The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-09-14
HYLAN HITS ORDER
HALTING CAR LINES
Sees Time Near When Courts
Will Be Solicitors of Pe0-
pies Interests.
ALSO COMMENDS BURR
Thinks Judge Will Uphold
Common Folk Against Greedy
Traction Lines.
ALSO CoMMENDs BURR

Mayor Hylan seems to be a man Of
moods, and they seem to change rap
idly. IN yesterdays grist from his per
on the traction situation he expressed
two different views on the courts.
In a statement dealing with the order
Of Federal Judge Mayer for the suspen-
sion Of service on four of the lines OF
the New York Railways Company the
Mayor said:
THE time is near at hand when the
courts will realize that they should have
some little solicitude about the peoples
interests as well as the interests Of the
traction companies" which in its indi'
rection In order to escape a charge Of
contempt of court would seem to d.
credit to a shrewd lawyer"
The second item in the traction out
put from the Mayors office was letter
directed to Corporation Counsel BUR-
commencing him for his fight to get g
| writ of prohibition to restrain Public
Service Commissioner Nixon from grant.
ing any more fare increases.
Referring to the argument before Jus.
tice Finch in the Supreme Court and de.
claring that the traction ring is desper.
ately' endeavoring to infringe on the
rights of the people of the municipality
by disregarding contracts between the
people and the transit corporations he
| declared:
81 am certain that the courts will up
hold the people against these greedy
traction interests and their sympathiz.
ers"
In his statement the Mayor declared
that the trouble with the surface lines
was that instead of laying aside money
to pay for requirements and improve.
60. To-. o.N L. n
nous dividends.
IF the corporations cannot get more
money out of the people for fares" he
added, they put the roads In the hands
OF receiver and then the receiver. al
the direction of Judge of the Federal
court, closes down these lines.
1T is no wonder that the plain people
are repudiating their agreements when
public officials attempt with one stroke OF
the pen to frepudiate a contract for a 5
cent fare between the people and the
traction companies, allowing. the trac-
ton companies to charge more than the
contract calls for. If the courts uphold
this one sided policy in favor of the
transit corporations no more franchises
should be granted to any corporation.
II rely on the people to help me fight
against the stock jobbing. manipulating
traction interests and their sympathiz-
ers"
And just before entering his Packard
limousine to be whirled through a spe-
cially guarded path across the Williams.
burg Bridge that leads to Bushwicl
Mayor Hylan had one last heart throt
for the plain people who have to gel
from their business to their homes ir
plain street cars.
The Mayor directed Peter ]. Brady
his supervisor of the City Record, tc
call meeting of the Mayors non-parti.
san vigilance committee for the purpose
Of planning "a meeting of protest &c
which the citizens of New York will be
invited and ways and means discussed
for preventing the traction interests
from forcing the people In New York
city to pay increased street car fare
This meeting will be held at O'Clock
Friday afternoon in the Board Of EST
mate room.