New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-22


nAy-vA1L STREETS IDEA
OF TAMNANY's MOTIVES.
..,.,o, not utterance" was Mr.. Croker's
~ Yesterday in the campaisn Of the Tam
"',. cohorts against the Manhattan Railway
o,v Accordingly. Mr.. Croker himself was
'.,t.ent as Grant or Stonewan Jackson; Presi-
-, Murphy OF the Board Of Health refrained
~, uniting forth any reports from his inspec-
49,. ~ complaints from outsiders, such as the
.,..hot,an Company and q long-suffering pub
-. ,ove come 10 expect daily from him, illumi-
- bv his own pregnant comments. and the
,'..;,rrs ~ the Nigwam triumphed even IN
..se ~ Coogan who uttered yesterday not
.,g,e threat for publication. There was in
,..s in the two houses Of the Municipal As
.niv The sound Of many voices: but II was
..,.,v the concontaut of the action when
-. leader had ordered. the rattle and roar or
-. vo,al rnusketrv Of the tnlrty-one in the
80 of Aldermen as they discharged the vol
-. - ballots which should force the Manhat-
~, - r,,n It's trains on FIVE minutes headWay
Az and night and place hundreds Of addl-
.,.,el d-ir mans under the elevated structure;
- ~ the majority in the Council also as they
.....s tho esht and won the victory on the
hye-minute ordinance.
7, Wall Street che Tammany leaders scanning
49, smoky skies. found comfort in a faint sleam
~ sunshine. for Manhattan eased off trife IN
.. stock narket-only = per cent. but every
r,,. decline counts when one has sold at HO
..rk which he hasn't got and which he cannot
,rr for delivery at less than l13 There was
.r-or sAoat in the Street of a contest in the
If ~
,..,s.a-ra5 r. was announced after the regular
vseklv meeting yesterday II the Manhattan ol-
,..,ors that no business Of public interest had
hssn transacted. but the Tammany attack Is
natter for the lawyers to deal with, and there
arc no abler and shrewder lawyers IN thls city
than the Manhatan's counsel
STILL "sHANfEFULLY OBsTINATE'
W., Street is s-m shamefuily obstiI ate in its
r..,sal N accept 1t par so 10 sleak, Mr.
c..,sr.s s,loev ~ the lofty virtue Of Tammany
r5.,rs motive IN forcing the hght on Manhattan
IN the sole interest Of "the rights OF the people
wsu street. & the home Of rumor. and rumor
with thousand tongues is whispering there
sro, words as "auto-truck' and "Tammany
shorts" and Metropolitan William c. Whit
nav was quoted Yesterday as saying. in answer
- a question whether or not any negotauohs
,,.s~a ns,5lng between the Metropolitan and the
Manhattan. u would not sanction any sucn
movement am not and have not been inter-
estei in the Manhattan Company for some time
would deolore and oppose any absorption oi
the Manhattan by the Metropolitan. You can
,,,+ hat inst a. strongly as YOU like. Also deny
that nv associates or I are after the control or
the road r e utterly false from first 70 last"
Z
acquiring control o. the elevated railway sys-
TEN however. f. is understood that negotiations
looking to merger Of the two companies have
been conducted in the past
Among the systems Of motive power suggested
for installation on the elevated roads when It
became known recently that the Manhattan
Railway Company was really about TO make
change from steam. was compressed air. On
February il was announced in the newspapers
hat President Gould had decided that the best
motive power for the Manhattan lines would he
electricity. for the equipment Of the road with
which about S1OOOOOO0 would be expended.
The next day the public attacks by Tammany on
The Manhattan Railway Company began. II is
The business ~ Wall Street 10 study cause and
effect and the street set itself ~ once 10 the
Interesting scrutiny IN this case.
Men said that the air-power people must have
made efforts 70 secure for their system the ad-
ysrtsement and the great profit 70 be derived
from equpping the Manhattan cars with air
motors, and they did not overlook the fact that
some big Tammany men were largely Interested
q corporations affiliated with the parent air
pwer company 1T is true that President
iould has pronounced in favor Of electricity"
The wseacr4s Of the financial district continued
but ne hasn't given out any contracts, and
While there's lie there's hope These Tammany
assaults are an spontaneous and unrelated 70
one anOther. for Mr. Croker has said ne didn't
moV anything about them. But in Tammany
me Interest Of one is the concern Of ALL and il
Is not Impossible that this fact may have been
ne reason for some of the attacks on the Man
haItan. although the others were inspired en-
u'ey by The stern resolve 10 obtain justice for
The people"
FOR THE GOOD OK THE PUBLIC. HE SAYS .
While the Tammany men were acting and
'oung Ike auromatons IN the Municipal Coun-
Gil Richard Croker was uptown communing
WIN himself Ever since the FIRST gun was fired
The campaisu against the Manhattan com
p'ny Mr. Croker has talked freely of the holy
mat Tammany is waging He has said
"a. ne and all the Tammany leaders were actu- .
'0 oy no motives aside from the public wei /
.ss .sts snd has scOned the idea that the whole 7
OH oiSs- was "a strike, and that be- as we'll as
Ns,,.s many l-~cers. was short of /
,..,i' ,ia''eh When asked yesterday about pros
hal utFe4ol olnents. Do said tcrsely that he /
one s-'nlhs more to say. that The battle was /
oHc,ii, We good Of the public. and that the city .
epuol '' ME" 10 consult as 'hey were
Dfoyossss nation is being manifested over the
c0nprv ,.lalnaAce compelling The Manhattan
Stands = 70 remove from It's property The news
The vsi,t's ~ penny -ln-tne-slot gum machines and .
sad N.ns ne hines. The pewspaper stands"
ook ~ aHa hundreds and thousands " people
Ielr rA-,.r-l4 ,'rl4 Tor papers and periodicals. and
oonsor, "a would Doe cause for public dis
he capa as lor the Weighing machines and
ar Dor s. chocolate and gum machines. they
pa,rortts sgch necessity. but they are largely
srS Va1ea are harmless. are IN 1obo6y;s V.ay
/ Is beY,a,..S7 De missed by great many people
iegissrior IN, .na' this portion Of the proposed
'''''es allowed n continue"