No Trolley for Far Rockaway.

New York, 1895

The board of trustees of Far Rockaway held another session Friday night to act on the trolley franchise application. The opposition was the most spirited of any of the meetings. J. H. Curtis called the attention of the trustees to the fact that Mr. Wyckoff, who was counsel for the trolley company, had been instrumental in having a law passed prohibiting the trolley from running on Hillside avenue, Jamaica, where his residence was. Mr. Wyckoff was stumped at this and unable to make a reply. Ex-Mayor Gilroy of New York made a short speech which was to the point, showing the disadvantages of a trolley system in Far Rockaway. He said if he thought the trolley would be introduced in the village he would sell out his property and go elsewhere. The trustees refused to grant the franchise, leaving it to the taxpayers to vote upon at the village election next fall.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, July 5, 1895, p. 1.