New-York tribune., 1886-03-09
EYES FIXED ON BROADWAY.
MISSING "BILLY" MOLONEY REMOVED.


terday to enable ex-senator Conkling to leave the
city because of the death of Mrs. Seymour bus
sister Edward Cahill, VINO did not answer ene
call for him Saturday, appeared ana expialned
that his subpoena called for his appearance yester-
day. The chief interest in the inyestfaiIon turns
iust now on what ex-Alderman waite ana ihohiaS e.
+. Ryan may have to say touching Charies +.
Mes assertions 3Rsi, fDows5go to what of Ade Ffey
manic "crookedness" Knowing ones profess
70 believe that nothing will come of this Ex-Ai-
derman Waite is still in Essex where nus sSten Yer
matter is like Mr.. MilleI's, on y hearsay" Thomas
F. Ryan. who was put down by MI Miller as nay;
ing declared that two Aldermen had "squealed,'
and that the BroadwaY fight was betw Tam
many Hall and the County Democracy, has not yet
been subpGnaed. A friend OF his SAID:
"Mr Ryan is ready, at any. time 20 go
before the committee. No revelations need De eX-
pected from hlm as he has none to make Wha W a.
best. The committee do not appear anxious TO
summon him" L. f. Chittenden also dee ares f that
bearsay. The inquisitOn was adjourned until
The following transformations item adorned the
interesting pages of The City Record yesterday:
REMOVAL
March l, 1886 +. J' IWoMEf'
"Iremoved him on my own responsibility" said
Mr.. TwOmey who is the Clerk of the Board of
Aldermen. Mr Moloney has not been. at his post
for month, and as / am responsible for the con
duct of Its employees to the Board no other course
about IT," Alderman Cleary said that Mr. Twomey
knew nor cared about Mr.. Moloney. The
reader mansGod to dra% TwooT ns pay ysad M
February neRed'nc1eId yer Tesd at one or two meet
ings of the Board he thought he was en-
te6 e6o to year the has been S Sas tEe CLERKS s
Office for Twenty-Five years. tie called all the
Aldermen by their fist name and knew every poll
lieved will not affect his financial standing TO any
An Old scheme for an elevated road In Broadway,
hp.X Chambers and IOrtV-tnlru SIS, EaS Dcc0
revived. The project is fathered ostenslPly tens P by oy
General George W. Wlngate, who says that he mas
abundant capital behind INN, that property-ownors
are ripe for road, and that beautiful structure
will be erected over Jacob Sharp's surface road tor
the Metropolitan Transit Company. In
1872 James swain nsTSpaPSSF fSe PSea CORE of
railroad for New-York. got q bill authorizing 1t
passed by the Legislature with the result that one
morning Governor Hoffman sad n haXe nay made made
the bIli Tor what was known in Albany as the
"Swain three-tier railroad" The project embraced
an underground, a suspended or surface, ana an
elevated road. The projectors, who were author
lied to open subscription books. were Henry E.
Davies jr, John T. Conover, Charles +. Maurice
Daniel Clark Briggs James B. Swain Cyrus Frost,
and John j. Heruck. They proposed 10 0nlld thelr
maiu line IN Church, Canal and near sullivan sts.'
thence to Seventh-ave. and up that thor0ugntare,
with three branches, one being through ChanherS-
st. to Broadway, thence to Forty-thrd-st; and to
the Grand Central Depot. The road was laid out
largely through or over private property, and the
right of way was TO be bought upon appraisal
eouiv aent motive power" There was TO be - sus-
pended railroad along the route on Whch hoISeS
or other animals NAV be used" The depressed or
underground" road made mp the three-tler aIlall;
Two bridges over the Harlem River We're embraced
in the enterprise one near High Bridge ana Ine
other in the neighbOrhoOd OF kIngsbrldge. Ihe
fares we're to be cents for a distance oi three
miles or less with cents more for each additional
mile or fraction thereof. 1t was provided that
delays caused by legal proceedings sh9HId nor
form any portion of the periods limited by law
lin the work shOuld be completed. An
express provision was that freight should not be
delivered in the parks OF the public squares OF the
The original movers in the scheme have passed
from sight and the enterprise, after chang
ing hands twice i'll fourteen years, appeared III
the Supreme Court yesterday on tue mo
ton of General Wmgate, as counsel. made Delore
Justice Donohue. g" that the orIglnai appncaiiloGn
for the appointment OF commissioners he anen9geo
and that commissioners NAV now be appointed
General Wingate gave the following history of
the project yesterday, together with statement oI
the cOmpanys purposes as regards Broadway:
The company applied in 1873 to the municipal author
tiles for the puIch Of the Guys rgnts IN the Teet & Ge
NJ high price began proceedings on
ers of appraisal The original application. argued
before Justice Dopohuo on December %. but as the
matter adjourned and has stood over from time 10
time since thea In losl aa9PpemeGa. aGt%4s Pa'sr Sea
ginecr si,as Seymour, C Chiet Lngincer SeT
Harvey, an engineer OF the company, made surveys
and maps routes. At that time suits for damages
our company fearing tie eject Of this ceased agtatDS
It's PTSeet are sD GS o 70 We 1 are P@sdS to proceed
Wo believe that there has been great revolution OF
feeling regarding an elevated road in Broadway and
that along the route are In favor OF ~
We propose to put mp hsndsGmG steel @ strae'Ir'' @ hs
the project viii go through
When asked who were the capitalists behind the
scheme, General Wingate was exceedingly cautions,
bat declared negatively that jacob Snarp aud the
Philadelphia people were not behind hlIn. u hey
are all men to fortune and TO fame unknown sald
he. " but you may rest assured that we nave NE ,He
capital. We shall run by cable or electricity. We
shall put the columns on the curOStOnes ana our
stations will not be constructed IN the streets,
but in connection with tie houses along the
route Several business houses have offered us
station opportunities because of the increased
traffic they expect The structure will cost much
more than the present elevated which cost 1900 600
mile because We shall have to pay heavier dam
ages along Broadway. 90
Rowland Il. Hazard at its head win his patent
streets and his underground road for Broadway III
mind and the Arcade Railway people are strongly
suspicious that the new project has an underground
backbone and comes forward Just now to rv9l Their
subterresrial enterprises. Colonel Hazard SAID ::
air for se1efa weeks But we don't think it be
vved after ten years OF suspended animation. lts
s;Snding before it couldn't FOR his up his mind
wn1dor What the other animals" referred to are
They must be goats. The suspended system ia one Of
SWANS inventions used IN stores now to carry cash
around. | think the charter has lapsGd.
The Arcade people talk in the same way, and
their counsel say the rights which the corporation
had have lapsed. General Wngate denies this
There is a prospect of d lively furry among
the Broadway property holders The cable people
say that the possible cable feature OF the proposed
structure has nothing to do with hem. The pres1-
dent of the Metropolitan Transit Company is
Robert Bliss a broker, Of No. 52 Wall-st. The
corporation is looking only at Broadway at present
The proposed Metropolitan road begins at Bowling
Green goes thence through private property to
Chnrch-s ST. opposite MOrrs-st, TO Cana-st., to a
polnt bet " cen Thompson and Sullivan sts through
private property parallel to Greene-st to point
100 feet north of HoustOn-st., in curved ilne 70
Beecker and sullivan sts to MacdOuga ast.. through
private property to West Washington place at