The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-14

More Railroad Jobs Mt Albany-RaplA
Transit by the City for the City.
The Beach Pneumatic tunnel schemers ID
Albany have lately met with setback even
there. 1t was reported to have leaked ont
that the company was already saddled with .
debt of FIVE million dollars, contracted In ''en-
cheering" not the railroad, but the bill. Mr..
Dixon, the agent of the company, stated yes
terday to the House Railroad Committee that
there was only fea-bits Of some three hun
dred and seventy thousand y them, and made
light of that paltry sum. But there are so
many things which, If not debts now, may, In
tho course Of juggling such bill through, turn
into mountains on the shoulders Of bona fds
stockholders. Shares given away for nothing,
property holders to be quieted, purchasabla
opposition to be silenced, and the thousand
little games we'll known to the vampire
instincts of the Hobbies, will soon hang
monetary millstones, If they are not already
there, around the necks of such corporation,
with opposition to be overcome twenty times
as tough as the rock its tunnel would
meet in its northward course. We
denounce the scheme as impracticabte
in every shape and job in all it's phases.
We object to Broadway being turned into q
mud heap that greedy spectators may thrive
upon brainless credulity with money 10 its
pockets.
Among the many other jobs of the kind wa
note the appearance of an elevated railroad
scheme in Senate bill to incorporate the
Palmer Elevated Railroad. This authorizes
the construction of four monstrosities on Hud-
son and Greenwich streets, and on Fourth ave-
nue. and the Bowery. The very appearance Of
these one-legged death traps Is sufficient to
condemn them. There is not street running
north and south but would have its own par
ticular hideousness, noise and danger, If these
hydra-headed projectors once had their way,
between arcades, tunnels, tiers and oil the
kindred denominations designed to put money
in the pockets of an INSCRIPTIONS, but by 10
means ''select" few.
A glance at the map will show that Man.
haitian Island needs two lines Of railroad To
secure rapid transit for the population-onS
of these running north on the west side, and
the other in the same direction on the east.
These should be built on viaducts, each con-
sistnQ of a succession Of strong brick archess
with bridges over the transverse thorough.
fares. Bv this means two healthful, safe, open
air lines can be procured, covering all
the wants of the upward-tending city. Let ID
he a municipal work, done by the city for tho
city. With an honest city government in
power, whose every act could be scru-
iinized, the bonds for such an undertaking
would be bought up almost entirely in this
city, and would stand at par in any market in
the world. With Tammany in power such
a scheme would be impossible; with corrup-'
ton of the Erie and Court House order over
thrown IL is practicable. The work could be-
done quickly and cheaply, and In ten years
from the date of running the first passenger
train the city might redeem every cent Of its
bonds and from the succeeding profits Of run
ming reduce the taxation Of our hurdened cityH