The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-05-16
HOFFMAN'S ARCADE VETO.
NEW YORK CITY DENIED INCRItSrD
P4CILIIIES ron IR1VEL.
The Goyernor's SoIicitude for tho Proper
~ which IL Pledged for the Pnvmcpt of


the City Dcbt-A Picuyune Argument
against n Great PHbIic Improvement.
The bill entitled can Act TO incorporate tho
New York Arcade railway and to provide for tie
construction Of subaurtace railway in the civ u
New York." was passed during the last hours Of tho
Legislative session, and did not reach the Executive
Chamber until after tho final adjournment Of tho
two Houses. have given to u careful and doib-
crate examination and reflection, notwithstanding
the labor thrown upon Of considering nearly
four hundred other bills sent to me, in like manner,
after adjournment.
Tue professod purpose Of this project Is TO give
increased facilities of travel from one extremity OF
the city to the other and TO and nom intermediate
points. The city of New York IL in great need Of
additional means OF transit between that portion Of
Il devoted to business and that occupied chiefly for
dwellings. The form OF the city ia such that It's
growth can go on only in direction AZ is
northern extremity alone cheap homes be had.
The Central Park, the place for the recreation Of ts
citizens, is also at point remote from the centre OF
their business. Tic necessity for additional mcnl'
ties Of transit
GROWS WITH EACH YEAR,
and any measure which looks 10 supplying 90 great
n want commends itself to favor with all classes Of
the community in that city and IL entitled TO atcn-
tive consideration from the authorities Of the state.
For these reasons, and also because Of the chalac
ter Of its chief promoters, among whom are such
well known and Influential citizens as John 4.
Griswold of Rensselaer, county, and ex-senator
Labau Of Warren county, named in the bill corpor.
ators have felt It 10 he my duty to give especial IT.
tenton to the proposed plan. The urrcscrvci sup-
port which the scheme IL receiving from some Of
the leading journals in the city OF Now York,
doubtless representing large share OF pubic senu
mem; Increases the responsibility OF my action.
Tho hill authorizes tile fftv.seven persons ntmcd
in IT, or their assigns, to torn Themselves into a
corporation, with a caoita OF ten millions OF d,
lars, which may be increased to twenty-five mill
lions
The company are empowered TO locate con lruc'
and opgrato
suB-sURFAcE RAILROAD,
on which steam IL TO he the propelling power from
point in or near the Battery " Broadway TO Four
teeuth street thence through Union square 10 Sew
enteenth street; thence up Broadway o. ia junction
with Eighth avenue, and thence 20 junction with
the Hudson Rlvcr Railroad II l. not defined whore
this junction shall he made II may or may be al
the extreme end Of the island. There IL also 10 be-
branch so called, from Union square no tho Fourth
avenue to Harlem river. They are also authorized
to enter upon and appropriate any street which
crosses the proposed route TO the distance OF nun
dred feet, FOR the purposes OF dcpots stOrehOuses,
light ventilation, or otherwise restoring the road
way over their excavations IN tile same manner as
over the main line Of their rail way.
Tie Company Is, moreover, authorized 70 acquire
the title TO such real estate az be necessary to
enable them to construct. maintain aud operate
said railway, and constrnc; aud maintain proper
Platforms, st1lrways, station dcpos AMI buildings
or other proper.r, at such points along said route
as may be most convenient and suitable for the in
gross and cgress of passergcrs anil freight and re-
qulsie for the operation Of said railway ard FOR pro-
per Communication between sRl platforms, stair
ways, station depots, aud buildings II the owner
OF am property declines to soil, II may DO
TAKEN AGAINST MS WILL,
and his compensation be Fixed By Commissioners
appointed BY the Supreme Court; but tho rule for
estimating damages and benefits In such instances
Is By this bill made spcoal one, vars inc irom tho
RUE established in other like cases. The Com.
auN.ssU
specified any portion OF any public grounds, parks,
or places along the route no portion OF any public
grounds, parks, or places so taken to exceed lye
hundred feet In length and one hundred feet In
width W,leh Gimensions wona lake IN merry lug
the tracks OF ther railway in open excavations or
on the surface from the point OF CONNIE ucemont nc
the southern extremity OF Broadway. into and
through the Battery To a point therein near tho
South Ferry. II is expressly provided that for any
property Of the Cooperation OF the city OF New York
| so taken
90 oo,,,,,,..x,o,, su,,, N, ,u,.,n,n n, nun
No CONFIRMATION SHALL DE AWhhpSp oh rAip'
The bill provides that the railway "a to be con-
structod on the plan, substantially OF inc improved
arcade hllltoad; no other description IS gwen.
No limit Is put on the depth or the width 70 which
the streets may be etcavatcd the words Of lho bil
are simply 10 suhcient depth and ~ldth. Nor IS
any limit out upon the number OF traces whlch may
be laid side BY side, and Tor which sufficient width
| the bill Is tour or more. The upper roadway and
| sidewaks are TO rest upon lron grders or beams
| or both; and the surface OF The streets IS
| 70 be substantially restored as IL was DO
| fore tile excavation, IL Is provided that the
| lower sidewalks, nothing being said o. me upper
ones, shall rot be excaySted unless Hl'L tl9 onl'
| sent OF majority OF Inc owners, owning mNofiy
OF tne property along me enlre proposed route IL
| Is further provided mat the vaults now uhdcT inc
| streets, Dull by private oWnCfS under Incense IRON
| TIE city, sha not DO appropriated by lhe company
| unless Win INC consent OF u minority NOT OF lue
| Nanlt owners but OF the properly owners alohS inc
entire line OF said railway, In elect therefore, an
| the vaults in the most NaluaOe part oil bilaiN ~
| may be appropriated by the Company wituuut the
consent OF any single person among huse no" &C.
cunyins them, By means OF overwhelming votes
from owners along Fourth avcnce aud other pa rs
Of the route where there are no vault, ah| NLo
have, consequently
No INTEREST IN TUE QUESTION.
The upper sidewalks are to be lcsscuel p, .rg-
where, sN oct in their width, 50 as 10 piO'iit IA
open space lot light or ventilation.
Sections nine and ten Of The Oiil provide for csc'
OF interference With sewers, gas pipes, and Nl o
pipes, and, after pu ting tie expense Of any rh o
streets parallel 10 their route 100 the ru.i"-v u
eneciing these changes; lhc provision Tor tu' o. D.
lection oil the people IN ihc accustomed use o. i
water, AMI The sewers; Is that The CnmptnI H."H
| not unreasoiiby stop inns accustomed use
| section c!tNeh iSTDlis interruption OF .I''. IN
streets o'hcf tlah broa'NaS iVr more ln1h . t
aalT tne' u aiso ploNlues thhl ue OolhN'' ..'l
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