New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-04-08

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direction or manner they please upon Manhattan Island
and should it pass, there will be nothing to proven
3 them running cars upon every ctyraroad'tracs
the CITY, should they feel 80 disposed-a racar faln
most distinctly within the definition Of other vehicles
4 The bill however does not appear bad one for Ia
public end the Of its corporators are only give
that you may know who are the favored persons up her
in this city OF political virtue.
GRANTEES NAMED IN THE REGULAR Oh "PEIhi
r GRIEsE' BROADWAY RAILROAD BILL
The names of the dummies IN this bill reao Is fol
Iowsor rather so read in II as originally Introduced
How they have been changed since. In ORDER 10 cove
the interests Of your City Chamberlain nave not peeI
Informed Substantially however. they still stand a.
follows; Jesse A. Marshall, Charles johnson. Charles
E. Mllbank. Edgar Rogers, James Murphy. Charle
Wright Isaac Hendrix John Dwyer. VIM. H. Hays
James Wilson Green, Robert Marshall Rufus Rhodes.
and jenkins Van Sohsick. In my former letter. yor
will find the real names for which these dummies
sand and the Ia not 50 pleasant IS to require
repetition.
TIE HARLEM BRIDGE swIyDIR IN ITS yEw PHASE
Senator Luke F. Cozans has had the honor OF Intro
duoing the two worst bills of the sessonths and The
preceding Broadway measure. The present Harlem
Bridge blD proposes to continue the /" Harlem Bridge
Commisson' substantially as heretofore organized,
said Commission being authorized and directed, rhoHy
rialo,i limit as TO expense complete the rebuilding,
and construction Of the brdgethe second section Of
the proposed Act directing your Board Of Supervisors ia
raise s27l00O more by tax toward dcraying the cost
Of construction, but there being nothing In tie bill
which would not justify and render valid an eIpendi
ture Of 500 0oO by this reapponed Board O this
Board. by the way, ex-senator W. H. Robertson Of
Westchester is to be continued us member.
SECOND AVENUE RAILROAD BILL.
AL sorts Of irregular guerrilla cityrailroad bills are
being quietly but securely pushed forward under cover
of the grand battle tie Crostown and Broadway
leyiathans. Thus find the Second Avenue Railroad
owned almos: exclusively by the Brothers ODrien
pushng out feelors In all directions through oil I'm
occupied side.sreets to Broadway and the East River
Its climax Of iupudencc however being attained 10 Its
request TO be allow cd to have depotwhy not horse
stable lin Chambcrss Just In front of the new City
HALL The following nro few OF Its provisions US
modes.ly asked for by the present Iroprieors. The
request 10 allowed TO extend It's present line reads
follows:
"A double track in SiIty.thrdst from Firs..vc. to
poiut go feet distant nom tho 1hirdavo. Also an
additional track In Tvenythird St. between fiist and
Seoond.0ves and also additional raok IN the First
ave. aud additional track in the Second n'e.. from
Twenty thirdst to llonstonst- Also single track In
HousiOnst., from First-aye. 10 the DOwey; thence
single track in the Bowery to their present track at
Grand ST. Also additional single truck In Chatham
st. from their present track in the Bowory 10 Pearls
htres 9Th double track in PGris. and City Hall Place to
Cham5rr st.; and hsree vh double track IN CAambesa
10 ne cast aide Of br0dandy. Also einRs track IN
Wser-st.. fom Peek slip to Burline shpi thence Il
single track 10 lurDg slip 10 Souih-st; End thence q
single track in Souhst to Peckslip together with tie
necessary turnouts side tracks switches and connec.
ors fol- tie convenient operating and w0rAns of SAID
road"
AS II al this not enough. the section Of the bill
further provides that II said Secondayc. Railroad
Company should deem 1t necessary or proper to run
upon, intersect or any portion Of other railroad
tracks now laid or which may hereafter be laid on SAID
streets or avenues above named 1t is hereby aa;horzed
to run upon. intcrsect ard use the same !"
Let us here pause moment to ngratulae the private
owners Of this road upon the extreme moderation oil
their demands. They al not alone. however In wish
ing TO oesce and disgrace the 'front.' Of our new Court
House by the dirt and eternal hurry burly at ts
corner of veseyst. and Broadway. -Four other Compa
nies-tbe Fourth, Third. and SecoBd.ave Railroads
and the Dry Dock and East Broadway hnc--hnve bii
granting similar privilege Icing actively pressed
upon the Legislature. When these schemes succeed
we shall neI. have them asking for the City LII rGl
10 De conveyed W ioIc'cf a. w
pot for their cars and livestock.
, ALL The CITY RAILROADS TO BE CONSOLIDATED ISr(
ONE GRAND POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL fowEE-
Senator Cozans has aso introdnced-we take 1t fci
Granted os the agent OF Controller Brennan and th,
Peter Griese paty-a bill 70 consolidate oil existing
city railroads into one vast monopoly monopoly Wofti
more than thirty millions Of dollars, and employing
directly or indirectly not less than lheen or twenty
thousand persons. NMr George Law remembers, us
accurately think he does the history ofiho Con
soldated Stage Company ard how "te widows
orphans and other helpless stockholders OF that concern
we're "Sroieosdp by ,he "Griese family" 10 WI" DO ~
no danger we opine Of entering tie proposed 1nancis
and poi,iea, partnership as Hing merubcr. Let sucl
bill as this be passed. and your city might Josi rs vel
he di,fsnchised for tho next score Of ycarsal you
political rights being ut the mercy Of The few mono
polists In control Of such money power. Let oil the
stockholders in existing companies urge, cell upor
the Hon. Horace r. Clark for his legal records Of tl'
manner IN which the stockholders Of the "Ccnsoh
dated Stage Company were treated by these fiine
PARTIES before allowing their hca 10 be pushed Into
sucb hanging moose this The constantly increasing
Union patty Of your city. far local affairs coz
cerned, may Is well dsband whenever this measure
passes.
AssEMpLYMrN DOING BUSINESS FOB TIIEMsELvEs-
l. TIE BROADWAY PARALLEL RAILROAD IN III
OLD AND NEW sHAPEs - A DEMOCRATIC
! "PURIsr" sYoKED OUT.
Tired Of being cheated out OF both reputation and
money by the regular city railroad operators OF Tam
many Hall and Twenty. third-st.. our Assemblymen
under the secret but active wircpnlliDg Of Sidney
Ingrnham DE mocrat and Thomas Stewart, Of the st
Denis Hotel Republican. now going ~ vote grid
iron grants TO themselves. The Broadway Parallel