The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-03-08


ees property pledged 10 pay tho Interest upon Of
u putlto deSss ar Tia CITY N hi. I.oon. A. :.
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nerio.ssv enh.rrsrsd nv n ana r.rh.,. &c.,, s..
49, a.. IN S~"y'''
~. oni' " 0ue.feans 'H' income On sAs franchises
would necessarily cheaper the franchises themselvea
Bs looked viii anna cur,osSv A -. A.
.,.. wy" s 80 WnA@ 'ne
0W svvernmen' " ntoonyn mad 70 say in
justification Of il interference with the ntsree. NJ MI.
clients twas conceded on the other aida tst N.
had very substsptiai yested r,eht n soms - s
ries and thai 20 ar e leslcou interSersa ~ss ~.
franchises nterfered with such vesed rtshts Y,s
the part Of New York would be that va nj
within the just policy of the IAesshre ear a.
ed Tho interests Of New York or Rrooklvn Or ths
raj good to pas The bill In the very nm bin nv Sch
ferraee they were asked Also 10 provide for
ton on "just tcrmsO This commutafio. hs cl.;,.sS
should be fixed and defined The policy Of The ierisls
ture never had been 10 interfere With The rsfa
and out Of the one hundred or two
the State he only know Of one ipstanos IN which such
interference had occurred The more thev chesnensd
ferrage the moro they chespened human ia ma
ed human security for moor boats md had
would result from NON paying ferries Tho notion On he
part of the people OF the city of BROOKLYN To Ia
that the ierrage should be reduced 10 one whsther
paid or not and consequently il the ferres were sSsn
doned, mandamus could be taken out 10 compel New
York 10 run them At one cent nav or not NV Penny
rates would certainly cause sstuppennv
The Inevitable reauli OF the Legislature enactns b OF
this kind would be the destruction OF tia nros or hs
franchises and the endsueeripR Of human lie
Mr. GuBaRr in replying on behaN OF Brooklvn said
that the principle on which this Ieraat,n n:
was that the matter was one OF grave public mnortsnce
II was not q mere municipal measure in any point Of
formlpg so 10 sneak locomotve hiehvsv sc,n,e.
payicabe stream an arm Of the scs should not he sds
a matter of emoument either nyivsie ar mnn,c,na, lie
primary object was the good OF The public A. lsrre The
rover to regulate the ferries Was vested in the itv Of
New York at all for the burmese Of nromo,,s" the
public advantage never could be entrusted anywhere
for the Of enabling the private grantee 10 make
gain II would be found that from the esrlest
times the ferriage had been matter of legislstve rem
aton Toe counsel on the other aide claimed 70 nrotect
the Sinking Fund Of the city of New York he could and
law cevopg ferry franchises in any form 70 the
payment OF any public debt New York meyer had
oeriyed anything from the franchises but from her
OF ferriaee reduced to one cent the city would
receive the same amount as at present Mr. en-.
bert preceded 10 show that the ferries bad already
paid very large dvc encs when run at the rate OF one
cent ma he ed the various charters to prove that The
legislature had at dfe rem, tines regulated the rate or
ferriape The citizens Of BROOKLYN now asked for new
regulation on the ground that would promote the pub
hao Of Years largely and among th se who
knew ar thing OF the matter there was not the slightest
question hut that all the ferries would nav large profits NJ
one cent The interests of the people Of Brootyn and of
New York and OF the property owners and masses nj
we're identical and that was that the ferries should
Alderman y,sf1I said that his learned friend had
maze ont strong case in syor Of The western dstrc NJ
the city His remarks would be restricted 10 the vii
Ijam,bn ferries n had been donbed that becsuso The
Peel sim route a. Ion ono tho ono cor, r,,a nI1
nav He voud dcmonstrete Nv fonres that n wonid
In 1saa The org ferry and two sbort ones or" ,.S Co.
Ten yes,s nv comnsnv having c.n,,sI Of S,sN onc