New-York tribune., 1886-01-17
SUING JACOB Snaps RAILROADS.


MRS HASTINGS - BEHALF OF HE SEVENTH Az
FNCF sroCKHofD2R.--A BIG MORTGAGE.
Dissatisfied Stockholders Of the street rail
road, controlled hy Jacob sharp making ousanghts
from different directions upon the management of these
corporations Another salt was begun yc-eriy III tho
superior Court 10y cN-Jutge Granville T. iid"r' "h ne
half Of Ms Mary lf ,tns- widow % Hugh J. Iss,ins'
suing Oh behalf OF herself aLd other stCchhars %! the
broadway and Seventh Ayruuc Railroad Company The
defendants are the broadway aad seventh Ave'nr
Railroad Company and oistctOrs aud trustees jacob
sharp James W. Fo-lIy, Thomas H Kerr, John IT,
Murphy s.. -.ducy -Il.I. y. II. " liic' john D. hT'.
Alfred NagsJaH George 81. Curtis. Harrison D. kcIi
george Law. william a. Hayes aud \. C. "hiei also
the Broadway surface I.al.iuai company and l,a a-
rectors. James A. ElcAuoul lAH 81. -ctHi'r, william
Biri Osborne t. Bright. James %. Mclean. John H.
Spencer and John 81. -,iacs; and also t.e i"eaS
third Street Railroad Company.
Nr- Hasln--. who owns 100 shares Of tho
stock of tao Er1aisIy ana seventh Avenue Railroad
COMPANY n her complaint declares that tho director
of the Broadway -lrf,c, Railroad the mere age +
aid attorl - VI .hc Broadway aul Scy,ntl Avenue
Company tAat under al agreement with tie bc'eNtr
street and Fulton Ferry Railroad Company tho road ot
tela,ter g, operated by The Twr1yL.ld street Ea..
road Company; and that under au agreement WIKI ih'
broadway surface company made by the .veut, -tlrl
street Company, o." cars OF the Hacc.er Street
Company axe allowed 20 pass over tie
Broadway tracks between B.rerker aud
ann ais sire aver. thar this agreement ls vo!t
ami WAS never ratified uy tnr ttocAnoarr'
OF either company aud that tho broadway sur
face Company ana iis o'hcetS are tie creature,
relatives ana attorneys Uf those Of fte seventh
Avenue Company aud "tlat 70 t3r hrotlEy cprin.t-
tIOu was CT 4fct au1 maintained 10. llr lgauHurnt
purpn-r Of crraug Liabilities of inc -Ad iioai"dy sur
face Railroad Company ln the oi bonds. leases hhd
agreements which the seventh Avenue Railroad Com
uary could not out which 10 made thi- cor
creature, 20 create. 80 unt fh' sumo -uotf
public. declares that the agreement is fraud on
the rights ol the seventh Avenue Company tiu Aod
cs for the purpose OK tic private eau Of tho Hor Auul
crs OF the Twenty third street Company who GigCC
tors OF the Seventh Avenue Company. '-hr say the
Tlcht given by agreement IS worth Si,oDOoJO At
least, and has been ilarlI'cuiF disposed ot WlhIut
benefit 10 her corporation ana that the PASSENGERS car
ricd under wouid Otherwise ride IN the cars Oi tho
seventh Avenue Company.
IL Hyerrcd Information and lci"f
that two mortgage, amounting TO the sum 0f
HdllOLG by IT. pretended board Jf Directors, "hO do
not own any Interest said railroad and the whole Of
which IL owned by the broadway and seventh Aveuuc
Railroad Company and that tho sad mortgages were
plaintiff unknown, while they In the hands Of the
broadway Surface Railroad Company She therefore
asks that tho agreement De set aside as fraudulent anG
Thr Proadwav Company says that suit merely
another phase Of the Fiohngham attack and they try
10 show IL n this way Jcnkin- Van Schaick IL one OF
the executors OF Mr hastlh9sS VIII lie IA also thr
broker OF william = Williams, the president Of the c0bo
Thomas r. Ryan, who IA active ~ tine Rockingham
suit, was treasurer Of the cable company
One OF the officers OF the company said yesterday
Mr.. Ryan has longer anything 10 do win u.s. 10
interested IN the plan 10 control majority ~ the
Broadway consents aud when this failed he stepped
ont. He thtn been trying 10 get oven with
The Philadelphia syndicate Is also vigorous In this
litigation"