The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1912-08-01
WHY HE is ENTITLED TO OUR
VOTES FOR A POSITION
OF PAY.
Some of His Connections Here and
What He Has Done For AIgiers.

the most popular and interesting in
situations of our district, until it went
out of existence a few years tago.
He was also one of the organizers
and a member of the first board of di-
restors of the Algiers Athletic Club,
which was also most popular organ
ization in it's day, and composed of
such men as Capt. Matt. O'Brien, its
president, j. ID. Cornell and others,
whose names will live forever in the
hearts of the laboring men of this COM
munity.
He is one of the organizers of the
Alhambra Gymnastic Club of Algiers
and a member of it's board of directors,
it being his desire and hope with the
cooperation with other members of
this club, to make it useful and bene-
fetal to every man, woman and child
in Algiers.
While not sportively inclined him
self, to any great extent, he has fos-
tered these institutions for the benefit
of and the pleasure and profit they
might be to others, and in order tc
place Algiers on an equality with other
districts of the city; and to attract peo-
pie from them to our town, with the
hope of having them better acquainted
with us and of creating greater inter
est in Algiers and its people.
. He was one of the first members of
the Algiers Improvement Association
and since its organization has served
on some of it's most important CON-
mittees. AS chairman of the Ferry
Franchise Committee, he framed the
specifications for the sale of the fran
chise of the Canal Street Ferry and
had them presented to the City Coun-
ell. He attended every meeting of the
Street and Landing and the Franchise
Committees at which the matter was
taken up; called upon the editors OF
the Picayune, Times-Democrat, tire
Daily States and the City Item, to seek
their cooperation in advocating our
cause and the justice of our demands
before the public, which they gave in
; editorial write-ups; and with the con
sent of the mayor, he examined the or
dinance before it was signed by him
. in order to make sure that it had not
been changed or altered to our disad
!, vantage. The result has been tha
those specifications and recommer ia
. tions, with a few minor changes, wert
adopted and the Canal Street ferries
are operating under them now. Befor'
the Franchise Committee the principa
fight was centered on the reduction o
fare and the elimination of double-far
after nine o'clock at night and his Sue
cess in those two items has been tn
means of saving to the people of Al
giers 80 per cent in cash. Beside
this, due in part to his activity in ad
: vertising the great value of the fran
chise and having it boosted through
the press of our city, it was purchase
by the Southern Improvement an
Ferry Company, at the magnificen
price and sum of $225,000. You ma
easily appreciate the Importance of |.
= sale when you consider that ten year
before, the franchise of the Cana
\ street, Second District and Third Di!
trict ferries sold for only $50. A larg
amount of the proceeds of sale to tn
Southern Improvement and Ferry Con
| pany was appropriated to the buiidin
of the Newton street viaduct, whic
| has proven of great value to Algier
III Another matter which Mr.. Malone
took up for the benefit of our distriC
was the suit of the Algiers Improv
] ment Association VS.. the Wester
Union Telegraph Company, before tn
-l Railroad Commission of Louisiana, fC
= the establishment and maintenance {
branch office in Algiers, CENTRAL
ST located. This case was given a sp
IN cial hearing at the st. Charles hote
X. and many of the most prominent ci
w liens and business men of Algiers wei
,r present to give their testimony. NJ
Ut Mahoney, few days later, was give
81 favorable decision and the Telegram
IS company ordered to establish the of!ic
Oy 1t failed to do so, however, within Il
III time prescribed in the order, wht
IL Mr.. Mahoney filed rule for contem
Us against the telegraph company, al
just before the day fixed for the tri
of the case, the said company took o
an injunction in the Circuit Court
NJ the United States, to restrain the Ra
~ road Commission from enforcing
1T order and imposing fine for CO
IN tempt.
The case has, since then, been in t
- hands of the attorney general of t
state, who represents the Railro
Commission. Mr. Mahoney prescott
Il this case against rich and powerl
corporation and gave 1t his care a
! study without charge of any kind.