New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-14
WOULD HAVE TO SEE THE CAPTAIN.
Alderman Wanted to Know What New
Rochelle City Fathers Got.

A sideIight on the methods OF Tammany alder
mer in the Port Chester affair Is brought out In
letter to Mayor Mcclellan from Louis a. Curllie-.
A little conversation between New-York alder
man and the president OF the New-RochsIs Board
OF Aldermen In quoted b. Mr.. Curllier to show
that graft" Is a controlling factor with the Tam
many aldermen The letter follows:
It is mors than gratifying to the citizens Of
Bronx that you are going to accord them a public
on the Boston and o f tsnar o
the public hearing in Albany this week S,r on the
certain people have heaEd ugiy rumors' and You
should be commended in giving the public a chance
OF the Port Chester Railroad application to the
Board OF Aldermen f0r their assent to cross certain
ton OF tho Committee Railroads OF the Board
are fresh In the minds OF every one and II Is need
less for me 70 narrate the same, but would Ike
ton and Nex-York Railroad franchise was passed
b. the board because It was party measure. when
the officials OF WestcIester County to be a public
Railroad Commission have tertifsd that the Port
Chester people have complied with the law, and.
Pad df Is 'e de sS seto ab being Tbat the
Board OF Aldermen would see Mt TO give that rail-
Railroad COMMITTEES any report whatever Of the
Tort Chester application which has been pending
sbls they afraid that the Port Chester people
too energetic and mean 20 do business?
II certainly f.. 20 my mind. piece Of legislation
that cannot fathom- I have attended all the
picatiOn. and there very Htte dissenson OF OPP
position 60 its application In fact there were over
eight hundred representative citizens 81 Westches-
ter County and the Borough OF The Bronx In favor
q this road But must state that to my mind,
the committee seems 20 be hostile to this appCa-
ton. and the citizens left with the belief that their
Efforts were IN vain. IL Is the duty u all good
citizens. II they know THAI any one has been ap-
preached In behalf 81 either company by any mem
Der % the Board 81 Aldermen. % be manly enough
70 come forward and so state 20 your honor. The
President of the Board OF Trade Of the Borough
81 The Bronx stated u that at a social gath
erlnE I'm New-ROchelle. Mayor clark u Sew-Io-
cheus told him that the President OF the Board 81
Aldermen ~ New-R0Chelle stated 70 him that at
the last public hearing the Port Chester appli-
cation certain alderman OF the city ~ New York
Z called him into the arte-Chamber and asked him
II the Board ~ Aldermen OF New Rochelle had
passed the franchise FOR the Port Chester people.
lie said that they had. The alderman asked wha
they meaning the New-30chelle aldermen EOt Tor
the same. and when told that they had got moth
lng. but that they were glad to get the railroad.
the alderman Of the city 81 New-YOrk replied that
/ his board would never pass the franchise unless
they paid Tor tt. and that they would have 10 see
I the captain before they reported fav0rablv
Nov. n such rLmOrs are prevalent In WFStChester
/ County and The Bronx you cannot blame the citi-
Zeus for being Indignant over such treatment. OF
course. appreciate the fact that inCOUciusive
evidence Is nothing hut mere argument. uev-rthe-
less the Board OF Aldermen should De above sus-
. picon, and YOU going iu the right direction
20 ferret ~ out and YOU should be commended b.
I. ali good thinking citizens.