New-York tribune., 1899-12-23
TO SAVE THE POST ROAD.
RYE RESIDENTS VIGOROUSLY PROTEST
AGAINST THE PORT CHhol II"
STREET RAILROAD COM
PANYs BOLD
DEMAND.

MANY prominent residents OF hye "'''
meeting Of the Highway Commissioners yes'er.
~ 80 -. ,ber onposition to the latest plot
:, ~ Port Chester Street Railroad Company !"
h,,ud a trolley road on Of he finest hsh"ays
of We.tchester County-the Boston Fos' Ho""
Is proposed by the trolley company 10 eN'"u
road which now terminates In Rye 10 tue v''"e'
-, Ntonaropeck over this splendid tn"roughiare'
This grant ls unquestionably the most au'"
that the company has ever asked OF the peopie VI
pyo and Il "a evident from the emphatic protests
mt were made Yesterday that x the flsn"ay
commissioners are unwse enough to cohceoe ~
their decision will be bitterly fought III '"e 80
hy a score or more Of the most prominent res
dents of Westchester County, who are oan'eu W.
eether IN the Rye Protective Association
rha franchise was presented by the company >
attornev Frederick w Sherman, and william ro'-
tor Allen opened the discussion against H.
.1-ha Roston Post Road" he declared, ~ 'n'
narkwav Of Rye It is used principally Tor pleas
ure driving and nobody wants II occup'eu W a.,
trolley. We want It exempt from all troHey roduS
and kent intact Ike Fifth-ave., In NeW-iorA'
Ifaybevy wainwright said that the proposition
~ tho trolley company was an ASTOUNDING o"
"r. vould be an act Of vandalism, ne ncc'a.7''
"to give any company franchise oi. w
Road" Every property owner, ne saiu, " -
,osed 70 f. Mr. Wainwright then handeu III P'U
test signed by the Rye Protective -''e- - p,e
uhich ths history Of the trolley agitation III nye
az TO the position OF the members
IN tho discussions which have taken place rOnasy ~ ns
baen continually avowed by tHe ~ I, has been
that IL $3.50 ,d,ng that the Commissioners reGos
,f,od thar a route over the FOst hpSS" ". ,owr.
mos NOS a. aant sacrifice OF valuable properly oy a1-
h, .ha, IL vs. calculated to drive away persons III
here here am ana be 10 great benefit to the town
Now an application is made Dg M Iie oya y, TWO
many for the Post Road This means one oi '"0
fhinge Either ,.n he
r9st ha4 this viii ne permitted by the supreme
Court Its opinion deciding against tnT 1ron he
spond that roads even less mpoTpsndt pd @eqs aeq o
Beautifully Improved than me eSsrs 10 the use OF
trolley company In s opinion tne sion Ssve been
,,,,sIiaS when the Commissioners after notice ,o W
aii nartics have heard the evidence ~, 80, re-
made their IepDGS No tls or by majority Of such
Po,o PorroIssionsrs The determination OF tne C4rn ss
,,issorsrs Is without force or erect uli'i. g.,
I,n,ad 1ba sanction of this Court. and me iace
necessarv FOR this Court TO confirm ,ne
report devolves upon II the duty OF n ne commis
sioners are sufficient to JUSTIFY the sra"'''e -
petition
The roadways over which the proposed stree, ree.
ssIsS sanroSsd ave been improved private ekpense'
large sums Of money nave been expenaed pS Srosh
ydu9Is M 9d5 to Of Rye and e eeadns out the sumner
homes OF large number Of people VINO nagS a,denSes
~ he a advantage OF this particular section
and while the highways are tne Ions Of private
Datnre rnnst Weld to public necessity or convTrn-
ience there Is no good reason "hy Ineee PhouId be
roadwavs improved az private expense, ~ S.rsr
pronriated bv corporation when there are otner
ways which will answer equally as wen every p''
Tss 81 LANGUAGE is peculiarly applicable to the Post
Road We have seen IN the ne%Spape,1 - prnnanv in
maKrs ar id , tbat as the Supreme Court would not
Of 10
,srnIaed nat the post Road was be used whether
ths "a agsi0n no '9e ot OF the State Is justified will
be ascertaned Il the present application ever ee
reaches that court and its attention snail qe
called TO the sighting way In which its decis39hi -
said TO have been referred 10 naL .1ie s.. pood
means is that highways like the Boston POST ia R1aa
shall not be turned over for the use OF uo"ey
company. ,,. =, ~. rs. ., the Post
Rdad bp Rers troey Company has deferred all I'M
rOvemens from Rye agss gsefS re aT ,ne oay parties
ready and willing TO take up the improvement o ti
most p pess s,Tsd Gt tha the POST Road
IS not TO be sacrificed. Such improvements can be
Pye and Port chester which by the previous action
Of the Highway Commissioners has been protected
second-f on the other hand the scheme of Of The
trolley company Is by obtaining @ ,t ,bs on own
ers OF property on another route II is peruhens en-
willing to be participants in aid OF any such pur-
'Tbird-Our understanding ls and We are so ad-
v,sed that the Highway Commissioners are
trustees They represent the interest OF the town
and its taxpayers. Whatever may be the value 70
the trolley company Of right on any highway
We respectfully submit to the commissioners that
in giving any such right free OF payment they are
giving away Just much value or which they are
trustees FOR the taxpayers NO trustee mas Fisht
10 make such a OF his trust
The statement is signed by John f. Parsons. J.
IT Wainwright c. Stewart Schenck George f. Jar
dine James NJ Fields Clarence :. Day. J. Msyhew
Wainwright. w II. Parsons. l. A. Gwynne' H. De
y Parsons and Charles \. Gould -
After hearing the protests the Highway Commits
sloners decided adjourn to another date, in order
10 secure a further representation OF the owaers
of property along the proposed route Mr. Sher-
man counsel TO the trolley company, became un-
easy when William II. Parsons suggested SATURDAY
as the time for the next hearing He insisted SO
strongly on some other time that the Commits
sloners as one OF them expressed IT, agreed to
"spllt the difference and MAKE IL Thursday next,
at o'clock in the town rooms in Port Chester
Mr. shermans objection to Saturday. IL Is said.
is that the New-York people who have country
places in Rye In the habit OF visiting them on
that day and would naturally attend the nearing
and enter their protests against the road.