New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-04-16

stock on Saturday. Mr.. Sterling said Yesterday cr
thai while he had sold the stock he had done 30 loa
the account of one Of the most substant al HOUSES
in wall Street He denied that the ORDER war nun n
business on three per cent margin or for people
with whom we are upacquainted.
WHY THE CROTON WATER is IMPURE.
Tho renorts of DIR. Cyrus Edison and Inspector
Lucas made to the Board OF Health IN Mafcn;
regarding the condition of the Croton watershed
and the amount of impurlty IN tns S ~a1;
submitted yesterday to the Aqueduct Comm, sso i
Much of the report of Inspector Lucas mas alroauy
been printed in THE TRIBUNE Inc anafS ,,. u
Dr. Eiwyn Waller chemist to the BOARD Oh
shows rapid increase in the Croton OF substances
which 90 to make up sewer c0ntamina,oi. iio
recommends that measures should DC TAKEN az . an
early day to control the sewage from lOwn III ~.
Croton watershed, and direct 1t away roh 'ho
Mr. Lucas reports that there are 239 square miles
in the watershed. with population OF ao foros
There are $40 houses and privy vaults, ooZ oarns
and farm yards. 9.43S cows, l,ZS4 HORSES, l,Joi
pigs 20 sheep. 80 saw and grIst mills, cemeteries;
10 blacksmith shops clder m hnssSs ,S condensed
milk factories, / tannerv, cement factory
woollen factory, and machine shop. during Ino
spring all rivers ard brooks overnew sls, nnt
and the vaults are overtowed ana Washeu uuI
The drain from the village OF katonan Win q. a
population of 400, discharges all Its sewage ii'o
Purdys Station has stables within twenty feet OF
the river There are two cemeteries IN wnlcn ,oo
persons buried on the banks Oh the IIosS Fer
one of the tributaries of the Croton Along beaVe1
Dam Creek there Ia houses. ~ along the e lho
of the Muscoot River; % along the l;ne OF iiul
Creek River. 100 along the line OF the Ilt'c Gu,
River: on the east branch of the CrOton River tue
village of Brewster's, with population on Z,Io0
$50 houses on the line of the middle Drahcn ot
Croton River. and 300 on the fne OF 'lto VII" tbe
branch. The reports were relerrco l" VIZ
engineers.
A GANG LEADER TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF.
John Weber. q short dark compexioned young
man. who has been known as ono of the leaders OF
the Whyo gang, has been prisoner lor tne iass
few days having been arrested on charge Oh
stealing valuable gold watch from Henry W.
Rosenberg on Fourth Avenue car last SATURDAY.
Weber was indicted for grand larceny ana was
taken to the Court of General Sessions yesterday
to plead to the Indictment When he was
PsT M he daEtsd n.S away Sm in f cSa,es cG "nd
ran toward the front of the hail. There Is large
double window at the end of the hall hity feet
above the sidewalk OF Snam3erGSosv and before he
could be prevented attempted TO jump through u;
HIS head and shoulders broke the sash IN seyeTai
places and half his body projected OUTSIDE OF the
wndow. Officer Miller caught him by the feet and
with the assistance OF other 4m ono U SUI
cecded in dragging nm back n'o .5e mi he vas
again inside Of the building expressed ms deter
mination to end his life in some way. lie was
taken into the prisoners pen ana tnerT
by the officers. He was taken back to the lomDs'
He is liable If convicted, to ten years imprison-
ment in the State Prison.
THE REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE OPEN.
Business at the new Real Estate EXCHANGE began
Yesterday under favorable auspices. here were
about 400 persons present whom the sales OF real
estate began The new rules and regulations
were circulated for the beneht OF tne
members. One of the regulations provides that
every statement made by one member 70 ,Se
course OF any negotiation or bargain snail DC m maze
strictly good faith, and be true To the pest
and belief n OF sS e %%y or EowHgy decevo or
misiead any other member touching any matter OF
ton between the parties shall he liable TO make good
the results of such deception as well as 10 pay sue he
ar saton Committee OF Arbitration snail
impose.
The work of the Arbitration Committee is ex-
pected to 90 far toward settling all dlnerences
without resort 10 the courts. As the membership
is not limited a large accession 10 inc ranks Is OK
pected. A., .... 90.
Long Branch belonging TO Mary Anderson. the act
ress 1t has been owned by Der for several years
and she parts with il only because Of her pro-
longed stay abroad The eoaase is al eNd f obn
Heey's park and besides full equipment OF out
houses the property includes nearly nIne acres OF
property for $17 400 to w. Jones who rs said TO DO
actiug as the agent of a wealthy New-fork mer-
chant.
PREPARING FOR COMFY ISLAND TRAVEL
Erastus Wiman, president of the Staten Island
Railroad, asked the Dock Board yesterday 1or yer
MISSION TO make changes the staten Island ferry
plers We want to make these changes" ne sald,
"to prepare for the summer travel TO BAY Kidgr.
II is the intention to concentrate all the Bay hldge
traffic for Coney Island at the DOT of Whitehail-s
Roats will not run as formerly from Twenty third
ST. and other points along the North RIVER 10 bay
Ridge We shall have that traffic and the Eleva1cd
roads will not sell excursion tickets nut VIII Dfng
passengers TO these ferries. we want 10 eA'ehu
the east ferry rack Ella few feet to w 1ss
ra k to the same distance. Want TO erect pa
whom there similar i'll some respects 10 that Oh
The Board determined TO take Mr.. Wimans plans
under consideration and II will give decision I'D
few DAYS. Dock Master Duryea reported that
quantity of building materials belonging 10
Bnddensck the contractor, INSTRUCTED the dock
at West Fifty-hfth-st.
sANKEY wOULDNOT RECOGNIZEH HYMN.
Jimmy Malloy. Tommy Carol, Willie Sohiebe
and Jimmy Dramond, four little boys were ar.
rested Yesterday by Policeman Burke, charged
with disturbing the religious exercises ye ID tne
ninth-st. On TUESDAY evening while the HYMN
Hold the Fort i" was being sung the young quartet
interpoated the following verse; creating coniu-
Hold the fork: the knives coming;
Spoons are the way
Smash the dishes on the table
Hey! What do you say
In the Jefferson Market Police Court Judge
Smith fined each boy $40, but later RENTED the
fine and discharged the singers with reprimand.
WAS 1T A SUICIDE OR JOKEl
SUPERINTENDENT Waling received n dispatch
from the Brooklyn police yesterday. stating that
the following note had been picked up on
Uouston-st. ferry boat at an early hour:
Tired Of life Jumped overheard Finder VIII please
notify Mrs. Murphy 442 Eighth-st -
No person on the boat had seen man Jump
overheard There is no such house IN ths rs city as