New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-20


or two years. ten years, but, bs the bii provides,
for ever aud ever. have seen several bills WHEN
have been framed to secure tho eonsfrnel'. ana
oreratiou Of u railroad on BtOsdway-but OF AL The
bills / Lave ever Rad, | have never seen one 20
wicked rs this in I'll is parts aud ds'ai's This bill
not onlv gives these men ab Dilute control over
Broadway, but over every Wln1pal STREET hnu
avenue in tie Cry OF NV York. BY IL they "re
AXE tho property OF nearly all tie Omnibus lines,
ard when thoso lives are removed. they are
TO Lave the tisht to lay coube or sinsl'
track, whichever they may choose, IN any
street or lyenue through which any omnibu'
now travels. The till gives item Broadway the
Fourth, tiitb, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, MUM, ana
Madison avenues; sit gives them Fourteenth, iwen-
ty.thrd Eighth Blcc' ksr Houston, Amty, tonrtb,
! Wall, Fulton, John. P,ar Chambers, aud Cour
iaudt streets Maiden Lane, Clinton Place, and other
s'rcr named AMI not named. Dy giving 10 these
grantees Ill the streets named 10 the iOnrih section,
hero viii certainly be only very lew lsi OF nuy
Importance if there will be any, without railroad
rack upon il. 1heu " 10 provided that all actions
brought for or agiDsi tls monopoly shall he brought
IA tie Supreme Court Of the lst Judicial Di'tiIc'.
Why ia this prJyisionl | leave yon TO cons er.
Viii this Legislature say that shall be oblIsei to
bring an action III any particular Court This Is
40 corporation. Tnesc grantees are individuals.
They do not nsk to be mado cor Oraiion bcanee II
tlcy were established Hs corporate body yol
would insist that they should have capital stock,
that there should DO commissioners 10 distribute
that stock aud see that II was properly done.
Bot thess gentlemen don't want 10 be
II corporation. They an n-eoca'ion, ard that os-
SOC alton wants that yon shall pass law that they
shsll be snei ouy In he Supreme Court 81 the FIRST
Judicial u strict, and that they may taks Gil their
steps in that tribunal. am surprsed at the daring
aud lurdih 1od OF in asking for tho luHertlon VI
provision like that. The bill ALEC fixes he amount
OF license which each car shall pay 10 Tho ciy at
the trihUg amount at present sdJns'ed Tor IL,
- that ~ no future time can he amount OF tn
iIcerse BE- increased. 1heu, too, The Common Coun-
Ell " Ill have no right By ordinance or other To
require thl. associato to charge any les rate "
fare q an is now charged IN the CITY railroads
would further state, gentlemen, with the view OF
sho iny the insnperablo difficulties that will result
to basness III Broarway by tue construction aad
opera.ol of railroad that street, that there are
now in NowYork 1914 pu liz cartsi dir'-csrtr,
~; hackney-coaches, 9lo; express WAGONS z'1;
charcoal and woOd-wagon', no. Juhk-chrtr,
g7s--making in ull 1922 public vehioIes
Then udd TO that the private carriages,
WA, ous md vehicles unlicensed, about OOO ~ mum
Der, aud you have 9J2. Then tbecsre az present
j53 omuibuses, making about l3,2OO vehicles OF MI
descfiptions. Yon viii bear III mind TINT, owing -
TING pecular topograpny OF Ne~-IOik bland, there
is 10 deDcy Oh tle part Of nearly every speolrs oil
vehicle going up or down to move Into Bro dWay
aud take that as its route ard III hd0lob th'" 'uD
mensc number of vehIce-a portion Of wnieh arc at all
umea uoviu. up or down BrOanwHy, lyon put there
on two liner OF railroad tack WIN ears upon /! y "a
will have "A scene Of confusion wholly unsurpassed
Ii IA true that in ills bill these grantees Proio'e 10
r,lsye broadway Of the OmDibuses now travelling
uron il; buI uule,s tie Consolidated stage Company
consent 10 unite with them they have 10 power To
comrei it, aud do nj zee how you can give them
the lower TO force tho Co soIdaiei St-ge Company
to give up the franchise they now bold Ibal 'orpo-
ration zone years Lce Wa 80 providsut us To teture
Il q pas.ags Of n very liberal tilt, one which places
them snos beyond the control oil the Common IouD-
cal You " i'll adult whether the omnlbuses Hrc WITH
drawn or Lot WITHDRAWN, the tide OF navel VIII
continue 10 center IN Broadway. aud the presot c.
