The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-21

Complaints against the City Raiiro ads.
THE SUBJECT INVESTIGATED BY THB ALDEaM MO
COMMIT K ON RAILROADs-THE THIRD AVENUE
RAILhOAD OHIEFLy CoMPLAISEp oP-HAvE COL
ORsD CIrIzsss RIoHr TO RIDE IN TIE SIXTH
AVENUE CARS
TIE Committee on Railroads OF the Bard olAldsrmen
Thomas hcsptdon, Chairman met in Mr. Valentines
ofics City Hail. at p NJ, thursday Tho com NIT
tee E IN accordance with the foil owing resolution which
pared the Beard Of Aldermen the ll,h Of this month
Where's complaints being daily made By the public
Iiccs city railroads and whereas the proysions their
70 spS ss s s S 70
msJ REQUIRE therefore be
with ns uclons TO nooughy investigate The whole subject
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have power to send for persons and pape,a
The chairman sa'ei toe perposo OF tho meeting aud
Iequ, sied II eny ctrzens pre- Who were AoouS
TONED ride en- our city railroads. that they would make
kno~n their views UPON the accom- odasons and oeDd
sblpntu who lives In Ninety .nrs, street
AND third avenue, said live In Yorkviile /
the Third Avenue Railroad Al meeting be-
iore committee Of this Board few years ago,
We made comp'airts o, a wsnt OF acconm atatiou on
ths read whtn Mr.. Dasih VITO present. promised
that he would put tu suitceft number of to
commodate the travel On ttAt route To the complaint
that third Of The should go through to York
vile, fro ooe end OF the ack TO other have
minutes for YokviIe car aud BY counting found that
only every fourth or ffh Car vent 10 Yortvie Idont
zee sny reaen wh, every car should NOT be compelled
rjesr through Yui kvle, those which d. not
to ssc In any passengers excep. those for Yorkvle
Mr. Daniel Fanshaw sa,d-I have been q rider on the
Third avenue cars ever s,noe the line was Graf establish
ed We Rave be. very much annoyed by the atop ping
Of The at s!xeth ttreet the passengers 10 York
vile Rave generally TO wait there ten fifteen minutes
before they get FOR Ycs kve have tqueny
been there about SIX O'Clock r ard found
who could tel. when Q csr would be ready togo up M
~ n n TO Or ~ ar An
there ~oud TO no cars resoy TO run nor could ue ind
on. when ore wou'd BIO ready Twas there one night,
OF = car getting ready. or seeing any one
Who could tell rs when car would DO got ready, .
Eve minutes for York vile car, and that one was
no. starred IN lees than ve minutes he would spend $500
nS put n
would DO ha, he said Another great trouble u.s. that
az 'oon as the Up town cars stop ct sxsth street, the
Yorkvile Immediately whip up before any pAsssn
gee get OF them and We have 70 wait tor the next
car Ibis is frequently done seemingly to ANNOY the
passengers One Dehi we vent up in car and waited
ons tine ct sixsth street q Yorkville car Al last
word came 10 us ba, there WAS ono ahead ready oil
run tbrorgh u mud-womeD, children and men together
before any got at the car TIRE conductor cTiod
cut ave are foil, can'i take any more" We were all
Of oour,e compelled TO wait Tor the next car and then
counted passtr gers enough waiting 10 fill q ve oars.
The Chairman here asked Mr.. Fsnsbaw hot many per-
soma he thought should be limited 10 ridng In car 81
time.
Er. Fansbaw though. thst the number could be fixed
BY law ach that no car should be allowed TO carry more
Thomas Goodwin thsc rasde q long s,s,emeut to the
committee. He said that there running
fro Sxeth street 10 YcFfyie ami thai makes six
.;ps be fornd eat fault with the Third
hno esCiA ~ above SIiieth areet tAying the company
did not obse the working cAss Of socey, that
they put IN less humber OF cars lille s great crowd
Of worbioamtn going do IN town IN the morning
than thty did alter O'Clock A. when the Weather
cAss q fcclety went cosn He atAied that Mr. Darling
Rad made false about tee property OF the
larry, and reprtsepted thai the mpny has cleared
$ht. eco DUNG he Last year.
James NJ Smith, q Physician IN the Colored o phau
Az hun OF ibis city made plant against the Sixth
Avenue Railroad. Ny business said he, phys 10
tho Orphan Asylum makes necessary for me TO ride
the S1!h cDce twioe cay, but according
from riding than in very half Tour. come
before this committee . citizen, snd desire 10
10 reftvd from this ihib!Ilcn. The company say
tfN tire proportion OF tie coior,d population IL
about onoibrees'hs AID tht re!ore thsk every thr.
tetrth or fourteenth sufficient foe the sooom-
modan you vii at perceive tia, this arsumeu.
entirely fulsome. Again, the company Claim that the
tNouson In Hccortsn with pub 10 oprton; but puJ
10 opinion "a stArst item. TIE Ssoop 4, Third and
Fourth ADue Rat read Companies allow colored people
10 stalrttths Sixth Avenue Rsilroat Company The
tesRraec for co,ofed persons have whte'
sOs thsn coortd ores. therefore puo!o opinion Is
sgsirAt the ocmpsay The law against then, ~ has
already been so decided BY high legal authority. Tao
Ne pub &c convey ances ard must carry all decent
ly appsiAlled m Mr. Smith went o, to show what
stst ineorveiesce be ana others suffered from the
ciuslon OF he company.
Mr.. FASsHAw stated TO the committee TIA. he had
bIown DR. sniih for many years man OF integrity,
the committee TO ro,!ce the subject In ther report snd
declared thai was Imposition thai one men should
be exclude rcm pablo rveysrcs bfcarss be OF
q fue 6srksr color tran another.