New-York tribune., 1903-02-27
BLAMES TROLLEY TRUST.
Continued from first Pnge.

have the whole board-three men constitute II
majority. end that is all that the company
needs" Election of members OF the bodIu VI
Works was Instituted in 1898.
'In most of the years. except 1871. lsJ1 ana
1896 the Democrats had control OF the Doaru-
The conditions were almost intolerable 90 I"
the board TO protest and your complaints were
listened TO with great ceremony. and-hothiis
done It's about the same now, with the Repuo-
licans in control AS a matter of fact. the com
pany is toe poor to make any improvements-ai-
most bankrupt. They're making barrels oi
money from their business. but their enormous
issues of stocks and bonds-some S4-,Voo'o'''
believe-make them unable to pay any divioehuS
on their common stock and eat up all their
earnings The company is constantly behind the
demand; if we need one hundred cars they VIII
muster bare fifty.
Last spring there was strong protest
launched in which the Board Of Trade TOOK the
lead. The existing evils were fully shown up
and finally David Young, the urbane, unctuouS
maker of promises, met the Board OF Trace
committee. He promised sixty new cars by Oc-
tober l. and a new powerhouse- Wen, the cars
dribbled in, few at a time, until we got the
sixty but we haven't the powerhouse yet The
last / knew. it wasn't rooted. Recently MT.
Young said it would be ready on March l.
asked the contractor when it would be hnisheu'
md he said April 1, while OHefeu to peC iiiii :"
good dinner that it wouldn't he in service on
June l. Now, why didn't the Board OF "orks
get after the trolley company last fall?
THE Board of Works winkS at Y1olatlohS,
Why, there is n peanut stand at Broad anu
Market SITS, occupying six feet OF the x IN,
which I'm told pays Sl,JOO n year rent fuTe
negligence. 1t has right 10 be there. why
do the officials allow it," An expressive gesture
accompanied the question
II was glad to see that The Tribune com
mented on Prosecutor Riker's connection with
oner's Jury perfectly clear from any influence OF
the company but | ask, in the most tenn
peTate and coloress language, II II IS eAactly
the right thing TO have the case presented 70 inc
grand jury by a prosecutor WHO is heaVy
stakeholder in the company which may be heid
liza BILE and against whose of1lclaiS IL may pS
necessary to find indictments? / am sure thaI
among unprejudiced people there can be put
one answer to this, and that comment would De
superfuous.
The question was raised to how the trac-
tion company held it's Beard OF Works repre-
sentatives under control
Actions speak louder than words. answered
the merchant I'll cite instance. from which
YOU can draw your own conclusions ABOUT
three and a half years ago. at regular meetihs
of the Board of Trade, Joseph Coult. wen
known lawyer. declared that if he received the
authority from the governing powers OF the Gil!
he would elevate every railroad track, ana iC
wou1d not cost the city 81. Nothing was ever
done \ wear ago the city entered into an agree
ment with the Pennsylvania to pay Sot"ooD tD-
ward the expenses of eievating It's tracks. While
II will nav 81 0000fD to the Delaware. Ldchd-
wanna and Western OF course, there mas OeeH
lots of significant talk. and every one nas s
r+ad 70 know why the Board of Works d1dn
act ON CouIt's plan. Do you think you re