Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-05-10

florence IN the chair. The minutes Of the
previous eyefiiffQ were read and approved.
Mr.. Cunningham presented 4 propagation
from Harvey Colville h Co., proposing to
lease all the public landings at the foot Of
Fifth-stteet, t22B feet) for which they propose
to pay 81, l,500per annnni, or y 200 for the first
year, 81, 800 for the second, 81 500 for the
third, $1,000 for the fourth, and $i,700 for the
iftl, the rent payable quarterly. aai
Or motion Of Mr., Eggleston, the City Au-
ditor was instructed 10 advetise for proposals
for ,he leasing Of dll the public landings, on
which the lease has expired. alr-.
Mr.. Moore presented communication frot1
the School Board, requesting Council to con-
cur in its action, in purchasing a lot from
Nicholas Longworth for the sum of $4,000.
The lot is located on Cathafine street and ad-
joining the one now occupied by the First
intermediate School The purchase was
unanimously confirmed. ... r.
Mr.. Toohey presented the following me-
mortal from the Presidents OF the different
street RAILROAD companies, which was referred
to the Committee on Roads and Canals
To the Honorable he City Council Of The city Of Cin-
oinndHs nh 4.H NIHl RI H'.II
Your memorialists, the Cincinnati Street Railroad
Company, the Passenger Railroad Company of Gin.
cinnati the Pendleton and fitth-street Market
Space street Passenger Railroad Company, respect
That the limited knowledge existing in the com
whom our grants were made accounts for the exist
ence Of considerable prejudice against them thereby
Companies Receiving contracts al your hands, 10
weigh well the conditions that ought in Justice, TO
Your memorialists have contracted, in good faith,
to run street passenger cars through several streets
dtions, many Of which were entirely new and much
moro bnrdensome than those imposed. upon similar
with the spirit Of beraliy that should characterize
Some Of these conditions have proved upon fair
trial to be SO burdensome to render II impossible
for any company TO carry thcm out, and, at the
services and to KEEP SeT cars Rnd horses IN
proper ordcr in view othe credit aud comfort ofour
A comparison between the burdens imposed under
our ordinance and those governing street passenger
railroads in other Cities Will, perhaps be Of some in
l. The annual car license $50 exceeds the amount
nearly with the highest
2. The "Omnibus Clause has absorbed a large
amount OF money from your petitioners; while the
acquisitions Of this clause haye been imposed in no
other city, exesptns Philadelphia, n which latter
companies, and was not demanded by the Councih
acted of anv otSer sreet Passen9er RsroSS Tom
pany in other cities. They have merely 10 keep in
Instances one or two FEET outside the % rails wRo SR
your memoriaists =, are required, Gn addition to
repair from curb to curb, in which the cars run run "
~ The rate Of fare in New York, Boston, st. Louis,
3 SesT sS T@'sS
packages Of tickets nor is any per capita tax required
Soralsts are % required to sell Packages Of tickets at
the rate of four cents each, and then pay into tho
25 per cent the actual receipts leaving but three
cents per passenger TO the Companies or but 60 pei
Statistics from large cities where passenger rail-
roads have been thoroughly tested, show that pas.
sengers not be carried at three cents each, aud
leave remainder for keeping the roads in order. In
proof of this statement, beg to refer you to the
report of the average cost Of carrying each passenger
on some of the most successfully managed street rail
ways in the Eastern cities:
Sixth-ayenue Railway, in New York, cost 3A cents
Third-ayenuo Railway, in New York, cost i)s cents
Brooklyn City Railway, in New York, cost aN cents
fare cents
These reports undoubtedly show tho smallest av
erarge to which the cost of carrying passengers
be reduced. And tho roads named carry large
City can be expected 70 carry during the existence
the personal enthusiastically twenty years
| The New York roads receive five cents per pas
senger, and pay no captation tax; and they d.
bowldcrng or repairing of streets except bctwee
Without referring further to statistics Of othc
cities your memorialists beg leave to say that u
tice and necessity Of making some change in til,
TaToad ordinances iS1, en- and in the sSsd
tinue to be convenient and pleasant mode of travel
and the capital invested in their construction b.
%s 5v who 5dSs in
fact, tax levied upon the poor man for the bench
of the rich,) must be apparent to al.
|
est at which the transportation of passengers can
effected, with reasonable remuneration to the Com
1t certainly can not be expected that capital oug
70 be invested in any enterprise, without paying
where the mode in which the capital has been eS
pended, has afforded such great conyeniences to II
separate interest is preserved in thriving condito
by Its own selfsustatning efforts, and where no pa
These special taxes not only affect % our prospert
through the heavy drafts on our receipts but ais
In short, we wish your honorable body distinct
to understand that, under tho present restrictions
imposed by contracts, It Is impossible for
companies to protect themselves from loss.
of these burdens, your memorialsts make the fol
lowing proposition: If we relieved of the pay
bowider unbowldered streets, and our obligation
repair the streets be limited to that portion lying bC
tween the outside rails Of our trucks and twely
Inches on each side thereof we will agree to reduc
the price Of fares as follows;
We will increase the number Of commutatio
package tickets Of either company, same as our owl
from school, in sps packages Of IS for ST.
We will issue exchange tickets good over any tN
The city viii, under the terms of this propagation
Companies IN the general RPdf tax Duplicate % which WI
amount to large yearly, but will also recei'
long to twenty f or thirty times T the sum 1sl6S D.
annum) received from licenses under the old omnib,
Your memoralists believe that the above offer pr,
sents more favorable terms to the public than hay
been made by street railways in this country b.
they hope that their liberality will to rend
their roads still more popular with the people, ar
favorable SSaS 'G gSas R
, which isrespsctfully submitted. " rr,vn
..l President Cincinnati Street Il. II.
, President Pendleton and Fiith- street b. R. c
JAS. J. ROBBINS,
President Passenger Railroad Co. Of Cineinnat
CINCINNATI, May, 1860 a.ff .tt-.-.s.. .at4
Mr.. Weasner presented memorial fro
VIM. Glenn and Sons, together with a larl
1 number Of others, property holders on Vim
G street, asking the extension of the presei
< sewer on Vine-street, from Pearl TO Wate
: Referred to the Committee on Sewers, wit
instructions to report an ordinance in accort
ance with the prayer of the petitioners.
\ Likewise an ordinance to provide for NAL
= ing contracts for the construction of sire
! railroads. Its provisions are in substance
e follows:
: Sec. l. Makes it the duty of the City Al
s ditor to contract for the construction or e.
n tending of street railroads. and to advertis
under the direction of the City Council, f
proposals for the same. .-..,.
R Sec. 2. Provides that he shall be governt
s by the provisions Of the Ferguson bill ar
: the city ordinances on the subject. 1f1r
Sec. 3. Directs the Auditor to publish {
u abstract of all the bids received, in two dai
t papers, designating the one deemed the bei
+ Sec. a. Provides that no contract shall
:, signed, in behalf of the city, until one wet
: after such publication; and should Council
Q direct, it becomes the duty of the Auditor