, 1889-08-22

New YORK, Aug. l., 1883.

New YORK, Aug. L, 1883.
Madison Square Garden Is doomed at
last. The famous old structure which
has so lans borne the misleading Lame
OF garden" will soon be no more. The
work of demolition has already begun,
and a new building, modelled after the
PaIais Royal, Paris, will be erected in
its stead. 1t will be five stories high,
254 feet front and $50 feet long. The
ground floor will contain q hippcdrome,
and the third AID ioGrth foors will be
rented for studios. GA the top will be
a roof garden. a stage being at Que end,
so that Il theatrical performance can be
seen by people while in the open air. At
the corner of 26th street and Madison
avenue, will be Il tower 254 feet high.
The old building, which is landmark,
was frst used n a depot for the Har-
lem railroad; but its faMe WGs made 10y
being used as place OF amusement.
Nee5ly every kind of entertainment has
been given there, including BaTnUm' S
circus, horse shows, dog shows, prize-
fights, walking matches, Buffalo Bills
Wild West, and political meetings. For
years il has been tho only place in the
city suitable for larg; gathering in
doors. Il was here that Parneil opened
his American campaign Ia 1879. and
where Michael Davitt received his fare
1907 T., 10th fhAgl
cases the crowd far exceeded It's capac!-
ty and thousands had to be ;uT3ed away.
It vas known for years as Gilmore
Garden, being named after the famous
bandmaster, 2. s. Gilmore, and many a
time has beea used by him III giving
concerts on q large scale. Iu fact, be-
lieve the place has been used fer every
thing except for L garden.
POLES AND WIRES COMING DOWN.
The dangerous and unsightly teie-
graph poles and wires are gradually dis
appearing from our streets. The war
on these nuisances which was inaugural
ed by Mayor Grant, has been carried on
with vigOr and perseverance, and the
result is the streets present a much bet
ter appearance, besides there Is a great
deal less chance OF ones getting electro
cuted without being formally condemn
cd. The wires are being buried rs rap
idly as possible. Immense coils of lead
pipe are being run down into the sub
ways, and these are to contain the wires.
Last week Mayor Grant issued an order
to the department Of public works re-
curing it to proceed to remove all poles
and wires of telegraph and telephone
companies in Broadway from Battery
Place to Park Place. The electric light
wires and poles supporting them Will
not be disturbed, no subways for electric
light cables having been provided for
this district, All the companies having
poles and wires in Broadway have been
notified to place their conductors in sub
ways and the time allowed them by law
to obey the order has expired. The sec
ton of the city which is thus to be prac-
tically cleared of overhead wires is one
in which tie nuisance ID at its worst
Lower Broadway is one networl oi
wires, live and dead, which cross each
other at every known angle and are 6
constant source Of danger as we'll IS q
Disagreement.
THE CATHEDRAL BELLS.
The recent hanging OF four large bells
in st. Patrick's Cathedral really marks
the completion of that magnificent edi
flee. The methods OF scafTolding which
was used in building the steeples has
been removed and the front of the cathe
dral can now, for the first time, be seer
in all its beauty. The bells hang 1SC
feet from the ground and $50 feet from
the top of the spire, in the north t@wer