian Iseln Co, Theodore selsmah' n
MYERS and Albert Rudulph AronSon favor thr con
unnance of Aronson in the management, while T. l..
Doty formerly clerk Of Grant Ward is favorable to
obouce Mr. Fish and Ferdinand Ward OF the present
directory favor McCsull, and Albert Weber sides
with Aronson all of them have other business Just
now TO occupy tem and will out of the directory In
the fall
Iknov OF no good reason why the general public should
aeprecate the fight between Aronson and McCauh 1t
can well afford 10 occupy the neutral po'ltoh oil th'
Woau watching the struggle between the bear ana her
husba aud onally urge on the contest Person
av am sorry clever fellows should be found
nghtn- at all but otherwise glad these two autaS-
onstic natures the eve ot separating t'r hIel
eSts ANYTHING which antagOnleS them III operate man
agtment tends TO the establishment OF nN"l EhSI!Nh
opcra companies at rival theatres and the public VIII
benefit by that result OF the row. because sharp rivalry
vii, improve the quality of the performances at each
Hoth managers are entitled TO credit Aronson almost
unaded has built the Casino and made 1t permanent
home for English opera and nc is not only entitled TO
the future direction Of IT, but also TO the control OF good
eompany which will enable him give the class Of per
formanccs which he aspres to present McCall has
latored hard and against many difficulties, III popular
izng English opera and has done much to give success
10 the Casino. But both managers are now strong
enough stand alone and for one 10 see them
Is rivals with opposing houses
Colonel McCau has rather got the becr OF Mr.. Aron
son in the of contracts with foreign composers
and uan prevent Aronson from giving OF the recent
French and German successes in Engsh At the same
time McCau antagoniIed many OF the best sing
ers of England and America that Aronson would have
no difficulty in making up excellent company between
Bcp,enbcr and May If he should find himself in control
under the new directory As for new operas. his own
4 ha welcomed = a 0OyptY.
dcrs,and he Is having changed from two act comic
exit TO a three-act romantic opera The subject is one