The New York herald., 1879-03-12

confirmed by he Court may be taken in lien of the
consent OF th- property owners.
''lou see" said Mr.. Lawrence, 1.-THE constitution
says distinctly. No law shall authorize so that law
must be passe TO authorize the construction OF the
Broadway Railroad. and then the law must contain
the above conditions"
Deputy Comptroller storrs also heartily in
favor OF the proposition to sell the franchise mt auc
tion. he SAIL the only street railroad that was ever
sold at auction the Twenty street line, and
that brought. i'll 1862 s150000. II that line was worth
sl5o0OO broadway was certainly worth Sl,0ooooo or
more.
ALDERMAN NORRIS VIEWS
Alderman Morris, who introduced tho second appli
cation, emanating from August Belmont. William H.
Appleton. Heron A. Johnson. George j. Forrest
Zachariah Jaques and their associates said that lie
was very much pleased to sec in the HERALD an offer
from well known gentleman of responsibility or
Sl00O.OOO cash in addition to the conditions sub
scrbed by the above gentlemen Il am not committed
to their bill. said the Alderman "nor to that of
anybody else. only desire protect the interests
OF taxpayers generally. Now, 1t this gentleman will
incorporate his offer in bill shall be most happy
to Introduce and champion IL in the Board of Alder
men, am not interested to the extent of one cent
in the application which introduced. All claim
is that the application which introduced gave the
city tar than the first introduced by Fresi-
dent Mott. and which einanated from John Sloane.
Pierre Lorlard Albert Gailatn Stevens. John Berry
j. Lawrence Worth, Andrew V. Stout, Lawrence
Kip, William jay, William Barton and John 4.
Brooks and their associates. will point out some
OF the differences in the two propositions.
DIFFERENCES THE TWO BILLS.
President Motifs permits the road to go through
Union square, which certainly should not be al
lowed. Mine provides that 1t must go round Union
square. President Motifs provides that the FIVE per
cont of the gross receipts which the incorporators
agree to pay to the city shall be paid to the city
treasury annually, while mine says semannually-
President Motifs says that "the pavement within
and between the tracks of said railway shall be kept
In repair without expense to the city, and that the
snow upon tho carrageway Of said Broadway be-
tween the Bowling Green and Fourteenth street
shall be removed thcrefrom with all reasonable de-
spatch. while mine extends the width of pavement
to bo kept in repair by the railroad to two feet out
side OF the outer rails and specifies the time within
hal hn nvnda nj n nyn
tirty-six hours, and in addition require the entire
Broadway to be swept and cleaned every twentyfour
hours. In addition my bill contains the following
conditions. enforced by stringent penalties
THE PROPOSED PENALTIES.
aushorsod to be laid shall contain fourteen sS
word "ful shall be displayed conspicuously
therein until seat shall become vacant and on no ac
a"
ittcd allowed to stand OF
Be-
an and % he fare Of sa s s sr
ns' sd as for any dis
whitehall street Said psroaa shall be- built $ and Spf fully
o s mi.
legal proceedings II any excepted and thereon
4 aS s ns d a91F
sn one a % Ss s ss % oS % s S
% tho Of n this pee % and his
a i$ % s
shall involve forfeiture ~ $500 as a pen.
atty; every failure to comply with the direction of
the Mayor in to tho running OF the shall in
vove forfeiture of $3.50: and for carrying passengb in
any In excess OF fourteen, for permitting
stand occupy the platform Of such
the penalty shall be $O to be recovered by su in
the matter of the removal Of and dirt and time OF
running the and of tho Commissioners Of Police
policeman by complaint TO the Corporation
for carrying in of fourteen In
or for permitting passengers to stand on occupy
the platform The work of excavatng the Streets laying
the tracks replacing the pavements and keeping the
in and about the tracks in repair to be under the control
and subject the direction OF the Commissioner of Public
Works.
GENEROUS OFFER.
I'm addition to the above" the Alderman said.
"the applicants in letter bound themselves to relay
the entire pavement of Broadway fast 1t should
become necessary You see then that their offer is
much better for the city than that OF President
Motifs friends STILL If this gentleman whose state
ment in the HERALD, is willing to agree to the
conditions OF Messrs. Belmont, Appleton, Johnson,
&C., and i'll addition will pay S1,000.0UO, am for
lm and shall be very happy to lay his proposition
before the Board"
"Have You seen any Of those gentlemen since the
offer OF 81, 600, 900 published in tho HERALD?
Eyes. saw some Of them to-day, and they say that
IL the HERALDs correspondent agrees to all their
dons and In addition. is willing to pay $1,000
they will be happy to withdraw their application in
his favor and give him all their influence in order
that his proposition may be adopted and carried out
for the benefit of tho city,"