The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-05-18
THE FIGHT FOR RAPID TRANSIT.
Mass Meeting of Workingmen at Cooper
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by George Blair.
Simeon F.. Church and Others.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. by George Blair.
Simeon f. Church and Others.
workingmen's mass meeting, for the purpose
OF discussing subjects OF Importance to the work
ing classes was held in the great hail OF Cooper
Institute last night. Mr.. George Blair presided.
MIR. Osborne Ward delivered an interesting ad.
dress He said it was very extraordinary that all
efforts at cooperation, cooperative stores, &C.,
should have failed Cooperation was really in full
conformity with the spirit OF the constitution and
the institutions OF the United States. In this
country II was only the idea OF equality,
carried out on practical and economical
basis. After all, American cooperation must de-
veiop upon large and not a petty basis. The
idea OF compulsory determination was dametric-
ally opposed TO the spirit OF American liberty
They must come out for q general, universal CO.
operation OF the people in business and pleasure.
Speaking OF The telegraph system he said the peo-
pie demanded that the telegraph lines should be
by and al the cost OF the people Rapid transit
was $50 a form OF cooperation. The government
owning the railroads and the people owning the
government the cost OF o ride could he ascertaned
10 cent,
JOINT STOCK MONOPOLY WAS KNGcRAPr
upon small scale. The system OF free distribution
oi CrOton water might also he applied 10 the supply
OF gas. When the municipality owned all these
monopohes the people would have II all in their
owl hands The people OF this city would save
sl,2so,0 600 " they took the supply OF gas into their
hands. Why mad they not cooperative markets
that were owned In the interests OF the peopleS
cheap houses cheap gas, cheap, rapid transit could
not he obtained without labor and energy They
demanded that the people he supplied with food,
clothing and fuel from the government, and az far
a. possible with labor. lApplause.1
MI. simeon l.. Church said lac came there with but
one idea, the idea OF rapid transit for the people
Just on their northern frontier they had no less than
Ave railroads and not enc OF them able to get one
car within the Guy Of New York. New YORK mad
built chinese wall round IT, limits ana allowed
railroad but one 20 Cutor. There was one cor.
pOratOn that held the Legislature M its throat,
that held the people at their throats, that mad
blocked up the leading avenue of this city ana this
had Legislature now that spent half its time In.
yestigaiinr the corruption OF The last lepslaturc
and next year they would have Legislature that
would spend hall III time
INVESTIGATING TIM CORRUPTION or rms LEGis.
LATuRE.
daughter. "fiear, hear.rD Was IL not strange that
the people could not get the Legislature 10 pass
the bill proposing that the city OF New York
should build rapid transit roud itscltY II they
had trusted private companies with the delivery or
their letters N would cost them twenty.n cents
10 have letter delivered instead 81 three IL
VIC people sysicm OF mail aeiiyery sup
ply OF tr0tOn water and common play.
ground IKE Dc Central Park mcia-
Der VI the Legislature had told INN that II they
Would sond up 70 Albany hair the money which the
road corporations had sent M 20 oppose II they
Sould get me bll passed for the synpaihcs OF the
LeRlsAtnte We're with them, bat the money was
aRalnst them. daughter ana applause.B
Mft htotte hiasr aud other gentlemen then de-
nNeien huaIesses RESOLUTIONS were thea adopted
censu.inR sehatoisWelsmann Benedict aud O'Bricn
lot fotlhk against the peoples Rapid Transt blll
and asking d0vernOr nlN ~ sQn the bill Tor the
annexation 81 lower NestChcsicr rounfV ll.e
meeting then adjourned.