New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-20
was entirely Wholesale, then rarosd IN the street

was entirely wholesale, tnei Iiirosu W wv b"oG'
yould be an injury because large Wholesale busi-
no.a couId not be conducted with convenience on
Uroadysy if two lines Of railroad Track vera laid III
IT What is the present condition OF Broadway
below Canal r'rcotf l believe that below
bnt ro;n, there is but ono retail dry goods store
m tbe line of that great thoou. hfaIe. Below Canal
r,rect nearly every store ia who esale store, some
OF them large aud doing Pforori'naiiy large Du l,
ness aud i! double track Tor rAilW were huu
Ia Broad gay, contend ttGt the wdih 81 'hc street
il not sufficient TO permit - large Who'esi o",i"ss'
being transacted. ihe nverago width OF Eeoddw iy,
between the cul stones from Union lare to The Eat,
tery not quite II fees; and the wdtnsat be several
poin named ave as follows: Wall eIuct, 80 Zee!
inch; White street, II feet inchesi Cpna street,
Al feet II inches Waverley Place IL feet inches
Fourteenth street. II feet 3 melee; Seventeenth
street 50 feet incJes Eighteenth st.e {, 80 feet .
inches; Iwebtyhfth street IS feet inches ihlf'y'
second, 81 feet inches These Widths, gentlemen,
YOU can rely upon Il. beng correctly stated 40"
two cars IN paesiuL each Other require wan OF 10
feet and / inches. DsIuct l6 feet and II inohes
from 81 feet and ! inch, lie width OF broadway
at Wall street, and tncle remains on ethef fiDe,
between tue car and the CurbstOne, o1ly > lcet
anu one inch. Such being the fact as ieSaidh tne
space available for the purposes OF business CO.
man desires TO take ROAD nom the Walk l'nu ,o
cariot be prevented except nll busibess ID To nc
stoppcd lis cart will occupy six feet ana ten ihcues
of The nre feet, ard one luCh between Tue FtisihB
car and the cuIbstone and az load OF from h1eeh
TO twenty cases cannot be taken on IN one, TWO "
i've minutes it follows that 30 ong as tLat cart ~
mains in that ei,uatiOp, and railroad care arc NOV
ing il would be impossible for any other vehicle 10
ptSs And the effect 10 that Oh BIOadway thrO1Bn
nearly it's entire length, IL adou1'e track Is 10 uc
laid, there will be no opportunity LOT NehIV'es W
pass one another bnt all tie vehicles Oh ether siue
If the street must follow another In lie 10 the
manifest detrinent of all travel aud his injury VIII
be specially enhanced If an omnibus teulaius thc
width of which is atnitted TO De .lght Ieel lou
will thus perceiV. the dlfIcuity that must hise
TO business men IN traus"c'i"S their business y"
that s,res' if a railroad with double track IS To
| ina lad uron il, With this explanation, Will STATE
tbe OF iects have III appearing before your commit
tee they ARE: First, 10 endeavor to deicat the
cous,r on Of railroad Ia Broadway; or IL 'hal is
impossiJleS econdTo have this grant 70 dine nded,
that instead Of its being mere Job IN We hAnus OF
specnlators Il shal be framed ms 10 subseTyo The
true interests Of The city, aud the owners OF properly
on the line of the street. The hrst section oil tbis
hill contains the names of the grantees; and desire
to know who the men are that are seeking 10 HDtain
from the Legislature this extraordinary giit, win
ont the sligLlest claim Of any description. On In.
ouiry Of Senator Connolly. who introduced the bill,
he stated trat The bill handed 10 him ready pre-.
pared md tbat, without reading u, II wes referred
| and is now before yoG COMMITTEE Consd =.
gentlemen, this astounding departure from The
old pIeredenls OF wise and honest lex slA'lon.
Could i, have happened in any former his
tory of our STATED IL used to DO the habit Ia
present Ietitions-when legislation was needed ~
subsefye tue interests Of the eople Of any locality
10 have lie names o! the corpoAtoIs gwen ald inc
bill published, discussed and acted upon with care.
