New-York tribune., 1891-04-23
DEFENDING BATTERY PARK
LIVELY TINE AT THE BOARD OF TRADE.

ACTION OF SPECIAL MEETING REsuNDED-
THE ELEVATED ROADS SCHEME OPPOSED.
The Board of Trade and Transportation yesterday
disspproved the action Of few members Of the Board
who at special meeting Of the Board, passed resOlu
tons ndorsing the Battery Park grab" II might be
added that the venerable Board revived the vgor OF t
youth yesterday and occasionally turned tsen lhVo
bear GARDEN The were crowded and CONFUSION
often prevailed. Everybody wanted to be psrIia
mentaEian, and nobody but Congressman Darwin ~
James succeeded in maintaining clear idea OF inc
situation one member laboring under conslderanic
excitement loudly demanded on one occasion that inc
previous question be read There was an up'o"t "
laughter but another member capped inc cnineA "
making motion thereafter that the previous q"7sVO.
be read But the debate was eood-natured' ana no
personalities were indtlged In, athough u'0 P0'
inRs were extremely noisy.
There were over nfty members present when captain
Amhrose snow called the meeting together among
them being Erastus Wiman, A. X. "h'hcS, N"s , ""
James ex,Judge william II. AfnouH' r. d. A"u, :,
7 7 Callahan ex-Assemblynnan John r. henIS' W, "
Wiley DIR. s. A. Robinson. james Talcot'' !hoinun'
saunders william Irwin Martin bd"aru h'e
George F. Morgan and others There was ieeA' Nv ,oar
s.,o, al 6rst as TO whether the meeting hao oeen
legally called but the chairman declded tiae ~ 80"
sna the members got down 70 work. H. o. NN 49,
offered resolution oondemning the acuo" VI ~ 49,
snecial meeting, resembling Its acuOh' anu '",ie -
rdsn ,,s structure at the Battery Transparent
- A.. .rnstuate the hold of the road on BatVery
s - MAS decided 10 limit the discussion over 'no
resolution 10 one hour. Mr.. Callanan s~iu ,us INA
favored genuine rapid transit but that INC co' 1ta
-,,oods did not need TO encroaeh on the Da''elS
,oaas could get sufficient room IN stae-s, ~. ,O 90 q
tonal terminal faClh"eS " f"'o
we're really necessary ~ r,.uorar,s
T. y Thurber led the opposition 10 Mr' Nai''
.o.oIrt,ons He asserted that the controversy ~
,o crab had been conducted on the assup''oi on .n
ar+ of those who opposed permitting ue 4 =.
roahs 10 have the additional terhnn@i i'r , rrh
md interfere with the OF Battery f"rA az ,t
w -, or breathng space for the puDh0, %
1,her added that If this were true no one "ouiu 'Oi
onicker than he in condemning the pfopoe'.io" on+
,yos NOT true and lengthenng the cross - 1,
teet en- as 10 allow an extra track on edo'i ' ~.
nrasopt ones would not be notceaOie anu ia,
nreciahIv inture any interest, while II Womu los s0
Increase The usefulness Of the present System u
transit. ,., oa+ar New. |
John F. Henry eloQuently pictured src~~, wv.
York and favored the grab. because ne u'ousI' '
II was necessary L. &. ByrneS dehouio0u NV
vated railroads and said that they wanted 70 @ S.o"
patter PARK and could obtain the necessary faeteS
in state-st by paying for them. lie pau ~, ~ 10
TO Jay Gould and urged the boalu u ~
sanction the steal. Ia
Ernstus Wman pleaded for middle course anu ho
offered resolutions opposing measures that "ouu n'
telisy interfere with the OF Ba''cry FarN or o
parks by the public, but claiming at he O0VuPanN
OF ten feet of space each side OF the uacNS III '"
tery Park together with the platform spaces
could not be considered detrimental TO the puDc' o
beneficial, giving the public much neeoea p0tos puUno
cites. Mr. Wman eloquently defended the eieNaVVu
roads and talked of the coming greater Ne" iorN
ing OF Battery Park he said that he had never 'O'
fifty people there when he went home 10 Staten i''"
unless they were italian immigrants -,
4oII AhA mC
fought the Manhattan road, but nevertheless WV"
not bite off his to spite his face anu ul'roi'
favored granting the additional facilities asKeu Wy
the road Thomas Barrett said that MI lHuiooi
had asserted that the elevated railroads wanueu oiS
twenty feet at the Battery Park, But Mr. Thurbcr |
had not said that the platforms would require aOo'
eighty five feet. "A. Il. Whitney seconded MI
Wimans substitute for Mr. Caanan's resolution ana
there were calls for the previous quesuoh 10 sVoP
further debate Parliamentary tangles followed Mr..
Martin and Mr. Barrett shouted for the readmg Oh |
the previous question. Howls followed. President
Snow was doubtful whether he should put the mann
question or the previous question somebody moved
10 adiolfn but the resolution was lost by vote OF
25 10 22. E. G. Byrnes managed to command silence
long enough 10 say that the elevated railroads wOulu
NOT give good service until they in competition
with underground roads. Thorndike Sauncers oneren
a resolution smooth out affairs, put WIN lhe Icsu
and secretary Gardner all gave separate aavlee 10
President snow, who mopped his bro" ana ll"ue up
his own mind. - ,oo,,,o H.,
Resolutions were voted odl, aud many people dd
not know exactly what they were about Mr., James
found three members OF the firm voting whereas
the by laws allowed one firm only one representative
MIR. James was invited TO show up the dclhquenis'
Wiman's substitute, which lost by % TO p.
+. B. Thurber moved TO reaiilm the acton OF the
snecial meeting Mr.. Callahan called him to order
and there another wranglc Mr.. Thurber moved
down TO the front OF the room, where ne coulo com
mand his cohorts. A motion 10 table Ar. Calanan's
resolution was defeated by 26 TO II. Mr. Henry
moved 10 adjourn, but was beaten, and member
Finally part Of Mr.. Callanan's resolution was
adopted. resembling the action OF the meeting last
week and after Two hours OF struggle, the Board |
adjourned. . -,
There will probably be another rumpus' at the
next meeting. in two weeks. Mr.. Callahan may rise
10 a question of privilege and ask what right MIR
Thurber W. ii. Wiley, II. X. Metier, H. &. Calkins
John F. Henry and q. Waldo Smith had IN using the
board of Trades letteIheads circulars for their
purposes in defending their views on the grab"