New-York tribune., 1872-03-30
RAILROAD ACCOMMODATION


,,,5 1, wears past the New Haven Railroad has had
Il. .yev without saving that any undue influence was
sed or that the lobby invoked to prevent the hegs
ature from essenng the fare and increasing the huoc'
of trains 1t remains that the people have never
succccded in getting relief This Road has large ca'al
makes ten per cent dividends lays asite beyono It's zen
per cent dividend surplus which may he used Tor steer
rails locomotives depot buildings, or Tor any othcr
purpose that the Directors choose Ihe money mas pce
earned say the Directors; II Is the money oi 'no
company and we will use il as wo think BEST
Very we'll gentlemen the earnings oil the Company
a. Won believe 10 be profitable and useful TO your
selves Your stock j. worth $50 and upward FOR 100 pau
,u To make up this valuation, recolect that the west
chester people contribute largely. There is no road III
the State Of NcwYork that pays well ana that mas 80
large patronage this same New-ilaven ara Whon
the bill now before the Legislature is in the Committee
the request will bo made that the books OF the 'onp'n!
shall be produced and the people OF WesteheScr WIN
have an opportunity 20 what is the huhper VI
passcngrs travel to New York and back agah e"cn
day from within the County OF Westchesler
The eole of Westchcser have for the last twenty-five
wear, been expecting the fare would be reduced;
but the contrary has been the case Wilie al the rail-
roads OF Long Island. staten Island, ana NewJeiSey
have reduced the daly fares well rs the communication
f,re. ana increased the running time, the NcwaVen
Railroad insists upon the highest fare known to the
law-that IL. three cents mile and the income TAX IL
wcStCheStcr County had the advantage OF cheap ana
rapid railroad. such the NewJerscy Central or the
y
Of which travels AT speed .of forty miles an houI-"l'h
convenient means of reaching the City Hall from Forty
second ST.. the population would Immediately Degh 10
increase and the lands instead OF selling Tor >lVU
an acre. would command large pricce Persons WDo
are acquainted with the value of lots on Fiithave from
Esl;,i-,; 10 the Harlem River, know what prices are
ssed for ana realized for city lots 25 feet front ana
t,r by 100 feet deep-sly from twenty-five thousand to
forty thousand dollars each, and i'll the crossstreets
price, which, Is would have been cOhsldeIeu
fabulous: the increase, although 80 great has an
upward tendency. when the Central Park was originally
rr,icctcl. many gentlemen, who wiser than the
rttcrs up the Park predicted immense increase
0f taxation. and eventual failure OF the pro-
ect. Those who owned the land, as originally
TAKEN rccoloct the low prices which were awarded
few hundred dollars for each lot The citizens op-
pn.et arcd that the lands would not realize one half
oi the assessments allowed. But the Park was laid
the and roads were made; the trees ana
reared their heads and people walked the ave
uue ana vehicles Travelled the roads, ana the lands III
tue adjoining streets increased so much in value that
the asscs>rent-st in few years greatly IN excess
oi the whole value Of the Park, and tie expended
pks,Pitup.
II the people of NewYork City could he certain Of a
m~ans OF getting into and returning from Westchester
raidv as il the case upon NewJersey Central the
Ncw-York and Philadelphia, the New-YOrk and Morris
town. ana the hafdozcn other New-Jersey Roads that
ply Jersey City and obOkcn every few minutes IN
the day and until midnight there would not be any more
on every street below the City Hall would sell their New
Jersey houses and lands and emigrae to WeStehester
The dividing line Is the Harlem River, over which Is
thc Harlem Bridge, McCOmb's Dam Bridge, ana the
spuytei-Duyy Bridge. The rvoritsef narrow that
. ,trouc throw stone across from the
Harlem the WcstchestCr side In Summer as
vol Winter. in sunshine and storm, the
county of Westohester is easy Of approach
and chelp rapid transit is only required TO increase
tn population of Weschester. and to increase he land
III an cdua ratio Legislature has the power, and
the people insist that the Legislature shall require
the Ncw-Havcn Railroad to furnish quick transit and
sufficient number of trains to at least equal NewJersey
facilities Travellers express trains through New
Jersey ride in the same with way y-passcngers to
Newark. EhzlbCAtown. Railway, New Brunswick, and
PrInceOn but the express trains upon the New
Haven VIII not carry a Weschester passenger. Under
no circumstances passenger be taken up
At Ncw-York and set down short of Stamford.
The Nsv-JeIsey express trains find no diff
culty stopping and starting and yet being
express The NewIaven Company that if they stop
IN Wesichcstcr the train viii to be an express.
st il j., express to Stamford, and then to South Nor
walk. Bridgeport, and Newiaven The same train CON
tlnues 10 De- express in Connecticut, but not in New
York. eau people bc Iumhugged by foreign corpora
like the NewHayen, year after year, and not de-
mand reform an immediate repeal of the charters
The Ncv-Jersey Railroads each and all rejoice in the
opportunity OF building depo al place where half
doson passengers be had, and will stop and take
them up as often as the train passes the given
point The difference between the New-llaven Railroad
and the EewJcSey Railroad lies in the fact that any o
position road 10 ew-Iayen is Immediately purchased.
No such has been granted in 25 that the
New-IIayen Railroad has not managed to control and
k tie last railroad being the Portcheser and Harlem
River, which has been lying the shelf until within
few wccs , the New-Hayen Company believing that the
new road will be driven off. The management have set
about airriisug the land necessary 10 DO taken; but
nobody believes that they intend to lay track on the
contrary lcy will keep MP tle odsrranscment-ifth they
The new depot at Fory-sccond-st. has upon its front
the name of the Haven Railroad 1t i said and the
statement probably true, that the New-Haven has
pnrc ,ed part OF ten blocks OF land above the depot at
an expense Of nearly a million dollars aud yet the |
cars run 10 Twcnty-seventI-St. usual. There are
strange rumOIs the cause; but that the Newiayen
passengers who get ont at Fortysecond-st are com
prllcl 10 wait for arriN al Of the Hudson River
and the Harlem cars j. fact that cannot lie contra
dicted People riding IN the NewHaycn ears. who get
out al Forty-secondst compelled to wait for the
Harlem ears of the Tourthave, or to ride to Twenty
seven.t and wait, frequently being delayed half an
hour.
A per.on residing al Newark and doing business he
low the City Hall reach Wallst. or its neghbol-
hood or he City Hall and It's neishborhood, from New
ark In les, time than passenger can ride from the low
or end OF the Park TO Forty-secondst merchant j.
most direct road when his work is at night, he
turns 10 ard home; the railroad which will carry him
quickest and cheapest suits him best. There
eighty traius day 10 Newark and its neighb0rhOOd
~ the present time, and within few months fourth
railroad will he In operation, increasing the number OF
trains daily between the two cities to over hundred.
The question may be asked, DO you expect the New