New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-03-13
THE MAYOR WAS sNowBoUND.

TRIALS OF THE OFFICIALS WHO CAME DOWN TOWN
TO THEIR oFFIcEs-THE ABsENTEEs
Mayor Hewitt did not attempt to come down
Town Yesterday. Secretary Berry went to Madi-
son, n J., on Saturday to spend Sunday with
his relatives He is supposed TO be there yet.
The Mayors Office was practically deserted by all
except Clerks CroclKer and Taggort Messenger
Brown and Officer Gallag CHER. Later in the day
Mayor Hewitt sent for stenographer, Mr. Sher-
man He went TO the Mayors house and Mr..
Hewitt dictated a good many letters The Mayor
sent word that there would be no conference
with the heads of departments. This was un-
necessary as none of them appeared at the
Mayors Office during the day.
President Forster, of the Board Of Aldermen,
and Aldermen Diver and Conlling were at the
City Hall for n few minutes. There was no
committee meeting. Secretary Sheehan, of the
Aqueduct Commission, was to have appeared
before Referee Davenport, in the Borell Building,
No. Il5 Broadway, and continue his testimony
with reference 20 the award of the pipe line con-
tract TO OBrien Il Clark, and the awards OF
contracts in the past. Mr.. Sheehan and the ref
cree were the only persons present, and the eXam-
nation was adjourned to this morning at 10
o'clock
Corporation Counsel Beel,man was not at his
office. Assistant Corporation Counsel Frank NJ
Scott walked down from Thirty-seventh-st. Reg
lister James j. Slevn walked down from his
home in Forty-fourth-st., near LeNington-aVe.
SHORT OF sHER1FFS JURYMEN.
Sheriff Grant Under-Sheriff Sexton ond Order
of Arrest Clerk Martin were at their posts all day.
A sheriff's jury was called for at o'clock The
Jurors were so few that several deputy sheriffs
were pressed Into service TO complete the twelve
men needed. There was TO have been meeting
of the Aqucduct Committee on Construction yes
terday but there were not enough members pres
ent TO make a quorum.
Controller Myers was not at his office Deputy
Controller Richard A. StOrrs was al his post, as
usual but several of the employees who live mp
town and out Of town were absent COmmis siOn-
ers Of Accounts Adamson and Sherman were ont
Of their Office oil dHv. General Newton, Com
His health has been delicate for some time past
Deputy Commissioner D. Lowber Smith walked
down from his home in Eighty-siAth-st., near the
Boulevard.
MR. LULLY TAKES 4 BUTCHER WAGON.
j. c. Lully, Auditor OF the Aqueduct Board
had a queer experience. lie boarded a Sixth-aye
elevated train at Twenty-eghth-st. and rode to
Twenty-third-st. There the train came to a stand
still After waiting for an hour he started TO
walk down town. covered butchers wagon
overlook him before he had walked block. lie
hailed the driver, found that he was bound for
Catharine Market and negotiated for ride 70
Chatham Square. From there he walked TO the
Aqueduct offices in tho Stewart Building
President Coleman and Tax Commissioners
Feitner and Donnelly were not M their Offices
Neither were Tax Assessors GilOn, Iavery
Vendt and Cahll. Sergeant p II. Pickett. OF
tine City Hall Police Sation, walked down from
Eghty-siXth-st. and Thrd-aye. The trip took
nearly three hours. Many Of the policemen Of
the CITY Hall Squad remained at the City Hall
all night rather than walk 10 their homes uptown