New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
THE FIGHT OVER BROADWAY.
MR. rRorHNGHAM TO BE EXAMINED.
CHARGED WITH BRINGING IT'S SUIT AT TIE IN
sTIGATIoN OF OTHERS.

STlGATION OF OTHERS.
The Broadway aud Seventh Avenue anu
the Broadway Surface Railroad Company made Ahafp
tprp on their salants yesterGay IN the suit OF G. f.
Frothlngham & Co. They obtained from justice van
Bruut in the supreme Court Chambers an order Tor INC
examination OF lir FrothiEgham charging that he mo
not brought his suit good faih aud alleging tAt nc
was acting Of other people whose h -
njure the companies. Mr. Frothinsain Is orueeu
to appear tomorrow morning ana oiIer himself IOi ~
ordeal.
The aRidavits on which the order was issued were
made by James ". Foshay president Of the BroaH"ay
and Seventh Avenue Railroad Company James ~ h'ch-
aond as president OF the Broadway SURFACE h"li'o"
Company and Jacob Sharp. These gentlemen cHAIbe
that Thomas Z. Ryan, OF this city, anu W. L. LAin''
william Remblo and Peter We!dnor OF Phii"'epAla'
together with other persons. formed last summer cor
poration known as the Union Passenger Railway
and Transportation Company vita cdP"al oi
SlI ,COGOOO. This company was organized Tor the
purpose Of "grdironing" this city win a asystem VI
horse railroads in which transfer tickets were TO DO uSe
Thomas t. Ryan the treasurer OF the caOie company
and was active in forming tho corporation The
papers charge that he aud the pha people en-
tered into negotiations with the Broadway companies
for tho purpose of securing certain amount oi the
stock 1t is charged that William G. whitney tue
Secretary of the Navy, was Interested Ia the oi"n
Company, and one OF those VINO ehlered nv
negotiations for an interest In the broadway r0au' MI
Ryan uu obtained the control OF the consent VI Pl"P
orty-owners TO n cable road in broadway, and on thAt
basis made his NEGOTIATIONS It Is known that all 0f
those Interested in these negotiations held frequent
meetings NJ the Hoffman House. These efforts came 10
mar. .ht however, for In midst Of them the lower
Broadway road was built and the Philadelphia
people, Mr. Ryan and Mr. whitney did not have tho
interest in it which tney had hoped to have The AhIa
Wits charge that In consequence Messrs Ryan. keho'
Wedncr and Elkns we'll Mr. Whitney. have slhco
that tue been seeking nurc the road aud that the
Frothingham suit merely the outcome OF that cOhd
ton OF affairs. For It is alleged that tue
rockingham suit is not brought IN good faith' an"
part Of those hostile to the Broadway ROAD
in i,i,ro n II "a also asserted that Mr.
Frohingham obtained his eighty shares OF stock after
The lease Of the Broadway Road aud that tnS was uoe
for the sole purpose OF bringing the sull' J,
Is therefore asserted that Mr. rockingham should
appear in court and submit TO an eAanlhhtoh "hi'h
would throw light upon all or tbcsc points.
The officers OF the company say that tis IL only he ne
ginning OF their light and they propose 10 move Nche
menty their assaauts. NJ Ryan, they Ucc.dIc' VIZ
it, After examination Of these two witnesses
Alexander 81 Green and Joseph H. Choste thr coih-
sci OF the broadway companies, VIII move INC uis
iuissal Of the suit on the grouNd ina t.Ic
facts alleged Tic c0mpantes declare ~ ridicnIous ne
statement OF Controller Locw tnlt the broadway
surface road ought To dive The city an income o.
Sl5O.OOO the result NJ 3 pcr cont on It's Eroa'
rrccts for the rrp0rt OF Railroad Cnmmissi0nor
tor 1884 shows that tie five puncinal horse
railroads Of the city together only 9i'9'-)o
Per cont of which Slli"l7 90 o. tncs" 1hI 3tnet
points lively ,ht H. TO De male. on the oth'F na.d
Fllau Root. Robert SrWell AMI erJudEe Granyillr T.
aNcs ere preparing their forces They VIII all close
around Nr FrOthinghnm tonorrow.