The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-10-28
BUSES, NOT GARBAGE,
HYLAN TO RICHMOND
Mayor Tells Staten Islanders
How He Saved Them
From Two Rings.
DWELLS ON FERRIES, TOO
Says Residents Must Admit He
Has Favored Them for
Four. Years.

Mayor Hylan went to Staten Island
last night and told his audiences in sew
eral speeches what his administration
of the city government had done for
Richmond Borough and its people. He
dealt especially with his handling of the
garbage situation, the establishment OF
municipal buses on the island and the
extension of the Richmond transporta-
tion facilities, the work he has done
toward charging and improving the
ferry service between Staten Island and
Manhattan. and the advantages that
will accrue to the island because of the
erection OF new municipal docks.
II watched your garbage fight before
I became Mayor" said Mr.. Hylan, land
told you in the campaign four years
ago that il elected Mayor / would re-
deem Staten Island from the grip Of the
garbage ring / kept that promise. We
discontinued sending garbage to the re-
duction plant and We banished the Of
fensive odors from your community for
ever, I hope. They will not return at
any rate while l am Mayor.
This was the first important service
my administration was able to render
| Staten Island.
THE next important service came
when the traction company, controlled
! by Standard Oil interests. suddenly
ceased operation and large part Of
the people on the island were left
without any public means of transpor-
tation. We had crly few hours
warning that the line would be shut
down. but we have able men who knew
people affected. even though they were
not trained as tracti IN operators
! Mr.. Hyian then told how Commits
sioner Whalen OF the Department OF
Plant and Structures had met the sit
uation. and that within an hour after
being SO directed by the Mayor the
Commissioner had Engaged fleet Of
buses from Newark and other New
Jersey cities
You know the rest" said the Mayor.
You had fine municipal bus service
until we were threatened with Jail by
a Federal Judge. We cut red tape. gave
relief and inquired about 1t afterward.
Eve took hold OF the ferries, which
the previous administration had allowed
| to run down. We rebuilt the boats
plying between Manhattan and your
borough. and the operating time has
| beer cut down from twenty-nine to
twenty-five minutes. A new ferryboat.
named the Theodore Roosevelt, has just
been built on Staten Island. and will
be launched in about week. I hope
to be able to take part in the launch
| ing exercises
| Mr. Hylan told the people of Staten
Island they must admit, after weighing
all the facts and circumstances. that
he had especially favored their borough
during the four years Of his administra-
| ton.
| The Mayors speeches were made in
West New Brighton and in Port Rich
mond. After his return to Manhattan
the Mayor spoke at the diamond jubilee
of the Christian Brothers. in the Four
teenth Regiment Armory in Brooklyn.
| In the afternoon he spoke at a luncheon
of the Harlem Board of Trade.
| George F. Thompson of Lockport,
| former State Senator. whose candidacy
for the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor In 1920 received the support of
William Randolph Hearst's newspapers.
spoke for Mayor Hylan last night at
| Public School 55 In The Bronx.
The Cleveland Democracy. consisting
Of County Clerk William f. Schneider
and two or three others. Endorsed Mayor
| Hylan for reelection last night. Mr..
| Schneider was unsuccessful in getting
the coalition nomination for reelection
| to his present office.