New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-14

rrl., .,oitn, date back for several years ia 80
,pits were brought against the various If
xrov coulparies, and IA n&uN cas-, INV f a. l,r,
~ civ we're admitted by The ohceIS oi imo nr
tno s,'' and the amounts alleged to be que N'tc
SIaid some of the companies, however i'i"1 49,.
11av and the suits against them nave u''I ~ -;
pay IN; a'e' ~ the coIrte Some If those men tun
YoSI- hove since neglected 20 do so, Whii ",n'I'
maid only part OF the amount claimed ny ''' N'"'
1r2llefi lost meeting Of the Commissioners o;
a. Stalking Fund q resolution was an"IIi
xsonestiug the Controller 10, l4il.1H
rSgu,;.i7,ers Of the Sinking FUND lht s"h
Cs'lt.nl,1 Tn railroads vi hin this city since
Irrno~v 1870 as license fees ana as p'IC MAG,
Dron ~ eip.s the amounts clalhy9 ~ ~ q" l.;
~ amounts remaining unpaid. iAiS iu-V l"II
the alu.od Move The Amounts claimed 10 DE dne
- baard on the sworn qnnuAl returns u",' d" ''y
SIT Engineer under tho general ralii"8t '"" Hi
IgsO sworn returns are not I1"uc I" w -. 80
- e nasseuger cars run hy the street iuli'tt
cc,,,naniss ard those even which pay hoehS' t'. no
- for slch number as they please uul none on 'u,i"
10 com lied with the ordinance requiring tI'Di VA
Her penalty a. put up license cc'i'oaVo 0'"'F''
Dusly IN each ca. - .bo Cor,r,o,, Council
snase,,bsr n 1852 euhiectng all street Taihoads
g. she ,a,-rent of license fees on passenger cars
On March 81 1875. another ordinance was P1S'cc11
S,,,,;r,r the provisions of the ordinance OF $50
eyespfing for such cow ranics as pay the SUN ~ :
,er cent or over their gross rc'elpts, ahu WI,
he franchise has been sold az pubic sale 7, lU"
highest bidder The SKIN ana Nlh'n o
roads only pay license ices ON pL'so..-,t
rars. and the Hudson River Railroad Company upon
lis dummy engines. The Eighth Ayenuc hdT9dC
Compau, formerly PAID license ices i1l rs ~ T. D,'
In 1874 the company obt9ined from The Le9i','tII'
fbe 7iqht 10 extend its line nom One-hunuI'4-aiil-
fwentv-f. hist. northward and under IN coi i4T
Syordi1c % the bin giving IL authority 10 e&t na IT.
$50 cai,ned that il was released from all oica-
fions 10 nav license fees, and, III iict; ma l none
since that time. No surIacc street railroad a>e o'
IRAN per cent on IFS gross receipts Inc Only s''it
stTee+ railroad cOmuaneq which pay percent ages ou
their annual receipts, and the rates lald 10y '"ch
AIT arr, - ~ nj Fast Broo 1way and Battery Rail
The second Avenue Railroad. 's Of per cent on
gross receipts. 80 -, %. - - .,, % -
The Christopher anu iehth oliee' i'A.I"""' " pa
The south Ferry Railroad, per cent on gross T.
reipts. ,,,....o Oh. al PM, 1,.r,,
poiiroad an annual payment 81 ~ 600.
Tbe frauchiae OF the lwcnty-thTd street R1l'
road from the North to me Ea.i kl n "dI 'I' 1
5s72 10 THE highest bidder for Tl5O,oo0. In l9'3
nv act of the LEGISLATURE. the company was 4ut 300
rfzed to extend its tracks from twenty -illui-si
fLrouch Second aud Ilr,f-ayos. to the Ihfi}'
fonrth Street Ferry East River, for which the Gty
has received no compensation.
The charters granted the street railroad com
NAMES bv the State Legi from TINT IT, mae
have varied so much IN their provisions inat II y
Questionable whether one decision of the Court ol
Appeals would be applicable ,o al. Ihe lhHi Ave
nue. Railroad Company obtained IT'S 0F2luNl au'A"f'
ization from the city, but il claims that certain acts
nassed since that tne hy the legislature have prac
keally freed il from the control OF the CITY oMla'
81 80 far a. demanding payment lOr licenses OF q
a neroeutaQe OF its receipts The suits against tht
railroads Will be pressed 10 a conclusion hy the Con
froller and the CORPORATION Counsel. That the OIL
ners OF most of the surface railroad companies alt
,ppreheusive of the result is shown 10y tie fact
that they have from tiue 10 time called upon The
Controller and Offered 20 compromise the claims ol
the city and pay up 10 future, aud these offers an
now under consideration by the Controller. Ou t'
other hand t Is asserted that 50ne at least. OF t'
railroad companies VIII appeal fi"m the Hs'iN"i' "
Judge Lawrence and carry their casos To tho CodI'
Oh Appeals.