New-York tribune., 1885-07-19


Summer Hotels are yfrequentiy designated BY
the Government as regular Post Offices 'B5ore
forwardin9 their orders for The TRIBUNE
readers at summer resorts ciu do weN 10 dscer-
tain the exact official title Of the Post Office at
schich then expect to receire their mail. Delay
and correspondence ,ciu be auoided bu so doing.
Another specimen of the worthless kinds OF
reports which the departments OF this city
make to the Mayor is the batch OF statistics
sent in by the Park Board yesterday. 1t men
$;ors roxr nlans for a-o;n;n0 ~-a eV'i'pio'i"S
Riverside Park, but furnishes no details which
give a hint of what these plans are, nor the
cost of the work. These are points on which
the taxpayers would like information. They
really do not care much to know just how
many monkeys and hyenas there are in the
menagerie.
The assignment of John Roach is a sufficient
answer to the assertion so freely made by his
enemies that he has amassed millions out OF his
contracts with the Government II he has,
where are theyf All right minded men will
feel much sympathy for Mr. Roach in his
troubles. He worked honestly and faithfully to
build up the shipping interests of this country
and his failure is much to be regretted We
hope that it is only temporary, and that with
the general business improvement which seems
now to have fairly set in, Mr.. Roach will pull
through handsomely.
If the Aldermen will forget theirown pockets
for a while, and consider the interests OF the
public only, they have chance to do something
which will excuse their existence. The question
now before them relates to plan TO connect
Fulton, Wall, Cortlandt and Barclay sts. fer
ries by a street railway. There is great need
of some way of crossing the city between these
points; but there is also best way to go about
it. so that the least damage will be done to
private interests and property. Therefore, we
urge the Aldermen to sink self and pelf and
pat themselves in the way of being able to de-
eide the ma tier properly.
The first indication of how the new electors
in England 1.-TWO millions of them will vote
this fall is given in the cable dispatche re-
ferring to the election in the borough of Ayles-
bury on Friday. The voters there largely be-
long to the agricultural classes, from which the
new electors are taken, and they gave a ma
jority for the Liberal candidate of over 800
more than in 1880. The Liberals see in this
result sign of certain victory for their party
In the coming seucTdi cicctiOhss lucy cNcu ~
90 far as to figure up o majority in the next
House of Commons of 120 over the COnserya-
tives and a working majority of 80 or 40 over
the Parnellites and Conservatives combined.
California is not pleased at the threatened
discontinuance of the Pacific Steamship Com
pany's Australian line. The withdrawal of the
vessels would destroy growing trade at San
Francisco In canned goods and fruits. More
over, the large tourist travel which flows
through California, to and from Australian
ports, would be cut of, to the harm of the State.
The hope of the residents of San Francisco is
that, In case of extremity, Claus Spreckels will
extend his Honolulu line to- Australia. He GER
tainly ought to do something to show his graft
tude to the twelve San Fralciscans who &C.
quilted his son the other day.
Mr.. Gladstone said, some weeks ago when he
still held the reins of power in England, that he
. regretted he could not introduce In Parliament
q land purchase bill for Ireland there was no
time. Yet he evidently felt that there were
both time and opportunity to pass bill renew
ingthe Crimes Act, for he doubtless would have
introduced one if the vote on the Budget had
NOT ended his career as Premier. Now, shrewd
men that they are the Conservative Govern
ment have found time 20 introduce land pur-
chase bill and no crimes act. This soothing
s,aaoc,,ro for Yraland which was Opf1ered tO ita