New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-24
THE CITY RAILROADS.

The Committee OF Railroads of the Board of Alder
men, appointed to investigate the matter Of alleged
abuses on the City Railroads met again yesterday at
The City Hall and considered the complaints against
the Fourth avenue or Harlem Railroad Company
Alderman McSpedon in the chair.
Gen. SANFORD, council for the Company, submit
ted paper Getting forth that the Harlem Railroad
Company have recently made various alterations In
their trains and BUSINESS TO Lessen the travel through
the Bowery, and tbs they have made arrangements
TO accommodate the New Haven Company with sufh
cent room az the corner Of Fourth and T~enti
seventh street. by erectiog passenger depots, when
will be fbithed some tine in May next, when al the
passenger cara will TO run beloE that depot.
They propose tn stop all their passenger trains at
Twenty SIKH street as soon additional buildings
can BE- erected, having already stopped the Miile1on
and White Plains trains there, and expect to con-
pete his arrangement during the ensuing Su inner Is
10 pas enee trans
Tb.v have the milk depot aud the dspot for
country produce to Forty second street, In order
to provide accommodations FOR passengers a.
Twenty si1h and Twenty aeveDth streets. they hsNe
Alec commenced the erection OF expensive ounfngs IN
Vestchestey County TO accommodate the machine
shop sDd principal epgine-station whlcn WIN % coui
peted during the ensuing gu INNER AMI al aua ~neI
completed The present estaohhIent al iniIy-sesohd
and Tbirty.tbird streets will be removed. Inc Com
many will th.n widen the Fourth avenue oy throwing
bak the line of the street 10 fest between Thirty
second and Thirty third sreets as they hsye already
between
the west tide Of Fourth avenue.
In oyjer TO accommodate the increased travel below
Twenty sixth street csused by the stopping there OF tue
passenger trains the Company has made contracts for
and ut in use in June and July next which will enable
them TO Iun between the Park and TSerty.seventh
street every three mnufesS Toe Company has not
removed nor do they propose to remove tha reiget
for goods intended for the lover part Of the city
from White and Center es, and they rely With con-
6det ce upon the good faith of the city that no PROPOSE
ton 10 effect such removal will be sustained by the
corporate authorities. -,
str, cts formerly occupied by the State Arsenal va,
leased by the City for q years for the purpose OF
erecting extensive freight depots r the New Haven
al Harlem Companies, to accommod ste the uans-
po,ta,iop of goods from the North and East required
for The city trade, and 100000 has been expended
BY there Companies IN the arrangements necessary
for that purpose. But the uie OF thee depob Will
be limited to this purpose, and much OF the tram? or
tsion to and from these depo's VIII take place
du,ir ME bt The entire track through the Bowery
and Center streets is in course OF repair, which ha.
been rendered necessary the excessive travel OF the
past Winter. and when completed will obvate much
of the complaint lately made against the Interrupt
tion of the passenger travel esp. ciaDy when tne
large "a, senger carr shall be withdrawn.
AID. MONAGHAN made some inquiries in regard to
the present rail used this road and said his consttu
ebts n sde oay complaints TO him In regard TO It. The
rail should be removed and the groove ail substi
tued and he designed directing his energies to that
end.
Mr., SANFORD said that the preeent rail was laid I'VE
years ego by order Of the authorities, and would not
BE- Just for the Common Council to order its removal
a. this tme-the rail not being one third out yet
He proposed 10 have the granite pavement laid close
to the RAIL- only sufficient space being left for the fange
of the wheel.
Ex.Ald. WAxgNAs and others here made complaint
restive to the condition Of the wall on either side Of
the road at YorkvilIe.
Afier some further conversation, the Committee 81
the invitation of the Company agreed to visit the up
prr I'D of the road on Tbursosy next. Another meet
ing viii be held at the Hall on Friday afternoon.