New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-04
PUBLIC -WEEZZNGS.
COMMITTEES on RAILROADS.

The Committee on Railroads of the Board OF Coun-
cilmen met yesterday afternoon in the City Hal.
Councilman REED in the Chair. The object of the
meeting was TO hear the further statements of parties
opposed to the running Of locomotives on the Hudson
RIVER Railroad below Fifty nnth-s also TO hear the
view. of parties in favor OF running City or horsecars
uron the road below the same street
8 TRrApwrLL stated thai he was q resident OF
Ei, second At n. mr. ELEVENTH. v., and he unsbe
to get down without going down 10 the EiShth-aV'
Railroad. This attended viii considerable neon
yenierce and he found it necessary to keep horse
and wagon that he might use whenever ne "isneu "
come down town. He had driven his horse over the
track when he had supposed II mpossioie ior te ca.s
10 reach him, but he was greatly decelVeu III tue ioo
of .peed of the care, thai once or twice nc came eo!
being run down, as no lnumatlon wss gwen oy troSe
Conducting the train such ringing the bell or blow
inc the whistle The speed OF the steam cars below
Fy ninth-st ranged frsnl twenty hve 10 forty mites
an hour. The distance nom fli.y'inh.ns1 81 ~, ~
Thiry first. st. where it is proposed TO charge the
terminus is little LEES than two miles Shoaa Steam
cars be taken off and the train driven by horses
there would not be difference OF ten minutes more 10
getting from Thirty first to Fifty ninth A.. 1t sne3ry
a mile from the Eloventhav. 10 the Elghth-av. ihe
speaker thought locomotives were removed properly
sould advance nearly fifty per cent Al present there
are large numbers OF buildings on tine avenue tha no
one viii hire. He had knosn Of lives being lost on
this road from being Overtasen and run over oy 'he
train In one case where suit for damages had oeen
instituted he understood heavy verdict was rendered
against tie Railroad Company
He was Of opinion that the use OF steam on the ROAD
below Fifty ninth Ct was attended WIN great dsnger
TO the lives of citizens living and who had business IN
that section Of the City, The speed OF the tram below
Fifty -nnth-st is generally at the rate OF mile MIN
ute On several occasions he had barely escaped win
his life ard if the Company would put City cars on
The track 10 below Ef.y.ninthst., they would 10
bis mind derive large revenue thereirom more tnsn
sufficient to compensate them for the extra expense
they would incur in doing. From the tact
of tie Company having purchased large guam
tity OF land at Fifty6rstst he supposed their
int nton TO erect depot there. The do not elack
their speed until they reach Forty eighth and Fifty
ninth St to Thirty frst.s only three placed 10
wan persons of danger and keep the track clear.
These men are stationed at Fifty ST. Ffty-fourh
81. and Forty -sixth-st.
MIR JOHN BRADY next spoke, and stated that he hsd
a valuable horse wounded in consequence OF one Of
these trains running against him, and the Railroad
Company refused TO pay the damage he had susa ned
thereby. The use of steam on the avenue below
Fifty ninth-st. in his opinion greatly deprecated the
value OF property In tie upper part OF the CITY IL
there never had been any railroad there that portion OF
the City would have been more valuable than al pres
ent before the road was built extra lines OF stages
we're run from Fifty nintb-st down town by which
citizens were better accommodated.
Mr.. GARRIr STRYKrK, counsel for the applicants,
asied for further hearing as some of his witnesses
were absent.
The Committee then adjourned till nett Monday
hsSnoon 81 O'Clock.