New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-11
WHO JS BEHIND THE SCHEME'
TALK ABOUT THE BAY kiD"E Ai'''
THE LONG ISLAND AND STATEN ISLAND RAIL
ROADS NOT INTERESTED IN ABOLISH


ROADS NOT INTERESTED IN ABOLISH
ING TIE LINE.
rho ,ttennt NJ certain Aldermen To rush th'ousn
the ordinance aboshing the Say h'uso ,no
with a setback yesterday. Aer he',"e -.
hours the Committee on Ferries ana fTan'ni'' -,
TO allow the opponents of the scheme announcer n'''''
Ing SPELL and the matter WIS '"'o'
Thursday at p. m. ,,
Alderman brown. who seemed to have Inc who'e
AFFAIR on his hands on Thursday. was less Conspicuous
at Yesterdays hearing lie explained u repo''.i
thai no had personal friends on staten lS'd"u ""o
complained OF the inefficient service oi 'he o'''o'
staten Island Loats and the only way 10 r'"'. "
dricuItv was to give the staten Island Kappa lahH
Compony increased facilities. This cou'd DC donc ny
giving to the company the control OF DOM ''e ""''
hall slips. .a.,s
The Eoy Ridge men anxiously discussed the reasons
which prompted the abotonists' one OIL 'ne,"
made this suggestion: 1.-The adjustment VI ~
ferry would cut on the principal feeder Oh '"e 80
Peach Railroad, and put the r'ad aosoiu'eH "
mercy Of Austin Corbin and the Long lSahd hf'i
, cr,nv The Long Island company would then
,o,.o - monopoly Of the railroad business on LONE
Island . r,,,r.
rho main argument Of the staten Islanders at Thurs
days nc ,rinc was that both slips were hccn'1 ioi ~
hoots and therefore the Bay Ridge line Should DC IT.
ouircd TO find another slip or b. aDoish'" "i'
uf =
staten Island Rapid Transit Company "'N'u -
mission ia make a statement yesterday IN Which Nv
soid. "Our company has nothing 10 40 WIN ."'
mot,cr and did not know If This resolution un'i a'c
r. had becn offered. We for keeping up 'l' "'S
pidc. ferry but il appears that somebody mas con-
Guided that II we got the Of the two Slips ior our
station Island bu.nc,. we would not do THIS We "a'
il understood distinctly that we nave n''i""H ~
with the proposal to abolish tie Terry 10 bay ms
Alderman Wund wanted 10 know II the Day N''HS
no,no wore satisfied with their ACCOMMODATIONS
We have. not had much complaint reld'" MI
Cannon. The people calz" that We nave I'D pI'S
landing facilities Mt this end and they are PATENT.
! peti,Ion WAS presented by James H. io""'''"
Sd ,icnrv +. Bowers representing the Citizens As
ocatlons Of BAY Ridge and Fort Hamilton protesting
against the abolition Of the ferry.
Er,.tu, Wiman thinks that the electric rnNroad'
with which the Thirty ninth-st Ferry ana SVu'n r'i'S
connect ar, be- hind Aldermen Browns resolution io'
th. nboli4hmg ~ the BAY Ridge ferry. ihIhN "o''
usoplc would like 10 have. the Bay Ridge Terry apo'
I.bed aid Mr. W.mln TO u Tribune reporter yc'''r
day .hut II /, a matter Of supreme indihcr'hcc 10
-. Tn. staten Island Rapid Transit Company Is hoi
behind This scheme. u me ieir! ~ " IT, ,,b,r =
MIR Wiman wonld not whether or not the ial
| tfuorc and ONO Railroad Company was Interested III
| liz effort 10 have "a" ferry aboll>h'h - ,,
Austin Cor in. Of the Long 'land kallr@u rriu,ri
| road william !. Kelly. said that he lhoh-ht ,h' i,rIN
| would continue. II IL j. abolished, 10" Nald ih'T
viii lee nuoiher one started II i a matter oi npul'
=, r ,vh.ther ia. ferry could b" legally abolished
| natter. q, ihr company believes the ahair VIII h"'
| amount 10 anything