New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-10

Mo, ees of every kind bat defray share of the con.
tiusent rents, and ali other eKpsuees of the ferry
psops Itiorsd 70 the number Of boats engaged. 10
other words, d may be very safely taken AS = rule.
that ali ierriage $50 earned in one day By ons
boatis clear profit Tms being So thsre is noe fer
but could proitRhly be run at one oeot-
AID. kalhtietsch Gays, snd bis statement has
been contradI sted nor denied:
Tsks the downtown ferry st wiamshnrph the length oil
which constitutes the only psUsbe argument against eue-
ou ofees on alt ferries to The following
@ based on The suppsStton OF H boats being run eontn
s9liy
lsresl snd at 81 tua. price at present Sle 900
10 feny Masters At 50 month Tor u months. sos
Bridge gsteen s2sc per u monih.. ssGO
interest," o "a s b .m...y SS
saarie. Of secretaries, clerks snd other employees not
Sssg say go year g.
}sss The travel on this ferry passenger, daily
1sssR Z the belief Of oo.. and eoa..ass 0ssyyefs In
hs former Gaze one cent per esy all az 2,
adopting The latter estimate Of Pasengen SIX posts might
to the inter est on the req estate which the ba the
capital betrayed without enhng the receipts from vehicles
~heh are very large and quite In proportion to the immense
This long ey from tse Eastern District ths main outlet for
sssens to be City Of An night long the boats are
crow ded with kese vehicles Add this $3.50 day which,
s on the person. daily
ordinary scquaLce Of with the cost Of
tee viii be lessees Of the ola ferry by reduction Of
their pa senger rate TO one cent -
For nearly forty years the Western District ferries hsve been
limited 10 maximum fare CT 20 cents jus
the ard continual increase OF population and travel
dtSpd now farther reduction should be made and psc
in the District where The legal maximum Is still
four cents and where the ferase sctusy charged Is three
cents
The Union Ferry Company of the Western District
has complied with the law requiring them TO file state
ments OF their business with the County Clerk and
the state of their finances therefore be more DELI
nitely ascertsined. Had the Williamsburgh Ferry
Companies done the same, might have demon
strSted their ability probably at one cent even
more concusively. The number of foot passengers
annually crossing the Union Ferries lie 900 600, or
over 10000 per day. There thirteen boats actually
run ming on these ferries viz four Falton Ferry,
two on South Ferry, three on Hamilton avenue Ferry,
two OF Wall street Ferry, and two on Catherine street
Ferry Que cent per foot passenger therefore, would
paw $40 dollars for each boat daily, or considerably
more than the necessary expenses, as evidenced by
other statements, leaving the whole of the vehicle
travel for clear profit.
In view of these facts do not SEQ how the Legis-
lature can 20 astray in passing the Onecsnt Ferry bill
The leases of the Union Ferries to be sold,
and if the Union Company do not wish to purchase
them on these terms there plenty Of citizens who WILL
and the City Of Brooklyn will guarantee New York
as large a rent as she now derives from them. Be-
sides fthe ferries will pay at one cent how much
more remunerative will they prove five years hence,
when the population Of the city has increased, as It IL
evitsbly will, at least 30 per cent. ..
A CITIZEN or BROOKLYN.
ByooEfur April Q, 1860