The New York herald., 1875-10-17
THE STATEN ISLAND FERRY WAR.

THE QUARREL WORKING ITS WAY INTO POLL
MONOPOLY AND OPPOSITION CANDI-
DATES FOR THE ASSEMBLY.
Staten Islanders continue to manifest lively interest
in the rivalry Of their ferry companies and they
talk Of making the matter issue of the coming po
litical fight Meanwhile the Garner line continues its
strife for patronage, and IL would appear meets with
considerable encouragement. Yesterday the trip was
made by a HERALD reporter between New York and
Stapleton, going down on The D. r. Martin, of the
Garner line, and returning the Vanderbilt boat,
Middletown, To test practically the hme comfort
appointments, &c, of each The Garner line being
direct Is the faster, making the trip from pier s. North
River, IN twenty-eight minutes, while the Mddletown
occupied fortytwo minutes In the up trip This OF
course, included her stopping time at Quarantine Land
ing Bunthe Martin is not well suited for the traffic
in which We engaged the boats of the old line
She is onver and narrower Is Instructed more as
excursion Npoat, well suited TO % requirements of
solely paspgcr traffic but with lob If any space for
teams bins cover the great part Of both her
have theiN main deck cabins the sides
only, like tt Brooklyn erryboats, leaving ample room
between iol upward of twenty wagons. The traffic
done in the conveyance of teams is in itself very
large item Last year Is said to have reached nearly
$40 000 The brewers OF Staten Island alone and there
quite large number there pay upward of So 900
year each for the ferrage Of their wagons to and from
New York
on arriving At Stapleton ah effort was made to get
at the general feeling of the people regarding the ferry
question, and many OF them found very enthus-
astic in the matter Those having the public interest
at stake are believed to hvor the new line, while
the popular eye sees interested motives in
adherence to the old. At present there is a
substantial advantage to be gained by the
rivalry OF the boats, since the line not
only makes fa5ter time, but carries its passengers
for five carts Willie the only concession made by the
Vanderbilt line 10 its patrons has been in the sale of
thirteen tickets for dollar instead Of ten formerly.
So IL was asked what course the people would pursue IL
the old line reduced its fares TO the level of the new
even below IT, Would the public still continue 10 en-
courage the opposition bringing about such changer
On this point there seemed to be little difference Of
opinion, the moro pronounced advocates of the Gar
line asserting that they will support their avorte
in any Buithere are others who being indifler
ent themselves, ctntend that the crowd will 90 wher
ever the fares are pwest considering only the mme
date benefit Thu II Is feared the Vanderbilt line by
continuing 10 run very low rates should it decide
would cripple its Opponents and have the field again
itself Against th is pitted the assertion that
Mr. Garner will continue to run at any risk until
cessful opposition becomes an established fact.
The political aspect of the case is peculiar one. The
party workers are tying to drag the ferry question
TO serve their own itercsts. They demand side
and the other, that he nominees must declare them
selves In the contSt for the Assembly effort Is be-
ing made by the republicans to urge independent
democrat into the against the regular nominee it
being generally undestood that he is advocate
Of the opposition 10 the Vanderbilt line. They
believe that such movement would enable them
to elect their his shows at least how much the
people exercised q the question and suggests de-
termned fight agans;tho Vanderbilt monopoly.
In the matter or gneral comfort and convenience,
their little II any Inference in tho two lines Tho
temporary difficulty cncerning the New York landing
place of Mr.. nersboas Is another obstacle in the
way Of their more eneral patronage. These boats
leave Stapleton and NV York about every hour
ing and evening, and intervals little longer in the
middle OF the day.