The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-26
WANT ALBANY ROAD
FOR STATE HIGHWAY
Senate Committee Listens to Ar
gumcnt by Westchester
County Residents.
OBJECT TO TROLLEY PLAN
Broadway Property Owners Are
Opposed to Having Car
Tracks There.
OBJECT TO TROLLEY PLAN

ALBANY. Feb. Misrepresentation Of
me residents OF the village. along the
Albany post road from North Yonkers to
Oss.ning spoke to-day before joint COM
rlttee OF the Senate and Assembly on
Internal Nfairs to register their opinions
OF the HerrtckFish bill. which purposes TO
max 3 state highway OF that part Of the
post road. Behind the discussion. al
though not up FOR discussion at this hear
;ng. there doomed bill introduced by
senator IIesly which would permit the
lawns Of trolley tracks on Broadway. as
-ris = known In the towns OF Mount
Pleasant. pssininE or Greens burR.
Those who live along broadway. or a5
p.r c. ut 81 them. John y. Hayes of the
sleepy Hollow Country Club told the COM
Mite want the road made a part OF the
state highway system. because 1t would
,rabin thp traffic 10 20 straight through.
instead of making a detour OF ten miles to
se' {, the existing state road system.
Roth HAYES and Cortland smith OF
pohbs Ferry said K was state. IL not n
national matter. TO have the Albany post
road from New York city to Albany a
state highway system unit. instead of the
present condition. To instance the traff,c
~ the road Hayes said a count al the
SLEEPY Hollow Country Club showed 1000
motor cars on Saturday and 1000 on
q sunday. with plates showing they were
:rom many states using the road.
r.. residents along broadway want the
road STATE highway. too. because II Il
rot 50 easy then TO have IL used for a
,rulley road. the restrictions being severe.
p =. Barnes, counsel Of the village OF
Oss.nlng objected that the highway meas
ufe vas subterfuge to defeat the trolley
plan which. he said. the people he repre-
scented wanted as A means OF commun.ca-
,on between towns along the Hudson. Pc
raid the voters Of Ossining would ballot
o. March 10 on the trolley plan
kssemblyman Walter W. Law. Jr., who
Introduced into the Asse nbly the bill Sen
utor Healy sponsored IN the Senate, said
there would be a referendum vote IN
Westminster on March II IN the trolley
.Ian 80 he wanted the hearing TO go over
until after then.
II was urged By Nell F. Towner OF the
Automobile Club of America that n this
matter was az said earlier by Frank X
Person, president of the villAge of Tarry-
Gown ana {. ;. Davidson of that place. a
local matter only. frst consideration
should be given TO the residents directly
along she line OF the road and not to those
wing back from IL and therefore no; -
Intimately concerned. These. accordlns
20 .he statement OF Mr. Hayes pay SO pei
cent OF the taxes In the village of Tarry'
town and should have great attention.
Another objection by Mr.. Person wal
that the state would pave only &c u feet
o, the highway and Tarrytown would hav,
20 do the remaining part Of the 40 foot
roadway. Furthermore. he said. the STATE
roads We're no good, anyway and he has
seen hcles IN such roads thirty days aftel
the ortracior hae left them. He added
tina; there was no money available for thu
work either.
Nj smith said the State roads couldn'
be worse than those in bobbs Ferry wer'
riEh. now. Others who spoke were Sena
To- H-rrick. Garrett Mott OF the Grey
s.or- As 5ciatlon Of North Yonkers ant
C. +. Higgins, representing the JOSEPH
Eastman estate OF Tarrytown.
senator Loren II. White. chairman o
the committee. said 1t had been requisite,
by Gov Glyun to report no further high
vas legislation until after the conclusion
OF the present highway Investigation. tn
mex, hearing will be on March Is, afte
the referendum on the trolley plan.