The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-31

RAPID TRANSIT NORTH.
The North Hudson County
Railroad Company Anx-
ious to Furnish 1t.
A SURFACE TROLLEY SYSTEM.
President Dod Says it is the Most
Practicable at Present The
Plans.
A SURFACE TROLLEY SYSTEM.

President Dod of the North Hudson
County Railway Company, in an inter
view yesterday with reporter of THE
JERSEY CITY NEWS, briefly and concisely
set forth the plans Of the company to
provide rapid transit between the Hobo
ken ferries and the townships In the
northern part Of the county. .The
citizens are a unit In crying out for
increased travelling facilities, and
especially complain of the Inconvenience
of transferring from the elevated road at
the Palisade avenue station to the horse
cars.
THE coMPANY's PLANS.
In answer to inquiries President bod
said:
The arrangement In reference 10 the
running OF cars. and the transfer OF pas
sengers Is very inconvenent, and yet any
change that can make depends upon my
ability to obtain privileges from Jersey
City and West Hoboken for the adoption
OF electricity on the surface roads. AS
soon as Gao do this. propose to take q
branch off our elevated road, bring the
electric cars which now run on
that road to the surface on Pal
isade avenue. and gend them alter
nately northward to West Hoboken
and souUhward to Jersey City; thus I
would be enabled to put passenger in
the car at the depot in Hoboken and
carry him home without change of cars
at all. including the passengers on the
central avenue and Summit avenue
lines.p
STEPS TAKEN.
What steps have you taken towards
this endS"
Il have already an application before
the Town Council of West Hoboken for
the necessary permits through that town.
am preparing a petition for circulation
among the property owners aud residents
OF Jersey City Heights, and shall be very
Rlad TO nave the valuable assistance OF
The JERSEY CITY NEWS in securing the
privilege from the Jersey City authorities
to erect the necessary poles to place the
trolley System In operation there.n
DANGERS EXAGGERATED.
Does not a strong prejudice exist
against the trolley systempn
Z. Il know the general prejudice that ex-
lists In the public mind against the trolley
system. l, myself. do not think it the
best system. but 1t is the only practicable
one, and It's dangers have been greatly
exaggerated. 1t is really no more dan
gerous. If care Is taken in the maintenance
OF the lines, than cable cars would bs.'
is 1t possible to run the cars with the
trolley wire underground
The time is not very distant, believe,
when the trolley wire will be put under
ground. Whenever that can be done. it
will -ha greatly to the interest of railway
companies to do so. AT present it is I'm
possible, and it seems to be pity to cling
fast to the slow aud laborious horse
power because we have not electricity in
the most perfect form we could desire
In this case, SO long as we have electricity
on the elevated road and horses
on the surface, we will have to
transfer our passengers at the Palisade
avenue station. but If I can secure the
privilege of running my cars by electric
ity on the service, can send passengers
through 10 their homes without change
OF cars. am as anxious to do this as the
patrons of the road are to have it done
for it is to the interest of the road to do
all we can TO give our passengers COM
for6able trausist to their hOmesv
THE FOURTEENTH STREET HLAN.
docs the company propose building an
elevated road through Fourteenth street
to the Hill?n
THE engineer now has that matter
under consideration. We won't build an
elevated road there. but rather erect an
inclined plane. That we will determine
when the engineer submits his plans and
we see what is most practicable. We
don't wish to erect structure at present
that will only suffice for two or three
years. We look into the future, and
when we do build we reckon on accom-
the travel of the future