New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-03
ALDERMEN. WANTED TO KNOW
QUESTIONS ASKED ABOUT THE BfsooN-
LYN HEIGHTS ROADS En-
PRESS BUSINESS
THE RELATIONS or THE RAILROAD ANp thh
NATIONAL EMPRESS COMPANY MADE THE
srEJECT OF AZ INQUIRY

TIN. REL, ATOMS or THE RAILROAD MD thh
NATIONAL. EMPRESS COMPANY MADE THE
STREET OF Az INQUIRY.
rhe t,u Committee Of the Board of Aldermen
spent lively hour Yesterday afternoon with ON
cors and counsel Of the brooklyn Heights Rairoah
COMPANY and the National Express COMPANY
They had requested these visitors to u" p'eS'n ~
the hone Of proving by them that 1t Is the Nao'"'
Express Company that Is doing SURFACE '"''""'
express business IN brooklyn. tn" rerr'S'n''"'''
Of both corporations stubhornly insisted INA, III"
cxpr.gs company was merely aSslFt'hS NV '"'"'''
company To do an express business
W f. Shcchan WIS permitted 10 'NP"'" -"
legal right OF the BROOKLYN city ana h'lSh'H '"'"'
ranios to carry express The general ral'r"'" IL"
Of Isl, permitted railroad companies 10 carry P'
so,. and rroperty" The Brooklyn city road was
incornoratcd under this act in 1881 ana s''"''''
franchise from tho Board Of Aldermen. who 'K'-
vise gave 20 the railroad permission to carry l"r-
sons and property.
..Rn, property. as used there. means baggage
remarked Alderman oltrogge
Mr. Sbcoban said the steam roads were given no
other permission TO carry freight and EXPRESS ina"
IN. persons and property of Tn" g"n'ra' ""' ~"
nor which the street lines were also op'ih'lpg
Mr. Oltrocee then asked for statement rs u"
what WAS being done by tn" BrookNn '''sn''
company I'm the way OF CARRYING 'NP'','
companv Mr. Shcchan replied. was ''''E'nN ~
I'm
the National Express company merely rs an agent
IN collect and distribute for the cars
/ e. Lcdyard counsel for the National fAP''S"
,,ou,.nv explaincd that the arrangement "t"'''
his company and the railroad company WIS NV
Same II was operating under with rail'oH"S an
over the country He asserted that t"' ""P''".
c,r, ~ tho United States had decided that III "A"
those cases the express company WAS '"' "s'"'
NJ the railroad and not the opposite.
Mr. Otroegc wanted to see In" contract "''"''n
tho ,wo companies. Mr. Sheehan at ilrst 'o"ha''e'
this hcatedy intimating that the committee w
going too far in attempting TO make inc Pri'""
v.i,. NJ his company public property "" hnaIIy
agreed to LET Mcssrs Cook and Oltrogge look al he
contract on Wednesday at p m
William Min executor OF tn" Johh trooper ~
tate urged that the estate be permitted 10 ere''
fountain at the junction ~ ST. Marks Pace ana
I Lr,tbusb-aye In his will Mr.. Hooper leit *J.HV toi
Rrookiyn charities and 500 for FOUNTAIN Ma
| Roodv and Schicrcn and the previous t'"t," VI
AIderu en- had agreed upon this site. ana "ork WE
hepr,n ON complaint OF the Carleton 'hb q I'sVu
lion was presented several months ago rcsclrunl,
tho original resolution. Tn" commute"
dncidad 10 report against this resembling resou on
v,liam If Matthews president OF the \enhers
Associ.iion and representatives OF other otsatlGt
lions urged the committee 10 rccc mn"nd me rcpiu
ZION making the vendors license ". conhlhg u u
! ono wagon owned ny Frooklynitc. ana 10 "hoW
| onlv ono helper 10 n wagon. The committee agreed
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