The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-05-21

shall be relieved OF the cost OF maintain
ing I'm good condition the highways be
tween tracks and adjoining their rails
rms IL one OF the many things desired
IN return. Even were the corporation
10 grant several stations. their object I.
10 obtain more than they give. This Il
not the right spirit
To give the people transfer tickets fol
their convenience is only TO render par
! payment for the privileges the company
| has already been given.
IL this corporate is wise IL will grant
| the convcniences desired. This is a re-
action 20 follow all this giving or priv
! ileges 10 corporations. II may safely be
| declared that when this company's fran
chise expires, IL will never be renewed
ALL FAVOR TRANSFERS.
George W. Amison said Il was certain
| the people should have transfers. He
| believed there should he transfers given
AT such points as OlneyVille square and
AT Hoyle square He was of the opinion
that the proposed central station plan
WAS devised only to put off the issue
People desiring 90 go to Mount Pleasant
would not want 20 go 10 the centre of
the city TO obtain transfer
~. {. Calef said he believed the system
or transferring passengers from car TO
car where they met At convenient points
is the one that should be adopted.
If the residents OF Manton desired 10
go To Centredale or 90 Smiths hill they
should have the privilege OF transferring
from one car 10 another where they met
al Manton
Rev. j NJ. Lowden. pastor OF the
Plainfcld Street Free Baptist church,
said he believed In the rights OF capital
and brain power. but he believed. also. in
the rights OF the individual citizen. and I'm
the claims of poor men upon the commu-
nifty i'm its direction OF affairs
During the five years he had been es-
tablished here he had found IL hard
ship TO pay double fares TO go 10 points
on Broadway, 10 the Rhode Island Hos
pital and TO Auburn. and TO other places
whittier his duty called him
Ezra Clifford said the issue will have
10 be fought out in the legislature. He
said II Is common property that the leg
islature is controlled by one man but
the speaker had too much faith I'm man
Kind To believe that such power could be
welded IL the measure were radically
wrong and shown TO he SO Agitation Is
needed TO make known TO the legislators
from towns outside Providence the jus
tice OF the matter.
WILL ACETATE MATTER.
Rev w. A. Gardner OF the tabernacle
W. r chufch SAID pubic sentiment is
gradually being expressed TO emphatic
ally show that free transfers are wanted
What the people want they must fight
for The Union railroad. ne said. is a
powerful corporation. But public senti-
ment rs more powerful when aroused
lie would take a station system IL moth
ing better could be obtained. but IL should
be ticket system lie urged agitation
OF the subject and suggested that other
meetings be held. so that thoughts sug-
gested at this time might be digested
and wrought out.
George Farnell said the station plan Is
only subterfuge. He said ii may be
called socialism or anything else. but
the time is coming soon when the issue !
VIII be raised as to the right OF "A few |
men to dominate, and To use the wealth I
created by community. He described I
ocal conditions, showing that aside 4
rom ride TO the centre OF the city IL 4
'osts 10 cents to get to any point tiat .
has attractiveness for the working peo- .
)le Of OlneNVille.
After general discussion II was voted !
% have other meetings. 10 be arranged 4
~ the executive committee. and a reso-
uuon was adopted instructing the ex- 4
'cutiVe committee to represent the asso-
'iation at any meetings Of the city coun-
~ or committees having this matter 10
ousider, and to present the demands OF
)lneyville I'm behalf OF the association
The executive committee consists of
ohn u. Thompson. Or. II. r. Windsor
md Byron a. Smith.