The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-03-08

on q way street, for which they have to pay at
least five cents, for no detached omnibus line could
be supported at less than that Then half the people
who 60 on the railroad would have to pay eight
cents under that offer, while they would only have
TO pay five under my clients and If you suppose that
they took two lines of omnibuses, then they would
have TO pay thirteen cents Suppose passenger at
the foot Of Twentythrd street, Hudson river, de-
sres to go to the foot Of Grand street. East river he
would have to pay five cents omnibus fare to Broad
way three cents the railroad to Grand street. and
river-that is, it would cost him thirteen cents to-
cross the city in that way. Now, my clients are
Obliged to take passengers all that distance for only
hve cents You see that the benefit to the travelling
pubic, ON Mr. Davies calculation, would be hun
dIed and fifty thousand dollars year more under my
clients grant than under that which Mr. Daviess
sought. But what Is the benefit to the city COM
comparing the benefit Of their plan and Mr. Davies
plan de takes passenger up and down Broadways
he carries nobody except the line of Broadway; he
does nothing for the settlement of the upper wards
except 80 far as to take passengers from and to
chance omnibus lines; whereas, the system of my
the taxable property immensely. 1t seems to me
impossible to be doubted that prudent Legislature
DESTROYS to promote the settlement OF the city, the
increase Of its wealth. and the augmentation Of ts
power, would consider it better for the city to make
this grant to my clients than give it to Mr.. Davies
Then there is the other offer, which shall consider
That is the er to be substituted for my clients in
the resolution with the three cents fare. But they
did not offer to be substituted for my clients in the
omnibus contract. They ask to be inserted in the
resolution-that is ALL which resolution, they say.
would not bind them to take these Transverse onni-
buses, for which my clients gave the pledge Of half
million Of dollars aud required to give before
the committee Of the Common Council would give
the grant and they stated in their report to tho
Board Of Aldermen the subject. The advantage to-
the city Of accepting my clients offers in preference
to thiss that this plan would have given the city
just what ours gives, but it would not have given
the travelling public the advantage Of connected
transverse omnibuses, and Of using them all-ral-
road and omnibuses-forfve cents; would have SUBJ
ected half Of them to the payment of eight or thir
teen cents fare Ny clients give the travelling pub
lie this advantage and the city the additional advan
tage Of increasing the settlement Of the upper
wards. have thus, gentlemen, gone over the differ
ent parts OF this case. have endeavored to show,
and trust have shown, that the assumption on
which this bill was introduced has no foundation
in fact. That, however, is the least important part
the here for hold it to be inc0ntestibe that
if the assumption had been well founded, it would
not justify this BILL and insist that it is an unwise
ard unnecessary interference with local affairs, and
that you cannot pass it without departure from
your settled and ancient policy.