New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-03-13
The Ferries and the Legislative Committee.
Mr. KALBFLEISCd AS WITNESS.


The statements made before the Legislative Committee by
Mr. KsbHeisch and Mr. Strong would true startling and
.seS on examination to be entirely destitute ounds
OH n fact Il i mattel Of ,OTs sG % .USh man m, m
ity reliability such wholesale statements and that Mr.
That i may Be seem that these two senle%sn do not SPEAK
from OF information but that they del oeate In
s pSsd 4SSs & a Sa popossd to 'Ss
nee FIGURES, the Pecksp Ferry could be run for
Committee that h' scts bad been again again confessed
SyS sc ssed them to be Of public
added staemen' the authority OF Mt Dubois man
in Europe and not here to contradict the gentleman VINO
propose to show how credible witness Mr. KsbAesch is
He begins with dates and events His statement tht, In
s4 the long ferry and two short ones were leased Tor ten
The Peck Sip and Grandst Ferries and this in a4a The
Dvisionav Ferry established as public accommodation,
"n0os On ohf s ds,e SSsS M1 SG Ksoaesc6 equally
n Isas % sSa whereas the ds ev was established as early
1916 snd hundreds Of citizens remember the 10 S
But it not only in dates long ego that MT Kabasisch
past ant figures dollars and reliable his
dates the Committee and the public wiz have little to 60 on b IN
the Company. that the 9Th February the Com
m the l7h and shall bis money statements are wilder
The Wiihsnsturgh Ferry Company organised with
capital Of $4,000 which increased to $500 and never
lis untrue as Mr Klbaesch that three Directors
cved for three years or that any D
rector received salary compensation during the h three
years of the Company running except $500 year paid Que
Tor e4tfa adutie acco and bookkeeper
The statement Mr. K4bhesch that Use 600 of capital
paid back within three years that the capital was doubled
No such any paid back within
three aerwsd nor was the caPs doooeo OF m
its origins. contracted for establishing the ferry and put
Ybs of Mr. Kabaeisch that during FIVE years
succeeding they averaged e cen. snum rohs on the
os1na @ ;s % Snd and curing their entis
they averaged nor paid ten per cent DIVIDENDS on
The statement ofMr Kabheisch that during the last yesr
ming cent they divided 80 cent on their original
capital absurdy upue The neither earned nor divided one
and the Company in fact ran the ferries that year
The statement of Mr. KabHeisch that the old Company had
20 90 80 600 foot passengers ter the commencement OF the
opposition ferry only untrue but sounds citizen Of
WIamsbsgb sin ply ridiculous ia probable that the
epre crossing Of toe enes averaged per dey on all
the eie aud at the time Teeed to the old Company ala NOT
carry average number Of loWC C,o.,.-.... 4,
including the rent woud not exceed SVO pei day Is untrue
The running exclusive OF accidents and tear Of
and y ops ccnTessn nth these ferries depre
cation and repair account is enormous Single sccdens have
s4SUo and similar sums The ice damage Winter
sse9sS - Sds Us buhsad and bridges:
methods of sinking money ferry buness Mr. kabhesch
Sd u It w % the
and down nsead Of across the river h subject x varying cur
Ions apprehended difficulty In getting into and
slips and and tear of boats than on any other
M Ksbaech, statement that there are three three cOmPsns:
bat Companies consolidate The WDismb9rsh Ferry
CTRRe's Re s.ssS Sf a KSibSesch that the
put up three cents the Company received $iS3 as
only sbO1t s9OS in total cs and ,O oss
used in future and which he Company would be obliged to
out and another large portion was in tickets sold pre-
The statement Of Nh Kabesch that the Grsndst and Dvs
% sJ s E a ss s:.e n % dons what
the Company never have done and his means Of or son are
expenses This have estimated from time to time
They estabB0bsd the ferry public 70 Dc
entirely. The gross receipts Of the rsnd Ferry from Feb
They earned And yet ne gtayely imposes
Ii scarcely credible sustaining the position OF Mr.
Kabfech could be induced lay before egislstye Commit
every solitary which contains gross mis'tateeot
The origin Of the winsrnsburgb Ferry Company not for
gotten by citizens buTg hoSever strong may be their
tsinad tseir leases The csnditon ferries that time
beyond description low The boat. weTs small aos.no
still No cared to tgy Soah 9st for example, had
sixteen houses South 10th, DvisOnav bediordsv,
and the neighboring streets existed only or maps
II was great responsibility and rk that uon assumed in In
the establishment; of frst-css ferry this pla,e: Capitalists
laughed a the iaes The old Company openly ana
sale before the gear ended Iney even declared In the
built and within few days Of May s4s that It ridicu
ous to believe that such oosts were et er
Ferry and that in fact they were built for new Ws Ferry
Nav, l649 the public OF WnncmbDuFSn
unnecessay to rece be speed with which the pubc for
and old management anc regan 10 oemano
the Long before the Company hAd
10 while they sinking thousands per
month Mr. klbfetsch and MI strong began
TO profits the Company were making
The Copany risks and sunk these large
money with the expectation oil money m he
future Ii public that they hbd men to run the
enormous which all ferry business implies for mere re-
Turn Of capital and per interest viii be found impossi
HE II one ferry boat be sunk by collision when
evening load OF the loss
damage would sweep than the ente cApitA OF
the Company. This IL ffosn IN the recol
lection OF Thousands Of citizens that the Onzaka fecknP
ferry boat She the afternoon with Gro Tded load
Of fpsstenger in by collision The pilot udcoqsy
from fact that the boat sinking
her into the slip, discharged n
and abe sunk near the loot
of This coat the Company HoOV 10
and had tho boat hve minutes sooner the damages
would have been than : l50eo0
These risks be assumed ar there must be s prospect
induce 70 undertake the business OF
CARRYING hdands passengers End millions OF dollars worth
of properly Il crowded sr "a a. the sea 80.
The rates OF Peck slip Ferry established at
cheapest lines Of In the world The resi-
dent 9h lOh 4h 2h IN Newf OK, does not think
cents high rate pay for being carried the distance
NumbeIess examples Of such rates OF fare might be cited bu
ou purpos Of present exposing the character OF
the evidence on which before Legislative Commit
ee showing the danger Of depending open decas
o decsInaoTy speeches by pGrrsns not under the
soleuniy cath, political effect In Kings county
Whether gepteen have by these earned the
reward from of Kings County which they possibly
expect is respectfully submitted to all truth LOVING etHsn
brooklyn, March II, 1860 H. NJ DhmibL'
DIR. Pfaff, OcuiisI.
From Paris Vienna aud behin