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?"
"Two ferries or pope o''

1.-TWO ferries or none?"
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 oilatorness of the new
lessees of the ferry privilege has caused
considerable comment, and the stand of
the Rapid-Transit Company has mys-
titled everybody.
To-day Howard Carroll returned to
this city, and states emphatcally 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.
Mr.. Boardman said to-day that under
the law railroad has the right to run
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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 boats, It is stated. are to run to
the slip IN New York OF the ferry rum
ming to Thirty-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 termini of the two
branches OF the Comparys railroad and
Mr.. Boardman says that the Rapid
Transit Company Is prepared to carry
did formerly, with the exception OF
those living in St George.
Howard Carroll said to an Evening
In behalf of the people whom repre-
sent, ] mean TO execute the lease for this
ferry franchise within a reasonable time
! say reasonable time, because the
lease is a document which requires care
full consideration.
AS a matter, of fact, ! don't know
/ have not been notified, and l cannot
execute until / am requested to do so
by the Comptroller. He will notify me-
at the proper time. and then l shall
comply with all the conditions of the
sale, The payment to the Staten Island
Rapid asst Company Of $4,000 is one
will be compiled with.
Now. as to the assertion that the
boats of the Rapid Transit Company
may, stop running tomorrow night, !
will have boats running on the follow
ing morning. There are to-day not less
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
N "a
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 possible to build up
the island, We do not propose to go
into this thing a fight, and we are
perfectly willing to act in conjunction
with the Rapid Transit Company. II
the Company gives us proper train ser
vice there will be no trouble, but un-
less the Company does give good train
service trolley line will be put in
operation for the whole length of the
island.
THE talk about an opposition ferry is
Idle. There can be no opposition ferry:
The franchise which we have purchased
70 an exclusive right That has been
demonstrated by Mr.. Starin after legal
fight Of ten years.
Indeed, / may say. that the whole
&a Hs@ Of Ne Rs Torf 4 h sa vas
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 a franchise
than 1t has to make the same lease with
them that It 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, when
the Rapid Transit Company robbed us
OF this very franchise. We have come
into our own again, and the people OF
Staten Island, as well as of New York;
may feel certain that the service VIII
not deterioratc. but will be improved
shall call upon the Comptroller TO-
day, and shall talk with him about the
lease but l shall not visit him with the
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 has
been executed. That much / am fret
10 state. As to the commuters who ar
complaining about tickets purchased 10
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