New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-20
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letter to Chairman Dick, at Akron, Ohio:
ON BROOKLYN ALDERMEN.
Blame for Port Chester Road Delay
Theirs. .SQYs Lacquer.

Hermann c. Friedman who is counsel for the
South Bronx Property owners Association and
member OF the executive committee Of the North
Side Board Of Trade and OF the Twenty-third Ward
Property Owners Association. gave the following
statement to The Tribune yesterday concerning the
':hod up" in the Board OF Aldermen OF the Port
Chester roads application to cross over and under
Bronx streets:
The hold up by the Railroad Committee Of the
Board of Aldermen Of the application of the New
York and Port Chester Railroad Company for per
Bronx is one of the most disgraceful ''hold-ups''
eyer perpetrated upon The citizens of The Bronx.
able lawyers before the State Railroad Commission
towns lying along the proposed route. and BY the
public, both as individuals and represented IN the
many property owners ana other ASSOCIATIONS OF
The Bronx that further consideration Of the ques-
ton Of whether public necessity and convenience
require a construction OF this road would seem 81
The reason given by Chairman Diemer Of the
Railroad Committee of the Board Of Aldermen for
M oI ma pm @ 70 a. ti i tv "a ~,
committee together since May . period of more
than four months. merits the broad smile of in
oredulity with which it is universally received,
OF the New YORK and Port Chester Railroad CON-
pany has always suffered through the lack OF
rhe absolutely Inadequate uncomfortable and
high priced PASSENGER service maintained by the
from The Harlem River 70 New-Rochene has for
sasterly part Of the borough Vow that the growth
Of the city and the cost Of public improvements
district make its develop1s9 Is home centre
10 relieve the congestion on Manhattan Island i'm
peratNe. the citizens o. Inc Bronx are: by q lew
sapient Brooklyn aid ermen. members OF the Rail-
road Committee. denied the only means whereby
New York and Port Chester Railroad
Is IL 10 be wondered az that the average citizen
cries graft when he learns the facts and that
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our OplnonS-well at least doubt whethe- Alderman
Diemer has stated all the reasons FOR the failure
Of his committee 10 act Borough President IL Zen
ana The Bronx aldermen have done all III their
power TO further the construction Of this road, and
! Chairman Diemer has been bnmbarded with reso-
| lutions from Bronx ORGANIZATIONS and individuals,
and I am told that he has PROMISED that his com
mittee would meet toward the end Of the month
oughly aroused over the failure OF this aderma mic
committee To do its duty. and when the people
shall have become fully awnre OF the injustice that
IS being done them through these Brooklyn alder
men .rEly believe that such steps viii be taken.
that IA the future II will be impossible for any clique
| in The Board Of Aldermen TO again hoi3 w such
| much resded public improvement IN The Bron1.
Joseph s. Woods leading resident Of Mount
Vernon which city is largely interested in having
the road built said yesterday:
| The people OF the Borough Of The Bronx and OF
Mount Vernon, New Rochelle, Rye and Port Ches-
I are becoming impatient over the long delay
OF the Board OF Aldermen in regard to the appli-
cation Of the NewYOrk and Port Chester Railroad
20 cross either above below grade certain streets
in the eastern part of The Bronx Borough.
The application for permission TO 90 this
Of Aldermen last Nav. and no report thereon has
Z set been made.
1t is the only obstacle TO the actual commence
ment or WORK on thls railrodd watch VIII be OF
greater benefit to the section through which Il will
I than other Improvement ever cOntem-
plated FOR that part OF the city.
II seems strange that the railroad committee OF
the Board OF Aldermen should not realize that the
sooner they report favorably on this matter the
and rapidly developing section Of the Borough OF
] The Bronx