New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-27
OPPOSED TO AN UNDERGROUND ROAD.

tn G E0ltOr OF j Ht ! ! y
sir: read with regret the editorial on the Kappa
Transit report I'm your issue Of last saturday, and
regard II rs inconsistent with the facts Of the case
assume In the first place that II the proposed boring
was 10 be through Printing House square, with IL
station IN the basement Of yOur building and tmid
tenants vacatins your eligible Offices the editorial re-
ferrcd to would not have been written and Your claim
for damages would be very large. In the second place
you viii probably admit that If this expensive ex-
pertinent Is ever tried the money Will be raised by
bonding the city and under city control and you know
what this means. In the third place, you say tine
practical question is what we like. but What we
can have" ] think II much more consistent for You
10 the practical question Is not what the people
want but what Tammany Hall wants In the third
place, | think you are inconsistent In not Directing
to the manner IN which the hearings be
fore the Commission have been conducted. have
fault to find with the Commissioners as gentlemen.
They exceedingly courteous 10 all who appeared
before them. but am Mt a loss to know why they
din not examine all the witnesses who were heard
both for against the scheme OF the stenway Com
mission. | say, why should this latter Commission
be allowed 10 appear by eminent counsel while the
opposers without organization appeared individuals
to state their views either experts, G., property
owners, business men?
ANY di>intcrcstcd party attending Ccsc meetings
would have imagined by the cross examination TO which
the opposers Of the experiment subjected that
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Conducted this trial was in spirit OF intimidation,
the opposers placed at great disadvantage.
Those who favored the scheme were not subjected to
the same rigid cross examination. | must commend
the eminent counsel "a having done hi, work well Is
the representative OF the Stcnway Commission. and
having gained a victory IN his effort TO iriate the
witnesses for the defence by hs think II
will be admitted that the Witnesses for the defence
were eminent those for The prosecution
! asked the learned counsel Of the Stcinway Com
mission If he preferred riding on underground road
rather than the elevated, aud received the nipINnt
reply that a cab good enough for him. Having
lived al Washington Heights fos more than twenty
years and travelled on The elevated road nearly
every day SINCE IL was built. ! know what a benefit
IL has teen 10 that locality and We have been
patiently waiting FOR two year, past for increa.e ed
faciltc, ~ The kind. Instead ~ lTuntlng ID ;
request told by Two Comm stones That while
they know what want they l.OPl~c trying an
experiment which they hop Will be- succ"~s but
I'm the meantime We must walt the result. although
the delay will cost the city Unny nrllnn- ~ dollar.
When N" property OWurrs suy huld Nour ROAD u
you can, but iu the meant me don't keep IL waiting
for relief. AID met WITH the answer tmi
Ills would tt~cOurdg" capitalist from Investing III
the underground scheme. patience under fns" cir
cunsfanccS cci,N f. De- virtue. Twu commissioners
by thfr report virtually SAY that they choose an
uncertainty IN prcfcTcnc" 70 q certainty.
New York. June 80, 1867. EDWARD T. GRIFFIN.