New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-29
TIE BROOELY4 FTRRLEs.


J an aroogyl lie ssys "But L has Lot oeeh 50 uir-
"t,f;eis % the public q. il has teea 70 iAe nAhaSs
",beufeyes" 70 this woald simply soy as"he OF H.e
public tiG should be most happy 20 renee on 80
Afflicted brethrtn BY returning to the ola is'e'
ouiry arises y ho the public According 10 my OF
Gict.d brothers logic they are the foot Passhse'
for hey are the only ones he has subjected 10 Que %
dred per additional expense to se. 10 ah
tk,ir iahors The farmer that IL going To nafhe' WIN
his s.Cor slOO worth Of produce goes just as eheaP
:. wtcY the sane amount If produce did not yield hnn
rore than ere half Of what /. does COWS hence tneFe
/. nothirc In tLs arrangement that can trouble MIN
The eenfleReu with their hundreds of thousands ioF
whom WaLs, Ferry and ine boatswere manufactured
haze nothing 10 complain Of They cross with c"aeh
and four AZ the old rates livery and all. Inc shtne
with all other business men who use horses ana Vehi
ces in their various callines Therefore none OIL hse
psrt., constitute sny portion oi the fs)tn, IN the
mind of the afflicted manager. lis true they cross.
sometimes foot; but what do they care tor an extra
cent cnce or twice week, so long as their business
crossing il not increased And not only s0-they are
The very persons that can pay SO and cross five times
/ a dny for six months. But, says the manager " he
! must cross at the ferry. Does he imagine
Brookiyn cabbaeeyaId, because ne has more imp1-
! denec than manljness III was able to purchase
/ season ticket it would amuse me much Ia see bun or
any Of bis servants attemptto prevent me from cross
irg at any ferry between Brooklyn and New fork mat
! some Of them have impudence to attempt It have
/ lad sufficient evidence not 10 doubt, and would
send the inexperienced mile on foot 10 some other
/
rights would 20 unmoiested.
Thus We learn who the Public are. The poor devils
that have to work for livng-they arc the Ph6t'e
/ that have TO make up the deficiency OF Slo0,o0O'
that would otherwise fall upon the stockholders I
These are the men our afflicted bro her says asked for
| more ferrief-Inore and finer boats-more frequent
tIips-moIe supernumares' When where Never
nowhere There is not word OF truth IN the asssf-
! tion-except perchance petition was handed them
by those very persons for whom these improvements
were made-whO are now exempt from additional tax,
| and who besleged the Common Councils, and offered
large bonuses for the privilege OF accommodating the
citizens Of Brooklyn-and who, when they discovered
was not equal TO the gold mines oi California, went
begging to be released and them to sustain the proli-
! gate ard uDcalled-f0r expenditure, tax the PGbttc-
| poOr 9onkey--to them from ruin, az they pre-
tend Away with such hyPocrltical t"addle' its
! adding insult 10 injury. Again. he says: Nothing
but the necessity which knows no law could
| have induced the managers 10 abandon the
principle Of cheap ferries" have often heard Of
the necessity that kHOws no taD but am wholly indebted
! IA IN. manager for the precise definition He
saws the stockholders receive but eight per cent.
per annum for their money presume he means for
! the use of their money! Hence the moment the
mercury falls below eight per cent per anun the
| uerfssi,u that kHonS no i0u steps in TO tax the
PuJlic-Poor-old- Jack bottom-tO force the mercury
up TO eight per cent. per annum agan, and as much
above as will leave him just enough To keep hls hide
stretched over his bones. After all the burden
twill not b., great many suppose. Any one who
!
five cents, so the poor can be accommodated
! How maenanimOus Tie poor can cross 20 and fro,
once each day in the year ti he don't lose some 9i
his tickots for Sl 40; hut should he not be able to
spare twenty-five cents AZ once, he can cross Tor
Sn CO. No matter he has no business to be poor.
| If he had $50 eco stock in the Ferry Company,
he would get his eight per cent. per annum
and times day each day IL the year for $40
Now for the facts and the figures. cost S62, 63S %
more than vas received to run fhe ferries for the
year er ding the lst day of May lat, aad owing 10
tie advance in the price Of coal and other articles
will cost and above the receipts al the present
rates 5000 more than last year. Who ought To
bear this loss Of more than S10O 900 per annum-te
! stockholders or the PUBLIC ?" The working men,
| surely who esel Now, have been informed
! that 00C0 persons cross and re.cross at Fulton
! Ferry daily. II allow 10000 for fiamil
| ton and South Ferries, and lO,OOO for Montague,
Catharne, and the two at the foot OF Bridgest, we
have the snug little Cf AGO per day, az cent;
ard $500 il certainly low estimate for carts car
riages, &C., &C., with and then trunk at three
| cents-the meanest Of all swinding-we have loot
ing up Of S22C per day, and for the year S-3, 900.
| Now, let us look at the expenses. Hamilton Ferry
has 3 LOats: South 3; Wall-st, .; Fulton T. Catha-
rine, 2, and Bridge-st. boats; eighteen in all.
inquired of gentleman intimately acquainted with
steamboats,, and the expense OF running them, what
the expense would be to of those boats twenty
| four hours ? His reply was, $50. SAID l, are you
! sure You are not mistaken I" am. That gives us
| S54U daily expense Lest we should do injustice to
the debtor side call the expense of each boat $50 per
day including interestOn the capital and we have an
aggregate for the year. OF S329 800, which deducted
! from S603, Goethe receipts, leaves Si73,5oO. Now
admit if you please that our estimate OF receipts are
| too high and expenses too low (Which do not be-
leve and deduct 100 600 from the receipts, and add
il 10 the expenses still have S273 800 to be dl
| yided among the stockholders after having allowed
the interest in the current expenses which will pay
the interest at eight per cent, on S34le 150 when
is the amount of real estate owned by the stockhOld
ers over and above their ferry property suppose.
Ii must not be forgotten that this estimate is at one
cent for foot passengers. add TO that az the
| ticket rate, which is more than one-haH IN
! crease with the same deductions above, aud
we have $500 coo 10 be divided among afflicted
brethren which will pay the interest on S6bl2,5G0
at per cent. Sir, my figures " mfame my
"choler" l can have no patience with such whole
sale swindpg ON a small scale | defy you or him
or any other mar TO place the business of those fer
res so low not to pay the interest on the entire
capital and stock az cash valuation al per cent,
| at the old rates. blush at the mesnness OF their
/ cHpidtv Who ] would ask in the name of justice
aud manlmess ought 10 bear the expense OF such an
organization, q mean the additional expense. If 1t
could honestly be shown it was necessary the man
Whose only capital is labor, the settled fixed cap
italist and landowner whose property IL enhanced
annually by these improvements Who but knaye
ora swlder would say that the former should be
taxed additionally, meaD) and the latter 60 Tree
Not one II il could be shown (snd t be " 'r7e)
! that tie receipts If their business rot
adequate TO the current expenses, snu
fair divide nd 10 the stockholders, l have no
doubt that the citizens of NewYork and Brooklyn
would willingly have the fare increased upon uni
form ratio upon all who the Ferries; say 25 per
cent ii you please Charge a carriage p cents that
has paid but 90 and give the footman 20 tickets for
IS cents then there would be nothing to complain OF