New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14
TOTTE THROUGH PARKS.
:, DESERT THE RIP r. r.
M dick s Robinson May With
5rs,p-A Feto Expected.

.u-,.v p-7voze6 by the peculiar meth
gns - - ,-.-r-vorll vvestchester and Boston
o. u g-o-,nary IS likely 10 result IN William
49, r,fcz & Robinson. she financial spon-
} b-D -, .-te-rrise. Withdrawing from Il al
81 or the erourd that they acted without
W.. IN was learned by a Tribune
o - .-..-e~jav in Wau Street that the crtti-
F - course ~ the Rip corporation. as
eifn - -. n Dc called. has caused a lot OF
n- 70 the bankers who were supposed
sa, ~ furnish the money for it 20 build
n roat ,- -. .,+,,,+;o, Voc
=, that. a. the validity OF the charter
=, uestohsster and Boston company is 10 he
., ths courts II may. II Il survive at all
.sbs-e 10 the route laid down In It's lSi2
-, Realizing the irpractioability OF the
-, the company. In It's application TO the
- - sl6er-sen. outlined a new route which
- s,Dl,ca-es that asked Tor by the Port
- mad II the Westchester and Boston
- "a compelled 20 use its original route
-. III ne indeed dead. as The 1872 route car
.-s... ,-s o,zs through what is nov the Catholic
,--,,-,-r,yes' Hospital between One-hunored-
=. ,,-ty-trird and One-hundred-and-forty
- SIS and Brook and ST. AIMS aves. THIS
-, NJ buudings. covering two city blocks
-. ,--ol,shlv worth more than SLefoOo. and
..sr,nt 70 carry tracks through the grounds
- no bitterly opposed hy the Catholic So
.,..,,, The old charter route crosses what Is
-, g. Marv's and Bronx parks and the VII
-. n-,srs cuts through the most valuable
-. - F7ueuenot and Main SIS. IN New-Ro-
"a does other queer things with the
map
~, PORT Chester roads lawyers say that on
...o,,,+ of the haste with which the Westches-
o. and Boston Company acted in getting its
hermit passed by the aldermen IL is certain that
sbe eminent counsel who vouched for the valid
nv of the company's charter could not have
N.sr IN rossession OF ell the facts in the case.
II win be recalled that Professor Charles A
Collin. who opposed the Rip company before the
Railroad Committee of the Board Of Aldermen,
called attention 10 the foreclosure sale of the
westchester and Boston's charter rights and
property OF any and an sorts In 1851 and con-
sended that when once the deed was transferred
the company ceased 10 exist
The connection of Charles p. Bacon. David
p Enrs handy man." with the RIP company
was surprise 10 the local railroad men yes
ferday.
There isn't any doubt about the potentiality
a. Mess-s Bacon. J. T. Richards and Cyrus
Field tucson In connection with The Westches-
Ter and Boston Company" said William Q. Cot
shall president OF the New-York and Port Ches-
ter Company. yesterday. They are The rea'
moving spirits I'D the company That company
has ATTEMPTED 10 sell something 10 the Port
Chester road or TO connect with Il. told them
that we were interested solely in the Port Ches-
Ter road ana DID not care to have ANYTHING 70
Or wlth luy other surface r0ad or crowd"
II Is now conceded thar the suIlivans have
put Mayor Mcclellan in g. corner where he car
escape only by yet0ing the resolution jaunet
Through the board under such suspicious cir.
constance. u SIS said by his friends that n,
vii accompany his veto with a stinging rebuk
% the men who were responsible eor brinFini
scandal upon his administration. The boo6llni
propensity OF certain members Of the board Ia
probably made 81 impossible for this city 20 &c
any considerable home rule legislation AZ Al
bany this winter. II is known that Governo
Ooell and his friends were disposed 10 trea
Mayor Mcclellan literally but with the West
chester and Boston franchise scandal as an ob
Set lesson there is little probability that N
legislature VIII JET down the bars TO home ruler
o. the sullivan persuasion. As an argunen
against 50 doing they are likely 10 point 20 IN
slmOst frantic appeals o. the people OF tn
Bronx tO the legislature FOR special Legislation
against the aldermen
The public hearing on the westchester an
bostous franchise resolution at 2.30 o'clock d
"wednesday afternoon promises TO be a mern0ra
be one Delegations from all parts OF Tn
Bronx VIII be- on hand 10 tell what the peopl
think of "a proposition 10 delay rapid transl
tor another Eve years iu that rapidly growin
district OF the city.