The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-25
Union Ferry Compa. y.

Union Ferry Compa' y.
INVESTIGATIONS INTO THEIR MAsAGEMEHT--THE
ROOSEVELT STREET FERRY PARTICULARLY CON-
PLAIkED ABOUT.
Tho Adermanic Committee on Ferries mot In Mr. Va
eutne's Office, CITY Hail. Of p. n. Tuesday, Alder
Steers, chairman. The committee continued their
CATION Into The management and coneilon Of the
Union Ferry Company.
Austin L. Sands being duly sworn said III cross over
the Roosevelt street Terry almost every day the boAs
have recently been In bad order; they not kept %
udIly they used 10 be; think the ferry not well
conducted when In the posssss.oa d Moss.
rlden and Havemsyer. [rhe Chairman here read she
requirements OF tho lease under which tho ferry
bcswecu Roosevelt street, New York. and Bridge street,
Brooklyn, 10 be run The icas0 specifies that the
com any must one good substantial boat cvery
monty IN. . .s .
years, for the sum OF 81, oce yesr.l
John y. Philips, Of Brooklyn, being duly sworn,
pubic expectsd hat would be Of the best ferries
In the city think tho former Iessees dd all they could
70 % .cS'%noss,s the pSSnc the sogp.FS o. IN this ssy
door consider the boa sood or kcps in proper order
William N. seipman, being duly sworn, said-I reside
Of dressing The Roessvsli suss feU ever sinoe con.
mcnced running; wAs In tbs habit OF crossing The ferry
two boats running ,hen; ana the bos on sns ferry are
moi hcp In - gooa order ~ they are on other tories;
crcssd this ferry the ether Day, was tory minutes
o'ber; his ferry 10 tse nearest one can tske 70
come here from my business estAbIshmen;, bat tho
ana ss Ss suS sag D Ss 70 bay
Isras tickets TOR my team I" The rate o. Of SIS nor
that L. Cor Ss per hundred uckes by the soutn
lsyry- nai 10. q mile and Q half further-snd make
Ser 70 70 the south or Union ferries 10 say ticket. by
the hundred; canDot say they do not sell them a the
rr., .x,, ~ e,.ar .wcxr x..,x. "A ,oo uorxv
street. Brook yb; sm an oil manufaoursr am IN the
habit Of crossing tbe Roosevelt street Terry every day
PEELED 10 20 another ferry; have 70 walt for boat
Al the Roosevelt street ferry from 10 thirty minuses
this the general rule when there 100 in the river
The cabins OF the ooau are very vet think II rs caused
BY ibe sskase through the upper deck.
William Marin, Alderman OF the Finh ward Of Brook.
yp being duly sworn. sAidI have been In the habit OF
erossing the Roosevelt street ferry the very
start OF u; when the ferry started there ~ere tvo
boats run all day. and one run sp night; am boss cook
have 10 get my materials cared across; vent 70 the
Roosevelt street. sry one day lass week at II A. NJ, and
found no boat had started ready to rum asked
pilot started the boats then went 70 TIE o, assed
him n he started the boat he said he did when ne got
steam upi asked him no. long bsfore would be op;
he said be le, and come over By a,otber
|. hey lay At the vsssyes in Nee Yors; there
The be b boat I a a,d not star, I'm ococs P. NJ;
understood In BROOKLYN that the properly IN the up
per part Of NE city has deprecissd monthly since the
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Of the property wss greatly decreased vheo the fery
ran Nth good accommodations could not build
enough hooses TO supply the demand for nem while Ne
cannot rent the houses now; wanted 10 GET season
ticket few days ago, and applied TO the Brbse street
ferry ars the terry master could net give me one and
bed 70 seod down 70 the Fulton ferry 70 get III ses per-
sons 20 70 the ferry evevy day. and ave out OF every ux
Of them turn away aud 20 o some other ferry br ey
the condition OF his and cannot walt for the boats
the engineer told the engines leaky the cabins
are vet; The cushions are frequently piied up IN one
corner; the company has discharged the two women
vbo engaged 70 clear and clean the boats and sta
on houses - tbcrs no one 70 take care OF tnem row
John w. Avcry beng duly sworn, said, reside 81 iss
Front street, Brookiyn; Am grocer have besn .ne
habit ocrossne the Roosevelt street ferry since 1900
the ferry wss then conducted with degree OF regn
lsrisy II s nov nubssce; have generally foy tne ass
few months, gone down and r0ssd the Fuit,n nrees
ferry then took the cars and rode mp the scs psrcu
larry the sentemen's cabin hes been In very bed con
dion Tor year past; ono day. mis- winter hey cnsnfed
the cso,rs the ladies' cabin looked 20 deporabe that
they had 10 take the cushers ont and put them In the
fenilcmens cabin; these not The bcsm that were
built for the ferry they were some Of shs best bosss In
New York.
The committee then adjourned un thursday next H
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