New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-05
RAILROAD INTERESTS.
NO RAPID TRANSIT YET IN BR0oKTYy
THE AIDERaiEN REJECT ALL TIE PETITIONS BEFORE
THEM FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF BUILDING LIZ

nv hA1Ii' lKANSlI 1EI IN DtNbOkj1N.
THE ALpERaIEN BEJECT ALL TIE PETITIONS BrFoRE
THEM FOR THE PRIVILEGE or BUILDnSG tLE-
WAITED or UNDERGROUND ROADS.
The only business of Importance transacted
ny The Brooklyn Board of Aldermen tie August
ing yesterday afternoon in relation the various
petitions presented by the companies DESTROYS of supply
ing facilities FOR rapid travelling and through that city
These all denied. Alderman McCarty of the Fifth
Ward presented the report NJ the CoInntce Rail-
roads, Of which le is chairman.
II set forth that the committee bad carefully considered
the petitions of the Brooklyn Long Island city Rail-
way Company, the New-YOrk and brooklyn Elevated
Railway Company, which Badger is president the
New-York and Brooklyn Elevated Railway Company
(Numecr p. the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company the
East River Bridge and Coney Island Steam Transit Com
pany and the Brooklyn Underground Railway Company
and had heard the remonstrances against these roads
IT was the Judgment Of the committee that prayer
the petitioners should not be granted pres
ent. Several public meetings were held, the
committee says and in its opinion the arguments offered
IN avor of the roads were not such to justify dsre
gard of the wishes of many opposed their CON
struction. The committee also expressed the belief
the Aldermen compelled tn take action in the
ter before August 49, ard in the absence of official nfor
nation as to the powers Of the Common Council in the
matter the petitions should he denied.
Attached 10 the report resolution denying the pc
ntions OF the various companies Alderman McCarty
moved the adoption of this. Alderman Dmon, of the
First Ward offered substitute that the report be
ceped and the committee discharged. He said he was
opposed to the granting of amy rights to railroad
panes by the Aldermen until the OF the requisite
number of property the line OF proposed
roads had been secured Alderman Roberts Of
teth Ward, said the matter had the proper
shape He believed rapid transit should In the prn-
cipa thorougLfares He ready for elevated
ROADS III tntoEst, Myrtle-ave Court-st. and Flabus
ave 20 the city line. He called
man Baird, who urged that the weather
u~cues the whole subject of elevated roads, which
not before the Common Council at this time ocose
member then suggested that Mr. Baird should take an
AIR arfo xrap G,,al
Alderman Black, President OF the Board who in the
char, nnGer the hyeminue rule. felow-member being
iuhgsnHeTing enough to that his
Alderman Dimun then withdrew his substitutes, aud
ehdng the vote the resolution deny petitions
Tor the present, Alderman Jones. of Third Ward,
way Company from the report, the ground that no
opposition 10 II had been nade before the Committed
ana referring ts petition back 10 the Committee This
was lost by a vote of II to g. The original resolution
was then unanimously adopted 2l voting for IT,
Tins action Is understood not prejudice any way
desires IL il believed that this is what
some OF the companies All the work done in
inc matter Will have to be and rnpid
ranslt Ia put back year at least by this action The
Aldermen believed o have Uisconstrued the law
which was Interpreted to that they must take
acuon by August 10. The law passed by the Iegis-
ature gives to the Mayor and Commissioner OF
CITY Works the right to give consent RAILWAY corpo.
ration To streets amer property
sented II the Aldermen fail to act This first pro.
posec ny senator Schroeder contained the
II the Aldermen failed C act sixty days after petit
uon wac presented the Mayor and Commissioner of
City Works could act ON it, This was, however stricken
from the bill before "A law