The evening world., 1894-10-15
BOMB.
Rapid = Transit Company Claims
the Slips Until Nov l.
ComptroII r Fitch Refuses to Accep
CAROLS Sj75, 900.
Mayor Gilroy and MIR. Carroll Have
Signed the Lease.

The Staten Island ferry muddle de
veloped new phase this afternoon
Shortly after . o'clock De Lancey
Nicoll and Joseph Auerbach, counsel for
the New York Harbor and Staten ISL
and Ferry Company; Thomas f. Ryan,
John ID. Crimmins. A. q. Beeba and As
sistant Corporation Counsel Blandy, filed
into the Comptrollers office a moment
later Howard Carroll entered followed
by heavily laden bank messenger
Mr.. Carroll stepped up to Mr. Fltch's
desk and said. rather ramatically:
Here, Mr.. Comptroller. are Sl75 900,
the fun amount of the purchase money.
and I desire that you put us in i'm.
mediate possession Of our property"
That is something that | cannot do
before consulting with the Corporation
Counsel" replied Comptroller Fitch. to
the astonishment Of the gentlemen pres
emit
Tn" Comptroller thcn went on to ex-
plain that Lawyer \. Il. Buardmdn. a.
counsel Tor the Staten Island Rapid
Transit Company, had notified him that
the Company had paid rent for the
Whitehal street slips until the first
hold the property until then
Any interference on the part of the
city Mr. Boardman added. would he at
me peril OF the city officials.
Having delivered himself Of the little
homhshell, the Comptroller asked for
one hours time, in order that he might
consult the Corporation Counsel.
.ittsre ! am, said Carroll, Indignantly
would Ike t. know who Is going to
reimburse me for that outlay"
Wat ull ! see the Corporation Coun-
sci said Mr. Fitch
Mr. Carroll stepped TO the door where
ne met one of his employees.
captain ordered MIR Carroll ".lrep
me me steam ~ on ak six boats until /
The captain saluted and retired, while
the Comptroller hurried to the Corpora
ton Comnsel's, once
The, New York Harbor and Staten
Island Ferry, Company has secured the
right TO build five miles OF double trolley
tracks through the heart of Staten Isl
and and Mr. Carroll has an agree ment
this road completed six months after
the letting OF the contract.
There WILL, II is saiu, be a bin in
troduced at the next session OF the New
Jersey Legislature for the construction
of a bridge across the Raritan River nj
T9ttenFiile by this means, 1t Is report
will enter Staten Island from Railway
and the union OF that road with the cleo
trio roads to be built will open up 10
trolley. traffic the towns of South Am.
IVY va =" :" -" NY p'i - lNti Ipduh ana
Long Branch.
After a consultation with the Corpora
ton Counsel, .Mr, Fitch decided to go
ahead He sent the case to Mayor Gil
roy, who affixed his signature 10 1t Al
$50 o'clock
The lease was then returned to the
Comptroller's office, whore Howard Car
roll signed II. Mr. Carrolrs bondsmen
are John II. Crimmins and Gen. samuel
Thomas, Of the Chase National Bank.
who bound themselves I'm the sum OF
$4,000 each, which Is twice the mini
mum rental to hc paid to the city
Mr. Fitch requested that this Sl75,ONf
purchase money be rendered 10 the rep
paUy, claiming that the city had nothing
to do with that phase of the case.
After MI Carroll had signed the
lease, Lawyer Nicull asked the Conn
troller what assurance the city would
give them that the New York HarbOr