The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-13
TUNNEL FRANCHISE ASSURED.
AID. 81 LLVAN HIMSELF WILL
lOTE ron IT IF NEED BE.
Oficial Announcement confirms the
"Sun's"-I5ig Thu Has seen some.
thing Eniightening supposed 10 he IA.
tronage cute Politics, WIxwam says


tronage Cute Politics, WiSwam says.
pledge Of enough votes TO pass the
tunnel franchise wis secured yesterday
10y representatives Of the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad a. THE SUN said a week ago il
would pe. and last night A. b. Boardman
of BuaIdman, Plat 4 Solely, counsel for
In" Pennsylvania, announced;
we have got the votes Necessary to pass
the franchise next Tuesday and 80 far as
looking for support in the Board of Alder
men il concerned our labors are finished.
Il have altogether too much respect for
the ability of the men in control of Tammany
Hall To SUP pose that they really intended
to defeat this franchise la my opinion
1t will he passed next Tuesday, even if II
should be necessary for Alderman Sullivan
and Alderman Mccall To vote for i, D."
To this may Ice added that the additional
votes for ia" franchise which will give the
necessary ma ori,v will be- cast by Tam
many Aldermen Between to-day and Tues
day enough Of tE"m will experience a
change Of heart 20 carry the grant through.
The votes viii com" from various quarters
of IN" town, but most of those y hose atti-
/ tud" will bc changed will be from below
Fourteenth street. IN tn" Democratic terri
tory Of Manhattan which i dominated by
tongrc--mdn-el"ct Timothy Il. sullivan
1t was easy guessing for the politicians
las, night that tn" Influence which was
To pass ia" gram next Tuesday Has Mr..
SulliVan'-. lie has been credited with
obstruc'ing IN" grant in the board. though
his cousin, Little Tim sullivan, led the lobby
! against ii. II will he with his assent that
| the board will pass the franchise
Mr., Sullivan, il il said, has been led to
apprcCiat" that the peopl" of New York
want the tunnel and that IN. workers who
will get employment that will bring them
s3D,cr,t-r in wages also want il and want
! 1t in the only form that they can get it, tina,
/ is,with the franchise in it, presen, form.
A. the working force in Tammany Hall
| in this movement Congressman Sullivan
! concluded that the patronage which the
great improvement would carry with it
must no, be- lost. Tammany district leaders
were saving last night tina, Big Tim has
! pulled of a big trick and would be- able to
| find work for many thousands of men
| who might be recommended TO him by the
! various Tainmany organizations
sullivan has played cute politics all
through" said 1ammany leader He
of standing out for an cight-hour law and
other labor restrictions To the last minute
and Of yielding only when it seemed that
! the big improvement which the business
! interests of the town demanded was about
To be lost And incidentally he has come
into the possession of enough patronage to
intrench himself for years to come"
Thursdays CITY Record disclosed that
~ 4,
I Tunnels ha- ALSO reported favorablv on
! the application of the New York and New
Jersey Railroad Company for its tunnel
J from Christopher 81 rect to New Jersey under
/ the North River. Tire" Tammany Alder
men, Brcnncr, Haggcrty and McCaul signed
! the report.
The attorney for the Pennsylvania Rail
| road authorized the statement yesterday
that the road stood willing To buy AT the
market pric" any land in the city of New
| York which was touched by the tunnel
! THE Pennsylvania has been entirely fair
! in This matter said on" of its counsel.
| 1T has not undertaken to get the necessary
! property bv condemnation proceedii g.
! but has bought il al the market price and
has spent over ss,Vor.00 for property thus
! far. If any man thinks his property is
/ going to b" damaged by the tunnel we
stand ready to buy from him AT the market
! price, which il is easy to establish"
! OF the stories circulated by some of
| the Aldermen, that senator Pla,ts son
had undertaken to put the grant through
! for IN" Pennsylvania for an immense fee
/ Mr.. Boardman said;
, We have acted as counsel for the Penn
/ sylvania, New York and Long Island Rail
road Company. our arrangement is such
! that it makes no diTercnce to us whether
| the franchise passes or not"
Frank II. Patt, who heard this state
meut made. added. you may say that
/ our firm Is ready To- make an arrangement
! with any Responsible corporation that
wants to advance underground rapid
! transit in New York"
President lIaNen Of The Bronx said last
night that he would not make mp his mind
! how To vote until heSt Tuesday He and
| the Aldermen from his territory are going
| to hold IA meeting tomorrow night and
read the franchise over again. They are
counted for the franchise, with one
exception.
A law firm which has acted ia the pas,
/ for certain corporate interests that are
| opposed to the construction of the tunnel
, hdd IN preparation Yesterday papers IN a
taXpayers suit which, it WAS stated, would
/ bc brought 10 ob,truct the tunnel con-
tract in anticipation OF its passage by the
/ Aldermen.
The Pennsylvania people were not wor-
! ried by this news. The roads counsel
said the suit could not be s,iccesslul and he
did not believe it would Toe successful as "A
measure al obstruction.
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