Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-28
| Mayor stuart Obeys the Public Voice and
Vetoes the Latest Ordinance

Mayor Stuart Obeys the Public Voice and
VetOes the Latest Ordinance.
Mayor Stuart of Philadelphia Thursday
vetoed the trolley ordinance passed by the city
council authorizing the mayor to enter into a
contract with the Traction Company for the
construction Of the trolley roads authorized
under the previous seven ordinances. The
veto was sustained by the select council by a
vote OF more than three to one. Besides the
various legal considerations involved, the
mayor based his veto on the fact that the peo-
pie of Philadelphia were opposed to the intro
duction of the dangerous trolley in the streets
of the city.
times to have to differ with the legislative
bodies OF the city government upon questions
affecting the welfare of the municipality, but
there is no doubt in my mind that at the pres
ent time the great majority of the people are
opposed to this ordinance and to the erection in
the city OF any more poles and overhead wires
and more particularly in the business and
densely populated districts, and as the streets
OF the city are the property Of her people, they
should at all times have the right TO say what
distractions shall be placed upon them and
am determined that will never by an act OF
mine grant permission to use the streets in any
way in opposition to what believe to be the
will of the people"
GRAND CONFIDENCE GAME.
The Philadelphia Telegraph in an editorial
on the situation in that city said:
1.-The friends and advocates of the cheap. nasty
and perilous trolley have never to this moment.
and for the obvious reason that they cannot do
30, satisfactorily answered The manifold objec-
tons so strongly urged against the introduction
of this most undesirable system of electric
transit into the very heart of this great city,
The trolley is a cheap and nasty device of the
electrical transit experimenters. The whole
science of electrical application is really but
vet in its infancy, and the trolley never would
have received serious consideration. much less
practical recognition, at many points but for
the WEAKNESS of the people of cities and towns
with the slow modes of local transit in opera
ton for years past. The trolley was rushed to
the front as something that could readily be
adapted to all sorts of places. easily put up.
easily operated and easily removed when found
desirable or necessary. So il was thus fastened
upon many communities. careless of the future.
The whole thing has been grand confidence
game from the beginning. Some of the cities
which were taken in by the trolley promoters
speedily their error, but when too late TO pro-
tect the public. Boston, for instance, has been In
state OF agitation for months past, vet the
trolley retains its grip, the syndicate controlling
it showing no disposition 20 be fair with the
people, only being intent upon keeping lite hold.
lengthening its cords and Strengthening its
stakes. As Boston has suffered. so will rIila-
delphia be victimized if the cheap and nasty
TROLLEY is allowed to get foothoid here.
The people understand the situation and il il
no wonder they have made life burden 10 the
mayor during the past ten days. The very mag
nitrde of these manifestations however. has
doubtless impressed the executive with the fact
that he cannot in this crisis charge front. He
took his position with regard to ING matter
some months ago. This was directly in line
with the popular demand"