The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-02

Meeting Of the Committee Of Ninetv-Proposition
for the City to Build an Underground
Road-Foley Says He Can Take Care
Of Vanderbilt-The viaduct and
the Central Underground
Roads to Unite.

The Committee OF Ninety OF the Ciuzens' Assoca-
tion neld meeting a. the room Of the Committee
OF Twenty, No. SO Union square, last evening. John
Foley, the President OF the association presided.
In the absence Of the Secretary the reading OF
the minutes of the previous meeung was dispensed
with.
Mr.. william NJ Hoes was selected TO act as Secre-
tary pro ,em.. after which the following gentlemen
were proposed and unanimously elected as mem
oers Of the commlttee:--E. II. Brown d. H. Knapp
r. r. Hazard. Jr., Joseph Korhner, Hugh N.
Camp $ A. Warren and Charles Spear.
Mr.. John T. Daily chairman of Subcommittee on
Railroads, read the following report OF his COM
mittee:--
Your Committee on Railroads beg leave to report that
Ninety they have directed, investigates
seeking coaiesSe different interests TO secure
ys% Of away the S su. ssns
s se mos NOV ssS,e The people
have been unable to the charters hSrsCiors
almost an mpossbiy We Ind that even il these
Toais spseSsa their n' charters wis woss
such SYSTEM people require The pp..eSs
ing ss Ssny qis CITY H.. P.rs So
have compelled such system as a. present
@ n s h ). sna s and
eiadins the lrs. part Of our insirncuon., we would
mtted we have hesiat,9n stroaay reseS@endns
ysnnes While en be ' nut al at
cost than other plan Arguments hcetofofe urged
nation at time could rsruted are now SET at rest
1ys s & nas S
S the actual Of the roads Of
,y h aa street depot ws large qn a. s
street Harlem the line the Fourth would
sr the and be the rs road Of AZ
town residents give to New orks surplus population
lis city, Means a SsSA' now sS
and these avenues are now raydv crteydnc in We.cse,
county, the upper part Of our island that
this ciy whose home is apove street and whose
business is below the Chy Hall Park, actually spends
time banun@ TO ran IN car 70 hoS , W.
two, bu, crammed with hfty or sixty, persons? ~,
out NUMBER each urged and this is not TO be won
oered az or feasible cnaer secures at once
valuable franchise than the present surface roads With
n nss mas besn 70 se
some form the ctys credit should aid in
aid 10 The rs road pt Our State aided
in the construction Of the Erie Canal the Erie Railway and
create ts parks Dock Commission to build its DOCKS
Brooklyn Bridge Commission afordlng facilities relieve
us OF our population; why not create Railroad Commits
sion composed OF gentlemen OF integrity and ability com
manung sne ene @ 81 .ae leow leav
ana ober 10 his
Ing The system of commune This commission should
have supervision all the roads in this city, whether
OF the city public would DC greatly promoted. , IL Is the
e, VI r eysrv o me Indirecu he
cost OF he road woud be saved to the peope
Your chairman recoects that alter he Charter for the
first horse railroad was granted capital :, could
not 70 TOR long time "a. FEW rods OF rails
fnmed TO gd,rca The Whole c31 and horse raoss hey
csms an edemS and are now Considered as the
most valuable city The same result will
follow the completion of the first underground road built In
this CITY and your subcommittee respectfully urge upon
your e p N u spseay se," 10
sec smsn s VIII erect S
Chairman General Committee Of Ninenty.
os.,r Ions so I. IAhY;
Mr.. MCKENZIE opposed the report. He asserted
it would throw the whole power into the hands Of
MI. vanderbilt, OF the New YORK central.
MI. EDWARD MATHEWS eaid he mad had, during
WV. no W,. -" "n. s.,n n,S asso
sao s'auu'. 'oa'' na' sen. .'a. sa'u .'s assO
going IN mite with the New YORK Central
-, A., ,s..,..u .,..s. 80.
aaa 'ot n no sa 0"o, .nat
get. they propose to run the road from the Ba ttery
amcanv w,tS yanGsr%,, ,nev WY, run under
Madison Maids avenue. WIN '''i 'A' '''' W. ~ ''
q the wnS wers
VIaduct and Central Underground. He knew full
well wOd get RELIEF q
ui"i Nv" ~ OnoecHCC' Ano povPio
the WnOie matter INTO tnelr own nanus aho put IL
through. al Will venture TO say we can settle the
matter from the Battery to FOrty-secOnd street Tor
S. 600 O00 Let the city issue bonds for this amounts
fh interest on IL w1ll he INIT S35O As for Van.
Iar,,,it n q nod r,aht -, INT tue tracta on Eourth
nn 90 a. 4, 49, Ha ,s VT an ~n,av Sand
avenue anu as ~ Is now no Is pul al Vu,Iaw, auu,
tninE can Jake care Oh MN as easily rs uio tue
Ring"
Mr.. MATTHEWS said that $4,000 600 would not
mild the depots on the road ne woud cost at the
inos. oaScn,ot,on an0 non ta tbought rho nras-
ant were fhn pest for the @reafest moneyed
ent Quarters weto .uc pSs III VIZ sieo'ee' inoi9JS~
men OF our Guy are packing them.
Mr.. STRAHAN commended That the Ntaduct ana tne
Central Underground could not fuse without FUR
ther Ievislafive enactments. The CITY has already
eWnonrad IN 0oo o0o IN huiIdin0 roaf,sfhe ROule-
rnrT anS othorS ora nov wnv 70 rnav moi snend
varu anu otueisnanu now WHY Eau lucy oc opS
they choose at considerable more than the original