New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-04
HOusnto nic, Newly ors and New-Hayen Rail-
road Companies.


road Companies.
\ meeting of the passengers who left Albany
on Tuesday morning the % inst held at the Har
lem Railroad House on Wednesday morning. 81 inst.
BENJAMIN NATHAN Of New.York was called to the
Chair and Messrs JANIS T. McvEAS OF NewYork
and II. NJ CURTIS of Otsego, appointed Secretaries
On motion Of Miles White Esq Of Cohoes Com.
mittee appointed to prepare statement Of Facts
In regard 10 their journey over the above mentioned
roads.
The following gentlemen appointed the Com.
mIitee.
Miles White ESQ u Coboe., Gen orosebecs Of Albany.
HI Fowler ESQ Of New York, Charles Alger ESQ of Mass
Henry b Robinson, ESQ Of New-fork
who presented the following STATEMENT, which was
unanimously adopted
Advertisements having appeared 10 ihe Albany pspers
stating that passen oyerthe H0ussonc and NewHsyen
and NewYofk Railroads would arrive a, Newfork n
eight hours your Committee deem proper that the public
should be appsed Of the deenOns and sufsrngs have
endured 10 the passage from Albany.
In the hss place We were detained on the Western Road
hour IN Consequence Of the inadequate power Of tho
Locomotive wh CHI was kuosn 70 the ,hcsrs Of the Com
psny lnasmuch Il had equally failed on the Two previous
days Aier numerous and yeHanous delays, the tram
reached Bridgeport al nine O'clock NJ Some Of The
laeness Of the hour and the cold but denied
their baggage and obliged TO proceed with the train.
soon amer leaving Bridgeport Il manifest that ths
New York aud New Haven Railroad had 10 a ocono-
i've totally nadequste to carry the train and hours
spent IN fea~hing Harlem, A distance OF 30 lies
Al this place the len by the locomotive and the
conductor GeOrgeP Fisher without the knowledge II the
passengers hO ef desigte Of fuel ire or Lights
thus sub sced the severity Of the coolest nigh, Of this
but by the exerions OF TWO Of the passengers
few handfuls Of wood were procured which 10
measure mius sled their s1herngs. In lhe midst Of
the darkness man, overcome by fatigue and cold
seized i'm IT, and only by the attentions Of ply
scan that he last restored 10 consciousness Several
Of the female passengers also severely sck 10
qlence II their hsrdshps The conduct Of
era Of the employees also known 10 have been reckless
and lnsO emf
In view Of these facts your Committee recommend the
following Resolution.
Reoref That the arrangements Of The aforementioned
Roads totally Inadequate 10 the accommodation Of the
public
The Report having been adopted the following Reso
lutions were unanimously passed
Roref That the pzsseD gers thus abused and insult
ed, do pub lish the fact a. 6forestaled.
Reorsd That the thanks Of his meeting be presented 10
The Landlord Of the Harlem House, for his unweaIed alien
tons o rs Ia our deplorsble circumslsnces
large number of gentlemen then affixed their names
10 the above statement The signing Of names In
erruped by the return OF the locomotive al g. when
the meeting dissolved. At o'clock the cars reached
the City is precisely % hours from their departure
from Albany, and 10 hours after the promised time
(slgled) BENJAMIN NATHAN, Chairman.
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