The herald., 1913-01-16
AFTER THE FERRY
COMPANY
Association Will Visit Mayor Behrman
in Body Regarding Violations of
the Ferry Franchise.
MEETING
WELL ATTENDED

On Monday night the annual meet
ing and election of officers of the AL
giers Improvement Association took
place at the club rooms of the Alham-
bra Gymnastic Club, President JOS W.
J LennOX presiding. The election of off
GERS and executive committee for the
year was at once taken up. the follow
ing officers being elected: Jos. w.
LennOX. president; F. C. Duvic. LIST
vice-president; DR.. c. V. Kraft, md
vice-president; julius Bodenger, treas
urer. The election of the secretary
was left open until the next regular
meeting, in February. Besides the
election of officers there was finance
committee appointed, as follows:
AdOlph Spitzfaden, VI. S. MahOney, J.
l.. Huckins. Chas. Cieutat and DR.. c..
Y. Kraft. The officers and members
of the finance committee. together with
the fifteen following members consti-
tute the executive committee: Edw
3arthaut, Ben w. Borne, Eugene Dyer,
Geo. Herbert, Jr., Geo. KOpple. Theo
J. Lala, J. J. Manson. Jos. E. Renecky,
Albert Twickler, r. A. Tansey, J. p
Vezien. VIM. H. Ward, Chas. II. Bot
rick and J. E Dicharry Mr.. Peter S.
Lawton was unanimously chosen as
! chairman of the executive committee
The committee reported that the En-
CINE House No. Il in Delaronde street,
at the junction of the ramp, was in a
very dilapidated condition. and efforts
will be made TO have a new building
/ replace same.
One of the principal things before
the association Monday night was the
matter of the violation of the franchise
Of the Southern improvement and Fer
~ Company. 1t was pointed out that
the few Improvements that had been
made by the Ferry Company were not
at all in accord with the recommends
riOn made by the Association and that
no relief has been given in handling
crowds. 1t was pointed out that on
| the city side of the river as well as on
| the Algiers side it was necessary for
the purchaser of ferry tickets to recross
IN going to the ferry, the stream of
people coming on of the ferry. The
wheels in either case have been left
the same and the only change made in
the city ferry house was that the tick
ct sellers Office was moved a few feet
nearer to the street.
The passenger gates to the ferry
have been a slight improvement, and
could be made quite efficient if the
handling of the passengers was done
in sensible way. Going off of the
ferry on the city side the left hand
| gate is taken: going off of the ferry /
on the Algiers side the right hand gate |
is taken, and so it is the old story of |
going right and getting left" with
this puzzle garden of iron fences. etc.,
that seems to have been erected espe-
cially to aid confusion.
The most important thing asked for
by the Association was that the two
wagon passenger ways from the ferry
to the top of the levee be of a grade as
rs specifically stated in the franchise.
No attempt has been made to improve
this condition. The passenger gang
ways from the boat to the ferry houses
are also of such a grade in gross vio-
lation of their franchise The ferry
houses on either side of the river are
poorly lighted and the toilets on both
sides of the river are seldom lighted.
1t was decided at the meeting of the
Association that instead of sending
committee, the entire Association
would call on Mayor Behrman and the
City Commission to lay before them
these violations and ask that the. ferry
company be compelled to live UP to
their franchise.
The matter of the donation of the
Olivier Cemetery to the Church of the
Holy Name of Mary was reported by
Mr.. Mahoney. Mr.. Mahoney stated that
lie was informed by Father Larkin that
the church would accept the site upon
which will be erected a Boys School
provided that an acceptable title could
'e secured for the property.
The matter of a park for our district
was again brought up and quite
.engthy discussion was had as to what
the Association shall ask for, Mr.. Ma
honey favoring that an appropriation
sufficiently large to buy an extensive
tract be asked for and that it should
be the counterpart of either our City
or Audubon Park. The ground for this
purpose is now available and Mr. Ma
honey pointed out that it would be only
a few years when a large tract of land
will not be obtainable Some of the
members thought that a playground
would be much better than large tract
for the present. The matter is left in