New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-01
A TALK WITH MR.. DEPEW.
RIGHTS OF uTIES AND OF RAILROADS.
CALF AND vARREL OF APPLES DELAYED
TWFNTY-Hv THOUSAND PEOPLE.

GALE AND yARREL OF APPLES DfLAiHo
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE.
some OF the vleys expressed by Channcey Ne DePo"
in the talk with hl published in yesterday i's"o "
The Tribune were ecessarly omitted on account Oh
pressure upOn the olumns Of the paper. Inc oD'o'V
Of the Newlork Cntral Railroad Company III rms
ing It's tricks at Onc-undred fIst Is, rs
explained in that part0f the interview ALREADY pneu
to get the bridge the Harlem hlVer' Inv,
proposed elevation Of he tracks is for the purpose vi
complying with the orcr OF the Federal Government
that the cOmpanys bidge over the iarieh n''''
must be raised twenty hur feet above high water
! Referring in gencnl way to the frequent nhu
often conflicting demand' for the alteration OF r'i'
way routes and plans in different communities me-
Dcpew said .
This question of changing the character Oh r"l'
way structures as a rallwa, builds up places tI0"p'
which it runs at whic, 1t terminates Is .e'''y
becoming one Of the most acute OF railway uimcui-
ties. A railway is projected and constructed IL may
or IL may not profit Its builders but II Is always III
incalculablc benefit the territory Winch IL serves.
Cities and villages grow up around it, as result vi
the facilities II affords. The NewYorh Central Is
most conspicuous example. II now runs through
1875 cities and villages. The necessities Oh ue ,ra'o
compel the company constantly to provIde addi'ioi'i
terminal facilities and freight and passenger a'ooh'
modaons at It's stations The earnings are never
sufficient for these improvements. and 50 they nave
bonds These terminal and depot facilities while cost
inc money and Increasing the taxes and the expenses
for care and maintenance and opernuon do hot III
themselves earn any money. They take care VI VI"
bus,ess which IS gathered there from other places
or gathers at the depot for distribution After h"c o
cities which have grown up demand thai inc 'ai'-
way company shall sink elevate Its trncHs De
couss Of danger TO travel The familiar argument Is
that the vane Of the franchise In the particular CITY
which makes the demand Is great that the company
oncht gladly to make the expenditure necessary u
abandon its roadbed and place 1t underground OF UP
I'm the air. No consideration is given to the Vliai
question as 10 how the company Is 10 raise inc
money.
The Harlem Railroad Company. for Instance
continued Mr. pcpew had a vested interest. for which
they bnd paid, through what is now F0urth-ao' nus
right OF way was purchased in 1881 and lsJ2' ihe
city grew up about the right of way ana neoess'"'"
that the company should sink It's tracks i"s ''o
company did at expense Of sJ'"oo'o"' anu ~
borrowed the money at per cent interest VI
course this sinking Of the track dd not add penny
to the revenues Of the company. Tie Nc"''o'h
Central IA called upon perform Similar service ~
unrsI, The same demand has been maze AZ
pochester and nj syracuse. II similar demands 'houu
he made and enforced in each 0f the ihco'Po'' 'u
places through which the Central runs inc co'' "oniu
amount TO between s2OOoOO.OoO aud 9'Oo'"Oo"'',
ond woud not only bankrupt the company Dnt "ou'u
Ia ftv
nate any such sweeping demands upon The railway
c,,rorv or that they could be enforced bht I'D uio
,,.oscni discussion when what amounts TO Nrtniip
tav unon a railway company OF several millions VI
dollar, for Other peoples benefit Is treated 80 hs"''
i, * well 10 consider whether railway company ms
NOT some rights and the people VINO biNo h'o'''N
their savings ia not entitled {" some p'''o''o"
In tie present instance the railway '""I'''
emil, -, ,racLs AT tli, large expense protect travel
, ~, .tre.is crossing the tracks; and now II Is
M, only required 10 raise lis tracks again Tor Tue
1T, ~ ,,,nu.rty owners on the Harlem River. but
,. q, extend H., elevated tFachs a mile or Two ior
~. benefit Of property -O'ners In other paris "' 'H'
CIV The Harlem Canal b, couSiructd ana the fA''
WAY I, ordered 10 raise II, bridge ana Tue w y
ordered - raise IT, bridge, which VIII cost "''"
siouoo ono to s2OOOoOOO. Property owners aohs
tl,e line, Of the structures elevated S"n"' 'n'o"
.,.oc nj, d,no,q, upon the theory that the inferior
commerce must yield 70 the superior ooH"'''' "''
* TINT the commerce which crosses the Harlem "'e'
-, e., ,,,v hrtag,, and tho railway BRIDGE must
,.,1 % ,hc more valuable traffic which !, carried on
the vessels on the Harlem
Nothing to-ts a theory HE direct i'''.'',''
ono dny last summer the dri"b1dse over ''o "''''"
River w,s open ior thirty minutes ~ 'N' D'"'''
honr Of he dsy Tor tire railway lm' be,kn "p W , h..
an ne. Hudson River IOah i- ii ~ -. a., con
~ r,, 49,, flr A, white Plains and on TIE Sew laNch
49, f,r A. Greenwich. or about ~" ti', '"H..,,
When the draw wa~ ,io'u 'la f0a t,r,nd Central
tr.iu- curiins s"rkins To ch''t l.' .. ,t'',
,','-.d , .Ittier delay - about thirty W't7 19N,u-
90 the necessity u iahng CIR ', were nhont
Il, relieve the wards. Ou tc'' "n."o 80 ci'rn..
~ 900 people Of whom 10000 ",r' i"'I,.l" $3.50, 1870
professional nc aI', ,a t ,Ity Th.y All suffered
q los ard in the "f"'e II aHt,In"i =" - -
deal wa cuflOd- to hng" wa, -" e.. o't - ,hc
,h. .uprrior comIncrc" when ip'A an hO'' wv ~
,.c sup 20, COO Ln.y mon and found Tat u WAn
tpg milling a harcc the cole freight upon WINCH WIS
,a,,. ran and IA barrel II apples