New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-05-26
LOCAL MISCELLANY
THE MONUMENT TO NIX. NICHOLS.
UNWILLING 1T IN ~dTEEN"ooD
cnpYss BY Mr.. DEPEw.

THE MONUMENT TO NIX. NICHOLS.
UNWILLING 1T IN d'sEEN"ooD
DRRss BY Mr.. DEPEw.
yhe monument to Police Commissioner sianey yes.
Nichols was unveiled in Greenwood Cemetery YES
ferday afternoon. There were present Cohn,ss43n
ers French McCave. Porter and Voorhs, superb
tendent Wsling the tour Gs TouSdsman and
two patrol men frcm each precSliniee! ni1 tsers
is3 members of the force; In an. ado't0n number
of vell-knOwn friends of the late Commlssiio a
including Coroners Martin Kennedy ann Luns,
Excise Commissioners Morris and M pul1;, VIM
! Martin Alderman Shiels. senator Piunkltt' I'm fn
cent King Edward Kearney, Z. D. Cohk III, oV..
f. Carroll Norman Andrus and oanuen ant Tom.
INSPECTOR Murray chairman OF the Monunent Noh-
mitfee had charge of the arrangements. Iho H n
ument which was paid for by su6scrlptous lLG ;i
members OF the force was asIy feet high sur
mounted with draped urn Inc p n, 10 nr,n5ion
high and the sides are polished. Inc ihscrip''0n
reads: , >
York in memory Of Commissioner sid ne
born September 10, 1929; died October ~, 1851
The Rev. DR. strobridge opened the exercises
with PRAYER after which Superintendent Wanine
introduced Chauncey NJ. Depew, who delivered a
short address. lie said that the lat ,naI of
ument was voluntarily erected by the members or
the police force TO the memory OF an oIho', s;ton
nc had ceased to be IN a. P gOron;ai
10 censure or reward them, was strong teStlm9ial
TO the Commissioner. Men filling public places
were always criticised and would no 1oupU W Ia
tinac to meet with such treatment Puv federaI
stote a .i' mnnicnai would compare favorably
with that of any other nation. MT. pepew sp 1oI
of the hardshi of the police anu S HiT per-
formed their work. He said that from personal III
vestigation Of the police force OF large cities &
world he was satisfied that New-IOrk ha9 suR R
ror force which was in a large measure due to the
commissioners, who like Mr. Nichols, had Iai'h-
fully performed their part of the work. ~. .o,,,.
After PRAYER and singing by glee club the mem
bers of the force returned TO New-Y0r k IN tram
of five open street cars drawn by twelve horses'
LAYING RAILS RAPIDLY IN BROADWAY.
Jacob Sharp's railway proceeded rapidly, down
broadway yesterday lhe men resumed tn non
Iabors at a. M, the force being increased 70 3OO
Men. On Sunday morning the stringers had been
laid IN Tenfh-st where the curve in broadway Oc-
curs The pavement was undisturbed here 1Or some
four rods which viii be fitted III when me curved
rails and strngers The road-bed was opened
ms far as the Grand Central Hotel at p. m, Wneh
fhe men quit work. The stringers had been ex3
tended to Fourth-st, and the paving stoaes hau
the southern end of the Stewart BuliolnR. AZ eno
rate the working they VIII lay lour p te
nj the track daily At this rate the western track
would be laid in two weeks, but as the work VIII
necessarily advance more slowly because OF IN
creased traffic etc. the further downtown the
track is laid il is estimated by the contractor tnat
month will be required for laying this lne
At $50 D. m. gang of men with crowbars began
removing the pavement at Fourteenth-St. on the
last side of Broadway for the uptown track. A
force of men equal TO that on the down track VIII
folIow these 50 that the two tracks Will be put
down together the men on the uptown track
,gorL;nS some ten blocks bchind the other
set According to the time calculated fOr laying
the down track the entire line, in the opinion OF
Iontractor Wharton, will be completed wltnln u
month If the new relling stock is not READY Dy
the time the line is finished half of the cars now III
use on the Broadway and Seventl-ave. line VIII ne
used on the new track 1t is possible that Dop-
tail car will be up and down the western tTacK
as soon as q sufficient distance is covered 70 val
rant IT. Night work has been abandoned for the
present
guITNGRY JOE" PLEADS GUILTY.
aTJuncry Joe" the noted CONFIDENCE man, dis
cuised under the name of Henry +; fost, Was
srraigped Yesterday before Recorder Smyth', lie
has been arrested many times, but his victims nave
usually refused to appear against him.. lie was lea
this ZINE into the commission OF robbery crime
10 which he has never before reSorted lie snatched
S25O from Joseph Ramsden, an EngiIshm1n whom
he ATTEMPTED TO defraud by q confidence game.
The complaining witness was anxious 10 leave VIC
CITY; SO the Grand Jury took up the case llnlneul
ately on meeting yesterday and IN hfteen minutes
ordered an indictment, which was immediately
prepared. "Joe" was arralgned within an h9nI
after the finding of the indictment. lie pleaded
guilty and was remanded for sentence
The friends and acquaintance OF hungry JOG
are preatly astOuished that he should nave gwen
himself away" in the manner he did, ana they
hasten To tell what good fellow Joe is and how
generous Why" said one OF them YESTERDAY,
saw him at a Broadway hotel about getting meai
and ne had only 81 in his pocket. just then poor
fellow asked Joe for five cents to get something 10
eat Joe gave him the dollar and then wlnKed
TO the proprietor who saw that no check was gwen
TO Joe after his meal. Well, Joe went out anu
two hours later returned and paid Tor ms meal
10 had met !, Jerseyman and had worked him for
some 500. l tell you, Joe might De much
fellow