New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-22
.PUBLIG MEETINGS.
RAILROAD COMMITTEE OF TIE BOARD OF
COl'NCILNEN

tOt Nbli<AEN.
Yesterday afternoon the Railroad Committee Of the Board
Of Couucim,n met in their Chamber City Hall Present
Mr. KmbaDL Chairman, end Mr. Wild
In Snsrtr the following letter addressed to the Had
River Railroad Company a lengthy commu ac stiou
received by the Committee, from L. ID. Morgan,
President Of the Company.
To ne Psf.asd Director, a the Hniss Pss ,1S
Al stated re;ht ~ the Standing Railroads the
&c iequ sing ne fud'oa River R9ad COMPANY 70 isna lis
Sev s rail on he . fo "a w W. s
g in Conformity a resou fion Psfsed By the l' Counon
toeuIpy ioI che Information o. sea Committee any matter Ia Their
For committee WI YOUNG CoaaciIn,a Of Fourth Da.hcs
The following Is copy of tho reply made By tae Had
son River Railroad Company:
To re CHgi'ee9a Ri',oid'y nc B9gyd Of cogaeiz-a
10 yen, Of ths da.e jan ary sist
Thai ty the Of the odnstce sssensg 10th construction
eq sd at any lime after the Eleventh az ia opened Foar5a.h
e. VOL nearly completed to take up thss rails from As
the present location through
Of est TO lumber dealers and Olher' doing
unoss hat street. while the Pills @ lumber brick &c there
ta 1omPn{ Il the use ~ II
The substitution IN West s freight only and
In view Of Probability thai both Of thee changes viii
tack desd be msae BY the resolution referred % IL
gest porsry interruption their busne whicn fla To-
# so aa be be- %os h f'i 5 n. 9s e ' and
Eighth Railroad Companies weigh but the
iotwcy each have hBnges their wheels aud half
inches deep their running Of the track wh-n
hsve hanges only sevenehts OF inch deep
ts Company could be drawn them II without great
Increase OF sud danger from their weish
doObtful whether
tr.pseI TIER rssengts 10 etd from ma cars a. Thryhrst
The cft5 HI n would possessed
" charter BY Common
enc tae hudson River Railroad now the only in this City
wI h City forbidden to Be carried Il Is believed
that the which procured this prohibition shoui no longer
s while the residents the Cy
urqrcsonbY entitled 10 the fpeedest aod convenient
M neaon win the bqpe's PORTIONS OF the City consistent with
oral socd should have faci les Afforded them over
sIrsSdy in exrnce In prefer 10 buildiDg
II tie Isit cafyi city allowed them,
pany propose third track the entire
wish Ia oct al low fares thus sOng
within this City the accommodations sought By houspt ia its
buls and doubling the value OF property its western shore
Believing reasonable and proper lie OF large expend
being required public
ube thus connected with the laying the go0yed r shoud bs
considered TIRE Cry Government before enforcos the 1soaon
after I'd pti0n this Con applied the ats
"A for The ordnance providing
tain ch PES boh advantageous 70 the public aud us 10 The Com
TeIy. Co ttee appointed th B)srf Of Aldermen be-
Which his Conn repeatedly APPEARED snd afer delay Of
report made b. that Committee Recommending
pi0a the ordinance refer ed lSce Doc No 90 B3ar'
Of Aldermen &C 1881 Tn ordnance for the wat # time
referred the Shading Committee Rafoas Of tbs
Poerd Of Al and in their bands for cosdsraon
This iolsnce pr yds for the change OF rail within removable
pee and pos.pones enforcing Of the resolution
rcfeTrtd o udf that tin
these circumstances Company waold respectfully sub
reasonable for them delay change attended with
should had either favorable this
ordnance and they would the consideration OF your
cntss the embodied Ia that ordin whenever
for consideration. Respectful submitted.
ktir- loTb, Fob g. 1854 u ID MOhoAN, President
No other business being before the Committee they ad
jOurned until further notice