New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-08
MR.. SHARP HAS HIS SAY.
o,ScrssyNG A BROADWAY FRANCHISE.
mn MIR. KNOX WANT TO GET IN ON THE GROUND
rrooRf- OTHER PROJECTS.

MN MR. KNOX WANT TO GET IN ON TIE uho0ND
FIooRf- OTHER PROJECTS.
The broadway Surface Railroad company has rs
feeling uncomfortable over the fact that ~ nae fs
fs.n innleaded with the Aldermen In the SUIT ior
onsn,racv brought by L. +. Chittenden as counsel.
The argument before Judge Donohue IN the
Snnreme Court Chambers, to-day, on the
morton to make the injunction permSnehl,
Will be an effort on the part r,o Oh e1e
that the sueclal meeting of the Aldermen at when
fhey voted to give away the valuable franchise
was irregular, and therefore vold, ana IN thls NIm
they are sustained by the opinion gwen .o sa'9
Mayor on Saturday by the Corporation Counse,
Luke f. Cozans has been retained to defend inc
The Wew-York Cable Railway Compsny's lawyers
are preparing to argue before the Commission th2t
will SIT on Tuesday that none but they deserve ..e
franchise because they already nave INC
consent Of a majority IN value OF tDe pfoPehhSi
owners because of the connection VI ,no,a
other routes by which they can PIoI r,ds
the Broadway passengers an addl'lohdl l'uS 6
without additional fare to the uttermost paris oi
The island; and because they nave oneIeH
Sl,O0o00o for the grant, ne Sov SnmDany are
ready TO urge that Mr.. Sbarps road is the orlgiua
Jscob's Tor he has been an applicant loT VIC
franchise for over thirty years a T n,cd states
Cable Railway COmpanys attoruey VIII SET Iol ~
its claim that it's method OF sinking, ne tISthS
is The best that has been conceived All tue parties
inta~csted will he prepared to adduce evidence IN
81 pport of their claims and II Is not thoueht INA. q
SecisCn will be reached until after many sessions
Jacob sharp was found by TRIBUNE reporter at
The Blossom Club yesterday afternoon. In response
10 inoulrles in regard to the contest OF the rVal
street railroad companies for tho possession VI
Broadway he SAID: .,.
We propose to run orr railroad in Roadway from the
rcss 'I the V entire distance The existing Broadway
and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company owns tne aUg
FIT entn Fifty ninth SIS shu piopoIs 10 y,
tie Broanway Surface Ran road COMPANY t. run .s s
over route to central Park Ine bT"auwSy
Railroad Company In ITS ptoposl',oh 10 'uv ~ and
Council agrees all the way TO Futy-mniI'sI am
ali for one fafc which IL something TIA! NJ .hcr la
road company can do even II II were TO pay SlOT'
for the franchise they call it, me at passed. at AZ
last session OF the Legislature prohibits any rev ts
road company from running it' cars more than l,oVo
feel on any street which another odu COhPsh
tracks laid without hrt obtaining Tue consent Vi '"'
TO- The charges of brbing Aldermen viii say & tne
nne "Dov with paying money aud don't think any
inan dare make any such charge | say the
The broadway property s4ve no exclusive oH Is
there public 9GhW%{ ana b nsa s much rsh to
this thoroughfare as maq uvns on brosuwsy dt og
ameau Of cont Of They hold the sire Is IN trust
for the public. merely for the use OF the Pubic d1e
the street They don't It, They have he option to
cell their consent under the Genera surface h% ~
Act When their sent is sold without the consent o,
the propertg owners being obtained or IN ne1 1
thereof that of man eO wSo S9ys Gppos gets
nothing II isu't worth suap to the one who gets IL
they had S 6 at @s TO S seSs at
but "a IL wold he mere farce Ihey nave no tne
action OF the Commissioners and therefore cOuu ho'
sell IT, We think we bave the consent OF the Aldermen
legally. / am not lawyer and don't know anythin:
nbout without their cousept and the consent OF 'he
OF commission, the roai cannot DC
6uiit What the commission will 10 do not know. we
hone 10 build the road and hope to obtain the prop
In The interview between Mr. Knox. the
halter aud myself, printed this morning Tue
etalemcnt OF what | said about the courts ls
fase No reference whatever was made 10
the courts that conversation. Mr. Knox asked me II
tbouRht the Injunction would not stand answered thai
did not odds lde whether II ana or not as
t5e dc had voted before they were enlOncd nc
said to me Now all want Is 10 get into this thing
told Scribner before" Scrbncr l. our lawyer can
discontinue this suit" said Mr.. Knox. said, How Gu
you when there are other plaintgsP lie answered
:They are moi property ON BROADWAY, aud dom
amount 10 much" hen sad. " You never can get III
that way. Now You are barking up the wrong Tree
The Nassau Cable Railway COMPANY OF Brooklyn
has carried It's appeal III behalf of he raj roads with
which it proposes occupy the principal streets OF
that city to the people. and has already obtained
1000 signatures TO following petition
to the Committee Railroads of the
Board tof Aldermen, asking the commit
tee to look into the motives of the opposition
which is said TO come from the Union Ferry com
pany or the existing horse-car lines. MeanWhiie
Mr. Hazard of the Brooklyn city Railroad talks
of calling meeting of citizens to protest against
the Gable COmpanys project