New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-08
THE BROADWAY RAILROAD.
Message of the Mayor

.u...:-. aneo;.I Message on the broadway
nsfroad 6rl wa. TO the con'ino" 'Ouao =. -. :,
bot the meeting Of both Boards hs'"s
. quorum, st was not read; ", .r, ,se,
Ill To1n,o Council
To ne Honorable "' , po before the State Legislature
with bsy OF passage ys 8isnt to eonstruct rail.
viauss therein nd Other reading streets aud avenues Of
tSs csv This Dessn', believe snke 70 % uneo ,S =.
'a' V r;n,t hold that NE state mss no more rant 70
uonsi en1 privileges 10 our stresss Without
70 the city aad toe property owners than At
tua o. ~ ot title the bonses IN which we i've
h,s 20 Of our city upon land taken from the owp
me S'snt property tue fee Of which below Fourtsenh
.s, Sin believe in hote ov Iers while above tast
e. beId by the Corporation in trust for the citizens
Al. owners have in TACT sutrendersdcersiny a.
A. .tferts below Fourteenth street-s simply public
70 srt on the land limited the ordiunry purposes for
b ees used ia this city at the time these siree
on,oed The surreoder Of this easement vests
shorty Stats Government 10 sn TO few svsFed IN
Svd6s fol their own personal profit the exclusive night to
eesstruct and railroads those Streets without full com
to the piopeiyowne and also to ths city loI IN
IL well known that III. franchise Is Of immense value,
and that parties of uDGoube responsibility have ohereo
5000 zoo for IT, lille IL is esms,ed to be worm a. oss
double tibet amount These psrss propose take tie grant
to bind themselves to carry passengers tot ~ v
Of fare therein usned instead OF tact 10,
INTO the City State Treasury $4,000 per snnp iss
yeMs In making this proposal they also STAT. 'na
much this offer 10 made FOR the profession " VIC hy
o m ar nt the grant on the express coudon that oh
reimSgisins them; the Iity . q Ns"'i"A A'''
Tss Topo,iop hs, iesn refused by branch Of the
LegsGtars with probssity Of rs ou,,ens inue
No further evidence needed TO prove tne he pt;ng
dee 1.-THE Bill in que,tion hOh seems to me 10 DO nothing
less than act Of spoiauoh 40 -. a. n. o1r dptv as
N;.wins II In this lifh. It ssens 10 me 10 oe oui
usrssn Of the rights aud iaeres Of the cry ana Us ,e
40 no sHecsd BY tho bill, TO enter our Solemn protest
sxanstiL So. .l.-,h.,,1 4, nv ip1v.
.s improvements Tbsie should hfss be al 9Tananoe o.
sbe Common Council determining ihs route snd ming ths
rate Of fare with regard to the rights OF all panes sno
te aud advantage OF our ctzcus and poVdns
for importation the property owhes ahecIed th'fsoy
This or ace sog8 be conditional 10 ate eneet only upon
consent thereto being given by majority Interest OF he
property owners Sue pToposed route On that consent
ksnR given franchise tins created should he solo al pup
Nc auction 10 the highest responsible biddor
In this way no private municipal night would De IN
volyed and the pnbo ADVANTAGES Of the roed would Do
chespet rate and without srordi"g opptu
nifty the Of improper means to secure the franchise
Neither Of these merits be accorded to- The bill no" before
the Their bill proposes nagtent wrops upon
Guy the property owners sheeed oy IL Let Us
thsxeote nsk the Of ana Jasico that DO no
eopymp,sed As serious appreherioDs are iet that TINS
hill NAV become law would respectfully urge tne iainoi
ate adoption sud transmission to the Legislature OF On enef
settle reuonstrsnee against 1t.
transmit to you herewith copy OF his Remembrance and
Yroe, prepared March H. 1862 similar OCCASION ov ef
Ch Juc BrOnsop then COUNSEL 10 the Corporation which
appears 10 me well adapted TO ths present csse.
GEORGE OPDIKE, Mayor.