New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-10-15
BRONX WATCHES H4FFEN
Delay on Port Chester Plan May
Cost Him and Others Reelection.

The Port Chester Railroad project, which has
been at a standstiu since May ). in the Railroad
Committee of the Board of Aldermen may cause
the political downfall Of several candidates for all
dermen from Bronx districts well of the
Tammany candidate for borough president. unless
these display sufficient energy between now
and the next meeting of the Board of Aldermen
October q. to insure favorable action on the
Port Chester application on that date.
second meeting OF the association formed to
bring the Port Chester matter TO a head was held
in the Office of Borough President Haffen. One-hun-
acknowledgements and Third-ave, yes
terday. It SHINY attended. as the attempt Of
Mr. Haffen to take to himself the entire credit for
forcing the public hearing to assist him in his
campaign for reelection had cooled the ardor of
representative citizens OF The Bronx, who refuse to
lend themselves adjuncts to Haffens political
canvass.
When the meeting called to order Mr. Haffen
said he did not know what could be accomplished
nv the meeting toward further progress the Port
Chester application, the Board of Aldermen did
not meet until october q. and he thought lhat
even at that time the board would not consider the
question and would wait until after the election
to pass on II. -,
David H. Morris said that he understood that the
meeting was to have heard the reports of the
several committees which had been appointed 10
see the heads OF the different political prues anu
ask them line up their aldermen LOT Ihe ioft
Chester application. Mr.. Morris said that ne had
seen Navor Low and had left with him considera-
bic information regarding the Port chester hodu'
and that he had asked the Mayor TO send an
emergency message to the Board OF -AiueIlhen'
The Mayor said Mr.. Morris. promised to look over
the papers MI Haffen seemed disinclined TO per-
NIT the committees to report, probably because II
was known that the Tammany leader, Charles r
Murphy had CURLY refused to aid The Bronx IN
getting the application through the Board OF Alder
men Mr.. Hanen in hurry TO leave the
meeting, as he was slated to meet committee OF
notification last evening at o'clock! {
Alderman Behrmann, from Bronx district. a
candidate for reelection. spoke bitterly OF the
pounding he and his Bronx colleagues had received
from the press IN the case of the Port Chester
application. The Bronx aldermen had worked ear
nesty for favorable action, he said. W. w. Pen
was curious that The Bronx aldermen had failed to
obtain the consent of their fellow members to the
granting of the application of the Port Chester
Railroad to cross and under Bronx streets, as
he knew that when any alderman mad some meas
ure affecting his home district he wished passed.
his colleagues, a rule, voted with him.
Alderman Peck, a member OF the Railroad Com
mittee, said that any number Of resolutions, mass
meetings or public hearings would have effect
were always, he said, certain questions to be ar
ranged when a franchise asked for, and he
said that q did not need TO be an alderman
to know what had to be done. Only when certain
influences had been brought to bear, he said. would
the Port Chester application be brought before the
board. THE Railroad Committee didn't cut any
figure in the matter at ALL said Alderman Peck