New-York tribune., 1886-03-06
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
SMOOTHING THE SEA WITH OIL.
EXPERIENCE OF THE STEAMER MhRANHEosE-
MUCH ICE IN THE RIVER.


MUCH ICE IN THE RIVER.
Another evidence of the value of oil to lessen the
dangerous effects of heavy seas wYs nied WIN
Lieutenant Field at the Branea hYGIog,dhr' hnn
OF the steamer Maranheuse, from Para. captain
TrcgartheL says
On he morning Of February 2e we asa e. moaeIS bssNy
gale and confined for four days. Theu the stt h IT
and t,nnIIng aboard in an alarming manner. ihe t
vessel becaDe unmsnageahlc placed 'Ia LAM q" tho tn
foIward ports and starOOard bow 10 iOui on , wv" & %
niuos and hung bag OF oil over tho weslnea n"m. %
the effect marvellous Ibe oon"1Ts & "n lcnccy
bearded nv tho heavy athousn they were runntg
jut high The vessel rode Out iG mail Edp on Tnesdy
night last when moderated, and the OIL treatment wa"
discontinued. No accident occurred 10 tne 'osSei WI "
connt OF the use al OIL
One bark the Aremenia. arrived here YESTERDAY.
and IL is the first large sailing vessel that mas come
r0g from Of sea the ey sSSdSYs Wind storm week ago
Yesterday. Seventeen steamers arrived yesterday
from various ps ana al %artbs o. fne from Setn had
one of her life boats demolished and her cnDih was
swaniped. ,,. t. .b tI,dso,
River There were no large pieces, but II was piled
up in great hummocks and spanned the RIVER rom
shore to shore. FcTryboats and tows iounc naV'pa
tion more difficult than at any time before. III
freanently happened that tugs and their lows wcrc
carried back by the ice. Brooklyn annex
boat was saush' IN heavy ne Si down CT TO- Gov
ernors Island before she cleared herseI. One o.
the Pennsylvania Railroad freight barges VIII WIZ
several cars npOn II was also carIicu 0oHo"ei"-O
C"nsidcrabe ice is reported in the Sonnd between
Whitestone and Sands Point, but IL mas grow, eroWn
rotten and has begun to move That steam vessels
have no difficulty in getting through , .ho, tho
Deputy Onroller Storrs sai1 yes'eruaS tino la
charter of the BAY Ridge Ferry Company compcltu
In To make at least trip day he boals OF me
company have not been runnlng 10 is Sa'a. oecauSe %
of the ice in the river. Mr.. StoIrs said that Wnch
obstrncted by ice the is still required To
make daily attempt to get through nj. l.
After dark the ice III the Nor'h - nl'eT be-
came a question then not of taking halt hour 12r
the trip across, but whether a passage might De
effected at all. The tide was on ne iast oT , ne
ebb leaving the ice al a standstill. The Erle kMi,
road boats plying between Twenty-thrd-St dhd
Jersey City got caught in the pack IN mldstreap
abont O'clock and remained fast TIL the toe Oc-
gan TO move at 10 O'clock. The Barclay Street
Ferry boats made a trip every two hours, ana on
all the ferries travel was greatly dtSeG , rmG aT'
when il pileo up into hummocks rising tour ana
five feet high. .,.., ,..-;.o.
mack in ten years. Travel was greatly lmpeGeo
till midnight, when tine tide began TO carry tne
mass Of ice down toward the bav. Al one lilne
six ferry boats and dozen car baTges were caught
fast In lie solid ice the passengers on the former
indulgpg III profanity or songs as the prospect ol
an al nights sOj0urn on the river Valousiy STRUCK
their fancy.
THE WESTERN UNION TO PAY IT'S TAXES.
The Western Union Teeeraph Company Will paw
IN the Attorney General to-day the balance claimed
to be due tie State back taxes on capital sl0ck.
The iudg nent original y was for some $l7OOOO. on
winch $50, 900 has been paid. The company VIII
nav the balance, and at once appeal to the Legs
iature for relief The property of the company
both real and personal, had been levied upon by
the Sheriff under tie judgment, but the sale mad
been posponedfrom time to tim'. One OF the coun-
sci for the telegraph company SAID
Tho Western Union Company will convey into the
hands of tho Attorney General tonight the amount
called for by the judgments in the case The payment
is voluntary on part of the company In the OeCi
that justice the part Of the Legislature VIII
iuduce return them OF the In taxes coccted
Tor 1881 over what ought have been assessed upon
the pruciplr embodied in the act OF 1880 The tax tat
is embraced the Judgment tax on all ITS capital
stock emplOved states aud the Territories
in England unner the and other countries The
act OF 1855 the principle 10 be that tax
should ony be imposed on the capital actually employee
in tbIs State The company las already PAD IOr 1881
nearly three times the amount Of tax which under ne
act OF 1885 could be properly assessed against IT, Inc
Amendment of code civil procedure did not in any
manner influence the payment OF the Judgment Ihe
money will be paid directly 10 the eAttofhey-ueheial'""o
r. the proper person TO receive 1t.
1t was said at ex-Sherif Davidson's Office in the
eiewart BuildDg that Assembiyman Shelley, the
friend of MIR. Davidson who Is attending TO the
matters that the fugitive Official lett would come
fromA bany last night. and call on the telegraph
company to-day TO arrange about the payment or
the taxes