New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-14
ARGrED BEFORE THE MAYOR
,,vu CORPORATIONS PRESENT THEIR
VIEWS.

uo>,s ,,op AND AGAINST THE RESOLUTION
c,.Sr,NG A FRANCHISE TO THE THIRD
.,.rx,.r ROAD TO EXTEND ITS LINES
ON THE UPPER WEST sIDE-MR
1.NrrRRACII REsENTs AN IN
suit To HEBREWS. WHICH
rxcrTEs NIX, THINKS.
Tho Common Council chamber was crowded yes
..-sov with friends and opponents OF the two great
r,,,v generations contestng for the enormously
arahle franchise Of the upper West SIDE. ms
che Board Of Aldermen granted on Tuesday' June v
., the Third Avenue Railroad Company. ana yes
,erdov Mayor Strong sat In the Adermens cham-
"a, % hear argument for and against his approval
=, tho Boards resolution. Both the Third Avenue
company and its rival the metropolitan TRACTION
COMPANY were represented BY chosen advocates
THE hearing lasted until after p. IN. Mayor
Strong will probably announce to-day what dispo
.,,,on no viii make OF the grant. Wcll-nform'd
citizens predicted last evening that the Mayor
would veto the action Of the Aldermen
Edward Lauterbach. for the Third Avenue com
many proposed a division OF the time. each side
,o have two hours but ;he Mayor said that ne
was willing 10 hear everything that the parues
wanted TO say. Samuel b. Clark. Of the law frm Oh
moo, G Clark. of which Elihu Root. the Metro
nol,tan Traction Company's senior counsel Is heao
began the argument. and said that the Metro
noy,an Traction Company would offer more ad-
rantares 10 the travelling public and that II would
also pay into the treasury Of the city more una"
tho Third Avenue road would. He said that THIS la'-
,e- nont was L weighty argument and that the
Nfavor should not believe the statement OF MY
I,,,,s-bach tina, the city would receive more COM
,orsa,,on by giving the franchise 70 the mira Ave
nue. road He declared that the action OF Inc hO"'o
4, voting the franchise the rival road was open
10 reversement IN the courts. because '"e P"''iS
hearings that the Aldermen gave on the two pet-
,avlN- adv sod
naners and that the law regarding the announce
men. Of hearings on franchises had not been COM
piled with He called the Mayors attention ~ ,"0
fac, that the road he spoke for had oneren 10 CIV
10000 in a lump sum for the franchls9' oes"''
the percentage Of gross receipts required by law.
H. saia that The ThirdAvenue road had also offered
% nav a lump sum but that both Offers had been
refused In refusing consider these offers Inc
Board had been guilty Of not regarding inc p"','N
interest and on that ground their acton sho"u oe
overrued Another point that the speaker e'np"'.
sized was that II the franchise went to the miro
Avenue road that road would have all the available
avenues on the upper West Side and competition
would be choked of ,
CYRUS Clark president Of the west Emo ASso0'-
zion favored the Metropolitan Traction Oo"pa'H'
and said that the West Side people wanted the
METROPOLITAN Traction Company, am 'ha' II "o"''
AFFORD better service than its rival
Luke Cozars Lawson II. Fuller, CHRISTIAN
Thinks r. r. Perkins and Assemb'yman MA'r
also spoke in favor Of the metropolitan lide"o"
Company.
Francis Duffy presented the resolutions passed
nv the Manhattan Protective Association approx
ing the efforts OF the Traction Company 70 secure
the franchise and calling on the Mayor - ''''
the action Of the Board Of Aldermen
The sunporters OF the claims OF ihe Thrd Avenue
road were then invited to speak George Drake
Smith resented the suggestions that me A'uo'
mon who had voted for the Third Avenue 'oa' nau
baen actuatcd by visions OF booile lie sau '"''
they were carrying out the wishes o. 'he ma
1ority Of their conStiiuenta III s-''"s ''''
10 the Third Avenue road
~, 1ou,.r,,,ch made a comparatively brief ar
e,uent for the Third Avenue company. His speech
was twice interrupted At one time ne sad 'nd'
q, the noass-meeting held at Washington Heights
few nights o ago. n;erT eal in the Third Avenue
road. Mr. Iauterbach said that he would never
io Tsris,ian thinks. president OF the WASHINGTON
Heights Progressive Association. jumped up ana
shouted: 1t Is iase 'h"' SUI"
Wr Cozans became angered at the way MI. Lau,
terbach interpreted the Ta.iIoan 20 n,ernrntatons
in court, Mr. Lauterbach then srizel copH OF Inc
statutes and Ie ,1 ,5 hs s~'''0" ''e'e' w
'he urine his argument there wore several pleasant
, DuidIs M TIE noli:ical differences between the
t mi the pre ident OF the Republican coun
W ;Comn1ittee Mr Lauterbach said mat ne ha.
~ IN s,,ccas~,ul in ..,k.ng for patronage. but
Mos pt ne sxnectea 10 lie successful in getting the
an expla,ued that the franchise asked tor was
nc e -. ersion 10 run from Orc-hundrei-aEd-
s0 Tr,va,@"ecordst along the Einsstr.Gse Road to
sDuy,en Duyy; Ths Metropoitan road wantei tbs
s Spus Ie BIT us road stopped at Ono-huadie
and-sixfeenih-st.. He declared RAJ IN az l'S
nd .,,i,v his road should get me franchise ana
sl ana ~ Navor that ne should stand by ne Alder
men who representa- pubic oih'on %, a.. he ss,d
I'm IN s Wayo- Wnam L. strong has the courage Of
his convictions