The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-25
b contest for franchise before the Board
n Trnsfeaa ~ the village of Will.ams-

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N contest for franchise before the Board
% Trustees VI the village OF Williams
Sixfh.-Reiating to services rendered in
opposing the election Of A. ii. Motifs
70 the State Legislature.
IN the contest for franchises before the
Board of Trustees Of the village Oh
. South Mount Vernon.
m he case OF Crawford against the
Board Of Trustees Of the village OF South
Mount Vernon.
before the
Mayor and Common Council OF the city
of Mount Vernon.
How Heints Was Convinced"
The frst section Of Mr.. Breen's bill OF
particulars is Interesting to the pn3hliis s
). Reints, Commissioner q Street I'm;
Ewenty-fourth Wards, in 1891; -,; MT II
Haefsss GPp''l roSd was at frst Of the
most pronounced character; HIS com,
munication addressed to the Hoard OF
testing against the erection Of poles and
!. the stringing Of wires for a trolley road
IN any OF the public streets OF his dis
MI. Heintz and the members of the
z arm OF brewers with which the Commits
sioner was connected, arrayed them
/. SELVES against the introduction OF the
trolley system in the Annexed District
and fought 1t vigorously. 40,
Il, It was then, according to the bill OF
Breen nu we're engaged nss t by William cauid:
IN well, Director and Treasurer of the
y Harlem Bridge, Morrisania, and Ford
- Railway Company.
Told He Would He Well Paid.
There was no mention Of a special
fee, Mr.. Breen says, but he was told
q that he would be amply compensated for
his services in winning over Mr.. Heintz.
MT. Breen was at this time M Heint G. .
openly In the. arguments which were
made before the Commissioner by the
edyccates Of the he trolley s system ssad b Ms
I powers Of persuasion to such good ad-
vantage that although Mr.. Heintz was
for q long time obdurate, and IN spite PIT
2 property-owners were his own rela-
TONS and friends, including the John
EehleE b nTswng cSmPany o and ine M
and about the first day Of October, 1891,
his consent was given to the Com
About this time the "Huckleberry
bilp' was introduced In the Legislature,
and its provisions, Mr.. Breen Is forced
esfto admit. provoked storm OF opposi-
= When the bill reached hearing in the
y Henate, a resolution was passed pro,
viding that the Mayor, Comptroller and
< the Commissioners OF the Twenty-third
and Twenty-fourth Wards be asked to
express their Individual opinions Of the
Mr.. Breen has his little joke just here
when he says. ,parenthetlcaiiy, that M,
Heintz's well known opposition to the
trolley was relied upon to defeat the
Mr.. Breen, however. In the interests
:. Of the Company, drew up statement
: FINALLY succeeded in persuadins MIR.
Z Heintz to sign 1t.
~, Opposition silenced.
This statement coming from the Com
: elton and secured the passage Of the
q measure, which has been so fruitful OF
4 gain to the Company"
was 30 marked that his services were
! Of particulars, he plunged into the fight
fran S BY the Town Board Of West
oh 4 sas % IN sni this asht that Supervisor
A. II. Norris, son of the owner Of Morris
Park, acted in such manner that 1t
cost him 1000 votes at subsequent
elsction. when he ran for the Assembly.
p Mr, Breen, the. champion OF five traction
* were relatives and friends OF the super
been recently Organised and were repre-
scented by M. Cruikshank, Mr., Barnes.
Mr.. Coddington and Mr.. Henderson as
3 The applications made for franchises by
the five traction companies We're. after
. hard fight, granted by the Westchester
Town Board by vote OF TO 2
Manipulating the Courts.
Then Mr. .Breen goes on to tell how
he conducted the long struggle, IN which
he brought into play both his legal at
tainments and the wonderful persuasive
powers granted him by kind Provi-
dsnee Under an Rr Sd charter granted ah to
Fordham Railroad Company in 1861. MIR.
Breen decided that the Union Company,
Tracks were laid. and then followed ar.
rests. prosecutions before Justice OF
the Peace and motions to punish town on
the arrest Of the Union G m any's work,
men In the face of the Injunction gran ed
by Justice Beach. of the Supremt Court,
anan SiU WAS 20 % s Frsnfed pe hy
/, Justice Andrews. Appeals, .demurrers
motions and whole string OF legal pro
Z t ions We're r finally argued in General neral
Term mote here the delightful facility
with which Mr.. Breen dIsposes OF il
"the matters in controversy were set
tied. and to-day the Union, Railway
" Company runs Its cars into the village
of Westchester over the very roads
Z where its tracks were torn up" by an
Z, enraged populace.
The manner In which the matters In
, controversy" were so quietly adjusted
will. II IL said be brought out by Mr..
Breen's testimony before Referee Sewell
Under the subdivision relating to the
services rendered In the case of Wat
I son against the Union Railway Com.
pany, Mr.. Breen tells how he again
~ brought into play his remarkable ability
TO make people do what they don't
want to.
He "Pertuaded~ Everybody.
M Watson got an Injunction restrain
ing the Huckleberry Company from lay
ing tracks on the Westminster Turnpike
and the West Farms road. 1t looked
z like long and complicated fight. but
S Shs Bresa ssys in an sbs inter
son estate, he Convinced him that the