New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-02
WESTMINSTER COUNTY.
WORKERS.

co,or tho Commissioner OF Pubic
Works. yesterday sent the folio"'ns rnr ~
,,op 70 claude Nj. johnson, the general ma""e
,ho yonkers Railroad Company: IN repis :" ,
80 ~ Iulv 81 1895. making written app"sa
for a hermit TO begin the construction Vi ' -,
=, pooa and Saw Mil River Road prahc"o' VI
~, Nor,h and South Electric Railway Cohp""s'
xvo,d saw that the permit TO commence "
he sent as as your company i 80. q,
factory evidence that the apphcauo" 10 ,.
good faith and for the purpose s'a'eu' ~
,rouId he of no value until you snow 'ha' you ..
-, =. ,rocoed with the work and that you can
-, 40 until Won have enough materai Oh s"i'"o
oualitv on the ground or on hama 10 mare" W.
while to start The rails now alohs 'he ', 49,
poad I will not permit you TO a!' anu ~
have others on the work a permit wou'o 'e -. Nv
,,o,ue ~ Won While the people are des'rous Vi "
INC this branch of your road construc'eu' 'e' VIZ
,r,hor,,ies Of the city do not propose 10 a'io"
vou IN cucumber the streets and roaos WIZ" u
connected and useless rails In 'hlS Ooi'"
call YOUR attention to the fact that your Pie
sor secured a permit to lay rails In eou'h pio"u.
,xav last fall upon the express agreement that 'he
road would be put in operation early inns sp''"e'
Tracks are nuisance in any street. ana arc only
10 be tolerated account OF the acco'hi'o'o
provided by the cars. but when there are Ho
tracks have place in our highways 40 ~!
know I have hv letter and by personal lhQWr!
made every effort to learn from you what your
comnanv nroposed 10 do in South Broadway and In
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. where the tracks are In places
dangerous and positive public nuisance. anu my my
letters have been unanswered ana my N.Y. as 70
been eNaded by you. repeat III! n!quiiS O." nc ,ie
date when you propose 10 connect your YOU tnn
IN South Broadway and put the road IN opsIaIor r
and | again oroer YOU put your track In Nepper-
lan-avo. south of Yonkers-ave. ana nor'h Oh ASH
The cause of the strange death OF little George
Hudder. the hve-year-old boy OF George uo E
cay after lying in coma'ose stare nor nesins
r.l,,, ,rf,- cd
revealed the above result The boy WAS sioh ou'
A Joint meeting OF a committee of members Of
the list NowYerk Engineers, Kitchng Posi-; an q
s in b Warburton Rniding for the purpose
OF organizing and making preparations for the en-,
tertanment OF the engineers on the occasion or or
their sixteenth annual reunion which Is TO De
held in this city october lG William II. bald
and and William ans 5 'fialsey. treasurer. -, u,
The Metropolitan Building Company mas eng IL
noers work laying out lots on the properly IN III
the neehborhood OF Waring Place, upon which tns
company intends building at once twenty more new
houses. The engineers are a.so diVidihs o'her poi
tons Of the companys property INTO lots u-,o,o ~,
the Common Council on Friday night the matter OF
the disposition Of the receipts from me basepan
tween the Common Councils of Mount Vernon and
Should go 10 the Exempt Firemen's Benevolent AS
The Jenkins Medical Society and the medical STAFF
Of ST. Joseph's Hospital, of which Dr. samuel
Swift WAS member. held meetings ana PASSED S
appropriate resolutions on his death, 10 be Forward
cd 10 the family.
The sunday afternoon religious meeting IN The the
gymnasium of the Young Mons Christian Assoca-
lion will be conducted to-day by the Rey. T. r.
Baragwanth of the Central Methodist Episcopal
Church. -,
Augustus Kip. the building inspector, Yesterday
approved the plans submitted by Surrogate Iheo-
dore H. Siikman for a dwelling 10 be built in Glen
wood-ave near North Broadway. 1t will be two
and half stories high
Nearly thirty members Of the bicycle club con-
nected with the Yonkers Athletic Association went
ON Inc weekly ride on FRIDAY night They rode to
Woodawn and returned late in the evening
AS the Rev DR.. Alvah : Hobart. OF the war
burton Avenue Baptist Church. has gone on ms
vacation his pulpit Will he supplied to-day by tho
Rev. T. d. barbour. Of Fall River. Mas
The Board OF Civil Service commissioners an
nounce that they will sit Wedne sday night OF
mis- week for the purpose of examining applicants
for appointment TO the paid positions in the Fire
Department. ,..
About fifteen members Of the Woman's Institute
Club enioyed the weekly outing yesterday after
noon They went by ferry TO Alpine, and had
ramble on the Palisades