New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-16
sTIRrACE RAILWAY SCHEMES
PROTEST. AGAINST sHARp's FRANCHISE.


THE MAYOR GIVES HEARiSG-HBNRy hARr
LEXINGTON AVENUE PLAINTIFF bhoAD"A
COMPANIES. =. n,
The committee appointed by the Ahu-no
opoly League yesterday visited hiaso. "',,or Ito.
80, 49,, ,ro,st AGAINST his signing the res button CIV
Inc a franchise for the construction OF raHos" III
broadway to the Broadway Surface Railroad ooupsnY
John Morris said TO the Mayor that the pehei was GU
aral that the Aldermen had received substantial
mepts to pass the resolution although the COMMITTEES
could not prove that tbis was 80. Ex-senator 'onn
a povd declared thxt the franchise ought to he mt up
at public auctioa and that II this was done
could be ootained for 1t. EI-Assemolymsn hU"@"
Crosse SAID hat an opportunity like this decrease INC
taxes In the city should not be neglected; tha' S
SUN could undoubtedly be obtained Tor TINS 'aiu"'
franchise ard It should he applied to ibis ooDeet
Mav,r Fason here marked that the cost OF the new
aouecuct of the proposed park, u The annexed dsrc'
of new armuries aud schoo-1ouses WOMB iho'o"9o
the city debt by from SG00o).ooO to S7o,ooo'ooo
Iawson n Fuller next addressed the Mayor He said
al have talked with great many ownss Vi popolS ga
broadway and satisfied t1a; they want 'uri'""
ra,roao On that rhorou gbfara But they all believe ha
the franchise should be sold at public auction ana 'n''
Messengers should be carried from the Battery 10 Tue
Harlem River for single fare OF D cents. aoVi.e
Won 10 exercise fatherly care over the Aldermen III
thi. franchise is not sold by puDuc aucuon 'e Dou
Aldermen viii be-"
The Mavor took the document AMI promised TO give II
due consideration The substance Off appeared in THE
TRIBUNE yesterday.
THE PROPOSED LFxiNGToN-AvE EXTENSION
Henry HIATT yce-presidnt OF the Third Avenue Rail
road Company said yesterday to q T1iBUNE reporVr "
regard TO the proposed extension OF the Thd Avenue
road on Lexington to the Harlem River;
.W have ale the necessary papc at Albany as re-
oured bv the new law. II the property owners ON lh-
mill # viii be branch Of the Third Avnne road
connecting with 1t at twenty frs or weny S on
I'D
sents OF propertyowners on tne route ana II Is
w. VIII build It without delay 40 no1 ,a Ir''oS
n our cae railroad Tentb-avc Is success u VIII DC
eoDtinued through One-hun ired-andtweny-nfthst and
Hr cahle swat NAV be adopted for The road m Lexn2-
ave. The work the Tcnth-iYe. !0au has lcon W
iaved for ,hIee months on account of the woterpPes
ntSer the avenue which we knew nohing about Tie
road he running by Angus l. we VII, r'ra' ~
possble don't believe the property owners on LeXng
ton-ave want alruad on lhei anende "u'u We n"" nav
they do we are ready to buld 1t
THE VARIOUS BROADWAY ENTERPRISES.
The three railroad companies that concerning Tor
the right TO cons ruct rar Jad IN Broadway are pre-
pairing argue their claims next Tu'siiy beor' inc
commission appointed by the Supreme Court The SUI
face Railroad Company having oh aned the consent "f
the Common Council IL anticipating an easy vcto pe-
fore the COMM sion. which was appoln ~ It's Gut
and of Whose members are declared 70 D. .enug
to its IN Greats. The BrOidwaY BirOad Compa ~ ON
The her hand Il pre- Jared 10 SHOW that u nus It con
sent of the owners more than onehat In value or
The nroperty IN Broa way between the Battery and li
tecnih-.t., aud will clam That TINS ia u re- uers
ion on the part or tne
charles T. sLaw the counsel Of its al v. tue New YORK
Cable RAILWAY Compa y, will appear on t'e part o.,
various prop rty owners In broadway ava argue the
nurcssity supporting It. claim ana driehuR tHt 9t
Jaeo ri trps Surface Railroad Com any. ne BruH J.
wav Lexington Avenue aud FIFTH Avenue Railway Com.
pauy will he prepared tn prove tha alone Shoun
I've permitted 10 block do the thorougharo WI s carr
whose wheels ure 10 run on an inVhple tack uhuor-
ground. - A., -, -, c.,,a pou,.a,,
Meantime the agcuie OF the New YORK CAME hMlw4y
Cnmnan arc prorurnc thr sent OF property own r. In
other routes d ia officers declare hat whaicvrha be
The req lt of the obtain posses ou OF TIT ndwaF
dc ia an the l. xingtO cave. route, ID Tenth we
nm Westst within due time he cons ruccd, an IL CT me
other- lad various es III nc IA no trh III he
re- rt that stolen OFT eWas Bank were invested
in the stock OF the New-YOrk Gable Railway 'onlphny
n q NJ esitcnt OF the bank Thomas W. Evans. ana the
vice pres dem. Cornelius +. l1mpson, are bOlh stOCk
defsultlng cashlers ma docs not appear IN the list OF
stockholders.