The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-21
WAR ON ELEVATED ROADS.
49, pccl.ion Of the Court "r Appeals On
ua,,d Transit Routes hat the Presi-
81. of street Railway Companies Say
,x.., wa. Done ut - Meeting Yesterday.

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T., r.it.- made 10y the Rapid Transit
i...r- struck the horse railway mon
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iv.ilr9'. Am0 ng property owners liNrY 10
, ,r...tol rs the projected railroads the de-
.s received with consternntion Still
t-i.h WIS ~, -. -
I.rei=c, ~ inil'a'' u ula' "'nn I"'iro"u n'ch
,rotortv owners ara resolved To resort to
,...,4. T.. Prevent what they deem an
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infringement upon li'tr IEhls anu inc uc-
.-,,.,i.f. .f their iroprttv.
r,.,r p,r.r presilon, Of Tho sixth
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Avenue kailiNui. SAM y" Il NtN reporter VII
o NJ E,urf- and Judge ComstOck. our coun-
',"' M. r'nt ts.r. is a most imnortnut
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auD~tDu which dl h'' conn up III inc "rEu-
,.,. before the Court of Appeals. Ii IN the
i.,,,f..,nniitv Thrv hnld .bot
question 'l ''N-''"' "V'" '',"
NJ. seizure or impairment OF our property ny
H.. stlfo without compensation Is a palpahe
, Constitution 81 tho Unitnd
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ktIt- hy which protection 10 III" ana property
4 .,.rlnta,i IL il our intention to carry
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tbs 'h-' NY '' wv '"l'' nav - '''o my"
f,a'o-."
.. Wnfl fh, romnlntfon Of tho Gil
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bert Elevated 'Ai @I'"'S lnluIc your COR
Iorltuu'
~ fa.f fnfnnI In
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plant th'ir uirs"'7 ".n,h clSh,eeh lh'hcs
ri our outer tra * AMI this would naturally
rrlmr n w. entirely rrippl" u-. They arr To-
cDyrour tra h. 90 til- manner iorthrer miles.
: you can easily 500 how greatly We shal be
Il ..,.,aI WrlNtniurd "a perpnfual Injunction
S.ai-t the Onrrt Elevated Railroad some
imt ago from lu,lsc Sedg"wich ol Tia" superior
Court. and tl.y auu0i w. il hcgin work before
# Is removed | see that the ON 'ers assert
f.UIr mention of beginning ut once. hut prob
NIL, they Will find some little legal formalties
l. eO through with fist. 1t strikes one ~
strange that the prugr, ssiNe city of New York
m uld have adopted a plan for rapid transit
which WIS long since discarded 10y London
Vars ago they built what they called Vtaduet
railways. something like the one planned here.
li' in time il WIS found that they were a
~ .ancc. Then Parliament enacted a law pro-
lIlatinL them in future. and the ingenuity Of
engineers devised the underground railways
low IA Use This will event aly bee the solu-
ton OF our rapid transit problem. We want the
greatest possible speed. the greatest pos
t,use. aud with the minimum OF dam.
l-c iu property on routes selected. This we
krportcr-I have heard property owners estl-
mate the probable depreciation I'm til,. whine III
rll estate along he routes projected as high ~
Mirty per cent Do you think II will reach that
b.ure?
Mr.. Butler-That IL an underestimate. | DO
hove that the depreciation will he fully nftv per
r.ut. From the Battery t. Fifty ninth street Tho
property likely to be affected il worth $50 WO e.
ln md tins If my estitnut. f. ri,bt tn, L,-.
or THIS account will he $50 Ouu nOu Even at
your estimate il will be s2OOOu.OOO. Then look
D. the loss to trade. Take Sixth avenue for in
noble II New York, thoroug mares. II is almost
wholly given up To retail trade. This, am
conf lent. will be greatly damaged If not en-
trpiy DESTROYED by the Elevated Railway. The
s'r-'t Will be darkened. and the constant noise
a the engines overhead Will render travel in
carriages not only disagreeahla hut unsafe
tAnuVtnuc, instead of through il aud trade " H
s.ek now localities. Some have thought that