The New York herald., 1879-12-12
SEEKING RAPID TRANSIT.
Progress Of the Movement for a Surface
Road in the Annexed District.
THE CITIZENS PLAN NOT APPROVED.
Commissioners Wiling to Favor Only 4,
Routes Selected by Themselves

ing by very enthusiastic agscmblage of Interested
citizens of the annexed district. The report the
committee appointed week ago to confer with tho
Rapid Transit Commission the principal feature
Of tho meeting. Mr. schwab one Of the commis-
sioners. was present All the. leading represents
tives among the property holders Of the
Twenty-third and Twenty-fourtb wards occupied
seats In the hall when the meeting was called to
order At eight O'Clock Mr.. Leonard Jerome. the
charman. opened proceedings by calling upon
Judge Tappan. the chairman of tho COM
mittce appointed to wait upon the Rapid
Transit Commissioners. for his report. The
Judge stepped upon the platform and gave
the report as follows:-''The committee waited
upon the commission. which is composed
of Messrs. Il. NJ. Hoe. John J. Crane. W. ]. Olifss
Charles L. Perkins and Gustav Schwab. The follow
ing gentlemen of the committee were preaent:-
Horace b. ClaHin. Pierre Lorillard. David Lydi g.
Judge rappan. Andrew Findlay. William G. Acker-
man. J. v. Traphagen William L. Andrews. Theodore
Moss. Daniel Il. Kendall. Charles W. Bathgate. John
Kisby. Thomas Morris. William Davis. John D. Has
kin, w. W. Niles. Colonel Lawrence Kip.
Henry j. Purroy and Leonard Jerome The
committee stated to the commission that the
maps. plans and estimates of route from the Har-
lem River. opposite Second avenue along Railroad
Woodlawn would be the least inju rious to
property, and would at once accommodate the great
bulk Of the travel the annexed district Tie
mission respectfully requested to adopt the
route and proceed to organize company to COM
struct road with suitable provisions for bridges.
trains fares and other matters in the interest OF the
public"
The report proceeds as follows:-
full free discussion ensued in which tho chair
and the miss hroag @ their ne Mr. Hoe
would ouly certain of the routes selected hou
and
The Of tSe thus
that they In the main q the route:
and and ths. had specified adopted
mission that this course they had voluntarily
Of the first commission and organize any corporate
Operation already granted srss
and YonEsrs Railway and the Suburban Rapid Transit
The second commission instead of avoiding this col
lsion have sought it, and then both commits
and submitted their differences 30 the Supreme
s'S nS DO DC Of in
can scarcely be imagined
the first had not The second com,
sSSais that. fairly and fully considered action
terprises the annexed district IN any degree.
WEST sDIE ROAD.
1t reported that the organized by the first
commission and known the West Side and Yonksrs
and aeqarng lands and At to
AND s Ths
commission: and the Suburban Rapid Transi:
s.hoasS book: have been several aSasS.,
srsnsd sy the a.st eGm%ission among which
River second avenue The Suburban Rapid Transs
It's
in deposit Of only five per cont on the capital t on
some s trust sempany have prineps
road IL one year The efficiency good faith
The filing up subscription this time gives
that the ,a.dy s
before tho public through the city newspapers simply
The by the chairman Of the second
% to Mayor p on S @
being carefully read will be seen that i means nothing
adhere to tho lines laid down by the old com
Il seems quito cloar that the second commission haw
ss ra1Ss % Of S
stances We roach the following conclusion =
eesduss and
% % Sa. Ss Rys y
the nor.hosy line Of the city o. New York can can
Ss
S VIII Se to and Will ne. promptly
their in locating route that can be speedily
the district and such useful routes may in their uds
And we further recommend the adoption Of tho fol-
Resolved That a petition Of fifty citizens, under the
Rapid Transit Act be and submitted :" the SUI
Mayor asking the appointment of new ot
ing report
DISCUSSING TIE REPORT.
When the report OF the committee was read there
was quite o commotion in tho meeting. People
jumped ND and offered resolutions to the effect that
the report Of tho committee should be accepted. ex
cepting the resolution. Now, this the epitome
OF the committec's work and the principal members
were not inclined surrender It, Judge rappan acvo-
Gated IL warmly aud Mr.. Jerome spoke In warm terms
in favor of 1t. He spoke OF MIR. Lewis Brown, who
was on the original committee. as being unalterably
opposed to the interests Of rapid transit in the
pexed district and being friend OF the old hapid
Transit Commission.
MT FRANCIS asked of the committee some pertinent
questions. He wished to know whether they should
give rapid transit in the true sense OF the word sup
pose Railroad avenue should be widencd aud rapid
tran sit road should be placed alongside the Harlem
Railroad, would 1t be constructed without any inter-
would 1t really give the afflicted ones beyond the
Harlem River rapid transit?
Mr.. JEROME assured the speaker that all his de.
sires would be fulfilled according to the projects Of
the committee.
Mr. TRApIAaEN, one of the committee, said that
his ideas had undergone decided change since his
conference with the commissioners. he FOUND tnas
they gentlemen or character anu standlngs ana
that they had sent in report to the Mayor. He
counsclled postponemcnt of action until tho SUI
preme Court had decided upon the rival claims OF
the two commissions appointed by Mayor cooper.
At all events o surface road would not meet the
wants OF the citizens of the annexed district. Mr.
Crane heartily indorsed Mr.. Traphagen's views.
In spite of this opposition the report OK the COM
mittee was enthusiastically adopted.
Judge TAprAN said that the interview with the
Commissioners proved that they wcro bitterly op-
posed to rapid transit on the Railroad avenue line
Mr.. TRApHAeES replied that he did not understand
anything of the kind
Then came Mr.. JOHN sB. HAsKIN. Tho speaker
entirely indorsed MIR. Jerome and the committee.