New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02
Campaign to Boom Town Start
ed at Luncheon.
TO HAVE NEW CHARTER
Transit Facilities to Make Sec.
ton More Attractive.
and Accessible.

Mount Vernon. Mayor Edwin W. Fiske
acted a 6 postmaster and announced that
a new charter would go 10 Albany just
as the people voted. and also spoke OF
+ho water hearing ncld in New York re-
Gently and gave his audience an linking
of the result of that meeting.
l. { Miller. president Of the New
York. Westchester & Boston Railway. de-
livered a very interesting speech III
which he urged extensive advertising OF
the resources of Westchester County 10
attract more people. and gave addiuohai
p)ans Of the railroad. He was Wen
c.ived We quote from Mr.. Millers al
dress the following:
"Tbe future development OF Mount
Vernon is q subject which l am greatly
interested in. and when your 5000 Mayo
asked me 10 be present tonight and tax
n Won upon this topic, / was douois
clad of the opportunity 10 be mere s'eu
of the opportunity of meeting you an
and of the chance TO tell that "a"''
and intend, 20 have a word to say no"
and from time TO time in aid OF Drlhs'"e
about the great growth which is pounu
TO come to your city.
ITO obtain the maximum oehehts A''i''
such q growth, the time to plan is now
and not after ii has taken 1uli s"i"e'
,or IL Won wait and correct later. you
,riu ,emporarily disturb Developments
which have commenced. and re-piarhihe
and establishment Of local conditions re-
sult in setbacks, loss of energy ana 1898
of money, which can be aVoldeo .! o0"
servative and common sense piai'"'Hs "'
this time for the future
"You have also, TO my mind, SUBJECT
which is too often overlooked, ana tha'
is. as far as it can be controlled ,he
DEVELOPMENT Of different sections u
citv for the purposes which they best
economically serve, and last, Dut ho'
least. and here you may naturah! soy
that am prejudiced-the transportation
subject. ,.-.s
vi feel that / have right 10 DISCUSS
these various matters with YOU from t'ihe
70 time. and 10 express my ideas upon
sucb subjects. for the corporations which
represent are interested in property III
your city. which, based upon the 'otdl
sessed value. represents on per edP''"
basis some hundred taxpayers
II am a great believer IN settihg to
rether; that is, cooperation between COL
porate interests and the community inter
ests. A noted writer has said that all
men think alike. but our nhsuhoer-
standings arise from the different expires
sion of our thought and l oeileNe tha'
there is a great deal i'll this; that Is our
one common thought in this case Is ioi
the future development OF Mount vernon
There is a tendency still existing To-
dav-I am glad TO say not TO the same
evtent as in the past-to believe that
whenever the corporation goes to the city
with a proposition, that Whatever oene
fits there may be in it are all for the
corporation; that there is note IN the
project which does not ring true.
THE interest of the community and the
CORPORATION are mutual. AS one grows
and develops the other is bound to DO SO
as we'll.
.eYour city is served to-day by three
railroads. operating 354 trains day vi
this number the New York, Westminster
& Boston operates 30S. / know OF no
other city Of the size Of yours in the
United States that has a greater number
OF trains or more frequent service than
you enjoy.
our terminals in New York to-day are
not satisfactory to us. The trouble is
that the Westchester road is two years
ahead of the time, but il you Will be
little patient, within a very short time
the Lenox avenue branch of the subway
will be extended to the 1soth street sta
ton, and you may there transfer from
the trains Of the Westchester 10 the West
Side subway in the same station building
AT Westchester avenue, The Bronx
YOU will be able 10 transfer 20 the Lex
ington avenue subway. and at the Har-
lem River you will be able 10 transfer TO
express service on the Third and Second
Avenue elevated railroads.
This will give you four transit lines
for the entire length of Manhattan, and
i know Of no suburban transit line serv-
Ing other sections, which does or will
offer such diversity of routes for reach
ling Manhattan as the line represent.
Il might add to this. service into Brook
lyn via the New York Connecting Rail
road. when that line is completed
1t is Gods country and is bound TO
have A great growth. and il il is given
proper transit facilities I amend this to
great early growth il those inter
ested I'm its development will exploit its
advantages over competitive sections. and
will cooperate with others toward its
development.
Good transit facilities will in time de-
veiop it. but the growth will come so much
the faster with the right kind of push
and energy, and the spending of dollars
10 show the public what 1t had TO offer.
There arc other adjacent sections 10
Manhattan which are spending vast sums
OF money to exploit the wares they have
90 sell over the real estate counters.
You may read Of them in the Sunday
edition of every New York newspaper.
You see them advertised. not by columns.
but by pages. Seldom will you see no.
uce OF Nestchester County.
systematically inform the public OF the
advantages that Westchester County has
TO offer and IL will require no bargain
day sale to dispose OF lots and acres. IL
Will hold it's own against all competitors,
and the public will become the best ad-
yertising agent you can secure.
II am firm In my belief that the growth
OF Westchester County means much to
your city. and IL you concur with me In
this ] suggest that you use your best
cndeavors TO wake up the people Of this
counfv IN the ouportunitjes which they