The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22
OPPOSING RAPID TRANSIT.
PROTESTS IGIINST TdNDERBTLT'S
PROPOSED ROID TO CRY NAIL.
Property Owners Predicting the Ruin that
win Follow Irthe Hoad L. BuIlt-LieVatsd
Structures In " y-ninth street,


and operation Of nm underground ind elevated
railroad from Forty-socond street through
Fourth avenue and other streets to the City
Hall. Among them were the Rev. DR.. Howard
Crosby. DR.. Willard Parker. Oswald Otendor-
fer. Samuel Willets. Wys Blackstone. Fred
erick Sturges, o. Is. Potter. Richard Mortimer.
William Radde. Joseph H. Skidmore. Charles
i. Quackenbush Edwin Mead George For
roster. w. Ii. Brockway. and William l.. Skid
moro.
Mr.. o. b. Potter read remonstrance against
the project which was signed by the members
OF the delegation and other property owners.
1t lie IA follows:
To n. H,,o,b. ne Ravo- and Cmren oOSaeQ u u. cy
Nee Fork
The undersigned owners or lessee. Of property upon
the line Of the proposed elevated railroad from the Grand
Central Dcpot Forty.second street throush and
Fourth avenue Lafayette place snd Crosby and Centre
streets Tryon row. protest earnestly against said
railroad, and pray that you will consent the
for the following among other reasons
THIS road. II built will destroy and annihilate many
millions Of value In the lana aud buildings along the
route without any computation return the
Upon large part this the actual " the
property will not be less than OOo per running loot
excluding the streets We believe no airminded
man acquainted with the value Of the property
would estimate the actual destruction Of value at less
than this sum Ter foot upon Park avenue. Lafayette
oi The line Amis rate The destrseon would amount to
iully sl1uQun This would not br temporary loss.
which sht be hereafter made zap. hut trWat MT aud
rem,liless dcsirucuon OF polerV aud yale which
huaie forever thu Immense amount uruu which The cis
rvie- and collects annual taNcs Language l. inacqnae
70 shtn The cnoniiv Of the WRONG Which wound he done
/ 10 me owners oi ms property which they have rur'
ucir rrci,c.,ors hav, ali take. generations the
an \" con,r"nsatlo wiatyrf t. pTo,i1cd toT or CON-
tompated IN THIS scheme No CRY ought e. pr srer.
SG 1' G S"f,. iSSt r. S y Saa a'' ba 10
as.G, uc lr.edy Of a part o. i's ci.,n i,n'ni com
large short " setting nuhe example 81 Injustice and
ofis culrns the good to be secured tins road
lhc CIV at large W.T., en th,, We amount 81, Tue dHn,
without compensation 10 such iniyilual-, eycrltby
Tue public cm'cneucc and good requires this improve
when require. mat vs. compensation lie inside Wh.n
! prEe,e rt9.ety . taken ior pubic ~ ia ui. way
uis.hcuehs that may result rom such iurra,eucnt
There j. no. public necessity now eI'uur "r such acts,
qlate excuse Tor private Injustice ami wrons Hereto
Franc -cs Were % doubtful value and they sought cap
knywcl.cd To hr ~ iWmense value and no rNcuse can
now io oi com, s'is justice t. ,c a.nc I. private
The haild Irnus net untcr.whic This scheme is at
e sgy e .cu y, "a. Srroo W M % o
de-rc 60 sui scribe upon equal terms TIL. railroad ana
o.. nareh, are 80 d out a. e. dcicat ani y'y. ga.
inohi ~ the ae, igssm9eh q. they gre ~ a.d OUT ana
roads that they necessarily hecune part and parcr of
the'e r,ids which aye substantially owned hy One cor
Te Ioate dc.sna,sd !, lai o9t from he Har,m River
norrerlv and from fJrt..econd street ,ualn 20 t.e
Harlem RIVER Conwqucuuyi u can he oiersied ony ~
send street aud lie Htrcn' K,scr Tie rosl. ihcic.
abc To- auy o,,r pAriv thsn tine ovnr. % nc Sow YORK
Central aud afeln Railroads THIS grant therefore, j.
the stock Rapid transit act require. bat j. made
II .a i to- not Sa, re s i 2a. eG1s esrsa o
many million. Of property are 70 be- STRIPPED rom -
them To increase The vast wealth Of one combined
clan taxpayer than ami hundreds cuzcns
Dr,uucton 70 private property without compensation
10 this ey, al the lshest OF CORPORATIONS sni their pro-
own gain has ALREADY saaiesnuy resulted i '''in ia
colossal fortunes to those who did not earn them.
