New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-05-13
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, MAY i'' io"'''

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Tressurer from Hanover street, to the passenger de
Dot. corner Of Fourth avenue AMI Twenty-se'eh'h
street. -, -, c.,.I
road in con-equence Of extensive repairs oeing IT,
CURED, amounted during the year to 81, 800.
| TIE Harlem Railroad Company share oil the re-
| CENTS during the year has been So, ieS 81.
| ind0e B0,RDx,S Of New-Hayep was called U
the chair, when the report Of the Direct, r. was &C
cruted and approved. The INMATES of the previous
| animal meeting were also read and approved -
Dr. FoorE .sid he wished to ifgire Whether Ine
nsil uciioLs If the Stockholders abVt1 de ~ Ne-A'
had been faithfully carried on. ,-,,;,l
The PREsIDESf replied that they hsd h'en earriel
out &c far practicable. No person eHcsp' ms, d
was au,bor-~d to ISSUE complimentary 'eAe''' -' nc
bad not given any, fv.
,borei A. Bacon ESQ., one Of the Directors eiected
las, wear and asserted that he Withdrew rom 'ue
BOARD IN account If majority refusing 10 Cart! ou'
a. intructicns Of the stockholders, and even enter
80, the consideration of a Sc, Of rules and regnla-
ns Tor the government Of the Board on the subject
Dr. Foo,e also minated that So ne Of the directors
bad very large families anu extended INCH PNN'a''
| 10 all sorts Of relations and friends.
| NJ Jos,Tg,s GODFREY rose and stated that, as
one of the Directors he wished the meeting TO UNDER
stand that he had passed any one over the roa
excep In single inst ance-shen the Legislature was
! IN session there was young lawyer whom ne eN-
,e,ded the priyrge TO- because be thought II would
be for the interest Of the Company fer him to do So
inasuuch he desired To Obtain his the lawyer ~
! and there fore took HIM home ana Dtck; D4l
/ that wa the only man he Mr. G.. had ever passed.
over the road and in that case he considered the
| lawver in the service Of the Company. Ills tam
| ily was small and his own wife had never oeeh
| RAISED over the road: and with regard to the
! refusal of the Board of Directors 10 receive the
| rules sad 10 have been presented by MI bacon, ne
wss positive ssrh rules as those now eTn'Den h"
! ever been offered by Mr. Bacon. lie believed .nat
gentleman offered a resolution Comprising four hte
lines in favor Of carrying out the views OF the STOCK
boIders but the subject had then been acted upon AZ
former meeting during the absence %. MI. d. 80, 30
that Gentleman being very s'rghtior"ar ln carry
ING ont the instructions of the tockhoders IN putting
stop to giving free passes he would state one tnins Ir
the information of the meeting, that on one VI more
| occasions when Mr.. Bacon had gone to New orR I'd
M .nd meetings of the Board, he had taken MS we
along ard charged the Company with the ho'ei eA-
| nenses If his wife, which announcement appeared 10
take his friends aback, while he lMr. "odrey nther
| remarked. that occasion had ne ever charSed d
nenpy He could also good reason why some men
.houfi pass over the road free, and SIMPLY because
they could do much for the interest ot the roal Ihcy
had IN take the great world il s-and with steam
| boat competition to cont nd against was there
fore advisable to all the influence they could.
! The Hon Mr. FERRIS observed that it was he who
offered he esoutinu the previous annual meeting
in favor of cutting of - dead heads and when he
did So he had of excluding the President di-
rectors officers, employ from the privilege OF
passing free the road neither was 1t intended 10
exclude stockholders from passing over the road Tree
10 attend the annual meeting; but merely designed tn
stop the future Issue of complimentary passes.
| Mr. BuLKLEY Of southport, said he understood that
there had been more dead heads the last year thah
Tbs PErsfDgxr assured the stockholders that such
| was not the case.
| Mr.. A. f. Dow offered resolution to the effect that
the directors declining To carry out the INSTRUCTIONS
Of the Stockholders should n ceiyc their censure.
Mr. HoSyR of Boston cOntended that 1t was Tor the
interest of the Company for the President and Direct
ors 90 over the road frequently that there was
much to be- doue on road ike this, aud if the Presi.
dent and Directors could not have the privilege of
| passing free over the road, there would ether ex-
penses arise, perhaps in the shape of salaries that
| would move far more objectionable. He would
90 for amendng the rules by prohibiting the Presi
d,nt Directors and officers from passing the members
| of their respective families over the road
| Mr. j. r. Dow the author If pamphlet on some
alleged abuses in the management Of the road, aud
said 10 be au aspiran for the position at President of
the Company, and minated that Mr., Hoyt, the
Superintendent deeply interested in the purchase
and suppy q fuel for the Of the road and nat he
was pat owner Of the vessels employed in the trans
pothtOn If the fuel also, that he was interested in
furnishing oil waste, &c Like wise, that the expense
of operating the road not managed with economy.
| Mr.. IIoYT, in answer to the reflections cast upon
him by MIR. Dow gave adetailed statement Of the
ptnses incurred for fuel, &c, since 1881, when the
| road under the superintendent OF MIR. whistler;
and at that time the bills for fuel &c, amounted to
$50 600 that they have yearly decreased until the
present year, when they amount to only s95 lSi. The
! trains had been run ON the New.Haven Road with
| less quantity of wood per mile than on the other
roads which had been referred TO better managed
roads in this respect and the trains run on this
road at cents less per mile than on the Hartford,
| New Haven and Springfield Road Mr. Hoyt also
proceeded to show that by his part ownership of one
| or more vessels he had always been enabled 10 pro-
cure a supply If fuel and il had been furnished at
rates full low lower than procured for by the
Hartford Road but he had interest in the purchase
and trade of the fuel supplied Ia the Company and he
hoped that a good committee would be appointed 10
make an investigation which he earnestly desired.
After some further discussion Oh the subject, the
& Iaa head una ivat hU Gapt
II. MARSHALL, who offered resolution 10 the effect
that all persons passing the road, from the Presi
dent TO the lowest employee, should pay their fares
the same other persons, and have the amount thus
expended refunded by the Company, which
red by the meeting.
ton for in case of accident, destruction of bridge
by fire. &c. it would prove obstacle to securing the
prompt attendance Of the necessary force at the de-
sired point. Many of the laborers when required
might be without the means nj repairing to the place
where their assistance would be needed Upon these
representations, a rcco sderaon Of the question was
moved and carried, and finally the pre- position of Mr..
Homer allowing the directors, officers and Employees
to pass free, but excluding their families from the
privilege was adopted after considerable warm dis
cussOn.
DR.. FoorE and Mr. BULKLEY were III favor of dis.
continuing the services Of any person in the employ OF
the Company. after he became candidate for any po
ltcal position. The motion was, however, voted
down.
The stockholders, in the mean time, proceeded to
vote for Directors for the ensuing year. which resulted
in the choice Of the following named gentlemen: jus
tus r. Buckley, George " Miller, Abraham X. Van
Nest, George b. Carhart, Dennis Kimberly, John
Bradley John W. Leeds Jonathan Godfrey, Erastus
c. Scranton.
Henry White, esq, was reelected Auditor for the
ensuing year, after which the meeting adjourned until
the second Thursday Of May, 1850.
lAdyer'isemen;