New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-07
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
,rp,xcIING OVER THE BROADWAY koAD.
.,,,,,cr,yG TESTIMONY - ARGUING A"N'N''
C'N' ,,coR sIAHPs OFFER.

JACOB suARPs OFFER.
.,,..,on Mclaughlin. Waite. Miller ana
Dcmpsey, of the omnil,cc , pn n"n,;catop of the
nhai Ia Surface Railroad Company Tor consent
s" h",,lding a railroad on broadway. Julien i,
dawes asked that Jacob Sharp and others De
tnS invacd "a appear before he committee Tue
h,rnan refused to do tins, saving that the COLI
miec already suicentya me-, haa time TO pre-
.ar The fgnrcs that he had been asked TO present.
snd asked an adjournment Tor zen Gays, 10 'n,o
tmo od ms nroicst against granting the franchise
a. any company unless II agreed to carry paSsen-
GERS TO tie Harlem RIVER ana Ming brhgc i"i mor
go, This the Broadway Railroad Company
ee,rc1 IN do and il had offered Sl,oooooo l0r tue
erancLise and It should not he gwen to jacob
Sharp Tor nothing who oieIfd 10 carry ss;d
,niv TO Fifty -nnth-st Alderman Naitc Salu
i've don't know the Broadway kailroai Company
rhcv have never made an application to run . raii-
road ANYWHERE Charles L. Miller asked 10 nc
authorized to subpoena Witnesses that ought 10 nc
Examined before the committee HE Chairman ue-
clincd to do this. =, . 8
which Mr. Miller pronounced Mr. FullrTS manner
NJ conducting his case unSccmly aud sad he repudi
atcd HIM Mr. Fuller cXprcSSng his joy At lhlS, rs II
would L" help Inn before the committee I'coss
VI" in the afternoon W F. Whitchouse, of Madison
ave- who said he came as citizen anu ptoPciS
holder and not as the attorney oi dnV company
argucd against street car line rs NJ present pul'
IN tie ground that the system injured the s'lcc's;
nmuiblscS cumbersome ana DCOnN'Ii'Hl' anu
cheap cabs were not easy luih'he' VII "'''""' VI
w AIGrrman N ante asked if Mr. Whtchouse consid-
crr1 broadway the best place for an experiment IN
motive mower Mr. WhItchouse said that depended
on the kind of power. 1t would, bc little hardship
to prepare the street for cable road as II couu pc
built in sections side OF the street al "a 'lic'
in ninety DAYS and in the summer. lie laNoicu
Hat rail with a groove in the centre. H.. A., 80.
w. H. wilkins, of the Nali-st stage me- v'n my
like the idea of Western people seeking 10 oulid
TRANSFORMATION lines for Newly ofk." ana wanted 10
know where the stage lines rights came ILL., lhcy
Lawson \. Fuller intcricctcd: perhaps the
Western people will you later, Mr. Wilkins "
"Tm afraid it might he too late? answered MI
Wilkins To answer to questions by John NJ SCRIP
ncr attorney for the Broadway Surface load. MI.
Wilkins said that the three ines on Broadway
earned from ~ 500 to - ooO day gross leccip,S
OF thls about half was taken on Broadway, from
Twcnty-third-St. down. Mr.. Wilkins admitted tia'
onc-half the number of cars could carry the same
Mr. Scrlbncr argued at some length The cars
would relieve Broadway of one-halt ITS burden
The offer OF the Cable Company, he sald, was lhSl'
ccre and impractical. The opposition 70 ms iile
came from those Interested III other roads ana not
from the citizens at large Street cars were against
the cabmen and IN favor Oh onc fr a. thc
Battery t. Kings Bridge. and his company ana nOi
intend to build such road. The line was intended
10 carry short passengers" lie committee SOON
after went into executive session. =.
Justice Barrett on the Application OF Corporation
Counsel lacQmbe granted an otder SoSs'ru"s o
Monday next why they should not be enJolhed
from c0uscntinc to a raj road i'll Broadway. and en-
Joining them from acting meanwhile III reference Ia
the application of tho Broadway surface halIrpad
Comnany or of any company, unless the company
be rcdu red to pay the city the percentage oil u
gross receipts as required 10y the Railroad act lhe
appication for the order was made AT the instance
of Mayor Edison Service of the writ was made on
Alderman Kirk, president OF the Board, at No. o.
MadiSon-st.. November o. The matter was
brought up in the meeting OF the Board yesterday
and on motion OF Alderman Jaehne. was referred tc
thc Committee on Railroads The committee ha'
taken no definite action on the matter.