New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-06
RIVAL BROADWAY SCHEMES.
HEARING BY AN ALDERMEN's COMMITTEE
PROTEST AGAINST SUMMARY CLOSING OF luz
nrAR1NG-NO DECISION nEACHEp.

PROTEST AGAINST SUMMARY CLOSING OF TIE
uEARING-NO DECISION REACHED.
The Aldcrnen's Railroad Committee. composed nI
Messrs Mclaughlin Wade, Miller Denil,s'9 for and
against the granting of franchise ~ - INV
railroad in Broadway. several Weli ~ Tintorest
vers nppeared for the various parties W NY ,hc
Osborn h. Bright presented the Application v. Mm
broadway Surface Railroad Company 81"
IT ia only corporation organized or ni' IN Sroadwiy
law OF ssi thar cm construct rho,u ~ ia tba only
and tbe Brnndwny surface K9ilroad COMPANY vs. nui
company TO which this linpoiln9' W Th a,tn connsnv
arranged under tho lnpd Itan't ~ ", ~. ,'
,pcd .t,cln. ia ths APPENDED highway Itaprnmn'Ta
are visionary mon d'strtc Of HEilrn',, ~ ,
been . nsllc from tho brgnnihs !, w." en"' rl,,on
Iofilhris aud Mrs stewart hud Judgo i, y, T
have already Withdrawn Their con'rn'h ~ C , r,s
ihis cnbe company, and denounced no lupoa,u.u, w
cable company hhS 10 ighl oi hnnorly VII no cv :"
i.tcncc II organized "a steam "a oal CON pti
Not daring rely upon th' wolh o. tne ] ,
has attempted 10 extend Us rodtos IN er ne recent sur
ice act AMI yet That law IL 80 plain that thc way
soners of 1854 organR cable company and located
for IL twrnty-uinc ro1tes-ahOut 100 miles OF riu
ing over large part of msccuped streets o, the
civ 10 his compiuy IL never procured conseh FORA
single one Of these iweaynine routes. The Legislature
Wisely killed the and killed The cable COMPANY, ana
now ITS ghost appears here and proposes TO
build twenty-five branches of these TWEEN RSy r
company + menOp0liSt 1t aims to cstaDSn le 15o
railroad that ever oDera'ed IN Ncw-loik anu VIM
disch rgiug It's dues faithfully ana accsp%o a. ocd
mon carrier, IT will assume the heavy orJrh hP p
upon it by the law-the state ana munlcpaI SAcs ,a
upon stock, upon real estate upon personi @ ~
and 1t viii III addition pay INTO Tue c.tS treaoIS % h
cent of its gro@ receipts the Iarse t,oc h ,t o{
the law Of 1881 The main ch4ractesc OF tne r2tc q.
this company that disn cuisines 1t from al olh,rS Is
that it viii establish continuous route coI from SCUM
Lawson n. Fuller said he was In favor OF any
road up Broadway except hoIse-car road ne nau
become tired of holding on TO strap IN horse-caI.
A read should be built that will accommodate Tue
people With horse road the horses Will lake
up nearly much room as the car. A.. o,.,o,
I,l,,, Inv
Gocet estate said that the owners OF that prop
erty desired to enter protest against any railway
john Cadwalader opposed the proposed horse
railroad He gave notice that he would at future
day put in evidence the wishes OF certain bIoan-
way operty-owners as ts the action 70 be taken
bv the Aldermen with reference to the proposed
railroad.
hearing would only last one day.
Mr. Cadwalader wanted to know what kind or
road Jacob Sharp proposed to build. Mr.. Me-
plication for a horse railroad. -,
W. b. Adams objected to the horse-car road. Inc
time had gone by, he said, when horse-car road
should be buit. 1t was behind the age. lie had
seen the working of the cable road i'll San Francisco
and approved il. =. =
Charles p Miller SAID he appeared in behalf of
various taxpayers and owners OF property In
| Broadway lie wished TO know whether the com
mittee favored and the Board of Aldermen pro-
posed to sell the franchise Tor rallroad through
| Broadway.
Chairman MISUNDERSTANDING for myself indvid
uay can that opposed to selling the franchise
If axes away the power 10 reglate them. believe that
the Board of Aide should have full power TO regu-
late the various railroads III this city in the interest
the citizens in favor OF railroads III this city ana
will vsie Tor all that may he applied for --,,., ..
