The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-29
CHEAP TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION.
Report Of the Executive
Committee.
THE RAILROAD 'GNFLUENCES' AT ALBANY.


The annual meeting ana election OF officers OF
the Cheap transportation Association took place
yesterday at Its ONCE, In No. ITO Pearl street.
The polls were opened at ten A. M. and closed at
| two p. N. There was no opposition Of moment to
the election OF the following Board of Directors-
II. B. Claim, B. G. Arnold, Benjamin W. Floyd,
| George G. Collins. w. 8. Fairfield, A. B. Miller,
Benjamin p Baker, Charles Watrous, J. H. Kemp,
E. r. Durkee, John F. Henry, George A. Merwin,
| W. l. Preston, w, H. Wiley, John Dwight, Benja-
min Litchtensten, J. Seaver Page John G. Wan
dell, George Moller, Franklin Edison, r. A. Potts.
F. B. Thurber. Charles Pratt william Duryea,
George L. Trask, Theodore +. Lees, J. Spencer
Turner, George Brown, John d. Wing, James 8.
Barron, James Pyle, Mayer Lehman. E. F. Brown
ing, E. ]. Martin, James Haines Drake, Charles P.
| Cooper
At two O'Clock Colonel B. p Baker took the
chair and called the meeting OF directors to OF der
| The following Officers were then chosen for the
| ensuing year president, Colonel Benjamin P.
Baker; Vice Presidents, Messrs. John S. Henry,
II. b. Claim and Franklin Edison; Secretary, f. b.
Thurber, and Treasurer, e. Il. Durkee. report
was read from the Treasurer OF the old Board Of
Directors, setting forth the gratifying fact that
the association during the past year had been
| self-sustaiAiug and that the Financial Committee
had not had occasion to call upon their special
|
meeting was the adoption OF the following resolu-
| ton in regard 10
| RAPID TRANSIT.
Mr.. j. Il. Drake and other citizens This city to solve
far meet Win public .Pprs5sss wssrSas sSs
s has s on to thu
rapid transit in its Tearing upon the movement of
G Ys4 1 pos 3D. better
ass both hosS be
The iellowiHg report was then presented to the
document and instructive as to the commercial
needs OF this city and the influences that are at
| work to supply them:-
REPORT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
The EXeSutvs Committee beg le?ss to submit to the
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have report growth Of the association from
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and SodS as H the reS g!
system Of tran Oortatop The lsrgeness Of the city the
ton OF Or consequent sympathy with the needs Of an.
that per.os 9eef o% IL:
detects of our present system Of transporta;
the di,ersnt branches trsds trade interests
arc being Practically by
sye,g days grGwh Of 9So arsn; from efforts
@ %s @ vii SaaHs:
eef certany al the evidences point to near q.
t iha or
itself SouSney upon public
seasins the wesSs sSa our lily as' sSs
That ne OF Sr 9o aH
Sc 81 the of tina.
matters which were only little more remote and ia
T at ne ss % By
the hands To tho
arses POSSIBLE reysnas TIE shortest possible time
furnish Transportation faciilties part this
phia own MISUNDERSTANDING and eisesaaily
e efS life Gea ss of a through
me standing sesn hays Or ss done
expedition Of business and means OF collecting and
the has been been
the most active the business reerred TO It recurring
GI%a
to practically exclude competition from this city.
large number OF claims loss damage ana over
charge nave also been settled satisfactorily, some
committee has practically the benefits Of
cooperation and 1t shows that the power and influence
welded BY large number OF merchants acting in con
cert great feature of this committee
settle them by arbitration and where Transports.
ton lEe submit rpraon by dslH terc sted
parties to wthholi business from that line until it &C
ceedes to that principle.
very active and important committee AMI have pro-
vdcd facts conducted ana discussed prac teal
methods for the Improvement of our dock, warehouse
and transfer systems upon proper solution which
depends very largely tutue Of this city. The Com.
| mttec Railroads has also, probably than
committee presented questions which have excited
| discussions leading to good results their province
being less local. has required them take ex-
tended view OF the transportation question and has
thrown out OF and beyond exclusively local re-
Quements into the consideration OF national works az
| they affect ourselves either wholly or partially.
The Legislative Committee have performed consider
able labor but In tins State have been to
accomplish any substantial reform, owing to the fact
that railroad influence" has been in the ascendant
been smohered. "infiuences' are at work, however
| which will probably change this state Of things
We look forward to the time when the association will
have membership sufficiently large and influential to
exclusive freight railroad TO the West which will free
defects and abuses of existing lines which
will be operated in the interest OF New York
sylvania Central and the Baltimore and OHIO are now
1t is admitted that such road freight half
the cost and double the speed OF existing lines with
such facilities New York need tear rivals.
! After the meeting an informal discussion took
| place among the members In regard to the dinner
| OF the association, which Is to take place next