New-York tribune., 1886-07-29

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TER DKcLARxD UNCONSTITUTIONAL,
A complaint WIS served yssserdav an a.
Arcade Rsiirsed cpmpssy % ths arss stsp 1. An 80.
locking toward Q pssnsasns isjunstion, vhsA .
number Of DrspsstysAeldsfs a,sas Breadvsv -.
| 70 essasa aesspse the company. TAs sass vrs
Do tried ss the ocohsr term Of ths Supreme Court Ia
complaint sets fsr Asss ne namas sf sss urs,sro.
owners who a.k fer ne isjasstsa Ths iiss isesass
among others John Jseoe Astof, william As,sy
orlasas b. Pss:ss. the wnMsnssass Yiss n.
| sursnee Company. Hssry Hiltsn, sAs Ms,ao.
dat Beck Cesssrn, T. O. Hisnns ths Cbsml
cal Bank, j. Pisrpoot Morgan. the PARA National Bspr
the Western Union Telegraph Csrpaay shs trus.ses A.
JACOB LosiaFd Of Louis L Lsrard Of Peter Lorlisrd
OF Eva l. kfpE. - Catherine I. Ksrnochso ana os
CsshaFine I. WOLFE r. O. RahDsssock. y, ID. Adams ara
James N. Constable TAs counsel for sasss plsnt6,
srs John y. Dilles. AIboa p. Mss ana Sss.pa Ausr.
esoh. Ar Ass aad Mr. AsssbssA appeared before ,ss
Governer aa6 the Senate iass uiassr IN opps
stien 70 sAe Arcade I'M. ssss sf the psnspai reinta
| In The complaint are a. fsusws:
Broadway pays Of the total TARA sf tn
city, the direct Ices n ren.als soas win roach enor
BrOadway would BE- frepsSsAy ana pssusssasIy dan.
sssd By che cousrustiss Of road. The budisss sIens
rsroad Ssius at ssss hrsy isss ssd 10 u. sSosss Ss
Two lower stoes WIN have 20 be taken, becaus- ihs
story The sIsaystios 70 The dsp.a prspesoa VIII IA
many places reach dsaeerous quicksasds it WIN nss
sss SaSisss: The :1sssssss VIII Srs. ne. sc7 ne
a.; :s e Ss Ds sC, q the :..a
Immediate ssaxhberAoed. The attsmp. 70 eeassruss
o and - ss:s:
| sueh eonasFuctioa-
the Of 1878 which eOnditiosslly ersessd % tie
right to lay down railroad tracks; aed aasA rishs
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should not pass private o. local b granting ass
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an an orsisai grant ,,, 70 private rso,p.raaos
The corporsou by the avs Sf 1873 w.s made saosss
to the Provisons Of the 9ssera railroad act and mo
avs Of 1857. witch provlds that uaisss sorporsiss
within nvs years from the begnnins OF ne corporate
10 per cent ISsrson s esrpos.ss povsrs and .I.ses
cease Teer.Ore the Arcade Railroad hayns failed =
absolutely died April To- lS7s i've years after he
The law Of 1855 ,s Unconstitutional. because, b.ias
pC.,S and local act y spor:. na.,ys sa., 70 ss ~ Ss
cupy so Of the ssreets specifically f.s
bdden ~ be occupied BY th. asfenisnt ~
space which ihe railroad might occupy, exceeding
| thirtytwo feet In width and nineteen feet e
sss ~. oa. %s: .es .dSs
.Aoud no. approach .i.nia Two fss q the curb Ios
streets Tho present among other thnss. providss
me 81 sss
nrs%.ns ct the iepsn sna rpon the rrGnls
sustain the surface Of the atreet Section provides
that pipe. be sustained on or built In the outer sdrs
With the side streets through which the connection 10
mad" Section proCydss that tho COMPANY may sI,a a.
tue exstng surface Of any stree, or any aidewak o.
