Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-03-29
South Amboy, Roosevelt,
Sayreville, Port Reading.
COMPROMISE
SEEMS TO BE
THE EASIEST
Special to the EVENING NEWS.


South Amboy, March 29:-Appar-
emily number of the citizens of the
city of South Amboy are consider
Englishman when he was doing bat
tie with the Frenchman.
Before entering into the fight the
Frenchman asked what he. should
do when he thought he was
whipped. He was told to holler
enough" But alas, he forgot the
word and changed 1t to 'hurrah." !"
The. Englishman, thinking he had
the best of 1t and as the other was
hurrahing, continued to pumniel his
adversary, who finding there was no
cessation, made up his mind that
something had to be done. The ta-
bles were soon turned and the Eng
hsh fellow was soon calling out
enough" Then the Frenchy said,
''That was what / was trying to do
some time ago but forgot the word. F"
. Now the city of South Amboy and
the county may be in similar con-
ditien. The railroad companies
have come to US with proposition
practically saying we have enough
litigation and are willing to compro-
mise the matter by giving the city
much better accommodations. Those
who are in opposition to the COM
promise, while they admit the propo-
sition Is a good one, say virtually,
the city has the better Of the rail-
road company or they would not
seek to compromise the matter.
Don't compromise, let us keep on
Ill Al1 ha O
not over yet and the city may be In
the shoes of the Englishman before
the end and may possibly be calling
out enough.
While we have been indulging in
a little pleasantly in illustrating. the
matter from our point of view, we
wish to lay this aside and view the
matter as presented to our mind
from the facts in the case.
In the first place, those who OBJ
ject to a compromise are not saying
what they want-only as they think.
The railroad company is on the run,
keep them so. From what Is under
stood as the compromise Offer"
seems to be fair, but We think the
city, il not satisfied, should make
their suggestions to the company as
to what they want. We would sug-
gest as being added to the compro-
mise "the costs OF the litigation
which we have no doubt the COM
pany would assume. Some OF the
advantages to the city OF the
company proposition have been pub
lished heretofore in the EVENING
NEWS, but there has not anything
II 4l, 4 1tco n N pton n
not accepting the proposition.
1t is a settled matter that the
trolley line will go on the eastern
side of Mechanicsville and We all
know the railroad company is under
no compulsion to build driveway
alongside of the trolley line. Unless
a compromise is effected, no doubt
this part of the work and the over
= head bridge work will be abandoned.
Then should the courts and city be
successful, and have the chancery
decision confirmed, it does not fol-
low that the company will be COM
PEELED to raise their tracks, as they
have twelve and one-haf feet clear
ance and the road bed can be de-
pressed sufficiently to give that
clearance. But the defensive are
not beaten until completely routed,
anad as long as a stand is made and
the least semblance of intrenchments
are visible, there is fighting to do
before victory Is complete.
Now the first line behind which
the company is entrenched Is that
in the absence of any proof of rec
ord that the public has any right to
a greater width than they now en-
Joy. Then Counsellor Strong in an
other argument sets forth that the
right to the additional land necess-
sary to the widening of the highway
should be passed upon by a jury.
He claims further that the whole
controversy is based upon whether
the lawful width of the highway ex-
ceeds the limit of the passageway
and II SO, how much.
These are some of the entrench-
ments, erected by Counsellor Strong
and must be. overcome by the plain:
tiffs, who In, their arguments set
forth the inconvenience and deplor-
able condition of this passageway
and that it was used by New York,
Newark and Elizabeth for Through
traffic, which is truthful I'M every re-
spect But when the Pennsylvania
railroad management comes forward
and offers to build at their own exs
pense a far better and more eonven-
tent roadway for local and through
travel. besides adding another road
way by building bridge, thus con-
Meeting the two portions of the city
at the same time retaining the noto-
rious Wall" we think
it would be we'll, as the litigation is
not settled, to take the offer of COM
promise into consideration.
If there are some other things to
be added to the proposal, make 1t
known to the management, and have
the matter disposed Of without fur
ther cost to the taxpayers of county
and city.