New-York daily tribune., 1861-12-30


acE a"es Jaekscn street TO Front 't,ret With ',ns
M r,sr,c trough and along Front srst WIN ,in4e ua:A @
. ' ugh and along South street ~ the doobe track
ined TO FRONT street NJ the JUNCTION o. oouth an
& rect at Roosevelt street thence tTonsb ana el"ue
In street to 0d slr, snd hence through and sons 'front.'
to Whitehall street by the track already named inehs,
1ush ard alons Whtch. street zen n.e jSS ;ns, ,ar,
euts, Connections and switches for the psop.i "ons u
accommodation Of the said railroad in any o TIE
toned ret and Of connvctine wh running on or crossing
all such other railroad tracks may lie along OF across any OIL
said routes, streets or svenues. . II,
And in respect 90 aid rails track rsrosd hha ro9
i,y permission license offsncise boeo given 70 aia
Railroad Compsuy toske 80 mucn OF me pave
OF said streets ard avenues orr y OF teh
may be for the said purpose or to iuh he ain
permission ana occupy and use the aid street. or ave
then portions thereof Dd so much oil the
property cf tire Mayer Aldermen and Cominon,ty bordering
aud adjoining sad route, portions theeol As my be
psedu and carry and insure the authority ard
pes hereby aforesaid given said wort TO be done
under the supervision aud direction Of he sufeinenaet OF
sand raroed shd be constructed upon the most approved
plan for the of city railroads. snd the cars "n
same shall run often the cousenieucs 4 the public shall
.ouirs and . be subj TO all She provisions OF chaper 81
of the Corporation Revived Ordina ee approved JUNE w.
1882
And no rate Of fare shall be charged for the convey
Of passengers thereon thai f now chsged by the oy
Railroads in'sad city nov chartered and contuc,ea
Ia heconstrutio ope and Of suca railroad should
the said PARTIES above named their assigns deem neces
tTy prcr-r upon netsect OF use any portion oi
ohor railroad laid any OF the streets VI
they herr by permitte to un upo
Seuect aud the And IN all caes the NO oil a1
of said fsiroad a. herein shall be considered one
OF the ses which the 8Hyor Aldermen, ana Conmonsy
Of sad city hold said streets snd avenues
Mr.. OnroS said that he shoald consider the grant
ing Of bs petition the greatest Outrage ever perpe
trated. One million dollars would be very small
price TO be paid for this franchise. When The fran
chise passed the Legislature, an offer OF Sl,oVooOo
was made Ior it, and vet il was here pressed 10 give
il away. When the subject was before the LeSisid-
tire he did lot regard the offer OF 81 coo 600 for the
of N AS
fare which WAS proposed 10 be five cents. when not
only the million dollars offered Tor the franchise
but the fare was proposed to be three cents-a most
important consideration. Besides, this was grant
perpetuity, without any control remaining W the
city.
Mr.. BRANDON thought more railroad sccommoda.
lion necessary and hence that the proposition was
good Que.
Mr.. BARNEY stated that this was tho only railroad
scheme which his Excelieucy the Governor had not
vetoed when passed by the Legislature. And IN the
lbesuit of Ilttlejohn sgt. Greeley this whole mat,
ter had been thoroughly ventilated, and careful
perusa of the evidence III that would show that
Of al the railroad schemes before the Legislature.
this was the only one that seemed TO have been en-
acted solely its merits. Besides lie believed that
the citizens of hs Ward almost without exception,
were favorable to this road AS IT would tend TO re-
heve them OF some of the nuisance which the present
freight arrangement Of the Hudson River Railroad
entailed upon that Ward. At first be had been op-
posed 10 the matter but the wishes OF the citizens OF
his Ward were paramount with him.
Mr.. LENT called attention 10 the fact that the bill
granting this franchise was vetoed by the Governor,
and passed over that veto. When that bill passed
with the Others this came Common Council was vir.
tuously indignant that tie rights OF the City should
be thus trampled on and yet, without notice, with
out consideration or investigation, the most outrage
ous of all the acts of the last Legislature was pro-
posed TO be confirmed.
