New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-16
WHY SHOULD. THEY DELAY?
ALDERMEN PREVENTING THE BEGINNING
OF WORK on THE EAST RIVER TUNNEL.
OTHER OBSTACLES REMovED-PRoTEsTs FROM
LABOR oRGANIzATIONs-THE CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE TO TAKE ACTION.

OF COMMERCE TO TAKE ACTION.
Some Of the Tammany Hall members Of the Board
of Aldermen practically keeping several thousand
laborers and mechanics. bcklayers and stonecutters
from obtaining employment which at the least calcu-
laion would last them several years. by hanging up
In committee Of the Board resolution granting per
mission TO begin gigantic piece Of work which,
when finished will undoubtedly be of great benefit to
thousands Of seekers after cheaper and better homes
The resolution is to allow the New-York and Long
Island Railroad Company TO begin work the tunnel
which this company proposes TO construct under the
East River. The company intends to begin the work
OF excavation in Forty -sccond-st, the East
River More than a majority of the property owners
and people who live where this work is to start
from have given their consent The capital required
to do the work IS, 100000. has been subscribed.
the plans have been ready for time. and all that
Is now necessary is the permission Of the Board Of
Aldermen.
The plans of this company are by no means new
and it is difficult believe that desire to be
thoroughly informed regarding them is the
cause for this delay. Arguments for and against the
tunnel have been made before legislative committees
Of the Board Of Aldermen, and the subject has been
discussed at length in the various newspapers.
resolution asking the permission Of the Board Of
Aldermen to begin work introduced in the Boar,
nearly three weeks ago. As the measure 10
allow railroad company to extend its road. President
Arnold, Of the Board naturally referred IL 10
the Railroad Committee. A motion made,
however, by Of the Tammany Hall members Of the
Board that the resolution be sent to The Committee on
Bridges and Tunnels. This done by vote and
the resolution went to that committee. There the mat
ter has been allowed TO lie in spite Of the repeated
efforts of those interested in the tunnel to have
hearing TO get the resolution before the Board Of
Aldermen for action
Alexander J. Dowd the Tammany Hall member OF
the Board from the With District IS the chairman OF th
nd AZ lao1t baI hav
sent TO him asking that hearing be given. Besides
this representatives. Of various labor organizations.
which desire that the work shall begin at once, have
called upon members OF the committee and asked that
favorable action be taken the resolution, The
members Of the stone Cutters and Brick Layers
Unions considerably worked up account of the
dclY and committee from each organization was re
Gently appointed with instructions take all honor
able to get the resolution through the Board.
The two committees held a Joint meeting Tuesday
last and a Joint resolution WAS unanimously adopted.
It has been widely distributed among the labor or
CARNATIONS and action in accord with it will be taken
at the next meeting held By them Here Is tho rcsolu-
ton:
whereas Tho Ncw.York and Long Island Railroad
Company proposes construct connecting railway. hy
tunnel under scconds and the East River and TO
cNnd upward Of - 900 600 In rNaNang rock construct
,ns stone masonry brick archnr etc. neccsitatng the
employment Of large force Of men for several year.
and
whereas The said company las obtained the consent
o., orv u The owners property along FostY~econd
80, % construct n. tunnel and also obtained IT,
Endorsement x the several representative commercial in
,ero.. ~ u, cy favor Of the enterprise. and no"
only requires the permission Of the Boad Of Aldermen to
begin - once; and
Wi.-rl@ The united committees Of Brickayers' and
cutters Unions 81 the CRY Of NewYork have, a.
directed h their several organizations. made deont In
quv regarding the granting OF such permission, and find
strong opposition thereto IN the Board;
rh,r.fof, the aid committee, would respectfully
recommend earnestly appeal to the workinsmon Of ih
cv ~ Ncw.NorA u meet ter several localities ana
take such their welfare requires In this ene4'
gancy and bring their combined Influence 70 Dear
upon the members Of the Board.
The Chamber OF Commerce will hold special
meeting next Thursday to take action the delay
In TIE Board Of Aldermen. upon the request OF the
company The call for Tie special meeting Is signed
by T.. H. Ammldown, fmncl, Il. Ihuroer' 'hauh'oN
W. Dcpcw * Mayors \. Hewitt, Edward Cooper
and William X. Grace. Appraiser MarNcllc W. 'ooprr'
Vernon II. Brown, Richard Butter ana HiSouF'cy W.
the other members Of the COMMITTEE on Bi.d;c'
and Tunnels, OF which Alderman Dowd Is c'iir..a'. ;.
axe william VI. Montgomery Republic aAd WI
lam H. Murphy Louis ~chlamp aud l-a.c H. telhli'
Tammany. II said YESTERDAY thti Aldcrh, D
Tcucu Wa- in favor ot the resolution hut thht ne
could do nothing against the ttAci itllldhN III. III
hers of the committee. who have failed either - eve
- hearing ON ihc resolution report IL to the Board
For some time IL has been known tltt certain m
many men would oppose hi. measure and Kill Il II
they cnud. When thi, told 10 Mr. croker, after
the Board Of 1890 Organized he said that II the press
and property owners favored the tunnel the lanrlas
men would moi oppose IT, Every oh-'",ie "d' nee"
overcome except an unknown one "hl'h in.uen'c p
The TammanV Hall men IN the Board 81 Aldermen.
4 committee of the Board OF Trade and IraN>port''
ton composed Of +. e. ThErbcr James IL >'N n"uf.
George l.. rcrsc. g. Waldo smith. ". H. Wiley and
Frank = Gardner. called ON Mayor Grant YESTERDAY
pud presented him with series Of ne olu onN pts~ci
D.. the Executive Committee Of the Board on MNth
a. filorng the propr-el East River tunnel 10 De bnllt
l,rilning at Forty second ST. The Mayor I, H tue
nItiec that their ,c.outi9ns should nave hS ,al
fll attention. b 10 j. not believed that the friends
of The measure have secured YET majority oi TIE
Board OF Aldermen TO support II.