New-York tribune., 1899-12-17
rNION RAILWAY BLOCKED.
cuuoNr HORSE RAILWAY GETS THE
RosToN POST ROAD FRANCHISE
-,,r "rsucKLEBERRY" OFFICIALS MAI nv"
,,.rr TO CARRY PASSENGERS THROUGH
- ,-,,,.cr ~ STAGES

,,,,,cx,, rprRRy" OFFICIALS MAY NOW
y.vr TO CARRY PASSENGERS THROUGH
THE VILLAGE IN STAGES
.-ustees Of Larchmont, before whom hear
ros held a week ago have sral'eu " ii'i0"ise
ne me- Iarchmont Horse Railway OonlpaH! III Piel-
70 '"e 80 tho Union Railway, or "Huckleberry
eeh'o ,h;ob wanted TO put a trolley In the Bos-
system, poad In the franchise. which was pre-
10" a. a meeting Of the trustees on FRIDAY ngnt
se"o-os,sent Carsten Wendt and verbally accepted
,ooi company has the privilege OF MAKING an
Ue .,or IN the Boston Post Road ana through
tA'e,h.ave tA'enSO" II has one year in which to
"a there is no limit Of time in which the
oes' :. he constructed and put in operation. The
nne g IN perpetuity and under II the Larch-
nav -, Railroad is bound 10 widen the post
n0,' s,vtv-six feet and pave between the tracks
TO - feet on each side II must also pay 600
Hu ,-ovements already made In the post road
iol i't = ,r,nrovements that have been made In
"" S.ortbave and widen a stone bridge in the
Chas For the first five years $50 annually OF
pos' csipts is TO be paid into the village treas
the he' -. tho second fve years 500 annually.
my ,a.a,, thing I'm the franchise is the clause
sl So tho company right to use any power
'na' stean power. This means that 1t may run
..or lire with its present horsecar system
Nv ,se railroad station TO the beach If IT so de-
i'o" Cha-les A Singer president of the company.
Trihunf
'olu u"Ortal road that would be credit to Larch-
o Tho action Of the trustees has completely
nv .h ..t4uckleherry' road from connecting
' 49, or the eastern side OF Westchester County
m =, leaves one mile Of the Boston Post Road be-
-, Nauaroneck and New-Rochelle which 1t
r, not be able acquire except by purchase
,, the Larchmont company, and members OF
-. cononanv are on record saying that they
80 NOT entered the field to sell out There is an
IarChmOnt against a
-, line in the Boston Post Road, even though 1t
= ,-,e that there is only mile that can be left
clear
action in the franchise which says that the Larch-
mont company must begin in a year TO build but
,lsces no limit on the time when II must have the
,o.s finished They say that the company can per-
,or great service for the public by laying one or
,ro rails in some obscure place where they will not
shstruct the highway, and by then postpomne the
building Of the remainder OF the roao In1emi'eiy, ,a
A representative Of the Union Raliway salo
Yesterday 10 a Tribune reporter that he DID not be-
heye that his company would desire 10 P9rEnase s
he severe conditions that had been imposed upon
sbt IN ts "a T3den the Boston post Road from its
pTesent width Of thirty feet 10 siXtY-siX feet.
,,i sat Avc cents from each passenger on our line
from NamaroneCk to Larchmont. Ihen ne VIII
r,nnt company for the ride Of one mile TO New
Pochelle after which ne will transfer again 70
line and pay fNe cents more 10 continue MS
iournev 10 New-York. This would be perfectly sat
isfactory 10 us. would get ten instead OF
sve cents from each passenger"
'Rut was suggested Suppose the Larchmont
rorranv does not build? Would not that leave
rap that would prevent the company from carry
ina passengers between New-York and points east
Of New Rochelle?'
'if that is 10 be the case" was the reply. "our
company would have to establish a line of stages
through Larchmont and carry passengers without
charge from the end OF the TarrytoWn White
Plains and Mamaroneck Railroad In Mamaroneck
IN the beginning Of the lines of the parent com
parry on the boundary line Of New-Rochelle.
There Is no doubt that the "Huckleberry" COM
pany fully realizes that IL has been effectually
blocked on the eastern side of Westchester County.
and this has given rise 10 rumor that rather
than submit II may attempt TO force It's way
through Larchmont without a franchise and reckon
with the courts afterward This rumor is that the
contractors will start late the afternoon of Sat
urday December % after the courts are closed.
and push their way through the Manor. The fol-
lowing day will he Sunday. and the next day
Christmas which would give them until Tuesday
at 10 ocock-three nights and three days-in which
Il would be impossible for the residents 70 OBJ
tain an Injunction There is a little more than
mile Of track 10 lay and il Is believed that the
work could he accomplished In this time If there
fire companies The railroad company has large
amounts of material stored all along the road, and
some people are inclined to regard this with sus-
highways are so we'll known.