Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-08

DISCUSSION
ON TROLLEY

FOLLOWING Lawyer wilson 5 state
ment at the trolley hearing Thurs
day night that the council could pas
the ordinance on the first day named
in the notice, the discussion continues
as follows:
Mr.. Pearse: Your Honor, Nj
Coan a Y he does not know what tn,
law Is and Mr.. Wilson has e%xpounde;
Ii, but | would like TO say what th'
law really is. He forgot the extr;
fourteen days must elapse from thu
first draft of the ordinance to the
final passage OF it, it is t~wenty-eighi
DAYS instead of fourteen"
Mr.. Coan: II might add while
could not mention the exact number
of days, 1 know it is not the duty nor
does the law make ii the duty of the
council to pass or reject II at the eX-
piration of twenty-eight days, they
may still continue in ad libitum, at
the discretion of the council, so there
is no hurry, the council can take their
own sweet time at 1t.
Urges Postponement.
.Now further, gentlemen, | would
like to ask what great injury or in
Justice would be done this company
by postponing consideration for a few
DAYS longer. We are told that the
great animus of the company for
granting this is to carry us TO Perth
Amboy, their laudible ambition, but
in order to get to Perth Amboy there
aust be a franchise from the town
ship of ~SayreYille, there must be a
franchise from the Board of Free
holders Of the county of MiddleseX
and a franchise from the city of
Perth Arnboy before getting in there.
Sayreville has not granted the fran
chise, the Board Of F~reeholders have
not granted the franchise and my in
formation is that no application has
been made to the city of Perth AM
boy for a franchise. Now give them
the franchise tonight, but they will
not be in position to build that road
TO Perth Amboy until they get these
other franchises"
Mayor: "Our proposition was this,
to let them go under a reasonable
time through South Amboy, through
Sayreville township and across the
bridge, and then let the cat fight
pussy
Mr.. Coan: my only reason for
speaking of this matter is to show it
will not be any great injury to this
company to postpone the granting of
this for another two weeks or an
other month. The Board of Free
holders only today laid the applica-
ton over for a month. The township
of ~Sayreville have not acted on it yet.
Now ! wish, If you gentlemen feel
that there Is no merit in the sugges-
tions | have made here tonight, if you
feel that there has been nothing said
that will react and rebound to the
benefit of our people and that these
provisions which | have suggested
would be absolutely worthless in this
ordinance, it is up to you to pass it
but IL, on the contrary, you feel these
suggestions, or any of them, If it is
only one of them, will give to oul
people better service, result even al
Mr.. Lykes has said IN building a troll
ley waiting room, something yol
might cogitate on, then, gentlemen
I ask that you be mot too hurried il
the passage of this ordinance, but
that you will delay,i for a reasonable
length of timerto give the citizens OF
the borough the right to look over
the franchise. Those fourteen days
has the franchise been before your
body and amended, or was it before
Your body and amended during those
fourteen days that the people might
take 1t and examine 1t and e what
the provisions were?"
Some Questions Asked.
Mayor: II do not think the public
has any right after that, MI. Coan.
Did you ever in your life know a gen-
eral Of a large army to have consult
ed his movements and his PROPOSE
lions to every private of that army
have you ever read In modern history
or in ancient history of that general
ever fighting a battle and getting
victory?"
Mr.. Coan: IT will ask you in an
swer to that another question. Did
you ever hear of a public board
granting a franchise to a corporation
on the streets of a municipality with
out giving the citizens of the town an
opportunity to offer their suggestions
for their W welfare?"
Mayor: 81 do not think 1t my
recollection and reading. there ever
was a franchise offered before any
public body through any borough,
city or village that has been hanging
SO long and the people been given so
long an opportunity to make their OBJ
jections as in this case. We have
postponed it now three times just to
give the people a chance to make
their objections"
Mr.. Coan: There are a few ax-
IONS | might give in response to your
answer and your suggestion. One is
IT is never too late to mend, an
other is II is better late than never
another is Borrow in haste and re-
pent at leisure.''