The Morris County chronicle., 1902-05-23
TROLLEYS AND FACTORIES.
Trend of Speeches at the Board of
Trade Banquet.

Trend of Speeches at the Board of
Trade Banquet.
The first annual banquet of the
Board of Trade was held at Days on
Wednesday night.
Covers were laid for eighty-six and
out of that number eighty were pre-
sent. Regrets were received from
Messrs. Robert D. Foote, DR.. Pierson,
S. H. Little, F. E. Woodward, Alder
man Hurting and D. P. Mcclellan.
Following we'll chosen menu, DR..
Norman Fox, upon invitation deliver
ed the opening speech. He referred
to the office of Mayor of Morristown,
which he had so recently filed as
place of great honor. The future pos
sibilities of the town, the speaker
said, were great. He then introduced
as the first speaker, his successor, the
May ayor-elect of Morrlstown, the Hon.
Charlton A. Reed. who was received
with a storm of applause. The Mayor
elect in short and interesting
address, spoke of the help that the
Board of Trade might render to the
Board of Aldermen, although the lat
ter body was greatly restricted by
many laws. In speaking of the res
possibility of holding Office he said:
"There is nobody so good or so honest
that little watching will not make
them BETTER which caused roar of
laughter and applause.
The Hon. Frank Bergen, of Eliza
beth, was the next speaker. His sub
jeot was "Trolleys for Suburban
Towns. F" Mr.. Bergen said that in
the many years he had been connected
with trolley interests he had never
known a town of the same type as
Morristown, through which line was
run on improved and sensible plans,
that did not pay. ~ understand, - he
said, "that the wealthy residents of
the town who have every convenience
of locomotion are the ones who are
against the building of trolley line,
yet these same residents who are
against the trolley will drive an au-
tomobile through the streets faster
than an ordinary trolley car could
ever run. Is it unnatural then, that
the plain, every day working people
should also want some rights?"
Mr.. Bergen presented three ways in
which trolley system could be es-
tablishea in the town. The first was
olassed as the "Ideal System" by
which bill is presented to the State
Legislature demanding the privilege
of allowing Morristown to build its
own trolley system. When such sys-
tenn is completed it could then be
leased to responsible corporation.
II have never yet seen a place where
the system was both owned and oper-
ated by town that was successful T"
the next method was the Sensible"
which practically covered the same
ground as the "Ideal" and the last
method was classed as practical. I"
By this method some outsiders form
a company and apply for franchise
causing an endless amount of news
paper talk and general dissatisfac-
tion. "Of all the systems, said Mr..
Bergen, l think you will find the
Ideal the best. :"
H. f. Baker. president of the Bound
Brook Board of Trade, and Mr.. Wood
ward, of Newton, both made short
addresses of interest. They were fol-
lowed by the last speaker of the even
ing, Hon, Henry O. Ryerson, of New
ton. Mr.. Ryerson said that when he
was asked to speak on manufactures
sometime ago, cold chill went up
his back "To think of aristocratic
Morristown having factories is be-
yond my imagination At the pre-
sent time there are three shoe factor
les, a silk mill, and box fcatory in
Newton. Over $500, 900 year is paid
out in wages by these concerns. He
spoke of the great advantage they are
to business men; nine -tenths of his
town customers being factory people.
At tie close of Mr.. Ryerson's ad-
dress the Board adjourned.