The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-03
NOW FOR A
FERRY WAR.
The Staten Island Rapid Tran.
sit Company Will Con.
tinue It's Service.
ITS RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW.
Privileged to Land in New York
All Persons Carried on Its
Railroad
ST. GEORGE RESIDENTS BARRED.
Howard Carroll Says the City
Must Protect His
Lease.
ST. GEORGE RESIDENTS BARRED.
zone ferry or two?"
1.-TWO ferries or none 2"

Those are the stereotyped forms of
greeting now in vogue on Staten Island
and on the boats from st. George to
this city.
Since last Saturday the Staten Island
ferry franchise, which was sold to How
ard Carroll on that day. has been the
one absorbing topic of conversation
among the residents of Richmond
County.
The apparent oilatoriness of the new
lessees of the ferry privilege has caused
considerable comment, and the stand Of
the Rapid-Translt Company has mys-
titled everybody.
To-day Howard Carroll returned to
this city. and states emphatically that he
intends to run the only ferry line be-
tween the islands of Manhattan and
Staten Island.
On the other hand, Lawyer Boardman,
Of the firm of Boardman. Tracy & Plat.
counsel of the Staten Island Rapid
Transit Railroad. is authority for the
statement that the Staten Island Rapid
Transit Railroad will not take off its
boats tomorrow. as threatened.
the law railroad has the right to run
ferry to land passengers in New York
that under that law the Rapid Transit
Company could carry all passengers
that rode in the cars of the Company
but could not carry any wagons or
trucks.
the slip in New York of the ferry rum
ming to Thi-ty-ninth street South Brook
lyn, which is controlled by the Staten
Island Rapid Transit Company.
Mr.. Boardman says that the only per-
sons the Rapid Transit Company cannot
carry are those living at st. George.
that being the the Of the
also the points from which the boats
leave
ali passengers TO New York. just as It
did formerly, with the exception Of
those living in 81. George. ..pv.,,,r
World" reporter To-day: ~,
I'm behalf of the people whom I repre-
sent. mean to execute the lease for this
] say reasonable time, because the
lease is a document which requires care
full consideration.
LAS a matter Of fact. I don't know
] have not been notified, and l cannot
execute until l am requested to do 50
by the the Comptroiil,er; He will notify =, me s,
comply with all the conditions of the
sale The payment to the, Staten Island
Rapid Ira asst Company, of SIZE. 900 is one
will be complied with.
Now. as to the assertion that the
boats of the Rapid Transit Company
would IKE to say that il they Stop 1
will have boats running on the follow
ing morning. There are to-day not less
than thirty ferry boats built especially
for the purpose of carrying trucks and
wagons whose owners are dying to rent
them. Therefore, outside OF the eighty
odd boats Mr.. Starin owns. there is no
m N n
The gentlemen who are in this prof.
ect are all large property-owners on
Staten Island. The interests of the ISL
land are their interest, and they mean
TO do everything possib BILE to build up
the island. We do not propose to go
int, this thing as fight, and We are
with the Rapid Transit Company. II
the Company gives us proper train SER
vice there will be no trouble, but I'M
service a trolley line e' viii viii Be ' put in
operation for the whole length of the
island.
The franchise which we have purchased
Is an exclusive right. That has beer
demonstrated by Mr.. Starin after lega
Indeed, / may say. that the whole
legal history Of ferry franchises is con
tained in the case Of Starin VS.. the
cided that the city could not sell to an,
other that which they had already sold
In this case the city Is our landlord, and
has no more right to give the Staten Isl
and Rapid Transit Company franchise
than 1t has to make the same lease with
them'that II will with us.
The fact that the Company continues
to sell Communication tickets is no CON
Germ of mine. There certainly has been
no agreement or understanding OF any
kind between us and the Ferry Com
pany Our relations are exactly the
same as they were ten years ago; wher
the Rapid Transit Company robbed US
OF this very franchise. We have come
Z into our own again, and the people OF
Staten. Island, as well as of New YORK
may feel certain that the. service WI
not deteriorate, but will be improved
j shall call upon the Comptroller to
day, and shall talk with him about th'
lease, but ] shall not visit him with thu
intention of executing It,"
General Supt. Cannon said to-day
THE Staten Island Rapid Transit Com
pany will continue its present service
until the lease with Howard Carroll ha
been executed. That much l am ire
TO state. AS to the commuters who ar
complaining about tickets purchased 10
the month of October. l will say tina
any one who thinks he has made Dd