The evening world., 1894-06-16
BIG TROLLEY SERENE.
Company Formed to Run Lines
on Long Island.
Already Franchises Have Been
Secured for Fourteen Miles.
Formidable Rival to the Long
Island Railroad.

A new railroad syndicate has been
formed, with the announced intention
of covering Long Island with a net
work of trolley lines, which will be
conducted in opposition to the Long
Island Railroad Company.
The Company has already secured
franchises tor the operation of about
fourteen miles of road in and around
Jamaica, and eventually 1t hopes to ex-
tend its lines out through Long Island,
chogue.
Some details OF the scheme were
made public to-day In typewriter
statement given out by Lawyer Jere
Weinberg. of the Arbuckle Building,
Brooklyn. According to the circular, O
number Of Philadelphia and New York
capitalists, who are behind the scheme.
held a secret meeting in WerAberg s
office yesterday afternoon and discussed
their plans. Among those who were
present were A. r. Hart, Clarence Wolf.
c. H. Mullin, of Mount Holly Springs,
Pa: ]. C. Won ARK, Benjamin Wolf,
Chas. NJ. Cooper, VIM. H. English. VIM.
d. May. Henry Loeb. Manuel Allmayer
and several others Of prominence, whose
names are withheld
Mr. Weinberg Is counsel OF the new
corporation. which will be known as the
Long Island Electric Railway Company
The route starts at the junction of
Liberty avenue and the Queens County
line. thence through Henry street to
Bandman avenue. to Elm street. to South
| street, to Merrick road, to New York ave-
nue.. to the South Village line, and on
Washington street Jamaica village. be-
In other words. the Company has Sc
city line Of Brooklyn. NV where ear are the the ter- tne
@ he avenue ss dvlsony dEIsny Of the tohs shs
ty-ninth street Terminal Company's
ana s2%te and the Flynn syndicate lines
thence south to Far Rockaway, almost
From Far Rockaway it is proposed to
thirds Of the property-owneSs ss having nj been e9
| obtained. Other extensions. as proposed,
run parallel with the Long Island Rail-
road through the south side. through
Centre. oceanyile. Baldwins, Milburn,
Freeport, Merrick. New Bridge, Seaford
and on to Babylon. Another. will branch
north and south from the main line. from
Village. Garden City and Mineoia i&sa. on one'
and East Rockaway, Barnum and Long
Beach on the ocean side.
Franchises for these extensions have
not yet been secured. The Company, II
Is said, has proposed to the people OF
Hampstead to widen q macadamized
roadway fifteen feet, and maintain It
free of cost to the townspeople forever
II they are permitted to lay their tracks
at one side.
The officers who were elected yester-
day were: A. r. Hart, President, Brook
lyn; Charles II. Mullin. Yice-President,
Mount Holly Springs, Pa; Clarence
Wolf, Treasurer, Philadelphia, Pa; j.
lC. Won ARK, Secretary, and Jere A.
Weinberg. Counsel.
President Hart gave out the follow
ing statement:
1--WE shall begin construction as soon
as all these preliminary details are COM
pleted. We mean business. have a
capital of $6OO00O with more behind It,
and none of our stock is for sale. 1t is
our purpose to give real rapid transit
and a greatly reduced cost-just what
Long Islanders want. OF course. we
expect some opposition-not from the
people-but we expect to win.
1.-The routes for which the companies
already hold franchises can be COM
pleted in about three months. The road
will be an overhead trolley, equipped
with the latest improved Westinghouse
sytem of air and water tight motors.