The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-29
WAR STATEN ISLAND NEEDS.
An Aroused Public Sentiment VIII Cure
Nest Of It's HIs.

To ruR EDtroR or THK SUN-9tr: Permit
me to second heartily the remarks OF EDWIN
AIwell in q recent issue In so Tar as ne
complains OF lack OF pabIic sentiment as being
q partial cause Of the backwardness OF Ststen
nland. but at the same time allow me 10
earnestly differ With him when ne segSeets
mum ownership a. the pansce@ TOT our
woes. As Mr.. AweIl says. there is no puo-
lie sentiment back Of any movement loOHlng
"a the betterment Of the conditions on the
island, but do you think that euoh q MANS
a. Anti Nuisance League" is calculated 70
iuaplre or produce public sentiment! IN thS
mind OF the writer there Is, and always mas
been, an objection to anything 80 neeatINs
as an anti" CexceptinG anti Hearst OF Counsel
Not that I am unwilling 10 give the league
credit for its efforts, but because j am on the
opinion that such a name a. staten Lsiano
Improvement Association" or Better staten
Island League" would he more likely 70 arouse
a public sentiment that at Its worst can onIy
be dormant.
why not form such an organiSation ana
invite members? We have serious enough
need Of such work. Our railroad Iares ano
rates are high, and the service 10 not arranged
In such q manner a. to give working people,
especially those employed In storee, an op-
DortunIty to live on the ialand. The trains
are run AZ a speed about as slow a. the devel-
opment OF staten Island public sentiment
and, now that fslI IL here. the service IL becotn"
ing less frequent than ever IL has been. .
Our light service IL better or late. Dut stlil
subject to spasms that leave us In = dark
! ness that T. d.nserc.. 70 = degree. sho gen
orally speaking, stands in much neSd 81 I'M
provement both "a to quality OF hxnt ana
proper maintenance Of service. -,
Our trolley system IN old. foeslltDsu, apo
his summer l vepture to say mas Goss t sd
outfit by the manner in which is desplcablo
parody Of service drove thousands Oh inteho-
ing investors away.
Municipsi ownership. however, 10 no cure
ali for any OF these evils. We have q me
exemplincation OF the dement's OF tnis mlen
vaunted pseudo-panacea In the splendid way
that the municipality owned isrryboats are
gradually working back to the Tar Iamed
speed Of tho glorious boats Cf old. pow
regularly takes twenty-five minutes ana over
to make the trip. but perhaps the pepaIl-
witt q trip as the scbedule calls for might
distress our Der vQus systems INTO maklhk
demands that the Sc. George terminal De pus
In suokN condition that wading would De un-
necessary on rainy days.
What we need is. not more municipal own-
ership, but a public sentiment that VII not
be negative but progressive In Ns demanoa
and exscting in seeing that the REQUIRE
mente or Staten Islanders are properly met,
and all this can readily he achieved 6y cali
Ing upon the properly constituted aYthorIfies
TO- cTmPf H. thSs s. d snde5 sn "f ,6 sSTIso''''0" 70
When public sentiment In staten Island
has reached such q stage as THE We shaIl
have but little to complain OF, ana the DoI-
ough Of Richmo VII cease 10 De-as. "
t~o-day-twenty years behind the ttn1ee. UnttI
the awakening takes place even municipaI
than a HtfRe days wonder.
RiCHMOND. October %. T.. l.. CoTTELL.