New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-05-18
COMMITTEE on RAILROADS.

The Committee on Railroads Of the Board of Alder
men, consisting of Aid. Moser, Voorhls and Drake.
held a meeting in the chamber of the Board for tho
purpose Of hearing arguments in favor of or against
the running of locomotives by the Harlem and New
Haven Railroad Companies below Forty second-st.. on
the Fourth-av.
Copies Of memorial from the Harlem Railroad
Company to the Common Council were handed to tho
Committee The memorial states:
"That within a few months Joint resolution has
passed your honorable body requiring this Company To
discontinue the use of steam below Forty-secondet.
within eighreon months from the date OF that resou-
ton which time will expire on the 2lth Oh June 1880
still more recently proposition to impose a license
fee of 500 on each City has been referred to the
appropriate Committee in the Board Of Aldernen and
by resolution OF the same Board tho Controller u d.
rected to inquire of this Company wnat propornon on
the expense il will pay for repavlng The Bowery and
part oil the Fourhay. with The Belgian or Russ pave
mcnti In the Board Of Councilmen resolution di-
rcrg the Street Commissioner TO take up the rails OF
this Company below Twen'y-thrd-st., and aPpro-
atipo - geo 70 cover the expense has been REFEREED
A Commit 20 Of The same Board has under coDsidera-
ton and has held several public sittngs upon propo-
son 10 reduce the fares upon all the Clty railroads.
4 member Of that Board has announced his intention
to press n resolution requiring a steam trains on THIS
road TO stop at Harlem River and aso charges that tho
Company impose an 0dd''onH. tarii upon passengers
who do not procure ticket before they enter the cans,
aud at tie came time haye neglected TO place ticket
agent ut of The stations.
The memoralists further state that these several re-
solutions and propositions Indicate the current Of egs
latyo feeling rs regards the New-fork and Harlem
Railroad and then proceed ut some length TO present
many facts and statements IN regard to their business
They first contend in regard TO tho discontnuance o.
steam that they time ago entered into compact
with the Common Council that if they the company
erected tunnel at Thirty-Grst and Fory-frst-sts.
they should not be disturbed The compact tbs
a. lad l.or raI ..t.t in.
good faith, but before the arch had been fully COM
pleted they were required to move to Fory-6rst-st.
The memorial proceeds to discuss the several resolu-
tons and propositions before the Board. The docu-
ment concludes as follows;
"Your memoralisis in view Of all the facts and sug-
oesons herein forth, most respectfully ask thai
your Honorable Body Will extend TO the three rai
roads mentioned namely the Ene, hudson hiyef ana
Harlem and to the Newlla also, all the facilities
that liberal legislation in progressive age can properly
grant This can only be done through careful exam
nation of the statistics Of freight and travel passing
over them; how much Of that freight enters into tho
daily food of our population, and how much goes to
swell the great aggregate OF our commerce.; what
would be the effect Of even temporary dep1Vanoh
of the former and how far the consumer can bear
sny addition 20 its cost ia making It's debvery I'd
them more expensive by removing 10 distant
roint the termin of the roads. Spasmodic leg
islaion, based upon the PETITIONS oil intensely
.efsb indiyifuals will not solve these Questions,
r met Tie .xicercies Of the case the subject de-
mands more enlarged vlews-more cohPfshsns'cI
Search In aid OF these inquiries annexed tne Irigs
returns Of The Harlem rosd for iorngns fs s "a
SIMMER and Winter, and bike returns cond DC nah
from the Erie and Hudson River Roads Tor lne MUS
trouble OF asking for them. And your memoniists rs
Deci0Hy AK that the JOINT resoiu'lon OF ue ,onus
Tounci before referred to- limiting the use OF steam
newer On their road 10 FOrty-second-st may De re-
viewed and repealed or II that BE- denied, thar they
hall not be required TO make such removal and ex-
rerd 400 coo n viii cOst az least that snn without
fbeyf
IN. time eueh an ars urance VIII enettuhIy pf"r.
them from the assaults Of Individuals whether inosos
bv malice or interest and 30 Of every oiher grant am
rivilege held under your Honorable BODY ~
LID nv ,oue tenure more secure than resolnnon
voosbIe at will always liable to originate an "'''"
lers worthy than pronlotng the paDie soo', 81 o,o-
A lengthy remonstrsnee praying iof fsr' a"' -
lection rom the acts Of a9gTes1ion" Oh ,''
road Co. was presented to me D'''u -" -,
- ,,,,rd Thai beeause the Company were pcrmntea
~ -. g., 10 Tine being in Of the most prom
49,, d..;,aLle portions OF the City they have ~
-. - ,.,,sin and thu- do incalculnble injury -
-, bosaht or inherited, and 70 preveI. puner-
"a. AID sub-isnial improvements 70 spread Injurious
;.aren,e and dangers around those who have the te-
ne,v TO 20 or who are carried by the slow but steady
rowth Of that part Of the City into their neighbor-
hood. As well might they claim now to erect their
sepot in tie Park and their locomotives through
the heart ofthe City The petitioners in eoncinsion
demonstrate against the repeal Of the resolution reis
tive TO the discontnuance Of steam below fosty-
sec0Bd-st.
Mr.. BEsJAMs NJ. WHIrLocE, property no'aes VI
the vicinity referred TO- s2oke at considerable lenshm
ouro.ition 10 the memorial Of the Railroad Company
and in the course Of BIZ remarks set forth the great ID
Jury csused to property on the Pourth-av BY the u's
Of steam below Foty-hrst+t.
Fad. Nor and Mr.. GoDwis also addressed ns
Committee in opposition to the memorial, she' "o'c"
,hc meeting adjourned.