Mr. STEVENSON thought that most OF the once
tions TO this project were not foanded III eo"na po
CIV; that railroad accommodation IN TINS cty ~ pres
ent was insufficient and he had long desired that
come project might lie brought forward that would
cover the wants of the city in this respect He be-
lieyed also that the more city railroads there were
the better il would be for uptown property. =,
Mr. ORToS believed that uptown property would
he benefited by this project; that additional railroad
facilities were Necessary; but he wanted to know
why. if million dollars could be obtained for this
franchise IT should be given away; aLd n with the
million dollars fare OF three cents should be given
TO the city, why should the franchise no, only be
given away, Dut fare OF i've cents authorized
Mr.. BRAsDos thought that II million oil dollars
were accepted for this franchise the railroad eorPo
ration would make il up by less liberal arrange
ments for the accommodation of the public.
Mr.. PIscKsKY thought that. in order TO settle di-
ferences Of opinion among members, If for no other
reason, the subject should be referred to Com
mitt.e.
Mr.. LENT proposed to refer the matter, and also
10 fix the fare AT three cents, both Of which, how
ever the Board refused, ii did other amendments
and motions calculated to delay and defeat The
measure--all Of which were referred and finally
the petition was granted and the resolution annexed
thereto adopted by vote OF Is 10 10, a. follows:
YEAs-Ne..rs Barney, Hogan. shannon Miller. Ryan.
Gros. Rspper hSzieton. Stevenson Long Iunen bhce
and Brzndon-l3
NAYs-Me,sr. Hall Jones' Smith. Lent. ke-ch oron,
Cleveland. otsiwel, Pinosney. and Trouef-io.
Mr.. HoGAs offered the following:
Uhoeos An alleged injunction has been served upon
variou. member. Of the Board OF Councimsn asains the
Mayor and Cominonalty by the Common Pleas Judge
on rsiI.nn! them fT io seton upon ssIs'n
Hhoeas There appears 20 be an ir-sulsy In tho drafting
and the issue thereof upon complaint not served 'hs'e
Resirsd Ths. the Counsel the Corporation b. and Is
oeisicn 10 the validity thereof e copy The uuDcton
being hereto attached or before the neat sens Of this
board Of Counciaep. the thitieth instant and fub.
hat the drafting aud service thereof regular, that the
ooune Aforesaid hereby instructed to ske snch Necessary
steps and have removed the preliminary injunction
herein referred to-
NEw.YoKK CoxyoS PLgAs.-Isasc Dayton sssinst The
Mayor, Aldermen and Commonally Of the Guy Of New
YoiI and Fernando Wood, Mayor Of said CIty-h sp
iiH and the complaint herein that sufficient grounds
for an Injunction eIi:, I" prayed ioI IN the com
before me at the Chambers Of this Court at the City
Hall of the City Of New Yort on the thirty fl.,
inuSetion as pr.,sd for in the complaint should not be
and In the time and until the further order Of
1t rsned aid enjoned follows TO wit: That you the
Mayor Aderus and Commonalty OF tue City Of New York
our agents. officers and servants aud member Of the
Boards Of Aldermen and Councmen conposDg the common
Council OF said city refrain and be ejoinod from rsyng or
concrng in adopting the resolution pssed by ths Board
of Adeen at session thereof hea the 26 December
ins the puchsse OF the Fort Osnsesoo property from
b. Taylor referred to and st out In the complaint Ia
his action; and nat yon Fernando the Mayor said
city be ks cjoue and thai yon refrain from approving
The aud hs the .aid Mayor Aldermen and Com
onaty OF the CITY Of New IOft sgeuts, officers AID
.er esns refrain and D- enoin.d from carrying into ei
said resoous auy OF them and from sAuns or al
borzing the OF bonds Of them provided for IN
,aid and dOedcnc- this orde