Laws titus carefully form ell eau Indeed 10 written
with a pen Of non UPON tablets Of marble 10 II Is
night they should endure. But now the pra tee IL
different il lie expected that the allure shali be
but che yeuent instrument Tor hdoplluS MEASURES
coucocted In secret, hes owing upon men
no,yers and franchises whose names Gro de-
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house." Gentlemen, rely upon II, our NOBLE
intutuiions-nOble in tier origin and noble m theiT
progTots-wiu prove rotten at tie core tuch IA 10
be lie character % Our legislation. again a,k Who
are tho parties named gs grauees IN tins biil i
will give YOU Ale reslll OF my inquiries respecting
them: James Murphy, who appears twice lwny /
dom. know is the manager Of line OF Stages IN our
city, Jesss A. Mar-hai Ia engaged IN the same bust
| pe,s | telieve Jacob Campbell Is tho frerident OF
tLe Pacific BAhk aud also PRECEDENT OF the ConaO!i-
| dated stage Company. Cha. johnson keeps livery
stable, | believe, but OF that CHnuct ue Certain.
George Garduer is gentleman TO Us unknown, aud
whos, 10 rot 10 be found Ia The directory. Ja-
cob er; broker No. % wall street. Peter
G. rie.e, is gentleman llfo unknown. name Lot in
Tho directory. John Dwy er; gentleman e.Id TO be
a politician. IL he has INV business 1 have been
unable to learn wha, 1t Is. John y. Hay ward; Ia
LIQUOR dealer. WIN. i. ShtlIOn, caauOt DO found
mentioned IN the directory. Beplamin Nathan 10 b
broker. Robert Rogers not Ia tho directory. or
rather should say, there are several u that unmo
in tho directory but cannot tell which, II either
10 in ended. Edward V. Love- We afc uuabe 10
asceItein who he II, the directory giving US no M
formation respecting him John T. ii ant, i-s b. oker.
/ Thomas NalOney l. eqGully unknown, aud we have
no me aus OF making LIS Acquaintance. Richard IL.
Townsend is another, In regard to whom the d.
recioIy luFDifbet Us 10 information. Alexander II.
Have: l. said 20 DC IN importer OF JcWery, residing
AT Tubby Hook. Robert o. Glover; IA Secre-
tary Of tie Harmony Insurance Company. Shop
herd ii. Knappi gentleman well known. Rou-
ben H. parsous; John Pice; aud Rulus
Rhodes al nnmes unknown 10 US Gud rot found
insAs directory. Jauos j. smith; long list 81 gen
tlemen beaflng thai name III Tho directory, but we
are unatio to ray which j. the party tefe mean.
/ EDGAR Rogers s not Ia tho directory. CbTies hlll-
bank ia not IN the directory; II II "a ChluleS T..
aillbank be IL "a brewer. Robert hanhni! and
Lewis CAtlin, neither N tie dlrectOry. john Burns
rs clerk No. IS Fnuklin street. Joseph i. Craig
j. u coItrnclor, but Samuel Pudy Is not III tbs d.
rectory. William L. Buckmnsler ~ "a gentleman IN
tho iron bu-ncar. Joan II. Bibcoek, q clerk aid
politician. william e.. KeLoe, supposed to bo Il
clark, not IN the oirccory-iu al making tLhty-hye
ualues. ALLOW me % AK q o Committee what claim
these g,ntsmen hive upon the boanty oi Tie state
al least ~ cAtrnt 20 ya't IA the grant 'onein-
plated in this bill. Assume that ell .ho parties cca-
! nectcd ~Ith the stass iutercet wboso names are
here, should be pad the value oil tleir properly,
which is affected b. the passage 81 tbs BAL, wnen-
ever ard By whcmfOeyer tho track shall lie
laidl / ak, ia no, what they seek great.
lly in excess OF any loss they woald make 2
The other grantees Dayo no claim whatever.
by what means aud for " hat effects lave they &c
cured their names TO be inserted IL th0 bill do
they expect that the bill will pass Nv reason OF is
merits II not, through what inhI do they
seek 10 obtain giant in peEpCtulty over the moot
Travelled street II tho wotldf Not ono OF these
gentlemen Is shown 10 DO tho owner oi eingie lot
4 land ON Broadway; yet they have ,h9 eilrOntery
10 ask from tie constituted authorities Of tbs State
u grant conceded to DO worth milons, and ior this
what DO they propose 70 pay1 They propose when
tho road IL COMPLETED 70 tgAe no OnuJuses, h0fscs,
hairless &c, belonging to certain stage line', and