New-York tribune., 1880-01-17
THE DANNEMORA LEASE.

A COMMITTEE or rNvEsTIGA1ION oRDFRED-PERTI-
NrNr QUESTIONS FROM DR. HAYES.
lFRoM The REGULAR CORREsroNpENT OF The TRBUNEl
ALBANY Jan. 1G.-1hc sale of the State railroad
the Dqnncmora and Plattsburg-to the Chateau
gay Eailroad Company Is to be investigated Yes
terday MI Ingersoll, of Chautauqua County offered
the following resolution:
Whcas II has been charged in the public prints that
the .sc OF the Plat sbule ana Dnncmora Railroad io
the Chatcaugiv Railroad Company by The STATE officials
aufhorz d by Jaw 10 make and approve lease oi saa
road wa am un"sc ana improrri "ct ON u.' pt.' 81
said officials. and made n inter disregard oi hc inter
s's of the people ~ The STATE ana tat hv the cN"cu
ton OF sald lease the people were derhnded oi ihe"
Whcrccs II was also charged that William p. Moores,
Then aud now Memb,r Of Assembly from Ciui"h COUNTY
was Interested i'm The Chtciugav EhIoao; in land,
along the nc Of said railroad. and also u thc lease oi
sald Plti -burg and puurnor1 Railroad. aud instru
mental ln PROCURING its execution; therefore toe
to inve.ti- .,d futftcr- ana e.d charges connected
with the execution Of SAID lc.c and report thereon 10
committee br ana they are hereby authorized 90 send
for persons paprs. and ia thrir dceIion To WISH
ard inspect sa'd ROAD.
To-day Inc called up the resolution and Mr. Noorcs
urged its passage lie said that all that hc desired
was that able and impartial men should report the
fact, as they found thom. Privately TO frri.ds Mr..
Moorcs denied having been interested in tine build
ing of the railroad OF benefited 10y il IN ans way
not owning lands along its routes or stock in The
Chateaugly Railroad Company. Mr. Alyord said
that il was due 20 the late State officers
to find ont whether they had prrpeiraf'l
a wrong upon the State In the matter
IN question on had merely been guilty of au OF
iud -mcut. In conclusion, hc said o. hc was OPP
posed 10 .cral committees, aud sh. therefore
move g. ricI tLc petition TO the stau'ilnS Commit
Zee ON State Prisons Dr. l. /. Hayes SAID that be
wished io ofcr sliutc for the resolution. But
before doing 80 hc desired to ask the mover OF thc
resolution the following questions:
true that there prcconcart0d pln -
nrocun. the building and equipment oi the Dannruora
Ri road 10y tAc -t.c ~ old,r that private corpora
Second-I, II true tnat the s-uc p'r-0ns who hnv"
acquired tGc lease OF Tie rni.r'd for nn"'n' years
cnr,d The passage Of the Act oi 1-7- authorizing tie
-upciuicra,u oi stat" ftsoi- Go construct thc road a
JL,rd-l, n true mat costly and valuable rolling
.oeS wa m m i, .,,,i,rr I,,i a., r.l to t.,,,,
ions To transfer te road 10 the tat'HuSay Railroad
Jofi-I IL t.uc mar tlc negotiations Tor tho -o'ine
sioe and other clu pmcu while iLc stale "a- budding
n, Prisons. but by ore o. the ucOrp"raiois ot ihc
ChaicaueI} Railroad Company .,..........
good business aud could have been made io pay for
ifs.l' ~ four year.
Pi-on OF tnc persons "h' a- 90, contract for iur
work las nrd lr. own plans and -p"ci..'lcns adopted
NcrcnH-t- 70 true tnnt e. sly uacDInciv for fhe man
uiactuf" OF ron, &C. pen vas contained no ihe Cn-
foany member Of the Chucueay Iron Company. .or 10
any II o contractor, OF the enaircmenL at less than
IT. value for oid non
J.LM-lsii true tnat member oi the CAaicaugay
iron Company oi ChafeluEay Ri.ioad Company net
the Superintendent of rIatc u sons upon rUliuad
tram near Albany before the building or the Dauuc
mora Railroad commenced hy the State, aud de-
fuaudcd aud procured uf saId Spcrlnf fcudcut h. wu
len rrsieuntlon as superintendent. vhch ic-iruai ou
was thereafter kept u The cu,ioty of do, Governor and
That The said superintendent thereafter putt 100
fi hands o said men beers -, fh~ Chltclugly ffOu Com
pany or Cuat-ducay Railroad Company
MI Moo,r- did not reply to these questions, and
then Dr. Hayes offered them as substitute for Mr
Incerso't'- resolution Mr.. Alyord then said that
be- would Withdraw his amendment but SIR. Skin
ncr immediately renewed it. Dir. Hustled said that
iog eleven years he had never voted fer "a special
committee. but should do 80 IN TINS ca~c since the
nam,eand integrity of Il fellow member were in
yolycd Mr.. SINNERS motion and DR.. Gaycs', SUI
stiute were then voted upon aud both failed Of ap-
Droval. The resolution of Mr. iugcrsull WAS thru
adopted Speaker Sharpe has not yet appointed The
committee.