New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-02-19

gers preferug either iae RamapO any other divergn
route bu also demand The Of these facu
ties for ourselves We appeal to you and through you .
your Representatives. At Albany, whether The demand Is not
n The highest degree reasonable and just
We appeal to ysur fears, lest among The countless
schemes IN reference to this road you may suffer Ike tate
Ard are these fears imaginary Are you ignorant or
have you forgotten The efforts heretofore made 10 change
moi me v TIE located line % rOad. lernt
rms INTO Penn Ef,fts, some Of which would have
proved successl but Tor hs promo and decided oppOsi
ton thew net in Legislature iis ast session. But
above all appeal % your sense Of justice Shall we
arpea In vain AID We ask OF The stockholders, are your
revenues 80 ample a. to warrant indhersnce 70 the re
ceipis Of your road through County Do you assent
10 the Abandonment Of twenty miles Of constructed road.
which until he Legislature Otherwise enacisl must be
msutsned running order and 10 the payment Of thirty
cents rival company for spousOn Of each Snd
every Of your passenge through the State OF NewJer
sey Are you prepared 10 reconstruct thirty miles OF road
that Stale al known expense ana subject that as
well your eastern terminus 10 the action OF NewJersey
legislation ard NewJersey taxation Have you esr-
the cOs Of procuring accommodation for your bust
al Hsrsmus equal 10 those you already possess
VIII TWO mlcn Of collars accomplish that obectl Ns
laid By competent Engineers acquainted WIZ tne SUBJECT
that greater will be necessary AMI your psst ex
perence viii teach you thai neither Engineers nor Direc-
you investigated the subject for yourselves When
you have done feel assured you Will ind our inter
ess and your own TO be Identical.
But to you the capitalists. laudhoders, merchants and
mechanics OF the City OF New York do we especially look
for symrshy and aid We ask whether you are aware OF
the vast extent Of ground, The immense buildings and
whsrves The daily demands FIR constant and regular en-
plovept Of numerous labOres which viii be requisite
wherever the na depot OF The trade of the Great West
located Thsi depot must OF necessity be near the port OF
NewYork II confined by legislation within ths state i
why may be Hoboken, at Jersey City or al Harsl
mus Long since has the possibility Of such an event
lands al one or tie other Of those points IN view OF such
location, and with determination to effect II VIII you
But few years passed since this great work was
almost abandoned in despair and you were called upon 10
sustain It, the ground that were most deeply inter
esied In what consists thar interest," II 10 10 tetmnaten
the State Of jersey WIN you say that such an issue
Slse 10 The unpecedented assistance afforded 10 me WORK
the express charter the spirit of the subse
quen acts Of legislation in regard to H. and The Infections
Of iis projectors y ere respected
But in IS have changed and men and measures have
changed with h-m We warn you 10 give no sitn TO the
assurances that he freight can never De diverted from your
civ and that the travel IN any event reach you We
that for long time secret Influence ha' been
work produce a result and that no confidence
can be placed IN the promises assertions OF those,
hether The Board OF Directors or out OF H. VINO are
cautiously but cunnngy and earn' sty eNerng ha innu'
We know that more than years since, men In crest
ed in New Jersey railroads and NewJersey lanis, pri
vatey assured those hose interests appeared similar that
The road have It's terminus in sui later
others officers of the Company and of the Board
of Directors hen questioned by your citizens affected to
rdcue fears aud denied the slightest Intention 10 o.
ver The busness or trade from the established route Yet
we know that negotiations were then pending with
the jersey Company TO effect such diversion But the
Charter then prohibited H. The New-fork pu0hc were
not as vet throw of their guard or ued into indifference
by newspaper articles cunuingly omsmented with deca.
nations against State ealous9s The travelling public had
culies in the established These obstacles are now
supposed TO be removed The prohibitions OF the Charter,
the spirit Of peRed acts OF special legislation the nten-
ton Of the projectors OF the road and OF the safe IN us
immense donations insure its completion, are all said 10
have been egsaed away by the General Railroad ACT OF
1880
This supposed legislation has been hailed with triumph
in certain quarters and The Directors have hasened eager
ly 10 avail themselves of It. We the FIRST victims. Who
viii succeed us Already we hear calculations surmises,
assertions the time and cost of preparing the Ramapo
Road for the reception OF the Erie cars and hih aud sug
gesOns less obscure the comparative prices
OF storage Harsmus Jersey City, and Newly Ork, the
great expense OF transferring freight from Cars to Ferry
boats and facility OF constructing wharves and docks
similar 10 the Atlantic Docks opposite the City OF New
York But that you will not be Indifferent to this
matter that you far sighted 10 be duped into neglect
of YOUR own rights and interests and just refuse as
your assistance In obtaining ours Ana so trusting we
AJAX your cooperation IN requiring from our Lee
esaiure now 10 session. such action, prompt explicit and
conclusive may and for a time hereafter place the
greatest work Of the age beyond and above the selfish
schemes Of private individuals and the control OF another
State VIM. +. FRASER, President
ASRsEw + A sISs11. Secretaries.
The meeting was then addressed by MeIs Abraham 3.
CoD er, Andrew Feon, Isaac NJ Dederer, and Dr. Has
On motion a Corresponding Committee Of FIVE was sp
poin ed consisting Of The following gentlemen VIZ; refer
II TaumaD. Marcena NJ. Dickinson. Andrew Falon, John
w BlAuvelt John G.. Blauvelt, Nj :hOlas CluckenOOs
Ii was then also resolved that the following gentlemen
constitute Committee OF Vigilance Abraham B. Congei,
ESQ. Hon. Brewster J. Allison, Hon Mathew D. bogert
Nicholas Blauvelt, Esq Edward l. Suaut, ESQ., Archl'
bald Cassidy Esq, Dr. HasbrOuck leae Dederer, Esq,
n was further resolved that the Vigilance Committee
have power to call meeting OF me elzenS OF this County
resolution Of thanks TO the gentlemen who had ad-
dress the meeting was then passed and the meeng sd
journed VIM r. FRASER rresdehI
EDWARD |. b1RAUTt)