The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-12-09

PAM s.d o nts .rs sOr .othics, 70 As''r'
Aiiamsn srusrxvAsr-K the gentle nan OF the Nf
tenth will have pAuenoss no will hear al the paper
Alderman wARp-I have tse floor, Mr. Chairman. an.
will keen II until am out OF order know what an
about and the gsntsmsn Of the Third can't bully me
| viii the Clerk read the rest of the pa pers9
css nSs1.I,y vow win III, -. will read all the
TIE CIEEK then read the letter Of Mr. Sanford
Mxlms1 N ,og read the letter Of Msssrs. Field
The CLERK then rsso the following letter.
| NJ Nrw YORK. Dee. g. 1853.
s.pIn .nswer 70 letter hsvs 10 say that havn,
a @ me resolution you have sent think doo
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ascent the said act oontsn that
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the appointed to investigate this
lKoars of aughter-Cerh looking rather shsepsh 81
having made tuch al outrageous mistake.)
Alderman WARD--I would like to inquire II tho act Of
Incorporation ia entered in the County Clerks of,sg
Alderman sTuRTHvAST-They are bound to have it en-.
tered On de If they have not action here to night
viii be Of no earthly to them. Therefore, presume
they bsye entered their act of incorporation in the Coun
remonstrance then read from the gentleman Of
| The Seventeenth.
Alderman WARD moved to lay the whole subject on tho
! table, Lost.
Alderman TENANT believe there is an opinion Of
Judge Bronson to some of the rem
The read the CO by the
Alderman of the Twelfth with Judge onson's opinion
attached, who spoke against the projeot monopoly
and Iot within the of the Corporation grant
such privilege to any company whatever.
| Alderman WARD! weuic like to hear all the remon-
strances read in regular order
The CHAIRMAN then read the following remonstrance
and the nanes Of the property holders opposed to the
measure attached
s,eonda0ne signed by Beck 1 Co. Lampbire 1 Kreps
Ihrd.ono signed by VIM. NibO Messrs stamford Leland
ss's By Mss.rs Hitchcock heirs
Alderman DokRTY-Is the re any legal opinion attached
| to any of the papersY
tllAlRMAN-ko, Sir
Alderman TENANT move, as amer dment that the
route sh'n be from Broadway to the intersection of
Eleventh avenue and lo7th then to take Eleventh
avenue TO the of Broadway Broad
intersection Of Tenth and Hath street. and 80 on
| to the end Of the island.
Alderman BARR-There is no need of such an amend
control the road.
Alderman TRMANN-Th cannot Law the rails in tba
BloomDgdae road the une aveness of the
ground and there is other way except by running
through the valley that proposed in my mend
ment.
Alderman STURTEvANT-K they cannot run the road
along the hoomingdale road why, the company take
from tbs Twelfth wants to kill the project.
Aldern an TIEMANN-No sir. want to have railroad
unu0r circumstances,
want any company to get the grant for nothing neither
do wapt the railroad company to keep the Bloomngdae
read vant,o see it running through the Eleventh
The amendment OF Alderman remann was then put,
and lost
Alderman TIExANN then rose and said-Thsre are two
points here for considerations first shall there be road
along this route and second who have the grant there
Alderman STURrEvANT then jumped up and said there
were no two points about it.
Alderman WARD-No sir; there is not one.
Alderman r. W ret hndfh 0ro 10 mora
points than one In it.
Alderman rnnASS-Thers are two questions one Is,
Shall there be railroad along the proposed route and
the other h Who shall have 19 3d. you see Mr. Chair
man. there are two distinct points much favor
like to see them granted to spectators am in favor
setting It up at public auction he who bids highest for
the privilege lot him have It,
CHARMAN-According to the way the resolution reads
the Chair cannot zee in what way the Alderman Of the
Twelfth wants division Of the question.
SEVERAL MKAdBRBs all st once-Chere be division
Alderman BoYcE-As there great agitation and diff
cuties arising and the hour is getting very Late move
that We adjourn. decidedly lost
Alderman TIKMANN-The reason why call for division
Of the question: is all applications made to the
Common Council for railroad grants should be- refused
to and the privilege set public auction
BY giving this company the right TO lay their rails In
Broad ~ay the whole public excluded and the grant
is let out to avor1s of the Board one of whom
are stage owners on the route.
The CHAIRMAN then read the resolution again. and said
the question was . concurrence
Aldern an TIFMANN-There is concurrence about 1t.
move that the manner Of the grantees be stricken out Of
AID. rman SruRrIvANT- There is not . single name
attached it. The question on striking out then
Alderman WARD-I believe that this Board viii rscol.
ect that they were served with Injunction and the
that passed in the Superior Court that
That Injunction hangs now 1t not dissolved
but on the contrary Is perpetual The Superior Court
in granting the INJUNCTION decided that was rpetual
Manhattan Rsilrs 3D. will subject himself to the pro-
ceedings that took place on former occasion not many
Alderman sMrH-This is horse of another color.
Alderman WARD-The gentleman Of the Eleventh says
u he would not be fined again, though it is horse
Of another color will proceed to read the njunc
tion granted in the Superior Court by Judge Dusr
The gentleman from the Sixteenth is not con6nng hmsef
to the question before the Board He should read it
CHARMAN-Tbe gentleman OF the Fifteenth will please
COL ane his remarks to the question.
Alderman WARD-How is the reading Of the injunc
ton out OF order? To whom an / to address myteH
if not to the Board9 The paper l am about read
ing is headed Superior Court Ha, uI that any effect
ter that came before the court during the special
term. That Djur ctiou refrains thsm from voting
should not vote for Sharp rsrosa but that they they
should not vote for Jacob Sharp, or any other per
son. That Injunction is new In existence; 1t hA. not
been dissolved and when the end of 1t shall know
not. 1t provides that the Mayor Aldermen and Common
atty of New York. shall not interfere in any in such
grant don't read the whole of it(cries of you
had better)-but will merely read you portion Of it.
He then read that portion of the injunction restraining
the Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of New York, from
establishing any railroad whatever Broadway 1t does
not state said Alderman Ward that shall not vote for
Jacob arp and others but it states that shall not
fer any railroad in Broad say What should
Msssrs Field Sanford OConor's letter They
only petyfoggng in the for their own in iiydua
ends (Cries OF 'order orderly say they are petty
we have the opinion of . Chief Justice Of the
ate Judge Bronaon) But lawyers opinions mere
ideas Of mind committed to paper and the party
that he gives it to follows unheednal his advice II we
had the opinion Of hundred thousand lawyers in
the project should not vote for the
For i. would be rsking liberty well PURSES
and would not risk my liberty for all the lawyers in the
country If only to be imprisoned for one hour,