Mr. Mller-Is the chairman Is favor OF TWO raiuOllS
on Broadway
Mr. McLonghn-It Is aquestiOn whether franchises
for Two rar ads on Broadway can be granted.
Mr. Miller was proceeding to question the COM
mittee at length when Francis L. Stetson suggested
that he place the chairman under oath to answer
| truly all the questions put TO him. .
"You are always funny, Mr.. Stetson," said MI
Mr. Miller argued that the proceedings should not
| lie summarily closed in one day as had Deen an
nOunced by the chairman. He declared that there
was another company organized which would be
willing to pay well for the frame nso If 1t were mp
! at public auction. II an unheard OF thing that
| this great question should be settled in one day:
Many of the largest owners of property were out OF
! town. II given little time he could find many
owners of property who would protest against this
| franchise being given away at short notice; ,
l.. j.. Chittcnden argued IN favor OF delay
| insist on closing up tins hearing IN one d0Y. Inc
proper course was TO sell this franchise at auction
llo believed that if this lmpOra ant question " a. de
| cided of hand aud I'm the interest of monopoly II
| would arouse public opinion in manner such a'
had not been hbitod in this city inseyeral wears
| Chairman Mclaughlin repeated that the hearing
would be- closed on that day
Mr.. Cadwalsder road written pro-
mttcc to coso tho hcorlns 20 spccdlly In bc,,
! half of The Broadway Railroad Company he asked
for m opportunity to present further facts ~ oppo
stion 10 Tho Broadway surface company ll' d'
mnndcd ihia fot the reason that the Broadway COM
| pnny had Aecufod tho conacut ot on''hAll oi the
! plopctty-owncfe along the ioni"'
| M, fright demanded that these alleged cohnrnih
be- ilcd with the committee,
Mr. Millcr, la behalf OF various pfopefi y-owhrr',
also filed nn objection To- the closing q" ne h'lnR,
and asked for limo 10 allow property -holdcih - he
| present and give their objections ,
| ALBION f.. Man said that $50 appeared In behalf OF
certain propery -owners along Fllh-aye. III opposi-
%, tt,4 ter "a
| thor0ughiare. Most of tho property owners along
the proposed line of the road were out OF town lio
therefore asked that the hearing 60 over tooctoRei
lie was informed that tins question was not uhdef
! consideration. , . -
Mr. Cadwalader sad be understood that IN ms
absence the counsel tor Jacob Sharp had SAID tnat
! the company that the speaker represented had been
| driven lgnOmlniousy from the commission Whlcn
had granted 1t hearing; ool Ho d niIcsil
! cry on the part Of Jacob Sharp and
| his counsel to come before the committee AID make
a statement of that kind. HIS clients wished -
! build a road honestly, and in that respect they
| differed from Jacob sharp.
Mr.. Bright declared that the Broadway Railroad
! Company had secured the consent OF property
| owners bv improper means He declared that the
operations of Jacob Sharp for the past thirty years
would he lememberedlong after Mir. CadwaladcI
had been forgotten.
Mr. Cadvaladcr Is ,lemnly) Thy will lLaughtcr.l
Francis l.. StetsOn opposed delay Ample notice
had been given of this hearing and everybody
should have been prepared re a PaIr9li strongly
| Mir Millerwishcd 10 know whether tho commit
tee would favor giving the franchise to company
10 which - per cent OF the prOperty-OWners along
! the route had refused their consent.
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! VETERAN JOHN MULROY IN NEED OF WORK.
The publication of the distressing facts IN th'
| case of John MulrOy. the disabled war veteran, Ill
| last Sundays 1RBI'NE has called out two letters
! j. W. Martin, late Captain commanding Horse
| Battery, 9th Independent New, York, under wh0n
| Mulroy served, writes TO thank THE Tribune fol-
lis frank statement" OF his case, and saws: Nv hat
| Mulroy now wants IS work. He is an industrious
and intelligent man and capable printer. WI
not some one of the craft interest himself IN MuL
roy's behalfW f. +. Merwln of No. 463 and AGE
Canal-st., writes to say that Watchmantong on
Monday evening turned aMAY q gentleman WHO