New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-26
NO INCREASE OF EXPENSE.
Ex.MAYOR HEWITT AND OTHERS OPPOSE
THE HAMILTON BILL
1T PROPOSES THE EXPENDITURE OF 100000 BE-
YoNp THE S5coooooO VOTED DY TIE PEOPLE
FOR RAPID TRANSIT - Mr.. HEWlTTs
STRONG SPEECH AT TIE HEAR

YOND THE $4,000 eco VOTED BY IiE FE-OfLH
FOR RAPID TRANSIT - Mr.. HEwITTs
STRONG srEE-H AT THE HEAR
ING BEFORE THE MAYOR.
,,4 u.i1esoread interest fel; in rapid transit had
49, aeect NJ crowding the Mayors Office YESTERDAY
With sod-looking business citizens az the hearing
N the Hamilton BILL which AMENDS the rape IRAN
s,t act This bill Is a compilation Of al me As'S-
,atlon affecting rapid transit pa5sed since Inc ao'
If 1881 It's principal amendment empowers '"e
Rapid Transit Commission 70 cNpenc S''V'V'''' o
yond Tho $50 10000 which the people NoteG - e'li
the o.vs creli, for last November the point i.i1'3
nv the speakers &ga--st the OIL was M ~
,rnsx dn1ent allowing 100000 beyond ue S'''''','
wh.ch the electors authorize. was mequitaDe ana
H,nrrea the door to unlimited expenditure. II was
an ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, also. that the road pIah"en
by the commission would far exceed N COST me
SIN, promised before election. EX-MayoT Eie"-'t
declared that the bill, II IT became law "ON'N
seriousy impair, perhaps ruin, the city c'eU''.
Before the hearing opened Mayor Sucng ana ex-
Navor Hewitt had a private consultation on the
questions involved, in which they were Joihel .!
CORPORATION Counsel Scott, and afteiUaEd ny a. -
Boardman counsel for re commission NneA ':e
Mayor vas ready to Begin there were present
Alexander +. Orr, president Of the RAPID Trans"
Commission: Seth Low, John II. Starin and Con-
troUer Fitch Commissioners, and a B. Boarcnah
Of the counsel; Cyrus Clark, j. c. DelaveTsne' ana
large delegation of North Side citizens. Inc
SPACE around the Mayors table was packed Win
eager listeners.
NORTH SIDERS PROTEST.
The Mayor pursued his usual custom OF nearing
the directors first and John {. Delavergne, pres-
dent of the North Side Board Of Trade arose and
said ,hat neither he nor his neghbors above the
Harlem opposed rapid transit, but they were op-
posed &c the sort OF rapid transit the commission
proposed 10 give the section OF the city ABOVE the
Harlem Although there are $4,000 people IN the
war
posed that the rapid transit road snail run only 10
One-hundred ar forty sixth-st That. we declare.
said Mr. Delavergne. with some heat, is UNFAIR
absurd and unjust Rapid transit is for the purpose
OF carrying people long distances. We have the peo-
Die but in tire plans proposed We are ignored
The West Side which is sparsely settled, has been
given all IL asked Our population is two or three
times greater than that Of the West SIDE we
should have fair deal, at least Sl2o""o OF the
proposed expenditure OF 100000. hope You VIII
demand OF the Rapid Transit Commission what Will
be fair and right for the North Side. Unless we
can get 1, we must nsis; that you withhold your
assent from the BILL
Samuel NJ. Mcmillan. representing the builders
associations. opposed the bill. He said:
Many reforms are needed to-day in the building
anu health regulations OF the city. The poor man
cannot pay The rents now demanded in good local.
ites,. ard he is compelled TO exist in a downtown
hovel. This is serious question and its solution
hes IN giving him a cheaper home side by side WIN
in rapid transit and reduced fare Then ihere viii
&c asa Ks T b well ed ms fer h he f4cwh is
a. the north end Of the city where ground is 90
River cent 'As''s' '''" ! - ''' u" u 'N'
Ex-Judge Ernest Hall spoke Of the nonstrous
injustice which had been done the people above the
Harlem River in the failure OF the Rapid Transit
Commission TO provide through the territory
in which they lived. They unalterably opposed
to ali legislation which rendered them liable TO tax
alton without commensurate benefit. The West
Side. now provided for. was in such condition that
1t would need rapid transit for forty years while
the East Side had large population and no rapid
transit above Observation-Disclosures ;h-st
There several other speeches from North
Side representatives. and then David Mcclure ad-
dressed the Mayor behalf Of property holders
the Boulevard between One-hundrel-and-thirty
first and One-hundred- and thirty-thiri He op
posed the bill on account of the nsu.ciency of the
sum allotted for DAMAGES. The undermining Of old
buildings IN Broadway would cost immense sum
to the city. ard the property damaged would never
be paid for. Mr. Mcclure also questioned the con-
stituiionality of the law.
EX-MAYOR HEwITT'S ADDRESS.
Ex-Mayor Hewitt. although evidently quite iii. and
speaking at frs; with painful effort attacked the bill
In an argument OF remarkable force and cloquence
Mr. Hewitt's telling points were constantly ap-
plauded. He began by saying that he Iii
that ne feared that he could do the subject JUS
tice having arisen from sick bed be present,
urgent was the call Of duty to oppose this measure
He continued
the Mayor TO refuse 10 sign a bill waich. If !; be-
S ss 1 Of pY2Ts Hf he eefn Of S9 0m
Nilsson IS composed Of gen;lemgn Of TIE highest
But in this bill these gent.en en- have made
Breaking down OF the limit OF expen1iturt have
RAPID Sns some 90 40 say W9 i a the sae or
of the scheme, and thai great credit viii accrue to
ms h nave aR9 a 6sape dfss @ N . w a
thing 70 do with RAPID transit than 70 have rapid
TT. This i ,s6 al consistent scheme iaie aPPTopria
Perform the work The authors Of this BIZ the
members Of the RAPID Tr@nsi; Commission come
city S Of o. THAT aS does me not eoG ri s
Wbe to e9 d1 more NOR than s IN the To1k
not know II this sun adequate. but long as
visions Of the Bill they are on perfectly safe ground
the moment ;hey depart from them they go
visions Of the Bill can be broken in one particular
thse can be broken in another.
Trirning TO Mayor Strong. the ex-Mayor said I'm
pressveiy
entreat YOU, Nh; Mayor. no, to sign this biz, but
70 hold these gentlemen (point.ng 70 the Commits
Obligations under which they took orice. yoa
you ha Mafa W" are be M
upon 70 adhere TO- II this measure Is passed and
ens svfP be SnR x as o 81
fecsed Should 'ns f S be So
any suggestion, Of mine. made IN the performances
and dfoy
credit CT our city. The Commissioners claim that
the road be built for ;500D00oo II they want
more money II is their fault. because remen1-
Der that estimate which was submitted in 1883
was TO construct the road for 100000. leaving
margin Of 100000 for the payment Of damage
claims. But this comG'sslon wants 20 run the road
increase expenses at least 100000 The Elm-st.
route was more feasible. They are braye- than
in pushing their scheme FOR the route up Broad
way and you. Mr.. Mayor. are a drawer man than
property-holder in Broadway between Twenty-thiTd-