New-York tribune., 1885-09-12
TIE flr1a AvEyCE RILTAY SCHEME
VIOLENT OPPOSITION ARoUsED-wnAr rnE DiRGc-
TORS SAY.


TORS SAY.
The Fifth Avenue Railroad Company's prof.
ect u meeting with more determined opposition thhh
any previous horse-raroad enterprise IN this city The
coupapy il undoubtedly determined IN Its purposes aud
!t dec that It has tho support OF many property
owners along the proposed route The names OF those
Who II il asserted have already given their consent 70
the construction OF the new road. are carefully Wiih
held by the who have charge o the canvas but are
TO be forwarded the Board Of Aldermen Ia due scason
The directors OF tho new company, mnHy OF them
well-knOwn-O II. Baldwin and A. > Hatch for Instance
are unshaken Ia their conviction that few years Al
the most will Fifth-aye. transformed into
as Fftyninths The number Of store. already therein
IS factor IN his e-tmae and besides thls there arc
large number Of houses along the nue. above our @
toenthsi used as boarding houses, whose owners ufe
elsewhere aud -ympathiIr with the project.
o. D. Baldwin, the banker of the COMPANY sad yesei
day that he had just received deposit OF $1,000 t0wA
who lives IN Flfih-ayr Tar above fOuricenth'sl anu
who owns from S2OOOOO 10 sJOOOJo worm ol property
opposition to the project and tells smiliney OF the dire
n threat of lady friend OF his who Ia, sent him woia
that he builds railroad In Fifhaye she will shoot
him And so.' he added you have the two sides OF
the stsry"
slaurc May. prohibiting the laying Of railroad IN
Fthaye The opponents Of the proposed road declare
that this Law absolute protection against the con
structiou OF the line Messrs. FleisChman a May tho
attorneys OF the road say. however that the May law Is
unconstitutional I'VE have the opinion OF some Of the
best lawyer, the city, sii Mr.. Flei,chmtn yester-
day, " that the law Is unconstitutional We naturally
satisfied ourselves this point before We determined
Corporation Counsel Lacombo was asked for his
! opinion this ponts Yesterday, and ne
replied that be had made study OF the matter but he
Thought that the law OF 1885 broad enough In It's
tile AT least the aud he why
the law should be pronounced unconstitutional. Suu
he said, there may be for this view whion n
| thorough study OF the law would substantiate"
meeting OF the directors OF the road s held daily and
took place yesterday at the ONCE OF A - Hach 10
! perfect the preliminary arrangements. MT:
| Hatch said: =" Tho cry has been raised
i'm hi- case as in many others that engaged in the
project are robbers frauchise-stealers and vorsus
other things That to DO tho usual form OF at
lacks OF the kind 10 charged In the OF tho
broadway Railroad. and yet were you TO canvass all
the property along that line now you would not
find ten persons who would like to have the road taken
up viii be the with those along Fifh-ave Tho
street will he ultimately devoted to bu-nes. purposes
We shall go with the project, irrespective OF attacks
aud mud, as think We shall, that the majority OF
the property favor u.s. VIC shall put the road
| down-of course with the consent or the Board OF
Aldermen" Mr.. Hatch cOrrObOrated the statement OF
Mr. Feischman rcgsrdinuhe legal opinions obtained on
the uncOnstuuonallty of tho law of 1855 ana said h.
had read these although he could not state the exact
! M IN sed.