The New York herald., 1866-10-31
THE BROADWAY RAILROAD.
Opinions in Regard to tho Right Of ths nr,
Dock Company to Lay tho Track

iue new Track from Ann % Fulton street, which nss
eAasra such compaina during last two days and s
nuisance under al ocumsianocs exhibited fresh features
o. anno! 70 pansrs under the influence of yessr
days Dai weather A may be imagined ths portion of
Broadway through Witch ,he road raas WAS nr.hy
state mad dr- p"oA q ~ter ooao paying ones and ~
sorts OF other impedmenss mingled together forming
iamentabe chaos, snd yohicioa " al kinds wsrs
jsmn,ed together In inexlrirahe confusion rbs carr
which running ia tue way Of sserythipg ron
dering the crossing not npae dangerous to psdeatran
VINO cooIo osseen themselves lucky In oeior nsreiv
covered ~h mud In getting 10 tho othor DE- but slss
10 the stagoa, carriages &C ~ which nad yerv
marrow escapes from utter annlhliauon.
Tho Fast broadway Railroad Company -is.,
"a Track can be- Laid Ihe Who'll. L.nrth .i
broadway.
TO THE EDITOR or RIM HERALD.
ip your i@ue Of yesterday, you conccde Dry
Doak and EAss Broadway Railroad Company has IL.
dspuiable night 70 broadway, between PARA
row and Fulton street from an examination Of ths
essativo grants 20 that company, am very tss
tie legislature Intended 70 authorize Tho
lon oi tho that defaess aud ohs,rnct- ths
sireOi IN front Of your grand building.
The Dry Dock aud East broadway Railroad compan,
derives ia power from tho acs passed April IT. 1860
and numbered tho iaws oS 1884, sehapsr oa
Thai act provides among oshsr uAsnan, for rairoad
commencne ~ the norhern extremity u avenue d. and
Grand street kAsl Broadway, chatham square CLsthas
roet aud PARK row, to broadway not through Broad
way ~ will 30 obssfsedl, but to BrOadwsy. Tho ssUs
act especially provides hr the railway crossing broad
way At canal street. Lapefard street and Kalass
sifvs, but y, no other points
No other ~sisaiion has any application 10 this sur.
icct, except chsptaf SOS OF the swion laws of 16dH
ihst act ater provdng Tor aniaaaon o. ihs Haahs
OF tho Fast Broadway Railroad Gresnwich
through Dshrosses street the North river fro
Greenwich atrect through cortlAndt street The North
nscr, authorizes entens of . double track from
Greor wch street through Fulton broadway.
Too act ihon aathos tha necessary connections
srnoua snd switches proper working of suab
extensions and connecting tha sams with Tue ussss 10
Greenwich and Washington strcsiz In said city"
This ohvlcaay that such coan ctions may bs
made Will eushla 10 from tho tracks In
Washington and Greeuw,cb the North river
The one hand. and % Broad~ay % ne sshss Bus
ths A0nmption Of tho East Brsadway RI iruad CON
pany a. fhs, tho authority make the concessions
necessary 70 rcpery work The extensions aud oonnsst
srests, enposen The compEsy TO broadway Tot
tho purpose of conncctins with their old road IN
n,ses @ @ means Ss' % run aD On nse.~ % ~. .a.s
ion y we'll founded, how far b u ncc.1sry 70 ~
aoziway IN order :" 70 properly ~osk tAs er~nsiossv"
Rocoec fhAi tia sams eouapsny esosss broadway ~
walker street, Ii pepasd street and Canal ssr~ss
u hae the right 70 broadway connect 9Th NJ
o, lIrondsay % connect ~iih im eid u.et ai Canal
street Let be conceded that tho Ea~s nroadway Con
gany may bsforo the marble palace u Bsnnsss
ana cannot be denIsd that they may with saaai nshs
before the marble tnisrc Of stewart
rse word esnnss.os: . raa'. , = u pss's s .sss
ti,e people or New York With all Ihcir innaencs hes
sr-n us srosdwny railroad After the edbsts Of Ne
iobby, pefssed IN ios ysss. had sntissy fsed Safs
tpft li.lis usyae "a potent. lot Jake SHAPE asA
1871 Rinharieon etaploy isss Lss thsm %
70 5Any NEAT waier with 500 Ia gTeaahacks fos eneh
Nad evory orlry-nve Assemblyn~n and s2Oe In srssa.
hacks for Zach and every o scvsntsen ssDstors W
them draw bill authorizing "conneotionn bstwesa
ths t broadway Iaroad sad The Forty second stssse
sId Gfand street Fcrry Railroad The but
panglvc snd comprehensive ''oonneoisoar uiu.
according ths CONSTRUCTION Ia the prascnt eass,
poser the laying Of tracks frorn The Bs~nns orssa
which the tsrrainrA u ths East Broadway so~a,.
throl IA Broadway 10 Fourteenth street. whsrs The Hss
IS and Grand r@rry uAi pAssss
Then nse Sunday morning. whilst brother Rist,
srdon 10 Ia trout p~w IN the Baptist church, ssitoh
}, wet would '.counertf the track I ssosfnmH0l
the UniyeFsiy Place Road snd switch sASs
uoad 'oonn~st' u with the Gau1nbsvs Very Reed