The New York herald., 1878-07-03
NOISY RAPID TRANSIT.

GRAND JURY AGAINST THE METROPOLITAN
RAILwAY-PRoFi ssoR EDIsoN's AID INVOKED
BY THE DIRECTORS.
A committee OF three physcians-Drs Looms,
Joseph Schnetter and ". n. Chamoeriain-caed at
the District Attorneys Office yesterday morning ana
read before tho Grand Jury formidable protest
against the annoyance, which, they aege, Is caused
by tho Metropolitan Elevated Railway The paper
forth that the noise caused by ac on the road
is especially Injurious to the brain and pro-
notes nervous diseases, and might cause de-
mcntia death. The document was read
by DR.. william NJ. Chamberlain, OF the CON-
mittee. Appended to IL were the signatures
OF 13s physicians who live along near the route
Of tho Metropolitan Elevated Railway. Tho sigma
comprised those Of the president OF The Academy
OF Medicine president OF the County Medical Society,"
several professors of the Bellevue University and
Twenty third street medical colleges, physicians and
surgeons Of the Now York, Bellevue, Charity, Roose-
volt, Presbyterian, Mount Sinai German, ST. Frarcs
and other hospitals, and among others the signatures
OF Professors Jscoby, OIs, Howe Blake, Borden,
sayre, Erkine, Mason, william II. Thompson, Nero
dith Cymer, BObert waods Loomis, Joseph schne.ter
and W. NJ Chsmberlau. The following s the full text
Of tho protest.
THE PROTEST..
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.s the residents upon adjacent PROPERTY IN .ss TO no
from the noise Of Us '.fs now conducted hardly az
and all near the ns o s
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will do sIeat and permanent injury TO those who 10
brain o develop
the faculties of mature life must rapidly waste under tue
logical axiom and doe. NOT admit OF debate Disease be-
.SdsI" pa,ssSFy tn: The s"s s"%
ber OF proper subjects them Increases Perverted
mental and moral action esrshral s.oau.Gn @ insomnia.
9n % int. &c 81 re- to %
naive win III be deafness, ds%sn.i.,, oi death
.. ssn s. sSS s.r ss
who's. well osn requires rest in all it. i.Ims have had
npon sixth complain that q. evsning som.. on
caused partly by the effect Of the jar din in
ny day IN 4. live nG . 1s By ni & . % M
function and directly tends produce
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In addition The ths from nro deserves
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to operate noiseess machines consuming their
known TO that tho awnings oi stores the curtains Of
the S % s ns this Se.
II these things have been in this Of
OF summer and the wnos Of autumn favor conhaguton.
measure needless. since upon Ninth avenue y parallel
line els is to parallel sSsIs with &c. par.
upon Ninth avenue Il does not appear that there
been most ably adaptcu
s 70 ts a
erIy secured but bsye toat INC corporation
to alter and amend iis strusture and rolling stock
to Do is wos with the least possible aunoysnee to sss
dents upon property adjacent TO its line"
SPONTANEOUS ACTION
In conversation with HERALD reporter after tho
presentation OF tho document, one OF the sgners q
| well known physician OF this CITY, sad -"rhis men,
oriai arose out OF conference between individual
phys,c,ans whose personal experience and whose OBJ
among their patients satisfied them that tn s
was u matter which required puolic control aud spe-
cai censdcraton In consequences Of tha, confer ence
this prOtest was prepared tor prcseptattsu 10 tho
| Grvnd Jury. the next point was TO see how far it
woula meet the views oil the profession or trat part
OF them coguizant OF tho facts Of the casc We took
only day or two tor testing the sense
| OF The profession by sending this memorial along
the line OF Sixth avenue AID We obtained IN u
very partial canvass LOS names Hardly any ono
nize the eva effects the road. l think there was
| only man--Dr Bryant-wbo did not sign tho
paper. This Is not n movement oil properly owners
| though OF course some OF tho physicians arc prop
erty owners. has been csos.d by the overpowsrns
conviction Of the mischief which viii be worked by
such hubbub confusion"
|
| The directors ot the metropolitan Elevated Rail
road secured Thomas A. Edison, the clcctri rican,
invent some metnod oi running their without
noise and also condensc the smoke tho engines.
| There Will be consultation OF engineers thurs
day.
| THRRArKxED LTIGATioN.
| Tho Metropolitan Liic Insurance. Company claims
damages against Metropolitan Elevated Railroad
Company 10 the amount OF $3.50 O00 Snd threatens 4
SUIT q recover t9at amount The Insurance company
pies Offices st tho Park place and
strcct hch the track of the Metropolitan road
constructed, aud at which point oil ITS stations
Is erected and IL Is claimed by the insurance com
pany that the basement Of tho building, which
formerly rented Tor $4,000 year, will not now bring
more that $500 The company has alec been
PEELED TO change Its Offices and vaults IRON Gu hurch
street to PARK place, all OF which, Is asserted, has
resulted In the amount OF damages TO recover wb ch
the company has announced its inteston 10 sue Tho