The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-29
ANOTHER e1oAnWiy RAILROAD.

A Track Inid on Sunday Between Ann and
Faiton Street.-The Road CoMpiefed-Ex.
element Down Town Incidents Of the Day,
&C., &c.
Midnight hitherto monopolized by poets and writer's
Of spectral roances has Mt length been partly sppro-
prated by railroad companies ct hour whereat 10
commence ileyal operations Tho managers Of the Dry
Dock Railroad selected that time Saturday night to
extend thor tracks through and Broadway from
Park row and Ann street 10 Fulton street.
A BROADWAY RAILROAD
was thus practically started At twelve oc!ack on Sat
urday night gang Of forty men, provided with pick
axes shoves and implements OF every description fen
to work and proceeded systematically to tear up the
Rcss paving stoned IN tho middle OF Broadway. The
track o: the Dry Dock Railroad which heretofore e.
tended through Park into broadway and eamc to
terminns soma ten yards below Ann street. was 10 be
extended through Broadway to Fulton street. where,
with sharp curve tho rails Crossed the lhoroughfare
effect jun toa with double tracks already laid and
running towards the North river. The object IN
rnenc,ng the work on Sunday mornnq 20 guard
against the possibility of an Injunction being obtained
against the company, tho courts being closed The
Ebbblih and the judges absent until Monday, when Il
known that he cnnnec inu Ink between tho Ann
and Fulton street rad would be rivoted The pavement
was prom tly ripped up, the ground below ieyo'ed
seepsrs laid IN hot haste and iron tracks secured
without ineian.'s decay. spte OF the unreasonable
hour and the chill night air, quito OF iders
gathered about the aborers, who by the dim light u
lanterns steadily kept performing their task and
cesred until Broad vsy borderod end spanned by
a double track
EIGHT DOW rowy ROADS
have termni rails lacaed within tan fifteen yards
OF ST. Pane church On the west eide OF Broadway are
the cars ~ the Sixth and Eighth Avenue Railroad Com
paniea On the east side the Third ard Fourth avenues,
Dry Dock and Ess; Broadway lines have their dcPo's
while the Bleeckor street vehicles passing mp Ann
street. trrn shsrp curvc at tho corr OF Park row on
their upward route. These tracks with .heir switches
and embranchmenis render the crossing OF the great
thoroughfare mor difcult and dangerous from lay 10
day. Already ON more than one OCCASION have pas.ers
ny poem Smoked Gown ana hlnfea oy eas IRON wien
10 the end OF the track propelled by the ireua
already obtained Now that the double rsis have been
extended 10 run through aud across Broadway and
At ts at and DISTRACTED point. the appoint.
ment Of coroner for tho city OF Now York will
NO doubt become necessary.
A TRACKS
at present surrourda tho down town busirevs II
he wishes cross from Tho Asor House Park row. he
has ak sets Of nails 70 step orer II he hnks Of trsvcrs
ing Ann street, he must avoid approaching II n,
attempts TO reach the opposite side Of Broadway ne
stnrnbles four rails and may be run over by
ward bound downward driven vehicle He cannot pro-
coed towards the Central Park nor towards ths Battery
tho direction Of the Fast river Of Tho
North river He may be Crushed or whiIied about BE-
tween two cars or ipped up ON tho Tracks or thrown
by the horses which the driver, 10 avoid collision
rnust whip on 20 one rido he may 30 detained half
boar either sidewalk Of the thoro1ghsre oT have his
~ Az rs pr o. sns ~
and have tow ribs broken II car is not stclrsi short
in The even, q jam 10 short X ever too over,
privileges accorded TO railroad companies endangered
human life 10 some Orient, that double rack has
been laid through the nnrrowe portion OF tho thorough
faSo and that several nes OF 70 each other
a right anges safety In out OF the question, and pedes
TRANS well occupants OF vehicles must IN tha flsnre
Seanedy place their lives IN the hands Of the railroad
mono polists.
TIE DAEGAfT7y ACTION
Of the Dry Dock Railroad Company Is made apparent
from tho very fact that the work purpoeey. COM
menced snd.,ernDsted hurredy 70 prevent justly In
denant citizens from taking measnrcs 20 put stop TO
their iasviers proceedings The 1sborcs were krsily
engaged all day, and AT nighfall, the sicepcrs
paving the only task before them. While
the gang was at work, the crowd surrounding them
held their ground ana were by no means rhs~y Of
comments upon the proposed Improvement" The
necessity Of injunction being nbsned was oftontu
alluded 10, aud much dissatisfaction was expressed be-
Of the Increased ccufuson that ust result from
runDing q line 81 cara against thscurcnt N vehicles and
pedestrians constantly flowing up emi down town Al
objections and crcsms however, prycd fruitessr sud
IT late hour OF night when tho Toed wss nearly com
peted, the spectators withdrew, hopiug for future re-
dress not for present protection, sxns' TIE cpvra
tIong Of tbs monopolisa