The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-07-14
An Enthusiastic Meeting in Favor Of
the Project.
SPEECHES BY DISTINGUISHED MEN,
A Mass Meeting Of the Believers in Rapid
Transit To Be Called.

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r. Carr. The secretaries were f. L. Paris T.
Brown n Il Porter ana Charles NJ Wiley. Hon WILL
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N. J. STARE was elected chairman. he made brief
address after which Mr. Moler offered the following
resolutions
Resolved That the people Of New York, wesried with
long waiting for the means OF rapid transit aud
a. tue emosrrassmen thrown ~ rs WAY ps ams az sS
IT, "a "a a c. Al a. go AM .up.
ect them 20 such pIine within power
city government
70 ths rayof OF the city AND The menoers Of the ivy
.. Tue Iomm1n wonncl WIN tespsci ,sq",s @ rsy
Shether the suaee rsrsad or any OF them
their corporate funds de-
feat rapid transit and II such have been
made then that they withdraw such OF me 81 Inc
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nsSt scai car s p ,alen ~ nanaae and
elect such and such ony as are in favor
rapid transit with all their hearts.
ApoprEp
mayor Eastman, Oh rougnLeepsie, oheTeo Us al
amendment that tho Hudson River counties and
towns should be included in the resolutions IL was
S"'''oe' Aue seo'e'A's "nn"usoou 'n"' '"eo"' """
ocen sent 70 the corporate governments OF tue cities
sua sniases on ZIG nuoson i''er ~ "escnes'o' w
nam ana Dutcness count'es, insting them 70 a'leno
the mee'ng IN response many letters hau oeeu
received among tnem one from - v. oraaey' 'ii'as'
Fresident Oooos Ferry, which nc proceedea 70 READ
LETTER ~ D O. SkApLkY ,o--
s,pcere,v regret that absence from Town of ma
jority trustees viii prevent the corporate author
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world Is mere 20 great distance between the resi-.
dence aud the business property, it measured by
"a. .ne ume rsquiISa Tue oausi'' ,. as -, "a
assume that the great now existing in tho
market value OF real estate IL 10 some large degree
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CITY. Iheir BOUNDARIES SO assimatc that they
can De determined ouiy ny surveyors instruments.
% south ~ series Of rentiy rolling hills on the
east It Is bordered by Long Island sound ana the
vest ny the huason River II thus is abe 70 iurnish
II mas bowcver bsen nracticailv excluded Of
i.,. v,arS ,rom ,he vrnwth eniovad hv otber
snnprhs rho Nav Hnven Railroad iormerIv
rcev.d s nassengars nj (,enI RI ct roct and tho Hui
nave their enols nm town and no adeouate proy,son
has hs,n M ia ~, cnver his Gan nm, rrataa II NOW
cost marc i,me and money 10 mass between the homes
IN W.s.ch.s,cr cnnp,v "a Tho n,ares al hns,ness IN
New VorE ctv than n 'dd twenty wears AGO A a re-
sni, n verv large nopn,aton winch would nave nre.
1erred 10 have remained N Tho state has been driven
sr,a xew ,srs,v n,v,ng n tba, Stain crnwih ana
nr"s ,a,v wh,y navs nse denied IN onr own
f'osFo" $3.50" $50 80 - W. W."
PRACTICAL MOVEMENT
The circular referred was then read and speeches
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Soionei n'cnsrd La'ners' MhySf Eastman anu Dr. I'LL
BERT Walker committee OF avc elected TO carry
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vested with power 10 MA vacancies caused ny death or
resignation j. l.. N Stark, Isaac D. Cole. H. W. DIM
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Two hours aud The utmost eutn was manifested
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Win nesrt! applause
ADDRESS OF JACKSON g scHuIrz
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no 'ne "'s' spo"Ae' 'he en"''""n '""ouuoeu 'ir'
Jackson s. Schultz who remarked that the quick
transit project is opposed by three interests These
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ue s"o' are ne o"hers VI e"i ESTATE ~ 'ne o"er Por
lion oil the city owners OF property on the proposed
line of the road and the propretors of the surface
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'"'''o"os. ine o"n'' VI '"uncey Sou'' ia wan s"cc',
saii he at QUO time thought that their offices would
pIoyed TINS CITY; but tuey neir mistake
when lew years LATER II Was found that Wall street
Mseii ovcfnowed In thesa occupations in,o iialn
Nassau. Broad and other adjacent streets The owners
oil the old, dilapnlated dwellings, even supplemented
by The modern tenement houses contained III the ten
lower wards, VIII una their Efforts To retain their
present population equally unavaiing The time has
come when the INDUSTRIAL classes oil our CITY are 10
realize tner long Cherished prayer OF relief rom the
pent up city lie to which they subjected TO that
o. SUBURBAN nome. Whether this reiiei snail
come 10 them from Lon- Island, New Jersey
OF from our own territory now accessible, is
sue subject tnat we nre ca'eh upon tns Gay 10 con
sder Ins Efforts OF New Jersey snd owners assisted
oy noera faiiroad communications, mas zone much III
the past lew years 10 uepopuiate our rity.
~ Two years ir"m tnis TIME, when the brooklyn
bridRe Is completed, more than my square miles oil
new anu most desirable unocrupied territory VIII be
prouSut wituin na an hour Vi your Oy na'i py steam
RAJ. AS gooa c.xcns aesug me ero%sn ana pe,ma
neut COCO oi tue CITY, we Should not ocprccse these
uuocu means VI c""ort anu hupPuess W our mus
tr'ous popuiat'on, ana w words ol nine must oe
construed mo regret on hs suoJcct. But so long
Is ~e nave large area Oh uhoccupea ianu WITHIN our
owh Sdx"oe "u'''-wtnn ouT own pons'ca uouseuoi"--
can see 20 reason why we shouii not strain very
nerve 10 orng tnvse waste Places within Inc cacn OF
our pr"p' VINO WISH country homes. Inc most uIrcct
lecunMry interest Vi every taxpayer IN tnis Guy
Wherever ne my i've, u 10 Improve Every vacant ot,
Wherever si'uaicu, w''hn our t'S"oir UNIT
MPkovIN. THE WASTE PLACES
The building up o. Lon- Island anu NewJersey may'
and doubtless Will INFINITELY, brsng Us population,
trace ana w,s'th oui tue oui'ng up o our own Guy
saves W NJ once from ohe!ous ana eu r"trs taxes
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