The New York herald., 1879-07-08
for s,gpatures as1ing tha. the report Of the Com.

for signatures asking that tho report of the Com
mission be rejected.
Another rumor was that the clergymen who con-
ferred time ago with the officers of the Metro
poitsn company in relation to the running of Sun
day trains would meet the officers again yesterday
for further discussion of the matter. Still an
other story found place in one of the morning pa
to the effect that informal decision had been
made by the managers OF the elevated road to re-
duce the fare from ten to five cents ut all hours.
the reasons which had led the managers to such
u decision. 1t definitely ascertaincd yesterday
that all these four stories untrue. Mr.. Wander
bit IL not about to exchange his privileges below
the Harlem River for the exclusive control of the
route above the Harlem River. He is not about to
build an elevated road the new route from the
Grand Central Depot to the City Hall. and 1t is
ceedlngly problematical IL he does There
conference of clergymen and railroad officials
yesteriay, II there was ono 1t without tho
knowledge Of several of the most prominent among
the latter; and. fourthiy. no decision has been
reached that the fares shall be reduced and 1t is not
III the least likely that any such decision Will be
reached at present. IL ut all.
NO REDUCTION OF FARES.
Mr.. William Il. Garrison. the president both OF
the Manhattan Company and the Metropolitan road.
was asked yesterday II the last mentioned story
true. ut is not" he replied. emphatically.
.sIs there any probability OF the managers soon
deciding to reduce fares % was the next question
There is not The subject has NOS been dis
..Do they not think travel would be increased by
such reduction
to be doubled during the present ten-cent hours.
We do not believe that it would be doubled"
Then proposition to reduce fares would be met
with strong opposition
II don't say that.
.sWould it be strongly advocatcdy'
II don't think 1t would. We discussed the matter
very carefully some time ago. when there was bill
before the Legislature to reduce the fares, and we
concluded it would not pay"
what truth is there in the story that Mr.. Wander
bilt is about to exchange privileges with the COM
pauies now IN operationT
Thera aaraf two thinps IN fha wa Of a
las privileges below the Harlem River. and, sec
ond, we have none above"
from the Grand Central Depot to the City HallT
'.He has right to do so that know Of"
lis there to be conference OF ciergymen with the
officers of your companies to-day, or has there been
one?"
..Not to my knowledge"
AN IMPROVEMENT ON MIR. FIELDS PLAN
In the absence OF Mr.. Cyrus W. Field the president
of the New York Elevated road Mr.. James Z. Cow
ing the treasurer. asked If he knew anything Of
acoming reduction OF fares He replied that he did
not. On the contrary. he certain that there
present intention OF reducing them.
~ think myself he said THAT there will be an
arrangement made sooner later by which fve-cent
trains will be at all hours, but not at present.
It seems to me that the best arrangement would be
to run one tencent ran and them say three ve-cent
trains. We would have to enlarge our stations and
couldn't have the same waiting rooms, for II we
did couldn't separate the passengers. Neither
could keep them out OF the tencent II ran
mixed trains. But by having separated trains and
separated entrances and exits think the arrange
ment could be made. And believe that some ar
rangement Of this kind will be made at some time"
"Has the matter been much discussedY
''Oh. it is discussed all the time; formally, but
as am talking to you now. We talk about it con-
stantly, but no immediate action is probable"
CITIZENS ASSOCIATION.
Dr. Crosby. when asked about the petitions in cir
cuation said that they had been drawn up by q
committee OF twenty, OF which he was member.
The committee was appointed by an association of
citizens, at the head of which is Congressman Or
ando B. Potter Several meetings OF the association
have been held, at Mr. Potters house and else
where, and the subject has been very carefully
considered The committee has conferred with
the Committee on Streets OF the Board
of Aldermen, and has received from them
the promise Of weeks notice before the
Rapid Transit Commissions report shall be con-
sidered This notice has not yet been given. Dr..
Crosby says that when the Aldermanic Committee
shall consider the report the Citizens Comlnttee
will be on hand to fght it. He denounces the new
and says that 1t is iniquitous and adverse to the
terests of property holders The petitions in
lation three in number-one to be signed by the
residents and business ssen along the line another
by the property owpers who do not live along the
line and the third by those interested in the libra
ries, churches. &C., on the line.
He says that the association has taken counsel of
q number OF lawyers Of the highest standing. and
from oil they receive the same advice which Is that
they successfully oppose the scheme on two
grounds. The first OF these is the clause in the
Rapid Transit law by which the privilege Of building
Is to be given to company which will open its stock
subscription books to the public This. he says the
Harlem Company cannot do, as their stock is all
taken up. and If they opened books for the sale of
more stock the new shares would be all taken
up by the men controlling that company.
The second ground on which the citizens will fight
is on the question of damages They advised that
their claim for damages would be unquestonable.
and that by demonstrating this to Mr. Vanderbilt
they will convince him that he would suffer
that thousand men stosd ready to make up purse
long enough to fight Vanderbilt in the courts this
question. and they were sanguino OF success.