New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-02-05
BROADWAY FRANCHISE INVESTIGATION.


THE COMMITTEES CoUNsEL-TO BEGIN TO-DAY.
The Investigation of the relations of the Alder
men 10 the grant of the Broadway Surface Railroad
Company's franchise will be begun TOMORROW az
IL a. H. ID the office o. Clarence d, Semm1u' os
Senate Railway Committee, has been ia tne Guy
for two days devoting himself to the preliminary
work of finding counsel to represent the committee
in the Investigation After Eiihu Root had de-
cllned the position, Senator Low Logan a further
search for counsel, when lerG'ni X ,oo 1850
and Roscoe Conklng as the legal force OF the com
mIttee M Stewards room has been chosen as the
e one of the largest law offices in the city and
also because it contains one Of the largest Law
libraries in the legal offices 10 the city. n,. ioe,r
MIR Seward declined yesterday to give any lntor-
nation relative to the conduct OF the examination
He was asked if III had rot acted as counsel for the
Adams Express Company in opposing the broadway
Surface Railroad both before the Railroad COM
missiop and tito IA ,dermen, and the answer was,
al did" he had nothing further to say. o, a..
the New-York Hotel and they will arrive tonight
from Albany and AXE ap Their quarters nee,
The strike oil the Broadway and and Seyenth
Avenue and tho Broadway Surface haiiT0ad has
done fcr Jacob Sharp aad his associates WI. I
10 obteiu iroln Justice Barrett It has secured q
temporary in he proceedings 20 unear alleged
crookeineas whereby the stockholders III those
companies have been Ifade To- suffer III poke
Tie examination 0 James ~ Foshay, president OF
the Broad say and Scgertb Avenue RaiToSl, was
10 tax, p,acs yaJ,erd ~ morning at Robert Sewels
once IN the Mutual Life Insurance BuildId2. Mr..
Sngoi !" vas there aad Granville F. Halves, but
Mr.. Foshay die DOT, apFeai. Atter good Geal o.
"helloing" over tho telephone Mr. SeWell SAID
that Mr. Foshay had asked for an adl71rnmrnt on
sceorni of the 6tri&e aud that acc9rdngly the eX-
ANIMATION would not be held until next tuesday,
at ii a. H., Ill Mr.. SewelPs Office.
UNABLE TO GET THEIR DOGS LICENSED
peonle with dogs who have been seeking licenses
for their pets within the last Veek have been
thrown into state of extreme perturbation on
learning that tie Bureau OF Permits at the Slty
Hall is in md-air as 1t were. Al least tne uogs
whose fate depends upon license arc IN that try
nredicament The Bureau of Permits where the
owners of dogs have been won't to apply for piece
OF yellow paper and TN tag goOq lOI year I9r
81 plus ten cents for the tag. has been abolished
The Aldermen have intended to have All dogs
Lcen sed hereafter in the City Marshals ONCE Inc
clerks there say that they have been waiting Tor
week for the authorization for them to dole out
licenses all canine creatlonbn they have not the
power yet" , ,,:, 800 r
them. but il may be Monday before we are IN
working order Meanwhile people come here for
licenses, and as they can't get them they are IN a
fearful state of mind lest some d0g.catcher may
take'ther dogs They declare that If their dogs are
touched when they have applied for licenses they
will sue the city for damages"
Some interruptions dogs,atchers have hit on a
plaD for making thirty cents by stealing tue tags
Of the collars of dogs and then carrying them on 10
fhe ponnd One of the dOg-catchers the other day
performed this trick on dog which woman was
1ealing and he would have carried out his project
but for her determined opposition.
A CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION PROPOSED.
The Chamber of Commercs Yesterday tock the
first steps toward making prerorationa TO 3eienfste
the 1OOth anniversary OF the assembling OF the nrsI
Congr, of the United States and the inauguration
of Washington as the first President. introducing
resolutions asking for tho appointment OF CON-
mites of five members OF the Chamber, 10 con-
slider What action, II eDy, should Ice taken toward
securing propar celebration OF the anniversary
Nathaniel Niles said
IL is generally known that on April 80 1883, In thu
CITY OF York. the first Congress Of the United state
nnder the Constitution bsd. and the first President
Was inargaratod. 1t tue birthday Of the Govern
OF the CDd states: April 80 lss9, VIII Dc So id
surroundings 1t would seem hit ihat the day should b
properly celebrated.
The resolution was adopted
Isaac Phillips called the attention OF the ChaIn
her In the interest of importers Of foreign mer
cbandise TO a recent circular letter OF the lIeosut
Depsft!leut directing that protests ana appeosaI;
sgans. the exsotion of duties under Section 2,93l
of the Revised Statutes, should be REJECTED; -,
served lodged prior 10 the date OF the lquloatloi
of The entry, on and after February l, 1886
A letter from NJ DE Lesseps, submitted by Cor
neiius H. Bliss saId that he was to star on JANUARY
PSI inarguraie the period OF final execution
the Maritime Canal" He adds
nis,~portant. TO avery high degree, that no doue
psnaps Mar,ti@c csoa SO hat At the t@o OF its in
ation shipowners aud merchants mar be ready 4
the eve Of The rsGcGr.Ioa Of I've Canal
prse the universe! invited e. pass through tn
fnteroccanic Bosphorns w5en completed
NJ DE Iesseps requested that two delegates shOul'
be appointed 20 ascodpany, hia on the voyage
The Invitation WIS accepted; n npt inc oIlGSa'SS
fImIin and john b. McCue were elected ney
members
PRIZES IT THE FhNCIERS SHOW.
Everything had settled down 10 business at tn
FancIers Shon at the MadisOc Square Garden yes
terday The incuEstors were at work Trying !
win the silver ccp promised fr tho most success
enc the tumblcr pigeons vera turning bac
svmersaults, the prize iswls were procialnln
their snoeriority In clueks and COWS. Ihe follow
ing prizes were awarded;
Black Hamburgs- Fowls first Eugene Powers, Conr
land, n. Y. ohicks first, Lewis FadeT, HARRISON n
American DOMINIC aes-FOwls Franklin Poultry lardi
FTaukia, N. j. chicks. nrst. JOucs Wilcox East Cha
nam \. V Partridge Breedingpen, hrst. =: y
Crosby Bridgeport, Conn. fowls, first, Phiander WI
tsms Taunton, Mass chicks, hrst, =. IA. crosby
MA ,cporf Conn ErminettesChlcks, fret, X. G. Blu