The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-02-25

New Attack by
From THE EvrxrNo suS Of ye,terdav.
Mr. Croker is.the head and front. apparent
IL " the promotion in New York OF Com
messed Air.
with "a view TO the economical distribution
M, comrressed air for commercial purposes;
that Is to- say, its employment as power either
for machinery or locomotiy uses. he demand
al ottke Manhattan Elevated the right for one
hundred years TO hang upon its structures In
,ir streets the pipes or conduits for tho con-
.ynuce Of the compressed air at n pressure
$4,000 pounds to the square inch. For this
right he named the price he would pay. 1t
vas SlOOOO . year.
The Manhattan Company refused to accede.
We are informed that IL did so on the ground
that it could not legally devote its structure to
such uses: that the structure was unsuitable
for such a purpose that public opinion would
condemn It, and that the dangers OF air un-
der a pressure Of 1000 pounds to the square
inch we're. FOR the present at least. lnsutnclent-
" understood.
There should be no Illusions as to the mo-
,fy7s OF tho Park Department. the Health
Hoard and Mr.. Cookers other bureaus in their
present proceedings. against the-elevated rail-
way system.
Immediately after the publication OF the ar
flNln Qlpl5u dDpNe MI Sloho oit nv "
Augustus A. Van Wyck. counsel to the Auto
Truck Company.
Mr.. Van Wyck. when he was seen by q Sun
reporter. after Mr.. Cookers visit. listened to
the reading OF the article and said he would
not be interviewed. He was only the counsel
OF the com pany. He advised that the proper
officers OF the company be seen.
Its the frs. I've heard OF anything Of tho
kind" said Mr.. Van Wick. as the reporter
vas leaving his office.
Mr.. Croker was seen by the reporter. He
said after he had read the article:
All there is in that is that negotiations
were going on between our lawyers and the
lawyers OF the other company in reference to
putting up these pipes on the elevated struc-
ture. While the negotiations were going on
the Health Board came out with a statement
condemning the structure. and the negotia-
,Icns fell through. l didn't know ANYTHING
about the Health Board report at the time and
would not have stopped it il 1 had known
about it. Ii they can make any capital out OF
that they are welcome to do So"
Mr.. Croker was informed that Michael Kelly
Of District Assembly 40 and other alleged
labor men had visited the Mayor and told him
that they had a lot Of complaints to make
against the elevated roads and wanted q
chance to make them.
That's it." said Mr.. Croker. Now. you
see. that's the way the people feel. l hear 1t
going up in the elevated railroad trains. They
complain about the unhealthy cars, about the
cold blasts that So through them anf about T ths
TR3s Was ali Mr, Croker had 70 say; Hs.hsd
The reporter visited the oflce OF the Auto
i tsuS Wh SGeiR he Saw All, Alfred ! :Head IL thePTesi,
dent OF the company. Mr.. Hoadley said that
Huto.TrucS Company wanted to hang its pipes
to the elevated railroad structure. and he
quickly changed the subject thus: ~ ,ooo
say thAt,it is not dangerous. Il is q d.y pres
S Tet p aes has il no w e1ndd0fbs s di aEse,i And Ga Mr..
HG2dley bowed-the r~ep,orter from his Office
Manhattan Elevated Railroad. was not in the
city, yesterday. and the other officials Of the
m ToS6 w 2ai1 n At d the Ma ats tT09 ofies E Y WAS sam am
noupcsd officially THAI Mayor Van Wyek has
f 1S d,. WTsd1nesdfE next 6t.I March Il l. at st hS Ma1 pass
Office. Tor hearing all persons in favor Of or
ouposed 70 the ordinances requiring the Gle
York to place, drip pans directly under their
tracks throughout the entire length OF their
1 way c0mpan saa IN IN the tRm Borough ugh Of Manhattan
to cause their cars to be operated on their
gteI during the entire day; and. as requested
BY the Manhattan Elevated Hallway COMPANY
has caused to be sent tho following letter:
Alfred Skiti, Esq. Vies-PreSidtHt Manhattan Elevated
DEAR SIR; I am directed by the Mayor to
ton an ordinance requiring the elevated rail-
Ways in the city OF New York TO place dTlp
t Eses entire SiTsc Isnr gbd oI t their , tFaSks %sro aad slSo
an ordinance to compel such %eleyated railway
companies in the borough Of Manhattan to
not less than ono train every five mtnuteg dur;
ing the entire twenty-iour hours Of each, and
you that the Mayor has G1sd Wednesday next.
March l. at hall past 10 o'clock In the lore,
favor OF or opposed to said ordinances, This
notice is given to you In conformity with your
request for an opportunity to be heard there-
on Very respectfully IfRnB Y%G n. Dowsrs.
Secretary to the Mayor"
Col, Michael g; Murphy. the President Of the
Tar Bun reporter saw him. He had read IN q
paper that he was not thoroughly satisfied
sEaminine the: elevated railroad, structure 70
show that 1t is not safe; and had determined
that no cot q stapladder and put 1t up in the
middle Of The street under the e ehsd 10:
iron WORK as train. after train rolled over II,
GUS liei lie was red in The face and angry
col Murphy wishes 1t known that he has abb
solu'e confidence in the engineers he has at
There were no further attacks on the Man
haitian nv any OF the city departments, yes;
'erdsy. The fact that the elevated railroad
rompanies IN tho borough OF BROOKLYN are In
Guided in the terms OF the Tammany ,drip-pan
ordinance may lead TO some complications
The ordinacs provides that drip pans ehall be
placed beneath tho entire length OF Al the ole.
was drawn by Borough President Coogan Il
applied only to tho Manhattan system. and the
rNangs was made in the Council. Under the
ordinance as It now reads IT Is possible that
10 I, good deal Of inconvenience on account OF
its Park avenue ~trestle. and the
ordnance might also affect the Central but
this featute Of it has not caused much talk
among politicians: The position in which the
Brooklyn elevated roads will find themselves
has, on tho other hand. led to a good deal Of
gossip.
These roads are in the hands OF receivers,
and they Fave never been as prosperous as the
Manhattan Company. The EXPENSE OF equip
ring the lines with drip pans would be a dim,
,ult onestor them to meet, and tho political
COMPLICATIONS likely to arise from an attempt
10 enforce the ordinance are interesting. u
is agreed that II the ordinance i9 approved u
must bs enforced :impartially. A. good many
eminent Democrats arc interested In the