New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-02
Keller OF Broadway-City Railroads ""'
Stage Lines-No l.

vicinity and open others to the Battery. To do
this the consent Of owners must be had. and a,
owners have to pay the expense, they will not
sgree but will oppose, not only the opening and
widening Of streets, but also the laying of CITY
Railroad Tracks, and il our up town residents wait
till some Of the above modes are adopted, they
will wait longer than the People of the State did
from the time the Erie Canal project was broached
until accomplished. The Committee Of the Com.
mon Council TO whom was referred the Petition OF
]. Ridley and five others have reported in favor OF
granting the same and the Report has been or.
dered printed. Suppose the Board OF Aldermen
agree, and the Assistants concur, it could not be-
come law. The Mayor ought to veto the Bill, as
the new Chatter has very justly taken the Execu.
tive power from the Board, and they have no right
to grant this monopoly TO any set Of men, be they
either friends or partners Of some of the members.
All the power that the Common Council have is To
say 10y ordinancel that certain streets may be
used for Railroad travel, when they fully con-
WINGED a majority Of persons owning property on
said streets are favorable 10 the same THIS being
done, the ordinance should go 20 the Street Depart
ment 70 advertise Tor the most advantageous pro-
pOssls, under all tee restrictions Of said ordnance,
equal chance. Is this not done in the opening and
grading OF streets end avenues and the building OF
sewers, 10 the amount of hundreds OF th0us ands Oi
dol afs each year. Are not the proposals OF A. b.
c. ID. &c. &c. mt to the Board for confirmation.
Setting forth the fact that D. being the most Rd-
vsDtsgeous, the Head Of the Department wards
such contract to d. This is as it should be. A. b.
e. &c. are satisfied; they have had an equal
chance with and cannot be other than satisfied.
Let me ask are any OF these important uader
takings ate pied without the consent OF a ma Orty
Of the parties Interested Not at all nor would any
member dare to propose or advocate sucha measure
The writer is decidedly IN favor OF City Railroads,
but does not wish TO see this last years fraud
brought up again in q new dress, by suggesting
some three four new lines, but coming back after
three or four months deliberation, to recommend
the same measure and 70 tie same parties, when
it is on record Tor should bel that much better Of
iers we're made by other parties. But TO re-
lieve Broadway, the Harlem Railroad desire TO
extend their line TO the end OF the Park Grant
this iOn certain conditions, that will benefit
the poor ana the rich will surely be gamers. la
regard to conditions in addition 20 the ordinances
that low govern the road pass one as follows:
they 1.-THE II. h X shall run their cars from the
end Of the Park every i've minutes or less, from
o'clock An. till { P NJ. at three cents per passen
ger from the Park TO Forty secondst; five cents to
Yorkville aud eight cents to Harlem, and at the
same rate returning; cents to Forty second'st
sitter O'Clock p NJ Trains to run to Yorkville and
Harlem every hour from to - o'clock PM. for
present prices. By this means you VIII relieve
Broaoway within a month, and you VIII Ind many
# our wealthy citizens who live within five or ten
streets OF Union square awaiting themselves OF this
mode Of reaching their residences as well as their
poorer neighbors whose rights and comforts sAould
be considered as well as the rich m0nopolss. At
first this may appear hard the III. X. X. Co. bat
let me ask have not that Company reaped more
benefits from the City than the City have received
from this Road. l think this business must be ad-
mitted. For years the receipts from the City was
its only revenue, and what have they done for Har
lem aud Yorkvilel Do they not belong to the
city2 Should not their interest be cOnsdered?
Again, what has the H. Il. X. paid into the City
Treasury for this great privilege, for having some
A miles Of graded Railroad made for them, costing
the price Of fiat iron track at the rate of perhaps
S2OOOper mile instead of $4,000 or more for road
out of the City. Excepting the TUNE and some
deep cuts il has all been plain sailing with them
receiving some 500 or $40 for each car that will
last long six stages and cost little ii any more
than stage, Jet stage proprietor pays from 5000
to 81 900 per annum for license. 1t will be found
the Stage Proprietors have paid amount into
the City Treasury during the last fifteen years suf
hciebt 70 build City Railroad. Should not these
men then have a chance to putin for this City Rail
road, ard shOuld not the II. X. Il. recprocate
some OF the favors received from the City
which you will perceive nothing is asked from Mr.
Ridley and the five others concerned for the privi
eye Of making and running cars on said ro6i. The
Committee Inform US that they have Messrs. Adams
q McGowans proposition before them bat do not
say that these gentlemen have offered 5000 per
year Tor each car licensed They are also very in.
definite as To the time said Road shall run cars to
the upper part Of the City. Should not some OF the
conditions be as fOllows-yiZ: Said Company shall
run passenger cars 70 Forty secondst within elk.
ty days and To Yorkve within one year OF grant
ing the same, and to Harlem Inside Of two years,
suppOsing they 10 have this privilege for i've or
seven years-for l presume 1t Is not Intended TO
give them charter like the Manhattan Water
Works or down town Gas Works-that is, TO let
them do as they please. If they do l would IKE
to now how much Mr.. II s stock would be worth
after the passage of the bill If stage route, that
cat 81 600 per annum 10 run. can be sold for
ESQ 900, what should this Road be worth, that las
all for nothing great hue and cry is raised about
the stage nuisance. Look at the stage routes
wherever they are started do not new buildings go
up2 and are we net Indebted TO them for bringing
down the Harlem Railroad fare or, do our clti.
gems forget the spirited Kellinger's line Do not
stages run from the Park to Yorkvie for six cents
and also line from Fulton Ferry to Sixtyirs, Sc
for the same price, paying to the City yearly $50
per stagel Would 1t not be as profitable tor the
Railroad to ride l,0O0 passengers to Forty.sec md
st. at three cents as TO ride 200 at six cents How
long will the people stand this 7 Does the Compa
ny think the tree ticket sent annually to the mem.
bers of the Common Council, the Mayor and Heads
Of Departments, will satisfy the Peoplel No
Let US nave free competition for City Railroads;
let the Common Council or the Street Con nttee
mo special oDes advertise the fact that application
or petition has been made for a railroad through
certain streets, all objections to be made in wri.
ting, and that the Committee will meet on acertain
day to hear all objections, and those 10 favor OF the
movement as in all matters appertaining to streets.
let the head of the Street Department ask our en-
terpri,Bg stage proprietors and ell others, TO make
proposals for laying the track, and running suitable
cars on such road for the term Of seven or ten
years. Grant all reasonable indulgences to the
Harlem and Hudson River Railroads tor repairing
ard extending their roads but insist upon price