New-York tribune., 1884-11-25
ANOTHER BRO4DWAY VETO.
LITTLE HOPE FOR THE SURFACE ROAD.
MAYOR EPSON TELLS WHY THE GREAT I"oi'o' "i
FARE SHOULD NOT RE DESTROYED.

,,,vor rnsov TELLS WHY THE GREAT THoRoCGh-
FARE SHOULD NOT RE DESTROYED.
Navor rdson Yesterday sent to the Board Oh
Aldermen ms second veto or the broauwas ha nroo
Railroad scheme. After the former ve'o ad;t'on oIJ
;sctors of the scheme agreed to pay H. III auul.Iu @
20 tbe per cent OF the gross receipts oil tne Ioau
for tbe first five years and per cent per ani1rlh ~
thereafter. the sum of $4,000 annually. Inc
Mayor in his veto summarizes the proposilion vi
the Broadway Company and says:
on the 18th OF August last hal the honor TO submit
10 ySG by yom on the @ of the Same month which
the consent OF the Common Council 70 Tue .,
with double tracks upon ana a'nS eGS,horIy ,r end
face of Broadway. from rhe the Broad.
w,r surface Railroad Company Those resolutions have
failed OF adoption, the resolutions now under cohS'e
to the company the consent OF tho Son,pn Una
To construct in all respects similar road upon tuc ii
with equal force to the Sc nor and The
great value Of the franchise Is now tinl','", ~ - M
necessity conditions as to the style OF ran 70 %
used the kind OF he employed and the cohablue
ton OF sidlngs turntables, etc, Is not recoghizeu -
luiions provides that the said railroad shall be con
struced according the most approved plan Tor tne
construction the city railroads and Win me most u
proved pattern OF steel rails and inc said i con-
nections switches. sidings shaii lkeNise pe wIn ~
equal in all respects the hest Of their kind now IN use
on any city railroads IN the cry OF NcW-lorA , nut
there s no provision as who is 10 approve OF these
things or TO determine what the most approved pan -
Tho style OF ra be used is thus eft to be detefae
Nv rho cnuuanv itself while restrictions Whatever
are placed npon the number and location of the switches
sidncs. turn-cuts turntables and stands therIc t
nign Of construction and the pattern ana quahly OF
materials be used are left az iy OF the OPTION OF 'ne
company they were in the resolutions OF Ang9s. D.
vides that the BrOadroad Surface Halfway COMPANY sn
v ~ the eypirafion OF the first year from the date
at which the operation Of the road shall commence and
annually thereafter pay into the treasury OF the city, by
way OF rent or as additional compensation, the sum "a
$4,000 per annum. the payment of whch Is 10 ne
secured by bond as therein forth. have been unable
IN authority in law Wlicn WOuld permit tue
"ocal authorities thus 20 fix the value OF TINS OF ay
other franchise FOR street surface railroad Such con-
Gtiou mi mi nerbaps he made in the absence OF any spe
cc provision OF law as 70 the manner OF determining
go Of the laws of ls-4he act under which consent is
asked 10 construct this road-explcity provides
chses shah be arrived at by the local authorities Of
any Incorporated city or village, viz by public auction
franchise in any other way than public auction would he
power which Is not conferred npon tne I4ca
authorities by the statute H. however, thIongn a
strained Interpretation OF the meaning OF the cesare
expressed in the ac doubt may he raised respecting
such an interpretation 9 tie statute sun te wSl @ m d
adopting the plan Of sale at public auction could hot nc
tere-ts Of the city aud insure the local authorities
against unjust suspicion and accusation. Furthermore
rented at private sale or letting, as contemplated in
these resolutions the question will sooner or later oe
such condition in slch manner.
tios provides that in the event of the failure or neglect
OF ,Ae s iaS ~ brscfore I,rected and reonired
then the provisions Of the law cxactng the forfeiture OF
1, ,ny no m I ny ,ofin I, sad in this nar,yrapb
relative 10 the forfeiture OF he said rights and franchises
In the event OF the companys failure TO pay the annual
Ggt ol , SVT one which, III H n I'M CONNECTION l with the
assumption of power to impose such condition. paves
the way probable litigation respecting the pay yment OF
-eVers. companies are asking to construct
rroai through thi- great thoroughfare each claiming
to afford better facilities for public travel than the other
II VIA certainly NOT the intent OF the Legislature,
hermit hc local authorities designated therein TO give
or sell or fent this enormously valuable franchise on
terms agreed upon through private negotiation win any
couulv and 10 reject the requests and calm, OF all
Others. Tho Broadway surface Railroad Company can
justly claim any rights superior 10 those OF other
companies seeking similar consent.
The Mayor says that 70 permit any railroad to be
built in Broadway would be a serious error. He
concludes
This noble avenue T. the great thoroughfare OF
metropolis and as public highway has no equal In the
United states II is ne only continuous ana unlnter-
ruptod street extending from the Battery To mon
square it, charactcra commercial centre has made 1t
famous thIousnoui me world us Easy giaLe shG cen
ra position maze IL me natural ana neo-sary hghWay
Tor The vast trac ot the city Tor which now no other
avenue !, left Ia view OF these faets tie local autho
r, are bound as public guardians OF the corporate prop
erfy to only after the most thorough deliberate and
plans and se ucdions should be prepared as VIII sh0"
the loation of the proposed road in all its details
and specify WIKI particularly the method OF constrc-
uon the pattern "l ran I" 9e use lhe hlhu 1i cars 10 pe
employed and all other things which would tend 10 i'll
desocrafiun and obstruction OF oldest and grandest
thor0ughfare. \ little delay in properly disposng OF
this question do no harm but on the other hand may
ward "a evils ~ which too great haste i almost certain
10 involve the city And If II shall finally appear that
public interests demand that the city shall give up this
Highway private corporation. LET IL bc done
leave doubt in the mind OF any citizen that The inter
the have been guarded with the most Jealous
and conscientious fidelity by those whom such inter
esfs are entrusted
The matter was Land over for one week. The Al
dernen gave the Bleccker Street and Fulton Ferry
Railroad Company permission 10 construct
branch I3ad from rs present tracks in Park Row
along uMall-st TO Broadway. MeSsrs OCOnnor
and Grant opposed the resolution, but 1t went
through.
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