New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-11

wainwright meant business and knew what chat
implied as well as Senator Guy there would rave s.
came before the aldermen. st the close Of last ses-
sion there were & pat ad3o1 I the
meeting because there were only sixteen in the
minutes later there we're forty in the chamber.
Inc 9T 49, s inc S mercy Of the IeHaven For
years. and all hope seemed dead This company
Haven ran forty: to charge 70 cents, where tho
New-Haven charged % cents; and to take IKE US to
Haven took at least an hour. We mean TO stand
6ge '1 Hp this old Company. which has been buried
the bones OF Julius Caesar are on top OF them.
Joseph A. Hayes of Mount Vernon presented
resolutions passed by the Board of Aldermen OF
that city favoriug the bill. and declared that on
that question there had been only unanimous
agreement. irrespective OF party lines. William
f. Sawyer, OF New Rochelle. stated that the peo-
pie OF the uppe- section wanted the question
settled, and declared that IL was impertinent
the part OF the city OF New-York to say what
the people Of West Chester should have, and
make them take it.
Seward Baker. Representative Ryan. T. W.
Sherman OF Port Chester. president Of the local
Board OF Supervisors. and r. T. Statutes Of
Mount Vernon. chairman OF the Republican City
Committee. also spoke.
Mr.. GUY DEFENDS CITY OFFICIALS.
In opposing the bill. on behalf of the Mayor.
Assistant Corporation Counsel Guy presented a
long argument. I'm the course Of which he rea-
soned that comforting such power on local
boards would result in the parting with public
franchises without compensation To illustrate
this he suggested that II It had not been for the
present safeguards, the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company would have secured the rights TO its
tunnel without paying for them; that under the
new bill, the Baltimore and Ohio and the Penn
sylvanie Railroad. in Richmond and Queens
boroughs. would be able to obtain rights with
out proper compensation to the city. In the
course Of his arguments. Mr.. Guy had a coed
deal to say about the influence OF the Board Of
Estimate and Apportionment and the Mayor.
and treated the part the aldermen played gin
gerly. He said in part:
The Mayor OF the city of New-York IN opposing
this bin IN its present form. wishes TO say that
pication Of the Fort hester Rsiiroad for af franz
chise in the city OF New-York. which application
s rs m or ,. He nsrqss me to o5sst to the pas
ment Il would create evils one hundred times in
excess or those to remedy which the bill has been
Increased transportation facilities in The Bronx.
and regrets the vexatious delays and dsappoint-
his objestion to this bill Is that in order to Te
character every safeguard which the experience Of
the last half century has taught should be placed
oLeAA INC hldHNAlle OF puuAc lItIlcnlhet IN our
cities IS removed by this measure. 50 far as gen.
eral tTafhc railroads arc concerned.
The telling presentation OF the arguments OF
the delegation called forth from the chairman
OF the hearing Assemblyman Beden. the frank
admission OF the fact that It was plain that
the people OF the localities affected desired
road, but It was apparent from his questioning
that the bin In its present state could not be
passed since II is regarded as too sweeping
But the heirr1furr damon gf ~ a. sha
public sentiment OF the lower part OF the state
IS certain 10 result in an amendment OF the
Tneasure-indeed, certain amendments were sug-
gested at the hearing