New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
DIED AS OFTEN AS A CAT
The WOrgueS Must Hare Been Deer
5corked by the Rip" Road.

William Peters chairman Of the committee
on freight. transportation and railroads Of the
Taxpayers Alliance, last night sent to The
Tribune statement showing that the New
York Westchester and Boston Railroad Com
pany has died almost many times as cat.
The statement follows:
Since the veto OF Mayor Mcclellan Of the or
Boston Railroad We have taken up the details OF
that fake corporation and gone to the bottom OF it.
Vie p1rPoss OF continuing our opposition TO the
attempted grab and hold-up. until they shall have
It is now absolutely certain that:
tIsl-lhat corporation originally never had any
existence on account Of the fact that its original
articles Of association did not comply with the
second-That. should it ever have had any ex-
istence. II ceased 10 exist by virtue of the fact
that its time for construction and equipment Of
ping act of 1898 was passed about twenty years too
rhird-That in 1881 all OF it's rights franchises
anu assets were sold al a receivers sale on the
courthouse steps az White Plains.
this corporation. the sale OF 1851 absolutely stripped
IT, not only Of route but Of any right to relocate
Firth-That in 1851 the East River and Connect
cut Railroad Company was Incorporated as the
successor corporation Of the then defunCt New
York. Westchester and Boston Railroad. and that
is also long since dead. having expired by statu-
sixth--That the Appellate Division OF the su-
pfeme Court of New-YOrk in 1903 rendered de,
ClSIon 20 the enect that any company lncorpoIaleu
under the laws Of 1880 could not build railroad
within the city Of New-YOrk.
Seventh-That the defunCt New-Tork. Westches-
ter and Boston Railroad Company was incorporated
out from entering Nev-York
, The decision Of the Appellate Division above re-
vision at page 2n.
The foregoing sets forth sonegsiyeIy the fact fact
ton Railroad is in fact and in theory not 3niy
tend bringing The foregoing facts to the attention
Of Corporation Counsel Delany. and we have no
which has already been rendered on this matter. TO
the effect that there is corporation there. and
We ask The Tribune upon behalf of the public
TO watch the Proceedings OF that fake corporation.
for the reason that know that their attorneys
ments setting forth the fact that they purpose IN
Producing another ordinance complying with the
Mayors suggestion We are convinced that the
What The NovSYork ana Port chester Ordinance will
ordinance They will try to save themselves as
company, and put into the ordinance which
they will introduce for the Westchester company
a number Of absurd conditions.
This they can we'll do, for the reason that they
know thas they never have intended to construct
a road, and do not intend to construct road. and
their only purposes and objects now are TO get
The public Of this borough have also at numerous
times investigated the backing Of the New. OK
and Port Chester Railroad. We have conferred
with the banking house Of Charles d. Barney &
- VIZ ~, LnT - - 81 5,ir vSbatevar tbey
undertake. These bankers have frankly told us
business sT Which, is involved in the writing Of mean,
ingless letters such as has been done IN 5ne case
Of the defunct WestChester and Boston Railroad.
We call your attention 70 the fact that the letter
from the purpOrted underwriters Is about the most
meaningless document. as well as being one OF the
most irresponsible documents T. would have been
possible write. We also call your attention 20
the fact that. Notwithstanding that the Westches-
ter and Boston promoters I'm their desperation are
continually referring to the fact that they have en-
ployed six large firms Of attorneys, they have never
vet submitted 10 the public any representative
interest any OF the opinions of those attorneys The
reason for this undoubtedly is that these opinions
will not bear scrutiny investigation, or. in fact.
that the conditions will not hold water in any
sense of the word.