The herald., 1922-10-19
.IlVIoN EXPLAINS
'! Stand on FERRY
.,,,.,. Fight Put at Disadvantage
Ns', .,,,. Sale Of Franchise

ll6ers DIV Nv president Lawton fol
bIsu u, the sale by the CITY ". oi 1a su.
Spol es,sa s'' the sale of the Napoleon
o. ''.,ne franchise makes the o coi dits.
rsn' s,ht for lower fares more dill
y, The The statement follows;
~. -,. Algiers ferry committee IS
INC sgbt for municipal owner
4, and operation oil the City
m,. know that when the city sells
!, ,be old-time franchises with
y maximum NJ rates which the p p,.r.
s,nects to collect, the city
- 80 morally binds itself to pro-
ns'' ne purchaser in the enjoyment
~ ,,,bts under the lease for which
=. -. paid, perhaps. a large sum-
.u. therefore know that since the
,.osed cut rates Of municipal OPP
,,on would seriously affect the
e. s's,s n the nearby Jefferson lessee,
: n, make our fight for the lower
~. and better service at Algiers
mich more difficult.
sVaat the city really should do Is
!, reject the present minimum bid
", saver all connection with the
~ jefferson ferries involved, max
!, new arrangement whereby the
n, xould obtain its share OF the
,,o,eeds of the business, through a
A,,sa for the landing places on the
city side.
Could Direct
.rbs city then would be able t0
dietste specifically the kind OF pom
| ICONS and gangway grades. ferry
Iou,es ETC., which the Jefferson au-
,Aorities would guarantee that the
l,.,ee would install and maintain.
II was thought advisable to call
,h attention of the prospective bid
Arm to the fact that municipal own
r,hip was a possibility they might
mye TO reckon with. and to again
al the attention of the city author
| lilies to the position in which this
wYious phase of the rate question
would place them.
We are not making any fight on
mybody connected with this contro-
| wrsy-only showing up some of the
| vufings Of the oppressive contract
/ Sstem which the present commits
aou council must destroy If 1t is
| chg to give our people the square
/ ri they reasonably expect at its
hnds.
II Is true that we found, accord.
be to the city's own books, that the
| napoleon avenue ferry has been run
Iing on gasoline launch franchise
which was sold to 1t by the city in
1894 for s1400 for a period of twenty
I've years ending in 1919, and that
'ince the expiration the ferry, which
nd In the meantime grown into 9
ag steamboat, has been permitted tC
operate without having paid the city
| dollar.
Wanted Adjustment First
This was another reason for oul
protest, believing that all amount:
dse By these ferries should be gotter
INTO the shape of adjusted claims
before even new leases were sold.
Since the city's contention ha:
seen all along that 1t has no none!
VIM which to initiate municipal own
enhip we had hoped when VIZ
pointed out where perhaps som,
uads might be obtained that we wer,
y least entitled to an acknowledg
neht Of the receipt of our communi
cation.
II these and other unpleasant
nos nave been disclosed in our en-
ssaSor to win our fight, we do no
vi mat We should be charged will
Menpting to discredit the official
1oer whose jurisdiction this ferr,
mler must be worked out.
personally, l have confidence tina
NE commission council will heed al
Hsc'cai suggestions made in thi
.saer In good faith, and will,
e'sn the necessary time and means
a'ute public ownership and opera
'a OF the ferries: and I would DEF
we any further worrying of it
1oers by any further petitions o
3uests for immediate action O
ns big problem.
! went into this fight to try {
tne present administration an
as'p Algiers in this vital transpo
on matter, and am sure that m
auiui associates will do or sa
'us tney are not compelled
VI 10 in their resolve to brea
re present pernicious system.
"seoless to say, 1 have no i'll fee
~. assinst Captain Bisso. any moi
49,. nave against Commissions
~ aey' even though I believe tn,
~. ietry users and not the contra
hr.. should get the big profits Of tn
NJ, BUSINESS. an opinion which M
s,s aey himself has invariably e
throughout this discussion