, 1880-12-27
Senator 0onkling Understood to Be
Behind q Gigantic Popu-
lar Movement,
Fabulous Value Of Real Estate in
the Residence Quarter OF
the City.
"Tle Outcasts of Poker FlatT
Outdone by a Ncwsgetter .
Of New Jersey.
Dittenhoofsr After Anthony 0omatook-
Extraordinary Aheotion-Diamond
Dredging -Many Matters.
RAILROAD CHARTERS.
THE QUESTION UF TILE UECApEs
8p<etdi Hspotsh to Fhs Ch{taao Tribune.


RAILROAD CHARTERS
THE QUESTION or TIE DECADE.
Special H'potsh to fns castaoo Tribune.
New .YoRK, Dec. 2o-An exciting issue is
apparently about to be thrust into the poll
tics Of this State. iii regard to the charters Of
the Now York Central Railroad. THIS Com
pany was formed by consolidating aud amal-
gulnatlng several other companies In 1858,
and Its lines ran from Albany to Buffalo.
Later 1t was consolidated with the Hudson
Niyer Railroad, and the whole brought under
the management Of Commodore Vanderbilt.
Tho point now brought up is that the char
ters of tho companies forming the Now York
Central 1aailroad will soon expire, and tha
road revert 10 the State. OIL payment OF IN
equivalent for the improvements placed on
the line. -
THE RIGHT OF WAY Will LAPSE,
md the land taken for tho rond will revert to
the heirs md the assigns of Its original
owners. OF course, 1t Is not presumed that
the road will bo abandoned, but it Is claimed
tllat tho chartors will have to be extended by
tho State, or else the State will llavo to take
possession Of the rond and manage 1t for tho
benefit OF tho people. Tho question las
grown out Of thc railroad: Investigation OF
last winter, md James &. cochrane, Of
Aht<hNokNs4 tA*A NAV AANAA" ~AAt ~ A|RG@+N@Af
OF the same p1acc, who wns X.
4 MEalliEn OF TIE HEPBURN COMMITTEE,
have recently called public attention to tho
matter. The newspapers on the limo OF tho
New York Central 1sallronl-at Buffalo,
Rochester, and elsewhere-are discussing 1t,
asNl I'LL association has been formed III this
city which will assist In tho ng itatton Of the
subject, md e1llleAv0r to secure proper 1cEIa-s
latlon. Tho nssoc1atton In this ctty.ls COM
posed OF Francis Il. Thurbcr, Peter Cooper,
L. E. ChlttendG1,. James E. Ferrell, Gen. $.
j. Crooke, nlla other prominent cItizens. It
wns formed q few evenings since ut the
klitckcrbocker Cottage, on Sixth avenue,
aud will meet again Jun. q. This organiza-
ti0n Is
FORMED TO OPPOSE RAILROAD MoyoroL1Es,
and 1t Is said will favor the State taking pos
session Of the New York Central Railroad
on tho expiration Of tho flfty-year charters.
and running It, In conjunction with tho Eric
Canal, for tho bo,,ctit OF commerce, OF, In
case TINT pIan Is not found feasible. to OK
tend the chnrter unl place sucll restrictions
OIL it as will prevent discrimination in :
freights, watering stock, etc. bfr. Thurbcr
says that, unless tho subject Is agitated and
organizations formed the people will soon
be ut the mercy Of tho railroads, aud nothing
but revolution will overthrow them. The
friends OF Chauncey II. Depew allege that
thEs netter il brought up -.
Ar TIE ,SsT.oAr1oy or SENATOR cosK1rxq,
for tho PURPOSE of defeating Dopew's cand1.
dacy for the United States Senate, md they
instance TINT the Buffalo Erprcsa and other
strong ConkllnR newspapers in the State are
foremost In agitatlne the question, and In
arouslnE opposition to the railroad. Tho
contract under which the New York Central
Railroad Company was formed was mplo OIL
htay II, 1859, BY tho several companies whtcl,
wcre consolidated aud amaIganated there
under, These companies were the Mohawk
4 Hudson Utyer Railroad Company, char
tered In 1SY}: tho To,iawauda & Buffalo
Ilailrooh t,munany. chartered In 1855: tho
I1tica d Schenectady railroad Company,
chnrtcrcd II, 1xs,: the Auburn l. Byra.
cmso i,niIrond Company: tho Locl;port &
Einrarn Fnlfs lluI]roa,l CoInpany, md tic
1.nIfnjo e. N;nearn Falta Railroad Comunny.
Mi clnrtorcd In 1854. l,oslucs those co1npa.
nics. tnere wero tho Attica & Buffalo, tbs
NtaRura Falls l. Lewiston, tic Syracuse Il
Utica, tho Auburn Il Rochester, the Troy u
Schenectady, md tho Rochester i Lock.
port l.aiIroa4l Companies, all chartered Ia
lSD al,d 1887.
THESE SEVERAL. CHARTERS
Wer0 limited, the franchise !1l nearly every
case being conferred for fifty years, and the