The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-29

The Broadway Railway.
On Wednesday afternoon, several Of the eppsasa6
Of tho proposed railway in Broadway. assembled IN
the Aidernens room, at the City Hall; but Aldsrmaa
Sturtevant being the only member Of the COMMITTEES
present, tie case could not be proceeded with. Az
ter waiting some time, Mr. Norton came in with =
message from Mr. Whiting. that he could not attead
thai afternoon IN consequence Of being busily en-
Gagged with IN important case In the Superer Cour.
at the Same me he also declared that Mr. WHITING
would probably have all his time taken up u1tiI sftse
the ele ction. Uaugh'er)
Alderman srUETEvANr-what has he got to d
MT NoRToN-I don't know, but that was What he
said to me.
Mr. DAVIS rose to explain the meaning of tho sx-
preston of Mr. Whiting, but was interrupted W
Alderman S urtevant.
Some further conversation ensued, in the course
OF which it was suggested to Alderman Sturtevaut
that the had better be adournsd but that gen
item esid be rad power TO do in the absence
Of tie other Aldermen
Messrs. Field and Sullivan here entered tho roSms
and some further conversation ensued at loa@th
the 9th or Aldermen came in, and considerable DIS
cu-son took place Us to what time tho case shoal6
be adjourned to; for, Mr.. Sickes aud other geo.
tlemen were unavoidaby absent, the case could not
then be proceeded with
All the opponents of the project there present, i'd
yoca'ed the necessity Of aaiournipg the case till
some day after the election, a5 several gsntleuoA
interested in the question Of the proposed raid say,
were at present busily engaged On the othsr hand
MessTs Field and Sullivan argued that the o0m-
mittse should continue their sitlIugs every day, SD
IN this opinion the genticmen forming the conmttco
cencuIred The discussion beca ne confused chat
Add rman Ward expressed bis disgust at the Whole
proceedings, and walked out OF the room Alterms1
: nItevsnt then declared that 1t Was the detormna-
ton Of tho committee to adjourn the till tarsN
o'clock next day. in order TO banr any ono who might
choose to speak for against the measure, with tAe
exception Of Mr. Davis, who had already beoa heard
sufficiently, and should not bs allowed to speak siW-
ply for the sake of filing up the time, as he had de-
cared. This resolution did not end the discussion,
for, on vacatiDg the chair, Alderman SsurtevAne
was surrounded by groups Of anti railway gcntls-
men, and had to maintain running fire Of expa-
nations of the necessity Of hcariDg the arguments
every day, in order the sooner to get rid oil the
question
Yesterday, accordingly, the gentlemen late
rested assembled in the board room at tho City
Hall. The proceedings werc opeoed by Aldermaa
Sturtevant asking Mr.. Lockwood II he was ready 20
commence his argument. Mr.. Lockwood replied
that he was afraid not, and would Like to have few
days to prepare himself
Mr. STORMS then rose and spoke ut the committee
the subject Of adjournment till after the election.
and remal ked that he wished to rstract m express
sion he had made use Of on the previous day, With
regard to having confidence in tho connittee, for
the continued determination OF the committee to
60 on every day with the case looked very suspi-
cious.
Alderman STURTEvANT chilled Mr. Storms to order,
and expressed his determination not to allow any
Mr LOCKWOOD made q few remarks as to The
question Of adjournment, but having insinuated
that n member Of the committee had written IN
article in the public press in fayorof tho railway,
Alderman STURTEvANT called him to order.
Dir LOCKWOOD asked pardon.
Mr. CHESTER DRIGgs. a s'orekeeper and property
owner in Broadway, stepped forward and observed
that tho proposed railway would in many ways in
jure Broadway, and hoped that the COMMITTEES
wouln give the case every fair consideration:
No other person coming forward in opposition to
the raii.ay, Alderman STuRrEvANT made several
severe structures the unnethodsal way IN which
the whole had been conducted by the opp Htion.
lists, and announced that the determination Of the
committee was to hold meeting again tomorrow,
al IL O'Clock, and every day after that to hear the
counsel or those who appeared independent of csuu-
eel, but not to hear any one who employed COUNSEL
Mr. CoUGHRAN made few objections, which the
chairman overruled.
Mr.. SULLIVAN expressed his concurrence in the
arrangement
Mr. PULSE observed that justice dem auded that
the committee should hear him and Others although
they employed counsel, for whatever tho counsel
might say he could say more.
Alderman STURTEvANT overrued the objection.
! Mr.. DAVIS remarked that as it was desirable to
thoroughly sift tho matter, the committee ought to
be glad to hear every little point discussed, which
the counsel alone could not do, and therefore every
one who wished to speak ought to DO heard.
Alderman SrURTEvANT again overruled tho OBJ
lection, and observed that if the committee to
hear every one the discussion would be nterminabe
/ After rome further discussion to the Same efect~
Alderman STURTEvAST declared tina. he had re-
ceived letter from property. owner in Broadway
stating that the omnibus propretors and others OPP
posed to the railway were determined to trfc away
time, and so stave off tho final result till tho winter.
Several gentlemen repudia'ad tho idea, and do
man1ed the name, and Alderman SrURrEyAHr de-
cared his willingness to show the letter in his office
this morning.
The committee then rose and departed