The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-29
RAPID TRANSIT.
THE MAYORS VIEWS ON THE VITAL QUESTION:
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.

THE MAYOR VIEWS ON THE VITAL QUESTION:
THE BEGINNING OF THE END.
The Mayor sent message to the Board Of Alder.
men relative to rapid transit yesterday.
An effort was made to have the subject matter
OF IL referred to the Railroad Committee OF the
Board; but the chairman Of that committee, Mr..
Blessing, contended that 1t should be referred to
special committee ana it was finally so referred
to committee OF five. The following Is the mes
sage:-
EXECUTIVE Drr4H1xr Yasn M4 1.@ g
To THE HONORABLE THE CoxxoN CoUNcIL:-
subject Of ready be;
attention and has been fully discussed during the past
necessity tor rapid transit s now generally recog
tine tho Draecs %eSod
s posed ior aeeo@pIIshiss It. p'
sa
ence in here the wesa any %ho y SreHed %
Stream Of population which ha; set strong from the
city during ten years past has been ssrsnu0usy main
AND it may; think, be now safely assumed that tho
OF opinions these cardinal! pointsi-That any sub.
eans Of anon Ehn city viii
be s
Y s1Ta e cs S ~
% &c ssss fouss scns @S s
likely to be profitable; thai the roads should DC built
Hsa 'V IN which, Tesdenses '' WITH the
the
the So ~ roaa aSas an or
the end the neishSSrg property;
Should mat Tssp ana iSsir q sSs
what they may have expected to be for a time local
tune the sonatsns assist.
@ sna
from contributing frSm ITS own FUNDS TO ad such an
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scope and terms Of such laws can be
ultimately deyolyed upon the ,o Common Council The
My own Views upon the subject were suggested to you
In Of The ah and Ill ann quite ready to
are prepared PREV to build road that sdvanaseOus
lines ana economical modes OF construction can be
recommend that You give prompt consideration to
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parties more and 70
to be- most feasible aud adapted to the necessary
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for action " SY fsnsss b. vi Ky EagS
PROGRESS OF THE NEW SCHEME.
IF tie rapid transit problem is to be solved at
ALL the awe sas spe .ae cry VEN, S
through the excrti0ns OF our capitalists and Otner
citizens outside OF me various corporations whose
interests are to be directly afected by It." Thus
spoke gentleman who TOOK prominent part IN
the rapid transit meeting held Ct the once OF
day. 70 HERALD reporter yesterday. Oont,nu,ce.
he SAID, "What we have to expect from these corr
porations was well illustrated last winter ct
Albany where one, II not more, charters were OBJ.
tanned by them; and 80 well satisfied was every
body that their action was only Ior the purpose Of
which would have the effect o. decreasing the value
Of existing franchises owned by them; that the
ton that nothing was to be done. Meanwhile the
men OF small means are purchasing lots and build.
ing residences IN the various places surrounding
ton OF the island is decreasing In reality. II not
nomlnaly; many OF the houses In That locality are
without tenants, and those property holders who
have been assessed In such enormous sums for im-
provemens find their property there entirely un'
productive, and are realizing more or less dim.
Guilty in meeting the heavy demands upon them.
1T Is for this reason that at the mere suggestion or
o meeting In answer to a call of the most informal
character, so many men of capital, energy ana
enterprise gathered together yesterday"
subsequently the chairman OF the meeting, Mr..
looking about Tor the proper persons 10 appoint
upon the committee provided Tor, he had found .
far greater interest manifested than he had ex-
pected. He had received number OF commanica.
lions containing important sugge tons, aud ofsuch
under way there woulG be no difficulty In ootain-
ing the requisite capital for the prosecution or tho
Authoritative source that ioreisn ca Sitasts STOOD
ready to furnish the iunds the moment the success
Of the project was assured. At the meeting on
Wednesday, In common with most OF those pres
emf. he was of the opinion that the better way to
facilitate matters would be by calling public
meeting; but his consultations with various gen.
tlemen since had somewhat modified his views,
and after the appointment OF the committee it
might be determined upon to commence obtain
Ing subscriptions at once. so that when the pubic
were called upon to consider the proposed move
mept they would find 1t backed up by sufficient
material aid" to assure success. Meanwhile he
was devoiing all his time to the proper formation
oil the committee, which he hoped to be able to an.
nOunca daY.