The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-07
TO BBNBFIH THE PEOPLE.
Let Lower Fares Be the
Price for Street Rail-
way Franchises.
LABoR'S OPPORTUNITY
"A Penny Saved is a Penny
Earned"-A Way to Save 1t,

The failure of the Rapid Transit Com
missioners OF New York to provide a way
of rapid transit for the people has evil
IDENTIFY been the means of calling the
attention of capitalists to the availability
of North Hudson for providing suitable
Homes for the surplus population OF the
metropolis. Three different companies
are endeavoring to secure the right of
way to furnish rapid transit, two with
the trolley system. and the later one
steam facilities.
THE WAYS
The plaus of the North Hudson County
Railroad Company were set forth in de-
tail exclusively in last Saturdays JERSEY
CITY NEWS, and II carried out would de-
crease the time from the lower Hoboken
ferry to the northern towns from ten TO
twenty minutes. and at the same time do
away with the Inconvenience of changing
cars at the Palisade avenue station. The
company will build an incline at Four
teenth street. Hoboken, thus giving rapid
transit also to the upper ferry.
PATERSON TO HoBoKEN.
The second form of rapid transit is be-
tween Paterson and the lower HGboken
ferry. going through North Hudson.
Passaic, Rutherford and CarlstadC Rail-
way Company. to run between Paterson
and Boiling Springs, and the second.
connecting with the above. the Jersey
City, Hoboken and Rutherford Electric
Railway Company to run between Boil
ing Springs and Hoboken. This line Is
also to be the trolley system.
FIRST sKIRMISHEs.
The two companies. or more properly
speaking, the representatives of the
North Hudson Company and those of the
Two new companies. are beginning TO get
in little quiet work. one to offset the
other. The first skirmish Is being enact
ed in West Hoboken, where both are
petitionin2 the Town Council for
the right TO string wires. The
second is In Hoboken. The new COM
pany proposes entering Hoboken by way
of the Paterson Plank Road. going along
First street to River. to Newark. the
to Bloomfield, to Second, to Harrison, to
First, where it entered the city.
A FREEZE OUT.
The North Hudson County Railroad
Company, in order to freeze out the new
concern, last Wednesday night petit
toned the Heboken Council for permis-
sion to extend its tracks TO the West
Shore depot, at the foot of First street,
thence along Marshal street to
Second, to Willow, where it will connect
with the Willow avenue line. II CHS
consent were given they would thus have
Second street, one of the streets the new
company would like to have.
LOWER FARES FOR THE FRANCHISES.
There is no doubt the rapid transit is
needed and will prove of incalcuable
benefit. In the past the franchises have
been given for nothing and the stock
holders have reaped large profits. Take
for instance the North Hudson County
al ~ IRG ifo h0
year have exceeded all former years. and
the operating expenses have been less.
The paying of a few thousand dollars
to town for franchise is generally the
way these matters are treated. This
does not benefit the working people.
Rapid transit of itself benefits the prop
erty owner, but not the workingman.
For that reason the several town and
city authorities the companies are so
anxious to benefit, should make it q cou-
dition of the granting OF the franchise
that lower fares be charged. With the
fare at three cents. the stockholders OF
the companies would reap q very good
dividend on their investments.
FOUR CENTS PER DAY SAVING.
A person working in New York, and
living in North Hudson, has now to pay
ten cents care fare aud six cents ferriaQe
every day. If the car fare were only six
cents, and the ferriage say four. in all ten
cents per day, and there is no reason why
it should not be. it would be daily saw
Ing to the working man or woman, girl
or boy, of four cents. twenty-four cents
per week, and in q great many families
the saving would be over dollar a week.
Lower fares and We will give you the
franchise" should be the cry OF the
people.
OVER THE PALISADES.
The third company mentioned is to run
steam railway along the top of the Pali-
ssdes. Many moneyed men are Interest,"
ed, it Is said, but nothing definite as to