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actively in favor of the avenue's transfer, was the president, 

 Edward H. Snyder. On January 15, 1898, three days 

 after the conference referred to, Mr. Snyder came to my 

 office in New York and confirmed what Councilman Stet- 

 son afterward publicly stated, as above quoted. Mr. Snyder 

 then made quite a full statement of what occurred on 

 January 11, which was written out by my stenographer at 

 the time. In that statement, now before me, is the fol- 

 lowing ; 



"Colonel Snyder says that Mr. Munn stated in the con- 

 ference at the outset, that the ordinance would not be 

 satisfactory to the Park Commission and that, if it was 

 passed in its present form and thus accepted by the com- 

 mission, he should advise going into court to have the 

 restriction relative to levying assessments nullified. Stated 

 further that assessments could not be levied unless the 

 avenue was widened. Looking toward Mr. Stetson, he 

 remarked that ^you want the trolley on Central avenue,' 

 adding that if the avenues were transferred and not wid- 

 ened there ould be no trolley on Central avenue; but if 

 they were widened, assessments could be levied and ar- 

 rangements made for the trolley. Further stated that there 

 was no hurry about the transfer ; that the commission could 

 not improve the avenues at present, and stated that the 

 ordinance had better remain as it was for two or three 

 months. 



"Colonel Snyder says that he was greatly surprised at 

 Munn's statements, and that after the conference Mr. Stet- 

 son said to him (Colonel Snyder) that he did not know 

 what to make of what Munn had said. 



"Colonel Snyder also said that he did not know how 

 much I knew about what was going on, but that he was 

 satisfied, and almost knew, that some scheme was going 

 on with the Park Comjnission to get the trolley on Central 

 avenue. 



"He also stated that, at the close of the conference, Mr. 

 Stetson asked him to repeat to Mayor Gill what took place 

 at the conference, which he did, quoting the same state- 