Of omnibuse,, We c,nieud VIII 10 a much lers III
pedis cut 10 business Ia that street than would the
continuous lines II cars rail truck. IL may &c
ths, within les years Broadway In all It's enLtA,
from Union tQuAfc down, VIII bo one line OF whole
! sale stores. | have no LcsiWiIon ia saying Le.e.
that, II | DID not own tho property OocbPy on me
corner Of Broadway aud CbatnbeTs street, which
has cor, mo moro than money, should Lot hesllaIs
TO remove my Wholesale busncrs also TO the co ner
OF broadway aud Ienth stIesi, ana Of its success
there should not for IA moment doubt IL Is your
duty, gen el.en, 10 examine this bill III ali iis
fatures with tho view 90 DO nothing hcb viii Ia
ielfrge with tue commercial prosperity Of the great
City OF NewYOrk. TIE large business that i,
every day increasing Ia broadway. aud which
viii continue to incrensc, ought 10 DO los.
tered and Cherished. The men Who own properly
OIL Ibe uo OF that great thorU1ghfae have not bcsu
speriuy OF their means III addiug 10 Us sitfnctions
aud the result 10 You cannot hud On III continent or
IA Europe Il street continuing many leudii bus
I
nloustraled u4ninet tho esAblishu.ent Of railroad
On Broadway, asd ttey comprise all the various
inteIc 10 located on The line " The street, also the
cxpfrssmen, carmen, merchants doug business Ca
BroaLw and others. have also "a Remembrance
which with your permission, l VIII read TO show
| you taAt tho men OF property, that The men who
ought 10 have the grtHiout interest III tue welfare
and rosp.rity OF the city, having tie mOet 1t stake
in any legislation which may silocs It's material H.
lercslr arc earnestly opposed to the construction OF
! tits " any riinoad upon BrOAGwuy. The r,mOn.
STRANGE Is addressed 10 the honorable tie Le.i.li
! tufe vi lie State OF N.W-loik, nld has gtiaohed
| 10 Il tho uaIes OF Peter Lombard, WIN. Is. Actor,
! Iii White, August Belmont, ID. ii. Ilaisht E1wIL
/ hoyt, John j. CscO, JOseph Sinlson, John David
| Wolfe, James LcLOX, Cornelius '. ,. Eoo-oVtlt,
! Cornelius Vanderbilt, William II. Aspin WAil, aud
! Alexander L. Stewart. Now, gentlemen, | would
ike 10 reo document or any number OF documents
containing applications Ia Ucuuli Oi "A BfUsdwHy
Railroad representing onv-hsli tie mount ol capital
| ppesented ~ tue gentlemen whose nnues htc
ainAud ~ this Remembrance aud II may not DO m-
material 10 hdd that every ohe Oh their huines, |
fssdtHccs add places o business eau DO found "nu-
ouL officially "a tho directory. | Will LOs !
Occupy tho tine OF tie COMMITTEE iousor. /
must rvy! oSiso for Tho DISCONNECTED manner
| ia which 4 have unavoldably made the Remarks
sddr,ssgd )Ou AID III conclusIon viii express tie
Logo tuat before You give your sdHeon ~ thls bni
and | cannot Tor noLent believe you Will sanction
il. yOn will examine IL III ali as ar. ccts-thnG you
Will 40. overlook thc fact that II Is a ball taking
from clly authorizes tno control vi u he rIn-
Cipal street. OF tho oIty-that provides 10 eoui.
| pensatlOA 10 the cry Tor All ENORMOUS fHncbiso-
hat II provides 10 compensation to tho Vwnefs OF
lho property along Tho route whose lnl1reelS may
DO daniged-tllat l. ~ "a iianoDiso iroPosed 10 Oe
given to .hirty.hve men, more Than baif VI whom
uro unknown, uud who have 10 claim al Ola the pub
lac IL any .enao-that 1t provides only Ia uNnB |
iIcenoe leo iOr each Car 10 10 pad mo tLo Cay
Treasury, " hlch cannot be lncfo.B,d-that 1t pio-
ydsS rate OF fare Tor FsssrnBof, whic" tic Com
mon Council have 10 righs 10 lower ut any time