bed shall run = space Of width and lensth as
shall for the location and construc"n or depo
bat no aspot or station. structure OF plsiiorI
sna approach the face Of building than sx
said company may for tho purpose Of snordins lisht
and air to ts railways or sta,ions pl,tforms and sp
tain grated apsecs exceenx sir festin Width
from and along tho house line on eeh she Of snv srees
Of exit to ana rum the surface sdswais Into .;
out Of builingst front Of which such open spaces
| are made kept and maintained
Mr.. Auerbach yesterday. after giving the foregoing
outline OF the complaint, said "n you study closely
the OF 1885, will that By Il tho Arcade Com
pany receives far larger rights than wond appear upOa
cursory reading OF the BILL For instance the company
apparently granted the right to sIcsva,e under ths
strest from curb line curb ine-thAt ia forsyfosr
feet-but 10 reality obtains the right TO take she whols
street from house line 70 the house line. For the
forsyfour feet inside and beyond that
and encroaching upon the space boueath the sidewalks
wallis whose thickness Is not limited In the act
They must bo from four to ak feet thick TO sustain she
weight that viii upon them. that the company
thus gets frou eight twelve feet additional This
will bring the walls opposite the foundation OF The
buildings and within the sub suffacs house vaus kext
the company 10 authorized TO pas tho sewer
the hoase-vauIts. and thus 20 several
feet more on each side Of Then the company
opsn spaces for stations aud approaches 70 staons
finally IN order obtain light aud air. it can open
grated spaces along the whole line OF the railroad,
which the commercial vAue OF the budinx n the
declared constitutional the eerporstioa will tAus
Of the whole street, and the vaults aud
sub-eelars will entirely disappear. These lsssr the
valuable parts Of the building and 70 shut out the
light from thom the construction OF this roa would
do wll render than useloss Furthsrmors to dig down
thirty feet for she construction Of tho tuaus will be
Rrevous menace the security OF adjacout buildings
as we'll as OF the shnttiog property Tuess Iaes sfe
nOtonousy true and within the knowiedge OF AL
Ts ss ia other particulars whoS are apparent on
careful reading of sil, the Of Nay IL. 1886. Ia
eIcusve privileges in munities sad frssosis.s whia
the letter and spirit Of the soasItattoazl insibuoa
| At tho once Of the Arcade Company The following
sta sment vas authorized:
70 Bro.aw.y ana ak nm MadisS..v. 80. Many
osn T:s :s:s they ova the sSsst oH preps% ;
ssoss-.y T occ rA. auuD:r q pfopery.
owners, moreover. below F1fty-nlnthst 10 7o6 Ihie
slsS,ssn y:srs Of sstaton TIE propsry-O~nsrs aver
that the Arcade Railway Company 10 about 20 proceed
for. s they have declared tlsr Ssiiei that tue on
t.rpri.s was :n.n and that T,. ,hsrs .,m.;. was
SS l".. ' % S:..s. ;s1 ss. q: road
In process OF building NJ S37OOoOoo. when viii %
constructed wtAin two ard ouebs years from the tine
it Is begun. Tnsy say will obstruction nsht
and air. The road VIII be undergrousd there VIII Do
no obstruction Ia tho stscts for the charter forbids
this. They asscrt thai ths w"rk viii DO siev sna
dangerous; competent engineers have decided
70 the contrary. Is said tbs, We csnsS! %
do tho work unoer covered bridge We conceds tAss
! thAI We cannot 20 on Tne bcno Of wslch eempniAt
made determined by the Lsssature; IN thls setoa
the court veto the action Of the Lcsisstnrs
ana the Executive As work Will advance ave feet eesa
DAY sasa way each heading. any property-ouner
Who thinks his properly 10 bsfug iejared will % amply
secured shs - 900 .0oo security and can acs IN hh
own Individual TAe obiecLon that the act u un-
because it authorizes four tracks whe
originally ony provided for 10 sasly sstsiea ~
| tho fact that the vords 1.-TWO or more rachs are IN
| the original grant
Broadway 10 receive full test in the present hsSs'
ton An agaiuss the Elevated Road In ths