The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-22
RAPID TRANSIT TALK.
Board of Trade Members
Find Fault With the
Jersey City and
Bergen.

President Joseph A. Dear and about ten
other members of the Board OF Trade.
held meeting in the roo ms over the Sec
ond National Bank. last evening, and dis
cussed railway transportation in this
city and one or two other topics.
The Committee on Postal Affairs re-
ported that the scheme to abolish the
ordinary postage stamp and substitute
stamped envelopes at the price of stamp
was impracticable for the reason that
where more than ordinary postage is
needed, not only an assortment of sizes
of envelopes. but also various denom1na-
tious of stamps would be required. The
committee recommended the adoption Of
Il system of stamps that would be de-
stroyed by the cancelling chemicals. The
committee pronounced in favor of the bill
introduced in Congress by p. S. Frost. of
Illinois, proposing to reduce postage to
one cent per ounce. The committee also
declared that the present PostofIice build
Ing in this city was insufficient. The re-
port was approved.
G. A. Woolsey, of the Paint and Color
Company. OF this city. redresented by j.
Simpson, was electe,i q member.
RAPID TRANSIT.
Real Estate Dealer g.. &. Jewell of the
Com mittee on Street Car Transfers and
the Committee on Railway Terminals re-
ported that the lack of facilities for IA pid
transit were painfully apparent. New
York salary earuers Invariably met him
with the assei ton that they could get out
to the Oranges or to Montclair as quickly
as they could get to Jersey Heights. His
idea was that of the Jersey City aud Ber-
gen did not meet the demands other
street railway companies should be en-
couraged.
Mr.. Humphrey W. Carr said:-"The ].
c. q Bergen Company is building up its
own business in very slow manner. 1t
is erecting plant for I'll use of electricity
on Montgomery street, and itsappears the
company is going TO do something very
soon. But does it mean business to the
extent we have right to expect? l see
no effort at present to give US the trolley
system on the Belt line. At the present
rate it will require five years to complete
tbis.'
Then Mr.. Joseph A. Dear took hand.
He said:-"Does the j. G. & Bergen run
on time? No, indeed. II crawls" He
was sorry, he said, to see the North Hud-
son Railway Company invade the Jersey
City and Bergen CompanY's territory
from purely selfish reason. But it was
good thing, nevertheless. He intimated
he would be glad TO see the North Hud-
son Company extend its franchises fur
ther south.
TERMINAL FACILITIES
Chairman Banks, of the Committee on
Terminal facilities of the local roads, re-
piled that bis committee had called upon
| Mr.. Dodd, of the North Hudson Railway
Company, and found that the waiting 2
room at the Hoboken ferries had been al
| ready made larger, but were not entirely
satisfactory to the New York bound pas
| Senger The ticket offices were nothing
| but catch boxes. His COMMITTEES had
| been referred to President Stevens and
| Mr.. Woolsey. One double decker was al
ready on the route. The company pro-
| posed to equip the route entirely with
| double deckers and would soon provide a
new ferryhouse Nothing, however, had
\ been gained out promises.
Mr.. Carr, for the Railway Transfer
! System Committee, replied that he had
called upon Mr.. Dodd and presented the
| question as to transfers with the Jersey
| City and Bergen Railway Company and
was satisfied that MIR. Dodd would meet
| President 1hurston with liberal spirit
SO far as surface roads are concerned, but
| as to transfers from the J. G. & Bergen
surface roads to the North Hudson
County elevated roads that was entirely
| out of the question.
When the committee called upon Mr..
| ThursGon it was met with liberal spirit
| there also. The committee was told that
| Tue various ConauCtors Were ALREADY
studying a system of transfers that would
| be used to protect his company from
being beaten by the dishonest portion of
| the public, especially so tar as transfers
on the line TO the Erie ferry was con-
cerned. The committee reported that
Mr. Tburston was willing 60 study the
question.
| RESOLUTION OF CENsURE.
| Mr.. Jewell offered a resolution to the
| effect that the railway powers that be are
! not meeting the demands of the residents
| of this city. An amendment was offered
and accepted relieving the North Hudson
| company from responsible Y.
1t was intimated that the North Hud-
son County Company recently expressed
a willingness to lay double track III
| Grove street.
LARGE CROWDS AT WAVERLY.