Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-06
.HYLAN IS GIVEN
GREAT WELCOME
TottenviIIe Greets Mayor at
TrackIess Trolley Opening
Saturday

JOnn f. 6ylan was given a TOuSlnS
welcome all along the line Saturday
at the opening of the trackless troll
5 ley from Richmond to Tottenvilie.
When the mayor stepped from the
first car which he had the honor to
pilot on the initial trip at Totem
vile he was greeted by one of the
largest crowd that assembled in
Tottenville in many a day.
Mayor Hylan was escorted to the
Tottenville school by the New York
Fire Department Band and Drum
Corps of 100 pieces and the commit
tee of the South Shore Protective
Association where he made a stirring
address on the opening of the new
%trackless trolley system to this end
of the island.
It is estimated that more than
5000 people greeted the first car on
its arrival at T~ottenville and hun
dreds of people lined the route from
Richmond to Tottenville to witness
the inauguration of the system
which opens up a vast territory.
which for years has been without
transportation facilities in getting
from one town to another. Mayor
Hylan in his address at the school
before an audience which packed the
the auditorium arraigned the trac-
ton interest in Manhattan, which
he said were endeavoring to deprive
the people of the city of New York
ever since he has been in Office u
of the rights and he also arraigned
the subsidized press which has he
said attacked his administration and
made trouble aver since he has been
in office, He told of his fv cent
fare program which is part of it on
the opening of the line today to give
the people of this end of the island
what belongs to them in the way OF
transportation.
The mayor spoke of the Staten
Island Rapid Transit railroad ana
said that Re would like to a that
line over, but not in its present
state but as an electrical operated
municipal road. The mayor said ne
was sorry that he could not DO
more for this end of the island and
when The proposition of gas for the
fifth WARD was mentioned he said
that would soon be taken cane OF In
the proper channel.
When the mayor had finished
speaking little seven year old Eta
Hamilton stepped on the Stage and
presented him with a large bou-
quet of chrysanthemums. she
said "You have std it with rack
less trolleys let us say Ii with
flowers" The mayo thanked her
for the token. Miss Kathleen Hard
ing also Presented the mayor with
a bouque. of chrysanthemums.
Augustus G. Marscher, president
OIL the South Shore Protective AS
ISOLATION presided and introduced
the maya and the other speakers.
There we've remarks by Health
Go~.~.;s, nar pnya1 G Ennnla nd
Borough President John A. Lynch,
Commissioner Grover S. Wlalen of
plants and structures, former Sena-
tor William L. Carswell, Congress-
man Daniel Riordan; Cornelius G.
Kloff, president of the Staten Is
land Chamber of Commerce and
Stuart j.. Ritz, the latter the spokes-
man for the Protective Association,
who in a stirring address, told of
the great things accomplished by
the present administration. for
Staten Island.
The exercises began with the
singing of America and closing
with My Country tbs Of Thee"
led by George p. Allen, of the
school faculty. All day yesterday
hundreds Of people from all sections
p%atronize1 the cars taking the ride
over the line. Every car was crowd
ed and at times standing room was
at a premium.
Similar exercises were held at
Sea View hospital where the power
for the line is generated before the
start of the cars to Tottenville and
the mayor opened the ne fire sta
ton at st. George after he had
stepped from the municipal ferry
boat Roosevelt which brought the
party over from Manhattan. The
party was delayed for nore than
an hour arriving in Tottenviile and
instead Of the exercises sta, ting at
4 o'clock it was $3.50 o'clock before
the cars a rived at Main street and
Arthur Kill road.
Mayor Hylan after being welcom-
ed at that point got in the car again
and went around the loop to Elliott
avenue from where he was escorted
to the school. Inspector William
Bailey with Deputy Inspector Fall
coner with Captain Peabody had
charge of the police arrangements.
A policeman was placed at every
corner from Richmond to Totem
villc st the time of the start and all
traffic was kept from Arthur Kill
road.
Cars are running regularly today
on a twenty minute Roadway dur
ing the day and forty minutes at
night up until 1910 when the last
car leaves from Tottenville for
Richmond. where the connection is
made with the municipal trolley
line for ST. George. The fare is
ten cents to st. George. five cents
on each car. making fifteen cents
to Manhattan.