The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-10
Tn Town Travel.


The delegation of the leading residents Of
the Twelfth and Nineteenth wards, who have
taken up the question of cup town travel"
and who had an interview with Mayor Hall on
Thursday last, seem determined to take the
bull by the horns in the most approved man
ner. After stating the grievance under which
they suffer- most insufficient means of rapid
local transit between their homes and their
places Of business in the city-and after
recounting the delays, inconvenience and
dangers themselves, families and neighbors
are subject to, by the only means Of travel
between Yorkville and the lower or business
part of the city, in travelling by the line Of
cars open to them-the Third avenue line
they come to the political aspect of the case,
which apparently presents to them means
Of redress. They say ''the time has now
arrived when something must be DONE" and
they pledge themselves 0he signers Of petit
ton to his Honor the Mayor mot 70 vote
for any mayor, alderman, assistant alder
man, senator or assemblyman who will not
aid us in obtaining the relief we ask" The
resolution is racy and to the point, and
Tammany will have to do the right thing in
the matter with its contractor and franchise
holders or certainly meet the just indignation
Of the citizens OF the district-one of the most
populous in the city The grievance, too, of
which they complain is most patent, and cries
loudly for redress, not only on their part, who
are so greatly aggrieved, but on that of all
casual travellers on the line. The Yorkville
district is more isolated from the business
parts of the city than is Newark, Paterson,
or even distant Elizabeth, in the State of New
Jersey. One of the suggestions made by the
petitioners is the extension Of the stage lines
by the Madison avenue route the franchise of
which has been held by a stage company for
years, but no stages run on it beyond certain
point. The petitioners recommend, also, the
Introduction of dummy engines and such other
feasible modes OF facilitating the conveyance
Of the residents Of the district to and from
their places of business in the city as the
eyigency Of their case calls for and
their strong claims as taxpayers to the
tune of thirty millions year demand.
Mayor Hall informed the delegation that he
would present their petition to the Common
Counci-a piece of very cold comfort to the
Yorkvilleites, as it is from the neglect of that
very body in the premises that all their causes
Of complaint arise. The remedy, however, Is
In their own hands. Let the residents of the
district carry out their threat of not voting
for any future mayor, alderman or assistant
alderman or ether office-hoider who will not
pledge himseif to carry out In good faith the
object of the petitioners-the establishment of
not only "more sufficient means of rapid
local transit between the outlying district Of
forkvie and the centre of trade and business
In the city, but perfect and complete COM
munica'ion equal to all needs and all demands
This Is what the residents of the district re-
quire, and the best. If not the only, way of Sc
curing 1t Is to carry out their threat of not
voting for any office-hoidcr hailing from their
district that Is not heart and soul and by self
interest-which Is still better-pledged to secur-
Ing for them the much needed boon of suffi
cient railroad communication with the city,