The New York herald., 1866-04-13

highway
Scattered mountains Of the North In this state
He reviewed the statistics OF the carrying trade
upon these routes and proved that New York must ever
outsrp all other avenues, unless tho perverse and ais
tracting folly Of this Niagara project should destroy
those facilities. The only object which could be raticn-
ally aimed by the scheme benefit the Canadas
the expense OF this State the OF tho
great West from the Hudson river and New York city
down the 81. Lawrence Montreal aud the He
showed by data that the Erie canal could not only
commOdate the largest possible growth OF the commerce
Of the West, but that IT had been and always would oe
the cheapest route II the Niagara scheme was carried
out II would be with British gold II would be held IN
British hands and controlled for the benefit OF British
His speech was the first effort which fairly rvaed the
power and information which Lttlcohn has brought 70
altogether the most finished earnest and able made
| on any subject here this session
| In the Senate chamber the regular .ss ann1s, n1
Broadway Railroad debate was duly opened oy
Colonel Van Buren, and William Richardson each In
favor OF the underground railroad in Broadway and the
surface and crosstown bills. The room presented he
animation OF n large and personally distinguish shed
throng Of spectators The interest Of the occasion OBJ
vOusy centred in the projects OF underground and
elevated roads VIM. Ward spoke In opposition to the
surface road making quite spicy cxposou OF the nvc
grant to thirty years He said the bin was most
skifuy drawn aud intended especially TO cheat the
corporators Ex-Governor Noble OF Wisconsin aP
made ringing speech upon the merits OF tho bill anu
the expediency Of the scheme, answering most nseni
against It, His reply TO the position taken by the pro-
perty owners from the point OF view OF the public de-
He pitched into the mlionares and tho selnshucss Of
their pretensions In the most trenchant manner.
those who ,ook aides with him II was evident that their
apprebensons are mainly excited by the underground
road. He went the familiar arguments so often
made against the old plan OF road the surface which
he said he had met and defeated here and In the courts
for fourteen years He repeated his regular offer to buy
tho grant, which formerly Ave millions dollars.
but which he puts at two millions for the Broadway
bill and million for the crosstown grants He soon
returned to tho underground and the elevated roads
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utterly impracticabe chimera. He made most telling
point against the underground by exhibiting the danger
in Of apprehended pestience from opening up
the earth and along tho streets In which was TO
be built The public parks granted in the BILL without
regard TO their being pledged as security Tor the CITY
debt he proved be not less than millions OF dollars
valuation He would have this grant put up at public
| auction TO he given to the highest bidders
Colonel Van Buren, challenged him 10 make bona Tide
offer for the grant and agree to build IT, which Mr. Stew
VIM. h Astor, who sat in of tho reporters chairs,
rose and said he endorsed what Mr. Stewart had said,
and that he was opposed to railroad on Broadway In
wm Ward rose and IN reply TO Mr. Stewart said that
gentleman had alluded to his having been for several
years soliciting Broadway railroad, and that he vel
coined his conversion 10 the opposton but the fact was
that he had not S,en so converted. He was firmly OF
opinion TO the necessity Of such railroad and he
made telling and thorough exposition OF those nccessi
ties He opposed the grant IN its present shape but he
knew that It wrong and an injury inflicted on New
York CITY to deny TO Its urgent necessities proper grant
Judge Hilton took up the subject and mado an able
and elaborate review OF all tn, schemes the gist OF
for an elevated and the underground project He took
up craveh report, sus.anng v,e"s a1a ml"" " any w
| form.
Mr. vandcnberr. the engineer, who has advanced the
mH,o' mo. he1' T,r "a yI,nn ~ r.,hor 10 cravep re-
| port acaiust the measure His vndcation OF
the practicablty OF the project and the importance
u ',s sns ,.'s w. u,p'so7y" r .sl no "a
Co,onc, Van Burcn rcpea,cd his challenge 10 Mr. Stew
art to make bid and eoarantee 70 build the undegound
railroad ana ,auhteu 1adge h''on ,n' WIN J"s1H sh,cH h
new me constitution aid not admit OF being treated or
| d,rnoscd of In such n manner
~, VI .s,d W. ssewart's MAR cop,d as safely and
| reasonably be placed at fifteen millions as three
n n corovar astcd IN be heard for n grant OF n road
q, oying,on .yenme w,,hou, The nroadSay which re-
| ouest was received with shouts of laughter
The chairman then adjourned the committee without
When the alterations betwecn Van Burcn and Hilton
and bctwe yandcnbera and stewart wcrc progrcssing
there yns cear naicnton tba the Broadway
ownora nre d,rcr, nc their onuostIon nrncpaiy
The road They seem 10 be lust up 70
tho danger they are ncurrng in this and the
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| RETURN HONE or TIE orrosNrs ov TIE nsoAp~Af hAI-
,o,or.,,or n, ,,,,,or.,re. vho h. Va been hero in
.,,,o a., ~. p,o.a,.v railroads vcnt borne IN dav
opposition W '"' o'o~u"-s 'A' "."' "o. ~ -.
rejoicing In the certainty that they had secured Tor THIS
| session the defeat OF the underground project.
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| Tbs ,yening the Railroad Committees after ,,ro
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"ae'ou soHs'"n ss a''ofnoon, s"""""'eu '"''' '""'
! sIons upon the important referred TO
| ,h.. .na r,.ds N nleb, the,r reoorts ON the
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steam railroad blls Ihey repohcd "'ora"y he
bill regulating Central Railroad fare ~ adopted by
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mtec on Finance reported for the confederation of inc
Senate the Plattsburg and whitehall road and the sus
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