New-York tribune., 1906-07-17

The Staten Island Club finished the work OF pre-
pairing the constitution, and named July q as the
cate OF the public meeting. The tentative name OF
the "Anti-Nuisanee League OF Staten Island" was
adopted for the organization, and notices Of
the meeting sent out those who had shown
sympathy with the movement
While Staten Islanders have many things 20 COM
plain Of, II was agreed by all the members of the
committee that the in most pressing need Of
attention the defective trolley service and
next to that, the subject lighting AS if to give
point 70 the object of the meeting, the power plant
OF the Richmond Light and Railroad Company,
which has monopoly OF electric lighting on Staten
island, and also supplies motive power TO a
Jority Of the trolley cars again gave an exhibition
Of its ineHectlveness. Between the hours of $50
and 10 O'Clock last evening power was only sup
piled intermttently, and for ten and twenty min
utes at time cars were stalled all over the lines
OF the company. rendering it necessary for hun
dreds OF people TO walk their homes In the rain
Electric lights in the streets and houses went out
While residents Of the borough have been
obliged TO submit TO similar inconvenience for
years post, IL is generally conceded that condi-
tions have been hundred times worse this year
than ever before. And the worst of the trouble
new park at South Beach. This enterprise. cover
ing several acres has 10 get the current for its
Company, and il needs a lot of it TO furnish the
light for its thousands Of incandescent lamps Even
before the building of the park, the power house at
Livingston, which experts say is filed with lot
give proper service to its patrons Since the park
was built the plant been utterly unable
cope with the demand for power. As a member of
the Staten Island Club said last night 1t looks
as IL the company sacrificing the riding pub
lAc 70 accommodate the park, because 1t is bound
10 get its price for the supplied there
those who patronize the trolleys go hang.
short time ago member of the city govern
rnent went 10 Mr.. HazelFigg, the general manager
OF the trolley and lighting systems OF the island.
and, in the course of conversation. drew attention
TO the defects In the trolley service. ITO make
the service anything like what II should be- he
said, requires that money be laid out for
equipment aew cars; and for Improvement te
ported TO have SID. but Mr. H H Rogers the
president, has 0Slarsd eTnphatically that he will
not spend pebtAy for improvements unless the
roads earn it AS the roads have been losing
money for years, 1t may be seen what small
chance there is for Improvement. If Mr.. Rogers re-
mains of the mind
Some time ago capitalists who realized that there
was money IN a good trolley service for Staten ISL
and approached Mr.. Rogers with a view TO pur-
chasing the existing lines Mr.. Rogers had ac-
QuiTed them from the Thomas F. Ryan interests
ana there are people who say that Mr.. Ryan did
not get the worst OF the bargain when he unloaded
On his fellow capitalist Be that it may il was
general talk the island at the time that the
amount at which the roads capitalized was
largely in of their true value and when
Mr.. Rogers made his price known TO the WOuld-be
heavily watered stock, and negotiations to
end.
AS an instance of the way in which the roads are
run, II is said-and the information comes from an
official OF the road-that when the change is made
in the spring from the closed to the open the
the summer ones because there not enough
motors to supply all the cars.
The meeting of the Richmond Light and Railway
Company is scheduled for to-day.