New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-08
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The bill also permits the Central 10 charge u cents
per mile way fare, which s increase OF one half
cent per mile over the rates now fixed by law. .,.
Mr. Connolly consented to the reporting OF this bill
for the consideration of the Senate while he did not
concur with his colleagues in the necessity or pro-
prety of the proposed by the bll-regardng
il as special tax in form for winch there may ex-
list the power but not the right.
hardly think this bill will meet with as much favor
az the original one introduced earlier il the sesson,
which bad no provision for the payment of specific
sums in lieu of tolls for the that il woud in
case the roads should elect 10 pay the gross sums,
practically prevent an increase OF tolls on the canals
and thus prevent increase of the revenue from that
source while the set down for each OF the various
roads would not equal what might reasonably be ex-
pected in the way OF tolls. appehend, also, that the
people living along the line of tho Central R0adlwould
not he particularly pleased at finding their railroad
fare increased - per cent.
The Toll bill before the Assembly was debated At
considerable length to-day, in Committee of the Whole
and the House finally reported progress and adoarned
CITY RAILROADS.
The railroad schemes before the Legislature are be-
coming badly mixed up and tangled. ! cent 10 HE
TRIBUNE the other day abstract OF five bills which
had been reported from the Assembly Com nittee on
Cities ond Villages. Last evening Mr.. Manerre in
trOduced general bill into the Senate, putting the
question Of railroad grants into the hands of the city
authorities, OF which you received abstract by tele
graph, and MIR. kiero introduced bill for road in
Seventh avenue, and nearly all the other streets in the
city, containing the names OF between thirty and forty
iucOrpor8tors, which proposes to on most of tae
streets named in the five BILLS reported in the Assembly
ThE morning the Senate COMMITTEE on Cities and
Villages reported for the consideration OF the Senate
all the City Railroad bills which had been referred To
that CO mmtes- iii number-and they were IN aie
q special order for this evening have only had time
copy the routes and lncorporaor5 OF portion OF
them, follows:
To authorize the Of Railroad in Seventh avenue
and other svenues In the City Of Ne~-York
Incorporates, VIM. II. Hays, Edward Is. St. John,
Jacob Hays. James S. Hunt, Menthone Tompkins jr.,
Vim. Higgins Andrew y. Hodges, VIM. Lumby
REM M. Stdlwell Thomas II. Tower, Frederick L.
HAYES. VIM. H. Geer, Henry T. Low, WIN. 7. Buck
mater, Lewis a. Cohen, AlOnzo +. Robbins, VIM. b.
smith. James Murphy, Joseph ). Craig, Richard L.
Winsor. Jacob Russell, John b. Ba9cock, Burkly b.
Hotchkies X. Schuyler Hewitt, VIM; Rayesteyn, John
Petiqrew, Richard Franchat, John Z. Thompson, Ma
tbanel Barnett, Thomas w. Dixon, Edward f. men
Jick Robert Marshall, John Marshall, and John
Rerry with mower 10 construct railroad commencing
in Eifty-piuth street at It's intersection with Seventh
avenue thence by double track through Seventh ay-
cuue 10 Greenwich avenue, thence TO Eighlh
street; thence 10 McDougal thence TO f0url street,
thence 10 Thompson; thence 10 Canal thence 10 west
thence to College place. thence 10 par
clay; thence 10 Broadway; aso with single track
from tie corner Of Barclay aud Church streets along
Church street. 10 Canal thence to Greene; thence 10
Clinton place; thence TO University place; thence
with donble track TO Broadway; thence 10 Seventh
avenuei to intersect with said track in such avenue.
ALSO with single track from the corner Of Cnt0n
place and University place 10 Wooster street thence to
canal; thence, with double trask 20 West Broadway
and 10 Greene street. Also with double track from
he track IN West Broadway, alont, Duane 10 Broad
way also t9DnNtng al the corlc{ VI Eleventh !