New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-14
not 70 be given 10 him. Tie already own, ,A,r,

not 10 be given 10 him. Tie already owns fsrry
franchises, and city railroads, and we know not
what el-e. He has an income already OF 5000 Der
day from franchises he processes, and Tor which, 80
FIR as Lhe records ShOw, he never paid a dollar,
The genslemsn on my rilht OR Cozansl says 10
does not want to the irancais1 given 70 sreca-
iators in ! gisa i've grants. lnAt p2lSby eA.
pressed with on us part - r'thef amo.ioS iosons
oi us WHO know that the parties n4Ined IN tna bu
are the most distinguished specI'tors la leglsa.
i've grants that we bavo III th, country Ibers
afe no people who have 10 VICE reputation
IN this regard. Us the gentlemen WHO are the parties
interested THE bill and II lie uoe' not vans tha
grant to be given to that class Of people, rnaI'an
hat In making that observation no IS arehAg Oh
our side Of the question. But, Mr.. Chairman, there
is another serious objection to thI. BILL having refer.
snce to the route contemplated in l., wAi.h some Of
tue members OF yoar COMMITTEES might not nOslce,
and which would hardly be appreciated except ~
those who are resident in the City vi New-IOfk
Ia the first u,ace Of the great otJecs OF con-
,srructig broadway railroad Is to relieve travel %
that street aud furnish soue peans oy winch you msy
carry PEOPLE through the street more apdly and With
out REMEMBERING the strset. One branch u The raul
road proposed III this bill ID 10 run through Chamoeu
street 10 James Slip Tie elect o. that would be 70
throw portion Of the people into Bfoadwsy vine
really dom want to 20 there. MAINTAIN, Win my
knowledpe OF the Guy of New-YOrk, that three
ogrhs of all the people who croSs over the Terry a.
James slip or Roosevelt street do notdesIe 10 come
to Broadw6y--that their occupations are nos s"ou
% TO bFlng them 10 Broadway or the opJ'on
with which they come over. Their business plr-
snts or their wits take them to another part o, LIZ
city. They are a class Of people whose frends o0ns
reside near Broadway, ana VINO arc a'rea"I
letter accommodated by the pres ut nss o. laifVaa
than they could by line to james sup, vonno.sea
ous objection to this bill and the only reason can
conceive why that feature shonid nave been in'or.
porated In t is that the James-sirees or Roosevelt
~. "a. rAwAr,a
said gridron giant. Then, agaio, Mr.. Chairman,
this bill author yes the grantees to run cars upoa
any OF the streets where omnibus lines are row run.
nng after the Omnivuses shall nave bsen remover.
Are Won aware gentlemen. that that clause Of itself
gves grant to construct ov3r 20 miles Of railroad
track Ia the City OF Newfork, the great c0mmeroA
metropolis of this Union do not believe you are
CONSCIOUS Of it, but the fact Is so and not Gully that,
but the olause permits these grantees 10 run eus
through number Of etreets 20 different and varied
In their sitnafion ara width that ut least TWO weeg
wOnld be requlre 20 enable you to investigate too
quest Oh aud arrive a. intelligent CONCLUSION a. "
Whether it 10 best 70 have railroads on those srees
a. ull-whe her the public convenience, on tne one
hand demanded II, and whether they are pfscicas
bic 10 view Of their width aud OF the other oses to
which taose streets are put. L know, whn
two g.utlemen Of yogr COMMITTEES cannot
know, tLat there arc many streets comprised N
this complicated ronte, through winch no otter
vehicle could pass While railroad car was moving
through u. lls CvuiI III NhVW eoeS
acquaint themselves with these different routess ~
- TO come 10 a. iniei.e conclusion " hetteT they
sh0uld give authority 20 lay rails along theh' lWoum
ask any gentleman on The COMMITTEES 10 INFORM
me within five feet the width Of any one OF the two
dozen streets except Broadway, which are named
i'm Tins bill. and contradict what have asserted II
they can. "a pause | &c. no answer, and fos
the reason that you do not know and IL our earn
e.t win that you should know. Give I'd lew days
70 enable US ~ appear by our counsel. VINO IL qAeN
% be present to-day, ana you shall knOw and more
lhan that, YOU sbs zee IN this chamber Il we hays
the time TO prepare IT, such remoDsirsnce sgan"
Tic pass 20 OF such bill as this a. IN yonr isgisia.
tive ca. cas- you have never seen. Ii thali DO seoa
by nne-tenths Of the people who ride III TIE cs on
tie ffercn railroad lines IL the city OF NeW'iorx,
md on the stage lines and who Will Deg Of you NOS
10 place tn IN at the mercy OF these men oy making
them the owneTs OF any further franchi1cs; aha US
iemonstraDce shall contain the nses and res Oenca
of The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, mecngui.s, isbonng|nsl
sewing on On, clerks, and people Ia every employ
ueut and station IN Lille; and II wall be a remoa'
-trance long enough TO reach h~ii-oozen ala~
around the Capitol.
sir. HAIGHf-I believe Mr.. Chairman, that tie
petition which you handed me, under the suppod.
lou that il WAS "A petition IN benslf OF this bull,
not ,uch petition, but IL one that was Introduces
asl year in favor OF another measure for Broad
way railroad
Mr.. WARp-The gentleman is correct. believe
that the only petition before the Commtee 10 ons
that asks tho Legislature TO nye tue grant " otaeS
parties than those contemplated in tho bill l.na
petition OF thirty feet in length. consalcinS tns
nlme and residence Of every signer upon ~ sndi
believe hat every signature lie bona tide. In con.
clusion Mr.. Ward reiterated his spatement in respe0
10 the expected absence OF The counsel rePreseaf
ing the grantees in the House bill, urging hls ina
bil,ty 10 satisfactorily oppose the bill pending bcioe
the Senate, and asking postrouenient for Anew
days.
Messrs STEWART and HAIoHr also urged pot-
pouement, to which request the Committee acce1el
appointing Friday Marca 10, at O'Clock, for tss'
tier hearing.