Year: 1879

application made in Of the company by
application was also by the Attorney General
Go ss the & T only % % S
hands and the attorney Of the said John syth super
trying prevent company having control Of It's
sw" e an sh aps ss sSa s
great wrong aud injustice to an insurance company ORGAN gan
state and also 10 the policy holders and creditors OF the


specdosio secondrhat in 1877 the said John F. smy,h,
superintendent aforesaid caused to be made by his
Mutual Life Insurance Company, Of New York eity that


e nd a his 70 oa
Of said esa%SaoS on the 18th Day Of May
wa iIspar; q .ls Officers q .sd S
%o1s rspsasd Rss
that instead Of promptly proceeding to punish said
as Aforesaid by his Of May
Ss pass soaasn tho an d N" at


ention to IT, although well knowing the same officers WHO
ass,ion Of lis books remained the said
s ssd S sns for the
ton Of the Insurance Department, whereby credit
calculated to mislead policy holders and the public;
@ II S S
said said sf aS said a S of se
tanned in assembly No A. Of the session of


peciacaiion rhird-That the management Of the In
psparmsn, hS said 5Snn %ysa I'm has 81 Sess s
receivers acunries attorneys and employees that in
sSa@n"sioss have by the earelessness neglect and
n s G hi the Savo
financially aud been embarrassed BY their payment Ana
by the testimony before the senate Of this year ago
"nS by "sss "PS wfs he sG
high State officer charged with the supervision of the In
to the oteers Of the Globe Mutual Life Insurance Com
y Tie & p en bending naf s"S IN s
in which the said john F. smyth, as superintendent
and with tho intent 20 affect the measure although
well knowing that the said officers had been reported by
his guilty i'll the manage
ment Of the said company a..
said John smyth Is guilty Of misconduct msifeassnee
ineompeens and unit todischarge Tie duties shesof
ask Your Exceency TO recommend 70 the Senate his re-
XnnANY' MY" March 1s7S. LEMON THOMSON


RAPID TRANSIT IN BROOKLYN OPPOSED.


At the meeting of the Assembly Railroad Commit
transit on Atlantic avenue. Brooklyn. resumed.
Supervisor Quick said the people along the line
on again He admitted that rapid transit was a
pressing necessity for the city, but he wanted IT put
wanted time: When the great bridge should
of any steam lines that might be constructed and it
would be advisable to finish that structure before
going with the roads. Mr.: Morris Dowley referred
espy'' esty holders Mr.. % G. r T. TrowDrdge member &
sduress s assem0 e Ss duty 'ens to res
the passage of the bill ut the present time. He rep
resented more people who were opposed to the bill
than any other one man in the Legislature. and he
thought no hasty action should be taken. Time
should be allowed the property holders and perhaps
and the railroad people. Mr.. Richardson, of the
Atlantic Avenue Railroad. thought there had been
delay enough. He wanted the committee to report
the bin to the House Then when it came up in the
Committee Of the Whole, there would he an oppor-
tunity for further discussion. and its opponents
would have opportunity to be heard. Some
thing no claimed, should be done to forward
the matter. He had been assured by
removed, that if the line were cut through to the
river they would not object to steam, but would be
wiling to pay to aaye ia re It, IN MR. on
randa showing the condition OF the road and It's man.
agement.


. WINCHESTER BIITroNs ARGUMENT.


Mr.. Winchester Britton, counsel for the Brooklyn
City Railroad presented the main argument OF those
who opposed to rapid transit. He said that no
man would nave the hardihood to come before the
committee and say that rapid transit is not essential
to the interests of Brooklyn. He looked upon it
inevitable and. perhapsa necessity But what he OBJ
rapid transit was to be introduced In Brooklyn He
could not deny that rapid transit would benet some
people, but he believed that it would injure the
property Of great many more, and IL the many
must bear an evil which should be for the
benefit of few, then he would submit two
propositions for the consideration OF the committee
II the rapid transit must be inflicted upon Brooklyn
then common justice demands; hrst that It & should
furious to the property owners; and second, that
property owners should be compensated for any





fined himself to these two points. 1t is
useless. he said, to damage property which is
assessed to the value of $4,OO0,O00, when the road
can be constructed on route along which the prop
erty would not amount to one-half that sum-
Myrtle avenue is one OF the main thoroughfares OF
Brooklyn. The people on that avenue believe
that the construction of railroad through it would
be great detrimcnt. There were 10 two streets in
Brooklyn where the injury from a rapid transit road
would he so great as in Fulton and Myrtle avenues
and it he said the duty of the committee to &C.
lect sone streets in which the damage would be less


SPECIAL THE STREET CARS.


He was not there to suggest proper locality, but
he had heard it suggested that the railroads should
run somewhere between these two avenues, in which
the travel rom both these streets might be
obtained without the consequent dctrment to the
proposition that the company ought to pay the
damages consequent upon the building of the road,
Mr.. Brtton said that there was no principle In COM
mon law which had worked inJuriously to the
people of this Stale that which declares that cor
poration take private property and not pay fair
price for it, II railroad takes private property for
public purposes it is fair right for the Lcgs
lature to say that the road should not pay the con-
sequential damages. II the road takes prominent
business street and reduces the value Of the property
upon that street, then the road ought to pay the
damages; and it, as it is said the whole body OF the
people to be benefited by the building OF the
road then the body Of the people should be taxed to
pay the few who suffer. II the road is built on
0nS5 r srset % o Of s On in
paying the damages which the property owners on
the other street shall suffer. The railroad ought
also to pay part of the damage. This is fair
proposition. In no other country the face of tho
earth would company be allowed to build such
road without paying such damages.


WHO FAVOR THE STEAM ROADS,


The gentlemen who represented the interests OF
rapid transit were headed by Sns b. butcher. who
opposed the bills before the committee with great
earnestness. He said that he came from a Sec
ton of the city which lin need of
rapid transit. It's necessity acknowledged
by all. and unless get it both tho
property and population OF Brooklyn will decrease.
He knew Of many men who would go with their
property to New York New Workers look for their
homes In Brooklyn and New Jersey They find
that by of the elevated roads they reach
depots which take them to their homes in few
moments while to reach their homes in Brooklyn
they require three or four times the length OF time
they want II in the next street. IL
get rapid transit in Brooklyn improvements will bc
made which will increase the OF the
nients and benefit the whole city. The property
which lies at the terminus of the rapid transit lines
in New York cannot be bought. Those who favor
this bill have laid before you pamphlet