New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-04
DISCUSSING RAPID TRANSIT.
HEARING ON THE MAYORS BILL BEFORE
THE RAILROAD COMMITTEES AT ALBANY,

i THE RAILROAD COMMITTEES Al A1DASA'
ARGUMENTS BY ADVOCATES OF THE ELkNAHSD
RAILWAY AND TIE CABLE AND ARCADE
| sysTEMs-MR. BEEKMAF DE
I FENDs THE BILL
fny TELEoRArH 70 THE TRIsuSSr-
Albany, April s-An legislative Interests poio ~
| night turned toward the Senate ChamOet 49," -
| senate and Assembly Committees heard arguments on
MAYOR Grants Rapid Transit bill, and upon the enor's
~ Tho elevated and Gable Railway Companies 70 get
ha, tbe, hackers want out Of tho City of New
| Senators walker Murphy, McNaughtoh' rIcf0ot I'.
1 sell and coggeshsll of the Senate CommVee weio :"
| hand and Assembyman Kimoei, Oons'ooH' ..1s ..S,
| A n gaker Mase and A. D. Baker, OF tho Assembly
| Committee waited until nearly midnight to hear inc
.ro,,ments Of the various speakers. Besides theso
thsre vrere present number OF Senators snd Assem-
| b,ymen There was large array OF speaheFs' Cor.
| no-atann Counsel Beekman was alone IN support VI
| tbe MAYORS btl while the opposition had Julien 4.
navies me attorney for the elevated rairoads, VINO
| -. h.ore6 nv that trio OF professional labor
leaders. aritators and representatives George Lon
| NON. W. A. A. Carsey, and A. II. Galahne Coionei
| George Bliss Charles p. Shaw, and Lawson N Fui
Ter Elk senator Thomas kept his eye on the interests
Of Broadway and W. u. Trail guarded his surIaoe
horse railroads.
roaa Company was the first spea1er He said that
his clients had not instructed him TO oppose the
Rapid Transit BIN; In fact, they did not want 10
appear rs opposing 1t. The bill, he thought, was
trayely deficient in that II contained no provisions
allowing the existing railroads TO furnish additional
means CT rapid transit The company does not ASK
this Legislature to give single advantage to the
company, but simply to confer upon the Railroad
Commissioners OF Eew-York power to allow this
company to develop the elevated system. The COM
pany wants three things: more terminal facilities at
the Brooklyn Bridge and at the Battery, and the right
to put third track on the Ninth and Thirh-ave'
lines. All tho company asks Is fair play. Here is
the amendment proposed by MT. Davies 70 seeuoh
No. 10, OF the Mayors bill:
Any commissioners appointed under this act II t shall
DO deemed necessary for the accommodation OF the puone
by Railroad Commissioners OF this State may confer
uower upon any elevated railway company now IN actual
oueration 70 lay an additional track tracks on portion
OF the whole Of length OF It's railway and to construct
necessary additional sdlngs noutS columns and struet
ufes and 70 acquire additional terminal facilities
| In any street or public place In which
| Il shan previously have erected Its structure; :
upon the condition that q. revocable license TO nse
any portion public park be obtained from the local
authorities having control thereof; upon the funens oy
said elevated railway company far as IL relates TO such
additional tracks and terminal facilities Of such OF tho re-
oureents and conditions imposed By such commissioner
under Section Of this pct as are necessary 70 be onuoa
| in such cases
sst such elevated railway sho In such case, possess
ali the powers conferred by Section &c OF this act and may
construed and use additional tracks and terminal facilities
with all rights and with like eject % though tbs same
had been part Of the original route OF such railWsy
i Senator Murphy asked Mr.. Davies II he had ever
been In the Battery Park ut night, Dung the summer
j ana he'd seen the 5000 or 5000 people there.
/ Mr.. Davies answered that this loop that tho CON-
psny wanted to build in the Battery Park made II
question of the comfort OF perhaps 10000 people daily
! who would be benefited By the additional means OF
| transit this would give.
/ W. A. A. carsey, the labor agitstor. followed hF'
| Davies for the Elevated Company, on behalf OF the
laboring people. An equally well-known sSi'ator ana
striker is A. r. Galahue, who spoke for The orgahhs
/ ton known only in name as the Worflngmens huhc-
| lpsl Reform League He did not care what company
rave the CITY rapid transit provided rapid transit was
obtained. George d. Lennon, also known as pro-
sessional laborng man, spoke IN favor OF giving The
elevated railroad the right TO build the third track am
| TO run express trains 10 Harlem.
Colonel George Bliss appeared for the Gable Raj
vay Company and spoke regarding tho amendment
which he had made 10 the tenth section OF tho Dill
Mayor Grant told him, the Othor day that the ele-
waited railroad was not opposed 10 the Mayors plan,
and that the latter not opposed to tho cable r'
way. Colonel Bliss had heard this denied. and that
the Mayor had declared that one who voted for his
bill amended TO assist either the elevated rail-
way or the cable railway schemes, wss venai This he
aid not believe. As TO the report that there was a
combination between the corporations asllng nor
charters he could say that the charters were sent
10 Eew-York City there would be such fight between
tho companies as would give the lie to such re-
Il mort The Mayors bun did give the Mayor greatly
increased powers. The bill allows the Mayor to ap-
point dozen different commit ioners and provision
Is made for the payment Of the expenses Of them all
4 Colonel Bliss thought that the section
of the bill aut Orizing the appointment
| Of two commissioners outside Of New
York City savored Of political scheme M
ono would have dared to present this bill to the
Legislature at session before the Presidential election
1t was an extension Of powor and full Of patronage
all through. lie offered, as his amendment to The
Hsyof,s Rapid Transit bii the sections OF the Cable
Railway bin that would give the Cable Railway Com
pany what II wanted. ,,,,,.
He said that one Of the strongest features OF thS
Mayors bill was the fact that so many who oamo here
each not obtectng TO tho Mayors Dill but iSyornl
some scheme OF his own, desired 70 tack on this oil
some amendment that would revive defunct corpora
ton or help one nearly desd . -,
Tho Corporation Counsel explained the Mayors bnl
az ne has done several times before. There was noh
, ing political in It he said The authorities In New
York were opposed TO all the schemes advanced, saw
/ tho Mayors BILL The speaker desired to be under
which Il seemed that he had given TO these schemes
FORMER meeting by the Injection OF the amendment
n section 10 that would bring to fs the5c coTPS GS
ments Withdrawn altogether, and the bin restored
ite former condition Ex-senator Thomas, counsel 10
the Arcade Rawsy COMPANY iS 1SE up the dsS Ss
|, these strns out Broadway from the list OF street
excepted from railroad purposes; another prohibit
the building Of an elevated railroad IN broadway.
Melville o. Smith, the last speaker. made an OK
. celleDt argument In favor Of the Arcade Railway II
G 4 broadway. Both the Railroad Committees VIII NEE
to morning before the session TO decide upo
: | how tho biil viii be reported to the Senate an
r 4 Assembly.
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