New-York tribune., 1871-01-16
QUICK TRANSIT.
FURTHER MEASURES NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BY
JOHN FOLEY, MAYOR HALL, AND w.

FURTHER MEASURES PROPOSED-SPEECliEs BY
JOHN FOLEY, MAYOR HALL, AND w. X.
MARTIN.
Citizens of the Twelfth and Nineteenth
Wards representing NOOOOO,OOo worth OF property
densely crowded Brcvoort Hail. in Fifty fourths satur-
day night listen to speeches and reports upon inc
subject of quick transit. John Foley said
The committee of 100 appointed at the last meeting of
the Twelfth and Nineteenth Ward Citizens Association
had prepared following statement of the imperative
need of residing at the upper end OF the Island Tor
quick transit, to be presented TO Mayor Hall:
We olv ask eclt miles Of simple railroad through eur city,
with al or % and , & S saaI on s s fG' SoGl or
travel through ta , i1ie n @ & V b,T M line A. peiete 10 stand
any longer Surely have had enongh tah Now H us 60 70
and mast he done we are ready 70 prove how It IS e be &
viii help After nearly years careful stte1tien see,
ing all the plans agt aEus ,nIn'S % on dsen q, oncs = eI
tend Parka tunnel up POurav Harlem River and down FOURTH
ii sso a he cbepe It can Be finished
5 S .oYSrdS % s1 . LII sh' Of f oi io 1 on & I
no. . o@ o6.acH IaT iS@ This ia1ae improved .a1 pop
% s9,si, S s tunnel SSs es be Sa oU disturbing ,hs su. a~
not vault sidewalk pavement need he touched 10 this
law on. block 1 Of :, s9s @ S 19T B' To Prom o2" 5s a' s6
Harlem @ys on FGqhs make md deep Ps Gu" vi. "1 make s
FOuray perfect railroad 1'nV y' T r,s ms =, %e,% s ,Gs m
Foursve as at Pa for S y..s YET bot ne esRnOt g..
eoDproHe WIDEN Fours-sse neeeai AZ ana give III i sanu > ~
NOR % rec he s sa ,, 1s , 10 c S . S Gi @ s ] sa' Your 1r
Honor Gov Hoffman Mr sTeeny Mr. TNes and N Ceano, have
100 900 people Democratic city VII w,h keen for
@ a sSG ard We al yoar Honor Mr. Connolly sTtey
sS .sPss% % % S .S da 6sts he s e. Ma Il s D an early ' We
m % 5 S gRS 's al Goa 1S d a,d Bosss IN
BaS 70 ,a branches 3 % qGnG: on either a1 .e @ @
70 S coamsseS nnt the owners Of majority inea Of
land ong the shall give their consent writing ~, thn only
cutting f TIE The r., .s
gns by law subway will be similar to the successful
use IN Lcn1cn s ias hsh S o % & IN pE nav @ nT and ewD
pse sims making ventilation perfect By the sotoq Of the
The mb.ay viii be located under the middle Of Broadway
% bS p beng seven feet outside the c.rb
bsns ln either nde The and wateIpes vii be protected
viii be STOUT ball mile sPr PASSENGER payisg tr e a. We We 90 %
forms; these viii s ample dmeou. and constructed with Ts
ss s sGds O. N % 1 re s % Vii ii s. % on DOOM S a1 S & aa.s 3
be ve into cospa and these vii he brilliantly Lighted Nth .
lDaeT Tho tqnHel win cost exclusive Of stations .seoG.
depot PcscOud.t IN two years kes upon the nce Of our
doing ccpia COOPERATION Of all et officials and citizens
Mayor Hall said tat he was opposed to the lending Of
the credit of the city in urherance of the quick transit
project He also opposed 70 the scheme for tho an
neXatjon of Westchester and he had asceraned that
the other city officials a the present regime were opposed
cannot sfoTdIs extend policemen ,nd
.s 70 or S s S ,.. Of the a GG % a Gfa @
proposition premature am opposed to additional surface rail
,s S should Be- one fT@ the ChrPhs Ferry to connect
and SIt aud Seventh ROss the bead OF
the Of the LsckswsnnA and
CoupsDys travel from that about become gigantic
illustration Hence will favor OF
sinking the xaks in Pourht But am not 1o do would be In
living srd owning the and lead
Disturbances Il lateral and engthwe ana and Croon
xiPes
refused TO tale hold of IT, The es ennees have said thsi't would
S3OOVo mile Ii snif to make With works
London with the Mont Gems tunnel Abroad capital control, labor
capital here works eight hous for 81
u ali the old countries be found TO WORK for twelve
hours for twelve cents Of Abroad there .sa, plethora
oePa and among capitalist. concerning what to
with And when To the engineering dmues
nsnrs increased by the artificial complications
which the city severed and pped fall
Of large CrO,On main would be Aie in two or three hou time
building around H. Were the dc1es
rsbe the cos' would be terribly enhanced BY an almost total
and pipe systems Of the city add objection
to the arcade system which think has never heen sut
snty ventilated II eject laying odt city underground, with
underground with thOussB Of lamps involving The necessity
block
would have been something fghtiu With All respect TO the
gentlemen who have favored IT, the project as read BY de Light Of all
the Arguments IN u favor be Arabian Nights ehme and
DAY the pamphlets and plans about will rest 10 the bbTanes the
the description Of Aladdin and his wonderful lamp Nevertheless
practicable interests Take what Of late
be feasible elevated road through blocks The
project almost confscson Of the blocks
and damage correctly estimated by commissioners perhaps
the would be fonnd be and unparalleled the his
tory Of enterprise The most practical thing hat
this meeting alternate Onrnme Ws and 10 Albany The
capital aud the political Of the latter