New-York tribune., 1877-03-13
WORDY WAR AGAINST RAPID TRANSIT
MEETING OF THE SIXTH AVENUE PROPERTY-owNERs
ASSOCIATION.

MEETING OF THE SIXTH AVENUE PROPERTf-o"Nhhs
ASSOCIATION.
Rapid transit on the elevated plan was ue-
cried at meeting last evening in Masonic Iehpe unoe
the auspices of the Sixth Avenue Property-o"ners
Association. The president T. A. Morrison, Broaway
dry goods merchant, presided Dr. HDert Vi Tue VII
bert Elevated Railway Company was present upon 'he
invitation Of member of the association and listened
serencv IN the dcnuncatons the rapid transit scheme
In calling the meeting 10 order MI Morrison siu' you
possess anything worth having, you must hsht ior ihs
association does not defend the sixth Avenue Raroau
nor is t opposed rapid transit but IT Is opposea W INC
destruction of sixth.ave. property which IL mas
taken years Of industry to build up. Neither
are We ready to recommend putting the raliu
transit elevated railway on any other aVehuc'
being unwilling 10 burden our neighOorS VIZ"
that of which we trying 10 rid ourselves lhe
ted Railroad Company will find that this Is ree cou'
and that We intend TO defeat the scheme II they "sh
to ,nd rapid transit road let them DO aS III Lon"o"
bujd on the solid earth underground or purchase the
right OF way through the city blocks between the ave
,,.,.
Josiah p Fitch lawyer, spoke briefly He SAID that
though he was not personally a1ecteu oy a eieN"''
railway on sixthavc he thought the projected rou Was
AS great disgrace TO engineering Intelligence as wa"
TO tine CITY, His opposition not to rapid transit Dt
o tne obstruction of the of New-Iork The city
had 10 right make such use OF the HIGHWAY aS 10
leave propcry deprecated in value, without paying III
fnli for the damage done. Citizens were willg' as
uo To sell their property for just conSlderaioh pul
tey complained because the state proposed 10 thc
tneir property without paying iol IL. Ito, ,o,,o
Gen. EgherI L. Vie e. the next speaker eXctGn M solc
annalSt bx vigorous attack on the Elevated RAILWAY
Coiupauy. He called the scheme tine dream OF iuIitU
for defTduding lunatics Tie plan OF New-Jertey pl
yendcr wHo was assisted at Albany by THOMAS y
Fields who had left his country Tor ms country
good" IL was ingenious fraud from hcsDmus u, 10
end and he would show, aisO that IL was li.hCIaI
fraud II conceived in Wall-st and would dc mere
IL was a 20 realize S22OoOooo out OF the Fi-0
pad for old iron uI tne nrst GFcch"lci-s dl
ure 4 man owning stock i'll tine company Wlhch ne
wanted 10 sell, he understood had bald. as an
nducoInent to buyers, That the CONTRACT ior
the buIlding of the road was lahen ny
"A kind OF CrrdIt MUhiiiCr Ompany, which relcl tc co
tracts 100000 NILE wDlc IL was 10 receive Ioi
each mile 81 OuUUOO III st mortgage DOhGs ,hc n'lne
annnun; IN second mortgage bonds ana 9OOJOoo HOlt
of ,tock In other words, 2J,OJOJJO 1"I zen iniics VI
Iori which cost r OOO0tO. Knowing TINS IL was hot
dhicut to see wnat created the manufactured punHc
opinion sustaining tie p,JccL In san frthclsto tlcS
used gave OF specua,oislnc
OF lea giny town or Il nl-pOst. lie ti'uEht auvi ucit
urDt rngii; be III Tor Elevated Railroad sitcdttOs'
Th fiIur might come wncu IT wuuid be nccessi! 10 use
force AT Al;iuN the usual Iolcc Dut IL tic
Legislature the facts IL would siad oy 'he ''A
ave. property ONntrS A., ..h.,,.
gotten ul, by baaditt Of rascais laplHiscJ ana nc
wanted tncn IN way he'd Responsible, 50 tH't "eL
The uruicct Was well started tnry snOuid not silp ou ana
leave zeal with the bJUll&chs tAey ltiVc III 'nIli
places" Resolutions adoped povidis lol the
sending of committee OF 100 10 Albany his Voh'i'
tee wil depart tie morning train next 1hdisd'y
Dr. Gilbert said 10 TRIBUNE reporter AMER tno ".'
ing tnat the speakers Had been tuulnpi lHc fcN "'e"
KaiIrod with prospectus when DciongcI 10 c uI'ch
wich uc different organization; thal mere was no
such spcculauu IL il, that the Original chaltcr VIZ
amended TO permit the placing OF thc posts III tAt hI
die OF the streets instead OF the curb Ine COhhlec
on Railroads. of the Boad of Aldermen viii ntei the
sixtn-ave. pToperiyowners al p. H. next hohudy'