New-York tribune., 1885-02-12
JACOB sHARps CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
70 OWN EVERY BROADWAY TRANSFORMATION LINE

TO OWN EVERY BROADWAY TRANSFORMATION LINE
AND SAVE MONEY FOR THE PUBLIC
More testimony against the construction OF
railroad Broadway taken yesterday before the
commission that daily In F., Stewart Building
Broadway and Chambers-st- Assistant Corporation
Counsel wickes called several witnesses. Police Super
intendent wang told of the difficulties encountered by
the Broadway squad In disentangliug mixed
up vehicles In clearing the way for professions ana
in helping ladies the street and was OF
the opinion that matters would be made worse by a
railroad In the thoroughfare. Colonel Carl Jussen,
Fire Department corroborated previous
testimony In regard the difficulty Of getting to nres
especially in the dry goods district IL there were rail-
road in Broadway.
John B. Greene superintendent Of the Department t
of Street Cleaning testified that railroad in Broad
way would increase of cleaning the thoroughfae
George W. Birdsall, chief engineer of the Depart
ment of Public Works. testified that it would
increase the cost of repairing pipes
George w. Blauvelt, of the Public Works
Department said that there would be difficulty and
double expense in repaving the pavements on
Broadway IL there tracks there.
Jacob Sharp was examined by Mr.. Beaman. He said !:
ters of the Broadway Surface Railroad In lss2 began
get railroad in Broadway. I don't know
iG4t at Albany for
Broadway Railroad bin passed | propose 90 & IA. III
ING four feet eight and quarter inches between the rails
We propose to use ties and grooved steel rail.
which other vehicles can easily cross sif raS arc
city railroad tracks The ordinary rails are no oosr"0
Mr. Beaman-Then using this rail is mere fancyi
Witness-It is 10 satisfy the public. don't
In street where there IL concrete II would cost from
Sll 900 900 per mile 10 lay tracks with oZ polhd
from In Broadway would cost two and half or three
times as much have definite idea what 1t VIII cost
mile / should suppose 1t would cost 100000 TO lay
this Broadway road We work fifty cars fro IN
a. M 10 D. M They'll do all the work required running
with minute beadway. In the night one quarter OF
wnHm take twenty five minutes from Fourteenthst.
TO the Battery. think there viii be more stages in
broadway Tney could not live there after the cars are
there. There are about 80 now. -
Nr Beaman-Do you expect 10 Riii them OH
WtDcss-Well we.expect to buy them of Now, II you
get at the fats have made contract III writ
ing with all the stage companies 70 buy them on IL
contemplate taking of all the stages III Broadway up 10
Twentythird-st
Mr. Beaman called for the contract and Lawyer Bright
declined to produce II.
Witness-We buy the stage companies license.
Mr.. Beam in--So you'll be the owner of the whOie
Wtness-We'n try TO be- We want to save the people
as much as possible.
Mr. Beaman-whosc money do you propose to use in
Witness~My own The capital stock of the Broadway
Surface Railroad Compsny Is 81 100000. decline TO
whether the company has issued any bonds ana
mortgages. =, .
witness finally said that the company had issued no
stock nor bonds mortgages He continued: " am q
trustee the Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad III
any other company should get broadway IL would destroy
our property and afford TO pay little more there
fore to - broadway The Broadway and Seventh-ave
cars will have practically nothing TO do below Four
tecnth-st after there is railroad In Broadway"