The New York herald., 1869-06-13
The ELEVATED RAILWAY.

Meeting OF the COmmissiOne ers-Non.App
ance of Any Directors CO,nplainants-
Progress of the Building of the Road.
In the first act OF the Legislature OF this State au-
thoriZng the building OF elevated railway chapter
4s9 OF the Session Laws of 1851 q trial road was
permitted to be built Of half a mile in length be-
ginning at the intersection OF Greenwich street and
Battery place and the Governor was authorized to
appoint three commissioners to examine this half
mile section report upon its adaptability as RAIL
road for city travel and II their report be favorable
and the Governor approve OF it, tnen the company
was empowered TO continue the ROAD through
Greenwich street to Ninth avenue, and ous
Ninth avenue 10 the CITY limits, and beyond
to ionkers. The first half mile was built ana Gov
ernor Fenton appointed Messrs. J. s. Freer Freeman
J. Fithlan and John II. Morris the commissioners
who accepted and constituted themselves by elect
ing Mr.. Freer chairman and MIR. Morris secretary.
Their report after repeated tests and examinations
favor OF the road, and the Governor approved
1t. Since then the company have endeavored to
proceed with the building Of their enterprise fast
as circumstances would permit, but met with many
obstacles. Owners OF real estate became restiye
under the apprehension that the value OF their
property would suffer. owners Of stores and facto-
ries objected 10 the road the ground that would
interfere with the free use OF the street for trading
purposes. Others again would not allow awning
posts and trees, which were In the way Of
the track. 10 be removed by the company.
one Of these objections, that OF the property
holders has even reached the courts on an
&C ton for perpetual Injunction and It Is said that
all the owners OF real estate along the proposed
route OF this elevated railway have dubbed together
anI are m ~ & .ne present In tne acto1
the act Of the Legislature OF 1867, and the supple
mental act, chapter $685. OF the session OF lS6S Not
witnstandng all this, however, the company
progressing with the work. The posts for the track
have all been erected as far as Thirtieth street and
Ninth avenue and the rails and cars and the steel
wire rope being rapidly manufactured and Will
be put In position that this portion OF the route
may be opened TO the use OF the public by September
next. AT various places along the route
room has been secured from private owners
to erect vaults for the stationary engines
At certain intervasit proposed to build switches
for the present, where the up and down cars may
pass each other though these places and also
the stations and spiral stairs TO be- have not yet
been determined by the commissioners. IL Is pos
sble that the plan OF the switches VIII be entirely
abandoned as mpracticable. and another one, being
already now discussed, adopted. This latter Is TO
several trains down In the morning and despatch
the same trains for up town again the evening,
and continue this until second track can be CON-
pleed.
or the people along the route TO this railway the
commissioners at their meeting on the 2Gth OF May
last adopted the following preamble and reso-
uons-
Whereas heretofore on the 18th day OF October 1862 these
eommiss2nsr. gave authority subject 70 certain re,ric
Elevated RAILWAY their officers
and agents 70 remove distractions which might exst along
s proposed route and Whereas complaints having been
made 70 as % the manner In which SAID authority has been
executed, therefore,
Resolved That the commissioner. viii meet hers,ofore
until further notice every Saturday at twelve O'Clock M
ITO Brpsdway Tor the OF hearing and examining
and all obJecons complaints that preferred by
persons residing owning property or doing business the
hEs or ssd proposed railway others
10 the prOceengs Of said railway and about the
erection and construction OF s proposed railroad.
asmuea as become. the duty Of the commissioners
y and approve In 10 the safety and security
and information on that subject
Resolved That secretary IL instructed 10
acopy OF these resolutions 70 the said railway company aud
cause the same 20 be published In such newspapers
should deem erpedient-
These proposed meetings were held, the first on
Saturday the 5th OF June, and the second yesterday
al noon, at the Office OF Judge Pthan, at No. ITO
Broadway. At neither Of these meetings did single
objector or complainant put In an appearance and
Ii was stated In a conversational way at the meet.
ing yesterday, by some OF the commissioners that
they mad been privately informed that this neglect
OF tue ooJectors TO appear was for the reason that
they would not, either by an informal any other
! appearance before the commission, even seem 10
recognize the legality and validity OF the act OF the
Legislature creating II. After waiting yesterday
| from noon tall one O'Clock, motion OF Judge
| Fithlan, no one appearing the commissioners ad-
| journed 70 next saturday noon at the same place