New-York tribune., 1886-03-09
oppOsED TO THE CABLE RAILROAD.
MAYOR GRACE HEARS ONE SIDE OF The STORY
WHO REPRESENTS MIR. THURBERf

,.vop GRACE HEARS ONE SIDE OF The STORY
WHO REPRESENTS MIR. THURBER1
Tho Navor's Office was filled yesterday with
LAWYERS at a hearing given TO thoso oppoSeu W '
Cable Railway monOpollzDg seventy miles o the ci'y
.,reats The CORPORATION had hand to defend its in
,erests Charles +. Shaw who made spasmodo hoIes Vi
,be arguments with blue pencil. Robert sewell ana
Everett r. Wheeler. The pOnderous form OF Editor
Dorsbemer sat at Mr. ShaW's elbow and II loOked 10
the spectators as he coaching the ROADS attorney
4 Coudert opened the proceedings for the property
holders OF the city in general ana those Oh ""S''
aud Wiliam-st in particular He declared ln"t e''iS
bank and insurance corporation downtown ana along
these streets felt outraged the audacy OF the cabe
road cited the laws that would be violated py INC
road reminded Mayor OF his former record III OPP
position to this schsmc; said that Mayor Edsoh :
Commissioners repentcd that they ever appro'eu
the scheme, and wound up by declsring that II II
they ever got their tracks in william and wall sts IL
meant virtual gift of these great ihorOuehIcs
the company The courts were on record agl'nst ~ @ 1o
scheme and the amount that they promlscu 10 hNc
to the city meant actually nothing at %ii. may OF F
the r"mponv on January g. and signed their report on
January l. believe that his was was d9e & eons @ d.
d5e @e speaker ,yT S onrosed TO- the road
In Wail.stf' said Mr. Shaw. .....a,,o,,.
NO; replied Nj. Coudcrt, " Wal-st. Is unanimous
against IT, but referred 10 LcXingtou-ave.'
MIR Shaw denied that Lexington ave p'operty.oW m
against the scheme and said that MT OouueII "
himself signed paper III It's iaNor. 49,, ,., ,ii,d y,
Mr. Coudcrt remarked that he must have been hna a..
the time. At any rate ho rcver understoou "h no va"
signing amt he rcpndiaed II now. --., .,o Anti
Augustus T. Levcy said that as representing the AM M
Monopoly League. he denounced the scheme on me
ground that the terms, 22 per cent Of It's net prohs'
offered the city cltOtally inadednate. - ., -,
TX Senator John &. Boyd followed Mr. leNey ana S',l
that the latter did not represent the Ahu-Mom"pos
League that he spoke entirely on his own rrsrohslp
Mr. BOyd said that lie himself represented inc League
and he knew tnat in favOrot the road le aN"e
the road because the b;iidng OF II would give epS
meut TO the thousands of poor men who were shhiIn
around the at present with ther hau7 III
| their pockets ---....,o 81 I,-or cis
MIR IeVcy rose 10 remark that be represented ffhclS
r. Thurhers views aad no one disputed that ne was
great antt-mOnOpollst. Nh Boyd again cOht1auIvlc'
! Mr Ievey and stated that he Nlr Boyd was the true
| representative Of Mr. ThurhcTs views, , -. 81,
Nayor Grace observed that as he had heard from not
sides OF the Anti.MonOpOly League he womb DC peao
TO hear from any boy else who wanted to speak r. W;
Adee IN behalf OF property rs IN wall, OeHar any
! Liberty sis and Maiden Lane. objected To the road
James A. Varnum, speaking for samuel D. ll,1rn anu
otner trustees Gramcrcy Park, urged the Mayor 10
! veto the measure. Wheeler H. PecKhhm spoke ~
| length on the legal defects or the scheme III
! ploposing to put tracks In Mddson-dNe.
Wuau C. Trull for several railroads, pointed out sew
eral streets where the Cable Railway proposed TO run 7
trarks regardless the fact that roads are aready m
oucrAton there Clifford A. Hand aud senator Alfred
Wagstah handed I'm briefs Of their Ohlecu"ns TO the
scheIue and Mr. Hand pointed ont the TACT th't among
npr things hs road would have 10 dig great tr'c
its entire length four feet deep ana IOur cr
wide TO do this they wond have to tear MP thc hrl
work of steam pipes water and gas MAINS and seriously
! endanger the city's health . -,
The Mayor VIII continue the hearing to-day at p III