New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-05
rnR 4 RRoADw4Y RAILWAY.
or AN Old REAL ESTATE MAN
onoASiu. q OPPOSITION OF rrorrHrY-oWSa's

oraASIlr.G OPPOSITION OF ProPrRIf-o"N1NS
WHAT ngoApwAY DIRECTORS sly.
Tho tri,rrilar contest between the two corpora
tIons wishing railroad privileges in u "t'"'' "'"
tli, prop-rtr.ovuer3 opposed 20 both Of tH"m ''"'
to tic surfcc yesterday IN tho Gcucr1l Term room
of tho supreme Court Commissioners 'ia"'y
II.us. Samuel Is. H. Vance and Ooorpc
W. T.. Lord occupied tho bench
IN view OF thoU appointment to Listen 10 lawyers.
talc testimony nul duly report ON the ADV ahlti,
of surface railroad ~ Broadway. below -Four
trrnth ~. The commissioners wrto not aluuo
Ihcy found agreeable company ~ a host of law
ycji armed with MI tho Hpputouauoog of tho law.
secuted the petitioners tho Broadway Surface
Railroad Company james A. Doorug ear.
Rcd tho proxies Of all pfoporty-ownoir iayorn
tho project. Charles BcamAn was equally FORMED
with opposition proxies contributed by property
ownors. John T.. Cddwalladrr was ON hand to keep
a strong headlight ont In the interest of tho Broad
way Railroad Company, with no surface" IN Il.
MI Stetsou first broke the silence bV explaining
why he was present Mr. Dccrng then said That
Robert Gorlot was ont of town, that II would be
desirable 10 have an adjournment Mr. Goolet was
% property owner whom Mr.. Deeriug represented
and whom he had strong desire to SEQ. This
brought Mr.. Beandu 10 his feet. He Thought that
the Broadway Surface Railroad Company was sur
hctn " hIaced 90 stand alone and he therefore iu
tended 10 take exceptions 10 the presence of any
bodv representing anybody outside the tracks of
that road. Mr.. B"aman desired Mr.. Dceuug to
ma e tracks ont of the COURTROOM n high rate of
speed. Mr. DeeTug backed up against Sir. Beamau
Mr.. Stet,oa at this point formally offered tho
commissioners the articles Of association of the
Broadway Surface Railroad Company. Somebody
hen asked for proper place anu proper time to
file objections in behalf of john r. Parsons. Nobody
responded and Mr.. Stetson took opportunity to say
that ne proposed TO show that the contemplated
road would be OF unlimited benefit to hu nanlty.
lie therefore respectfully called upon " Illam H..
HAYES q realestate broker OF twenty years stand
ing 20 demonstrate to tho commissioners the pro-
po,itIon advanced. Mr. llaWes. doing rs he was
frnectcd to do. immediately sWore that travel on
Broadway was accomplished mainly 10y uneasy
stages lie did not 60 INTO Pdrlculars nor describe
how these stages. at crack of the whip Will often
iump from one side of Broadway to the other, nor
how at times they 60 al Jay-Eye-See speed, to the
detriment of the happiness of passengers. Mr.,
HAYES sWore positively that Broadway was mar
rowest between seventeenth and Twentieth SITS,
and that its largest retail business lay between
Fourteenth and lwenty-thrd SIS. There had been
a general increase in business below -Four
teepth-st since the eieyatef roads b were
diminished 1t was great Inconvenience
that there was no railroad il Broadway below
Fourtcenth-sL About tie time the elevated roads
wev had deliberately migrated TO a great
extent from below to above Fourteenth st
Retail business in all the avenues had
shown a surprising activity as soon as it became
ACQUAINTED with the fact tnat elevated roads were
IN existence With al tins increase, the theatres
and tn. sOtels bal manifested an intense desire 10
re ui town Hence the city had grown faster above
than below FOurteenth-sL, because other streets
tLnn Eroadwav below FOurcenth-st. had had a
abroad OF some pattern. 10 show how magnetic
railroad iron may be, MIR Halves called attention
10 the iact--When hs elbow was logged by counsel
that all the hotels below Fourteenth-st grew up
close 20 railroad tracks, whether on the surface
In the air.
Nh HAYES running all the hotels. theatres
and re- al. business of the city on Broadway sur
face Railroad time, when Mr. Bcaman attempted 10
cross his track. This brought to his ioet Mr. cad
waliader. who had inst discovered that he was
upprepared to go lie thought that the railroad
company was proceeding with unseeluy haste, and
~ he desired 20 adjourn. llr Netson presumed 20
toned 10 the puudeIOu, machinery Of the state De-
parfmcnt thar lie was shocked at New-iOrk buSl-
moss rates Mr. Cadwallader mildly implied that
there va4 difference between the calm dignity 81
law whsu MOVING on in stately measure and Jaw
..,lar.lng ON NeW-lork schedule time. he com
mi.+ioncrs cunsdcrlte.y Adjourned the hcalug
until 10. morrow az noon.