public veal wriiare ami pfo,perty Of our civ
forever and that hereafter public improvements shal
SSea S a ,g efS 10 ", pq S , s'y5
IN nhe % ~ pHn 9r Pnbe use which oHr Constitution
~, projected WI NJ IN view Of the on cry recently ex
po,ed TO nave 10 nirinpau9h tle .eqisn"n ni ufgr
rsht. IN ne lower por,inn Of tnr sly lhs pre- WIN
rrrs mon he eutIc fse,rs of t,, ,t, tis,r '1r,,
aeclsrnion o wins To- tri,a's eius'ns srsdr etT@
trard and their protest asaiusi any arutr legislative
property and TIE Legislature nj tne siae appealed
sss.t AZ N. zen r"i sy nt. N,n Vp'r
same .nse OF Justice which We believe aiequat" for We
. Sssad' even the weakest ''Ai'" The
Tho Rev. DR.. Crosby said that the arguments
! OF puhllN Necessity when were advanced with
regard To the elevated roads now In operation
could not be used IN relation to any future road.
All that the puolc necessity or good requires
had been accomplished and anything further
in the way OF elevated roads would be solely
for private advantage. aud not Tor tho public
good
Mayor Cooper replied to the delegation that
he was greatly surprised at the Rapid Transit
Commlss i9ns report as he had supposed that
they would limit ther work to prescribing
routes for railroads in the Twenty third and
Twenty-iourth Wards.
property In IVES, street o cn IEders SoS %,
! the Mayor. Among them were the Hon. Cnnrles
?. DAILY Prof Ellie Cnarier. James. Lorimer
Graham. Charles II kuchel. Elinl +. Hal. o.
NJ. Arkepburgh. William F. Buckley. Max
Well. and Barnard Cohen. They asked the
Mayor 70 refuse 10 approve or confirm the
Rapid Transit Commissioners selection of
Fiity-ninth street from sixth to Ninth avenues
as n rapid transit route. and presented a re-
monstrance against thu Commiss oners' report.
! Il Is signed by the delegation and by J. and >.
Bernheimer A. s Rosrghagm, Charles L; APP
/ plehy Adelhert Amcs. j. f. Twomhey. John
! W. Lewis. v X. Stevenson. Elihs S. Higgins
+, G, Hayemeyrr. NJ. Tracey. W. Is. Dick. aud
/ Ii. himbe IL saya
That the construction and orersuon n such railroad
oP9h me ,a fs"s must sToa'H in,r ere WIN le u-e
which il was degncd that tie obstracn6n 1t The
fw ana ,ns GaPsaGu; fomineges Of an ssyaiyd
ana ,hs eanunaa,E teeu.rins nise, cau,ed b, their
Of ,hT adjacent portions Of the PaTE sspcciai" When
pushed ~ 10 - very iounda.y near which no steam
railway has vet been permitted That the pruro-rd rul.
road Will span nearly all the entrances The Park which
access 10 most ~ the people Who iltqurut A. That
the arrangement caused by the operation will
le most ielt m one OF TIE Ost rrqutniod loo ucs tic
Park, ana can only Ice THrarcd lN ti1.r kiue
ANA quiet going altogether hrNnd The i-ht and hearing
ui such rOud thus practically abandoning that nnruun u
tie Park Tor ihr purnnses o. pleasure lruud; that
necessity iuf the proposed rund exists the only tur.
It could serve that connection Necn tie tWo
eAi.tus elevated road. already ,ufcirnty answered
hN the road passing through Wts' Fin, -trd street, aud
thAt SIMILAR project, presented directly ~ the Lcgsia
tute, has been rejected
The rest Of the remonstrance sets forth the
injury whlrh the prop"rty owners on FIFTY
ninth street Will sustain II the road is built
through that street.
Mr.. Charles il. Kitche the Hon. Charles p.
Only. James Lormer Graham. and Eiial i.
Hall made briei arguments in support OF the
remonstrancc. Mr. kitchel suid that n steam
ralrond through tifty-nnth street would dis
hgure the Central Park, render the entrances to
| II unsafe Tor vehicles, uud destroy the beauty
ofthe " Circle" NJ the lghth avenue entran -.
and the Plaza at the Finn avenue entrance.
Tho damage 10 the property fronting on tho
PHrk, Filty' ninth street, and Eighth avenue
would exceed 81 800 900.
Mayor Cooper said in reply 10 the delegation
that the Rapid Transit Commissioners were not
required by the law to send their report to him.
They might send Udlr'ct 10 the Common COun-
ell lie could not. therefore say that he would
not transmit the report to the Aldermen. lie
was, however. decidedly opposed To- the con-
structlon or operation OF an elevated railroad in
! Fllty-ninth street.
The delegation said that they should present
| their romOQstTnuGe TO the Common Council