New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-10-11
BIDDING STOPPED.
THE CONTROLLER ENJOINED IN REGARD
TO THE FRANCHISE SALE.

ALLEGED RELATIONS OF TWO COMPETING COM
PANIEs TO THE 'HUcKLEBERRY" RAILWAY
SOME INTERESTING FACTS.
The so-called mock auction for the franchise
granted on the application OF the Peoples Traction
Company. for the right to lay tracks in more than
twenty miles OF streets in the annexed district was
suspended yesterday by Injunction Issued by
Judge Niles Beach OF the Court of Common Peas
The Controller had adjourned the sale until noon
yesterday when at p Wednesday the bid
ding for the franchise had reached 6s5 lilo per cent
OF the gross receipts. This was the Peoples bid
The representatives OF this company had protested
Wednesday against receiving more bids when his
bid reached 100 per OF the gross receipts and
insisted that the franchise should be knocked down
to his company. The protest was not entertained
and the remarkable bidding chroncled In yesterdays
Tribune continued until the adjournment
Another protest OF the Peoples Company was that
bids OF the North New-York Traction Company and
the Southern Boulevard Company should not be re-
ceved by the Controller. on the ground that the
two companies creatures OF the Union or
"Huck.eberry' Railway. whose charter was OBJ
taned from the Tammany Legislature OF 1892 under
alleged extraordinary circumstances. The bid
ding companies had filed bonds with the Con-
trolIer binding themselves TO forfeit $4,000 each
failure TO comply with the conditions OF SALE which
contemplated the speedy building of the road
trolers office to resume the bidding farce Of
Wednesday, Assistant Corporation-Counsel Dean
after long struggle with his law books. had failed
to find anything justifying continuance Of tn t
kind OF bidding and advised Controller Fitch to ad-
iourn the sale for week. Before the Controller had
time to announce the adjournment the mandamus or
Judge Beach was served. enjoinng the Controller
from going on with the sale. The papers were made
returnable october H.
The injunction obtained by the Southern Rail-
way Boulevard Company. through Tierney d Hal
sey. lawyers. OF No. 25G Broadway. 1t was granted
on the affidavit OF Edward Mayer. president or the
company named alleging that the bid of 695 l-6 per
cent not made in good falth ana that sucn
Company. whose bids had stopped at per cent and
were made in good faith Professor Collin. the law
legal adviser Of Governor Flower at Albany. served
the papers on Controller Fitch. A clerk from Mr.
Gce s ns on M Sh ehe
representative of the North New-fork Traction
Matthew p Breen counsel for the Peoples Com
pany protested against the Injunction.
The charge that the two competing companies are
in collision with the "Huckleberry' combination Is
said to rest on some facts Edward MAYER the
also president of the Union or "Huckleberry"
Company. and he Is the man who got 90 out the in
junction The perfection bonds, of $4,000 each, de-
posted with the Controller as guarantee for com
pliance with the terms OF sale show the name Of ex
New-York and the Southern Boulevard bonds, Mr.
Sheehan. who is credited with being largely inter-
sentative of the North New-York Traction Com
pany and II was his partner. PROFESSOR Collin, VINO
had the injunction papers served.
Mr.. Halsey Of the firm Of Tierney & Halsey, said
yesterday that he did not know anything about the
injunction 800 , .
1T wasn't drawn up in this Office. he said. We
do some of the work of the Union Railway Company
and Mr. Tierney might have prepared the papers
without telling me about IT," Mr.. Halsey smiled. All
the papers were acknowledged before Edward j.
McGoldrick. notary public and stenographer in
Mr. Sheehan's office.
John L. Hughes. young lawyer in William r
Sheehans office, who did the bidding for the North
New York Company Tuesday, admitted that the
papers which served on Sheehan had been
drawn up In Sheehans office.