The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-05-09
DICKINSON SEES
M'CARTER.
But Declares It Had Nothing
to Do With the Mayors
Attack on North
Jersey.
CAREY rs CONFIDENT
He Is Sure City Will Win and
All Trolley Woes Will
End Forever.
CAREY rs CONFIDENT

Thomas N. McCarter, President of the
new Public Service Corporation, which
is to operate various trolley lines in this
part of the State, spent several hours in
Jersey City today. He had long con-
ference with David Young, Vice-Presi-
dent and General Manager of the North
Jersey system, in his Office in the North
Jersey building on Exchange place. Wal
ton Clark, of Philadelphia, Chief Engi-
neer of the United Gas Improvement
Company, who has been in this city du-
ring the past few days acquainting him-
self with the details of the scope of the
Public Service Corporations plans, was
also present.
During the conference Colonel Samuel
d. Dickinson, Secretary of State and Re-
publican leader of Hudson, spent some
time with the conferees. This gave rise
to the statement that Colonel Dickinson
had been called in in reference to Mayor
Fagan's recent attack upon the validity
of the charter of trolley companies in
Jersey City. This. however, Colonel
Dickinson emphatically denied when he
emerged from the conference room. He
said that Mayor Fagan's attack was not
referred to, that he had only called to
pass the time of day with the Attorney
General, and that their. conversation had
been entirely upon topics of strictly
personal nature,
Mr.. McCarter and Mr.. Young discuss
ed at length the details of the present
system of the management and contem-
plated improvements. Mr.. Young point
ed out where in his opinion advantageous
changes could be made, and the matter
of an executive staff to manage the prop
critics when he should lay down their ac-
tive supervision was gone into. Mr..
Young announced that yesterday he sign
ed contract with Brown Bros, bankers
Of New York, to represent them in the
management of all the trolley lines con-
trolled by them.
The salary which he is to receive, he
said, was far in excess of that which he
received as general manager of the North
Jersey. In addition to this he is to rep
resent the firm in any negotiation for
the requirement of other railroad prop
critics which they may seek to acquire.
Corporation Counsel George L. Rec
ord left town unexpectedly for Maine
last evening. and nothing will be done
in the matter of the suit which Mayor
Fagan had instructed him to bring to
test the validity of the trolley lines char
ter until he returns. When that will be
is not definitely known. He went to
Maine with relative who was stricken
recently and the condition of that rela-
tiye's health may determine the length
of his visit.
His assistant, Corporation Attorney
Robert Carey, said this morning that in
spite of all the talk by trolley officials
and Democrats that the position taken
by the Mayor and Mr.. Record had not
a leg to stand on, he failed yet to see
where they had advanced single reason
to show that city's position was not
sound. The city was absolutely sure
of its ground and he had no doubt that
the suits which Mr.. Record was going
to begin would be successful. The
only streets in Jersey City in which the
North Jersey now had the right to oper-
ate a trolley line were Jackson avenue
and West Side avenue, south of Com
munipaw avenue. The franchises for
those streets were. granted under laws
and by ordinances which are not ques-
toned. In the suits, Mr.. Carey declares,
the people would obtain relief from all
their trolley woes, as the companies will
have to get new franchises. After the
suits have been decided against them,
as he was sure it would be, and the
city could then make what terms it choose
before granting the franchises. He
denied most emphatically that the Mayor