New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-24

Our COMMON CoUScu IN THE Lyc,u
The Senate q, Albany have given their A.,
mentsry notice Of the New.York City Conn.,, = "
/ Gil The portrsiis are lfe-hke, and Of ro.. -
particularly Gathering Az this IL bat nner, a.,
we may look hereafter Tor more elabor.,s s..ss
the wolves in sleeps elothiaS, who prey $50
people in the City Hall The matter arose O. 49,
in Consequence OF Tie Committee on RAslr.s.
Senate, through their Chairman, Mr. Barb, -
ing in favor Of appointing Conriittee Of rS,.n.."
vestigste in iGll, with power to send for pcr.a,,
papers, the charges Of fraud and corruption IN 49,,
to the Broadway Railroad
/ Mr. TSber (yhis) doubted whether the ,,.,a
should pass Some general bill, reyulstssS a. -
struction Of Railways in that City, shoald ala.
Evidently by the very form OF the Island s,.Oa -
New.York /. built ereat system Of Railway, s,,A.
instituted there business will be done At on, -,
the City and residences VII be the other IN A.s,
ing Railroads in the State owner,of properly ar.D-
penssted for their land taken BE-, In the Gu, he 90.
will Of the Cooperation il ali that is necesssrv p
hays the only remedy is 20 compel resortotAe hi,
power OF the Legislature. lie would shs, down a.
gate at once this project rather than by iax v
Ell investigation give opportunity sor the eol.u,
ton of gigantic fraud. lie had heard from sle....
and conditions OF people, all sses, ranks sexes al
conditions thsi &c great fraud and he lad had
70 one in all NcwNork speak Of L but sseA 10 :,
found hat the resolution OF inquiry would occupy :.
session to the exclusion Of the legislation nscsx,
10 arrest the evil The Attorney General has co..
tempistion to Gle $40 rarraHis against the Comzs
Council for granting the Broadway Railroad ehsrsr
Mr. pagtler (icm said. body Of respectable Ell
1eus finding Themselves charged with certain grgw&
fense, ask Of the Legislature investigation Of Aos
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Mr. Bsbccok, (whig) nlcrrcs Iha, the passage d NJ,
resolution would. ia reality prcvent such SShan a,
would relieve the people Of that City The coaaaa
Council OF Ncw.York, Wanting their purify IA Acs
of the LEGISLATURE ia the mos; remarkable irasso,
soolne,, ever heard II they ere pure then ~ " mol
ern and ancient history never were men 30 sbsssd.
crizcrs of New.York bad mplored him, a a membe-
of the Legislature 10 DO something for their reles
There Is but one sentiment In the lenth and hreahA
Manhattan Island TO the character OF he Common
Council The time has come when IL Is 20 be ssslei
whether New ork City is an empre-a co'nusasyby
i,seli-or whether the Legislature has coa,ro over
he City and its Common Council III the fan al
complete rover over the streets Is In the Commoa
Council without sppes then are thousands oi easeas
ruined rhepower lay down one rsiiroadi ueisaos
the power TO lay down ALL that obstracon eqasl
10 the Chinese well may be put between man resi-
denee or store and the full aud free OF the hh
way IL the highways destined for the use OF AL ny
be appropriated by the few and there Is no relief s
time for = revolution TO be effected in way h
may be legislation, pushed beyond endurance may
be by sevsrer meens He hoped to see the bll Of Mr.
Tsber speedily passed. that the outrage on the czeos
Of NevYork may be restrained. Even Il the resola-
ton adopted he hoped it would not for Jay delay
action on the bull
Mr.. Cooley dem y denounced the conduct Of tie
New. York Common Council in the severes. terms,
such was the outrageous resuts of this conduct that
persisted n il could oDly lead TO revolution lie
opposed to the proposition. and by the railway commit.
tee TO any inquiry, tending to delay Mr. G. sah
was the most grave aud mportsn that woad
brought before the Senate. Ii Is notorious that the
Common Council have branded themselves as ase, Of
die graceful men. This system OF robbery, II coninu
ed must produce revolution, and nothing shordk.
Mr.. Beekman, (whig) said the City of New Yoft at.
fered under mkgovernnent Zoo great for description
He alluded to assessment roll for building rod On
the second-av. which amounted to more than ta0o.
COO II predicted when tho Rochelle railroad vas
last year authorized, but not needed II this assessment
roll had been binding the Of adjacent property
would have been ruined. But few years since tho
Legislature by law restricted these ASSESSMENTS. or s
greatest nnpOsluOn Wouid nave Dctn euncfcu. ihe
Corporation OF NewYork Is a sort of bank the diree-
tors OF which elected by those who discounts
A few needy hungry men meet together and form the
nominations by bargain. and the ticket under the
strength of good names Is formed of needy pet,ifoggc
who take the aldernsnship to make money eyM
he freeholder when he IL elected he ID when no
ends or else he does sell out in time. BY the
mon consent of mankind the Broadway railroad has
been eauncsied by fraud Notwithstanding all the ar
ray OF sidavits appended to the rcmonsranee some
loop hole Of escape would be found.
Mr.. B. described the various characters Of the msea
ment OF previous years. when ell the property we
swept away for the asseD-neni and for the bs4sce
the poor owner himself held rcsponsible-rcsponsbls
for the counsel feesthe siveftisements--ths ks.l
charges and for that eapficious item-the aosavs
Certainly IL said, that In the case Of the ,roswJ
Railroad, somebody has lost arse sum OF Ynooey-
somebody hss found N--and the confirmation Of MA
can be found In the testimony OF every other 10 Do
found In Newfork. He conte nded that the MIA Md
in New.fork were a practical exclusion, their pa
ting down absolutely stops the Of hgs
way. Those who gave Broadway to the City InssSd
TO give lie fail and free use What Il asked Of the L<
bIsiure Is to interpoec between the oppression due
Common Council and the suffering ciiizens-,o rra
against the exclusive, oppressive monopoly eujoyeay
these grantees that the people Of New York NAYS
JOY the same protection the citizens of other psns
Of the State lie hoped 10 sse the provisions q be
General Railway Law extended to the City Of Nv-
fork. He believed tho sme for reiorm wa. counx
by the action Of tbs people ofthe City they sss1
'oon so remodel the City Government o. to massss
much thing Of congratulaton a. Il Is now TO sss
citizen Of New-York, theme Of seaf basement
Ar Van sehoonhoysn (whis) hoped that II, O. srs
minsuoo, The provisions of Mr.. Tsber's Railrosl M
shal be found 'sia,aIy they might be extended ~ ~
tho citios IN the State.
Mr.. Tssef reviewed the statement made In the pss
ten for an iBrestisa,ion Toe recorded eydeEes 80
against the menaoria.s. 1Aat record showed that lhss
who po'it.oned TO mako this Railway, and proadsn
sbshdsnt revenue to the City Treasury we're trst II
aside to give place to those who offered nc such god
TO the City.