Morning journal and courier., 1891-02-03

Henry M. Steel, Henry L. Townsend, George c. Thomas, Charles w. Trotter, w. R. Tucker, ". H. Trotter, Edward D. Poland, T. P. Vaille, Marcus. A. Davis, A. J. Drexel, A. J. Drexel, jr., J. Livingston Erringer, Jacob D. Eberbach, John R. Fanshawe, John Field, W. W. Frazier, John B. Gest, Samuel Goodman, Francis
 I. Gowen, Stephen Greene, Blaney Har-
 vey, William 0. Houston, William O.
 Houston, jr., Thomas H. Montgomery, NJ
 Richard Muekle, Thomas MacKellsr, John
 liam D. Marks, Frank L. Neall, Tatnall
 Paulding, George T. Pearson, Hon Gle
 ment B. Penrose, W. Platt Pepper, NJ. D.,
 Charles Platt, Calvin Pardee, J. O. Rosen-
 garten, Francis B. Reeves, Benjamin A.
 Van Shaick, George E. Wagner, Edward
 S. Whelen, John B. White, John C. Will
 son, James A. Wright, Charles Wood, Ed
 ward R. Wood, DilIwyn Wistar, Alexan-
 der w. Mister, Herbert Welsh, C. N.
 Weygandt and Edward N. Wright.
 Then organization was begun iu earnest,
 sub-committees on legislation, the press,
 finance and organization were appointed,
 and, as member stated, they were pre-
 pared, like Hannibal, to carry the war
 into Italy.
 As but very few people had the slightest
 idea of what the trolley system was, a cir
 cular was published explaining it, the ob- jections to it, and the ordinance which
 councils proposed passing so as to saddle
 the syster- upon the city. The shortcom-
 ings of the system were exposed in news
 paper clippings and editorials, and the
 general opposition to the system where it
 is now in vogue was shown.
 A committee was sent to Boston, where
 the trolley cars have been running for .l.a |.
 gathered into a compact pamphlet to be
 presented to councils. The first two ordi-
 nances had been reported from a sub-com-
 mittee to the general committee on rail
 roads of councils favorably, but the oppo- sition of the citizens committee was such that the subcommittee promised to report the other bills without any comment This was the first great victory of the cit izens' committee, and the fact that they were gaining ground caused them to re- double their efforts. John c. Bullitt, the eminent lawyer. was chosen as the attor- ney of the committee.
 The testimony of experts and those &C., quainted with the system was taken and is now in NIT. Bullitt's hands, only awaiting the moment when the ordinances shall again be presented to councils. At the same time the assessors' registry of voters was procured, circulars and postal cards protesting against the action of councils were addressed to the voters of the vari- ous wards, and already thirtyfour thou sand of the voters of the city have sent in their written protest against the trolley system. The circulars were addressed to those living in the center of the city par ticularly, and to the large holders of real
 estate, and they were almost to a man op- posed to the system. In the face of this the promoters of the trolley system do not dare to force the matter, and for the time at least the overhead wire will not make unsightly the streets of this city.
 Chairman Wistar of the committee was seen at his office, No 909 Drexel building and was very jubilant over the work of the committee. ''They will not now dare to
 pass the ordinances" said he, land if they
 do bring them up Mir. Bullitt will be there to present the testimony of experts, as we'll as the thirty-four thousand remon- strances we have secured. Here are the postal cards," and NIT. Wistar pointed out great stacks of cards bearing a formal printed remonstrance, and also the num- Der of the ward in which the signer lives. Added to this were the names and address es of those who had protested against the introduction of the trolley system.