The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-12-28
OPPOSING RAPID Transit.
Owncrs OF Property the Fast side street
Holding Meeting.


ScVcnt ty men mot in the Germania Assem-
bly, Rooms POI Bowery. last evening. in answer
to u call for property owners on Division. Allen
Houston. and Twcnty-third streets. and First
and Second avenues to devise a cooperative
plan to secure n repeal ofthat part OF the Metro
politan Elevated Railway charter allowing the
building Of n road through those streets. Geo.
Rothmann called the meeting t. order. and
Henry ii. Haight WIS made Chairman. Mr.
llaight advised that warming should be taken
from tho failure Of the opponents OF the
Sixth avenue section Of the r)ad and
Of the Brooklyn Bridge ThoY. he said.
had wn ted until the structures woro nearly COM
plctrd before they acted. He thought the Kapid
Transit Commissioners could 10. possibly
have considered tho extreme narrowness 81 Al
len and Division streets H. had heard that thc
road in sixth avenue Ind almost been indicted
10y nGrand Jury ns nuisance. II th" road -
nuisance there, what WnnJ It be IN Allen and
wrrr too few present. and that AN adjournment
should be had. The Chairman explained tho
small attendance by saylng thnt II was holiday
week. anu that very many oi the property own
Mr. William II. Carpenter, who represented
three or four houses ON Division street. be-
tween Allen and CathArine streets. said he had
heard that the company meant 10 run express
trains through to Harlem on the proposed line.
with only one or two stops. The rat" OF speed.
he had heard. would be- 20 or 30 mil hour.
Gusiaye Strttrr asked 10 be allowed to speak
IN titfNNn. but IN" iNNlfnNn hnll IL would DO
better 20 make the assembly an English -sbrak-
ing meeting Then Strttrr sald he would do
the best he could in English. He told the prop
crty owners 10 maintain their rights. The
street was the face OF their property. and " II a
mRnS face was cut oil It would not be- worth
something. Tho properly owners were not
slaves. md II was not right for the Legislature
Ia give their hardly earned property TO n mono
pole They should all oppose this black thing
in the streets that showed itself before peoples
houses As II Gullotinc. They should appoint
n committee Of good men, and should say
to that committee that they would sti *
10 II with their money uOcktt, in order that
their property. which they had worked for
lifetime might not 60 for the benelt Of the
monOpolc pocket. In conclusion. Mr.. Stettrr
lawyer between them. ho appointed to make a
petition and say tQ people II they wanted that
guiilotnc before thor houses. That was the
only way to do business. subsequently Mr..
Stettrr withdrew his motion.
Mr. Rothmann said that AsscmhlYmcn had
been talked with. aud were willing tu work
for n repeal Of the cumuhny's charter
in ALBANY. II the property owners
would give them n littl' more string
Mr. ROthmunn thought that they niEht be sue
crssiul. In obcdi noe 10 "a rcsoluti1uthr Chair
man appointed u committee of two for every
block on the proposed line of road between
property owners 'rsOnaiIy II attend th' next
meeting at 4 Oclock on Monday evening.
A request from the Chairman that the prop
Criy owners come forward an give their nauurS
and address ana ~ tho sNne time contribute 81
each. resulted on the fret call ~ list of seven
teen names AMI the sum Of }lI. AtorWard
few others responded.