New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-03

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Manhattan Company i' most au' ..i.d- "a, AZ
rln--meut with tIr other com .ani.. ald uo AIMED
the surrender O thf OH lrI~t and uid De ur sol
vent, and h.i pr woe! i'r 'ut P.Fhru ID. .G' 9' IL
the application and ,-d 90 b. i charged, restored
the roa as go ,uc Ma AT au COMPANY.
I. E0F. u.tl, WAN. H.. -.I.l bib, LIDO attorneys
Of all On. e. s.tt.o rult- and '.c Ju .-r rJ D.. to Ir
room IN A. bauy. and % lri. was u.4 of th- case.
Pro Is were EN 20 showing .AA' i-.'.t leases " exc
ahandourt, AMI tA1t .t" aIh moro a. iHtii -''u-
one, 10 TIA" uciru ant h3d been gwen fh1i tine de-
PENDANT had become solve g., AMI ,hd. all th" Gle
vat 81 railroad CurDUr.lou- uaa com. Old one a-I r
ucht uy which tie -uc,e u4 mama cement ol .he
elevated roads %. Ncw-l "rN Was assured. Inc COM
Gcicuian WAS certain tOrtC rrd h u' case, and -
40 reason e2l>cI for proc.da mating lIr matter,
and "a, % wa, proper Dr. ID c'ul h' consistently
done to end thc litigation during my term cot office
a Judgment was entered.
'Ilcra was nothing remarkable Iu holding
conrl nm NV room. Several bp1rls of which was u
member, Tor my accommodation. mad met In ml ROOM
Among hem the Cana. Board. jhr commissioners OF
tur Canal funl and the capitol Commission. do
not know or care who owned or ald NOT own the
Ock OF The Manhattan.
Late Iu ala, proceedings saw hy the papers that
Jay Could mad become Interested ia the road and
had gone into th' Manhattan directory. ! also
sy m stated HAT Interested IN aiding other
raj roads. HdI no arrangement, express or implied,
wuh him OF anyone else about the elevated
roads. was never Interested idrihlngs worth
in This or anv other railroad II db seem 10 me de-
sirabe that the men who had Invested their money
Manhattan -LOCh III Bol buotlIi IL pos
sibIe be protected. The acton was not brought 10
deprc,s that STOCK bu as an inevitable result OF the
companys condition and It's failure TO pay taxes l
was really glad when he company became solvent
and tho stock rose from 20 10 % cents, rs those uu
fortunate stockholders seemed to be likely to real
ize something out of their inv stnent. with the
Gambling whirlpool of all Street had no interest
OF concern Ii anyone has lost or made III such VEN
tIfres had nothing to do with OF Interest IN n.
II is sad that Mr.. Gould has go control Of the
elevated roads ot NewYorE Cltv II Il evident that
under a new management the roads may be male 10
nav and n Nr could has accomplished TINS result
Il has not been done By retson Of the peoples ac-
ton against tne Manhattan but IN spite OF H. be-
cau., IL was he new arrangement when was made
b. he concurrence OF the directories Oh al tho com
uauits by winch thc'Aannattan Was made solvent,
and which resulted in the defeat of the peoples ac-
ton. 80 l.
=. wish to say. in conclusion that | had
no interest except what an Attorney General
should have in the case. and none IN the stock or
properly involved. | did my official duty IN The
light thaf was given me. If | erred IL was an error
on Judgment had no understanding. arrangement
or interest with any man Or set OF men In the mat
ter LETT the office OF Attorney Genera as poor As
when entered 1t, with my law business destroyed