New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-03
COLE AND COFFEY MEET.
ppEsrDENr OF STATE RAILROAD COMMITS
SION AND SENATOR EXPLAIN
AND SMILE.
THE COMMISSION TO TAKE RIDE ON THE
nPooK1YN RAPID TRANSIT COM
PANY's LINES TO INvEsT1-
GATE FOR ITSELF.

PANY'S LINES TO INNEsTI-
GATE FOR ITSELF.
1,roso yvbo attended the meeting OF the etA'o
Railroad Commission in the Borough nan yeSto.
dax 70 listen 10 the grievances OF persons WY
d,esstished with the running OF the oIooA'"
Transit Company were not treated 10 any 80" 800
a,a,s such as enlivened the session at the fll'H
~ xIo,ai two weeks previous. There was the
o..oa mating between Senator Micnae! j. OoieS
and colonel Ashley W. Cole president OF Inc 0ta.e
Railroad Commission. but II was milo no 1
tor severely criticised Senator Coney al the meet
ing in Manhattan, because the oehA'oi huu -
oroted as saving that the Railroad Commission was
49, -, oornorations and was therefore partial
=, a., aac,sions II was expected that the fur would
a. ,hen the two men came together. but the incl
dent passed quietly.
Senator Corey entered the courtroom "neio 10
hearing was In progress and TOOK d seat HeA' '
door. Soon afterward Thomas p. Farrell OF fo''
Hamilton. informed Commissioner O0io ''"' '0
tor Cofey was present. ,,.
asted the chairman in a low voice to Senator Cor
few who had walked TO the front OF the room
~ an not think should make the frst state
,nent understand you wished 10 see me. repheo
the Senator almost under his breath
..rerhaps II would be better for US 70 walt ~itii
,,s Csc q decided before entering upon any dis
.,,ssion OF the matter at issue" said Mr. Cole
81 shall then however" replied the senator ue-
cline 10 discuss what the newspapers salo "oo
me And I think that 1t would have been better
Cor Won TO have ascertained just what did say
before you criticised me .
..-hat is fair" said MIR. Cole. and want IL
Understood here that did not call any person
1,ar nor did cali any person scoundrei. what
a,d cav was that II you were quoted correctly
,,ou had cast aspersions upon this Commission
yLtcb should be proved or retracted.
10th men then bowed and smiled, ana senator
CGnss IN the afternoon Commissioner Cole and
lntr II Hanbury. who almost came 10 Dlo"s
ia! hearing two weeks before. in the Flitn ave
al az Hotel made explanations ana apologies ~
each other. $50 800. ,h,,g T u,snt IN saw" spoke
UP Conn., Iwo weeks ago to-day but We have
occur an understanding to-day. The gentleman
rteS"vu reuresentlng South Brooklyn-he ana !
VINO ,,o an alteration. wholly unnecessary lie
sot M s.eo-stood a statement which made IN con-
lnlsunu 9t,h an ultimate scheme OF through tran,
nect ION, Goney Island to Harlem. he thought
ST. iio ~ Lin9 in q spirit OF sarcasm was never
Was sPe.,iis I'm nv life. The whole Concentration
more ssed rom his misunderstanding OF my state
was ca" = a m we'll along IN years. ana YET 90 nope
mem. through system or rapid transit from one
10 seo ,he city 10 the other. never saw TINS
enc .,ornen before that day ana II ne states lnh
Sts''"nderstood my statement ! VIII say that
ne iiiI nrry for everything that Followed
az u nh,ry replied in the same concihatory VEIN
df .as aeeiaed yesterday that the Commissioners
,ho 'Ryroosiyn Rapid Transit Company Inc Ciu-