They Want No Trolley Cars

New York, 1895

The citizens of Far Rockaway are opposed to the construction of the Long Island electric company's line through there. The company wants the right to string trolley lines over some of the town's macadamized roads. The property owners will meet on March 16 to protest against it.


A Setback for Gleason

An adverse decision has been rendered against ex-Mayor Gleason, who claims to own the building in which the City Hall of Long Island City is at present located. He came into possession of the property in 1889. The building was then occupied as a City Hall by Long Island City, and it was released at a rental of $5,000 a year.

Following Mr. Gleason's defeat for re-election, the heirs of the estate to which the building formerly belonged began a suit to recover the property. The decision sets aside the deeds conveying the interests of the different heirs to Gleason, upon payment by them to him of the amounts which they respectively received. The property has greatly increased in value in recent years, and it is probable that Gleason will carry the case to the Court of Appeals.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, March 8, 1895, p. 1.