The New York herald., 1870-05-01
THAT RAILR DAD.
John Foley and the Twelfth and Nineteenth
Ward Folks "sse William" About It-A
Long Talk and What I. Amounted
to-They Endorse the Ruin
OF Broadway.

The Executive Committee OF the Twelfth AMI Nine
teenth Ward Associations headei by Nj. Jonn Foey,
assembled by appo ntment yesterday at the Glad
stone House, IN Madison avenue, aud thence In
body proceel led to the once of the Har EN- Railroad
Company TO ''interview' Nj. Wm II. Vanderbilt
about that Madison avenue railroad which was &C.
tually tegun ONE time ago.
en- the arri al tie committee at the ra lr0ad Office
Nj. Vanderbilt vas found comfortably seated In q
spacious arm chair, IN his plainly furn shed room
just or the clerk,' department He received the
committee with as much cordiality as though they
had 1t in their power to Tut up Hudson or Central
ten per cent by new shake Of their combined
heads and had called with the determination to
shake their heads Tor that financially de ighfu pur-
pose An entire chair was handed Co co h member
OF the committee, which he smi,ingly accepted ana
then aced hlmse I In position that enabled him
to corner Mr.. Van eri with mis- eyes Q, cry time
that gentleman tlrned In his seat.
Mr.. Icy took 80 cire when he entered the
room at The head Of his fellows TO place himself to the
lert and very near to Mr. Vanderbilt, and so, while
commanding peasant view OF the movement OF
tile cars go NJ out Of The depot In the street below,
he could a&e in at glance not only all the commit
tee on the opposi side OF the room, but Mr.. Van
dorut on the one side and the clerks in the ou er
Office on the other. This was what might he called
sra,eg on Foley's part aitho ugh he DIDN'T tell any
boiy tina he knew II, winch showed HIN 10 be
sensible man.
that ne knew wha he ,onmittee had called upon
him 1or Mr.. vdnde olt smile ben gnan ly AMI
nodded his lead 10 lndi ate q Mr. Fo,ey W r nht
Tue committee, lie continued, were anxious
70 know WIN o the MadsOn avenue railroad was
to be compe d, or Iat4er not 10 put the rt
before the h lre what was ne sary t. ''push the
road ~ to Seventy ninth street. 1t wa, he knew
We well COM ct ~ TO- as far q, sixty thi
Street, but q eat porlon II the track was covered
a
certain patty whose name WAS n { John on. Tn up
town folks wanted the road TO he hurried up, and II
there Was any hing the 1--WE Itn and Mi eteenth
ward Assoc atlons could d. 10 ave the company u
helping hand that tnins wo ID be done brown, or
Seve o her menDtrso tn committees then
spoke Ia he same tan, though not l.. the same
concord all a the same I me. III ali argued to
the same pont-that the al ought TO G h irri d up
ana several Of them expla ned, at fearful length
their views as 10 the best way the road could be
hurr up, and the interviews and CONCESSIONS ana
wnat not a IN the way OF kind conslderatlons'
they ha had with anu from Mr.. Tweed and other
members ol our cit government relative TO the road
A grea many OF The ques IONS were irrelevant to
upon Mr. Vanderbilt, and If he had not had the pa.
tence Of Job himself he certainly could no have
relaInel IN his arm chair all the lime without get
AZ his Iepiies to the various questions which were
not irrelevant, Mr.. Vanderbilt in Ormea Mr.. Foley
tnorties wou d proceed 10 grade the avenue
nom mat POINT TO which the tracks already
AouCHSu tut WOrk Oh Tie TOdu would
be Continued, ard the cars run soon II was
competed in SOM places he EN- rKed, the racks
where ney have been already "a d. are abO .e tie
grade and 1t wou q not be reasonable for tie c)m.
mi tee u expect a the company sho Id 20 10 work
to ga ,e the street or be city. That was W, rk o
the cit au ul,rlLes and soon they did " hat
their su lpO ed du y the ro I'd wou q lie con-
eted. The company were as anxious and more so
II possible, THAI ne ope ~ town 10 have tile
tracks Ia 4 and t,e cars running at an early daY.
A ter CO. sid rabe desu Ory conversation ON the
part Of Q comm ee. Mr.. Vanderb IT, by request
STA ell hat o. Wednesday mex he would give them
Wrl ten report iOm his TICK man, Slyder by
name as o VI at was necessary to Dc done by The
City thOrltieS the llne the road 10 facilitate
tue comp ct on of the wO K.
Tile comm ee then scr. ped themselves out, and
ptioted Dy Mr.. Wilbe X. a burned 10 an Olice in
Tw lty sixth street and ganil ed themselves into
meeting, wn ch but one o ten 9 eem d to know
III real pur Or ol. Al the MEMBER however, were
. on ma ie aware of Tie ject OF tie thing when
MIR. Wnbe in reduced t e subj ct OF he ArcaAe
ra road. gen. e. nan who see ned 10 have been
slowed away Tor The purpOss In the office place
befUe the CO lmittee enL red put in an ap pea ance
then, ana read an immS nse e gthy paper on he
Ar Q SWIM tie. ii viii b II was SHOWN, to his sat s.
the construction OF q tunnel underground railway
was one to be cOmnendel rls) u ION TO TINS eff
fe L was rnen passed. and q commit wa appoin ed
to 90 - Al any on We lnesday and urge tine Cover.
nor 10 sign the bill on tnis Olnd as they dil no.
belle e the Arcade feature could be cOun endhcel
by The property owners on Broadway, whose con ent
wa ne es ary to 3 being adopted.
Nj. Foley will again go to "see William" on We'd
HeSdAy next.